EXCLUSIVE: Former pro Scottish footballer has urged show creator Jed Mercurio to schedule production around World Cup matches Martin Compston will not let Line of Duty stop his World Cup viewing (Image: GETTY)

Martin Compston will not let Line Of Duty stop him from watching Scotland at next year's World Cup .

The 41-year-old actor will reprise his role as DS Steve Arnott when the BBC crime drama returns for a seventh series. But he has urged the show's creator Jed Mercurio to schedule production around matches at the tournament in the US next summer. Scotland will be playing at a World Cup for the first time in 28 years. Martin told talkSPORT: “I've already said to Jed, ‘You need to find me time or kill me off’ because I've been waiting for this.

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