In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups. The police who investigate crime, and the Crown Prosecution Service who prosecute the offenders.

Starring Bradley Walsh, Jamie Bamber, Harriet Walter, Ben Daniels, Bill Paterson & Freema Agyeman

Photograph of the Law & Order cast Bill Paterson, Ben Daniels,Jamie Bamber, Freema Agyeman, Harriet Walter & Bradley Walsh

Bradley Walsh (Torn, Coronation Street) is DS Ronnie Brooks, a real East End, copper’s copper, friend and partner to the charming DS Matt Devlin, Jamie Bamber (Battlestar Galactica, Ultimate Force) whose approach to policing is part seduction part force. Both report to DI Natalie Chandler Harriet Walter, (Morris: A Life With Bells On) a working mum who would back them to the end.

While the CPS team comprises Ben Daniels (The Passion, The State Within, Cutting It) as dedicated Senior Crown Prosecutor James Steel, a man on a mission for justice; Freema Agyeman (Dr Who, Torchwood, Little Dorrit) as hard working, strong-willed young prosecutor Alesha Phillips; and Bill Paterson (Little Dorrit, Criminal Justice, Sea of Souls) as their respected boss CPS director George Castle, a man trying to balance his ideals with the bigger picture.

SERIES 4

Episode 1 - Help

A football player is murdered on the street. Police believe at first that he was killed by a man who helped him change a tyre, but the prime suspect soon becomes the Crown's star witness.

Episode 2 - Denial

Love, betrayal and assisted suicide are the themes of this episode where a high court judge is shot in what looks like a car robbery gone wrong. Critically injured but not killed, Judge Callaghan soon learns that a hitman was hired to kill her but can she cope with the truth of who wants her dead?

Episode 3 - ID

The brutal and cold blooded murder of a pregnant doctor in the car park of the hospital where she works leads our heroes to places they never could have imagined. What initially seems like a crime of passion soon unravels into a conspiracy involving senior government officials. Risking their careers, James and Alesha must get to the bottom of this case before another life is destroyed.

Episode 4 - Duty of Care

The death of a teenage boy with severe disabilities and learning difficulties who was taunted and bullied by youths in his area for years feels like an open and shut case for the prosecution. Complications develop when James and Alesha find themselves up against a ‘win-at-all-costs’ defence lawyer whose outrageous ego threatens the fair outcome of the trial.

Episode 5 - Shaken

The unfolding tragedy of this story takes us on unexpected twists and turns as what initially looks like the cot death of 6 month old Alex Raines is later diagnosed as shaken baby syndrome. With several suspects and little more than a process of elimination to go on, James and Alesha must navigate their way through the family wreckage Alex’s death has left behind.

Episode 6 - Skeletons

The series finale of this year’s Law & Order UK is a whirlwind of action as our team pursue a serial killer across London and Crown Prosecutor, James Steel, finds himself on the wrong side of the law. Defending himself against an allegation of perverting the course of justice, Steel battles for his career and his freedom.

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Photograph of the Law & Order UK’s cast showing Bill Paterson, Ben Daniels, Jamie Bamber, Freema Agyeman, Harrier Walter and Bradley Walsh