The Hunt for Raoul Moat will finally debut on ITV on Sunday night, after weeks of preview adverts and online debate about whether ITV should be making a primetime drama out of events that are still very raw for those involved.
Viewers got their first look at the cast of the new drama in action, when on set shots surfaced online a year ago, with a trailer for The Hunt for Raoul Moat then airing before the final episode of Sunday night thriller Grace went out on ITV a few weeks ago. Since then, the teaser has been in heavy rotation on the channel, with scenes in the clip including Samantha Stobbart and Christopher Brown on their first date and Chief Superintendent Neil Adamson, the cop in charge of the search for Moat, heading up a press conference.
The three part series is a true crime drama, based on the shocking events that unfolded at the start of July 2010, when Moat headed to ex Samantha's house in Birtley and gunned down new boyfriend Christopher, before blinding PC David Rathband will a gun shot the following night.
