LINE of Duty star Gregory Piper looked worlds apart from his sinister alter-ego Ryan Pilkington as he arrived to teach drama students in the West Midlands.
The star, whose character was shot dead in the latest series of the BBC police drama, smiled as he got out of his car with girlfriend Becca.
He held a colourful bag and dressed down in a dark hoodie and jeans for his teaching session. Last week Line of Duty viewers rejoiced as Pilkington was killed in a shootout - but he escaped grilling by AC-12.
Gregory returned to the show this year as a cop, having brutally slit the throat of Stephen Graham's character John Corbett in series 4 as a young tearaway.
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