Appearing on This Morning on Thursday, 7 August, Dunbar was in the studio to talk about the ITV detective show Ridley.
But before long, hosts Joel Dommett and Emma Willis gave in to temptation and asked him about the beloved BBC show Line of Duty.
@thismorning Adrian Dunbar gives an official update to when audiences can expect Line of Duty to return… and the answer may surprise you! 👀
Since the series six finale in 2021, fans have been speculating about whether there will be another instalment.
Over the past year, there have been varying responses from key cast members, including the faces of the show, Vicky McClure and Martin Compston.
But despite his recent confirmation that series seven was on the way, Dunbar told Dommett and Willis he had called his agent about the show just hours earlier and had been told “there isn’t any more real definite news”.
Willis asked him about his co-stars over the years: “Do you have favourites?” and Dunbar delighted Line of Duty fans everywhere by replying: “Vicky and Martin, obviously.”
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It nicely teed up a question about the show’s future, and Dunbar said: “When it happens, yes, absolutely we’ll be excited to go back.”
He added: “We actually don’t know if it’s going to happen. I actually called my agent this morning to see if there was any more news, but there isn’t any more real definite news about it, sadly, so we’re just going to have to wait.
“Everybody wants to know that it’s happening, and so do we.”
