November 20, 2025 • 9 mins
Season three of reigning BAFTA-winning police drama Blue Lights will premiere November 13 on BritBox. One of New York Times’ “Best Shows of 2024” and heralded as “...Belfast’s answer to The Wire…” (Los Angeles Times) episodes of the new season will drop weekly with the finale on December 18.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 organized 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.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's just one of those things that I do. I
host seventeen different podcasts, so the question is where are they?
How can I find them on these digital platforms. Well
it's very easy now ero dot net a r roe
dot net. Thank you so much for all your support. Hi,
hello and good morning. How are you guys doing today.
We're good, good ground. Are you doing? Absolutely fantastic, Very
(00:22):
excited to share a conversation with you guys, because the
thing is is that in season number three, you guys
are doing something that totally comes from out of left field,
but yet everybody can relate with it. You're going into
middle class and you know what, I've always believed that
there's some junk going down in these neighborhoods, and you
get to step in there and say, yeah, he's right,
(00:42):
there's some stuff going down. Yeah, you know that is.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
Really true, isn't it. And I think these characters, I
think the police officers, you know, they sort of are
at the end of the chain, dealing with the consequences
of the sort of operations and the actions that happen,
you know, high up in these ivory towers where the
real criminals are. And yeah, it's you know, it's really
(01:09):
great that the writers have taken it there and it
makes this very interesting and dramatic sequences.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Well, I just love the way that Bridbox gives you
guys that opportunity to have that platform with Blue Lights
season number three, because you are taking us into a
level that it's so unique that you call it your own.
And that's what I love about this show that you
cannot compare it to anything else.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Yeah, I mean, I think because Belfast is at the
crux of it, really and Belfast is the heart beat
off Blue Lights, and it shows Belfast in many different ways,
and with Decan and Adam being investigative journalists for seventeen years,
you can really feel that from the script and I
think that's what makes great TV. It's authentic and it's
(01:57):
real and it has a grit to it.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
That's so interesting that you bring that up, because in
my notes it says that they have captured the personalities
and the multiple personalities of Belfast, and that is one
of the to me one of the actors on this
show is that Bellfast has to show up too. It's
got to wake up early every every day as well,
and it's got to stay on the set as long
as you guys do as well. Belfast is a legend.
I mean, I mean for it to be in that
(02:22):
background you because you you've got to become a part
of that atmosphere as an actor.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Yeah you have. But you know you're so true about
Belfast being you know, so key and sort of I
think in the show it really sings as a character.
It's it's the main character. And then in a way
you're right, like I feel that all of us that
dance around it are influenced and sort of I don't know,
(02:50):
it's like osmosis. You sort of take it into your
bones because you know, as somebody who I didn't grow
up in Belfast, you know, I've been there with work
go the last for the years. You really appreciate the
sort of many facets, sort of the grit and the
warmth and the humor and the resilience, and it's all there, bubbling,
and I think each character sort of has that, I
(03:14):
don't know in some form.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
One of the things that Blue Lights does. And I'm
so guilty of this, and I feel sorry for anybody
that watches the TV with me, because when when I
see a moment on Blue Lights where I need time
to think. I will sit there and say stop stopps,
put it on hold for a second. We need to
talk about Grace, Grace and Annie and Tommy, and we
need to put ourselves okay for us to relate with
this character, what would you do if you were these people?
(03:39):
And the fact is is that do you go through
the same thing where it's like something happens to your character?
Do you go WHOA hold on? All right, I breathed,
Now we can move forward.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
Yeah, And it's there's so many twists and twists and
turns where you know, for me, I would read this script.
But then also at the same time, like when we're
on set and we're dealing with our incredible directors Jack
and Angela, it's constantly evolved and it's constantly changine and
(04:12):
there might be a different outcome or even something as
subtle as an actor saying align a different way can
completely turn it on and turn it on, turn it
on its head. So yeah, it's it's ever changine, which
is really lovely.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Well, the entire team that's involved in this, it's it's
more than just the actors and the directors and the
executive producers. I mean, the writers play such a major
part of this and then here comes the actors, the
brilliant people that you are. To take their words now
bring it to life, let them see pictures.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Gosh, that's so lovely, it's really wonderful. But it is,
it is. We've been working together for three years now,
and it is you know, when you're talking about the
various departments and people that work on the show, we
have to pay homage to the crew as well. We
have the most incredible crew in Belfast and a lot
of them have been with it since day one, and
even that, I think, you know, it gives a sort
(05:10):
of platform where everybody knows each other, everybody trusts each other,
there's an understanding and everybody therefore can just sort of
bring out their best, you know, and give it to
the show.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Please do not move. There's more with Sean Brook and
Catherine Devlin coming up next. Can you believe it's already
season three of Blue Lights on Breadbox? We are back
with Sean Brook and Catherine Devlin. So when the episodes
in the new season invite new people to the set, okay,
we as viewers have got to get used to them
being in our storyline because in reality, we've been there
(05:45):
since one two. Now here comes number three. It's part
of our story as well. That's how much we are
so close to this being on BritBox.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Yeah, and it is. It's wonderful in that people really
and I wonder whether I've often been asked and you know,
what's the secret? And I think there's a part of
the show I think is also that it was about
rookie cops in the beginning. Yes, and these characters that
I think as an audience member, you feel you're part
(06:14):
of it because you started the journey with them and
you can feel, you know how they've sort of gained
confidence and you've sort of they've you were able to
see behind the curtain right from the get go, and
now you can see them evolve.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Yeah, it's interesting that you bring that up about basically
we've grown up with the characters. And there are many
times that I will experience something on Blue Lights and
then we'll have a police officer that I'll see somewhere
on the streets and I'll ask him, I said, did
you see that episode? Tell me what you would have
go through and see that's the kind of conversation that
you guys are generating that it's like for me to
go up and just talk to a police officer. It
(06:53):
started because of Blue Lights, because it's like, hey, you
guys are one of us. What can I do to
help you?
