The series "Bear Hunt" unfolds as a high-stakes political and intelligence thriller involving a covert asset transfer orchestrated by the UK government. Central to the plot is the reclassification and reallocation of frozen Russian assets, including the high-value property at 32 Belgrade Square, which was originally seized by the British state. The narrative reveals a complex web of political maneuvering, with the Prime Minister and intelligence services navigating accusations of Russian interference in the North Sea, particularly regarding flight BA-236. A key subplot involves the mysterious death of Sir Pilgrim Moore, a senior intelligence figure, and the revelation that he was part of a secret mission tied to asset control and information warfare. The story also explores a deeper conspiracy where the UK, through its "Core Initiative," seeks to reassert global influence by redefining trade and security partnerships—excluding Russia and aligning with China and the US. Meanwhile, personal stories emerge, such as the tragic loss of a cottage due to a flawed assumption about land drainage, and the emotional toll of terminal illness. The tone is layered with violence, satire, and moral ambiguity, revealing how personal decisions—like property ownership—intersect with national security. The series suggests that behind the surface of global politics lies a shadow network of operations, intelligence, and betrayal, all driven by a need for control and power.
This series contains strong language and violence.
It is fiction.
Resamblance to reality is coincidental.
This is Bear Hunt.
Previously on Bear Hunt.
You're my shoulder, are you?
Sergeant Tom McDuff!
Duffy!
We're heading to Belgrade!
That would be number 30 Belgrade Square.
This one, number 32, owner Mr. Prutsev.
The British government seized this house.
Ready to go on the market?
Couple more.
19.5.
Right now it is owned and operated by Alma.
Company of mine.
I'll get you to sign something drafted in the Cayman Islands.
And just like that, number 32, Belgrade Square.
To you.
For me.
For nothing.
I didn't say for nothing.
First phase.
We get you out of the UK too.
The seeding nation for the task.
Second phase.
You get into China.
Ideally Beijing.
Third phase.
Execute and ex-fill.
You'll be unreachable.
You don't have any dependence to you.
Not anymore.
Your first husband.
Now I like him.
How old?
This one, then?
11 months.
Seamus.
Fanny was.
The zap of radiology.
Did you ever speak with the Pullman Clinic?
Oh.
The country.
There's a few days away from throwing me out.
When I go to the Kremlin.
Absolutely I would.
When the party is over.
Britain goes to the polls.
No, no.
This isn't just a bad night for Alex Kurnoway.
All the Kurnoways in this world.
We are seeing Kurnoway heartlands are being stripped away
as the evening goes on.
And that being the path to victory for Miriam Brown.
I wish you peace in your private life.
Enjoy the silence.
I'm lucky about tonight, eh?
No, I won't.
That's how it goes.
Duffy here has had a job off his own.
Firearms training.
Osaka.
Zombie and special forces unit.
Good luck, Sergeant.
This country owes you an enormous death.
The world will be a better place on completion of your task.
I promise you that.
I promise.
I promise you that.
Miriam Brown.
Miriam Brown.
Miriam Brown.
Peekaboo.
Peekaboo.
What the fuck?
Duffy.
What the fuck?
Idiot.
Idiot.
Congo Village.
Idiot.
In the backs.
How many?
Maybe six.
Or seven.
They're in this compound.
And have a spot.
Shake.
It's. Come on, Arkant.
And you come. Peekaboo.
Watch out!
Push in there!
Go ahead and get it!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
No, no, no!
Up now!
You.
Name.
Malenga.
Malenga.
Come here.
Get your men carol together.
Into this building here.
Like we practiced.
Drag them in if you have to.
Otherwise, we're going to get turned over.
Tell them not to fire anywhere right of that building.
I'm going to go out to clean the compound from right to left.
So don't fucking shoot me.
Yes.
No, okay, okay.
On the radio, get them our location.
There are unknown numbers.
Possibly platoon size ADF raid in the compound.
Yeah?
We're holding the main building and looking at clearing the remaining buildings.
I'll tell them we have two times friendly KiA.
And require the QRF here.
ASAP.
Get the fuck up.
Yeah, use that.
Yes.
Look, say all that into the fucking radio.
I'm clearing everything this way.
You lot are going to clear everything down that way.
Get to the building and hold it for me, yeah?
Yes.
Yes.
Radio now.
Yes.
Radio.
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But we have a bit of breaking news that has just come in right now.
The Iranian state media is telling the people of Iran that the Ayatollah has been killed.
Again, Iran state-run media is now confirming that the Ayatollah has been killed.
But the latest reaction after the confirmation from the Iranian state media
that the country's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Haminay was killed in U.S.
really strikes on Saturday, Iran has declared 40 days of warning and images broadcast
on state television.
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In 100 days since you walked through the door of number 10 Downing Street.
100 days since the rupture in British politics that was your election victory.
I think you could ask just about any person on the street how you fared in this new role.
And each person will give you a totally different answer.
But how do you think you fared Prime Minister?
Well, wish you started with that question, Sarah.
Maybe we'll put a step this start in the edit.
Wow, 100 days.
Well, it's been the honor of my life.
That's for certain.
Working for this country, working alongside a brilliant cabinet.
Your husband, Pete Nichols, of course, being one of those brilliant people.
