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

Episode 1 - Care

When a London hospital is evacuated it leads to the discovery of a tragic death. DS Ronnie Brooks and DS Matt Devlin are assigned to the case and it leads them to the Kings Cross area of London.

Episode 2 - Unloved

When a teenager is brutally murdered Brooks and Devlin investigate.

Episode 3 - Vice

Frank McCallum who worked as a former vice policeman is found beaten to death in an underpass. DS Ronnie Brooks and DS Matt Devlin investigate his death. Crown Prosecutors James Steel and Alesha Phillips are surprised when the accused insists that they acted in self defense.

Episode 4 - Unsafe

Brooks and Devlin reopen an old murder case. The re- investigation allows Luke Slade leave from prison to appeal his conviction eight years previously. Slade represents himself in court and goes head to head with James Steele who originally got him convicted.

Episode 5 - Buried

Tommy Keegan's skeleton is found in a basement. The team reinvestigate his disappearance and requestion the man who was questioned when he first disappeared. They also question Tommy's best friend from the time Julia hoping she might remember something. The Crown Prosecuting team find themselves with a difficult case to deal with.

Episode 6 - Paradise

Brooks and Delvin attempt to find out who is responsible for an arson attack on a Turkish club in which seventeen people died. After the attacker is finally apprehended James Steel and Alesha Phillips finds it hard to come up with a solid case. James finds himself in a difficult situation with an old friend.

Episode 7 - Alesha

The team investigate after gynaecologist Dr Alec Merrick is accused by a parent of sexually assaulting them. James Steel and Alesha Phillips go head to head with Phyllis Gladstone when the case heads to court.

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