Dennis Potter

Dennis Potter

Writing

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…

Filmography

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The Singing Detective ★ 5.1 The Singing Detective 2003 The Mayor of Casterbridge ★ 7.0 The Mayor of Casterbridge 2003 The Bittersweet ★ 10.0 The Bittersweet 2000 Cold Lazarus ★ 6.8 Cold Lazarus 1996 Karaoke ★ 6.7 Karaoke 1996 Midnight Movie ★ 3.7 Midnight Movie 1994 Message for Posterity ★ 8.0 Message for Posterity 1994 Mesmer ★ 6.0 Mesmer 1994 Lipstick on Your Collar ★ 6.9 Lipstick on Your Collar 1993 Performance ★ 6.3 Performance 1991 Secret Friends ★ 3.9 Secret Friends 1991 Follow the Yellow Brick Road Follow the Yellow Brick Road 1991 Blackeyes ★ 5.9 Blackeyes 1989 Christabel ★ 6.0 Christabel 1988 Track 29 ★ 5.6 Track 29 1988 Visitors ★ 7.5 Visitors 1987 The Singing Detective ★ 7.5 The Singing Detective 1986 Dreamchild ★ 6.6 Dreamchild 1985 Tender Is the Night ★ 6.3 Tender Is the Night 1985 Screen Two ★ 7.1 Screen Two 1985 Gorky Park ★ 6.3 Gorky Park 1983 Brimstone & Treacle ★ 5.9 Brimstone & Treacle 1982 Pennies from Heaven ★ 6.1 Pennies from Heaven 1981 Cream in My Coffee ★ 6.2 Cream in My Coffee 1980 Rain on the Roof ★ 6.2 Rain on the Roof 1980 Blade on the Feather ★ 5.8 Blade on the Feather 1980 Blue Remembered Hills ★ 7.3 Blue Remembered Hills 1979 Pennies from Heaven ★ 7.6 Pennies from Heaven 1978 The Mayor of Casterbridge ★ 6.8 The Mayor of Casterbridge 1978 Where Adam Stood ★ 6.8 Where Adam Stood 1976 Brimstone and Treacle ★ 6.1 Brimstone and Treacle 1976 Double Dare Double Dare 1976 Late Call ★ 10.0 Late Call 1975 Schmoedipus ★ 9.0 Schmoedipus 1974 Joe's Ark ★ 8.0 Joe's Ark 1974 Wessex Tales ★ 7.0 Wessex Tales 1973 Only Make Believe ★ 10.0 Only Make Believe 1973 Follow the Yellow Brick Road Follow the Yellow Brick Road 1972 The Sextet ★ 10.0 The Sextet 1972 Casanova ★ 4.5 Casanova 1971 Traitor ★ 8.3 Traitor 1971 Paper Roses ★ 8.0 Paper Roses 1971 Angels Are So Few ★ 8.0 Angels Are So Few 1970 Play for Today ★ 6.6 Play for Today 1970 Lay Down Your Arms ★ 7.5 Lay Down Your Arms 1970 Son of Man ★ 10.0 Son of Man 1969 Moonlight on the Highway ★ 6.0 Moonlight on the Highway 1969 ITV Saturday Night Theatre ★ 7.0 ITV Saturday Night Theatre 1969 A Beast with Two Backs ★ 10.0 A Beast with Two Backs 1968 Shaggy Dog ★ 6.7 Shaggy Dog 1968 The Company of Five ★ 7.0 The Company of Five 1968 The Bone Grinder ★ 8.0 The Bone Grinder 1968 ITV Playhouse ★ 7.0 ITV Playhouse 1967 Where the Buffalo Roam ★ 8.0 Where the Buffalo Roam 1966 Emergency Ward 9 Emergency Ward 9 1966 VOTE, VOTE, VOTE for Nigel Barton ★ 8.0 VOTE, VOTE, VOTE for Nigel Barton 1965 Stand Up, Nigel Barton ★ 9.0 Stand Up, Nigel Barton 1965 Alice ★ 6.5 Alice 1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre ★ 4.3 Thirty-Minute Theatre 1965 Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life ★ 9.0 Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life 1964 The Wednesday Play ★ 5.2 The Wednesday Play 1964 That Was The Week That Was ★ 8.5 That Was The Week That Was 1962 Between Two Rivers ★ 7.4 Between Two Rivers 1960