Melissa George's Hunted facing BBC axe
Story by Jack Foley
SPY drama Hunted has reportedly been axed by the BBC.
The high-profile series, which starred Melissa George as wronged spy Sam Hunter, won’t be back for a second series on the BBC, according to a report in The Guardian.
This is contrary to recent speculation in which both George and series creator Frank Spotnitz had expressed hope that they would get at least one more run.
But a BBC spokesperson is quoted as saying: “It hasn’t found the mainstream audience it was hoped.”
Hunted debuted to 5.69 million viewers in early October, but the most recent episode – the show’s sixth – attracted just 2.59m on November 8.
George had previously hinted that the series “could potentially be long-term” with a projected series run of up to “five years”. It was viewed as a potential replacement to Spooks.
While script work is also believed to have started with Spotnitz suggesting that a second series could be set in Berlin.
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one of the best things on tv got to be a 2nd series
neil Nov 16 #