Law & Order: UK
Law & Order: UK is a British police procedural and legal television programme broadcast from 2009 to 2014 on ITV, 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, Freema Agyeman, Jamie Bamber, Ben Daniels, Harriet Walter and Bill Paterson. Dominic Rowan, Georgia Taylor, Paul Nicholls, Ben Bailey Smith, Sharon Small, Peter Davison and Paterson Joseph joined the cast in later series. 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.
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| Opening theme | Law & Order London Theme
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom
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| Original language | English
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| No. of seasons | 8
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| No. of episodes | 53 (list of episodes)
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| Producer | Richard Stokes (series 1-6)
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| Production location | London, United Kingdom
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| Running time | 45–48 mins (without adverts)
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| Original release | 23 February 2009 –
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- This is the first TV series in the Wolf Films/Universal "Law & Order" franchise not to have theme music composed by Mike Post or opening narration by Steven Zirnkilton (there are other foreign adaptations of L&O, but these are produced by licensees, not Wolf/Universal).
- The opening credits follow the general format set by the US Law & Order (1990) series: the word "Law" is followed by credits for the primary police detective characters, then the word "Order" is followed by the credits for the prosecutors, and finally, a group shot of the main characters together.
- Like Conviction (2006), another series within the Dick Wolf "Law & Order" franchise, this show has a lead prosecutor named James Steel(e). In Law & Order: UK, Crown Prosecutor James Steel is played by Ben Daniels. In Conviction, ADA Jim Steele was played by Anson Mount.
- Originally each season was going to be shown as 13 complete episodes but this was later changed to blocks of 7 and 6 episodes per series to spread out over the year because the production was finding it difficult filming on the streets of London. However to make up for the low number of episodes North American countries like USA and Canada air the series in the original block of 13 episodes.
- Law & Order: UK has been nominated in the 16th annual "National Television Awards" in the Best Drama category. Two cast members have also been nominated under Best Drama Performance. Bradley Walsh as DS Ronnie Brooks and Ben Daniels as James Steel, The only TV awards ceremony where viewers choose all the winners. http://www.nationaltvawards.com/
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