LINE of Duty's stars will be appearing at the first reunion since it ended, as Martin Compston, Adrian Dunbar and Vicky McClure, as well as showrunner Jed Mercurio, dish the dirt and raise money for a good cause, with a recording of the event exclusively available to subscribers of this title.
To make sure you have all the evidence to hand for that event, we're looking back at five of the show's most jaw-dropping moments as we take a trip down memory lane.
To find out more about how you can watch the show please click HERE!
Cotton gets exposed
The finale of season three will always be remembered as the high point of the show, the apotheosis of catching bent coppers.
Exposing “Dot” Cotton as The Caddy after his interrogation in AC-12's HQ was as heart-pounding as it was cathartic having his identity exposed after two whole seasons of viewers knowing about his wicked ways.
While we all wish we could send an “urgent exit required” text whenever we need it, the escape was as nerve-wracking as it gets and nothing will compare to the drama of Dot’s dying declaration...
Roz and the chainsaw
In one of the most memorable cliffhangers of the entire show, Roz Hunter goes to confront forensics boff Tim Ifield after he snitched on her for ignoring forensic evidence.
When Roz hits her head off the kitchen surface following a tussle she is left in a pool of her own blood, and we are left to watch Ifield buy a hedge trimmer and bolt cutters to chop her up.
Ifield returns to put his forensic skills to use as he suits up in PPE and lays out plastic sheets to contain the evidence. As the electric blade slowly descends on her face, Roz’s eyes suddenly fly open leaving us in suspense over her fate.
Trotman flies out the window
In this jaw-dropping moment, Arnott and new recruit Georgia Trotman run to see the witness of the convoy ambush after Flemming spotted Denton making a call to the hospital where they were being treated.
Arnott and Trotman see the witness being treated by a suspicious-looking nurse as they rush to the scene. Seeing through the wig and scrubs disguise, Arnott fights the assailant, later revealed to be bent copper Jeremy Cole, but is knocked out with a bed pan, leaving Trotman to fight alone.
She is fatally overpowered by Cole and gives one last look of anguish before being thrown out the window to her death. Chilling.
Denton dies
Who doesn’t love a redemption arc? After DI Lindsay Denton had been caught out for being a bent copper, she ended up helping Arnott with finding suspects in the Sands View Boys’ Home paedophile ring. As the story came to a head, she obviously had to die.
Enter, bent copper Cotton.
After hacking into the email account of Danny Waldron to find a list of his abusers, she was tracked down by Cotton while at an internet café.
Cotton then takes her to an industrial estate and holds her at gunpoint in his car where Denton redeems herself with an incredible self-sacrifice.
With the list of Waldron’s abusers on her phone, she keeps her cool by stalling Cotton with a final speech, and just before he pulls the trigger sends the list to AC-12 and lines up Cotton’s eventual downfall.
Arnott is thrown down the stairs
Martin Compston in action with Vicky McClure
No list of the most iconic Line of Duty moments would be complete without Martin Compston aka Steve Arnott.
When “balaclava man” ambushes Arnott in the lift up to Nick’s office and smacks him unconscious with a baseball bat, we all feared the worst for our favourite copper.
And things certainly didn’t get any better when he was thrown down the stairs.
Eventually, it was revealed that Jimmy Lakewell and bent copper Derek Hilton were behind the attack.
The incident continued to plague Arnott as he became addicted to painkillers, leading all of us singles to think “we can fix him”.
How can I watch the Line of Duty Reunion?
The exclusive video will only be available to our subscribers.
You can pay as little as £1 for your first month and that fee will go directly to Martin's favourite charity, Ardgowan Hospice.
To sign up, visit our subscribe page here and take advantage of our latest amazing offers.
Our exclusive recording of the event will be available to subscribers HERE from Thursday March 24.
For those who already subscribe, you will also receive exclusive access to the video.
Subscriptions can be cancelled at any time.
If you would like to make a further donation to Ardgowan Hospice, you can do so HERE.
Why are you making commenting on The National only available to subscribers?
We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
Unfortunately, though, these important debates are being spoiled by a vocal minority of trolls who aren’t really interested in the issues, try to derail the conversations, register under fake names, and post vile abuse.
So that’s why we’ve decided to make the ability to comment only available to our paying subscribers. That way, all the trolls who post abuse on our website will have to pay if they want to join the debate – and risk a permanent ban from the account that they subscribe with.
The conversation will go back to what it should be about – people who care passionately about the issues, but disagree constructively on what we should do about them. Let’s get that debate started!
Callum Baird, Editor of The National
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here