Much-loved BBC police drama sparkles in TV comeback as season 5 delivers

Hope Street returns for its fifth series as strong as ever (Picture: BBC)If there’s one show on TV that is so undeniably sure of what it is, it’s Hope Street.The BBC NI police drama, which returned to screens last week, has been serving up light-hearted crime stories with an extra helping of community spirit for four years now, making it something of a rare veteran in this fickle world of TV.It’s compelling without being complicated, warm without being sickly sweet and pure es