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The Best Episodes of The Singing Detective

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Best episode
S1E1 Skin
8.0204 votes
Worst episode
S1E3 Lovely Days
7.7142 votes
Top season
Season 1
7.9avg
Binge time
7h 0m
6 episodes
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Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Singing Detective Season 1 Episode 1 - Skin
    8.0/10(204 votes)

    S1:E1

    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.

    Director:Jon Amiel
    Writer:Dennis Potter

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  2. The Singing Detective Season 1 Episode 2 - Heat
    8.0/10(165 votes)

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:Jon Amiel
    Writer:Dennis Potter

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  3. The Singing Detective Season 1 Episode 6 - Who Done It
    8.0/10(127 votes)

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:Jon Amiel
    Writer:Dennis Potter

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  4. The Singing Detective Season 1 Episode 5 - Pitter Patter
    7.8/10(123 votes)

    S1:E5

    Marlow is getting better and the different strands of his fiction and reality begin to occupy the same time and place.

    Director:Jon Amiel
    Writer:Dennis Potter

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  5. The Singing Detective Season 1 Episode 4 - Clues
    7.8/10(125 votes)

    S1:E4

    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.

    Director:Jon Amiel
    Writer:Dennis Potter

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  6. The Singing Detective Season 1 Episode 3 - Lovely Days
    7.7/10(142 votes)

    S1:E3

    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.

    Director:Jon Amiel
    Writer:Dennis Potter

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Best Episodes Summary

"Skin" is the best rated episode of The Singing Detective. It scored 8.0/10 from 204 votes. Directed by Jon Amiel and written by Dennis Potter, it aired on November 16, 1986.

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