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Series
Episodes
Originally aired
Ave. UK viewers
(millions)[1]

Series premiere
Series finale

1
5
26 June 2012
24 July 2012
3.80

2
6
12 February 2014
19 March 2014
3.43

3
6
24 March 2016
28 April 2016
5.42

4
6
26 March 2017
30 April 2017
9.55

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text: Series 1 (2012)[edit]

text: The first series of Line of Duty – consisting of five episodes – premiered on 26 June 2012. The series follows DC Kate Fleming (Vicky McClure), DS Steve Arnott (Martin Compston) and Superintedent Ted Hastings (Adrian Dunbar) as they lead an investigation into the corrupt actions of DCI Tony Gates (Lennie James). The series' supporting characters include DC Nigel Morton (Neil Morrissey) and DS Matthew Cottan (Craig Parkinson).

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No. in series
Title[2]
Directed by
Original air date
UK viewers
(million)[3]

1
1
"A Disastrous Affair"
David Caffrey
26 June 2012 (2012-06-26)
3.76

A counter-terrorist police raid kills an innocent man after mistakenly raiding the wrong flat. DS Steve Arnott refuses to take part in a cover-up. He is transferred to AC-12, an anti-corruption squad led by Superintendent Ted Hastings. Hastings informs Arnott that his first investigation will focus on DCI Tony Gates, the senior officer of TO-20, a unit of Central Police CID, who has just been made Officer of the Year. Hastings has received a tip-off that Gates has a suspiciously high clearance rate due to "laddering" – a process in which a number of different charges are placed on the same defendant to increase an officer's number of successful cases. Initially, Hastings interviews Gates on a minor charge – failure to report accepting a free breakfast for apprehending a mugger outside a local cafe.
Meanwhile, Gates offers advice to his lover, Jackie Laverty, after she claims to have hit a dog after drink driving on her way home from a works do. Gates initially offers to help her cover up the incident, by faking a break-in at her home. However, when DS Cottan informs him of the cases that have come in overnight during the morning briefing, he discovers that Jackie actually killed a person during the incident, and not a dog as she claimed. Gates urges her to come clean. Meanwhile, Kate Fleming, currently assigned to divisional CID, approaches Gates and asks if she can join his team. He suggests she come out for drinks with the team to see how they get along, unaware that she is secretly working for AC-12. Meanwhile, DS Leah Janson informs Gates that crime statistics on the Bogg estate are on the rise once more, so Gates assigns TO-20 to investigate. Surveillance reveals that two suspected drug dealers are operating out of a derelict house. Gates asks his team to take turns keeping an eye on the property. Laverty comes in to make a statement about the hit and run to an intelligence officer, but fails to disclose her part in the victim's death. When the victim is identified, Gates manages to gain access to the computer records, and deletes the missing persons report which identifies the victim – but not before Arnott manages to take a look.

2
2
"The Assault"
David Caffrey
3 July 2012 (2012-07-03)
3.84

Gates continues his investigation into the double murder of the two suspected drug dealers, and interviews a less than co-operative witness – whom he forces to talk by threatening that, even if he does not talk, he will be labelled a police snitch. Dot and Deepak apologise for leaving the surveillance early. Meanwhile, Simon and Karen respond to a silent alarm at a block of flats and catch a burglar in the act. Leah interviews him, and during interrogation he also confesses to a number of other offences. Meanwhile, Arnott ponders why Gates has taken on the case of the hit and run. Whilst interviewing waitress Nadzia, she informs him that Gates' breakfast companion was tall, slim and dark-haired, and Arnott suspects she may have been describing Laverty. A search on the police database reveals a number of burglaries committed by the offender caught by Simon and Karen were on properties owned by Laverty Holdings PLC.
Arnott visits a hairdresser's that was burgled and suspects that Laverty may be running a money laundering scam. Back at the murder scene, the team realise that the attackers cannot have found what they were looking for, but upon discovery of a secret hiding place where they suspect the drugs may have been stashed, they find it has been emptied. Meanwhile, Gates confronts Laverty over the death of her accountant. She tells him that her plan was to expand her business and that he disagreed with the idea, but Gates realises that he discovered that she was laundering money and threatened to tell the police. Gates arrests her, but on the way to the police station she persuades him to release her. Meanwhile, another drug dealer is found dead on the estate, but Gates is nowhere to be found. Kate realises that Gates has disappeared and informs Arnott. Back at Laverty's house, she and Gates engage in another passionate encounter, until masked intruders force their way in. Gates is knocked unconscious, Laverty is murdered, and the unconscious Gates's fingerprints are placed on the murder weapon.

3
3
"In the Trap"
David Caffrey
10 July 2012 (2012-07-10)
3.80

Arnott speeds to Laverty's house following a tip-off from Fleming, only to find Gates supposedly searching the property, claiming that he has come to arrest Laverty. Whilst at the property, Gates tampers with evidence, hiding his whisky glass and wiping his prints from the bottle just as his team arrives. Arnott demands that Forensics dust the table for prints in the hope of proving that Gates was at the property before Laverty disappeared. Hastings and Arnott haul Gates in for questioning. Gates confirms that Laverty was an old flame, but he denies all knowledge of the money laundering scam. Gates flounders when Arnott asks him how he managed to park his car on Laverty's drive unless she let him onto the property, a hesitation which Arnott suspects is a sign of guilt. Hastings informs Gates' senior officer that he is to be taken off the Laverty case.
Fleming looks at CCTV from the night of the murder of the two drug dealers. She finds video footage which suggests that the killers circulated the area for some time in a car on false plates until Dot and Deepak left. Meanwhile, Gates tries to dispose of the whiskey glass from Laverty's house. Fleming receives a call from uniform to say that the cloned car has been spotted, and Gates and Morton give chase. During the pursuit, Gates is kidnapped and taken to a warehouse where he is shown Jackie Laverty's body and is told to stay quiet, or the knife with his fingerprints on will be handed in to the police. A dogged Arnott acts on a tip-off to say the whiskey glass is hidden in a storm drain – a fact which Gates reveals he falsely told Deepak, supposedly confirming Deepak is the mole leaking information to AC-12. Meanwhile, Arnott discovers his colleagues from the armed raid have accused him of messing up the orders, which resulted in the death of an innocent victim. Racked with guilt and his inability to see past his colleagues' betrayal, Arnott sends a text to Fleming and Hastings reading "I'm no longer the man for the job. Gates has won."

4
4
"Terror"
Douglas Mackinnon
17 July 2012 (2012-07-17)
3.87

Fleming suggests to Arnott that the link between Laverty's money laundering scam and Gates may be his children's school fees. Arnott visits the school, who later confirm that Laverty paid the deposit and the first full term in cash. Arnott agrees to return to AC-12. Meanwhile, Hastings decides to bring in the rest of Gates' squad to interrogate them over the 'laddering' charge. Morton refuses to comment, Fleming sticks to her cover and decides to back up Gates, but during questioning Hastings interrogates Cottan about the night of the surveillance on Greek Lane, and he claims that Gates ordered Deepak and him to end surveillance, unaware that this would create a prime slot in the timeline for the killers to strike. Meanwhile, forensic evidence at the crime scene and Arabic books belonging to the victims leads Gates to cook up a story regarding a possible terrorism plot, allowing him to wind up Arnott about the armed raid in which he failed to capture a terrorist cell.
Meanwhile, Gates tries to find the location where Jackie Laverty's body is being kept. He receives another call from 'Tommy', who informs him that Arnott has been poking his nose into Laverty's businesses, causing him to lose profits. 'Tommy' informs Gates that he wants Arnott out of the way. Hastings and Arnott inform Hilton that they have a witness who claims that Gates controlled the sequence of events to allow the murder of the two drug dealers. Gates finds the location where he was held, but Laverty's body has disappeared. Morton catches Fleming with two phones and realises she was the real AC-12 mole. He assaults her and drives off to find Gates. Arnott receives a phone call from the owner of the hairdresser's claiming he has information linking Gates to the gang. He sets up a meet, but when Arnott arrives he finds Gates colluding with the gang. Before he can escape, he is ambushed and tied to a chair, and his fingers are placed in a vice. Gates drives away, realising there is no way out.

5
5
"The Probation"
Douglas Mackinnon
24 July 2012 (2012-07-24)
3.72

Gates returns to rescue Arnott from the hands of his torturers. Arnott, who is convinced that Gates is innocent of the murders and believes Gates can lead him to the killers, lies to Fleming and tells her that Gates did not play any part in his kidnapping. Meanwhile, with her cover blown, Fleming is forced to leave TO-20, but not before Morton expresses his disgust. Cottan is assigned as deputy SIO on the triple murder case, while Arnott's former counter-terrorism Chief Inspector is brought in to oversee the operation into apprehending the suspects. Fleming interviews Ryan, who denies any knowledge of 'Tommy' or the murder of Jackie Laverty. He does, however, reveal to Fleming that it was Gates who rescued Arnott. Fleming, upset that her colleague has lied to her, informs Hastings. Meanwhile, Arnott uses Morton to set up a midnight rendezvous with Gates. Gates tries to convince Arnott that he has never 'crossed the line', even once, and that he was forced to turn rogue and did not have any choice in the matter.
Arnott persuades Hastings to let him use Gates to get to Tommy. Hastings agrees to put a tap on the phone network used by Tommy until one of his many phone numbers is re-activated. Arnott primes Gates, who convinces his wife to let him spend one final hour with his children. When the phone number is re-activated, Gates, Arnott and Fleming trail Tommy to the Edge Park golf club. Gates arrests Tommy. Under interrogation, Tommy reveals that his boys were responsible for the murder of Jackie Laverty and also took out the three drug dealers. Tommy claims that the murders were committed by 'an inside man, someone special to him' who 'always follows orders' and who would admit to them if he forced him to. As Arnott and Fleming catch up with them, Gates realises that his career is over and decides to commit suicide, telling Arnott to inform his wife that he was killed in the line of duty. After Tommy is arrested, Cottan has a quiet word with him. Tommy says, 'You tell me how I'm going to play this one', to which Cottan replies, 'Offer them all the information you can and plead immunity', seemingly confirming that Cottan is Tommy's inside man, later revealed as 'The Caddy', having been recruited as a teenager when he caddied for Tommy at a local golf club.
In an epilogue, Gates's family receives a death-in-service benefit of £107,000 plus a pension for life. Arnott and his former counter-terrorism colleagues are acquitted of all charges. The evidence obtained on Tommy is never used, and he is put in the witness protection system. The case against Gates is closed.

