Silent Witness 25 | BBC | MADE IN LIVERPOOL

The longest-running crime drama currently airing on TV, Silent Witness returns to BBC One with a Liverpool twist.

The Responder Q&A

Join us on Liverpool Film Office’s Facebook page for an exclusive live streamed Q&A for original new BBC One drama The Responder that’s been filmed in Liverpool City Region.

BBC’s The Responder | Exclusive Images

“In some way I feel that I am The Responder to a degree and that this is my story” reflects ex-police officer, Tony Schumacher, the Liverpool screenwriter and creator of BBC’s upcoming police drama from the makers of The Salisbury Poisonings, Dancing Ledge Productions.

16 productions coming to your screens in 2022 | Made in Liverpool

If you’ve been in Liverpool over the last few years, it’s more than likely you’ve stumbled upon a film set (or a film star!).

The last eighteen months have been Liverpool’s biggest boom for film and TV production – with crews falling over each other to film on location, Liverpool Film Office opening the doors of The Depot, and a recapitalisation of the LCR Production Fund.

The Responder | BBC | Made in Liverpool

The Responder is a distinctive new take on crime drama from the makers of The Salisbury Poisonings, Dancing Ledge Productions. Written by ex-police officer Tony Schumacher, his first original series for television, The Responder holds a mirror up to the emotional extremes of life on the front line of British policing – sometimes darkly funny, sometimes painfully tragic, always challenging.

The Ipcress File | ITV | Made in Liverpool

Doctor Who: Flux | BBC | MADE IN LIVERPOOL

If you could travel to anywhere in the world, at any point in time, where would you go? Liverpool, present day? Obviously.

Award nominations haul for Liverpool’s stars on the screen and behind the scenes

Liverpool’s established and emerging talent working in the film and TV industry are being celebrated in a haul of regional, national and international award nominations, following shortlist announcements from:

• Royal Television Society (RTS) North West
• British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)
• Rose d’Or Awards
• C21 Drama Awards
• Makers & Shakers Awards

Podcast | Film Composer John Murphy

Liverpool born John Murphy began scoring movies at the age of 25. In 2001, following the success of Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, he moved to Los Angeles.

Since then he has worked with some of the industry’s most respected and luminary filmmakers, including Michael Mann, Danny Boyle, Guy Ritchie, Stephen Frears, and James Gunn, producing film scores as prominent and diverse as Sunshine, Kick-Ass, The Suicide Squad, and the seminal 28 Days Later.

18 new productions in the works | Made in Liverpool

In the twelve months since scripted dramas first embarked on shooting under rigorous new production guidelines, Liverpool has hosted thousands of film crew, and some of the biggest film stars on the planet – and now we get to wait – and watch.

We’ve put a list together of (most) of the productions to have been made in Liverpool City Region between 2020 and 2021 that will be coming to your screens – and cinemas soon.

For everything coming out in 2022 – click here.