Pennies from Heaven
1978
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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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.
Released
1978-03-07
Episode Runtime
75 min
Language
English
Status
Ended
Genre
Production
BBC, BBC One
Directors
CASTS
Bob Hoskins
Arthur Parker
Gemma Craven
Joan Parker
Cheryl Campbell
Eileen
Kenneth Colley
The Accordion Man
Jenny Logan
Irene
Dave King
Police Inspector
Freddie Jones
Headmaster
Arnold Peters
Barrett
Sam Avent
Pianist
Philip Jackson
Dave
Spencer Banks
Maurice
Michael Bilton
Dad
Bill Dean
Alf
Bella Emberg
Mrs. Corder
Yolande Palfrey
Blind Girl (uncredited)
Nigel Havers
Conrad Baker
Rosemary Martin
Marjorie
Robert Putt
Jumbo
Wally Thomas
Carter
Keith Marsh
Will
Tessa Dunne
Betty
Roy Holder
Bert
Roger Sloman
Ted
Cyril Cross
Customer
Peter Cellier
Bank Manager
John Malcolm
Detective Inspector
Maryann Turner
Patient
Roger Forbes
Police Constable
Frederick Radley
Miner
Betty Hardy
Railway Passenger
Frank Lazarus
Railway Passenger
Norman Warwick
Railway Passenger
David Rowlands
Railway Passenger
Hywel Bennett
Tom
Phyllis MacMahon
Prostitute
Will Stampe
Barman
Olwen Griffiths
Pub Whore
Maggy Maxwell
Pub Whore
Howard Lew Lewis
Policeman
Vass Anderson
Doctor
Tony London
Youth
Ronald Fraser
Major Archibald Paxville
Nigel Rathbone
Michael
Paddy Joyce
Tramp
Reg Lever
Man in Queue
Alan Foss
Waiter
Chris Gannon
Man on Bridge
Laurence Harrington
Inspector
Roger Brierley
Estate Agent
David Webb
Shop Manager
Robin Meredith
Customer
Philip Locke
Farmer
Steve Ubels
Pedestrian
Tim Swinton
Constable
Mike Savage
Arnold
Roy Boyd
Horace
Noel Collins
Chaplain
John Ringham
Sergeant
Carleton Hobbs
Judge
Peter Bowles
Prosecuting Counsel
Stanley Fleet
Court Clerk
Hal Jeayes
Jury Foreman
Roger Heathcott
Executioner
Seasons
Miniseries
1978
.6 Episodes
Season 1 of Pennies from Heaven premiered on 1978-03-07.
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