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MONEY
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1 season · 4 episodes total · ~4 per season.
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Dead Head
1986 1 seasons · 4 eps English
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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, 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.
“4 PART BBC DRAMA BY HOWARD BRENTON”
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Cast
Denis Lawson
Eddie Cass
George Baker
Eldridge
Simon Callow
Hugo Silver
Created by
Howard Brenton
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RUNTIME
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Short-form: under 10 episodes, so binge-completable in a weekend.
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RUNTIME
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Roughly 3 hours end-to-end — 0 full workdays of television.
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ERA
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Premiered 1986 and has since ended.
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WILD
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TMDB status: "Ended".
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CINEMA
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Show type: Miniseries.
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CAST
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Created by Howard Brenton.
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DIRECTOR
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Airs on BBC Two.
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The technical file
- Seasons
- 1
- Total episodes
- 4
- Avg episode length
- 50 min
- Premiered
- 1986-01-15
- Last aired
- 1986-02-05
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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