Cold Lazarus
Cold Lazarus is a four-part British television drama written by Dennis Potter with the knowledge that he was dying of pancreatic cancer. Forming the second half of a pair with the television serial Karaoke, it is Potter's sole science fiction work. In a bleak, synthetic 24th-century dystopian Britain, scientists work on reviving the mind of 20th-century writer Daniel Feeld, whose head was frozen after Feeld's death shortly after the events of 'Karaoke'. Progress has not been made, so discontinuation is considered, but media mogul David Siltz, who has been spying on the project, envisages a fortune from broadcasting Feeld's memories on TV.
Overview
Cold Lazarus is a four-part British television drama written by Dennis Potter with the knowledge that he was dying of pancreatic cancer. Forming the second half of a pair with the television serial Karaoke, it is Potter's sole science fiction work. In a bleak, synthetic 24th-century dystopian Britain, scientists work on reviving the mind of 20th-century writer Daniel Feeld, whose head was frozen after Feeld's death shortly after the events of 'Karaoke'. Progress has not been made, so discontinuation is considered, but media mogul David Siltz, who has been spying on the project, envisages a fortune from broadcasting Feeld's memories on TV.
Peter Ansorge
Creator / EP
Kenith Trodd
Producer
Episodes
1. One
The year is 2368 and a group of scientists are on the brink of a major breakthrough as they begin to tap into the memory of a man - Daniel Feeld - who died in the 1990s
2. Two
Emma and her team are disturbed by unnerving happenings in the Lazams project. Daniel Feeld's head is 'remembering' some disturbing events from his distant past.
3. Three
Emma accepts the offer of David Siltz to provide unlimited funding for a laboratory in return for the right to broadcast the memories of Daniel Feeld on his global entertainment network.
Cast & Crew
Albert Finney
Daniel Feeld
Ciarán Hinds
Fyodor
Grant Masters
Tony Watson
Frances de la Tour
Dr Emma Porlock
Ganiat Kasumu
Luanda
Henry Goodman
David Siltz
