Paul Nicholls joins Law And Order: UK

Paul Nicholls joins Law And Order: UK
Paul Nicholls joins Law And Order: UK (Image credit: PA Archive/Press Association Ima)

Paul Nicholls has signed up to join the cast of Law And Order: UK. The former EastEnders actor will appear in the sixth series of the show, which will air in January next year. Paul will play a headstrong young officer called DS Sam Casey who is brought in to investigate the shooting of Jamie Bamber's character DS Matt Devlin. Producers said DS Casey has "a very strong sense of justice". Paul joins Bradley Walsh, Harriet Walter, Freema Agyeman, Peter Davison and Dominic Rowan in the seven-part series, which sees the police and legal teams facing a shocking crime captured on video, pits them up against the clock in the search for a hostage, and sees them expose a tragic, medical cover-up. "Cases are reopened, the past threatens to catch up with Ronnie (played by Bradley) and careers are on the line," a show insider said. Other guest stars joining the cast for series six include Tamzin Outhwaite, Toby Stephens, Eva Pope, Luke Roberts and Tim McInnerny. The fifth series, shown this summer, attracted an audience of 5.6 million.

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.