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The Singing Detective

Specials 1986 - 2022

  • 1986-11-14T00:00:00Z on BBC One
  • 1h 10m
  • 3h 42m (4 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Drama, Musical
Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.

4 episodes

Special 2 Close Up - Dennis Potter

  • 1986-12-10T00:00:00Z1h 10m

1987-01-17T00:00:00Z

Special 3 Arena - Denis Potter

Special 3 Arena - Denis Potter

  • 1987-01-17T00:00:00Z1h 10m

Alison Steadman looks back at Dennis Potter’s The Singing Detective, hailed as one of the most important and influential TV dramas ever made, and once described by Stephen King as ‘television’s Citizen Kane’. 

From memories of happy times working with leading man Michael Gambon, and the pride of being involved in a piece that got the whole nation talking, to the stresses of being caught up in the controversy surrounding her character’s notorious outdoor sex scene, Alison brings her unique perspective to a series she ranks amongst her favourites.

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