Hunted (2015 TV series)

This article is about the British reality series. For its American adaptation, see Hunted (2017 TV series). For its Australian adaptation, see Hunted (Australian TV series). For the drama series, see Hunted (2012 TV series).

Hunted is a British reality television series that began airing on Channel 4 on 10 September 2015. The series features contestants who are instructed to go on the run for a period of 25 (originally 28) days in mainland Great Britain, whilst avoiding a team of Hunters composed of former and serving police, intelligence personnel, and on-foot teams.

Hunted
Also known as	Celebrity Hunted
Genre	Reality
Directed by	Miles Blayden-Ryall Helen Crampton Sam Eastall Georgina Kiedrowski Tim Lawton Abi Mowbray
Narrated by	Eddie Marsan (2015) Jonathan Smith (2016–)
Theme music composer	Nick Harvey
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	7 (Civilian) 5 (Celebrity)
No. of episodes	42 (Civilian) 24 (Celebrity)
Production
Executive producers	Tim Whitwell Matt Bennett Jonathan Smith
Producer	Lucy Curtis
Production location	United Kingdom
Cinematography	Sean Lewis
Editors	Diane Bernhardt Eddie Haselden
Camera setup	multi-camera
Running time	52 minutes
Production company	Shine TV
Original release
Network	Channel 4
Release	10 September 2015 (2015-09-10) – present
Related
Hunted USA Hunted Australia

During their time, the Hunters have access to contestants' personal information and use "powers of the state" such as ANPR, CCTV and call tracing to locate contestants. At times, the Hunters will use social media and monetary rewards to members of the public (and captured contestants) for information leading to a successful capture. On the final day, any remaining contestants must reach a designated "extraction" point before being captured, winning a share of £100,000. It has a similar format to the programme Wanted which aired from 1996–1997 on Channel 4.

A celebrity adaptation, Celebrity Hunted, is also produced in aid of Stand Up to Cancer, where contestants compete for a shorter time period of 14 days.

A seventh regular series was broadcast from 17 March 2024 to 21 April 2024, it will be followed by a sixth celebrity series to be broadcast at a later date.

Format and rules

In both the civilian and celebrity series, the contestants, now regarded as Fugitives, voluntarily go on the run in mainland Great Britain and must avoid detection from the Hunters, a group of current and former police and intelligence officials for 25 days (28 in the first two series and 14 for the celebrity series). From series two, the contestants are escorted to a public area and given a head start before the Hunters begin their search and are given the names of their targets. Fugitives are given a debit card with a small amount of money provided by the production team, and a rucksack containing essential and personal items (though in series five, the fugitives began with only the clothes on their back and no head start). During their time on the run the Fugitives can use any existing connections, or ask members of the general public, to assist them in avoiding capture.

Whilst the Fugitives attempt to avoid using technology and thus detection, the Hunters use a vast array of different "powers of the state", such as closed circuit surveillance, phone records and number plate recognition to pinpoint their chosen target. If one (or more) Fugitives have become difficult to locate, the Hunters use social media to encourage members of the public to reveal any information, and post content specifically for a Fugitive to reveal their location without realising. Hunters may also be directly contacted by the public with any leads by telephone. Any member of the public with information leading to capture is compensated for their effort. Hunters additionally operate throughout the country through use of two-person ground teams that can deploy immediately under order of the Chief. The ground teams also perform reconnaissance at Fugitives' homes and attempt to goad family members or loved ones for information and/or may be observed to determine any irregularities in their daily routines.

When a Fugitive is caught, they are told their time on the run is over and are escorted to a vehicle for debrief back at the Hunters’ headquarters.

In the final few days of the game, any Fugitives still on the run are given instructions for their 'extraction point' and a finite amount of time to get there. The Hunters are told of the last-known locations of the Fugitives and extend their efforts to figure out where the extraction is taking place. When a Fugitive successfully reaches the extraction point within the time-frame, they can no longer be caught by the Hunters and are deemed a Winner. Due to the nature of the show, there are two possible outcomes to the hunt: one or more Fugitives can reach the extraction point and win, or every Fugitive can be caught and the hunt prematurely ends (known as a "clean sweep").

