Hunting Chris Ryan is a documentary produced by the BBC in 2003. It comprised three hour-long episodes, each pitting SAS veteran Chris Ryan against a four-man 'Hunter Force' whilst he completed a set objective, his mission being evasion and ultimately extraction once the objective was complete. The series was re-released in the United States as Special Forces: Manhunt, broadcast on Discovery's The Military Channel.
Honduras
Oct 23, 2003
Chris Ryan is in the Mosquito Coast in Honduras. His mission is to covertly enter the country, retrieve a cache of secret communications equipment buried deep in the jungle then escape to the coast with the secret equipment.
Siberia
Oct 30, 2003
Chris Ryan's mission is to locate a British spy satellite that's crashed 650 km inside the Arctic Circle in Siberia and destroy any secret components that survived the impact. Conditions are ferocious as he's dropped by helicopter on the frozen tundra.
Botswana
Nov 6, 2003
Chris Ryan's mission is to rescue a fighter pilot shot down over the Kalahari Desert who is now hiding in the Tsidillo Hills of Botswana. He has to find the injured pilot and fly him out using a micro light hidden in the bush by friendly agents.
