Blue Lights
Director(s)na
Production year2023
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes57m
CastMartin McCann, Hannah McLean, Abigail McGibbon
Blue Lights
strong language, sex references
Classified Date:
08/05/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
BLUE LIGHTS is a UK crime series; in this episode, the new recruits struggle to understand the procedures and Grace's social work training overrides her police work.
language
Use of strong language occurs ('f**k') accompanied by moderate ('wanker') and milder terms ('shit', 'dickhead', 'arsehole', 'bastard', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'hell').
sex
A teenager aggressively tells a female police officer to 'suck my cock' and later says he bets 'she likes it dirty'.
additional issues
A teenager punches a police officer's face resulting in a bloody nose. There is moderate threat when a distressed woman waves two knives at her neighbours and police officers. References are made to terrorism, bomb threats and murder. Characters throw bottles and other objects and police cars. A man crashes his car and is seen with a bloody injury to his head.
strong language
Classified Date:
08/05/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
BLUE LIGHTS is a police procedural drama series; in this episode, a batch of tainted drugs is circulated through the city, resulting in multiple overdoses.
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘wanker’, ‘dickhead’, ‘balls’, ‘arse’, ‘tits’, ‘bastard’, ‘bullshit’ and ‘shit’.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
Police find several people unconscious as a result of drug overdoses, with pills and powder scattered nearby; there are also scenes involving drug dealing, and references to addiction. Moderate violence includes a punch to the face, bloodying the victim’s nose, and brief undetailed gunfire. A male police officer makes a sexual comment to a female colleague, who reacts with mild exasperation. Another scene features a comic reference to ‘dirty websites’. Mild scenes show a police officer assisting a man who is experiencing a mental health crisis. Other issues include infrequent undetailed references to a police case involving domestic violence.
strong language, injury detail, threat
Classified Date:
08/05/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
BLUE LIGHTS is a British crime drama series; in this episode, Grace struggles to convince a family to testify in the aftermath of a paramilitary-style shooting.
threat and horror
A teenage boy is abducted from his parents' house by two masked men who force him to lie down in the street and then shoot him in the leg.
language
Strong language ('f**k') features alongside milder terms including 'shit', 'bloody', 'bastard' and 'knobhead'.
injury detail
There is sight of a bloody gunshot wound in a boy's leg.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There are undetailed references to drugs and to suicide.
strong language
Classified Date:
08/05/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
BLUE LIGHTS is a UK crime drama series; in this episode, under a full moon, the station is swamped with work.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as other terms such as 'wanker' and 'prick'.
additional issues
There is moderate bloody crime scene detail. A sex scene is also moderate. There are references to domestic abuse, drugs, sexual assault and discrimination. There is moderate violence and threat.
strong language, violence
Classified Date:
08/05/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
BLUE LIGHTS is a police procedural drama series; in this episode, Gerry interrupts a weapons deal and Grace worries about her son.
violence
Characters are repeatedly shot, resulting in one bleeding profusely. There are verbal and visual references to murder, weapons and terrorist attacks.
language
Use of strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by moderate and milder terms (for example, 'prick', 'shit', 'bastard', 'arse', 'Christ' and 'God').
additional issues
A woman describes how she believes her son was racially profiled. Scenes include moderate threat. There are mild sex and drug references as well as references to cancer.
strong language
Classified Date:
08/05/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
BLUE LIGHTS is a British crime drama series; in this episode, the department is left reeling - and the MacIntyres scrambling - after an officer is seriously injured in the line of duty.
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘shit’, ‘God’ and ‘Jesus Christ’.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
Moderate scenes of violence and threat include a shootout featuring brief bloody aftermath detail. In another scene a man repeatedly punches his adult son, bloodying his face. There are also undetailed references to drug dealing.
strong language, threat, bloody images, drug references
Classified Date:
28/05/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
BLUE LIGHTS is a police drama set in Belfast; in this episode, Annie gets a new partner.
threat and horror
There is an intense scene of threat when a police officer becomes trapped in a room with a man who attempts to stab her with a screwdriver.
language
The episode features strong language ('f**k') and uses of 'bastard', 'shite', 'bloody', 'dickhead', 'shit' and 'hell'.
drugs
A man is found dead next to a needle and there are verbal references to his heroin overdose. There is also a scene in which a man becomes aggressive in a pharmacy because his prescription for methadone has not arrived.
injury detail
There is a close up on a pool of blood beside a stab victim. There are also images of a dead body.
additional issues
There are moderate comic references to 'riding'.
strong language, violence
Classified Date:
28/05/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
BLUE LIGHTS is a police procedural drama series; in this episode, the officers find themselves caught up in a loyalist feud.
violence
An already heavily beaten man is hit across the face with a plank. There is also a shooting, although most of the consequences[ are off screen. A police officer begins to choke a man. References are made to terrorist bombings and murders.
language
Use of strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by moderate ('bitch') and milder terms such as 'bollocks', 'shit', 'balls', 'bastard', 'Jesus' and 'Christ'.
