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Episodes

Season 1, 6 episodes

Season 1
Specials

Episode 1: Skin
- Now playing
- 1h 10m
- Nov 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.
Episode 2: Heat
- 1h 10m
- Nov 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.
Episode 3: Lovely Days
- 1h 10m
- Nov 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.
Episode 4: Clues
- 1h 10m
- Dec 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.
Episode 5: Pitter Patter
- 1h 10m
- Dec 14, 1986
Marlow is getting better and the different strands of his fiction and reality begin to occupy the same time and place.
Episode 6: Who Done It
- 1h 10m
- Dec 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.

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The Singing Detective

1986
1 season
1h 10m per episode
Drama
Mystery

Rating: 7.5 out of 10TMDB(46 votes)

Overview

Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.

Fun facts

Awards
Won the Peabody Awards (1988) and the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor (1987)
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Nominations
2 award nominations, including the BAFTA TV Award for Best Drama Series (1987)
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Episodes
Ran for 1 season and 6 episodes (1986)
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Music
Music by Stanley Myers
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Details

Created by: Dennis Potter
Status: Ended
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
First aired: November 16, 1986
Last aired: December 21, 1986
Original language: English
Countries: United Kingdom, Australia

Network

Production

Cast

Michael GambonPhilip Marlow
Joanne WhalleyNurse Mills
David RyallMr Hall
Sharon D. ClarkeNight Nurse
Gerard HoranReginald
Ron CookFirst Mysterious Man
George RossiSecond Mysterious Man
Patrick MalahideMark Binney / Raymond / Mark Finney / Mark Binney / Raymond
Leslie FrenchMr Tomkey / Noddy Tomkey
Lyndon Davies10-Year-Old Philip
Geff FrancisPorter
Jim CarterMr Marlow
Alison SteadmanMrs Marlow / Mrs Marlow / Lili
Imelda StauntonStaff Nurse White
Janet HenfreySchoolteacher
Simon ChandlerDr Finlay
Bill PatersonDr Gibbon
William Speakman10-Year-Old Mark
Charles SimonGeorge Adams
Wally ThomasGrandad Baxter

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Episodes

Season 1, 6 episodes

Season 1
Specials

Episode 1: Skin
- Now playing
- 1h 10m
- Nov 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.
Episode 2: Heat
- 1h 10m
- Nov 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.
Episode 3: Lovely Days
- 1h 10m
- Nov 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.
Episode 4: Clues
- 1h 10m
- Dec 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.
Episode 5: Pitter Patter
- 1h 10m
- Dec 14, 1986
Marlow is getting better and the different strands of his fiction and reality begin to occupy the same time and place.
Episode 6: Who Done It
- 1h 10m
- Dec 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.

Fun facts

Awards
Won the Peabody Awards (1988) and the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor (1987)
Source for Awards, opens in a new tab
Nominations
2 award nominations, including the BAFTA TV Award for Best Drama Series (1987)
Source for Nominations, opens in a new tab
Episodes
Ran for 1 season and 6 episodes (1986)
Source for Episodes, opens in a new tab
Music
Music by Stanley Myers
Source for Music, opens in a new tab

Episodes

E1 Episode 1: Skin

E2 Episode 2: Heat

E3 Episode 3: Lovely Days

E4 Episode 4: Clues

E5 Episode 5: Pitter Patter

E6 Episode 6: Who Done It

Overview

Fun facts

Details

Network

Production

Cast

Videos

More like this

Episodes

E1 Episode 1: Skin

E2 Episode 2: Heat

E3 Episode 3: Lovely Days

E4 Episode 4: Clues

E5 Episode 5: Pitter Patter

E6 Episode 6: Who Done It

Fun facts

Episode 1: Skin

Episode 2: Heat

Episode 3: Lovely Days

Episode 4: Clues

Episode 5: Pitter Patter

Episode 6: Who Done It

Episode 1: Skin

Episode 2: Heat

Episode 3: Lovely Days

Episode 4: Clues

Episode 5: Pitter Patter

Episode 6: Who Done It