Ian Potter (born 20th century) is a UK-based writer and broadcaster, 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'', '' The Way It Is'' and ''

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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

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for the company

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, Potter worked on the ''

'' releases ''

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'', '' The Wormery'' 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

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range. He will be writing for the forthcoming Early Adventures range, contributing a First Doctor story entitled ''The Bounty of Ceres''. Potter's 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'', '' The Panda Book of Horror'' 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, Potter wrote the television history book ''The Rise and Rise of The Independents'' for

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. 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''. Potter stood in for three weeks as presenter of

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's "The Comedy Club"; and contributed to the Radio 4 '' Archive on 4'' profile of actor and writer

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References

External links

Ian Potter's website
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