Murphy's Law: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Detective Tommy Murphy has nothing left to lose. Guilt-ridden over the death of his young daughter, who was slain by the IRA, he flees to London to work undercover assignments for the Metropolitan Police in this gritty and "eminently watchable" (San Francisco Chronicle) mystery series.

There were five series of the drama, shown on BBC One. The first two were composed of individual stories. Series three, four and five were each single stories composed over multiple episodes.

Series details

• Title: Murphy's Law
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Crime
• Premiere date: 2001-09-24
• Final broadcast date listed: 2007-10-03
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 67 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 18440
• IMDb ID: tt0408403
• TVDB ID: 73425

Cast and credited roles

• James Nesbitt — Tommy Murphy

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2001-09-24; final listed air date 2003-05-26; episode order: 5.
• Season 2: premiered 2004-05-10; final listed air date 2004-06-14; episode order: 6.
• Season 3: premiered 2005-05-26; final listed air date 2005-06-30; episode order: 6.
• Season 4: premiered 2006-08-27; final listed air date 2006-08-29; episode order: 3.
• Season 5: premiered 2007-10-01; final listed air date 2007-10-03; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

Adapted from Murphy's Law 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.