A lot happened in 1978. Roman Polanksi skipped to France, Louise Brown became the first human born from in vitro fertilisation and Viv Anderson became the first black footballer to play for England. It was also the year the BBC screened ground-breaking legal drama 'Law and Order' - well before the American show of the same name. The four-part mini-series gave a gritty view of the British justice system, showing an armed robbery case in which a bent copper fitted up a crook. It portrayed the investigation from the perspectives of the police force, the accused, a solicitor and from inside the prison system.


Anyone who missed it the first time around now has a second bite of the cherry, as the BBC is re-releasing the series on DVD on 14 April, with a full screening of the show on 12 April at the BFI Southbank venue in London.



You, dear reader, can win yourself a copy of the DVD box set for free, by answering a simple question: which TV or movie legal character are you most like, and why? Email your answer to rachel.rothwell@lawsociety.org.uk by 17 April. Best entry wins the box set.



- See www.bfi.org.uk/southbank