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How TV crime shows love the same actors

This week's ITV dramatisation of Raoul Moat's seven-day siege in Northumberland in 2010, in which he waged war on the police, has seen three Line of Duty stars back together on screen.

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Gun buyback scheduled for Aug. 21 in Roanoke

Gun buyback scheduled for Aug. 21 in Roanoke
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'Line of Duty' Season 6 Episode 4 Recap: Unknown Relations

'Line of Duty' Season 6 Episode 4 Recap: Unknown Relations
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Line Of Duty's Jed Mercurio reveals storylines can change depending on the stars' schedules


Line Of Duty's Jed Mercurio says he keeps things flexible when writing the hit show - and storylines can change depending on the stars' schedules
It was revealed during Sunday night's eagerly-anticipated finale that The Fourth Man - also known as H - was Superintendent Ian Buckells
Initially portrayed as a hapless character, it was revealed that he was in fact the criminal mastermind who had formed the secret network of bent coppers
Many clues appear to have come to light since the show hit screens in 2012, including a real life note from actor Nigel Boyle, who tipped off fans in 2017

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Line Of Duty's creator Jed Mercurio reveals clue in series one that Ian Buckells was H

The series creator, 55, detailed how he dropped a sign the officer was bent back in 2012 after he allowed the caddy Dot Cottan to speak with Tommy Hunter alone in the back of a van.

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Clues you might have missed about Buckells being H in Line of Duty


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Did you hear that mass scream from sofas nationwide at around 9:34pm on Sunday? It was the sound of millions of blindsided Line Of Duty viewers exclaiming a single word. And that word was “Buckells?!”.
Yes, recurring character DSU Ian Buckells (played by Nigel Boyle) was at last unmasked as the corrupt cop pulling strings on behalf of organised crime. Once erroneously code-named H, latterly known as the Fourth Man and now forever associated with baffled cries of: “What the… Buckells? Are you sure? Yes but Buckells, though? Mother of God!”
Despite fan theories proliferating online, bookmakers taking bets and everyone having their own pet theory, the big Buckells reveal miraculously managed to still pull off a major surprise. But has writer Jed Mercurio been laying a nine-year, six-series trail of subtle hints all along?

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Line Of Duty: The clues that led us to The Fourth Man


Line Of Duty: A 'mugging off', a real life hint from Buckells back in 2017 and the bad spelling... the clues that have DEFINATELY told us the identity of The Fourth Man all along
It was revealed during Sunday night's eagerly-anticipated finale that The Fourth Man - also known as H - was Superintendent Buckells
Initially portrayed as a hapless character, it was revealed that he was in fact the criminal mastermind who had formed the secret network of bent coppers
Many clues appear to have come to light since the show hit screens in 2012, including a real life note from actor Nigel Boyle, who tipped off fans in 2017

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Line of Duty Buckells actor Nigel Boyle's real life including adorable family

Line of Duty Buckells actor Nigel Boyle's real life including adorable family
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How THAT Line of Duty revelation fits together


Ian Buckells eh?
Despite being the subject of an H theory fairly early on this series (on account of some golf clubs in his office), we’d be willing to bet that the confirmation of Buckells as the apparent mastermind behind the clandestine network of police corruption had you surprised.
As Kate Fleming rightly pointed out, she's worked with him a number of times before and he's been right under AC-12's noses this whole time.
Actor Nigel Boyle previously teased, during a 2017 interview with
Digital Spy, that "there's definitely more to Buckells than meets the eye" – and he sure wasn't wrong!

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Line Of Duty's Buckells actor Nigel Boyle - adorable family life to Peaky Blinders role


Line Of Duty's Buckells actor Nigel Boyle - adorable family life to Peaky Blinders role
Line of Duty star Nigel Boyle portrays Detective Superintendent Ian Buckells in the hit BBC One crime drama, but where else have we seen him and what is his personal life like?
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Line Of Duty's Ian Buckells actor Nigel Boyle - adorable family life to Peaky Blinders role (Image: villaboycey/Instagram)
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