Michael Gambon
Philip Marlow
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- 1. Skin Nov 16, 1986
- A hospitalized writer's hallucinations cause his doctors to believe he is crazy.
- 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 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.
The Singing Detective is a BBC television serial drama, written by Dennis Potter, starring Michael Gambon and directed by Jon Amiel. Its six episodes are "Skin", "Heat", "Lovely Days", "Clues", "Pitter Patter" and "Who Done It".
The Singing Detective: With Michael Gambon, Patrick Malahide, Joanne Whalley, David Ryall. Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.
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- 1986-11-16
- Drama, Musical, Mystery
- 70
The Singing Detective: Directed by Keith Gordon. With Robert Downey Jr., Robin Wright, Mel Gibson, Jeremy Northam. From his hospital bed, a writer suffering from a skin disease hallucinates musical numbers and paranoid plots.
- (9K)
- Comedy, Crime, Musical
- Keith Gordon
- 2003-11-14
A 2003 musical crime comedy film based on Dennis Potter's BBC serial, starring Robert Downey Jr. as a novelist with a skin disease and hallucinations. The film features songs from the 1950s and a plot involving a detective novel, a prostitute wife, and two thugs.
The full 6-episode BBC series, "The Singing Detective", written by Dennis Potter, starring Sir Michael Gambon, and dire...
The Singing Detective: the British masterpiece that changed TV forever. 3 October 2023. Adam Scovell. Features correspondent. BBC. (Credit: BBC) The unconventional TV drama gave the great actor...
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Nov 7, 2003 · Robert Downey Jr. plays a writer with psoriasis who escapes to a pulp novel and musical fantasies in this adaptation of Dennis Potter's BBC series. Ebert praises the film's subjective view of suffering and the character's coping mechanisms.
