Nightsleeper

Nightsleeper

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1 Season · 6 Episodes · Premiered September 15, 2024 · Ended September 15, 2024

Nightsleeper is a thriller in which a train is ‘hackjacked' while travelling from Glasgow to London, and suddenly finds itself on an uncertain journey with an even less certain destination. Part fast-moving heart-in-the-mouth action-adventure and part twisty-turny whodunnit detective story, it's a roller coaster ride set across a single night where no-one is ever quite who they seem. Leading the fight are Joe Roag, an off-duty police officer who is a passenger on the train, and Abby Aysgarth, the acting technical director at the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). To stop the train, they'll have to work out exactly who's behind this. But are they fighting a hostile state, a terrorist organisation, or organised crime? Who is the self-styled ‘Driver' who seems to be one step ahead of their every solution?As Abby and Joe - who have never met in person - try to establish a bond that will withstand everything the night throws at them, will Joe's fellow passengers help or hinder their desperate efforts? Could one of them even be involved? Who can Abby and Joe really trust?

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

6 episodes
E01
Episode 1
Sun, Sep 15 2024 5:00 AM GMT+0000 58 min
A train is taken over by cyber terrorists on a night-time journey from Glasgow to London, leaving an off-duty cop on board to team up with the acting technical director at the National Cyber Security Centre in a bid to beat the bad guys. But with no idea of who they are fighting and a few other passengers who may not be as innocent as they look, it seems they are in for a long night. 
E02
Episode 2
Sun, Sep 15 2024 5:00 AM GMT+0000 58 min
When the cyberattack on the rail network prevents Abby from seeing the obstacles in the sleeper's path, she realises that she's in a race against time to avert disaster.But with Liz Draycott, the minister of transport, proving to be a less-than-ideal replacement for Joe as her onboard ally, and the so-called Driver always seeming to be one step ahead, it becomes clear that she's going to have to think outside the box to bring the train to a halt.
E03
Episode 3
Sun, Sep 15 2024 5:00 AM GMT+0000 57 min
When they realise that one of the passengers may be armed and operating in league with the hackers, Joe desperately tries to work out who he can trust, whilst Abby decides to turn the tables on The Driver by making a last-minute decision to take the train off the mainline. As Joe closes in on the enemy within and Abby manages to catch the sleeper in her trap, will the police be able to get there in time?
E04
Episode 4
Sun, Sep 15 2024 5:00 AM GMT+0000 57 min
With the passengers turning on each other in the aftermath of tragedy, Abby desperately attempts to rally the traumatised Joe and persuade him to take back control. But when Hud's shock attempt to stop the train his way puts everyone onboard in more peril than ever, Joe is suddenly left fighting fires on multiple fronts.
E05
Episode 5
Sun, Sep 15 2024 5:00 AM GMT+0000 58 min
As Hud and Miller interrogate Abby about her past, Saj realises that this is his shot at the big time and decides to try and stop the train his way. Joe, meanwhile, must deal with the deadly aftermath of the shooting, whilst working out whether or not to follow Saj's orders or put his faith in his punch-drunk fellow passengers instead. Could retired train driver Fraser's audacious plan really work?
E06
Episode 6
Sun, Sep 15 2024 5:00 AM GMT+0000 59 min
Back in charge, Abby's convinced she now knows how to stop the remaining carriages, but with Joe out of contact, both of them are running out of time. As one of the passengers makes a desperate bid for freedom and dawn breaks over the Heart of Britain's final destination, can these two very different people, who began the night as perfect strangers, come back together before the Nightsleeper reaches the end of the line?
Joe Cole
Joe Cole as Joe Roag
Alexandra Roach
Alexandra Roach as Abby Aysgarth
Remy Beasley
Remy Beasley as Meg Hooton
Lois Chimimba
Lois Chimimba as Erin Connolly
Katie Leung
Katie Leung as Rachel Li
Leah MacRae
Leah MacRae as Sophie Warren
Ruth Madeley
Ruth Madeley as Chrissy Doolan
Adam Mitchell
Adam Mitchell as Max `Mouse" Ellis
Pamela Nomvete
Pamela Nomvete as Nicola Miller
Scott Reid
Scott Reid as Billy McCloud
Sharon Rooney
Sharon Rooney as Yas Brown
Parth Thakerar
Parth Thakerar as Saj Sidhu

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