The Singing Detective

Dennis Potter's surreal 1986 drama, starring Michael Gambon as a struggling pulp-fiction novelist who begins to mentally assume the role of one of his characters while confined to a hospital bed. However, while he drifts in and out of his fantasy world, he is also confronted by disturbing visions from his childhood. With Patrick Malahide, Joanne Whalley and Imelda Staunton

Wednesday, 21 October 2 airings

22:15