The Vanishing Man
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The Vanishing Man | |
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Genre | Drama Comedy Mystery |
Created by | Anthony Horowitz |
Written by | John Sullivan |
Directed by | Roger Bamford |
Starring | Jill Baker Helen Grace Neil Morrissey |
Composer(s) | Hal Lindes |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 7 |
Cinematography | Paul Bond |
Release | |
Original release | 22 April 1997 (pilot) 18 July 1998 |
The Vanishing Man was a 1997-98 TV movie and series, both starring Neil Morrissey as Nick Cameron, the titular vanishing man.
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Plot summary
Nick Cameron is sent to prison where he is subject to painful experiments, after which he discovers that he now becomes invisible shortly after coming into contact with water.
Episodes
Pilot
# | Title | Original air date |
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Pilot | "The Vanishing Man: Pilot" | 22 April 1997 |
Season 1
# | Title | Original air date |
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1 | "Nobody Does It Better" | 18 July 1998 |
2 | "Not Fade Away" | 25 July 1998 |
3 | "Nothing Up My Sleeve" | 1 August 1998 |
4 | "Out on a Limb" | 8 August 1998 |
5 | "Spooks" | 15 August 1998 |
6 | "Retribution" | 22 August 1998 |
Critical reception
In UK daily newspaper The Independent, Thomas Sutcliffe wrote, "The somewhat open ending of The Vanishing Man (ITV) suggests that last night's comedy thriller was intended as a pilot". Noting "an armful of improbabilities", he suggested, "you will either have switched off or settled back to enjoy the special effects". Sutcliffe found the programme eschewed a sophisticated treatment of the main character's invisibilty, "settling instead for the charm of a protagonist who can knock baddies on the head just when they think they have things under control, and then unpredictably reappear in the nude for a bit of comic relief". He concluded, "If they do make the series, they should schedule it for Saturday tea-time, when its natural audience will be able to enjoy it".[1]
References
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Vanishing Man at IMDb
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