The Singing Detective

‘We think you’re the best’ – the actors’ tribute to Michael Gambon

24 October 2026 9:00 am

Contradiction was the essence of Gambon’s art – a unique blend of coarse sensitivity, dishevelled elegance and grotesque grace

Dennis Potter, 1978 (Photo: Getty)

Master of vitriol

11 July 2015 9:00 am

‘Genuine invective is an almost lost art in our wild satirical age,’ Dennis Potter complained in New Society in 1966.…