P311 4-Tel 311 Sun 26 May C4 08:11:15 Preview AN INTERVIEW WITH DENNIS POTTER 15.40-17.05 Today On 5 April 1994, the late Dennis Potter recorded this Without Walls interview, which was conducted by Melvzn Bragg. Potter was Britain's most brilliant and controversial television dramatist. Over 25 years, hj produced an unparalleled body of work for the BBC abd Channel 4. This interview was recorded shortly after Potter learns that hj had cancer, and that hj was unlikely to live for more than a few months. Cold Lazarus is on page 316 1/3 Next preview C4 Today Subtitles PALPlusP311 4-Tel 311 Sun 26 May C4 08:18:29 Preview AN INTERVIEW WITH DENNIS POTTER 15.40-17.05 Today This interview allows Potter to talk about his work, his political beliefs, his fears about the future and his memories of family and childhood. Potter talks passionately about the future of communications, saying "How can we have a mature democracy, if newspapers and television are so interlaced in ownership terms? The wtitet also attacks the commercial culture that hj feels is taking ovjt the British media, including the BBC. Video/transcipt 341 2/3 Next preview C4 Today Subtitles PALPlusP311 4-Tel 311 Sun 26 May C4 08:12:57 Preview AN INTERVIEW WITH DENNIS POTTER 15.40-17.05 Today In the interview, Potter denies that he was ever a conscious mould-breaker, saying that innovations arose naturally in his writing for television. Potter also explains why hj used much contemporary music in his work, and he discusses such controversial works as Blackjyes and Brimstone & Treacle. It was in this interview that Potter asked that his last works, Karaoke and Cold Lazarus, should bj co-produced bz the BBC and Channel 4, a request that is now being fulfilled... Subtitles 888 NICAM stereo 3/3 Next preview C4 Today Subtitles PALPlus