Yeah, he's okay.
He's okay, yeah.
So on this, on that question, first 100 days, Adi said to me this morning, actually.
Adi, as a QA, you chief of staff.
That's right. Careful what you say. He's behind you.
He gets fed up of being mistaken for security.
You can see why, though, can't you?
Is it the expression?
Moody.
And that starts like a bloody balancer.
The build, Adi. It's the build.
I'll take that as a compliment.
Yes, so he said to me, we've got the property.
We've knocked down the old rotten house full of asbestos and rats and all this.
We've taken all that rubble and rubbish away.
Now it starts.
Yeah.
Everything we've talked about.
Everything we and the British people have been fermenting over the years.
Dreaming of doing when we finally get the keys.
Now we can do it.
Because they don't knock it down for you, Sarah.
No.
They don't knock it down for you.
They don't clean it up for you.
It's a cesspit.
How so?
I mean, a lot is external.
channel.
is the relationships we have, but the thing that I think is fundamentally damaging, or has been
so fundamentally damaging, is the civil service. Yeah, and so your AI, you government all to AI.
I can see Adi smiling. Did that make these discoveries? Yes, and no. Yes, we knew it was there,
but the Hive project, that yes, Adi and his team are putting together the bots, the sentinels,
we call them. They can go right into these databases and immediately wipe out these ridiculous
expenditures that have crippled us. If you don't get that under control, that may as well be toxic waste
in your foundations. So, a fresh patch of grass, fresh patch of grass, some very exciting blueprints,
and the best construction team in the world, the British people. So, what's first? Setting up
core with our global partners. And core, that's the council for order, resilience and enterprise.
It's for the nations that still believe in the fundamentals. Order means no tolerance for
terrorism, riots, looting or disruption. Resilience means defending our values and traditions
against mass illegal migration. Enterprise means trading and building without ideological taxes
and blockers. This is about control, growth and getting serious again. Sera, time. Sorry, Adi,
can I just, on the core countries, just, just for the Herald online, please? For the Herald, she says,
she's planned favourites. We can do more on that, can't we? Because that's going to be,
for this week, Adi, that's obviously a lot of our focus. Messaging-wise.
Right, just on core, and then. Then done, yeah.
Core is sort of seen as a middle ground between G7 and bricks. It's a brainchild of yours.
How do you see its implementation? I'd say bridge, not middle ground, but for many decades now,
we've been part of a club. And at first, the club offered us good rates, cooperation,
intelligence, defense and all this. And we believed it was because we had shared values.
But we were wrong that. Or more accurately, we were deceived. The goalposts shifted.
It was simply there to make sure our money went into the club and not anywhere else,
not into our own communities, but also it kept us away from the countries that the club was
particularly snobbish about. Core is a collection of nations that are deliberately broadening their
horizons outside their usual trading partners. Look, I was a history teacher. What do I do when
things get stale? When kids misbehave? You sit there, you sit next to him, you go and work in a
different group. It's good for us. It's important. Jamie Arons called it "redrawing the world map".
Which he wants to do with the global socialist movement, by the way. It's not redrawing the
world map. It's respecting and understanding the world map. Britain used to own a quarter of that
world. For the last 20 odd years, we can barely trade with a quarter of that world.
So, Argentina, United States, Russia, Turkey, Hungary, Indonesia, Britain.
All good, Miss Nichols. All good. Before the 3pm, the US Secretary of Commerce.
In the office? In here.
Mr Romero, how are you?
Prime Minister, I'm doing great yourself. You can't be that great.
Is it about 4am there? No, I'm in New York. At the UN, I expect?
On your life. On your life. Prime Minister, I won't take up too much of your time.
I want to talk straights and remove this week. But for the moment, first phase,
Premier Sign-Off, Istanbul, and Moscow have final requests. I'm going to get those for you now.
Turkey are asking that in the paperwork, they are named in their Turkish form.
So, the Umlaut and TURKY-E. Okay, yeah, fine. And we just got off talks, super productive talks, by the way,
with the Russians who are unlocking trillions of capital for this. They're looking actually at some
of the second tier sanctions from 2022. And they would like those removed.
Because, ultimately, right, Prime Minister, they can't unlock what is what is theirs for the
core initiative without having what is theirs. Just a second, Mr Secretary.
Russian sanctions. Yes, tier two from 2022. See, Stassus.
Is that going to be a problem? Unilateral ones. Easy. It won't be timely, but it can be done.
Better? Something better than that. Say, ball is rolling at our word, Sophie. Yeah.
Absolutely, Mr Secretary, we'll be removing those obstacles. The ball is rolling on that, as we speak.
That is great. The process could be a little protracted, or you know how those things can be.
Sure. So, can Moscow take our word? Your word, Prime Minister, it means a lot to them.
I know that for a fact, so I'm sure that'll be fine. Thank you, Mr Secretary.
Yeah, thank you. Okay, bye now. You can work that out? Yeah?
Close. Quick one. Not now. I've got a 3 p.m.
Yes, no, just came to say, so do you, Adi, transport secretary, cabinet secretary, and Rebecca Harb.
Who's Rebecca Harb? From Air Accidents Investigation Branch.
