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    The Singing Detective

    1986 · Musical · 1 season

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    • 1. Skin
      1. Skin Nov 16, 1986
      • A hospitalized writer's hallucinations cause his doctors to believe he is crazy.
    • 2. Heat
      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. Gibbon believes that the root of Marlow's skin disorder is psychological and that he will not heal until he deals with his inner demons. Marlow recalls events, real or imagined, from his childhood growing up in a coal mining community. His father's singin... Read all
    • 3. Lovely Days
      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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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Singing_DetectiveThe Singing Detective - Wikipedia

    As a result of constant pain, a fever caused by the condition and his refusal to take medication, Marlow falls into a fantasy world involving his Chandleresque novel The Singing Detective, an escapist and noir adventure about a detective (also named "Philip Marlow") who sings at a dance hall and takes the jobs refused by "the guys who don't sing". Marlow is "plot-dreaming", trying out various ...

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  4. www.imdb.com › title › tt0090521The Singing Detective (TV Mini Series 1986) - IMDb

    A drama musical mystery about a writer with psoriasis who imagines himself as a detective in a 1940s noir story. Starring Michael Gambon, Patrick Malahide and Joanne Whalley, directed by Dennis Potter.

    • (4.8K)
    • 1986-11-16
    • Drama, Musical, Mystery
    • 70

  5. www.imdb.com › title › tt0314676The Singing Detective (2003) - IMDb

    Nov 14, 2003 · A writer with psoriasis hallucinates a 1950s detective story in this film based on Dennis Potter's TV series. Robert Downey Jr. stars as Dan Dark, a novelist who confuses his fiction with his reality.

    • (9K)
    • Comedy, Crime, Musical
    • Keith Gordon
    • 2003-11-14

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Singing_Detective_(film)The Singing Detective (film) - Wikipedia

    The Singing Detective is a 2003 American musical crime comedy film directed by Keith Gordon and loosely based on the BBC serial of the same name, a work by British writer Dennis Potter. It stars Robert Downey Jr. and features a supporting cast that includes Katie Holmes, Adrien Brody, Robin Wright Penn, Mel Gibson, Jeremy Northam and Carla Gugino as well as a number of songs from the 1950s.

  7. www.bbc.com › culture › articleThe Singing Detective: the British masterpiece that changed ...

    Oct 4, 2023 · The Singing Detective was arguably the culmination of Potter's creativity, building on themes he originally explored in his debut novel Hide and Seek (1973), as well as bringing in material and ...

  8. www.youtube.com › playlistThe Singing Detective (1986) - YouTube

    Feb 18, 2020 · Not my videos, uploaded by den finch. The full 6-episode BBC series, "The Singing Detective", written by Dennis Potter, starring Sir Michael Gambon, and dire...

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  10. www.bbc.co.uk › programmes › b01bpqdnBBC One - The Singing Detective - Episode guide

    Skin. 1/6 A patient struggles to keep his sanity while his alter ego, a private eye, keeps singing.

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