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Five Seconds to Spare

Thriller based on Jonathan Coe's best-selling novel, The Dwarves of Death. The lead singer of a rock group witnesses a bizarre murder apparently linked to a 1970s punk band.

Thriller based on Jonathan Coe's best-selling novel, The Dwarves of Death. Opening with a bizarre murder witnessed solely by the lead singer of a rock band, the story then jumps back three weeks as the band moves to London in search of stardom. Here, they meet their drug-crazed producer whose involvement with a 1970s punk band increasingly appears to hold the key to the murder. Featuring a cameo by the late John Peel.

1 hour, 39 minutes

Last on

Sun 24 Jun 200702:00

Credits

RoleContributor
ActorMax Beesley
DirectorTom Connolly
ActorValentina Cervi
ActorAnastasia Hille
ActorSean Pertwee
ActorLee Ross
ActorAndy Serkis
ActorRay Winstone

Broadcast

  • Sun 24 Jun 200702:00