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Books

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The Art of Invective: Selected Non-Fiction 1953-94
Dennis Potter
Edited by Ian Greaves, David Rolinson & John Williams (2015) Oberon Books 

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Remembering Dennis Potter Through Fans, Extras and Archives
Joanne Garde-Hansen and Hannah Grist (2014) Palgrave Pivot UK

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Dennis Potter: The Authorised Biography
Humphrey Carpenter (1998) Faber & Faber

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Fight Kick and Bite: The Life and Work of Dennis Potter  
W. Stephen Gilbert (1995) Hodder & Stoughton Ltd

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The Singing Detective: A critical reading of the series 
Glen Creeber (2007) BFI TV Classics 

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The Passion of Dennis Potter: International Collected Essays
Vernon W. Gras and John R. Cook (2000) Macmillan

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Dennis Potter: Between Two Worlds: A Critical Reassessment
Glen Creeber (1998) Palgrave Macmillan

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Dennis Potter: A Life on Screen
John R. Cook (1995) Manchester University Press

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Dennis Potter (Border Lines)
Peter Stead (1995) Seren

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Potter On Potter
Edited by Graham Fuller (1993) Faber & Faber

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Seeing the Blossom: Two Interview and a Lecture
Dennis Potter (1994) Faber & Faber

Journals, papers, online...

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Spiked columnist Andrew Doyle marks what wold have been Dennis Potter's 85th birthday by reflecting on his work and it's impact. 'In the tradition of George Orwell, his left-wing politics were infused with a cultural conservatism and a recognition of the importance of structure and tradition to society'. access it here

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"There is a nostalgic, rightwing impulse in England"

Reproduced in The Guardian, Michael Billington's 1979 interview with Dennis Potter about Brimstone and Treacle arguably speaks volumes about recent political events...
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Dennis Potter's Message to Today's TV Execs - risk everything
Writer, presenter and critic Mark Lawson reflecting on the BFI season 
'To take up the implications of the season’s title: what are Potter’s messages to the television of today? The first is the extent to which he was driven by innovation and risk.'
New Statesman, June 12th, 2014
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The Singing Detective, 25yrs On: Journal of Screenwriting
This edition of the journal is dedicated to Potter's Singing Detective and features the following papers:  
Editorial by Adam Ganz

Blue Remembered Hills by Jonathan Powell
Nudging Into Shape: the producer looks back by Kenith Trodd
Interview with Jon Amiel, Director of The Singing Detective by Adam Ganz
Back to the Future in The Sining Detective: Amphibians, puzzles, and adaptations by Tmothy Corrigan
                            And the Beat Goes On: The continuing influence of The Singing Detective by Glen Creeber
                           'Message for Posterity': The Singing Detective (1986) 25 years on by John R. Cook
                            Bridges and gaps: The Singing Detective's serial afterlife by Sean O'Sullivan                            
                            Chaos, culture and fantasy: The television plays of Howard Schuman by Leah Panos
                            Revisiting The Singing Detective decades later by Vernon Gras
                           The pleasure of immersion: Some thoughts on how The Singing Detective sustains narrative by Anne Karpf
                           Television writer Peter Bowker in conversation with Professor John Cook by John R. Cook
                           The Singing Detective goes to Hollywood: An interview with director Keith Gordon by Faisal A. Qureshi
                           Report on The Singing Detective 25th Anniversary Symposium, University of London, 10 December 2011 by David Rolinson
                                                      
                           Book Reviews by Carmen Sofia Brenes, Eddie McMillan, and Jamie Sherry 
                           
                           Journal of Screen Writing, Volume 4, No.3, 1August 2013
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Beyond the Reach of the Cartographer: Dennis Potter the Reviewing Writer and the Writing Reviewer
Dr David Rolinson, lecturer in Film and Television, University of Stirling
Posted 31st July 2013
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The Dennis Potter Heritage Project: Auto/Ethnography as Process & Product
'The Dennis Potter Heritage Project provides a unique opportunity for complex empirical research. It offers the researcher a chance to study the organisational and cultural  processes involved in the evolution of a heritage project...'
Hannah Grist for New Horizons, Issue 20
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Face to Face with Dennis Potter
'It’s 1986 and Blitz Magazine has sent me to interview Dennis Potter in his Central London flat...'
Jon Wilde
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The Function of “The Bloody Songs” in Dennis Potter's The Singing Detective
C. Kenneth Pellow in The Journal of Popular Culture, Vol. 46, Issue 5, pages 1051-1069, October 2013
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Dossier: Dennis Potter In America
'Compiled by a veteran US television critic, this dossier examines Dennis Potter from an American perspective - how and when the United States slowly became aware of Potter and his works, how they were televised, and how, in 1992, Potter reacted when he visited New York for a retrospective of his work…'


David Bianculli for Critical Studies in Television, Volume 8, No.1, Spring 2013, pp.91-107
access abstract here

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