Think Linus Roache (some days I struggle to do anything else) and you probably think son of Corrie stalwart Bill Roache (Ken Barlow.) To others he’ll be better known as Bruce Wayne’s murdered dad in Batman Begins and for the artier among you, he starred in The Wings of the Dove and gay drama Priest. Now the UK actor has been cast as Law and Order’s new assistant District Attorney, with current Assistant DA Jack McCoy set for a promotion.

The show’s creator and executive producer Dick Wolf is excited by the addition to his show: “I think he and Sam are going to raise the bar and add intellect and passion” to the “order” half of “Law & Order.” So many Brits in Hollywood these days – what next Barbara Windsor on Desperate Housewives?