TV Series

Dead Head (1986)

• First aired January 15, 1986
• Seasons: 1 · Episodes: 4
• 50m per episode

• Drama

“4 PART BBC DRAMA BY HOWARD BRENTON”

Overview

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 by

Howard Brenton

Starring

Denis Lawson, George Baker, Simon Callow