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The Vanishing Man

TV·1997–1998·1 season, 7 episodes·ITV1·Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Comedy·50m·Created by Anthony Horowitz

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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

Season017Episodes1997–98AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01PilotApril 22, 1997Nick 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
  2. S01E02Nobody Does It BetterJuly 18, 1998The head of the original Gyges project is now confined to a lunatic asylum, having been made permanently invisible, he's gone insane. Ms Jef
  3. S01E03Not Fade AwayJuly 25, 1998Nick is suffering from paranoia that he will turn invisible permanently. Moreau calls Nick and asks for his help in protecting Peter Randall
  4. S01E04Nothing Up My SleeveAugust 1, 1998Nick 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
  5. S01E05Out on a LimbAugust 8, 1998Some dangerous criminals have escaped from jail thanks to Brian Mantel, a man no-one has been brave enough to testify against. Nick is asked
  6. S01E06SpooksAugust 15, 1998Sara 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
  7. S01E07RetributionAugust 22, 1998Alice 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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