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Dennis Potter (I) (1935–1994)

Writer | Producer | Director

Dennis Christopher George Potter was born 17 May 1935 in Berry Hill, a small village in the Forest of Dean, where his grandfather and father were coal miners. Through books, the young Potter found that "words were chariots". He attended school in London and spent two years in the Army. During his three years at Oxford... See full bio »

Born:

Dennis Christopher George Potter
in Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, UK

Died:

(age 59) in Ross-on-Wye, England, UK
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2003 The Singing Detective (screenplay / television series)
 
2001 The Greatest (TV series documentary)
– 100 Greatest TV Characters (2001)
 
1996 Cold Lazarus (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.4 (1996) (written by)
– Episode #1.3 (1996) (written by)
– Episode #1.2 (1996) (written by)
– Episode #1.1 (1996) (written by)
 
1996 Karaoke (TV mini-series)
– Friday (1996) (written by)
– Thursday (1996) (written by)
– Wednesday (1996) (written by)
– Tuesday (1996) (written by)
 
1994 Midnight Movie (TV movie) (screenplay)
 
1994 Performance (TV series)
– Message for Posterity (1994) (writer)
 
1994 Mesmer (written by)
 
1993 Lipstick on Your Collar (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.6 (1993) (written by)
– Episode #1.5 (1993) (written by)
– Episode #1.4 (1993) (written by)
– Episode #1.3 (1993) (written by)
– Episode #1.2 (1993) (written by)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1991 Secret Friends (novel "Ticket to Ride" / screenplay)
 
1989 Blackeyes (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.4 (1989) (novel "Blackeyes" / screenplay)
– Episode #1.3 (1989) (novel "Blackeyes" / screenplay)
– Episode #1.2 (1989) (novel "Blackeyes" / screenplay)
– Episode #1.1 (1989) (novel "Blackeyes" / screenplay)
 
1988 Christabel (TV movie)
 
1988 Track 29 (written by)
 
1987-1988 Screen Two (TV series)
– Follow the Yellow Brick Road (1988)
– Visitors (1987) (writer)
 
1970-1987 Play for Today (TV series)
– Brimstone and Treacle (1987) (written by)
– Blue Remembered Hills (1979) (written by)
– Double Dare (1976) (written by)
– Schmoedipus (1974) (written by)
– Joe's Ark (1974) (written by)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1986 The Singing Detective (TV mini-series)
– Who Done It (1986) (written by)
– Pitter Patter (1986) (written by)
– Clues (1986) (written by)
– Lovely Days (1986) (written by)
– Heat (1986) (written by)
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1985 Dreamchild
 
1985 Tender Is the Night (TV mini-series)
 
1983 Gorky Park (screenplay)
 
1982 Brimstone & Treacle (play / screenplay)
 
1981 Pennies from Heaven (based on original material by / written for the screen by)
 
1980 Cream in My Coffee (TV movie) (written by)
 
1980 Rain on the Roof (TV movie)
 
1980 Blade on the Feather (TV movie)
 
1978 Pennies from Heaven (TV mini-series)
– Says My Heart (1978) (written by)
– Painting the Clouds (1978) (written by)
– Better Think Twice (1978) (written by)
– Easy Come, Easy Go (1978) (written by)
– The Sweetest Thing (1978) (written by)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1978 The Mayor of Casterbridge (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.7 (1978) (dramatisation)
– Episode #1.6 (1978) (dramatisation)
– Episode #1.5 (1978) (dramatisation)
– Episode #1.4 (1978) (dramatisation)
– Episode #1.3 (1978) (dramatisation)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1976 Where Adam Stood (TV movie) (written by)
 
1975 Late Call (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.4 (1975) (written by)
– Episode #1.3 (1975) (written by)
– Episode #1.2 (1975) (written by)
– Episode #1.1 (1975) (written by)
 
1973 Wessex Tales (TV series)
– A Tragedy of Two Ambitions (1973) (adapted by)
 
1972 The Sextet (TV series)
– Follow the Yellow Brick Road (1972) (written by)
 
1971 Casanova (TV mini-series)
– Golden Apples (1971) (written by)
– Fevers of Love (1971) (written by)
– Window, Window (1971) (written by)
– Magic Moments (1971) (written by)
– One at a Time (1971) (written by)
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1969-1971 ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV series)
– Paper Roses (1971) (writer)
– Lay Down Your Arms (1970) (writer)
– Moonlight on the Highway (1969) (writer)
 
