This is the point at which interviewers are incredulous that the dazzling and successful McClure doesn’t live in London, but in Nottingham with her fiance, the actor and director Jonny Owen. “That’s what I loved about it. Vicky McClure and family supporting Alzheimer’s Society’s Memory Walks campaign at Wollaton Park, Nottingham. Known as “Expo”, officers risk their lives daily on ‘the long walk’ towards danger. Line Of Duty is set to return to the BBC in 2021. It came from a production company and I just really liked what they were trying to do with it. It’s not just Martin and Vicky who’ve been busy sharing photos from behind-the-scenes as creator Jed Mercurio has also been giving audiences a sneak glimpse at what’s in store. Known as “Expo”, officers risk their lives daily on ‘the long walk’ towards danger. I’m really looking forward to creating a strong, bright and troubled character in Lana Washington. The exciting drama will see McClure battle a terrorist plot in London McClure will play front line officer Lana Washington, who is an experienced bomb disposal operative. Production on the hit BBC drama has resumed after the coronavirus pandemic threw a spanner in the works just weeks into when it had originally started in March, and it’s now been slated for a 2021 release. ‘Hello mate,’ Vicky captioned the picture as she posted it on Twitter. “Not in a million years. It’s hard to afford last-minute trips to London when an audition comes up, she explains, “and people are struggling to join drama schools because of their financial situation”. Hello mate ð@martin_compston pic.twitter.com/H00fDHsm9H. “The workshop gave me my career, there’s no two ways about it,” she told i News . ( Log Out /
“I was a Shane Meadows kid, he was a Ken Loach kid. “I felt such freedom, made a great bunch of friends, created drama and plays. “I’m fascinated by them,” she says. McClure was educated at Fernwood School. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Then, a year later, my nana was diagnosed with the vascular form of the disease at the age of 75,” the actress told The Guardian . Series regulars Martin, Vicky and Adrian Dunbar will all return, alongside newcomers Shalom Brune-Franklin, Perry Fitzpatrick, Andi Osho and Prasanna Puwanarajah. My life is not predominantly my work. She’s also received several prestigious award nominations, including a BAFTA Television Award for Best Supporting Actress for Line of Duty.
• I Am Nicola is on Channel 4 on 23 July at 10pm. Reckless and out of control, Lana is ex-military and pushed to breaking point dealing with a series of improvised explosive devices which threaten the capital during a terrorist summer campaign, Under extreme pressure and searching for answers, Lana can, t help but become suspicious that the bomber is premeditatedly targeting her unit. Or as she puts it: “I have experienced some right twats, as in men who treat men differently to how they treat me.” Things such as a male actor being asked if he is happy to start a scene “and I’m stood in the room at the same time. “It’s such a massive part of who you are, and it’s destructive – and it’s amazing.
“I begrudge paying that much for a pint. I like working that way.” McClure has known Fitzpatrick since she was 11, when they both attended Nottingham’s drama group, the Television Workshop, where improvisation was a key part. ( Log Out / ( Log Out / Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
It’s interesting. Vicky became engaged to director Jonny Owen on Christmas Day 2017. McClure, now 36, has been vocal about the lack of acting opportunities for those from lower-income families. Vicky credits her time at Nottingham’s Television Workshop for kickstarting her career, as it was there that she first met director Shane Meadows who offered her a role in This Is England. thriller series focusing on the Bomb Disposal Squad.
“We’re immensely grateful to Polly Hill and ITV for giving this opportunity to a brand-new writer.”, READ MORE: ALL OUR NEWS AND REVIEWS FOR LINE OF DUTY, Just as long as she understands Line of Duty is her first responsibility…. Then add the number to your phone contacts book as 'Nottingham Post'. Itâs great to be back filming #LineofDuty. “It makes me laugh that it’s such a big deal. “It was a bit of a shithole, really,” she says, laughing. Production for series six of Line Of Duty is well underway, but news reaches us that Jed Mercurio’s production company HTM Television has been greenlit by ITV to produce a new high-octane thriller. “When I first opened the Memory Walk in Nottingham [in 2010], 300 people took part and I didn’t really know anything about dementia.
“That’s the reaction I get,” she says. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. I’ve seen too many men walk into the room and go, ‘What’s happening?’ And then you do it as a woman and you feel like you’re being difficult.”, She’d like to have a go at directing, and has one project “bubbling away”. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. I live in my home town. ( Log Out / Vicky took home a BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress in 2011 for her role in This Is England ’86 as well an RTS Television Award for Best Actor (Female). That can be tricky.”, Although she has never experienced the sort of #MeToo harassment other women have spoken out about, she has experienced sexism. Savage worked out the scenes, but the dialogue was improvised. Vicky Lee McClure was born on 8 May 1983 in the Wollaton area of Nottingham. Alzheimer's Society Nottingham Memory Walk, B&M issues important statement on whether it'll remain open during lockdown, All non-essential shops will close in England from Thursday, Lockdown rules for Aldi, Lidl, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons, All the shopping rules in England will change again on Thursday, Notts' Wilko stores remain open - but there's one thing you can't buy, Trans model Paris Lees appears in new hair care advert calling the milestone 'bigger than me', The Hucknall-born Vogue columnist features alongside Katie Piper and Ramla Ali, Here is the full list of 'non-essential' shops closed in England during lockdown 2, Only a select type of shop will be allowed to stay open for business as usual, The Hot Mess Mums' Club host on lockdown, staying positive and being thankful, "We are amazing, resilient, super women who are doing a far greater job than we realise", Business owners fear second lockdown will be 'carnage' for Nottinghamshire high streets, Many businesses face a key time for trading in the run up to Christmas, New Nottingham children's play area officially opens, IT will provide a new castle themed play area and a ball court, Shoppers share their thoughts on national lockdown as they visit Nottingham for last time, 'I don't know what the right thing is. McClure has set up a production company “to focus on working-class drama and comedy.
I had ideas about what I wanted that to feel and look like. “I always said I can’t stay here because …” She pauses, then becomes deadly serious. Created by Jed Mercurio. McClure grew up in the city, where her dad was a joiner and her mum a hairdresser.
Vicky’s enjoyed a number of high-profile TV roles over her almost two-decade long career. I was young, really naive.”, Meadows cast her again in his film This Is England, and she reprised her role as skinhead Lol for the TV spin-offs, one of which won her a Bafta. She grew up in Wollaton and lives just a few miles away, Get the latest news about What's On in Nottingham in your inbox - sign up to our email. I live in the real world and I don’t take things for granted.” As the newly promoted DI Kate Fleming in the BBC’s Line of Duty juggernaut, McClure reached a prime-time audience, and her recent documentary, Our Dementia Choir, was one of the most affecting TV shows of the year. But being handpicked by Madonna for her directorial debut – McClure must have felt she was about to make it?