Regular series

All series are broadcast over 6 episodes.

Series	Start date	End date
1	10 September 2015	15 October 2015
2	22 September 2016	27 October 2016
3	4 January 2018	8 February 2018
4	10 January 2019	14 February 2019
5	13 February 2020	19 March 2020
6	22 May 2022	6 June 2022
7	17 March 2024	21 April 2024

Series 1 (2015)

Fourteen contestants were chosen and began in their respective hometowns. Fairoaks Airport in Surrey served as the extraction point.

Name	Age	Occupation	Hometown	Status
Lauren English[a]	27	Decorator	Cobham	Winners
Emily Dredge[a]	28	Entrepreneur	Putney
Stephen Hardiker[b]	36	Plumber	Walsall
Martin Cole[b]	32	IT specialist	Walsall
Ricky Allen	56	General practitioner	South London	Caught
Adam Channell[c]	30	PR manager	Southampton	Caught
Emma Channell[c]	30	PR manager	Paris
Adam Young	25	NHS support worker	Bridgend	Caught
Davinder "Dovski" Singh[d]	30	Team manager	Leicester	Caught
Harinder "Harry" Singh[d]	28	Accountant	Leicester
Freddie Young[e]	21	Teaching assistant	Chingford	Caught
Jacqui Omer[e]	44	Pub manager	Chingford
Elizabeth D'Arcy[f]	56	Tutor	Folkestone	Caught
Sandra Cooley[f]	42	Occupational therapist	Dublin

Notes

• Before he was caught, Ricky Allen proved so elusive while on the run in Scotland that one of the Hunters described it as "a real-life 39 steps" which was published in a newspaper as well as "wanted" posters.

Series 2 (2016)

Ten contestants were chosen and began in Milk Street in Birmingham. The Isle of Sheppey in Kent served as the extraction point.^[1] This was the first series where there was prize money for winners.

Name	Age	Occupation	Hometown	Status
Nick Cummings	50	Househusband	Taunton	Winners
Ayo Adesina[g]	33	Software developer	Hackney
Anna May[h]	25	Court clerk	Keighley	Caught
Elizabeth Garnett[h]	20	Stockbroker temp	Leeds
Madu Alikor[g]	33	Software developer/consultant	Hackney	Caught
Lolly Jones	34	Comedian/actress	London	Caught
Hamish Thorburn[i]	49	Property investor	Wirral	Caught
Mikaela Skinner[i]	46	Building shop owner	Wirral
Kirk Bowett[j]	37	Facility manager	London	Caught
Jeremy "Jez" Scarratt[j]	57	Army medic simulator	Cambridge

Notes

• Cummings had an accomplice impersonate him outside a leisure centre, leading the Hunters to believe they had caught him, when he was actually 120 mi (190 km) away on a canal path.
• After Alikor was caught, he was taken to Hunter HQ where Chief Peter Bleksley offered him £1,000 for information of the whereabouts of Adesina. Alikor declined the offer but admitted that he would have helped the Hunters if they had offered him £50,000.

Series 3 (2018)

Nine contestants were chosen and began in Manchester city centre. The River Dart in Devon served as the extraction point. From this series onwards, the number of days to avoid capture was reduced to 25.

Name	Age	Occupation	Hometown	Status
Daniel Murphy[k]	33	Singer/milkman	Preston	Winners
Joseph Appleton[k]	29	Singer/milkman	Preston
Bob Ayling[l]	60	Electrician	Dover
Alex Ayling[l]	26	Postman	Dover
Magid Mah	28	Deputy Mayor of Sheffield	Sheffield	Caught
Jamie Clark	37	Ex-policeman	Dorset	Caught
Mella Mwamba[m]	28	Housewife	Bromley	Caught
Sandra Canrom[m]	30	Advertising executive	Middlesex
Carlene Crowe	67	Retired college tutor	Suffolk	Caught

Notes

• Crowe was caught on the first day of being on the run.
• Father and son fugitives Bob and Alex Ayling began as a duo, but at Bob's encouragement about mid-way through their time on the run, they agreed to separate and reunite on the day of extraction. Alex had Asperger syndrome and was bullied at school, but wanted to prove himself.
• Murphy and Appleton evaded the Hunters by cycling from place to place as their mode of transport.
• After the Fugitives learned the location of the extraction point, Alex Ayling was seen by the Hunters on CCTV appearing to drop something into a drain. The Hunters spent a considerable amount of time searching the drain for the item, which turned out only to be a receipt.

