Line of Duty

[Maggot]

Surprised I can't find a thread about this. An excellent engrossing cop drama. Gotta go Episode 3 is about to start.

 

[Ms T]

I'm enjoying it too. Lenny James is great in the lead role.

 

[Maggot]

The only thing is that there are so many familiar faces in, it can get a bit distracting. Look there's him from The Office, there's her from Lead Balloon, there's Neil Morrissey!

 

[youngian]

Who's from Lead Balloon? I noticed the Thick of It's Jamie as a slimy top brass.

Lenny James is a bit of a cut price Vic Mackey trying to keep one step ahead of his balls ups. However he doesn't have to hide Armenian drug money, just a scotch glass.

Neil Morrisey is probably up to no good with that sinister limp.

 

[Maggot]

Who's from Lead Balloon? I noticed the Thick of It's Jamie as a slimy top brass.

The blond cop who deals with the estate crime is Magda, but without the accent.

 

[Orang Utan]

The blond cop who deals with the estate crime is Magda, but without the accent.

No she isn't! Are you blind?

Just watching this now
Why does the anti-corruption bloke have to be a cockney?

 

[Orang Utan]

And who from The Office is in it?

 

[Maggot]

Finchy

 

[Orang Utan]

He's not in it.
Perhaps it's time for new glasses!

 

[Maggot]

You're right. I recognised the wise-cracking northerner, and the character was like Finchy.

 

[Orang Utan]

All northerners look the same, eh? RACIST

 

[Saffy]

I'm really enjoying this series, Lenny James is brilliant.

 

[Motown_ben]

Surprised how much im enjoying this series so far. Its quite twisty turny.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Set up fine.....then rapid decline into cliche cop spirals out of control sub-ellroy plot about corruption, infidelity and cop vs cop moral showdowns.

 

[Maggot]

All northerners look the same, eh? RACIST

I've just realised he's the sarky social worker in Misfits.

 

[Saffy]

That's who he is, it was driving me mad.

He looked so familiar but I just couldn't place him.

 

[bouncer_the_dog]

Well episode 4 was intense..

British Wire?

 

[Orang Utan]

Hardly!

The two Scots' accents keep slipping

 

[zoooo]

I fecking love it. Am most upset that there's only one more episode.

 

[Ranu]

That's who he is, it was driving me mad.

He looked so familiar but I just couldn't place him.

He's also yer man the security guard's boss in Four Lions.

 

[Divisive Cotton]

I must admit, this is good. I gave episode one a go - hmm, another cop drama. So I gave it chance again on episode two it really kicked in. I'm sure the it must all be on the iPlayer if anybody missed it

 

[zoooo]

I like a drama where you're never quite sure whose side you're really supposed to be on.

 

[Wotsits]

Why do all the best BBC Dramas have to be a mini-series? I remember The Shadow Line on last year was brillaint.

 

[bmd]

I fecking love it. Am most upset that there's only one more episode.

When is episode 5 supposed to be on? On iPlayer it says that episode 4 was aired on the 22nd, which is wrong.

 

[Maggot]

Tbe last episode is on tonight at 9. I'm gonna miss it cos I'm working

 

[Espresso]

The two Scots' accents keep slipping

Which two Scots? I can only think of one; the voice of the big baddy on the phone. Who's the other Scot I've missed?

I reckon Lennie James has to die tonight in the line of duty, which'll be why this series is called what it's called. So all of his grievous criminal misdeeds - not that the anticorruption lot have managed to figure too many out, to be fair - will be off limits. Posthumous medal for saving someone's life, or some such.
Glad that GIna McKee was only in one or two. She is the same in every bloody thing I've ever seen her in. Winsome and whiny.

 

[Orang Utan]

Martin Compston, who plays Arnott and the fella from The Thick Of It

 

[Espresso]

GIve over. Both of them are about as Scottish as my arse.

 

[Orang Utan]

Compston is from Greenock. He's as scotch as Scotch.

 

[Orang Utan]

And Paul Higgins/Jamie Thick Of It is a Lanarkshire fella.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Higgins_(actor)