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Western Telegraph
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Western Telegraph
Snow Patrol frontman to perform home city gig with a difference
The event discussing his new book, The Forest Is The Path, is expected to be one of the star attractions of this summer's Open House Festival in Bangor, Co Down. The annual festival includes almost 100 events throughout August, and is expected to attract about 50,000 people to the city, with Bangor Castle Walled Garden and the Court House on the seafront as the focal venues. Lightbody will be talking to Irish author and broadcaster Sinead Gleeson about his book The Forest Is The Path, which was published in March, in what has been billed as a 'very different and incredibly personal hometown appearance', on August 26-27. Among the other stars to appear at the Walled Garden are singers Lisa O'Neill and Mary Coughlan, folk duo Ye Vagabonds, and comedians Paddy Raff, Chris Kent and Neil Delamere. From an interview with Gary Lightbody about his new book, to a conversation between Declan Lawn, Bafta-winning writer of Blue Lights, and local author Colin Bateman, to an intimate launch of a new EP by King Cedar, we're bringing around 100 events across a whole range of art forms Open House director Kieran Gilmore Events at the Court House include The Ocelots, twin brothers from Wexford now based in Germany, and a special festival performance by Northern Ireland Opera. Among the other author events scheduled, former Labour cabinet member Alan Johnson will talk about his new book, Harold Wilson, Chris Whitaker will be discussing his international best-selling novel All The Colours Of The Dark, and American writer Karen Hao will be talking about her new book Empire Of AI. Open House director Kieran Gilmore said the festival puts a spotlight on Bangor's creative talent. 'This year's festival has some of our finest local artists performing in iconic venues throughout the city,' he said. 'From an interview with Gary Lightbody about his new book, to a conversation between Declan Lawn, Bafta-winning writer of Blue Lights, and local author Colin Bateman, to an intimate launch of a new EP by King Cedar, we're bringing around 100 events across a whole range of art forms.' The Open House summer season gets under way on Friday July 4, with the annual Pickie to Pier swimming race, although the Seaside Revival Vintage Festival will not take place this year because of development work on the sea front. Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday June 6 at
Belfast Telegraph
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Belfast Telegraph
Blue Lights' Declan Lawn on Bafta win: ‘There was an after-party then an after-after party, much craic was had'
Blue Lights writer Declan Lawn has described winning a Bafta for the Belfast set drama as 'one of the overwhelming moments' of his life. The writer, who created the show alongside writing partner Adam Patterson, picked up the award for Best Drama at the London awards show which honours the best in British television on Sunday evening.
Irish Post
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Post
Northern Irish police show Blue Lights scoops Bafta for Best Drama
BLUE LIGHTS won the award for Best Drama as the annual Bafta Television Awards ceremony got underway in London last night. Set in post-Troubles Belfast, the BBC series explores the reality of life for police officers working in the PSNI. The first series, which focused on three police recruits who faced the pressure of criminal gangs and divided communities, proved a hit with audiences when it launched on BBC One and iPlayer in 2023. Blue Lights' cast and creatives Martin McCann, Louise Gallagher, Stephen Wright, Amanda Black, Adam Patterson, Declan Lawn, Sian Brooke and Jack Casey pose with their award The show continued to draw millions of viewers into series two, and series three began filming in Belfast earlier this year. Last night the creators and cast shared their excitement to win the award at the glitzy ceremony held at the Royal Festival Hall. Sian Brooke, Louise Gallagher, Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson accept the Drama Series Award for Blue Lights during the 2025 BAFTA Television Awards Show co-creator and co-writer Declan Lawn said: "Thanks to our amazing cast and crew, those here and those back in Belfast. 'We've been on a quite a journey together through this season. It's been pretty extraordinary." The show went up against Sherwood, Supacell and Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light in the Best Drama category. See More: Award, BAFTA, BBC, Blue Lights
BBC News
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Baftas: Police drama Blue Lights wins best drama
BBC One police drama Blue Lights has won best drama category at the series follows a batch of newly-qualified officers navigating policing in a post-conflict Northern and written by Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson, its stars include Sian Brooke, Martin McCann, Katherine Devlin and Nathan the award, Mr Lawn thanked the people of Belfast for letting the writers of the show tell their stories."Belfast, this one's for you," he said. Blue Lights won for its second series and beat BBC One's Sherwood, Netflix's Supacell and BBC One's Wolf Hall: The Mirror And The drama, which is currently filming its third series, follows police officers on patrol in various communities throughout Belfast, tackling paramilitaries, corruption, and legacy Stephen Wright said it was "just fantastic" as he and other cast members and writers stood on stage at the Royal Festival Hall in London on Sunday night."Thank you to everybody at the BBC who supported this show from day one," he said."I want to thank NI Screen who supported us at home and BBC studios for supporting us around the world."A personal thank you to my partners in crime - Louise Gallagher who had this idea, Amanda Black who produced this series, Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn," Mr Wright said. Mr Lawn paid tribute to the people of Belfast as he accepted the award."Thanks to our amazing cast and crew, both those here and those back in Belfast," he said."Thanks to Noel McCann and Bronagh Taggart, who wrote so beautifully on that season of television, and thanks also to this man [Adam Patterson] who directed it so well."We've been on quite a journey together, so this feels pretty extraordinary."And thank you finally, to the people of our home city, for letting us tell your stories."Belfast – this one's for you," he concluded. A BBC report said Blue Lights had generated an estimated £20m to the Northern Ireland economy through employment and spending in the supply chain across its first two series, made by Two Cities Television, employed an average of 59 cast of which 83% were either born in or a resident of Northern the crew of 246, more than 87% were from Northern Ireland.
