The Singing Detective

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Michael Gambon stars as a novelist who, while lying in hospital, mentally assumes the role of a character from one of his books.

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Season 1 Episode 6: Who Done It
Dr Gibbon coaxes Philip into revealing more about his childhood traumas, leading his various fictions and memories to intertwine. The characters become angry, and seek retribution on their creator while the sinister figure of the scarecrow stalks the wards. Last in series
Season 1 Episode 5: Pitter Patter
As the detective story unfolds, the private eye pursues two mysterious men into the night after a shooting. Later in the real world, Marlow is surprised to see the same two men on the ward - who then take flight in exactly the same manner. Nicola and Mark continue their plan to defraud the writer, and another round of word association with Dr Gibbon dredges up further childhood memories, including a violent confrontation with his mother
Season 1 Episode 4: Clues
Nicola tells Philip a film company wants to adapt his book but he remains suspicious, wondering why they would go to her rather than approach him directly. Tormented by memories of his childhood, the hospitalised writer resolves to uncover the guilty party in fiction and reality - while in the story playing out in his head, the fictional Marlow is pursued by two mysterious men

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