Series 4 (2019)

Ten contestants were chosen and began at the Port of Liverpool. The roof of the Edgbaston Car Park, near the Bullring Shopping Centre in Birmingham served as the extraction point. This was the first time in any series that the Hunters won.

Name	Age	Occupation	Home county	Status
Harry Savage†[n]	20	Student	Sussex	Caught
Frank Savage[n]	23	Campsite owner	East Sussex
Nathanael Watt[o]	26	Architecture student	Nottingham	Caught
Ismail Haruna[o]	27	Architectural technologist	Nottingham	Caught
Loren Hannon	26	Personal banker	Essex	Caught
Matthew "Matt" Mason	29	Royal Marines Commando	Devon	Caught
Emma Davidson[p]	23	Neo-Natal Intensive Care Nurse	Devon	Caught
Jess Kirkham[p]	27	Neo-Natal Intensive Care Nurse	Devon
Paul James[q]	48	Construction manager	Hertfordshire	Caught
Nick Batchelor[q]	51	Lead youth worker	Kent

Notes

• Ismail Haruna was caught after learning the location of the extraction point. At Hunter HQ, Chief Peter Bleksley offered him £4,000 for the extraction point's location. The Hunters also obtained audio footage from Nathanael Watt's social media accounts in an attempt to make Haruna believe Watt had just been captured. Ultimately, Haruna decided not to help the Hunters, although the Hunters were still able to gain information about the extraction point from his diary.
• Both Nathanael Watt and Frank Savage made it close to the extraction point before being captured. Watt was captured just inside the entrance of the car park, while Savage made it all the way to the roof before finally being caught.
• Harry Savage died on 19 July 2024 aged 26.^[2]

Series 5 (2020)

Ten contestants were chosen and began at A Bond Warehouse on Spike Island, Bristol. For this series, the Fugitives started with no supplies or prior knowledge of their starting point. Amlwch Port in Anglesey served as the extraction point.

Name	Age	Occupation	Hometown	Status
Dan Ryder[r]	33	Gym owner	Wigan	Winners
Hayley Morrison[r]	27	Human resources	Wigan
Rob Ellington[s]	24	Social Media content creator	Wokingham
Ben Arrowsmith[s]	24	Pensions	Reading
Ella Tomkins[t]	22	Charity researcher	Newbury	Caught
Jess Warr[t]	23	Independent financial advisor	Swindon
Daniel Edwards[u]	32	Landscape gardener	Birmingham	Caught
Frankie Greenidge[u]	35	Foster Carer	Birmingham	Caught
Toni Pugh-Thomas	48	Haute-Couturier	Fulham	Caught
Mervyn "Titch" Little	78	Retired British Army major	Portsmouth	Caught

Series 6 (2022)

Eleven contestants were chosen and began on the Isle of Wight. For this series, the fugitives started with only a change of clothes and a small amount of money. The island of Inchmurrin in Loch Lomond served as the extraction point.

Name	Age	Occupation	Hometown	Status
Nathan Falcon[v]	28	Graphic designer	Castleford	Winners
Sarah Kibble	35	Police officer	Norfolk
James Sorohan[v]	32	Postman	Castleford	Caught
Grace Elliot[w]	24	Drama teacher	Hampshire	Caught
Abi Elliot[w]	21	Occupational therapist	Southampton
Amarinder Sehda[x]	34	Dentist	Essex	Caught
Shoba Sehda[x]	59	Admin officer	Essex
Liam Torpey[y]	36	Plumber	Sheffield	Caught
Katie Taylor[y]	34	Art tutor	Sheffield
Meurig Boggust[z]	30	Mental health nurse	Swansea	Caught
Elinor Pope[z]	22	Waitress	Swansea

Series 7 (2024)

A seventh series was broadcast in 2024, Twelve fugitives were chosen and began in central London. Stickle Tarn in the Lake District was the location of the extraction point. The series was filmed in June 2022.

