The Man Who Lost His Head
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Written by Mark Wallington
, The Man Who Lost His Head is a 2-hour, comedy drama starring Martin Clunes
, on the theme of cultural repatriation. It was a joint production for TVNZ in New Zealand
and ITV
in Great Britain
. It was first broadcast on Sunday 26 August 2007 at 9pm on ITV1
in Britain and 8:30pm on TV ONE in New Zealand.
The show was recorded 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.
Mark Wallington (writer)
Mark Wallington is an author and broadcaster, perhaps most famous for his humorous "Boogie" travelogues, both memorably serialised on BBC Radio Four. After leaving school, Wallington worked as a jobbing gardener before embarking on a career as a journalist and scriptwriter, his first credit being...
, The Man Who Lost His Head is a 2-hour, comedy drama starring Martin Clunes
Martin Clunes
Alexander Martin Clunes is an English actor and comedian. Clunes is perhaps best known for his roles as Gary Strang in Men Behaving Badly, Doctor Martin Ellingham in Doc Martin and the title character in Reggie Perrin....
, on the theme of cultural repatriation. It was a joint production for TVNZ in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
and ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
in Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
. It was first broadcast on Sunday 26 August 2007 at 9pm on ITV1
ITV1
ITV1 is a generic brand that is used by twelve franchises of the British ITV Network in the English regions, Wales, southern Scotland , the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. The ITV1 brand was introduced by Carlton and Granada in 2001, alongside the regional identities of their...
in Britain and 8:30pm on TV ONE in New Zealand.
The show was recorded 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
North Island
The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the much less populous South Island by Cook Strait. The island is in area, making it the world's 14th-largest island...
, around Huia and Bethells Beach.