Dennis potter is the author of pennies from heaven and the singing detective, both of which were serialized on tv. Sep 04, 2010 dennis potter discusses his perception of life, in light of being told he only has weeks to live. Dennis potter interviewed by melvyn bragg watch the last interview of dennis potter by melvyn bragg on march 15 1994. The book is subtitled two interviews, a lecture and a story the main interview from which the book title stems is the key element here coming from a famous tv interview screened on uks channel 4. Around nine oclock in the morning on 15 march 1994, the 58yearold television dramatist dennis potter, recently diagnosed with terminal.
Dennis christopher george potter was born 17 may 1935 in berry hill, a small village in the forest of dean, where his grandfather and father were coal miners. Dennis potter was born and brought up in the forest of dean a strange and beautiful place, as he described it in the last interview before his death, rather ugly villages in beautiful landscape, a heart shaped place between two rivers, someho. Dennis potter death announcement, itv news at ten 7th june 1994 guildfordghost. Gilber traces potter s career from its beginnings to his astonishing final interview to melvyn bragg, weeks before his death. Dennis christopher george potter british author britannica. Find me on reverbnation, spotify, deezer, tidal, apple music, amazon mp3 and soundcloud. See more ideas about film writer, pennies from heaven and michael gambon. Then, after dennis potter died of cancer in 1994, they invited me for a reading performance of his screenplay at the lincoln center. Sign in deleted video the company 2007 by loganfallonswar. Alain resnais was a french film director and screenwriter whose career extended over more than six decades. The singing detective, pennies from heaven dennis potter remains one of the geniuses of tv. Sep 12, 2007 edited version of melvyn braggs interview of dennis potter on march 15 1994. Potter s implication was that television fiction is driven by those who create the texts upon which it is based.
The interview is not depressing and one is left with the impression of a wonderful man who has written for the public, using the medium that they most readily watch, television. Dennis potter s last recorded interview for british television conducted by melvyn bragg. Twenty years after the writers death, michael newton explores a career built around violent. 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.
I suppose this is dennis potter before he became dennis potter, said cook. Dec 11, 2007 when groundbreaking television writer dennis potter learned he was dying of cancer, he sat down with melvyn bragg for a final interview. Some dennis potter stuff is good, but some is awful. Dec 27, 2017 without walls dennis potter s last interview. Through books, the young potter found that words were chariots.
Pennies from heaven 3cd bbc tv soundtrack allmusic. Twenty years after the writers death, michael newton explores a career built around violent contradictions. British writer dennis potter, author of the singing detective and pennies from heaven, has been called the. In praise of seeing the blossom in an interview in 1994, dennis potter said he had seen the whitest, frothiest, blossomest blossom that there ever could be. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. I call my cancer rupert, dennis potter told melvyn bragg in his final interview. Season 1, episode 1 pennies from heaven dennis potter s sixpart musical chronicles the travels of a sheetmusic salesman who thinks life should mirror the hokey, happy lyrics of popular songs. Edited version of melvyn braggs interview of dennis potter on march 15 1994. Dennis potter clive anderson talks back interview c4, 1990. I have the video and the original text including cast which i obtained thru interlibrary loan and copied.
The dharma toolkit daily, episode 14 painting into. Apr, 20 the trouble with words is that you never know whose mouth theyve been in dennis potter. This is an excellent compendium, but after too much dennis potter you end up suicidal or tearing your hair out, or swearing that if you see one other person miming an oldtime musical favorite youll throw the telly out the window. Brian dillon on dennis potters final interview frieze. Dennis potter s most popular book is tender is the night. All that is offered on these pages is a skeletal account, organised chronologically, decade by decade of the main events in dennis potter s life. Racked by pain and sipping a morphine laced cocktail, the dying potter railed against the murdochisation of the.
The quote above, from potter s last works, indicates this, as does the admission potter made to john cook, in a personal interview. Ive been working since then, flat out, at strange hours because im done in the evenings, because, i suppose, of the morphine. If youre unfamiliar with potters work, wikipedia or youtube are both good places to start. Roy proved himself a flexible actor showing in all the pieces from dennis potter s lipstick on your collar to broadchurch by way of coronation road the place he performed undertaker archie shuttleworth. Son of man is a british television play by playwright dennis potter which was first broadcast on bbc1 on 16 april 1969, in the wednesday play slot. The wife of the television playwright dennis potter has died of cancer, just weeks after he made a poignant revelation on television about his own impending death from the disease. At the time, he had been helping to nurse his wife, who was herself terminally ill with cancer. Postscript which is an obituary of the playwright dennis potter, who died last week of cancer at his home in heckfordshire, england. The ensuing film, track 29 1988, directed by nicolas roeg, was potters last filmed. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the release dates submission guide.
This article brings together the scattered research from the french, english, and german research traditions on the literary interview, that is, the extensive personal interview given by or in some cases also conducted by a literary author. Nov 09, 2011 bbc cancels rescreening of dennis potter series over fee disagreement. Potter s last sixpart television serial, lipstick on your collar, for channel 4, which michael grade persuaded him not to direct. Also the pain is very energy sapping, but i do find that i can be at. The play was shot on videotape over three days on a very limited budget. Bbc news entertainment lost dennis potter drama found. Nov 04, 2016 this feature is not available right now.
