Line of Obligation star Martin Compston has damaged his silence on the return of the hit police drama, saying it is going to be solely “for the proper causes.”
The BBC present, penned by Jed Mercurio and starring Vicky McClure, Adrian Dunbar alongside Compston, ran by way of six seasons from 2012 to 2021 and have become one of many BBC’s greatest ever reveals, with 13million tuning in for the finale – and the reveal of grasp villain “H” – 4 years in the past.
Followers have been loud of their disappointment of the concluding storyline, with clamours for an additional season to tie up unfastened ends, and UK press has beforehand indicated a seventh season is secretly within the works.
Now Compston, who additionally stars in Amazon Prime’s The Rig, has advised The Solar newspaper:
“We’re all the time speaking about potentialities and schedules and whatnot. Everyone’s obtained stuff happening on the minute, so I feel something, sadly, could be a means off.
And he added: “It’s superb. It’s the most effective feeling as an actor while you really feel like the entire nation’s within the palm of your hand with what’s coming subsequent, and there’s solely a few you in that secret of who’s surviving and what’s happening.
“However as a result of we’re all so shut and all of us need the most effective for the present, we wouldn’t do it once more only for the sake of it.
“We actually care concerning the high quality of it. So if we come again, it could be for the proper causes.”
The Solar beforehand reported that the forged and author Jed Mercurio have cleared area of their calendars for 2026 to commit to creating the present, however no announcement has but been forthcoming.
