Piers Morgan wants to be cast in 'Line of Duty'.

Piers Morgan

Piers Morgan

The 'Good Morning Britain' presenter caught the eye of the police procedural drama creator Jed Mercurio after he was seen "interrogating" MP Helen Whately on the ITV daytime show.

Jed shared a clip of the interview on his Twitter, and joked his characters should channel the journalist to improve their interrogation skills.

He wrote: "If Emily Maitlis was channelling Kate Fleming, then in #LineofDuty6 Ted Hastings needs to channel @piersmorgan. (sic)"

The tweet excited Piers and once it was liked by Vicky McClure - who plays Detective Inspector Kate Fleming - he was ready for his starring role.

Speaking on 'GMB', he explained: "So, yesterday Jed Mercurio pops up on Twitter. He was watching our exchange with Helen Whately yesterday and he suddenly realised my interrogating skills reminded him of his own show.

"He wanted Detective Hasting to take on my style. I love that! And it was liked by Vicky McClure.

"I think there's a band wagon to get me into 'Line Of Duty'. I am available!"

During the interview, Piers questioned the Care Minister about how many people are dying in care homes during the current coronavirus crisis.

But Helen claimed he was interrupting her too much.

The MP said: "I've been quite straight with you and others I have spoken to that we know people are dying in care homes and we know more people than usual are dying in care homes. The problem is, you just keep on interrupting me."

However, Piers hit back and claimed the Care Minister "didn't have any answers".

He said: "The problem is minister, you don't have any answers. You just waffle."

OfCom later received 214 complaints over the interview.

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