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A new crime drama is set to take the BBC by storm tonight. The Responder<\/a> stars Martin Freeman as beat cop Chris, who is trying to get through six night shifts in a row with a new partner in tow (played by The Bill\u2019s Adelayo Adelayo) while also balancing a tumultuous personal life.<\/p>\n Each of the six episodes will take place over a single night shift. During a chat with RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press, the Sherlock actor discussed how things \u201cescalate\u201d for Chris after the first episode.<\/p>\n \u201cIt gets pretty bad [for Chris as the show goes on],\u201d he explained. \u201cIt starts stressful and it escalates from there, really. He\u2019s constantly trying to bring all these threads and strands in his life together, and he\u2019s spinning a lot of heavy f**king plates, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n Freeman went on to explain that, though he hadn\u2019t been \u201ca copper\u201d and didn\u2019t want to be one, he thought Chris\u2019s story would resonate with the audience.<\/p>\n \u201cTo a greater or lesser degree, everybody watching this show will be doing a similar thing. It might not be life and death, you might not be getting chased with a machete, but everyone at some point is going to be going, \u2018F**king hell. How am I going to keep afloat?\u2019 Everyone knows that. Everybody knows that feeling and you don\u2019t have to be a police officer to feel it.\u201d<\/p> The Responder is written by ex-police officer Tony Schumacher, who Freeman said \u201cwanted to write a people drama\u201d instead of a police drama.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a people drama, but just set in a specific job. Personally, I hope it gives people respect for the police, I really do, or respect at least for what individuals go through,\u201d Freeman added.<\/p>\n \u201cIt goes without saying that there are some dodgy policemen, \u2018course there are, but there are dodgy priests and teachers and actors, so it\u2019s not unique to them. And I hope it just gives someone a tiny breath of, okay, maybe I\u2019ll be slightly slower to judge them when you think they\u2019re doing this stuff all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n The pair also discussed the possibility of a second season ahead of the first one\u2019s release.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll walk anywhere for a good script and this is a good team,\u201d Freeman said. \u201cI love the team. It\u2019s beautifully produced so yeah, I hope to do it again.\u201d<\/p>\n Schumacher agreed: \u201cSo if it happens, it might not, but if it did, it would be exciting just to see where we can take it.\u201d<\/p>\n Additional reporting by Abby Robinson.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n The Responder airs on BBC One tonight at 9pm. Check out what else is on with our TV Guide<\/a>, or visit our\u00a0<\/b>Drama<\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>hub for all the latest news.<\/b><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Lidia Molina-Whyte Published: Monday, 24 January 2022 at 12:00 am A new crime drama is set to take the BBC by storm tonight. 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