Shit. And that's also in the findings of this report. All of that is summary. The detail,
each point listed gets broken out into items two and three, and then four as well.
This report, the conclusions are wide-ranging. Right? Just looking at this total catalogue of evidence.
No. No. The autopilot correctional, the pilot error. Sorry, no, no, no. Can I make something clear?
These are not just downstream from the hostile act of GPS spoofing. These are direct consequences
of that. Do you understand? Sorry. Multi-billion pound legal battle with the world's largest
plain manufacturer. Family's morning, visiting, calling, campaigning, Rebecca, just checking.
You are still listening to me. Law suit, families. I've got NATO allies conducting drills in the
North Sea, asking if we want to come in for a dip. For a show of strength. Right? Pilots, unions,
literally outside my flat. I've got all of that. You put some piece of paper in front of me and tell
me I don't understand. I wasn't suggesting you don't understand. I wasn't suggesting that.
Did I misunderstand that too? Fuck me, Craig. I feel like I'm in the room on my ex.
I'm getting flashback too. It's just this meeting was scheduled with the defence
secretary's department. It's a transport issue. Hints, Craig. Yeah, I think where we stand.
How is it a transport issue? Sorry? No, I'm asking him. What's the restaurant in the
room? No, not ono. I know. Yeah, so the reporters are very welcome. We appreciate the work
of the ARRB and the cabinet secretary here. I can leave you in the capable hands of Craig,
you can see how I can implement some of the lessons we've learned from BA-236.
You are going to lose that legal case and pay out billions. You're bailing them out.
Who? bailing out? Who? Huh? They had vessels surrounding the crash site.
If they could have tampered with the evidence, they would have tried.
Who? Go on, say it. Just so I know there's yet another outbreak of Kremlin obsessions syndrome
this time at the AAIB. I feel like I should wear some fucking mask around you people.
Or I might catch this delusional shit. I'm going to suggest. Bro, honestly, the defence
secretary is not here because he is busy. Any news provider can enlighten you as to why.
Yeah? Missiles, drones, Iran. His role is nothing to do with the air accident investigation
branch. You are an independent body that sits within the department of transport.
Right answer. The department of trauma.
And that's why you get my boy Crate.
My guy.
Momo.
My little financial locksmith.
Tell me, we're defrosting these frozen phones.
Hmm?
Osmo Mosei.
Well, the nation's finest autonomous sentiment was digging up.
Give me your hand this time.
Shard.
Oh, no, he hasn't.
No way.
My man has pulled this off.
They had rushed in some Belarusian holdings to seize assets or frozen funds.
Vibrated funds all this year.
Momo.
Tell me, I'm not taking this to the commas, I will kiss you for real for it.
Stay the fuck away, man.
You haven't.
What we're doing, right?
We're having a legacy we classify the funds and assets, taking them away from the Treasury.
For national security purposes, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay.
Exactly, man.
Fucking genius.
Now all the frozen capital comes under our control.
We reclassify it again, right?
Cast out your assets, contingent assets, into the Department of Business and Trade.
Allocate to the core policy.
That's right.
Yes, ma'am.
All right.
Speak soon.
Sorry, Adi.
Yes.
Energy Sec wants to talk straight upon moves.
Almost.
Why?
Master Vena, easy.
Any more bad news out your mouth, you go overboard, you get me?
Settle like cool.
Great.
How's that be?
Fucking marvelous.
Master Vena, M.V. Steadfast.
John, this is Dan Whitworth from Head of Ops from Mars, Anne.
You own my ship?
Yes, we own the M.V. Steadfast, but it's nothing.
Oh, without its capable master.
Fuck me, I thought Mars Anne was Dutch.
I'm part of the global team.
Sure.
Got yourself a headache right now, then.
How many are Dan Whitworth?
Well, there is very possibly a bit of light with leaf.
Looking out my window, I don't see much of leaf.
I see a clogged up straighter for moves.
We've actually had a breakthrough.
Curse of our own man, team, and areas.
Port intermediaries.
They, you've got a professional authorization
for passage through the street.
For what?
For the M.V. Steadfast.
We're a six-seg parcels right now.
Right, cool.
That's 18,000 tons of mixed industrial solvents.
No, yes, of course.
And it's actually that cargo that has pushed the M.V. Steadfast to. the front of the queue.
So. So, uh, most explosive goes first, is it?
Ask Devainer, I assure you, our team,
have been working all night with our connections in Muscat.
This is a high-level sign-off.
And assured of the M.V. Steadfast's guarantee safe passage through the street.
And onwards to, um, to your, um, destination of. Ningbozu Shan.
It's China, I think, actually.
That is China.
Figuring out my destination is one of the, um,
easier tasks I have as master.
Yes, of course it is.
I didn't have the details in front of me.
Let me speak with me, tame.
Well, yes, that's. but you do understand this is. it's taken a lot of work to get it, you know,
do this point.
Thanks for all your hard work.
They want us to pass through the street.
They do.
No one's moving out there.
Oh, uh, that's because we first fucking dibs, easy.
Locky us, eh?
Being T-Round's stunts on the attacks, like U.S. and Ezreal.
Now, the EEIB who are tasked with analyzing the findings of flights B-A-2-3-6
have reasserted their possession that GPS interference
from a likely Russian vessel in the North Sea
could have caused a fatal crash.
