Daniel Mays

On My Radar: Daniel Mays’s Cultural Highlights-The Guardian 

Daniel Mays has an excellent interview with The Guardian featuring six of his cultural highlights from Harold Pinter’s play The Homecoming, music by Flawes, television’s This is England (which stars Line of Duty’s Vicky McCLure), the film Orthodox, a Marlon Brando documentary: Listen to Me Marlon, and The Limehouse Golem book (which Danny recently completed a role in the film version). 

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Line of Duty Episode One

Line of Duty returned last evening and did not disappoint! Daniel Mays portrayal of Sergeant Danny Waldron is certainly one of his acting best roles. What an interrogation scene!

Catch up with episode one via iPlayer for the next 30 days.

Bafta has posted the audio of the excellent Line of Duty preview event from 8 February 2016.

Episode 2 airs Thursday 31 March at 9PM on BBC Two.  You definitely want to tune in after that shocking ending of episode 1!

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Line of Duty Series 3 Episode Reviews & Recaps

We will be posting reviews and recaps after each episode airs.  If you’d rather not know what has happened until you have watched please proceed with caution on the following links:

Line of Duty Episode 1 – 24 March 2016:

The Guardian: Stomach clenchingly tense, visceral and shocking…It’s a mesmerising, screen-owning, hit-the-big-time performance from Mays

The Telegraph:  Actor Daniel Mays works a nice line in baddies (This article has MAJOR episode spoilers so please don’t click if you haven’t watch yet!)

BT TV: Praise for Line of Duty’s Daniel Mays

Custard TV “Mays makes Waldron seem both charming and sinister in equal measure”

The Guardian episode by episode recap updated weekly

Den of Geek

The Daily Mail: The first episode quickly spelled out that for Series Three, creator-writer Jed Mercurio had upped the ante.

The Arts Desk: “Mays is superb”

The Telegraph: Five Stars

Digital Spy: Line of Duty just delivered one of the best scenes on tv in 2016 (THAT interrogation scene!)

Updated 24 March

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Line of Duty Premieres TONIGHT!

The much-anticipated Line of Duty series 3 premiere is tonight at 9PM on BBC Two.

Daniel Mays stars as Sergeant Danny Waldron, the highly proficient leader of an Armed Response Unit whose unpredictable behaviour is becoming a threat to colleagues and suspects. When AC-12 are called in to investigate Danny’s conduct, even they could find themselves in the firing line. Mays joins returning cast Martin Compston as Detective Sergeant Steve Arnott, Vicky McClure as Detective Constable Kate Fleming and Adrian Dunbar as Superintendent Ted Hastings.

Tune in tonight at 9PM on BBC Two.

The episode will be available on BBC iPlayer shortly after broadcast.

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The One Show

Catch up with Daniel Mays’ great interview from BBC One’s The One Show.  Danny discussed Line of Duty and his upcoming theatre role in The Caretaker.

New Line of Duty clip

Updated 23 March with Danny’s fantastic #ItsAOneThing interview:

Tune in this Thursday 24 March to see the much-anticipated premiere on BBC Two.

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The Caretaker Press Updates 

Press updates for The Caretaker at The Old Vic Theatre (29 March – 14 May)

Interview with The Resident Magazine.

Daniel Mays on working with Timothy Spall via The Evening Standard.

Daniel Mays interview on BBC Radio 2’s Steve Wright in the Afternoon Show on Wednesday 23 March at 14:00.

George MacKay interview with The Evening Standard.

Daniel Mays interview on BBC’s The One Show on Tuesday 22 March at 19:00.

George MacKay interview with Jonathan Ross from the BBC Radio 2 Arts Show. (Begins 10.30)

Daniel Mays fantastic appearance on Sunday Brunch from Sunday 13 March.

Book tickets for The Caretaker.

Updated 7 April

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The One Show – Tuesday 22 March

Daniel Mays will be a guest on BBC One’s The One Show on Tuesday 22 March at 19:00.
Tune in to see Danny as he discusses his upcoming Line of Duty series 3 role and The Caretaker at The Old Vic Theatre (29 March – 14 May).

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Jameson Empire Awards

Daniel Mays attended the 2016 Jameson Empire Awards in London this evening.

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Danny presented Best Female Newcomer award to Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: The Force Awakens):
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Red carpet interview with Danny.
Live blog of the Jameson Empire Awards (Danny content in the 18.36 update):
“Very brave of Empire to ask Private Walker to announce Best Female Newcomer,” Mays says of his notoriously flirtatious character. He’ll be selling black-market silks out back after the event.

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Steve Wright in the Afternoon – 23 March

Daniel Mays will be a guest on the Steve Wright in the Afternoon show on Wednesday 23 March.  Danny will be discussing Line of Duty and The Caretaker.

Tune in to BBC Radio Two this Wednesday starting at 14:00! Catch up with Danny’s interview.

Danny tells Steve what it’s like working with Timothy in the Pinter play ‘The Caretaker’.

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The Story So Far: Line of Duty

A special Line of Duty 13 minute catch-up episode  is now available for viewing online on via BBC iPlayer. The episode features Daniel Mays as Sgt Danny Waldron.

Watch the episode here (now available for 7 days)

Series 3 premieres Thursday 24 March at 9PM on BBC Two.

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