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Brian McCardie on playing TV baddies in Line of Duty and Time

Tommy Hunter actor Brian McCardie has reflected on playing TV baddies in Line of Duty and Time.

Line Of Duty star Nigel Boyle tucks into a Pakistani meal

There wasn't a burner phone in sight on Wednesday as Line Of Duty star Nigel Boyle tucked into a Pakistani meal at his favourite Whitechapel restaurant.  The actor got stuck into a hefty mixed grill consisting of lamb chops, chicken tikka and seekh kebab after calling into east London eatery Tayyabs for dinner.  Boyle - unmasked as elusive criminal mastermind H during Line Of Duty's sixth series - was in the mood to celebrate after cheering his beloved Aston Villa to victory in the FA Youth Cup final.  The team won their fourth FA Youth Cup with a 2-1 victory against Liverpool at Villa Park, and brummie Boyle admitted he was delighted with the result as he prepared to eat. 

Line of Duty's Jed Mercurio hints at scrapped Jo and Kate romance

Thursday, 27th May 2021 at 3:42 pm Line of Duty creator Jed Mercurio has hinted that restrictions necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic may have prevented more intimate storylines from being included in the crime drama’s recent sixth series. Advertisement Throughout the seven-episode run, there were glimmers of a romantic connection between bent copper Joanne Davidson (Kelly Macdonald) and former AC-12 officer Kate Fleming (Vicky McClure). However, this relationship ultimately never went further than a bit of hand-holding and some longing glances, leading some viewers to accuse the show of queerbaiting – the practice of hinting at LGBTQ+ romance, but not actually depicting it.

'Line of Duty' Season 6: New Characters, More Corruption and 'Invisible' COVID

Live TV viewership numbers may be down, but in the United Kingdom, Line of Duty was appointment TV this spring. When the electrifying police drama’s sixth-season finale aired in May, it became the most-watched, non-soap drama episode over there in 20 years, attracting 12.8 million viewers and a whopping 56.2 percent of the TV audience for the BBC. The show’s creator and writer, Jed Mercurio, has hit ratings highs before. An episode of his edge-of-your-seat thriller Bodyguard (which aired on Netflix in the U.S. and earned Mercurio an Emmy nomination) drew 10.4 million viewers in the U.K. in 2018. Although Line of Duty hasn’t exploded with the same velocity in this country, past seasons have become a bingeable pleasure on numerous streaming sites (Prime Video, Hulu, Acorn, BritBox), and beginning Tuesday, May 18, BritBox will release Season 6 in weekly installments.

'Line of Duty' Season 6: New Characters, More Corruption and 'Invisible' COVID | Entertainment

Live TV viewership numbers may be down, but in the United Kingdom, Line of Duty was appointment TV this spring. When the electrifying police drama’s sixth-season finale aired in May, it became the most-watched, non-soap drama episode over there in 20 years, attracting 12.8 million viewers and a whopping 56.2 percent of the TV audience for the BBC. The show’s creator and writer, Jed Mercurio, has hit ratings highs before. An episode of his edge-of-your-seat thriller Bodyguard (which aired on Netflix in the U.S. and earned Mercurio an Emmy nomination) drew 10.4 million viewers in the U.K. in 2018. Although Line of Duty hasn’t exploded with the same velocity in this country, past seasons have become a bingeable pleasure on numerous streaming sites (Prime Video, Hulu, Acorn, BritBox), and beginning Tuesday, May 18, BritBox will release Season 6 in weekly installments.

'Line of Duty' Season 6: New Characters, More Corruption and 'Invisible' COVID | Arts & Entertainment

Show creator and writer Jed Mercurio previews what's in store ahead of the Britbox premiere on May 18.

'Line of Duty' Season 6: New Characters, More Corruption and 'Invisible' COVID | Entertainment

'Line of Duty' Season 6: New Characters, More Corruption and 'Invisible' COVID | Entertainment

Line of Duty's Kate-Jo relationship and queerbaiting

We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. Line of Duty's Kate-Jo relationship wasn't quite queerbaiting, but still missed the mark Whether you're team 'Flemson' or not. 05/05/2021 Line of Duty has been one hell of a ride. Whether you loved the finale or hated it – or, somewhat remarkably, were ambivalent about it – it's hard to deny that the show created a kind of nationwide furore where had we all been in offices with water coolers, it would have been the only thing people were talking about. Line of Duty took place at the universal water cooler – Twitter. Everything that had happened in all five series and six episodes leading up to the finale was sort of erased from our collective consciousness when the big H/Fourth Man reveals happened.