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Hoskins</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Cheryl_Campbell" title="Cheryl Campbell">Cheryl Campbell</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Gemma_Craven" title="Gemma Craven">Gemma Craven</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of series</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of episodes</th><td class="infobox-data">6</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Production</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Producer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kenith_Trodd" title="Kenith Trodd">Kenith Trodd</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ken_Westbury" title="Ken Westbury">Ken Westbury</a> (film inserts)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Editors</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Howard Dell (video tape)</li> <li>David Martin (film inserts)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production company</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/BBC_Television" title="BBC Television">BBC Television</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Original release</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC 1</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">7 March<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1978-03-07</span>)</span> –<br />11 April 1978<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1978-04-11</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Pennies from Heaven</b></i> is a 1978 <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> <a href="/wiki/Musical_film" title="Musical film">musical</a> <a href="/wiki/Drama" title="Drama">drama</a> serial written by <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Potter" title="Dennis Potter">Dennis Potter</a>. The title is taken from the song "<a href="/wiki/Pennies_from_Heaven_(song)" title="Pennies from Heaven (song)">Pennies from Heaven</a>" written by <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Burke_(lyricist)" title="Johnny Burke (lyricist)">Johnny Burke</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Johnston_(composer)" title="Arthur Johnston (composer)">Arthur Johnston</a>. It was one of several Potter serials (another being <i><a href="/wiki/The_Singing_Detective" title="The Singing Detective">The Singing Detective</a></i>) 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. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pennies_from_Heaven_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The serial was directed by <a href="/wiki/Piers_Haggard" title="Piers Haggard">Piers Haggard</a> and produced by frequent Potter collaborator <a href="/wiki/Kenith_Trodd" title="Kenith Trodd">Kenith Trodd</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bfi_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bfi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-indyref_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indyref-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Hoskins" title="Bob Hoskins">Bob Hoskins</a> became an established actor in the United Kingdom following his role in this serial.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also featured <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Havers" title="Nigel Havers">Nigel Havers</a> as Conrad Baker (the suave salesman), <a href="/wiki/Jenny_Logan" title="Jenny Logan">Jenny Logan</a> as Irene (Joan's friend), <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Jones" title="Freddie Jones">Freddie Jones</a> as Mr. Warner (Eileen's headmaster), <a href="/wiki/Michael_Bilton" title="Michael Bilton">Michael Bilton</a> as Eileen's dad, Tudor Davies as the cafe customer (Davies was also choreographer for the series), and <a href="/wiki/Peter_Bowles" title="Peter Bowles">Peter Bowles</a> as the Prosecuting Counsel.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Pennies</i> was the last of Potter's television dramas to be filmed in the 'hybrid' format of studio <a href="/wiki/Videotape" title="Videotape">videotape</a> and location <a href="/wiki/16mm_film" class="mw-redirect" title="16mm film">16 mm</a> film. The production involved six weeks of filming on location,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> most of it in <a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire" title="Oxfordshire">Oxfordshire</a>, with selected shooting in the <a href="/wiki/Forest_of_Dean" title="Forest of Dean">Forest of Dean</a> (in Potter's home county of Gloucestershire, between the <a href="/wiki/River_Severn" title="River Severn">River Severn</a> and the <a href="/wiki/River_Wye" title="River Wye">River Wye</a>). The school where Eileen teaches is the Forest school Potter attended in Berry Hill<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and the children who populate the school scenes were local children cast as extras.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In temporary remission from his chronic condition of <a href="/wiki/Psoriatic_arthropathy" class="mw-redirect" title="Psoriatic arthropathy">psoriatic arthropathy</a>, a rare skin and joints disease that first afflicted him at the age of 24, Potter and his wife Margaret were able to visit the location shoot in Dean. </p><p><i>Pennies...</i> was transmitted in six episodes of approximately 75 minutes each from 7 March to 11 April 1978, on <a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC1</a> and first repeated later that year.