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COLLECTION · Series · 2001

Murphy's Law

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

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* 7.6 (19)CrimeDramaMysteryUnited Kingdom · Ireland
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Creators
Colin Bateman
Countries
United Kingdom · Ireland
Studios
BBC One · Tiger Aspect · Element Pictures
Runtime
60 min/ep
Age rating
Extreme ViolenceStrong LanguageDrug Use
Release
24/09/2001
Score
7.6 / 10 (19)
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Seasons and episodes
Series 1
Series 1
5 episodes · 2001
Murphy's Law (Pilot)
Episode 1. Murphy's Law (Pilot)
2001-09-24 · 89 min

A team of undertakers moonlight as diamond thieves, and the bodies are stacking up. Detective Sergeant Tommy Murphy goes undercover and discovers a nefarious connection with Japanese heroin dealers. Meanwhile, team leader Hatcher plans…

Electric Bill
Episode 2. Electric Bill
2003-04-28 · 90 min

Richard Mooney, London's most infamous kidnapper, is brought in, and the race is on for Murphy and Guthrie to get a confession in time to save his latest victim, Kate Jennings. To crack Mooney’s silence, Murphy is set up as a suspected…

Manic Munday
Episode 3. Manic Munday
2003-05-05 · 90 min

When world-famous Irish snooker player Mickey Munday comes under pressure to rig the outcome of his game in the forthcoming championships, Murphy and Guthrie go undercover to protect his life and find the culprit when he arrives in…

Reunion
Episode 4. Reunion
2003-05-12 · 90 min

In the glittering world of the West End club scene, the head of security of a well-known East End gang is found murdered. Prime suspect: gang leader Carl Tate. In order to prevent another 'door wars', Murphy joins Tate's gang undercover,…

Kiss and Tell
Episode 5. Kiss and Tell
2003-05-19 · 90 min

Following a bungled attempt to close down an elaborate Russian crime-ring, Murphy and Guthrie find themselves embroiled in what appears to be a textbook crime of passion. An unknown blonde is busy murdering London's successful…

Series 2
Series 2
6 episodes · 2004
Jack's Back
Episode 1. Jack's Back
2004-05-10 · 60 min

When Guthrie is fatally stabbed in an alleyway, Murphy cancels his holiday to investigate. She was working undercover in the case of three murders of homeless women. Murphy in turn poses as a homeless man to find what the press is calling…

Bent Moon on the Rise
Episode 2. Bent Moon on the Rise
2004-05-17 · 60 min

Murphy is assigned to a drug squad headed by Nic Winters after one of Winters' team, Aaron Parmer, commits suicide. There is a concern that race may have played a part. Soon after joining, Murphy concludes that racism isn't the problem:…

Ringers
Episode 3. Ringers
2004-05-24 · 60 min

Murphy finds himself going undercover with INTERPOL to smash a car smuggling ring run by Godfrey Raines with his son and daughter. Murphy manages to convince Raines that he too is a car thief specialising in high-end vehicles. He soon…

Go Ask Alice
Episode 4. Go Ask Alice
2004-05-31 · 60 min

Murphy goes undercover at a defence biotech contractor that may be covering up an industrial accident. Specifically, a young child is found to have drowned but the mother believes he died as a result of a chemical agent in the pond near…

Convent
Episode 5. Convent
2004-06-07 · 60 min

Murphy goes undercover in a convent when a young nun apparently commits suicide and a second vanishes. Posing as a priest, he finds any number of suspects. The older nuns obviously have a secret and are in league with a pharmaceutical…

The Group
Episode 6. The Group
2004-06-14 · 60 min

Murphy finds himself before a disciplinary review board after having shot a suspect during an arrest and soon out of the force completely. He approaches psychologist Mark Maddison, who runs a support group for individuals who have have…

Series 3
Series 3
6 episodes · 2005
Episode 1. The Goodbye Look
2005-05-26 · 52 min

Murphy is out posing as a criminal armourer to make an arrest. During the set-up he recognises Caz Miller, a man known for his connections to criminal gang leader and known cop-killer Dave Callard. Miller tells Murphy that he wants to…

Episode 2. Disorganised Crime
2005-06-02 · 52 min

Callard recommends Murphy to the McGeechan brothers. They plan to reactivate some assault rifles, but won't tell Murphy why they need them. Murphy knows they plan something big, but first he has to make sure his cover isn't blown.

Episode 3. Strongbox
2005-06-09 · 52 min

Murphy tries to get counterfeit Euros for Callard, and asks fellow undercover officer Jill Calder for help. She has infiltrated an organisation that is printing the fake money. Together they try to set up a deal for both their clients and…

Episode 4. Extra Mile
2005-06-16 · 52 min

After months spent trying to nail gangster Dave Callard, suddenly Murphy has a bigger fish to fry: a wealthy hotelier called George Garvey with a taste for ethnic art. Murphy bumps into someone to whom Garvey's son owes a lot of money and…

Episode 5. Boys Night Out
2005-06-23 · 52 min

The operation against Callard builds to its conclusion as Murphy is hired to help complete a shipment of Afghan heroin into England. His undercover work could help secure the conviction, but Murphy's presence is demanded elsewhere, as a…

Episode 6. Hard Boiled Eggs and Nuts
2005-06-30 · 52 min

Callard starts systematically destroying the forensic evidence. Murphy and Miller fear that he may want to destroy one or both of them too.

Series 4
Series 4
3 episodes · 2006
Episode 1. Exile
2006-08-27 · 60 min

Murphy is called back to work after a leave of absence to be at his mother's side. His new job is to attempt to get close to Drew and Billy Johnstone, vicious Belfast criminals now operating in Leicester. Murphy thinks he's found himself…

Episode 2. Hare Trigger
2006-08-28 · 60 min

Working deep under cover, Murphy manages to gain the trust of Billy Johnstone, while trying to uncover the associations between his brother Drew and a local Asian criminal network.

Episode 3. Strike Out
2006-08-29 · 60 min

Murphy ends up being exposed and caught up in a vicious and final showdown between brothers Drew and Billy Johnstone.

Series 5
Series 5
3 episodes · 2007
Episode 1. Food Chain (Part One)
2007-10-01 · 60 min

Murphy is working as a cover officer for an old friend, Mitch, and his fellow undercover officer, Kim. However, there are tensions between the two undercover officers and when they go missing Murphy is determined to find them.

Episode 2. Food Chain (Part Two)
2007-10-02 · 60 min

With Mitch dead and Kim still missing, it's time for a heavily guilty Murphy to go undercover in the hope of finding Kim before it's too late. What awaits him is a world of people trafficking, drug smuggling and unwilling prostitution.

Episode 3. Food Chain (Part Three)
2007-10-03 · 60 min

Now that Baker knows Murphy is a cop, he must race against the clock to find Kim before her secret is revealed too. However, local Chief Superintendent Bowry cares less about Kim's life and more about his own reputation and funding, and…

Cast by season
James Nesbitt
James Nesbitt
DS Tommy Murphy
Claudia Harrison
Claudia Harrison
DI Annie Guthrie
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