Law + Order originally British?

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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Law & Order: UK

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GladtobeGrey — 11 years ago(April 23, 2014 10:38 AM)

Dick Woolf is credited with being the creator of the Law & Order franchise, however, way back in 1978 the BBC produced 'Law and Order', a mini-series described as a "Four-part drama series about the British judicial system, dealing with an investigation presented from the perspectives of the police force, the criminal, the solicitor and the prison system." Sound familiar? I found it easily on IMDb

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schappe1 — 11 years ago(May 04, 2014 07:51 PM)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_%26_Order_(UK_TV_series)
Here's another progenitor:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrest_and_Trial
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ib011f9545i — 11 years ago(June 09, 2014 03:33 PM)

The original British drama called LAW AND ORDER was a dark show which showed the police as being corrupt and violent,and showed the judges and lawyers in a negative way as well,apart from the title I don't see any connection to LAW AND ORDER which is a much more balanced and entertaining and educational thing.

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flanagan-eng — 10 years ago(August 11, 2015 06:06 AM)

Law and Order was based on (or inspired by) GF Newman's BBC series, Dick Wolf has said so.He subsequently offered to give Newman an acknowledgement in the credits but Newman wasn't fussed.