The Singing Detective

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The Singing Detective: Episode 3: Lovely Days

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Episode 3: Lovely Days

Lovely Days

BBC One - The Singing Detective, Lovely Days

Marlow thinks back to his childhood and remembers seeing his mother having illicit sex.

Dennis Potter's drama serial with music. Marlow thinks back to the war when he was a little boy and remembers seeing his mother having illicit sex in the Forest of Dean.

While in hospital with psoriasis, Marlow thinks back to the war when he was a little boy, and remembers seeing his mother having illicit sex in the Forest of Dean. His memories, his 30s style gumshoe fiction and his disease weave him an altered reality.

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A pulp thriller writer relives his stories through his imagination and hallucinations.

Dennis Potter's classic drama serial with music, about a pulp thriller writer whose memories, 1930s-style gumshoe fiction and debilitating skin disease weave him an altered reality.

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