The Singing Detective
The Singing Detective was a noir-styled 1986 six-part BBC TV serial drama, written by Dennis Potter and starring Michael Gambon. Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his wartime childhood in the Forest of Dean and Chandleresque detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations, with himself in the title role. It won six BAFTAs and other awards.[1]
Filming on the SVR[edit | edit source]
8 days of filming took place in March of that year using LMS Jinty (4)7383. SVR News included a photograph of 7383 and 4 carriages standing at Arley taken during filming on Sunday 23 March, and stills from the programme show Northwood Halt[2][3]. Part 3 'Lovely Days' has footage interspersed through the first half of the episode.
See also[edit | edit source]
List of film and TV productions filmed on the Severn Valley Railway
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Internet Movie Database (Retrieved 15 February 2017)
- ↑ SVR News 80, pp 10-11.
- ↑ 'Platform 2', Stourbridge Line User Group, Issue 19, March 2020 (Retrieved 26 January 2022)