Line of Duty cast reach out to Life on Mars and Midsomer Murders police to track down crooked copper in spoof sketch

LINE of Duty's cast has reached out to Life on Mars and Midsomer Murders police to track down crooked coppers in a hilarious spoof sketch.

The BBC drama's stars Vicky McClure, Adrian Dunbar and Martin Compston reprised their roles for the latest sketch to raise money for Asks for Masks.

Produced by Line of Duty creator Jed Mercurio, the sketch saw Ted Hastings (Adrian) video call Kate Fleming (Vicky) and Steve Arnott (Martin) to find out what was happening with the series six investigation into DCI Jo Davidson.

Fleming said Jo was "locked down" not "locked up", leading Ted to ponder which other British coppers could be corrupt.

Viewers then saw Sanjeev Bhasker, who plays DI Sunny Khan in ITV's Unforgotten, appear on screen to declare he had "nothing to hide".

But he was then seen asking someone off-camera not to look in his famous rucksack.

When Ted then mentioned a 'Flash Harry' copper, Philip Glenister then reprised his iconic role of Gene Hunt from Life on Mars, saying "Oi, shut it" to the camera before speeding off in his car.

The sketch then returned to Ted who asked: "What about that DCI with the suspicious clusters of geographically implausible murder cases?"

Midsomer Murders' Neil Dudgeon then appeared on screen using his phone to ask someone to move a body to the countryside.

Fans of the show were loving the multiple crossovers, with one writing on Twitter: "You're spoiling us."

Another added: "I love this. I just finished all of Line Of Duty on iPlayer and saw some of the filming on the last day before lockdown. Nice one Jed."

A third tweeted: "Can not get enough of these 'Lockdown Liners'.. more please xx."

Line of Duty series 1-5 are available to watch on BBC iPlayer.