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1. • Season 1 overview

     Nov 16-Dec 21, 1986

     6 episodes

     Season 1 episodes
     

     1. Skin Nov 16, 1986
     • A hospitalized writer's hallucinations cause his doctors to believe he is crazy.
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     2. Heat Nov 23, 1986
     • After 10 or 11 weeks in the hospital, Marlow has a session with a psychiatrist, Dr. Gibbon, that does not go well.
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     3. Lovely Days Nov 30, 1986
     • Marlow recalls the last days of World War II and a train journey with his mother when they visited her family. He again recalls his mother going into the woods and having sex with a man they know, Raymond. When soldiers on the train try to get friendly with her, he lashes out. At the hospital, he has another session with the psychiatrist, Dr. Gibbon, who questions if ... Read all
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     4. Clues Dec 7, 1986
     • In his novel, Marlow has contacted the police and they have taken the dead woman away. He suspects that Mark Binney, who admitted that his visit to the nightclub wasn't entirely by chance. Marlow decides to test Amanda as she leaves the club and he now finds himself under surveillance by the two trench coat-wearing hoods who were keeping an eye on Binney. As a young l... Read all
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     5. Pitter Patter Dec 14, 1986
     • In the hospital, Marlow's ex-wife pays him another visit clearly intent on getting him to sign a contract to option his book The Singing Detective, the screenplay for which her friend Mark Finney will try peddle as his own.
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     6. Who Done It Dec 21, 1986
     • In the final episode of the series, memories of Marlow's childhood, his dreams and the events in his re-imagined novel collide with present day reality. Marlow continues his sessions with the psychiatrist, Dr. Gibbon and recalls his return to his Dad after the death of his mother. He reveals the lie from his school days that lead to a classmate, Mark Binney, being sev... Read all