LINES OF DUTY
LINE of Duty newcomer Kelly Macdonald says she struggled to understand some of the show’s complex scripts… and viewers will know exactly how she feels.
The Scots actor – who guest stars as DCI Joanne Davidson in the hotly anticipated sixth series – openly admits: “It’s the kind of detailed forensic policing that, even when I’m saying the words, I’m only half aware of what I actually mean.” Even the readthrough left her “a shell of a woman” – but that’s nothing compared to how we feel when we’re left with high blood pressure after every brilliantly intense episode.
If you’ve been equally perplexed by the first five seasons, here’s our Sunday Mirror catch-up guide to all the drama ahead of series six debuting next Sunday.
SAFETY breaches at Sellafield have raised fears of a Chernobylstyle disaster.
Campaigners worry that incidents at Europe’s largest nuclear plant in Cumbria could lead to a blast bigger than the 1986 Ukraine horror.
An official report logs 25 breaches in less than two years, including burst pipes, unstable chemicals, radiation leaks, a cooling tower failure and two plant evacuations.
The bomb squad was called in last August after chemicals “changed state”. Janine Allis-Smith, of a local anti-nuke group, says campaigners “fear an explosion that would make Chernobyl look like a tea party”. Sellafield
– which now splits spent nuclear fuel into plutonium, uranium and waste – said incident reports were published to reassure the public.
A spokesman said: “We are the UK’s most closely regulated nuclear site.” The Office for Nuclear Regulation said: “None of these incidents posed any safety risk to the public.”