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Dennis Christopher George Potter 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.
Birth Name
Dennis Christopher George Potter
Born
Friday, 17 May 1935
Died
Tuesday, 07 June 1994
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty | Self | 2020 |
The Passion: Films, Faith & Fury | Self | 2006 |
Drama Connections | Self | 2005 |
Blackeyes | Narrator | 1989 |
Question Time | Self | 1979 |
The South Bank Show | Self - Interviewee | 1978 |
Arena | Himself (archive footage) / Himself | 1975 |
Play for Today | Narrator | 1970 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty | Self | 2020 |
The Passion: Films, Faith & Fury | Self | 2006 |
Drama Connections | Self | 2005 |
Blackeyes | Narrator | 1989 |
Question Time | Self | 1979 |
The South Bank Show | Self - Interviewee | 1978 |
Arena | Himself (archive footage) / Himself | 1975 |
Play for Today | Narrator | 1970 |
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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Blackeyes | 1989 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Lipstick on Your Collar | 1993 |
Dreamchild | 1985 |
Screen Two | 1985 |
ITV Playhouse | 1967 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1982 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | Nominated |