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Robert Carlyle as Shaun Massie in the new series of Line of Duty.

Robert Carlyle looks unrecognisable in Line Of Duty first look

Martin Compston has lauded Sir Billy Connolly for dealing with Parkinson's "incredibly bravely"

Sir Billy Connelly health update as he battles Parkinson's Disease

ITV has released its Christmas schedule including festive editions of shows such as The Masked Singer, Ant And Dec’s Limitless Win and The 1% Club

ITV Christmas schedule revealed: Dramas, festive gameshows and royalty

Martin Compston, centre, with Line Of Duty co-stars Vicky McClure and Adrian Dunbar (Pic: Aiden Monaghan/World Productions/BBC/PA Wire)

Line of Duty: Why did fans hate the series six finale so much?

Line Of Duty is officially back as the BBC confirmed the police drama's return for a seventh series.

Line Of Duty to return as BBC confirms series 7 of hit drama

Kelsey Willmott, 30 and her husband Arron Willmott, 31, on their wedding day in may

Bride's 'dreams came true' when she wed Line Of Duty lookalike

Sam Thompson has crossed the finish line for his Soccer Aid Match Ball Mission challenge, raising more than £1.5m for UNICEF.

Sam Thompson crosses Soccer Aid challenge finish line as £1.5m raised

Vicky McClure as DI Kate Fleming and Martin Compston as DI Steve Arnott in Line of Duty, BBC's hit crime drama.

Line of Duty actor gives update on season 7

Martin Compston as Steve Arnott leads the charge at the scene of the Fleming-Pilkington shootout

Line of Duty star drops huge clue that hit BBC drama is returning

Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow's West End is used prominently throughout the Prime Video show.

Filming locations for Martin Compton's new Prime Video thriller Fear

Rose Leslie and Suranne Jones star in Vigil season 2

Hit BBC drama starring Suranne Jones set to return for series three

Martin Compston spotted with Scottish fans at Euro 2024. Photo: SWNS

Line of Duty star spotted with Scottish fans at Euro 2024

BBC star talks Line of Duty return

Martin Compston on travel adventures in Norway for new travel series

Mel C joins Soccer Aid 2023 line-up of stars

Martin Compston as Fulmer Hamilton in The Rig, wearing an orange boiler suit and surrounded by pipes (Credit: Amazon Prime Video)

The Rig: all the news about Series 2 of Amazon’s eco-thriller

Bryan Cox as Logan Roy in Succession; Martin Compston as Fulmer Hamilton in The Rig, India Amarteifio as young Queen Charlotte in Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story; Jason Sudeikis as Ted Lasso and Brendan Hunt as Coach Beard in Ted Lasso; Natasha Lyonne as Charlie Cale in Poker Face (Credit: Sky; Amazon; Netflix; Apple TV+; Peacock)

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Martin Compston on set of The Rig

Where is The Rig filmed? Scottish filming locations for Amazon series

Martin Compston as Fulmer Hamilton in The Rig, wearing an orange boilet suit and looking over a metal railing (Credit: Amazon Prime Video)

The Rig review: evocative thriller marks a strong start to 2023

Martin Compston and Tony Curran in Mayflies

BBC Mayflies: release date of TV series, cast with Ashley Jensen

Martin Compston has said there won't be another series of Line of Duty ' just for the sake of doing it' (Photo: BBC)

Will there be Line of Duty season 7? What Adrian Dunbar hinted

Martin Compston: did actor sing IRA lyrics in Twitter video?

Traces is a Dundee-set crime drama (Photo: BBC)

Traces: how to watch all episodes of the crime drama

Martin Compston stars in new drama Our House (Photo: ITV)

Where was Our House filmed? UK filming locations of ITV drama

Martin Compston and Tuppence Middleton in Our House (Credit: ITV)

Who stars in ITV drama Our House alongside Martin Compston

Martin Compston as Bram in Our House (Credit: ITV)

Our House: your guide to Martin Compston’s new ITV drama

The cast of Traces Season 2 (Credit: Alibi)

Traces season 2: release date of forensics drama with Martin Compston

Tianna Chanel Flynn and Martin Compston (Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images for Universal Pictures)

Who is Martin Compston’s wife Tianna Chanel Flynn?
Line of Duty picked up the awards for Best Returning Drama and Special Recognition at the 2021 National Television Awards
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The newest series of the crime drama will have more episodes than its previous seasons (Photo: BBC)

Will Line of Duty return? What Martin Compston said at the NTA awards

Rose Leslie and Suranne Jones (C) World Productions - Photographer: Graham Hunter

Who stars in BBC’s Vigil with Suranne Jones ?

Scottish actor Martin Compston stars in the latest BBC drama, from the producers of Line of Duty (Picture: BBC)

Vigil: when is the BBC series on TV and how many episodes are there?

C) World Productions - Photographer: Mark Mainz

Vigil review: BBC’s submarine thriller will have viewers hooked

HMS Vengeance (Photo by Andrew Linnett/MoD Crown Copyright via Getty Images)

What are Royal Navy’s Vanguard-class submarines in Trident programme?

Martin Compston plays Peter Manuel in ITV drama In Plain Sight (Getty Images/ITV)

Who was In Plain Sight subject Peter Manuel?

Line of Duty finale review round-up: what viewers and critics said about the season 6 ending (Photo: BBC/World Productions)

What viewers and critics said about the Line of Duty season 6 ending

Mixed reactions to Line of Duty series finale, as H's identity is finally revealed (Photo by John Phillips/Getty Images)

Mixed reactions to Line of Duty series finale

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