Pennies from Heaven
1978•15•1 Seasons•6 Episodes•7.6•Ended
Drama
Pennies From Heaven is a 1978 BBC television drama serial written by Dennis Potter. The title is taken from a song of the same name written by Johnny Burke and Arthur Johnston. It was one of several Potter serials to mix the reality of the drama with a dark fantasy content, and the earliest of his works where the characters burst into miming to popular 1930s songs. During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent schoolteacher.
Creator
Dennis Potter
Network
BBC One
Origin
GB
Cast
Bob Hoskins
Arthur Parker
Gemma Craven
Joan Parker
Cheryl Campbell
Eileen
Kenneth Colley
The Accordion Man
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