The Singing Detective

The BBC South West region started on 20th April 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South West.

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The Singing Detective: Episode 2: Heat

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Episode 2: Heat

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Marlow faces his personal misery of the talking cure with the psychologist.

Dennis Potter's drama about a patient struggling to keep his sanity, with the help of his alter ego, the singing private eye. Marlow faces a talking cure with a psychologist.

Marlow faces his personal misery of the talking cure with the psychologist who wants to help him with his psychosomatic psoriasis and has actually read Marlow's novel. Nicola, an ambitious and demanding actress, appears in Marlow's hospital ward just as he is thinking about her. Marlow is suspicious of his former wife, and his wretched state exposes his vulnerability. Only the fact that his imagination is running riot keeps him occupied.

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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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