Neil Morrisey and Adrian Dunbar at the African Mission, Dromantine House with Father Damien and Father Eddie Deeney as they discuss Father Joe Brennan, Neil’s ancestor (Image: Voltage TV and Mitre Productions/ ITV) Group 28 Get the latest on health and beauty, work life, parenting,
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Ireland to learn about their family histories. The duo, who have been
Friends for 42 years since they met in drama school, started alongside each other in the popular crime drama Line of Duty which was filmed in Northern Ireland. In the episode using DNA and genealogy, they are on a journey that will take them across the
UK and Ireland, reconnecting with lost cousins and unearthing long-held family secrets. Read more: Adrian Dunbar and Line of Duty co-star on new series of ITV's DNA Journey Neil revealed that he actually got Adrian his iconic as Ted Hastings in Line of Duty. He said: "I mean I hate to tell you this but I got him the
Job. "I was auditioning for this thing, Line of Duty and I was up for Nigel Morton and the lines opposite was an interview with Ted Hastings and I said to the Director, who's playing Ted Hastings and they went, 'We haven't cast it yet' and I went, have you thought of Adrian Dunbar?" Adrian went on to say "he does claim that if it wasn't for him, which I'm absolutely fine with claiming that." A moment in the new series shows the acting pair heading to Castlecomer in Ireland where Neil discovers the battles between his ancestors, the Loughlins, with another infamous local family, the Brennan’s. How in a romance that echoes Romeo and Juliet – a Loughlin girl and a Brennan boy married, moved to
England and had a son, Joe. Following the tragic turns and eventual highs of cousin Joe’s life, Neil finds himself having pavlova with priests and clutching Joe’s bible - his first tangible connection with a relative’s life Adrian and Neil's DNA Journey episode airs on ITV and ITVX at 9pm on Tuesday, March 21 Read more Line of Duty star on being 'mistaken for terrorists' while filming in Belfast Adrian Dunbar gives update on Line of Duty new series The most watched TV shows in
Northern Ireland last year Adrian Dunbar says it 'wasn't a problem' to play another cop in ITV crime drama For all the latest news, visit the Belfast Live homepage here and sign up to our What's On newsletter here Story Saved You can find this story in My Bookmarks. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Follow BelfastLive
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