At the start of The Responder’s first series, written by ex-police officer Tony Schumacher, the cracks were already showing in Martin Freeman’s police officer Chris Carson. He was depressed, angry, and having panic attacks.
A former inspector who’d been demoted to response policing when his squad came under suspicion of corruption, Chris had spent the last three years working night patrols in Liverpool city centre. He was unpopular at work and considered a loose cannon best left alone. His shift pattern meant that he barely saw his wife Kate (MyAnna Buring) and their young daughter Tilly. His wages couldn’t cover the fees at the care home for his dementia-suffering mother (Rita Tushingham). He wanted to be a good bobby, but under-funded public services made him at best, a sticking plaster on the desperate needs of his drug-flooded and impoverished community.
For help, Chris had turned to...
A former inspector who’d been demoted to response policing when his squad came under suspicion of corruption, Chris had spent the last three years working night patrols in Liverpool city centre. He was unpopular at work and considered a loose cannon best left alone. His shift pattern meant that he barely saw his wife Kate (MyAnna Buring) and their young daughter Tilly. His wages couldn’t cover the fees at the care home for his dementia-suffering mother (Rita Tushingham). He wanted to be a good bobby, but under-funded public services made him at best, a sticking plaster on the desperate needs of his drug-flooded and impoverished community.
For help, Chris had turned to...
- 5/5/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Martin Freeman returns for The Responder series 2, which is heading to the BBC in early May: here’s the trailer for the show.
The first series of psychological drama The Responder held a mirror up to the emotional extremes of life on the front line of British policing. Written by former Merseyside police officer Tony Schumacher, the show was equal parts a thrilling police procedural and intense character study, with a tour de force performance by Martin Freeman at the centre. It was one of the biggest dramas of 2022, winning Freeman an International Emmy for Best Actor and several BAFTA nominations. Half of the first series was directed by Philip Barantini, who went on to direct the brilliant Boiling Point.
Set and filmed in Liverpool, it followed Chris Carter, an inspector, as he gets demoted and begins working the night shift. The drama interspersed scenes of Chris tackling various crimes...
The first series of psychological drama The Responder held a mirror up to the emotional extremes of life on the front line of British policing. Written by former Merseyside police officer Tony Schumacher, the show was equal parts a thrilling police procedural and intense character study, with a tour de force performance by Martin Freeman at the centre. It was one of the biggest dramas of 2022, winning Freeman an International Emmy for Best Actor and several BAFTA nominations. Half of the first series was directed by Philip Barantini, who went on to direct the brilliant Boiling Point.
Set and filmed in Liverpool, it followed Chris Carter, an inspector, as he gets demoted and begins working the night shift. The drama interspersed scenes of Chris tackling various crimes...
- 4/22/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
“The Second Best Hospital in The Galaxy” Trailer Out Now
The doctors are in! Prime Video has released the official trailer for the upcoming adult animated series “The Second Best Hospital in The Galaxy,” coming to the platform late next month.
The new series, produced by Maya Rudolph, Natasha Lyonne, and Danielle Renfrew Behrens’ Animal Pictures, follows Dr. Sleech (voiced by Stephanie Hsu) and Dr. Klak (Keke Palmer), two alien best friends-slash-intergalactically renowned surgeons in the business of rare illnesses, including anxiety-eating parasites, illegal time loops, and deep-space STIs.
Watch the trailer for “The Second Best Hospital in The Galaxy” below:
In addition to Hsu and Palmer, the voice cast will feature Rudolph, Lyonne, Kieran Culkin, Sam Smith, and more. Tracee Ellis Ross, Bowen Yang, Abbi Jacobson, Jay Ellis, Andrew Dismukes, Lennon Parham, Gary Anthony Williams, and John Waters will also make guest appearances throughout the first season, as will...
The doctors are in! Prime Video has released the official trailer for the upcoming adult animated series “The Second Best Hospital in The Galaxy,” coming to the platform late next month.
The new series, produced by Maya Rudolph, Natasha Lyonne, and Danielle Renfrew Behrens’ Animal Pictures, follows Dr. Sleech (voiced by Stephanie Hsu) and Dr. Klak (Keke Palmer), two alien best friends-slash-intergalactically renowned surgeons in the business of rare illnesses, including anxiety-eating parasites, illegal time loops, and deep-space STIs.
Watch the trailer for “The Second Best Hospital in The Galaxy” below:
In addition to Hsu and Palmer, the voice cast will feature Rudolph, Lyonne, Kieran Culkin, Sam Smith, and more. Tracee Ellis Ross, Bowen Yang, Abbi Jacobson, Jay Ellis, Andrew Dismukes, Lennon Parham, Gary Anthony Williams, and John Waters will also make guest appearances throughout the first season, as will...
- 1/30/2024
- by Ashley Steves
- The Streamable
Bella Ramsey-starring BBC prison drama Time has added BritBox North America as co-producer and revealed more cast plus first-look image (above).
BritBox also co-produced Season 1 of the heartwrenching show, which starred Sean Bean and Stephen Graham and won two BAFTAs in 2022.
Joining The Last of Us star Ramsey, Tamara Lawrance and former Time Lord Jodie Whittaker are BAFTA-award winner Sophie Willan, Julie Graham (Shetland), Alicia Forde (Waterloo Road), Lisa Millett (The A Word), Faye McKeever (The Responder), Kayla Meikle (The Capture), James Corrigan (This Is Going to Hurt), Nicholas Nunn (Clique) and Maimuna Memon (Sherwood).
The three-parter, which is penned by Jimmy McGovern and Helen Black, will move to life inside a women’s prison called Carlingford, where Kelsey (Ramsey), Orla (Whittaker) and Abi (Lawrance) are thrown together to face an unfamiliar world. With the ever-present threat of violence within its walls, they discover that an unexpected sense of community,...
BritBox also co-produced Season 1 of the heartwrenching show, which starred Sean Bean and Stephen Graham and won two BAFTAs in 2022.
Joining The Last of Us star Ramsey, Tamara Lawrance and former Time Lord Jodie Whittaker are BAFTA-award winner Sophie Willan, Julie Graham (Shetland), Alicia Forde (Waterloo Road), Lisa Millett (The A Word), Faye McKeever (The Responder), Kayla Meikle (The Capture), James Corrigan (This Is Going to Hurt), Nicholas Nunn (Clique) and Maimuna Memon (Sherwood).
The three-parter, which is penned by Jimmy McGovern and Helen Black, will move to life inside a women’s prison called Carlingford, where Kelsey (Ramsey), Orla (Whittaker) and Abi (Lawrance) are thrown together to face an unfamiliar world. With the ever-present threat of violence within its walls, they discover that an unexpected sense of community,...
- 6/13/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Good Omens star David Tennant is to play infamous Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen in an ITV drama from the makers of Sky and HBO’s Catherine The Great.
New Pictures’ three-part miniseries, Des, is based on the Brian Masters book Killing For Company, in which the author cooperated with Nilsen to get inside the mind of a man who murdered at least 15 men and boys between 1978 and 1983. Nilsen died in jail last year.
Joining Tennant is The Crown star Jason Watkins, who will play Masters, and Line Of Duty actor Daniel Mays, who features as Detective Chief Inspector Peter Jay. The story charts Nilsen’s arrest and trial, through the prism of the three men.
Des was developed by Luke Neal and Lewis Arnold, with Neal writing the first two episodes and Kelly Jones penning the third. Willow Grylls, Kim Varvell, Charlie Pattinson, Elaine Pyke, Neal, Lewis Arnold and Tennant are the executive producers.
New Pictures’ three-part miniseries, Des, is based on the Brian Masters book Killing For Company, in which the author cooperated with Nilsen to get inside the mind of a man who murdered at least 15 men and boys between 1978 and 1983. Nilsen died in jail last year.
Joining Tennant is The Crown star Jason Watkins, who will play Masters, and Line Of Duty actor Daniel Mays, who features as Detective Chief Inspector Peter Jay. The story charts Nilsen’s arrest and trial, through the prism of the three men.
Des was developed by Luke Neal and Lewis Arnold, with Neal writing the first two episodes and Kelly Jones penning the third. Willow Grylls, Kim Varvell, Charlie Pattinson, Elaine Pyke, Neal, Lewis Arnold and Tennant are the executive producers.
- 11/22/2019
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
The War of the Worlds star Rafe Spall and His Dark Materials actress Anne-Marie Duff have been cast in BBC Two’s dramatization of the Novichok poisonings in the historic British city of Salisbury in March 2018.
Also joining the cast of Dancing Ledge Productions’ Salisbury are Game Of Thrones actor Mark Addy and Ripper Street‘s MyAnna Buring, as well as Annabel Scholey and Johnny Harris.
Filming has begun on the three-part miniseries, which is written by McMafia writers Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn. It will tell the story of how ordinary people reacted to the crisis as their city became the focus of an unprecedented national emergency when Sergei and Yulia Skripal were poisoned by Russian operatives.
Salisbury is executive produced by Les Miserables producer Chris Carey and Dancing Ledge CEO Laurence Bowen along with Patterson and Lawn and the BBC’s Lucy Richer.
Also joining the cast of Dancing Ledge Productions’ Salisbury are Game Of Thrones actor Mark Addy and Ripper Street‘s MyAnna Buring, as well as Annabel Scholey and Johnny Harris.
Filming has begun on the three-part miniseries, which is written by McMafia writers Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn. It will tell the story of how ordinary people reacted to the crisis as their city became the focus of an unprecedented national emergency when Sergei and Yulia Skripal were poisoned by Russian operatives.
Salisbury is executive produced by Les Miserables producer Chris Carey and Dancing Ledge CEO Laurence Bowen along with Patterson and Lawn and the BBC’s Lucy Richer.
- 10/24/2019
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Shayne Ward and his cat are ''inseparable''. The 'Coronation Street' actor was delighted to keep moggy Princess Nunu when he and fiancee Faye McKeever split up last year and says the animal is devoted to him. He said: ''Don't laugh but my cat's called Princess Nunu. She's a British shorthair. ''My ex-partner, Faye, loved cats so we got one together. I got to keep one and we're now inseparable. She's a proper daddy's girl.'' The 30-year-old hunk - who plays Aidan Connor in 'Corrie' - isn't sure whether he's a hit with women or not, but knows what he's looking for in his next...
- 9/9/2015
- Virgin Media - TV
Shayne Ward wants to become 'Coronation Street's newest heartthrob. The 30-year-old former 'X Factor' winner will make his first appearance on Weatherfield's cobbled streets next week and Shayne, who is single since splitting from fiancee Faye McKeever 18 months ago, is excited about becoming eye-candy for fans. He told the Daily Mirror newspaper: ''It would be mint to play a heartthrob. I just love any type of challenge and roles because every day I'm learning, I'm watching, observing all the actors. That's the great thing about it. ''I'll have anything thrown at me. I'd like to give everything I possibly can and push...
- 8/11/2015
- Virgin Media - TV
Spice Girls star Geri Halliwell will make a cameo appearance in the Christmas edition of Sky1 sitcom Trollied.
Halliwell will arrive at the tills of the show's Valco supermarket and be served by superfan Lisa (Beverly Rudd).
Trollied is one of Sky1's most successful homegrown comedies and has aired three series.
The show stars Jane Horrocks, Jason Watkins, Rita May, Joel Fry, Carl Rice, Lorraine Cheshire and Faye McKeever.
Previous guest stars in the show have included Kelly Brook and cricket legend Ian Botham.
The Trollied festive special airs on Christmas Eve on 9pm on Sky1.
Watch a clip of Geri Halliwell in Sex and the City below:...
Halliwell will arrive at the tills of the show's Valco supermarket and be served by superfan Lisa (Beverly Rudd).
Trollied is one of Sky1's most successful homegrown comedies and has aired three series.
The show stars Jane Horrocks, Jason Watkins, Rita May, Joel Fry, Carl Rice, Lorraine Cheshire and Faye McKeever.
Previous guest stars in the show have included Kelly Brook and cricket legend Ian Botham.
The Trollied festive special airs on Christmas Eve on 9pm on Sky1.
Watch a clip of Geri Halliwell in Sex and the City below:...
- 12/10/2013
- Digital Spy
Shayne Ward's fiancée has told him to get naked for votes on 'Dancing on Ice'. The former 'X Factor' winner is currently taking part in the ITV reality show and 'Trollied' actress Faye McKeever - his partner of over eight years - is happy for him to strip off if it would mean gaining new fans and give him a chance of winning the whole competition. She said: ''Shayne's looking hot, isn't he? He's like a mature cheese - he gets better with age. ''The vests are helping but I've told him he needs to come on in just his boxers. It'd...
- 1/26/2013
- Virgin Media - Celebrity
Shayne Ward's fiancée has told him to get naked for votes on 'Dancing on Ice'. The former 'X Factor' winner is currently taking part in the ITV reality show and 'Trollied' actress Faye McKeever - his partner of over eight years - is happy for him to strip off if it would mean gaining new fans and give him a chance of winning the whole competition. She said: ''Shayne's looking hot, isn't he? He's like a mature cheese - he gets better with age. ''The vests are helping but I've told him he needs to come on in just his boxers. It'd...
- 1/24/2013
- Virgin Media - TV
Shayne Ward is engaged. The 'X Factor' winner proposed to his girlfriend of nine years Faye McKeever over a romantic dinner at London's Oxo Tower on Tuesday (25.09.12) and announced the happy news on twitter where he posted a picture of them kissing with Faye's engagement ring clearly visible. Shayne tweeted: ''I have just asked @fayemckeever to marry me and she said.............. Yes! X (sic).'' A clearly shocked Faye wrote on her own twitter page: ''Omg @shaynetward has just asked me to marry him and I said.......Yes!! (sic).'' Earlier Faye had tweeted about the couple's romantic date at the restaurant overlooking the Thames river...
- 9/26/2012
- Virgin Media - Celebrity
Shayne Ward is engaged. The 'X Factor' winner proposed to his girlfriend of nine years Faye McKeever over a romantic dinner at London's Oxo Tower on Tuesday (25.09.12) and announced the happy news on twitter where he posted a picture of them kissing with Faye's engagement ring clearly visible. Shayne tweeted: 'I have just asked @fayemckeever to marry me and she said.............. Yes! X (sic).' A clearly shocked Faye wrote on her own twitter page: 'Omg @shaynetward has just asked me to marry him and I said.......Yes!! (sic).' Earlier Faye had tweeted about the couple's romantic date at the restaurant overlooking the Thames river but she had no idea what was in store. She wrote: 'being treated to a beautiful...
- 9/26/2012
- Monsters and Critics
Shayne Ward has revealed that he is now engaged to long-term girlfriend Faye McKeever. The former X Factor winner announced the news via Twitter on Tuesday (September 25), writing that he was the one to to propose to his partner of nine years. Ward tweeted: "I have just asked @fayemckeever to marry me and she said.............. Yes! X", and accompanied the message with a photograph of the pair kissing. The 27-year-old recently took on the role of rock star Stacee Jaxx for musical Rock of Ages' London run, but will reportedly be returning (more)...
- 9/25/2012
- by By Amy Bell
- Digital Spy
Shayne Ward has revealed that he "can't wait" to have children with his girlfriend Faye McKeever. The Obsession singer spent time with patients at Great Ormond Street Hospital and told the Daily Star that the experience was eye-opening. "Stepping into the hospital is hard," he said. "But I know I can bring some smiles and laughter. Great Ormond Street is a magical place filled with happiness, despite treating some of the most rare, life-threatening (more)...
- 11/25/2010
- by By Ryan Love
- Digital Spy
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