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21:30

The Singing Detective

Episode 1: Skin

BBC One

Duration: 1 hour, 10 minutes

Wed 1^st Jun 1988, 21:30 on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 5 months

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Dennis Potter's classic drama serial with music about pulp thriller writer Philip Marlow, in hospital with psoriasis, tormented by his past and threatened by his future. Show more

Contributors

Philip Marlow:: Michael Gambon
Mark Binney:: Patrick Malahide
Nurse Mills:: Joanne Whalley
Staff Nurse White:: Imelda Staunton
Mr Tomkey:: Leslie French
Writer:: Dennis Potter
Director:: Jon Amiel

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The Singing Detective

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BBC Two Northern Ireland

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