Renewed: Blue Lights

Belfast-based police drama Blue Lights has been renewed for two more seasons.

The news of series three and four comes ahead of the second series debut.

Co-created and written by Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson, Blue Lights is a darkly funny drama about ordinary people doing an extraordinary job. Series one followed three new PSNI probationary recruits as they navigated their way through their first few months in a uniquely complex place to be a response police officer.

Reprising their roles in the forthcoming second series are Siân Brooke (Grace Ellis), Martin McCann (Stevie Neil), Katherine Devlin (Annie Conlon), Nathan Braniff (Tommy Foster), Joanne Crawford (Helen McNally), Andi Osho (Sandra Cliff), and Hannah McClean (Jen Robinson). Also set to return are Paddy Jenkins (Happy Kelly), Desmond Eastwood (Murray Canning), Jonathan Harden (Jonty) and Andrea Irvine (Nicola Robinson). Joining them for the second series is Frank Blake as new Constable Shane Bradley, along with Seamus O’Hara as Lee Thompson and Seána Kerslake as his sister Mags.

Co-creators and Executive Producers Stephen Wright and Louise Gallagher said: “A two-series recommission is a staggering vote of confidence in Blue Lights – the writers, the cast, the crew and the entire production team. The BBC have been exceptional partners who have helped us elevate the show. A big thank you from everyone in the Blue Lights team for the faith and support given to our show; we are working with the best people. There are so many more stories to tell and we can’t wait to get going again with the Blue Lights squad in Belfast.”

Co-creators, Writers, Directors and Executive Producers, Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson added: “We’re thrilled that the BBC is committing to Blue Lights in this way. From the beginning, we wanted to write a show that had scale and ambition in its storytelling, and this decision gives us everything we need to do that. Thanks to the BBC, to Two Cities/STV and Gallagher Films, and to our brilliant cast and crew. But most of all thanks to our audience who have responded so powerfully to the show. Time for us to get to work!”

The series screens in Australia on SBS which will screen a second season in coming months.