{"id":4761,"date":"2021-09-22T14:41:36","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T12:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1365876"},"modified":"2021-09-22T15:04:08","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T13:04:08","slug":"manhunt-episode-3-preview-sees-net-tighten-around-the-night-stalker","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/manhunt-episode-3-preview-sees-net-tighten-around-the-night-stalker\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhunt episode 3 preview sees net tighten around The Night Stalker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Manhunt: The Night Stalker, the ITV true crime drama starring Martin Clunes, continues nightly. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Flora Carr\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 22 September 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n<p><strong>RadioTimes.com<\/strong> can exclusively reveal a brand new teaser clip from the third episode of <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/manhunt-series-2-release-date\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\" data-saferedirecturl=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/manhunt-series-2-release-date\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1632326660816000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG_fxBh-9ID3RxI1HEhbOrZjb_Gmg&quot;\">Manhunt: The Night Stalker<\/a>, the true crime drama starring Matin Clunes.<\/p>\n<p>The series, which is stripped across four nights this week, follows the real-life investigation into the serial burglar and rapist known as The Night Stalker.<\/p>\n<p>Clunes reprises his role as DCI Colin Sutton in the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/manhunt-season-2-cast-the-night-stalker\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Manhunt cast<\/a>, following the success of the original Manhunt series back in 2019. This second instalment is set in 2009 and based on <a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Night-Stalker-Colin-Sutton\/dp\/1789462258?tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Sutton\u2019s second book<\/a>, which focuses on The Night Stalker case.<\/p>\n<p>In the short clip released exclusively to\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a>, Sutton (Clunes) arrives at the Metropolitan Police Surveillance Facility, where he\u2019s shown round by a female officer.<\/p> <p>When she questions Sutton about how he managed to obtain use of the facility \u2013 usually reserved for kidnapping and terrorism cases, she explains \u2013 he likens his approach to his \u201cteenage philosophy to asking girls out\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey can only say \u2018no\u2019, which they generally did,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;embed&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <video data-video-id=\"6273705145001\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\" controls=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div> <p>Accompanied by a colleague, Sutton is visibly overwhelmed by the number of live surveillance feeds, all linked up to CCTV and hidden cameras.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t catch him now, we never will,\u201d he says ominously.<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of the series, Sutton was brought on to review <span style=\"font-weight:\"> \u201cpoisoned chalice\u201d\u00a0<\/span>Operation Minstead, the lengthy Metropolitan Police investigation into the <span style=\"font-weight:\">Minstead Rapist, or \u2018Night Stalker\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>However, he soon became more involved in the investigation than he had originally bargained for, and at this point in the series he is determined to stay with the case until he gets justice.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re yet to catch up on the drama, you can read our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/manhunt-the-night-stalker-episode-one-recap\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Manhunt: The Night Stalker episode one recap<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Manhunt airs on ITV Monday-Thursday this week at 9pm. You can order <\/strong><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Night-Stalker-Colin-Sutton\/dp\/1789462258\/?tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Night-Stalker-Colin-Sutton\/dp\/1789462258\/ref%3Dtmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding%3DUTF8%26qid%3D1631799691%26sr%3D1-1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1632213180322000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE0zhYg17mmW1DDudwr1CbnGako6A&quot;\"><strong>Colin Sutton\u2019s Manhunt: The Night Stalker<\/strong><\/a><strong> from Amazon. If you\u2019re looking for more to watch, check out our <\/strong><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\" data-saferedirecturl=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1632213180322000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGTqnpXmojwZBkQWMRaR7vCyCvPnA&quot;\"><strong>TV Guide<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Manhunt: The Night Stalker, the ITV true crime drama starring Martin Clunes, continues nightly. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":4762,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/manhunt-episode-3-preview-sees-net-tighten-around-the-night-stalker.jpg",620,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/manhunt-episode-3-preview-sees-net-tighten-around-the-night-stalker-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/manhunt-episode-3-preview-sees-net-tighten-around-the-night-stalker-300x194.jpg",300,194,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/manhunt-episode-3-preview-sees-net-tighten-around-the-night-stalker.jpg",620,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/manhunt-episode-3-preview-sees-net-tighten-around-the-night-stalker.jpg",620,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/manhunt-episode-3-preview-sees-net-tighten-around-the-night-stalker.jpg",620,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/manhunt-episode-3-preview-sees-net-tighten-around-the-night-stalker.jpg",620,400,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Manhunt: The Night Stalker, the ITV true crime drama starring Martin Clunes, continues nightly.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/4761"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}