7.7

1 hr 15 min

1978-03-07

15

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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Bob Hoskins

Bob Hoskins

Arthur Parker

Gemma Craven

Gemma Craven

Joan Parker

Cheryl Campbell

Cheryl Campbell

Eileen

Kenneth Colley

Kenneth Colley

The Accordion Man

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