Line of Duty to return for seventh series, BBC confirms
Adrian Dunbar, Vicky McClure and Martin Compston will all reprise their roles in the hugely popular drama.
www.bbc.comHere’s the latest overview on Line of Duty season 3 cast and context:
- Cast highlights for Series 3 (Line of Duty series 3): Martin Compston (DS Steve Arnott), Vicky McClure (DC Kate Fleming), Adrian Dunbar (Superintendent Ted Hastings), Keeley Hawes (Lindsay Denton), Craig Parkinson (DI Matthew “Dot” Cottan), Arsher Ali (PC Hari Bains), Leanne Best (PC Jackie Brickford), Will Mellor (PC Rod Kennedy), Polly Walker (Gill Biggeloe), Maya Sondhi (PC Maneet Bindra), Jonas Armstrong (Joe Nash), George Costigan (Chief Superintendent Patrick Fairbank), Neil Morrrey (DC Nigel Morton), Daniel Mays (Sgt Danny Waldron). This season intensified AC-12’s investigations with Waldron as a central new subject.[1][3]
- Notable developments: Series 3 marked Keeley Hawes’s return as Lindsay Denton after her brief absence in Series 2, with she and other core cast members reprising roles while new characters joined the ensemble to deepen the investigation arc.[3][1]
- Seasonal trajectory: Line of Duty’s core trio—Martin Compston, Vicky McClure, and Adrian Dunbar—continued leading the show in Series 3 and helped set up ongoing tensions between AC-12 and police leadership, with Daniel Waldron introduced as a fresh focal point for accountability drama.[1][3]
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