The Responder
2022–2024 · BBC iPlayer · 57 min · 2 seasons
S02E05 · Episode 5
Sun, 5 May, 3:00 pm
In accepting a new flat from Franny, Chris becomes fully corrupt. His first job – to deliver Casey. But will Chris cross the line and hand Casey over to impress his new boss?
About
The Responder follows Chris, 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. Both soon discover that survival in this high pressure, relentless, night-time world will depend on them either helping or destroying each other.
Episodes
- E01
Episode 1
Sun, 5 May· 58 minChris is trying to get better and go straight, but when DCI Barnes tricks him into doing a dodgy car stop, he is drawn into a drug war between two of Liverpool's top dealers.
- E02
Episode 2
Sun, 5 May· 56 minChris and Rachel are on the hook to Franny, and the only way to fix it is to pay him. Chris's solution? Get money from Jodie for picking up a bag of drugs from the docks.
- E03
Episode 3
Sun, 5 May· 58 minChris needs Franny to get him a day job, so he agrees to pick up a guy Franny is looking for called Vernon Hartley. But can he convince Vernon's mother and grandmother to give him up?
- E04
Episode 4
Sun, 5 May· 58 minChris has Franny's encro phone, but can't decide whether to hand it over to the drug squad, or return it to Franny. As he wavers, Franny hunts him throughout the city.
- E05
Episode 5
Sun, 5 May· 58 minIn accepting a new flat from Franny, Chris becomes fully corrupt. His first job – to deliver Casey. But will Chris cross the line and hand Casey over to impress his new boss?
Cast
Martin Freeman
Chris Carson
Adelayo Adedayo
Rachel Hargreaves
Warren Brown
Ray Mullen
Emily Fairn
Casey
Josh Finan
Marco
Philip Shaun McGuinness
Ian
Mark Womack
Barry
