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Did you hear that mass scream from sofas nationwide at around 9:34pm on Sunday? It was the sound of millions of blindsided Line Of Duty viewers exclaiming a single word. And that word was “Buckells?!”.
Yes, recurring character DSU Ian Buckells (played by Nigel Boyle) was at last unmasked as the corrupt cop pulling strings on behalf of organised crime. Once erroneously code-named H, latterly known as the Fourth Man and now forever associated with baffled cries of: “What the… Buckells? Are you sure? Yes but Buckells, though? Mother of God!”
Despite fan theories proliferating online, bookmakers taking bets and everyone having their own pet theory, the big Buckells reveal miraculously managed to still pull off a major surprise. But has writer Jed Mercurio been laying a nine-year, six-series trail of subtle hints all along?
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The finale of Line of Duty on Sunday night left some fans feeling disappointed and Piers Morgan saying he felt underwhelmed .
Our ultimate TV guide to filling the Line of Duty-shaped hole in your life Rod McPhee May 3rd 2021, 3:18 pm
THERE is no need to go cold turkey now Line Of Duty has come to an end.
Choose from a long list of dramas and documentaries to get your fix of gripping police work. BBC
9 Here’s our ultimate TV guide to filling the Line of Duty-shaped hole in your life
And there are also shows featuring some of your favourite cast members from the BBC’s cop thriller.
Whether they are already available on catch up services or about to start on terrestrial channels, there is plenty to choose from when you start missing the presence of Jed Mercurio’s masterpiece.
Line of Duty: who is H ? What we know about mystery that kept viewers guessing
The search for H has been at the core of the eventful series which started in 2012
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