Trigger Point & 4 More Of Our Favourite Vicky McClure Performances
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ITV's bomb disposal thriller is back
Sarah Lancashire, Keeley Hawes, Olivia Colman, Suranne Jones, Sheridan Smith, Anna Maxwell Martin… When we see these names on the bill, we know a TV series is going to be good. This is a small selection of the leading ladies that have transformed British telly over the past decade or so, starring in gripping dramas and tense thrillers, and bringing incredible emotional depth to the women we see on screen.
Another star we are always drawn to is Vicky McClure, the Nottingham-born Line of Duty star who cut her teeth as Lol Jenkins in This is England (2006). Since then she’s become a regular on our screens, and can currently be seen in a third series of Trigger Point. If you’ve raced through the latter and are craving even more Vicky, here’s our pick of her very best performances.
5 Best Vicky McClure Performances
Trigger Point (2022–present)
Back for a third series after millions of viewers tuned in for the first two instalments, Vicky McClure leads ITV’s high-stakes drama Trigger Point as Lana Washington (aka ‘Wash’), an ex-military bomb disposal operative and Afghan War veteran who now heads up the Met Police bomb squad. Expect plenty of edge-of-your seat tension as Lana and her team respond to bomb threats across the capital, bringing them into contact with some really shifty characters.
Line of Duty (2012–21)
This iconic police procedural drama is one of the BBC’s greatest hits, and it made a household name out of Vicky McClure who stars in the leading trio as Detective Inspector Kate Fleming alongside Martin Compton and Adrian Dunbar. Spanning six series, each instalment chronicles a new case, with guest stars including Lennie James, Keeley Hawes, Mark Bonnar, Daniel Mays, Thandie Newton, Stephen Graham, Anna Maxwell Martin and more (in short it was a honeypot for British stars). And with a seventh series potentially in the works, it’s the perfect time to tune in.
This Is England (2006)
Just like Stephen Graham and Brassic creator Joe Gilgun, Vicky McClure’s breakout came with This is England, the 2006 coming-of-age drama exploring the far-right politics seeping into Britain’s young skinheads in 1983. McClure stars as Lol Jenkins, a role she would later reprise in the TV miniseries This is England ‘86 and ‘88, bagging a BAFTA in 2011 and another nomination in 2012.
Insomnia (2024)
Moving away from terrestrial TV, in 2024 Vicky McClure landed on Paramount+ leading thriller Insomnia inspired by Sarah Pinborough’s novel of the same name. She stars as Emma Averill, a successful career woman struggling with sleep as she approaches her 40th birthday. With her mother suffering the same symptoms in the weeks leading up to a psychotic break, it’s troubling for Emma who has always resisted her mother’s warnings. Is tragedy about to strike a second time?
Without Sin (2022)
While this 2022 drama didn’t make as much of a splash as many of Vicky McClure’s other performances, we still recommend tuning into ITV’s four-part miniseries Without Sin. McClure stars as taxi driver Stella, still reeling following the tragic death of her 14-year-old daughter three years earlier. With her family life in tatters, Stella agrees to meet her daughter’s killer when she is contacted through a restorative justice programme – only for him to claim he has been framed. Thus begins the grieving mother’s own investigation into her daughter’s murder, a taut thriller that earned McClure another BAFTA nom.