Apr 04, 2003 the singing detective may be the best screenplay ever written. Shaggy dog was transmitted in 1968 but no copy was thought to exist due to the expense of making early tv recordings. But that part of the program, frost on interviews, uk only that featured melvyn bragg talking about, and talking with, dennis potter the last interview 1994 i found profound, inspirational, and quite moving. Jan 28, 2020 a 1994 production of dennis potter s nowlost 1967 tv play dir david hugh jones. The last interview broadcast in april 1994, this channel 4 television special was recorded only three months prior to potter s death and features the dramatist candidly discussing his life and. Oct 7, 2017 dennis potter s pennies from heaven just let me look at you youtube music, jerome kern. Changing forest by dennis potter overdrive rakuten. The brief opening ident which introduced films and programmes that were part of bbc twos pulp fictions season, devoted to film noir. Watch the last interview with dennis potter check out our dharma toolkit space for details of all we have on offer to help you make it through the weirdness and stay inspired. Dennis christopher george potter 17 may 1935 7 june 1994 was an english television dramatist, screenwriter and journalist beginning with contributions to bbc televisions the wednesday play anthology series from 1965, he peaked with the singing detective 1986, a bbc tv serial for which he is most remembered.
After last years show all the artists were on such a high in the dressing room they didnt really want to go home. May 30, 2014 the singing detective, pennies from heaven dennis potter remains one of the geniuses of tv. A 1994 production of dennis potter s nowlost 1967 tv play dir david hugh jones. An alternative depiction of the last days of jesus, son of man was directed by gareth davies and starred northern irish actor colin blakely. Dennis christopher george potter 17 may 1935 7 june 1994 was an english television. Edited version of melvyn braggs interview of dennis potter on march 15.
In 1979 in an interview for the south bank show, he rejected the chorus of abuse. It looks like we dont have any release dates for this title yet. Seeing the blossom, alternately, is the best book to arrive after potter s sad demise. Jan, 2005 a tv drama by playwright dennis potter, thought destroyed after its one and only broadcast, has been rediscovered.
An interview with dennis potter tv movie 1994 release. Dennis christopher george potter may 17, 1935 june 7, 1994 was a controversial english dramatist who is best known for several widely acclaimed television dramas which mixed fantasy and reality, the personal and the social. Bbc cancels rescreening of dennis potter series over fee. Jun 06, 2016 gq catches up with the boy wonderand star of swiss army manon how hes become, against all odds, a cool, smart, funny, welladjusted man whom no one wants to punch. It was afterall a rather light hearted program, never for a moment had i expected to find within, content that moved me the way it did. Tim curry singing mother dennis potter s schmoedipus 1974. This is a short clip of him singing the song mother.
Buy an interview with dennis potter by melvyn bragg. Its richness derives, not only from its excellent production, directing and cast, but also from its similarities to dennis potter s own life. Dennis potter interviewed by melvyn bragg world news. Mel gibson in an interview in the dvd extras defines potter a genious and i agree. Dennis potters last recorded interview for british television conducted by melvyn bragg. Thanks to the backing of the potter family and estate, this site is now the official dennis potter presence on the web and is designed to be a repository of information, analysis and commentary on the most innovative dramatist ever to write for british television. Books by dennis potter author of the singing detective.
The season ran across august and september 1995 and the ident. The assassination of trotsky 1972 starring richard burton by. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Dennis potters pennies from heaven just let me look. Such was his reputation that he convinced bbc 2 and channel 4 to cooperate in screening his final. The concept that the grand day by the sea would go forward in his honour would have tickled him pink. Dennis christopher george potter, british dramatist born may 17, 1935, berry hill, near the forest of dean, gloucestershire, englanddied june 7, 1994, rossonwye, herefordshire, england, wrote television dramas that challenged the conventions of the medium as well as the expectations of the a. The death of dennis potter may have been authored by god, but it was adapted. Sep 11, 2007 dennis potter interviewed by melvyn bragg watch the last interview of dennis potter by melvyn bragg on march 15 1994.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Dennis potter 17 may 1935 7 june 1994 was an english dramatist with a large canon of work. Daniel radcliffe on his journey from harry potter to. He attended school in london and spent two years in the army. After national service he won a place at new college, oxford where he read philosophy, politics and economics. The singing detective is based on a script written by dennis potter the author of the tv series of 1986 with the same name with michael gambon as the lead, who managed to shrink 8 hours of tv movie into 2 hours of film and made it perfectly. Dennis potter was diagnosed with cancer of the pancreas and secondary cancer of the liver on 14 february 1994, and given only a few months to live. In a southbank show interview with melvyn bragg to coincide with the launch of pennies from heaven, dennis potter stated emphatically, i dont write for television, i write television14 february 1978. Under the skin of dennis potter culture the guardian. Tim curry plays glen in dennis potter s 1974 play for today schmoedipus. Dennis christopher george potter 17 may 1935 7 june 1994 was an english television dramatist, screenwriter and journalist. Dennis potters most popular book is tender is the night.
An interview with dennis potter tv movie 1994 imdb. Unforgettable for its honesty about life, work, and dying, the result was yet another gripping piece of televisionand quintessential dennis potter. When groundbreaking television writer dennis potter learned he was dying of cancer, he sat down with melvyn bragg for a final interview. Christopher george dennis potter, television playwright. People in the forest of dean recount their connections to dennis potter and his work. Dennis potter has 27 books on goodreads with 3005 ratings. During his three years at oxford, he wrote the glittering. Or, as the very best examples in tv history, think of dennis potters astoundingly powerful dramas. Potter punctuates the interview by lighting cigarettes and drinking wine, two of his lifelong pleasures that mean so much to him now. Dennis potter archive offers glimpse into mind of celebrated.
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