{"id":16308,"date":"2022-02-10T09:00:33","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T14:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2022-02-11T09:39:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T14:39:36","slug":"fremantle-scores-global-sales-for-the-responder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/fremantle-scores-global-sales-for-the-responder\/","title":{"rendered":"Fremantle Scores Global Sales for The Responder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fremantle has sold the BBC drama <em>The Responder<\/em>\u00a0throughout Europe, North America, Australia and Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Starring Martin Freeman (<em>The Hobbit<\/em>, <em>Sherlock<\/em>, <em>Breeders<\/em>, <em>Fargo<\/em>),\u00a0<em>The Responder<\/em> follows a crisis-stricken, morally-compromised urgent response officer tackling a series of night shifts. The series debuted on BBC One on January 24 and garnered a seven-day audience of 7.6 million.<\/p>\n<p>Broadcasters that have boarded the series are Disney+ (Italy), Canal+ (France, Poland, Africa), Magenta TV (Germany), Movistar (Spain), RTL (Hungary), Pickbox (Croatia, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro), Cosmote TV (Greece), Viasat (Russia and CIS), Rozhlas A Televize (Slovakia), BritBox (North America), TELUS Presents (Canada), SBS (Australia) and MNET (Africa). The DVD and EST rights were picked up by Dazzler for the U.K. and Ireland.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Responder<\/em>, produced by Fremantle-backed Dancing Ledge Productions, was written by Tony Schumacher and directed by Tim Mielants (<em>Peaky Blinders<\/em>, <em>The Terror<\/em>, <em>Legion<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo partner with such an exciting mix of esteemed international buyers is a testament to the strength of this series\u2014police drama like no other that promises to surprise, excite and challenge audiences with its truly captivating and heartfelt narrative and world-class acting led by Martin Freeman,\u201d said Rebecca Dundon, VP of scripted at Fremantle. \u201cWe have no doubt that this is just the beginning for this truly remarkable series, a show that has become a firm favorite amongst critics and audiences both here in the U.K. and around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Laurence Bowen, executive producer for <em>The Responder<\/em> and CEO of Dancing Ledge Productions, said, \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled <em>The Responder<\/em> will be resonating with audiences around the world. The authenticity, boldness and universality to Tony\u2019s writing make him one of the great new screenwriting stars, and having Martin capture that authorship and then transport it onto the screen is what makes the series very special. This is a police series for our times.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fremantle has sold the BBC drama The Responder\u00a0throughout Europe, North America, Australia and Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":16309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[1393,2697],"class_list":["post-16308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-dancing-ledge-productions","tag-fremantle","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fremantle Scores Global Sales for The Responder - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/fremantle-scores-global-sales-for-the-responder\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fremantle Scores Global Sales for The Responder - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fremantle has sold the BBC drama The Responder\u00a0throughout Europe, North America, Australia and Africa.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/fremantle-scores-global-sales-for-the-responder\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-02-10T14:00:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-02-11T14:39:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/Fremantle-TheResponder-0222.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"316\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/fremantle-scores-global-sales-for-the-responder\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/fremantle-scores-global-sales-for-the-responder\/\",\"name\":\"Fremantle Scores Global Sales for The Responder - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-10T14:00:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-11T14:39:36+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/fremantle-scores-global-sales-for-the-responder\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/fremantle-scores-global-sales-for-the-responder\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/fremantle-scores-global-sales-for-the-responder\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Fremantle Scores Global Sales for The Responder\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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