Law and Order UK
| Law & Order: UK | |
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| Genre | |
| Created by | Dick Wolf |
| Written by | Various |
| Directed by | Various |
| Starring |
Bradley Walsh Jamie Bamber Harriet Walter Ben Daniels Freema Agyeman Bill Paterson Dominic Rowan Peter Davison Paul Nicholls Paterson Joseph Georgia Taylor Ben Bailey Smith Sharon Small |
| Opening theme | Law & Order London Theme |
| Ending theme | Law & Order London Theme |
| Composer(s) | Andy Price |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 8 |
| No. of episodes | 53 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Chris Chibnall Bradley Walsh Andrew Woodhead Stephen Garrett Dick Wolf Jane Featherstone |
| Producer(s) |
Richard Stokes (series 1-6) Jane Hudson (series 7) |
| Location(s) | London, United Kingdom |
| Running time | 45 mins (without adverts) |
| Production company(s) |
Kudos Film and Television Wolf Films Universal Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format | 16:9: 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | 23 February 2009 – 11 June 2014 (indefinite break) |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Law & Order (franchise) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Law & Order: UK is a British police procedural and legal television programme, adapted from the American series Law & Order. Financed by the production companies Kudos Film and Television, Wolf Films, and Universal Media Studios, the series originally starred Bradley Walsh and Ben Daniels, though the latter was succeeded by Dominic Rowan. This is the first American drama television series to be adapted for British television, while the episodes are adapted from scripts and episodes of the parent series.
Series 1 was broadcast in 2009. In June 2014, broadcaster ITV and producer Kudos issued a joint press release announcing that series 8 would be "the last to be transmitted for the foreseeable future".
In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: The police who investigate crime, and the Crown Prosecutors who prosecute the offenders. These are their stories.
Law & Order: UK is a British adaptation of the American Law & Order franchise, one of the most successful brands in American primetime television.Law & Order: UK is based in London and duplicates the episode format of the original series.
The first half focuses on the perpetration of a crime and the related police investigation typically culminating in an arrest, while the second half follows the legal and court proceedings in an effort to convict the suspect. The show dwells little on the characters' back-stories or social lives, focusing mainly on their lives at work.
For most of Law & Order: UK's run, the cold open or lead-in of the show began with the discovery of a crime, usually a murder. The scene typically began with a slice of everyday life in London, (usually the scene would be the same as the US version of the episode but with a British institution instead, e.g. A British fish and chip shop instead of an American coffee shop). Some civilians would then discover the crime victim, or sometimes the crime would occur in a public place and they would be a witnesses or a victim of a crime.
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