Press
Law & Order UK Season 6.1 - SURVIVOR'S GUILT
UK PREMIERE January 6th 2012
"when it came time for Bamber to exit the series, the two episodes that involved his departure (Deal & Survivor's Guilt) were two of the show's best ever, with award-worthy work on a pair of scripts by head writer Emilia di Girolamo that weren't just great for the show but also respectful of the fans"
Starpulse
"It's a strong opening episode and lives up to lead writer Emila di Girolamo's desire to inject more emotion into the lead characters' lives, which is difficult given the tightly packed police/courtroom formula"
Crime Time Preview
"The drama has always been adept at economical storytelling and famously restrained with its emotional scenes. This however is surprisingly moving"
Sunday Times
"Gripping" "The scene where Ronnie reveals his emotions to his AA group is short and simple but one of the strongest the show has produced"
Daily Mirror
"A great start to the series"
Daily Mail
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Law & Order UK Season 6.5 - LINE-UP
UK PREMIERE February 3rd 2012
Law & Order UK Season 6.7 - FAULT LINES
UK PREMIERE February 17th 2012
Law & Order UK Season 5.6 - DEAL
"convincing and rousing tale of gang violence on a Tottenham sink estate... testament to the keen plotting of this pedigree show"
Sunday Times
"a humdinger of a series and it's finishing off in style. Just when you think it's all over, right at the end there's a shock attack that could change the series forever. It's emotional"
The Sun
"A strong series finale"
The Observer
"Don't miss this shocker finale"
We Love Telly, The Mirror
"A cracker of an ending to the series"
Daily Mail
"Emotionally charged"
Daily Express
"this fab series is scorching tonight. Look out for an ending that will have you gasping in shock"
Closer
"brace yourself for an emotional cliffhanger that will leave you desperate for the next series"
TV Times
"ended on a pulse-pounding cliffhanger" Digital Spy
Law & Order UK Season 5.2 - SAFE
"this episode packs a powerful emotional punch"
Daily Mail
"compelling"
Heat
"If plot twists are an art form then Law & Order UK is the national gallery... manoeuvring us through sharp narrative turns while making them appear briskly convincing so we're never quite sure where we're going"
Radio Times
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Law & Order UK Season 4.5 - SHAKEN
"Another beautifully scripted episode"
TV Times
"Adds up to a neat storyline"
Radio Times
"plenty of intellectual material to chew on. This episode is what Law & Order is good at: presenting us with what we think is simple, and showing us the real complexities." "Here is the greatness of LOUK and the original series as well: we're not just looking at crime and punishment, but issues and consequences. Anyone who says this series is just a crime story is sorely mistaken."
LA Examiner.com
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Law & Order UK Season 4.1 - I.D.
“tonight the writers cut loose… the plot twists so often and so strangely… you’ll want to stay to the end to see how it all resolves”
Radio Times
“the twists keep coming”
Radio Times
“Another gripping episode”
TV Times
“great episode, packed full of shocks” “absolutely gripping”
The Mirror
"More twists than a bucket full of snakes at a Chubby Checker concert"
The Guardian Guide
“Packs a powerful punch...unusually strong storyline”
Daily Telegraph
“Gripping episode”
Daily Mail
“good, involving plotline”
Sunday Mirror
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Law & Order UK Season 3.1 - Broken
"as series openers go, this will go down in history as one of the most moving, most dramatic"
Telly Addicts
“the script quality is vastly improved in this third season opener… this shocking story will leave an unforgettable impact on many viewers”
Mail On Sunday
“a quality cast and a well turned script”
The Sunday Telegraph
“kicking off series 3 with perhaps the most disturbing (case) yet is bound to make an impact”
TV Times
“people must watch this episode even if they’ve never watched the show before” Bradley Walsh in TV Easy
“this first episode is one of the best”
What’s on TV
“Judging by the opening episode, Broken, a hard-hitting story of a child’s murder, Law & Order: UK will be one of the channel’s highlights this autumn.
Broken is a powerful one that probes a divisive issue. If a child commits a serious crime, who is truly responsible – the child or those who have raised it? The tabloids bay for blood and the Director of Public Prosecutions says, “The public don’t care about treating killers.” Meanwhile, the director of Crown Prosecutors, George Castle (actor Bill Paterson), demands to know why a child would kill another – not usually a priority for the courts. With its careerist barristers, legal horse-trading and often ambiguous endings, Law & Order: UK is absorbing prime-time viewing.”
Criminal Acts, Robin Jarosi
Law & Order UK - Season 2.2 - Hidden
Anna Madeley as Kayleigh Gaines in Hidden
‘does a great job of getting it’s claws into us… a grippingly bizarre case… as a viewer the journey we travel is long, dark and beset with the kind of vicious twists and reverses that leave us reeling’. RADIO TIMES
‘you can always rely on this supremely satisfying crime drama to take an already sensational case and flip it into something so unpredictable even Miss Marple would struggle!’ Pick of the Day, 5 stars, TV TIMES
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EastEnders
'During next week's first two episodes - both written by the über-talented Emilia Di Girolamo - Trina's (Sharon Duncan-Brewster) decaying body is found in the summerhouse by her son Jordan.' DIGITAL SPY
KRIS GREEN: Emilia Di Girolamo wrote two excellent episodes for Lucas, the ones when he was trying to prevent anyone from discovering Trina's body in the summerhouse...
DON GILET: "I just do the job and some things might not necessarily leap off the page but with the intervention of directing you find you're playing it and you look back and think, 'Gosh - those are stunning episodes'. You're right, those episodes were excellent. Next time she's in I'm going to give her a nod and say, 'You're helping to make my character look great. Maybe she'll write something special for me when they finally get rid of me - I'll be her muse!" DIGITAL SPY
1000 Fine Lines - stage play
TIME OUT CRITICS CHOICE
Finalist Derek Lomas Playwriting Competition
'Not many plays balance wit and tragedy to such telling effect, whilst keeping the audience on the edge of their seats with chilling mystery. That's why Emilia di Girolamo's new play is such a treat. It is a testimony to the sheer quality of 1000 Fine Lines that the audience feel they are not watching so much as experiencing the intense, humorous and tragic world inhabited by the characters on stage...
...The script twists from laugh out loud wit, to chilling intrigue, to raw emotional
pain all the time holding the audience captive.'
CAMDEN NEW JOURNAL
'Like Gilman, di Girolamo is a crafty story teller...
...Psychological mystery tour.'
TIME OUT
Freaky - novel
Published by Spacehopper (Pulp Books)
'Brilliant'... Go out and buy it'
Miranda Sawyer, BBC RADIO
'Crammed with attitude'
THE TIMES
'di Girolamo fashions a fast paced little number'
BIG ISSUE
'Young and feisty author Emilia di Girolamo has given Crouch End the shock
treatment in her first novel, FREAKY. She peels back the middle-class
veneer of Crouch End and lays bare a directory of murder,
prostitution and customary drug use'
CROUCH END JOURNAL
'Emilia di Girolamo - if you have not heard of this name, go back,
read it again, take note and get ready to hear a lot more of it in the future'
NORTH CIRCULAR