History Trivia / LawAndOrderUK

** Speaking of whom. . .yes, that's [[Film/TheForceAwakens Finn]]. Good to see he managed to redeem himself.

** Speaking of whom. . .yes, that's [[Film/TheForceAwakens Finn]]. At least he managed to redeem to himself.

** Speaking of whom, he has certainly [[Film/TheForceAwakens redeemed himself]].
* IronyAsSheIsCast: Matt butchering the French language when trying to talk to a witness when in RealLife, JamieBamber speaks excellent French (aside from an early childhood spent in Paris, it's one of two languages, the other being Italian, that he studied for his Modern Language degree).

** Juliet Aubrey, aka Helen from ''{{Primeval}}'' in Episode 3.

* FakeIrish: Subverted. JamieBamber was born in London, but has Irish ancestry and citizenship thanks to his mother. Matt reveals his Irish heritage to a young prostitute he's interrogating and states that during his rookie year's he was "called mick for the first 6 months because my family are Irish", but his background is slightly different--in an interview, Bamber described Matt as being from "an immigrant Irish family" indicating that he was born in Ireland and then emigrated to England.

** Creator/JamieBamber ([[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Apollo]]/[[Series/HoratioHornblower Archie Kennedy]]) working for...

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Only Season 1 (Series 1 & 2) and Season 2 (Series 3 & 4) have been released on DVD in the US. To watch the remaining episodes, which have been released in the UK, anyone in Region 1 will need to either (a) purchase a universal DVD player, or (b) scour the internet. Luckily, Series 5-7 are readily available, but so far, you seem to be out of luck if you want to watch Series 8 in ''any'' format--it hasn't even been aired on BBC America as yet.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Only Season 1 (Series 1 & 2) and Season 2 (Series 3 & 4) have been released on DVD in the US. To watch the remaining episodes, which have been released in the UK, anyone in Region 1 will need to either (a) purchase a universal DVD player, or (b) scour the internet. Luckily, Series 5-7 are readily available on YouTube, but so far, you seem to be out of luck if you want to watch Series 8 in ''any'' format--it hasn't even been aired on BBC America as yet.

* FakeIrish: Subverted. JamieBamber was born in London, but has Irish ancestry and citizenship thanks to his mother. Matt reveals his Irish heritage to a young prostitute he's interrogating and states that he was "called mick for the first 6 months because my family are Irish", but it's not clear if his background is identical to his portrayer or if he was born in Ireland and then emigrated to England. His sister has a typically Irish name--Niamh--but like Matt, her brogue isn't very strong, indicating it's the latter scenario.

* TooSoon: Because its plot bore considerable similarities to a RealLife murder that occurred the day before it was scheduled to air, the Series 8 finale "Repeat To Fade was pulled from the schedule and replaced with a Season 5 repeat. It took nearly a month for it to be rescheduled.

* FakeIrish: Subverted. JamieBamber was born in London, but has Irish ancestry and citizenship thanks to his mother. Matt states that he was "called mick for the first 6 months because my family are Irish", but it's not clear if his background is identical to his portrayer or if he was born in Ireland and then emigrated to England. His sister has a typically Irish name--Niamh--but like Matt, her brogue isn't very strong, indicating it's the latter scenario.

* McLeaned: [[spoiler:Matt Devlin]] was killed in a drive-by shooting when actor [[spoiler:Jamie Bamber]] finished his contract; at the time he was doing a pilot for a US show which was not ordered to series. The writers probably wanted to kill off a major character to provide good drama, so it's a pretty classic example of Reason #1 — the following episode was one of the series best as the team struggled to deal with their grief while doing their best to ensure that his killer was brought to justice.
* PlayingAgainstType: Walsh is a well-known ''comedic'' actor and game show host who has been thoroughly impressive as Brooks.

* IronyAsSheIsCast: Matt butchering the French language when trying to talk to a witness when in RealLife, JamieBamber speaks excellent French (it's one of two languages, the other being Italian, that he studied for his Modern Language degree).

* McLeaned: [[spoiler:Matt Devlin]] was killed in a drive-by shooting when actor [[spoiler:Jamie Bamber]] finished his contract. The writers probably wanted to kill off a major character to provide good drama, so it's a pretty classic example of Reason #1 — the following episode was one of the series best as the team struggled to deal with their grief while doing their best to ensure that his killer was brought to justice.

** FreemaAgyeman ([[Series/DoctorWho Martha]]) working for the CPS.

** [[Series/DoctorWho Dr. Moon]] is the Defense for [[spoiler: Matt]]'s killer.

* McLeaned: [[spoiler:Matt Devlin]] was killed in a drive-by shooting when actor [[spoiler:Jamie Bamber]] finished the contract. The writers probably wanted to kill off a major character to provide good drama, so it's a pretty classic example of Reason #1 — the following episode was one of the series best as the team struggled to deal with their grief while doing their best to ensure that his killer was brought to justice.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Juliet Aubrey, aka Helen from ''{{Primeval}}'' in Episode 3.
** Just her? Hell, the whole shows full of it, including JamieBamber ([[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Apollo]]/[[HoratioHornblower Archie Kennedy]]) working for the lingerie factory boss from ''[[CoronationStreet Corrie]]'', and FreemaAgyeman ([[Series/DoctorWho Martha]]) working for the CPS.
** It was quite a shock to find George Castle was really [[Series/DoctorWho Professor Edwin Bracewell]] in "Victory of the Daleks."

* IronyAsSheIsCast: Matt butchering the French language when trying to talk to a witness when in RealLife, JamieBamber speaks excellent French (it's one of two languages, the other being Italian, that he studied for his Modern Language degree).

** [[Series/DoctorWho Dr. Moon]] is the Defense for [[spoiler: Matt]]'s killer.

** Just her? Hell, the whole shows full of it, including JamieBamber ([[BattlestarGalactica Apollo]]) working for the lingerie factory boss from ''[[CoronationStreet Corrie]]'', and FreemaAgyeman ([[Series/DoctorWho Martha]]) working for the CPS.
*** You say Apollo, I say [[HoratioHornblower Archie Kennedy]].

** And to prove how this show has Series/DoctorWho cast coming out the wazoo, PeterDavison is gonna be in the latest series.

** [[DoctorWho Dr. Moon]] is the Defense for [[spoiler: Matt]]'s killer.

** And to prove how this show has Series/DoctorWho cast coming out the wazoo, PeterDavison is gonna be in the latest series.

** Just her? Hell, the whole shows full of it, including [[BattlestarGalactica Apollo]] working for the lingerie factory boss from ''[[CoronationStreet Corrie]]'', and [[Series/DoctorWho Martha]] working for the CPS.

** Just her? Hell, the whole shows full of it, including [[BattlestarGalactica Apollo]] working for the lingerie factory boss from ''[[CoronationStreet Corrie]]'', and [[DoctorWho Martha]] working for the CPS.

** It was quite a shock to find George Castle was really [[DoctorWho Professor Edwin Bracewell]] in "Victory of the Daleks."

** And to prove how this show has DoctorWho cast coming out the wazoo, PeterDavison is gonna be in the latest series.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[DoctorWho Martha Jones]] is now a Junior Crown Prosecutor.