In May 2025, Grace, Damo and Adam travelled to Belfast to visit the set of Blue Lights and record interviews with the cast and creatives on the show. 

In this first of four episodes, we speak to writers and co-creators, Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson, about the real life stories that inspire the show, and the pressure of a third (and fourth) season, Neil Keery, who plays Sergeant Laurence McCloskey and finally, we spoke to Siân Brooke, who plays Grace Ellis, about the response to her character in Blue Lights plus her roles in Trying and House of the Dragon.

Special thanks to Two Cities Productions, Milk Publicity and Visit Belfast.

If you would like to support the work of TV DNA, you can donate the price of a cup of coffee at www.ko-fi.com/tvdna 

We can’t wait for you to hear our thoughts on the latest episodes and for you to give us yours too. You can find and follow us on all the socials @tvdnapod

You can also email us on [email protected] 

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We have weekly spoiler-free watchlist episodes and our back catalogue includes Happy Valley, Succession and Severance. Listen here https://open.spotify.com/show/7eh93AAcO5y1m5jdEcTqAk?si=7l1do-YcQNS-eQ1YMIdCHA

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Thanks as always to JComp for our logo and Roman Senyk Music for our theme. 

Adam, Grace, Neil, Damian and Isabel

In May 2025, Grace, Damo and Adam travelled to Belfast to visit the set of Blue Lights and record interviews with the cast and creatives on the show. This episode is the story of that journey, a preview of a preview of one of our most-loved TV series.

Our Blue Lights Behind the Scenes episodes will be coming soon and contains interviews with Sian Brooke, Martin McCann, Declan Lawn, Adam Patterson, Angela Griffin and more.

Special thanks to Two Cities Productions, Milk Publicity and Visit Belfast.

If you would like to support the work of TV DNA, you can donate the price of a cup of coffee at www.ko-fi.com/tvdna 

We can’t wait for you to hear our thoughts on the latest episodes and for you to give us yours too. You can find and follow us on all the socials @tvdnapod

You can also email us on [email protected] 

We have weekly spoiler-free watchlist episodes and our back catalogue includes Happy Valley, Succession and Severance. Listen here https://open.spotify.com/show/7eh93AAcO5y1m5jdEcTqAk?si=7l1do-YcQNS-eQ1YMIdCHA

We’re on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Breaker and Radio Public so be sure to subscribe to the pod and please leave us a review. 

Thanks as always to JComp for our logo and Roman Senyk Music for our theme. 

Adam, Grace, Neil, Damian and Isabel

Adam and Damo give spoiler-free reviews of new TV including Alien Earth on Disney+ and Prime Video’s Butterfly.

Plus Unforgivable, BBC DOC, Parenthood, The Eternaut, The Wire, Destination X, In Flight, Peacemaker, The Walking Dead:Dead City, Untamed, Bookish, Abbott Elementary, Adults, Shark: Celebrity Infested Waters, The Sopranos, Smoke and @pitchmeetings on Youtube.

After our brief hiatus, we catch up on a whole load of news, find out if Adam managed to remember how to read books and take a look forward to some exciting podcast episodes.

Trailers discussed:-

Mudtown - U&alibi 20th August

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_qLXecSMto

Hostage - Netflix 21st August
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q20_wbeiVG8 

King and Conqueror - BBC 24th August
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJzKiv8jAGA

Atomic - Sky Max 28th August

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nshrjk9I3b8

Task - Sky on 8th September - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irkyXKTmY8M 

The Morning Show season 4 coming to Apple TV+ on 17th September https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Klq88ERaGuM 

The Iris Affair on Sky this Autumn - ​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPJuME9rh0U 

Riot Women - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js9KPL49W3g comes to the BBC in October.

The Diplomat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLp3VcehaOo

Fallout Season Two arrives on Prime Video on December 17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TsP09cZA7o

If you would like to support the work of TV DNA, you can donate the price of a cup of coffee at www.ko-fi.com/tvdna 

We can’t wait for you to hear our thoughts on the latest episodes and for you to give us yours too. You can find and follow us on all the socials @tvdnapod

You can also email us on [email protected] 

And, you can now check out our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@TVDNA-t7u

We have weekly spoiler-free watchlist episodes and our back catalogue includes Happy Valley, Succession and Severance. Listen here https://open.spotify.com/show/7eh93AAcO5y1m5jdEcTqAk?si=7l1do-YcQNS-eQ1YMIdCHA

We’re on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Breaker and Radio Public so be sure to subscribe to the pod and please leave us a review. 

