Biography

Dennis Potter

Writing

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 o…

Career works

Movies

Series

Career average

7.9/10

Birth date

05/17/1935

Place of birth

Berry Hill, UK

Date of death

06/07/1994

Filmography highlights