Law and Disorder: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

This legal comedy showcases Keith's winning performance as a high-flying, no-nonsense barrister who rarely loses a case and certainly doesn't suffer fools gladly! Philippa Troy's cases always involve an element of the absurd (if not the downright bizarre), and her clients include an irate football fan sporting a wonky tattoo, and a shipwrecked yachtsman accused of eating his companion! Her professional colleagues are, if anything, even worse: Philippa's principal court adversary is a Bible-thumping bigot, while her instructing solicitor is a keen hypochondriac who insists on regaling her with all the graphic details of his latest ailments. When it all gets too much for her, though, she can at least withdraw into the fantasy world of Prickly Peter...

Series details

• Title: Law and Disorder
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy, Legal
• Premiere date: 1994-01-17
• Final broadcast date listed: 1994-02-21
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 8737
• TVDB ID: 70458

Cast and credited roles

• Penelope Keith — Phillippa Troy
• Simon Williams — Gerald Triggs
• Charles Kay — Judge Wallace
• Eamon Boland — Arthur Bryant
• John Junkin — Steven
• Emma Davies — Susan
• David Hatton — Usher

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1994-01-17; final listed air date 1994-02-21.

Source and licence

Adapted from Law and Disorder on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.