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Summary The best-known work of celebrated TV dramatist Dennis Potter, The Singing Detective is actually the second of a trilogy of series by Potter using the device of lip-synching to well-known recordings of popular music. The first, set in the 1930s, was Pennies from Heaven (1978), the third, set during the 1956 Suez Crisis, was Lipstick on Yo...

The Singing Detective

Season 1 Premiere: Nov 16, 1986
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Summary The best-known work of celebrated TV dramatist Dennis Potter, The Singing Detective is actually the second of a trilogy of series by Potter using the device of lip-synching to well-known recordings of popular music. The first, set in the 1930s, was Pennies from Heaven (1978), the third, set during the 1956 Suez Crisis, was Lipstick on Yo...

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Production Company:
  • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
  • Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
Initial Release Date: Nov 16, 1986
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
BAFTA Awards
• 3 Wins & 11 Nominations
Broadcasting Press Guild Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Peabody Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination