S01E01 Skin
Pulp thriller writer Philip Marlow is in hospital with the skin complaint psoriasis, tormented by his past and threatened by his future. His memories, his 1930s-style gumshoe fiction and his disease weave him an altered...
The Singing Detective
Overview
Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.
Episodes
S01E02 Heat
Dennis Potter's drama about a patient struggling to keep his sanity, with the help of his alter ego, the singing private eye. Marlow faces a talking cure with a psychologist.
S01E03 Lovely Days
While in hospital with psoriasis, Marlow thinks back to the war when he was a little boy, and remembers seeing his mother having illicit sex in the Forest of Dean. His memories, his 30s style...
S01E04 Clues
Marlow as a child visits London, but is not impressed. A film option on Marlow's novel thickens the plot. His memories, his 30s style gumshoe fiction and his disease weave him an altered reality.
S01E05 Pitter Patter
Marlow is getting better and the different strands of his fiction and reality begin to occupy the same time and place.
S01E06 Who Done It
The young Philip Marlow returns to the country railway station following his mother's death in London. Forty years on, Marlow the hospital patient still dreams about the homecoming and the frightening figure of the scarecrow...
Cast
Michael Gambon
Philip Marlow
Jim Carter
Mr. Marlow
Patrick Malahide
Mark Binney
Alison Steadman
Mrs. Marlow
Janet Suzman
Nicola
Joanne Whalley
Nurse Mills
Imelda Staunton
Staff Nurse White
David Ryall
Mr. Hall
Ron Cook
First Mysterious Man
George Rossi
Second Mysterious Man
Janet Henfrey
Schoolteacher
Simon Chandler
Dr. Finlay
