Whether playing Di Kate Fleming in Line of Duty or a back-against-the-wall bomb disposal expert in ITV’s Trigger Point, Vicky McClure has mastered the art of procedurals over the years.
But in Paramount+ series Insomnia from The Crown producer Left Bank, in which she plays a career woman, Emma, who experiences a breakdown when she suddenly stops being able to sleep, the actor-producer bucked the trend.
“I feel like I’ve grown up, I’m 40 now,” McClure told an Insomnia Q&a in London late last month. “There’s a lot of procedural drama that I do and I enjoy it, but I was excited to step into something that felt different.” McClure added that she quite enjoyed walking in heels for the entirety of the series, for example.
McClure’s challenge was made trickier by the fact she has never suffered from insomnia – although “just a bad night...
But in Paramount+ series Insomnia from The Crown producer Left Bank, in which she plays a career woman, Emma, who experiences a breakdown when she suddenly stops being able to sleep, the actor-producer bucked the trend.
“I feel like I’ve grown up, I’m 40 now,” McClure told an Insomnia Q&a in London late last month. “There’s a lot of procedural drama that I do and I enjoy it, but I was excited to step into something that felt different.” McClure added that she quite enjoyed walking in heels for the entirety of the series, for example.
McClure’s challenge was made trickier by the fact she has never suffered from insomnia – although “just a bad night...
- 5/13/2024
- by Hannah Abraham
- Deadline Film + TV
Vicky McClure’s Early Beginnings and Breakout Role Before Vicky McClure became a household name, she graced the screen in roles that may have slipped under the radar, like appearances in Doctors. But it was her portrayal of Kate Fleming in Line of Duty that marked a turning point in her career. This character is far from one-dimensional; on the surface, Kate is an emotionally-limited detective inspector. Yet, as viewers are drawn deeper into the series, they discover an extremely complex woman delicately balancing her home life against her demanding undercover police work. The role showcased McClure’s ability to inhabit layered...
- 2/5/2024
- by Steve Delikson
- TVovermind.com
Vicky McClure, one of the leads in hit UK crime thriller Line of Duty, married her longtime fiancé on Friday, when the couple were serenaded by Our Dementia Choir, a group of singers with dementia brought together by McClure in 2019.
The choir were featured on a BBC documentary that year, fronted by McClure and which explored what music therapy could do for those living with dementia. Two years later, the organisation she founded became an official charity.
The popular actress revealed some pictures at the weekend, including shots with her Line of Duty co-stars Martin Compston and Adrian Dunbar, as well as the show’s creator Jed Mercurio.
Compston shared some pictures on social media, and wrote: “First dance with the dementia choir was just beautiful and says everything about the two of them sharing their moment with the dementia team… a few shandies were had afterwards.”
Late on Friday night,...
The choir were featured on a BBC documentary that year, fronted by McClure and which explored what music therapy could do for those living with dementia. Two years later, the organisation she founded became an official charity.
The popular actress revealed some pictures at the weekend, including shots with her Line of Duty co-stars Martin Compston and Adrian Dunbar, as well as the show’s creator Jed Mercurio.
Compston shared some pictures on social media, and wrote: “First dance with the dementia choir was just beautiful and says everything about the two of them sharing their moment with the dementia team… a few shandies were had afterwards.”
Late on Friday night,...
- 8/13/2023
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
“Line of Duty” star Vicky McClure is co-producing a new drama with Left Bank Pictures, the makers of hit Netflix series “The Crown,” Variety has confirmed.
McClure, who played detective Kate Fleming on “Line of Duty” for nine years, will also star in the new show, which is tentatively titled “Redemption” and is scheduled to air on ITV.
The show will also reportedly be filmed in McClure’s home town of Nottingham, in England’s Midlands region.
Incidentally, McClure starred in a 2013 feature film called “Redemption” alongside Jason Statham, although the U.K. version was re-titled “Hummingbird.” McClure played Statham’s former partner and the mother of his children in the movie.
