Blue Lights

I live in Belfast and I was born in London. I found this drama to be believable and most of the characters very easy to identify with. Love watching things that are filmed in Belfast too as it's such a great city... most of the Northern Irish people I know can't stand to hear their accents on the TV! I personally love it.

I enjoyed the dynamic of the new recruits - even some of the longer serving officer's stories which were a little cliched but can be forgiven because life is often the same...

Absolutely LOVED the character of Gerry and his warmth with the younger officers also.

Definitely worth a watch if you liked Line of Duty et al.

A team of rookie Officers join The Belfast Police, after their initial training is completed, they're thrown straight into the thick of things. The Streets are mean, the threat, very real.

It wasn't long before a second series was announced, and if you watch even a single episode, you will understand why, you don't get many like this.

There is a harsh realism about this show, yes it's a cop show, but somehow it feels very different to what is usually presented, they show the job of The Police as being far from glamorous, it's shown as being intensely pressured and virtually impossible.

Episodes one, two and three were very good, episode four blew my mind, after that it became the drama highlight of the year.

Don't expect any half baked romance stories, that's not what this show is about.

It initially focuses on the trio of rookies, and every single one of them plays a key role, but the mix of regulars are all terrifiic. Gerry is perhaps my favourite of them, a no nonsense, Maverick, brave and supportive as they come, Jen undergoes the biggest transformation, from lazy good for nothing, to hero, she's impressive.

9/10.

Ignore any critics. This is really good.

It's a good insight into the type of incidents all police have to deal with. The added interest is that this is in Northern Ireland.

OK, the Troubles have been and gone, but trouble is still present.

Some of it is political.

As we all know, there are still additional problems present in NI, even though one person has criticised the BBC as depicting all Irish people are criminals.

Not so - but like everywhere else, Northern Ireland does have its fair share of criminals up to no good, and this programme is all about that element through the eyes of the NI Police Force.

There is absolutely no bias toward Irish people here. The critic that said that surely must agree that ALL of Great Britain has an abundance of criminals who are well portrayed in countless drama series.

Does he think Northern Ireland should be portrayed differently?

The programme is about criminality. Its gritty, well written and well acted with a lot of good characters.

An added bonus is that there is no irritating background music obliterating the dialogue.

Very refreshing.

It's definitely not biased toward the Irish as one critic has said. That's just rubbish.

If you enjoy the likes of Happy Valley you'll enjoy this too. I hope there's more to come.

Watch it.

Top drama with a great cast. It had humour, suspense and a believable plot. Some well known and not so well know actors and actresses feature. The setting was dark and edge of the seat stuff. I liked all the characters and they all played their parts superbly. It didn't show Belfast in a great light but not too dissimilar from many major cities when you look below the surface. I hope that the BBC will write more of this gripping series very quickly. This is what quality tv is all about and what writers should aspire to create. It's probably one of the best written series since the brilliant Happy Valley. Well worth watching.

The first episode was slow to build, but it did built up to be a dark and powerful police drama set in Belfast.

Some reviews have slated this for not being genuine of how things are in Belfast with how the police and public interact because of old history. I personally have no idea if it is true to life or not, but I enjoyed it for what it was, a drama series.

I thoroughly enjoyed it and binged watched all six episodes in one go. A couple of actors were exceptional, overall the acting was good. I'm glad. I watched this, and I hope that this show continues with another season and not be a one season drama.