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Adrian Dunbar and Neil Morrissey team up in Tuesday night's episode of DNA journey as they travel to Ireland to learn about their family histories.

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ITV's DNA journey will see Line of Duty stars Neil Morrissey and Adrian Dunbar unearth family secrets.

[MailOnline](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6978211/Line-Duty-household-Adrian-Dunbar-hiding-plain-sight.html): "I pushed them out of the way [of traffic] and a young cop arrested me." Adrian has not always stayed on the right side of the law, despite his most well-known role as Superintendent Ted Hastings in Line of Duty. Adrian then went on to attend Guildhall drama school in London before picking up roles including My Left Foot, The Crying Game, Widows' Peak and A Touch of Frost. The pigs had to go." Adrian is expected to discover his links to Norfolk in the episode, but the actor also has an interesting job history. Before becoming an actor Adrian, originally from County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, worked in an abattoir. (...) [ITV](https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/all-about/itv) ’s synopsis for Tuesday’s episode reads: " [Line of Duty](https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/all-about/line-of-duty) stars Neil Morrissey and Adrian Dunbar met on their audition day for Guildhall drama school in London. Line of Duty star Adrian Dunbar will appear on ITV’s DNA Journey alongside his co-star Neil Morrissey. [ TikTok ](https://www.tiktok.com/@curiouslymedia), [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/curiouslymedia/), [ Facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/CuriouslyMedia) [reports ](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6978211/Line-Duty-household-Adrian-Dunbar-hiding-plain-sight.html). [ Twitter ](https://twitter.com/curiouslymedia).

Adrian was back on TV screens for a new episode of ITV's DNA Journey alongside pal Neil Morrissey where the two head to Ireland and are greeted by a bubbly ...

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Line of Duty stars Adrian Dunbar and Neil Morrissey embark on a trip across the UK and Ireland to unlock their family's history in the latest DNA Journey.

[ITV](/latest/itv) viewers will see actors Adrian Dunbar and Neil Morrissey on a quest to unearth secrets from their ancestors' past as they journey across the UK and Ireland for DNA Journey. When visiting Dromantine, the [Line of Duty](/latest/line-of-duty) stars couldn’t resist referring to the [BBC ](/latest/bbc)crime drama when meeting a fan of the show. Line of Duty stars Adrian Dunbar and Neil Morrissey embark on a trip across the UK and Ireland to unlock their family's history in the latest DNA Journey.

The actor, who starred alongside Adrian in the first season of the show when it was filmed in Birmingham, is teaming up with the Irish actor for DNA Journey ...

The North Staffordshire pub landlord learns about his Irish family history alongside Line of Duty co-star Adrian Dunbar.

In recent years he has also run a chain of pubs in Staffordshire; one, The Plume of Feathers in [Barlaston](https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/all-about/barlaston), remains open. The episode of DNA Journey featuring Neil Morrissey and Adrian Dunbar will be shown tonight at 9pm on ITV1. His parents, meanwhile, were told not to visit him in his foster home for the first six weeks of his time there. “It was more about the disruption of family life that the social workers decided to take me and my brother away from my family.” “"They had three other children at home so it was difficult for them to come and see me as well. Morrissey heads to Castlecomer, in County Kilkenny, to meet his cousin Marilyn - also a performer - who fills him in on the family’s history. His parents both worked as psychiatric nurses, but he and his youngest brother Stephen were sent to live at various foster homes as children; Neil Morrissey spent most of his childhood at Penkhull Children’s Home. Former Line of Duty and Men Behaving Badly star Neil Morrissey features in tonight’s episode (March 21) of ITV series DNA Journey. He revealed that he had been sent into care along with his brother after social workers expressed concern about the family’s domestic life. “Social workers made the decision that our home life was unsafe. He appears alongside his Line of Duty co-star Adrian Dunbar, who is from County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. [BBC](https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/all-about/bbc) sitcom Men Behaving Badly in the 1990s added that he did not see his brother for a decade.