Harbour Lights (1999)

Genre

crime, drama

Country

United Kingdom

Length

2 seasons, 16 episodes

Rated

PG

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A former Royal Navy officer returns to his childhood seaside town to become harbourmaster. He deals with local feuds, romance with a police constable, and shady business dealings.

cozymellowsmall-townearnestlightheartedoccasionally dramaticnostalgicslow-burn

What happens

Harbour Lights is a British television drama series, broadcast on BBC One, that ran for two series from 18 February 1999 to 28 May 2000. It stars Nick Berry as protagonist Mike Nicholls, a former Royal Navy officer who returns to his childhood town of Bridehaven to take on the role of harbourmaster. The first series features storylines including a blossoming romance with local constable Melanie Rush (Tina Hobley), the ruthless business dealings of Tony Simpson (Gerard Horan), and the inter-family feuding of the Blades — Steve, George, Jason, Kelly and Rita. Both series were predominantly filmed in West Bay near Bridport in Dorset, which acts as the fictional town of Bridehaven. The second series features much harder-hitting storylines than the first, and was criticised by local residents for portraying West Bay in a bad light. The complete series was released on Region 4 DVD on 3 March 2011. This is the only commercial release of the series available. The second episode of the first series, "Marie [sic] Celeste", was famously said to be "missing" and was never broadcast on the BBC. It has, however, been shown during repeat screenings of the series on digital television, and is included in the DVD release. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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