Thanks as always to JComp for our logo and Roman Senyk Music for our theme. 

Adam, Grace, Neil, Damian and Isabel

Adam, Grace and Damo get together to talk about what they've been watching but there's no featured show!!!

However, they do talk about: Stranger Things, Too Much, Hacks, And Just Like That, Chief of War, Smoke, Destination X, The Wire, South Park, Dexter Resurrection, Teacup, Under The Bridge, Bookish, The Good Place, The Sandman, The Assassin,The Couple Next Door, The Narrow Road To The Deep North and Andor.

We also talk about Succession, Arrested Development and Gogglebox with the lovely Joanne Crawford as well as play Adam's new new game.

If you would like to support the work of TV DNA, you can donate the price of a cup of coffee at ⁠www.ko-fi.com/tvdna⁠ 

We can’t wait for you to hear our thoughts on the latest episodes and for you to give us yours too. You can find and follow us on all the socials @tvdnapod

You can also email us on [email protected] 

And, you can now check out our YouTube channel - ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@TVDNA-t7u⁠

We have weekly spoiler-free watchlist episodes and our back catalogue includes Yellowjackets, True Detective:Night Country and House of the Dragon. Listen here https://open.spotify.com/show/7eh93AAcO5y1m5jdEcTqAk?si=7l1do-YcQNS-eQ1YMIdCHA

We’re on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Breaker and Radio Public so be sure to subscribe to the pod and please leave us a review. 

Thanks as always to JComp for our logo and Roman Senyk Music for our theme. 

Adam, Grace, Neil, Damian and Isabel

Spoiler-free reviews of new TV including BBC’s Destination X and Unforgivable and Chief of War on Apple TV+.

Plus South Park, The Assassin, Ballard, The Wire, Mix Tape and Too Much

The long-awaited 3rd round of the First of Us game finally takes place as Adam asks Neil and Damo to guess the year and match the characters to the TV shows.

If you would like to support the work of TV DNA, you can donate the price of a cup of coffee at www.ko-fi.com/tvdna 

We can’t wait for you to hear our thoughts on the latest episodes and for you to give us yours too. You can find and follow us on all the socials @tvdnapod

You can also email us on [email protected] 

And, you can now check out our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@TVDNA-t7u

We have weekly spoiler-free watchlist episodes and our back catalogue includes Yellowjackets, True Detective:Night Country and House of the Dragon. Listen here https://open.spotify.com/show/7eh93AAcO5y1m5jdEcTqAk?si=7l1do-YcQNS-eQ1YMIdCHA

We’re on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Breaker and Radio Public so be sure to subscribe to the pod and please leave us a review. 

Thanks as always to JComp for our logo and Roman Senyk Music for our theme. 

Adam, Grace, Neil, Damian and Isabel

Plus Untamed, The Narrow Road to the Deep North, Here We Go, Bookish, Adults, Foundation, Smoke, Dexter: Resurrection, Monsters: The Erik and Lyle Menendez Story, Stick and Karen Pirie.

We discuss what else is coming up in 2025 and Neil tries to guess Adam’s top 10 shows of the year so far. 

If you would like to support the work of TV DNA, you can donate the price of a cup of coffee at www.ko-fi.com/tvdna 

We can’t wait for you to hear our thoughts on the latest episodes and for you to give us yours too. You can find and follow us on all the socials @tvdnapod

You can also email us on [email protected] 

And, you can now check out our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@TVDNA-t7u

We have weekly spoiler-free watchlist episodes and our back catalogue includes Severance, The Bear and The Last of Us. Listen here https://open.spotify.com/show/7eh93AAcO5y1m5jdEcTqAk?si=7l1do-YcQNS-eQ1YMIdCHA

We’re on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Breaker and Radio Public so be sure to subscribe to the pod and please leave us a review. 

Thanks as always to JComp for our logo and Roman Senyk Music for our theme. 

Adam, Grace, Neil, Damian and Isabel

Howdy folks, Adam and Damo talk about new Netflix drama Untamed and the Euros.

They also talk about The Couple Next Door, The Narrow Road To The Deep North, Monsters: The Erik and Lyle Menendez Story, Common Side Effects, Transaction, The Traitors NZ and Surrounded .

