drama of the year
Line Of Duty (BBC1) We’re not sure how he does it, but LOD creator and writer Jed Mercurio keeps upping the ante of his police conspiracy drama year after year. The fourth run not only featured Thandie Newton as a detective who killed in self-defence and then got in too deep as she tried to cover her tracks, but also expanded upon and deepened the wider police corruption thread that binds the whole glorious saga together. Runners-up: Broadchurch (ITV) Sherlock (BBC1) Doctor Foster (BBC1) Poldark (BBC1)