McClure is also teaming up again with “Line of Duty” creator Jed Mercurio on a new series, “Trigger Point,” for ITV, in which she will lead a London-based bomb disposal unit as ex-military officer Lana Washington. The show,...
McClure, who played detective Kate Fleming on “Line of Duty” for nine years, will also star in the new show, which is tentatively titled “Redemption” and is scheduled to air on ITV.
The show will also reportedly be filmed in McClure’s home town of Nottingham, in England’s Midlands region.
Incidentally, McClure starred in a 2013 feature film called “Redemption” alongside Jason Statham, although the U.K. version was re-titled “Hummingbird.” McClure played Statham’s former partner and the mother of his children in the movie.
McClure is also teaming up again with “Line of Duty” creator Jed Mercurio on a new series, “Trigger Point,” for ITV, in which she will lead a London-based bomb disposal unit as ex-military officer Lana Washington. The show,...
- 9/13/2021
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
UK ratings phenom Line of Duty did not disappoint with its season 6 finale. The season ender was watched by an average of 12.8 million viewers Sunday night, a record for the World Productions-produced BBC police corruption drama.
According to the BBC, Sunday night’s episode, which revealed the identity of the series’ arch-villain H, was the most watched episode of any drama since modern records began in 2002, not including soaps. It drew a 56.2% share of the UK’s TV audience, according to overnight figures, the highest overnight viewing number since February 2001, when an episode of ITV’s police drama Heartbeat drew 13.2 million.
Sunday’s night episode drew four million more viewers vs the Season 5 finale, which was seen by 9 million in 2019.
Created by Jed Mercurio, Line of Duty revolves around the controversial police anti-corruption unit AC-12, which investigates crimes within the police force. It stars Martin Compston as Di Steve Arnott,...
According to the BBC, Sunday night’s episode, which revealed the identity of the series’ arch-villain H, was the most watched episode of any drama since modern records began in 2002, not including soaps. It drew a 56.2% share of the UK’s TV audience, according to overnight figures, the highest overnight viewing number since February 2001, when an episode of ITV’s police drama Heartbeat drew 13.2 million.
Sunday’s night episode drew four million more viewers vs the Season 5 finale, which was seen by 9 million in 2019.
Created by Jed Mercurio, Line of Duty revolves around the controversial police anti-corruption unit AC-12, which investigates crimes within the police force. It stars Martin Compston as Di Steve Arnott,...
- 5/3/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Warning: contains spoilers for the Line of Duty series 6 finale.
Perhaps thanks to the extra half hour of screen time (with seven one-hour episodes instead of five plus a 90-minute finale), or perhaps because there was a genuine sense of threads being tied up as AC-12 went into storage for potentially the last time, there are fewer questions left to answer than usual after Line of Duty series six. The finale gave us lots of certainty, and just a few things still to mull over. After you’ve read our weekly episode review, catch up on the post-finale theories and questions below.
So, Buckells was H all along?
He was bent all along, ever since being part of the corrupt team that investigated the racist murder of Lawrence Christopher. But Buckells only stepped into the shoes of ‘H’ or ‘The Fourth Man’ or whatever you want to call the senior...
Perhaps thanks to the extra half hour of screen time (with seven one-hour episodes instead of five plus a 90-minute finale), or perhaps because there was a genuine sense of threads being tied up as AC-12 went into storage for potentially the last time, there are fewer questions left to answer than usual after Line of Duty series six. The finale gave us lots of certainty, and just a few things still to mull over. After you’ve read our weekly episode review, catch up on the post-finale theories and questions below.
So, Buckells was H all along?
He was bent all along, ever since being part of the corrupt team that investigated the racist murder of Lawrence Christopher. But Buckells only stepped into the shoes of ‘H’ or ‘The Fourth Man’ or whatever you want to call the senior...
