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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]
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Dennis Potter was a British writer, producer and director of TV dramas, novels and movies. He is best known for The Singing Detective, Pennies from Heaven and Lipstick on Your Collar.
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- Ross-on-Wye, England, UK
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.
- May 17, 1935
- June 7, 1994
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Feb 17, 2009 · Transcript. Late in Dennis Potter's greatest and most famous work, The Singing Detective, the mystery-writer hero Philip Marlow is grumbling about the public's desire for art that offers easy ...
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 near Ross-on-Wye ...
Jun 7, 1994 · Programmes from heaven. In that brave and famous last interview Dennis Potter, who has died aged 59, made what he almost seemed to see as a confession to his audience: "I do have a sense of ...
Jun 12, 1994 · IN FEBRUARY, Dennis Potter was told that he would soon die of cancer of the pancreas and liver. Potter, who died Tuesday at the age of 59, had devoted his professional life to television ...
