Biography
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). 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.
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Awards & recognition
- Edgar Awards · 1984
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1982 · nominated
Filmography9 titles
Dreamchild
Tender Is the Night
Gorky Park
Pennies from Heaven
Christabel
Blackeyes
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The Singing Detective
Casanova