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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.
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Dennis Potter
Channel 4

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Henry Goodman
David Siltz

Carmen Ejogo
Blinda

Saffron Burrows
Sandra Sollars

Joe Roberts
Young Daniel / Chris

Diane Ladd
Martina Masdon
Tara Woodward
Tara Woodward
Beth

Rob Brydon
Karl

Anna Chancellor
Anna Griffiths

Rupert Penry-Jones
Policeman / Milkman
David Foxxe
David Foxxe
Andrew Milton