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Dennis Potter
British dramatist and screenwriter (1935-1994) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 59
Dennis Christopher George Potter 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).
Dennis Potter is read about 256 times a day, in 15 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 11 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 113 days, one point a day.
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Alan Bridges Directed Traitor (1971)
Rick McCallum Produced Pennies from Heaven and Track 29
Richard Loncraine Directed Blade on the Feather (1980)- Brian Gibson Directed Where Adam Stood (1976)
- Keith Barron Also in Stand Up, Nigel Barton (1965)
George Harrison Produced Track 29 (1988)
Sting Dennis wrote Brimstone and Treacle (1982)
Joan Plowright Dennis wrote Brimstone and Treacle (1982)
Nick Hornby Directed Follow the Yellow Brick Road (1991)
Nicolas Roeg Directed Track 29 (1988)
Michael Apted Directed Gorky Park (1983)
Herbert Ross Directed Pennies from Heaven (1981)
Roger Spottiswoode Directed Mesmer (1994)
Russell T Davies Influenced by Dennis
Dennis Waterman Also in Follow the Yellow Brick Road (1972)
Cheryl Campbell Dennis wrote Pennies from Heaven
Suzanna Hamilton Dennis wrote Brimstone and Treacle (1982)- Bernard Hepton Also in Son of Man (1969)
Hawk Koch Produced Gorky Park (1983)- Michael Elphick Also in Blue Remembered Hills and Gorky Park
Nora Kaye Produced Pennies from Heaven (1981)
David Hugh Jones Directed Message for Posterity (1994)- Bob Larson Produced Gorky Park (1983)
- Patrick Barr Produced A Beast with Two Backs (1968)
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About this person
His television dramas, often set or partly set in the Forest of Dean of his childhood, 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.
