Beloved dramas create safe spaces within themselves and, for fans of BBC police saga Blue Lights, home is the inside of the squad car driven by Stevie (Martin McCann), when he and partner Grace (Siân Brooke) are parked up and their radios are quiet. Stevie reaching into the back seat and bringing out a plastic box full of sweet treats he has lovingly baked is a sign that all is well.
The opening credits are yet to roll when we get the reassuring sight of Grace and Stevie biting through frosting. But this isn’t just a moment of calm before all hell breaks loose again on their Belfast beat. At the end of season two, the “will-they-won’t-they” between the two main characters became a “yes they definitely will”, and with some time now having passed – Stevie’s got a beard – the couple are browsing for houses together online.
