On Sunday night, ITV will launch its much talked about new series The Hunt for Raoul Moat, but unlike many of the channel's dramas, what happens in it is very much based on the truth.
The Hunt for Raoul Moat stars Bodyguard actor Matt Stokoe as the killer, with Inspector George Gently favourite Lee Ingelby playing Chief Superintendent Neil Adamson, the cop at the forefront of the huge search to track down Moat and former Vera actress Sonya Cassidy as Chronicle journalist Diane Barnwell, the crime reporter who followed the unfolding events from start to finish.
The three part drama will air close to 13 years after the real life case made headlines across the country. It was on July 3, 2010, just days after being released from prison, that 37-year-old Moat headed to his ex girlfriend Samantha Stobbart's house in Birtley, shooting dead her new boyfriend Christopher Brown and leaving Samantha in hospital after firing at her as well.
