Hunting Venus
TV Show| Title | Hunting Venus |
| User score | 7 |
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| Director | Martin Clunes |
| Production country | GB |
| Series status | Ended |
| Seasons count | 0 (List of episodes) |
| Episodes count | 0 |
| Run time | 115 min. |
Hunting Venus is a British television comedy-drama starring Martin Clunes and Neil Morrisey as former members of a 1980s pop group. The one-off drama was broadcast on ITV on 31 March 1999, and was produced by Buffalo Pictures for Yorkshire Television. The plot follows former pop-star turned con artist Simon Delancey is kidnapped by two fans of his eighties band the Venus Hunters, and blackmailed to re-form the band for one final show. Jools Holland appears as himself, and also wrote the song "Starburst", The Venus Hunters' biggest hit. A compilation album was released to accompany the drama featuring songs from the 1980s.