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Pennies from Heaven

TV • 1978

Pennies from Heaven

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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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Drama

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Top Cast

Bob Hoskins

Bob Hoskins

Arthur Parker

Gemma Craven

Gemma Craven

Joan Parker

Cheryl Campbell

Cheryl Campbell

Eileen

Kenneth Colley

Kenneth Colley

The Accordion Man

Kenith Trodd

Kenith Trodd

Producer

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Ken Westbury

Cinematography

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Howard Dell

Editor

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Tim Harvey

Production Design

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Jenny Shircore

Makeup Artist

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Bruce Macadie

Production Design

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David Martin

Editor

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John Peacock

Costume Design

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Sid Sutton

Graphic Designer

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Series

Status

Ended

Release

March 7, 1978

Episode Runtime

75 min

Language

English

Origin

United Kingdom

Episodes

6 • 1 seasons