additional issues
A man, displaying tattoos of swastikas and other racist emblems, attempts to intimidate a Black police officer. A female police officer is briefly sexually harassed by a criminal. There is a moderate sex reference. Scenes include moderate threat, such as police officers entering a burning house in order to save a woman and child trapped inside. A drug addict is seen lying dead on the floor and it is referenced that a syringe is next to him.
strong language
Classified Date:
28/05/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
BLUE LIGHTS is a British police drama series; in this episode, Annie and Shane investigate a shooting, while Grace and Stevie attend the scene of a suspicious death.
language
Strong language ('f**k') features alongside milder terms including 'shit', 'bloody' and 'dickhead'.
additional issues
There are some potentially upsetting scenes which involve references to terminal illness and assisted suicide. Other issues include an implied off-screen shooting and mild sex references.
strong language, drug misuse
Classified Date:
28/05/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
BLUE LIGHTS is a crime drama series; in this episode, Shane leads Tommy down an increasingly dangerous path, and a new arrival to the section brings a fresh perspective to the case.
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘feck’, ‘prick’, ‘dickhead’, ‘bugger’, ‘balls’ and ‘shit’, in addition to use of the ‘middle finger’ gesture.
drugs
We see people buying and taking pills at a nightclub. Occasional references to drug misuse and trafficking include sight of bags of heroin uncovered in police raids.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
A man is attacked and beaten unconscious, and in another scene a police officer repeatedly punches a suspect, resulting in bloody injury detail. Officers become concerned that a man may have hurt his wife after finding blood on the floor of their house and on his skin and clothing; however, it quickly transpires that his wife is uninjured. A woman discovers that a sexual partner has distributed a photograph of them lying in bed together, without visible nudity; the woman initially brushes off the incident, though her friend strongly encourages her to report it. Other issues include references to alcoholism.
strong language
Classified Date:
28/05/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
BLUE LIGHTS is a UK crime drama series; in this episode, Annie finds herself in trouble when she challenges Canning’s unscrupulous policing methods.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'prick', 'bitch', 'shit', 'shite', 'bollocks', 'piss', 'hell', 'Christ' and 'God'.
additional issues
There are instances of racist and misogynistic behaviour which is robustly challenged and the perpetrators meet with decisive condemnations of their actions. There is moderate gun threat. Scenes of violence include punches, kicks and shootings, without strong detail, which result in moderate bloody injuries. There are references to terrorist attacks and murders during The Troubles in Northern Ireland. There are references to criminal drug activity during the course of police investigations. There are references to mental health.
strong language
Classified Date:
28/05/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
BLUE LIGHTS is a crime drama series; in this episode, an incident involving Lee's son causes tensions to flare between locals and the police.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'), alongside other milder terms ('shit', 'bastard', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'hell' and 'God').
additional issues
Scenes of violence occur between an angry crowd of protestors and riot police, involving baseball bats and molotov cocktails. In one scene, an elderly man is engulfed in flames as he attempts to break up the conflict. Tense scenes follow a young boy shooting at a police car with a handgun he found in his house; however, things end reassuringly. Moderate references are made to sex, including a rude gesture. Drug dealing and a drug overdose are mentioned in the context of police investigations.
Classified date08/05/2023
LanguageEnglish
language
Use of strong language occurs ('f**k') accompanied by moderate ('wanker') and milder terms ('shit', 'dickhead', 'arsehole', 'bastard', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'hell').
sex
A teenager aggressively tells a female police officer to 'suck my cock' and later says he bets 'she likes it dirty'.
additional issues
A teenager punches a police officer's face resulting in a bloody nose. There is moderate threat when a distressed woman waves two knives at her neighbours and police officers. References are made to terrorism, bomb threats and murder. Characters throw bottles and other objects and police cars. A man crashes his car and is seen with a bloody injury to his head.
strong language
Classified Date:
08/05/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘shit’, ‘God’ and ‘Jesus Christ’.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
Moderate scenes of violence and threat include a shootout featuring brief bloody aftermath detail. In another scene a man repeatedly punches his adult son, bloodying his face. There are also undetailed references to drug dealing.
strong language, violence
Classified Date:
08/05/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Characters are repeatedly shot, resulting in one bleeding profusely. There are verbal and visual references to murder, weapons and terrorist attacks.
language
Use of strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by moderate and milder terms (for example, 'prick', 'shit', 'bastard', 'arse', 'Christ' and 'God').
additional issues
A woman describes how she believes her son was racially profiled. Scenes include moderate threat. There are mild sex and drug references as well as references to cancer.
strong language
Classified Date:
08/05/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as other terms such as 'wanker' and 'prick'.
additional issues
There is moderate bloody crime scene detail. A sex scene is also moderate. There are references to domestic abuse, drugs, sexual assault and discrimination. There is moderate violence and threat.
strong language, injury detail, threat
Classified Date:
08/05/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A teenage boy is abducted from his parents' house by two masked men who force him to lie down in the street and then shoot him in the leg.
language
Strong language ('f**k') features alongside milder terms including 'shit', 'bloody', 'bastard' and 'knobhead'.
injury detail
There is sight of a bloody gunshot wound in a boy's leg.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There are undetailed references to drugs and to suicide.
