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Pennies from Heaven

Pennies from Heaven

Pennies from Heaven

1978 1 Seasons 6 Episodes ⭐ 7.6 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.

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.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Down Sunnyside Lane

Arthur Parker is a music salesman with a song in his heart but trouble in his fortunes. On a trip to Gloucester, he meet

EP 2

The Sweetest Thing

As Eileen tells her schoolchildren their favourite fairytale, song salesman Arthur, Prince Charming in the tale, is comi

EP 3

Easy Come, Easy Go

Arthur has at last returned home to his anxious, waiting wife, who still cares enough to make a new bargain with him. Sh

EP 4

Better Think Twice

Arthur and Eileen are both back in London. While he seeks to start his own record shop, country girl Eileen wants the li

EP 5

Painting the Clouds

Arthur and Eileen have disappeared. Joan is receiving strange visits from a police inspector, and the case of the murder

EP 6

Says My Heart

Now wanted for murder, Arthur takes Eileen on the run, hungry, desperate, but still together. They hide in a lonely farm

Popular Cast

Bob Hoskins

Bob Hoskins

Arthur Parker

Gemma Craven

Gemma Craven

Joan Parker

Cheryl Campbell

Cheryl Campbell

Eileen

Kenneth Colley

Kenneth Colley

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