The Hunt for Raoul Moat

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Season 1
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8

Critic Reviews

  1. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Benji Wilson
    Sep 5, 2023
    100
    The challenge for The Hunt for Raoul Moat as a piece of television is telling that story without making Moat the anti-establishment hero he so wanted to be. It isn’t easy, either, because a manhunt is gripping theatre. The Hunt for Raoul Moat’s triumph is that it gets the balance right.
  2. The Times
    Reviewed by: Carol Midgley
    Sep 5, 2023
    80
    The Hunt for Raoul Moat turned out not to be a voyeuristic rehash but a thoughtful, sensible telling of the monstrous 2010 rampage of this misogynistic, pudding-faced bully. It reminded us of the people who really matter: his victims.
  3. i
    Reviewed by: Ed Power
    Sep 5, 2023
    80
    The Hunt for Raoul Moat was gruesomely transfixing, with a pressure-cooker tension that ratcheted steadily upwards from the moment Moat stepped out of jail. Sam and Chris were sensitively drawn as thoughtful and kind people.
  5. The Independent
    Reviewed by: Sean O'Grady
    Sep 5, 2023
    80
    The drama is a tense and faithful re-enactment of what happened, and why.
  6. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Sep 28, 2023
    70
    The Hunt For Raoul Moat is a pretty by-the-numbers limited series about a real-life manhunt. However, the performances are compelling enough, and the runtime short enough, to keep viewers engaged.
  7. The Observer (UK)
    Reviewed by: Barbara Ellen
    Sep 10, 2024
    60
    What emerges is a well-intentioned, solidly acted, but monochromatic retelling. While it rightly bleaches itself of sensationalism, there are too many other blanks.
  8. Radio Times
    Reviewed by: Morgan Cormack
    Sep 5, 2023
    60
    There's no denying that this series is once again an example of how ITV continues to pull off heart-racing true crime dramas, but it never truly breaks out of the shadow of the killer.
  9. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Leila Latif
    Sep 5, 2023
    60
    The series determinedly reframes the narrative that was established back in 2010 and battles to not be part of the 24-hour news media circus that swept the nation 13 years ago. But in some respects it becomes a tad finger-wagging and sanctimonious given that the show is technically also profiting from the tragedy. It strives to walk as respectful a line as possible but, as is the case with all true crime programming, some ethical considerations and questions aren’t easily answered.