Law & Order: UK

When a Turkish social club on the Edgware Road is burned to the ground in an horrific arson attack, DS Ronnie Brooks (Bradley Walsh), DS Matt Devlin (Jamie Bamber) and DI Natalie Chandler (Harriet Walter) are embroiled in a major investigation into seventeen deaths. Fears of a racist attack or hate crime drive the investigation, but with a trail incorporating false identities and a devious method of fire-setting, the team soon discover the truth is even more complex. Can the police and legal teams work together in the face of opposition from respected barrister St John Artemis (Charles Kay) to remove a key piece of evidence from a suspect’s leg? And will that evidence lead them any closer to the person responsible? Even when the police find and arrest the arsonist, the case is far from over. Senior Crown Prosecutor James Steel (Ben Daniels) and Crown Prosecutor Alesha Phillips (Freema Agyeman) question whether the arsonist was working alone, or on the orders of someone else. As George Castle (Bill Paterson) pressures them to deliver results, James finds himself confronting one of his oldest friends. Could Faruk Osman (Selva Raslingham) be involved in a conspiracy to burn members of his own community? As he faces down opposition barrister Michaela Herman (Frances Barber), is James willing to risk a valued friendship in order to gain justice for the dead?