- 5/2/2021
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Warning: contains spoilers for the Line of Duty series six finale.
“The genuine answer is we don’t know,” Line of Duty actor Martin Compston told the Shrine of Duty podcast last week about whether or not the BBC One crime drama will return. “But that’s nothing different for us. Jed always takes his time.” As reported by Radio Times, Compston explained, “After a series, [creator Jed Mercurio] always takes a couple of months… I think he likes to take the emotion out of it and sit down and look at all that.”
To judge by series six’s mammoth audience numbers, a seventh series would seem like a no-brainer, and yet there’s still no commission announcement.
In previous years, the BBC commissioned two Line of Duty series at a time. After the hit second run featuring Keeley Hawes as Lindsay Denton, a third and fourth series were ordered.
“The genuine answer is we don’t know,” Line of Duty actor Martin Compston told the Shrine of Duty podcast last week about whether or not the BBC One crime drama will return. “But that’s nothing different for us. Jed always takes his time.” As reported by Radio Times, Compston explained, “After a series, [creator Jed Mercurio] always takes a couple of months… I think he likes to take the emotion out of it and sit down and look at all that.”
To judge by series six’s mammoth audience numbers, a seventh series would seem like a no-brainer, and yet there’s still no commission announcement.
In previous years, the BBC commissioned two Line of Duty series at a time. After the hit second run featuring Keeley Hawes as Lindsay Denton, a third and fourth series were ordered.
- 5/2/2021
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Warning: contains major spoilers for Line of Duty series 1-6.
You could say we’ve taken this too far. You could be right. You could also say that, for a Line of Duty fan attempting to solve the Jo Davidson family mystery, it’s useful to know that Tommy Hunter was 13 years old when Jo Davidson was born, making him more likely to be her brother than her father. Or that John Corbett was born two months after Jo Davidson, making it impossible for his mother Anne-Marie McGillis to also be her mother.
And then there are the real questions, such as: the day before AC-12 raided Hillside Lane Station in series six, it was Kate Fleming’s 35th birthday. Did she bring in doughnuts? Had Kate come in worse for wear from one too many glasses of white in Frederico’s with Jo? The people demand to know.
You could say we’ve taken this too far. You could be right. You could also say that, for a Line of Duty fan attempting to solve the Jo Davidson family mystery, it’s useful to know that Tommy Hunter was 13 years old when Jo Davidson was born, making him more likely to be her brother than her father. Or that John Corbett was born two months after Jo Davidson, making it impossible for his mother Anne-Marie McGillis to also be her mother.
And then there are the real questions, such as: the day before AC-12 raided Hillside Lane Station in series six, it was Kate Fleming’s 35th birthday. Did she bring in doughnuts? Had Kate come in worse for wear from one too many glasses of white in Frederico’s with Jo? The people demand to know.
- 4/14/2021
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
The critically acclaimed BBC crime drama Line of Duty returned for its fourth series this year and it’s released on DVD 8th May alongside the Line of Duty 1-4 Complete Box Set from Acorn Media International. To celebrate we have 2 copies of series four to giveaway on DVD.
Thandie Newton plays Dci Roz Huntley, under pressure from her superiors to apprehend a serial murderer after months of fruitless investigation. When another young woman is abducted, Roz is on the scene to track down and charge a 24-year-old man. But doubts around the young man’s guilt lead the chief forensic investigator (Jason Watkins) to the police anti-corruption unit AC-12.
With suspicions that Roz is ignoring forensic evidence that might prove the young man’s innocence, Superintendent Hastings (Adrian Dunbar) places DS Kate Fleming (Vicky McClure) undercover inside Roz’s team to dig deeper into the case. With DS Steve Arnott...
Thandie Newton plays Dci Roz Huntley, under pressure from her superiors to apprehend a serial murderer after months of fruitless investigation. When another young woman is abducted, Roz is on the scene to track down and charge a 24-year-old man. But doubts around the young man’s guilt lead the chief forensic investigator (Jason Watkins) to the police anti-corruption unit AC-12.
