''We Hunt Together'' is a British crime drama television series created by Gaby Hull. The series stars Babou Ceesay,

Eve Myles Eve Myles (born 26 July 1978) is a British actress from Ystradgynlais, Wales. Her television roles include Ceri Lewis in the long-running BBC Wales drama series '' Belonging'' (2000–2009), Gwen Cooper in the BBC science-fiction series '' To ...

, Hermione Corfield and Dipo Ola. The first series began its run on 27 May 2020 on Alibi. The second series was premiered on Alibi on 5 May 2022. The first series was shown by the BBC from 26 June 2023.

Cast

Main

* Babou Ceesay as DI Jackson Mendy * Hermione Corfield as Frederica "Freddy" Lane *

as DS Lola Franks * Dipo Ola as Babeni "Baba" Lenga *

Colin Morgan Colin Morgan (born 1 January 1986) is an actor from Northern Ireland. He is known for playing the title character in the BBC fantasy series ''Merlin'' (2008–2012), Leo Elster in ''Humans'' (2015–2018), and Billy Clanton in Kenneth Branagh' ...

as Liam Gates (season 2)

Recurring

* Babirye Bukilwa as DC Dominique "Dom" Parkes *

Vicki Pepperdine Vicki Pepperdine (born 24 July 1961) is an English comedy actress and writer. She was nominated for two BAFTA TV Awards for co-writing the BBC sitcom '' Getting On'' (2009–12), and was also nominated for a British Comedy Award for her portra ...

as DSI Susan Smart *

Steffan Rhodri Steffan Rhodri (born 1967, in Morriston, Swansea) is a Welsh film and television actor, best known for portraying bus driver Dave Coaches in the BBC comedy series '' Gavin & Stacey''. Early and personal life Steffan Rhodri was born in 1967, i ...

as Larry *

Sharlene Whyte Sharlene Natasha Whyte (born 19 May 1976) is an English actress who is best known for playing Jenny Edwards in ''The Story of Tracy Beaker (TV series), The Story of Tracy Beaker'' and Adanna Lawal, the Head of Pastoral Care, in Waterloo Road ...

as Gill Mendy *

Nico Mirallegro Nico Cristian Mirallegro ( ; born 26 January 1991) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Barry "Newt" Newton in the soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' (2007–2010), Finn Nelson in ''My Mad Fat Diary'' (2013–2015), Joe Middleton in ...

as Robert Miller (series 2) *

Angus Imrie Angus William Jake Imrie (born 2 August 1994) is a British actor. He is known for playing the character Josh Archer in BBC Radio 4's long-running drama serial ''The Archers''. In 2014, he won the casting agency Spotlight's Most Promising Actor ...

as Henry Lane (series 2)

Guest

Kris Marshall Kristopher Marshall (born 1 April 1973) is an English actor. He has played Nick Harper in ''My Family'', Colin Frissell in the 2003 film ''Love Actually'', Gratiano in ''The Merchant of Venice'', and ''Murder City'' (2006–2008), and Dave in ...

as Cian Fitzgerald (series 1) *

Tamzin Outhwaite Tamzin Maria Outhwaite (; born 5 November 1970) is an English actress, presenter and narrator. From 1998-2002, and again from 2018-2019, she played the role of Mel Owen in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. She has also starred in a number of ...

as Shannon McBride (series 2) *

Michelle Bonnard Michelle Bonnard (born 14 September 1980) is an English actress and screenwriter. She attended the Central Junior Television Workshop before studying at LAMDA. Career Michelle Bonnard has worked in television, theatre and film. She first came ...

as Professor Judy Hackwood (series 2) *

Ray Fearon Raymond Fearon is a British actor. He played garage mechanic Nathan Cooper on ITV's long-running soap opera ''Coronation Street'' from 2005-2006. Other credits include '' Band of Gold'' (1997), ''EastEnders'' (2001), '' As If'' (2002), the ' ...

as Chief Superintendent Lester Price (series 2) * John McCrea as DC Ryan Parsons (series 2)

Episodes

All episodes of the series are written by Gaby Hull.

Series 1 (2020)

Series 2 (2022)

Release

The first series premiered in the United Kingdom on

Alibi An alibi (, from the Latin, '' alibī'', meaning "somewhere else") is a statement by a person under suspicion in a crime that they were in a different place when the offence was committed. During a police investigation, all suspects are usually a ...

on 27 May 2020. The second series debuted on Alibi on 5 May 2022. The series premiered in the United States on

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on 9 August 2020. The second series debuted on Showtime on 3 July 2022.

Reception

On the

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website

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, 55% of 11 critics' reviews of the first season are positive, with an average rating of 4.7/10.

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, which uses a

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, assigned the first season a score of 59 out of 100, based on nine critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

References

External links

*{{IMDb title British English-language television shows 2020 British television series debuts 2022 British television series endings 2020s British drama television series Television series by BBC Studios UKTV original programming Television shows set in Wales