The Prime Minister believes the matter is more complex.
Mm.
I'm just kidding.
It's not new to pilots,
and it's not new to the manufacturers of these aircrafts.
It's plausible that Russia, Denmark, NATO allies
or possibly even us were running drills
that involved this technology in that area at the time.
More than possible, in fact, it's likely I,
unlike some, don't weaponize British lives.
I just don't.
I'm not going to start with the victims of B-A-2-3-6.
The IPA and the aerospace industry want me to against Russia.
But I won't.
Of course, the manufacturer of the aircraft
and the independent pilots association
and the previous government think it's Russia.
Of course, they do.
Anything in convenient or challenging equals Russia
and I just don't agree with that summation.
I didn't agree with it during the campaign.
And I don't agree with that.
Briefs.
Fucking briefs.
I'll see you fix up a loosful,
and they'll once again put in body support
to referee take shit and other loosies to watch.
Black and white shirt to treating deep into their own hands.
They're happy to let them try, yet again,
to break them down.
To find the right part,
to create the right kind of charge
and really test these practicals.
Hey, it's me.
Hey.
I've got an inventory of assets and funds
to be reallocated as part of our talks with the Roskies.
Yeah, I thought that.
Yeah.
No, that.
Appreciate you.
My issue, right on page one,
the summary,
are they going to see that we've got discrepancy?
Have we?
If the AI has fabricated that,
or just left it over, then delete it.
Yeah, in the bottom, like tab in the front.
This is the total, then discrepancy equals one.
What's the one?
Can we lose that from the document?
Let me see.
Because if I'm named,
I'm now looking real hard at everything.
I'm looking for something.
You know?
Can't have that.
We want this, but acknowledge next step of talk.
So this is just where it thinks and decides
to match up their confiscated resources
versus what we're collecting now.
So, something has gone.
Something ain't there that was there when we took it in 2022.
Yeah, 2022.
A few in 2023.
Go to open this link, I'm sending you now.
If it's funds, then we can look at how interest accrued
can pay that down.
But, how can those what we say if they ask?
Designate holding, restrictive asset, property frozen under UK sanctions,
regulation.
Is this what the Sentinel thinks it is,
or is this what it actually is?
No.
So, this is actually what it is classified in 2022.
Property, not funds.
Pending determination.
So, shaded claim.
A. Prootsev.
Somebody made a claim on it.
Prootsev?
Who the fuck is that?
Alex A. Prootsev.
Russian billionaire.
Pagosian ally found dead Jan 2024.
So, where'd he go?
I'll call you back.
Prootsev, London, residents.
32 Belgrade Square.
Yep.
It's me.
Prime Minister.
A pushback from the Premlin on one final point.
Oh, yeah?
On what we're handing back.
Doesn't match up to what they have as funds we've taken under control.
Is that an interest rate fluctuation?
No.
What is it?
It's a property.
What property?
32 Belgrade Square.
I'm looking at it right now.
She's a big. Well, let's. Let's include that for now and at least we can move on to the next stage of discussions.
We can't.
Why?
We don't hungry.
Why?
Okay.
Sergeant Tom Magdav.
That's me.
You're Patrick Sibubo.
Very good.
Chef Hans, Chef Mindtool.
Good to meet you.
I want to praise you and to thank you for your efforts during the AEDI of raid on our
facility in Dola, and I also want to welcome you back to Lusaka.
Thanks for having me.
I am pleased to tell you many miles from the DERC border.
Of course.
And Minister Subobo, I want to honor the memory of Lieutenant David Zembo who was struck down
just like my door on that morning.
He alerted me to the danger and paid the ultimate price to transmit that information.
And to Private Malenga who valiantly fought his way out and allowed relief forces into
the Compide.
Thank you.
Great servants of Zambia.
As are you.
Well, I'm here to teach, not to fight, Minister.
I want to introduce you to my colleague Mr. Chibui in the Commerce and Development Department.
This is Young Lee from Shanghai's Military Directions Programme.
Hi there.
Hello.
They build this state of the art facility.
They'll be looking at positions on our DERC border.
They also, in fact, made some of the weapons you have been illustrating both to our troops
and to our enemies.
Good to meet you, Mr. Marklow and Honour, sir.
Thank you for the service to our Zambian friends.
Thank you.
Well, they're gone.
(Laughs)
(Music)
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Wester Cosperce.
Hi.
Hello.
My name is Adi Azakiwe.
I work with Prime Minister Bran.
Oh.
Oh.
Yeah.
Oh.
Don't.
Don't hear that very often.
But yeah.
No, I'll do Amazon deliveries too.
You need to sign for this.
(Laughs)
No.
No, I'm joking.
No.
No.
I wondered if the Legendary Sapil Grimor was in any state for a visit at all.
I'd love to sit with him and talk with him about some of the exciting stuff we're doing
in his field.
Oh.
Um.
Okay.
Let me see.
Do you want to come and take a seat and reception and we'll see if I can get someone?
Great.
Great.
Thank you.
Mr Azakiwe.
Sir Pilgrimor.
The Pooza from Abuja.
Lagos, actually.
Oh, yes.
