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The Vanishing Man is a 1998 British television programme created by Anthony Horowitz for ITV, and starring Neil Morrissey as Nick Cameron, wrongly imprisoned for smuggling plutonium, who used it for medical research – it turns him invisible when in contact with water. Having escaped from prison, his powers are then utilised by a government agency. The six-episode series is a sequel to the 1997 TV movie of the same name.
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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01PilotApril 22, 1997—Nick Cameron, serving time for a crime he didn't commit, is chosen for experiments for suntanning lotions. What he doesn't realise is that t
- S01E02Nobody Does It BetterJuly 18, 1998—The head of the original Gyges project is now confined to a lunatic asylum, having been made permanently invisible, he's gone insane. Ms Jef
- S01E03Not Fade AwayJuly 25, 1998—Nick is suffering from paranoia that he will turn invisible permanently. Moreau calls Nick and asks for his help in protecting Peter Randall
- S01E04Nothing Up My SleeveAugust 1, 1998—Nick is now working as a plain clothes store detective, and bumps into an old flame who agrees to have dinner with him. Sadly she tells him
- S01E05Out on a LimbAugust 8, 1998—Some dangerous criminals have escaped from jail thanks to Brian Mantel, a man no-one has been brave enough to testify against. Nick is asked
- S01E06SpooksAugust 15, 1998—Sara Middington is a newly married woman who is convinced her house is haunted. Nick and Alice go along to investigate, and much to Nick's a
- S01E07RetributionAugust 22, 1998—Alice asks Nick to help her trace a thief at her local gym who has been stealing things from the woman's changing room. Joe immediately offe
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