Dennis Potter
Writing
Born: 1935-05-17 · Berry Hill, UK
Died: 1994-06-07
Biography
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 influenti
🎬 Movies (30)
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
2020
Self – Writer (archive footage, 1973 & 1977)
The Singing Detective
2003
Screenplay
The Bittersweet
2000
Theatre Play
An Interview with Dennis Potter
1994
Himself
Visions of Heaven and Hell
1994
Self
Midnight Movie
1994
Writer
Mesmer
1994
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Message for Posterity
1994
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Secret Friends
1991
Director
Follow the Yellow Brick Road
1991
Writer
Track 29
1988
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Visitors
1987
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Dreamchild
1985
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Gorky Park
1983
Screenplay
Brimstone & Treacle
1982
Screenplay
Pennies from Heaven
1981
Writer
Blade on the Feather
1980
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Rain on the Roof
1980
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Cream in My Coffee
1980
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Blue Remembered Hills
1979
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
Brimstone and Treacle
1976
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Where Adam Stood
1976
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Double Dare
1976
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Schmoedipus
1974
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Joe's Ark
1974
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Only Make Believe
1973
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Follow the Yellow Brick Road
1972
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Paper Roses
1971
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Traitor
1971
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Lay Down Your Arms
1970
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📺 TV Shows (25)
The Mayor of Casterbridge
2003
Creator
Karaoke
1996
Writer
Cold Lazarus
1996
Writer
Lipstick on Your Collar
1993
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Performance
1991
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Blackeyes
1989
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
Christabel
1988
Writer
The Singing Detective
1986
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Television
1985
Tender Is the Night
1985
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Screen Two
1985
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Pennies from Heaven
1978
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The Mayor of Casterbridge
1978
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Late Call
1975
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Wessex Tales
1973
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The Sextet
1972
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Casanova
1971
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Play for Today
1970
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ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
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The Company of Five
1968
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ITV Playhouse
1967
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Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
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The Wednesday Play
1964
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Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life
1964
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That Was The Week That Was
1962
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