Hunted

Hunted is a 2012 British television drama series created and written by Frank Spotnitz and produced by Kudos and Big Light Productions for British broadcaster BBC, for its main channel BBC One and American premium cable broadcaster Cinemax. The series premiered on Thursday 4 October 2012 on BBC One and on Friday 19 October 2012 on Cinemax. Overview Samantha (Melissa George) is an espionage operative for "Byzantium", a private intelligence agency. She survives an attempt on her life, which she strongly suspects was orchestrated by members of the company she works for. After recovering and returning to active duty, she goes back to work undercover as a nanny, not knowing who tried to kill her or whom to trust. It becomes evident that the attempt on her life is tied into a horrific event from her childhood. Main cast Melissa George as Samantha "Sam" Hunter/Alex Kent Adam Rayner as Aidan Marsh Stephen Dillane as Rupert Keel Stephen Campbell Moore as Stephen Turner Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Deacon Crane Morven Christie as Zoe Morgan Lex Shrapnel as Ian Fowkes Dhaffer L'Abidine as Bernard Faroux Dermot Crowley as George Ballard Oscar Kennedy as Edward Turner Indira Varma as Natalie Thorpe Patrick Malahide as Jack Turner Doc Brown as Tyrone Richard Lintern as Hector Stokes Scott Handy as Blank-Faced Man Uriel Emil Pollack as Hasan Moussa Maddy Griffiths as Young Sam Jane Riley as Katherine Morton, Sam's Mother Production The series was created by Frank Spotnitz (best known as executive producer and head writer for The X-Files), who will write the majority of the episodes of series 1. Spotnitz is executive producing with Kudos' Stephen Garrett (executive producer of Law & Order: UK, Spooks/MI5), Jane Featherstone (producer behind Spooks/MI5, The Hour, Life on Mars), Alison Jackson (Ashes to Ashes, Eternal Law), and BBC's Christopher Aird (Spooks, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries).