The Singing Detective

E82352

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
The Singing Detective canonical	24
The Singing Detective (TV serial)	3
The Singing Detective (2003 film)	1

Statements (49)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

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Michael Gambon → notableWork → The Singing Detective ⓘ

Michael Gambon → appearedIn → The Singing Detective ⓘ

Alison Steadman → notableWork → The Singing Detective ⓘ

Jim Carter → workedOn → The Singing Detective ⓘ

The Singing Detective → hasAdaptation → The Singing Detective self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Singing Detective (2003 film)

Joanne Whalley → notableWork → The Singing Detective ⓘ

Patrick Malahide → appearedIn → The Singing Detective ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Singing Detective (TV serial)

Dennis Potter → notableWork → The Singing Detective ⓘ

Kenith Trodd → notableWork → The Singing Detective ⓘ

Nicola Marlow → appearsIn → The Singing Detective ⓘ

Mark Binney → appearsIn → The Singing Detective ⓘ

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Mrs. Marlow → appearsIn → The Singing Detective ⓘ

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Mrs. Marlow → workDebut → The Singing Detective ⓘ

Mrs. Marlow → originatesFromWork → The Singing Detective ⓘ

Dr. Gibbon → appearsIn → The Singing Detective ⓘ

Nurse Mills → appearsIn → The Singing Detective ⓘ

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this entity surface form: The Singing Detective (TV serial)

Nurse Mills → fictionalUniverse → The Singing Detective ⓘ

Jon Amiel → notableWork → The Singing Detective ⓘ

Jon Amiel → directed → The Singing Detective ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Singing Detective (TV serial)

Philip Marlow → roleIn → The Singing Detective ⓘ

Bruce Davey → producerOf → The Singing Detective ⓘ

Icon Productions → notableWork → The Singing Detective ⓘ

Tom Georgeson → notableWork → The Singing Detective ⓘ