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Blue Lights
2023
· TV Show
· 4 seasons
A
MEANRANK
84/100
Every rating
72–94
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic users on 72, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 94.
See the most agreed on TV shows →Follows rookie police officers working in Belfast, a city in which being a frontline response cop comes with unique pressures and dangers.
Details
- Created by
- Adam Patterson, Declan Lawn
- Studio
- Gallagher Films, Two Cities Television
- Released
- 27 March 2023
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Episodes
- 24 across 4 seasons
- Awards
- 4 wins, 9 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 13 →4 wins from 13 nominations across 7 ceremonies
| British Academy Television Awards 2026 | Best Drama Series | Blue Lights | Nominee |
| British Academy Television Awards 2026 | Best Actress | Siân Brooke | Nominee |
| British Academy Television Awards 2026 | Memorable Moment | "The police are warned of an ambush to plot to silence a key witness" | Nominee |
| Royal Television Society Programme Awards 2026 | Best Drama Series | Blue Lights | Winner |
| British Academy Television Awards 2025 | Best Drama Series | Blue Lights | Winner |
| Broadcast Awards 2025 | Best Drama Series or Serial | Blue Lights | Winner |
| IFTA Film & Drama Awards 2024 | Best Supporting Actor | Richard Dormer | Winner |
| IFTA Film & Drama Awards 2024 | Best Drama | Blue Lights | Nominee |
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British Academy Television Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Drama Series | Blue Lights | Winner |
| Best Actress | Siân Brooke | Nominee |
| Best Drama Series | Blue Lights | Nominee |
| Memorable Moment | "The police are warned of an ambush to plot to silence a key witness" | Nominee |
IFTA Film & Drama Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Richard Dormer | Winner |
| Best Actor | Martin McCann | Nominee |
| Best Drama | Blue Lights | Nominee |
| Best Script | Blue Lights | Nominee |
Broadcast Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Drama Series or Serial | Blue Lights | Winner |
Royal Television Society Programme Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Drama Series | Blue Lights | Winner |
28th National Television Awards
1 nomination
| Best New Drama | Blue Lights | Nominee |
Royal Television Society Craft & Design Awards
1 nomination
| Best Editing – Scripted | Peggy Koretzky | Nominee |
TV Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Best New Drama Series | Blue Lights | Nominee |