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The Singing Detective (1986)
Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.
The Singing Detective: Season 1 - 6 Episode s
1x1 - Skin
November 16, 1986
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.
1x2 - Heat
November 23, 1986
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.
1x3 - Lovely Days
November 30, 1986
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.
1x4 - Clues
December 7, 1986
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.
1x5 - Pitter Patter
December 14, 1986
Marlow is getting better and the different strands of his fiction and reality begin to occupy the same time and place.
1x6 - Who Done It
December 21, 1986
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.
The Singing Detective: 2 Season s
Actors in The Singing Detective
Michael Gambon
Philip Marlow
Jim Carter
Mr. Marlow
Patrick Malahide
Mark Binney
Alison Steadman
Mrs. Marlow
Janet Suzman
Nicola
Joanne Whalley
Nurse Mills
Imelda Staunton
Staff Nurse White
David Ryall
Mr. Hall
Ron Cook
First Mysterious Man
George Rossi
Second Mysterious Man
Janet Henfrey
Schoolteacher
Simon Chandler
Dr. Finlay
David Thewlis
Second Soldier, Soldier
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