Kelly MacDonald joins the hit BBC drama
If you’ve never seen Line of Duty before, do yourself a favour and make one of your squares to catch up on the boxset.
It’s edge of your seat viewing, as DS Steve Arnott, Superintendent Ted Hastings and DC Kate Fleming from Anti-Corruption Unit 12 (AC-12) uncover corruption in the police force.
The show ranked eighth in The Independent’s list of the twenty greatest police shows of all time and third in a Radio Times poll of the best British crime dramas of all time.
Watching the cop shows that were rated higher is just one of the ways that Line of Duty provides a jumping off point for filling a few more boxes on your board. But there are plenty of other ways that are tied more closely to the new series.
For those of you who are regular Line of Duty viewers Craig Parkinson, who played DI Matthew ‘Dot’ Cottan, will be joined by members of the cast and celebrity superfans to forensically examine the series in the podcast Obsessed with…Line of Duty.
I also recommend Craig’s Two Shot podcast, where he chats to everyone from Nile Rodgers to Jodie Comer.
Back to Line of Duty and the show’s creator, Jed Mercurio, has produced 7 hours of videos teaching wannabe writers how to go from first draft to final script in the BBC Maestro course ‘Writing Drama for Television’.
Jed started out as a doctor and was an author before becoming a screenwriter. His novel Bodies was the basis for the 2002 medical drama of the same name, starring Max Beesley. It’s still available on the iPlayer.
Did you know that Arthur Conan Doyle, Michael Crichton, John Hodge (Shallow Grave), Somerset Maugham and Anton Chekhov also practiced medicine before they turned to writing?
If trying to keep up with the many twists and turns becomes too much why not try the soundtrack from the original series by Carly Paradis or, if you’re really desperate, Hastings bingo. Mother of God!
