Home > Line of Duty > Series 05 « TV Series Page Line of Duty: Series 05 (2019) SEASON: Season 5 Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Episode List Series 05 Line of Duty Critics Consensus Line of Duty's sterling ensemble all maintain a stiff upper lip, but audiences' limbs will be quavering throughout this tense fifth season that dives deep into moral murk. 91% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 23 No Score Yet Audience Score User Ratings: 0 More Info × Close Episodes 1 Episode 1 Air date: May 13, 2019 During a hijack, three police officers are murdered in cold blood. The AC-12 unit is alerted that the hijack would've required a police insider. More 2 Episode 2 Air date: May 13, 2019 Lindsay is kept in custody where both staff and prisoners victimise her. Steve and Kate learn the identity of the dead witness from inspector Cottan. More 3 Episode 3 Air date: May 13, 2019 A British anti-corruption unit called AC-12 investigates a Detective Chief Inspector's past. More 4 Episode 4 Air date: May 13, 2019 A British anti-corruption unit called AC-12 investigates a Detective Chief Inspector's past. More 5 Episode 5 Air date: May 13, 2019 The hunt for the mysterious H intensifies, while Steve and Kate wonder if Hastings is hiding a dark secret. More 6 Episode 6 Air date: May 13, 2019 A British anti-corruption unit called AC-12 investigates a Detective Chief Inspector's past. More Tv Season Info Line of Duty returns forafifth series, as AC12 continues to hunt for any corruption lurking within the police. Genre: Drama Network: Acorn TV Premiere Date: May 13, 2019 Cast Thandie Newton as Roz Vicky McClure as Kate Fleming Adrian Dunbar as Ted Hastings Martin Compston as Steve Arnott Jason Watkins as Tim Lee Ingleby as Nick Paul Higgins as Hilton Maya Sondhi as Maneet Show More Cast News & Interviews for Line of Duty: Series 05 13 TV Shows You Should Binge-Watch This May View All Line of Duty: Series 05 News Episodes 1 Episode 1 Air date: May 13, 2019 During a hijack, three police officers are murdered in cold blood. The AC-12 unit is alerted that the hijack would've required a police insider. More 2 Episode 2 Air date: May 13, 2019 Lindsay is kept in custody where both staff and prisoners victimise her. Steve and Kate learn the identity of the dead witness from inspector Cottan. More 3 Episode 3 Air date: May 13, 2019 A British anti-corruption unit called AC-12 investigates a Detective Chief Inspector's past. More 4 Episode 4 Air date: May 13, 2019 A British anti-corruption unit called AC-12 investigates a Detective Chief Inspector's past. More 5 Episode 5 Air date: May 13, 2019 The hunt for the mysterious H intensifies, while Steve and Kate wonder if Hastings is hiding a dark secret. More 6 Episode 6 Air date: May 13, 2019 A British anti-corruption unit called AC-12 investigates a Detective Chief Inspector's past. More Critic Reviews for Line of Duty Series 05 All Critics (23) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (21) | Rotten (2) I think this is the ropiest bit of work [Jed Mercurio]'s ever sent our way. You could almost smell the desperation: a frantic stitching born, perhaps, of the need both to give his audience something in the manner of a resolution. Apr 4, 2019 | Full Review… Rachel Cooke New Statesman Top Critic You can't really call any of this formulaic, because the formula is its own, but the pattern of potential surprises feels as if it ought to be fairly well charted by now. Apr 8, 2019 | Full Review… Hugo Rifkind Times (UK) Top Critic It's not good for you, but it will definitely give you a buzz. May 13, 2019 | Full Review… Mike Hale New York Times Top Critic Line of Duty really leans into the four seasons that came before it and more connections than ever will be made. If you're thinking those connections are corrupt, yes, that's a good start. May 13, 2019 | Full Review… Tim Goodman Hollywood Reporter Top Critic A lot of television drama is realistic but essentially trivial; Line of Duty succeeds by combing the thinnest surface mimesis with a deep concern for matters of the greatest importance. Apr 1, 2019 | Full Review… James Cooray Smith New Statesman Top Critic With epic interrogation scenes, surprise betrayals, grisly murders, untold secrets, massive twists... well, it's just good to be back. May 13, 2019 | Full Review… Eleanor Bley Griffiths Radio Times Season five has been a joyous ride and held the audience captive for the past six weeks with every watercooler conversation across Britain. May 13, 2019 | Full Review… Neela Debnath Daily Express (UK) [Line Of Duty] is so dense and complicated and interlocking that you can be sure if something doesn't add up, it isn't your failure, which is a relief, as you can never blame the writing. Apr 15, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… Deborah Ross The Mail on Sunday (UK) Season five started out promising, peaked midway and came down to the earth with a bang at the end. A disappointing end to a season with such remarkable characters - Graham's John Corbett and Sandall's Lisa McQueen were highlights. May 22, 2019 | Full Review… Becky Kukla The Digital Fix Britain's top-rated show of 2019 beats American procedurals hands down, and you don't need to watch Seasons 1 to 4 (available on Acorn and Hulu) to plunge right into its tense, zigzagging, paranoid story. Jun 19, 2019 | Full Review… Tim Appelo AARP Movies for Grownups I don't think anyone can have understood a word of the first episode of the fifth series of Line of Duty. I didn't. We had to work out what was happening osmotically, from our encyclopaedic knowledge of What Happens in Line of Duty. Apr 8, 2019 | Full Review… Camilla Long Sunday Times (UK) Episode by episode, the plot is thickening, like soup that's been left sitting on a hot stove for too long. Apr 16, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… Pat Stacey The Herald (Ireland) View All Critic Reviews (23) Audience Reviews for Line of Duty: Series 05 There are no featured audience reviews yet. Click the link below to see what others say about Line of Duty: Series 05! 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