Don't let that get in the way of a good alias.
Left Nahtiri when I was two as well.
So.
You don't have any monitors or nothing.
No beeping.
Using them if you're not out.
Not the way they do things in a hospice.
They don't like all that then, right?
No.
You're yellow.
Even your eyes.
All the better to see you with.
How is the demolition project?
Get in there.
Stubborn foundations, I expect.
A simple expectation to make.
The system would always fire back.
Ah, yes, of course.
The dreaded system.
You dismantled it because you assumed it wasn't built for you.
I don't assume.
I know.
How do you know?
I'm young and black.
I'm old and yellow.
You know.
This won't help your defiant attitude against your white elders.
But, well, I'll tell you it anyway.
I owned a cottage in Wiltshire for 15 years.
And I was never aware of it.
Not a clue at all.
My uncle left it to my mother.
She'd lost her marbles by then.
I ended up with it somehow.
It only became known to me when I retired.
I took it as a sign.
I thought to myself, "I deserve a life in the country."
So, I moved into it.
And this sodden, pokey little, that's thing in a valley.
Big dark beams, long sloping garden that opened onto pastures.
Beautiful.
But right in the middle of the lawn there was this ugly, intrusive, concrete gully
that cut right through the grass.
I'd be out there mowing it.
Crunch.
Over the concrete, even she had a blade rolling over this damn thing.
I thought that's it.
I'll smash the whole lot out.
Sledgehammer, few bottles of wine.
Glorious sunshine.
Best weekend I've had since the wall came down.
Now it all comes.
I plant new grass seeds over at all.
And the lush fresh shoots emerged by the end of the summer.
The following January, Britain had more rainfall in 30 days than it had had the entire previous two years.
All the houses in the village were fine, mind you.
All except for one.
Mine.
A foot of water across the entire ground floor.
Everything ruined.
Everything.
The insurance sent their fellow round.
He goes outside into the garden.
He looks at me and he says, "Where's your swale?"
I said, "My what?"
He says, "Your land drain."
"No."
"For surface water run off."
He says again, "I mean shit."
My heart falls into my arse.
I play dumb with the gentleman in my garden.
I'm far too proud for all of this.
He says, "It's a valley.
Every rainfall causes the water to come down from the fields and pastures.
So they have these concrete gullies to channel flood water away from residences."
That was that.
Full indeed.
Out on my blessed plot on that beautiful long summer I assumed, Mr. Azakiwe,
that the ugly strip of concrete in my garden was not built for me.
That assumption cost me the entire cottage.
The footings on which the property was built hundreds of years ago
rotted away in the standing water.
Beyond economic repair.
The home I never knew I had was gone.
Fights into the end I am.
I'm not fighting just imparting wise words.
Thanks for that.
And I've got something for you as well.
Oh yes.
What's that?
Immunity.
From cancer.
Tremendous news from prosecution.
The DPA will grant you the peace and comfort that you need.
And it gives us the country, the information that you have.
And this DPA, that would be arranged through the Crown Prosecution Service, will it?
It will.
Otherwise.
You'll be facing a public inquiry and you'd be under oath.
I do love the optimism.
What why do you want it to be?
You know why there's no monitors in here.
Why they're not checking my heart.
My blood pressure, my breathing.
I'm already dead, Mr. Azakiwe.
You seem pretty alive to me.
Heather!
Yes, pilgrim, love.
This is Heather.
Angel of death.
The last phase people see in here before they die.
Yeah, thanks.
Got away with Wards, hasn't he?
He does.
What did you say of my state this morning?
What was that phrase?
Pilgrim.
I'm not afraid, darling.
What by the. Well, you're going to give me some technical biological stuff now, but. The nurses call it. Soulglow.
Soulglow.
Isn't that beautiful?
What's that then, Heather?
In light of me.
It's. Oh, I feel bad for saying it in front of him.
Before people pass away, they'll often have a day like this, just before energetic, enthusiastic,
talkative and alive.
Alive, I. it can be very confusing for loved ones because it always looks like a sign of improvement.
Then they go. Then they go, hi. Sorry. No, no. It's okay.
Thank you, Heather. Just a little bit longer, okay? Of course, darling.
I am dead. Just a soul with a splash of steroids to animate its host.
What's Alma?
Hmm? Uh, corporate vehicle for some freelance work.
Get much freelance work after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, did you?
More so than I would have done if it was Alzheimer's.
Did it need to be incorporated in the Cayman Islands?
Who gets 32 Bellgrave Square, Mr. Moore? Hmm. You best get back to your sledgehammer. Who gets 32 Bellgrave Square?
One of your old crony mates. Some home county hawk on Times Radio talking out the other side of his mouth
about cremling corruption. Is that it? Yeah?
You know I'll find out. You know that. Don't you?
Thank you.
For coming to see me off.
No, we're not doing that. I'm not saying it's a straightforward point.
I'm saying the Russians want sanctions lifted, okay? Fine.
Not something we can necessarily do you know laterally, but we can make the right noises.
This isn't about sanctions. No, no. I know. I know. This is about frozen assets which we have
categorically put forward and proven to them that we can do unilateral. Exactly.
But in the instance of 32 Bellgrave Square, we can't. We can't yet. Yet.
