ON THE FRONTLINE
Is The Responder based on a true story?
MARTIN Freeman is back on the box with his new big crime show, The Responder.
The series follows an unconventional urgent response officer tackling a series of night shifts on the beat in Liverpool.
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Is The Responder on BBC One based on a true story?
The Responder is based on true events as it is about the life of ex-police officer Tony Schumacher, who is also the writer for the series.
This is his first original series for television and it holds a mirror up to the emotional extremes of life on the front line of British policing which is sometimes darkly funny, sometimes painfully tragic, always challenging.
Speaking about what it was like to be a police responder, Tony told the BBC: “Every time you opened the car door, you didn’t know what you were going to find.
"It’s brilliantly exciting at the start but after a bit it becomes a bit monotonous and then it becomes a bit too much.”
He admitted to told the that a responder is "someone who never gives you good news; somebody who kicks in doors, races round town centres and who fights literal and sometimes metaphorical fires".
What is The Responder about?
The Responder follows Chris (Martin Freeman), a crisis-stricken, morally compromised, unconventional urgent response officer.
The series focuses on him tackling a series of night shifts on the beat in Liverpool.
While trying to keep his head above water both personally and professionally, Chris is forced to take on a new rookie partner Rachel (Adelayo Adedayo).
Both soon discover that survival in this high pressure, relentless, night-time world will depend on them either helping or destroying each other.
When is The Responder on TV?
The Responder was first announced back in February 2020, but filming was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic..
The series will now kick off on January 24, 2022, at 9pm on BBC One, and will continue Mondays at the same time.
Episodes will also be available on the .
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