Four years since the season six finale, the BBC has ordered a seventh season of Line of Duty from World Productions.
Martin Compston, Vicky McClure and Adrian Dunbar are reprising their roles in the new season. Jed Mercurio is penning the new six-part season. World Productions produces in association with ITV Studios. Filming begins in Belfast in the spring of 2026.
Season six in 2021 scored 17 million viewers after 28 days. The show sold widely across the globe for ITV Studios, which will be representing the seventh season.
Mercurio, creator, writer and executive producer, noted, “Everyone involved in Line of Duty feels enormous gratitude to the show’s fans. We’re privileged to have had so many of you follow the ups and downs of AC-12 over six previous seasons and we couldn’t be more delighted to be returning for a seventh. Corruption in this country is supposed to have come to an end while Line of Duty was off air so I’ve been forced to use my imagination.”
Simon Heath, World Productions’ CEO and creative director, added: “There have been a number of significant reunions in recent years, but few more keenly anticipated than the return of AC-12. It’s a privilege to be back with Jed’s terrific new chapter of the Line of Duty story.”
Lindsay Salt, director of BBC Drama, added: “Line of Duty is beloved by audiences and critics alike and its amazing ratings are a true testament to the success of Jed’s writing, the work from the brilliant team at World Productions and the entire cast and crew. I’m so pleased that after four long years Line of Duty will be back filming soon and can’t wait for BBC viewers to be back on the edge of their seats.”
