41 m. ago Line of Duty's Martin Compston on 'breaking down' filming new thriller

EXCLUSIVE: The Revenge Club stars Line of Duty's Martin Compston in an emotional thriller on Paramount Plus

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56 m. ago Line of Duty's Martin Compston admits going into 'dark place' for new thriller

EXCLUSIVE: Martin Compston opened up about the emotionally-driven series The Revenge Club and how he dealt with such heavy topics.

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2 h. ago Martin Compston: ‘I don’t have many regrets in life, but that does give me cold sweats’

He’s about to reprise the role that made him a household name for the long-awaited seventh season, but first, the Scot is starring in a revenge thriller with a difference. He talks to Katie Rosseinsky about career near-misses, the ‘kernels of truth’ in the new ‘Line of Duty’ script and why he can’t wait for the World Cup

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3 h. ago ‘I live for playing cops and robbers!’ Martin Compston on love, Las Vegas and the new Line of Duty

He’ll soon be going back on the hunt for bent coppers – but not before a wild revenge tale of divorcees going rogue. The star talks feeling inferior to Meera Syal, his life in the US and why he’s thrilled to be typecastWhile we embark on the inhumanly long wait for the new season of Line of Duty, which starts shooting in January, you’ll see Martin Compston – the show’s hero and true north – a number of times. Twice as you’ve never seen him before, and once, in Red Eye, in the form that you’ve come to know and love him: brisk and taciturn, brave and speedy, the man you’d trust to save the world while the dopes all around him can’t even see it needs saving.But first, The Revenge Club, in which he is a revelation. The setting is a support group for divorcees, a ragtag gang united by nothing but the fact that they’ve been summarily dismissed by their spouses. “There’s no other reason for these characters to be in each other’s lives,” Compston says from his home in Las Vegas (more on tha...

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14 h. ago Martin Compston will not let Line Of Duty stop him from watching Scotland at World Cup

EXCLUSIVE: Former pro Scottish footballer has urged show creator Jed Mercurio to schedule production around World Cup matches

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22 h. ago Martin Compston tells Line of Duty creator 'kill me off' for major reason

It was recently announced that 41-year-old actor will reprise his role as DS Steve Arnott when the BBC crime drama returns

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46 h. ago Martin Compston gets out Rangers fishing rod as Celtic diehard trolls Ally McCoist with two reminders

The actor took a jab at the Ibrox icon as he appeared on talkSPORT amid a massive week for the Hoops

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3 d. ago Martin Compston lets slip Line Of Duty spoiler and secret issue that made filming hard

Line Of Duty will return to the BBC for a seventh series, with Adrian Dunbar, Vicky McClure and Martin Compston all coming back to reprise their roles as the anti-corruption cops of AC-12

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3 d. ago 'I won I'm A Celebrity but soon regretted it after life took turn for the worst'

The I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! star, who went on to present the spin-off after his win, later admitted he regretted appearing on the ITV show

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5 d. ago Gary Lineker realised he had one major regret after split from ex

Former England footballer Gary Lineker has been single for nearly a decade since divorcing Welsh model Danielle Bux in 2016

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5 d. ago Gary Lineker reveals his one major regret in love life admission

Former England footballer and Match of the Day host Gary Lineker has revealed what the one major regret of his love life is

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6 d. ago 'Tech billionaires pushing AI could destroy us and themselves'

Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Ellison called out by the 'godfather of AI' who now regrets his life's work

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9 d. ago The Revenge Club release date, cast and episodes for 'darkly funny thriller'

The Revenge Club stars Martin Compston and Aimée-Ffion Edwards in a darkly comic thriller

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9 d. ago The Revenge Club release date and cast unveiled for Martin Compston thriller

The Revenge Club is a highly anticipated darkly comic thriller

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2 w. ago QPR player Ilias Chair opens up on regret over Belgium assault case and ‘lowest point in my life’

Chair was found guilty of assaulting a man and breaking his skull with a rock

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2 w. ago ‘Zero regrets’: Tom Heaton on life at Manchester United after 1,028 days without a game

The former England keeper discusses his sometimes borderline deluded outlook and being proud to defend the values of the club he lovesTom Heaton wears a scowl. Sodden and frozen, he trudges off a pitch at Manchester United’s Carrington training base, gesticulating and muttering a goalkeeper-eyed analysis of the game his team have just lost. “We got pumped,” he says loudly, his annoyance clear.Sometimes the obvious question must be asked: even on days such as this, does Heaton still enjoy it? “I love it,” is his response, his near-permanent grin reappearing. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘Zero regrets’: Tom Heaton on life at Manchester United after 1,029 days without a game

The former England keeper discusses his sometimes borderline deluded outlook and being proud to defend the values of the club he lovesTom Heaton wears a scowl. Sodden and frozen, he trudges off a pitch at Manchester United’s Carrington training base, gesticulating and muttering a goalkeeper-eyed analysis of the game his team have just lost. “We got pumped,” he says loudly, his annoyance clear.Sometimes the obvious question must be asked: even on days such as this, does Heaton still enjoy it? “I love it,” is his response, his near-permanent grin reappearing. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ITV confirms return date for 'top' drama as Martin Compston joins series two

Red Eye is returning to ITV for series two and will see Jing Lusi reprise her role as DS Hana Li alongside Lesley Sharp and Jemma Moore

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2 w. ago Martin Compston loves doing his own stunts so he can 'feel like James Bond'

The 41-year-old 'lives for' tough action scenes in shows like the returning Line of Duty, The Rig, and Red Eye.

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2 w. ago Martin Compston details 'big shoes to fill' as he joins nail

The wait is almost over as the second series of ITV’s Red Eye is set to begin very soon.

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