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Dead Head

Dead Head

4 PART BBC DRAMA BY HOWARD BRENTON

Genres

Drama

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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.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Ended

Original Language

English

Runtime

mins

Rating

5.3/10

Release Date

03 September 2025

Country

Cast

Denis Lawson

Denis Lawson

Eddie Cass

Lindsay Duncan

Lindsay Duncan

Dana Cass

George Baker

George Baker

Eldridge

Simon Callow

Simon Callow

Hugo Silver

Norman Beaton

Norman Beaton

Caractacus

James Warwick

James Warwick

Lord Clive Ludlow

Don Henderson

Don Henderson

Detective Inspector Malcolm

Susannah Bunyan

Susannah Bunyan

Jill

Tacy Kneale

Tacy Kneale

Sandra

Ellen Sheean

Ellen Sheean

Mrs Epworth

Larrington Walker

Larrington Walker

Stoker

Winston Crooke

Winston Crooke

Clyde

Leonie Mellinger

Leonie Mellinger

Angela

Ernest Clark

Ernest Clark

The Man

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