Name	Age	Occupation	Hometown	Status
Jaxon Feeley	29	Prison officer	Wigan	Winners
Nicola Feeley	27
Sade Cooke	36	Property business owner	Nottingham
Cameron Nightingale	19	Sales assistant	Nottingham	Caught
Alex Speke	27	Financial consultant	London	Caught
Cathy Vandepeer	56	Aesthetic technician	Worthing	Caught
Annida Boiling-Mercer	55	Carehome entertainer	Lancing
Jack Barham	27	Product developer	London	Caught
Beth Murphy	23	Quantity surveyor	Manchester	Caught
Steve Murphy	60	Construction business owner	Essex	Caught
Munya Makuve	47	Ex-Army major	Sheffield	Caught
Christine Makuve	48	Teacher	Sheffield

Hunters

A team of 30 specialists includes former and serving police and intelligence personnel, an ex CIA agent and cyber intelligence experts, who use the Fugitives' online footprints to research and hunt them. The team has access to replicated powers of the state, including CCTV and ANPR. Before starting, all the Fugitives gave permission to be tracked in the same way as the state might track a fugitive – their cash cards and phones are monitored, their houses searched and their friends and family questioned. The Hunters also use media campaigns to recruit the general public into helping them, offering financial incentives.^[3] The team is split into two parts: (i) a team of operatives in the field who are in vehicles across the UK, on standby to follow orders from Hunted HQ to head to a particular location to follow up leads on Fugitives' whereabouts or to question their friends and family; and (ii) a team in the Hunted HQ to gather Intelligence, which they then distribute to field teams.

List of chiefs

List of Hunted chiefs

Name	Active	Position	Notes	Win/Loss Record[aa]
Brett Lovegrove	2015	Chief	The former Head of Counter Terrorism Command for the City of London Police.[4] Lovegrove departed after the first civilian season.	0–1
Peter "Bleks" Bleksley	2015–2019	Deputy chief (2015)	A former undercover detective at Scotland Yard.[5] Bleksley served as the deputy chief to Lovegrove before assuming command in the second civilian season. After his first clean sweep in the fourth civilian season, Bleksley departed the show.	1–4
		Chief (2016–2019)
Ben "Sherlock" Owen	2015–2020	Deputy chief (2015–2019)	An ex-military sniper and member of British Military Intelligence. Owen loaned his services as a senior analyst on the American adaptation of the show in 2017, and as the deputy chief to Lovegrove and Bleksley before taking command in the third celebrity season and departing in the fifth civilian season. He also appeared in the 2022 Australian version.	0–2
		Chief (2019–2020)
Lisa Theaker	2022–present	Chief	Serving Assistant Chief Constable of Cleveland Police. Theaker succeeded Owen as chief for the fourth celebrity edition and sixth civilian season.	1–2

Celebrity Hunted

A celebrity series was confirmed by Channel 4 in 2017 with their appearance fees donated to Stand up To Cancer. The rules for the celebrity edition remained the same as the Hunted series, but the celebrities are given fourteen days to evade capture.

There have so far been five series of the celebrity series.

Series	Start date	End date	Eps.
1	10 October 2017	31 October 2017	4
2	16 October 2018	13 November 2018	5
3	13 October 2019	10 November 2019	5
4	30 January 2022	6 March 2022	6
5	14 March 2023	2 May 2023	6
6	TBC	TBC	TBC

Series 1 (2017)

Seven celebrities were chosen and began at Somerset House in London. Orford Ness served as the extraction point.

Name	Known for	Hometown	Status
Jay McGuiness[ab]	The Wanted singers	Nottinghamshire	Winners
Siva Kaneswaran[ab]		Dublin
Jamie Laing[ac]	Made in Chelsea stars	Oxford	Caught
Spencer Matthews[ac]		London
Anneka Rice	Television & radio presenter	Glamorganshire	Caught
Dominic Parker[ad]	Gogglebox stars	Kent	Caught
Stephanie Parker[ad]

Series 2 (2018)

Eight celebrities were chosen and began at the Tower of London. Fawley Power Station served as the extraction point.

