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The Singing Detective : Season 1, Episode 6
Who Done It

Drama

The young Philip Marlow returns to the country railway station following his mother's death in London. Forty years on, Marlow the hospital patient still dreams about the homecoming and the frightening figure of the scarecrow that now erupts into the ward.

Writing:

Dennis Potter

Stars:

Release Date: Sun, Nov 16, 1986

Country: GB
Language: En
Runtime: 70

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Michael Gambon

Philip Marlow

Jim Carter

Mr. Marlow

Patrick Malahide

Mark Binney

Alison Steadman

Mrs. Marlow

Janet Suzman

Nicola

Joanne Whalley

Nurse Mills

Imelda Staunton

Staff Nurse White

David Ryall

Mr. Hall

Ron Cook

First Mysterious Man

George Rossi

Second Mysterious Man

Janet Henfrey

Schoolteacher

Simon Chandler

Dr. Finlay

David Thewlis

Second Soldier

Season 1:

Episode 1: Skin (Nov 16, 1986)
Pulp thriller writer Philip Marlow is in hospital with the skin complaint psoriasis, tormented by his past and threatened by his future. His memories, his 1930s-style gumshoe fiction and his disease weave him an altered reality.

Episode 2: Heat (Nov 23, 1986)
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.

Episode 3: Lovely Days (Nov 30, 1986)
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.

Episode 4: Clues (Dec 07, 1986)
Marlow as a child visits London, but is not impressed. A film option on Marlow's novel thickens the plot. His memories, his 30s style gumshoe fiction and his disease weave him an altered reality.

Episode 5: Pitter Patter (Dec 14, 1986)
Marlow is getting better and the different strands of his fiction and reality begin to occupy the same time and place.

Episode 6: Who Done It (Dec 21, 1986)
The young Philip Marlow returns to the country railway station following his mother's death in London. Forty years on, Marlow the hospital patient still dreams about the homecoming and the frightening figure of the scarecrow that now erupts into the ward.

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