But this is either timely for core for our capital growth strategy with the U.S.
or it isn't Prime Minister. Options. Bins. Options. Options are. We come out.
See what it is. Blame it on the previous government. That'll get to the press.
If it does, you've got grounds to seize it. If we seize it, the Russians know we have it so it
gets returned to Moscow and that becomes public knowledge. And we say the core initiative
puts money back in the British people's pockets. They'll put the Russia connection to us even
more so than they're already doing. Let them. Every time they do it, every time they scream Russia
on question time or on their podcast, you're ready to go up. Not down. Let them do it.
Next option. Look, we say to the Russians, this property was actually not owned by the Russian
state, but by a private Russian citizen in Alexey Prutsov. Fuck. No. Why not? On the Russian
president. Say that to me. 32 Bellgrave Square, Mr. President, is complicated because it was
owned by Alexey Prutsov. A traitor. Yes, maybe. But a private citizen of Russia. Are you
protecting a traitor of the Russian people? No. I'm saying the means at our disposal say
everyone had me dead. Do you want me dead? Of course not, but his house. She bought with
money stolen from the Russian workers. So not only do your weapons in Ukraine spill our people's
blood, you harbor enemies of the Russian Federation. And now you protect the people who wanted me dead.
Boom. He's ripped up our core nation initiative. Americans are on the phone.
Jernos are absolutely frothing. Opposition is fired up to fire. Add it. Just Vince, let's hear
the next option. All right. We're quiet, but direct lane to Moscow. We tell them the situation.
That the house has been taken by a shadow organization. There won't more than that. We say we're
working on it. No do that for us and things will get messy. So what? They go after Pilgrim.
He'll be dead by the time they track him down. You're right about that because he died last night.
I thought you saw him yesterday. I did. Died in the middle of the night.
Right. If the Russians do this hunt for us, we can have another soulspray on our hands.
Maybe multiple soulsprays.
Hi, I'm Adi. The social data crawler bot has been looking for Belgrade Square mentions and markers.
Vince, can you step out sec? Isn't this regarding? Vince, just two minutes. Thank you.
Prime Minister, carry on. Can I just show you my laptop? Here.
So the AI did Belgrade Square by GPS first. So basically people that posted from there,
nothing really like that informative. But then it ran the same process on mentions across all
platforms. So this is mentions. And then there's this. Who is that? The original poster, Prime Minister,
just a member of the public. Okay. And who's that in the picture? Alex Kernerway.
On election night. Outside 32 Belgrade Square.
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I fire as a bullet base clears the muzzle, right? It can pick up a tiny bit of your, which I've tested
about a thousand times this morning. It does with this build. The your can knock it off off the
bore line. Microscopically, not a problem at 100 meters. But this is a thousand.
After the muzzle, the bullet is going to meet gravity and aerodynamic drag. Yes, corporal.
They lift forces too. Like you said.
Aye, but that's a good point. But I also said the spin stabilization keeps that tiny.
What else did I say? Remember, this shot is over a kilometer. I'm going to fucking give
them that. Fuck it. I'm feeling generous. Coriolis. The earth is spinning. That bullet is a long
way to go where I'm from northern hemisphere. I might with a shot like this be fighting marginally
against Coriolis going to the right. Down here in Zambia. It's to the left. Southern hemisphere.
So, let's go to our three lines, bore line. That's where the barrel is actually pointing in
relative space, line of sight line. That is what I see in Ema after calibration. Then the final line.
trajectory, trajectory. Bullet trajectory. My bore is pointing by a fraction of a degree above where
my scope is looking. So, bullet gets a run of distance heading upwards against gravity.
First 100 meters, my bullet is climbing. For about the next 700 meters, it's above my line of sight.
Then on the final straight, that final 200, maybe a little under, gravity gets hold of them
and says, "down you go." It descends back through my line of sight to
my zero point. Good. Find your body position, test and adjust where your elbows are placed.
How do you feel? How do you rest yourself? You could be holding that pose for 24 hours.
The position needs to be natural and comfortable. So, think about that.
Captain, I believe you met with our friends from China.
Oh, yes. Hello again. Everything all right?
What is the United States without Britain? Ask yourself that.
And by extension, what is the world? What is the modern world?
without that secret sauce of the UK and US.
You might ask yourself, "What modern world?"
I mean, there wouldn't be one, right?
We're looking around the world
and we're seeing a bunch of organizations
and treaties that maybe aren't treating us so good.
Our kind of taking advantage of our good nature,
put in rules, regulations, expectations on us,
but not others.
Now, that righteous world order
is going to see how things go
when the UK and US has each other's backs once again.
Ladies and gentlemen, I've been the ambassador
of this foundational civilization
that is the United Kingdom of Great Britain
for three incredible years.
And in that time, nothing has got me more excited,
more energized, and more optimistic for the future
than Merriam Brands, there she is, right there.
Merriam Brands, capital, market agreement,
and coordination initiative.
Come on. - Right, Minister. - Excellent speech.
Thank you. - Thank you.
- Shared culture.
I'll never forget when that liberal-loon congressman
with the podcast, when he said to me,
all red in the face, angry,
you'd be speaking German if it weren't for us.
