Adrian Dunbar, 65, admits that the Line of Duty cast are desperate for a new series as he points out ‘I don’t want to be playing Ted Hastings with a Zimmer frame’
Adrian Dunbar wants a comeback in Line Of Duty before he gets older.
The 65-year-old actor played Ted Hastings in the BBC police drama which last aired in 2021 after almost a decade on air, but he has now admitted he and all his cast mates want to return for a seventh series.
He told The times: ‘We all want it to come back. It’s fitting that today should be their day [castmates Vicky McClure and Martin Compton’s shared] birthdays because I really don’t want them to get older.
‘I don’t want to get older either, because we don’t want to come back if we’re in a wheelchair.
‘Ted Hastings with a Zimmer frame.’
Adrian Dunbar wants a Line Of Duty comeback before he gets older and says all his castmates are ready 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 he and all his castmates want to return (pictured with co-stars Martin Compston and Vicky McClure)
Just days ago, Adrian’s co-star Vicky awkwardly dodged questions about a new series of Line Of Duty being made when she appeared on This Morning.
The actress, 42, played Detective Inspector Kate Fleming in the Jed Mercurio-written BBC series which was hugely popular with viewers.
And when she appeared on the daytime TV show, presenters Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley were keen to know if the show would ever return.
Ben said: “There will always be rumors and expectations. Do you all agree that you would be ready for Jed to get together?”
But Vicky then replied: ‘There will always be rumours. I mean, look. We’ve all said we love the show and would obviously like to go again, but there’s nothing to talk about, so it’s disappointing because there’s no news!’
Cat then joked: ‘Is no news good news? Because it’s definitely not a no…’.
Vicky then started to smile and grabbed a pillow to cover herself as she added, “I’m just going to put this over my face…” as Ben and Cat burst out laughing.
Vicky McClure awkwardly dodged questions about a new series of Line Of Duty being made as she appeared on This Morning on Thursday
The past two other stars have all hinted that it might return, but nothing has materialized yet
Vicky McClure as DS Kate Fleming, Martin Compston as DS Steve Arnott and Adrian Dunbar as Ted Hastings
After the sixth series of Line Of Duty fans across the country were left ‘fuming’ as the nail-biting series finale came to an end and the mysterious antagonist ‘H’ was finally unmasked.
Die-hard fans took to social media in droves to share their frustrations as officers from the police’s anti-corruption unit AC-12 discovered the identity of the elusive ‘fourth man’, who had conspired with the organized crime group (OCG). none other than DSU Ian Buckells.
It saw the words ‘fuming’, ‘disappointing’ and ‘disappointing’ all trend on social media in the wake of the show.
And the disbelief that it could be him was compounded by the way he was only caught for his repeated misspelling of the word “absolutely” – hardly the blunder of a hardened criminal mastermind.