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Blue Lights season three review – the lovable cop show has lost its roots

When it began, Blue Lights was a thrilling saga that could only be set in Northern Ireland. Now, it feels like any other generic crime show. The spark that ignited it has gone

The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2025

Champagne-soaked sex and slow-burn longing – was this the swooniest year of TV ever?

Be it the understated romance of Japanese epic Shōgun, Danny Dyer’s tree sex in Rivals or Adam Brody risking his career for love – this was the year TV stole hearts

The Guardian - UK · Dec 24, 2024

Blue Lights recap: series two finale – terrific, beautiful and a wee bit soapy

There were seriously satisfying happy endings all round – with a gruesome twosome getting their comeuppance, and a well-loved pair sharing a smooch

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2024

Blue Lights recap: series two, episode two – move or die

Things ratchet up in the explosive Belfast police drama, with blazing house fires, a most terrifying murder and the arrival of a very familiar face

The Guardian - UK · Apr 22, 2024

Blue Lights recap: series two, episode one – a blistering comeback

Welcome back, peelers! The Belfast police drama returns in heart-stopping style, with petrol-bombs, pharmacy stick-ups … and good old-fashioned romance

The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2024

Blue Lights series two review – last year’s breakout police hit is as beautifully tense as ever

The cop show set in post-Troubles Northern Ireland will leave you holding your breath constantly, not knowing what perils await our beloved ‘peelers’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2024

The 50 best TV shows of 2023: No 7 – Blue Lights

This thrilling cop drama about three rookies on the beat in Belfast is raw, relentless – and has one of the most devastating TV deaths in years

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2023

Blue Lights review – don’t sleep on this fantastically tense Belfast cop show

This tantalising police drama sees naive newcomers utterly unprepared for the dangerous situations they face on the job. You’ll be instantly hooked

The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2023