The Responder

REVIEW: The former Fargo, Sherlock and Hobbit star is vocally almost unrecognisable in the BBC's addictive six-part police procedural.

“I’m a shell, the job has ruined me,” he adds, detailing his frustration and depression at being trapped in a cycle of solo night shifts dealing with public disturbances, domestic disputes and often petty crimes. The malaise has seeped into his domestic life as well. Especially when he finds out that Carson has actually been helping her actively evade his attentions. “I want to be a good bobby – do good things. Then there are his ties to local drug lord Carl Sweeney (Ian Hart). The latter believes he has Carson at his beck and call, but when our man is reluctant to assist him in finding a “baghead”, he’s not best pleased. I want to be normal.”