Kate Garraway calls Line Of Duty ending ‘disappointing’ as she hopes for series 7

KATE Garraway called Line Of Duty’s ending “disappointing” today as she shared hopes for a series seven.

The Good Morning Britain star joined millions of fans responding to the series six finale as she gave her verdict on the cop drama’s big reveal.

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WARNING SPOILERS AHEAD

H’s identity was finally been revealed in the series finale of Line Of Duty.

DCI Ian Buckells, played by actor Nigel Boyle, was revealed as the mystery character in Sunday’s episode of the BBC One police drama.

The future of anti-corruption unit AC-12 was also left hanging in the balance at the end of the episode.

Kate, 53, said she hadn’t watched the episode yet because she suffered a power cut last night but had seen the news and admitted she wasn’t looking forward to watching it know that she knows who H is.

She said: “I’ve got to say – I mean, I haven’t seen it yet – but from what’s been reported in the papers, it is a little bit disappointing who H turned out to be.”

Adding her thoughts, Charlotte Hawkins said: “I think it’s one of those things where it’s coming up to the finale and there’s so much speculation that it’s hard to live up to expectation.”

But Kate remarked: “Well, I don’t know. I just imagined he would be more senior, H. He or she.

And Kate’s co-host Sean Fletcher remarked: “Ian Buckles is a bit of a buffoon, isn’t he.”

Kate continued: “I think he’s a bit of a buffoon and I think we were expecting some kind of – I mean, the actor’s lovely! I don’t know, I just expected it to be someone more Machiavellian, moving things around behind the scenes.

“Of course, what we’re hoping for his a series seven and maybe Jed Mercurio and his clever way turn out to be that wasn’t really H – there’s an H plus or something!”

TV presenter Piers Morgan labelled the ending “a tad underwhelming”.

Line Of Duty, which first aired in 2012, has been a ratings hit for the BBC, pulling in millions of viewers.

Line Of Duty’s penultimate episode earned an average of 11 million viewers and 51.7% of the audience share, according to the broadcaster.

A seventh series of the hit drama has not yet been announced.

Vicky McClure, who plays DI Kate Fleming in the series, said in a tweet on Sunday the support for the programme “has been unreal”.

She added: “It’s not lost on me how lucky I am to be a part of Line Of Duty, not just because of the success of the show but the life long friendships we’ve all gained.”

Her co-star Martin Compston added on Twitter he hoped the programme will “deliver an ending you all deserve”.