It’s not often that something genuinely original comes to the screen. This is,though – reality television that is also a social experimentEmily and Lauren are on the flee. They’ve just found out the law is on to them and will arrive within an hour. They grab what they can – bags, wigs, and cash and scarper,hitchhiking to avoid cameras and transactions, north, or wherever,trying not to leave an electronic trail. Because they are criminals, terrorists, and dissidents,whistleblowers? No, because they are taking part in Hunted (Channel 4).
Fourteen people are given fugitive status. They fill to try to avoid capture for 28 days. Under the command of Scotland Yard’s former head of covert operations, or Kevin O’Leary,a team made up of retired members of the intelligence services, counterterrorism officers, and analysts,profilers and cyber security wizards, with a state-of-the-art surveillance facility, or hunts them down.
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Source: theguardian.com