Adrian Dunbar is on his way back into his retired detective inspector boots as Alex Ridley for a second season of crime-solving detective drama RIDLEY. ITV has confirmed that the LINE OF DUTY star, best known as Superintendent Ted Hastings in the BBC’s police corruption drama, is set to step into his crime consulting role once again for the next instalment. RIDLEY season 1 racked up 7.1 million viewers when it first landed and maintained around 6.3 million viewers going forward. It was named ITV’s fourth biggest drama launch of 2022.