Line of Duty: Kate Fleming star Vicky McClure issues warning over season 6
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BBC police-inspired drama, Line of Duty, has been a big hit for the broadcaster in recent years and season five’s intense finale was the most-watched programme last year, drawing in 10 million viewers. However, as the show began to film its sixth season, they were soon hit with a blow when the outbreak of COVID-19 meant production had to stop. TV shows have been given the green light to get back to work but Vicky McClure, who plays DI Kate Fleming, has admitted there may be continuity errors due to the pause midway through.
The gripping drama has been entertaining viewers since 2012, with a number of shocking twists and turns over the years.
It focuses on an anti-corruption police unit, AC12, who seek to bring so-called “bent coppers” to justice.
Headed up by Superintendent Ted Hastings (played by Adrian Dunbar), his loyal team work tirelessly to cause the demise of dodgy police officers.
Last year’s season saw AC12 make their biggest breakthrough yet as they made a new discovery about the identity of ‘H’, the head of the organised crime group (OCG).
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Season three saw bent copper DI Matthew [Dot] Cottan (Craig Parkinson) give a dying declaration, with some indication of who he was working for.
This was recorded by Kate and revisited at the end of last season after her colleague DS Steve Arnott (Martin Compston) realised he was using morse code.
This suggested the mysterious ‘H’ was made up of four people and did not have one ringleader as previously believed.
So far, three of the members have been exposed as Dot Cottan, Assistant Chief Constable Derek Hilton (Paul Higgins) and Jill Biggeloe (Polly Walker).
However, with one or more culprits still yet to be caught, season six will be sure to prove a particularly explosive one.
Viewers were left with countless questions about what might happen to their favourite characters next and today, Vicky issued a warning about how the show could look different.
Because the show had started filming in winter, she noted continuity errors could arise due to the particularly warm summer weather.
Speaking to Chris Moyles on his Radio X show today, she gave her thoughts on returning to filming, noting: “It’s going to be interesting.”
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She added: “We’re all going to have quite a nice tan as well because we’ve all been sat in the sun, and Martin lives in Vegas, let’s not forget, he lives in Vegas, so he will have a tan!
“We’ve been doing some work with Asks for Masks – the campaign to get more PPE to healthcare workers – and we’ve been doing these, like, you know filming it ourselves.
“So Aid [Adrian Dunbar] is in his office, I’m at home, Martin is on his lilo in his pool,” divulged the star.
Vicky also touched on the subject of when the cast would be returning to filming the highly-anticipated series.
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She said: “The thing is, Jed Mercurio – who writes [Line of Duty], produces and is our showrunner – he was a doctor before he was a writer, so he’s not going to cut any corners, do you know what I mean?
“We’re going to make sure that when we go back, it’s safe to do so, so when that day is, I don’t know.”
The show received some good news earlier today after it was nominated for a BAFTA TV awards for the Must-see Moment category.
John Corbett’s (Stephen Graham) death is on the shortlist in the category but surprisingly, the drama did not receive a nomination in the Drama series category.
Line of Duty season 1-5 can be streamed now on BBC iPlayer.
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