Dead Head

Dead Head (1986)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Creator: Howard Brenton
  • First Air Date: 1986-01-15
  • Last Air Date: 1986-02-05
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 4
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 50 min.
  • Production Company: BBC
  • Networks: BBC Two
  • Director: Rob Walker
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Summary

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.

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Dead Head Seasons

Season 1

First Air Date: 1986-01-15
4 Episodes

Dead Head Episodes

Title Air Date Duration
Season 1Episode 1Why Me?50 min
Season 1Episode 2Anything for England50 min
Season 1Episode 3The War Room50 min
Season 1Episode 4The Patriot50 min
  • Denis Lawson

    as Eddie Cass
  • Lindsay Duncan

    as Dana Cass
  • George Baker

    as Eldridge
  • Simon Callow

    as Hugo Silver
  • Norman Beaton

    as Caractacus
  • James Warwick

    as Lord Clive Ludlow
  • Don Henderson

    as Detective Inspector Malcolm
  • Susannah Bunyan

    as Jill
  • Tacy Kneale

    as Sandra
  • Ellen Sheean

    as Mrs Epworth
  • Larrington Walker

    as Stoker
  • Winston Crooke

    as Clyde
  • Leonie Mellinger

    as Angela
  • Ernest Clark

    as The Man
Writing Howard Brenton Writer
Directing Rob Walker Director
Sound Richard Hartley Original Music Composer