Dead Head (TV series)

Dead Head
Created by	Howard Brenton
Starring	Denis Lawson Lindsay Duncan George Baker Simon Callow Leonie Mellinger
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	4
Production
Running time	50 Minutes
Release
Original network	BBC2
Original release	1986

Dead Head is a four-part crime thriller scripted by Howard Brenton. It juxtaposed 1940s film noir style and costumes with contemporary London settings. It was directed by Rob Walker.

Plot

Petty criminal Eddy Cass (Lawson) receives a mysterious box that proves to contain the head of a young woman. This involves Cass in a conspiracy by the British security services to frame him for the crimes of a sadistic serial murderer of prostitutes.

Home media

The series was released on DVD in the UK on the 15 April 2013.^[1]

References

↑ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dead-Head-DVD-Lindsay-Duncan/dp/B00B9DOV3O

External links

Dead Head at the Internet Movie Database
Details of episodes Action TV episode guide

Works of Howard Brenton

Major plays	Christie in Love Magnificence The Churchill Play Weapons of Happiness Epsom Downs The Romans in Britain Bloody Poetry Greenland Paul In Extremis Never So Good Anne Boleyn 55 Days Drawing the Line Doctor Scroggy's War

With David Hare	Pravda

Television	Dead Head Spooks

See also	Portable Theatre Company

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