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The Responder
Production: BBC One, Dancing Ledge Productions
Directed by: Tim Mielants, Fien Troch, Phil Barantini
Written by: Tony Schumacher
Written by ex-police officer Tony Schumacher, Martin Freeman stars as Chris, a crisis-stricken, morally compromised urgent response officer who is forced to take on a new rookie partner. Together, they realise that survival in a high-pressure, relentless night-time world will depend on them either helping or destroying each other.