Pennies from Heaven (1978)

Directed by

Piers Haggard

Genre

musical play, drama television series, miniseries

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 6 episodes

Rated

15

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1930s England, a traveling sheet music salesman longs for a better life. He escapes his unhappy marriage and grim reality by daydreaming to popular songs, which he and other characters perform as fantasy numbers.

melancholicdreamlikeunsettlingdarkly comicslow-burnmusicalbleaknostalgic

What happens

Pennies from Heaven is a 1978 BBC musical drama serial written by Dennis Potter. The title is taken from the song "Pennies from Heaven" written by Johnny Burke and Arthur Johnston. It was one of several Potter serials (another being The Singing Detective) to mix the reality of the drama with a dark fantasy content, and the earliest of his works where the characters burst into extended performances of popular songs. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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