British police procedural drama television series (2012–2021)
This article is about the BBC television series. For the Hong Kong film series, see In the Line of Duty (film series). For the 2019 film, see Line of Duty (film).
Line of Duty
Genre
Police procedural
Serial drama
Created by
Jed Mercurio
Written by
Jed Mercurio
Directed by
Various
Starring
Lennie James
Martin Compston
Vicky McClure
Keeley Hawes
Adrian Dunbar
Jessica Raine
Craig Parkinson
Daniel Mays
Thandie Newton
Jason Watkins
Stephen Graham
Anna Maxwell Martin
Kelly Macdonald
Theme music composer
Carly Paradis
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Original language
English
No. of series
6
No. of episodes
36 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Simon Heath
Stephen Wright
Jed Mercurio
Producers
Jed Mercurio
Peter Norris
Cait Collins
Ken Horn
Production locations
Birmingham
Belfast
Cinematography
Ruairi O'Brien
Peter Robertson
Anna Valdez Hanks
Stephen Murphy
Tim Palmer
Ray Carlin
Editors
Andrew McClelland
Steve Singleton
David Blackmore
Dominic Strevens
Running time
57–88 minutes
Production company
World Productions
Original release
Network
BBC Two
Release
26 June 2012 (2012-06-26) – 28 April 2016 (2016-04-28)
Network
BBC One
Release
26 March 2017 (2017-03-26) – 2 May 2021 (2021-05-02)
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Line of Duty is a British police procedural television series created by Jed Mercurio and produced by World Productions. On 26 June 2012, BBC Two began to broadcast the first series; it was its best-performing drama series in ten years with a consolidated audience of 4.1 million viewers. Broadcast of the second series began on 12 February 2014; its widespread public and critical acclaim led to the BBC commissioning a further two series.[1][2][3] The third series began on 24 March 2016 on BBC Two; the following three series were broadcast on BBC One.
In May 2017, the BBC commissioned a sixth series. Filming began in February 2020 but stopped the following month due to the COVID-19 pandemic; it resumed in September.[4] Filming continued until November 2020.[5] Broadcast of the sixth series began on BBC One on 21 March 2021.[6]
Prior to switching channels from series four onwards, Line of Duty was the most popular drama series broadcast on BBC Two[7] and is a winner of the Royal Television Society Award[8] and Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Drama Series.[9]The Telegraph included it in a list of the Top 50 BBC Two shows of all time[10] and in a list of the 80 best BBC shows of all time.[11] In 2016, the series ranked eighth in The Independent's list of the twenty greatest police shows of all time[12] and third in a Radio Times 2018 poll of the best British crime dramas of all time.[13] In 2021 Line of Duty won the National Television Award for Special Recognition.[14]
^Sperling, Daniel (25 July 2012). "'Line of Duty' renewed for second series by BBC". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 27 July 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
^Sweeney, Mark (8 April 2014). "Line of Duty set to return for third and fourth series". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 April 2014.
^Debnath, Neela (28 April 2016). "Line of Duty season 4 could air in 2017 with filming underway in autumn". Daily Express. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
^"Line Of Duty filming resumes on new series to air next year following coronavirus delay". Sky News. Archived from the original on 22 March 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
^GK (24 November 2020). "Filming wraps on Line of Duty series six, as first images of Kelly Macdonald as DCI Joanne Davidson are revealed". BBC. Archived from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
^Griffiths, Eleanor Bley (10 March 2021). "Line of Duty series 6 release date: Your guide to the next series of the crime drama". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 15 March 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
^Plunkett, John (28 April 2016). "Line of Duty outranks Wolf Hall to take BBC2 ratings crown". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 31 December 2016.
^"RTS Programme Awards 2015". Royal Television Society. 17 March 2015. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016.
^Dowell, Ben (16 March 2018). "The Crown star Claire Foy among the winners at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards". Radio Times.
^Hogan, Michael; et al. (18 April 2014). "The Top 50 BBC Two shows of all-time". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016.
^Tate, Gabriel; et al. (2 November 2016). "The 80 Best BBC Shows of All Time". Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 7 November 2016.
^Ross, Graeme (12 November 2016). "The 20 Greatest TV Cop Shows of All Time". The Independent. Archived from the original on 13 September 2017.
^Brown, David (3 July 2018). "Inspector Morse named the greatest British crime drama of all time". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 8 July 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
^Wehrstedt, Lisa (9 September 2021). "National Television Awards 2021 winners revealed". Digital Spy. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
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