Adrian Dunbar wants a Line Of Duty comeback before he gets any older.
The actor, 65, played Ted Hastings in the BBC police drama which last aired in 2021 after almost a decade on air but he has now admitted that he and all of his castmates want to return for a seventh series.
He told The Times: ‘We all want it to come back. It’s apposite that today should be their [castmates Vicky McClure and Martin Compton’s shared] birthdays because I really don’t want them getting any older.
‘I don’t want to get any older either because we don’t want to be coming back when we’re in a wheelchair.
‘Ted Hastings with a Zimmer frame.’
Adrian Dunbar wants a Line Of Duty comeback before he gets any older and says all his castmates are up for it too (pictured at the press call for West End musical Kiss Me Kate in May 2024)
The actor, 65, played Ted Hastings in the BBC police drama which last aired in 2021 after almost a decade on air but he has now admitted that he and all of his castmates want to return (pictured with co-stars Martin Compston and Vicky McClure)
Just days ago, Adrian’s co-star Vicky awkwardly dodged questioning about another series of Line Of Duty being made as she appeared on This Morning.
The actress, 42, played Detective Inspector Kate Fleming in the Jed Mercurio-written BBC series that was hugely popular with viewers.
And as she appeared on the daytime TV show hosts Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley were keen to know if the show would ever be back.
Ben said: ‘There’s always going to be rumours and expectations, have you all agreed that you’d be ready and up for it when Jed gets himself together?’
But Vicky then replied: ‘There will always be rumours. I mean look. We have all said we love the show and would love to go again obviously but there’s nothing to talk about so it’s disappointing in terms of there is no news!’
Cat then quipped: ‘Well is no news good news? Because it’s definitely not a no…’.
Vicky then started smiling and picked up a cushion to cover herself as she added: ‘I’m just going to put this over my face…’, as Ben and Cat burst into laughter.
Vicky McClure awkwardly dodged questioning about another series of Line Of Duty being made as she appeared on Thursday’s This Morning
Over the past two other stars have all hinted it could maybe return but nothing has materialised yet
Vicky McClure as DS Kate Fleming, Martin Compston as DS Steve Arnott and Adrian Dunbar as Ted Hastings
After the sixth series Line Of Duty fans across the nation were left ‘fuming’ as the nail-biting series finale drew to a close and the mysterious antagonist ‘H’ was finally unmasked.
Seasoned fans took to social media in their droves to share their frustrations as officers from the police anti-corruption unit AC-12 discovered the identity of the elusive ‘fourth man’, who had been colluding with the organised crime group (OCG), was none other than DSU Ian Buckells.
It saw the words ‘fuming’, ‘disappointing’ and ‘underwhelming’ all trend on social media in the aftermath of the show.
And the disbelief it could be him was compounded by the way he was only caught because of his repeated mis-spelling of the word ‘definitely’ – hardly the blunder of a hardened criminal mastermind.