Blue Lights series three first look images released
Date Posted: September 3, 2025
Grace Ellis (Sian Brooke) and Stevie Neill (Martin McCann) (Image: BBC/Two Cities Television)
Two years into their jobs as response officers, Grace, Annie and Tommy’s work will take them into a sinister world hidden behind the veneer of middle-class life…
First look images from the hotly anticipated third series of the BAFTA and RTS award-winning Belfast-based drama, Blue Lights, have been released.
Produced by Two Cities Television and co-produced by Gallagher Films for BBC iPlayer and BBC One, the thrilling, critically acclaimed show 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). Filmed in Northern Ireland and supported by Northern Ireland Screen.
The cast are joined this year by Cathy Tyson (Boiling Point, Dune: Prophecy) who plays private members club owner, Dana Morgan and Michael Smiley (Bad Sisters, Censor) as new intelligence officer Paul ‘Colly’ Collins.
Two years into their jobs as response officers Grace, Annie and Tommy are accustomed to life under the blue lights. 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. 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.
The 6 x 60’ series, for BBC iPlayer and BBC One is co-created, written and executive produced by Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson, co-created and produced by Stephen Wright of Two Cities Television and co-created and co-produced by Louise Gallagher of Gallagher Films with support from Northern Ireland Screen. The producer for series three is Amanda Black (World on Fire, Marcella, Blue Lights S2), episodes 1-3 are directed by Jack Casey and episodes 4-6 are directed by Angela Griffin. The series was commissioned by Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama. The executive producers are Stephen Wright (Two Cities Television), Louise Gallagher (Gallagher Films), Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson and the executive producer for the BBC is Nick Lambon.
Blue Lights series two averaged 5.6M viewers across the series, while episode one’s 7M made it the BBC’s fourth biggest drama launch last year. In Northern Ireland, it was the biggest drama across the whole market (broadcasters and streamers), across 2023 and 2024.
BBC Studios is handling global sales for series three, in addition to series one and two. Series one and two of Blue Lights have sold to over 160 territories.
Two Cities Television is part of the STV Studios family of production labels.
