Ultraviolet (1998)

Name: Ultraviolet
Rating: 7.2

Rating: 7.2

Synopsis

With the growing threat of viral epidemic and the possibility of worldwide environmental catastrophe, humanity has an unprecedented ability to destroy itself, and vampires need to take control of their threatened food source. CIB is a clandestine, elite government unit that hunts vampires, referred to as 'Code Fives' or 'leeches'. DS Michael Colefield joins the team after his partner is turned, blending a realistic, scientific approach with modern vampire mythology, including their inability to appear on video or audio recordings.

First Air Date: 1998-09-15

Last Air Date: 1998-10-20

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 6

Created By: Joe Ahearne

Networks: Channel 4

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Top Cast

Jack Davenport as Michael Colefield
Susannah Harker as Dr Angela March
Idris Elba as Vaughan Rice
Philip Quast as Father Pearse J. Harman
Colette Brown as Kirsty
Fiona Dolman as Frances
Thomas Lockyer as Jacob
Sean Cernow as Lestat
Stephen Moyer as Jack Beresford
Elizabeth Earl as Angie's Daughter

Seasons

Miniseries (1998)

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Habeas Corpus (1998-09-15)

Detective Sergeant Michael Colefield's life thrown into disarray when he finds out that his best friend, Jack Beresford, has disappeared the night before his wedding and his colleague, Pollard, has been murdered. While investigating Pollard'e death and Jack's disappearance, Colefield is grilled by two members from a secretive group posing as CIB (internal affairs) officers.
Ep. 2: In Nomine Patris (1998-09-22)

Investigating a suspicious hit-and-run by a limousine with blacked-out windows, the squad suspects that the sunlight-shy son of a well-known businessman is a vampire and decides to investigate his financial activities.
Ep. 3: Sub Judice (1998-09-29)

The squad members investigate the attempted rape of a female barrister who was apparently saved by a vampire. They find that she has been desperately trying to have a child, and has been been impregnated in-vitro with her late husband's sperm, but the pregnancy is not normal. Meanwhile, Jack has disappeared without trace and Kirsty tries to get Jacob, a journalist, interested in investigating his disappearance.
Ep. 4: Mea Culpa (1998-10-06)

After a boy kills a priest at a Catholic school, the team investigate what led to the attack, and why some of them appear to be infected without having been bitten. Meanwhile, Kirsty continues searching for Colefield.
Ep. 5: Terra Incognita (1998-10-13)

The squad becomes interested in a shipment of mysterious crates of medical supplies from Brazil.
Ep. 6: Persona Non Grata (1998-10-20)

The captive vampire is identified and the squad discovers a vampire plan to exterminate mankind. Meanwhile, Michael searches for Kristy, who seems to have been abducted.