text: Series 2 (2014)[edit]

text: The second series of Line of Duty – consisting of six episodes – premiered on 12 February 2014. The series follows DC Kate Fleming (Vicky McClure), DS Steve Arnott (Martin Compston) and Superintedent Ted Hastings (Adrian Dunbar) as they lead an investigation into the corrupt actions of DI Lindsay Denton (Keeley Hawes). The series' supporting characters include DC Nigel Morton (Neil Morrissey) and DS Matthew Cottan (Craig Parkinson).

text: Series two received even better reviews than its predecessor,[4] despite lower viewing figures,[5] and was ranked the best television drama of 2014 by The Observer.[6]

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UK viewers
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6
1
"The Ambush"
Douglas Mackinnon
12 February 2014 (2014-02-12)
2.74

A police convoy escorting a civilian under a witness protection scheme is attacked. The witness is hospitalised and all police officers are killed – with the exception of Inspector Lindsay Denton, who organised the operation at very short notice and who only informed DCC Dryden. Ted Hastings asks Steve and Kate to investigate Denton, but Kate initially asks not to take part. She explains that she trained together with Jayne Akers, one of the dead officers, but she has also been having an affair with Jayne's husband, Rich. She is replaced by Georgia Trotman, an ambitious but less-experienced officer who is troubled that the team are treating Denton as a suspect and delving into her finances. However, she and Steve quickly grow close, while Hastings tries to keep up appearances with his estranged wife. Denton, shunned by her fellow officers, is transferred to a missing persons unit, and Kate, undercover once again, becomes her assistant. Kate follows Denton to the nursing home where her mother lives and sees Denton ring the hospital where the injured witness is being treated. Georgia and Steve race to the hospital and confront a man disguised as a nurse. Steve is knocked unconscious; Georgia, who sees the killer's face, is thrown out of a window to her death, and the witness is killed.

7
2
"Carly"
Douglas Mackinnon
19 February 2014 (2014-02-19)
3.21

Steve discovers that a nurse on the witness's ward, Claire Tindall, was threatened into giving the killer access by a man she knows as Joe, but whom she is unable to identify. Denton begins her work in missing persons with the case of a vanished teenager named Carly Kirk. As they work together, Kate attempts to gain Denton's confidence, but Denton sees through this, assaults Kate and steals her phone. Denton is interviewed again by AC-12 and claims that she rang the hospital to ask that the witness exonerate her, but the team do not believe her and Hastings arrests her for conspiracy. At this point Denton turns the tables and gives evidence, on the record, that Steve made an unofficial romantic visit to Claire, Hastings has financial problems (something he previously cited as making Denton vulnerable to bribery) and Kate's cell phone has an "interesting" call history (alluding to her affair with Richard Akers). Meanwhile, a story surfaces in the press that DCC Dryden took penalty points for his wife when she committed a driving offence.
In a parallel sub-plot, Denton has a dispute with her alcoholic neighbour. The neighbour plays loud music late at night, and accepts cash in return for not doing so. One evening Denton snaps and strikes her with a wine bottle, which she then wipes down and disposes of. When the neighbour reports the attack, Denton flatly denies it. Again the music disturbs Denton, who finds her neighbour's door open and the woman asleep, while a chip pan is heating up. On reflection, Denton turns the gas off, takes the money and leaves.

8
3
"Behind Bars"
Douglas Mackinnon
26 February 2014 (2014-02-26)
3.34

Denton is remanded in custody, where she is victimised by both staff and prisoners, having her hands badly burnt and warned not to speak to the authorities. Hastings requests witness protection records from Dryden, allowing AC-12 to discover the identity of the dead witness: Tommy Hunter, the gang leader previously arrested by Tony Gates. Cottan believes that the mole who betrayed the escort was in fact Jayne Akers, the liaison officer. Kate visits Denton, who knows about Kate's affair with Jayne's husband, which Cottan also suspects. Denton's accusations also cause friction between Hastings and Steve, and Dryden's driving offence continues to occupy the press. To draw attention away from himself, Dryden leaks the information that Denton is the officer under investigation. At the site where Denton stole Kate's phone and blew her cover, Kate discovers a body, apparently that of the missing Carly. She re-interviews Denton, who claims that Dryden, a married man, had an affair with her and has set her up. Kate discovers that Dryden and Denton did previously work together, lending some credence to this story. Cottan discovers from forensic accountants that Jayne Akers received a large sum of cash shortly before she died.

9
4
"Blood Money"
Daniel Nettheim
5 March 2014 (2014-03-05)
3.46

Steve and Kate persuade Hastings to bring Dryden in for questioning but find the DCC uncooperative and frosty. They face a further problem when the Major Violent Crimes team bring in Richard Akers before they can do so, as Steve mistakenly assumed that Richard was unaware of his wife's corruption and so decided he was not a priority. When they do get to interview Akers, he reveals that Jayne kept recordings of Tommy as leverage and stored them at a PO Box. The recordings show Tommy threatening to inform on various parties, including corrupt police officers "from the two-faced bastard right down to The Caddy", unless they ensure his witness protection and immunity are maintained. A recording of Dryden publicly criticising the immunity Tommy and others like him receive suggest he is the corrupt officer in question, and AC-12 begin seeking the identity of 'The Caddy'.
Denton is granted permission to visit her dying mother at her nursing home, but on the return journey Denton's prison van is run off the road. Fleeing for her life, Denton finds herself confronted by two corrupt police officers, including the man who murdered Georgia Trottman.

10
5
"Last Words"
Daniel Nettheim
12 March 2014 (2014-03-12)
3.73

Denton manages to escape her kidnappers in violent circumstances that lead to the death of one and the hospitalisation of the other, and AC-12 find themselves forced to decide where their loyalties lie between Denton and Dryden. With the evidence mounting against the latter, the discovery of pictures showing Dryden and 15-year-old Carly Kirk in a compromising situation is the final nail in the coffin, resulting in Steve and Kate finally arresting the DCC. However, when presented with AC-12's evidence, Dryden still strongly maintains he is being set up. Meanwhile, Cottan approaches DC Morton from his old team. Morton is the officer who sold the story about Dryden's driving offence to the papers, and Cottan blackmails him into falsely saying Jeremy Cole, the deceased kidnapper, was nicknamed 'The Caddy' by fellow officers.

11
6
"The Caddy"
Daniel Nettheim
19 March 2014 (2014-03-19)
4.12

Dryden claims that Denton was at the car park when he was photographed in the car with Carly. Steve gets closer to Denton but reveals to Kate that he is undercover, as she was earlier. Steve finds the pay-off money hidden among the possessions Denton took from her mother's room.
A flashback shows the events leading up to the ambush. Denton follows Dryden to the reception, where Carly meets and attempts to seduce him. Denton has a brief conversation with her in the ladies' cloakroom and then follows Carly and Dryden to the car park, where she sees Carly fellate Dryden and that she is working for Tommy. Some days later, Denton approaches Tommy but is surprised to find him accompanied by a police detective – Akers. Akers visits Denton at her home to request help in handing Tommy over to his criminal associates, who want to kill him out of fear he will inform on them in witness protection. With a pay-off, and appealing to Denton's desire to protect Carly from her pimp and abuser, Akers persuades her to assist in the handover. In reality the handover is being planned by Cottan, the mastermind who is known only to Akers and Tommy. He orders two corrupt officers to ambush the convoy, who follow it using a tracker placed on Denton's vehicle. Akers and Tommy are both killed to protect Cottan's identity, Denton is left alive to take the blame.
Further details are revealed in an epilogue. The buried body is not Carly's, who has fled the country unknown to the authorities and criminal parties. DS Prasad, who carried out the ambush and kidnapped Denton, gives evidence against her in return for complete immunity from prosecution. DC Morton is not suspected of any wrongdoing and will retire in a year on full pension; he continues to sell confidential information to the press. DCC Dryden is given a suspended sentence for perverting the course of justice regarding his wife's speeding ticket and resigns from the police force. Denton is convicted of conspiracy to commit murder and given a life sentence. Cottan is asked to remain in AC-12. Major Violent Crimes continue to investigate who organised Tommy's murder, but no police officers beyond Denton are suspected.

text: Series 3 (2016)[edit]

text: The third series of Line of Duty – consisting of six episodes – premiered on 24 March 2016. The series follows DC Kate Fleming (Vicky McClure), DS Steve Arnott (Martin Compston) and Superintedent Ted Hastings (Adrian Dunbar) as they lead an investigation into the corrupt actions of Sergeant Danny Waldron (Daniel Mays). The series' supporting characters include DC Nigel Morton (Neil Morrissey), DS Matthew Cottan (Craig Parkinson), and DI Lindsay Denton (Keeley Hawes). The storyline featured in this series is a direct continuation of the second series' plot.

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Title[8]
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UK viewer
(millions)[9][10]

12
1
"Monsters"
Michael Keillor
24 March 2016 (2016-03-24)
3.54

Sgt. Danny Waldron and his team of armed officers are deployed to detain Ronan Murphy, a suspect wanted in connection with a plot to commit a gangland execution. Waldron orders a 'hard stop' on the suspect's vehicle, forcing the suspect to decamp into a nearby housing estate. Waldron gives chase, but catches up with him long before his team arrive. Waldron decides to shoot the suspect in cold blood, despite him having already surrendered his gun, and fakes the scene to make it look like he opened fire before he was shot. When Waldron's team arrive, he orders them to discharge their weapons. Under interrogation from AC-12, Waldron looks to have an answer for everything, until DS Arnott's line of questioning into his private life begins to spook him. Hastings agrees to send Fleming undercover as a new member of Waldron's squad in an attempt to uncover the truth.
Waldron's team are tense as a result of being bullied into collaborating with Waldron, and Fleming identifies PC Harinderpal 'Hari' Bains as a possible informer, but Bains refuses to testify. After pressure from AC-12 department lawyer Gill Biggeloe, Waldron's team are returned to active duty along with Fleming. On their first call, they are tasked with raiding a house where drugs are kept. Waldron steals an illegal firearm then stops Fleming from aiming her gun at a child who surprises them. Waldron demands that Fleming transfer out of his squad.
Waldron lingers outside Bains' house with the stolen gun, but leaves when spotted. He later spies on Ronan Murphy's funeral. He follows Linus Murphy, one of the mourners, breaks into his house, and holds him at gunpoint, implying as he does so that Ronan and Linus were part of a group who abused him as a child, and that he killed Ronan for revenge. He murders Linus off-screen and returns to his flat, where he leaves a list of names including Ronan, Linus, and Tommy Hunter in an envelope addressed to Arnott. Waldron's team raids another drug house, where he orders Fleming to stay behind while the rest of the team search upstairs. Fleming hears shots fired, and rushes upstairs to find the other squad members standing around Waldron, who has been shot in the neck.

