Pennies from Heaven (series)
- User score: 7.8
- Production country: United Kingdom
- Creator: Dennis Potter
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 3/7/1978
- Release date of last episode: 4/11/1978
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 1 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 6
- Run time: 75 min.
Series description
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 written by Johnny Burke and Arthur Johnston. It was one of several Potter serials to mix the reality of the drama with a dark fantasy content, and the earliest of his works where the characters burst into miming to popular 1930s songs.