Line of Duty series 5 LEAK: Cast member reveals filming start date - but who is in AC-12?
LINE OF DUTY is returning to our screens, and one cast member has revealed when the show will be filmed. Jed Mercurio, director and writer, has reportedly planned filming to start in autumn 2018.
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Line of Duty is one of the biggest, most popular British TV thrillers of modern day - with fans gripped by AC-12’s goings-on.
Series 5 of the hit BBC show will return to our screens in 2019, it’s been reported.
Filming for the series is believed to be commencing in autumn 2018 - just a few months from now.
Even the cast, however, don’t know if their character is being bumped off or whether they might see it through another series.
We'll be shooting the next series at the end of this year, some time in the autumn
Adrian Dunbar, Superintendent Ted Hastings in Line of Duty, told the Radio Times he was keeping his fingers crossed that his character lived to see another series.
Talking about the much-anticipated series 5, he said: “I haven't seen anything, Jed hasn't told us anything.
“We're all keeping our fingers crossed that we're not bumped off.
"We'll be shooting the next series at the end of this year, some time in the autumn, so sadly we'll all have to wait until 2019 to find out what happens to us all.”
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Last year, Jed confirmed three stars - Adrian Dunbar, Martin Compston and Vicky McClure - would return for the next series.
The two-year hiatus after the fourth series was thanks to the director writing a new drama, Bodyguard.
Speaking at Noireland crime fiction festival in Belfast, the 51-year-old said: “…we are shooting here (in Belfast) next October.
“The delay was purely because of Bodyguard. Bodyguard was commissioned before the fourth season of Line Of Duty went out, so part of that was that it would be shot and delivered in the time frame we are now in, so that delayed season five of Line Of Duty.
“With all of these factors the delivery of season five will be early 2019.”
Despite the three main characters at AC-12 returning, Jed doesn’t yet know which other characters will appear.
He added: ““As we saw for season four there were characters who had been in season one, who had been absent for two seasons and then they are involved.
“We look at things on a season by season level.”