13
2
"The Process"
Michael Keillor
31 March 2016 (2016-03-31)
6.02

Kate Fleming attempts to provide first aid to the wounded Sgt. Waldron, who dies in the ambulance. The remaining members of the team, PC Rod Kennedy, PC Hari Bains and PC Jackie Brickford, are interviewed by AC-12 and claim that Waldron shot himself despite their attempts to stop him. Hastings attempts to arrest them, but Gill Biggeloe convinces him to rescind the arrest. The police search Waldron's flat, finding Linus Murphy's dog (who Waldron took with him after the murder to help lead the police to Murphy's body) and DI Cottan discovers a box containing the stolen gun, a photograph of a young Waldron and other boys alongside Ronan and Linus Murphy, and the envelope, addressed to Arnott, containing Waldron's list. Cottan steals the list.
Arnott agrees to take over the investigation of Waldron while Cottan focuses on his colleagues. Arnott locates Linus's home and finds his tortured and decapitated body, then finds the head in a storage room rented by Waldron. Waldron's team-mates find themselves suspected by their colleagues, and Fleming pressures them further by suggesting that she knows they murdered Waldron, and indicating that she will tell AC-12 about a radio call Bains made to Waldron moments before his death, which was not included in the reports. Meanwhile, Lindsay Denton has appealed against her conviction for conspiracy to murder Tommy Hunter and Arnott is called as a witness. He denies having a sexual relationship with Denton, but the suggestion puts strains on his relationship with his girlfriend, DS Sam Railstone. Scared by pressure from Fleming, Kennedy demands to meet with Bains in a disused warehouse, blaming Bains for their situation, resulting in a brief physical confrontation. Denton claims in court that she had sex with Arnott.
The next morning, Kennedy's body is found hanged in the warehouse where he confronted Bains. Brickford and Bains meet, and appear the next morning to alter their statements to AC-12. They now claim that Kennedy shot Waldron, and Brickford confesses that she had a relationship with Kennedy until some months earlier, when they broke up after she had a one-night stand with Waldron. Bains receives a package containing a phone, and receives a call from someone who congratulates him on his deception.

14
3
"Snake Pit"
Michael Keillor
7 April 2016 (2016-04-07)
5.73

Hastings authorizes Fleming to begin surveillance of Hari Bains. She watches him meeting with Jackie Brickford; when Arnott interviews Bains' superior, Bains panics and is observed calling his contact from a payphone. Fleming asks Cottan to organize a second examination of Rod Kennedy's body, which Cottan intentionally neglects to do. The photo of Waldron and Ronan Murphy is traced to his time in Sands View boy's home. Arnott identifies Joseph Nash, another boy in the picture, and interviews him. Nash explains that Linus Murphy was the caretaker at Sands View, that both men abused boys at the home, and that boys at the home were sexually abused by other men both at Sands View and at private parties. He identifies then-Councillor Dale Roach, but Roach is unable to stand trial as the result of a stroke.
Brickford visits Fleming to find out what AC-12 has been asking her. Fleming reveals that Bains has been making phone calls, seemingly to Brickford. Brickford confronts Bains, who cannot explain the calls. Brickford returns to AC-12 and confesses that Waldron was shot in a struggle that Brickford and Kennedy were involved with, only Bains saw how it began. Bains claimed that Waldron had aimed at him, and Bains grabbed the gun in self-defence. Brickford also confesses lying about Ronan Murphy's death. Hastings has Brickford's police contract terminated and warns her she may yet be charged. Meanwhile, Arnott orders a second post-mortem on Rod Kennedy's body, which indicate he was murdered. AC-12 moves to arrest Bains and the firearms unit are deployed to arrest him, but his contact (revealed to be Cottan) warns him and he escapes. He travels to the warehouse where Kennedy was hanged, and finds Cottan (unaware that Cottan is his contact). As the firearms team approach, Cottan handcuffs and injures himself to fake a fight. Bains is arrested and the police find a noose, supporting Cottan's story that Bains was attempting to hang him.
Lindsay Denton's trial reaches its conclusion – the jury finds her not guilty of conspiracy to murder, and she is released with time served. She tells Arnott she forgives him outside the courthouse. Cottan is congratulated by his colleagues, but the unregistered phones in Bains' home suggest that he was acting on orders, and as Cottan watches news footage of Denton's release, a number of mobile phones in his house begin to ring simultaneously.

15
4
"Negative Pressure"
John Strickland
14 April 2016 (2016-04-14)
5.55

Lindsay Denton is taken to AC-12 where she demands a formal apology. She reveals that she has a recording of her and DS Steve Arnott in a compromising situation, that she will use against him as evidence of perjury if they do not comply with her requests. Denton is forced to work as a supermarket cleaner and later entraps an exploitative parole sponsor trying to pressure her into sex. Arnott – who is losing confidence within the department – eventually meets with Denton and asks for help in finding the link between Sands View and Tommy Hunter.
DI Matthew Cottan is awarded with a commendation for his perceived bravery arresting a corrupt police officer, Hari Bains. He then proceeds to tell Gill and DC Kate Fleming that he is concerned about Steve's behaviour that he is carrying a firearm in his jacket. Bains confesses to killing Danny Waldron on the demands of his unknown contact, but insists he did not murder Rod Kennedy. Steve and Kate confront Ted saying they believe they should question a retired officer on the subject of allegedly reporting to a mother that a sexual abuse complaint of Dale Roach was both dealt with as well as Roach being charged and sent to prison. The mother saw Dale Roach in the newspaper some time later so knew she had been lied to. The death of a former social worker at Sands View, ruled as a suicide, is reinvestigated due to allegations that he attempted to report the abuse to police and may have been murdered to prevent his case being pursued. They eventually interview former Vice chief superintendent Fairbanks, who claims to remember no details of the case. He and Hastings share a handshake that Arnott identifies as being Masonic.
Cottan meets with former colleague Nigel Morton and threatens to derail his pension if he does not hand over the last known evidence of Cottan's true allegiance – a mobile phone and SIM card with records of calls made to Hunter. Morton then tells AC-12 that the Caddy is probably still alive, leading Cottan to create a presumptive profile which he deliberately engineers to fit Arnott. Morton hands the phone and SIM to Cottan in a car park (where Cottan was prepared to kill him if he had not complied), but it is then revealed that it was a duplicate and Morton still has the real items hidden in his car.

16
5
"The List"
John Strickland
21 April 2016 (2016-04-21)
5.72

Cottan continues to stack the deck against Arnott, first by pressurising PC Maneet Bhandra to hold off on key forensics (specifically the envelope found in Danny Waldron's flat), and then by spreading rumours surrounding Arnott's conduct, including telling Fleming that he has a lead linking Arnott to Lindsay Denton's bribe money. Arnott is eventually suspended by a hesitant Hastings, to whom he reveals the redacted file that would have linked Ronan and Linus Murphy to Tommy Hunter. Hastings challenges Gill on this but is rebuffed. Meanwhile Fairbanks is called in to interview and maintains his ignorance as he is presented with images of alleged abusers, such as councillor Dale Roach and real-life BBC DJ Jimmy Savile (who is not identified by name in the show). Joseph Nash is shown a photograph of Fairbanks, ostensibly to identify him as an officer that had overlooked accusations, but his reaction suggests that Fairbank was one of the abusers.
Arnott continues to meet with Lindsay Denton as they investigate the possibility of Danny Waldron hiding another copy of his list of abusers. Denton realises the list is likely kept digitally, so she tricks Arnott into pursuing a false lead while she, after stealing Arnott's pocketbook, goes to an internet cafe to access Waldron's emails. She finds a photograph of the list in his drafts folder and transfers it to hers as insurance.
Outside, Cottan – who has been following Denton – summons her into his car, revealed to be DS Arnott's service vehicle with fake licence plates, and drives her to an industrial facility demanding at gunpoint that she hand over the information, offering money for her obedience. Denton, staying true to her morals as a police officer, defiantly emails the list to Hastings. Cottan murders Denton but is too late to prevent the list being sent.

