The Responder is proving to be a hit with viewers thanks to its gripping plot, but what fans may not known is that the show is actually based on a true story.
The series follows Chris Carson (Martin Freeman), a crisis-stricken, morally compromised, unconventional urgent response officer tackling a series of night shifts on the beat in Liverpool.
Whilst trying to keep his head above water both personally and professionally, Chris is forced to take on a new rookie partner Rachel (Adelayo Adedayo).
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Both soon discover survival in this high pressure, relentless, night-time world will depend on them either helping or destroying each other.
The show was created by ex-police officer Tony Schumacher, who worked for Merseyside Police.
Tony admitted The Responder is heavily influenced by his time in the force and reflects his past life.
He said: "In some way, I feel that I am The Responder to a degree and that this is my story.
"I was a police responder who was out in the rain at one o'clock in the morning, two in the morning, three in the morning, chasing people up and down alleyways and running over rats."
Tony added: "I quit the police because, and there's no getting away from it, I was cracking up in the police force.
"And I had this overwhelming urge to write."
"I was really struggling mentally and I needed to get away and find myself but I also needed to buy dog food during that period so I became a taxi driver.
"It was during that time that I learnt to become a writer."
"I wrote three books, sold them to Harper Collins and they did okay.
"That allowed me to step out of the cab, with a slight detour via a garbage dump, to become a full-time writer on the back of the books.”
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