The Vanishing Man was a 1997 TV movie and subsequent 1998 series, starring Neil Morrissey as Nick Cameron, a man wrongly imprisoned from smuggling Plutonium, who used for medical research which turns him invisible when in contact with water. Having escaped from prison, his powers are then utilised by a government agency. It was produced by ABTV and Harbour Pictures in association with Meridian Television for ITV. imdb.com