Blue Lights; Chad Powers

“I’m happy to tell you that the quality remains sky-high for series three. There are gripping set pieces – anyone still traumatised by the death of wonderful Gerry in the first instalment will have their heart in their mouth here over the fate of another major character – but it’s the bond between the officers that gives Blue Lights its heart.”
Anita Singh, The Telegraph

“Another series has already been commissioned and there is a slight danger that once all the more distinctive characteristics of policing in Northern Ireland have been covered, Blue Lights might settle into being just another standard police procedural. In the meantime, however, it remains the best cop show on British TV.”
Gerard Gilbert, The Independent

“What I have always liked about Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson’s writing is that the dialogue is sharp, never clichéd. The lives of the officers feel real. Yes, it starts slowly, but this long-form storytelling is always worth the investment.”
Carol Midgley, The Times

“Stevie is uncomfortably aware that Blue Lights is turning into a soap opera version of Line Of Duty. Four of their colleagues have also paired off. ‘The section is like a flipping dating show,’ he fretted. He’s not wrong. All these romances are starting to give me what Love Island calls ‘the ick’.”
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail

“The comeback episode shows little sign of the uniquely Northern Irish energies that have previously made Blue Lights shine. Instead of the police having to win the trust of hostile communities where old loyalties and grudges outweigh citizens’ commitment to the rule of law, the situation in Belfast could be from any crime drama.”
Jack Seale, The Guardian

“Chad Powers is actually good. Better than good, in fact. It’s a funny, touching, deliberately uncomfortable character piece with one of the most magnetic central performances in recent memory.”
Stuart Heritage, The Guardian

“If this were a heart-warming family comedy in the style of Ted Lasso, it might work. Instead, the show’s creators seem to have asked: ‘What if we made a version of Ted Lasso, but meaner?’ Steve Zahn, as the head coach, is the only affable character.”
Anita Singh, The Telegraph