The Man Who Lost His Head

The Man Who Lost His Head is a 2-hour comedy drama written by Mark Wallington and starring Martin Clunes about the theme of cultural repatriation. It was a joint production of TVNZ in New Zealand and ITV in the United Kingdom.

For the book by the author Claire Huchet Bishop and the illustrator Robert McCloskey, see The Man Who Lost His Head (book).

The Man Who Lost His Head
GenreDrama[1]
Written byMark Wallington
Directed byTerry Johnston
StarringMartin Clunes
ComposerColin Towns
Country of originUnited Kingdom
New Zealand
Production
Executive producersJill Green
John Barnett
ProducerEve Gutierrez
CinematographyDavid Odd
EditorMartin Sharpe
Running time115 minutes[1]
Production companiesGreenlit Rights
South Pacific Pictures
DistributorAll3Media
ITV (UK)

Broadcast

The film was first broadcast on Sunday 26 August 2007 at 9 pm on ITV1 in Britain[2] and 8:30 pm on TV ONE in New Zealand.[3]

Production

The film was shot entirely on location in New Zealand. The action took place in the fictional town of Otakataka but was in fact mostly filmed on the West Coast of the North Island, around Huia and Bethells Beach.

References
  1. "The Man Who Lost His Head | Films". South Pacific Pictures. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  2. Walton, James (27 August 2007). "The weekend on television: The Man Who Lost His Head (ITV1)/The IT Crowd (Channel 4)". Telegraph. Retrieved 20 January 2020.


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