Freema Agyeman and Peter Davison in Law & Order: UK

The police and legal drama Law & Order: UK returns to ITV1 tonight, with Freema Agyeman as Junior Crown Prosecutor Alesha Phillips and Peter Davison as Henry Sharpe.

DS Sam Casey, a young officer with a strong sense of justice, is brought in to investigate the shooting of Devlin outside the Old Bailey, and is surprised to learn the gunman was specifically targeting police officers. The case sees the whole team emotionally spent, with the trial itself at risk of being derailed by a politically driven defence lawyer (Colin Salmon) with an axe to grind. Crime drama, starring Bradley Walsh, Freema Agyeman and Paul Nicholls, who joins the cast.

The seven-part series begins tonight at 9.00pm on ITV1.

(Source: Radio Times)