Line of Duty has become the UK’s most-watched drama series of the 21st century after this year’s series finale drew in official ratings of 15.24million. This was 80,000 more than the previous record of 15.16million set by an episode of Heartbeat on ITV in February 2000. The BBC1 police thriller is the most popular TV drama series since March 1999, when an episode of ITV’s A Touch Of Frost won an audience of 15.83million. Line Of Duty’s success means the top ten most-watched drama series of the century are evenly split between BBC1 and ITV. Line of Duty had 80,000 more viewers than the previous record of 15.16million set by an episode of Heartbeat (pictured) on ITV in February 2000.

Source: Daily Mail May 10, 2021 22:26 UTC