Dennis Potter

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.

Known For
Writing
Born
May 17, 1935
Place of Birth
Berry Hill, UK
Died
June 7, 1994 age 59
  • imdb
1994

An Interview with Dennis Potter

1994

Visions of Heaven and Hell

1960

Between Two Rivers

1983

Gorky Park

1988

Track 29

1985

Dreamchild

1981

Pennies from Heaven

1982

Brimstone & Treacle

1980

Blade on the Feather

1980

Rain on the Roof

1980

Cream in My Coffee

1969

Moonlight on the Highway

1970

Lay Down Your Arms

1974

Schmoedipus

1987

Brimstone and Treacle

1991

Secret Friends

1976

Where Adam Stood

1994

Midnight Movie

1971

Paper Roses

1969

Son of Man

1972

Follow The Yellow Brick Road

1976

Double Dare

1971

Traitor

2003

The Singing Detective

1966

Where the Buffalo Roam

1970

Angels Are So Few

1987

Visitors

1994

Mesmer

1966

Emergency Ward 9

1979

Blue Remembered Hills

1974

Joe's Ark

1973

Only Make Believe

1968

A Beast with Two Backs

1960

Between Two Rivers

1965

VOTE, VOTE, VOTE for Nigel Barton

1994

Message for Posterity

1965

Stand Up, Nigel Barton

1968

The Bone Grinder

1965

Alice

1985

Dreamchild

1982

Brimstone & Treacle

1968

Shaggy Dog

1991

Secret Friends

1991

Secret Friends

1960

Between Two Rivers

2023

Lipstick on Your Collar

2023

Cold Lazarus

2023

The Singing Detective

2023

Karaoke

2023

The Wednesday Play

2023

That Was The Week That Was

2023

Pennies from Heaven

2023

Play for Today

2023

Thirty-Minute Theatre

2023

The Mayor of Casterbridge

2023

Blackeyes

2023

Blackeyes

2023

Blackeyes

2023

Blackeyes

2023

Casanova

2023

Tender Is the Night

2023

Lipstick on Your Collar

2023

The Mayor of Casterbridge

2023

Christabel

2023

The Sextet

2023

Late Call

2023

Wessex Tales

2023

The Company of Five

2023

Performance

2023

Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life

2023

ITV Playhouse

2023

Screen Two

2023

The Singing Detective

2023

Casanova

2023

Pennies from Heaven

2023

Lipstick on Your Collar

2023

Tender Is the Night

🎬 Pelis Harvey

Made with

Design by

Harvey.dev

This product uses the

TMDB API

but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.