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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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