Line of Duty
DramaCrime2012Rated 8.6
After a counter-terror raid ends with an innocent man shot, Steve Arnott is moved to AC-12, the anti-corruption unit, where he and Kate Fleming start investigating Tony Gates, a respected detective with a spotless record.
Starring Adrian Dunbar, Martin Compston, Vicky McClure
Next season
Season 7announced, no date yet
2027, Weekly, 6 episodes, last aired Sun, 2 May 2021
Is it for me?
Police drama for people who like a case solved by talking, where nobody is quite honest and the paperwork is a weapon. Lennie James makes Gates so likeable that you want the file to come back clean. In one raid an officer stops to fill in health and safety forms, the kind of dry joke about a force covering itself that the show keeps making.
Before you start
Each series is a separate investigation, but a longer corruption thread runs underneath, so watch them in order.
6 seasons, 36 episodes, 60 min each, about 37 hours so far
This show
After a counter-terror raid ends with an innocent man shot, Steve Arnott is moved to AC-12, the anti-corruption unit, where he and Kate Fleming start investigating Tony Gates, a respected detective with a spotless record.
Starring Adrian Dunbar, Martin Compston, Vicky McClure
Is it for me?
Police drama for people who like a case solved by talking, where nobody is quite honest and the paperwork is a weapon. Lennie James makes Gates so likeable that you want the file to come back clean. In one raid an officer stops to fill in health and safety forms, the kind of dry joke about a force covering itself that the show keeps making.
Before you start
Each series is a separate investigation, but a longer corruption thread runs underneath, so watch them in order.
6 seasons, 36 episodes, 60 min each, about 37 hours so far
Season 7: nothing to list until it's dated
- E01A Disastrous AffairAired Tue 26 Jun
- E02The AssaultAired Tue 3 Jul
- E03In the TrapAired Tue 10 Jul
- E04TerrorAired Tue 17 Jul
- E05The ProbationAired Tue 24 Jul
- S01E01A Disastrous Affair26 Jun 2012
- S01E02The Assault3 Jul 2012
- S01E03In the Trap10 Jul 2012
- S01E04Terror17 Jul 2012
- S01E05The Probation24 Jul 2012