Potter | |
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Starring | Arthur Lowe Robin Bailey Noel Dyson |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 3 |
No. of episodes | 20 |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | BBC |
Original release | |
Network | BBC1 |
Release | 1 March 1979 28 August 1983 | –
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Potter is a British sitcom written by Roy Clarke. Running for three series, it originally starred Arthur Lowe as Redvers Potter, a busybody former sweet manufacturer ("Pottermints - the hotter mints") with time on his hands following retirement. Set in Surrey, the series followed Potter in his various attempts to keep himself occupied by interfering in other people's business.
The series co-starred Noel Dyson as his wife Aileen, John Barron as the Vicar, Lally Bowers as Redvers' sister Harriet, Ken Wynne as Harriet's eccentric and camp husband Willie and John Warner as "Tolly" Tolliver, his next-door neighbour. Characters in later series included Harry H. Corbett as the comic ex-gangster Harry Tooms and Brenda Cowling as Jane.[1]