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Bloodlands: BBC Thriller Isn’t the New Line of Duty (But Watch It Anyway) – Den of Geek

Four-part BBC One crime drama Bloodlands may come from Line of Duty creator Jed Mercurio’s production company, but it’s a different beast

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We cant rightly answer because the city is unspecified in Line of Duty. The names of streets, neighbourhoods, landmarks and police precincts are inventions (or, quite rightly, fan nods to Hill Street Blues). Its not a show about a specific force policing a specific place with a specific history, but something broader. Its about the struggle between human weakness and strength – often within a single character – inside the institution of the police. Its about greed and foibles and hypocrisy, laziness…

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