The trailblazing dramatist, who died in 1994 at 59, was celebrated for his extraordinary creativity, but also had work banned by the BBC. His peers discuss his legacy – and that extraordinary final interview
The trailblazing dramatist, who died 30 years ago today, was celebrated for his creativity, but also had work banned by the BBC. His peers discuss his legacy – and that extraordinary final interviewarrived at South Bank Studios in London, to give his extraordinary final public interview to Melvyn Bragg.
Potter died on 7 June at his home in Ross-on-Wye, the market town on the northern fringes of his beloved Forest of Dean. Obituary writers scrambled for the right superlatives and their apparently obligatory qualifiers.penned a scrupulously even-handed piece for the Independent. Few, Lawson wrote, had done more to elevate television into a respectable art form.
The subsequent creative flowering has few equals in the history of British TV. First came the political plays, It has proved impossible for some critics to look past the unsparing, often cruel, elements of Potter’s work. Certainly, few considered him a particularly cuddly figure; there is a good reason why the 2015 edition of Potter’s collected nonfiction writing is titled The Art of Invective.
The idea for a televised final testament had come from Michael Grade, then the chief executive of Channel 4. Grade and Potter’s relationship went back years, to the days when Grade was director of programmes for London WeekendThe relationship wasresumed when Grade became controller of BBC One in the mid-80s, from where he later commissioned The Singing Detective. “Dennis had sent a note via his agent saying he was very ill and wanted to meet,” says Grade.
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