BBC Confirms Line of Duty Season 7 Return

The BBC has confirmed that its acclaimed police drama Line of Duty will return for a seventh season, with original stars Martin Compston, Vicky McClure, and Adrian Dunbar reprising their roles as Steve Arnott, Kate Fleming, and Ted Hastings. The announcement ends a nearly five-year hiatus since the sixth season concluded in May 2021, bringing back the story of the fictional Anti-Corruption Unit 12, or AC12.

Filming for the new six-part series is scheduled to begin in Belfast in spring 2026. Created and written by Jed Mercurio, the show is produced by World Productions in association with ITV Studios for BBC One and BBC iPlayer. It will be directed by Jennie Darnell, with Ken Horn as producer and executive producers including Mercurio, Simon Heath for World Productions, and Nick Lambon for the BBC. Additional cast members have yet to be announced.

The plot picks up in a transformed landscape for the unit. AC12 has been disbanded and rebranded as the Inspectorate of Police Standards amid increasingly challenging anticorruption efforts. Arnott, Fleming, and the retired Hastings are drawn into their most sensitive investigation yet: the case of Detective Inspector Dominic Gough, a...