Prey (TV miniseries)
| Prey | |
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| Genre |
Detective fiction Thriller |
| Created by | Chris Lunt |
| Developed by | Gallowgate Productions |
| Written by | Chris Lunt |
| Directed by | Nick Murphy |
| Starring |
Rosie Cavaliero John Simm Phillip Glenister Benedict Wong Adrian Edmondson Nathan Stewart-Jarrett Ralph Ineson Myanna Buring Anastasia Hille Craig Parkinson Daniel Jillings |
| Composer(s) |
Daniel Pemberton Sarah Warne |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Nicola Shindler |
| Producer(s) | Tom Sherry |
| Location(s) |
Manchester Yorkshire |
| Camera setup | 3SIXTYMEDIA |
| Running time | 45–47 minutes (exc. adverts) |
| Production company(s) | Red Production Company ITV Studios |
| Distributor | 3SixtyMedia |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
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| Original release | 28 April 2014 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
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Prey is a television crime thriller first broadcast on ITV, 28 April 2014 at 9pm. ITV first announced the new commission on their official Twitter account on 23 August 2013. A second series was announced in April 2015 and began airing on 9 December 2015.
The first story stars John Simm as Detective Constable Marcus Farrow, a well-liked detective with the fictional Manchester Metropolitan Police and a husband with two children. His life falls apart when he finds his wife and one of his sons murdered, and all the evidence points to him. Discovered at the scene of the crime, Marcus escapes and goes underground in Manchester as a criminal on the streets he used to police.
The new story stars Philip Glenister as Prison Officer David Murdoch. His life becomes complicated when on a routine visit to a Manchester hospital with female prisoner Jules Hope events spiral out of control. David takes a phone call, which will change his life forever and suddenly sees him on the wrong side of the law.
Filming for the second series began in May 2015, before screening from 9–23 December 2015.
John Simm won a Royal Television Society North West Award for "Best Male Performance" in the first series of Prey. The series was also nominated for a 2015 BAFTA Television Award in the category "Mini Series".
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