The Hunt For Raoul Moat: Fake blood-splattered actress Sally Messham is stretchered into an ambulance while filming ITV true crime drama

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Sally Messham was splattered with fake blood and stretchered into an ambulance while filming The Hunt For Raoul Moat, an upcoming drama about 'Britain's biggest manhunt' on Friday in Yorkshire.

The actress is taking on the role of Raoul's ex-girlfriend Samantha Stobbart in the chilling ITV series, while actor Josef Davies plays her boyfriend Chris Brown.

A real life search for Raoul began after the shootings of Samantha and Chris in the early hours of July 3, 2010 - with the former being hospitalised and the latter, killed.

Tense: Sally Messham was stretchered into an ambulance while filming The Hunt For Raoul Moat, an upcoming drama about 'Britain's biggest manhunt' on Friday in Yorkshire

Crews were spotted shooting scenes which saw a happy looking Sally sitting with a friend on a patch of grass in the sunshine, before meeting Josef who appeared to be handing out leaflets for a karate class.

They chatted for a few moments before she was pulled away by a young cast member, playing her daughter Chanel. 

In a second scene shot after nightfall, several emergency service vehicles were spotted on set.

Holby City actress Vineeta Rishi - playing character Nisha Roberts - was seen crossing paths with Samantha's friend, who was wrapped in foil, and an actress understood to be playing Samantha's mother.

Convincing: She appeared to have fake blood and prosthetic cuts around her mouth

Talented: The actress is taking on the role of Raoul's ex-girlfriend Samantha Stobbart in the ITV series, while actor Josef Davies plays her boyfriend Chris Brown

Filming: She wore an oxygen mask and was tended to by paramedics

Chilling: A real life search for Raoul began after the shootings of Samantha Stobbart and her boyfriend Chris Brown in 2010 - with the former being hospitalised and the latter, killed

Sally was then seen being carried into the back of an ambulance on a stretcher, with cuts and blood visible on her face.

The previous day, the film crew had been seen setting up a forensic crime scene at the same location.

Last month, the 'chilling' moment a dogwalker came face to face with wanted killer Raoul was recreated for the true crime series about the week-long manhunt for the convicted criminal.

Glum: She shot a bored expression while waiting around during the shoot

Keeping warm: She was buried under a turquoise blanket on the stretcher 

Spellbinding: A flurry of actors waited outside the vehicle tensely

Busy bees: Camera crews seemed to be hard at work during the night shoot

Duncan Elson, 63, was out walking his dogs when he encountered Raoul, who he claims returned his a tennis ball to him and said 'good evening' while he was out in Pauperhaugh, a hamlet close to Rothbury, Northumberland.

Images from filming in Yorkshire showed Raoul handing Mr Elson his dogs' ball while one of his boarder collie's looked on. The actor playing the villager wore a wax jacket, jeans Wellington boots and a flat cap.

Raoul, who is being played by Matt Stokoe, was sporting his recognisable mohican hair style and a black hooded jacket with Adidas original tracksuit bottoms.

Tresses: Sally ran her hands threw her blonde hair at one point

Concerned: She closed her ears and leant to one side, with another of the show's stars looking worried

Looking good: Earlier in the day, Sally kept things casual in a pink vest top and jeans as she filmed more scenes

Safety first: She protected her visage from the sunshine with a camouflage-print baseball cap

The handle of a shotgun was seen clearly in Moat's hand being concealed inside a carrier bag. During a later scene, armed police were seen clearing members of the public away from the area.

Mr Elson, who remained unharmed during his chance meeting with the murderer, was walking his dogs in the Northumberland tourist spot when he saw three men walking directly towards him.

In 2010 Mr Elson recalled how he had spotted Moat - who was joined by two younger companion at the time - during the dog walk and how the killer petted his two dogs Taz and Lucy.

Gang: Crews were spotted shooting scenes which saw a happy looking Samantha sitting with a friend on a patch of grass in the sunshine

Uh-oh: They soon met Josef who appeared to be handing out leaflets for a karate class

Crew: They chatted for a few moments before she was pulled away by a young cast member, playing her daughter Chanel

Hard at work: The previous day, the film crew had been seen setting up a forensic crime scene at the same location

After their meeting, Mr Elson immediately called the police to report his sighting of Moat. He said at the time: 'It was when he finished petting my dogs and spoke to me that the hair stood up on the back of my neck.'

'It was when he said "Good evening, sir" that the thought instantly jumped into my mind that he was an ex-convict, because he was talking to me like I was a prison officer or authority figure.'

Mr Elson claimed that during the walk he spotted the Lexus saloon police had previously flagged as being Moat's vehicle, which was parked by an industrial estate in the area. 

Oh dear: Last month, the moment a dogwalker came face to face with wanted killer Raoul was recreated for the true crime series about the week-long manhunt for the convicted criminal

Eek! Duncan Elson, 63, was out walking his dogs when he encountered Raoul, who he claims returned his a tennis ball to him and said 'good evening' while he was out in Pauperhaugh

Scary: The handle of a shotgun was seen clearly in Moat's hand being concealed inside a carrier bag

Tragic: During a later scene, armed police were seen clearing members of the public away from the area

Wow! In 2010 Mr Elson recalled how he had spotted Moat - who was joined by two younger companion at the time - during the walk and how the killer petted his two dogs Taz and Lucy

He said: 'When I saw him I didn't think it was him because we were all told that he was alone, whereas this man was with two men,' said Mr Elson. 'It was only when I saw the Lexus that the penny dropped and I remembered that chilling feeling I had the previous night. I got straight on to the police.'

Mr Elson said that Moat did not seem like a man on the run and appeared 'very relaxed', not at all fitting the description of a 'madman' evading capture.

