Dennis Potter
Writing • AGE 59
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 S...
Filmography
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
Self – Writer (archive footage, 1973 & 1977)
2020
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Creator
2003
The Singing Detective
Screenplay
2003
Cold Lazarus
Writer
1996
Karaoke
Writer
1996
Midnight Movie
Writer
1994
An Interview with Dennis Potter
Himself
1994
Message for Posterity
Writer
1994
Mesmer
Writer
1994
Visions of Heaven and Hell
Self
1994
Lipstick on Your Collar
Writer
1993
Performance
Writer
1991
Secret Friends
Director
1991
Blackeyes
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1989
Track 29
Writer
1988
Visitors
Writer
1987
The Singing Detective
Writer
1986
Dreamchild
Writer
1985
Tender Is the Night
Writer
1985
Television
1985
Screen Two
Writer
1985
Gorky Park
Screenplay
1983
Brimstone & Treacle
Screenplay
1982
Pennies from Heaven
Writer
1981
Cream in My Coffee
Writer
1980
Rain on the Roof
Writer
1980
Blade on the Feather
Writer
1980
Blue Remembered Hills
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1979
Pennies from Heaven
Writer
1978
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Writer
1978
Where Adam Stood
Writer
1976
Brimstone and Treacle
Writer
1976
Double Dare
Writer
1976
Late Call
Writer
1975
Schmoedipus
Writer
1974
Joe's Ark
Writer
1974
Wessex Tales
Writer
1973
Only Make Believe
Writer
1973
Follow the Yellow Brick Road
Writer
1972
The Sextet
Writer
1972
Casanova
Writer
1971
Paper Roses
Writer
1971
Angels Are So Few
Writer
1970
Play for Today
Writer
1970
Lay Down Your Arms
Writer
1970
Son of Man
Writer
1969
Moonlight on the Highway
Writer
1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Writer
1969
A Beast with Two Backs
Writer
1968
Shaggy Dog
Writer
1968
The Company of Five
Writer
1968
The Bone Grinder
Writer
1968
ITV Playhouse
Writer
1967
VOTE, VOTE, VOTE for Nigel Barton
Writer
1965
Stand Up, Nigel Barton
Writer
1965
Alice
Screenplay
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Writer
1965
The Wednesday Play
Writer
1964
That Was The Week That Was
Writer
1962
Between Two Rivers
Narrator
1960