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The Singing Detective. A hack writer of detective stories, Dan has suffered from a crippling disease since childhood. His latest & worst outbreak has landed him in the hospital where he deliriously tries to figure out who he is and how he got to this terrible place in his life. His fevered mind mingles real people with his fictional characters ...
The Singing Detective. 1. Skin. Contains adult themes. Contains Discriminatory Language. Dennis Potter's classic drama serial with music about pulp thriller writer Philip Marlow, in hospital with ...
The Singing Detective. Michael Gambon, Janet Suzman and Patrick Malahide star in a 1987 miniseries about a stricken writer's painful recovery.
May 8, 2012 · The Singing Detective may be the best miniseries that ever appeared on television (please note that I'm not counting Fawlty Towers as a miniseries). Dennis Potter got everything right when he wrote this one. As the back of the boxset says it is "A gripping murder mystery!" "A lavish musical" "An intense psychological thriller" and "A warped ...
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Web exclusive. The Singing Detective (1986) Dennis Potter’s The Singing Detective, directed in six parts by Jon Amiel, first aired on BBC1 from 16 November to 21 December 1986. That means a quarter of a century has passed in which it has remain un-eclipsed as television’s Citizen Kane (in Stephen King’s estimation) and its Hamlet.
The Singing Detective. 1986 -1986. 1 Season. BBC. Drama, Music. Watchlist. Dennis Potter's compelling, wonderfully surreal six-part musical miniseries probes the mind of cynical mystery writer ...
Jan 1, 1986 · 43 books32 followers. Follow. Dennis Christopher George Potter (17 May 1935 – 7 June 1994) was an English dramatist, best known for The Singing Detective (1986). His widely acclaimed television dramas mixed fantasy and reality, the personal and the social. He was particularly fond of using themes and images from popular culture.
