The Singing Detective - Season 1 Episode 3

Seasons & Episodes

Episode 1

The Singing Detective – S01E01 – Skin

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Episode 2

The Singing Detective – S01E02 – Heat

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Episode 3 Current

The Singing Detective – S01E03 – Lovely Days

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Episode 4

The Singing Detective – S01E04 – Clues

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Episode 5

The Singing Detective – S01E05 – Pitter Patter

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Episode 6

The Singing Detective – S01E06 – Who Done It

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The Singing Detective

Episode Overview

Marlow recalls the last days of World War II and a train journey with his mother when they visited her family. He again recalls his mother going into the woods and having sex with a man they know, Raymond. When soldiers on the train try to get friendly with her, he lashes out. At the hospital, he has another session with the psychiatrist, Dr. Gibbon, who questions if Marlow really wants to get better. His condition is slightly improved however and he's now able to light his own cigarette. In his re-imagined novel, Marlow and Mark Binney have a row after the investigator questions his source of income. Binney pays him off and tells him to take a hike. When a woman who wants to speak to him urgently is shot, he learns that the sleazy nightclub Binney visited is a front for something sinister.

Episode Details

Airdate: 1986-11-30
Episode Title: Lovely Days
Runtime: 63
Director: Jon Amiel
Genre: Drama, Musical, Mystery
Cast: Alison Steadman, Bill Paterson, David Ryall, Gerard Horan, Janet Suzman, Jim Carter, Joanne Whalley, Leslie French, Michael Gambon, Patrick Malahide
Episode Rating: 7.8 (114 votes)
Country: UK
Release Year: 1986
Rotten Tomatoes: 100
Episode Runtime: 70 min
First Air Date: 1986-11-16
Seasons: 1
Status: Ended
Creators: Jon Amiel, Dennis Potter
Awards: Won 3 BAFTA Awards, 6 wins & 8 nominations total

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