Name	Known for	Hometown	Status
Johnny Mercer[ae]	Conservative Party politician	Kent	Winners
AJ Pritchard[af]	Strictly Come Dancing professional	Stoke-on-Trent
Kem Cetinay[ag]	Love Island contestants	Essex	Caught
Chris Hughes[ag]		Cheltenham
Kay Burley[ae]	Sky News broadcaster	Wigan	Caught
Louis Smith[af]	Olympic artistic gymnast	Peterborough	Caught
Vicky Pattison[ah]	Former Geordie Shore star	Newcastle-upon-Tyne	Caught
Dom Joly[ah]	Comedian	London	Caught

Series 3 (2019)

Eight celebrities were chosen and began at Ham Polo Club in Richmond. In this series, the celebrities started with tracking devices attached to their ankles. Herstmonceux Castle served as the extraction point.^[6]

Name	Known for	Hometown	Status
Aldo Zilli[ai]	Chef	Abruzzo	Winners
Jean-Christophe Novelli[ai]	Chef	Arras
Gavin Henson[aj]	Former Wales rugby player	Mid Glamorgan
Martin Offiah[aj]	Former England rugby player	London	Caught
Georgia "Toff" Toffolo[ak]	Former Made in Chelsea star	Torquay	Caught
Stanley Johnson[ak]	Politician & author	Penzance
Lucy Mecklenburgh[al]	Former The Only Way Is Essex stars	Havering	Caught
Lydia Bright[al]		Southwark

Series 4 (2022)

Eight celebrities were chosen and began at the London Eye. The Extraction Point for this series was Formby Beach.

Name	Known for	Hometown	Status
Iwan Thomas[am]	Olympic sprinter & sports pundit	Southampton	Winner
The Vivienne[an]	Drag queen & RuPaul's Drag Race UK winner	Liverpool	Caught
Chloe Veitch[an]	Television personality	Essex	Caught
Richard Whitehead[am]	Paralympic marathon runner	Nottingham	Caught
Lisa Maffia[ao]	So Solid Crew singer	Margate	Caught
Chizzy Akudolu[ao]	Former Holby City actress	London	Caught
Ollie Locke[ap]	Made in Chelsea stars	London	Caught
Gareth Locke[ap]		London	Caught

Series 5 (2023)

Ten celebrities began at Shrewsbury Prison, with Nikesh Patel joining later due to testing positive for COVID-19. As in Season 4 of the Civilian Version, none of the competitors made it to safety, with Bobby Seagull being captured at the Extraction Point at Headcorn Aerodrome.

Name	Known for	Hometown	Status
Bobby Seagull[aq]	Mathematician & broadcaster	London	Caught
Nik Speakman[ar]	This Morning therapists	Greater Manchester	Caught
Eva Speakman[ar]
Saffron Barker[aq]	YouTube personality	Brighton	Caught
Aimee Fuller[as]	Olympic snowboarder	London	Caught
Katya Jones[as]	Strictly Come Dancing professional	Saint Petersburg
Ed Gamble[at]	Comedians	London	Caught
James Acaster[at]		Kettering	Caught
Nikesh Patel[au]	Actor	London	Caught
Nicola Thorp[au]	Former Coronation Street actress	Blackpool	Caught

Series 6

The celebrities competing in the sixth series are as follows:^[7]

Name	Known for	Hometown	Status
Christine McGuinness[av]	Television personality & model		Participating
Duncan James[av]	Blue singer & actor
Danielle Harold[aw]	Former EastEnders actress		Participating
Kimberly Hart-Simpson[aw]	Former Coronation Street actress
Denise Welch[ax]	Actress & television presenter		Participating
Lincoln Townley[ax]	Painter & former publicist
Giovanni Pernice[ay]	Strictly Come Dancing professionals		Participating
Kai Widdrington[ay]

Ratings

Hunted

Series 1 (2015)

Episode no.	Air date	Viewers (millions)[8]	Channel 4 weekly ranking
1	10 September 2015	2.89	3
2	17 September 2015	2.45	3
3	24 September 2015	1.99[footnote 1]	3
4	1 October 2015	1.77[footnote 1]	4
5	8 October 2015	1.95	4
6	15 October 2015	2.02	7
Series average		2.18	—

