Bear Hunt is a geopolitical thriller from Goalhanger's drama team, set in a scenario where Russia is responsible for the deaths of 350 British civilians. The story follows a covert operation to assassinate the Russian President, exploring the political maneuvering and military expertise required for such a mission. It spans the corridors of power in Westminster and Washington, as well as battlefields where the nation's best learned their skills. The production was developed with input from current and former military and defence professionals to ensure technical accuracy.
Episodes
Making Bear Hunt - Mission Debrief
This behind the scenes feature contains spoilers. Gordon Corera (The Rest Is Classified) interviews Tony Pastor (Co-Founder, Goalhanger) David Allen (Technical Producer) Joel Emery (Writer) and Adam Jarrell (Director).
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Ep10 | Godspeed
The final phase of Duffy's mission underway. Shaun Wade is fast approaching. COBRA; scrambling to collect their units and get them out at the earliest opportunity. All the while Chinese forces are hunting down their target.
Strong language, violence. Listener discretion is advised.
Donald Pirie as Tom "Duffy" MacDuff
Naomi Miller as Mel Murray
Lauren Ingram as Miriam Brann
Michael Lyle as
Ep9 | The Archangel
Shaun Wade has a location. The Hotel Nuo is the only possible spot in Beijing where Duffy could take out his target. He even has a room. But he needs sign-off from London to raid it. Miriam is in Doha for the Russian peace summit. Duffy tells Robbo of his plan. The Russian President is due to land at Tianjin airport and the parade on the Chang'an Road is imminent.
Strong language, violence. Lis
Ep8 | Resolute
The vice of the United States and Russia begin to tighten around the Miriam Brann government. Backed into a corner on her own deal, she flies to Washington, to seek guidance. Meanwhile Duffy makes a flight of his own upon receiving a coded message from an old friend. Brann ally and friend Sarah Nicholls pitches her bombshell revelations to Jamie Aarons, Leader of the Opposition, a vital player in
Ep7 | Operation Caligula
The plan to infiltrate Special Forces Sgt. Shaun Wade into Beijing under the cover of Charlie Higgs is executed. Agent Blackbird of British Intelligence awaits link-up on the ground. Duffy has made it to Beijing as Lead Instructor for PAP/Wujing 'The Snow Leopards'. Meanwhile in London, Miriam Brann is coming under pressure from the Opposition, led by its left-wing leader, Jamie Aarons. Her Russia
Ep6 | The Second Soldier
With the operation discovered, Miriam Brann has a decision to make. The mission must be stopped. The unreachable Duffy must be reached. The act must be prevented. Meanwhile Duffy is now in China, although not in his desired location of Beijing, but rather the Changbai Mountains in North Eastern China. He finds an opportunity to get himself training the right personnel, in the right place, for the
Ep5 | Plausible Deniability
The hunt for the missing Belgravia asset is setting Downing Street ablaze. Addie Azikiwe and SIS trigger undercover agents in Grand Cayman to seek the beneficiary director of ALMA Ltd. Meanwhile in the Strait of Hormuz, Captain Vaner is tasked with moving his MV Steadfast cargo through the blockade.
Strong language, violence. Listener discretion is advised.
Michael Lyle as Addie Azikiwe
Lau
Ep4 | 32 Belgrave Square
2026. Regime decapitation. Maduro captured. Khamenei dead. Miriam Brann is 100 days into her tenure as UK Prime Minister. Her overhaul in full force. Spearheaded by Chief of Staff Addie Azikiwe. He has a new task. This one set by Washington. Return Russia's seized assets. All of them.
Strong language, violence. Listener discretion is advised.
Michael Lyle as Addie Azikiwe
Lauren Ingram as M
Ep3 | Britain Decides
Sir Pilgrim Moore has found his man. Duffy is back on British soil. Prime Minister Alex Kernoway takes his case and his country's plight to NATO. All under the creeping shadow of the forthcoming election. All the momentum is with Miriam Brann.
Strong language, violence. Listener discretion is advised.
Donald Pirie as Tom "Duffy" MacDuff
Luke Jasztal as Sir Pilgrim Moore
Thomas Mitchells as
Ep 2 | Killing Tiberius
Former Spymaster Sir Pilgrim Moore is establishing a feasibility study. He consults with the finest the British defence and intelligence communities have to offer. To fulfil his life's work. Once the linchpin between SIS and Number 10, Pilgrim now seems an insurgent against a stilted Whitehall-washed network of middle-management. A deep and covert technical plunge is required when devising his lat
Ep 1 | The Great Game
A British passenger jet has crashed into the North Sea with 350 on board. GCHQ monitoring and Royal Navy vessels establish GPS interference from a hostile power brought it down. With an election just weeks away Prime Minister Alex Kernoway's options are limited, Washington is insisting on restraint in an effort to preserve peace talks in Ukraine. 15 years earlier Tom "Duffy" MacDuff was in the hea
Trailer | Bear Hunt - Available NOW
350 British civilians are dead and Russia is responsible. Number 10 hits back as a hapless Prime Minister plays his hand in the age of regime decapitation.Bear Hunt is a technically rigorous action drama exploring the political manoeuvres, operational challenges and conflict expertise required to assassinate a head of state.
Billed as a British Bourne, this geopolitical thriller pulls listeners i
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