title: Law and Disorder (TV series)
text: # Law and Disorder (TV series)
  
  Law and Disorder is a British sitcom that aired on ITV in 1994. Starring Penelope Keith, it was written by Alex Shearer, who had also written No Job for a Lady, in which Keith also appears. It was directed and produced by John Howard Davies. Law and Disorder was made for the ITV network by Thames Television and Central Television.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Penelope Keith — Philippa Troy
  * Simon Williams — Gerald Triggs
  * Charles Kay — Judge Wallace
  * Eamon Boland — Arthur Bryant
  * John Junkin — Steven
  * Emma Davies — Susan
  
  ## Plot
  
  The main character in Law and Disorder was Philippa Troy, a widowed acid-tongued barrister, who used a no-nonsense, and sometimes illegal, approach to winning cases. She always won, often beating Gerald Triggs. Troy also wrote a series of children's books called Prickly Peter, and drove an open-top sports car. Other characters were her solicitor Arthur Bryant, clerk Steven, her junior Susan and the Judge.
  
  ## Episodes
  
  * "What Goes Up" (17 January 1994)
  * "One for the Album" (24 January 1994)
  * "A Night to Remember" (31 January 1994)
  * "A Slip of the Pen" (7 February 1994)
  * "The Cannibal" (14 February 1994)
  * "Safe as Houses" (21 February 1994)
  
  ## DVD releases
  
  The complete series of Law and Disorder was released on 5 May 2014 by Network.
  
  