Series 2 (2016)

Episode no.	Air date	Viewers (millions)[8]	Channel 4 weekly ranking
1	22 September 2016	2.52	1
2	29 September 2016	2.39	1
3	6 October 2016	2.27	3
4	13 October 2016	2.08	2
5	20 October 2016	2.08	3
6	27 October 2016	2.19	1
Series average		2.26	—

Series 3 (2018)

Episode no.	Air date	Viewers (millions)[8]	Channel 4 weekly ranking
1	4 January 2018	2.73	5
2	11 January 2018	2.98	2
3	18 January 2018	2.89	2
4	25 January 2018	2.58	2
5	1 February 2018	2.59	2
6	8 February 2018	2.69	3
Series average		2.74	—

Series 4 (2019)

Episode no.	Air date	Viewers (millions)[8]	Channel 4 weekly ranking
1	10 January 2019	2.26	2
2	17 January 2019	2.29	2
3	24 January 2019	2.54	2
4	31 January 2019	2.47	2
5	7 February 2019	2.21	3
6	14 February 2019	2.54	1
Series average		2.39	—

Series 5 (2020)

Episode no.	Air date	Viewers (millions)[8]	Channel 4 weekly ranking
1	13 February 2020	2.56	1
2	20 February 2020	2.64	2
3	27 February 2020	2.18	2
4	5 March 2020	2.46	2
5	12 March 2020	2.56	3
6	19 March 2020	2.74	3
Series average		2.52	—

1. Ratings for these episodes do not include Channel 4 +1.

Celebrity Hunted

Series 1 (2017)

Episode no.	Air date	Viewers (millions)[8]	Channel 4 weekly ranking
1	10 October 2017	3.11	3
2	17 October 2017	2.91	3
3	24 October 2017	3.07	3
4	31 October 2017	2.97	3
Series average		3.02	—

Series 2 (2018)

Episode no.	Air date	Viewers (millions)[8]	Channel 4 weekly ranking
1	16 October 2018	3.44	3
2	23 October 2018	2.86	3
3	30 October 2018	3.56	3
4	6 November 2018	2.78	2
5	13 November 2018	2.90	2
Series average		3.11	—

Series 3 (2019)

Episode no.	Air date	Viewers (millions)[8]	Channel 4 weekly ranking
1	13 October 2019	2.89	3
2	20 October 2019	1.22	3
3	27 October 2019	2.50	5
4	3 November 2019	2.82	4
5	10 November 2019	2.43	4
Series average		2.77	—

Production

Each Fugitive is filmed by a dedicated cameraman, who follows them throughout their time on the run. While filming, the production team is split in two so that the team working with the Hunters are separate from the team working with the Fugitives, to provide a more realistic experience and prevent information leaking between them. Freedom of Information requests are submitted by the Hunters to find the location of state-owned CCTV cameras positioned throughout the British mainland. When real footage could not be obtained, producers' cameras capture footage that would have been available to the state, which is stored on a central database for the Hunters to access if requested.

The Hunters are overseen by Kevin O’Leary, an independent adjudicator and former Head of Covert Operations for the Metropolitan Police who does not appear on the show. O'Leary's role as an adjudicator is to make sure that the information requested and gathered by the Hunters reflected the information that would be available to them in real life and within the appropriate time frame. O'Leary is the only person who has the power to release information to the Hunters and would only do so when considered that the Hunters have completed sufficient detective work to justify access to the information.^[9]

Critical reception

The Telegraph review complimented the series, saying the "game show element was very effective, playing with our instinctive tendency to take the side of the pursued, and skilfully edited to keep the tension high".^[10] The Daily Mirror's Adam Postan described the series as "the biggest TV joke of the year", pointing out that most of the surveillance powers were replicated by methods that were unexplained.^[11]

International versions

In the United States, the show was produced by Endemol Shine North America under the same title Hunted, which premiered on 22 January 2017 on CBS.^[12] This version lasted only one season.

In Spain, the show was produced by Movistar+ in collaboration with Shine Iberia under the title La huida ("The Escape"), which premiered on 8 April 2016 on #0.^[13] This version lasted only one season.