And I replied, "What language would you be speaking?"
Oh, that was good.
God, so good.
Good day, honestly.
It probably was.
Said some Cherokee fucking Indian shit or something.
He may have admonished me for hurting his feelings
on stolen land.
Right.
Now, there's a whole heap of congressmen
that want to thank you for joining our Iran campaign.
Of course.
With the midterms approaching,
the more it becomes a global effort,
not a US thing by the US president, you know, you get it.
I understand completely.
People are so fucking weird about war.
You suck it up, you know?
How's everything coming along with the--
No, it's good.
It's interesting.
I'd rather not work with the fucking Turks, to be honest,
but I get it.
It's a coalition side of it.
It's-- No, I get it.
I get it, but otherwise, no snags.
Time frames are solid.
Good.
Because the, you know, the president's plan with this
is to have the inaugural coordination summit.
Clash with the G7 summit.
Yes, I know.
It's a better way to show the world, right?
It's genius.
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The president-- he actually-- he said to ask you about--
he said that you said to Secretary Romero
that the Russians had their nickers in a twist.
And he-- I guess he just wanted
to know what you meant by that.
As a colloquialism?
Well, no.
[LAUGHS] I'm not about to talk the commander in chief
through Britishism for panties.
No, no.
He wants to know if there is a friction point
starting to rub between, like, you and--
And the Russian president?
Right.
Not at all.
Good, because that would-- like, that would start.
Mark, this agreement is about a new world.
New chapters, new beginnings.
Without Russia, it simply doesn't work.
Of course.
Of course.
I'm not playing any kind of game.
That's good, right?
Because full disclosure, they-- look, I mean,
they kind of reached out about Brutev.
And the property-- I don't think
that it's even a financial thing.
It's a principal thing.
No, absolutely.
And we understand that.
We understand that.
Great.
Great.
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Nice.
You have a duty to tell us the very ones inside.
I think we could grade this, doesn't it, doesn't it?
I'll get you in the form as we hear them.
Sir Pilgrim Moore served his country in a way that only
is Sir Pilgrim Moore could, with energy, urgency.
And with honor.
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I remember when he was informed by the palace
that he was to be knighted.
He reached out and said to me, do you
think it would be improper or boy to accept such a thing?
And I said, why would you think that?
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And he replied, well, they'd always
have something only then, wouldn't they?
He who plays the piper calls the chew.
You can take the man out of the intelligence services,
but you can't take the intelligence services out of the man.
Just don't fucking break it.
I mean, no, don't fucking back down.
No, don't fucking back down.
But what we can't do is piss about the fucking laptop here.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
Get them to fucking crack it.
Fuck it.
Grab the laptop.
Yeah?
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
I'm fucking Christmas, yeah?
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Hi.
Yes, it is, Mr. Kernaway speaking.
Sorry, can I call you back?
Thank you so much.
Yeah, thank you.
Must be your electricity provider.
Ah, goodness.
Hello.
Calling to tell you your bills are coming down,
I would imagine.
Yes, Russian oil to the rescue.
Hello, Alex.
Hi, minister.
How are you doing?
Good, yeah.
All right.
Hi, rubber.
Mr. Kernaway.
Don't need to check the city score with that grin on your face.
Back to winning ways.
Cruise control at the moment, absolutely.
Scott, could you give us a second, actually?
Of course, of course.
You know he's legally bound by the official secrets, eh?
Yes.
Still.
Does it feel real yet?
Prime Minister, Goldnow.
No.
When did it start to for you?
I think when we lost the Chester South by election.
So two years in.
Something to look forward to?
Must be the thought of losing it that makes it real.
Maybe, who knows?
So, any advice?
No.
But something may come to mind.
I'll email you if it does.
Another thing to look forward to, then.
Sorry about your old chum.
Pilgrim.
Yeah, thanks.
Yeah, they're very, very difficult diagnosis to eat.
So, a massive shock, but always sad, these things.
I was talking to Keith Boxel in there.
Yep.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I saw Keith, I saw Keith.
He said, "Pilgrim, was your mentor?"
He was, well, he sort of whipped me into shape
when I was shadow, foreign sec.
But someone I just messaged to pick his brain, really.
This was when he was out of public service for a bit.
And he was just one of those people I just had
to know his opinion on everything.
Often before I knew my own.
Took a while to be myself offered to be honest.
My brother's the same.
Father was a piece of shit, high-achieving piece of shit,
I should say.
And my poor brother has been chasing
the approval of senior establishment men, damn near his whole life.
Whether he realizes that or not, I have no idea.
So, Sir Pilgrim in there could have talked to you
into just about anything.
Would that be a way of looking at it?
Once upon a time, maybe, but not for many years, I'd say.
So, he didn't include you in his final venture
on this mortal coil.
He had a venture, did he?
Why doesn't that surprise me?
Oh, very much so.
Alma. Alma limited. Registered in Grand Cayman. Provision of strategic advisory, risk assessment
and compliance support services.
The rillin. I think if we know Bill Grammar, it never was a case of exactly what it said
on the tin. Was it? Can't help feel the dead seem to have more of your attention than
I do.
Prime Minister, if you have questions that need answering, you have one of the best intelligence
services in the entire world at your disposal.
