Pennies from Heaven
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.
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Top cast
Bob Hoskins
Arthur Parker
Gemma Craven
Joan Parker
Cheryl Campbell
Eileen
Kenneth Colley
The Accordion Man
Jenny Logan
Irene
Dave King
Police Inspector
Freddie Jones
Headmaster
Arnold Peters
Barrett
Sam Avent
Pianist
Philip Jackson
Dave
Spencer Banks
Maurice
Michael Bilton
Dad
Bill Dean
Alf
Bella Emberg
Mrs. Corder
Yolande Palfrey
Blind Girl (uncredited)
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Details
- Status
- Ended
- First air date
- March 7, 1978
- Last air date
- April 11, 1978
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 6
- Episode runtime
- 1h 15m
- Network
- BBC One
- Original language
- EN
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