‘Deeply engaging’ 6-part police thriller is the perfect binge watch if you’re missing Line of Duty

We’re seriously missing Line of Duty, but the BBC has the perfect antidote as they’re adding all six episodes of police drama The Uniform. Get the details here

Two police officers in a hallway, one with short hair and a beard, the other with short hair, both wearing black uniforms with 'POLITI' on the back.

ine of Duty’s seventh season can’t come soon enough, and if you’re missing the gritty police procedural, then the BBC has the perfect programme for you.

The network has just acquired The Uniform, a six-part Danish-language series that revolves around a shooting inside a police academy. The series doesn’t have an airdate, but it will soon be added to the iPlayer and be broadcast terrestrially on BBC4.

A synopsis for the show teases: “The Uniform exposes the deadly cost of loyalty and corruption within a fractured and fiercely competitive police academy in contemporary Denmark.

“A young trainee fires his weapon. One man is dead. And inside Denmark’s police academy, the fallout is immediate and explosive. As the story makes headlines, public outrage and political pressure ignite a war over who controls the future of policing.”

Speaking about the show, Nick Lee, the Head of BBC Programme Acquisition, said: “With its moral complexity and depth of character, The Uniform is a confident and deeply engaging drama. Audiences will be drawn into the world of elite rookie cops, all with that trademark Scandinavian prestige our viewers love.”

Who stars in The Uniform?

Leading the cast of The Uniform is Soheil Bavi (The Asset), Marco Ilsø (Vikings), Clara Rosager (Morbius) and Lene Maria Christensen (The Legacy).

Two men in police uniforms, one holding a gun, the other with blood on his face.© DRTV
The show will be coming to the BBC very soon

Also joining the ensemble are Jakob Cedergren (The Guilty), Mathilde Arcel F. (Agent), Gustav Dyekjær Giese (Riders of Justice), Clint Ruben (Unruly), Simon Sears (Secrets We Keep), Cyron Melville (A Royal Affair), Thomas Hwan (Bedrag) and Jacob Lohmann (The Promised Land).

What can fans expect from The Uniform?

As the series has already aired in Denmark, some reviews of the show have started coming in. Although the show follows some well-trodden cliches, the casting has come in for particular praise.

Danish reviewer Bo Tao Michaelis penned: “The clichés are lined up and expressed with the genre’s well-known precision: dad’s twelve-year-old girl, the fragile confidant, the bulletproof weapons expert, the sadist in the closet, the gentle armour that comes into character. Everyone drinks coffee from big paper cups, and there’s a little love between awkward couples with a sensitive edge. Realism is paramount with tones of social indignation.

Two characters in a fight in a still image from The Uniform© DRTV
Fans and critics have been praising the show

“That’s okay, but what lifts the series above average is its superb casting of our country’s best actors.”

Meanwhile, one fan said: “Bavi has a ludicrously expressive face that speaks volumes in his eyes alone. In many ways he carries the emotion in the series. It’s impressive watching Christensen play Hammersby half as if she’s in over her head and half as if she’s savvy enough to get everyone to do exactly what she needs them to do. Well worth the watch. An intelligent drama.”

CRE: https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/902913/bbc-the-uniform-perfect-binge-watch-missing-line-of-duty/