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All Episodes of Pennies from Heaven

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All Episodes of Pennies from Heaven

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...
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Season 1

  • Down Sunnyside Lane
    7.8/1036 votes

    Down Sunnyside Lane

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/7/1978

    Arthur is a music salesman with a song in his heart but trouble in his fortunes. On a trip to Gloucester he meets two people who will change his life: a strange 'gentleman of the road ' who plays hymns on a piano accordion and a beautiful young teacher. At home Arthur's wife waits apprehensively.

    Director: Piers Haggard

    Writer: Dennis Potter

  • The Sweetest Thing
    7.9/1032 votes

    The Sweetest Thing

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/14/1978

    As Eileen is telling her school children their favourite fairy story, song salesman Arthur, Prince Charming in the tale, is coming back to make her his princess. He finds her in a magical forest. His wife Joan wonders if she has left him for good and the mysterious accordion player still haunts the story.

    Director: Piers Haggard

    Writer: Dennis Potter

  • Easy Come, Easy Go
    7.9/1031 votes

    Easy Come, Easy Go

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/21/1978

    Arthur has at last returned home to his anxious, waiting wife, who still cares enough to make a new bargain with him. She agrees reluctantly to finance him in his own record shop.

    Director: Piers Haggard

    Writer: Dennis Potter

  • Better Think Twice
    8.0/1031 votes

    Better Think Twice

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/28/1978

    Arthur and Eileen are both back in London. While he wants to start his own record shop, country girl Eileen wants to live the life that begins at Oxford Circus.

    Director: Piers Haggard

    Writer: Dennis Potter

  • Painting the Clouds
    7.8/1030 votes

    Painting the Clouds

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/4/1978

    Arthur and Eileen have disappeared. His wife Joan is receiving strange visits from a police inspector, and the case of the murdered blind girl is to be opened.

    Director: Piers Haggard

    Writer: Dennis Potter

  • Says My Heart
    7.7/1031 votes

    Says My Heart

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/11/1978

    Arthur is now wanted for murder so he and Eileen are on the run, hungry, desperate, but still together. They hide in a lonely farmhouse, but he makes a fatal error.

    Director: Piers Haggard

    Writer: Dennis Potter