6.8 /10 1 Votes
Genre Crime drama Directed by Colm McCarthy Director Colm McCarthy Final episode date 19 January 2009 | 6.8/10 IMDb Created by Gwenyth Hughes Composer(s) Ben Bartlett First episode date 18 January 2009 Number of episodes 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by Mick FordGwenyth Hughes Starring Hugh BonnevilleJanet McTeerNathan ConstanceAnna KovalEleanor MatsuuraJonathan SlingerGeoffrey StreatfeildHarriet Walter Cast Similar Return to Cranford, The Sins, David Copperfield, Shooting the Past, Copenhagen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hunter 1x01 pilot first episode
Hunter is a two-part BBC One police crime drama, commissioned in 2008 as a follow up to Five Days, the 2007 series which introduced the protagonists of Hunter - DSI Iain Barclay (Hugh Bonneville) and DS Amy Foster (Janet McTeer), who reprise their roles as the dysfunctional detective double-act. The two part series aired on Sunday 18 and Monday 19 January 2009 on BBC One, and achieved an average of 5.4m viewers during first episode. The series was also simulcast on BBC HD. The drama was intended as a backdoor pilot for a potential series, but no further episodes were commissioned. On 15 October 2009, the series was released on Region 4 DVD in Australia via Roadshow Entertainment.
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Plot
DSI Iain Barclay heads up a team of police officers that are looking into the disappearance of two boys. He calls in the assistance of former colleague DS Amy Foster to help with 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".