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Pennies from Heaven

Original title: Pennies from Heaven

Year

1978

Rating

★ 7.6/10

Runtime

75 min

Seasons

1

Genres

Dram

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.

Cast: Bob Hoskins, Gemma Craven, Cheryl Campbell, Kenneth Colley