Blue Lights: Season 1

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Blue Lights: Season 2

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BritBox | Season Premiere Date: March 27, 2023

Summary: The British police drama focuses on three new Northern Ireland police officers (Sian Brooke, Katherine Devlin and Nathan Braniff) in Belfast.

[Premiered originally in the UK on BBC one on 27 Mar 2023 and in the US on BritBox on 17 Jan 2024]

Genre(s): Drama

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S1:E6. Love The One You're With
Air Date: May 1, 2023
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S1:E5. The Q Word
Air Date: April 24, 2023
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S1:E4. Full Moon Fever
Air Date: April 17, 2023

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The Telegraph Anita Singh

Jan 4, 2024

By the end, you will have a real fondness for these characters. Blue Lights won’t receive a fraction of the hype of Line of Duty, but there isn’t a duff line or an overcooked scene to be found here. The various storylines knit together into one satisfying conclusion. Read full review

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The Guardian Rebecca Nicholson

Jan 4, 2024

It leaves so many tantalising threads just waiting to unravel. What’s real, and what is a setup? What counts as courage, and what is plain stupidity? By the end of the first episode, I’m engrossed. Read full review

i Ed Power

Jan 4, 2024

Sincerity and earnestness are potent storytelling tools when deployed correctly, and those qualities were front and centre here. At a time when every police show feels like an action movie on a shoestring, Blue Lights managed to stand out from the crowd. Read full review

Radio Times James Hibbs

Jan 4, 2024

This is a thoughtful, authentic and emotionally resonant new drama which justifies its existence straight out of the gate, despite my initial personal misgivings. It's just a shame about that title. Read full review

The Times Carol Midgley

Jan 4, 2024

This is a complicated, cleverly observed, funny and (at times) horrific drama that is a cut above your average police procedural. Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn's six-parter has a fresh, irreverent quality. Read full review

The Independent Sean O'Grady

Jan 4, 2024

The main weakness in all of this is that the police trainees are so useless that you don’t actually want them to succeed. .... What the writers, Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson, do get very right is the sense of sheer exhausting frustration of policing a place where the usual challenges are overlaid with ethnic-national hatreds and the ever-present possibility of assassination. Read full review

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Series Overview
Season 3

81
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: September 29, 2025
Season 2

83
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: April 15, 2024
Season 1

82
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: March 27, 2023
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  S1:E6. Love The One You're With
  Air Date: May 1, 2023
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  S1:E5. The Q Word
  Air Date: April 24, 2023
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  S1:E4. Full Moon Fever
  Air Date: April 17, 2023
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  S1:E3. The Fear
  Air Date: April 10, 2023
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  S1:E2. Bad Batch
  Air Date: April 3, 2023
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  S1:E1. The Code
  Air Date: March 27, 2023