# Danny Hunter

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{{Short description|Fictional character from spooks}}
{{Infobox character
| name       = Danny Hunter
| image = Danny Spooks.jpg
| series = [Spooks](/source/Spooks_(TV_series))
| caption = David Oyelowo as Danny Hunter
| portrayer  = [David Oyelowo](/source/David_Oyelowo)
| gender     = Male
| first      = Series 1, Episode 1
| last       = Series 3, Episode 10
| occupation = Junior Case Officer, Section D
}}
'''Danny Hunter''' is a fictional character appearing in the first three seasons of the [BBC](/source/BBC) television series ''[Spooks](/source/Spooks_(TV_series))'', known as ''MI5'' in the United States. The character, played by British actor [David Oyelowo](/source/David_Oyelowo), is a Junior Case Officer in Section D, the counter-terrorism department of [MI5](/source/MI5).  According to the fictional ''Spooks: Harry's Diary''—one of several spin-off books created by [Kudos](/source/Kudos_(production_company)), the series' production company—Hunter joined Section D in June 2000.<ref name="diary210">{{cite book |title=Spooks: Harry's Diary |year=2007 |publisher=[Headline Publishing Group](/source/Headline_Publishing_Group) |location=London |isbn=978-0-7553-3398-1 |url=https://archive.org/details/harrysdiarytopse0000kudo/page/n5/mode/2up |chapter=Chapter: 2001 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/harrysdiarytopse0000kudo/page/210 |page=210 |quote=11 September 2001… Danny Hunter, who joined us in June 2000, leads… |access-date=2024-09-02 |url-access=limited |via=[Internet Archive Book Reader](/source/Internet_Archive)}}</ref>

The BBC website created for the show characterises Danny Hunter as young, sharp, and good at his job, commenting that "no-one could touch him for surveillance skills."<ref>BBC Spooks Personnel: Danny Hunter, http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/spooks/personnel_dh.shtml</ref> He has expensive taste and is chewed out by department head [Harry Pearce](/source/Harry_Pearce) after it is discovered that he has been using MI5 resources to increase his credit limit. Nevertheless, he is able to make good decisions in high-pressure environments, as shown in the fourth episode of series 2, when he works undercover as a trader at a bank.<ref name=ep204>{{cite episode |title=[Blood and Money](/source/Spooks_(series_2)) |series=Spooks |credits=Rob Bailey (director); [Howard Brenton](/source/Howard_Brenton) (writer) |network=BBC |station=[BBC One](/source/BBC_One) |airdate=18 December 2007 |series-no=2 |number=4}}</ref>

The character dies in the last episode of series 3. A BBC source commented to the [''Mirror''](/source/Daily_Mirror) (London) that actor David Oyelowo "decided this was as far as he could take his character, Danny Hunter--who certainly doesn't see his departure coming in the show."<ref>Cameron Robertson, [http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Oyelowo+third+spy+to+go+in+Spooks.-a0123064122 "Oyelowo third spy to go in Spooks,"]''The Mirror'' (London, England), October 11, 2004. Accessed April 18, 2011.</ref>

==References==
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{{Spooks}}

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Category:Television characters introduced in 2002
Category:Fictional assassins
Category:Fictional Black British people
Category:Fictional people from London
Category:Fictional spies in television
Category:Spooks (TV series) characters

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