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Web exclusive. The Singing Detective (1986) Dennis Potter’s The Singing Detective, directed in six parts by Jon Amiel, first aired on BBC1 from 16 November to 21 December 1986. That means a quarter of a century has passed in which it has remain un-eclipsed as television’s Citizen Kane (in Stephen King’s estimation) and its Hamlet.
Dennis Potter. Dennis Christopher George Potter (17 May 1935 – 7 June 1994) was an English dramatist, best known for The Singing Detective (1986). His widely acclaimed television dramas mixed fantasy and reality, the personal and the social. He was particularly fond of using themes and images from popular culture.
This book represents the first full-length examination of the work of the late, celebrated television playwright, Dennis Potter. Drawing upon a wealth of original research, including unpublished scripts, interviews with top film and television practitioners, as well as a rare interview with the writer himself, John Cook reveals for the first time the often astonishing array of themes which link together all of Potter's writing: from his early television plays in the 1960s right through to ...
Jan 1, 1986 · Dennis Potter. 3.39. 216 ratings29 reviews. Boston & London:: Faber & Faber,, (1986.). Fine in very near fine dust jacket. . First US printing. A bleak thriller by the author of the screenplay for 'Pennies from Heaven' - his second novel and the first to be published in the US. The story of a degenerating mind, and the equally horrifying story ...
Jun 7, 1994 · Dennis Potter died yesterday of cancer, aged 59 - the exact contemporary of so many of those television dramatists who served a joyous apprenticeship in the Sixties and Seventies. He was, by ...
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Jun 7, 2024 · Watch Dennis Potter. By. Fergal Kinney. Thirty years after his death, the work of television dramatist and working-class innovator Dennis Potter is remnant of an era when complex and politically daring art was broadcast to a mass audience. Subscribe to Tribune today and help us build a real, socialist alternative to Britain’s media moguls.
