Viewers on edge
THIS is it. Nerves have been shredded, fingernails bitten, tears shed and curses uttered at having to wait a week to find out what happens next.
Line Of Duty is simply the most gripping drama on TV, famous for shocking plot twists and cliffhanger endings that leave viewers gasping.
The latest series of the show – centred round the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anti-corruption unit, and starring Martin Compston, Adrian DETECTIVE Superintendent Ted Hastings has always been AC-12’s rock. But while Masonic links and sexism charges have raised awkward questions, we refuse to believe he’s the bent Mr Big “H” as suggested by ACC Hilton (ooh, look, that starts with an H too!). Of course the sleazy top cop –
trying it on with WITH Broadchurch also at an end, you might be wondering how on earth you’ll cope until the next Line Of Duty.
But don’t despair, here’s a look at the upcoming shows set to fill the gritty drama-sized hole in your life.
And period drama fans needn’t worry either. Poldark is back in June and Victoria returns in September.
In a more recent era, Babs will tell the story of Carry On films and EastEnders fave Barbara Windsor next month. Dunbar, Vicky McClure and Thandie Newton – ends tonight, with fans desperate to at last find out the truth.
We hope you’ll go into the fraught finale on BBC1 with your eyes wide open so, to help, we investigate the burning questions that have been keeping us all awake at night...
Line Of Duty, BBC1, tonight, 9pm. THE forensics man may only have been in the first episode, but what an impact. He went from a chainsaw-wielding body-chopper to one of his own crime scenes in the blink of an eye. Roz’s eye that is.
We want the killer fingered, although fingers are – literally –a sore point for Tim, who was left missing his.
Was there something more behind his obsession with Roz’s railroading of Michael Farmer? Was he really in Roz, pressurising Maneet, trying to shut down AC-12 – could be the figure “Dot” was trying to finger as he breathed his bloody last into Kate’s ear at the end of the last series. If not, will the true mastermind please stand up and take a bow.
Otherwise he’ll be left to slink into the darkness of the next series – along with our desperation for the truth! the bad men in balaclavas club or did he just happen to have one in his bag for fibre testing?
And what was his real connection with kidnap victim Hana who was turning up at his flat? He showed his temper with Roz, so perhaps it had hidden an ugly, dangerous side before.