Line of Duty fans overjoyed as Ted Hastings says everyone’s favourite line

Fans of hit crime drama Line of Duty were left cheering at their screens after a character finally said one of the show’s best-loved lines.

The celebrations came after Superintendent Ted Hastings, played by Adrian Dunbar, came out with a fan favourite line, which has become the character’s unofficial catchphrase.

Hastings heads up Anti-Corruption Unit 12 (AC-12), which is tasked with investigating corrupt police officers in the show.

And as head of AC-12 Hastings’ hatred of dodgy police officers is well known – but they’re not the words he would use to describe corrupt officers.

His well-worn phrasing has become a hit with Line of Duty fans, but he failed to say the words in the first episode of the latest series.

But fans finally got what they wanted tonight when Hastings uttered the immortal words: “I’m interested in one thing and one thing only.

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“And that’s bent coppers.”

As it was the first time Hastings said “bent coppers” in the sixth series of the show viewers went wild, with many taking to Twitter to celebrate.

Viewer Pippa Jones took to the social media site to explain the feeling in her home: “Me and Tobes just punched the air… … Bent Coppers!”

Hannah Wood tweeted out a clip of Meryl Streep shouting at an awards ceremony, along with the caption: “The whole of the UK shouting ‘bent coppers’ at the tv when Ted says he’s only interested in one thing”.

Meanwhile, dozens of memes and pictures of bent 1p and 2p coins were posted on social media to signify the line.

Niamh Marley Ashford summed up the thoughts of everyone who watched the show with this tweet: “Ted Hastings says ‘I’m only interested in one thing – catching bent coppers” and a nation rejoices, and goes to bed happy.”

Line of Duty runs every Sunday at 9pm on BBC One.