Blackeyes was a 1989 BBC TV series, written and directed by British playwright Dennis Potter, starring Gina Bellman as the title character. Potter also provided the ribald voice of the lustful narrator. The series was broadcast as four 50-minute episodes, prior to which it was shown in full at several film festivals. The series caused controversy in the tabloid press; due to its portrayal of male lust, sexual obsession, and the use of swear words. 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... A playwright is an author of plays for performance in the theater. ... Dennis Christopher George Potter (May 17, 1935 – June 7, 1994) was a controversial English dramatist who is best known for several widely acclaimed television dramas which mixed fantasy and reality, the personal and the social. ... Gina Bellman (born July 10, 1966 in London) is a New Zealand actress who came to England at age 11. ... A tabloid is a newspaper — especially in the United Kingdom — that uses the tabloid format, which is roughly 23½ by 14¾ inches per spread. ...

The series was based on Potter's multi-layered 1987 novel, also named Blackeyes, published by Faber and Faber. 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... Faber and Faber is a celebrated publishing house in the UK, notable in particular for publishing the poetry of T. S. Eliot. ...