9.0/102 votes#1 - Skin
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/16/1986
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.
Director: Jon Amiel
Writer: Dennis Potter
9.0/101 votes#2 - Lovely Days
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/30/1986
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.
Director: Jon Amiel
Writer: Dennis Potter
8.0/102 votes#3 - Heat
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/23/1986
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.
Director: Jon Amiel
Writer: Dennis Potter
6.0/101 votes#4 - Episode 2
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/28/1993
Francis' worst fears about who lives upstairs with the beautiful Sylvia Berry are confirmed, and he confides all to Mick Hopper - with disastrous results.
Director: N/A
Writer: Dennis Potter
- 6.0/101 votes
#5 - Episode 6
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/28/1993
Francis has a confession to make to his family: Vickie is horrified, Fred just laughs. Elsewhere, Sylvia visits Harold Atterbrow in hospital.
Director: N/A
Writer: Dennis Potter
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"Skin" is the best rated episode written by Dennis Potter. It scored 9/10 based on 2 votes. It was directed by Jon Amiel. It aired on 11/16/1986 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Lovely Days".