Series · Drama, Mystery
The Singing Detective (1986)Specials
Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.
- Creator
- Dennis Potter
- Writers
- Dennis Potter
- Network
- BBC One
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- First aired
- November 16, 1986
- Status
- Ended
Cast
Michael GambonPhilip Marlow
Joanne WhalleyNurse Mills
David RyallMr Hall
Sharon D. ClarkeNight Nurse
Gerard HoranReginald
Ron CookFirst Mysterious Man- George RossiSecond Mysterious Man
Patrick MalahideMark Binney / Raymond
Leslie FrenchNoddy Tomkey
Lyndon Davies10-Year-Old Philip
Geff FrancisPorter
Jim CarterMr Marlow
Alison SteadmanMrs Marlow
Imelda StauntonStaff Nurse White
Janet HenfreySchoolteacher
Simon ChandlerDr Finlay
Bill PatersonDr Gibbon- William Speakman10-Year-Old Mark
- Charles SimonGeorge Adams
- Wally ThomasGrandad Baxter
Episodes
0/4 watched- Episode 1: Points of View - The Singing Detective5 min · Nov 30, 1986
- Episode 2: Close Up: Dennis Potter - Under the Skin40 min · Sep 9, 1998
- Episode 3: Arena: Denis Potter10 min · Jan 17, 1987
- Episode 4: Alison Steadman Remembers... The Singing Detective12 min · Nov 30, 2022
