Blue Lights (2023 TV series)

Blue Lights
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GenrePolice procedural
Crime drama
Created by
  • Declan Lawn
  • Adam Patterson
Written by
  • Declan Lawn
  • Adam Patterson
  • Fran Harris
Directed byGilles Bannier
Starring
Theme music composer
  • Eoin O'Callaghan
  • Elma Orkestra
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes18
Production
Executive producers
  • Stephen Wright
  • Louise Gallagher
  • Tommy Bulfin
  • Declan Lawn
  • Adam Patterson
  • Gilles Bannier
ProducerCarol Moorhead
Production locationNorthern Ireland
Cinematography
  • Stephen Murphy
  • Angus Mitchell
Running time60 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release27 March 2023 (2023-03-27) –
present
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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.