The BBCโs acclaimed television show โBodyguardโ crushed viewership numbers late last year in the UK, dominating the televisions of millions as the networkโs most-watched drama in a decade.
Written and created by Jed Mercurio, the high-intensity drama was raved about by audiences and critics alike, which led streaming service Netflix to pick it up for syndication to international audiences. A second season of the series has been confirmed, although it can be assumed itโll be quite a way off until eager audiences get another fix of Richard Madden (who has since been rumoured to be the next James Bond).
What most arenโt aware of, however, is that Mercurioโs other long-running drama โLine Of Dutyโ has been patiently waiting in the backend of your Netflix account for years now. With its fifth season slated for release this year, youโll have plenty of ammunition in your downloads to tide you over until either series returns to our screens.
โLine Of Dutyโ follows the investigations of the British Metropolitan Policeโs Anti-Corruption Unit 12, a team of carefully selected detectives whose contentious job is to investigate other detectives. A tangled web of lies and deceit plague the four seasons, which each follow their own respective cases but are tied by a common thread of corruption in the police service.
Donโt expect an all guns blazing story with the same pacing as โBodyguardโ, however. โLine Of Dutyโ requires some patience through its first season which lights a fuse that agonisingly burns into some epic crescendos in the subsequent episodes. Once youโve started you wonโt be able to stop.
You can start ruining your weekโs productivity with โLine Of Dutyโ over on Netflix here.
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