Real Men

Mar 12, 2003

3h 0m

★ 9.0

Overview

A powerful and disturbing two-part drama about sexual manipulation, the loss of innocence and betrayal of trust, starring Ben Daniels. A policeman's determination to solve the three-year-old case of an abducted schoolboy leads him to uncover a web of systematic abuse that is threatening to destroy the lives of vulnerable children

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

BBC

Real Men Trailers

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Cast

DI Matthew Fenton

Ben Daniels

DS Barry Grimes

Charles Dale

Alistair Jackson

Ewan Stewart

Christina Leith

Zoe Telford

DS Paula Savage

Christine Tremarco

Liz Fenton

Caroline Catz

Russell Wade

Harry Eden

Alex Collins

Stephen Lord

Julie Ferguson

Jill Baker

DCI Norton

Matthew Marsh

Deborah Wade

Nicola Cowper

Greta Banham

Amanda Ryan

Inspector Nick Cafmeyer seems to have it all - looks, brains and a successful career. But a dark cloud hangs over his life: since the age of nine, he has been haunted by the unsolved disappearance of his younger brother, Bjorn. Plettinckx, a known sex offender, was questioned but quickly released. Plettinckx lives close by and takes fiendish pleasure in harassing Nick. Then, when a disturbing case comes to light involving a missing nine-year-old, Nick heads a massive search which turns into a relentless manhunt.

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