Wigan couple take on Hunted TV challenge

Daniel Ryder of Heaven v Hell in Pemberton and his girlfriend Hayley Morrison who works for Wigan Council, are among the latest batch of people trying to escape their hunters on the Channel 4 show which began on Thursday night.

During the first episode the couple were seen evading their chasers and managing to make it to friends and family in Standish to pick up essential survival items before heading off to the Lake District to lie low whilst the chase for them continues.

Before leaving their home town, Daniel sneaked into his gym to get some cash from colleagues.

To win a slice of the £100,000 cash prize the fugitives need to get past some of the best military and intelligence operatives there is as they attempt to track them down and capture them.

Previously, contestants were allowed to carry anything they can with them and were given access to a bank account that contained £250.

But this time round they have been stripped of all their belongings and given no money.

All they have to rely on is their networks and the kindness of strangers.

In the opening show, the new recruits needed to identify the unknown city they were in - Bristol - and plan their escape from the helicopter circling above trying to detect them.

And if they want to be in with a shot of walking away with a share of the prize, they’ll need to remain hidden until day 25.

If they make it to this point, they’ll have to find their way to an “extraction point” where they’ll get their hands on the cash.

Since the show launched five years ago, a total of 10 people have managed to see their way past the operatives.

Hunted airs on Thursday’s at 9pm on Channel 4