Pennies from Heaven

Overview

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.

Created by Dennis Potter

Network

• BBC One

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Bob Hoskins

  Arthur Parker

  6 eps

• 

  Gemma Craven

  Joan Parker

  6 eps

• 

  Cheryl Campbell

  Eileen

  6 eps

• 

  Kenneth Colley

  The Accordion Man

  6 eps

Themes

• london, england
• accordion
• surreal
• miniseries
• traveling salesman
• 1930s

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