Line of Duty and Downton Abbey stars team up for twisted new crime thriller – but it’s already flooded with spoilers

DOWNTON Abbey and Line of Duty stars have teamed up for a new Netflix crime thriller series, which will undoubtedly have viewers gripped.

The impressive cast line-up for the new show titled Department Q has been announced by the streamer. 

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The upcoming series, which Downton Abbey star Matthew Goode and Line of Duty's Kelly Macdonald will be starring in, is an adaptation of Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen's books.

As with any show based on a novel, many will already know how the story unfolds, with forums and fan pages already awash with spoilers.

The new series, which is set in Edinburgh, follows Carl Morck, "a former top-rated detective assigned to a new cold case whilst wracked with guilt following an attack that left his partner paralysed and another policeman dead.”

Matthew will be fronting the show in the role of DCI Carl Morck, who is described as "brilliant but impossible". 

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Upon returning to work, Carl is tasked with creating a new cold case department called  Department Q. 

Meanwhile, Kelly will be portraying Dr Rachel Irving, a "smart" therapist tasked with getting old officers back on the front line.

Also included in the cast is Under The Banner of Heaven star Chloe Pirrie, who will be playing Merritt Lingard.

Merritt a ruthless and ambitious prosecutor, has ascended the ranks in the Crown Office and will be facing the most significant case of her career.

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Alexej Manvelov will also be starring in the series as Akram Salim,  Carl's assistant and a former police officer who fled Syria for Europe with his family when a civil war began.

Also featuring in the upcoming drama is Call The Midwife’s Leah Byrne, Shetland star Mark Bonnar, Shirley Henderson, Jamie Sives, and Kate Dickie as Moira.

The series is created by acclaimed showrunner Scott Frank, who is known for his writing and directing work on The Queen's Gambit.

Scott also served as a writer on the show alongside Chandni Lakhani, Stephen Greenhorn and Colette Kane.

Left Bank Pictures, the same production company behind Outlander and The Crown, are producing the drama. 

Production is currently underway in Scotland, but the series' arrival on our screens still needs to be unveiled. 

In the meantime, Netflix fans have raved 'it's about time' as a record-breaking show confirmed its return to screens.

The streaming giant recently confirmed that season two of The Night Agent is in production.

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