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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Screen Story Born: May 17, 1935 in Forest of Dean, Gloucester, England Death: June 7, 1994 in England Biography:Certainly one of British television's more colorful characters, playwright, screenwriter, and director "Dennis Potter" thrived on controversy. Unlike the standard realistic dramas of his peers, Potter's programs complexly blended his personal reminiscence with fantasy and the gritty realities of ordinary British life such as can be seen in his six-part musical drama "Pennies From Heaven" (1978). Potter sometimes deliberately baited more conservative audiences with his controversial views on religion as can be seen in Son of Man (1973), a television drama in which Jesus is portrayed as a very human being.
Born in the Forest of Dean, the son of an impoverished coal miner, Potter was in his early teens when a bitterly cold winter caused his father to send him and his siblings to the warmth and safety of London. Though the rest of the family eventually returned to their home village of Berry Hill,... Full Biography
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