Line of Duty Season 1-6
DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:
Like Jed Mercurio’s previous hit, Bodyguard, the latest series of his police procedural Line of Duty has caught fire. The public has crushed to its bosom the latest tale of anti-corruption unit AC-12, led with crusading zeal by the dauntless trio Ted Hastings (Adrian Dunbar), Steve Arnott (Martin Compston) and Kate Fleming (Vicky McClure) in the fight against individual and institutionalised rottenness in the police force. Even before last night’s finale it had already become the highest rated British TV drama in 13 years (beating Bodyguard’s 10.4m overnight viewers by another half million). At the risk of sounding like a mere embittered fan shouting at Johnny-come-latelies, however … man, you should have seen it back in the days when it was good.
Which is not to say that series six has not, superficially at least, delivered. The story of Jo Davidson (this season’s guest star Kelly Macdonald) and her secret ties to the organised crime group that directed her police work held viewers’ interest. The AC-12 trio’s overarching, much-thwarted investigation into the possibility of an infestation of effectively untouchable, corrupt senior officers colluding expertly with each other and organised crime over the years made headway. The finale – and Mother of God, if you haven’t seen it look away now – even gave us, at last – if, I suspect many will feel, rather anti-climactically – the identity of the person known for nearly five series as “H” (before being recently retooled as “the fourth man”; a reverse-ferreting second in its deranged audacity only to Dallas retconning its entire ninth season as a Pamela Ewing dream while Bobby was in the shower). -Lucy Mangan
DVD Wholesale Main Features:
Package Dimensions : 7.68 x 5.43 x 1.85 inches; 14.82 ounces
Media Format : PAL
Run time : 30 hours and 30 minutes
Release date : May 31, 2021
Studio : RLJE International
ASIN : B08XXXCF7T
Number of discs : 13
