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Dennis Christopher George Potter (17 May 1935 – 7 June 1994) was an English television dramatist, screenwriter and journalist. He is best known for his BBC TV serials Pennies from Heaven (1978), The Singing Detective (1986), and the television plays Blue Remembered Hills (1979) and Brimstone and Treacle (1976). His television dramas mixed fantasy and reality, the personal and the social, and often used themes and images from popular culture. Potter is widely regarded as one of the most influential and innovative dramatists to have worked in British television. Born in Gloucestershire and graduating from Oxford University, Potter initially worked in journalism. After standing for parliament as a Labour candidate at the 1964 general election, his health was affected by the onset of psoriatic arthropathy which necessitated Potter changing careers and led to him becoming a television dramatist. His new career began with contributions to the BBC's Wednesday Play anthology series in 1965, and he continued to work in the medium for the rest of his life. He also wrote screenplay adaptations for the Hollywood studios. He died of pancreatic cancer in 1994.
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Gorky Park
1983-12-15
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Track 29
1988-05-15
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Dreamchild
1985-10-04
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Pennies from Heaven
1981-12-11
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Brimstone & Treacle
1982-10-01
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Blade on the Feather
1980-10-19
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Rain on the Roof
1980-10-26
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Cream in My Coffee
1980-11-02
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Moonlight on the Highway
1969-04-12
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Lay Down Your Arms
1970-05-23
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Schmoedipus
1974-06-20
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Brimstone and Treacle
1987-08-25
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Secret Friends
1991-06-21
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Where Adam Stood
1976-04-21
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Midnight Movie
1994-12-26
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Paper Roses
1971-06-13
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Son of Man
1969-04-16
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Follow The Yellow Brick Road
1972-07-04
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Double Dare
1976-04-06
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Traitor
1971-10-14
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The Singing Detective
2003-10-24
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Where the Buffalo Roam
1966-11-02
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Angels Are So Few
1970-11-05
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Visitors
1987-02-22
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Mesmer
1994-08-25
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Emergency Ward 9
1966-04-11
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Blue Remembered Hills
1979-01-30
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Joe's Ark
1974-02-14
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Only Make Believe
1973-02-12
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A Beast with Two Backs
1968-11-20
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Between Two Rivers
1960-01-01
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VOTE, VOTE, VOTE for Nigel Barton
1965-12-15
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Message for Posterity
1994-10-28
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Stand Up, Nigel Barton
1965-12-08
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The Bone Grinder
1968-05-13
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Alice
1965-10-13
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Dreamchild
1985-10-04
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Brimstone & Treacle
1982-10-01
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Shaggy Dog
1968-11-10
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Secret Friends
1991-06-21
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Secret Friends
1991-06-21
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Lipstick on Your Collar
1993-02-21
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Cold Lazarus
1996-05-26
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The Singing Detective
1986-11-16
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Karaoke
1996-04-28
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The Wednesday Play
1964-09-30
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That Was The Week That Was
1962-11-24
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Pennies from Heaven
1978-03-07
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Play for Today
1970-10-15
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Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965-10-07
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The Mayor of Casterbridge
1978-01-22
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Blackeyes
1989-11-29
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Blackeyes
1989-11-29
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Blackeyes
1989-11-29
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Blackeyes
1989-11-29
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Casanova
1971-11-16
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Tender Is the Night
1985-09-23
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Lipstick on Your Collar
1993-02-21
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The Mayor of Casterbridge
1978-01-22
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Christabel
1988-11-16
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The Sextet
1972-06-13
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Wessex Tales
1973-11-07
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Late Call
1975-03-01
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The Company of Five
1968-11-03
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The Singing Detective
1986-11-16
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Casanova
1971-11-16
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Pennies from Heaven
1978-03-07
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Lipstick on Your Collar
1993-02-21