BBC has released a trailer for its upcoming releases, confirming that Line of Duty season 6 will premiere in 2020.
The video features a short snippet of Kate Fleming (Vicky McClure) looking intently at a camera.
Kate then looks up in shock. What juicy evidence has she discovered?
Other shows that feature in the BBC trailer include Killing Eve, His Dark Materials, The Nest, Call The Midwife and Little Mix The Search.
Line Of Duty Season 6 - New Castmember
Back in November it was revealed that Kelly Macdonald will star as guest lead in Line Of Duty season 6.
The Trainspotting star will play Detective Chief Inspector Joanne Davidson in the next season of the show.
Davidson is the the senior investigating officer of an unsolved murder, "whose unconventional conduct raises suspicions at AC-12".
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Series leads Martin Compston, Vicky McClure and Adrian Dunbar are also confirmed to return.
Compston and McClure - who play Steve Arnott and Kate Fleming - tweeted their delight at the news.
Another magnificent addition to the Line of Duty team. Said it before huge part of the show’s success is the phenomenal guest actors we’ve had. Kelly Macdonald will be up there with the best of them, what a talent what a career Buzzing to get the tape started #lineofduty6 https://t.co/QAh6xyxwc0
— martin compston (@martin_compston) November 19, 2019
LOD NEWS!!
Can’t wait to get back to work and a huge welcome to the phenomenal Kelly Macdonald!! @BBCOne @Line_of_duty @worldprods @jed_mercurio @martin_compston https://t.co/TXDlm2kMZQ— Vicky McClure (@Vicky_McClure) November 19, 2019
Meanwhile, series writer and showrunner Jed Mercurio wrote:
"Everyone involved in #LineofDuty is thrilled Kelly Macdonald is joining us for Series 6, playing AC-12’s most enigmatic adversary yet."
Filming
It looks like filming is underway as Martin Compston posted a photo of the script for S6E1 on Instagram on December 21st.
Previous series of the show have been filmed in Belfast, where the cast relocate during shooting.
Series 5 of the police corruption drama aired from March 31st until May 5th this year.
Line of Duty's fifth season finale drew in over 9 million viewers.
A release date for season 6 hasn't been announced yet.
