Ian Potter is a UK-based writer and broadcaster, best known for a series of short stories in the Big Finish ''Short Trips'' collection,

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fiction range. He has also written for the

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series '' Front Row'', ''

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''.

Work

Until September 2006 Potter was a television curator at the

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. In television production he worked on ''

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'' for

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, ''Trust Me I'm A Celebrity'' for

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, and ''Up Late'' for

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As a sound designer for the company

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he worked on the ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''; and the ''

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'' releases ''Get Karter!'' and ''Grud is Dead''. As a writer for the company he contributed the script "The Pelage Project" to the mini-series '' Counter-Measures'' and '' The Revenants'', ''The Alchemists'' and ''The Sleeping City'' for the Companion Chronicles range. He will be writing for the forthcoming Early Adventures range, contributing a First Doctor story entitled ''The Bounty of Ceres''. His short stories have featured in the collections '' Short Trips: Zodiac'', '' Short Trips: Companions'', '' Short Trips: The Muses'', '' Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury'', '' Short Trips: Farewells'', ''

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'' and '' A Romance in Twelve Parts''. He wrote the radio programme ''No Tomatoes'' in 2007, a short-lived sketch show in which he also performed. In 2008 he wrote the television history book ''The Rise and Rise of The Independents'' for Guerilla Books. In 2009 he had two documentaries and a play produced for

in 2009. ''Bill Mitchell: The Man Who Wrestled Pumas... Probably'', ''In Search of the Wantley Dragon'' and ''Anti-Maccassars and Ylang Ylang Conditioner''. He stood in for three weeks as presenter of

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's "The Comedy Club"; and contributed to the Radio 4 ''

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'' profile of actor and writer

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References

External links

Ian Potter's website
(archived 2007) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Potter, Ian Living people British writers British male screenwriters Year of birth missing (living people)