Viewers of Line Of Duty’s sixth series opener on Sunday may have noticed a missing member of AC-12. PC Tatleen Sohota was instrumental in season five’s investigation into Operation Pear Tree, which saw undercover cop John Corbett [Stephen Graham] killed while trying to expose the mysterious ‘H’. But actress Taj Atwal was nowhere to be seen … Read more
Long-haul flights face duty rise under plans to make passengers on higher-polluting plane journeys pay more The Treasury is considering introducing higher taxes for long-haul flights Holidaymakers would see increased flight tax to Australia, New Zealand & Peru Would help cut taxes for domestic flights, currently charged at £26 for return By Daniel Martin and … Read more
Line Of Duty returned on Sunday night and marked the return of supporting character Terry Boyle, a man with Down’s syndrome who is ruthlessly exploited by an organised crime group. Now at the centre of a high-profile murder investigation, Boyle was arrested and brought in for questioning by DCI Joanne Davidson and her team. Actor … Read more
Demand for homes to buy has jumped since the extension of the stamp duty holiday and other measures were announced in the Budget, but with supply continuing to fall, prices are set to keep rising, new research suggests. Buyer demand was up 24 per cent in the week that followed the Budget on 3 March, … Read more
A Down’s syndrome charity today praised Line of Duty for casting an actor with the condition after the show was criticised over a line calling him a ‘local oddball’. Viewers said the label given to Terry Boyle, played by Tommy Jessop, by Adrian Dunbar’s character Superintendent Ted Hastings was ‘disappointing’ and ‘appalling’. Others said the … Read more
Line Of Duty fans went wild after hearing a crude-sounding acronym on the opening episode of series six on Sunday – and the Home Office has now shed some light on ‘CHIS’. CHIS – which stands for Covert Human Intelligence Source – became one of the stand-out new terms in the AC-12 drama. However many … Read more
If you found yourself baffled by the police jargon in last night’s episode of Line Of Duty then don’t fret, you are certainly not alone. Viewers took to Twitter to share their confusion as they struggled to keep up with a script peppered with dozens of acronym and abbreviations, some of which were integral to … Read more
Line Of Duty’s series six premiere became the third most watched show of the year on Sunday, with nearly 10million viewers tuning in for the return of AC-12. The hotly anticipated new series saw the formerly tight-knit Anti-Corruption unit in a state of disarray, as a new murder investigation with DCI Joanne Davidson (Kelly MacDonald) … Read more
Line Of Duty returned in explosive fashion for the hotly-anticipated sixth series on Sunday – as fans hoped to get one step closer to discovering the identity of H. 18 months on from the events of series five, viewers saw the once tight-knit AC-12 unit in disarray in the premiere episode, but that wasn’t the … Read more
The BBC‘s new series of police drama Line of Duty has been criticised over a line in the script referring to a character with Down’s Syndrome as a ‘local oddball’. Viewers said the label given to Terry Boyle, played by Tommy Jessop, by Adrian Dunbar’s character Superintendent Ted Hastings was ‘disappointing’ and ‘appalling’. Others said the … Read more