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Pennies from HeavenFirst Aired in 1978 Arthur Parker is a sheet music salesman in the England of the nineteen thirties. He is also a romantic dreamer who finds his own personal reality in the lyrics of the songs which he hawks from town to town. Arthur expects life to be one long song, with none of the reality which gives life its contrasting dark side and ultimate richness and depth of purpose. But the dark side of life is waiting out there for Arthur Parker, just around the next corner. One of Dennis Potter's finest dramatic achievements in which he utilises the popular songs of the nineteen thirties and the techniques of lip-synchronisation to present this remarkable multi-layered story of the frustrations, joys and sorrows of ordinary every-day living. "A long time ago, a million years BC - The best things in life were absolutely free; But no-one appreciated a sky that was always blue, And no-one congratulated a moon that was always new. So it was planned that they would vanish now and then; And you must pay before you'd get them back again - That's what storms were made for, And you shouldn't be afraid for - Every time it rains it rains pennies from heaven, Don't you know each cloud contains pennies from heaven. You'll find your fortune falling all over town - Be sure that your umbrella is upset down..." If you see any mistakes on this page or if you have more infomation about this show, please submit a comment |