Celebrity Hunted is back with Chief Hunter Ray Howard back to head up the capture of this year’s 12 famous faces.
Celebrity Hunted returns tonight with fans questioning what happened to its first ever ruthless Hunter Peter Bleksley.
Channel 4 viewers are in for a treat with Celebrity Hunted back on our screens tonight, Monday, August 3, with the celebs ready to do anything to avoid capture for two weeks.
Leading this year’s operations, which is in aid of Stand Up to Cancer, once again is Ray Howard who first joined the civilian version of Hunted as the deputy head in 2021.
But long before Howard was leading Hunters from HQ, it was Peter Bleksley, founding member of Scotland Yard’s undercover unit who worked for the Metropolitan Police for 20 years.
Bleksley, nicknamed The Chief, quit Hunted after six years in 2019, after doing the “impossible” and catching all of the fugitives in the civilian version of the series.
The former Hunted star said in a statement: “Finally after six challenging series, we achieved our long held ambition for a clean sweep. What an unforgettable day that was!
“I feel it would be impossible for me to top that achievement so now is the right time for me to move on.”
But not everyone was happy with the outcome of the 2019 series with some Channel 4 viewers claiming that it was a “fix”.
Someone tweeted at the time: “Invested six hours of my life on this year’s #Hunted for a security guard to give away the extraction location and make it impossible for anyone to win.”
As another echoed: “Isn’t it cheating if you literally just sit at the extraction point… like what are the contestants supposed to do?”
Where is former Hunted star Peter Bleksley now?
Peter Bleksley may no longer be on our screens hunting down fugitives but he is sharing some of the tricks of the trade in a new one-man show.
Touring across the UK in 2026, Bleksley is fronting “The Makings of a Murderer” as he “lifts the lid on the most dangerous and hidden aspects of murder investigations.”
His website continues to describe the event as “an unforgettable evening of true crime as Peter Bleksley reveals the harrowing reality behind solving murders and battling the criminal underworld. This is crime-fighting as you’ve never seen it before.”
Bleksley has also become a successful author, writing various crime books about his experience working the force, as well as working as a consultant to documentary filmmakers.
The ex-Hunter has been married to medical practitioner Sarah since the late 1990s and they have at least one son together who got engaged last year.
Little else is known about their private life but it is clear that the pair are loved up as he previously shared a beaming picture of them together.
In the tweet, Bleksley boasted: “Dear All, it is with great pride that I introduce you to my amazing wife Sarah. We’re off to a posh do!”
Celebrity Hunted premieres tonight, Monday, August 3, at 9pm, on Channel 4.
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