Law & Order: UK series 8
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| Law & Order: UK Series 8' | |
|---|---|
| Series 8 | |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Original release | 12 March – 11 June 2014 |
| Series chronology | |
On 28 June 2013, Bradley Walsh confirmed on This Morning that an eighth series had been commissioned and would start filming in October 2013. ITV later confirmed that Law & Order: UK would return in 2014 with an eight episode series, and that Ben Bailey Smith had been cast as DS Joe Hawkins, replacing Paul Nicholls as DS Sam Casey.[1]
This was the last series of Law & Order: UK to air before the show took an indefinite break on 11 June 2014.
Cast
Main
Law
- Bradley Walsh as Detective Sergeant Ronnie Brooks
- Ben Bailey-Smith as Detective Sergeant Joe Hawkins
- Paterson Joseph as Detective Inspector Wes Leyton (episodes 1-7)
- Sharon Small as Detective Inspector Elizabeth Flynn (episode 8)
Order
- Dominic Rowan as Crown Prosecutor Jacob Thorne
- Georgia Taylor as Crown Prosecutor Kate Barker
- Peter Davison as Henry Sharpe, Director of London Crown Prosecution Service
Episodes
Note: Temporary episode guide taken from ITV press release.
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | Viewing figures (sourced from BARB) |
Original Law & Order episode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | 1 | "Flaw" | Mat King | Nicholas Hicks-Beach | 12 March 2014 | 4.24 | "Refuge, Part I" (26 May 1999) |
| 47 | 2 | "Safe from Harm" | Mat King | Tom Grieves | 19 March 2014 | 3.88 | "Betrayal" (5 March 2008) |
| 48 | 3 | "I Predict A Riot" | Mat King | Richard Stokes | 26 March 2014 | 4.29 | "Ramparts" (13 January 1999) |
| 49 | 4 | "Pride" | Mat King | Matt Evans | 2 April 2014 | 4.29 | "Identity" (5 November 2003) |
| 50 | 5 | "Customs" | Joss Agnew | Jamie Crichton | 9 April 2014 | 4.42 | "Ritual" (17 December 1997) |
| 51 | 6 | "Bad Romance" | Joss Agnew | Louise Ironside | 16 April 2014 | 4.51 | "Denial" (8 October 1997) |
| 52 | 7 | "Hard Stop" | Jill Robertson | Noel Farragher | 23 April 2014 | 3.97 | "Criminal Law" (23 November 2005) |
| 53 | 8 | "Repeat to Fade" | Jill Robertson | Richard Stokes | 11 June 2014[2][3] | 3.83 | "Marathon" (17 November 1999) |
References
- ^ "ITV recommissions Law & Order: UK for an eighth series". ITV Press Centre. 26 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ^ Digital Spy - Law & Order: UK series 8 finale pulled by ITV
- ^ ITV Press centre http://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep8week24/law-order-uk#.U4eQJmFOXmI. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
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