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He played the terrifying antagonist of one show and the warm, doubt-wracked vicar-detective of another — often within the same viewing year.

Both shows come from the same creative team — Jed Mercurio produced Line of Duty and co-created Trigger Point, so the crossover isn't a coincidence.

Miller co-created Death in Paradise and starred as its uptight, fish-out-of-water lead before trading the Caribbean sun for Professor T's germ-averse Cambridge classroom.

He played a detective sergeant in a 1985 Miss Marple adaptation two years before landing the role that made him famous — then spent thirteen years as Morse's sergeant before getting his own spin-off as the lead.

Dudgeon actually appeared in Midsomer Murders years before taking over as its lead — he played a minor gardener character back in series four, long before returning as the new DCI Barnaby in 2011.