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‘Blue Lights,’ a Northern Irish spin on ‘The Wire,’ looks at perils of policing in Belfast
6 months, 1 week ago

‘Blue Lights,’ a Northern Irish spin on ‘The Wire,’ looks at perils of policing in Belfast

LA Times  

Martin McCann and Siân Brooke star as Stevie Neil and Grace Ellis in BritBox’s “Blue Lights,” which the BBC has renewed for another two seasons. If this makes “Blue Lights” sound like Belfast’s answer to “The Wire,” well, that’s exactly what Patterson and Lawn had in mind when they created the show. David Simon’s acclaimed Baltimore-set drama was a huge …

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KATHRYN FLETT'S My TV Week: These rookie cops are scarily real
8 months ago

KATHRYN FLETT'S My TV Week: These rookie cops are scarily real

Daily Mail  

BLUE LIGHTS Mondays, BBC1 Rating: The first series of this no-frills cop show, set in Belfast, was highly praised for its verisimilitude. Produced by Line of Duty's Stephen Wright, Blue Lights, which stars Siân Brooke as Grace, Katherine Devlin as Annie and Nathan Braniff as Tommy, is back for a second series Back for a second series, we’re still following …

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Is Sian Brooke the BBC's lucky charm? As Blue Lights returns with rave reviews how the channel's golden girl has drawn in millions of viewers with a string of primetime shows
8 months, 1 week ago

Is Sian Brooke the BBC's lucky charm? As Blue Lights returns with rave reviews how the channel's golden girl has drawn in millions of viewers with a string of primetime shows

Daily Mail  

Blue Lights season two returned with rave reviews on Monday as Sian Brooke reprised her role as Constable Grace Ellis, a social worker turned policeman attempting to get a handle on the crime in Belfast. Blue Lights season two returned with rave reviews on Monday as Sian Brooke reprised her role as Constable Grace Ellis in her latest BBC series …

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Blue Lights' 'beautifully tense' second series is lauded by critics for 'skipping effortlessly from comedy to breakneck drama' as the police thriller returns with 'first-rate' opener
8 months, 1 week ago

Blue Lights' 'beautifully tense' second series is lauded by critics for 'skipping effortlessly from comedy to breakneck drama' as the police thriller returns with 'first-rate' opener

Daily Mail  

The second series of Blue Lights has received glowing reviews from critics, with many lauding the 'beautifully tense' police drama after its 'first-rate' opening episode. The second series of Blue Lights has received glowing reviews from critics, with many lauding the 'beautifully tense' police drama after its 'first-rate' opening episode 'We are post-Troubles, which is to say that the schisms …

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Blue Lights viewers hail return of ‘one of the best police series in modern TV’
8 months, 1 week ago

Blue Lights viewers hail return of ‘one of the best police series in modern TV’

The Independent  

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Blue Lights fans praise 'phenomenal' season two premiere as 'off the scale brilliant' and admit they're struggling not to binge watch whole series: 'The Line of Duty replacement we needed'
8 months, 1 week ago

Blue Lights fans praise 'phenomenal' season two premiere as 'off the scale brilliant' and admit they're struggling not to binge watch whole series: 'The Line of Duty replacement we needed'

Daily Mail  

Blue Lights returned to screens on Monday night with the second series premiere and viewers have lauded the BBC show as 'sublime'. Written by the team behind Novichok drama The Salisbury Poisonings, Blue Lights stars Sherlock actress Siân Brooke as Grace, a single mum and ex-social worker who's decided to switch careers in mid-life to become a probationary cop. Taking …

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Blue Lights review: Forget the drugs, crime and death... Belfast policing's a piece of cake, writes CHRISTOPHER STEVENS
8 months, 1 week ago

Blue Lights review: Forget the drugs, crime and death... Belfast policing's a piece of cake, writes CHRISTOPHER STEVENS

Daily Mail  

Blue Lights Rating: Cops eat doughnuts. On the streets of Belfast, as the crime drama Blue Lights returned, PCs Stevie and Grace were bonding over a bake during a quiet moment on patrol. On the streets of Belfast, as the crime drama Blue Lights returned, PCs Stevie and Grace were bonding over a bake during a quiet moment on patrol …

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Blue Lights review: Series two may be first rate, but there are still too many police dramas on TV
8 months, 1 week ago

Blue Lights review: Series two may be first rate, but there are still too many police dramas on TV

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. And Blue Lights, the BBC’s Belfast-set saga, knew that, taking viewers …

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Blue Lights star Sian Brooke: ‘The police are in a very odd place at the moment – it’s been shocking to hear’
8 months, 1 week ago

Blue Lights star Sian Brooke: ‘The police are in a very odd place at the moment – it’s been shocking to hear’

The Independent  

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Blue Lights star Katherine Devlin on her knockout role as a Belfast policewoman: ‘It’s so important to have diverse accents, not just diverse people’
1 year, 7 months ago

Blue Lights star Katherine Devlin on her knockout role as a Belfast policewoman: ‘It’s so important to have diverse accents, not just diverse people’

The Independent  

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Blue Lights review: A tiresome look at policing in Northern Ireland
1 year, 8 months ago

Blue Lights review: A tiresome look at policing in Northern Ireland

The Independent  

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Prosecutors end their rebuttal after calling six witnesses in Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial
1 year, 9 months ago

Prosecutors end their rebuttal after calling six witnesses in Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial

CNN  

CNN — State prosecutors rested their rebuttal case Tuesday after calling six witnesses to contradict parts of Alex Murdaugh’s defense as the disgraced attorney’s double murder trial neared its end. Kinsey said there were too many variables to determine the shooter’s height with any certainty, calling the analysis “unscientific.” Kinsey also criticized another defense expert’s theory that there were two …

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