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New Street Law

New Street Law
New Street Law titles.jpg
Genre Legal drama
Written by Matthew Hall
G.F. Newman
Directed by Various
Starring John Hannah
Paul Freeman
John Thomson
Lisa Faulkner
Chris Gascoyne
Penny Downie
Lee Williams
Country of origin
  • United Kingdom
Original language(s)
  • English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 14 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Julie Gardner
Nicola Shindler
G. F. Newman
Producer(s) Matthew Bird
Location(s)
  • United Kingdom
Running time 60 minutes
Production company(s)
  • Red Picture Company
Release
Original network BBC One
Picture format 16:9 (1080i HDTV)
Original release 4 May 2006 – 4 April 2007
External links
Website

New Street Law is a British legal drama television series produced by Red Production Company in association with One-Eyed Dog Ltd for BBC One. The series was created by G. F. Newman and Matthew Hall, and starred an ensemble cast headed by John Hannah and Paul Freeman. Hannah and Freeman play Jack Roper and Laurence Scammel respectively, two barristers heading rival chambers in Manchester. Roper's chamber works in defence, while Scammel—Roper's one-time mentor—works for prosecution. A large supporting cast played members of Roper and Scammel's teams.

Filming on sets took place at Web Film Studios, Little Hulton, near Bolton. Location work was done on the streets of Manchester, Bolton and Rochdale. Other interior locations included the Bolton Masonic Hall, St John Street Chambers in Manchester, and a hospital in Rochdale. Although the second series did not air until February 2007, there was only a six-week gap between filming.

The first series aired in May and June 2006 in a pre-watershed timeslot on BBC One. The second series was moved to 9 p.m. Low ratings saw the last two episodes moved to a 10.40 p.m. timeslot. In July 2007, the cancellation of the series was announced. This left an unresolved cliffhanger from the second series, with the audience left unaware of whether Jack survived a car crash.

Acorn Media UK have released both series on DVD in Region 2. In Region 1, Entertainment One have released the entire series on DVD.


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