Name: Pennies from Heaven
Genre: Drama
Released: 1978-03-07
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Bob Hoskins, Gemma Craven, Cheryl Campbell, Kenneth Colley

Pennies from Heaven

Ended 1978

Audience

Seasons

All seasons

1978 - 6 eps

Season 1

About

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.

First Aired

Mar 7, 1978

Last Aired

Apr 11, 1978

Seasons

Episodes

Network

BBC One

Studio

BBC, BBC One

Keywords

london, england accordion surreal miniseries traveling salesman 1930s