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Law & Order

  • TV Mini Series
  • 19781978
  • 1h 20m
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Law & Order (1978)
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Four-part drama series about the British juicidal system, dealing with an investigation presented from the perspectives of the police force, the criminal, the solicitor and the prison system... Read allFour-part drama series about the British juicidal system, dealing with an investigation presented from the perspectives of the police force, the criminal, the solicitor and the prison system.Four-part drama series about the British juicidal system, dealing with an investigation presented from the perspectives of the police force, the criminal, the solicitor and the prison system.
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
114
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  • Stars
    • Peter Dean
    • Derek Martin
    • Deirdre Costello
  • Stars
    • Peter Dean
    • Derek Martin
    • Deirdre Costello
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    Peter Dean
    • Jack Lynn
    Derek Martin
    • D.I. Fred Pyall
    Deirdre Costello
    • Cathy Lynn
    Billy Cornelius
    • D.S. Eric Lethridge
    Alan Ford
    Alan Ford
    • Clifford Harding
    Ken Campbell
    • Alex Gladwell
    Fred Haggerty
    • D.C.I. Tony Simmons
    Roy Sone
    • Micky Fielder
    Barry Summerford
    • John Tully
    Alan Davidson
    • Benny Isaacs
    Tony Barouch
    • Colin Coleman
    Mike Horsburgh
    • D.I. Graham McHale
    Douglas Sheldon
    Douglas Sheldon
    • D.S. Jack Barcy
    Robert Oates
    • D.C. Warren Slater
    Mike Cummings
    • Tommy Haines
    Alan Clarke
    • D.C. Ray Jenkins
    Johnny Feltwell
    • D.C. Matthew Hall
    Colin Howells
    • D.C. Roger Humphries
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      The initial broadcast caused a national outcry for suggesting that corruption was rife at all levels of law enforcement and the legal system. Politicians even tried to get the writer prosecuted for sedition. The BBC was prevented from selling the series abroad and would not rebroadcast it until 2009.
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      Featured in Criminal Minds: The Making of 'Law & Order' (2008)

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    Law And Order
    I wonder whether the inexcusable omission of this series from the Video and DVD catalogues has anything to do with potentially causing the same sort of disquiet.I do hope not. Controversy is now the stuff of TV drama. No subject is sacred.

    The attention to detail as far as 'correct' police procedure is concerned was commendable. This happens rarely today. The poetic licence taken, makes one wonder why police advisers are employed. Actually I believe that it is only to give some insipid police drama some sort credibility.

    Whatever, nothing must get in the way of the obligatory love story, sex scene, unbelievably stupid senior police officer and so on.

    This magnificent mini-series should be seen as superlative drama, not as some sort of contemporary social comment.
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    • Apr 13, 2007

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      • April 6, 1978 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
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      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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      1 hour 20 minutes
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      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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