Season 1 poster

Season 1

(1986)

Cast

Michael Gambon as Philip Marlow
Michael Gambon

as Philip Marlow

Jim Carter as Mr. Marlow
Jim Carter

as Mr. Marlow

Patrick Malahide as Mark Binney
Patrick Malahide

as Mark Binney

Alison Steadman as Mrs. Marlow
Alison Steadman

as Mrs. Marlow

Janet Suzman as Nicola
Janet Suzman

as Nicola

Joanne Whalley as Nurse Mills
Joanne Whalley

as Nurse Mills

Imelda Staunton as Staff Nurse White
Imelda Staunton

as Staff Nurse White

David Ryall as Mr. Hall
David Ryall

as Mr. Hall

Ron Cook as First Mysterious Man
Ron Cook

as First Mysterious Man

George Rossi as Second Mysterious Man
George Rossi

as Second Mysterious Man

Janet Henfrey as Schoolteacher
Janet Henfrey

as Schoolteacher

Simon Chandler as Dr. Finlay
Simon Chandler

as Dr. Finlay

David Thewlis as Second Soldier
David Thewlis

as Second Soldier

Episodes

Skin poster

Skin 9.0

November 16, 1986

Pulp thriller writer Philip Marlow is in hospital with the skin complaint psoriasis, tormented by his past and threaten…

Heat poster

Heat 8.0

November 23, 1986

Dennis Potter's drama about a patient struggling to keep his sanity, with the help of his alter ego, the singing privat…

Lovely Days poster

Lovely Days 9.0

November 30, 1986

While in hospital with psoriasis, Marlow thinks back to the war when he was a little boy, and remembers seeing his moth…

Clues poster

Clues 0.0

December 7, 1986

Marlow as a child visits London, but is not impressed. A film option on Marlow's novel thickens the plot. His memories,…

Pitter Patter poster

Pitter Patter 0.0

December 14, 1986

Marlow is getting better and the different strands of his fiction and reality begin to occupy the same time and place.

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Who Done It 0.0

December 21, 1986

The young Philip Marlow returns to the country railway station following his mother's death in London. Forty years on, …