# List of Law & Order: UK episodes

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. Chris Chibnall, the first head writer, set the practice of adapting episodes from the American series, which continued after he left the production. Through the eight series, 53 episodes have been borrowed from across the 456 episode American run, ranging from the first American episode being used in series 5 of Law & Order: UK, through a final (20th) season American episode used in series 6 of the UK version.
Law & Order: UK is based in London. The original cast consisted of Bradley Walsh, Freema Agyeman, Ben Daniels, Jamie Bamber, Bill Paterson, and Harriet Walter, whilst the final cast featured Walsh, Sharon Small, Ben Bailey Smith, Dominic Rowan, Georgia Taylor, and Peter Davison. Paul Nicholls and Paterson Joseph also starred.
The series premiered worldwide on ITV on Thursday 23 February 2009. As of 11 June 2014, a total of 53 episodes have been shown globally. Internationally, the programme is broadcast in thirteen-episode runs, however, in Britain, each thirteen-episode run is broadcast in two halves - one containing seven episodes, and the other containing the remaining six. This results in several episodes being broadcast in foreign countries months before their British broadcast. The series premiered in America on BBC America on 3 October 2010.
In June 2014, broadcaster ITV and producer Kudos issued a joint press release announcing that series 8 would be "the last to be transmitted for the foreseeable future". By coincidence, the final episode aired the following week, delayed from its planned 30 April airdate due to a plot which incorporated events considered too similar to 28 April murder of teacher Ann Maguire.

## Series overview

| Series | Episodes | Episodes | Originally aired | Originally aired |
| Series | Episodes | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
| 1 | 7 | 7 | 23 February 2009 (2009-02-23) | 6 April 2009 (2009-04-06) |
| 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 January 2010 (2010-01-11) | 15 February 2010 (2010-02-15) |
| 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 September 2010 (2010-09-09) | 21 October 2010 (2010-10-21) |
| 4 | 6 | 6 | 21 March 2011 (2011-03-21) | 11 April 2011 (2011-04-11) |
| 5 | 6 | 6 | 11 July 2011 (2011-07-11) | 14 August 2011 (2011-08-14) |
| 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 January 2012 (2012-01-06) | 17 February 2012 (2012-02-17) |
| 7 | 6 | 6 | 14 July 2013 (2013-07-14) | 18 August 2013 (2013-08-18) |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 March 2014 (2014-03-12) | 11 June 2014 (2014-06-11) |

## Episodes
### Series 1 (2009)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) | Original Law & Order episode |
| 1 | 1 | "Care" | Omar Madha | Chris Chibnall | 23 February 2009 (2009-02-23) | 6.96 million | "Cradle to Grave" (31 March 1992 (1992-03-31)) |
| 2 | 2 | "Unloved" | Andy Goddard | Terry Cafolla | 2 March 2009 (2009-03-02) | 6.24 million | "Born Bad" (16 November 1993 (1993-11-16)) |
| 3 | 3 | "Vice" | Omar Madha | Chris Chibnall | 9 March 2009 (2009-03-09) | 6.61 million | "Working Mom" (26 February 1997 (1997-02-26)) |
| 4 | 4 | "Unsafe" | Andy Goddard | Chris Chibnall | 16 March 2009 (2009-03-16) | 6.24 million | "American Dream" (9 November 1993 (1993-11-09)) |
| 5 | 5 | "Buried" | Mark Everest | Catherine Tregenna | 23 March 2009 (2009-03-23) | 6.69 million | "...In Memory of" (5 November 1991) |
| 6 | 6 | "Paradise" | Tristram Powell | Chris Chibnall | 30 March 2009 (2009-03-30) | 5.87 million | "Heaven" (26 November 1991 (1991-11-26)) |
| 7 | 7 | "Alesha" | Mark Everest | Catherine Tregenna | 6 April 2009 (2009-04-06) | 6.02 million | "Helpless" (4 November 1992 (1992-11-04)) |

### Series 2 (2010)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) | Original Law & Order episode |
| 8 | 1 | "Samaritan" | Andy Goddard | Chris Chibnall | 30 July 2009 (2009-07-30) (Canada) 11 January 2010 (2010-01-11) (UK) | 6.51 million | "Manhood" (12 May 1993 (1993-05-12)) |
| 9 | 2 | "Hidden" | Julian Holmes | Emilia di Girolamo | 6 August 2009 (2009-08-06) (Canada) 18 January 2010 (2010-01-18) (UK) | 6.53 million | "Bitter Fruit" (20 September 1995 (1995-09-20)) |
| 10 | 3 | "Community Service" | Ken Grieve | Catherine Tregenna | 13 August 2009 (2009-08-13) (Canada) 25 January 2010 (2010-01-25) (UK) | 6.07 million | "Volunteers" (29 September 1993 (1993-09-29)) |
| 11 | 4 | "Sacrifice" | Robert Del Maestro | Terry Cafolla, Nathan Cockerill | 20 August 2009 (2009-08-20) (Canada) 1 February 2010 (2010-02-01) (UK) | 6.06 million | "Sonata for a Solo Organ" (2 April 1991 (1991-04-02)) |
| 12 | 5 | "Love and Loss" | Mark Everest | Terry Cafolla | 27 August 2009 (2009-08-27) (Canada) 8 February 2010 (2010-02-08) (UK) | 6.34 million | "Consultation" (9 December 1992 (1992-12-09)) |
| 13 | 6 | "Honour Bound" | Andy Goddard | Chris Chibnall | 3 September 2009 (2009-09-03) (Canada) 15 February 2010 (2010-02-15) (UK) | 6.28 million | "Corruption" (30 October 1996 (1996-10-30)) |

