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Line of Duty
Genre
Created by Jed Mercurio
Written by Jed Mercurio
Directed by
  • David Caffrey
  • Douglas Mackinnon
  • Daniel Nettheim
  • Michael Keillor
  • John Strickland
  • Jed Mercurio
  • Sue Tully
Starring
Theme music composer
Carly Paradis
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of episodes 29 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Stephen Wright (BBC)
Simon Heath (World Productions)
Jed Mercurio (Series 2–5)
Producer(s) Jed Mercurio (Series 1)
Peter Norris (Series 2–3)
Cait Collins (Series 4)
Production location(s) Birmingham (Series 1)
Belfast (Series 2–5)
Cinematography Ruairi O'Brien (Series 1–2)
Peter Robertson (Series 3)
Anna Valdez Hanks (Series 4)
Stephen Murphy (Series 4)
Running time 56–58 minutes
Production company(s) World Productions
Distributor Kew Media
Release
Original network BBC Two (2012–2016)
BBC One (2017–)
Picture format 1080i
Audio format Dolby Digital
Original release 26 June 2012 (2012-06-26) – present

Line of Duty is a British BBC police procedural television series created by Jed Mercurio. It was BBC Two's best-performing drama series in ten years with an audience of 4.1 million viewers. A second season was ordered. Its success led to the BBC ordering a further two series. The third series broadcast began on 24 March 2016, and the fourth on 26 March 2017 on BBC One. The fifth series was completed at the end of 2018. It was broadcast on BBC One on 31 March 2019. The BBC has ordered a sixth series.

It is the most popular drama series broadcast on BBC Two. It has won the Royal Television Society Award and Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Drama Series. Line of Duty was included in a list of the Top 50 BBC Two shows of all-time and in a list of the 80 best BBC shows of all time. It was the highest-ranked current series in a list of the best cop shows of all time. and third in a poll of the best British crime dramas of all time.

Series Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired Network
1 5 26 June 2012 (2012-06-26) 24 July 2012 (2012-07-24) BBC Two
2 6 12 February 2014 (2014-02-12) 19 March 2014 (2014-03-19)
3 6 24 March 2016 (2016-03-24) 28 April 2016 (2016-04-28)
4 6 26 March 2017 (2017-03-26) 30 April 2017 (2017-04-30) BBC One
5 6 31 March 2019 (2019-03-31) 5 May 2019 (2019-05-05)

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