MANY Line Of Duty fans are hoping to get their crime drama fix from ITV’s latest offering, Trigger Point.
However, despite similarities that left some viewers accusing the show of being a “rip-off”, the two programmes aren’t directly linked.
Vicky McClure stars in Trigger Point as bomb disposal expert Lana Washington
Is Trigger Point linked to Line Of Duty?
Despite the speculation, ITV’s Trigger Point and BBC police drama Line Of Duty are not directly linked and aren’t set in the same universe.
However, there are some clear similarities between the two.
Both Trigger Point and Line of Duty star Vicky McClure as one of the lead characters, but she has shared that she’s not fussed about comparisons between the two crime shows.
The 38-year-old actor told The Metro: “I’m not concerned in so much as this is what actors do.
“I have fallen into this genre.”
She added that despite superficial similarities, the two characters are quite different: “I look at Lana and Kate and I don’t see them together as the same people at all.
“Not only with the way that Lana looks and the way we have designed that, her personality is very different.”
As well as Vicky’s involvement in both shows, Line Of Duty’s showrunner Jed Mercurio acts as an executive producer on Trigger Point.
Who does Vicky McClure play in Trigger Point?
In Trigger Point, McClure plays Metropolitan Police bomb disposal expert Lana Washington, who’s nicknamed Wash by her co-workers.
The first episode of the show sees Lana and her colleague Joel Nutkins (played by Adrian Lester) respond to a bomb call in a London housing estate.
However, when the pair arrive, they quickly realise that they’re dealing with the work of a group of highly sophisticated and dangerous terrorists.
Trigger Point follows the Metropolitan Police’s bomb disposal unit
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How many episodes of Trigger Point are there?
There are six episodes of ITV drama Trigger Point.
The first episode premiered on Sunday, January 23, 2022, on ITV at 9pm.
The next five episodes will air on ITV at the same time each week, and will also be made available on ITV’s streaming site, ITV Hub.
It’s not yet clear if there will be a second series of the drama.
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