23 Ted Hastings quotes you'll only understand if you're from Belfast
This man means business!
Line of Duty first hit our screens back in 2012 and has amassed a legion of loyal fans. The sixth series of the show aired in 2021 and is thought to have been the last - although viewers are holding out hope for series seven!
One character that was hugely popular was Superintendent Ted Hastings, played by local legend Adrian Dunbar. The Northern Irish police officer added unique charm to the sometimes-menacing anti-corruption unit. Hastings’ witty banter and local phrases helped to break up the formal police lingo and acronyms, so we've decided to take a look at some of his best lines.
23 of Ted Hastings' best quotes from Line of Duty:
“There’s only one thing I’m interested in and that is catching bent coppers”
"Jesus, Mary and Joseph and the wee donkey"
“Frankly son, right now, I couldn’t give a s---”
“You’ve got a bloody nerve”
“Now we’re sucking diesel”
“For years, the security in this department has been watertight… then you come along, suddenly we’re leaking like a colander”
“She’ll be laughing on the other side of her face when I’m finished with her”
“Now we’re cooking with gas!”
“She’s cooked her goose now”
“Houl yer whisht”
“Mother of God”
“I didn’t float up the Lagan in a bubble”
“None of my people would plant evidence. They know I would throw the book at them – followed by the bookshelf”
“No more beating around the bush, we raid Operation Lighthouse”
“We've been round the houses Steve. Round the houses and down the bloody drains"
“Gotcha a big pint of that cats’ p--- that you young fellas seem to like so much”
“Go back to the coal face, the pair of you, unless you’ve got more egg-sucking tips for your Granny”
“Don't talk to me about victimisation, nobody's blacker than me, son"
“You were going like the clappers”
“God give me strength”
“That’s us now”
“I think you should sit down, fella. Or I’ll handcuff you to that desk”
“You look like a couple of kids who’ve been caught robbing an orchard”
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