17
6
"Breach"
John Strickland
28 April 2016 (2016-04-28)
5.93

Patrick Fairbank is arrested and interviewed on new information submitted by Joe Nash during an identity parade. During the interview, Hastings receives the list sent by Lindsay Denton which identifies Fairbank as one of the abusers. Meanwhile, Arnott awakens to find his pocket book missing and his car stolen. As he reports the car missing, Hastings attends a call to a dockers yard where the body of Lindsay Denton has been discovered in Arnott's car. Arnott is arrested on suspicion of murder. During questioning, evidence identifying Arnott as 'The Caddy', such as money from Lindsay's Denton's bribe and the mobile phone he used to contact Hari Bains, are shown to have been found in Arnott's gym bag. Arnott also realises that the evidence records relating to his hiring of a firearm have been doctored to suggest he did not return it. Arnott realises that somebody within the department has set him up, but has no way of proving it. Cottan then reveals, much to the surprise of Hastings and Fleming, that he has suppressed the evidence found in the envelope left to Arnott by Danny Waldron, and that the evidence is in fact a golf tee, supposedly confirming that Arnott is 'The Caddy'.
Fleming informs Hastings that she has been carrying out an undercover operation into the officers of AC-12 under the orders of a superintendent from AC-3. She highlights inconsistencies within Cottan's line of questioning against Arnott. Having spoken with DS Nicola Rogerson, she identifies that Cottan was the one who fed AC-12 the doctored file on Ronan Murphy. Hastings confronts Gill Biggeloe, who confirms that it was Cottan who gave her the file. Maneet later reveals to Fleming that it was Cottan who told her not to inform Arnott of the forensic findings of the envelope found in Waldron's flat. Fleming also uncovers CCTV which confirms that Arnott's car was being driven on false plates shortly before the time of the murder.
Cottan is brought in for questioning. He denies all knowledge of the doctored file and claims that Arnott must have been the one responsible, having previously had a relationship with DS Rogerson. Hastings pressures Cottan on the suppression of the golf tee from evidence, as well as the fact that no blood was found on the tee despite blood being found on both the envelope and the list. Cottan claims that he only removed it to prevent Arnott from becoming aware that he was investigating him. Fleming reveals new forensic evidence against Cottan – fibres from the rope found at Rod Kennedy's murder scene in the boot of his car. Cottan strenuously denies any involvement with Kennedy's murder. Hastings probes him on evidence submitted by Nigel Morton, which suggests that he pressured Morton into wrongly identifying 'The Caddy', and also used a secret mobile phone. Phone records reveal that he previously called Tommy Hunter several times in the months leading up to his death. Fleming presses Cottan on the lead he claimed to have on Arnott linking him to Lindsay Denton's bribe, which Hastings points out could not have been the money in Arnott's gym bag as that was not discovered until after Denton had been killed, the morning after Cottan alleged to have evidence against Arnott.
When questioned about his whereabouts on the morning of Lindsay Denton's murder, Cottan fails to provide a solid alibi, and Fleming reveals that he was not at his flat where he claimed he was. Cottan sends a text to three recipients, 'Removals', 'Talk', and 'Ride'. An armed officer guarding the interview shoots a fellow armed officer dead, and then fires shots into the interview room, enabling Cottan's escape, and then hands him a pistol. Pursued by an armed Fleming, Cottan is rescued by a getaway car. Fleming manages to shoot the driver and brings the car to a standstill. As she goes to confront Cottan, another passenger fires three shots aimed at her, but Cottan jumps in front of her, taking the bullets. In a final act of redemption, Cottan records a dying declaration that directly leads to Fairbanks being jailed for ten years. The epilogue reveals that Arnott is exonerated, Fleming is awarded for her bravery, and later promoted to Sergeant, Denton receives posthumous recognition for her contributions by the coroner, but is buried with no mourners, and Nigel Morton retires on full pension plus disability benefits. The epilogue also states that Hastings, Arnott, and Fleming remain with AC-12.

text: Series 4 (2017)[edit]

text: The fourth series of Line of Duty began broadcasting on 26 March 2017 on BBC One.[11][12][13] The fourth series consists of six episodes. The series follows DS Kate Fleming (Vicky McClure), DS Steve Arnott (Martin Compston) and Superintedent Ted Hastings (Adrian Dunbar) as they lead an investigation into the corrupt actions of DCI Roseanne Huntley (Thandie Newton). The series' supporting characters include FC Tim Ifield (Jason Watkins), DC Jodie Taylor (Claudia Jessie), and DS Sam Railston (Aiysha Hart). This series' storyline is linked thematically to that of series 1.

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Title
Directed by
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1
"Episode 1"
Jed Mercurio
26 March 2017 (2017-03-26)
9.21

DCI Roz Huntley identifies and captures a suspected serial killer. The suspect is uncooperative under questioning and appears not to have an alibi. After months of fruitless investigation, ACC Derek Hilton puts pressure on Huntley to charge the suspect. Forensic Coordinator Tim Ifield informs Huntley of concerns he has relating to the forensic evidence, which he believes proves the suspect's innocence, but Huntley seems uninterested. Ifield alerts AC-12 to a possible miscarriage of justice. Tim tells Steve Arnott he believes DCI Huntley is deliberately ignoring forensic evidence which proves the suspect's innocence. Tim explains that the forensics suggest someone has manipulated the crime scene in an attempt to frame the suspect. With the authorisation of Ted Hastings, Kate Fleming goes under cover to investigate Huntley, and she also interviews the suspect. Arnott informs Huntley that AC-12 are investigating. Huntley suspects Ifield and turns up at his house at night, where she accuses Ifield of talking to AC-12. Ifield admits this, and a row breaks out over the guilt of the suspect. Huntley scalds Ifields hand on a hot pan, and Ifield slaps Huntley. Huntley then accuses Ifield of assault. Ifield pushes Huntley who hits her head on a table and becomes unconscious. Realising Huntley has no pulse, Ifield sets about disposing of the body.

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2
"Episode 2"
Jed Mercurio
2 April 2017 (2017-04-02)
9.04

When being interviewed by DS Fleming, Michael Farmer gives the name of the correct hospital which he was in when Leonie Collersdale, the second murder victim, was killed, throwing further doubt on his guilt. Worries grow when DCI Roz Huntley fails to report for duty. A dismembered female body is discovered, Leonie Collersdale's. When she reappears, Roz brushes off her absence, saying she had some kind of bug. ACC Hilton tells Roz that Hastings is going to serve her with a Regulation 15 notice. AC-12 interviews Roz and throws doubt on the forensic evidence concerning the attack on Hana Reznikova, which Roz alleges is by Michael Farmer, and says that Roz failed to present any contrary evidence to the Crown Prosecutor. Hastings says he will be recommending that she be taken off the case. Roz is shown examining Ifield's laptop in her car. Tim Ifield is missing; DS Arnott goes to his flat, breaks in and finds his body. Three fingers had been amputated. Roz arrives and takes charge of the crime scene, despite Steve's protests. Inside, she notices the blood spatter on the edge of the kitchen counter, which is hers. She hears the sample being labelled KRG-13, but notes it incorrectly as KRG-30. Roz obtains a sample of Ifield's blood from her car, labelling it KRG-30. Managing to gain access to the forensic samples, she cannot find KRG-30, but realises her error and over-writes her sample bag as KRG-13. Investigating Ifield's mobile phone records, communications with Hana Reznikova are found. DS Arnott finds from forensics that Ifield was probably wearing a white forensic oversuit at the time of death. Summarising the evidence, he implies to Hastings that Roz is Ifield's killer. Roz takes a further sample of Ifield's blood and inserts it into forensic submissions for Leonie Collersdale's murder, implicating him. She requests further forensic tests; forensics find the match to Ifield. DS Fleming passes the Inspector's exam. Hastings has chats with both her and DS Arnott, indicates informally to Kate that he has decided on Arnott for promotion. Roz tells ACC Hilton that if AC-12's informant was Ifield, the evidence against him undermines his evidence and therefore undermines the case against her. She tells him she's convinced that Tim Ifield's murder and Michael Farmer's crimes are connected.

20
3
"Episode 3"
John Strickland
9 April 2017 (2017-04-09)
9.05

Roz continually shuts Kate out of the investigation meetings. The officers try and find links between Tim Ifield and Michael Farmer. In order to gain access to information from the investigation, AC-12 seize evidence forcibly, since Kate is unable to gain access undercover. A security camera shot of Ifield in the balaclava mask and purchasing the cutting tools found at his flat does not convince Steve that Ifield is Balaclava Man. His requests to Hastings to open a second investigation are authorised. Steve theorises that Roz was the one to kill Ifield after her phone history proves suspicious. A note to Roz left on her computer warns her she is being watched and she soon suspects Kate. Jody notices Kate checking the forensics (that Roz had swapped) and reports back to Huntley. Roz interviews Hana, the victim of Balaclava Man who she saved originally, and having discovered that Hana is a prostitute who had had sexual encounters with Ifield, sets about framing her for his murder. Steve begins questioning Nick Huntley about his wife's whereabouts on the night Tim died, but Nick refuses to confirm or deny his wife's alibi. A new DC, Jamie Desford, is assigned to Steve to assist him. Having heard no response from Nick, Steve returns to his office to question him and misses various voice messages from AC-12 warning him that Nick could be dangerous as his car was identified both approaching and departing from the area near Ifield's flat on the night of the murder. On the way up in the lift, Steve is attacked by a man in a balaclava, hit in the face with a baseball bat and thrown down the stairs. With blood pooling round his head, his fate is left uncertain.

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4
"Episode 4"
John Strickland
16 April 2017 (2017-04-16)
9.60

After the attack on DS Arnott, Roz picks up husband Nick outside his offices and advises him to go back inside away from CCTV and ask security to look for Steve Arnott. Arnott is found to be badly injured, but alive. Nick is interviewed by Superintendent Hastings and DC Jamie Desford. Nick says it was a complete coincidence that only he knew that Arnott was to be at his office building when he fell down three flights of stairs. He did not explain why his car was seen near Ifield's flat when Ifield was murdered. Nick said his wife Roz was asleep in the spare room that night. Nick's solicitor, Jimmy Lakewell, says very officiously that with no evidence or CCTV Nick should be free to go. AC-12 find a CCTV image of a man in a balaclava by Nick Huntley's offices at the time of the attack on Steve. In her car, Nick and Roz argue, Nick saying he had seen Roz going into Ifield's flat's building that night. Roz says she was having an affair. Quizzed by Hastings in hospital, Steve is unable to identify his attacker. At a meeting in his club, Roz appeals for ACC Hilton to help her by making an official complaint against AC-12 and closing the case against Michael Farmer. Hilton says there are some things he could tell Roz to help her with AC-12. Despite her friendliness, she rejects his advances, but suggests they meet again. Roz and then DS Fleming talk with Kevin Gill, the forensics officer KRG. Roz's wrist injury is now considerably worse; she has it examined by a doctor, who takes a swab. Roz and Nick argue again, at home. Nick says he can't believe anything she says anymore and he knows she was in the flats where the murder happened. She slaps him, twice, he breaks down. AC-12 finds an anomaly in the second forensic examination of KRG-13, the blood spatters sample with the overwritten label: traces of white fibres from a forensic oversuit. Roz is interviewed by AC-12. Hastings appears to have the upper hand. After running through evidence, he says he will be recommending that she be suspended from duty immediately. Roz then turns the tables, accusing Hastings of sexism. She has identified DS Fleming as an undercover AC-12 officer in her team. Roz asks Hastings whether he is a mason. All through this altercation, a clearly-rattled Hastings is asking her where she is getting this information. She suggests that DS Flynn was induced to tamper with evidence concerning Ifield's murder, accuses Hastings of a conspiracy to pervert the course of justice in the case against her, and brandishes a supporting letter from ACC Hilton, recusing AC-12 from their inquiry. Hilton and Roz meet again at his club, but Roz again rejects him, saying she loves her husband. Afterwards, PC Maneet Bindra is seen handing a file to ACC Hilton.

