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Vicky McClure shares her isolation preservation kit

Taking a break from catching bent coppers, Line Of Duty's Vicky McClure shares the boxsets, music, exercises and more that are helping her stay happy and healthy while staying at home

Like so many of us, Vicky McClure was supposed to be working at the moment. She should be in Belfast, chasing bent coppers. But, like most film and television production across the world, filming on the next series of Line of Duty has been suspended.

Until they are back at work and cooking on diesel once again, McClure is instead holed up in her home town of Nottingham. So what is keeping her happy and healthy during this enforced period of isolation?

Binge-worthy boxsets

Save Me Too and the full series of The Nest.

The soundtrack to my isolation

Motown! Always uplifting, always gets me dancing!

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I am yet to start it but I have heard great things about Big Girl Small Town by Michelle Gallen, recommended by Kathy Burke which can only mean great things!

Essential tech

Everyone has got into Zoom and Houseparty recently, great way to chat to groups of family, friends and work colleagues.

Staying active

In body doing a daily walk, and in mind I am talking to family and friends loads. My jigsaw is coming on well too.

Staying active

My recent TikTok went down pretty well! Up for doing some more of those.

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