{"id":32390,"date":"2023-04-23T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T07:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1819516"},"modified":"2023-04-23T10:42:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-23T08:42:42","slug":"malpractice-star-on-line-of-duty-comparisons-its-its-own-thing","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/malpractice-star-on-line-of-duty-comparisons-its-its-own-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Malpractice star on Line of Duty comparisons: \u2018It\u2019s its own thing\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> &#8220;It felt very, very unique when I read it.&#8221; <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Abby Robinson\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Sunday, 23 April 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Malpractice, which arrives on ITV1 on Sunday 23rd April, is the latest drama from World Productions, the company behind a raft of ratings juggernauts including <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/vigil-season-2-release-date\/&quot;\">Vigil<\/a>, <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/bodyguard-series-2-renewed-bbc1-air-date-cast-trailer-richard-madden-jed-mercurio-keeley-hawes\/&quot;\">Bodyguard<\/a> and <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/line-of-duty-season-7-release-date\/&quot;\">Line of Duty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Helen Behan \u2013 who plays <span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\">Norma Callahan, a doctor who is investigating fellow doc Lucinda Edwards (<\/span><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\">Niamh Algar) following the death of a patient in A&amp;E \u2013 addressed the inevitable LoD comparisons that occur when people learn of the World Productions connection.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI suppose the danger with World Productions is it being compared to Line of Duty, the Mecca of World Productions productions,\u201d she told <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press. \u201cBut no, I didn\u2019t feel that at all. It felt very, very unique when I read it. I didn\u2019t think there was anything else like it. It\u2019s absolutely its own thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/dalgliesh-kate-miskin-relationship-channel-5-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Dalgliesh star expands on Kate Miskin\u2019s \u201cfeelings\u201d for the detective<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/hunt-for-raoul-moat-lee-ingleby-hollow-ending-newsupdate\/&quot;\">The Hunt for Raoul Moat\u2019s Lee Ingleby on series\u2019s \u201chollow ending\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>Vigil star Lorne MacFadyen also appears in <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/malpractice-itv-release-date\/&quot;\">Malpractice<\/a>, in which he plays Lucinda\u2019s husband Tom, who is a very different kettle of fish to the character he portrayed in the BBC drama.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an actor that\u2019s the dream,\u201d he said of playing contrasting parts. \u201cIt\u2019s very rarely your choice what roles you get offered but for sure, to be in a show which has a similar tension and pulse to Vigil but is completely night and day different, and the part is very different as well, it\u2019s just great to be able to play that.\u201d<\/p> <p>MacFadyen also expanded on the series\u2019 big question: what is Lucinda hiding?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe meet them at a point where Tom is the house husband \u2013 not of his own choosing, his business plans got scuppered by COVID. And he\u2019s been put into the less traditional gender role of being the house husband and Lucinda being the breadwinner, so there\u2019s already a pressure from that shame that he is experiencing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then there\u2019s the external pressure of everything that\u2019s going on privately for Lucinda, which has created a fracture in the family, in the household, and that\u2019s widening the more the pressure builds. And Tom is in a place where he is very much in the dark about what\u2019s happening with Lucinda and he\u2019s trying to figure out how he can help her when he doesn\u2019t know what the problem is.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/malpractice-ITV-33da4cd.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/malpractice-ITV-33da4cd.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\">Priyanka Patel (Sadie J), Scott Chambers (Innocent), <\/span><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\">James Purefoy (The Following, Sex Education), <\/span><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\">Brian Bovell (Hollyoaks), Tristan Sturrock (Poldark), Hannah Walters (This Is England, Time) and Georgina Rich (War of the Worlds).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The five-part medical thriller was written by <span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\">Grace Ofori-Attah, who used to be a doctor herself, and directed by <\/span><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\">Philip Barantini (Boiling Point).<\/span><\/p> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove\" embed=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove__player\" vjs-playlist-player-container=\"\"> <video data-video-id=\"&quot;6324747811112&quot;\" data-account=\"&quot;69912529001&quot;\" data-player=\"&quot;ByeOf0VZEl&quot;\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\"\/><\/div> 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If you\u2019re looking for more to watch, check out our <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/&quot;\" href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Streaming Guide<\/a>. Visit our\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/&quot;\">Drama<\/a>\u00a0hub for all the latest news.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only \u00a31 with delivery to your home \u2013\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"&quot;http:\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article&quot;\"><strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a><strong>. 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