Line of Duty writer and creator Jed Mercurio has teased that the upcoming sixth season of the highly addictive police procedural will feature "secret guest stars".
The showrunner tweeted a picture of the TV show's main stars Vicky McClure, Martin Compston and Adrian Dunbar at a meeting, and said they were "nervously awaiting arrival of secret guest stars".
#LineofDuty Series 6 team @Vicky_McClure @martin_compston The Gaffer Adrian Dunbar nervously awaiting arrival of secret guest stars pic.twitter.com/wDRBnkUFAM
— Jed Mercurio (@jed_mercurio) November 13, 2019
McClure also teased fans by posting a selfie with her co-stars on Instagram and writing: "Hiya!"
Mercurio, also behind the edge-of-your-seat thriller Bodyguard, said that the sixth run of Line of Duty is "in the planning stage" and may return sooner than fans initially hoped.
He recently told Radio Times: "I would hope it's sometime in 2020, next year. But that's not something that we're able to confirm."
Line of Duty airs on BBC One.
