The Responder

I agree with most of the comments here,I watched about 15 minutes but the swearing and the depressing
story really did put me in a depressive state of mind.
I don't like the constant use of the F word and call me prudish but I won't be watching any more ,think Foyles.War and the like is more my type of viewing mind you I have watched most of the repeats on ITV3 so often I can speak the script.
I don't know who the BBC is aiming at but it certainly isn't me.

We are with the "tried it, didn't like it" team - just awful, not a single likeable character, nothing to grab at all. Definitely a No from us!

Thank you all, I think that I don’t need to waste my time watching it.
I want to be cheered up and this doesn’t sound as if it fits the bill.

Watched this evening. Appalling!!! Why on earth screen a programme where the characters sound as though they are about to expectorate?? Stomach churning stuff.

DH has put this on just now. The swearing is putting me off. I can't hear much of what is being said. Why does everyone have to mumble in these dramas, Vera is about as bad for hearing what they are saying.
Dreary and depressing. I'm with the majority here, I won't be watching any more.

Freeman, sorry, not Freemen.

I didn’t watch it as the trailer put me off - I listened really carefully each time it ran (which was often) and struggled to make out some of what Martin Freemen was saying, so had a feeling the programme was going to be full of poor diction, so decided not to bother. As it appears to be full of the f word according to some posters who did watch, which I hate, I don’t think I’ve made the wrong choice. Gritty surely doesn’t mean everything has to revolve around swearing?

AGAA4

I haven't watched this but I am getting a bit tired of gritty depressing dramas.

I have just finished watching Around the World in Eighty Days. What a refreshing uplifting series full of adventure and not a swear word to be heard.

I can’t get on with the male characters (that’s pretty well all but one) and their air of smug superiority. I know it’s representative of the era, but still annoying.

I haven't watched this but I am getting a bit tired of gritty depressing dramas.

I have just finished watching Around the World in Eighty Days. What a refreshing uplifting series full of adventure and not a swear word to be heard.

I loved the doctor's line - is this her?

I think this is the reality of life for some people today. It isn't pretty or fashionable. I was sayng the other day that all the dramas now seemed to be set in lovely houses, or beautiful locations, and the kitchen sink drama we had in the 60s seemed to have disappeared. I think this is the equivalent. It isn't easy watching but it is life for some people. We should all watch it, if only so we are aware of how our society is failing so many people.

Well spotted happygirlglad the lady didn’t die after all.

Why, and how has life ended in the gutter such as is ?

The dead lady on the sofa actually blinked her eyes as he started to walk out of the room to go upstairs!
I agree it is a bit slow but I am going to continue with it as it shows promise

LtEve

I hate to tell you this but swearing is endemic in all the emergency services, not in front of patients/general public but in crew rooms/ break rooms/vehicles etc it will be every other word. a way of letting off steam I guess as most of us don't at home. Most of the general public the police come into contact with are even worse.

I haven't watched this programme but if it didn't include multiple swear words it would be totally unrealistic.

Ambulance crews filmed for reality TV know they have to behave totally differently in front of the camera so you don't see it then.

Absolutely agree with this....my work brings me into contact with a lot of officers and it is pretty much the norm'.

Likewise the client group depicted...again, in my previous work I dealt with substance misusers etc and that pretty much was the vocabulary used.
It was never directed at our staff team, usually as a descriptor and would nearly always be followed by a 'sorry' before the next expletives were uttered!

I think we have to understand that we are probably the last generation that will see the f word as swearing it is normal talk to later generations
I ll reserve judgement til I ve seen tonight but I m not sitting on the edge of my seat at waiting for 9 p,m

It’s a fly on the wall description of a dishonest, stressed and broken police officer, with a heart, of sorts. We don’t know the backstory yet so will wait and see. My only question would be why he works alone at night in dangerous situations. Early days, will see how it pans out.
I had to use sub titles, again,! I have slight hearing problems but on so many programmes they either mumble or slur ( unless it’s just me).

So pleased I wasn't the only one who thought this was dire! After all the hype I was disappointed and kept checking the clock thinking it was due to end... Longest hour ever. I know I could have turned off but I was hoping it would perk up.

Fantastic actors but what a load of drivel!!!!! I’m not going to watch anymore. We seem to have had a run lately of bilge!

I really struggled to hear what was being said - had difficulty following the plot and it felt as if I'd started watching half way through.
And then I fell asleep.
I shan't watch it again.

Started watching it but I didn’t watch until the end. I think husband watched it all. I won’t be watching it again.

I didn't watch it, instead I was enjoying Sky Arts with Andre Rieu's 70th birthday celebrations---wonderful and nearly 3 hours.

We used to have a responder living near us who had to be on the move because it was never safe for him to stay in one place too long. Imagine living like that ? His house was alarmed up to the hilt. I told him at the time to set a booby-trap---like a Sweeny Todd type . He was a lovely man who helped everyone around, but needless to say it wasn't long before he was on the move again.

I watched it all. Thought Martin Freeman was incredible as someone just managing to hold things together. The swearing was absolutely appropriate in the circumstances. It wasn't escapist TV and sometimes all the characters were dreadful but there were small incidents where the humanity shone through.

Thank you Aldom ?

Programmes like this just make me realise how fortunate I am. There but for the grace of God. It throws light on some of the suffering going on right now. Covid might dominate the media but there is a lot else that needs attention.