At last! Arresting TV is back on air

SOMETIMES it seems as if we’ve watched everything on Netflix, so thank heavens my favourites Line Of Duty and Unforgotten are either back on TV or about to return for a new series.

The success of these police dramas is certainly helped by terrific writers, but it’s the actors so many of us have come to love: Nicola Walker, Adrian Dunbar, Sanjeev Bhaskar and let’s not forget Keeley Hawes and Stephen Graham.

These may not be globally recognised names, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they didn’t end up having longer careers than many bigscreen idols. We invite them into our homes again and again, admiring their emotional range but also bathing in a warm sense of familiarity that only increases with time.