strong language
Classified Date:
08/05/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘wanker’, ‘dickhead’, ‘balls’, ‘arse’, ‘tits’, ‘bastard’, ‘bullshit’ and ‘shit’.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
Police find several people unconscious as a result of drug overdoses, with pills and powder scattered nearby; there are also scenes involving drug dealing, and references to addiction. Moderate violence includes a punch to the face, bloodying the victim’s nose, and brief undetailed gunfire. A male police officer makes a sexual comment to a female colleague, who reacts with mild exasperation. Another scene features a comic reference to ‘dirty websites’. Mild scenes show a police officer assisting a man who is experiencing a mental health crisis. Other issues include infrequent undetailed references to a police case involving domestic violence.
strong language, sex references
Classified Date:
08/05/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
Use of strong language occurs ('f**k') accompanied by moderate ('wanker') and milder terms ('shit', 'dickhead', 'arsehole', 'bastard', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'hell').
sex
A teenager aggressively tells a female police officer to 'suck my cock' and later says he bets 'she likes it dirty'.
additional issues
A teenager punches a police officer's face resulting in a bloody nose. There is moderate threat when a distressed woman waves two knives at her neighbours and police officers. References are made to terrorism, bomb threats and murder. Characters throw bottles and other objects and police cars. A man crashes his car and is seen with a bloody injury to his head.
strong language
Classified Date:
28/05/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'), alongside other milder terms ('shit', 'bastard', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'hell' and 'God').
additional issues
Scenes of violence occur between an angry crowd of protestors and riot police, involving baseball bats and molotov cocktails. In one scene, an elderly man is engulfed in flames as he attempts to break up the conflict. Tense scenes follow a young boy shooting at a police car with a handgun he found in his house; however, things end reassuringly. Moderate references are made to sex, including a rude gesture. Drug dealing and a drug overdose are mentioned in the context of police investigations.
strong language
Classified Date:
28/05/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'prick', 'bitch', 'shit', 'shite', 'bollocks', 'piss', 'hell', 'Christ' and 'God'.
additional issues
There are instances of racist and misogynistic behaviour which is robustly challenged and the perpetrators meet with decisive condemnations of their actions. There is moderate gun threat. Scenes of violence include punches, kicks and shootings, without strong detail, which result in moderate bloody injuries. There are references to terrorist attacks and murders during The Troubles in Northern Ireland. There are references to criminal drug activity during the course of police investigations. There are references to mental health.
strong language, drug misuse
Classified Date:
28/05/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘feck’, ‘prick’, ‘dickhead’, ‘bugger’, ‘balls’ and ‘shit’, in addition to use of the ‘middle finger’ gesture.
drugs
We see people buying and taking pills at a nightclub. Occasional references to drug misuse and trafficking include sight of bags of heroin uncovered in police raids.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
A man is attacked and beaten unconscious, and in another scene a police officer repeatedly punches a suspect, resulting in bloody injury detail. Officers become concerned that a man may have hurt his wife after finding blood on the floor of their house and on his skin and clothing; however, it quickly transpires that his wife is uninjured. A woman discovers that a sexual partner has distributed a photograph of them lying in bed together, without visible nudity; the woman initially brushes off the incident, though her friend strongly encourages her to report it. Other issues include references to alcoholism.
strong language
Classified Date:
28/05/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
Strong language ('f**k') features alongside milder terms including 'shit', 'bloody' and 'dickhead'.
additional issues
There are some potentially upsetting scenes which involve references to terminal illness and assisted suicide. Other issues include an implied off-screen shooting and mild sex references.
strong language, violence
Classified Date:
28/05/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
An already heavily beaten man is hit across the face with a plank. There is also a shooting, although most of the consequences[ are off screen. A police officer begins to choke a man. References are made to terrorist bombings and murders.
language
Use of strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by moderate ('bitch') and milder terms such as 'bollocks', 'shit', 'balls', 'bastard', 'Jesus' and 'Christ'.
additional issues
A man, displaying tattoos of swastikas and other racist emblems, attempts to intimidate a Black police officer. A female police officer is briefly sexually harassed by a criminal. There is a moderate sex reference. Scenes include moderate threat, such as police officers entering a burning house in order to save a woman and child trapped inside. A drug addict is seen lying dead on the floor and it is referenced that a syringe is next to him.
strong language, threat, bloody images, drug references
Classified Date:
28/05/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
There is an intense scene of threat when a police officer becomes trapped in a room with a man who attempts to stab her with a screwdriver.
language
The episode features strong language ('f**k') and uses of 'bastard', 'shite', 'bloody', 'dickhead', 'shit' and 'hell'.
drugs
A man is found dead next to a needle and there are verbal references to his heroin overdose. There is also a scene in which a man becomes aggressive in a pharmacy because his prescription for methadone has not arrived.
injury detail
There is a close up on a pool of blood beside a stab victim. There are also images of a dead body.
additional issues
There are moderate comic references to 'riding'.
Director(s)na
Production year2023
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes57m
CastMartin McCann, Hannah McLean, Abigail McGibbon
Classified date08/05/2023
LanguageEnglish
