Karaoke/Cold Lazarus

All eight episodes of the two drama mini-series, written by Dennis Potter shortly before his death. In 'Karaoke' Daniel Feeld (Albert Finney) is writing a script for television about a young woman who works in a sordid karaoke bar. However, Feeld starts to notice similarities between the real world and the fictional one he has created. When his battle to control both worlds becomes connected to his terminal illness, he decides to make some changes, including arranging to have his body cryogenically frozen, before he leaves one world that will have great consequences in the other. 'Cold Lazarus' is set nearly 400 years after the events of 'Karaoke'. A team of scientists are watching the memories of Daniel Feeld (Finney) after his brain was frozen through cryogenics. In a world where the state is in conflict with rebels, the memories provide a new reality and freedom. Fact and fiction become entwined as the scientists attempt to discover how to rewrite personal histories.