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The first series of the British police procedural drama series Blue Lights began broadcasting on 27 March 2023 on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. It ended on 1 May 2023. The series follows the pressures of three probationary police officers in the Police Service of Northern Ireland assigned to the fictional Blackthorn Station in Belfast. It consists of six sixty-minute episodes which aired on Mondays at 9 pm.

https://www.metacritic.com/tv/blue-lights/season-1/

Production
Casting for the first series was announced in February 2022, following the commencing of the filming. The series was created and written by Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson and billed as a story which follows "three rookie police officers working in Belfast, a uniquely dangerous place to be a police officer". The series was produced with support from Northern Ireland Screen as part of their partnership with the BBC. Siân Brooke, Martin McCann, Richard Dormer, Katherine Devlin and Nathan Braniff were announced as the lead cast of police officers alongside John Lynch, Jonathan Harden and Valene Kane to make up the ensemble. Director Gilles Brannier said the themes that run through the show are how you pass the baton to the next generation and how the generation that is reaching the end should share the experience. The series was filmed entirely in Northern Ireland with filming locations including Belfast, Dundonald's Coopers Mill, and Bangor.

Cast
• Siân Brooke as Grace Ellis

• Katherine Devlin as Annie Conlon

• Nathan Braniff as Tommy Foster

• Richard Dormer as Constable Gerard 'Gerry' Cliff

• Martin McCann as Constable Stephen 'Stevie' Neil

• John Lynch as James McIntyre

• Jonathan Harden as Inspector David "Jonty" Johnson

• Valene Kane as Angela Mackle

• Dane Whyte O'Hara as Gordon 'Gordy' Mackle

• Joanne Crawford as Sergeant Helen McNally

• Hannah McClean as Constable Jen Robinson

• Andi Osho as Sergeant Sandra Cliff

• Nabil Elouahabi as Joseph

• Matthew Carver as Cal Ellis

• Michael Shea as Mo McIntyre

• Abigain McGibbon as Tina McIntyre

• Nabil Elouahabi as Joseph MI5