Line of Duty (BBC Police Drama)

[cuprabob]

droopsnoot said:

I've wondered whether the '12' in AC-12 meant there were at least 11 other units doing anti-corruption that they never seemed to mention, unless there's been a passing reference in a previous series, a bit like when there's the odd mention of another 00-prefix in a Bond film. And are the other AC-sections in different towns and bussed in for the interviews, or is that one place so bent it needs a minimum of 12 all to itself?

AC-3 were in this week's episode.

[wjb]

PurpleTurtle said:

wjb said:

RemyMartin81D said:

Stephen Graham has done loads. Cheeky cockney in Snatch -Tommy, and psychopathic skin head - Combo in this is England , not to mention boardwalk empire. He is a very versatile and brilliant actor imo. Was sad when he was killed off in this.

At least he went the distance, I really like Daniel Mays, but he lasted about two episodes in S3.

What was the purpose of the young lad in the back of the OCG's X5 that Lisa was talking to in Sunday's ep? He seems to have come from nowhere.

He looked suspiciously like the kind of kid you would expect to see if a casting director said "go and get me an 18yo that we could pass off as Daniels Mays/Danny Waldron's son"

Nah, He's the kid from S1, been in the ocg all that time.

The exams they referred to are likely to be police entrance exams. He'll be infiltrated into the police.

[FiF]

Antony Moxey said:

You missed out Humphrey Goodman, Kris Marshall’s bumbling detective in Death in Paradise, who, coincidentally, has returned to the UK from the Caribbean in the last twelve months.

Also missed out Hathaway from Lewis, you can't trust the Fox family, that other one tried to assassinate de Gaulle.

[Halmyre]

FiF said:

Antony Moxey said:

You missed out Humphrey Goodman, Kris Marshall’s bumbling detective in Death in Paradise, who, coincidentally, has returned to the UK from the Caribbean in the last twelve months.

Also missed out Hathaway from Lewis, you can't trust the Fox family, that other one tried to assassinate de Gaulle.

Missed out maverick Harry Hole.

[helix402]

Harry H Corbett.

Apart from he’s not a Policeman, and he’s dead.

[cuprabob]

Although not a policeman but I stand my earlier prediction that it's "H" from Steps

[tangerine_sedge]

cuprabob said:

Although not a policeman but I stand my earlier prediction that it's "H" from Steps

Definitely released some criminal records.

[FiF]

Halmyre said:

FiF said:

Antony Moxey said:

You missed out Humphrey Goodman, Kris Marshall’s bumbling detective in Death in Paradise, who, coincidentally, has returned to the UK from the Caribbean in the last twelve months.

Also missed out Hathaway from Lewis, you can't trust the Fox family, that other one tried to assassinate de Gaulle.

Missed out maverick Harry Hole.

And Harry Bosch

[anonymous-user]

Another good theory I read last night was that its not H at all, whatsherface DI miscounted when Dot was spelling it out and its actually G

[FiF]

FiF said:

Halmyre said:

FiF said:

Antony Moxey said:

You missed out Humphrey Goodman, Kris Marshall’s bumbling detective in Death in Paradise, who, coincidentally, has returned to the UK from the Caribbean in the last twelve months.

Also missed out Hathaway from Lewis, you can't trust the Fox family, that other one tried to assassinate de Gaulle.

Missed out maverick Harry Hole.

And Harry Bosch

Not to forget Herc from The Wire, he was definitely dodgy.

[james-witton]

Errrr...

Canning Town murder: Women's bodies in freezer in flat https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-48098...

[Nimby]

FiF said:

And Harry Bosch

Look again - he's there.

[FiF]

Nimby said:

FiF said:

And Harry Bosch

Look again - he's there.

You're right, apologies, in defence it's a bit small on this phone.

[droopsnoot]

cuprabob said:

AC-3 were in this week's episode.

Sorry, yes, in the first draft of that post, I mentioned that the appearance of AC-3 in this weeks episode is what made me wonder.

[FiF]

Note that casting made the AC-3 bods rather oddball characters, eg DI BigEars.

[Googie]

The one and only H.....

[Tony Angelino]

FiF said:

Note that casting made the AC-3 bods rather oddball characters, eg DI BigEars.

I presumed she was made so 'distinctive' as she will appear again further down the line and we will all remember her. Anybody can have big lugs but the peado haircut must have been deliberate.

[Red 4]

FiF said:

Note that casting made the AC-3 bods rather oddball characters, eg DI BigEars.

1. It's to counter-balance Hastings' hat. Every AC unit needs something to be mocked.
I must admit I have been distracted by both hat and ears.

2. It throws the person being interviewed right off their stride (gobsmacked by massive ears and unable to get their story straight).
Ears are special issue anti-corruption ears.

3. It's austerity and the cuts.
Anything more than a light breeze and DI Dumbo is able to fly to crime scenes, thus negating the need for a service vehicle on dodgy plates.

[PurpleTurtle]

wjb said:

PurpleTurtle said:

wjb said:

RemyMartin81D said:

Stephen Graham has done loads. Cheeky cockney in Snatch -Tommy, and psychopathic skin head - Combo in this is England , not to mention boardwalk empire. He is a very versatile and brilliant actor imo. Was sad when he was killed off in this.

At least he went the distance, I really like Daniel Mays, but he lasted about two episodes in S3.

What was the purpose of the young lad in the back of the OCG's X5 that Lisa was talking to in Sunday's ep? He seems to have come from nowhere.

He looked suspiciously like the kind of kid you would expect to see if a casting director said "go and get me an 18yo that we could pass off as Daniels Mays/Danny Waldron's son"

Nah, He's the kid from S1, been in the ocg all that time.

The exams they referred to are likely to be police entrance exams. He'll be infiltrated into the police.

Ah, gotcha. I watched S1 at the time but not since, need to give them all a revisit to catch up.

[FiF]

Red 4 said:

FiF said:

Note that casting made the AC-3 bods rather oddball characters, eg DI BigEars.

1. It's to counter-balance Hastings' hat. Every AC unit needs something to be mocked.
I must admit I have been distracted by both hat and ears.

2. It throws the person being interviewed right off their stride (gobsmacked by massive ears and unable to get their story straight).
Ears are special issue anti-corruption ears.

3. It's austerity and the cuts.
Anything more than a light breeze and DI Dumbo is able to fly to crime scenes, thus negating the need for a service vehicle on dodgy plates.

Ahh, special issue anti-corruption ears designed to distract an interviewee. Now I get it, and it explains why DI Fleming is using the developed by Q under the cosmetics counter Boots special A.C. Bronzer and Blusher so folks are occupied thinking "where does she hide the plasterers trowel?".

Perhaps the special ears are designed to hold up the special hat and avoid the Freddie Davies look.
Now confused, is this Davies or DI Big ears?