The Singing Detective topic

The Singing Detective is a critically acclaimed BBC television miniseries, written by Dennis Potter and starring Michael Gambon. Jon Amiel directed all six episodes ("Skin", "Heat", "Lovely Days", "Clues", "Pitter Patter", "Who Done It") for the BBC with some co-production funding from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The serial was first broadcast on BBC1 in 1986 on Sunday nights from 16 November to 21 December with later PBS and cable television showings in the United States, where it... full article at wikipedia