Potter (TV series)

Potter
Title card of episode one, featuring Arthur Lowe as Potter
StarringArthur Lowe
Robin Bailey
Noel Dyson
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes20
Production
Running time30 minutes
Production companyBBC
Original release
NetworkBBC1
Release1 March 1979 (1979-03-01) –
28 August 1983 (1983-08-28)
Infobox instructions (only shown in preview)

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]

  1. ^ Potter at IMDb, retrieved 3 September 2010