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Dennis Potter's popular and highly acclaimed TV drama--it won the BAFTA for Outstanding Drama when it first aired in 1978--follows the life of sheet-music salesman Arthur Parker in 1930s Britain. Bob Hoskins plays Parker, a man with a passion for the ladies, and his product, who leads a frustrated life with a frigid wife and .. Read more

Starring Bob Hoskins, Cheryl Campbell
Director Piers Haggard
Genres Drama, Television

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Pennies From Heaven

Dennis Potter's popular and highly acclaimed TV drama--it won the BAFTA for Outstanding Drama when it first aired in 1978--follows the life of sheet-music salesman Arthur Parker in 1930s Britain. Bob Hoskins plays Parker, a man with a passion for the ladies, and his product, who leads a frustrated life with a frigid wife and uninspired music clients. He retreats into a fantasy world inspired by the songs he's selling, bursting into full-blown music and dance set pieces. Things take a downturn when he meets a young teacher called Eileen with whom he shares a love of music. She falls pregnant by him, but discovering that he's married disappears from his life. Potter's superb series, full of period detail, wit and charm that showers the viewer like PENNIES FROM HEAVEN.

Starring Bob Hoskins, Cheryl Campbell
Director Piers Haggard
Studio BBC WORLDWIDE PUBLISHING
Run time DVD: 8 hrs
Certificate DVD Certificate 15.gif
Genres Drama, Television
Language English
Released DVD: 31 May 2004
Production year: 1978
Format DVD

Pennies From Heaven (3 discs) (1978)

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  • 10 out of 13 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    This is Television at its best

    Occasionally a work comes along whose mood is so unique and so vividly communicated that it can't be forgotten. This is one of those. Dennis Potter never did anything like as good again (and neither has anyone else); Bob Hoskins and Cheryl Campbell gave the performances of their careers, in roles most actors would die for. Every part was a great part; every scene was something that had never been seen before. There are faults, too, but they only point up what an amazing achievement this was.

    The only negative the BBC's transfer to DVD is certainly not in the class of Criterion and I would have liked to see a better video transfer. But it does not spoil the entertainment value.

      • A customer from United Kingdom
      • Posted 13 Dec 2004 07:58

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    EXELLENT BBC TV PRODUCTION

    This is a brilliant mini series and definitely worth renting

      • COLIN BUCK from GREAT YARMOUTH
      • Posted 21 May 2005 18:28

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      • Dennis Potter's popular and highly acclaimed TV drama--it won the BAFTA for Outstanding Drama when it first aired in 1978--follows the life of sheet-music salesman Arthur Parker in 1930s Britain. Bob ...