Overview - Line of Duty

Date of release

Genres

  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Mystery

Spoken Languages

  • English

Production companies

  • Name: World Productions

    Production country United Kingdom

  • Name: BBC Drama Productions

    Production country United Kingdom

Overview

A drama about the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anticorruption unit.

Seasons

  • Name: Specials

    Episode: 2

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  • Name: Series 1

    Episode: 5

    DS Steve Arnott is transferred to the police anti-corruption unit after the death of a man in a mistaken shooting during a counter-terrorist operation by another cop.

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  • Name: Series 2

    Episode: 6

    An ambush of a police convoy results in three police officers dead and a protected witness seriously injured. The sole surviving police officer is Detective Inspector Lindsay Denton. Deputy Chief Constable Mike Dryden takes personal charge, assigning AC-12 to the case. Initially AC-12’s most valuable witness, the suspicion soon arises that Denton could be their prime suspect. In the pursuit of corruption, how far will they go to uncover the truth?

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  • Name: Series 3

    Episode: 6

    After a criminal is shot dead during a police raid, the AC-12 team begins examining the conduct of Sergeant Danny Waldron, leader of an elite unit. But Waldron’s loyal team obstructs the investigation, and the truth about the shooting proves more complicated than Arnott and Fleming could ever have imagined.

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  • Name: Series 4

    Episode: 6

    The fourth series sees AC-12 facing their most devious opponent yet! Under pressure from her superiors, DCI Roz Huntley charges a young man with a series of murders after months of fruitless investigation, but is he guilty? The Chief Forensic Investigator has doubts and turns to AC-12.

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  • Name: Series 5

    Episode: 6

    Series 5 follows the actions of Superintendent Ted Hastings, D.I. Kate Fleming and D.S. Steve Arnott as they investigate an Organised Crime Group with links to missing undercover officer D.S. John Corbett.

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  • Name: Series 6

    Episode: 7

    Series 6 sees AC-12 facing their most enigmatic adversary so far: Detective Chief Inspector Joanne Davidson, the senior investigating officer of a high-profile unsolved murder.

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