Ted Hastings, the no-nonsense police boss in Line of Duty, is the “fella” to sort Brexit , says the actor who plays him.
Adrian Dunbar, 60, said Ted would “make very short work” of getting us out of Europe.
He said: “He’d get a few of those guys across the table – Barnier and Tusk and a few of those guys – and put them on a bit of interrogation.
“Then, he’d pull out a few of the eccentrics, like Rees-Mogg and others, and he’d give them an even bigger grilling.”
Ted and his crew in AC-12, the anti-corruption unit, are back on BBC1 at 9pm on Sunday for Series Five.
On the Series Linked TV podcast, Adrian said: “It’s fabulous. You get to my age and infirmities and suddenly a nice part like this comes along.
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“There’s a Ted Hastings bingo thing that happens, where guys kind of, every time I say ‘fella’, they have to drink a pint.
"There was a cabbie today that said, ‘All right, see you later, fella’. Everybody’s on it, it’s so funny, but it’s great, it’s great.
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“It’s just kind of caught the Zeitgeist. Ted’s been a real game changer for me.”
But he will have to set his TV up to watch on Sunday.
He said: “I take it out from behind the sofa. I don’t have a telly out. It stops you watching nonsense.”
- The full interview is in the new Series Linked TV Podcast, out now.
