Dead Head
4 PART BBC DRAMA BY HOWARD BRENTON
4 PART BBC DRAMA BY HOWARD BRENTON
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Drama
Seasons | 1
Episodes | 4
avg.Runtime | 50 min
First EP | 1986-01-15
Last EP | 1986-02-05
Overview
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London based petty crook Eddie Cass agrees to pick up a package and courier it across the capital. When nobody answers the door at the drop-off, Eddie opens the package and finds a woman’s severed head in a hatbox. He panics and dumps it in the River Thames. Returning home, Cass is kidnapped by the mysterious Eldridge and his heavies who inform Eddie that he has been framed for the murder.
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Season List
season 1 || Miniseries
Relesed on | 1986-01-15
London based petty crook Eddie Cass agrees to pick up a package and courier it across the capital. When nobody answers the door at the drop-off, Eddie opens the package and finds a woman’s severed head in a hatbox. He panics and dumps it in the River Thames. Returning home, Cass is kidnapped by the mysterious Eldridge and his heavies who inform Eddie that he has been framed for the murder.
1
Why Me?
1986-01-15
Petty crook Eddie Cass is paid £100 to deliver a parcel to Regent Park West. When nobody answers the door, Eddie goes against his instructions and opens to discover a human head.
2
Anything for England
1986-01-22
Eddie goes on the run with aid of Hugo Silver, who informs him that his estranged wife Dana is a murderer and has set him up. Silver persuades him to infiltrate the rich elite but he's then murdered and Eddie has no allies.
3
The War Room
1986-01-29
Eddie is forced to live on the street then gets a break when he spots Jill. She leads him to his friend Caractacus but he has changed. After getting him fit for battle, they take him to a meeting but Jill has betrayed them all.
4
The Patriot
1986-02-05
Eddie can't get arrested and his one lead is a house in Holland Park. He enlists the owner's daughter and they head to a country house where he discovers the real killer is too important to ever be named and has just one choice.
CAST
charactor: Eddie Cass
Original: Denis Lawson
Total EP: 4
charactor: Eldridge
Original: George Baker
Total EP: 4
charactor: Hugo Silver
Original: Simon Callow
Total EP: 4
charactor: Dana Cass
Original: Lindsay Duncan
Total EP: 3
charactor: Caractacus
Original: Norman Beaton
Total EP: 3
charactor: Jill
Original: Susannah Bunyan
Total EP: 3
charactor: Stoker
Original: Larrington Walker
Total EP: 2
charactor: Clyde
Original: Winston Crooke
Total EP: 2
charactor: Benny
Original: Forbes Collins
Total EP: 1
charactor: DI Malcolm
Original: Don Henderson
Total EP: 1
charactor: DS Cross
Original: Peter Attard
Total EP: 1
charactor: DI Agnew
Original: Barrie Houghton
Total EP: 1
charactor: Young Woman
Original: Edita Brychta
Total EP: 1
charactor: Taxi Driver
Original: Neil Munro
Total EP: 1
charactor: Newspaper Seller
Original: Eric Francis
Total EP: 1
charactor: Sandra
Original: Tacy Kneale
Total EP: 1
charactor: Lord Clive Ludlow
Original: James Warwick
Total EP: 1
charactor: Mrs Epworth
Original: Ellen Sheean
Total EP: 1
charactor: Williams
Original: Gabriel Connaughton
Total EP: 1
charactor: Shopkeeper
Original: Mischa De La Motte
Total EP: 1
charactor: Man in Love
Original: Colin Meredith
Total EP: 1
CREW
“I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.” – Walt Disney