''Law and Disorder'' is a British

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that aired on ITV in 1994. Starring

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, it was written by

Alex Shearer Alex Shearer (born 25 June 1949) is a British novelist and scriptwriter. He was born in Wick, in the north of Scotland. Alex Shearer sold his first TV script at the age of 29, after a varied career of some 30 odd jobs. He wrote for televisi ...

, who had also written ''

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'', in which Keith also appears. It was directed and produced by

John Howard Davies John Howard Davies (9 March 193922 August 2011)
' ...

. ''Law and Disorder'' was made for the ITV network by

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and Central Television.

Cast

— Philippa Troy * Simon Williams — Gerald Triggs *

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— Judge Wallace * Eamon Boland — Arthur Bryant *

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— Steven * Emma Davies — Susan

Plot

The main character in ''Law and Disorder'' was Philippa Troy, a widowed acid-tongued barrister, who used a no-nonsense, and sometimes illegal, approach to winning cases. She always won, often beating Gerald Triggs. Troy also wrote a series of children's books called ''Prickly Peter'', and drove an open-top

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. Other characters were her solicitor Arthur Bryant,

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Steven, her junior Susan and the Judge.

Episodes

#"What Goes Up" (17 January 1994) #"One for the Album" (24 January 1994) #"A Night to Remember" (31 January 1994) #"A Slip of the Pen" (7 February 1994) #"The Cannibal" (14 February 1994) #"Safe as Houses" (21 February 1994)

DVD releases

The complete series of ''Law and Disorder'' was released on 5 May 2014 by Network.

References

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, "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy", BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2003
British TV Comedy Guide for ''Law and Disorder''

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Law and Disorder 1990s British sitcoms 1994 British television series debuts 1994 British television series endings English-language television shows ITV sitcoms Television series by Fremantle (company) Television shows produced by Thames Television Television shows set in Surrey