6.5Mike Deacon, a tough, lone-wolf reporter discovers that things are not quite what they seem when a tramp is found dead in the garage of a beautiful woman. He enlists the help of an elderly lawyer friend, a naïve photographer and a streetwise teenager during the investigation.
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Clive Owen
Michael Deacon
Joely Richardson
Amanda Powell
Anton Lesser
Billy Blake
Stuart McQuarrie
Barry
Ian Bartholomew
D.S. Anderson
Clive Brunt
Workman
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Mrs. Deacon
1. Part 1
In the run up to Christmas journalist Mike Deacon is assigned to the story of a homeless man who starved to death in the garage of a very wealthy- and very secretive - woman. Who is the mysterious Amanda, and how is she connected to the dead man?
2. Part 2
Mike Deacon, a man with no use for families or the festive season, finds himself spending Christmas Day with homeless youngster Terry, elderly lawyer Lawrence and devoted picture researcher Barry. Together, they try to make sense of new discoveries about Billy and their connections to Amanda.
