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A gripping new drama for Â鶹ÉçÌýOne: Hunter starring Hugh Bonneville and Janet McTeer
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Hugh Bonneville (Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story, Bonekickers) and Janet McTeer (Sense And Sensibility, Five Days) star as detective team Barclay and Foster in a gripping new two-part drama from Â鶹Éç Drama Production, Hunter, to be shown on Â鶹Éç One in early 2009.
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Writer Mick Ford (George Gently, Ashes To Ashes, William And Mary) has taken the engaging and charismatic duo of DSIÌýIain Barclay and DI Amy Foster – created by Gwyneth Hughes in the critically acclaimed series Five Days – and put them at the heart of a team of compelling and unpredictable detectives who are faced with a shocking and highly sensitive crime.
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When extremists kidnap two children from very different backgrounds and promise to release them only if their radical demands are met, the case falls into the hands of the intuitive and pragmatic Iain Barclay (Hugh Bonneville).
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With a relatively inexperienced and increasingly unreliable team, and frustrated with the lack of progress of the case, Barclay calls his firm friend and faithful deputy Amy Foster (Janet McTeer) out of "early retirement" and away from the bottle to support him.
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Assertive, outspoken and energetic, Foster is not afraid to ruffle a few feathers to get the job done.
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Together, with a shared wit and understanding of the realities of their work, Barclay and Foster make a perfect team as they negotiate the politics of policing and the pressure of investigating this morally complex scenario.
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Set firmly in the real world of difficult decisions amid horrific truths, procedural bureaucracy and human fallibility, Hunter is an intelligent and provocative drama where answers do not always come easily, ends do not always tie up neatly and the crime is not necessarily always solved.
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Kate Harwood, Â鶹Éç Controller, Series and Serials, says: "In Hunter, Mick Ford has created a rare thing - a suspenseful thriller which is driven by human characters and the day-to-day detail of the real world.
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"The combination of his exceptional script and the wonderful chemistry of the cast makes this truly unmissable event drama."
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Filming began on Hunter at the beginning of September and will continue for one month in London.
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The 2 x 60-minute drama is produced by Emma Benson (Life Begins, Cold Feet), with Jessica Pope (The State Within, The Secret Life Of Mrs Beeton) as Executive Producer.
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Hunter is a Â鶹Éç Drama Production and was commissioned by Jane Tranter, Controller, Â鶹Éç Fiction.
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Hunter by Â鶹Éç Drama Production is the latest commission in a successful stream of productions in 2008, following the successes of Five Days and Cranford in 2007.
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Earlier this year, the Curse Of Comedy season gave Â鶹Éç Four its highest viewing figure for The Curse Of Steptoe, and the critically acclaimed Criminal Justice starring Ben Whishaw proved to be a huge hit with Â鶹Éç One viewers.
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House Of Saddam was broadcast on Â鶹Éç Two to rave reviews and Waking The Dead kicked off with an audience of over seven million in April.
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In January, Lark Rise To Candleford, which returns in December for a new series, kicking off with a Christmas special, gained a regular audience of over six million and Sense And Sensibility proved that viewers love costume drama, gaining a peak audience of over 6.5 million.
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This autumn sees a bonanza of new productions including the much anticipated Survivors, Tess Of The D'Urbevilles starring Gemma Arterton, Little Dorrit featuring an all-star cast and the return of Silent Witness.
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