Line Of Duty’s Martin Compston reveals HUGE clue hinted at DS Arnott’s on screen attack before it even aired

MARTIN Compston has revealed a huge clue that could have led Line Of Duty viewers to predict the attack on his character.

DS Arnott was almost killed by Balaclava Man when he went into Nick Huntley’s office in chilling scenes that had viewers of the hit BBC drama on the edge of their seats.

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But Martin revealed his suit actually gave the attack away and admitted that if you looked hard enough, you would have noticed he was wearing one of his battered old outfits in the scene.

During an appearance on The Lorraine Show, the 32-year-old told Christine Bleakley he’d chosen to wear his old outfit as he didn’t want it to get “messed up”

He added: “That [scene] was stressful for me for different reasons because I know that when the lift doors open, I'm about to get thrown about by a stunt man.

“We spend so much time at our desks, doing long interview scenes and talking... it's nice to get a bit physical.

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“But I was wondering if anyone noticed that was my old suit from last series which we were allowed to get messed up.

“I wondered if any eagle-eyed fans clocked, ‘Well he's in his old suit today, so something bad is going to happen.’”

DS Arnott woke up from his fall in the last episode and so far he’s been unable to remember much about the attack.

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While viewers are certain Nick (Lee Ingleby) is Balaclava Man, they will have to wait for Sunday night’s finale to find out if Roz Huntley's husband is who they think he is.

Speaking about this series, Martin explained he wasn’t nervous about being killed off – despite the writer Jed Mercurio’s past track record.

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He said: “That's the beauty of the show, we've trusted Jed [Mercurio, writer] this far and I don't think he would kill anyone off just for the sake of it.

“But there's always a bit of trepidation when we get the next set of scripts to see if we're still there.

“I intentionally make [Steve] annoying because he's kind of the hero, but he's - I'm trying to think of words I can say on morning TV - but he's a lot of fun to play.

“And again with him going over the banister and thinking he's dead... People don't realise what they've got until he's gone, so the character got this outpouring of love over the last week which has been really nice.”

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