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Dead Head

TV·1986–1986·1 season, 4 episodes·BBC Two·Drama·50m·Created by 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, 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.

Cast

Denis LawsonDenis LawsonEddie CassGeorge BakerGeorge BakerEldridgeSimon CallowSimon CallowHugo Silver

Episodes by season

Season014Episodes1986Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Why Me?January 15, 1986—Petty crook Eddie Cass is paid £100 to deliver a parcel to Regent Park West. When nobody answers the door, Eddie goes against his instructio
  2. S01E02Anything for EnglandJanuary 22, 1986—Eddie goes on the run with aid of Hugo Silver, who informs him that his estranged wife Dana is a murderer and has set him up. Silver persuad
  3. S01E03The War RoomJanuary 29, 1986—Eddie is forced to live on the street then gets a break when he spots Jill. She leads him to his friend Caractacus but he has changed. After
  4. S01E04The PatriotFebruary 5, 1986—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

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