The Singing Detective

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British television serial television drama

The Singing Detective is a critically acclaimed British television serial written by Dennis Potter that blends noir mystery, musical fantasy, and psychological drama through the hallucinations of a hospitalized writer.

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The Singing Detective (2003 film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British television serial ⓘ
television drama ⓘ
awardReceived British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Serial ⓘ
surface form: BAFTA TV Award for Best Drama Serial

Peabody Award ⓘ
broadcastFormat miniseries ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Dennis Potter ⓘ
criticalReception critically acclaimed ⓘ
director Jon Amiel ⓘ
filmingTechnique single-camera ⓘ
firstBroadcastYear 1986 ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
musical ⓘ
mystery ⓘ
neo-noir ⓘ
psychological drama ⓘ
hasAdaptation The Singing Detective self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Singing Detective (2003 film)
hasCharacter Dr. Gibbon ⓘ
Mark Binney ⓘ
Mrs. Marlow ⓘ
Nicola Marlow ⓘ
Nurse Mills ⓘ
Philip Marlow ⓘ
influenced subsequent television drama ⓘ
leadActor Michael Gambon ⓘ
listedIn British Film Institute ⓘ
surface form: BFI TV 100
mainCharacter Philip Marlowe ⓘ
surface form: Philip Marlow
narrativeDevice fantasy sequences ⓘ
flashbacks ⓘ
hallucinations ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 6 ⓘ
numberOfSeries 1 ⓘ
originalChannel BBC One ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork BBC One ⓘ
originalReleaseEndDate 1986-12-21 ⓘ
originalReleaseStartDate 1986-11-16 ⓘ
producer Kenith Trodd ⓘ
productionCompany BBC ⓘ
protagonistOccupation writer ⓘ
runtimePerEpisode approximately 70 minutes ⓘ
settingLocation England ⓘ
starring Michael Gambon ⓘ
theme childhood trauma ⓘ
identity ⓘ
illness ⓘ
imagination ⓘ
memory ⓘ
writer Dennis Potter ⓘ

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Michael Gambon → appearedIn → The Singing Detective ⓘ
The Singing Detective → hasAdaptation → The Singing Detective self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Singing Detective (2003 film)
Alison Steadman → notableWork → The Singing Detective ⓘ
Joanne Whalley → notableWork → The Singing Detective ⓘ
Michael Gambon → notableWork → The Singing Detective ⓘ
Jim Carter → workedOn → The Singing Detective ⓘ