{"id":359535,"date":"2026-01-08T19:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T19:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/359535\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T19:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T19:50:09","slug":"binge-worthy-4-part-thriller-with-line-of-duty-star-enjoys-more-than-2-weeks-in-netflixs-uk-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/359535\/","title":{"rendered":"Binge-worthy 4-part thriller with Line of Duty star enjoys more than 2 weeks in Netflix’s UK chart"},"content":{"rendered":"

A binge-worthy thriller featuring Line of Duty’s Taj Atwal has been proving popular on Netflix<\/a> since it was added a few weeks ago<\/a>. Captivated, which first premiered on 5 last year under the title Too Good to Be True, focuses on a cleaner who accepts a job from a rich client.<\/p>\n

Kara Tointon portrays central character Rachel, who is also a single mother \u2013 though after she gets a lucrative job offer from the enigmatic Elliot (Allen Leech), she learns that it may be too good to be true.<\/p>\n

Atwal plays the role of Jasmine, while the four-part series also features Doctor Who’s Sara Powell and Cold Feet’s John Thomson.<\/p>\n

Captivated has now enjoyed over two weeks in Netflix’s Top 10 UK chart, currently sitting at the number eight position.<\/p>\n

Viewers have previously given their verdict on the show, with one on IMDb saying<\/a> they were fittingly “captivated” by the series, even with “some weak points”. Another<\/a> called it “a solid drama that deserves a watch”.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Atwal’s show Line of Duty was recently confirmed to be returning for a seventh season<\/a> after months of speculation, with Adrian Dunbar, Vicky McClure and Martin Compston all set to come back as Ted Hastings, Kate Fleming and Steve Arnott.<\/p>\n

“Everyone involved in Line of Duty feels enormous gratitude to the show\u2019s fans,” creator Jed Mercurio said at the time.<\/p>\n

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“We\u2019re privileged to have had so many of you follow the ups and downs of AC-12 over six previous seasons and we couldn\u2019t be more delighted to be returning for a seventh. Corruption in this country is supposed to have come to an end while Line of Duty was off air so I\u2019ve been forced to use my imagination.”<\/p>\n

“Line of Duty has been a job of a lifetime,” Compston said. “Not only in terms of the show’s success but the people I\u2019ve had the opportunity to work with I now call some of my closest friends. I can\u2019t wait to pull the waistcoat on again and get the team back together.”<\/p>\n

Captivated is streaming now on Netflix.<\/p>\n

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Sam is a freelance reporter and sub-editor who has a particular interest in movies<\/a>, TV<\/a> and music. After completing a journalism Masters at City University, London, Sam joined Digital Spy as a reporter, and has also freelanced for publications such as NME<\/a> and Screen International<\/a>. \u00a0Sam, who also has a degree in Film, can wax lyrical about everything from Lord of the Rings<\/a> to Love Is Blind<\/a>, and is equally in his element crossing every ‘t’ and dotting every ‘i’ as a sub-editor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A binge-worthy thriller featuring Line of Duty’s Taj Atwal has been proving popular on Netflix since it was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[379,137966,381,96,1156,137965,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-359535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-ffb964af-87c0-4053-b624-5ae80d8193fe","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-locale-gb","tag-shorttitle-binge-worthy-thriller-gets-weeks-in-netflix-chart","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359535","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=359535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}