Line of Duty
Auntie Nazi League
It’s BBC actors and comedy stars who’ve made the corporation great over the years — not two-a-penny journalists
Line of Duty and the politics of drama
It doesn’t take the minds of AC-12’s finest to see the parallels between our own political climate and the nation’s favourite police drama
Are overcomplicated back stories killing drama?
As Line of Duty now seems mired in the complexity of its own backstory, Alexander Larman asks if on-screen plots have become too complicated for us to enjoy
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