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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]
Dennis Potter. Writer: Gorky Park. Dennis Christopher George Potter was born 17 May 1935 in Berry Hill, a small village in the Forest of Dean, where his grandfather and father were coal miners.
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Jun 26, 2024 · Dennis Christopher George Potter was born in Berry Hill, a small village in the Forest of Dean on May 17, 1935, a son to local coal miner Walter Potter (1906-75) and Londoner Margaret née Wale (1910-2001). His grandfather had also been a miner.
Dec 31, 2014 · Airing from March 07 - April 11, 1978 on BBC, this miniseries is one of several made by Dennis Potter to mix the reality of the drama with a dark fantasy content, and the earliest of his works where the characters burst into extended performances of popular songs.
Jun 8, 1994 · Dennis Potter, the caustic and controversial writer of the innovative British television dramas "The Singing Detective" and "Pennies from Heaven," died yesterday at his home...
Feb 17, 2009 · David Potter's gripping, enigmatic writing for TV made him one of British culture's defining figures from the 1960s through the 1980s.
Learn about the life and work of Dennis Potter, a British writer and director who created innovative TV dramas such as The Singing Detective. Find out his birth and death dates, family, awards, trivia, quotes and more.
