EndedBBC One1978-03-07

Pennies from Heaven

Name: Pennies from Heaven
Genre: Drama
Released: 1978-03-07
Rating: 7.625
Cast: Bob Hoskins, Gemma Craven, Cheryl Campbell, Kenneth Colley

Drama~75 min

Seasons

Episodes

Networks

BBC One

Countries

First aired

1978-03-07

Last aired

1978-04-11

Language

Rating

7.6 / 10

Episode release dates

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Synopsis and details

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 and episodes

Miniseries

6 episodes · 1978-03-07

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.