The new season will pick up a year on from the end of season 1, which saw the team lose one of their own, veteran cop Gerry Cliff, played by Richard Dormer<\/a>.<\/p>\n At a recent Q&A for the series, creators Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson addressed the time jump, and revealed their motivation behind its inclusion.<\/p>\n Lawn explained: \u201cThere\u2019s a few reasons for that. One, we try to write characters very honest, so obviously, spoiler alert for those who haven\u2019t watched season 1, Jerry\u2019s death really would have consumed \u2013 in an immediate continuance \u2013 consumed the characters, and that would have just been a different way of telling it.<\/p>\n \u201cWe kind of wanted to recognise the distillation, and the impact of his death is still there, but not have it be such an overbearing narrative on the season.<\/p>\n \u201cSo that was one of the driving factors, and there were others of course, but that was one of the primary ones.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Patterson added: \u201cAnother creative thought we had about that was, we wanted to look at\u2026 I suppose season 1 is what it takes to do the job, and season 2 is about what the job takes from you.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWe became very interested in our research, and when we were talking to police officers who were a year or two or three in about how it had changed them, I think all of the characters have changed a little bit.<\/p>\n \u201cI met a police officer on a ride-along who\u2026 I had actually met her exactly a year previously, when she was two years into the job, and I met her a year later, and she had fundamentally changed. And so that was something that we really were interested in reflecting.\u201d<\/p> Other than Dormer, the new season will see most of the show\u2019s main cast returning, while actors joining the team for season 2 include Frank Blake and Derek Thompson<\/a>.<\/p>\n The series has already been renewed for a third and fourth season<\/a> beyond this second outing.<\/p>\n Blue Lights season 2 will arrive on in full BBC iPlayer<\/a> at 6am on Monday 15th April, while the first episode will air at 9pm on BBC One. <\/strong>Check out more of our\u00a0Drama<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>. 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