The Singing Detective
The Singing Detective

The Singing Detective

1986 1 Seasons 6 Episodes ⭐ 7.5 Drama Mystery

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

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

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Skin

Pulp thriller writer Philip Marlow is in hospital with the skin complaint psoriasis, tormented by his past and threatene

EP 2

Heat

Dennis Potter's drama about a patient struggling to keep his sanity, with the help of his alter ego, the singing private

EP 3

Lovely Days

While in hospital with psoriasis, Marlow thinks back to the war when he was a little boy, and remembers seeing his mothe

EP 4

Clues

Marlow as a child visits London, but is not impressed. A film option on Marlow's novel thickens the plot. His memories,

EP 5

Pitter Patter

Marlow is getting better and the different strands of his fiction and reality begin to occupy the same time and place.

EP 6

Who Done It

The young Philip Marlow returns to the country railway station following his mother's death in London. Forty years on, M

Popular Cast

Michael Gambon
Michael Gambon
Philip Marlow
Joanne Whalley
Joanne Whalley
Nurse Mills
David Ryall
David Ryall
Mr Hall
Sharon D. Clarke
Sharon D. Clarke
Night Nurse
Gerard Horan
Gerard Horan
Reginald
Ron Cook
Ron Cook
First Mysterious Man