Adrian Dunbar

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Dunbar is taking the lead role in a new crime drama, playing DI Alex Ridley who, after 25 years of working on homicide cases, has retired from the police force.

“We’re so excited to be teaming up once again with the inimitable Adrian Dunbar, bringing to life Paul Matthew Thompson’s characterful and engaging scripts,” says Fisher. “Jonathan and I worked closely together on the very successful series Blood, and I’m confident we can bring some of that magic to Ridley. “Ridley has begun shooting and we really couldn’t be off to a better start,” remarked Dunbar from the set in Lancashire back in January.

The new series is inspired by real life retired detectives who rejoin police forces in a consultancy role.

Dunbar also confirmed he will be starring in a film called, Emily, that will come out in October. When asked if there will be a new series of Line of Duty, Dunbar replied: "We're [the cast and writers] going to have a curry and we are all really keen to see each other again. In a statement, Dunbar said of the exciting new drama: "I don't think I've ever headed into a production with more excitement and enthusiasm. When we [the producers] were talking about this, I said it's going to be in Lancashire, it's going to be the winter, it's going to be cold, we're going to be up in the dales. An ex-colleague comes to see him, to tell him about a piece of evidence that has come up in a case. The colleague comes to warn up that this piece of evidence will come back to him. "We really would like to do something else but we don't know if we are. We agreed really quickly on the songs we should do." You meet Alex at a very difficult time in his life because just over a year ago he lost his wife and daughter in a house fire that he feels slightly culpable for because he wasn't there at the time. So the idea came to us that we set the jazz club up with a friend of his. The new series is inspired by real life retired detectives who rejoin police forces in a consultancy role. Speaking on This Morning, Dunbar said: "It's a big responsibility your name in the title.

The series will introduce us to charismatic Ex Detective Inspector Alex Ridley (Adrian Dubar), who has retired from the police force after years of dedicated ...

The regular cast also includes Bhavna Limbachia (Citizen Khan, Coronation Street), Aidan McArdle (The Trial of Christine Keeler, The Fall) and Julie Graham (Shetland, Penance). Ridley is written and created by Paul Matthew Thompson, one of the lead writers of ITV’s iconic detective drama, Vera, and co-created by Jonathan Fisher (Blood, Hollington Drive, Penance), Managing Director of West Road Pictures. Ridley’s replacement is DI Carol Farman (Bronagh Waugh) his former protégée whom Ridley mentored for many years.

Dunbar is taking the lead role in a new crime drama, playing DI Alex Ridley who, after 25 years of working on homicide cases, has retired from the police force.

“We’re so excited to be teaming up once again with the inimitable Adrian Dunbar, bringing to life Paul Matthew Thompson’s characterful and engaging scripts,” says Fisher. “Jonathan and I worked closely together on the very successful series Blood, and I’m confident we can bring some of that magic to Ridley. “Ridley has begun shooting and we really couldn’t be off to a better start,” remarked Dunbar from the set in Lancashire back in January. Fisher is also one of the co-creators of the series alongside writer Paul Matthew Thompson, whose previous work includes episodes of another ITV crime hit, Vera; he also created the BBC’s Shakespeare and Hathaway. “I don’t think I’ve ever headed into a production with more excitement and enthusiasm. But now the Northern Ireland-born actor is about to prove there is life beyond the man with a one-liner for every occasion.

DI Carol Farman: Bronagh Waugh; DCI Paul Goodwin: Terence Maynard; Dr Wendy Newstone: Georgie Glen; DC Darren Lakhan: George Bukhari; Annie Marling: Julie ...

- Kate Ridley: Jacquetta May - Geri Farman: Bhavna Limbachia - Alex Ridley: Adrian Dunbar

Line Of Duty star Adrian Dunbar is back on our screens in ITV series Ridley. Here he talks about the struggling detective and what lies ahead for him.

So I think the relationship with her is great. So therefore, there isn't friction between them because ultimately, I think that they both know that they just want to solve the case. And I think there is that quality about him. He finds it very difficult, and I suppose getting back to work is the start of a healing process. So yes, I think that is an element. She's always been somebody who he tells what to do, and she's always followed his advice. I think he doesn't have a line. So I'm hoping that as the series progresses, you'll see a progression in him sort of returning to himself. He's lost his wife and daughter in a terrible house fire that he feels guilty about, because he feels that he could have done more to stop that. That is something that is an ongoing storyline through the series that resolves itself a bit in episode four. Dealing with life and loss, Alex Ridley is drawn back into his previous world when his quaint town is disrupted by the seemingly unprovoked murder of a local farmer. Can you tell me a bit more about that, and your thoughts on his process throughout the series?

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Adrian Dunbar, the bastion of AC-12, is back on screens this weekend in ITV's brand new crime drama Ridley as the titular detective lured out of retirement.

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Ridley star Adrian Dunbar has discussed why he chose to sing for the ITV crime drama, where he plays a retired detective who owns a jazz club.

[subscribe now](http://radiotimes.com/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article) and get the next 12 issues for only £1. "I thought if he's running his own club with the wonderful Julie Graham, who’s an old mate, then that would feel kind of right... "Subsequently, we contacted Richard and we found three of his songs that we really liked, because I thought they really suited my character. I also wanted a place within the show every week that you’d go to that was a bit warmer and a bit more glamorous." I came across Richard Hawley, who I didn’t know, and started listening to his songs," recalled Dunbar in an interview released to press. And then I did some research regarding jazz and the north of England and so forth.

Adrian Dunbar is set to film a new television show tracing his roots. The Line of Duty star will be linking up with actor pal Neil Morrissey for the project ...

We’ve mimicked the relationship between Carol and Ridley” Adrian said: “There was a huge sense of responsibility. But these things are all the more wonderful when they happen later because I think you’re in a better place to deal with it and also more likely to have learnt how to make the part work. For all his strengths, moral core, bluster and honesty, where women were concerned, his personal life was in bits. He said: “I might be doing something with Neil Morrissey, who’s an old friend of mine. “I think people responded to that aspect of his character, and certainly, Ridley is in a pretty sad place.”