ITV viewers have been 'blindsided' by the appearance of Dale Meeks in The Hunt for Raoul Moat, in a very different role to the one the actor was famous for in Emmerdale.
After weeks of teaser adverts airing all over ITV and plenty of controversy about the show, the three part drama made its debut on Sunday night, with its first episode set to attract plenty of attention.
The Hunt for Raoul Moat cast is led by Matt Stokoe in the role of killer Moat, who shot dead his ex Samantha Stobbart's new boyfriend Christopher Brown, just days after being released from prison. He also shot and injured Samantha, before shooting and blinding police officer, PC David Rathband, as he sat in a patrol car on a roundabout on the outskirts of Newcastle.