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Roughly five million viewers watched the first episode, and by episode three this had risen to seven million.<sup id="cite_ref-stoddart_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stoddart-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In spring of the following year, <i>Pennies</i> won the <a href="/wiki/British_Academy_Television_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="British Academy Television Award">British Academy Television Award</a> for Most Original Programme (Hoskins and Campbell were also nominated for BAFTA acting awards).<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 2000 poll of industry professionals conducted by the <a href="/wiki/British_Film_Institute" title="British Film Institute">British Film Institute</a> to find the <a href="/wiki/100_Greatest_British_Television_Programmes" class="mw-redirect" title="100 Greatest British Television Programmes">100 Greatest British Television Programmes</a> of the 20th century, <i>Pennies from Heaven</i> was placed at number 21. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pennies_from_Heaven_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The original television version was released on DVD by <a href="/wiki/BBC_Worldwide" title="BBC Worldwide">BBC Worldwide</a> in 2004. The first and sixth episodes have an <a href="/wiki/Audio_commentary_(DVD)" class="mw-redirect" title="Audio commentary (DVD)">audio commentary</a> from Haggard and Trodd.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Potter's memorial service in November 1994 at <a href="/wiki/St._James%27s_Church,_Piccadilly" class="mw-redirect" title="St. James's Church, Piccadilly">St James's Church</a> in <a href="/wiki/Piccadilly" title="Piccadilly">Piccadilly</a> began with those in attendance singing "Roll Along Prairie Moon" to the accompaniment of a jazz quintet. Cheryl Campbell and Freddie Jones read their scene in the schoolroom from <i>Pennies</i>: "As Jones stifled his tears, Campbell said: 'Nobody ever ever stops yearning' ... In a comic interlude <a href="/wiki/Michael_Grade" title="Michael Grade">Michael Grade</a>, chief executive of Channel 4, <a href="/wiki/Alan_Yentob" title="Alan Yentob">Alan Yentob</a>, controller of BBC1, and Kenith Trodd, Potter's producer, read a scene from <i>Pennies</i>. [And Trodd] told of their last meeting before the playwright's death from cancer: 'Dennis slugging <a href="/wiki/Courvoisier" title="Courvoisier">Courvoisier</a>, fortified by <a href="/wiki/Heroin#Oral" title="Heroin">liquid heroin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Morphine" title="Morphine">morphine</a> ... after an hour he seemed to crumple and he said, 'I do have one very real fear of death. It is that you might get asked to speak at my memorial service'."<sup id="cite_ref-indyref_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indyref-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Episodes">Episodes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pennies_from_Heaven_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Episodes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:black;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#FFD700;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="background:#FFD700;color:black">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#FFD700;color:black">Original release date</th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep1" style="text-align:center">1</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Down Sunnyside Lane"</td><td style="text-align:center">7 March 1978<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1978-03-07</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="4" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #FFD700"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> In the mid-1930s, Arthur and Joan Parker (<a href="/wiki/Bob_Hoskins" title="Bob Hoskins">Bob Hoskins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gemma_Craven" title="Gemma Craven">Gemma Craven</a>) are an incompatible married couple living in the London suburbs. Arthur, a travelling sheet music salesman, is a passionate man who is frustrated by his wife's domestic nature. On a car journey to the Gloucester area he picks up 'the accordion man', a vagrant (<a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Colley" title="Kenneth Colley">Kenneth Colley</a>) who invariably busks on the instrument in the vicinity of the other characters, but the signs of the man's mental illness soon lead Arthur to reject him after they spend several hours together. While trying to persuade a shopkeeper (<a href="/wiki/Arnold_Peters_(actor)" title="Arnold Peters (actor)">Arnold Peters</a>) to take some of his goods, Arthur notices a female customer with whom he immediately becomes besotted. Arthur and 'the accordion man' both manage to frighten the young woman. Before returning to London, Arthur has sex with Marjorie (<a href="/wiki/Rosemary_Martin" title="Rosemary Martin">Rosemary Martin</a>), a Gloucestershire prostitute, in the back of his car.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep2" style="text-align:center">2</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The Sweetest Thing"</td><td style="text-align:center">14 March 1978<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1978-03-14</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="4" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #FFD700"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Arthur's bank manager (<a href="/wiki/Peter_Cellier" title="Peter Cellier">Peter Cellier</a>) refuses to give him a loan. Eileen Everson (<a href="/wiki/Cheryl_Campbell" title="Cheryl Campbell">Cheryl Campbell</a>), the woman he encountered, is a junior school teacher in the Forest of Dean who lives with her widowed coal mining father and two brothers, also miners. Meanwhile, Arthur has returned to the area to trace the woman with whom he is obsessed. He finally encounters Eileen in a wood near the Eversons' cottage, and returns to their home where Arthur claims his wife has died in a motorcycle accident. He and Eileen eventually make love after the rest of the household have gone to bed.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep3" style="text-align:center">3</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Easy Come, Easy Go"</td><td style="text-align:center">21 March 1978<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1978-03-21</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="4" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #FFD700"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> The Parkers' marriage briefly revives after Joan smears lipstick on her nipples, and appears to respond to some of her husband's sexual fantasies. Joan is persuaded to use her inheritance to finance Arthur's desire to open a record shop. Meanwhile, Eileen has discovered she is pregnant and is forced to give up her job. After unexpectedly meeting a young blind girl (<a href="/wiki/Yolande_Palfrey" title="Yolande Palfrey">Yolande Palfrey</a>) in a field, whom he lusts after under his breath, Arthur reappears at the Everson family home, and his relationship with Eileen revives. The blind girl is raped and murdered, for which Arthur is arrested, but soon released. Eileen moves to London, and loses contact with Arthur again.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep4" style="text-align:center">4</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Better Think Twice"</td><td style="text-align:center">28 March 1978<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1978-03-28</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="4" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #FFD700"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Almost destitute, Eileen eats little and is in arrears for her cheap hotel room. She meets the superficially sympathetic Tom (<a href="/wiki/Hywel_Bennett" title="Hywel Bennett">Hywel Bennett</a>), a wealthy man with no obvious occupation, and becomes dependent upon him. Arthur opens his new record shop, but he has very few customers, an exception being Tom. The two men get along very well, and Arthur delivers some records to the apartment where Eileen is recovering from an (illegal) abortion paid for by Tom, but the couple are not reunited. Arthur later glimpses Eileen in the pub where she had met Tom, and they leave for the record shop. Unaware of Arthur's connection to Tom, Eileen explains that the man who paid for her abortion now has a hold over her, and he intends to be her pimp. The couple decide they have to escape from London, and shatter Arthur's stock of fragile shellac discs.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep5" style="text-align:center">5</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Painting the Clouds"</td><td style="text-align:center">4 April 1978<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1978-04-04</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="4" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #FFD700"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> A police inspector (<a href="/wiki/Dave_King_(actor)" title="Dave King (actor)">Dave King</a>) visits Joan after Arthur's unexplained disappearance and the destruction of his retail stock. Her comments about Arthur's sexual tastes, particularly his wish for his wife to move around the house without wearing her knickers, lead the police to make a connection with the murder of the blind girl whose undergarment had been removed. 'The accordion man' is haunted by her image and his responsibility for the murder. (It is clear he is not delusional over this event.) He is disorientated when running into Eileen while she is street walking; the dead girl bears a resemblance to her. Arthur is now living off Eileen's immoral earnings, and she is a client of a Conservative MP, Major Archibald Paxville (<a href="/wiki/Ronald_Fraser_(actor)" title="Ronald Fraser (actor)">Ronald Fraser</a>), who she unsuccessfully attempts to blackmail. 'The accordion man' commits suicide, probably by throwing himself off <a href="/wiki/Hammersmith_Bridge" title="Hammersmith Bridge">Hammersmith Bridge</a> (which also features ominously in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Singing_Detective" title="The Singing Detective">The Singing Detective</a></i>), and his corpse is discovered. Arthur and Eileen's false optimism for the future is dashed when they see a newspaper headline indicating he is wanted for murder.