{"id":47043,"date":"2024-03-04T01:01:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T00:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2002336"},"modified":"2024-03-04T03:36:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T02:36:41","slug":"departing-casualty-legend-derek-thompson-joins-cast-of-blue-lights","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/departing-casualty-legend-derek-thompson-joins-cast-of-blue-lights\/","title":{"rendered":"Departing Casualty legend Derek Thompson joins cast of Blue Lights"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Charlie Fairhead actor will guest star as a retired police officer in season 2. <\/p>

By James Hibbs\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 04 March 2024 at 00:01 AM<\/p>

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This year will see Casualty legend Derek Thompson, who has played Charlie Fairhead on the show for 37 years, depart from the series<\/a> \u2013 however, fans will soon have another chance to see the star on screen, as he has officially joined the cast of Blue Lights<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thompson will be seen in a guest role in the second season of the Belfast-based police drama, playing retired officer Robin Graham.<\/p>\n

Robin will first be introduced in the second episode of the season, and it has already been teased that his past and conscience catch up with him when trainee solicitor Jen Robinson investigates a decades old case, one that has dangerous implications for the present.<\/p>\n

Thompson said: \u201cI loved the first series of Blue Lights and thought, as did the majority of my friends and colleagues, that it was the best new TV series of last year. I was thrilled and excited {star jumps in the living room} when I got the invitation to take part in series two.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Stevie and Grace in Blue Lights.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC\/Two Cities Television\/Christopher Barr<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

He continued: \u201cI was born in Belfast and was equally excited {more star jumps} to travel over to work on the show and pleased to report, having read the scripts, that I\u2019m sure the fans will love the second series every bit as much as the first. Greatly looking forward to it myself as I\u2019m one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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