The Singing Detective

The Singing Detective is a critically acclaimed BBC television serial, written by Dennis Potter, starring Michael Gambon. Jon Amiel directed. The episodes were "Skin", "Heat", "Lovely Days", "Clues", "Pitter Patter", and "Who Done It". The serial was broadcast in the U.K. on BBC1 in 1986 on Sunday nights from November 16 to December 21 with later PBS and cable television showings in the United States. It won a Peabody Award in 1989. It ranks 20th... more

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  • Nov 16, 1986

Air date of final episode:

  • Dec 21, 1986

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Number of seasons:

  • 1

Number of episodes:

  • 6

TV Program

Program creator

Dennis Potter

Dennis Christopher George Potter (17 May 1935–7 June 1994) was an English dramatist, best known for The Singing Detective. His widely acclaimed television dramas mixed fantasy and reality, the personal and the social. He was particularly fond of using themes and images from popular culture. Dennis...

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Jon Amiel

Jon Amiel (born 20 May 1948 in London) is an English film director who has since the early 1980s worked in film and television in both the UK and the US. Amiel initially attended Cambridge University as an English literature major while getting involved with local theatre. After college, he went on...

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  • 1986
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