A Welsh couple will be going on the run in a bid to win £100,000 as Channel 4 show, Hunted, returns for its sixth series. Meurig, 30, and girlfriend, Elinor, 22, will be attempted to be stopped by a team of professional Hunters. Read more about the show's comeback here.
In the first episode of the new series, which airs on Sunday, May 22, contestants set off from the Isle of Wight. In dramatic scenes, the 11 people taking part have to make their way off the island as a helicopter surveys them. Viewers will see the group arrive on a deserted beach with just a small amount of cash and a change of clothes. In a race against each other they’ll have to find their way back to the mainland before being caught.
The competition, itself, will be somewhat harder for Meurig as at the start of the pandemic, he contracted Covid-19, which led to him developing blood clots on his lungs. A supportive Elinor stood by her boyfriend. He cites his reasoning for taking part as: "proving people that [he's] not ill"
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In action-packed scenes, desperate for money and food, the pair eventually reach the coastal town of Aberdyfi. They manage to negotiate a free room at the Dyfi Inn. However, the Hunters are hot on their tails and make their way there too.
A pub owner asks the pair: “Will the Hunters be in a black Land Rover?” He proceeds to tell them, “they’re just down the road,” and without further ado, they’re off again.
Mere minutes away from being caught, the pub’s chef takes the couple to Meurig's sister’s farm in Brecon but with the Hunters not far behind, will they catch Meurig and Elinor before the end credits of the first episode roll?
Hunters airs on Channel 4 at 9pm on Sunday, May 22
