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4 episodes · Nov 30, 1986
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- S0E1
Points of View - The Singing Detective
Nov 30, 19865mExcerpts from 1986 BBC feedback programmes with viewers' comments on the Singing Detective episodes
- S0E2
Close Up: Dennis Potter - Under the Skin
Sep 9, 199840mReflecting on the life and work of Dennis Potter, the playwright and screenwriter, who drew on his own emotional fixations to invest his work with powerful themes and imagery.
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Arena: Denis Potter
Jan 17, 198710m1987 Arena episode excerpts relevant to the Singing Detective, where Alan Yentob interviews TV dramatist Dennis Potter about his work through the years
S0E4Alison Steadman Remembers... The Singing Detective
Nov 30, 202212mAlison Steadman looks back at Dennis Potter’s The Singing Detective, hailed as one of the most important and influential TV dramas ever made, and once described by Stephen King as ‘television’s Citizen Kane’. From memories of happy times working with leading man Michael Gambon, and the pride of being involved in a piece that got the whole nation talking, to the stresses of being caught up in the controversy surrounding her character’s notorious outdoor sex scene, Alison brings her unique perspective to a series she ranks amongst her favourites.