Interesting concept but too many holes. Possibly would have been improved by training the “hunteds” to use a handycam type thing and do video diaries, or maybe doing it in pairs only, with both trained to use a camera. The concept of them being followed everywhere by (one?) cameraman is just a bit clunky to be believable. I assume the participants have to wear trackers so the producers know where they are. Whether we can trust them not to hint the chasers with the fugitives’ locations…hmmm I dunno.
They explained at the start of the first episode that they were fakeing the state’s powers.
They don’t really have access to all the CCTV, ANPR network, phone signals, cashpoints, it’ll be the producers/cameramen and the SPOT transmitters reporting back and the producers passing this on as faked data.
I reckon the biggest issue isn’t going missing, it’s boredom. The GP could easily manage it I reckon, but he’s going to come unstuck if he makes it a game. OTOH it does mean he knows where they are, if he can stay in bothy’s and stay half a day ahead without making a predictable pattern he could do it.