LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Playwright Dennis Potter dies

Genre

Interview

TX Date

7 Jun 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:05:58

Description

Tanya Hines interviews Deputy Head of Drama at Channel 4 Peter Ansorge on the recent death of playwright Dennis Potter. He discusses the work ethics and talent of Potter; controversial views; remembers when they crossed swords; the last works of his career Karaoke and Cold Lazurus he just managed to finish (commissioned by him and the BBC); and his relationship with the press.

Contributors

Tanya Hines; Peter Ansorge

Keywords

Deaths; Press; Playwrights; Drama; Mass media; Moral values; Channel 4; Dennis Potter; Television drama; Screenwriters; Lipstick on Your Collar; Karaoke; Cold Lazurus

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