ITV in the UK has announced that Law & Order: UK is ending after eight seasons. The final installment aired on June 11th overseas but season eight has yet to air on BBC America.
Created by Dick Wolf, Law & Order: UK began in 2009 and episodes were based on early episodes of the original Law & Order series. The cast includes Bradley Walsh, Ben Bailey Smith, Peter Davison, Georgia Taylor and Dominic Rowan.
“There may well come a time when we re-visit Law & Order: UK,” said ITV’s Director of Drama Commissioning Steve November. “For the moment we’ll be resting the series whilst we continue to refresh our drama slate.”
The cancellation decision coincides with Walsh’s decision to leave his role as Ronnie Brooks. The actor has been with the series since the beginning. He said, “Eight series is a wonderful achievement for everyone involved in the production. This has been one of the hardest decisions I have ever had to make. I hope one day to revisit him, but for now I’d like the opportunity to pursue other drama projects which ITV are developing.”
BBC America has yet to announce if/when they’ll be airing season eight here in the States. The final episode of season seven aired in September 2013.
What do you think? Do you like the UK version of Law & Order? Would you like to see the series return some day?
YES YES YES YES YES
Excellent A1
Excellent series 9&10 overdue
Yes excellent series series 9 and 10 overdue!!
Really disappointed no series 9. Watching repeats waiting to hear when new season starting.
Law & Order UK was an excellent series with fine acting, especially from Bradley Walsh. I was very sad to see Season 9 was cancelled.
Yes. They can’t stop the law & order uk series as they are extremely good! I watch nothing else, I don’t even watch or like the American version of it. Even if they put new cast members in the UK versions, I’ll still watch it. PLEASE don’t take it off ‘the air’ after series 8 has ended.
I was soo happy to have found a new law and order series, because I have watched all the original law and order ones plus the law and order SVU and now season 9 will not be showing 🙁 🙁 🙁
Would love to see a further series of Law & Order UK. Bradley Walsh is excellent.
Law and Order UK was a far superior programme to the original in the states which I loved also. It of course would not be in any way the same without Bradley Walsh who was utterly brilliant in this role but it is a great shame to see an excellent series be dropped
I love Law ‘n Order- U.K. I was really disappointed when it didn’t return in 2014. The cast in all of its permutations remained top notch. Hope BBC America brings it back. Also, I would love to see them run it from the beginning followed by the final season.
Typical network decision to cancel quality show. I am a huge fan of the show, mainly because of Bradley Walsh but also the British/London flavour to it. I have waited many months (actually a year or more) for it to return to Canadian TV and now, after that very long wait and only a few episodes which have finally come back, this happens. Brilliant.
I am so sad at the cancellation of Law and Order UK. I thought it was a fabulous show and was better than the others. Please re-visit your decision.
Whitby, Ontario
Bitterly disappointed love the show
I loved it. Twas the only Law and Order I ever watched from start to finish. Sad to see it go…. ;(