All you need to know about Vicky McClure’s new ITV drama Trigger Point
23.01.2022 - 14:17
/ ok.co.uk
Line Of Duty’s Vicky McClure heads the cast in this new series, which turns the spotlight on the Metropolitan Police Bomb Disposal Unit. The show is produced by Jed Mercurio – the much-lauded writer of Line Of Duty – so with Vicky in the starring role, comparisons are bound to be drawn between the two dramas. However, the actress tells us her character – former soldier Lana Washington – is very different to Line Of Duty ’s Kate Fleming and the series is far more action packed.
“I didn’t feel anything like Kate when I’m in this. We certainly don’t look the same – I wear absolutely no make-up, my hair is in a scrappy little ponytail the whole time,” she explains. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.
You can sign up at the top of the page. “It’s a very different show.There’s a lot more action – it’s an explosive drama. Of course, it can’t be avoided that the police department are going to be part of it, but I think that the audience will get involved in this new world and very quickly be transported there.” Vicky is joined by Hustle star Adrian Lester, who plays Joel “Nut” Nutkins, Lana’s fellow “expo”, as the officers are nicknamed.
“They served together in the army and have a longstanding friendship,” says Vicky. “When they were away from home in the army, they only had each other. I think I understand what that relationship is like, from working away as much as I do.” "I’m such a homebody and I hate that part of the job.” "Me, Adrian [Dunbar] and Martin [Compston] are a good example of colleagues becoming family on Line Of Duty, and Nut and Lana are very much that.” The show sees a terrorist campaign hit the capital, with Lana and Nut at the
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