Blue Lights (BBC

The six-part series follows three rookie police officers working in Belfast, a city that comes with its own unique pressures and challenges. At the end of the ...

while another commented: "Inside the car is a Skoda but outside it's an Audi." One person wrote: "Really powerful drama tonight #bluelights and worth a watch - very tense but I thought a good portrayal of complexities of Northern Ireland policing," while another added: "The BBC make some incredible programmes. The story also focuses on two other rookies, Annie (Katherine Devlin) and Tommy (Nathan Braniff), who are struggling under the immense pressure. A third person tweeted: "#Bluelights brilliant across the board! Watch the moment in the video below. That was a second-rate afternoon show at best.

BBC's new Northern Ireland-based police drama Blue Lights has enjoyed critical acclaim and popularity with viewers since it aired on Monday, ...

In an often chaotic environment, the characters have just a few crucial months in which they attempt to make it as police officers. A twitter user spotted the error, posting “Towards the end one minute it's an Audi in the rain next minute they are in a Skoda, then when you see it drive off it's an Audi again! In a later shot, the car is once again an Audi.

BBC One's Blue Lights sees three police rookies working in Belfast, facing criminal gangs and communities divided by the legacy of The Troubles.

That in turn brings a real sense of vulnerability and danger to scenes as mundane as driving through the streets on the lookout for trouble. "The level of violence was a shock to some." While we've seen plenty of baggage-riddled detectives join new police forces, Blue Lights gives us officers entirely new to policing. You can't really begrudge the move since there's a baying mob in the cul-de-sac outside – not that the car offers much of a sense of security when there are then glass bottles lobbed at the windows. The rookies are a well-crafted trio who seem true to life. TV viewers are certainly never in short supply of new crime drama.

We've grown used to seeing Belfast standing in for other locations, including the unnamed Midlands city of Line of Duty, 1830s London in The Frankenstein ...

“Have you ever thought that maybe there’s a different way of doing this job?” she says to the incredulous Stevie. It looks like the most prominent character in Blue Lights is going to be Grace. After Annie’s run-in with Mo, the PSNI are told by the “sneaky beakies”, otherwise known as MI5, that the Mackles are “OOB” — out of bounds. Being pelted with bricks and bottles hurled by sneeringly fearless teenagers is, the rookies find, a routine part of the job. Policing the city of Belfast is different to policing other cities. It follows three rookies — two young, one not so young — in the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) as they enter the final two weeks of their probationary period.