Yes. And so did you. And that is my concern, Alex.
Right. It's just, I would hope that you have more pressing concerns at this moment, domestically
and in the Middle East and of course with Pete Nichols in your cabinet. But, but maybe
you're better at the job than I was. Perhaps Britain's problems have finally been solved.
What I don't get about you is you have this drab Toyota over here. Thank you.
You dress like some fucking rest is history middle Englander. You live out that box in.
Am I Smith? Ealing. Christ. It seems quite straightforward to me.
It does. And then you set your eyes on 32 Bellgrave Square, 20 million in a bad market, marble
pillars, subterranean swimming pool, Bell Gravia. It just doesn't seem very Alex's
carnaway to me. In fact, it's the total opposite. It is a carnaway repellent. Yet you took
it, gave it to your soon to be deceased mentor and there you were, on election night, 32
Bellgrave Square. That's what I don't get about you.
I was having an election party and you were having a little housewarming party. If I had
known, I would have insisted you left number 10 that second. Would have saved me the night
in a hotel. Is everything all right, Miriam? Listen to me.
No, I'm serious. None of this makes any sense to me at all. Yeah, you're visibly shaking.
No, I'm serious. Alex, let's be civil, right? Let's be transparent.
We can speak when you're not so rattled. I should head back to my ealing box.
We raided his flat. His full-arm flat, Alex. Who's Tiberius? Is that an agent? An operative,
Alex? Ah, I do have some advice, actually. It might be sensible to speak with occupation
or health, just to make sure you're getting the well-being support you need. Completely
routine, entirely confidential.
The encrypted Tiberius file on his laptop, Alex. What's on it? What does it mean, Alex?
Fuck!
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Podcast Summary
Key Points:
The Prime Minister is involved in a covert operation to transfer control of assets, including 32 Belgrade Square, to a shadow entity, with ties to a shadow organization and Russian political figures.
A key conflict arises over the ownership and legitimacy of 32 Belgrade Square, which was previously seized by the British government and now appears to be transferred to a private Russian citizen, Alexey Prutsev.
The narrative reveals a conspiracy involving asset reallocation, frozen funds, and geopolitical maneuvering between the UK, China, and Russia, with plans to use these moves to strengthen the "Core Initiative" and undermine Russian influence.
A major subplot centers on the death of Sir Pilgrim Moore, a former intelligence officer, whose final days and legacy are tied to a secret mission involving information warfare and asset control.
The Prime Minister and intelligence team are challenged by misinformation, AI-generated data, and conflicting narratives about the origins of the crash of flight BA-236, with suspicion of Russian interference.
A covert alliance with China and international partners is forming to counter Russian influence, with strategic reallocations of frozen assets and diplomatic pressure.
The story blends political intrigue with personal drama, showing how private decisions—like the transfer of a luxury property—have far-reaching consequences in a world of hidden power.
Underlying themes include the erosion of trust in institutions, the weaponization of information, and the moral ambiguity of state-sanctioned operations.
Summary:
The series "Bear Hunt" unfolds as a high-stakes political and intelligence thriller involving a covert asset transfer orchestrated by the UK government. Central to the plot is the reclassification and reallocation of frozen Russian assets, including the high-value property at 32 Belgrade Square, which was originally seized by the British state. The narrative reveals a complex web of political maneuvering, with the Prime Minister and intelligence services navigating accusations of Russian interference in the North Sea, particularly regarding flight BA-236.
A key subplot involves the mysterious death of Sir Pilgrim Moore, a senior intelligence figure, and the revelation that he was part of a secret mission tied to asset control and information warfare. The story also explores a deeper conspiracy where the UK, through its "Core Initiative," seeks to reassert global influence by redefining trade and security partnerships—excluding Russia and aligning with China and the US. Meanwhile, personal stories emerge, such as the tragic loss of a cottage due to a flawed assumption about land drainage, and the emotional toll of terminal illness.
The tone is layered with violence, satire, and moral ambiguity, revealing how personal decisions—like property ownership—intersect with national security. The series suggests that behind the surface of global politics lies a shadow network of operations, intelligence, and betrayal, all driven by a need for control and power.
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32 Belgrade Square is a key property that changes hands as part of a covert operation. It is initially owned by a private Russian citizen, Alexey Prutsev, and later transferred to a figure in the UK government, marking a pivotal point in the geopolitical strategy.
The property is initially owned by Alexey Prutsev, a Russian billionaire. It is transferred to an unnamed individual in the UK government through a legal agreement, possibly orchestrated by an intelligence or shadow organization.
Alma Limited is a corporate entity registered in the Cayman Islands that provides strategic advisory and compliance services. It is used as a front for handling sensitive operations and legal agreements, particularly related to asset transfers and covert missions.
The series is entirely fictional. It features invented characters, events, and geopolitical scenarios, with no direct connection to real-world events or individuals.
The government plans to transfer ownership of 32 Belgrade Square as part of a multi-phase strategy involving international diplomacy, asset reallocation, and intelligence operations, designed to influence global political dynamics.
The AI system tracks mentions and markers related to 32 Belgrade Square across social platforms, identifying key individuals and events, such as Alex Kurnoway’s presence on election night, which helps uncover hidden connections and timelines.
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