Murphy's Law A maverick Irish cop takes on the LONDON Crime World

Detective Sergeant Tommy Murphy is a maverick cop with a dark past. After failing a psychiatric assessment, he is given one last chance by his boss and given a dangerous undercover assignment. Murphy is a loner with little to lose and deals with everything on his own terms. This time around, however, Murphy has an ally in Detective Inspector Annie Guthrie.

en
Crime
Drama
Mystery
Created By

Colin Bateman

First Aired on

Sep 24, 2001

5 seaons till Oct 03, 2007

Popularity: 4.0012
15 votes
Networks
(GB)
Production

Tiger Aspect (GB)Element Pictures (IE)

Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: Food Chain, Episode Three

Seasons & episodes

Total 5 seasons, 23 episodes

Season 1

Aired

5 Episodes
  • Episode 1Murphy's Law60 min

    Murphy infiltrates a gang implicated in a series of diamond heists and finds himself out of his depth involving Japan's equivalent of the mafia. Complicating the situation, Murphy finds himself attracted to Annie.

  • Episode 2Electric Bill60 min

    Richard Mooney, London's most infamous kidnapper, is brought in, and the race is on for Annie and Murphy to get a confession in time to save the life of his latest victim, Kate Jennings. To crack Mooney’s silence, Murphy is set up as a suspected terrorist and goes under cover into Bellview Prison to befriend him. But when this master plan is unexpectedly threatened by the prison's very own protection racket, time seems to be running out for Kate.

  • Episode 3Manic Munday60 min

    When Mickey Munday, a world-famous Irish snooker player, comes under pressure to rig the outcome of his game in the forthcoming championships, Murphy and Annie go undercover to protect his life and find the culprit when he arrives in London. The stakes are raised for Munday when his long-lost love and daughter reappear in his life.

  • Episode 4Reunion60 min

    In the glittering world of London’s West End club scene the head of security of a well-known East End gang is found murdered. The prime suspect is another gang leader, Carl Tate. In order to prevent another "door wars", Murphy joins Carl's gang undercover, but when warfare escalates Annie is compelled to join ranks with Murphy on the doors of Carl's latest venture, X-Club.

  • Episode 5Kiss and Tell60 min

    Following a bungled attempt to close down an elaborate Russian crime-ring, Murphy and Annie find themselves embroiled in what appears to be a textbook crime of passion. An unknown blonde is busy murdering London's successful business people. The only common link is that all the victims are members of a state-of-the-art health club in the heart of the City.

Crew & Team

Andrew Lowe

Executive Producer

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