- He hated Rupert Murdoch so much that when he discovered he had cancer he named it 'Rupert'.
- The British Academy of Film and Television Arts have an award named after him, presented annually for outstanding writing for television.
- He graduated from New College, Oxford University, with a second class degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
- Producer Kenith Trodd, who worked closely with him for years, sees the events of his life as ideal for a biographical film drama: "I don't know whether it'll ever come off, but I want, at some point, probably for television, to do a Dennis Potter biopic. I haven't yet homed in on how we'd do it, who would write it or whether the character would be called Dennis Potter. But I know that in that life, there is a terrific story."
- He was the father of Jane Potter, Sarah Potter and Robert Potter.
- He was lampooned in a Spitting Image (1984) song that was never broadcast, but revived on YouTube.
- Lampooned by Peter Kay.
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