Bamber, Walsh Still Imposing 'Order' On BBC America
by NPR Staff
January 15, 2011
When Dick Wolf's original Law and Order didn't return for a 21st season, fans of the show were bereft. There's still plenty in the way of spin-offs — Law and Order: L.A., anyone? — and knock-offs, of course. But the heart of Law and Order lies in the screech of subways, sausage and falafel carts, all the din and clatter of street life.
Which is why Wolf took his show across the pond to London last year.
Law and Order: UK began its second season on BBC America this week. Like the original, it has stories ripped from the headlines and wisecracking cops in trench coats walking into the squad room and debating the minutiae of everyday life. But there are cultural differences: the barristers — lawyers, to us ex-colonists — still wear powdered wigs in the queen's courts. They don't talk directly to the jury, or not much; they're not allowed to pace dramatically before the bench as they make their case.
"There are certain little things about our system that are particular," actor Jamie Bamber tells NPR's Scott Simon. "We have to sort of celebrate them, because that's what makes our show worth doing, as opposed to airing reruns of the original..."
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Law & Order: UK airs Friday at 9pm on BBC America.
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