Law & Order: UK is a British police procedural and legal television programme, adapted from the American series Law & Order. The programme is financed by the production companies Kudos Film and Television, Wolf Films, and Universal Media Studios. Head writer Chris Chibnall based the first series of episodes on scripts and episodes of the parent series. Based in London, and following the formula of the original, Law & Order: UK stars Bradley Walsh, Paul Nicholls, Harriet Walter, Dominic Rowan, Freema Agyeman and Peter Davison. Law & Order: UK became the first American drama... television series to be adapted for British television. Law & Order: UK is a British adaptation of the US-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.
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| On the air: | February 23, 2009 |
| Network: | ITV, ITV1, STV, UTV, ITV HD |
| Producer: | Chris Chibnall, Richard Stokes, Dick Wolf |