Line Of Duty stars hint show is returning for series seven saying they're ‘waiting for the BBC announcement'
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TWO of the biggest stars of Line of Duty have dropped massive hints that the show will return next year with a seventh series.
The news was revealed by leading men Martin Compston who plays DI Steve Arnott and Adrian Dunbar who plays Supt Ted Hastings on the BBC one cop thriller.
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Two of the biggest stars of Line of Duty have dropped massive hints that the show will return next year with a seventh series
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Actor Martin said 'just waiting on the BBC to make an announcement'
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The Sun exclusively revealed in April that the ratings hit would be returning for a long-awaited seventh outing in 2026, with filming starting in the first half of the year.
Talking yesterday on the Nicky Byrne podcast, Martin was asked whether he'd be taking part in Sport Aid next May.
He replied: "I think, already, I know I'm filming next year. This will be a pretty good one this next show."
Asked by Nicky if he could give him the exclusive on what it is, Martin replied: "Not on this one...but I think most people can have a guess though."
Meanwhile Adrian Dunbar was talking on Wednesday on Radio Ulster and was also asked about Line of Duty, which is filmed in Belfast, where the radio station broadcasts from.
The actor said: We're all keeping our fingers crossed, just waiting on the BBC to make an announcement.
"I know Jed's working away. And I know me and Vicky and Martin really want to do it. So hopefully next year we'll be back in Belfast and rattling around the town making a nuisance of ourselves.
"The wheel is turning on that. It's just down to the BBC to make an announcement."
In April we revealed how Line of duty's three leading stars -Martin, Adrian and Vicky McClure — had finally aligned their jam-packed diaries and will start filming a six-parter in the spring.
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The show about a police anti-corruption squad weeding out bent coppers, has been a ratings hit for the BBC since it first aired in 2012.
The news will thrill fans left disappointed by the limp ending of the police drama's last series.
But many felt let down at the end of series six in 2021 when buffoonish Det Supt Ian Buckells (Nigel Boyle) was unmasked as villain H — the mystery mastermind with links to organised crime.
The Sun exclusively revealed in 2022 that the show, which drew up to 13million viewers, would return.
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The news will thrill fans left disappointed by the limp ending of the police drama's last series
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