Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.
Where to Watch Season 1
6 Episodes
Skin
E1
SkinPulp thriller writer Philip Marlow is in hospital with the skin complaint psoriasis, tormented by his past and threatened by his future. His memories, his 1930s-style gumshoe fiction and his disease weave him an altered reality.
Heat
E2
HeatDennis Potter's drama about a patient struggling to keep his sanity, with the help of his alter ego, the singing private eye. Marlow faces a talking cure with a psychologist.
Lovely Days
E3
Lovely DaysWhile in hospital with psoriasis, Marlow thinks back to the war when he was a little boy, and remembers seeing his mother having illicit sex in the Forest of Dean. His memories, his 30s style gumshoe fiction and his disease weave him an altered reality.
Clues
E4
CluesMarlow as a child visits London, but is not impressed. A film option on Marlow's novel thickens the plot. His memories, his 30s style gumshoe fiction and his disease weave him an altered reality.
Pitter Patter
E5
Pitter PatterMarlow is getting better and the different strands of his fiction and reality begin to occupy the same time and place.
Who Done It
E6
Who Done ItThe young Philip Marlow returns to the country railway station following his mother's death in London. Forty years on, Marlow the hospital patient still dreams about the homecoming and the frightening figure of the scarecrow that now erupts into the ward.
Cast of Season 1
Michael GambonPhilip Marlow
Jim CarterMr. Marlow
Patrick MalahideMark Binney
Alison SteadmanMrs. Marlow
Janet SuzmanNicola
Joanne WhalleyNurse Mills
Imelda StauntonStaff Nurse White
David RyallMr. Hall
Ron CookFirst Mysterious Man
George RossiSecond Mysterious Man
Janet HenfreySchoolteacher
Simon ChandlerDr. Finlay
David ThewlisSecond Soldier
Kenith TroddProducer
John HarrisProducer
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