List of Line of Duty episodes

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Line of Duty is a British BBC police procedural television series created by Jed Mercurio. Initially, broadcast began on BBC Two, starting on 26 June 2012. The fourth series broadcast began on 26 March 2017 on BBC One. The stories feature the Anti-Corruption Unit 12 (AC-12) led by Superintendent Ted Hastings (Adrian Dunbar). Set within the fictional Central Police Force it focuses on the activities of two senior AC-12 officers, Detective Inspector Steve Arnott (Martin Compston) and Detective Inspector Kate Fleming (Vicky McClure).

Series overview[]

SeriesEpisodesOriginally airedAverage viewership
(in millions)[note 1]
First airedLast airedNetwork
1526 June 2012 (2012-06-26)24 July 2012 (2012-07-24)BBC Two3.80
2612 February 2014 (2014-02-12)19 March 2014 (2014-03-19)3.43
3624 March 2016 (2016-03-24)28 April 2016 (2016-04-28)5.42
4626 March 2017 (2017-03-26)30 April 2017 (2017-04-30)BBC One9.55
5631 March 2019 (2019-03-31)5 May 2019 (2019-05-05)12.85
6721 March 2021 (2021-03-21)2 May 2021 (2021-05-02)15.39
  1. ^ Series 1-2 based on 7 day data. Series 3-5 based on 28 day data.

Series 1 (2012)[]

Main article: Line of Duty (series 1)
No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleDirected byOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions) [1]
11"Episode 1"David Caffrey26 June 2012 (2012-06-26)3.76
22"Episode 2"David Caffrey3 July 2012 (2012-07-03)3.84
33"Episode 3"David Caffrey10 July 2012 (2012-07-10)3.80
44"Episode 4"Douglas Mackinnon17 July 2012 (2012-07-17)3.87
55"Episode 5"Douglas Mackinnon24 July 2012 (2012-07-24)3.72

Series 2 (2014)[]

Main article: Line of Duty (series 2)
No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleDirected byOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions) [2]
61"Episode 1"Douglas Mackinnon12 February 2014 (2014-02-12)2.74
72"Episode 2"Douglas Mackinnon19 February 2014 (2014-02-19)3.21
83"Episode 3"Douglas Mackinnon26 February 2014 (2014-02-26)3.34
94"Episode 4"Daniel Nettheim5 March 2014 (2014-03-05)3.46
105"Episode 5"Daniel Nettheim12 March 2014 (2014-03-12)3.73
116"Episode 6"Daniel Nettheim19 March 2014 (2014-03-19)4.12

Series 3 (2016)[]

Main article: Line of Duty (series 3)
No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleDirected byOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions) [3]
121"Episode 1"Michael Keillor24 March 2016 (2016-03-24)3.54
132"Episode 2"Michael Keillor31 March 2016 (2016-03-31)6.02
143"Episode 3"Michael Keillor7 April 2016 (2016-04-07)5.73
154"Episode 4"John Strickland14 April 2016 (2016-04-14)5.55
165"Episode 5"John Strickland21 April 2016 (2016-04-21)5.72
176"Episode 6"John Strickland28 April 2016 (2016-04-28)5.93

Series 4 (2017)[]

Main article: Line of Duty (series 4)
No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleDirected byOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions) [4]
181"Episode 1"Jed Mercurio26 March 2017 (2017-03-26)9.21
192"Episode 2"Jed Mercurio2 April 2017 (2017-04-02)9.04
203"Episode 3"John Strickland9 April 2017 (2017-04-09)9.05
214"Episode 4"John Strickland16 April 2017 (2017-04-16)9.60
225"Episode 5"John Strickland23 April 2017 (2017-04-23)9.98
236"Episode 6"John Strickland30 April 2017 (2017-04-30)10.40

Series 5 (2019)[]

Main article: Line of Duty (series 5)
No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date [5]UK viewers
(millions) [6]
241"Episode 1"John StricklandJed Mercurio31 March 2019 (2019-03-31)[7]13.20
252"Episode 2"John StricklandJed Mercurio7 April 2019 (2019-04-07)12.43
263"Episode 3"John Strickland[8]Jed Mercurio[8]14 April 2019 (2019-04-14)12.59
274"Episode 4"John Strickland[9]Jed Mercurio[9]21 April 2019 (2019-04-21)12.34
285"Episode 5"Sue Tully[10]Jed Mercurio[10]28 April 2019 (2019-04-28)12.91
296"Episode 6"Sue Tully[10]Jed Mercurio[10]5 May 2019 (2019-05-05)13.67

Series 6 (2021)[]

Main article: Line of Duty (series 6)
No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date [11]UK viewers
(millions)
301"Episode 1"Daniel Nettheim[12]Jed Mercurio21 March 2021 (2021-03-21)15.20[a]
312"Episode 2"Daniel Nettheim[15]Jed Mercurio28 March 2021 (2021-03-28)14.53[b]
323"Episode 3"Gareth Bryn[17]Jed Mercurio4 April 2021 (2021-04-04)14.82[c]
334"Episode 4"Gareth Bryn[19]Jed Mercurio11 April 2021 (2021-04-11)15.33[d]
345"Episode 5"Jennie Darnell[21]Jed Mercurio18 April 2021 (2021-04-18)15.10[e]
356"Episode 6"Jennie Darnell[23]Jed Mercurio25 April 2021 (2021-04-25)16.28[f]
367"Episode 7"Jennie Darnell[25]Jed Mercurio2 May 2021 (2021-05-02)16.44[g]