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5
"Episode 5"
John Strickland
23 April 2017 (2017-04-23)
9.98

Hastings accuses ACC Hilton of a wilful effort to bury allegations of wrongdoing. Hilton refutes this and demands a copy of the recording of Matthew Cottan's dying declaration ("DD"). Hastings declines claiming no reciprocity. At a team briefing, DS Neil Twyler reports: biometrics suggest that Balaclava Man who attacked Steve Arnott and Balaclava Man seen in the area of Leonie Collersdale's murder are the same man. Roz says maybe, but Michael Farmer may change his plea to guilty. Neil clearly has doubts and tells a colleague that Roz is so keen to pin Ifield's murder on Hana. Kate tells Hastings that the leak of her cover is likely to have been from within AC-12. More female body parts are discovered; they are more of Leonie Collersdale. Steve arrives back in the office, returning to work, despite his immobility. He's in a wheelchair. He says Roz cannot be allowed to mislead the investigation and Hilton said nothing about AC-12 not investigating Ifield's murder. He suggests looking at Nick Huntley's alibi and Maneet finds that it does not clear him. Maneet asks Jamie for his username and password, claiming they're being changed, then uses them to enter the system and download a copy of the recording of Cottan's DD, which she passes to Hilton. Soon after, Maneet asks to finish work due to the strains of her pregnancy. Later, Kate notes the sensitive information access and tells Hastings, who gives Jamie a dressing down. Jamie says he is being scapegoated, requests a transfer and leaves the office. Steve visits Michael Farmer in prison, suggesting a change of solicitor; Farmer says he liked the one he had before. Steve has Farmer's Nan visit to try to prevent him from changing his plea; she succeeds. Steve tells Kate that the framing of Farmer could not have been random and finds that Farmer's earlier solicitor was Jimmy Lakewell. Steve and Kate visit Lakewell, but get nowhere. Roz's wrist injury is worsening, Nick says it's stinky, the doctor who took the swab tries to contact her. At home, she faints after taking off the dressing. Nick meets Lakewell, saying Roz is lying and she has a wound which dates from the night of Ifield's murder. He thinks Roz murdered Ifield. Lakewell floats the idea of a voluntary interview and immunity. Forensics (Ripple) reveals proof that the latest remains had been frozen and were buried after both Farmer's incarceration and Ifield's murder, and suggests a team briefing to Roz. Ripple goes to the team office for the briefing she expects to take place, but no-one has been made aware of the information. Neil, who hears this, meets Kate and, stressing anonymity, relays the information. This triggers Steve's memory: Jackie Laverty's body (series 1) was buried after being kept in deep freeze. Men in balaclavas with baseball bats were involved. He suggests that the Laverty case, which is unsolved, be re-opened, giving them the chance to examine the latest forensics. Roz is in hospital. Nick explains to her that her hand had to be amputated to save her life. With the new forensic evidence, Steve finds that the blood sample of Ifield (relating to Leonie Collersdale's murder) was contaminated with white forensic oversuit fibres, just as the blood spatter on the kitchen counter had been. So both were falsified. He says he believes that Roz has been protecting Nick. Hastings says "to hell with ACC Hilton" and tells Kate to go and pick up both Roz and Nick Huntley. But Roz had discharged herself from hospital. Roz's sidekick Jodie picks Roz up and tells her that Lakewell has requested a voluntary interview with independent detectives about Ifield's murder, seeking immunity. Nick meets Roz at home. She says they're getting a divorce and accuses him of amputating her hand in retribution for her having an affair. He says it was all her lies and she had MRSA in her wound. She arrests him for Ifield's murder. Once Nick has been taken away, Roz reaches for the holdall she'd retained which contains contaminatory items from the scene of Ifield's murder and runs his hairbrush over one of Nick's pullovers. Hastings, Steve and Kate visit ACC Hilton. Steve and Kate explain that evidence was planted in order to falsely implicate Ifield in Leonie Collersdale's murder and that Ifield had uncovered a conspiracy to frame Michael Farmer for the murders. Hastings says he'd like to arrest Roz straightaway on suspicion of perverting the course of justice. Hilton brushes all this aside and reminds them of the recusion of AC-12, that these are Roz's cases. Hastings says that they came across this as a result of looking again into the disappearance of Jackie Laverty. Hilton looks disturbed by this revelation, then praises their work, but again calls for their files to be handed over to a more impartial authority. Hilton tells Steve and Kate to leave and plays the recording of Cottan's DD to Hastings. Hastings protests vehemently. From the DD, the 'top dog' (top corrupt policeman) promoted Cottan and his name began with H. Hilton tells Hastings, calling him H, that he will be served with a Regulation 15 notice, with 10 working days to answer the allegations, and dismisses him. Kate drives Steve home, where he is not able to look after himself. He confesses to Kate that he may never walk again; Kate consoles him. Before he is interviewed, Nick again tells his solicitor that Roz is lying about everything.

23
6
"Episode 6"
John Strickland
30 April 2017 (2017-04-30)
10.40

Nick Huntley is interviewed regarding his movements on the night of Ifield's murder. AC-12 realise that it is consistent with the few CCTV recordings and witness testimonies that they have, but they struggle to find any evidence to implicate Roz. Jamie has transferred to ACC Hilton's team and is thus in conflict with AC-12, further complicated by the fact that his partner is Arnott's ex-girlfriend. Roz leads them to Nick's tampered jumper which allows Polk Avenue to formally charge him with Ifield's murder, as well as the previous crimes attributed to Balaclava Man. Nick asks Lakewell to get AC-12 involved, but he declines. Roz also asks Jodie to analyse some telecoms on the quiet. Arnott realises that Ifield's killer stole a tracksuit as his or her clothes were covered in blood, and then would likely have changed clothes again when they got home before hiding both. They try to narrow their search to a specific time and area, managing to find a three-hour window shortly after Ifield's murder, and are able to spot Roz driving towards a large area of woodland. They also discover that the MRSA that infected Roz's wound will likely be traceable in Ifield's balaclava. Arnott works out that the time taken for Roz to drive to and from the area would have only given her a few minutes to hide the evidence. They find out that she led a previous search of the area and that she hid her own incriminating evidence in the same place.
Roz is subsequently arrested for Ifield's murder and requests Lakewell as her solicitor. After being interrogated and facing damning evidence against her, Roz admits to Ifield's accidental death in self-defence and to framing Nick. Just as the interview appears to be concluding, Roz arrests Lakewell for perverting the course of justice. It is revealed that Lakewell, who Nick rang immediately when Arnott was approaching his office, tipped off ACC Hilton using a 'burner' phone, and Hilton tipped off the man who attacked Arnott. Roz is able to prove Hilton's involvement as he gave her his number when attempting to seduce her. Hastings and Fleming head to Hilton's office, but Jamie has tipped him off and he has already gone by the time they arrive. Jamie attempts to leave with Lakewell, but Arnott and Roz stop him, saying that he has likely been set up to be murdered. Hastings and Fleming return but one of the balaclava men (Lakewell admits that there are many) holds a security guard at gunpoint. Hastings promptly shoots him. When they get upstairs, Jamie has pulled a gun on Arnott. However, Hastings and Arnott are able to persuade him to drop his firearm. Hilton is found dead the next day, ruled as a suicide but at the same location as a murder relating to the Sands View child molestation ring. As the dust settles on this particular case, but seemingly no closer to untangling the bigger conspiracy, Hastings admits that he thinks this has become a life's job.
The epilogue reveals that Roz was sentenced to ten years for Ifield's manslaughter and subsequent cover-up. She and Nick remain married. Lakewell pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice, but declined witness protection and refused to testify. Michael Farmer was released without charge, and the Regulation 15 order against Hastings was dropped. Hastings remains in charge of AC-12.

text: Series 5[edit]

text: The fifth series was commissioned on 6 May 2016.[13]

text: Series 6[edit]

text: The BBC announced the commission of a sixth series on 5 May 2017. [14]


document_title: Inside the Actors Studio

question_text: questions at the end of inside the actors studio

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text: Inside the Actors Studio

text: About the program[edit]

text: The program began as a televised craft seminar for students of the Actors Studio Drama School, originally a joint venture of the Actors Studio and New School University in 1994, with Paul Newman, a former Actors Studio president as its first guest, and soon became Bravo's flagship program.[2] At first taped at the New School's Tishman Auditorium in Greenwich Village, New York City, blocks away from Actors Studio's home in the theater district in midtown Manhattan, it was shifted subsequently to its present location, Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University's New York City campus. The program is presented as a seminar to students of the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University.