He added: 'I realised just how close I'd come to him when I told police about the car and they dashed to the scene.'

Well done: After their meeting, Mr Elson immediately called the police to report his sighting of Moat

Props: A blue-and-white police tent had been erected on a field, with police cars and vans parked close by

During his rampage, Moat permanently blinded police officer David Rathband with the same sawn-off shotgun used on his earlier victims. PC Rathband took his own life two years after the trauma.

Moat became the subject of the largest week-long manhunt the country had seen in 44 years before a six-hour stand-off with armed police ended with the former nightclub bouncer shooting himself.

The moment the crazed gunman blasted himself in the head with a sawn-off shotgun has also already been filmed for the new drama.

Victim: Samantha is pictured, left, while Sally is in-character as Samantha, right

Last month, Matt was filmed kneeling on the grass with the weapon under his chin in chilling scenes showing the killer's final hours before he took his own life. 

Matt was seen on his knees, holding a sawn off shotgun to his chin, while armed officers surrounded him, repeatedly asking him to drop his weapon. 

The drama has been criticised by relatives of some of his victims - with the sister and brother of PC Rathband both angry at ITV for making a show of the infamous stand-off.

Real life: Chris is pictured, left, Josef plays Chris in the programme, right

PC Rathband's sister Debbie Essery, 59, fumed: 'The first I knew of the programme was when I read it in the news. It came as such a big shock my blood literally ran cold.

Historic: The search for Raoul (pictured) was one of the biggest manhunts in British history 

'No one from ITV consulted any of our family or that of Chris Brown to say they were filming the drama. It would have been common decency to tell us.

'Other broadcasters who have made programmes about the siege have always given us prior warning. We know we can't stop things like this but the families of all those involved should have been told. I had no clue.

'We as a family went through the most horrific time so why make a tv show out of it. All it does is open old wounds and what for - just to make ITV more millions?

'Please let my brother David and Chris Brown rest in peace and think of their families who still have to deal with the loss of their loved ones twelve years later.'

Recreation: The moment the crazed gunman blasted himself in the head with a sawn-off shotgun has also already been filmed for the new drama 

Terrifying: Video grab shows murderer Raoul Moat lying on the riverbank in Rothbury with a shotgun point to his head

Harrowing: Sister of hero PC David Rathband, Debbie Essery, pictured centre in 2014, told MailOnline she was stunned to learn the week-long stand of one of Britain’s most-notorious killers was being filmed for the series

Stand-off: Police officers negotiate with fugitive Raoul Moat shortly before his death in Rothbury, West Yorkshire

PC Rathband hanged himself after he was blinded by Moat, unable to cope with his new disability and a breakdown in his marriage, a coroner ruled. He was found dead at home in Blyth, Northumberland, in February 2012 - 20 months after Moat shot him in the face.

PC Rathband's twin brother Darren Rathband, 54, said he will not watch a new drama, remarking: 'David loss gives us a painful reminder everyday. If it's based on facts and not fiction, the story remains the same.

'I don't watch them, don't need to and never will. I sadly lived being involved in it.'

Screenwriter Kevin Sampson has defended his drama saying: 'In 2022, violence against women remains rife and is all too often accompanied by a victim-blaming agenda. I hope this drama will go some way to condemning this narrative.' 

Victims: Moat had evaded capture from the police after shooting his ex-girlfriend Sam Stobbart, then 22, and killing her new partner Chris Brown (pictured), 29, in early July 2010

Tragic: Two of Moat's three victims: Ex-girlfriend Samantha (left), then 22, who was hospitalised in the shooting and police officer David Rathband (right), who was permanently blinded in the attack 

Prior to his two-day rampage, Moat, then 37, was released from Durham Prison in following an 18-week sentence for assault.

Two days later he targeted his former girlfriend and her new partner, who he believed was a police officer, and gathered up materials he planned to use during his murderous spree, including a sawn-off shotgun. 

Having laid in wait outside Samantha's house, he heard her and Chris Brown, actually a karate instructor, talking about him.  

Awful: During the programme, Chris Brown's mother Sally (above) recalls the devastating moment police arrived to tell her that her son was dead

Tributes: Flowers on the grave of Chris Brown from his sister. Prior to his two-day rampage, Moat, then 37, was released from Durham Prison in following an 18-week sentence for assault

When they left, he shot Chris dead, before firing at and injuring Samantha through the window of the house they were in, as she fled in terror. 

During the programme, Chris' mother Sally recalls the devastating moment police arrived to tell her that her son was dead.

She says: 'As they've got out the car, we said, 'Oh, God, you know, someone's in trouble'. Then they've come over to us and asked for me. Well, that was it. That's when the ground opened, basically.'  

Moat went on the run after the shootings, surfacing when he shot Pc David Rathband in his car nearly 24 hours later, before disappearing again. 

Evidence police found at a campsite on the outskirts of Rothbury, where Moat had been staying, included a dictaphone containing threats to police officers as well as to the pubic. 

He evaded officers' clutches until he suddenly appeared from the woods, lying in the long grass, with a gun pointed at his head, leading to a six-hour siege. 

During the situation, Newcastle football legend Paul Gascoigne arrived at the police cordon to see if he could offer his help, but was sent away. 

As the hours wore on, officers became aware the evening was likely to result in a grisly climax. 

Assistant chief constable David Hartley, from South Yorkshire Police, who was brought in to assist, says officers tried to use long-range stun guns to prevent him shooting himself.

'He moved the gun from under his chin to his temple and began talking in final words,' the officer recalls.

'And that was the tipping point to say, right, we need to try and save his life now. He put the gun to his head, he was about to shoot. There is no time.'  

If you have been affected by this story, you can call the Samaritans on 116 123 or visit www.samaritans.org.