Pennies from Heaven (1978–1978)
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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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Season01
- S01E01
Down Sunnyside LaneMarch 7, 1978—Arthur Parker is a music salesman with a song in his heart but trouble in his fortunes. On a trip to Gloucester, he meets two people who wil - S01E02
The Sweetest ThingMarch 14, 1978—As Eileen tells her schoolchildren their favourite fairytale, song salesman Arthur, Prince Charming in the tale, is coming back to make her - S01E03
Easy Come, Easy GoMarch 21, 1978—Arthur has at last returned home to his anxious, waiting wife, who still cares enough to make a new bargain with him. She reluctantly agrees - S01E04
Better Think TwiceMarch 28, 1978—Arthur and Eileen are both back in London. While he seeks to start his own record shop, country girl Eileen wants the life that begins at Ox - S01E05
Painting the CloudsApril 4, 1978—Arthur and Eileen have disappeared. Joan is receiving strange visits from a police inspector, and the case of the murdered blind girl is to - S01E06
Says My HeartApril 11, 1978—Now wanted for murder, Arthur takes Eileen on the run, hungry, desperate, but still together. They hide in a lonely farmhouse, but he makes
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