List of Line of Duty episodes
Line of Duty is a British BBC police procedural television series created by Jed Mercurio. The premiere was on BBC Two on 26 June 2012 and moved to BBC One on 26 March 2017 for the fourth series. The story is about the Anti-Corruption Unit 12 (AC-12) led by Superintendent Ted Hastings (Adrian Dunbar) and set within the fictional Central Police Force. It focuses on the activities of two senior AC-12 officers, Detective Sergeant Steve Arnott (Martin Compston) and Detective Inspector Kate Fleming (Vicky McClure).
Series overview
| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | Average viewership (in millions)[note 1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | Network | |||||
| 1 | 5 | 26 June 2012 | 24 July 2012 | BBC Two | 3.80 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 12 February 2014 | 19 March 2014 | 3.43 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 24 March 2016 | 28 April 2016 | 5.42 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 26 March 2017 | 30 April 2017 | BBC One | 9.55 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 31 March 2019 | 5 May 2019 | 12.85 | |||
- Series 1-2 based on 7 day data. Series 3-4 based on 28 day data.
Series 1 (2012)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [1] | Directed by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) [2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "A Disastrous Affair" | David Caffrey | 26 June 2012 | 3.76 |
| 2 | 2 | "The Assault" | David Caffrey | 3 July 2012 | 3.84 |
| 3 | 3 | "In the Trap" | David Caffrey | 10 July 2012 | 3.80 |
| 4 | 4 | "Terror" | Douglas Mackinnon | 17 July 2012 | 3.87 |
| 5 | 5 | "The Probation" | Douglas Mackinnon | 24 July 2012 | 3.72 |
Series 2 (2014)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) [2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 1 | "The Ambush" | Douglas Mackinnon | 12 February 2014 | 2.74 |
| 7 | 2 | "Carly" | Douglas Mackinnon | 19 February 2014 | 3.21 |
| 8 | 3 | "Behind Bars" | Douglas Mackinnon | 26 February 2014 | 3.34 |
| 9 | 4 | "Blood Money" | Daniel Nettheim | 5 March 2014 | 3.46 |
| 10 | 5 | "Last Words" | Daniel Nettheim | 12 March 2014 | 3.73 |
| 11 | 6 | "The Caddy" | Daniel Nettheim | 19 March 2014 | 4.12 |
Series 3 (2016)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) [2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 1 | "Monsters" | Michael Keillor | 24 March 2016 | 3.54 |
| 13 | 2 | "The Process" | Michael Keillor | 31 March 2016 | 6.02 |
| 14 | 3 | "Snake Pit" | Michael Keillor | 7 April 2016 | 5.73 |
| 15 | 4 | "Negative Pressure" | John Strickland | 14 April 2016 | 5.55 |
| 16 | 5 | "The List" | John Strickland | 21 April 2016 | 5.72 |
| 17 | 6 | "Breach" | John Strickland | 28 April 2016 | 5.93 |
Series 4 (2017)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) [2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 1 | "In the Shadow of the Truth[3]" | Jed Mercurio | 26 March 2017 | 9.21 |
| 19 | 2 | "Who Sows the Wind" | Jed Mercurio | 2 April 2017 | 9.04 |
| 20 | 3 | "In the Trap" | John Strickland | 9 April 2017 | 9.05 |
| 21 | 4 | "Moral Superiority" | John Strickland | 16 April 2017 | 9.60 |
| 22 | 5 | "Lying Nest" | John Strickland | 23 April 2017 | 9.98 |
| 23 | 6 | "Royal Hunting Ground" | John Strickland | 30 April 2017 | 10.40 |
Series 5 (2019)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [4] | UK viewers (millions) [5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 1 | "Episode 1" | John Strickland | Jed Mercurio | 31 March 2019[6] | 13.20 |
| 25 | 2 | "Episode 2" | John Strickland | Jed Mercurio | 7 April 2019 | 12.43 |
| 26 | 3 | "Episode 3" | John Strickland[7] | Jed Mercurio[7] | 14 April 2019 | 12.59 |
| 27 | 4 | "Episode 4" | John Strickland[8] | Jed Mercurio[8] | 21 April 2019 | 12.34 |
| 28 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Sue Tully[9] | Jed Mercurio[9] | 28 April 2019 | 12.91 |
| 29 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Sue Tully[9] | Jed Mercurio[9] | 5 May 2019 | 13.67 |
Series 6
In May 2017, the BBC commissioned a sixth series. Filming began in February 2020 and stopped the following month due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Filming resumed in September, finished in November 2020, and anticipated to broadcast during the spring of 2021[10][11] with seven episodes.[12]
Ratings
Line of Duty : UK viewers per episode (millions)
Audience measurement performed by Broadcasters' Audience Research Board.BARB
| Series | Episode number | Average | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 1 | 3.76 | 3.84 | 3.80 | 3.87 | 3.72 | N/A | 3.48 | |
| 2 | 2.74 | 3.21 | 3.34 | 3.46 | 3.73 | 4.12 | 3.43 | |
| 3 | 3.54 | 6.02 | 5.73 | 5.55 | 5.72 | 5.93 | 5.42 | |
| 4 | 9.21 | 9.04 | 9.05 | 9.60 | 9.98 | 10.40 | 9.55 | |
| 5 | 13.20 | 12.43 | 12.59 | 12.34 | 12.91 | 13.67 | 12.85 | |
References
- "Line of Duty - Cops unter Verdacht - Season 1". Amazon.de. Retrieved 2 May 2017 – via Amazon.
- "Top 30 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 8 February 2014. (User must select "BBC1" in the Channel field and then select the appropriate year, month and week to retrieve the figure for each episode)
- "Line of Duty - Cops unter Verdacht - Season 4". Amazon.de. Retrieved 25 April 2019 – via Amazon.
- "Line of Duty – Listings". Next Episode. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- "Four-screen dashboard BARB". Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- "Line of Duty - BBC Series 5". BBC. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- "BBC One - Line of Duty, Series 5, Episode 3". BBC. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- "BBC One - Line of Duty, Series 5, Episode 4". BBC. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- "BBC One - Line of Duty, Series 5, Episode 5". BBC. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- "Filming wraps on Line of Duty series six, as first images of Kelly Macdonald as DCI Joanne Davidson are revealed". BBC. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- "Line of Duty season 6 will arrive in early 2021". Radio Times. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/line-of-duty-teaser-season-6-episodes/
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.