Watch Series: Pennies from Heaven Released in (1978) - Season 1 produced by UK, The TV Series categorized in Drama, and content rating 7h 30min with duration 75 min broadcasted as these networks BBC One, Streamed at Putlocker & directed by Dennis Potter, Piers Haggard. 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. - Season 1