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‘The Responder’ Creator & Element Pictures Behind BBC Casino Drama Starring Michael Socha & Sheridan Smith


The BBC is making a Liverpool drama 'The Cage' with Sheridan Smith, Michael Socha and Tony Schumacher, creator of 'The Responder'.

Michael Socha( The Gallows Pole) and Sheridan Smith( The C Word) are leading The Cage as Matty and Leanne, who quickly get in trouble with the local gangster and the police, as the five-parter turns into a high-stakes, high energy crime story set in Liverpool. The show is the second BBC thriller project set in Liverpool this year following Left Bank’s This City is Ours, which launched last night. Hilary Martin serves as executive producer for Fremantle, Christopher Aird, Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe for Element Pictures alongside Schumacher and Smith.

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