Pennies from Heaven

• 1978
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• Ended
• •
• 15

• Drama

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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.

Created by

Dennis Potter

Seasons

1

Episodes

6

Episode length

~1h 15m

First aired

Mar 7, 1978

Networks

BBC One

Original language

English

Origin

United Kingdom