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May 12, 2024 · Part autobiography of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers, part elegy for a vanishing way of life and part testament to the abiding humanity that underlies all of Dennis Potter's work.
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 television serials Pennies from Heaven (1978) and The Singing Detective (1986) as well as the BBC television plays Blue Remembered Hills (1979) and Brimstone and Treacle (1976). [1]
The Dean Heritage Centre in the Forest of Dean houses the archive of Dennis Potter's scripts, manuscripts and notebooks dating from the early 1960's up to the time of his death.
Jun 12, 1994 · IN FEBRUARY, Dennis Potter was told that he would soon die of cancer of the pancreas and liver. Potter, who died Tuesday at the age of 59, had devoted his professional life to television ...
Alan Yentob interviews TV dramatist Dennis Potter about his work through the years, touching on subjects such as why and how he started writing and his attempt to enter politics.
If you’re inspired by Potter’s trailblazing small screen work, you can discover over 250 TV single dramas from the 1950s to the 1980s in the Mediatheque, including a growing collection of more than 80 surviving editions of the BBC’s groundbreaking Play for Today strand.
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His masterpiece is The Singing Detective (1986), regarded by some as the best original work ever created for television. Only near the end of his life did he move into directing with Blackeyes (1989) and Secret Friends (1991). Steven Bochco's Cop Rock (1990) is just one example of Potter's widening influence.
