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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".
- 16 November –, 21 December 1986
- BBC1
Writer Philip Marlow is in hospital being treated for a severe skin affliction, something he has suffered from for 25 years but is now worse than it has ever been. He finds himself in a general ward with a group of other men being treated for a variety of ailments.
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Episode aired Dec 21, 1986. 1h 16m. IMDb RATING. 8.0 /10. 96. YOUR RATING. Rate. Drama Musical Mystery. 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.
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- Drama, Musical, Mystery
- Jon Amiel
- 1986-12-21
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.
- $435,625
- Icon Productions
- $8 million
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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Feb 24, 2012 · 25 Years Later, 'The Singing Detective' Still Shines. Michael Gambon plays a writer hospitalized with a horrible skin condition in the 1986 BBC miniseries The Singing Detective. The Singing...
Nov 21, 2016 · Those of a certain age may be disconcerted to learn it has been three full decades since The Singing Detective, the six-part drama by Dennis Potter, was first shown on British television on...
