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Dennis Potter's masterpiece beautifully filmed and with a towering lead performance from the great Sir Michael Gammon, well deserving it's 3 Baftas (and 8 or 9 further nominations. Made back in an age when the BBC had balls to commission a drama like this. Nearly 20 years later it still looks fresh and groundbreaking. Not a background or 'popcorn' viewing - you have to dedicate brainpower to following the 3 distinct interwoven stories together and understand that much of what you are watching is fantasy (the eponymous pulp novel), the childhood memories, and the illness/medication induced hallucinations, all woven masterfully together. Brilliant!
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Superb original production. Dennis Potter a genius - this is his finest creation. Top rate actors. Michael Gambon's finest role. Bill Patterson brilliant.
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Such a joy to watch this again. I remember it well on the TV. Excellent acting and good humour. The script is wonderful.
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Disc were like new picture quality perfect
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Once before the days of the never-ending box set, TV series were created like novels - with a beginning and an end. The Singing Detective is an 80s masterpiece by Dennis Potter, a multi-layered story with stunning performances by some great actors (including Michael Gambon, the future Prof Dumbledore). Gambon is a writer taken to hospital with an appalling skin disease, triggered by stress. His childhood memories are mirrored by his fictional creation, a Marlow-style detective. The three planes of storyline weave around each other and eventually combine and resolve. The lip-sync sequences, in which characters mime to old records, seem weird; however, they perfectly suit the subject matter, a delve into the psyche of a man tortured by events buried in his past.
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