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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Murphy's Law canonical 4
Murphy’s Law 4

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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Colin Bateman ⓘ
distributor BBC ⓘ
featuresTheme moral ambiguity in policing ⓘ
organised crime ⓘ
personal trauma of the protagonist ⓘ
filmingLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Northern Ireland ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: modern-day Britain
hasFormat serialised story arcs ⓘ
hasMedium television ⓘ
hasNarrativeStyle gritty realism ⓘ
hasOpeningCredits Murphy's Law title sequence ⓘ
hasOriginalRun 2001–2007 ⓘ
hasPilot Murphy's Law (2001 pilot episode) ⓘ
hasScreenwriter Colin Bateman ⓘ
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 ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 23 ⓘ
numberOfSeries 5 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originallyBroadcastAs feature-length pilot followed by series ⓘ
originalNetwork BBC One ⓘ
productionCompany Tiger Aspect Productions ⓘ
protagonistEmployer Metropolitan Police Service ⓘ
protagonistOccupation undercover detective ⓘ
setting London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
starring Mark Womack ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ
linked to: Murphy's Law
Mark Benton → notableWork → Murphy’s Law ⓘ
linked to: Murphy's Law
Craig Kelly → notableWork → Murphy's Law ⓘ
High Crime → hasPart → Murphy’s Law ⓘ
subject linked to: album "High Crime"
linked to: Murphy's Law
Carrie Snodgress → actedIn → Murphy’s Law ⓘ
linked to: Murphy's Law