Hunting Alice Bell: Channel 4 Thriller Starts Nov 11, 6 Episodes
Channel 4 launched Hunting Alice Bell on November 11, a six-part thriller from David Baddiel and Peter Bradshaw starring Alexandra Roach and Simon Pegg. It follows a woman wrongly accused online of being a killer's fugitive accomplice. Episodes air weekly in the UK only.
Channel 4 began airing Hunting Alice Bell, a six-part thriller created by David Baddiel and Peter Bradshaw, at 9pm on Wednesday, November 11, 2026. The drama is about online mobs, mistaken identity and a killer's missing accomplice, Alice Bell.
New episodes air weekly. Viewers who miss a broadcast can watch on Channel 4's streaming platform after launch.
What the story is about
Fran, played by Alexandra Roach, is a suburban mother who works at a leisure centre. She makes a video for her workplace's website, and it goes viral for the wrong reasons.
Online trolls decide she is Alice Bell, a former nurse. Bell helped her anaesthetist boyfriend Jason, a serial killer played by Simon Pegg, then resumed life under a new identity.
As events unravel, Fran learns she is not the only woman forced to deny she is Bell. The central question is who is telling the truth, and whether one of the accused is lying.
The series' official description says Fran Da Silva's normal life implodes after an act of vandalism and escalating online rumors.
Cast and writers
The cast also includes Ralf Little, Amanda Babbington and Rudi Dharmalingam. Baddiel and Bradshaw wrote the scripts.
Hollie Richardson described it as a nightmare that, in an AI world, "never feels too far-fetched".
Episode guide
Episode 1, Mistaken Identity, aired November 11. Fran finds she is not the only woman targeted by the mob.
Episode 2, Stronger Together, is due November 18. Fran connects with the other accused women, and they form an alliance against the trolls and the public backlash.
Episode 3, One of Us, follows on November 25. Media attention puts the group under an unforgiving spotlight, and paranoia grows among the women.
Episode 4, Truth & Lies, arrives December 2. The alliance begins to fracture as Fran and Nick try to investigate by spying on one of their own.
In the same episode, Dr. Jason Nash announces a live stream promised to name the real Alice Bell. Episode 5, whose title has not been announced, is due December 9.
The finale will see one of the women publicly outed, forcing everyone to reckon with shared trauma and guilt.
Where to watch
Hunting Alice Bell is currently a UK-only production. There are no announced plans to release it in the US, Canada or Australia.
