{"id":8263,"date":"2017-09-20T09:28:05","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T13:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/martin-clunes-star-new-itv-drama-manhunt\/"},"modified":"2017-09-20T11:46:23","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T15:46:23","slug":"martin-clunes-to-star-in-new-itv-drama-manhunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/martin-clunes-to-star-in-new-itv-drama-manhunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Clunes to Star in New ITV Drama Manhunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>British broadcaster ITV has commissioned the new drama <em>Manhunt<\/em>, based on the memoirs of former London Metropolitan police detective DCI Colin Sutton.<\/p>\n<p>Martin Clunes (<em>Doc Martin<\/em>) will take the role of former DCI Sutton, who determinedly and tenaciously pursued serial killer Levi Bellfield. The series will be written by Ed Whitmore (<em>Silent Witness<\/em>, <em>Rillington Place<\/em>, <em>Strike Back<\/em>) and produced by Buffalo Pictures.<\/p>\n<p><em>Manhunt<\/em> will be directed by Marc Evans (<em>Trauma<\/em>, <em>Safe House<\/em>, <em>Hinterland<\/em>) and produced by Philippa Braithwaite (<em>Doc Martin<\/em>, <em>Arthur &amp; George<\/em>). Filming will begin in the London area in March 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Polly Hill, ITV&#8217;s head of drama, said: \u201cITV has a strong tradition of bringing these important true stories to screen, so we are proud to commission Manhunt from Buffalo Pictures. With the full cooperation of ex DCI Colin Sutton, <em>Manhunt<\/em> dramatizes his fight to find Amelie&#8217;s killer, Levi Bellfield. It is a powerful, compelling script from Ed Whitmore, which illustrates how a dedicated and resilient police officer was determined to leave no stone unturned. I am delighted that Martin Clunes is to play Colin Sutton, in what will be a powerful and unmissable performance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Braithwaite commented: \u201cEd Whitmore has written a very sensitive and accurate portrayal of this significant case based extensively on DCI Colin Sutton\u2019s very personal memoirs during his years as a senior police officer. We are very pleased to be producing <em>Manhunt<\/em> for ITV.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British broadcaster ITV has commissioned the new drama Manhunt, based on the memoirs of former London Metropolitan police detective DCI Colin Sutton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":8264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[321,2116,2117],"class_list":["post-8263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-itv","tag-manhunt","tag-martin-clunes","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Martin Clunes to Star in New ITV Drama Manhunt - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/martin-clunes-to-star-in-new-itv-drama-manhunt\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Martin Clunes to Star in New ITV Drama Manhunt - 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