The Worst Episodes of Law & Order: UK

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7.4/10(209 votes)
#1 - Paradise
S1:E63/30/2009
Was the arson attack on a Turkish club claiming 17 lives racially motivated - or something even more sinister? James Steel and Alesha Phllips struggle to build the case.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Chris Chibnall
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Director:Unknown
Writer:Chris Chibnall
7.5/10(315 votes)
#2 - Care
S1:E12/23/2009
A body is found at a London hospital, but can the police and the Crown Prosecutors bring the person responsible to justice?
Director:Omar Madha
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Omar Madha
Writer:Unknown
7.5/10(188 votes)
#3 - Community Service
S2:E31/25/2010
A homeless man is found beaten and unconscious in a park. Because he is bipolar his testimony is disjointed and make him unable to identify his attacked. A neighbourhood resident is charged with the premeditated attack.
Director:Ken Grieve
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Ken Grieve
Writer:Unknown
7.5/10(162 votes)
#4 - Survivor
S3:E510/7/2010
Survivor begins with the investigation into the murder of Prison Officer Charlie Tyner who is found shot dead on a council estate in Hackney. It soon comes to light that, rather than being the good clean officer of Her Majesty's Prison Service we first believe him to be, Charlie Tyner is corrupt and taking advantage of his position in prison in a number of ways. There are plenty of prisoners inside with reason enough to want to kill Charlie but, being in prison, they have solid alibis so who killed Charlie and why? Crown Prosecutors James Steel and Alesha Phillips find themselves at odds with their boss, George Castle, who is keen to bring to justice the killer of a prison officer. James and Alesha can't help but feel Tyner's abuse should be brought into consideration when charging the accused. And they have their eye on a much greater prize - a career criminal connected to Tyner who has evaded the justice system for too long. Can James and Alesha convince the key witness to give evidence against a man she claims to love?
Director:Unknown
Writer:Emilia di Girolamo
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Director:Unknown
Writer:Emilia di Girolamo
7.5/10(130 votes)
#5 - The Wrong Man
S5:E17/10/2011
Brought into A&E with flu-like symptoms and leaving in a body bag, Suzanne Morton’s death is treated as suspicious by DS Ronnie Brooks and DS Matt Devlin as they investigate a hospital department which has had three such untimely deaths within six months. With an extremely busy A&E ward the night Suzanne died, can our heroes find the killer before the killer finds their next victim? Senior Crown Prosecutor, Jake Thorne is pulled in opposite directions when the chief suspect in the case claims to have been framed for the murder by others within his department. With a conspiracy of silence permeating the hospital staff, it’s clear that there’s more to this case than meets the eye and only by penetrating the web of professional loyalties can the truth emerge
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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Writer:Unknown
7.5/10(124 votes)
#6 - Tick Tock
S5:E47/31/2011
A night club peppered with bullets. Two victims bleeding out on the floor. The start of a deadly gun rampage through the streets of London. With the media swarming all over the case and a hostage to find, DS Matt Devlin and DS Ronnie Brooks are up against the clock as they try to track down the Bonnie and Clyde duo wreaking havoc on the city streets. Capture is far from closure when defence barrister, Phyllis Gladstone, takes the case on, arguing that one of the pair was more innocent victim than violent killer. Did the defendant act out of fear - beaten and bullied into submission by her partner-in-crime, too terrified to escape and alert the police? With two sides to every story, the team are under pressure to make sure someone is held responsible for a murderous spree that cost five lives.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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7.5/10(126 votes)
#7 - Trial
S6:E41/27/2012
The murder of an elderly janitor in his home is carried out with such precision and planning that the only evidence the killer leaves is designed to lead the detectives around in circles.
Director:David O'Neill
Writer:Unknown
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Director:David O'Neill
Writer:Unknown
7.5/10(112 votes)
#8 - Dawn Till Dusk
S6:E62/10/2012
Over the course of one long day, the team works on three separate cases, including tracking a serial killer, intervening in a family dispute turned murderous, and disproving an accusation of police intimidation. Will all of the team make it through with their careers intact?
Director:Unknown
Writer:Richard Stokes
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Director:Unknown
Writer:Richard Stokes
7.5/10(106 votes)
#9 - Mortal
S7:E58/11/2013
Following the suspect death of an old woman, Ronnie and Sam are lead to believe that the old woman's carer was to blame.
Director:Joss Agnew
Writer:Nicholas Hicks-Beach
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Director:Joss Agnew
Writer:Nicholas Hicks-Beach
7.5/10(99 votes)
#10 - Bad Romance
S8:E64/16/2014
Maids find blood-stained sheets but no body in a hotel room, booked with a credit card stolen from businessman Charles Hutton by Rufus Barton, a school classmate and secret lover of Hutton's daughter Georgia.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
7.6/10(271 votes)
#11 - Unloved
S1:E23/2/2009
When a teenager is murdered, the alleged killer's defence barrister has an audacious plan up her sleeve.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Terry Cafolla
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Director:Unknown
Writer:Terry Cafolla
7.6/10(189 votes)
#12 - Samaritan
S2:E11/11/2010
A police officer is killed in a shoot out with a drug dealer. Based on the testimony of another dealer, Brooks and Devlin must determine whether back up was slow to arrive and left the officer to die because he was gay.
