Celebrity Hunted fugitives: (top row L-R) Chizzy Akudolu, Lisa Maffia, The Vivienne (aka James Williams), Chloe Veitch; (bottom row L-R) Gareth Locke, Ollie Locke, Richard Whitehead, Iwan Thomas
The Grierson Award winning and BAFTA nominated factual entertainment thriller, Celebrity Hunted, will return to Channel 4 next year for a brand-new fourth series as eight more famous faces go on the run as fugitives, hoping to evade capture by the Hunters.
The celebrity fugitives taking part in the series for Stand Up To Cancer are confirmed as:
Olympic silver medallist Iwan Thomas and two-time Paralympic gold medallist Richard Whitehead
Made in Chelsea stars Ollie and Gareth Locke
Actress Chizzy Akudolu and queen of UK garage Lisa Maffia
Drag Race UK winner The Vivienne and international reality TV star Chloe Veitch.
The eight celebrities will attempt to stay off the radar and remain at large for two weeks as a new crack team of hunters try and hunt them down. With former police officers, intelligence, and army personnel hot on their tail and faces recognisable across the UK, will they be able to remain undetected?
The celebrities will be taking part for Stand Up To Cancer, the joint national fundraising campaign from Cancer Research UK and Channel 4.
Celebrity Hunted is produced by Shine TV, part of Banijay UK and the Executive Producer is Tom Hutchings. The Series Producers are Lucy Curtis and Dave Sutton. The series is commissioned for Channel 4 by Ian Dunkley, Commissioning Editor, Factual Entertainment.
Ian Dunkley, Commissioning Editor for Factual Entertainment at Channel 4 said, “We are pleased to be bringing back the edge-of-your-seat game of cat and mouse with a confident batch of VIPs supporting the Stand Up To Cancer campaign. The forthcoming run will see both the Fugitives and the Hunters come up against new challenges in a Britain that has drastically changed since 2019’s series. We’re looking forward to seeing who will emerge as victors.”
Tom Hutchings, Executive Producer for Shine TV added, “Hunted is back. More crazy fugitive tactics, more Jason Bourne tech, and more mayhem than ever before. We've a stellar set of celebrity fugitives - all fantastic characters, with impressive tricks up their sleeves. Up against them, our meanest team of Hunters yet. Get ready for the thrill of the chase."
Celebrity Hunted and Hunted will air on Channel 4 in 2022.
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For more information, please contact: Nick Walker and Lesley Land, Channel 4 Press Office
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About Stand UpToCancer (UK)
Stand Up To Cancer is a joint national fundraising campaign from Cancer Research UK and Channel 4 that brings the UK together to speed up progress in life-saving cancer research
Supported by the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) in the US and launched in the UK in 2012, Stand Up To Cancer funds translational research, turning academic breakthroughs in the labs into new treatments that make a real difference for people with cancer
More than £84 million has been raised in the UK to date, funding 59 clinical trials and projects involving over 19,000 cancer patients across the country
Research projects funded by Stand Up To Cancer include the development of new treatments that use viruses to fight cancer, clinical trials testing potentially more effective ways to deliver radiotherapy, improved surgical techniques for bowel cancer and much more
Stars such as Naomi Campbell, Noel Gallagher, Tom Hardy, Gillian Anderson, Idris Elba, Andy Murray, James Corden, Martin Freeman, Jamie Oliver, Richard Ayoade, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Peter Crouch, Abbey Clancy, Danny Dyer, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Lily James, Rosamund Pike, Sophie Turner, Stephen Graham, Toby Jones, Maya Jama, Joe Lycett and Roman Kemp are just some of the talent who have supported Stand Up To Cancer
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