Speaker 3 (07:00):
You know?
Speaker 2 (07:01):
That's so lovely to hear, and I do think there
is you know, it's been a wonderful byproduct of the
show is that people are seeing, you know, beyond a
uniform and seeing the real, you know, person beneath it.
That these people deal with such extraordinary things in day
(07:21):
to day life that you or I will never experience
in the whole lifetime, and they're only trying to do
their best. Yeah. And that's also something that's been very
key with the writer is that the show remains hopeful.
You know that there is hope and there is a
possibility of change. And I think that's a glorious thing
(07:44):
to put out there and in the way that the
world is at the moment.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
So what is it like for you though, when you
put on the badge, the uniform, Because even though you
know that you're the actresses on on on Blue Lights,
you still have got to go through an evolutional change
when it comes to the mentality of that badge being
connected to your heart.
Speaker 3 (08:03):
Yeah, and I think as well it's important to note
too that what Blue Lights does so well is it
doesn't glamorize it either. You know you're dealing with police
officers that you see the messy side to them. You
say that on sex a version that it's important to
(08:25):
show that and and for it not to become a
form of coppaganda as well. But it very much lives
within the gray area and it doesn't categorize people as
good and bad. Just you see many, many different sides
to these characters.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
Wow, where can people go to find out more about
everything that you're doing? And listeners need to know? Brid
Box the app is so easy to download, you can
put it on your flat screen TV. You it will
change your life because you guys are doing it right.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Oh, thanks so lovely, thank you.
Speaker 1 (08:57):
Well, you guys be brilliant today. Okay yet be well,
we will so much
It's just one of those things that I do. I
host seventeen different podcasts, so the question is where are they?
How can I find them on these digital platforms. Well
it's very easy now ero dot net a r roe
dot net. Thank you so much for all your support. Hi,
hello and good morning. How are you guys doing today.
We're good, good ground. Are you doing? Absolutely fantastic, Very
(00:22):
excited to share a conversation with you guys, because the
thing is is that in season number three, you guys
are doing something that totally comes from out of left field,
but yet everybody can relate with it. You're going into
middle class and you know what, I've always believed that
there's some junk going down in these neighborhoods, and you
get to step in there and say, yeah, he's right,
(00:42):
there's some stuff going down. Yeah, you know that is.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
Really true, isn't it. And I think these characters, I
think the police officers, you know, they sort of are
at the end of the chain, dealing with the consequences
of the sort of operations and the actions that happen,
you know, high up in these ivory towers where the
real criminals are. And yeah, it's you know, it's really
(01:09):
great that the writers have taken it there and it
makes this very interesting and dramatic sequences.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Well, I just love the way that Bridbox gives you
guys that opportunity to have that platform with Blue Lights
season number three, because you are taking us into a
level that it's so unique that you call it your own.
And that's what I love about this show that you
cannot compare it to anything else.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Yeah, I mean, I think because Belfast is at the
crux of it, really and Belfast is the heart beat
off Blue Lights, and it shows Belfast in many different ways,
and with Decan and Adam being investigative journalists for seventeen years,
you can really feel that from the script and I
think that's what makes great TV. It's authentic and it's
(01:57):
real and it has a grit to it.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
That's so interesting that you bring that up, because in
my notes it says that they have captured the personalities
and the multiple personalities of Belfast, and that is one
of the to me one of the actors on this
show is that Bellfast has to show up too. It's
got to wake up early every every day as well,
and it's got to stay on the set as long
as you guys do as well. Belfast is a legend.
I mean, I mean for it to be in that
(02:22):
background you because you you've got to become a part
of that atmosphere as an actor.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Yeah you have. But you know you're so true about
Belfast being you know, so key and sort of I
think in the show it really sings as a character.
