First Name |
Dennis
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Middle Name |
Christopher George
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Last Name |
Potter
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Full Name at Birth |
Dennis Christopher George Potter
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Alternative Name |
Dennis Christopher George Potter, Dirty Den, Dennis Potty, ''Dennis Potter About:''
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Birthday |
17th May, 1935
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Birthplace |
Berry Hill, Gloucestershire, England
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Died |
7th June, 1994
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Place of Death |
Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England
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Cause of Death |
Pancreatic Cancer
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Build |
Average
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Eye Color |
Blue
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Hair Color |
Auburn
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Distinctive Feature |
He hated Rupert Murdoch so much that when he discovered he had cancer he named it 'Rupert', as he represented so much of what he found despicable about the mass media in Britain..., Grandfather and father were coal miners..., Stood as a Labour candidate at the 1964 general election - an experience which made him so disillusioned with politics that he claims he didn't even vote for himself..., From age 26 he started to suffer from psoriatic arthropathy (causing arthritis to develop in his joints as well as affecting his skin with psoriasis). 'The Singing Detective' (1986) famously used the dramatist's own problems with the skin disease..., At age 10 he was sexually abused by his uncle, an experience he would later allude to many times in his writing..., Semi-autobiographical dramatic works - heavily feeds his own experiences into his works..., The terminal pancreatic cancer Potter was diagnosed with in early 1994 was thought to be a side effect of the medication he was taking to control his psoriasis..., Chain Smoker..., First book "The Glittering Coffin" (1960) - a searing invective and polemic on the state of British nationhood and culture - introduced a common theme by Potter: slipping standards in Britain..., "Having turned his back on a political career and a career in journalism and suffering increasingly from the scourge of psoriatic arthropathy, Potter settled down in 1964 to rebuild his life"..., Potter has described the "foul and terrible" event of being "caught by an adult 's appetite and abused out of innocence", the sexual abuse Potter had received by his uncle as a 10 year old...
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Zodiac Sign |
Taurus
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Sexuality |
Straight
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Ethnicity |
White
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Nationality |
British
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High School |
Bell's Grammar School at Coleford, Gloucestershire, England, St Clement Danes School, Hammersmith, London, Christchurch Junior School in Berry Hill, Gloucestershire, England
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University |
New College, Oxford University (Philosophy, Politics and Economics, 2nd class degree)
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Occupation Text |
Television Playwright, Screenwriter, Journalist, Director, Novelist, Author
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Occupation |
Author
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Claim to Fame |
BBC tv series 'Pennies from Heaven' (1978), 'The Singing Detective' (1986)
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Music Genre (Text) |
Semi-autobiographical dramas, Musical dramas, Screenplay Adaptations For Cinema, Television Plays, Novelist, Television Series, Theatre Play, Original Screenplays For Cinema, Non fiction author, Newspaper columnist, Newspaper articles, Print Journalism, Politics, Political Comedy Sketch writing, Drama, Television to stage adaptations, TV reviewer (books & TV Shows), Short Story
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Record Label |
Faber, Faber and Faber, Quartet, Samuel French, Deutsch, Penguin, Secker and Warburg, The Gollancz Press, Mandarin Paperbacks, Eyre Methuen, New Statesman (magazine), The Sun (newspaper), New Society, BBC 1, ITV, Channel 4, BBC 2, The Daily Herald (newspaper)
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Official Websites |
intranet.yorksj.ac.uk/potter/
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Pets |
Walter Edward Potter (1906–1975 father), Margaret Constance [née Wale] (1910–2001 mother)
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Favorite People |
Jane Potter (daughter), June Potter (sister), Margaret Constance [née Wale] (1910–2001 mother), Margaret Morgan (10 Jan 1959 - 29 May 1994) (her death) (3 children), Robert Potter (son), Sarah Potter (daughter), The Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, Walter Edward Potter (1906–1975 father)
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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 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 of the most influential and innovative dramatists to have worked in British television.