In Denmark, the show is produced by Metronome Productions A/S under the title Menneskejagt ("Manhunt"), which premiered on 24 August 2016 on DR3.^[14] In 2021 the show was revived by discovery+ and renamed to Jaget vildt ("Hunted wild"), which premiered on 7 January 2021 on discovery+.^[15]

In Russia, the show was produced by WeiT Media under the title Охота ("The Hunt"),^[16] which premiered on 17 September 2016 on free-to-air network NTV.^[17] This version lasted only one season.

In the Netherlands, the show is produced by Simpel Media and commissioned by AVROTROS under the same title Hunted, which premiered on 17 October 2016 on NPO 3.^[18] In early 2021 Hunted VIPS premiered, in which Dutch celebrities are hunted. In early 2022 Hunted: Into The Wild premiered, in which participants are hunted in the wilds of another European country. In April 2024 Hunted: Into The Wild VIPS premiered, in which Dutch celebrities are hunted in the wilds.

In France, the show was produced by Endemol Shine Group and commissioned by RMC Découverte under the title Escape, 21 jours pour disparaître ("Escape, 21 days to disappear"), which premiered in 2018 and ended in 2019. In 2021, the French version of Celebrity Hunted was first available as an Amazon Original.

In Italy, Celebrity Hunted is the first non-fiction Italian product of Amazon Prime Video, which commissioned it to Endemol Shine Group. Production started in 2019, and the first season was released in 2020. A second season was released in 2021.

The German version of Celebrity Hunted was also an Amazon Original, first available in 2021. At the end, viewers were invited to sign up for a series.

An Australian version under the same title Hunted, was commissioned in 2021 for Network 10, began casting in July 2021 and premiered on 17 July 2022 after filming in early 2022, with former British chief hunter Ben Owens as Deputy Intelligence.^[19][20][21]

Legend:

  Currently airing franchise

  Franchise with an upcoming season

  Franchise no longer airing

  Status unknown

Country/Region	Title	Network(s)	Winners
Australia	Hunted	Network 10	Season 1, 2022: Robert "Rob" Harneiss & Stathi Vamvoulidis Season 2, 2023: James "Jimi" Love & Holly Colvin Season 3, 2024: Upcoming season
Belgium	Klopjacht [nl]	Play4	Season 1, 2021: Gianni Decru & Stacey Vuylsteke; Laid & Cifdine Hadj Abdallah Season 2, 2022: No-one Season 3, 2023: Marisya & Meredith Season 4: Upcoming season
Denmark	Menneskejagt Jaget vildt - kendte på flugt	DR3 discovery+	Season 1, 2016: No-one Season 1, 2021: Mark Madsen & Patrik Wozniacki Season 2, 2021: Michael Maze & Mikkel Kessler, Mille Gori & Micky Skeel Season 3, 2022: No-one Season 4, 2023: Mette Cornelius & Mahamad Habane Season 5, 2024: Upcoming season
France	Escape, 21 jours pour disparaître [fr]	RMC Story RMC Découverte	Season 1, 2018: Jean-Philippe Season 2, 2019: No-one
	Celebrity Hunted: Chasse a l'homme [fr]	Prime Video France	Season 1, 2021: Darcy, Ramzy Bedia, Franck Gastambide, Laure Manaudou & Florent Manaudou Season 2, 2022: Fadily Camara [fr] & Hakim Jemili [fr] Season 3, 2023: Michaël Youn & Vincent Desagnat
Germany	Celebrity Hunted – Jede Spur kann dich verraten [de]	Prime Video Germany	Season 1, 2021: Wladimir Klitschko
Italy	Celebrity Hunted: Caccia all'uomo [it]	Prime Video Italy	Season 1, 2020: Claudio Santamaria & Francesca Barra [it]; Fedez & Luis Sal Season 2, 2021: Myss Keta & Elodie Season 3, 2022: Salvatore Esposito & Marco D'Amore Season 4, 2023: Upcoming season
Netherlands	Hunted [nl]	NPO 3 (AVROTROS)	Season 1, 2016: Evert Season 2, 2017: Omar Season 3, 2018: Sophie Season 4, 2019: Koen & Juul Season 5, 2020: Armani & Maarten Season 6, 2021: No-one Season 7, 2022: Sanne & Siedo Season 8, 2023: No-one Season 9, 2024: Current running season
	Hunted VIPS		Season 1, 2021: Dennis Weening [nl] Season 2, 2022: Nasrdin Dchar, Tatum Dagelet [nl], Mingus Dagelet [nl] & Kelvin Boerma [nl] Season 3, 2023: Sylvana IJsselmuiden, Sandra Ysbrandy [nl], Jeroen Stomphorst [nl] & Sjoerd van Ramshorst [nl]
	Hunted: Into The Wild		Season 1, 2022: Rick & Laura
	Hunted: Into The Wild VIPS		Season 1, 2024: No-one
Russia	Охота [ru]	NTV	Season 1, 2016: TBC
Spain	La huida [es]	#0	Season 1, 2016: Antonio & Roberto
United States	Hunted	CBS	Season 1, 2017: English King & Stephen King; Lee Wilson & Hilmar Skagfield

