Line of Duty's Martin Compston breaks silence on hit BBC drama's return – insisting it will ‘be for the right reasons'
The Sun exclusively revealed Line of Duty would be returning
next
year for a seventh series.
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Line of Duty's Martin Compston has broken his silence on the hit drama returning
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The show aired from 2012 up until 2021
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Viewers best know Martin for playing DS Steve Arnott
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The six-parter will reportedly see Martin,
When speaking to The Sun's TV Mag, the actor was grilled about rumours of the show making a comeback.
Martin shared: 'We're always talking about possibilities and schedules and whatnot.
"Everybody's got stuff going on at the minute, so I think anything, unfortunately, would be a way off.
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"You know, the day people stop asking about the show will be a sad day, so I'm delighted that people are still excited about it.
"We'd all love to work together again at some point. We still all meet up.
"I met with Jed [Mercurio, the show's creator],
Adrian
[Dunbar] and Vicky [McClure] in
London
before
Christmas
- we went out for dinner, to hear what everyone's up to."
He added: 'It's amazing. It's the best feeling as an actor when you feel like the whole country's in the palm of your hand with what's coming
next
, and there's only a couple of you in that secret of who's surviving and what's going on.
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"But because we're all so close and we all want the best for the show, we wouldn't do it again just for the sake of it.
"If it was just about doing it for the sake of it, we'd have probably done another three series by now.
Line of Duty stars spark new episode rumours as they reunite for night out
"We really care about the quality of it. So if we come back, it would be for the right reasons.
"It won't just be: 'Get another one done.' It'll be because Jed thinks there's a story to tell."
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A TV insider previously told The Sun: 'This is the
news
Line of Duty fans have been waiting for since the sixth season left them deflated when it aired back in 2021.
'The BBC almost immediately requested more episodes to continue the story, but the success of the show meant Vicky, Martin and
Adrian
were instantly snapped up for other projects.
'But after several meetings with Jed [Mercurio, creator and writer] and the production team, they've finally managed to clear space in their calendars
next
year to commit to making the show.'
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The stars have been attached to other projects -
Martin with supernatural thriller The Rig, Vicky with bomb squad drama
Trigger Point
, and
Adrian
with jazz singer detective show
Ridley
.
Many of the 13million who saw the sixth series felt it
crime
.
Fans had wondered if it was a genuine end after nine years of nail-biting storylines, or a red herring by creator
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Martin leads the Line of Duty cast alongside Vicky McLure
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