1 Progressive vs 20 Far-Right Conservatives (ft. Mehdi Hasan)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S-WJN3L5eo

The three conversations that changed my life | Declan Lawn | TEDxStormont

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OjQ57AXjc8

Adam also has a new new game for Damo to play...

Trailer watch.

Unforgivable BBC 24th July – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcHYOLAs4sE

Chief of War Apple TV+ 1st August –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owdGcwufWK8

Platonic Season 2 Apple TV+ on 6th August –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNSs2vZQlGg

We have recent specials on The Last Of Us and Andor, our back catalogue includes Succession, Shogun and Better Call Saul. Listen here https://open.spotify.com/show/7eh93AAcO5y1m5jdEcTqAk?si=7l1do-YcQNS-eQ1YMIdCHA

We’re on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Breaker and Radio Public so be sure to subscribe to the pod and please leave us a review. 

Thanks as always to JComp for our logo and Roman Senyk Music for our theme. 

Adam, Grace, Neil, Damian and Isabel

Is it the end? No, season 5 has been confirmed, to our delight, but it could have been. It could have been. Neil, Grace and Adam share theories, insights and favourite moments from The Bear season 4, episode 9 - Tonnato,  and episode 10 - Goodbye. Spoilers included for those 2 episodes only.

If you would like to support the work of TV DNA, you can donate the price of a cup of coffee at www.ko-fi.com/tvdna 

We can’t wait for you to hear our thoughts on the latest episodes and for you to give us yours too. You can find and follow us on all the socials @tvdnapod

You can also email us on [email protected] 

And, you can now check out our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@TVDNA-t7u

We have weekly spoiler-free watchlist episodes and our back catalogue includes The White Lotus, Andor and House of the Dragon. Listen here https://open.spotify.com/show/7eh93AAcO5y1m5jdEcTqAk?si=7l1do-YcQNS-eQ1YMIdCHA

We’re on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Breaker and Radio Public so be sure to subscribe to the pod and please leave us a review. 

Thanks as always to JComp for our logo and Roman Senyk Music for our theme. 

Adam, Grace, Neil, Damian and Isabel

Adam, Neil and Damo talk about new BBC romance drama Mix Tape.

They also discuss Squid Games, Poker Face, Transaction, The Old Guard 2, Suspicion, Oasis At The BBC, Too Much, Such Brave Girls, Murderbot and The Sandman.

They also discuss the recently announced Emmy nomination list

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/emmys-2025-snubs-white-lotus-patrick-schwarzenegger-squid-games-b2789788.html

Neil does the honours for this eps The First Of Us.

Trailer watch.

Butterfly 13th August Prime Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBmyiyZba3s

The Girlfriend 10th September Prime Video

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZOTSU6wmIA

Hostage 21st August Netflix

​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6c-8zRyZ8I

Stranger Things season 5 26th November Netflix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKZyYdwS3Wg

We have recent specials on The Last Of Us and Andor, our back catalogue includes Succession, Shogun and Better Call Saul. Listen here https://open.spotify.com/show/7eh93AAcO5y1m5jdEcTqAk?si=7l1do-YcQNS-eQ1YMIdCHA

We’re on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Breaker and Radio Public so be sure to subscribe to the pod and please leave us a review. 

Thanks as always to JComp for our logo and Roman Senyk Music for our theme. 

Adam, Grace, Neil, Damian and Isabel

Hot chocolate, a Tardis-like table and the long-awaited arrival of Francine Fak. Neil and Adam share theories, insights and favourite moments from The Bear season 4, episode 7 - The Bears,  and episode 8 - Green. Spoilers included for those 2 episodes only.

If you would like to support the work of TV DNA, you can donate the price of a cup of coffee at www.ko-fi.com/tvdna 

We can’t wait for you to hear our thoughts on the latest episodes and for you to give us yours too. You can find and follow us on all the socials @tvdnapod

You can also email us on [email protected] 

And, you can now check out our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@TVDNA-t7u

We have weekly spoiler-free watchlist episodes and our back catalogue includes Better Call Saul, Succession and Severance. Listen here https://open.spotify.com/show/7eh93AAcO5y1m5jdEcTqAk?si=7l1do-YcQNS-eQ1YMIdCHA

We’re on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Breaker and Radio Public so be sure to subscribe to the pod and please leave us a review. 

Thanks as always to JComp for our logo and Roman Senyk Music for our theme. 

Adam, Grace, Neil, Damian and Isabel