Murphy's Law

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Murphy's Law is a British television crime drama series starring Mark Womack as a maverick undercover detective.

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instanceOf British television series
basedOn Murphy’s Law novels by Colin Bateman
broadcastFrequency episodic series
broadcastOn BBC One in the United Kingdom
characterRole Mark Womack as Tommy Murphy NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Colin Bateman NERFINISHED
distributor BBC NERFINISHED
featuresTheme moral ambiguity in policing
organised crime
personal trauma of the protagonist
filmingLocation London, England
surface form: London

Northern Ireland NERFINISHED
firstAired 2001
follows undercover police investigations
genre crime drama
police procedural
hasBroadcastFormat standard-definition television
hasDirector various directors
hasEpisodeLength approximately 60 minutes
hasFictionalUniverse contemporary United Kingdom NERFINISHED
hasFormat serialised story arcs
hasMedium television
hasNarrativeStyle gritty realism
hasOpeningCredits Murphy's Law title sequence NERFINISHED
hasOriginalRun 2001–2007
hasPilot Murphy's Law (2001 pilot episode) NERFINISHED
hasScreenwriter Colin Bateman NERFINISHED
hasSubgenre undercover cop drama
hasTargetAudience adult viewers
hasTheme undercover infiltration of criminal organisations
lastAired 2007
leadActorNationality English
leadCharacterBackground Irish police officer
leadCharacterTrait maverick
mainCharacter Tommy Murphy NERFINISHED
numberOfEpisodes 23
numberOfSeries 5
originalLanguage English
originallyBroadcastAs feature-length pilot followed by series
originalNetwork BBC One
productionCompany Tiger Aspect Productions NERFINISHED
protagonistEmployer Metropolitan Police Service NERFINISHED
protagonistOccupation undercover detective
setting London, England
surface form: London
starring Mark Womack NERFINISHED

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Mark Womack notableWork Murphy's Law
Charles Bronson notableWork Murphy's Law
J. Lee Thompson notableWork Murphy's Law
James Nesbitt notableWork Murphy's Law
this entity surface form: Murphy’s Law
Mark Benton notableWork Murphy's Law
this entity surface form: Murphy’s Law
Craig Kelly notableWork Murphy's Law