{"id":271208,"date":"2025-11-19T07:18:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T07:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/271208\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T07:18:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T07:18:11","slug":"bbc-confirms-the-return-of-line-of-duty-as-star-says-i-cant-wait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/271208\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC confirms the return of Line of Duty as star says ‘I can’t wait’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The beloved BBC crime drama Line of Duty came to a dramatic end four years ago and now it’s back<\/p>\n

Tianna Corbin TV Reporter<\/p>\n

19:00, 18 Nov 2025<\/p>\n

There’s good news for fans of Line of Duty<\/a> as the BBC<\/a> has confirmed the beloved drama is returning for a seventh series.<\/p>\n

Reprising their roles will be the likes of Martin Compston, Adrian Dunbar and Vicky McClure, who recently returned to screens for another popular action-packed show.<\/a><\/p>\n

Fans were devastated when Line of Duty came to a dramatic end back in 2021. The series six finale was the biggest drama episode, besides soaps, since modern records began back in 2002, with 17 million viewers after 28 days.<\/p>\n

Now, Jed Mercurio’s hit thriller is making its highly anticipated return with six new episodes on the way, with filming kicking off in Belfast in Spring next year.<\/p>\n

Speaking about its return, the three leading actors had nothing but praise with Martin Compston commenting: “Line of Duty has been a job of a lifetime. Not only in terms of the show’s success, but the people I’ve had the opportunity to work with, I now call some of my closest friends.<\/p>\n

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“I can’t wait to pull the waistcoat on again and get the team back together.”<\/p>\n

Vicky McClure added: “It goes without saying I’m so excited Line of Duty is back! Can’t wait to work with Jed, Martin and Adrian again. Belfast, we’ll see you soon!”<\/p>\n

The new series will see AC-12 disbanded and rebranded as the Inspectorate of Police Standards. With anti-corruption work never being more difficult, Steve Arnott, Kate Fleming and Ted Hastings are tasked with their most sensitive case yet.<\/p>\n

A synopsis reads: “Detective Inspector Dominic Gough, a charismatic officer winning plaudits for a string of takedowns of organised crime, is accused of abusing his position of trust to act as a sexual predator.<\/p>\n

\"Vicky,The trio are reprising their roles (Image: BBC)<\/p>\n

“But is Gough’s case a deliberate distraction from a bigger threat still operating in the shadows?”<\/p>\n

Teasing more drama on the way, Adrian Dunbar added: “As we count down the AC-12 days of Christmas<\/a>, what a joy it is to know that the Three Amigos will be back filming together next year. Delighted with the news and looking forward to those mercurial twists and turns.”<\/p>\n

Although there has not been a confirmed release date, further casting is expected to be announced in due course.<\/p>\n

\"LineLine of Duty stars Adrian Dunbar, Vicky McClure and Martin Compston are thrilled by the shows return(Image: World Productions\/BBC One\/PA Wire)<\/p>\n

Director of BBC Drama Lindsay Salt added: \u201cLine of Duty is beloved by audiences and critics alike and its amazing ratings are a true testament to the success of Jed\u2019s writing, the work from the brilliant team at World Productions and the entire cast and crew.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m so pleased that after four long years Line of Duty will be back filming soon and can\u2019t wait for BBC viewers to be back on the edge of their seats.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first six series of Line of Duty are available to stream on BBC iPlayer now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The beloved BBC crime drama Line of Duty came to a dramatic end four years ago and now…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[243,96,19381,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-271208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-bbc","tag-entertainment","tag-line-of-duty","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}