List of Law & Order: UK episodes

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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.{{cite press release|url=http://www.itv.com/PressCentre/Pressreleases/Programmepressreleases/ThecreamofBritishactingtalentcomestogetherforLawOrderUK/default.html |title=The cream of British acting talent comes together for Law & Order:UK |accessdate=26 January 2009 |date=17 October 2008 |publisher=ITV |location=United Kingdom |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417210142/http://www.itv.com/PressCentre/Pressreleases/Programmepressreleases/ThecreamofBritishactingtalentcomestogetherforLawOrderUK/default.html |archivedate=17 April 2009 }} 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.{{cite web |url=http://affiliate.zap2it.com/tv/law-and-order-uk-denial/EP011573810024 |title=TVGuide.ca TV Listings - Law & Order: UK: Denial |publisher=Zap2it |work=TVGuide.ca |accessdate=25 October 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707012037/http://affiliate.zap2it.com/tv/law-and-order-uk-denial/EP011573810024 |archive-date=7 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://tv.citytv.com/schedule/calgary/day/?date=2010-11-04 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708161235/http://tv.citytv.com/schedule/calgary/day/?date=2010-11-04 |title=CITYTV CALGARY 2010 - PROGRAM SCHEDULE WHAT'S ON - Thursday, November 04, 2010 |publisher=Citytv |archivedate=8 July 2011 |accessdate=25 October 2010 |url-status=dead }} The series premiered in America on BBC America on 3 October 2010.{{Cite press release|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/09/16/bbc-america-brings-law-and-order-uk-home-to-the-us/20100916bbca01/ |title=BBC America Brings Law & Order: Uk Home to the U.S. |publisher=BBC America via thefutoncritic.com |date=16 September 2010 |accessdate=7 February 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tvthrong.co.uk/law-order-uk/itv-commissions-13-new-episodes-law-order-uk |title=ITV commissions 13 new episodes of Law & Order: UK |work=tvthrong.co.uk |date=18 October 2010 |accessdate=26 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206103749/http://www.tvthrong.co.uk/law-order-uk/itv-commissions-13-new-episodes-law-order-uk |archivedate= 6 December 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".{{cite web |url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-announces-law-order-uk-take-break-our-screens |title=ITV announces Law & Order: UK is to take a break from our screens |work=ITV Press Centre |publisher=ITV |date=2014-06-03 |accessdate=2016-09-01}} 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.[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a567937/law--order-uk-series-8-finale-pulled-by-itv.html#~oCW7xWfZ44hCfl Digital Spy - Law & Order: UK series 8 finale pulled by ITV]{{cite web |url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep8week24/law-order-uk#.U4eQJmFOXmI |title=Law & Order:UK Episode 8 |work=ITV Press Centre |publisher=ITV |accessdate=2016-09-01}}