Bear Hunt

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 Alex Kernoway Naomi Miller as Mel Murray Lauren Ingram as Miriam Brann Jenny Mac as Sarah Nicholls Magnus Rook as Felix Batzing Nalan Burgess as Azra Simsek Dimitry Rozental as Russian President Naomi Miller as Clare Amir Haider as Dipesh Choudhury Trev Fleming as Show Voice Additional voices Adam Jarrell Joel Emery Lucy Carpenter Dan Rhun Pete Gold Jasmine Kerr Hannah Baxter-Eve Edited by: Joel Emery Technical Producer: David Allen Written by: Joel Emery Directed by: Adam Jarrell and Joel Emery Producer: Neil Fearn Executive Producer: Tony Pastor Music provided by Audionetwork Copyright 2026. Property of Goalhanger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 latest and final plan... to kill the President of the Russian Federation. Strong language, violence. Listener discretion is advised. Luke Jasztal as Sir Pilgrim Moore Thomas Mitchells as Alex Kernoway Donald Pirie as Tom "Duffy" MacDuff Adam Jarrell as Keith Boxall Harry Frost as Simeon Shaw Tom Wylde as Prof. Wyn Ellis Joel Emery as Daniel Marcell Jeff Tullin as Albert Michael Ashtiany as Scott "Robbo" Robertson Nalan Burgess as Azra Simsek Lance Fuller as US President Marc Rico-Ludwig as President's Staffer Trev Fleming as Show Voice Additional voices Galen Arnett Mike Provenzano Sean B Edited by: Joel Emery Technical Producer: David Allen Written by: Joel Emery Directed by: Adam Jarrell and Joel Emery Producer: Neil Fearn Executive Producer: Tony Pastor Music provided by Audionetwork Copyright 2026. Property of Goalhanger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 heat of battle in Helmand province. Strong language, violence. Listener discretion is advised. Thomas Mitchells as Alex Kernoway Naomi Miller as Mel Murray Luke Jasztal as Sir Pilgrim Moore Donald Pirie as Tom "Duffy" MacDuff Freddie Trenholme as Shaun Wade Michael Ashtiany as Scott "Robbo" Robertson Lauren Ingram as Miriam Brann Nalan Burgess as Azra Simsek Scott Tunnix as Sam Kernoway Karim Kronfli as Peter Kernoway Romy Emery as Grace Kernoway Muhammad Luqman as Mohammed "Ram" Ramdani Lance Fuller as US President Denis Michallet as President Tousart Nicolas Sayce as Anthony Harcourt Dan Rhun as Phil Joel Emery as Ben Harry Frost as Air Investigation Technician Trev Fleming as Show Voice Additional voices Adam Jarrell Darcey Ferguson Joel Emery Rahmat Dewan Lucy Carpenter Edited by: Joel Emery Technical Producer: David Allen Written by: Joel Emery Directed by: Adam Jarrell and Joel Emery Producer: Neil Fearn Executive Producer: Tony Pastor Music provided by Audionetwork Copyright 2026. Property of Goalhanger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 into the white-hot corridors of power in Westminster and Washington. To the battlefields where the nation’s best learnt their killing trade. And to the mission itself, deep behind enemy lines. Goalhanger’s award-winning drama team worked with current and former military and defence professionals to shape the most accurate and daring mission conceivable: a forensic exploration of what it takes, in the modern age, to kill the President of the Russian Federation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices