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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Kate Abbott

The 50 best TV shows of 2023: No 7 – Blue Lights

Taking wild risks … Siân Brooke as Grace Ellis in Blue Lights
Taking wild risks … Siân Brooke as Grace Ellis in Blue Lights. Photograph: BBC/Gallagher Films/Two Cities Television

“When serious crime happens, someone doesn’t want us anywhere near it.”

When it first aired, Blue Lights was lumped in with Line of Duty: a murky world of cops stymied by other, perhaps corrupt cops. But such comparisons did this spectacular show a disservice. Where LOD had long since devolved into self-parody, here was a drama that felt totally fresh, a bobby on a brand new beat.

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