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Dead Head

Dead Head

"4 PART BBC DRAMA BY HOWARD BRENTON"

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.

Created ByHoward Brenton
StatusEnded
Original NameDead Head
First Air DateJanuary 15, 1986
Last Air DateFebruary 5, 1986
Seasons1
Episodes4
Episode Runtime 50min
LanguageEnglish
Original LanguageEnglish
Production CountriesUnited Kingdom
Production CompaniesBBC
NetworksBBC Two
S01E04

The Patriot

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.

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