I heard that people felt they were taken into the body of a real life police investigation in a way they had’”t been before, not to that level of detail and minutiae and that the idea of seeing an investigation through the eye of a senior investigation officer, sticking so close to the SIO and seeing the case unfold, felt very fresh as a way into a true crime story. What reactions did you have to the first Manhunt? The clock was ticking, as the Night Stalker was becoming ever more brazen and prolific. Scores of additional officers were deployed to invisibly saturate the target area on a nightly basis. Working with Detective Superintendent Simon Morgan and the Min stead team, the tenacious detective proposed a strategy he believed could catch one of Britain’s most prolific rapists, focusing a vast surveillance operation around a key area of south east London. A dedicated unit, Operation Minstead, was established to hunt down the man who became known as the Night Stalker.Īs the suspect continued to evade capture, Detective Chief Inspector Colin Sutton was asked in 2009 to review the case. This sequel is based on the true story of the police investigation of a series of rapes, sexual assaults and burglaries which took place in South East London between 19. The drama is written by Ed Whitmore (Viewpoint, Silent Witness, Rillington Place, Strike Back) who also wrote the first series of Manhunt, which told the real life story of how the murder of Amelie Delagrange on Twickenham Green in 2004 was eventually linked to the murder of Marsha McDonnell in 2003 and the abduction and murder of Milly Dowler in 2002. Manhunt II: The Night Stalker is devised by Colin Sutton and Ed Whitmore. The drama also won many plaudits for Martin Clunes’ portrayal of the dedicated detective. The first series of Manhunt attracted an average audience of nine million viewers, and was the highest rated new drama on any channel during 2019. It is currently a favourite on BritBox.īAFTA award winning actor Martin Clunes will again take the role of DCI Sutton, the detective portrayed in the first series of Manhunt tenaciously pursuing serial killer Levi Bellfield. It is based on the diaries of Colin Sutton. Manhunt II: The Night Stalker, a four part drama, is the real life story of the police pursuit of a notorious serial burglar and rapist, whose 17 year reign of terror left thousands of elderly people in South East London living in fear. Martin Clunes stars as the former London Metropolitan Police Detective Chief Inspector Colin Sutton in a sequel to the critically acclaimed drama Manhunt.
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