It looks set to be one of ITV's biggest dramas this year and The Hunt for Raoul Moat is being brought to screen by the same people responsible for smash hit shows Line of Duty, Bodyguard and Vigil.
It was confirmed last April that production on the series had commenced, nearly 12 years after Moat gunman shot ex girlfriend Samantha Stobbart and her new boyfriend Christopher Brown, with Brown dying from his injuries. After fleeing Samantha's home in Birtley, Moat, who had been released from prison just days earlier, went on the run, shooting on duty policeman PC David Rathband in the face as he sat in a patrol car on the outskirts of Newcastle and leaving him blind.
From there, Moat headed for Northumberland, forcing the quiet village of Rothbury into a lockdown as police launched a frantic search for him. The hunt for Moat reached its conclusion with a tense stand-off between the killer and the police on a riverbank, with Moat eventually shooting himself and dying from his injuries as he was rushed to Newcastle General Hospital.
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ITV announced three parter The Hunt for Raoul Moat almost a year ago, as filming got underway in Yorkshire, with a cast including ex Bodyguard star Matt Stokoe as Moat and Inspector George Gently actor Lee Ingeleby as police chief Neil Adamson.
And Matt's involvement in the Moat drama isn't the only link to Bodyguard as World Productions, are the British television production company who were behind the gripping Richard Madden and Keeley Hawes BBC smash hit, as well as giving the world THE most watched dramas of the last decade, Line of Duty.
Other credits to World Productions' name include Suranne Jones submarine thriller Vigil; ITV's Karen Pirie and The Pembrokeshire Murders and Anne, the Hillsborough drama starring Maxine Peake, which earned rave reviews last year.
ITV have yet to officially announce an release date for The Hunt for Raoul Moat, but is expected to be form part of the channel's spring programming.
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