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'''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.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090521/ Internet Movie Database] (Retrieved 15 February 2017)</ref>
==Filming on the SVR==8 days of filming took place in March of that year of No using [[LMS Jinty 47383 | 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]]<ref>SVR News 80, pp 10-11.</ref><ref>[https://www.stourbridgelineusergroup.info/files/Platform-2---Issue-19--A4-Large-Print-.pdf 'Platform 2', Stourbridge Line User Group, Issue 19, March 2020] (Retrieved 26 January 2022)</ref>. Part 3 'Lovely Days' has footage interspersed through the first half of the episode.
== See also ==
[[List of film and TV productions filmed on the Severn Valley Railway]]
==References==
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==Links==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Singing_Detective The Singing Detective Wikipedia page]
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090521/ The Singing Detective on Internet Movie Database]
*All episodes on the [https://archive.org/details/the-singing-detective/ Internet Archive]