Notes

1. Lauren & Emily were a duo when the hunt began but opted to separate
2. Stephen & Martin were a duo when the hunt began
3. Adam & Emma were a duo when the hunt began
4. Davinder & Harinder were a duo when the hunt began
5. Freddie & Jacqui were a duo when the hunt began
6. Elizabeth & Sandra were a duo when the hunt began
7. Adesina and Alikor were a duo when the hunt began, but opted to separate
8. May and Garnett were a duo when the hunt began
9. Thorburn and Skinner were a duo when the hunt began
10. Bowett and Scarratt were a duo when the hunt began
11. Murphy and Appleton were a duo when the hunt began
12. Bob and Alex Ayling were a duo when the hunt began, but opted to separate
13. Mwamba and Canrom were a duo when the hunt began
14. Frank & Harry were a duo when the hunt began
15. Watt and Haruna were a duo when the hunt began, but opted to separate
16. Davidson and Kirkham were a duo when the hunt began
17. James and Batchelor were a duo when the hunt began
18. Ryder and Morrison were a duo when the hunt began
19. Ellington and Arrowsmith were a duo when the hunt began
20. Tomkins and Warr were a duo when the hunt began
21. Greenidge and Pugh-Thomas were a duo when the hunt began but opted to separate
22. Sorohan and Falcon were a duo when the hunt began, but split after James was caught due to foot injury.
23. Grace and Abi Elliot were a duo when the hunt began
24. Amarinder and Shoba Sehda were a duo when the hunt began
25. Torpey and Taylor were a duo when the hunt began
26. Meurig & Elinor were a duo when the hunt began
27. As Chief
28. McGuinness and Kaneswaran were a duo when the hunt began
29. Laing and Matthews were a duo when the hunt began
30. Dominic and Stephanie Parker were a duo when the hunt began
31. Mercer and Burley were a duo when the hunt began but opted to separate
32. Pritchard and Smith were a duo when the hunt began but opted to separate
33. Hughes and Cetinay were a duo when the hunt began
34. Pattison and Joly were a duo when the hunt began but opted to separate
35. Zilli and Novelli were a duo when the hunt began
36. Henson and Offiah were a duo when the hunt began
37. Toffolo and Johnson were a duo when the hunt began
38. Mecklenburgh and Bright were a duo when the hunt began
39. Thomas and Whitehead were a duo when the hunt began
40. Veitch and The Vivienne were a duo when the hunt began
41. Akudolu and Maffia were a duo when the hunt began
42. Ollie and Gareth Locke were a duo when the hunt began
43. Seagull & Barker were a duo when the hunt began
44. The Speakmans were a duo when the hunt began
45. Jones & Fuller were a duo when the hunt began
46. Gamble & Acaster were a duo when the hunt began
47. Thorp & Patel were not a duo when the hunt began due to Patel having Coronavirus
48. Christine and Duncan were a duo when the hunt began
49. Danielle and Kimberly were a duo when the hunt began
50. Denise and Lincoln were a duo when the hunt began
51. Giovanni and Kai were a duo when the hunt began

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External links

• Hunted on Channel 4
• Celebrity Hunted
• Hunted at IMDb
• Celebrity Hunted at IMDb