James Walton

Is Jed Mercurio bored with Line of Duty?

Plus: Taskmaster makes daft stuff that doesn’t matter feel like daft stuff that does

Vicky McClure as DI Kate Fleming and Kelly Macdonald as potential wrong ‘un DCI Joanne Davidson. Credit: BBC/World Productions/Steffan Hill 
issue 27 March 2021

  • Line of Duty

    BBC 1

  • Taskmaster

    Channel 4

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