Making The Bill look like In The Night Garden, Jed Mercurio has created one of the finest and most compelling police dramas of recent years. But it’s due to a uniformly strong cast, whose strengths have shown as the series has continued, that his gut-punch plotting and ‘spit & shit’ view of policing have succeeded. … >

Anyone else watch the last moments of tonight’s Line of Duty through their fingers? We might have done. Be glad you still have those fingers. DS Arnott may soon not be so lucky… It’s become apparent that, like a vindictive cinema manager, writer Jed Mercurio does not want you to flat out enjoy watching Line … >

If you thought things couldn’t get worse for DCI Tony Gates, then you’re right. As Line of Duty hits its halfway point they don’t get worse, they get catastrophic. For the first two episodes Gates sat on his iron throne, fending off the barbs and jabs of the circling Anti-Corruption Unit with a smile or … >

Blimey. When we said last week that we thought things were going to get a lot darker, we didn’t think it’d happen so fast, or so brutally.

There’s a pleasing sense of unease that sits with you while watching Line of Duty. Pleasing, because it means that Jed Mercurio’s five-part drama is accomplishing the atmosphere it’s trying to create: an authentic world that bleeds further mistrust with every click of the mouse and every knock on a door. It’s an excellent start … >