Series 1 / Episode 3
Tuesday 18 April 2023
ITV 1 / STV / ITVX / STV Player
21:00
Written by Kevin Sampson
Directed by Gareth Bryn
Series Producer: Kim Crowther
Executive Producer: Simon Heath
Executive Producer: Jake Lushington
Executive Producer: Kevin Sampson
The Hunt For Raoul Moat shines a light on the human tragedies that lay behind Great Britain's biggest manhunt, told through the eyes of those who sought to bring a violent killer to justice.
The drama focuses on the innocent victims of Raoul Moat's crimes - Christopher Brown, Samantha Stobbart and PC David Rathband; the police officers who put themselves in the firing line in their quest to apprehend Moat; and the local journalist who sought to tell Moat's real story in a landscape of sensationalist reporting and Social Media provocation.
Lee Ingleby plays Neil Adamson, a senior Northumbria Police Officer leading the race against time to apprehend Moat, Sonya Cassidy as local journalist Diane Barnwell, Vineeta Rishi as Nisha Roberts, Sally Messham as Samantha Stobbart, Matt Stokoe as Raoul Moat and Josef Davis as Christopher Brown.
The manhunt zeroes in on the small village of Rothbury. Following the discovery that press attention is antagonising Raoul Moat, the police request a media blackout.
Information comes to light that Raoul Moat has all the survival skills to last for weeks on his own in the woods. The police enlist the help of a survivalist expert, but Raoul Moat continues to elude them. An unexpected sighting makes another attack seem imminent and the police are on high alert. After a shocking turn, the police must try to defuse the situation.
Last in series.