Dennis Potter
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 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. Born in Gloucestershire and graduating from Oxford University, Potter initially worked in journalism. After standing for parliament as a Labour candidate at the 1964 general election, his health was affected by the onset of psoriatic arthropathy which necessitated Potter changing careers and led to him becoming a television dramatist. His new career began with contributions to the BBC's Wednesday Play anthology series in 1965, and he continued to work in the medium for the rest of his life. He also wrote screenplay adaptations for the Hollywood studios. He died of pancreatic cancer in 1994.
Gorky Park
(Screenplay)
Dreamchild
(Writer)
Track 29
(Writer)
Pennies from Heaven
(Writer)
Brimstone & Treacle
(Screenplay)
Rain on the Roof
(Writer)
Lay Down Your Arms
(Writer)
Blade on the Feather
(Writer)
Cream in My Coffee
(Writer)
Moonlight on the Highway
(Writer)
Schmoedipus
(Writer)
Brimstone and Treacle
(Writer)
Secret Friends
(Director)
Where Adam Stood
(Writer)
Midnight Movie
(Writer)
Paper Roses
(Writer)
Son of Man
(Writer)
Follow The Yellow Brick Road
(Writer)
Double Dare
(Writer)
Traitor
(Writer)
The Singing Detective
(Screenplay)
Where the Buffalo Roam
(Writer)
Angels Are So Few
(Writer)
Visitors
(Writer)
Mesmer
(Writer)
Emergency Ward 9
(Writer)
Blue Remembered Hills
(Writer)
Joe's Ark
(Writer)
A Beast with Two Backs
(Writer)
Only Make Believe
(Writer)
Between Two Rivers
(Director)
VOTE, VOTE, VOTE for Nigel Barton
(Writer)
Message for Posterity
(Writer)
Stand Up, Nigel Barton
(Writer)
The Bone Grinder
(Writer)
Alice
(Screenplay)
Dreamchild
(Executive Producer)
Brimstone & Treacle
(Original Story)
Shaggy Dog
(Writer)
Secret Friends
(Novel)
Secret Friends
(Screenplay)
Lipstick on Your Collar
(Writer)
Cold Lazarus
(Writer)
The Singing Detective
(Writer)
Karaoke
(Writer)
The Wednesday Play
(Writer)
That Was The Week That Was
(Writer)
Pennies from Heaven
(Writer)
Play for Today
(Writer)
Thirty-Minute Theatre
(Writer)
The Mayor of Casterbridge
(Writer)
Blackeyes
(Screenplay)
Blackeyes
(Director)
Blackeyes
(Novel)
Blackeyes
(Writer)
Casanova
(Writer)
Tender Is the Night
(Writer)
Lipstick on Your Collar
(Executive Producer)
The Mayor of Casterbridge
(Screenplay)
Christabel
(Writer)
The Sextet
(Writer)
Late Call
(Writer)
Wessex Tales
(Screenplay)
The Company of Five
(Writer)
The Singing Detective
(Creator)
Casanova
(Creator)
Pennies from Heaven
(Creator)
Lipstick on Your Collar
(Creator)