The UK "Law & Order" ?
ITV has plans for a British version of the American TV crime drama, Law & Order. Will it be as wildly popular as our version, or the successful spin-off, Law & Order: SVU, which stars Mariska Hargitay?
The stars tapped for the series are Battlestar Galactica’s Jamie Barber and Coronation Street’s Bradley Walsh. I’m not sure that I’m too excited about another Law & Order, however, this 13 episode series with the promise of Dr. Who/Torchwood talent, Freema Agyeman, as prosecutor, lends some excitement to the premise.
Similar to Law & Order’s 2 part format of showing the criminal investigation first, and later the prosecution aspects, the legal action is to be taken by the Crown Prosecution Service, the agency which is responsible for public prosecutions in England and Wales.
The series will be co-produced by the UK company Kudos, Wolf Films and NBC Universal. Here’s hoping the series, which begins filming this month, has some of the same on-scene color and city flair that our beloved series on this side of the pond exhibits. If creator Dick Wolf has anything to say about it, it will, since Wolf Films is involved.
Via Guardian; Image permission: Newscom.com
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