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text: The show deliberately uses a slower pace in the interviews as compared with a typical celebrity interview, thus cameras usually record a couple of hours of conversation, later edited to one or two hours, a trick used by Groucho Marx on his 1950s quiz show You Bet Your Life. The result, as a New York Times article put it, "In Mr. Lipton's guest chair, actors cease being stars for a while and become artists and teachers." Though sometimes, some interviews go longer; Steven Spielberg's 1999 visit, for example, stretched to four hours, and was later shown as two episodes of one hour each. The interviews are guided by Lipton's trademark index-card questions, which sometimes reveal his well-researched knowledge of guests' lives, often startling some. On one such occasion, Billy Crystal told Lipton, "You know you're scary, don't you?"[2][3] On another occasion, Martin Sheen asked Lipton, "How do you know all this? This is extraordinary." And Sir Anthony Hopkins, upon learning that Lipton knew the exact address where the former had been born and raised in Wales, turned to the audience and remarked, "He's a detective, you know."

text: In May 2005, the contract between the Actors Studio and New School University was not renewed. Beginning with the 12th season, in the fall of 2005, the program has been taped at the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University's New York City campus. The show now has a new set with a gritty backstage feel, designed by Will Rothfuss for Blair Broadcast Designs, and The Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University has re-opened in new facilities.

text: Since its premiere, Inside the Actors Studio has had over 200 guests, with Lipton himself being the 200th. The first episode's guest was Paul Newman (Alec Baldwin was the first guest, but his interview was broadcast after Newman's).   The guests have included 74 Academy Award winners: eight directors; four screenwriters; 61 actors and actresses; and three composers. For its 200th show, Lipton became the guest subject of the show. He was questioned by Dave Chappelle, whom he picked personally. The show ended with the Pace University provost announcing that the college is sponsoring a scholarship in Chappelle's name to his high school alma mater. Based on the show, James Lipton published a book titled "Inside Inside" in 2007.[1] In September 2018, Lipton declared that he was stepping down from the program after 23 seasons. In 2019, the show will begin to be hosted by different celebrities.

text: In his review of the program, The Sunday Times critic A. A. Gill wrote: "The format is simple and idiotically inspired. The Actors Studio is the New York drama school made famous by Stanislavsky and his method (although the series is now filmed elsewhere). These shows are thinly set-up masterclasses for students. The cleverness is in the vanity it allows the guests, who are the very greatest and most self-regarding performers and creators of theatre and film. People who are too grand to talk to anyone will talk to Inside the Actors Studio. They believe they're giving something back, offering precious pearls of insight to a new generation. And who doesn't look good passing it on to adoring students? In truth, it's just a chat show on satellite, but the veil of education and posterity is held decorously high, so everybody turns up and talks with a smile."[5]

text: While most of the show is a one-on-one interview conducted by Lipton, this is followed by the host submitting a questionnaire to the guest. The questionnaire concept was originated by French television personality Bernard Pivot on his show Apostrophes, after the Proust Questionnaire.  The 10 questions Lipton asks are:

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What is your favorite word?
What is your least favorite word?
What turns you on?
What turns you off?
What sound or noise do you love?
What sound or noise do you hate?
What is your favorite curse word?
What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
What profession would you not like to do?
If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?

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text: The program usually concludes with a question-and-answer session with the students.

text: In France, the show has been broadcast since 1999 on Paris Première, with French subtitles.[6]

text: In popular culture[edit]

text: The show has been good-naturedly lampooned for Lipton's paused and somewhat clipped delivery on Saturday Night Live, in which Will Ferrell portrayed Lipton interviewing himself as an annoyed guest. He was also spoofed on The Simpsons, where character Rainier Wolfcastle (a parody of Arnold Schwarzenegger) shoots his interviewer and a dying Lipton croaks, "It has been both an honor and a privilege to eat your lead, sir." In another episode of The Simpsons, in which Homer donates a kidney, he single-mindedly rushes his family home so he can watch the Inside The Actors Studio interview of F. Murray Abraham. Ferrell, with his Old School co-stars Vince Vaughn, Luke Wilson and director Todd Phillips, again portrayed a satirical version of Lipton in a skit called "Inside the Actors Studio Spoof", which can be seen as part of the DVD release special features for the film. Ferrell appears as himself and answers questions poking fun at some of his less successful films, such as A Night at the Roxbury, in what is obviously a comedic take on Lipton's sometimes overly reverential approach to his interviewees. Comedian Will Sasso portrayed him on Mad TV and David Cross parodied him as Cyrus on Mr Show. Weird Al Yankovic's song Couch Potato describes "James Lipton discussing the oeuvre of Mr. Rob Schneider." amongst other things on TV.

text: Guests[edit]

text: Guest list for the show sorted alphabetically by last name. For a full list of episodes, see List of Inside the Actors Studio episodes.

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text:
Amy Adams
Ben Affleck
Alan Alda
Tim Allen
Jennifer Aniston
Judd Apatow
Will Arnett
Hank Azaria

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text: B[edit]

text:
Lauren Bacall
Alec Baldwin (twice)
Antonio Banderas
Ellen Barkin
Roseanne Barr
Drew Barrymore
Kim Basinger
Jason Bateman[7]
Kathy Bates
Ned Beatty
Halle Berry
Juliette Binoche
Jack Black
Cate Blanchett
Jon Bon Jovi
Alex Borstein
Julie Bowen
Peter Boyle
Jeff Bridges
Matthew Broderick
Josh Brolin
Pierce Brosnan
David Bryan
Carol Burnett
Ty Burrell
Ellen Burstyn
Gabriel Byrne

text: C[edit]

text:
James Caan
Nicolas Cage
Michael Caine
James Cameron
Steve Carell
George Carlin
Jim Carrey
Dan Castellaneta
Nancy Cartwright
Stockard Channing
Dave Chappelle (only artist to appear 3 times - 2005, 2008, 2013)
Jessica Chastain
Don Cheadle
George Clooney
Lauren Cohan
Glenn Close
Chris Colfer
Jennifer Connelly
Bradley Cooper (twice) [cast 1]
Francis Ford Coppola
Kevin Costner
Bryan Cranston
Russell Crowe
Tom Cruise
Billy Crystal (twice)
John Cusack

text: D[edit]

text:
Willem Dafoe
Matt Damon
Jeff Daniels
Ted Danson
Geena Davis
Viola Davis
Benicio del Toro
Robert De Niro
Bruce Dern
Laura Dern
Johnny Depp
Danny DeVito
Cameron Diaz
Matt Dillon
Stanley Donen
Michael Douglas
Robert Downey, Jr.
Richard Dreyfuss
David Duchovny
Olympia Dukakis
Faye Dunaway
Lena Dunham
Robert Duvall

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text: Clint Eastwood

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Peter Falk
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Tina Fey
Sally Field
Ralph Fiennes
Colin Firth
Laurence Fishburne
Jane Fonda
Harrison Ford
Jodie Foster
Michael J. Fox (with Tracy Pollan)
Jamie Foxx
James Franco
Morgan Freeman

text: G[edit]

text:
James Gandolfini
Andy García
Danai Gurira
Brad Garrett
Richard Gere
Ricky Gervais
Danny Glover
William Goldman
Whoopi Goldberg
Cuba Gooding Jr.
John Goodman
Hugh Grant
Lee Grant
Seth Green
Melanie Griffith
Jake Gyllenhaal

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Gene Hackman
Jon Hamm
Tom Hanks (twice)
Alyson Hannigan
Mariska Hargitay
Ed Harris
Jared Harris
Neil Patrick Harris
Teri Hatcher
Ethan Hawke
Goldie Hawn
Salma Hayek
Sean Hayes
Patricia Heaton
Christina Hendricks
Mike Henry
Dustin Hoffman
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Anthony Hopkins (twice)
Dennis Hopper
Ron Howard
Kate Hudson
Helen Hunt
Holly Hunter
John Hurt
Mitchell Hurwitz
Anjelica Huston

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text: Jeremy Irons

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text:
Hugh Jackman (twice)
Anne Jackson (with Eli Wallach)
Samuel L. Jackson
Allison Janney
Norman Jewison
Billy Joel
Scarlett Johansson
Elton John
Angelina Jolie
January Jones
Tommy Lee Jones

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text:
Vincent Kartheiser
Julie Kavner
Harvey Keitel
Val Kilmer
Ben Kingsley
Jemima Kirke
Kevin Kline

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text:
Martin Landau
Diane Lane
Nathan Lane
Jessica Lange
Anthony LaPaglia
Queen Latifah
Hugh Laurie
Jude Law
Martin Lawrence
Denis Leary[7]
Spike Lee
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Jack Lemmon
Jay Leno
Jerry Lewis
Laura Linney
James Lipton[cast 2]
Jennifer Lopez
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Sidney Lumet
Jane Lynch

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Seth MacFarlane
Shirley MacLaine
William H. Macy
Zosia Mamet
Leslie Mann
Mary Stuart Masterson
Matthew McConaughey
Eric McCormack
Ian McKellen
Chris Meloni
S. Epatha Merkerson
Debra Messing
Lea Michele
Bette Midler
Arthur Miller
Liza Minnelli
Mo'Nique
Cory Monteith
Julianne Moore
Mary Tyler Moore
Jeanne Moreau
Matthew Morrison
Megan Mullally
Eddie Murphy
Ryan Murphy
Mike Myers (twice)

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Liam Neeson
Paul Newman
Mike Nichols
Chris Noth
Edward Norton

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Conan O'Brien
Rosie O'Donnell
Ed O'Neill

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Al Pacino
Gwyneth Paltrow
Sarah Jessica Parker (twice)
Estelle Parsons
Jim Parsons
Arthur Penn
Sean Penn
Bernadette Peters
Michelle Pfeiffer
Brad Pitt
Amy Poehler
Sydney Pollack
Tracy Pollan (with Michael J. Fox)
Natalie Portman

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Dennis Quaid
Anthony Quinn

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Daniel Radcliffe
Josh Radnor
Robert Redford
Vanessa Redgrave
Norman Reedus
Christopher Reeve
Burt Reynolds
Tim Robbins
Doris Roberts
Julia Roberts
Chris Rock
Ray Romano
Diana Ross
Portia de Rossi
Mickey Rourke
Mark Ruffalo
Meg Ryan
Mark Rydell

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Richie Sambora
Susan Sarandon
Robert Schneider
Martin Scorsese
Kyra Sedgwick
Jason Segel
Alia Shawkat
Harry Shearer
Charlie Sheen[cast 3]
Martin Sheen
Brooke Shields
Kiernan Shipka
Martin Short
Sarah Silverman
Neil Simon
Gary Sinise
Christian Slater
John Slattery
Yeardley Smith
Will Smith
Cobie Smulders
Stephen Sondheim
Sissy Spacek
Kevin Spacey
Steven Spielberg
Sylvester Stallone
Ben Stiller
Sharon Stone
Eric Stonestreet
Susan Stroman
Meryl Streep
Barbra Streisand
Donald Sutherland
Kiefer Sutherland[cast 4]
Hilary Swank

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Jeffrey Tambor
Tico Torres
Charlize Theron
Billy Bob Thornton
John Travolta

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text: Sofía Vergara

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Mark Wahlberg
Christopher Walken
Eli Wallach (with Anne Jackson)
Jessica Walter
Barbara Walters
Naomi Watts
Sigourney Weaver
Matthew Weiner
Kristen Wiig
Forest Whitaker
Betty White
Gene Wilder
Allison Williams
Robin Williams
Bruce Willis
Debra Winger
Kate Winslet
Shelley Winters
Dick Wolf
James Woods
Joanne Woodward

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text: Steven Yeun

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text: Renée Zellweger

text:
Jump up ^ Bradley Cooper was the first guest to have attended the Actors Studio as a student.

