Following exclusive revelations on this website last week, regarding family connections from which conflicts of interest may arise, an Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council spokeswoman has said that Strategic Director, Communities and Reform, Rebekah Sutcliffe, will not be standing down from a controversial Greater Manchester Police investigation, codenamed Operation Hexagon. After details of the alleged conflictsContinue reading “Council say ‘conflicted’ Director will not stand down from police investigation.”
Tag Archives: Line of Duty
End of the Line?
Over the past seven weeks, or so, I have written elsewhere on this website a review of each of the preceding six episodes of the blockbusting TV Drama, Line of Duty, writes Neil Wilby. Those reviews, each of which also included a look ahead to the next instalment, and addressed the burning questions that grewContinue reading “End of the Line?”
Line of Duty – review of episode 6
Last week’s review of episode 5 proved a big hit and sets the bar high (read here). There were some good calls, spectacular misses and a couple of shots hit the woodwork. I’m grateful to every one of the tens of thousands who read and shared the piece. This is all a welcome, if challenging,Continue reading “Line of Duty – review of episode 6”
Line of Duty – review of episode 5
Unsurprisingly, viewing figures are rocketing as this season builds to a climax with another dramatic, twists and turns renewal last week. Series six, episode one was watched by 9.6 million BBC One viewers, a record audience for Line of Duty, surpassing the series five finale, watched by 9.1 million people. By episode five this had grown to 9.92 million. This is very goodContinue reading “Line of Duty – review of episode 5”
Line of Duty – review of episode 4
Wow! That was Jed Mercurio and television drama at their finest. Keeping up with the storyline Where to start? Because with Line of Duty plots it is often not ‘at the very beginning’. We leave that to Julie Andrews and Sound of Music. Indeed, for this week’s review the closing scene is a good startingContinue reading “Line of Duty – review of episode 4”
Line of Duty 6 – review of episode 3
After a relatively static second stanza, with much of the attention focused in the AC-12 interview room, the pace definitely quickened sharply in this week’s renewal, writes Neil Wilby. Keeping up with the storyline Central, of course, to this season’s Line of Duty action is Operation Lighthouse, the unsolved murder of investigative journalist, Gail Vella.Continue reading “Line of Duty 6 – review of episode 3”
Line of Duty 6 – review of episode 1
The first episode of Season 6 of Line of Duty aired on BBC One on 21st March, 2021. The series follows investigations of AC-12, a specialist unit investigating police corruption (read more here). After a wait of almost two years, Central Police, and its controversial AC-12 team, burst back onto our television screens last SundayContinue reading “Line of Duty 6 – review of episode 1”
Review of February, 2021 on neilwilby.com
A fairly busy month saw six articles published on this website. They have contributed to a pleasing and continuing upward trend in visitor numbers and page impressions. The first, published on 10th February, saw a return to the vexed situation in Oldham, where a group of political agitators cling desperately to a series of mostlyContinue reading “Review of February, 2021 on neilwilby.com”
Popular policing drama set for return
The highly acclaimed Line Of Duty is back on our TV screens on Sunday March 21st, 2021, the BBC has confirmed. Particularly popular in this quarter, as much of the content elsewhere on this website features policing issues and officer misconduct, writes Neil Wilby. For two years, devoted fans have been keenly anticipating the sixthContinue reading “Popular policing drama set for return”
Peering Into The Gloom
In an article published on this website on 11th November, 2018, ‘The mystery of the missing peer review’ (read in full here), the importance of freedom of information (FOI) requests as an aid to journalism was highlighted. It investigated the background to an alleged ‘cover-up’ by the chief constable of Greater Manchester Police over well-publicisedContinue reading “Peering Into The Gloom”
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