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The Mad Death

1983 · 1 season

A slow, quietly chilling procedural that turns an ordinary rural community into a pressure cooker of dread.

Created by
Sean Hignett
Genres
Mystery, Drama
Overview
A French visitor to Scotland smuggles her cat into the country, sparking a terrifying outbreak of rabies which threatens to engulf an entire community.
How it feels
Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Survival, isolation, fate, freedom
Content
Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
Note
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Created by
Sean Hignett
Genres
Mystery, Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror5
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance1
    Tension6
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    mystery, drama
    Created by
    Sean Hignett
    Written by
    Sean Hignett
    Starring
    Richard Heffer, Barbara Kellerman, Richard Morant, Brenda Bruce, Jimmy Logan, Paul Brooke, Debbi Blythe, Jack McKenzie
    Music
    Phil Sawyer
    Cinematography
    Dick Johnstone
    Length
    1 seasons, 3 episodes, 70 min each
    Network
    BBC One
    Country
    United Kingdom
    Languages
    English

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