The Responder, review: Martin Freeman’s police patrol is one long, brutal night of the soul

The first thing to say about The Responder (BBC One) is that it’s not a police drama. It’s a drama about a police officer, and the two…

‘I couldn’t ask for help’: Tony Schumacher on why he wrote police drama The Responder

The thing about hitting the bottom is that you don’t know you’re on the way there until you’re actually there. I mean, you know you’re in a…

Martin Freeman on The Responder: ‘Not all policemen are heroes’

“No one in this is a goody or a baddy,” says Freeman, “but essentially I think he’s a very decent human being. He’s probably been in the…