ITV The Hunt for Raoul Moat: How many episodes are there and when are they on TV?

From the team who brought us The Pembrokeshire Murders, Line of Duty and Vigil, ITV's latest true crime drama, The Hunt For Raoul Moat, launches on April 16 and focuses on the human tragedies that lay behind Britain’s biggest manhunt, told through the eyes of those who sought to bring a violent killer to justice.

The three-part drama covers Britain's biggest manhunt and looks behind the headlines at how the incident affected the people involved. The manhunt, which happened back in 2010, saw Moat go on the run for more than a week after shooting three people in 24 hours.

Moat shot his ex-partner Samantha Stobbart and her new boyfriend Christopher Brown before shooting PC David Rathband and heading on the run. It has a huge cast which you can read about here, with a bit more detail about the main players of the show. For more showbiz and television stories get our newsletter here.

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How many episodes of The Hunt for Raoul Moat are there?

There are three, hour-long episodes, running over three consecutive nights, April 16, 17 and 18. There is also a follow-up documentary, Manhunt: The Raoul Moat Story on ITV, Wednesday, April 19 at 9pm.

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