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep6" style="text-align:center">6</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Says My Heart"</td><td style="text-align:center">11 April 1978<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1978-04-11</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="4" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #FFD700"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Arthur and Eileen are on the run. They spend the night in a barn, but Eileen's attempt to find help eventually leads her to shoot dead a lonely and deranged farmer (<a href="/wiki/Philip_Locke" title="Philip Locke">Philip Locke</a>). They feed and clean themselves in his farmhouse, and scavenge through the man's possessions for money and things they can sell. Leaving the farm, Arthur stops, thinking he has seen 'the accordion man', but cannot restart their stolen car. Passing police take the couple in for questioning, and Arthur is charged with the murder of the blind girl. In the <a href="/wiki/Assizes" title="Assizes">Assizes court</a>, inconsistencies in Arthur's accounts, and a witness unwittingly confusing Arthur's fixation on Eileen for an obsession with the blind girl lead to his conviction and execution. After Eileen notes the time set for his hanging has passed, Arthur reappears and a <a href="/wiki/Happy_ending" title="Happy ending">happy ending</a> is announced by the two characters.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237879425">.mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable tr.vevent,.mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable tr.vevent th{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable .summary{text-align:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .module-episode-list-row small[style]{color:#d5d584!important;background:#333;padding:8px}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable span[style^="color"]{color:inherit!important;border-bottom:dotted 1px}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .module-episode-list-row small[style]{color:#d5d584!important;background:#333;padding:8px}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable span[style^="color"]{color:inherit!important;border-bottom:dotted 1px}}</style> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Film_adaptation">Film adaptation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pennies_from_Heaven_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Film adaptation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Pennies_from_Heaven_(1981_film)" title="Pennies from Heaven (1981 film)">Pennies from Heaven (1981 film)</a></div> <p>In 1981, the series was adapted as a film, starring <a href="/wiki/Steve_Martin" title="Steve Martin">Steve Martin</a>. Potter adapted his own screenplay, and <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Ross" title="Herbert Ross">Herbert Ross</a> directed.<sup id="cite_ref-canby_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-canby-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-afi_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afi-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Potter was nominated for the 1981 <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Writing_Adapted_Screenplay" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay">Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-afi_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afi-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Herald_Examiner" title="Los Angeles Herald Examiner">Los Angeles Herald Examiner</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" title="Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer">Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer</a> had him rewrite the script nine times,<sup id="cite_ref-afi_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afi-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Times" title="The Sunday Times">The Sunday Times</a></i> reported this as thirteen;<sup id="cite_ref-stoddart_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stoddart-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kenith Trodd remembered a "dozen or so drafts".<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The movie features <a href="/wiki/Bernadette_Peters" title="Bernadette Peters">Bernadette Peters</a> (as Eileen), <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Walken" title="Christopher Walken">Christopher Walken</a> (as Tom) and <a href="/wiki/Vernel_Bagneris" title="Vernel Bagneris">Vernel Bagneris</a> (as 'the accordion man').<sup id="cite_ref-canby_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-canby-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was not successful at the box office.<sup id="cite_ref-stoddart_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stoddart-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-afi_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afi-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>MGM required Potter to buy back his copyright from the BBC (who demanded $100,000 plus half of any profits he would make from the film); the deal prevented broadcast of the original production of <i>Pennies</i> for approximately ten years.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1989, the BBC was able to buy back the rights from MGM for what Trodd called 'a very inconsiderable sum', and rebroadcast <i>Pennies</i> in a six-week run beginning February 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stoddart_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stoddart-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pennies_from_Heaven_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al_Bowlly" title="Al Bowlly">Al Bowlly</a>, song composer used extensively throughout the series.