Musical fantasy. Plagued by paranoia and confined to a hospital bed, a cynical crime novelist imagines himself amongst murderers and molls. Robert Downey Jr stars. Show more
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The mundane chores of a bored housewife are disrupted when a scruffy young man arrives on her doorstep, claiming to be an angel.
Alan Yentob interviews TV dramatist Dennis Potter about his work through the years, touching on subjects such as why and how he started writing and his attempt to enter politics. Show more
Dennis Potter recreates the Oxford of 100 years ago with tenderness and understanding, bringing alive the public world of Alice in Wonderland and the private world of its creator.
A 1930s Berlin analyst tries to reveal the cause of his client's trauma. Could it be childhood memories or a dark premonition of the future? With strong language and sexual scenes. Show more
Dennis Potter's play of lost innocence begins with adults playing children's games in a lyrical summer landscape. But the games of hide-and-seek and war take on a sinister aspect. Show more
The Singing Detective
Episode 2: Heat
1 hour, 10 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Four
Available for 11 months
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. Show more
The Singing Detective
Episode 3: Lovely Days
1 hour, 10 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Four
Available for 11 months
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. Show more
The Singing Detective
Episode 5: Pitter Patter
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Four
Available for 11 months
Dennis Potter's surreal drama with music. Marlow is getting better and the different strands of his fiction and reality begin to occupy the same time and place. Show more
The Singing Detective
Episode 1: Skin
1 hour, 10 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Four
Available for 11 months
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
The Singing Detective
Episode 4: Clues
1 hour, 10 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Four
Available for 11 months
Dennis Potter's classic drama serial with music. Marlow as a child visits London, but is not impressed. A film option on Marlow's novel thickens the plot. Show more
The Singing Detective
Episode 6: Who Done It
1 hour, 15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Four
Available for 11 months
In the final part of Dennis Potter's classic drama serial with music, as fiction and fact fight for the same space, the plots and narratives head to their conclusions. Show more
Desert Island Discs
Dennis Potter
40 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Michael Parkinson's castaway is playwright Dennis Potter. Show more
Desert Island Discs
Dennis Potter
40 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright Dennis Potter. Show more