1969 Die Ballade vom Cowboy (TV movie) (play)
 
1965-1969 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
– Son of Man (1969) (written by)
– A Beast with Two Backs (1968) (written by)
– Message for Posterity (1967) (written by)
– Where the Buffalo Roam (1966) (written by)
– Vote, Vote, Vote for Nigel Barton (1965) (written by)
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1968 The Company of Five (TV series)
– Shaggy Dog (1968) (writer)
 
1968 ITV Playhouse (TV series)
– The Bonegrinder (1968) (writer)
 
1968 Tamo gdje bizoni lutaju (TV movie)
 
1966 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)
– Emergency Ward 9 (1966) (writer)
 
1964 Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life (TV series)
 
1964 A Last Word on the Election (TV short)
 
1962-1963 That Was the Week That Was (TV series)
– That Was the Year That Was (1963) (writer)
– Dick Whittington and His Fascist Hyena (1963) (writer)
– Episode #2.12 (1963) (writer)
– Episode #2.11 (1963) (writer)
– Episode #2.10 (1963) (writer)
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1960 Bookstand (TV series)
 
1960 Between Two Rivers (TV documentary short)
 
Show ShowProducer (4 titles)
1994 Midnight Movie (TV movie) (producer)
 
1993 Lipstick on Your Collar (TV mini-series) (executive producer - 6 episodes)
– Episode #1.6 (1993) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.5 (1993) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.4 (1993) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.3 (1993) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.2 (1993) (executive producer)
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1985 Dreamchild (executive producer)
 
1970 ITV Playhouse (TV series) (producer - 2 episodes)
– The Style of the Countess (1970) (producer)
– Thursday's Child (1970) (producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (3 titles)
1991 Secret Friends
 
1989 Blackeyes (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.4 (1989)
– Episode #1.3 (1989)
– Episode #1.2 (1989)
– Episode #1.1 (1989)
 
1960 Between Two Rivers (TV documentary short)
 
Show ShowActor (2 titles)
1989 Blackeyes (TV mini-series)
Narrator
– Episode #1.4 (1989) … Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
– Episode #1.3 (1989) … Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
– Episode #1.2 (1989) … Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
– Episode #1.1 (1989) … Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1979 Play for Today (TV series)
Narrator
– Blue Remembered Hills (1979) … Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
1960 Bookstand (TV series) (script associate)
 
1953 Panorama (TV series documentary) (researcher)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
1996 James and the Giant Peach (musical concepts - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1998 Dark City (in memory of)
 
Show ShowSelf (15 titles)
1998 Close Up: Dennis Potter Under the Skin (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Visions of Heaven and Hell (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1994 An Interview with Dennis Potter (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Clive Anderson Talks Back (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #7.8 (1993) … Himself
 
1989 Heart of the Matter (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 November 1989 (1989) … Himself
 
1989 The Media Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.11 (1989) … Himself
 
1987 Arena (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Dennis Potter (1987) … Himself
 
1987 Question Time (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 January 1987 (1987) … Himself
 
1980 The Levin Interviews (TV series)
Himself
– Dennis Potter (1980) … Himself
 
1978 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
Himself - interviewed
– Dennis Potter: Man of Television (1978) … Himself - interviewed
 
1977 The Anno Domini Interview (TV series)
Himself
– Dennis Potter (1977) … Himself
 
1960 Bookstand (TV series)
Himself (interviewer)
 
1960 Between Two Rivers (TV documentary short)
Narrator
 
1960 Tonight (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 February 1960 (1960) … Himself
 
1958 Does Class Matter? (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2012 Frost on Interviews (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Passion: Films, Faith & Fury (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Drama Connections (TV series documentary)
 
2004-2005 Arena (TV series documentary)
 
2004 The Truth About 60s TV (TV documentary)
Himself
 

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Other Works:

Pennies from Heaven (1996) published in the 1st edition by Faber and Faber Limited with an introduction by Kenith Trodd See more »

Publicity Listings:

6 Print Biographies  | 1 Interview  | 2 Articles  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

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Personal Quote:

Let me remind myself of how to paint the clouds with sunshine. I first saw television when I was in my late teens. It made my heart pound. Here was a medium of great power, of potentially wondrous delights, that could slice through all the tedious hierarchies of the printed word and help to emancipate us from many of the stifling tyrannies of class and status and gutter-press ignorance... See more »

Trivia:

Graduated from New College, Oxford University, with a second class degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. See more »

Trademark:

Musicals where the actors lip-sync to classic songs See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus