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The Responder
2022–2024
· TV Show
· 57 min episodes
· 2 seasons
A
MEANRANK
81/100
Every rating
71–100
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic users on 71, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 100. Critics average 94, everyone else 75.
See the TV shows the platforms disagree about most →A crisis-stricken, morally-compromised first-responder tackles a series of night shifts on the beat in Liverpool.
Details
- Created by
- Tony Schumacher
- Studio
- Dancing Ledge Productions
- Released
- 24 January 2022
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 57 min
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Episodes
- 10 across 2 seasons
- Awards
- 2 wins, 8 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (51) →
Awards & nominations
See all 10 →1 major award won · 2 wins from 10 nominations across 5 ceremonies
| International Emmy Awards 2023 | Best Actor | Martin Freeman | Winner |
| British Academy Television Awards 2023 | Best Supporting Actor | Josh Finan | Nominee |
| British Academy Television Awards 2023 | Best Drama Series | Chris Carey, Laurence Bowen, Tony Schumacher, Tim Mielants, Rebecca Ferguson, Toby Bruce | Nominee |
| British Academy Television Awards 2023 | Best Actor | Martin Freeman | Nominee |
| British Academy Television Awards 2023 | Best Supporting Actress | Adelayo Adedayo | Nominee |
| British Academy Television Craft Awards 2023 | Best Original Music: Fiction | Matthew Herbert | Nominee |
| British Academy Television Craft Awards 2023 | Best Writer: Drama | Tony Schumacher | Nominee |
| Royal Television Society Programme Awards 2023 | Drama Series | The Responder | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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International Emmy Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Martin Freeman | Winner |
Edinburgh TV Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Drama | The Responder | Winner |
British Academy Television Awards
4 nominations
| Best Actor | Martin Freeman | Nominee |
| Best Drama Series | Chris Carey, Laurence Bowen, Tony Schumacher, Tim Mielants, Rebecca Ferguson, Toby Bruce | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Josh Finan | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Adelayo Adedayo | Nominee |
British Academy Television Craft Awards
2 nominations
| Best Original Music: Fiction | Matthew Herbert | Nominee |
| Best Writer: Drama | Tony Schumacher | Nominee |
Royal Television Society Programme Awards
2 nominations
| Drama Series | The Responder | Nominee |
| Supporting Actor – Female | Adelayo Adedayo | Nominee |