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A British [[Miniseries]] of the 1980s written by Dennis Potter. The plot concerned Philip Marlow, a writer of pulp detective novels, who is hospitalised after a severe attack of psioriasis (a debilitating skin disease). In order to escape from his misery, he fantasises that he is the hero of one of his novels, ''[[The Singing Detective]]'', who is a nightclub singer and private detective. However, a combination of drugs and a fever causes him to lose the ability to tell fantasy from reality, and his dreams of his novel, his day-to-day life in hospital and his memories of his childhood all begin to merge. The series attracted controversy at the of broadcast due to a graphic sex scene, but it is now recognised as one of the best TV dramas ever.
It was adapted into a
Philip Marlow is played by Michael Gambon, who would go on to play a similarly debilitated and miserable hero in ''[[Harry Potter and
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* [[And You Were There]]: Pretty much every character in the series has at least one counterpart; for example, Mark Binney appears both in the 'Private Eye' story and as a character in Philip Marlow's childhood.
* [[Anvilicious]] - In universe example when Philip Marlow drops his guard to write a paragraph expressing his extreme disgust with sex. His psychologist wonders what this is doing in a pulp detective novel.
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* [[Musical World Hypothesis]]: This gets complicated. Most of the time it is clearly 'All in their heads', especially when a group of doctors burst into a rendition of 'dem bones' this is clearly in Marlowe's fevered imagination. The actual 'singing detective' sequences could be said to be 'The Diegetic Hypothesis' (after all the lead character is a nightclub singer with a fully rehearsed big band) until you realise that Philip Marlowe is not singing in his own voice (or even the voice of Michael Gambon) but miming to the actual 1940s recordings which means even the in-universe songs are still 'All in their heads'.
* [[Name's the Same]]: As the Raymond Chandler character.
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'''Nurse:''' As what?
'''Marlow:''' ...''[[Captain Obvious|Philip Marlowe]]!'' }}
* [[Private Eye Monologue]]
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