Pennies From Heaven

Pennies From Heaven is a 1978 BBC Television drama serial by the highly-regarded television playwright Dennis Potter. The title is taken from a famous song of the same name written by Johnny Burke and Arthur Johnston. It was noteworthy for being the first of several Potter productions (The Singing Detective, Lipstick on Your Collar) which mixed the reality of the drama with a dark fantasy content, having several of the main characters burst into miming to popular 1930s songs.

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1978 - BBC Television - Serial - Dennis Potter - Johnny Burke - Arthur Johnston - The Singing Detective - Lipstick on Your Collar - 1930s

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Starring Bob Hoskins in the role that made him a star name in the UK, the serial was directed by Piers Haggard and produced by Kenith Trodd. Co-starring was Gemma Craven as Joan Parker and Cheryl Campbell as Eileen. It was transmitted in six seventy-five minute episodes from March 7 to April 11 1978, on the BBC1 network. In a 2000 poll of industry professionals conducted by the British Film Institute to find the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes of the 20th century, Pennies from Heaven was placed twenty-first.

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Bob Hoskins - UK - Piers Haggard - Kenith Trodd - Gemma Craven - Cheryl Campbell - March 7 - April 11 - 1978 - BBC1 - 2000 - British Film Institute - 100 Greatest British Television Programmes - 20th century

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In 1981, the series was adapted as a film, starring Steve Martin. It was directed by Herbert Ross and Potter adapted his own screenplay, for which he was nominated for the 1981 Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay.

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1981 - Film - Steve Martin - Herbert Ross - Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay

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The original television version was released on DVD by BBC Worldwide in 2004.

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DVD - BBC Worldwide - 2004

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