Her relationships are everything: whether with family, friends, her fiance or her colleagues, who seem to inevitably become mates. On Twitter you can follow the MEN here and we also have individual accounts for both Manchester United and Manchester City too. There is one of Ralph’s boat in training, with a blurry outline of a signaller in view, though it is impossible to tell if it is him or not. The series follows grieving mother Stella Tomlinson as she recovers from the death of her 14-year-old daughter Maisy who she found dead in her home with the hooded and bloodied figure of Charles Stone standing over her. That's not going well, she's got fraught relationships with her ex and her mum [Jessie, played by Dorothy Atkinson], and she's insular and paranoid.

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Here he meets three other curious, brave, funny kids and together they solve the mystery of a series of thefts happening across the site. She first played her in the 2006 award-winning film, then the three acclaimed series for Channel 4 that followed. Those who now know Vicky McClure as Kate Fleming – by-the-book, middle-class, career-driven – may not recognise her as Lol, the young, big-hearted skinhead who, pre-Line of Duty, was McClure’s most famous role, one that won her a TV Bafta in 2010.There is a mess of half-truths to untangle, among family, friends, organised criminals, small-time crooks, lost kids and hopeless adults.

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But the lads out here like gritty police procedurals with a bit of Enigma machine-style codebreaking, don’t they? She auditioned for the prestigious Italia Conti School in London aged 14, but the fees were beyond their reach, and pleas to local council and arts organisations (and even family and friends) were unsuccessful. Meadows’ This Is England saga told the story of a group of working-class kids growing up together on a Midlands estate – and their messy, painful, joyful lives over almost a decade.

However, the finger of blame has started pointing at the children – they must find the true culprit to clear their names and see justice done! Vicky has brought her wit, creativity and passion to every part of the process; we are so thrilled to be working with her and Kim on this exceptional story – it shines with true child appeal. The pair continued to speak about the new book, aimed at ages 9-12, and Lorraine praised Line of Duty star Vicky for the use of a character with ADHD and the way she describes dementia with ‘great fondness’. Inspiration for the story comes from my work with ‘Our Dementia Choir’ and ‘Line of Duty’, my favourite film ‘Stand By Me’, and my own childhood holidays in ‘Skeggy’! The first laugh-out-loud, twisty mystery for young readers by amazing actress and dementia campaigner, Vicky McClure.