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A BBC police drama fans hailed 'easily the best thing on TV' is returning for a second series on Monday night (April 15). Blue Lights launched to more than seven million viewers when it debuted last March.
The Belfast-based series centres around three new Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) recruits as they navigate their first few months of the job. Created by Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson, it fast became one of the top ten new drama series of 2023 across all broadcasters and streamers.
It stars Siân Brooke Katherine Devlin and Nathan Braniff, who all reprise their roles as Grace, Annie and Tommy respectively for the upcoming series. Better yet, the drama has been renewed for a further two seasons at the BBC, with a third and fourth series already greenlit.
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Co-creator Adam admitted the success of the first series 'caught him off guard.' He explained: "Even though we had high hopes for it, you never know how people are going to react. We wanted to make a show that we were proud of, that people in Northern Ireland loved and a show they felt represented the place we all love. We invested a lot of ourselves in the first series."
Declan added: "The success of series one has at times been overwhelming and that’s because the show is our hearts on the screen. When other people reacted emotionally to it, that really struck us."
Here's everything you need to know about Blue Lights season two, including what time it starts and who's in the cast.
The much-anticipated second series will be available in full on BBC iPlayer from 6am on Monday 15 April. The first episode will air the same day at 9pm on BBC One.
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The police drama based in Northern Ireland returned for a second series on Monday 15 April and it was a firm hit with viewers. Blue Lights, which is set in Belfast, follows the lives of three probationary police officers, Grace Ellis (Siân Brooke), Annie Conlon (Katherine Devlin) and Tommy Foster (Nathan Braniff).The show returned and picked up a year on from the first series which aired in March 2023 - and for the rookies, there’s still crime to fight in Belfast. However, the devastating death of fellow officer Gerry Cliff (Richard Dormer) that happened at the end of series one, continued to affect the team.
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