Colin Bateman
Director
Murphy's Law (2001)
Season 5 - Food Chain
Detective Sergeant Tommy Murphy is a maverick cop with a dark past. After failing a psychiatric assessment, he is given one last chance by his boss and given a dangerous undercover assignment. Murphy is a loner with little to lose and deals with everything on his own terms. This time around, however, Murphy has an ally in Detective Inspector Annie Guthrie.
Released Sept. 24, 2001
Episode 60 min
15+
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Production Companies: Tiger Aspect Productions, Element Pictures
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S5E1 - Food Chain, Episode One
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.
Oct. 1, 2007, midnight
S5E2 - Food Chain, Episode Two
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.
Oct. 2, 2007, midnight
S5E3 - Food Chain, Episode Three
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 Murphy is forced to take desperate measures in his hunt for his missing friend.
Oct. 3, 2007, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 1380 min.
Released: Sept. 24, 2001
Last Air Date: Oct. 3, 2007, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
Common sense age: 15+
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