Unnatural Causes (TV series)

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

Unnatural Causes
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes7
Production
Executive producerTed Childs
ProducerNicholas Palmer
Running time50 minutes
Production companyCentral Independent Television
Original release
NetworkITV
Release8 November (1986-11-08) –
20 December 1986 (1986-12-20)

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

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# Title Directed by Written by Original air date (UK) Cast
1"Home Cooking"Tim KingPaula Milne8 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 LeaverLynda La Plante15 November 1986 (1986-11-15)Tom Bell (Harold), Tom Georgeson (Stanley), Pat Phoenix (Nellie)
3"Lost Property"Alan DossorPeter Hammond22 November 1986 (1986-11-22)John Duttine (John Forrest), Miranda Richardson (Anne Forrest), Louise Hellicar (Marion Price)
4"Window, Sir?"Don LeaverRon Hutchinson29 November 1986 (1986-11-29)Robert Stephens (Vince), John Cater (Perry), Ann Mitchell (Morved), Ivor Roberts (Commercial traveller)
5"Ladies' Night"Herbert WiseNigel Kneale6 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 BattersbyBeryl Bainbridge20 December 1986 (1986-12-20)Dorothy Tutin (Louise), Julia Deakin (Pamela), Perry Fenwick (Keith), Alan Howard (Graeme)

References

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