Law and Disorder (TV series)

Infobox Television
show_name = Law and Disorder


caption =
genre = Sitcom
camera =
runtime = 30 minutes
creator =
starring = Penelope Keith
Simon Williams
Charles Kay
Eamon Boland
John Junkin
Emma Davies
country = UK
network = ITV
first_aired = 17 January
last_aired = 21 February 1994
num_episodes = 6
imdb_id = 0108834

"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 Central and Thames Television.

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

#"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)

References

*Mark Lewisohn, "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy", BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2003
* [http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/disorder/index.html British TV Comedy Guide for "Law and Disorder"]