View The Singing Detective 1986 Images. The first episode of the singing detective, dennis potter's original drama series, aired on 16 november 1986. The singing detective is a bbc television serial drama, written by dennis potter, which stars michael gambon and was directed by jon amiel.

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Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations. The cast featured a bafta award winning performance. A reworking of potter's first novel hide and seek.

Original run 16 november 1986 21 december 1986 bbc1 the singing detective is a bbc television serial written by dennis.

The cast featured a bafta award winning performance. The singing detective (1986), featuring michael gambon, used the dramatist's own battle with the skin disease psoriasis, for him an often debilitating condition, as a means to merge the lead character's imagination with his perception of reality. His final two serials were karaoke and cold lazarus. Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.