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The Singing Detective

on BBC Two England

A film with music in six parts by DENNIS POTTER starring with Patrick Malahide and Joanne Whalley
1: Skin
What is the connection between the beady private eye crooning soft songs at the Laguna and the disfigured man struggling for his sanity in a hospital bed?
Why does the small boy spy from the top of the tree, and who is the naked girl dragged out of the murky Thames? The clues are bloody and tangled, but the singing detective knows that the answers will eventually jump out of him as long as he keeps singing the right tunes.
Broadcasting Press Guild Award 1986: Best Series: BAFTA Award winner 1986. Best Actor: MICHAEL GAMBON
... drama from heaven....
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Photography KEN WESTBURY Designer JIM CLAY
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Contributors

Unknown:
Dennis Potter
Unknown:
Patrick Malahide
Unknown:
Joanne Whalley
Unknown:
Guild Award
Unknown:
Bafta Award
Unknown:
Michael Gambon
Unknown:
Ken Westbury
Designer:
Jim Clay
Philip Marlow:
Michael Gambon
Busker:
Nigel Pegram
Mark Binney:
Patrick Malahide
Staff Nurse White:
Imelda Staunton
MrTomkey:
Leslie French
Mr Hall:
David Ryall
Reginald:
Gerard Horan
Porter:
Geff Francis
Barman:
Trevor Cooper
Amanda:
Charon Bourke
Ali:
Badi Uzzaman
Dr Finlay:
Simon Chandler
Nurse Mills:
Joanne Whalley
Mysterious men:
Ron Cook.
Mysterious men:
George Rossi
Sonia:
Kate McKenzie
Consultant:
Richard Pescud
Houseman:
Paul Lacoux
Registrar:
Thomas Wheatley
Visiting doctor:
John Matshikiza
Sister Marlone:
Mary McLeod
Philip Marlow (aged 10):
Lyndon Davies
Night nurse:
Sharon D. Clarke

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