Prey (miniseries)
| Prey | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Detective fiction Thriller |
| Created by | Chris Lunt |
| Based on | Prey |
| Developed by | Gallowgate Productions |
| Written by | Chris Ellis |
| Directed by | Nick Murphy |
| Creative director(s) | ITV Creative |
| Presented by | Cat Scott |
| Theme music composer | Will Slater |
| Opening theme | Prey! |
| Ending theme | Prey! (Instrumental) |
| Composer(s) | Daniel Pemberton |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 3 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Nicola Shindler |
| Producer(s) | Tom Sherry |
| Editor(s) | Adobe |
| Location(s) |
Manchester Yorkshire |
| Cinematography | Chas Bain |
| Camera setup | 3SIXTYMEDIA |
| Running time | 45–47 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Red Production Company ITV Studios |
| Distributor | 3SixtyMedia |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ITV |
| Picture format |
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| Original run | 28 April 2014 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
| Production website | |
Prey is a television crime thriller first broadcast on ITV, 28 April 2014 at 9pm. ITV first announced the new commission on their official Twitter account on 23 August 2013.[1] A second series was announced in April 2015 and will begin filming in May 2015.[2][3]
Storylines
Series 1
Prey stars John Simm as Constable Marcus Farrow, a well-liked detective and husband with two children. His life falls apart when he finds his wife and one of his sons murdered and all the evidence points directly to him. Discovered at the scene of the crime, Marcus escapes and goes underground in Manchester as a criminal on the streets he used to police.
Series 2
The new story will also star Philip Glenister who takes the role of Prison Officer David Murdoch. His life becomes complicated when on a routine visit to a Manchester hospital with female prisoner Jules Hope events spiral out of control. David takes a phone call, which will change his life forever and suddenly sees him on the wrong side of the law.[4]
Filming for the second series will begin in May 2015.
Cast
Current
- Rosie Cavaliero – DS Susan Reinhart (Series 1–)
- Philip Glenister[5] – David Murdoch (Series 2–)
More cast and characters for the second series will be announced closer to transmission.
Former
- John Simm – DC Marcus Farrow (Series 1)
- Adrian Edmondson – Assistant Chief Constable Warner (Series 1)
- Benedict Wong – DC Ashley Chan (Series 1)
- Hugh O'Brien – DCI (Series 1)
- Darren Whitfield – Detective Sergeant (Series 1)
- Ray Emmet Brown – Tony Reinhardt (Series 1)
- Charlie Concannon – Max Farrow (Series 1)
- Greg Cook – Jeff Sharp (Series 1)
- Samuel Gomes Da Silva – Asil Hassen (Series 1)
- Craig Davies – Annoyed neighbour (Series 1)
- Ezra Dent-Watson – Finn Farrow (Series 1)
- Zoe Dickens – Flo (Series 1)
- Emma Edmondson – Janice (Series 1)
- Anthony Grundy – Custody Sergeant (Series 1)
- Meryl Hampton – Gilly Hanson (Series 1)
- Anastasia Hille – DCI Andrea MacKenzie (Series 1)
- Helen Kay – Forensic Examiner Spencer (Series 1)
- Amanda Langton – Crash Witness (Series 1)
- Craig Parkinson – DI Sean Devlin (Series 1)
- Heather Peace – Abi Farrow (Series 1)
- Struan Rodger – Topher Lomax (Series 1)
- Brian Vernel – Dale Lomax (Series 1)
Episodes
Series 1 (2014)
| No. in show |
No. in series |
Title | Directed by | Written by | U.K. air date | U.K. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Nick Murphy | Chris Lunt | 28 April 2014 | 5.70[6] |
| John Simm stars as Marcus Farrow, a Detective Constable in the Manchester area. He is wrongly accused of the murder of his wife and one of his children. When the opportunity to escape custody is provided he takes it. Now on the run he must evade re-capture until he can get to the bottom of the case and prove his innocence. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Nick Murphy | Chris Lunt | 5 May 2014 | 5.54[7] |
| Marcus (John Simm) delves deeper into the murder of his wife and one of his children after his escape, running into more characters who you'd never expect to be 'in on it' along the way. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Nick Murphy | Chris Lunt | 12 May 2014 | 6.00 |
| The net finally closes in on Farrow, but will he walk away an innocent man? | ||||||
Series 2 (2015)
A second series will begin in 2015.
Awards and nominations
John Simm won a Royal Television Society North West Award for "Best Male Performance" in the first series of Prey. The series was also nominated for a 2015 BAFTA Television Award in the category "Mini Series".[8]
References
- ↑ "ITV Press Centre commission PREY" (Press release). ITV. 23 August 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ↑ http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/gripping-drama-prey-return-itv-starring-philip-glenister-and-rosie-cavaliero
- ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a640720/prey-renewed-for-second-series-by-itv-philip-glenister-to-star.html
- ↑ http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/gripping-drama-prey-return-itv-starring-philip-glenister-and-rosie-cavaliero
- ↑ http://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/2015/04/philip-glenister-to-star-in-new-series-of-prey/
- ↑ Wolf, Ian (29 April 2014). "Prey: John Simm ITV drama watched by 5.7 million". Daily Mirror (UK) Website. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
- ↑ "Ep2 official BARB ratings" (Press release). BARB. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a640375/bafta-television-awards-2015-this-years-nominees-in-full.html