By Alex Inexperienced, PA Appearing Deputy Leisure Editor
Pic: Liam McBurney/PA Wire
Teasing the return of Line of Obligation, star Martin Compston mentioned he’s positive there shall be one other collection “if there’s nonetheless a narrative to be informed”.
Showing on Good Morning Britain forward of Sunday’s Soccer Help charity occasion, the Scottish actor, who performs Steve Arnott, was joined by his co-star Vicky McClure, who performs Kate Fleming.
With its dramatic finale revealing the identification of the mysterious corrupt officer H, the sixth collection of the police drama aired from March to Might in 2021, and was a rankings success.
Compston not too long ago prompted hypothesis amongst followers when he posted a photograph of himself having dinner with co-stars McClure and Adrian Dunbar and present creator Jed Mercurio, captioning the picture ‘Speaking tattoo designs’.
He informed GMB: “We did say if we ever acquired 12 million (viewers) we’d get tattoos of ‘AC-12 million’. If we ever do one other collection I believe it is going to be one thing all of us do collectively then.”
Requested whether or not there was one other collection within the works, McClure mentioned: “Nothing’s deliberate as but – we simply went out for a pleasant meal.
“I’m telling the reality. Nothing deliberate and set in stone. Like Martin mentioned earlier than, we all the time have a protracted break in between collection so it’s not likely too irregular to what we usually do.”
Compston added: “We’re happy that individuals nonetheless need us to come back again. We’ve achieved 10 years now. The truth that individuals nonetheless need to see the present is superb and if there’s nonetheless a narrative to be informed, I’m positive Jed will convey us again.”
McClure added: “We love working with one another. Jed’s writing is phenomenal. We’ve been working collectively for over 10 years now and the final collection was unimaginable by way of the response that we acquired.
“It was actually fairly robust to shoot as a result of it was in Covid so it could be beautiful to return and never finish that sort of manner.”
The ultimate episode of the BBC One collection noticed DSU Ian Buckells, performed by Nigel Boyle, unmasked because the mysterious H, the corrupt police officer on the high of a prison conspiracy.
Since then, Mercurio has taken his writing abilities to a different medium, penning a graphic novel referred to as Sleeper with the author and actor Prasanna Puwanarajah.
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