By Jasmine Allday The Responder fans were in tears as one of its stars, Bernard Hill, who passed away earlier today. Bernard appears in the latest series of the BBC drama, which kicked off this evening with Martin Freeman in the lead role as Chris Carson. Bernard plays Tom Carson, Chris’ father, in the new series. As the show kicked off tonight, the BBC aired a moment’s tribute to Bernard Hill before the new series started. They paid tribute to the actor, and remembered his life’s work ahead of the show. Bernard’s sad death was announced earlier today, with his agent confirming he had passed i…