History Series / LawandOrderUK

* DudeNotFunny: An in-universe version when Brooks and Devlin interrogate a man about the murder of a boy who lived in his apartment building. The man had been the prime suspect 20-something years earlier when the boy disappeared and is clearly still bitter about the bigotry and homophobia he dealt with. As such, he sarcastically confesses to having killed the child, to which a thoroughly unamused Matt replies, "That's not funny, Mr. Connor."

Each episode was a remake of an episode of the original series, with the stories updated for the modern day and the UK legal system (a task the writers found harder than they'd thought - you can't chuck FelonyMurder at people in the UK.[[note]]Or plausibly (thanks to the UK's much stricter gun control laws) [[VigilanteExecution have the Spouse/Parent/Lover/Neighbor/BFF of the victim show up on the courthouse steps with a handgun to kill the baddie every time they appear to get off]], although they still managed to have a fair number of episodes with guns used for homicide.[[/note]] The episodes were based on:

* CrossOver: Averted. Despite starring or guest appearances on nearly every other ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' series--one of the creators joked that it's a contractual obligation for Richard Belzer to appear in all of them--JustForFun/JohnMunch never turned up. (This also goes for the other ForeignRemake shows, although an appearance in ''Paris Enquêtes Criminelles'' was planned but never happened - he does get a namecheck in the French show, though, )

* CrossOver: Averted. Despite starring or guest appearances on nearly every other ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' series--one of the creators joked that it's a contractual obligation for Richard Belzer to appear in all of them--JustForFun/JohnMunch never turned up. It's hard to believe that the London setting was too out of the way for the New York based [[Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit Special Victims Unit]] and [[Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent Major Case Squad]], seeing as how he was able to appear in the French [[TheRemake remake]].

* BirthDeathJuxtaposition:
** At the end of "Deal", Ronnie gushes to Matt about the birth of his grandson and the possibility of reconciling with his daughter. Minutes later, Matt is shot.
** Similarly, DI Wes Leyton celebrates his birthday in "Hard Stop"... and is shot and killed after leaving the party.

* MisplacedRetribution: Matt is gunned down by a young man seeking revenge against the police for bungling the investigation into his brother's murder, a screw-up he believes was racially motivated. But rather than one of the cops who ''did'' botch the investigation, or the actual killer himself, he shoots someone who wasn't a racist, had nothing to do with the investigation in question, and if anything would have done everything possible to ''solve'' the case, claiming "all cops are the same", [[{{Hypocrisy}} essentially displaying the same prejudice he accused the police of]]. It also doesn't help that whatever satisfaction he may have gotten is fleeting--he can't bring his brother back, his mother now has to contend with losing ''both'' of her sons, and he gets to spend the rest of his life knowing the pain and misery he caused Matt's loved ones.

* PlayingGertrude: Martin Jarvis plays Natalie Chandler's father, but he's only nine years Harriet Walter's senior.

* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Many of the more subtle courtroom scenes and interrogation room confessions from the original American episodes are re-interpreted in a much more emotional and over-the-top manner, often bordering on {{melodrama}}.

The "Law" included Creator/JamieBamber (then Paul Nicholls, then Ben Bailey Smith) and Bradley Walsh as DS Ronnie Brooks (previously known for ''Series/CoronationStreet'') PlayingAgainstType as a detective, and the "Order" includes Ben Daniels (then Dominic Rowan), Creator/FreemaAgyeman (then Georgia Taylor), and Bill Paterson (then Creator/PeterDavison).

** Bill Paterson, got the "And", as did his successor Creator/PeterDavison.

** Taken UpToEleven by Dominic Peck in "Duty of Care." A sexist, ill-read buffoon of a lawyer, it quickly becomes clear that all he cares about is some sort of victory rather than the best interests of his client. It says a lot that ''the Crown Prosecutors'' care more about his client's well-being than he does.

A [[TheRemake remake]] of ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' (2009-2014), set in the UK, specifically UsefulNotes/{{London}} (it had a WorkingTitle of ''Law & Order: London'') by Creator/ChrisChibnall (of ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' and ''Series/DoctorWho'' fame). Since October 2010 the series has aired for North American audiences on BBC America.

* BackToTheCameraPose: "Survivor's Guilt" begins with one of these of Ronnie, his defeated posture telling us [[spoiler: that Matt has died long before it's said.]]

** Bea [=McArdle=], [[FoeYay who had a relationship with Steel]].

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