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The Singing Detective’s
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24.5%
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64.1%
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8.6%
Outstanding
2.7%
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Storyline
Re-working material from his first novel, "Hide and Seek" (1973), and folding this into a prismatic blend of autobiographical details, popular music and 1940s film noir, Writer Dennis Potter delivered a drama now regarded as a twentieth century masterwork. Detective novelist Philip Marlow (Sir Michael Gambon) suffers from the crippling disease of psoriatic arthritis. Confined to a hospital bed, Marlow mentally re-writes his early Chandleresque thriller, "The Singing Detective", with him in the title role, drifting into a surreal 1945 fantasy of spies and criminals, along with vivid memories of a childhood in the Forest of Dean. As past events and 1940s songs surface in his subconscious, Marlow's voyage of self-discovery provides a key to conquering his illness, while his noir-styled hallucinations evoke the Philip Marlowe of Chandler's Murder, My Sweet (1944), starring Dick Powell, who later became a "singing detective" on radio's "Richard Diamond, Private Detective" (1949), crooning to girlfriend Helen Asher at the end of each episode.
Country: United Kingdom
Type: scripted
Status: Ended
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 1986
Also Known As: Raspjevani detektiv, El detective cantanteLaulava salapoliisi, El detectiu cantant, The Singing Detective - Laulava salapoliisi, Az éneklő detektív, Den sjungande detektiven, Поющий детектив, The Singing Detective, Распевани детектив, Den syngende detektiv, Der singende Detektiv, 歌唱神探 | See more »
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Company Credits
Production Co: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
1986 | 6 Episodes
Season 2
2021 | 2 Episodes
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BAFTA TV Award 1987
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BAFTA TV Award
Best Drama Series
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BAFTA TV Award
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Best Make Up
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Best Film Cameraman
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Best Costume Design
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Best Graphics
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Best Design
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Best Film Sound
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Best Sound (Fiction/Entertainment)
Broadcasting Press Guild Award 1987
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Broadcasting Press Guild Award
Best Actor