All season of the BBC police procedural series was a huge hit; they handle several traits such as police squad, corruption, and Anti-corruption unit AC-12, etc. Line of duty has organized a considerable status as detective fiction. 

On the review website Rotten Tomatoes, its previous season had 8.4 ratings out of 10 and 29 reviews. On IMDB, Line of duty has a rating of 8.7 out of 10. The fans idolized this controversial police anti-corruption unit. Due to COVID-19, filming of season 6 was halted.

Jed Mercurio’s police procedural was one of the most popular shows of 2021, breaking all kinds of BBC rating records. With an average of 12.8 million viewers, the finale episode of Season 6 set a new high for the series, making it the most-watched season ever.

Line of Duty was also declared the highly rated Drama series in the United Kingdom for the first time in 13 years, knocking out Doctor Who.

Viewers of the series are speculating about the season 7 release date. Now, we are going to tell you all about the upcoming season.

Line of duty Season 7 Release Date: When can we watch it?

This British BBC police-procedural tv series was produced by Jed Mercurio (The Responder) and World Productions. The first series aired on June 26, 2012, and came to be BBC’s best-executing drama series. The second series telecast started on February 12, 2014. On BBC One, the third series premiered on March 24, 2016, and the season 4 on March 26, 2017. Season 5 was telecasted on March 31, 2019. The series won the Royal Television Society Award and Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Drama Series. The series achieved the eighth rank in The Independent’s catalog of the twenty greatest police shows and third in a Radio Times survey of the best British crime dramas.

In May 2017, the BBC announced for the sixth season, COVID 19 has paused its shooting. On September 1, 2020, the BBC confirmed that filming had officially begun again. Its executive producer Simon Heath stated about restarting the shooting.

“It’s been almost six months since we stopped shooting, but following our implementation of all the industry COVID protocols, we’re delighted to be able to resume filming series six safely.”  The sixth season was telecasted on March 2021.

The show has premiered in March every year since its third season. In addition, there was a two-year break between seasons in the previous few years. We’d anticipate the Line Of Duty Season 7 hit our screens in early 2023 if it is going to happen.

While there is no formal announcement of a comeback of Line Of Duty, now we are hoping that the next season will air in 2023.

Line of duty Season 7 Cast: Who will be in?

The star actors who will be appearing in season 7 are Adrian Dunbar as Superintendent Ted Hastings, Vicky McClure as DC Kate Fleming, and Martin Compston as DS Steve Arnott joining with new cast members Shalom Brune-Franklin, Perry Fitzpatrick, Andi Osho (Good Omens Season 2), and Prasanna Puwanarajah. It is also feasible that Taj Atwal, Aisha Hart, will return.

Broadwalk Empire star Kelly Macdonald as Detective Chief Inspector Joanne Davidson, the senior investigating officer, will be seen as the upcoming series’s guest star cast. We are predicting some new faces will also appear in season 7.

Line of duty Season 7 Storyline And Plot: What will happen?

The fifth series mainly focused on John Corbett, an undercover officer who can overcome any extent to catch the corrupt copper ‘H’ at the heart of the OCG. After some time, we realized that Corbett had connections to AC-12 chief Ted Hastings. In Northern Ireland, Anne-Marie, Corbett’s mom, was a police informer who had a relationship with Hastings. With the help of a lawyer Biggeloe, Corbett learned that Hastings was responsible for his mother’s death, and he also proved Hastings was a bent copper. But in the end, OCG found Corbett’s true identity and cut his throat.

As we all know, a new character, Kelly Macdonald will appear (DCI Joanne Davidson) in season 6. So, we are expecting that AC-12 is going to investigate a new case in this series. Stay tuned to know what else will happen in the forthcoming season.

Mercurio has stated previously that he anticipates how the series will end, but it remains to be included if this is the same ending as the season six conclusion.

According to an interview with Radio Times in March, the Line of Duty editor was aiming at “not having to close things up” ahead of the most recent run of episodes, indicating that there are still possibilities for the storyline to go.

Furthermore, during an interview with the Out To Lunch Podcast, Mercurio stated that “season six indicates there is much more area for us to explore still,” as well as admitting that “I truly want to keep on with Line of Duty…”

Line of duty Season 6 Trailer: When can we watch it?

Currently, there isn’t a trailer for season 7. The show has not been started its shoot yet, so there is no teaser. But don’t be disappointed because you can re-watch all the previous seasons on BBC Iplayer. Here’s the season 6 trailer:

Till then, enjoy the previous seasons and keep in touch with our page for more updates.