Follows rookie police officers working in Belfast, a city in which being a frontline response cop comes with unique pressures and dangers.Follows rookie police officers working in Belfast, a city in which being a frontline response cop comes with unique pressures and dangers.Follows rookie police officers working in Belfast, a city in which being a frontline response cop comes with unique pressures and dangers.
- Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 4 wins & 8 nominations total
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Being from, lived, experienced and witnessed the worst of NI through the troubles., I have just finished watching the complete six episodes of Blue Lights. And contrary to some other reviewers on this page I enjoyed the drama and laughed at the ni humour throughout this series. Naturally, it is a tv series and I suppose you have to allow for a certain amount of 'artistic licence' in these type of programmes. But I have to say the sequence of events on the drugs/gun running and or 'sneaky beakers' is very much a realistic story that occurred quite often in the quest for law and order in our we country N. I. I have to single out the character PC Gerry Cliff played by the excellent actor Richard Dormer. I do hope there is a second series to follow.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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- TriviaSian Brooke's, who plays the lead role, father was a police officer.
- GoofsScenes filmed inside and outside of patrol cars don't match car makes. Skoda and vauxhall exteriors/interiors are often mixed.
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