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Blue Lights renewed for season 3 and 4 as BBC announces 11 new shows – including The Split spin-off and Gareth Southgate drama


Alongside a slew of new BBC drama, Blue Lights, the hit Belfast-set police drama, has been renewed for seasons 3 and 4.

It also stars Prasanna Puwanarajah (The Crown), Amr Waked (Ramy), Gayle Rankin (Men), Mia Tharia (Phoenix Rise), Franc Ashman (The Bastard Son), Samuel Edward Cook ( Peaky Blinders), Karen Henthorn ( Coronation Street), Lucy Sheen (Ping Pong) and Ian Mercer ( Doctors). One such expat is Commander Graham Gore, an officer on Sir John Franklin’s doomed 1845 Arctic expedition, who must now contend with a world nearly two centuries older than he remembers. To be able to place a contemporary British Asian family, helmed by brilliant women, at the heart of a primetime drama series is a dream come true for me as a writer who believes strongly in the importance ofrepresentation on our screens.”

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