Jump up ^ James Lipton's episode was hosted by previous guest Dave Chappelle.

Jump up ^ Charlie Sheen was the second guest ever on the show who is a descendant of an earlier guest (Martin Sheen).

Jump up ^ Kiefer Sutherland was the first guest ever on the show who is a descendant of an earlier guest (Donald Sutherland).

text: Ensemble guests[edit]

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Cast of Everybody Loves Raymond: Ray Romano, Patricia Heaton, Brad Garrett, Doris Roberts, and Peter Boyle
Cast of Family Guy: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green and Mike Henry[7]
Mila Kunis, who plays Meg Griffin, had a schedule conflict and was unavailable.[8]
Casts of Law & Order: creator Dick Wolf, Chris Noth (Law & Order; Law & Order: Criminal Intent), S. Epatha Merkerson (Law & Order)
Christopher Meloni (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) had to leave before his interview during the taping because of an illness he had that day, he was edited out of the introduction since he was not able to be interviewed during the show.
Cast of The Producers musical: director Susan Stroman, Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick
Cast of The Simpsons: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, and Harry Shearer
Kavner left in the middle of the show without an on-air explanation, leaving an empty chair for much of the show, until it was removed during a commercial break. When James Lipton appeared on The Simpsons Season 13 DVD Audio Commentary (Episode "The Sweetest Apu"), he explained that Kavner was scheduled to go to Shelter Island on Long Island on an 11:15pm ferry, so she had to leave. Although Kavner is known for not approving of doing her Marge Simpson voice in person, she did perform the voice (as well as that of Patty and Selma Bouvier) while hiding her face behind a cardboard cutout of Marge's face although the final broadcast showed clips of the character as well as the characters portrayed by the other actors while they did their voices.
Cast of Will & Grace: Debra Messing, Eric McCormack, Sean Hayes, and Megan Mullally
Members of Bon Jovi: Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, David Bryan and Tico Torres
Cast of Modern Family: Ed O'Neill, Sofia Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Eric Stonestreet
Cast of Glee: Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Chris Colfer, Jane Lynch, Matthew Morrison, and creator Ryan Murphy
Cast of Mad Men: Jon Hamm, January Jones, Vincent Kartheiser, Christina Hendricks, Kiernan Shipka, John Slattery, Jared Harris, and Matthew Weiner
Cast of Arrested Development: Mitchell Hurwitz, Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, Will Arnett, Alia Shawkat, Jeffrey Tambor, and Jessica Walter
Cast of How I Met Your Mother: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick Harris, and Alyson Hannigan.
Cast of The Walking Dead: Lauren Cohan, Danai Gurira, Norman Reedus, and Steven Yeun.
Cast of Girls: Lena Dunham, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet, and Allison Williams.

text: Declined invitations[edit]

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In January 2013, Jennifer Lawrence declined the chance to appear on the show, citing her youth and lack of experience.[9]
From the show's beginnings, Lipton had tried to persuade Marlon Brando to come on the show. Although a charter member of the Actors Studio, Brando flatly refused; speaking in a 2012 interview, it was the only such categorical rejection Lipton could recall:

text: "[B]y the time I started the show -- although he was a member of the Actor's Studio and had been trained by Stella Adler as I was; we knew each other, and we used to talk on the phone for hours at a time -- but by that time he was already reclusive. I couldn't get him out of the house and neither could anyone else."[10][a]

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Gregory Peck repeatedly turned down Lipton's offer to be interviewed ever since the beginning of the show, but he finally agreed to do so. However, he died before his scheduled appearance in 2003.[13]
From the show's beginnings, Lipton had tried to persuade Katharine Hepburn to come on the show. Although a member of the Actors Studio, she didn't want to interrupt her retirement from show business. Hepburn died on June 29, 2003, 17 days after Peck.[13]
Nicole Kidman, Jack Nicholson, Chevy Chase, Daniel Day-Lewis, Denzel Washington, Bill Murray, Warren Beatty and Sean Connery all declined the chance to appear on the show.[13]
When the program was based at New School University, Gary Oldman was selected as the most popular request for which guest should come visit the Actors Studio. As of  2015[update], he has not appeared on the show.[13]

text: DVD releases[edit]

text: Selected episodes of the show have been released by Shout! Factory.  Three DVDs containing a single episode each feature Robin Williams, Johnny Depp, Dave Chappelle and Barbra Streisand.  Two compilation sets were also released.  Leading Men features Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Sean Penn, and Russell Crowe.  Icons features Clint Eastwood, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Barbra Streisand.

text: Awards[edit]

text: The show has been nominated for 16 Emmy awards, winning once.[14]

text: Notes[edit]

text: Jump up ^  Lipton's recollection notwithstanding, not only did Brando appear on Larry King Live more than a year after the debut of Inside the Actors Studio;[11] but also in four feature films and one music video.[12]


document_title: BC Powder

question_text: what does the bc in bc powder stand for

question_tokens: what does the bc in bc powder stand for

text: BC Powder

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text: BC Powder is an over-the-counter analgesic pain reliever owned by Prestige Brands and manufactured in Memphis, TN. It was conceived at the Five Points Drug Company in Durham, North Carolina, in 1906, by Germain Bernard and C. T. Council, who took the initials of their last names to create the name of the nascent product. Originally produced at the Hepolscheiemer Clinic in Graz, Austria, it contains 845 mg of aspirin and 65 mg of caffeine. BC readily promotes the fact that, due to its powder form, it dissolves faster than pain-relief tablets, and thus gets to work faster. It can be taken in a variety of ways, most commonly mixed into water or soda. BC is sold almost exclusively in the American South, where it is acknowledged to have a cult following. BC's marketers enjoy this honor, and sponsor many sporting events in the region. Indeed, the product's distinctive, oval-shaped blue logo is a familiar sight to fans at Southern League (baseball) parks.

text: BC Powder has historically been most commonly associated with relief of headaches. In fact, many users of the brand erroneously believe the name of the product to be "BC Headache Powder." However, recent advertising and marketing endeavors by the company suggest that it is eager to associate itself with relief of general bodily aches and pains as well. Goody's, like BC, is also distributed by Prestige Brands.

text: For several years, BC's television and radio commercials have featured real-life users of the product, non-actors who are encouraged to submit their stories to BC Powder through contests announced on radio programs. Recently, most entries have been culled from listeners of the Charlotte, NC-based radio program The Big Show with John Boy and Billy. In recent years, members of the Tom Joyner Radio Show's audience have appeared in BC commercials after hearing of the promotion on that program, or from promotions held on Joyner's annual "Fantastic Voyage" fantasy cruise.

text: BC Powder also distributes and markets BC Cherry [1] and BC Arthritis Formula.

text: In 2009 BC Powder removed the 195 mg of Salicylamide from the "Blue Box Original Formula BC Powder". The original formula consisted of 650 mg aspirin, 195 mg salicylamide and 33.3 mg caffeine. The New packaging states "New Formula" and "Same Fast Relief!" on the front of the box. The new formula has 845 mg aspirin and 65 mg caffeine.

text: In a deal which took effect in 2012, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) sold BC Powder and 16 other brands to Prestige Brands.[2]


document_title: Medinan surah

question_text: how many surahs are revealed in makkah and madinah

text: Medinan surah

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Quran

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Chapter

List
Meccan
Medinan

Verse
Section
Muqatta'at

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Animals
Eschatology
Female figures
God
Legends
Miracles
Parables

Prophets
Science

Reading[show]

Elocution
Memorized
Reciter

School
Speed

Translations[show]

List
English translations
by Ahmadis

History[show]

Samarkand Kufic Quran
Sana'a manuscript
Topkapi manuscript
Birmingham manuscript

Exegesis[show]

Abrogation
Biblical narratives
Esoteric interpretation
Hermeneutics

Persons related to verses

mentioned by name

Revelation

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Createdness
Criticism
Inimitability
Quran and tradition
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text: The Medinan Surahs or Medinan chapters of the Qur'an are the latest 24 Surahs that, according to Islamic tradition, were revealed at Medina after Muhammad's hijra from Mecca. These surahs were revealed by Allah when the Muslim community was larger and more developed, as opposed to their minority position in Mecca.[1]

text: The Medinan Surahs occur mostly at the beginning and in the middle of the Qur'an (but are said to be the last revealed suras chronologically), and typically have more and longer ayat (verses). Due to the new circumstances of the early Muslim community in Medina, these surahs more often deal with details of moral principles, legislation, warfare (as in Surah 2, al-Baqara), and principles for constituting and ordering the community. They also refer more often to the community with "O people!" and at times directly address Muhammad or speak of him as "an agent acting in combination with the divine persona: 'God and his messenger' (Q 33:22)."[2]

text: The division of surahs into 'Meccan surahs' and 'Medinan surahs' is primarily a consequence of stylistic and thematic considerations, which Theodor Noldeke used to develop his famous chronology of the Qur'anic suras. Classification of the surahs into these periods is based upon factors such as the length of the verse and the presence or absence of certain key concepts or word (e.g. al-Rahman as name of God).[3][4]

text: The 30 Surahs of the Medinan period, according to Noldeke (chronologically 91-114):

text: 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 22, 24, 33, 47, 48, 49, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 76, 98, 110

text: Following are some of the stylistic and subject characteristics of Medinan Surahs:

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Mention of 'Jihad' and detailing on its rulings.
Details of Islamic jurisprudence[5] and legal system[6] as well as laws governing family, money transaction, international law and acts of worship
Mention of 'hypocrisy' and dealing with hypocrites.
Any verse that starts with يا أيها للذين آمنوا O you who believe
Long verses
Easy vocabulary
Arguments with the 'people of the Book' i.e., Jews and Christians.
Strong judgement and condemnation of non-muslims.


