AC-12 is back on the beat as Line of Duty returns to Belfast
STARS of Line of Duty have been seen filming a sixth series of the hit drama in Belfast city centre.
Adrian Dunbar was seen in character as Superintendent Ted Hastings outside Belfast Central Library on Royal Avenue.
The library is fictional police station Pelbury House in the drama, the finale of which drew nine million viewers last May.
Mr Dunbar was joined by show creator Jed Mercurio yesterday, and Martin Compston, who plays Detective Sergeant Steve Arnott, also a member of AC-12 — a special unit investigating police corruption.
The actors and crew appeared to be filming a scene set on the doorstep of the police station, with an 18-month-jump between series five and six.
The stars have been joined by a new actor, Kelly McDonald.
She will take on the role of enigmatic detective chief inspector Joanne Davidson, a senior investigating officer on an unsolved murder case.
Speaking to the Sunday Business Post, Adrian Dunbar said the landscape of the drama will have shifted when viewers sit down to series six.
“There are a lot of similar tropes... we’re still after bent coppers, organised crime groups and so forth, but there are other things that are different.
“It’s been a long time since we’ve been back to AC-12, so things have changed there.
“In essence, we’re lucky that in Jed Mercurio we have a writer who is not lazy. He has set the bar very high and kept it there, so I don’t think we’re going to disappoint our audience at all.”