View The Singing Detective 1986 Pics. Confined to a hospital bed, marlow mentally rewrites his early chandleresque thriller, the singing detective, with himself in the title role, drifting into a surreal 1945 fantasy of spies and. The cast featured a bafta award winning performance.

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Detective novelist philip marlow (sir michael gambon) suffers from the crippling disease of psoriatic arthritis. Original run 16 november 1986 21 december 1986 bbc1 the singing detective is a bbc television serial written by dennis. A musical/mystery/fantasy british miniseries, based on the work by dennis potter.

Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.

The first episode of the singing detective, dennis potter's original drama series, aired on 16 november 1986. The story of the singing detective unfolds in three time periods: Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.