Pennies from Heaven
tv show
6 total episodes
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1 seasons
First Aired March 07, 1978
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Overview
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
as
Arthur Parker
Gemma Craven
as
Joan Parker
Cheryl Campbell
as
Eileen
Kenneth Colley
as
The Accordion Man
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Jenny Logan
as
Irene
Dave King
as
Police Inspector
Freddie Jones
as
Headmaster
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Arnold Peters
as
Barrett
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Sam Avent
as
Pianist
Philip Jackson
as
Dave
Spencer Banks
as
Maurice
Michael Bilton
as
Dad
Crew
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Bruce Macadie
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Production Design
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Tim Harvey
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Production Design
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Jenny Shircore
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Makeup Artist
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John Peacock
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Costume Design
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Ken Westbury
as
Cinematography
Piers Haggard
as
Director
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David Martin
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Editor
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Howard Dell
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Editor
Kenith Trodd
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Producer
Dennis Potter
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Writer