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Title: Praise for "The Singing Detective"
Review: This is an amazing made for television series by the BBC in the 80's. Very complex theme with characters assuming different roles in the mind of the main character writing a detective story in his mind while confined to a hospital bed by a crippling skin disorder. At times very funny, but also poignant while the patient/writer/detective tries to solve a murder mystery as the characters shift in his head from childhood memories during WWII, to fellow patients and staff in the hospital. The background music fits wonderfully with the story. Michael Gambon is wonderful as the author/detective, surrounded by a cast of characters that are so very British. The only downside is that the dialogue is sometimes hard to follow with "American" ears not tuned to British regional dialects. Adult themes, language and some nudity.
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