By James Wood For Mailonline
Published: 02:19 BST, 31 March 2019 | Updated: 02:23 BST, 31 March 2019
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Filming for the latest series of hit BBC show Line of Duty almost sparked a major police incident, its star has revealed.
Actor Stephen Graham, 45, who plays the leader of a 'ruthless gang of violent criminals', has revealed shock details about last year's filming in Belfast.
He recalled one scene in which he and fellow cast members drove through the city wearing balaclavas and carrying machine guns.
Actor Stephen Graham, 45, who plays the leader of a 'ruthless gang of violent criminals', has revealed shock details about last year's filming in Belfast
The new series, which starts tonight, will see Graham play John Corbett, a character with some connection to the so-called balaclava men (pictured in a still from the new series)
'There was one bit when we'd just committed a robbery and we shot off, and we were actually driving through the streets of Belfast with our balaclavas and machine guns in the car and we realised we better get back to set,' he told the Sunday Express.
'So that was quite funny, but wouldn't have been too funny if people had seen. It was all a lot of fun.'
The new series, which starts tonight, will see Graham play
