Episodes (5)

A Disastrous Affair
S01E01 · A Disastrous Affair

Jun 26, 2012

After a bungled raid which kills an innocent man young DS Steve Arnott faces disgrace. However he is transferred to the anti-corruption squad, whose head, superintendent Ted Hastings, gives him a "very special case" to investigate - DCI Tony Gates, recently awarded a medal for heroic conduct but with a suspiciously high arrest rate. Hastings tries to get Gates on minor bribery charges, in vain, and is unaware that the married Gates has covered up a fatal hit-and-run by his lover, businesswoman Jackie Laverty. Meanwhile DC Kate Fleming joins Gates's team and tells ...

The Assault
S01E02 · The Assault

Jul 03, 2012

Having been duped into covering up Jackie's hit and run, Gates is desperate to sever ties with her. But as Arnott and Fleming close in on his secret, Gates is plunged into an even more dangerous situation.

In the Trap
S01E03 · In the Trap

Jul 10, 2012

Gates, knocked unconscious by the attackers, tampers with evidence, hiding a whiskey glass before police arrive to find Jackie has vanished. He claims he has just got there himself. Hastings and Arnott quiz him on his relationship with Jackie and he admits she was an old flame but denies knowledge of her money laundering. Arnott goes over the top in confronting him with evidence to suggest he was at Jackie's house when she was killed but makes himself look desperate. Gates is taken off the case and later, whilst investigating Wes's murder, is grabbed by masked men and...

Terror
S01E04 · Terror

Jul 17, 2012

Whilst the money laundering investigation is passed to Fraud Squad, Gates is still hounded by his blackmailers. Kate wants to connect him to Jackie's murder and sets out to gain his trust to find further proof though Gates' loyal colleague Morton rumbles her. Hastings and Arnott interview Gates' team and learn from D.S. Cottan that he diverted them from attending the drug dealers' murders, leading them to believe that Gates knew that the dead pair were working with Jackie though Gates persuades his gullible superior that the couple were in fact terrorists building a ...

The Probation
S01E05 · The Probation

Jul 24, 2012

Gates returns to rescue Arnott but leaves before Kate, her cover now blown, arrives to find evidence that a body had been stored at the warehouse. Arnott recalls that the chief torturer was called Tommy and admits to Kate that Gates saved him. She believes he is weakening in his attitude to Gates, whom he goes to see in secret, confirming his view that Gates is innocent of all the murders. Convinced that Gates is in danger but can bring the killers to justice Arnott persuades Hastings to let Gates set up a meeting with Tommy, recorded on a wire. Arnott and Kate intend...

About

Line of Duty Season 1 (2012) is released on Jun 26, 2012 and the latest season 6 of Line of Duty is released in 2021. Watch Line of Duty online - the English Crime TV series from United Kingdom. Line of Duty is directed by John Strickland,Douglas Mackinnon,Daniel Nettheim,David Caffrey and created by Jed Mercurio with Martin Compston and Vicky McClure. Line of Duty is available online on Hulu and Peacock.

Line of Duty follows Detective Seargent Steven "Steve" Arnott (Martin Compston), a former authorized firearms officer who led an operation to catch an Islamic terrorist intending to detonate a bomb, but the strike team mistakenly entered the wrong apartment and shot dead an unarmed innocent man. In the subsequent investigation, Arnott refused to cover up negligence in the planning and execution of the raid and unable to work in his unit anymore, Arnott receives a transfer to AC-12, a unit tasked with uncovering police corruption. Arnott is partnered with Detective Constable Kathrine "Kate" Fleming (Vicky McClure)), a highly commended undercover officer with a keen investigative instinct. They work under the supervision of Superintendent Edward "Ted" Hastings (Adrian Dunbar), who is one of several Senior Investigating Officers responsible for uncovering corruption within the police force. Throughout the series, AC-12 investigate seemingly disparate cases involving seemingly corrupt police officers, with each series focusing on a different corrupt officer and AC-12 soon realize the pervasive nature of corruption and the police's deep-rooted links to an organized crime group with ties to drug running, prostitution, child exploitation and people trafficking.

As know as:

Line of Duty, ライン・オブ・デューティ, Kartavy Ki Seema, Ryggen mod muren, За службовим обов'язком

Countries:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Stream Service:

BBC

Production Companies:

BBC Drama Productions, World Productions

Taglines:

Lies Cost Lives (Series 6), No one is above the law., Crime Needs An Inside Man (Series 5), The brighter the light, the darker the shadows (Season 1)

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Alessandra Stanley
New York Times
[It has] an excellent cast, skillful writing and a knack for making an exotic, unfamiliar world seem like the viewer's second home.
by rottentomatoes, Oct 17, 2018
Sarah Hughes
Guardian
[It was] a show which got steadily stronger as the episode improved.
by rottentomatoes, Oct 17, 2018
Ceri Radford
Daily Telegraph (UK)
Lennie James brilliantly captured the odious ambiguity of his character: a man who is part hero.
by rottentomatoes, Oct 17, 2018

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