Law & Order (British TV series)
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Law & Order (often referred to as Law and Order) is a British television crime drama series, comprising four connected plays written by G. F. Newman and directed by Les Blair, which was first transmitted on 6 April 1978 on BBC Two. Each of the four stories within the series was told from a different perspective, including that of the Detective, the Villain, the Brief and the Prisoner.[1] The series was highly controversial upon its release due to its depiction of a corrupt British law enforcement and legal system.[2]
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Genre | |
Created by | G. F. Newman |
Directed by | Les Blair |
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Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 4 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Producer | Tony Garnett |
Cinematography | John Else |
Editor | Don Fairservice |
Running time | 80 minutes |
Production company | BBC Worldwide |
Original release | |
Network | BBC Two |
Release | 6 April (1978-04-06) ā 27 April 1978 (1978-04-27) |
For the series' thirtieth anniversary in April 2008, it was released on a limited edition DVD via 2|Entertain.[1] In April 2018, BBC Four announced that the series would be rebroadcast on television for the first time to mark the series' fortieth anniversary. This statement was inaccurate, as a full repeat had previously been broadcast on BBC4 from 24 March to 14 April 2009[3][4] and it had also been repeated in March 1980.[5] The 2018 repeats began at 10:00pm on Thursdays from 12 April 2018.[6]