Line of Duty 7 first look pictures from the BBC

Line of Duty 7 promises new challenges for the team

Martin Compston, Vicky McClure and Adrian Dunbar reprise their roles with AC-12 disbanded and rebranded as the Inspectorate of Professional Standards.

**What do we know about Line of Duty 7**

From the press release, we are reminded Martin Compston, Vicky McClure and Adrian Dunbar reprise their roles as Steve Arnott, Kate Fleming and Ted Hastings respectively. In terms of new characters:

Robert Carlyle (Trainspotting, Once Upon a Time, The Full Monty, 28 Weeks Later) is the guest lead for the upcoming series where he plays Police Constable Shaun Massie — a Specialist Rifle Officer (SRO), a veteran marksman, operating with Tactical Operations Unit 7 (TO-7) to take down Organised Crime Groups. A gruff loner, Massie keeps himself to himself, but when his boss, TO-7’s commanding officer DI Dominic Gough, is accused of being a sexual predator, Massie’s otherwise detached demeanour changes drastically.

The gallery has a few pictures of Carlyle, including this one:

Robert Carlyle in Line of Duty series 7 — *Robert Carlyle as Shaun Massie (Image: World Productions/Peter Marley)*

Mark Bonnar (former Deputy Chief Constable Mike Dryden), Owen Teale (Chief Constable Philip Osborne), Perry Fitzpatrick (DS Chris Lomax) and Christina Chong (DI Nicky Rogerson) all return to reprise their roles for series seven. Further new cast members include David Calder (Motherland, Rivals), Steven Elder (Prisoner, Toxic Town), Dominic Mafham (Vigil, Killing Eve), Aimee Powell (Believe Me, Art Detectives), and Naomi Yang (Under Salt Marsh, Maternal).

The six-part series arrives in 2027, so expect a wait for trailers.