Line Of Duty stars Adrian Dunbar, Vicky McClure and Martin Compston send fans into meltdown as they reunite for a pint at the pub

Line Of Duty stars Adrian Dunbar, Vicky McClure and Martin Compston sent fans into meltdown when they reunited for a pint at the pub. 

In an update shared to Instagram on Sunday, the trio enjoyed an evening out ahead of their return to filming in the Spring. 

Martin, 41, smiled alongside Vicky, 42, and Adrian, 67, as they raised their beers for the photo. 

He captioned the update: 'AC12 in the house (pub).'

Fan's of the show were delighted at the reunion snap as they get ready for the seventh series. 

They commented: 'This makes us so happy'; 'Jesus, Mary & Joseph & the wee donkey, fab to see you all together xx.'

Others added: 'The pic we've been waiting for!! Now finish your drinks and start shooting the new season'; 

'I think I would hyperventilate if I was in that pub right now!'; 'Best show ever!!!.'

Martin, Vicky and Adrian will start shooting for Line Of Duty in the Spring but have been seen catching up ahead of their return to set.  

Last week, Vicky hosted her close pal and co-star Adrian at her Nottingham home where the pair enjoyed watching Nottingham Forest take on Arsenal with her Trigger Point co-star Eric Shango.

The actress also shared a snap of the pals standing outside the city's Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem which holds the title of the oldest inn in England.

Adrian enjoyed a pint with Vicky and her husband, Welsh director Jonny Owen at the pub.

'Had the best few days in Notts with the best of friends ♥️' Vicky sweetly captioned the photos.

Jed Mercurio's hit thriller last aired in 2021 with the series six finale coming in as the biggest drama episode since modern records began in 2002, with 17 million viewers recorded after 28-days. 

However fans were left disappointed by the controversial ending of series six, when bumbling Det Supt Ian Buckells (Nigel Boyle) was unmasked as 'H' - the shadowy criminal mastermind behind the police corruption. 

Hoping to win back fans the new six-part series will start filming in Belfast in the coming spring. 

In series seven AC-12 has been disbanded and rebranded the Inspectorate of Police Standards as Martin, Vicky and Adrian return to their roles. 

Anticorruption work has never been more difficult and in this challenging climate Steve Arnott (Martin), Kate Fleming (Vicky) and Ted Hastings (Adrian) are assigned their most sensitive case so far.

Detective Inspector Dominic Gough, a charismatic officer winning plaudits for a string of takedowns of organised crime, is accused of abusing his position of trust to act as a sexual predator. 

But is Gough's case a deliberate distraction from a bigger threat still operating in the shadows?

Opening up on the new series, Martin told the Chris Evans Breakfast Show: 'Last year we got to the point where we said, "All right, let's clear the decks for next year".

'We chat every, like, if not every other day, like every other week, at least, we're genuinely close pals. Jed went for a curry as soon as I got here the other night.

'We kind of just said, "Look, is it getting close to that time?" It's sort of, we're all getting on, you know, but, just in terms of the distance from it, we're kind of like, "It's now or never."

'It was getting to the point, if you leave it too long between it. I mean, it is great to leave the distance because it gives Jed time to write it and come up with a proper storyline...'

He added of the script: 'I mean, it's fantastic… already it's a proper page turner.

'You've got to come from a solid base rather than just commission it. But the scripts are brilliant and we're all excited to get back.'

The final series averaged a massive 16 million viewers making it the biggest drama across the market since 2018.