[1] Formerly based in Portsmouth but now relocated in the West Country, he is best known for creating the character of DI Joe Faraday, following several standalone novels.
[2] For TVS He filmed the discovery of the seabed wrecks of the Titanic and the Bismarck (with American oceanographer Robert Ballard) and produced ITV's account of Richard Branson's attempt to cross the Atlantic by balloon.
[3] Gétévé and France Télévisions started adapting Hurley's Faraday stories in 2011 through 90 minute television films under the title Deux Flics sur les Docks (lit.
Jean-Marc Barr and Bruno Solo headline the series, portraying Joe Faraday and Paul Winter respectively.
By the end of 2013, six films have been produced and broadcast, adapting the novels Angels Passing, Cut To Black, One Under, Blood and Honey, Deadlight and The Take.