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Airdate: Underbelly: Vanishing Act

Kate Atkinson stars as high-roller Melissa Caddick in 2 part drama airing on Nine in early April.

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Nine has now confirmed Underbelly: Vanishing Act will screen over two nights in early April, to follow Married at First Sight.

The drama stars Kate Atkinson (Wentworth, Seachange)  as the designer-brand wearing high-roller Melissa Caddick, who disappeared seemingly into thin air after embezzling over $40 million from her family, friends and clients.

The cast also features Colin Friels (Water Rats, BlackJack, Mystery Road), Jerome Velinsky (Doctor Doctor, Love Child) Tai Hara (Madam Secretary, Home and Away, Hyde & Seek), Maya Stange (Love Child, A Place to Call Home, Wolf Creek), Dylan Hare (Home and Away, Mr Inbetween, Black Comedy), Ursula Mills (Out of the Blue), Frankie J Holden (A Place to Call Home, Underbelly), Anne Tenney (The Castle, A Country Practice, Always Greener) and Sophie Bloom (Love Child, Amazing Grace, Reef Break).

Leaving a trail of lies and deception in her wake, the police and her victims are left to piece together the mystery of who Melissa Caddick really was. To those closest to her, she was a daughter, wife, mother, and loyal friend. But as the pieces of the puzzle begin to crystallise and the police close in, a decomposing foot with an Asics running shoe still attached washes up on a sandy beach and turns everything about her disappearance on its head.

In true Underbelly style, Vanishing Act will grip audiences from start to finish, with a compelling story, gritty characters, and enough greed and betrayal to leave viewers on the edge of their seats.

Produced by Kerrie Mainwaring and Matt Ford, written by Matt Ford and Michael Miller and directed by Geoff Bennett, Underbelly: Vanishing Act is produced by Screentime (a Banijay Group company) with assistance from Screen NSW.

Sunday, April 3, and Monday, April 4, on Nine.

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  2. The case is not well known in WA-there’s no shortage of flimflammers around the nation of various types so that’s no surprise, but her case seems to be stupidly obvious and bound to crash quickly-whether someone she conned or conned with got her or she took the easy way out, she’s dead now and cannot be defamed. Worth seeing as it’s a limited commitment.

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