Blue Lights (2023)
- Genre
- police procedural
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 3 seasons, 18 episodes
- Rated
- 15
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 121 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The series follows new police recruits and their veteran mentors in present-day Belfast, Northern Ireland. They deal with the challenges of policing a divided city, including threats from loyalist factions and internal pressures.
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What happens
Blue Lights is a Northern Irish police procedural television drama series set in the present day and based at the fictional Blackthorn police station in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Created and written by Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson, the series was filmed in Belfast and directed by Gilles Bannier. It began broadcasting on BBC One on 27 March 2023. The first series followed three probationary police officers of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and the experienced officers who train, mentor, and work with them. The second followed the same characters a year later as they tried to quell a loyalist feud in the city. Both series received critical praise and high viewership. A third series aired on 29 September 2025, and a fourth series has been commissioned by the BBC. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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