Tony Schumacher had one dream when he was a kid, and that was to be a writer. Instead of becoming a writer he bombed out of school aged 16 with no qualifications and a sigh of relief.
He worked his way around the world as a roofer, a jeweller, a bouncer, a barman, a binman, and on-board cruise ships selling underpants, before eventually returning to Liverpool to become a response policeman dealing with 999 jobs morning, noon and nights.
Eleven years later, after a breakdown and a period of homelessness, he found himself driving a taxi around the night-time streets of Liverpool. That was when he remembered his dream and finally started to write.
His first three novels were published by HarperCollins in the USA, and since then he has been mentored by Jimmy McGovern as part of the ScreenSkills High End TV Writers Bursary Scheme (2018) and been invited to join the BBC Writersroom Northern Voices Scheme.
Credits Include:
THE CAGE In Development
Element / BBC
Original Series
THE RESPONDER 2 Post-Production
Dancing Ledge / BBC
5 Episode Original Series
THE RESPONDER
Dancing Ledge / BBC
5 Episode Original Series
Nominated for 6 BAFTAs including Best Drama Series & Best Writer
★★★★★
The Guardian, Evening Standard, The Telegraph, Daily Mail, RadioTimes, Metro
Up there with Sherlock and Fargo, that ricochet between wit and grit — The Guardian
If all cop dramas were this inspired we’d never watch anything else — Metro
FARE
Original 45′ Drama
BBC Radio 4
CLINK
Episode 3
LA Productions / 5Star
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