Imposter: The Man Who Came Back from the Dead

Who is Arthur Knight? A bookish nice guy just woken up from a coma? Or Nicholas Rossi in disguise - a sexually aggressive narcissist and one of America's most wanted?

Documentary

Imposter: The Man Who Came Back from the Dead

Who is Arthur Knight? A bookish nice guy just woken up from a coma? Or Nicholas Rossi in disguise - a sexually aggressive narcissist and one of America's most wanted?

Documentary

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First Aired on: May 20, 2024
Popularity: 1.5059: 7 votes
Networks: (GB)
Production: Five Mile Films (GB)BBC Studios (GB)
Status: Ended: Show Ended

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 4 episodes

Miniseries

A man in a Glasgow hospital wakes from a COVID-19 coma to discover the police have identified him as Nicholas Rossi, a fugitive from justice and one of America's most wanted criminals. He maintains this is a case of mistaken identity and his name is Arthur Knight. Is he an extraordinary criminal, constantly changing his name and identity, or a wronged innocent thrown into a limelight he did not deserve?

Aired 1 year ago

4 Episodes

Episode 1Episode 147 min
In 2021, Arthur Knight awoke from a Covid coma surrounded by police claiming Knight was actually Nicholas Rossi, one of America's most wanted. What happened next?
Episode 2Episode 247 min
Is the bookish, peaceful Arthur Knight really Nicholas Rossi, a sexually aggressive narcissist and crook? Surely Rossi's tell-tale tattoos will settle the case?
Episode 3Episode 347 min
As evidence linking Arthur Knight to Nicholas Rossi emerges, Rossi's stepdad, an Engelbert Humperdinck impersonator, shares insights into his stepson's difficult early years
Episode 4Episode 447 min
Stuck behind bars, Rossi accuses his American prosecutor of cannibal crimes. But extradition moves forward as Rossi returns to Utah to face trial.