### Series 3 (2010)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) | Original Law & Order episode |
| 14 | 1 | "Broken" | Andy Goddard | Emilia di Girolamo | 9 September 2010 (2010-09-09) | 5.27 million | "Killerz" (29 September 1999 (1999-09-29)) |
| 15 | 2 | "Hounded" | Julian Holmes | Catherine Tregenna | 16 September 2010 (2010-09-16) | 4.42 million | "Mad Dog" (2 April 1997 (1997-04-02)) |
| 16 | 3 | "Defence" | Mark Everest | Debbie O’Malley | 23 September 2010 (2010-09-23) | 4.83 million | "Pro Se" (8 May 1996 (1996-05-08)) |
| 17 | 4 | "Confession" | James Strong | Terry Cafolla | 30 September 2010 (2010-09-30) | 3.75 million | "Bad Faith" (26 April 1995 (1995-04-26)) |
| 18 | 5 | "Survivor" | Andy Goddard | Emilia di Girolamo | 7 October 2010 (2010-10-07) | 4.82 million | "Punk" (25 November 1998 (1998-11-25)) |
| 19 | 6 | "Masquerade" | Hettie MacDonald | Richard Stokes | 14 October 2010 (2010-10-14) | 4.90 million | "Good Girl" (7 October 1996 (1996-10-07)) |
| 20 | 7 | "Anonymous" | Mark Everest | Debbie O’Malley | 21 October 2010 (2010-10-21) | 5.05 million | "Stalker" (15 April 1998 (1998-04-15)) |

### Series 4 (2011)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) | Original Law & Order episode |
| 21 | 1 | "Help" | James Strong | Terry Cafolla | 2 December 2010 (2010-12-02) (Canada) 7 March 2011 (2011-03-07) (UK) | 5.70 million | "We Like Mike" (30 April 1997 (1997-04-30)) |
| 22 | 2 | "Denial" | Robert Del Maestro | Catherine Tregenna | 11 November 2010 (2010-11-11) (Canada) 14 March 2011 (2011-03-14) (UK) | 4.71 million | "DNR" (6 October 1999 (1999-10-06)) |
| 23 | 3 | "ID" | Andy Goddard | Emilia Di Girolamo | 4 November 2010 (2010-11-04) (Canada) 21 March 2011 (2011-03-21) (UK) | 4.35 million | "Promises to Keep" (10 February 1993 (1993-02-10)) |
| 24 | 4 | "Duty Of Care" | Julian Holmes | Debbie O'Malley | 25 November 2010 (2010-11-25) (Canada) 28 March 2011 (2011-03-28) (UK) | 4.37 million | "Endurance" (18 October 2000 (2000-10-18)) |
| 25 | 5 | "Shaken" | Paul Wilmshurst | Emila Di Girolamo | 18 November 2010 (2010-11-18) (Canada) 4 April 2011 (2011-04-04) (UK) | 4.69 million | "Homesick" (15 April 1996 (1996-04-15)) |
| 26 | 6 | "Skeletons" | Andy Goddard | Catherine Tregenna | 9 December 2010 (2010-12-09) (Canada) 11 April 2011 (2011-04-11) (UK) | 4.71 million | "Trophy" (31 January 1996 (1996-01-31)) |

### Series 5 (2011)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) | Original Law & Order episode |
| 27 | 1 | "The Wrong Man" | Marisol Adler | Debbie O'Malley | 10 July 2011 (2011-07-10) | 6.77 million | "Prescription for Death" (13 September 1990 (1990-09-13)) |
| 28 | 2 | "Safe" | Julian Holmes | Emilia Di Girolamo | 17 July 2011 (2011-07-17) | 5.43 million | "Angel" (29 November 1995 (1995-11-29)) |
| 29 | 3 | "Crush" | Mat King | Nicholas Hicks-Beach | 24 July 2011 (2011-07-24) | 5.31 million | "Humiliation" (22 November 1995 (1995-11-22)) |
| 30 | 4 | "Tick Tock" | Mark Everest | Richard Stokes | 31 July 2011 (2011-07-31) | 4.93 million | "Hot Pursuit" (8 November 1995 (1995-11-08)) |
| 31 | 5 | "Intent" | Julian Holmes | Debbie O'Malley | 7 August 2011 (2011-08-07) | 4.88 million | "Privileged" (5 April 1995 (1995-04-05)) |
| 32 | 6 | "Deal" | Andy Goddard | Emilia Di Girolamo | 14 August 2011 (2011-08-14) | 4.86 million | "Slave" (21 April 1996 (1996-04-21)) |

