Unnatural Causes (TV series)

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Unnatural Causes
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes7
Production
Executive producer Ted Childs
ProducerNicholas Palmer
Running time50 minutes
Production company Central Independent Television
Original release
Network ITV
Release8 November (1986-11-08) 
20 December 1986 (1986-12-20)

Unnatural Causes is a British television anthology series broadcast on ITV from 8 November to 20 December 1986.

Contents

Comprising seven stand-alone episodes, the series explored deaths in unusual circumstances. The series writers included Beryl Bainbridge, Nigel Kneale and Lynda La Plante.

This programme was produced by Central Independent Television for the ITV network.

A paperback novelisation, edited by Bainbridge, was published by Javelin Books to accompany the series. [1]

Episodes

#TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date (UK)Cast
1"Home Cooking"Tim King Paula Milne 8 November 1986 (1986-11-08) Prunella Scales (Judith), Brian Cox (Vic), Jim Norton (Gordon), Belinda Lang (Helen), Gina McKee (Nancy), Tom Kelly (Young Husband), Nula Conwell (Young Wife)
2"Hidden Talents"Don Leaver Lynda La Plante 15 November 1986 (1986-11-15) Tom Bell (Harold), Tom Georgeson (Stanley), Pat Phoenix (Nellie)
3"Lost Property" Alan Dossor Peter Hammond 22 November 1986 (1986-11-22) John Duttine (John Forrest), Miranda Richardson (Anne Forrest), Louise Hellicar (Marion Price)
4"Window, Sir?"Don Leaver Ron Hutchinson 29 November 1986 (1986-11-29) Robert Stephens (Vince), John Cater (Perry), Ann Mitchell (Morved), Ivor Roberts (Commercial traveller)
5"Ladies' Night" Herbert Wise Nigel Kneale 6 December 1986 (1986-12-06) Alfred Burke (Colonel Waley), Bryan Pringle (Bundock), Ronald Pickup (James Tripp), Fiona Walker (Evelyn Tripp), Nigel Stock (Monks), John Golightly (Greenhow)
6"Partners"John CooperNicholas Palmer13 December 1986 (1986-12-13) Warren Clarke (Dan), Annette Crosbie (Helen), Frances de la Tour (Marcia), Ronald Lacey (Eric), Michael Ripper (Albert)
7"Evensong" Roy Battersby Beryl Bainbridge 20 December 1986 (1986-12-20) Dorothy Tutin (Louise), Julia Deakin (Pamela), Perry Fenwick (Keith), Alan Howard (Graeme)

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References

  1. "Novel". Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved 23 April 2017.