Martin Compston reunites with Line of Duty pal in Waitrose Christmas advert as fans say ‘this is so iconic’

MARTIN Compston has reunited with a Line of Duty co-star successful an "iconic" Christmas ad.

The telly star, 40, joined forces with his spouse successful transgression to ace a festive case.

Compston, who portrays anti-corruption bull Steve Arnott successful the fashionable BBC drama, was backmost with Vicky McClure, who plays Kate Fleming, for the Waitrose project.

Compston and McClure, 41, swapped constabulary badges for Christmas jumpers arsenic they sat down for immoderate festive telly.

But they soon reverted to their crime-busting ways aft a shocking twist saw idiosyncratic bargain barroom from the fridge.

The advertisement saw the brace effort to fig retired the individuality of the Christmas culprit.

Both telly detectives belted retired references from the deed drama, including referring to each different arsenic "mate" arsenic they bash successful the show.

Compston uttered memorable lines specified arsenic "run that back" and "pause" arsenic they scoured implicit the telly programme.

While McClure utters an iconic enactment from Adrian Dunbar's Ted Hastings: "Now we're cooking with gas."

She past says "we've got ourselves a case" arsenic they statesman probing the yuletide theft.

And it didn't instrumentality agelong earlier they compiled a database of suspects.

Among them were 2 sad-faced youngsters arsenic Compston said: "I'm telling you, they look similar a mates of kids who person been caught robbing the fridge."

But making notation to the galore mendacious clues and twists and turns keeping Line of Duty viewers gripped, McClure responds: "Well if you are going to spell down that enactment of enquiry you are going to beryllium near holding a herring."

The database of suspects adjacent included a Granny with a "face similar thunder" and adjacent the favored CAT.

Waitrose promised fans would find retired adjacent much astir the Christmas case, arsenic a portion 2 to the clip was confirmed.

And fans couldn't fell their excitement astatine the reunion.

One said: "SHUT UP! This has gone next level. I americium buzzing!"

Another wrote: "Waitrose you conscionable won Christmas".

While a 3rd commented: "This is truthful iconic. Serving each the play with the champion detectives."

But different fans were convinced the advertisement was the stars teasing a caller bid of the show.

One idiosyncratic replied: "OMG this is the LOD tease I needed today."

Line of Duty was past connected our screens 3 years ago.

The astir caller occurrence aired successful 2021, and near viewers connected the borderline of their seats arsenic the notorious 'H' was revealed and AC12 were near astir powerless to instrumentality down bent coppers successful the fictional Central Police.

Since past fans person perpetually been crying retired for the amusement to proceed - with immoderate reunion sparking rumours of a comeback for AC-12.

The stars precocious sent fans into a frenzy arsenic they reunited and partied successful the backmost of a rickshaw connected the streets of London.

But the stars person each moved connected to antithetic projects since the deed anti-corruption amusement past aired.

McClure took up different bull relation arsenic Bomb Squad tech Lana Washington successful the explosive ITV drama Trigger Point.

Meanwhile, Compston took to the seas arsenic helium played doomed sailor Craig Burke successful submarine play Vigil, and past Fulmer Hamilton in Amazon Prime's The Rig.