Law And Order Uk.

[Jeza]

I watched this last night and I must say it is not a patch on the American version. The first few series were good but this one is dire.

[emmie]

No it's not, the American ones are far and away the best crime programmes i have seen for a long time, i have watched much of the early series, always loved Sam Waterston.

[Robinia]

Well it's uncomplicated for a tired brain on a Sunday night...and with Bradley Walsh (even though he looks downtrodden) and Paul Nicholls to look at I love it.

[Frank97]

While I do like it, it does seem to be the American's poor cousin.

[emmie]

poor stories even, that is the difference, i like Bradley, he is a very good actor, but let down by poor scripts..

[Jeza]

I also like Sam Waterston, a fine actor. What do you think of Linus Roach?

[ummmm]

I like these programmes but they always confess, straight away...

[emmie]

williams son?, not much...

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://images.starpulse.com/Photos/pv/Linus%2520Roache-2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.starpulse.com/Actors/Roache,_Linus/gallery/SDM-000035/&;h=275&w=183&sz=1&tbnid=xc8PxdboO1wmvM:&tbnh=186&tbnw=123&zoom=1&usg=__qtZ9VcJyojS4SRYdkrPtGKHnAJ4=&docid=CHM2pHeNnBLUSM&itg=1&sa=X&;ei=kqwIUtiHH7PK0AWnyICoBw&ved=0CIcBEPwdMAo

[Frank97]

Linus Roache, had to look him up, seems I haven't seen as much of the US versions as I thought.

[emmie]

the best ones of the US version had Angie Harmon and Sam Waterston, with Stephen ??? as the boss, they really gelled together as a team,

[shaneystar2]

All the stories are based on the original American ones.You can compare them on Wiki . Last nights episode Mortal was based on Golden Years.
They say that Ronnie Brooks is based on Lennie Brisco .Two ex wives ,estranged daughters ,recovering alcoholic.
Trouble is once you've seen the original version you will make comparisons .
Our police and justice system isn't like America .There are bound to be differences.
I love both versions .

[Dodger666]

emmie

The storyline scripts for Law & Order UK are based on the same script of the US Law & Order episodes. Last night's story was based on the US episode "Golden Years". Series 4 episode 11. You can blame the American scriptwriters if you think the stories are poor.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0629280/

[emmie]

the USA stories are far superior, their cop shows usually are better than ours, we have George Gently, they had shows like Hill St Blues, still the best in my opinion.

[emmie]

they may be based on the USA versions, but i have watched both and quite frankly the UK ones seem very pedestrian.

[netibiza]

I actually enjoyed last night's one.

[emmie]

i was falling asleep... not unheard of of course.