Dennis Potter
WritingBorn: May 17, 1935 in Berry Hill, UK
Biography
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...
All Credits66 Titles
Film
42 Titles
6.3
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Gorky Park1983
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Track 291988
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Brimstone & Treacle1982
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The Singing Detective2003
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Dreamchild1985
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Pennies from Heaven1981
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Mesmer1994
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VOTE, VOTE, VOTE for Nigel Barton1965
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Blue Remembered Hills1979
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Alice1965
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Secret Friends1991
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Lay Down Your Arms1970
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Cream in My Coffee1980
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Visitors1987
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Visions of Heaven and Hell1994
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Follow the Yellow Brick Road1991
Series
24 Titles
6.6
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Play for Today1970–
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Screen Two1985–
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ITV Playhouse1967–
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The Wednesday Play1964–
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Performance1991–
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Thirty-Minute Theatre1965–
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ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969–
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The Singing Detective1986–
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That Was The Week That Was1962–
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Karaoke1996–
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Pennies from Heaven1978–
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Cold Lazarus1996–
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Lipstick on Your Collar1993–
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The Company of Five1968–
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Tender Is the Night1985–
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The Sextet1972–