Impact (also known as Tin Kickers)[1] is a two-part British television miniseries, written and created by Matthew Graham and Nigel McCrery, that was due for broadcast on ITV in January 2002.

[2] The series, starring Hugh Bonneville, Iain Glen and Sarah Parish, follows a team of air accident investigators who look into the explosion of a commercial airliner over rural England.

[4] The series was first broadcast in Germany on 12 November 2003 as a single feature-length production, under the title Der mysteriöse Passagier.

Marcus's job is to sift through the wreckage of the downed aircraft – ‘tin kicking’ – to search for clues as to what might have caused the explosion.

Shortly before the crash, Marcus was waiting at the airport for the arrival of his 15-year-old daughter Angel, whom he had not seen since leaving his wife twelve years ago.