Line of Duty series 6 premieres on BBC One on Sunday 21st March
Date Posted: March 16, 2021
Line of Duty series 6 will air on BBC One on Sundays at 9pm from 21st March. Filmed entirely on location in Northern Ireland with funding from Northern Ireland Screen, the new series will have seven episodes, making it the longest to date.
Martin Compston, Vicky McClure and Adrian Dunbar return to their roles as Steve Arnott, Kate Fleming and Superintendent Ted Hastings respectively.
Shalom Brune-Franklin, seen last year in BBC One’s political thriller Roadkill, will play Chloe Bishop, a new addition to the AC-12 team, while Trainspotting star Kelly Macdonald will play DCI Joanne Davidson, the senior investigating officer on an unsolved murder case whose conduct attracts the attention of the Anti-Corruption unit.
Line of Duty series six was produced by World Productions and written by Jed Mercurio.
Series one to five are now available to stream on BBC iPlayer.