| NCS: Manhunt | |
|---|---|
 Title card | |
| Genre | Crime drama police procedural |
| Created by | Malcolm McKay |
| Written by | Malcolm McKay |
| Directed by | Michael Whyte Paul Unwin |
| Starring | David Suchet Keith Barron Samantha Bond Melanie Hill Sara Stewart Jonathan Phillips Gerard Horan |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Fred Tammes |
| Producer | Sue Austen |
| Cinematography | Fred Tammes |
| Editor | Ian Sutherland |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | BBC Home Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 26 March 2001 – 19 March 2002 |
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NCS: Manhunt is a British television crime drama series, starring David Suchet, and based on the National Crime Squad. Created by Malcolm McKay, the series premiered with a two-part pilot episode on BBC One on 26 March 2001.[1] A full series of six episodes debuted on 4 March 2002,[2] and concluded on 19 March 2002.[3] Despite the series' popularity, and strong viewing figures, a second series was never commissioned. Notably, neither the pilot nor the complete series have ever been issued on DVD, although the series was repeated in its entirety on Forces TV in 2016.[4] The series notably starred Michael Fassbender in one of his earliest television roles, after appearing in Band of Brothers the previous year.[5] Kenneth Cranham and Phyllis Logan also co-starred in the pilot episode.[6]
David Suchet said of his role in the series, "I don't ever recollect reading a script like this and I've certainly never seen anything like it on television before. When I read it, I was mesmerised. It was quite impossible to say no. Borne is probably the most complex character in the team. He is a man who fascinates by being endlessly enigmatic. He uses language sparingly, but with him everything is going on underneath the surface. And in a sense, I'm not playing another detective at all. I'm merely playing a different, complex human being who just happens to be a detective. You may find him in a police station, but I'd like to think that the audience are aching to see him too."[7]
- ^ Nightingale, Julie (26 March 2001). "So PC". New Statesman. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- ^ Hodgson, Jessica (5 March 2002). "Beckham brings 8m to ITV1". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- ^ Cozens, Claire (20 March 2002). "C5's Armageddon flattens BBC". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- ^ http://www.forces.net/65881722 [dead link]
- ^ "Melanie is armed and ready; NCS: Manhunt BBC1, 9pm". Evening Times. 12 March 2002. p. 21. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- ^ Virtue, Graeme (25 March 2001). "Plod devices; A new crime drama looks set to earn its stripes, but put that down to the stars rather than their hi-tech tactics". Sunday Herald. p. 46. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- ^ "Desperate race against time; NCS: Manhunt BBC1, 9.00pm. – Free Online Library".