Articles about Tony Schumacher
BBC opens The Cage
FIRST LOOK: Sheridan Smith and Michael Socha are pictured in The Cage, an upcoming BBC crime drama set in a Liverpool casino and written by The Responder’s Tony Schumacher.
Quick to respond
How do you follow one of the biggest BBC dramas in recent years? That was the question facing writer Tony Schumacher ahead of season two of The Responder. He discusses reuniting with star Martin Freeman and keeping his hometown of Liverpool at the heart of the action.
Scene Stealers: The Responder
Former police officer Tony Schumacher reveals how an early scene in his five-part series The Responder sets out to challenge viewers’ expectations of this Liverpool-set crime drama.
Night shift
Star Martin Freeman, screenwriter Tony Schumacher and executive producer Laurence Bowen discuss the making of Liverpool-set police drama The Responder, which follows an urgent-response officer over a series of evenings.



