Prey (miniseries)

Not to be confused with Prey (TV series).

Prey
Genre	Detective fiction Thriller
Created by	Chris Lunt
Developed by	Gallowgate Productions
Written by	Chris Lunt
Directed by	Nick Murphy
Starring	Rosie Cavaliero John Simm Phillip Glenister Benedict Wong Adrian Edmondson Nathan Stewart-Jarrett Ralph Ineson Myanna Buring Anastasia Hille Craig Parkinson
Composer(s)	Daniel Pemberton Sarah Warne
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producer(s)	Nicola Shindler
Producer(s)	Tom Sherry
Location(s)	Manchester Yorkshire
Camera setup	3SIXTYMEDIA
Running time	45–47 minutes (exc. adverts)
Production company(s)	Red Production Company ITV Studios
Distributor	3SixtyMedia
Release
Original network	ITV
Picture format	16:9 1080p
Original release	28 April 2014 (2014-04-28) – 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 began airing on 9 December 2015.^[2]^[3]

Storylines

Series 1

Prey stars John Simm as Detective Constable Marcus Farrow, a well-liked detective with the fictional Manchester Metropolitan Police and a husband with two children. His life falls apart when he finds his wife murdered (later an inspector indicated the murder of one of his sons), 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 stars Philip Glenister as 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 began in May 2015, before screening from 9–23 December 2015.

Cast

Recurring

Rosie Cavaliero – DS Susan Reinhart (Series 1–)

Series 2

Philip Glenister^[5] – David Murdoch
MyAnna Buring – Jules Hope
Nathan Stewart-Jarrett – DC Richard Iddon
Ralph Ineson – DCI Mike Ward
Sammy Winward^[6] – Lucy Murdoch
Kieran O'Brien – Phil Prentice

Series 1

John Simm – DS Marcus Farrow
Adrian Edmondson – Assistant Chief Constable Warner
Benedict Wong – DS Ashley Chan
Anastasia Hille – DCI Andrea MacKenzie
Craig Parkinson – DI Sean Devlin
Ray Emmet Brown – Tony Reinhardt
Struan Rodger – Topher Lomax
Brian Vernel – Dale Lomax

Episodes

Series 1 (2014)

No. in show	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	U.K. air date	U.K. viewers(millions) includes ITV HD and ITV +1 broadcasts
1	1	"The Crime"	Nick Murphy	Chris Lunt	28 April 2014 (2014-04-28)	7.58
Marcus Farrow's life is turned upside down after his wife and son are murdered by a career criminal, Lomax, who is involved in the execution of a Turkish crime boss. Initially suspected of the crime himself, he decides to go on the run, but must evade capture until he is able to prove Lomax's involvement - and his own innocence.
2	2	"The Choice"	Nick Murphy	Chris Lunt	5 May 2014 (2014-05-05)	5.54^[7]
Farrow tries to get one of his colleagues on side, but a chance meeting between the pair is interrupted by Reinhart's arrival. Meanwhile, Farrow manages to locate some discs which contain incriminating evidence against Lomax, but will they end up in the right hands?
3	3	"The Consequence"	Nick Murphy	Chris Lunt	12 May 2014 (2014-05-12)	7.35
Farrow discovers that his two biggest allies are both corrupt, and when Lomax turns up dead, he has no choice but to confront the one person who can corroborate his version of events. But with time running out, will he end up being exonerated of murder?

Series 2 (2015)

No. in show	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	U.K. air date	U.K. viewers(millions) includes ITV +1 broadcasts
4	1	"The Escape"	Lewis Arnold	Chris Lunt	9 December 2015	4.28^[8]
Prison officer David Murdoch finds his world turned upside down when he is dragged into an elaborate plan to bust one of the inmates out of jail - only to discover that his heavily pregnant daughter, Lucy, has been kidnapped as insurance.^[9]
5	2	"The Chase"	Lewis Arnold	Chris Lunt	16 December 2015	3.51
Murdoch and Jules manage to escape from the clutches of DC Iddon, but find themselves embarking on a road trip to Blackpool in an attempt to uncover the truth. DS Reinhart discovers she is pregnant.^[10]
6	3	"The Capture"	Lewis Arnold	Chris Lunt	23 December 2015	2.92
Reinhart finally catches up with Murdoch, but he once again makes his good his escape. An epic game of cat and mouse ensues as he discovers that Lucy is being held in a secret location in the Lakes.^[11]

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".^[12]

References

External links

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