The first-ever Greggs burner phone has been created for Vicky McClure, giving the Line of Duty star direct access to Britain’s favourite bakery.
The suspicious-looking mobile device, delivered to the Bafta-winning actress and renowned sausage roll fan, was specially workshopped in honour of McClure’s 38 th birthday on Saturday.
As part of the special Greggs package which included a tasty side of celebratory sausage rolls, McClure was invited to transfer from her role as DI Kate Fleming to OG-12 – ‘The Original Greggs Unit’ – and ‘authorised to call in a baked response unit’ to trigger a further delivery to a charity of her choice by replying to an awaiting text message from G.
The distinctive package was designed with a bullet hole through the Greggs logo, the Central Police crest changed to a sausage roll and included the opening line ‘Fancy a Greggs, mate?’.
She shared the delivery with her 589,000 Instagram followers, choosing Our Dementia Choir as the charity to receive the gift.
Unwrapping the package on Instagram Story, she said: “I got my burner, I got my text, I replied with Our Dementia Choir from DI Fleming, just waiting on a delivery guys. Greggs, I mean what can I say, that’s just unreal, love you forever.”
The delivery was made following the Line of Duty series finale and after McClure professed her love for Greggs, saying in an interview: “It would be very hard for me to move to Hollywood because I’d be nowhere near a Greggs and I don’t think I’d like a life without a sausage roll.”
Martin Compston, who played DI Steve Arnott on the show, also regularly teases his co-star with Greggs Twitter memes. Most recently with: “When you hear Greggs reopens after lockdown.” To which she replied: “First in the queue.”
A Greggs spokesperson said: “Line of Duty has kept the nation on the edge of their seats, so following last weekend’s gripping finale we wanted to have a bit of fun, celebrate Vicky’s birthday and give her the opportunity to arrange a delivery to a charity of her choice whenever she chooses.
“Once we’d established Vicky’s sit-rep, our Greggs CHIS moved in to drop the burner at a covert location, and we have well-placed sources on standby to carry out Vicky’s command to give Our Dementia Choir a tasty treat.”
