Line of Duty's Martin Compston teases new drama 'Traces'

From Good Housekeeping

Line of Duty star Martin Compston has teased a first-look at his new drama Traces.

Compston, who's perhaps best known for playing DS Steve Arnott in Jed Mercurio's Line of Duty is set to hit screens in another role before the end of the year. He shared a sneak peek at the drama on Twitter, revealing the show will air in December.

Traces: What's it about and who's in it?

Traces is a crime drama set in Dundee, Scotland, starring Compston as well as Molly Windsor (Cheat) as a forensic scientist named Emma, Laura Fraser as Prof. Sarah Gordon and Jennifer Spence as Prof. Kathy Torrance.

The synopsis for the series reads:

"When 23-year-old Emma (Windsor) returns to Scotland to take up a new position as a lab assistant at SIFA, she signs up to a MOOC – Massive Open Online Course – which teaches the principles of forensic science. But she soon discovers that the fictitious case study has a strikingly similar and shocking link to her past.

"As Emma’s sleuthing takes her into darker corners and unpicks more and more secrets, it becomes clear that she should trust no-one. It will be Sarah (Fraser) and Kathy’s (Spence) exacting minds that reward Emma’s faith in the science that has fuelled her imagination and who will ultimately bring a killer to justice."

There's not much information about Martin's character at the moment but watch this space.

Traces: When's it on TV?

The series will air on Alibi in December.

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