Pennies from Heaven

1978
Pennies from Heaven

Seasons & Episodes

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EP1 Down Sunnyside Lane Mar 07, 1978

Arthur 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 will change his life: a strange 'gentleman of the road ' who plays hymns on a piano accordion and a beautiful young teacher. At home Arthur's wife waits apprehensively.

EP2 The Sweetest Thing Mar 14, 1978

As Eileen is telling her school children their favourite fairy story, song salesman Arthur, Prince Charming in the tale, is coming back to make her his princess. He finds her in a magical forest. His wife Joan wonders if she has left him for good and the mysterious accordion player still haunts the story.

EP3 Easy Come, Easy Go Mar 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 agrees reluctantly to finance him in his own record shop.

EP4 Better Think Twice Mar 28, 1978

Arthur and Eileen are both back in London. While he wants to start his own record shop, country girl Eileen wants to live the life that begins at Oxford Circus.

EP5 Painting the Clouds Apr 04, 1978

Arthur and Eileen have disappeared. His wife Joan is receiving strange visits from a police inspector, and the case of the murdered blind girl is to be opened.

EP6 Says My Heart Apr 11, 1978

Arthur is now wanted for murder so he and Eileen are on the run, hungry, desperate, but still together. They hide in a lonely farmhouse, but he makes a fatal error.
8.4| en| Drama
Synopsis

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.

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  • Top Credited Cast
Bob Hoskins as Arthur Parker
Cheryl Campbell as Eileen
Gemma Craven as Joan Parker
Kenneth Colley as The Accordion Man
Peter Cellier as Bank Manager
Bill Dean as Alf
Bella Emberg as Mrs Corder
Roger Brierley as Estate Agent