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Line of Duty’s Martin Compston promises season 6 is ‘better than ever’ as he flees UK amid pandemic


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Line of Duty’s Martin Compston has promised season six will be ‘better than ever’.

The star was forced to flee the UK to return to his home in Las Vegas after Donald Trump suspended flights coming into the US from 26 European countries.

But that hasn’t stopped the actor from keeping in touch with his co-stars, as he explained he’d been in regular contact with them throughout the pandemic.

When appearing on Good Morning Britain via video call, the 35-year-old said: ‘Yeah, I was in my flat when the news came through that Trump had suspended all flights.

‘I was on the phone to the producers who said, “you know, you’ve just got to go to your family.”‘

He explained how the atmosphere on set had been ‘strange’ and continued: ‘We knew we would stop production at some point because we were following the government guidelines.’

Line of Duty’s Martin Compston promises season 6 is ‘better than ever’ (Picture: ITV/REX)

On heading home, he added: ‘Destinations seemed to be changing by the minute – but they got us home. I made it back by the skin of my teeth.’

Ben Shephard and Kate Garraway were hosting Thursday’s episode of the breakfast show and quizzed Martin on the sixth season of Line of Duty.

He beamed: ‘I’m in daily contact with the guys, it’s crazy times but the script this year, it just seems better than ever.

The star went onto reassure fans at home: ‘We will be back at some point and I hope we’ll be back better.’

He had to flee the Line of Duty set after Trump suspended flights (Picture: BBC)

Martin has spoken about the series recently and revealed that he hopes the next installment will return to its ‘subtle’ roots.

‘My favourite [seasons] were the first three, when we were on BBC2, because I feel they were more subtle,’ the Scottish actor told the Radio Times, referencing the show’s years on the BBC channel from 2012-2016.

‘Then you go on to BBC1, it’s a bigger audience and it’s car chases and whatever.

‘Now we’re established on BBC1, I hope we can go back to what we were on BBC2 when the dramas were all in the massive interview scenes and in back alleys.’

Let’s be honest, whatever the team at AC-12 do, we’ll be hooked.

Good Morning Britain continues weekdays at 6am on ITV, while Line of Duty season six is yet to get a release date.

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