''Hunter'' is a two-part
BBC One
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police
crime drama
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, commissioned in 2008 as a follow up to ''
Five Days'', the 2007 series which introduced the protagonists of ''Hunter'' – DSI Iain Barclay (
Hugh Bonneville
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) and DS Amy Foster (
) – who reprise their roles as the dysfunctional detective pair. The two-part drama aired on Sunday 18 and Monday 19 January 2009 on
BBC One
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, and achieved an average of 5.4 million viewers during first episode. The drama was also simulcast on
BBC HD
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. The drama was intended as a backdoor pilot for a potential series, but no further episodes were commissioned. On 15 October 2009, the drama was released on Region 4 DVD in
Australia
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via Roadshow Entertainment.
Plot
DSI Iain Barclay heads up a team of police officers that are looking into the disappearance of two boys. He calls in the assistance of former colleague DS Amy Foster to help with the investigation. The perpetrators turn out to be radical members of the
anti-abortion
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movement, who threaten to kill the two children unless the
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screens an anti-abortion propaganda film. Barclay, Foster and their colleagues must race against time to apprehend the kidnappers before they can carry out their threats.
*Dr. Margaret Newell —