With suspicions that Roz is ignoring forensic evidence that might prove the young man’s innocence, Superintendent Hastings (Adrian Dunbar) places DS Kate Fleming (Vicky McClure) undercover inside Roz’s team to dig deeper into the case. With DS Steve Arnott...
- 5/5/2017
- by Roobla Team
- The Cultural Post
Louisa Mellor Apr 19, 2017
Paul Higgins plays Line Of Duty’s PR-obsessed Acc Hilton, but is there more to him than it seems? Rampant speculation and spoilers...
Warning: contains spoilers for Line Of Duty series one, two, three and four (until episode four). And some wild speculation.
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“How do you know when an executive officer is telling lies? His lips move.” So said Si Ted Hastings reporting back after lunching with Acc Hilton in Line Of Duty series four episode one. It was a characteristically wry comment from Hastings, a character who brooks no truck with bent coppers and PR-manipulators like Hilton. Was it, though, more than that? Was Ted calling Hilton a liar a crucial clue as to what’s really...
Paul Higgins plays Line Of Duty’s PR-obsessed Acc Hilton, but is there more to him than it seems? Rampant speculation and spoilers...
Warning: contains spoilers for Line Of Duty series one, two, three and four (until episode four). And some wild speculation.
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“How do you know when an executive officer is telling lies? His lips move.” So said Si Ted Hastings reporting back after lunching with Acc Hilton in Line Of Duty series four episode one. It was a characteristically wry comment from Hastings, a character who brooks no truck with bent coppers and PR-manipulators like Hilton. Was it, though, more than that? Was Ted calling Hilton a liar a crucial clue as to what’s really...
- 4/18/2017
- Den of Geek
Louisa Mellor Apr 2, 2017
Spoilers ahead in our review of the latest eventful Line Of Duty series 4 episode…
This review contains spoilers.
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We’re waist-deep in it now, Line Of Duty’s fast-flowing river of ‘Huh?’, ‘But I thought…?’ and ‘Well, blimey’. Dig your feet in for purchase, there’s work to be done.
This week’s episode turned more tables than Jesus at a temple-based bureau de change. First, we were led to think that Roz Huntley—or bits of her—were decomposing in a forest pond. Then hey presto, there she was, back at work, torso intact and with barely a scratch on her.
There was one scratch on her, a wound inflicted by Tim Ifield as the last gasp act of a true forensic scientist. Knowing he was a goner, Tim tried to get his killer’s skin...
Spoilers ahead in our review of the latest eventful Line Of Duty series 4 episode…
This review contains spoilers.
See related The quiet brilliance of Mackenzie Crook's Detectorists
We’re waist-deep in it now, Line Of Duty’s fast-flowing river of ‘Huh?’, ‘But I thought…?’ and ‘Well, blimey’. Dig your feet in for purchase, there’s work to be done.
This week’s episode turned more tables than Jesus at a temple-based bureau de change. First, we were led to think that Roz Huntley—or bits of her—were decomposing in a forest pond. Then hey presto, there she was, back at work, torso intact and with barely a scratch on her.
There was one scratch on her, a wound inflicted by Tim Ifield as the last gasp act of a true forensic scientist. Knowing he was a goner, Tim tried to get his killer’s skin...
- 3/31/2017
- Den of Geek
Den Of Geek Dec 22, 2016
Game Of Thrones, Black Mirror, Stranger Things, Westworld... Did your favourite TV episode of 2016 make the cut?
Earlier this month, twenty-five of Den Of Geek's writers nominated up to five of their favourite television episodes of the year, ranked in order of preference. Points were allocated. Favourites emerged. And the sanity of the site's TV editor was offered once again as a festive sacrifice to the God of Microsoft Excel worksheets.
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Over sixty individual episodes were nominated in total, and below are the fifteen that placed highest overall...
