Line of Duty bosses sack a senior crew member after stars including Vicky McClure complained over his ‘creepy’ behaviour and lewd comments to women
- A number cast members were concerned about the man’s ‘creepy comments to women’ and told the show’s stars Vicky McClure and Martin Compston
- The man’s employment was terminated half-way through filming the latest series of the popular television series
- A source said the man’s on set behaviour was ‘troubling everyone’ and he was making inappropriate comments to women
Line of Duty bosses have sacked a senior crew member after the show’s stars complained after his ‘creepy’ behaviour and lewd comments to women.
The man’s employment was terminated half-way through filming the latest series of the popular television series.
A number cast members were concerned about the man’s ‘creepy comments to women’ and told the show’s stars Vicky McClure and Martin Compston.
A source told The Sun on Sunday: ‘It really is a case of life imitating art. There was a guy on set and his behaviour was troubling everyone, including Vicky.
Vicky McClure (as Kate Fleming) pictured left and Martin Compston (as Steve Arnott) pictured right, were told about the bad behaviour by newer members of the cast
Line Of Duty’s first episode of season five (pictured) was watched by a 7.8million people last Sunday – making it the most watched show of 2019 so far
‘He was making lewd, inappropriate, slightly creepy comments to women in particular, and just rubbing everyone up the wrong way.
‘A couple of the newer cast members were especially disturbed and had a word with Vicky and Martin Compston who are integral, long-standing members of the Line of Duty family.
‘Simply put, they won’t stand for bad behaviour.
‘They were brilliant, really compassionate and constructive in their advice and, crucially, set the wheels in motion.’
TV networks have introduced new guidelines and are increasingly vigilant about inappropriate work placed behaviour since the #MeToo movement.
The gripping procedural thriller – set in AC-12, the police’s own anti-corruption unit – has just returned for its fifth series.
Line Of Duty’s first episode of season five was watched by a 7.8million people last Sunday – making it the most watched show of 2019 so far.
Pictured from left to right, Detective Sergeant Steve Arnott (Martin Compston), Detective Sergeant Kate Fleming (Vicky McClure) , Superintendent Ted Hastings (Adrian Dunbar), Corbett (Stephen Graham)
Vicky McClure, who appears as Kate Fleming in the hit crime drama, has previously spoken out about harassment.
She previously told i-News: ‘I’m very lucky that I don’t have a story to tell’
‘If something happens in the office you file a complaint and there’s a process to follow but in this industry we don’t have any safeguarding.
‘And if you’re having an experience you must feel very alone about it.
‘There are evil people in this industry who need to get caught and need to be punished and that’s what’s happening.’
World Productions has been approached for comment.