Martin Clunes will play Colin Sutton again in Manhunt series two and could hunt terrifying Night Stalker rapist
ACTOR Martin Clunes is set to play detective Colin Sutton again in the follow up to hit series Manhunt.
The ITV drama about how serial killer Levi Bellfield - who murdered Marsha McDonnell, Amélie Delagrange and Milly Dowler - was caught by the Met Police was watched by nine million viewers last month.
And now Martin, 57, teased plans to tackle another of DCI Sutton's real-life crimes on the show, which is produced by him and his wife Philippa Braithwaite, 54.
He told : "Manhunt did make me proud, because it was quite a risk for us...
"My wife had spent four years contacting the family members of the people involved and clearing it with compliance, legally.
"Colin was very helpful making it and was around a lot... There is another equally grisly case Colin solved that we are looking into..."
Detective Colin Sutton led more than 30 successful murder investigations including the re-investigation of Delroy Grant, who was dubbed the Night Stalker, which could be a possible follow-up.
Delroy was convicted of raping and assaulting elderly victims in South London over 17 years.
The announcement comes after viewers blamed the ITV voiceover for ruining last month's finale, when he announced the killer was Levi Bellfield before the programme began.
However, Bellfield's horrific crimes had already received major national news coverage and the drama based on the killer was never billed as a whodunnit? which left viewers complaining about the "spoiler" on Twitter.
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The drama has been much talked about online, but many social media users are criticising the show for giving the killer any attention.
Manhunt is the real life story of how the murder of French National, Amelie Delagrange, on Twickenham Green in August 2004 was eventually linked to the murders of Marsha McDonnell in 2003 and the abduction and murder of Milly Dowler as she travelled home from school in 2002.
With the full co-operation of ex DCI Colin Sutton, Manhunt dramatises his fight to find Amelie's killer.
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