Line Of Duty fans had major cause for celebration on Tuesday night when the BBC finally confirmed that a new season of the award-winning police drama is in the works.

After keeping fans hanging for the last four years, it’s been announced that Martin Compston , Vicky McClure and Adrian Dunbar will all be back for the seven season of Line Of Duty, which is due to begin filming in the spring.

In an official synopsis for the new run of episodes, the BBC teased: “In series seven, AC-12 has been disbanded and rebranded the Inspectorate of Police Standards. Anticorruption work has never been more difficult and in this challenging climate Steve Arnott, Kate Fleming and Ted Hastings are assigned their most sensitive case so far.

“Detective Inspector Dominic Gough, a charismatic officer

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