Blue Lights returns for fourth series on BBC One

Summarised from 3 outlets · 4 reports · Updated 30 Sept, 11:44 · Archive

The Belfast police drama returns for its fourth series, exploring contemporary tensions including police cuts and the migration crisis.

Blue Lights, the Northern Ireland police drama, has returned for its fourth series on BBC One. The latest instalment addresses topical issues including police cuts, the migration crisis and changes to nationalism, whilst maintaining the show's focus on the police and their relationship with communities in post-Troubles Belfast.

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• Blue Lights review – TV’s most thrilling cop show turns up the heatThis Northern Ireland-set police drama has never felt like this before … Race riots, organised crime and institutional politics bring it bang up to date Blue Lights has always been a very modern cop drama. Its tales of everyday callouts, fractious office relationships and complex long-term efforts to smash organised crime have all played out against the backdrop of post-Troubles Belfast, where lingering sectarian resentments make enforcing the law even harder than it is in the rest of austerity-era UK. But it’s never been explicitly topical: it’s never felt as if it is reading today’s…The Guardian · 29 Sept, 22:00
• How to watch Blue Lights season 4 for *FREE* from anywhereHere's how to watch Blue Lights season 4 free from anywhere, as the Northern Irish police procedural returns for another characteristically intense instalment.TechRadar · 29 Sept, 12:00
• TV tonight: Blue Lights returns – and it’s as topical and thrilling as everWe’re back on the blues and twos as the latest series of the intense Belfast police drama begins. Plus: biscuit week in the Bake Off tent. Here’s what to watch this evening 9pm, BBC One The Belfast police drama doesn’t mess around. Within the first half hour of the fourth series, we’re treated to an intense set piece that touches on police cuts, the migration crisis, livestreaming culture and the changing meaning of nationalism – all while still working brilliantly as a thriller. Blue Lights’ judgment of the zeitgeist remains impeccable, but its personal touches give it emotional weight…The Guardian · 29 Sept, 06:20
• Blue Lights: The police drama hitting home in Northern IrelandAs the award winning series returns, it highlights tensions between police and communities in Northern Ireland.BBC News · 29 Sept, 04:24

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