Template:Did you know nominations/Line of Duty
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The result was: promoted by Hilst talk 21:21, 18 January 2025 (UTC)
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Line of Duty
- ... that BBC One initially passed on Line of Duty, which would later become its highest-rated drama in 19 years?
- ALT1: ... that BBC One initially passed on what would later become its highest-rated drama in 19 years? Source: https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/line-of-duty-rejected-bbc/ and https://variety.com/2021/tv/global/line-of-duty-bbc-netflix-1899-1234964851/
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sympathy Is a Knife
- Comment: The first source confirms that BBC One turned it down and that it's the biggest BBC drama, the second source confirms that it's the most-viewed drama since 2002.
Improved to Good Article status by TheDoctorWho (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.
TheDoctorWho (talk) 18:23, 7 January 2025 (UTC).
New enough (GA Jan 2), long enough (17 KB), well-sourced, no copyvio. Hook interesting, ALT0 and ALT1 are similar so no preference. Hook verified in source, but would need to specify that it was one specific episode:
- ALT0a: ... that BBC One initially passed on Line of Duty, whose finale would become its highest-rated drama in 19 years?
- — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 01:24, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
- I have no issues with ALT0A, thanks for the suggestion! TheDoctorWho (talk) 07:12, 12 January 2025 (UTC)