Martin Compston has hinted a seventh season of 'Line of Duty' is on the cards.
Martin Compston hints 'Line of Duty' is far from over
The 38-year-old actor starred as Detective Inspector Steve Arnott in the hit BBC police drama, which concluded last year, and he's revealed showrunner Jed Mercurio has already discussed future instalments with the cast.
He is quoted by The Sun as saying: “We sat down with Jed recently.
"We’ve always taken a year or two between series. This is no different.
“We won’t do it for the sake of it. We’ll do it if there’s something to tell.”
He added: “It’s amazing knowing people still want us back, especially when colleagues have become my best friends.
“They and the show really mean a lot to me.”
Martin's hints about the show's future come just weeks after his co-star Adrian Dunbar teased he thinks there could be another series.
The 63-year-old actor - who played Superintendent Ted Hastings - said: "I think there will be something else, and he is a showrunner in the American sense, in that he’s across everything and we only have one writer - it’s him."
'Line of Duty' was broadcast on a weekly basis, meaning viewers had to wait for episodes rather than bingeing them on a catch-up service, and Adrian admitted the decision was something audiences probably thought was a thing of the past.
He said: "We did something that people probably thought wasn’t going to happen again, which was people watching a programme live because of the twists and turns."
Adrian then explained that since his star turn on the show he has felt "lucky" that audiences have embraced his character because it can become "serious" when fans are invested in a television show.
Speaking on the 'Out for Lunch with Jay Rayner' podcast, he said: "I remember Cliff Parisi in one point in 'EastEnders' (Minty) was doing something really nasty to somebody and we were walking down the street in Crouch End and someone went, 'Oi, you, leave her alone you b******.’
"And I thought, ‘God, this is serious the way people get involved in stuff.'
"So therefore I count myself lucky that most of the people I know like the character of Ted Hastings, love the series, so therefore when I am approached by the public, it’s usually with a big smile and, 'Oh my God it’s you, can we have a photograph and so forth.
"Having said that, I’ve just been to Majorca and I purposely booked myself into a place where there’s only Germans!"
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