Director:Andy Goddard
Writer:Chris Chibnall
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Director:Andy Goddard
Writer:Chris Chibnall
7.6/10(155 votes)
#13 - Masquerade
S3:E610/14/2010
The mystery surrounding the stabbing of student, Archie Rahman, has our cops chasing their tails when the only clue they have to go on is a library book checked out on the day of his murder. Two students connected to the book have given an alibi for each other but one of them is lying and it's down to our cops to find out which one. When the perpetrator eventually confesses and claims to have acted in self-defence, Alesha is forced to face past demons. It's a delicate balancing act for James who is tasked not only with prosecuting the offender but also with defending a dead victim. Unless the truth of what happened that day is uncovered, a murderer could walk free or an innocent victim be wrongly convicted.
Director:Hettie Macdonald
Writer:Richard Stokes
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Director:Hettie Macdonald
Writer:Richard Stokes
7.6/10(138 votes)
#14 - Duty of Care
S4:E43/28/2011
The police investigate a suspicious fire that resulted in the death of 13 year-old Ian Parnell. His mother Megan managed to escape but the pathologist confirms that Ian died of smoke inhalation. The boy was severely disabled and unable to care for himself. They follow several false leads including an absent father who is behind on his support payments and a couple of neighborhood lads who were known to have harassed the dead boy. In the end, the evidence points to the mother. In court James and Alesha come up against a barrister who refuses all reasonable offers to settle the case. His disdain for his client leads him to mount a series of increasingly ridiculous defenses. When the truth finally emerges, the Crown prosecutors face a moral dilemma.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Dick Wolf
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Director:Unknown
Writer:Dick Wolf
7.6/10(119 votes)
#15 - Immune
S6:E21/13/2012
A bungled robbery leads to an innocent hero being shot dead and a hostage with a potentially life threatening medical condition being seized by two armed gunmen. It's up to Ronnie and Sam to beat the clock and find the hostage in just ten hours.
Director:James Strong
Writer:Unknown
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Director:James Strong
Writer:Unknown
7.6/10(111 votes)
#16 - Fatherly Love
S7:E48/4/2013
When the body of a woman is pulled from the Thames after her car is found in suspicious circumstances, the victim's abusive ex-husband seems to be the prime suspect.
Director:Jill Robertson
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Jill Robertson
Writer:Unknown
7.6/10(96 votes)
#17 - Pride
S8:E44/2/2014
Unemployed family man Neil Lester is battered to death with a paper-weight in his own home, having convinced his wife that he has been working for the past nine months
Director:Mat King
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Mat King
Writer:Unknown
7.7/10(247 votes)
#18 - Vice
S1:E33/9/2009
When a former vice cop is discovered beaten to death in an underpass, DS Ronnie Brooks and DS Matt Devlin find their investigation going in unexpected directions.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Chris Chibnall
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Director:Unknown
Writer:Chris Chibnall
7.7/10(175 votes)
#19 - Love And Loss
S2:E52/8/2010
When a teenage girl dies of a heroin overdose. Devlin and Brooks must find out how and why she came to be a drug mule.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Terry Cafolla
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Director:Unknown
Writer:Terry Cafolla
7.7/10(145 votes)
#20 - Denial
S4:E23/14/2011
A judge is badly injured when she is shot during what appears to be a car robbery. The investigation reveals that a hitman had been hired to kill her.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
7.7/10(123 votes)
#21 - Line Up
S6:E52/3/2012
A murder investigation is launched when a concerned citizen alerts the police to a shocking video that is spreading like wildfire on the web, in which a teenage girl is attacked and shot.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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Writer:Unknown
7.7/10(114 votes)
#22 - Paternal
S7:E37/28/2013
A man is found dead in a hotel room owing his ex-wife thousands of pounds in child support. The child's grandfather is the only suspect, but is the case that easily solved?
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
7.7/10(101 votes)
#23 - Flaw
S8:E13/12/2014
Ronnie and new partner Joe Hawkins, who has come from the child protection unit, investigate a gruesome double murder where the victims' hands and teeth were removed.
Director:Mat King
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Mat King
Writer:Unknown
7.8/10(231 votes)
#24 - Alesha
S1:E74/6/2009
With scant evidence James Steel and Alesha Phillips find themselves up against a tenacious barrister defending an eminent doctor accused of sexually assaulting a patient.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
7.8/10(162 votes)
#25 - Defence
S3:E39/23/2010
When three people are brutally murdered in a shop in central London and a fourth left for dead, Matt and Ronnie are up against the clock to find the killer who they fear could strike again at any moment. The nature of the attack was frenzied and brutal with the killer using a bayonet to slay his victims. With this information and a photofit, Matt and Ronnie are quickly must identify the killer before they strike again. James assumes a straightforward case ahead of him. However, things take an unexpected turn when he learns that the defendant has brilliant legal support. With the case for defence looking very strong, James' only hope is to convince a deluded defendant to accept responsibility for his crimes.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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