‘Ted Hastings’ goes viral with Downing Street party stunt
We’d recognise that voice anywhere 🤣
A video posted on social media yesterday from the activism group Led by Donkeys, has reached over 3.5 million views overnight.
The political group staged a stunt outside New Scotland Yard, parking a van at the landmark steps playing a five-minute video questioning Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick.
The protest is against the Metropolitan Police’s decision not to investigate allegations Downing Street staff broke Covid rules.
The voice behind the video sounds like Line of Duty’s Ted Hastings, played by Enniskillen actor Adrian Dunbar.
One clip that screams AC-12 reads: “Now I didn't float up the Lagan in a bubble, and neither did the British public. That is no work meeting."
Another is: "Jesus, Mary and Joseph, led by the wee donkey. Who exactly does the Metropolitan Police work for ma’am? Our citizens or Boris Johnson?”
Led by Donkey’s is yet to confirm or deny whether the star did in fact take part, but have a listen and let us know what you think 👇
Dunbar’s character, Superintendent Ted Hastings, adds unique charm to the sometimes-menacing Anti-Corruption unit.
Hastings’ witty banter and phrases help break up the formal police lingo and acronyms, something the writers tend to exaggerate at times.
With series six being just as exciting and explosive as before...we are holding out for news of a seventh series!
Check out some of Ted Hasting’s 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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