{"id":19423,"date":"2021-06-15T15:39:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T14:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=19423"},"modified":"2021-06-22T11:42:25","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T10:42:25","slug":"jesus-mary-joseph-the-wee-donkey-a-line-of-duty-experience-is-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2021\/06\/jesus-mary-joseph-the-wee-donkey-a-line-of-duty-experience-is-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"JESUS, MARY & JOSEPH & THE WEE DONKEY, A LINE OF DUTY EXPERIENCE IS LAUNCHED"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FANS of Line of Duty might be missing the action from Superintendent Hastings, Detective Inspector Arnott and DI Fleming, but now we\u2019re sucking diesel<\/em>, as Hastings Hotels and McComb\u2019s Coach Travel have created the very first tour of filming locations from the hit TV series.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Press Eye – Belfast – Northern Ireland – Monday 14th June 2021 Photo by Stephen Hamiltonn \/ Press Eye JESUS, MARY & JOSEPH & THE WEE DONKEY, A LINE OF DUTY EXPERIENCE IS LAUNCHED\u2026 Caroline McComb from McCombs Coach Travel is joined by C\u00e1el\u00e1n McVeigh from the Grand Central Hotel to launch the new Line of Duty Experience. Fans of the hit TV show might be missing the action from Superintendent Hastings, Detective Inspector Arnott and DI Fleming, but now we\u2019re sucking diesel, as Hastings Hotels and McComb\u2019s Coach Travel have created the very first tour of filming locations. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Line of Duty Experience<\/strong>, begins with lunch in the Grand Caf\u00e9 in the Grand Central Hotel, before an action packed guided tour onboard a luxurious coach, taking in some of the most recognisable filming locations and finishing the afternoon with an AC12 cocktail or Wee Donkey mocktail in the Observatory, Ireland\u2019s tallest cocktail bar. Guests will also receive the Hastings\u2019 Line of Duty duck which has been designed with some of Northern Ireland\u2019s best-known sayings.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julie Hastings, like the battle<\/em>, Marketing Director of Hastings Hotels said: \u201cGiven our namesake with everyone\u2019s favourite Superintendent, we had to be the first to launch a Line of Duty Experience. We are delighted to team up with McComb\u2019s Coach Travel to create this unique tour which takes in some of the most exciting filming locations across Belfast City Centre, a light lunch and finishing off with Line of Duty inspired cocktails in the Observatory. And while you may not float up the Lagan in a bubble<\/em>, you will certainly enjoy the best views of Belfast and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tour starts at Belfast\u2019s Grand Central Hotel in Bedford Street which is located beside the Invest NI building – the setting for AC-12 HQ<\/em>. There will be various stops across the City Centre including \u2018Pelbury House\u2019<\/em> the headquarters of the Central Police force which provided the backdrop of Ted Hastings famous peaked-cap adjustments; \u2018Kingsgate Printing Services\u2019, <\/em>the building used as a front for members of the OCG (Organised Crime Gang); the Lorry Park where Kate shot Ryan Pilkington before doing a runner with Jo Davidson in Series 6 and of course the iconic Subway<\/em> location, the favourite meeting point for Steve and Kate to have their secret rendezvous, and perhaps the most striking spot to get that LOD selfie! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019ll be the chance to visit the sites of some of the most memorable car chases including the crash from Series 6 when DC Chloe and DI Arnott had been transporting Jimmy Lakewell from prison to AC-12 HQ to interrogate him when the police convoy was attacked by the OCG as well as the bridge where DI Fleming dramatically fired an assault riffle at a fleeing four-wheel drive, killing her dodgy partner and crime gang mole, Dot Cotton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other filming locations on the tour include Brentiss Prison <\/em>which viewers watched prisoners being escorted to, including Detective Superintendent Jo Davidson after her arrest; Tresco Storage<\/em>, the company used in Series 3 by Danny Waldron to store the decapitated head of Linus Murphy which was later discovered by Steve; and who could forget the incident in the opening episode of Series 6 that first made viewers suspect that DCI Davidson was a bent copper, when enroute to raid the address of a suspect in the murder of Gail Vella Hickies, she redirected the convoy to Hickey\u2019s Bookmakers for what she \u2018suspected\u2019 was an armed robbery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Line of Duty Experience<\/strong> takes place 3rd<\/sup>, 17th<\/sup> & 31st<\/sup> July; 14th<\/sup> & 28th<\/sup> August and 11th<\/sup> & 25th<\/sup> September and is \u00a349pp. To book go to www.mccombscoaches.com<\/a><\/strong> or call 028 9086 6162.  <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FANS of Line of Duty might be missing the action from Superintendent Hastings, Detective Inspector Arnott and DI Fleming, but now we\u2019re sucking diesel, as Hastings Hotels and McComb\u2019s Coach Travel have created the very first tour of filming locations from the hit TV series. The Line of Duty Experience, begins with lunch in the … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19423"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19423"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19425,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19423\/revisions\/19425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}