Line of Duty s Ian Buckells revealed as H but fans are having none of it
Line of Duty viewers waited all series to find out who H was but are not convinced they ve got the right answer
22:26, 2 MAY 2021
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Sunday, 2nd May 2021 at 10:00 pm
Halfway through the Line of Duty season six finale, AC-12 finally found out the identity of ‘H’, or the “Fourth Man” who they had been chasing for so long. Did we, the viewers, find out at the same time? No, we most certainly did not.
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For another excruciating eight minutes, the team passed around print-outs and made cryptic remarks, exchanged knowing looks, and got sidetracked into other conversations. “All this time we’ve been chasing shadows! If this is right he’s been under our noses from the very beginning!” declared Steve. (Who was he talking about? Surely it’s Chief Constable Osborne, we thought.) And then we had a montage of armed officers drawing up to AC-12 and marching an unseen interviewee into the building, while DI Steve Arnott (Martin Compston) tap-tapped on his iPad and linked up the DIR. Of course, the camera pulled away before he typed in the name of the interviewee.
Line of Duty s creator Jed Mercurio shared a cryptic post after the finale on Sunday night as the show s future hangs in the balance.
The writer, 55, shared a picture of the AC-12 sign to his Twitter after the episode had aired and simply captioned it: Carry the fire , which gave no indication if there will be a seventh series or not.
BBC bosses are yet to confirm whether the show will return, despite an average of 13 millions viewers tuning in for the latest series, which faced multiple delays due to the Covid pandemic.
Uncertain: Line of Duty s creator Jed Mercurio shared a cryptic post after the final on Sunday night as the show s future hangs in the balance
Line Of Duty: A mugging off , a real life hint from Buckells back in 2017 and the bad spelling. the clues that have DEFINATELY told us the identity of The Fourth Man all along
It was revealed during Sunday night s eagerly-anticipated finale that The Fourth Man - also known as H - was Superintendent Buckells
Initially portrayed as a hapless character, it was revealed that he was in fact the criminal mastermind who had formed the secret network of bent coppers
Many clues appear to have come to light since the show hit screens in 2012, including a real life note from actor Nigel Boyle, who tipped off fans in 2017