Hunted on Channel 4: Start date, time, line-up and teams for season 7

Twelve ordinary people are going on the run in hopes of winning a £100,000 cash prize in the latest season of Hunted.

The Channel 4 reality show first aired in 2015 and tasks people with successfully outrunning an elite team of hunters for 21 days. Leading the investigation from Hunted HQ is Chief Superintendent of Cleveland Police, Lisa Theaker.

Lisa has led many complex investigations and now oversees a handpicked team of top police and military personnel, armed with the powers of the state, which includes live CCTV, ANPR, GPS positioning, drones, tracker dogs, mobile phone monitoring, publicity campaigns and, for the first time, motorbikes.

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In one of the most closely-monitored countries in the world, where will the fugitives hide? The first episode will see the pairs attempt to escape London, one of the most watched cities in the UK with an estimated 940,000 CCTV cameras.

Among those taking part in the series is brother and sister Jaxon and Nicola, from Greater Manchester. Read on to find out what inspired them to sign up, as well as the fugitive teams in full.

Hunted begins on Sunday March 17 at 9pm on Channel 4

Siblings Jaxon, 28, and Nicola, 26, both live in Wigan and work as prison officers.

Jaxon wanted to go on the run 'to raise awareness for transgender people' and 'normalise the topic.' He explained: "I'm 18 months into transitioning from female to male myself, so I've just been trying to be visible for people and provide that education and awareness."

He added: "Along with that, I wanted to have the experience with my sister after everything that we have been through over the last 18 months. We're both prison officers as