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Blackeyes is a four-part BBC television miniseries written and directed by Dennis Potter, based on his novel of the same name. The complex, surreal drama follows novelist Maurice James Kingsley, who bases a successful book on his niece Jessica's modeling career, angering her as he turns her experiences into a story of a victimised woman named Blackeyes. Jessica in turn rewrites the novel to liberate the character.
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Dennis Potter
BBC Two

BBC2 Closedown | 25th / 26th November 1989
Hannah Morris
Hannah Morris
Little Jessica

Dennis Potter
Narrator (voice, uncredited)

John Shrapnel
Detective Blake

David Westhead
Mark Wilsher
Nicky Bee
Nicky Bee
Stilt Man

Gary Love
Colin

Peter Guinness
Photographer

Nicholas Woodeson
Stilk

Cyril Shaps
Pathologist

Ann Bell
Casting Director

Lee Simpson
Constable
Dennis Lotis
Dennis Lotis
Singer

Christopher Guard
Nigel Bennon

Charles Gray
Sebastian

Ian Gelder
Rupert