WRITER

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 mixed fantasy and reality, the personal and the social, and often used themes and images from popular culture. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dennis Potter has received more than 683,264 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Dennis Potter is the 6,962nd most popular writer, the 6,620th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 728th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 680k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The changing forest
Social conditions, Case studies, Fiction, general
1962
Black-eyes
Novelists, Models (Persons), Fiction
1987
Pennies from heaven
Drama, Music trade, Pennies from Heaven (Television program)
1981
Brimstone and treacle
1978
The singing detective
Singing detective (Television program), Television plays, English Television plays
1986
Key Concepts in Development Geography
Economic development, Human geography, Economic geography
2012

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Dennis Potter ranks 6,962 out of 7,302. Before him are Màrius Serra, Gayle Forman, Claudia Amengual, Giorgio A. Tsoukalos, Jokha Alharthi, and Jorge Volpi. After him are Kate DiCamillo, Kauksi Ülle, Lauren Kate, Tetiana Chornovol, Elizabeth David, and Sanu Sharma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Dennis Potter ranks 547. Before him are Rosemary Leach, Ron Delany, Kofi Awoonor, Dick McTaggart, Edward Schreyer, and Bhama Srinivasan. After him are Heather Sears, Ruth Ann Minner, Dan Ayrault, Conrad Burns, and Ted Curson. Among people deceased in 1994, Dennis Potter ranks 364. Before him are Henry Banks, Janis Carter, Robert Wangila, Dennis Morgan, Whina Cooper, and István Timár. After him are Eric Linden, Heather Sears, Dixy Lee Ray, Cleanth Brooks, Raich Carter, and Jack Hargreaves.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dennis Potter ranks 6,620 out of 8,785. Before him are Rafe Spall (1983), Simon Beaufoy (1966), Owen Nolan (1972), Jacob Rees-Mogg (1969), Yungblud (1997), and Derren Brown (1971). After him are Judith Weir (1954), Eric Fellner (1959), Demis Hassabis (1976), Giovanni Reyna (2002), Con O'Neill (1966), and Sophie Ward (1964).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Dennis Potter ranks 728. Before him are Benjamin Jowett (1817), David Nicholls (1966), Heston Blumenthal (1966), Tom Rob Smith (1979), Jo Walton (1964), and Andrea Levy (1956). After him are Anna Burns (1962), Alice Oseman (1994), Edwin Morgan (1920), Ken MacLeod (1954), Helen Dunmore (1952), and Terry Nation (1930).

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