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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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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1935-05-17
- event Death Date 1994-06-07
- school Known for: Writing
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- info Birth Place Berry Hill, UK
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An Interview with Dennis Potter
1994-11-19
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Visions of Heaven and Hell
1994-01-31
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Between Two Rivers
1960-06-03
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Blue Remembered Hills
1979-01-30
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Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
2020-10-12
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Blackeyes
1989-11-29
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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
5.5
Brimstone & Treacle
1982-10-01
5.5
Cream in My Coffee
1980-11-02
5.5
Rain on the Roof
1980-10-26
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Blade on the Feather
1980-10-19
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Lay Down Your Arms
1970-05-23
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Moonlight on the Highway
1969-04-12
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Schmoedipus
1974-06-20
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Brimstone and Treacle
1976-04-06
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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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A Beast with Two Backs
1968-11-20
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Only Make Believe
1973-02-12
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Between Two Rivers
1960-06-03
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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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Between Two Rivers
1960-06-03
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The Bittersweet
2000-01-01
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The Bittersweet
2000-01-01
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Follow the Yellow Brick Road
1991-02-14
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Midnight Movie
1994-12-26
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Lipstick on Your Collar
1993-02-21
5.5
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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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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The Sextet
1972-06-13
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Late Call
1975-03-01
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Performance
1991-10-05
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Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life
1964-11-13
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ITV Playhouse
1967-09-25
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Screen Two
1985-01-06
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Casanova
1971-11-16
5.5
Wessex Tales
1973-11-07
5.5
The Company of Five
1968-11-03
5.5
Cold Lazarus
1996-05-26
5.5
Blackeyes
1989-11-29
5.5
Blackeyes
1989-11-29
5.5
Christabel
1988-11-16
5.5
The Singing Detective
1986-11-16
5.5
Casanova
1971-11-16
5.5
Pennies from Heaven
1978-03-07
5.5
Lipstick on Your Collar
1993-02-21
5.5
Tender Is the Night
1985-09-23
5.5
The Mayor of Casterbridge
1978-01-22
5.5
Karaoke
1996-04-28
5.5
Cold Lazarus
1996-05-26
5.5
Blackeyes
1989-11-29
5.5
Late Call
1975-03-01
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Christabel
1988-11-16