Midnight Man

Thursday 22 May 2008 9:00pm - 10:00pm

Max suspects the death squad is being protected and funded by front man of The Validus Group, Donald Hagan (Alan Dale). The Validus Group is a hugely successful US private equity corporation and one of the world’s biggest investors in the arms industry. Therefore, it is in the Group's interests to see that profitable global warfare continues.

The death squad and those behind it have so far tried to silence Max by killing his wife and framing him for her murder. However, Max is determined to expose the truth and prevent any more murders.

Thursday 15 May 2008 9:00pm - 10:00pm

Max has uncovered the activities of a death squad and is determined to stop them before they kill anyone else on their list. But his investigations are putting his own family at risk.

Fearing the worst, Max (James Nesbitt) races back to his family's home to find that his wife Carolyn (Zara Turner) has been shot dead and his old home is surrounded by police. Max is the number one suspect for her murder, and his daughter has been taken away to live with her aunty Diane (Daniele Lydon).

Max knows he must have been framed for his wife's murder by whoever is behind the death squad but now he's got to prove it. In a panic he goes on the run from the police, hoping he can find the evidence he needs in time to clear his name and uncover the conspiracy.

Thursday 8 May 2008 9:00pm - 10:00pm

Max Raban (James Nesbitt) was once a successful investigative journalist but is now reduced to raking through bins for cheap celebrity stories after being publicly and professionally disgraced. His past has left him a broken man; he is unable to face daylight, has temporarily split from his wife Carolyn (Zara Turner) and has little contact with his eight-year-old daughter Martha. He is the Midnight Man.

Any information he uncovers during his nightly trawl through the bins he sells to friend and tabloid editor Jimmy (Ian Puleston-Davies). Max is desperate to revive his ailing career. So when he accidentally discovers evidence linking to the recent murder of Iranian Majid Danush (Christopher Jefferies), he thinks he is onto a lucrative story about international conspiracy. With his track record as an occasionally unreliable conspiracy theorist, will any one believe him?

The three-part drama, produced by Carnival Films, tells the timely story of a terrifying conspiracy, reaching the highest echelons of power.

James Nesbitt (Murphy’s Law, Jekyll, Bloody Sunday) plays Max Raban, a former journalist reduced to raking through bins for tacky celebrity stories to sell to the tabloids. But everything changes when his nocturnal rummaging uncovers a frightening world of deceit and distrust with fatal consequences.

Raban’s life begins to fall apart when his estranged wife is murdered and he’s framed for the crime, forcing him to become a fugitive. But Raban discovers a death squad is at work and he’s determined to expose the truth about the brutal killers.