Watch this space for more details in the coming weeks....
University of Gloucestershire
University of Warwick
Lydbrook village & Memorial Hall
BFI
Dean Heritage Museum
A Beast With Two Backs (1968) is...back! This July (saturday 18th) will see the screening of this controversial Wednesday Play in the very location where much of it was filmed - Lydbrook in the Forest of Dean. The screening, in partnership with the British Film Institute, will be the centre piece of a joint research project funded by the University of Gloucestershire and the University of Warwick. As well as an exhibition about the original production and its screening, (generating heated exchanges in the pages of the local press at the time), there will be copies of original Potter scripts to see, and material relating to the original notorious events (the killing of the bears) that the play draws on for its inspiration. The screening and exhibition marks the continuation of a relationship between staff and students at the universities and the local community. It will also see the official launch of the book Remembering Dennis Potter Through Fans, Extras and Archives co-authored by local post-graduate research student Hannah Grist.
Watch this space for more details in the coming weeks.... University of Gloucestershire University of Warwick Lydbrook village & Memorial Hall BFI Dean Heritage Museum
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BBC Radio 4's Open Country explores 'the land between two rivers' - Potter's native country, the Forest of Dean. Felicity Evans begins with context and history of place by talking to local freeminer Rich Daniels (closely involved with securing of the Potter archive for the Forest); and Forest historian, tree expert and Verderer Ian Standing. She then moves onto Joyford where she enters the Potter Family home Spion Kopp for a guided tour from local historian and family friend John Belcher. Bringing its right up to date, Felicity revisits a key scene in Potter's documentary Between Two Rivers by joining a group of local teenagers in a Coleford cafe. This is a must-listen programme for anyone wanting to know more about one of the driving forces behind Potter's work & career - the Forest of Dean BBC Radio 4, 3pm, Tursday 11th September. Also online here A well constructed, interesting programme on BBC Radio 3, looking at Dennis Potter's personality and motivations as a writer. Presented by Matthew Sweet, it features some good interviews wit Michael Grade, Melvyn Bragg, Alan Yentob, Janet Suzman, Kika Markham, Kenith Trodd, Jon Amiel and Tony Garnett. Although not really covering any Available here The British Film Institute has kicked off the ultimate retrospective of Dennis Potter's work that will see the screening of all the extant plays and serials. Running during June & July 2014 (twenty years since his death), and June & July 2015 (when he would have been eighty) the BFI are rightly referring to this as an opportunity to engage with Potter's complete canon. The screenings will be shown according to a range of themes such as Politics and Betrayal, Faith and Redemption, and Sex and Death. As well as screenings the BFI are also hosting a series of linked talks and discussions at London's Southbank, for example Politics and Potter on June 12th. Curated by Potter's one time producer and collaborator Ken Trodd this event, spanning two summers, marks a significant moment in the ongoing popular and critical appreciation of this master of television drama. For more information, new writing, and ticket availability click here A new book that takes a new approach to Potter's work has just been published: Remembering Dennis Potter Through Fans, Extras and Archives. Several major studies have been produced since his death in 1994 but this is the first to step away from biographical and textual analysis to begin looking at the very processes of remembering him and his work. Written jointly by established scholar Professor Joanne Garde-Hansen, and PhD research student Hannah Grist the book was in part the result of their work with the Dennis Potter Heritage Project in the Forest of Dean. Drawing on memories of fans, extras, and production archives the book explores the establishment of Potter as media heritage.
'These personal and production memories are unique within screen history and offer scholars of television, media history, sociology, drama, regional studies, museology and heritage management a valuable insight into how members of the public provide institutions with deep and affective responses to media as heritage.' BBC News report from Gloucester-based reporter (and Potter enthusiast) Steve Knibbs on the launch of the Dennis Potter Archive. This report includes a brief interview with daughter Sarah, and some archive BBC footage. click here form the report |
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