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pennies_from_Heaven_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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No. 41855. 18 January 1990. p. 17.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Daily+Telegraph&rft.atitle=New+pennies&rft.issue=41855&rft.pages=17&rft.date=1990-01-18&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APennies+from+Heaven+%28TV+series%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pennies_from_Heaven_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFCarpenter1998" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Humphrey_Carpenter" title="Humphrey Carpenter">Carpenter, Humphrey</a> (1998). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/dennispotterbiog0000carp"><i>Dennis Potter: A Biography</i></a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Faber_and_Faber" class="mw-redirect" title="Faber and Faber">Faber and Faber</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0571197213" title="Special:BookSources/0571197213"><bdi>0571197213</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Dennis+Potter%3A+A+Biography&rft.pub=Faber+and+Faber&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=0571197213&rft.aulast=Carpenter&rft.aufirst=Humphrey&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fdennispotterbiog0000carp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APennies+from+Heaven+%28TV+series%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFGilbert1995" class="citation book cs1">Gilbert, W. Stephen (1995). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/fightkickbitelif0000gilb_y8v7"><i>Fight and Kick and Bite: The Life and Work of Dennis Potter</i></a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Hodder_%26_Stoughton" title="Hodder & Stoughton">Hodder & Stoughton</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0340640472" title="Special:BookSources/0340640472"><bdi>0340640472</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Fight+and+Kick+and+Bite%3A+The+Life+and+Work+of+Dennis+Potter&rft.pub=Hodder+%26+Stoughton&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=0340640472&rft.aulast=Gilbert&rft.aufirst=W.+Stephen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Ffightkickbitelif0000gilb_y8v7&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APennies+from+Heaven+%28TV+series%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pennies_from_Heaven_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFMundy2006" class="citation journal cs1">Mundy, John (2006). "Singing Detected: Blackpool and the Strange Case of the Missing Television Musical Dramas". <i>Journal of British Cinema and Television</i>. <b>3</b> (1). Edinburgh University Press: <span class="nowrap">59–</span>71. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.3366%2FJBCTV.2006.3.1.59">10.3366/JBCTV.2006.3.1.59</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+British+Cinema+and+Television&rft.atitle=Singing+Detected%3A+Blackpool+and+the+Strange+Case+of+the+Missing+Television+Musical+Dramas&rft.volume=3&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E59-%3C%2Fspan%3E71&rft.date=2006&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.3366%2FJBCTV.2006.3.1.59&rft.aulast=Mundy&rft.aufirst=John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APennies+from+Heaven+%28TV+series%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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9">Emergency – Ward 9</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shaggy_Dog_(The_Company_of_Five)" title="Shaggy Dog (The Company of Five)">Shaggy Dog</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Beast_With_Two_Backs" title="A Beast With Two Backs">A Beast with Two Backs</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Moonlight_on_the_Highway" title="Moonlight on the Highway">Moonlight on the Highway</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Son_of_Man_(The_Wednesday_Play)" title="Son of Man (The Wednesday Play)">Son of Man</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Traitor_(Play_for_Today)" title="Traitor (Play for Today)">Traitor</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Follow_the_Yellow_Brick_Road" title="Follow the Yellow Brick Road">Follow the Yellow Brick Road</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Joe%27s_Ark" title="Joe's Ark">Joe's Ark</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Double_Dare_(Play_for_Today)" title="Double Dare (Play for Today)">Double Dare</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Where_Adam_Stood" title="Where Adam Stood">Where Adam Stood</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Remembered_Hills" title="Blue Remembered Hills">Blue Remembered Hills</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blade_on_the_Feather" title="Blade on the Feather">Blade on the Feather</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rain_on_the_Roof" title="Rain on the Roof">Rain on the Roof</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cream_in_My_Coffee" title="Cream in My Coffee">Cream in My Coffee</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brimstone_and_Treacle" title="Brimstone and Treacle">Brimstone and Treacle</a></i> (1987)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Television<br />serials</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Casanova_(1971_TV_serial)" title="Casanova (1971 TV serial)">Casanova</a></i> 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