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Dead Head

4 PART BBC DRAMA BY HOWARD BRENTON
Premiered: Jan 15, 1986 | 1 seasons | 4 episodes

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Creator: Howard Brenton
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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 address 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.
Full Credits

Name Character Episodes
George Baker Eldridge 4
Denis Lawson Eddie Cass 4
Simon Callow Hugo Silver 4
James Warwick Lord Clive Ludlow 4
Lindsay Duncan Dana Cass 4
Larrington Walker Stoker 4
Don Henderson Detective Inspector Malcolm 4
Norman Beaton Caractacus 4
Winston Crooke Clyde 4
Leonie Mellinger Angela 4
Ernest Clark The Man 4