Hunter (British TV series)

Hunter is a two-part BBC One police drama. Hugh Bonneville and Janet McTeer reprised their roles as the dysfunctional detective double-act following on from the 2007 series Five Days.

The series aired in the UK on Monday 18 January 2009 on BBC One at 9pm and achieved an average of 5.4m viewers during first episode.^[1] It was simulcast on BBC HD.

Plot

DSI Iain Barclay (Bonneville) heads up a team of police that are looking into the disappearance of two boys. He calls in the assistance of an old colleague DS Amy Foster (McTeer) to help in the investigation. The perpetrators turn out to be radical members of the anti-abortion movement, who threaten to kill the two children unless the BBC screens an anti-abortion propaganda film. Barclay, Foster and their colleagues must race against time to apprehend the kidnappers before they can carry out their threats. This led Britain's Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, Pro-Life Alliance and kindred groups to claim that the portrayal of the anti-abortionists was "distorted".^[2][3]

Cast

• DSI Ian Barclay – Hugh Bonneville
• DS Amy Foster – Janet McTeer
• DC Connor – Nathan Constance
• DC Sue Mailer – Anna Koval
• DI Zoe Larson – Eleanor Matsuura
• DC Miles – Jonathan Slinger
• DS Nick Dyer – Geoffrey Streatfield
• Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Griffin - Harriet Walter

References

External links

• Hunter at BBC Programmes
• Hunter at the Internet Movie Database