Law and Disorder (TV series)

Law and Disorder is a British sitcom that aired on ITV in 1994. Starring Penelope Keith, it was written by Alex Shearer, who had also written No Job for a Lady, which Keith appears in. It was directed and produced by John Howard Davies. Law and Disorder was made for the ITV network by Thames Television and Central Television.

Law and Disorder
Genre	Sitcom
Starring	Penelope Keith Simon Williams Charles Kay Eamon Boland John Junkin Emma Davies
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Producer(s)	John Howard Davies
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original network	ITV
Original release	17 January – 21 February 1994

Cast

• Penelope Keith — Philippa Troy
• Simon Williams — Gerald Triggs
• Charles Kay — Judge Wallace
• Eamon Boland — Arthur Bryant
• John Junkin — 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 sports car. Other characters were her solicitor Arthur Bryant, clerk Steven, her junior Susan and the Judge.

Episodes

1. "What Goes Up" (17 January 1994)
2. "One for the Album" (24 January 1994)
3. "A Night to Remember" (31 January 1994)
4. "A Slip of the Pen" (7 February 1994)
5. "The Cannibal" (14 February 1994)
6. "Safe as Houses" (21 February 1994)

DVD releases

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

References

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

External links

• Law and Disorder on IMDb