Potter
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1979 - 1983
- 20 episodes (3 series)
Redvers Potter suddenly finds himself facing enforced retirement when his family sweet firm, Pottermints 'the hotter mints', is taken over. Stars Arthur Lowe, Robin Bailey, Noel Dyson, John Barron, John Warner and more.
Press clippings
Potter, played by the late Arthur Lowe, full of hard sorbo bounce, has been elongated by Robin Bailey as if someone had taken a firm grip at each end of Potter and pulled. The simple physical change from short and fat to tall and slim discloses a kinship I never noticed before between Potter and Foggy Dewhurst, the tall bossy one in The Last of The Summer Wine.
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 18th July 1983Compared to the mellow The Last of The Summer Wine, Potter is bitter. He celebrates his retirement with chateau-bottled vinegar while his wife makes spirited inroads on a bottle of vodka. It is a scene remarkable for its silences, like an eternal breakfast. Potter is, you might say, no laughing matter.
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 2nd March 1979