Ratings[]

Line of Duty : UK viewers per episode (millions)
SeriesEpisode numberAverage
1234567
13.763.843.803.873.72N/A3.48
22.743.213.343.463.734.12N/A3.43
33.546.025.735.555.725.93N/A5.42
49.219.049.059.609.9810.40N/A9.55
513.2012.4312.5912.3412.9113.67N/A12.85
615.1014.5314.8215.3315.7616.2816.4515.47
Audience measurement performed by Broadcasters' Audience Research BoardBARB

Notes[]

  1. ^ 9.6 million live TV viewers.[13] Across all devices: 13,355,298 (7-day consolidated); 15,201,746 (28-day consolidated)[14]
  2. ^ 8.9 million live TV viewers.[16] Across all devices: 12,321,231 (7-day consolidated); 14,534,711 (28-day consolidated)[14]
  3. ^ 8.6 million live TV viewers.[18] Across all devices: 12,471,920 (7-day consolidated); 14,820,764 (28-day consolidated)[14]
  4. ^ 8.6 million live TV viewers.[20] Across all devices: 12,321,231 (7-day consolidated); 15,332,640 (28-day consolidated)[14]
  5. ^ 9.9 million live TV viewers.[22] Across all devices: 13,537,587 (7-day consolidated); 15,101,600 (28-day consolidated)[14]
  6. ^ 10.9 million live TV viewers.[24] Across all devices: 14,827,584 (7-day consolidated); 16,284,785 (28-day consolidated)[14]
  7. ^ 12.8 million live TV viewers.[26] Across all devices: 15,713,204 (7-day consolidated); 16,439,589 (28-day consolidated)[14]

References[]

  1. ^ "Top 30 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 8 February 2014. (User must select "BBC1" in the Channel field and then select the appropriate year, month and week to retrieve the figure for each episode)
  2. ^ "Top 30 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 8 February 2014. (User must select "BBC1" in the Channel field and then select the appropriate year, month and week to retrieve the figure for each episode)
  3. ^ "Top 30 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 8 February 2014. (User must select "BBC1" in the Channel field and then select the appropriate year, month and week to retrieve the figure for each episode)
  4. ^ "Top 30 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 8 February 2014. (User must select "BBC1" in the Channel field and then select the appropriate year, month and week to retrieve the figure for each episode)
  5. ^ "Line of Duty – Listings". Next Episode. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Four-screen dashboard BARB". Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Line of Duty – BBC Series 5". BBC. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  8. ^ a b "BBC One – Line of Duty, Series 5, Episode 3". BBC. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  9. ^ a b "BBC One – Line of Duty, Series 5, Episode 4". BBC. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  10. ^ a b c d "BBC One – Line of Duty, Series 5, Episode 5". BBC. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Line of Duty – Listings". Next Episode. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Line of Duty | Series 6, Episode 1 of 7". BBC. Archived from the original on 11 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Line of Duty: Series six opener attracts record 9.6m audience". BBC News. 22 March 2021. Archived from the original on 22 March 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g "Weekly top programmes on four screens (from Sept 2018)". BARB. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  15. ^ "Line of Duty | Series 6, Episode 2 of 7". BBC. Archived from the original on 21 March 2021.
  16. ^ Moore, Matthew (29 March 2021). "Line of Duty loses BBC1 viewers in plot twists and jargon". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Archived from the original on 30 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  17. ^ "Line of Duty | Series 6, Episode 3 of 7". BBC. Archived from the original on 28 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  18. ^ Malvern, Jack (6 April 2021). "Line of Duty viewers crack link to murder of Maltese journalist Caruana Galizia". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Archived from the original on 6 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  19. ^ "Line of Duty | Series 6, Episode 4 of 7". BBC. Archived from the original on 31 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  20. ^ The Nine (Television broadcast). BBC Scotland. 12 April 2021. 45 minutes in.
  21. ^ "Line of Duty | Series 6, Episode 5 of 7". BBC. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  22. ^ Morris, Lauren (19 April 2021). "Line of Duty rakes in almost 10 million viewers with dramatic cliffhanger". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  23. ^ "Line of Duty | Series 6, Episode 6 of 7". BBC. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  24. ^ Kanter, Jake (26 April 2021). "'Line Of Duty' Tops 'Bodyguard' & 'Downton Abbey' To Become The UK's Highest-Rated TV Drama In 13 Years". Deadline. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  25. ^ "Line of Duty | Series 6, Episode 7 of 7". BBC. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  26. ^ Wills, Ella; Saunders, Emma (3 May 2021). "Line of Duty finale lands record ratings". BBC News. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
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