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"Hunted" (on tonight) - would you do it?

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supersop60 · 18/01/2018 16:35

Just that really. I love the thought of being able to go off grid and outwit the hunters. I'd probably be rubbish, but i like the idea.
Also wondering how 'real' it is - cameras following you etc.

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TeacupDrama · 27/01/2018 08:12

It's too fake, the mayor will have lots for contacts but he goes to Sheffield the hunters first guess at green party, and immediately pick the first lady who just happens to be where they are staying it's all too much of a coincidence

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supersop60 · 27/01/2018 09:16

These things amuse:-
"Stop. Give up." (oh, okay then)
"he/she is lying to us" (well, yeah)
"I've just seen some hunters" (how on earth do you know? did the camera crew give it away?)

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Lokisglowstickofdestiny · 27/01/2018 13:17

Not all of the "hunters" are professional actors. I know 2 of them, they do this work for a living assisting police and other agencies.

CurbsideProphet · 27/01/2018 23:00

I thought it was a bit obvious that the hunters aren't professional actors, due to the cringe worthy pieces to camera and awkward announcements that they've suddenly come up with a location that has clearly come from the production team Grin

I would prefer if the hunters would remember that it's a game. The unpleasant glee at harassing a heavily pregnant woman wasn't nice to watch.

SymphonyofShadows · 28/01/2018 00:25

Does the camera person really need to be with them? It would be more realistic if there were teams of two on the run with body cameras/go pro. Perhaps the filming it produced would be too shit though?

I'd head for friends who have no social media presence and carry a supply of SIM cards in case I needed to call said people, but I'd stay well away from family. Ideally all you'd need is a well stocked van and a mattress

OhYouBadBadKitten · 28/01/2018 00:47

the camera thing has been really bugging me too.

By myself I reckon I'd win. Not with a camera person following me around.

SparkleFizz · 28/01/2018 08:49

Does the camera person really need to be with them?

You wouldn’t be able to see dramatic shots of fugitives trying to flag down cars or flee into the distance without a dedicated camera person Wink

Must be a dead give away though, if the hunters see someone waving a camera around.

Mrsmadevans · 28/01/2018 16:06

We are in the process of watching the USA version of Hunted and it is way better than the UK one.
We are watching it on all 4 on demand , 8 episodes on number 4 as we speak! lol

OhYouBadBadKitten · 28/01/2018 16:27

Thanks I didn't know about that, will hunt it out!

MsAdorabelleDearheartVonLipwig · 28/01/2018 16:50

My dh loves this. He’d be really good at it. He’s anti-social, has no social media presence at all and could happily live in the woods for ages. He’d definitely live off the land, fishing and what not.

It does my head in. The camera man is obviously a time traveller as he can be in two places at once; filming them up close and watching them merrily disappear into the distance. Unless it’s all made up bollocks. Oh.....

The hunters need to go to acting school. They’re the hammiest things I’ve ever seen. Lighten up you twats, it’s not real.

And what were the chances exactly of those two women flagging down a ‘ghost’ agent? I missed what happened.

loverofcake983 · 28/01/2018 17:11

I'm watching the USA one and I'm still outraged 😆 the model and her fella were RUBBISH!!!

Mrsmadevans · 28/01/2018 19:19

They were absolutely!! lol ......it does seem better than the UK one though!

SparkleFizz · 29/01/2018 09:15

And what were the chances exactly of those two women flagging down a ‘ghost’ agent?

With the ghost agent thing, the hunters had worked out where the women were (mobile phone I think it was), and fortunately, by sheer coincidence, they just happened to have some sort of undercover stealth ghost agent in the area.

So they rang him and told him to drive around where the mobile phone signal had been and to pick up any hitchhikers matching the womens description, and to offer them a lift to the target service station.

HolyAngelus · 29/01/2018 09:28

We're watching this with a sort of horrified fascination, mostly because we're trying to figure out what the unpublicised rules the contestants have to abide by actually are -- clearly they may not withdraw more than £40 at a time from an ATM, for one thing, you have to move on every 24 hours or so, and there must be other restrictions, like having to contact/use friends and family for shelter and transport...?

We are also gritting our teeth at the appalling lines of the remarkably unpleasant chief investigator, and the maniacal intensity of the former sniper (who really needs to take a chill pill and remember he's not on the front line, he's harassing a pensioner who wanted a break from her grandsons, and an exhausted freemason trying to make up for not understanding his son's non-NT needs sooner, and a pair of singing milkmen. These people are not the Taliban.)

And, for the love of God, will someone buy better jeans for the hunters? It appears to be a rule that they have to have awful jeans, as they spin their car wheels and speed off after some blameless civilian with a soggy rucksack whose worst crime is a desire to be on TV.

loverofcake983 · 29/01/2018 14:32

Can't they just ask someone else to use a cash machine for them?

dancingthroughthedark · 29/01/2018 15:19

Ds and I would really love to have a go at this, have made all sorts of plans but what puts me off is the intrusion into the lives of family and friends I don't see some of them being happy having their homes searched or their tech seized or is that all for the cameras?

Timeforachange68 · 29/01/2018 17:05

Agreed Holy some of the things the chief has said - it sticks in my mind when he was ridiculing the ex-cop with the pregnant wife - came across as unnecessarily mean

BoobleMcB · 30/01/2018 09:28

@dancingthroughthedark no it's not just for the cameras. The genuinely do seize/hack tech etc. When someone applies for the show, the closest friends/family etc most likely to be needed are interviewed and have to sign waivers giving permission etc

Cherrypie32 · 30/01/2018 09:41

So, that being the case, you would get friends and family to sign waivers etc but obvs then never contact them and use others surely.

SparkleFizz · 30/01/2018 12:37

I wonder if they’re banned from seeking help from a person who refuses to give permission for the hunters to seize tech, search homes etc?

BoobleMcB · 30/01/2018 17:58

@SparkleFizz exactly. As in reality, the state (I.e. the police etc) would be able to seize them. They wouldn't need permission

MsAdorabelleDearheartVonLipwig · 31/01/2018 22:16

SparkleFizz oh I see. That’s explains it. Grin

LadyKyliePonsonbyFarquhar · 02/02/2018 08:06

Did anyone watch last night? I so hope Alex wins.

ToffeeUp · 02/02/2018 08:13

I liked the scene with Alex and his mum where she asked him to next time just to go on fucking pointless and then handing him over the sausage rolls and sending him on his way.

I also hope he wins.

CurbsideProphet · 02/02/2018 08:57

ToffeeUp we also laughed at "next time just go on fucking Pointless" Grin

I hope that the show is gearing up for Alex to win Smile