Line of Duty - BBC2

MookJong · 14 Mar 2019 at 08:36

Does anyone know when series 5 starts? All I see online is "Early 2019".

I enjoyed series 4, it definitely kept you guessing but probably least favorite of the previous seasons as it got overly convoluted.

EvilGrin · 14 Mar 2019 at 11:53

There’s been adverts on the tv for it according to my wife, so it should be imminent hopefully!

MookJong · 14 Mar 2019 at 12:23

EvilGrin said:
There’s been adverts on the tv for it according to my wife, so it should be imminent hopefully!

Yeah I saw the add before Christmas! then no new news

Bungee · 14 Mar 2019 at 12:29

MookJong said:
Does anyone know when series 5 starts? All I see online is "Early 2019".

I enjoyed series 4, it definitely kept you guessing but probably least favorite of the previous seasons as it got overly convoluted.

Should be Sunday 31st March @ 9

MookJong · 19 Mar 2019 at 13:49

It's official Sunday 31st confirmed.

Glanza · 19 Mar 2019 at 15:05

Good news

wonder what direction they'll go now with how the last season ended.

SixTwoSix · 19 Mar 2019 at 15:18

I look forward to another series of 90% closed room interviews and then a jump the shark gunfight in the final episode.

Still enjoy it though

The "interviews" are surprisingly engaging and well put together.

Meridian · 19 Mar 2019 at 20:33

SixTwoSix said:
I look forward to another series of 90% closed room interviews and then a jump the shark gunfight in the final episode.

That was my view of that series as well. The last series was so poor I'm not even going to bother with the one coming soon. A few of us here are old enough to remember "Between the Lines" from many years Ago. Mercurio says it was enough of an influence for him to allude to it in his series' title. Except he forgot the main lesson of BtL: small is better. It was the little bits of corruption that were so brilliantly handled on that old gem; but it went to pot when the plot got big. And so it is with LoD - the over-arching "massive corruption" story is simply silly and unbelievable - and that shootout was wholely symptomatic of that.

And I also bet money that we still don't get to the bottom of it in this series either, since there's at least one more series planned. Nope, no longer for me.

dannyb123 · 22 Mar 2019 at 18:17

Can’t wait for this to return, my 2nd favourite box set this last 12 months - Power is the favourite

robfosters · 31 Mar 2019 at 00:56

Can’t wait for the new series.

I’ve seen some great acting performances in my time, but I don’t think I’ve heard such a flawless accent as Martin Compstons London accent. It’s superb, considering he has such a deep Scottish accent.

Participant · 31 Mar 2019 at 07:50

robfosters said:
Can’t wait for the new series.

I’ve seen some great acting performances in my time, but I don’t think I’ve heard such a flawless accent as Martin Compstons London accent. It’s superb, considering he has such a deep Scottish accent.

I had absolutely no idea he was Scottish. Had always assumed without a second thought that he was a native Londoner. Impressive.

jpaul · 31 Mar 2019 at 22:09

First one of these I have seen , seems just run of the mill formulaic/telegraphed drama, paddying to 'action movie' meme, compared to say Paul Abbot's no offence, spooks, or Rebus. ... an unfair comparison. ?
- but then again I thought, was killing Eve really the pinnacle of UK tv drama, with its recent nominations.

slipperydave · 31 Mar 2019 at 22:25

well, i certainly wasn't expecting that.

MookJong · 1 Apr 2019 at 12:23

jpaul said:
First one of these I have seen , seems just run of the mill formulaic/telegraphed drama, paddying to 'action movie' meme, compared to say Paul Abbot's no offence, spooks, or Rebus. ... an unfair comparison. ?
- but then again I thought, was killing Eve really the pinnacle of UK tv drama, with its recent nominations.

Don't start here, go back to season 1. There is far far too much history you don't know to be able to judge.

Saying that Line of Duty is a bit comic book at times, but I still love it.

jpaul · 1 Apr 2019 at 14:30

Many bums on seats, I was one of the 200K, also, apparently a 2019 drama record.

https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2019-04-01/line-of-duty-series-5-viewing-figures-episode-1-bbc/

Line of Duty‘s series five opener drew in a peak audience of over 8 million viewers, with an average of 7.8 million watching the entire episode — a higher figure than the show’s season four finale in 2017.

I mean .... the baby stuff was predictable.

Andrew_McP · 7 Apr 2019 at 22:07

Dance little audience puppets, dance! :->

FlyingScotsman · 8 Apr 2019 at 15:12

Participant said:
I had absolutely no idea he was Scottish. Had always assumed without a second thought that he was a native Londoner. Impressive.

He used to play football for Aberdeen and Greenock Morton.

SixTwoSix · 9 Apr 2019 at 08:16

Participant said:
I had absolutely no idea he was Scottish. Had always assumed without a second thought that he was a native Londoner. Impressive.

This is a fairly decent movie, first thing I really remember him in.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2113809/

SixTwoSix · 12 May 2019 at 14:17

Binged season 5 over the last two days. While throughly entertaining, it's all becoming way to predictable and on the verge of cliche now.

McGray · 12 May 2019 at 19:05

More code lol.