The title The Night Caller gives off very 1970s-serial-killer-movie vibes, but it is, in fact, a new series for Channel 5.
Based in Liverpool about a lonely taxi driver’s growing obsession with a late-night Radio DJ.
Leading the cast is Robert Glenister who plays Tony, a 50-something cab driver from Liverpool, who used to be a respected teacher but lost his job, his confidence, and his marriage.
His only lifelines are cafe-worker Rosa, played by Suzanne Packer, who he forms a growing attachment to, and a late-night radio talk-show host called Lawrence, portrayed by Sean Pertwee who he spends his nights listening to as he ferries passengers across the city.
One day Tony plucks up the courage to ring Lawrence on-air and soon becomes a “friend of the show” – for the first time in years, he feels listened to. But, as time passes, he starts to interpret Lawrence’s “world view” in dangerous ways. The relationship grows into an unhealthy obsession for Tony, until he comes to the realisation that the real Lawrence isn’t the man he purports to be.
It will air on Channel 5 in the UK in July.
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This is The Night Caller, no worms involved.
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