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Season 6 of the BBC’s smash-hit police corruption series Line Of Duty is to premiere exclusively on BritBox in the U.S. and Canada. Future seasons of the cop drama will also be exclusive to BritBox in the two territories. ITV Studios, which reps new seasons of the drama after Kew Media Group went bust last year, inked…

BBC One’s police corruption series Line Of Duty returned for its sixth season on Sunday night with a record audience of 9.56 million. The World Productions drama, written by Bodyguard creator Jed Mercurio, beat its previous best overnight performance of 9.1M viewers for Season 5’s finale back in 2019, according to…

Now we’re sucking on diesel! The BBC has just released the first full trailer for Season 6 of its hit police corruption drama Line Of Duty. As usual, it looks like AC-12 will be involved in plenty of thrills, spills, and all-important interrogation interviews as they are drafted into action for a specially-extended…

The BBC has announced that the sixth season of its hit police corruption drama Line Of Duty will be extended by an episode. The World Productions series, which plays on Netflix in a number of major territories and features on BritBox and Acorn TV in the U.S., will run for seven episodes rather than six when it returns…

Line Of Duty, the BBC’s widely acclaimed police drama, has wrapped filming on Season 6 after an 82-day shoot and a five-month enforced hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic. Creator Jed Mercurio tweeted that the World Productions show had wrapped on Monday evening. He thanked cast and crew for their work, as well as…

Filming has resumed on BBC Drama's flagship crime thriller Line Of Duty following a lengthy production delay due to the pandemic. Deadline told you back in July that the hit police drama was looking to resume shooting around late August after the hiatus, and the broadcaster has confirmed the show is back up and…

BBC One’s hit police drama Line Of Duty is looking to resume production again in late August after being forced to shut down in March due to the coronavirus crisis. Deadline understands that producer World Productions has penciled in the week commencing August 24 as a potential restart date, but nothing is yet set in…

EXCLUSIVE: Line Of Duty is being restored to Netflix in a number of significant international territories after the streamer struck a deal with producer World Productions. Netflix removed the hit British police drama in April after rights talks broke down following the messy collapse of production empire Kew Media…

EXCLUSIVE: ITV Studios will handle global sales for the sixth season of Line Of Duty, the hit BBC police corruption drama made by Bodyguard producer World Productions. ITV Studios will distribute the new series — which was in production until the coronavirus pandemic shutdown British film and TV shoots in March…

EXCLUSIVE: Quiver Entertainment, an offshoot of eOne executive Berry Meyerowitz and onetime Lionsgate Films president Jeff Sackman’s Quiver Distribution, has acquired the rights to Kew Media Distribution’s library of 1,000 titles. Kew Media Distribution went bust in February and administrator FTI Consulting has…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is terminating all licensing arrangements it has in place with Kew Media Distribution, including for hit British drama Line Of Duty, after talks with the collapsed company’s administrator broke down. Deadline understands that Netflix has the rights to stream a number of Kew Media Distribution titles…

BBC dramas Peaky Blinders and Line Of Duty are the latest shows to fall foul of coronavirus. Caryn Mandabach Productions and Tiger Aspect Productions have postponed production on Peaky Blinders, while World Productions has suspended filming on Line Of Duty. Both shows are in their sixth season. A BBC spokeswoman said…