Meet DCI Marcus Thurwell, James Nesbitt’s new character in Line of Duty
Is this the beginning of a Line of Duty/Bloodlands crossover? Well, not quite (contains spoilers)
James Nesbitt in Bloodlands
Credit: BBC
The biggest Line of Duty leak this past week came not from one of its corrupt police officers, but from the channel itself. A mistake by staff at BBC Maestro, a service that offers online screenwriting courses, apparently revealed a star name who would be joining the series in episode five. To quote Ted Hastings: mother of god!
The Sun offered up possible suspects ahead of last night’s broadcast, including two Scotsmen, Richard Madden and Robert Carlyle, who might fit with Kelly Macdonald’s Jo Davidson and her mysterious family connection – teased at the climax of episode four. But in the end it was an Irish actor who joined Line of Duty’s now bafflingly long list of criminal coppers: James Nesbitt.