'Best police drama on television' is free to stream on BBC iPlayer

There's one show streaming free on BBC iPlayer that has been branded the "best cop show on TV" - and fans are going wild as it "gets better with every episode". If you're a fan of Line of Duty, Trigger Point or even The Bill, strap in, because you're in for a wild ride with the latest police drama to hit the small screen.

Critics across the country have hailed the third series of Blue Lights as some of the best drama offerings on television, with The Guardian claiming it is "the best and most ambitious yet", with Michael Hogan writing: "Blue Lights has quietly become one of the best shows on TV. It might be dark out there but those flashing bulbs are shining bright."

The Telegraph, meanwhile, insisted it is "still the best drama on the BBC", Anita Singh writing: "There is a credibility to the characters and the way they behave. And there is a warmth to them, which is a quality absent from many crime dramas."

Likewise, fans have been delighted with the latest offering from the BBC, with one writing on social media: "Blue Lights proving - yet again - to be right up there as one of the very best programmes on British TV."

"Here we go. One of the best shows of the year starting," somebody else agreed, while a third echoed: "Welcome back to without a doubt one of the best TV series ever broadcast by the BBC."

Blue Lights follows rookie police officers working in Belfast, and season three promised "a lot of trauma, a lot of grief", with writer Adam Patterson telling fans to "be ready for some laughs and a lot of tears".

It's already scooped a BAFTA for best drama, and series four has already been greenlit by the Beeb.