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Dennis Potter

1935 - 1994

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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). 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Dennis Potter is the 7,096th most popular writer (down from 6,965th in 2024), the 6,919th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,622nd in 2019) and the 733rd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Dennis Potter ranks 7,096 out of 7,302. Before him are Yiyun Li, Joseph Finder, Cleanth Brooks, Peter Hedges, Bharati Mukherjee, and François Bégaudeau. After him are Lotta Lotass, Maria Stepanova, Feridun Zaimoğlu, Daniel O. Fagunwa, Helena Janeczek, and Shobhaa De.

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Among people born in 1935, Dennis Potter ranks 549. Before him are Lyle Waggoner, Ruth Ann Minner, Edward Schreyer, Herb Kohl, Ron Delany, and Heather Sears. After him are Eddie Bernice Johnson, Conrad Burns, and Ted Curson. Among people deceased in 1994, Dennis Potter ranks 370. Before him are Heather Sears, Dixy Lee Ray, Eric Linden, Dennis Morgan, Vladimír Podzimek, and Cleanth Brooks. After him are Raich Carter, Sašo Mirjanič, Han Xu, Joachim Halupczok, and Jack Hargreaves.

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Dennis Potter ranks 733. Before him are Sebastian Faulks (1953), Kae Tempest (1985), John Mortimer (1923), Ken MacLeod (1954), Matt Haig (1975), and Simon Sinek (1973). After him are Andrea Levy (1956), Douglas Murray (1979), David Nicholls (1966), Terry Nation (1930), George Monbiot (1963), and Mark Ravenhill (1966).

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