The Irish Times

Line of Duty: Episode 1 of series 6 explodes from the traps

Kelly Macdonald’s new character is plunged straight into action in Line of Duty’s sixth series

Mon Mar 22 2021 - 00:01

Bloodlands finale review: Confusion, contrivances and coincidences abound

As a glowering antihero James Nesbitt saves a silly, overbaked series

Sun Mar 14 2021 - 22:25

Bloodlands: BBC keeps filming location secret to avoid Game of Thrones-style influx

Police thriller starring James Nesbitt is set on Strangford Lough, home to at least 100 islands

Tue Feb 23 2021 - 11:02

Bloodlands: A thriller set in the so-called ‘new Northern Ireland’

Chris Brandon is the writer of a new series featuring James Nesbitt as a hard-bitten detective

Sun Feb 21 2021 - 05:00

Line of Duty: Gloriously overheated. Terrifically entertaining. So why does it feel staid?

Is its maker Jed Mercurio spending too much time on his other show, Bodyguard?

Mon Apr 01 2019 - 13:23

On My Culture Radar: Jenny Greene

The 2FM DJ on discovering the joys of Berlin, the plays of Philly McMahon and why the BBC series Bodyguard is must-watch TV

Sat Nov 03 2018 - 05:00

Virgin Media seeks to make a splash overseas with new ‘Blood’ drama

Broadcaster targeting international audience with this new psychological thriller

Mon Oct 08 2018 - 05:16

Sexual tension and heavy security in terror-threatened London

TV Review: BBC’s ‘Bodyguard’ brings psychological complexity to the thriller genre

Mon Aug 27 2018 - 15:56

Television: Rising from obscurity – the women airbrushed out of Irish history

Review: ‘Seven Women’, ‘Follow the Money’, ‘The A Word’ and ‘Line of Duty’

Fri Mar 25 2016 - 14:45

Television: Feeling queer? Meet the quacks who don’t want you in the pink

‘Undercover Doctor: Cure Me, I’m Gay’, with Christian Jessen, misses its chance to challenge homophobia, but the cop drama ‘Line of Duty’, starring Adrian Dunbar and Keeley Hawes, doesn’t miss a trick

Sat Mar 22 2014 - 01:00

‘Line of Duty’ will return for third series

The BBC drama’s second run, which concluded last night, was filmed in Belfast

Thu Mar 20 2014 - 15:45