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The Singing Detective - Complete Series (1986)

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Reviews Counted:5

Fresh:4

Rotten:1

Average Rating:7.4/10

Runtime: 7 hrs

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: The complete collection of veteran BBC scribe Dennis Potter's surreal musical mystery mini-series, which finds hack writer P.E. Marlow adrift between reality and the world of his gumshoe magnum... [More]

Starring: Michael Gambon, Janet Suzman, Joanne Whalley

Director: Jon Amiel

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Apr 15, 2003

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11/14/09

100%

This review is about the 3 disc BBC TV mini series. not the mel gibson movie. The Singing... More

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2/20/07

70%

Quote by toefer

8/25/05

20%

*/**** Pro: The blurred line between fiction/reality is the only saving grace. Con: Dialogue.... More

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7/9/05

90%

This is a six or seven hour British miniseries from the 80's that I have been watching over the... More

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4/25/05

90%

"I hope my plays are about what goes on inside peoples heads." (Dennis Potter) Firstly, just so... More

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