Rent Law and Order (1978)
4.0 of 5 from 47 ratings
5h 17min
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- Synopsis:
A seminal, four-part drama series about the British judicial system - "there is a fearsome ring of truth about it" - examining endemic corruption from the perspectives of the police, the criminal, the solicitor and prisoner. G.F. Newman - later to write and produce 'Judge John Deed' and 'New Street Law' - secured his place in television history with this searingly controversial 1978 series. The four-part drama broke with the traditional 'heroic and respectful' view of the police and portrayed widespread corruption and abuse within the system. In the wake of a bungled armed robbery, the series focuses on Jack Lynn (Peter Dean), a villain already known to the police; Inspector Fred Pyle (Derek Martin), a cynical Scotland Yard Detective determined to nick him, and Alex Gladwell (Ken Campbell), a cunning lawyer who's perverting the system in order to get him off. As we view the story from four different perspectives - The Detective's Tale; The Villain's Tale; The Brief's Tale; The Prisoner's Tale - shocking questions begin to gather force: was Lynn even at the robbery? Do the police have any real evidence? Do the courts really want justice done? Do prisons change or simply reinforce criminal behaviour? - Actors:
- Peter Dean, Derek Martin, Deirdre Costello, Billy Cornelius, Alan Ford, Ken Campbell, Fred Haggerty, Roy Sone, Barry Summerford, Alan Davidson, Tony Barouch, Mike Horsburgh, Douglas Sheldon, Robert Oates, Mike Cummings, Johnny Feltwell, Alan Clarke, Colin Howells, Geoffrey Todd, Jason White
- Directors:
- Les Blair
- Producers:
- Tony Garnett
- Writers:
- G.F. Newman
- Aka:
- Law & Order
- Studio:
- BBC
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Classics, TV Courtroom Dramas, TV Crimes, TV Dramas
