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ABC Developing New Female Duo Police Procedural From Lizzie Mickery & Bad Wolf

by Dave Elliott
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ABC Developing New Female Duo Police Procedural From Lizzie Mickery & Bad Wolf

Police procedural dramas are a staple of US and UK tv channels, with a number on both sides of the pond having a strong duo of female leads. In the US you had 80’s classic Cagney & Lacey and more recent shows such as Rizzoli & Isles. In the UK we had shows like Rosemary & Thyme and Scott & Bailey.

Now ABC in America have turned to UK actress and writer Lizzie Mickery to develop a new female duo cop show called Law & Justice. The official logline states “You can’t always have both. Billie Law and Martha Lee will fight to make sure you get what you deserve.”

Mickery is a well known face on British TV, having starred in Emmerdale as Liz MacDonald and Maggie Thorpe in classic 80’s show Tenko. However, along side her acting she’s forged a prolific and successful writing career, creating the mini-series Paradox, The State Within, Messiah, and having written on The Bill, The Following and most recently Netflix’s Bloodline. She’s now teamed up with Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner’s Bad Wolf Productions to develop Law & Justice for ABC.

Tranter & Gardner, as you probably have guessed from the company name, were the people involved in revival of Doctor Who with Russell T Davies, and brought us Torchwood. Since it’s launch last year, Bad Wolf has begun developing shows on both sides of the pond, including an adaptation of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials for the BBC, an adaptation Deborah Harkness’ A Discovery Of Witches, and have set up a non-exclusive first-look deal with US mega-drama network HBO.

Law & Justice is one of a number of new police procedural being looked at by ABC, who are also developing another female led cop show called Patrol, with Scandal star Kerry Washington.

Law & Justice is only in development at the moment, but we will update you with more information as we get it.

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