Dennis Potter
Director
The Singing Detective (1986)
Miniseries
Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.
Released Nov. 16, 1986
Episode 70 min
None+
Genres: Drama, Musical, Mystery
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Production Companies: BBC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
9.0
S1E1 - Skin
Pulp thriller writer Philip Marlow is in hospital with the skin complaint psoriasis, tormented by his past and threatened by his future. His memories, his 1930s-style gumshoe fiction and his disease weave him an altered reality.
Nov. 16, 1986, midnight
8.0
S1E2 - Heat
Dennis Potter's drama about a patient struggling to keep his sanity, with the help of his alter ego, the singing private eye. Marlow faces a talking cure with a psychologist.
Nov. 23, 1986, midnight
9.0
S1E3 - Lovely Days
While in hospital with psoriasis, Marlow thinks back to the war when he was a little boy, and remembers seeing his mother having illicit sex in the Forest of Dean. His memories, his 30s style gumshoe fiction and his disease weave him an altered reality.
Nov. 30, 1986, midnight
S1E4 - Clues
Marlow as a child visits London, but is not impressed. A film option on Marlow's novel thickens the plot. His memories, his 30s style gumshoe fiction and his disease weave him an altered reality.
Dec. 7, 1986, midnight
S1E5 - Pitter Patter
Marlow is getting better and the different strands of his fiction and reality begin to occupy the same time and place.
Dec. 14, 1986, midnight
S1E6 - Who Done It
The young Philip Marlow returns to the country railway station following his mother's death in London. Forty years on, Marlow the hospital patient still dreams about the homecoming and the frightening figure of the scarecrow that now erupts into the ward.
Dec. 21, 1986, midnight
Watch Trailer
BBC One
70 min/ep
420 min
Nov. 16, 1986
Dec. 21, 1986, midnight
Ended
NR
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