MUMBAI: AXN will deliver serial killer chills in its Platinum Showcase block. The channel will air the two part television film Messiah on 19 April and on 26 April at 10 pm. The film is a product of the BBC.

The lead character detective Red Metcalfe has a special gift getting into the minds of killers. A brilliant man and a top investigator on the police force, he has the ability to track down murderers by learning what makes them tick.

his latest cases involves a serial killer who starts stalking the streets of London, attacking and leaving his victims with their tongues removed and a silver spoon inserted in their mouths. Red realises that there is a bizarre connection between the murders the killer is re-enacting the deaths of the twelve apostles.

With the murderer still on the loose, threatening to strike anytime, Red and his top team of investigators from Scotland Yard are in a race against time to uncover the clues amongst the victims of the gruesome and terrifying murders, and stop the body count from rising again.

With a killer that appears to be always one step ahead, Red finds himself up against an adversary that will force him to face his own past and secrets that he is determined to hide at all costs.

Messiah stars Ken Stott Shallow Grave, Plunkett & Macleane and Kieran O'Brien Band of Brothers, Coronation Street.