Murphy’s Law, Series 2
created by Colin Bateman (BBC, 2004)
The second series of Murphy’s Law suffers badly from a reduction in episode length. The stories feel rushed and there is almost no time spent on Murphy’s character. Having started life as a quirky, engrossing drama, the show seems now distinctly run-of-the-mill.
Murphy’s Law, Series 1
created by Colin Bateman (BBC, 2001-2003)
James Nesbitt is irrepressibly Irish as the loquacious, mercurial DS Tommy Murphy, a nonconformist whose traumatised disregard for self makes him a natural at undercover work. Claudia Harrison (DI Annie Guthrie) provides well-pitched support through five serious but quirky feature-length crime dramas.