It's it's the main character. And then in a way
you're right, like I feel that all of us that
dance around it are influenced and sort of I don't know,
(02:50):
it's like osmosis. You sort of take it into your
bones because you know, as somebody who I didn't grow
up in Belfast, you know, I've been there with work
go the last for the years. You really appreciate the
sort of many facets, sort of the grit and the
warmth and the humor and the resilience, and it's all there, bubbling,
and I think each character sort of has that, I
(03:14):
don't know in some form.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
One of the things that Blue Lights does. And I'm
so guilty of this, and I feel sorry for anybody
that watches the TV with me, because when when I
see a moment on Blue Lights where I need time
to think. I will sit there and say stop stopps,
put it on hold for a second. We need to
talk about Grace, Grace and Annie and Tommy, and we
need to put ourselves okay for us to relate with
this character, what would you do if you were these people?
(03:39):
And the fact is is that do you go through
the same thing where it's like something happens to your character?
Do you go WHOA hold on? All right, I breathed,
Now we can move forward.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
Yeah, And it's there's so many twists and twists and
turns where you know, for me, I would read this script.
But then also at the same time, like when we're
on set and we're dealing with our incredible directors Jack
and Angela, it's constantly evolved and it's constantly changine and
(04:12):
there might be a different outcome or even something as
subtle as an actor saying align a different way can
completely turn it on and turn it on, turn it
on its head. So yeah, it's it's ever changine, which
is really lovely.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Well, the entire team that's involved in this, it's it's
more than just the actors and the directors and the
executive producers. I mean, the writers play such a major
part of this and then here comes the actors, the
brilliant people that you are. To take their words now
bring it to life, let them see pictures.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Gosh, that's so lovely, it's really wonderful. But it is,
it is. We've been working together for three years now,
and it is you know, when you're talking about the
various departments and people that work on the show, we
have to pay homage to the crew as well. We
have the most incredible crew in Belfast and a lot
of them have been with it since day one, and
even that, I think, you know, it gives a sort
(05:10):
of platform where everybody knows each other, everybody trusts each other,
there's an understanding and everybody therefore can just sort of
bring out their best, you know, and give it to
the show.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Please do not move. There's more with Sean Brook and
Catherine Devlin coming up next. Can you believe it's already
season three of Blue Lights on Breadbox? We are back
with Sean Brook and Catherine Devlin. So when the episodes
in the new season invite new people to the set, okay,
we as viewers have got to get used to them
being in our storyline because in reality, we've been there
(05:45):
since one two. Now here comes number three. It's part
of our story as well. That's how much we are
so close to this being on BritBox.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Yeah, and it is. It's wonderful in that people really
and I wonder whether I've often been asked and you know,
what's the secret? And I think there's a part of
the show I think is also that it was about
rookie cops in the beginning. Yes, and these characters that
I think as an audience member, you feel you're part
(06:14):
of it because you started the journey with them and
you can feel, you know how they've sort of gained
confidence and you've sort of they've you were able to
see behind the curtain right from the get go, and
now you can see them evolve.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Yeah, it's interesting that you bring that up about basically
we've grown up with the characters. And there are many
times that I will experience something on Blue Lights and
then we'll have a police officer that I'll see somewhere
on the streets and I'll ask him, I said, did
you see that episode? Tell me what you would have
go through and see that's the kind of conversation that
you guys are generating that it's like for me to
go up and just talk to a police officer. It
(06:53):
started because of Blue Lights, because it's like, hey, you
guys are one of us. What can I do to
help you?
Speaker 3 (07:00):
You know?
Speaker 2 (07:01):
That's so lovely to hear, and I do think there
is you know, it's been a wonderful byproduct of the
show is that people are seeing, you know, beyond a
uniform and seeing the real, you know, person beneath it.
That these people deal with such extraordinary things in day
(07:21):
to day life that you or I will never experience
in the whole lifetime, and they're only trying to do
their best. Yeah. And that's also something that's been very
key with the writer is that the show remains hopeful.
You know that there is hope and there is a
possibility of change. And I think that's a glorious thing
(07:44):
to put out there and in the way that the
world is at the moment.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
So what is it like for you though, when you
put on the badge, the uniform, Because even though you
know that you're the actresses on on on Blue Lights,
you still have got to go through an evolutional change
when it comes to the mentality of that badge being
connected to your heart.
Speaker 3 (08:03):
Yeah, and I think as well it's important to note
too that what Blue Lights does so well is it
doesn't glamorize it either. You know you're dealing with police
officers that you see the messy side to them. You
say that on sex a version that it's important to
(08:25):
show that and and for it not to become a
form of coppaganda as well. But it very much lives
within the gray area and it doesn't categorize people as
good and bad. Just you see many, many different sides
to these characters.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
Wow, where can people go to find out more about
everything that you're doing? And listeners need to know? Brid
Box the app is so easy to download, you can
put it on your flat screen TV. You it will
change your life because you guys are doing it right.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Oh, thanks so lovely, thank you.
Speaker 1 (08:57):
Well, you guys be brilliant today. Okay yet be well,
we will so much
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