document_title: Chandler Bing

question_text: where did ross and chandler go to college

text: Chandler Bing

text: Appearances[edit]

text: Chandler works as an IT procurements manager with the specialization "Statistical analysis and data reconfiguration," but loathes it. In Season 9, he quits his job and Monica helps him start a new career in advertising.

text: Chandler is Ross Geller's roommate in college. Chandler met his friend Rachel Green while celebrating Thanksgiving with the Geller family during his first year at college. On a tip from Monica, Chandler later moved to Apartment #4 in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, across the hall from Monica and her roommate Phoebe Buffay. Actor Joey Tribbiani moves in with Chandler, who becomes his best friend.

text: Ross and Chandler have been best friends since college, where they were roommates at Columbia University. They were in a band together, shared weird hair and fashion styles, and graduated from college in 1991.[3]

text: Until moving in with Monica, Chandler shared an apartment with his best friend Joey Tribbiani. Chandler and Joey's apartment is an important focal point for the series as one of the few meeting areas of the gang. The two form a close and enduring friendship, and get into many humorous situations.

text: When Chandler is first considering Joey as a roommate, the two start off on the wrong foot when Joey says that he "is cool with the gay thing" (Joey assuming Chandler was gay). Joey comes to fill the slot, only Chandler had already chosen a roommate – a fashion photographer with a porn-star sister. But after their eccentric neighbor Mr. Heckles (Larry Hankin) tells the photographer that he is Chandler's new roommate and is able to open Chandler's unlocked door, the photographer leaves. This forces Chandler to give the keys to Joey and they find out they had a lot in common, including a fondness for sports and beer. Chandler often supports Joey throughout the show, paying the rent, paying for Joey's head-shots, buying most of the food and even give money to Joey for his numerous dates. Joey tries to repay Chandler by giving him the only ticket to the première of his new movie. Unfortunately, Chandler falls asleep. Later that episode, Joey insists on paying back every penny that he owes Chandler until he realizes exactly how much he owes him.

text: The relationship between the two is balanced: Joey looks to Chandler as his intellectual superior, while Chandler acknowledges Joey as the more confident counterpart, especially when it comes to getting women. One of their recurring moments involves Chandler understanding something and waiting in silence until Joey catches on.

text: Chandler and Rachel originally did not like each other, but grew to become good friends. In "The One with All the Cheesecakes" Chandler and Rachel steal and share the cheesecake which originally belonged to their downstairs neighbor. Rachel, who works for Ralph Lauren, is also the one who helps Chandler pick out his wedding suit. Rachel also sets up Chandler with her boss Joanna (Alison LaPlaca). Rachel and Chandler never have any romantic relationships apart from a glance back to their time in college when they made out.

text: Chandler and Phoebe are good friends. They sometimes are goofy and have fun with one another. In "The One with the Metaphorical Tunnel", Phoebe and Chandler play hide and seek. They also play games, like coming up with Superhero names and reclining the Barcaloungers like cowboys. They share a duet of "Endless Love" at the end of one episode, when Chandler is sad after a breakup with his on-off girlfriend Janice (Maggie Wheeler). In "The One Where Everyone Finds Out", she tries to trick him into believing that she is attracted to him, but Monica tells him that Phoebe finds him charming in a "sexless" way, indicating that any hints of romance are jokes. Phoebe is the initial reason that Chandler quit smoking in "The One With the Thumb", after an argument between the group about his smoking. He is leaving the apartment when she offers him $7,000 to never smoke again.

text: Chandler is brash, zany, and estranged from both of his parents. He suffers from commitment issues, brought on by growing up in a broken home with no idea of what a stable marriage looks like, can be neurotic and extremely defensive, with humour as his shield. Chandler also associates everything that links to his parents' divorce in a negative light, specifically Thanksgiving where his parents reveal their separation over a turkey where his father plans to run away with the bus boy.

text: Both of Chandler's parents are extremely sexually promiscuous, and he has made several allusions to having caught them during sexual acts. Most of these involve his father with other men. Among other things, he alludes to having witnessed orgies by the time he was seven years old, and playing "the far left" background dancer during his father's rendition of It's Raining Men when he was growing up. His mother Nora is a world famous writer of erotic novels, which is demonstrated when Rachel's short-term boyfriend Paulo - who is Italian and barely speaks any English - is shown to know her.

text: Chandler began smoking when he was nine years old after his parents announced their divorce. Chandler is first seen smoking during the first season and is chastised by his friends for breaking his non-smoking streak of three years. He does a fairly good job at controlling his habit throughout the series' run, although a few times he cannot resist temptation and has a single cigarette or just a single drag off someone else's. His only major relapse occurs in season 9 when he stays in Oklahoma four days a week for work and smoked "three cartons in three days" because all his colleagues lit up during work meetings. He promises Monica never to smoke again, and is not seen smoking in the series after this point.

text: His middle name, "Muriel," was revealed in the beginning of "The One With Rachel's Date," where one of his co-workers thinks his name is Toby.

text: Chandler's main catch phrase is starting sentences with "Could that BE any more..."

text: Development[edit]

text: Relationships[edit]

text: Chandler is afraid of commitment and had the fewest relationships out of all the Friends. Despite all this, he is the first one to have a committed marriage that doesn't end in divorce.

text: At Ross's wedding in London, Monica and Chandler sleep together and decide to begin dating. They try to keep their relationship secret, as they are unsure about how the others would react. Eventually, however, they all find out. Their wedding is officiated by Joey, who is ordained over the Internet. In the final episode, Monica and Chandler adopt twins, due to their inability to conceive.

text: Monica's bossiness, neatness and overly competitive nature forces Chandler into several situations, such as her being unable to throw a game of tennis against Chandler's boss and Chandler hiding the fact that he is incredibly good at ping-pong so Monica won't enter them in doubles tournaments.

text: Before his relationship with Monica, Chandler has an on-and-off relationship with Janice Hosenstein (Maggie Wheeler). She is a regular feature in his life, even though he regretted dating her and kept ending their relationship in season 1. He dates her again in season 2, but it ends up in a break-up. However, Janice makes further appearances later in the series.

text: Kathy (Paget Brewster) makes an appearance in the fourth season of Friends. Chandler sees her in Central Perk and asks the gang if he should ask her out, only to learn that she was already waiting for a date with Joey. She is an actress and Chandler eventually dates her until he gets extremely paranoid when she shares a sex scene with her co-star prompting a big fight between the two. Ironically it was Chandler's own paranoia that drove Kathy to having an affair with the same person.

text: Career[edit]

text: Chandler works as an IT procurements manager with the specialization "Statistical analysis and data reconfiguration", which he takes up as temporary work. Despite disliking his job, Chandler is unable to quit his job as it is his nature to avoid ending anything forcefully. His friends do not understand what he does; during the contest for Monica and Rachel's apartment, Rachel guesses "Transponster" for his job title.

text: In the episode "The One Where Emma Cries", Chandler falls asleep during a meeting and on waking, realizes that he had agreed to head the new division in Tulsa. Chandler quits his job on Christmas, so that he can fly home to New York to be with Monica. Monica helps Chandler secure a job in advertising through an old colleague of hers. Much to Chandler's dismay, he begins as an intern. However, his more mature approach eventually pays off, and he secures a full-time job in the business as a junior copywriter.


document_title: Crazy Train

question_text: what movie is the song crazy train in

question_tokens: what movie is the song crazy train in

text: Crazy Train

text: Overview[edit]

text: The song's main guitar riff has been praised for its use of the full minor scale.[2] The single reached No. 49 on the United Kingdom singles chart in 1980.[3] In the United States, the song reached No. 9 on the Billboard Top Tracks chart and the single peaked at No. 106 on the Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart in 1981. [4] The master ringtone was certified double platinum and had by September 2010 sold 1,750,000 downloads.[5]

text: The song is one of Osbourne's best known and recognizable as a solo performer.[6] It was rated 9th greatest guitar solo ever by readers of Guitar World magazine.[7] The song was also ranked 9th by VH1 on the list of the 40 Greatest Metal Songs[8] and in 2009 it was named the 23rd greatest hard rock song of all time also by VH1,[9] the highest placement by a solo artist on the list.

text: Personnel[edit]

text: 1980 Studio version

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Ozzy Osbourne - lead and overdubbed backing vocals
Randy Rhoads - guitar
Bob Daisley - bass
Lee Kerslake - drums, vibraslap

text: 1987 Live version

text:
Ozzy Osbourne - vocals
Randy Rhoads - guitar
Rudy Sarzo - bass
Tommy Aldridge - drums
Don Airey - keyboards

text: "2002 re-issue"

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Ozzy Osbourne - vocals
Randy Rhoads - guitar
Robert Trujillo - bass
Mike Bordin - drums
Don Airey - keyboards

text: Covers and other usage[edit]

text: Notable cover versions[edit]

text:
The Flys, on the soundtrack of Universal Soldier: The Return.[10]
Lewis Lamedica (used as the theme to the MTV show The Osbournes)[11]

text: Samples[edit]

text: "Crazy Train" has been sampled in the following songs:

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"Undead" by Hollywood Undead[12] (in a different key).
"Let's Go" by Trick Daddy.[13]

text: Use in other media[edit]

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This song featured in the film Ghost Rider.[14]
The parts of the musical instruments are sung a cappella by children, followed by the entire family singing lyrics, in a 2011 TV commercial for the Honda Pilot.[15]
It was used as a theme song of Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen.[16]
The Westboro Baptist Church spoofed the song by rewriting it for an anti-gay protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court in 2010. In response, Osbourne issued a statement saying, "I am sickened and disgusted by the use of 'Crazy Train' to promote messages of hate and evil by a 'church'."[17] The church also announced plans to perform their version of the song while protesting the funeral of Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman in May 2013.[18]
The song is a playable track in the video games Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Band 3.[19]
Tom Morello and Serj Tankian covered the song for the tribute album Immortal Randy Rhoads: The Ultimate Tribute, which was released in the spring of 2015.[20]