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Belfast-set police series Blue Lights back for series three on BBC One

Grace Ellis, played by Siân Brooke, and Stevie Neill, played by Martin McCann, in season three of Blue Lights Photos: BBC/Two Cities Television
Grace Ellis, played by Siân Brooke, and Stevie Neill, played by Martin McCann, in season three of Blue Lights Photos: BBC/Two Cities Television

The Belfast-set police drama Blue Lights is returning for a third series on BBC One, with the broadcaster releasing first-look photos from the new season, transmission date TBC.

The BAFTA and Royal Television Society Award-winning Blue Lights stars Siân Brooke (Grace), Martin McCann (Stevie), Katherine Devlin (Annie), Nathan Braniff (Tommy), Joanne Crawford (Helen), Andi Osho (Sandra), Frank Blake (Shane), Abigail McGibbon (Tina), Dearbháile McKinney (Aisling), and Andrea Irvine (Nicola).

Katherine Devlin as Annie Conlon
Katherine Devlin as Annie Conlon

In season three, they are joined by Cathy Tyson (Boiling Point, Dune: Prophecy) as private members club owner Dana Morgan and Michael Smiley (Bad Sisters, Censor) as new intelligence officer Paul 'Colly' Collins.

Cathy Tyson as Morgan
Cathy Tyson as Dana Morgan

Teeing up what's ahead in the new season from co-creators Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson, the BBC said: "Two years into their jobs as response officers, Grace, Annie, and Tommy are accustomed to life under the blue lights.

Nathan Braniff as Tommy Foster
Nathan Braniff as Tommy Foster

"But their work will take them into a sinister world hidden behind the veneer of middle-class life, the world of the accountants and lawyers who facilitate organised crime.

Michael Smiley as Colly
Michael Smiley as Paul 'Colly' Collins

"The old political and criminal order has gone and a new global gang rule Belfast, bringing danger closer to home for our officers than ever before."

Sian Brooke as Grace Ellis
Siân Brooke as Grace Ellis

Blue Lights is made by the Belfast-based Two Cities Television and co-produced by another Belfast company, Gallagher Films, for the BBC with support from Northern Ireland Screen.

Frank Blake as Shane Bradley
Frank Blake as Shane Bradley

Seasons one and two of Blue Lights are available on the RTÉ Player.

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