A lineup of television’s baddest bobbies, from The Simpsons’ doughnut-guzzling oaf to Line of Duty’s resident cad, the Caddy
There is only one thing anti-corruption unit AC-12 are interested in and that’s catching bent coppers. For three series of Jed Mercurio’s tense thriller, the slipperiest of the lot was “Dot” Cottan (Craig Parkinson), a double agent for organised crime, codenamed “The Caddy”. When rumbled, he texted “Urgent exit required” to armed henchmen and went out in a hail of bullets.
