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1) B. Pilot; D. Doctor

Jed MerCUrIo is a former hospital doctor who obtained a flying badge and flew fixed-wing aircraft with the rAF. As a child he dreamt of being an astronaut. 2) 1C The actress was ordered off the Vicky McClure tram after being wrongly accused of fare evasion. 2B series two to five were filmed in northern Ireland, series one in Birmingham. 3A Viewers saw a map of Bordesley Green, Birmingham, on a wall, and there are references to a fictional Central constabulary.

4D despite his character ds steve Arnott’s english accent, Compston is from Greenock, renfrewshire. He now lives in Las Vegas.

3) False

HoWeVer, they do share the same birthday. Both were born on May 8, just one year apart — she is 35, he is 34.

4) B. Neil Morrissey

THe Men Behaving Badly actor played dC nigel Morton. Morrissey and dunbar shared a flat as drama students.

5) C. ‘I want to arrest more criminals than we employ’

THAT was said by the late Metropolitan police commissioner sir robert Mark, who worked to eliminate corrupt officers.

Mercurio has said he envisaged Hastings as a bumbling ‘Columbo-style’ detective, but ‘reconceived the character to fit’ northern Irish actor Adrian dunbar, who ‘did something very vivid and interesting with the lines’ during his audition.

6) True

IT CAMe in third, behind Inspector Morse and Foyle’s War, in the 2018 radio Times poll. It has also featured in a list of the 50 best BBC2 shows of all time. Before moving to BBC1, it achieved BBC2’s highest ratings for a drama in more than a decade.