Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- ~70 min/episode
- Length
- 1 season · 6 episodes
- Status
- Miniseries
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
Why tonight?
- One season, and then it ends — a story with a last episode, not a habit.
The story
Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.
- detective
- hallucination
- surreal
- musical
- film noir
- miniseries
- hospital
- psychiatrist
- mystery writer
- 1940s
The bill
- Gerard Horan
- Ron Cook
- George Rossi
- Leslie French
- Patrick Malahide
- Lyndon Davies
- Geff Francis
- Jim Carter
- Alison Steadman
- Imelda Staunton
- Janet Henfrey
- Directed
- Jon Amiel
- Created
- Dennis Potter
- Written
- Dennis Potter
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 42 ratings
- Network & studio
- BBC One, BBC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