### Series 6 (2012)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) | Original Law & Order episode |
| 33 | 1 | "Survivor’s Guilt" | Andy Goddard | Emilia di Girolamo | 28 September 2011 (2011-09-28) (US) 6 January 2012 (2012-01-06) (UK) | 5.14 million | "Suicide Box" (23 March 2003 (2003-03-23)) |
| 34 | 2 | "Immune" | James Strong | Nicholas Hicks-Beach | 5 October 2011 (2011-10-05) (US) 13 January 2012 (2012-01-13) (UK) | 5.24 million | "Double Down" (16 April 1997 (1997-04-16)) |
| 35 | 3 | "Haunted" | Mat King | Suzie Smith | 12 October 2011 (2011-10-12) (US) 20 January 2012 (2012-01-20) (UK) | 5.32 million | "Ghosts" (5 October 2005 (2005-10-05)) |
| 36 | 4 | "Trial" | David O'Neill | Nicholas Hicks-Beach | 19 October 2011 (2011-10-19) (US) 27 January 2012 (2012-01-27) (UK) | 5.07 million | "Double Blind" (6 November 1996 (1996-11-06)) |
| 37 | 5 | "Line Up" | M.T. Adler | Emilia di Girolamo | 26 October 2011 (2011-10-26) (US) 3 February 2012 (2012-02-03) (UK) | 5.26 million | "Performance" (8 February 1995 (1995-02-08)) |
| 38 | 6 | "Dawn Till Dusk" | Mark Everest | Richard Stokes | 2 November 2011 (2011-11-02) (US) 10 February 2012 (2012-02-10) (UK) | 5.15 million | "Mayhem" (9 March 1994 (1994-03-09)) |
| 39 | 7 | "Fault Lines" | James Strong | Emilia di Girolamo | 9 November 2011 (2011-11-09) (US) 17 February 2012 (2012-02-17) (UK) | 5.09 million | "Just a Girl in the World" (2 October 2009 (2009-10-02)) |

### Series 7 (2013)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) | Original Law & Order episode |
| 40 | 1 | "Tracks" | Mat King | Emilia di Girolamo | 14 July 2013 (2013-07-14) | 5.32 million | "Locomotion" (18 May 2005 (2005-05-18)) |
| 41 | 2 | "Tremors" | Mat King | Emilia di Girolamo | 21 July 2013 (2013-07-21) | 4.91 million | "Aftershock" (22 May 1996 (1996-05-22)) |
| 42 | 3 | "Paternal" | Jill Robertson | Nicholas Hicks-Beach | 28 July 2013 (2013-07-28) | 4.90 million | "Deadbeat" (13 November 1996 (1996-11-13)) |
| 43 | 4 | "Fatherly Love" | Jill Robertson | Noel Farragher | 4 August 2013 (2013-08-04) | 4.60 million | "Family Values" (12 October 1994 (1994-10-12)) |
| 44 | 5 | "Mortal" | Joss Agnew | Nicholas Hicks-Beach | 11 August 2013 (2013-08-11) | 4.67 million | "Golden Years" (5 January 1994 (1994-01-05)) |
| 45 | 6 | "Dependant" | Joss Agnew | Jane Hudson | 18 August 2013 (2013-08-18) | 4.56 million | "Phobia" (14 February 2001 (2001-02-14)) |

### Series 8 (2014)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) | Original Law & Order episode |
| 46 | 1 | "Flaw" | Mat King | Nicholas Hicks-Beach | 12 March 2014 (2014-03-12) | 4.24 million | "Refuge, Part I" (26 May 1999 (1999-05-26)) |
| 47 | 2 | "Safe from Harm" | Mat King | Tom Grieves | 19 March 2014 (2014-03-19) | 3.88 million | "Betrayal" (5 March 2008 (2008-03-05)) |
| 48 | 3 | "I Predict A Riot" | Mat King | Richard Stokes | 26 March 2014 (2014-03-26) | 4.29 million | "Ramparts" (13 January 1999 (1999-01-13)) |
| 49 | 4 | "Pride" | Mat King | Matt Evans | 2 April 2014 (2014-04-02) | 4.29 million | "Identity" (5 November 2003 (2003-11-05)) |
| 50 | 5 | "Customs" | Joss Agnew | Jamie Crichton | 9 April 2014 (2014-04-09) | 4.42 million | "Ritual" (17 December 1997 (1997-12-17)) |
| 51 | 6 | "Bad Romance" | Joss Agnew | Louise Ironside | 16 April 2014 (2014-04-16) | 4.51 million | "Denial" (8 October 1997 (1997-10-08)) |
| 52 | 7 | "Hard Stop" | Jill Robertson | Noel Farragher | 23 April 2014 (2014-04-23) | 3.97 million | "Criminal Law" (23 November 2005 (2005-11-23)) |
| 53 | 8 | "Repeat to Fade" | Jill Robertson | Richard Stokes | 11 June 2014 (2014-06-11) | 3.83 million | "Marathon" (17 November 1999 (1999-11-17)) |