The Responder creator Tony Schumacher has landed his subsequent challenge, a BBC sequence from Factor Photos about two folks robbing from the identical Liverpool on line casino and the collision course this units off.
Michael Socha (The Gallows Pole) and Sheridan Smith (The C Phrase) are main The Cage as Matty and Leanne, who shortly get in bother with the native gangster and the police, because the five-parter turns right into a high-stakes, excessive power crime story set in Liverpool. The present is the second BBC thriller challenge set in Liverpool this yr following Left Financial institution’s This Metropolis is Ours, which launched final night time.
Schumacher is a former policeman who created The Responder, the Martin Freeman-starring police drama that has been critically lauded. On that present he labored with Dancing Ledge however The Cage can be produced by Regular Folks maker Factor Photos.
Schumacher mentioned: “Coming again to the BBC with my second main present and with the ability to work with such skills as Sheridan, Michael and the groups at Factor Photos and the BBC is such an honour. On prime of that, having a director of Al’s calibre actually is the cherry on the large Liverpool drama cake we’re baking collectively.” Director is Al Mackay, who was behind With out Sin and Kidnapped.
The Cage was commissioned by Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama. Hilary Martin serves as govt producer for Fremantle, Christopher Aird, Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe for Factor Photos alongside Schumacher and Smith. Lucy Richer serves as govt producer for the BBC and Clare Shepherd will produce. World gross sales can be dealt with by Fremantle.