15. Scream season 2 episode 10 – The Vanishing
This show has hit a beautiful stride over the past two episodes, and we’re now set up for what could be a top-notch finale. While we’ve been given plenty of clues—some of which I’m sure will be forehead-slappers after the killer...
Game Of Thrones, Black Mirror, Stranger Things, Westworld... Did your favourite TV episode of 2016 make the cut?
Earlier this month, twenty-five of Den Of Geek's writers nominated up to five of their favourite television episodes of the year, ranked in order of preference. Points were allocated. Favourites emerged. And the sanity of the site's TV editor was offered once again as a festive sacrifice to the God of Microsoft Excel worksheets.
See related Justin Kurzel interview: Assassin’s Creed
Over sixty individual episodes were nominated in total, and below are the fifteen that placed highest overall...
15. Scream season 2 episode 10 – The Vanishing
This show has hit a beautiful stride over the past two episodes, and we’re now set up for what could be a top-notch finale. While we’ve been given plenty of clues—some of which I’m sure will be forehead-slappers after the killer...
- 12/19/2016
- Den of Geek
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Line Of Duty cements its status as the most thrilling drama on television with a stunning finale to a stunning series…
This review contains spoilers.
Like many a modern idiot, around my wrist is a special watch that monitors my heart-rate. It syncs with my phone and shows me a graph of what my pulse is doing at any given moment. If I were ever to kill someone, I suspect it could be used to incriminate me. Murder must play havoc on the cardiovascular system.
Fifteen minutes before the end of Line Of Duty’s series three finale, you’ll see a significant spike on the graph. My body was sitting lazily on the sofa; my heart was doing laps of the park. This might be the first occasion on which I hand over my TV reviewing responsibilities to a Fitbit.
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Line Of Duty cements its status as the most thrilling drama on television with a stunning finale to a stunning series…
This review contains spoilers.
Like many a modern idiot, around my wrist is a special watch that monitors my heart-rate. It syncs with my phone and shows me a graph of what my pulse is doing at any given moment. If I were ever to kill someone, I suspect it could be used to incriminate me. Murder must play havoc on the cardiovascular system.
Fifteen minutes before the end of Line Of Duty’s series three finale, you’ll see a significant spike on the graph. My body was sitting lazily on the sofa; my heart was doing laps of the park. This might be the first occasion on which I hand over my TV reviewing responsibilities to a Fitbit.
There can’t have been a...
- 4/28/2016
- Den of Geek
Vicky McClure has promised a "powerhouse" final series of This Is England.
The Channel 4 drama will return for a final four-part outing - This Is England '90 - later this year.
"All the characters are back - and on amazing form," said McClure, who has played Lol since the original 2006 film.
The actress also spoke about the upcoming third series of Line of Duty - set to introduce a new nemesis for AC-12, played by Danny Mays.
McClure was nominated at last night's House of Fraser BAFTA Television Awards for her performance as Kate Fleming in the BBC Two cop thriller.
However, Gemma Jones (Marvellous) ultimately won out in the Supporting Actress category, which also included nominees Amanda Redman (Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This) and Charlotte Spencer (Glue).
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The Channel 4 drama will return for a final four-part outing - This Is England '90 - later this year.
"All the characters are back - and on amazing form," said McClure, who has played Lol since the original 2006 film.
The actress also spoke about the upcoming third series of Line of Duty - set to introduce a new nemesis for AC-12, played by Danny Mays.
McClure was nominated at last night's House of Fraser BAFTA Television Awards for her performance as Kate Fleming in the BBC Two cop thriller.
However, Gemma Jones (Marvellous) ultimately won out in the Supporting Actress category, which also included nominees Amanda Redman (Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This) and Charlotte Spencer (Glue).
Sherlock, True Detective and Happy Valley among winners at BAFTA Television Awards 2015
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- 5/11/2015
- Digital Spy
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