Blue Lights - Meet the cast and creators of theNew police drama set in Northern IrelandThree new police officers are in their probation period with the PSNI and the odds are at least one of them isn’t going to lastPHOTO:Annie Conlon (Katherine Devilin); Grace Ellis (Siân Brooke); Tommy Foster (Nathan Braniff) (Image: BBC/Gallagher Films/Two Cities Television/Matt Burlem)OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASENEWS PROVIDED BY BBC One Created and written by Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson, Blue Lights follows three rookie police officers working in Belfast, a uniquely dangerous place to be a police officer. Grace (Siân Brooke), a mother of a teenage boy, has made the decision in her 40’s to leave her steady job as a social worker to join the Police Service of Northern Ireland. Having previously worked in social care she straddles a fine line between the personal and professional. It’s the biggest gamble of her life, and just a few weeks into the job, she’s making so many mistakes that her decision no longer looks like a winning bet. Her fellow rookies are Annie (Katherine Devlin), who struggles with the fact that her chosen path may mean having to leave everything she’s ever known behind, and Tommy (Nathan Braniff), who is desperate to prove himself, despite being disastrously inept at the practical side of frontline response policing. All three are new police officers in their probation period with the PSNI, the odds are at least one of them isn’t going to last. The pressure is immense, but if they succumb to it, they won’t survive. Often the rookie officers don’t know the extent of the peril they are in, or who they can trust. What’s it like to have to hide your job from neighbours, friends and even family? How do you distinguish between who needs your help and who wants you dead simply because of the uniform you wear? AboutCast Crew Blue Lights will start airing from 9pm on 27th March on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. Once the first episode has aired the full series of six episodes will become available on BBC iPlayer.
Source BBC One
March 23, 2023 5:00am ET by BBC One |