Bob Hoskins Videos : Dennis Potter's 'Pennies From Heaven' - 'Okay Toots'

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Dennis Potter's 'Pennies From Heaven' - 'Okay Toots'

'Pennies From Heaven' by Denis Potter. Episode 4: 'Better Think Twice'. Arthur (Bob Hoskins) and Eileen (Cheryl Campbell) are ecstatically reunited through a chance meeting. Their only love nest is the record shop after hours. They decide to 'disappear' together, she on the run from the predatory Tom, he abandoning his hopeless life with Joan. '"Lulu I am and Lulu I stay," says Eileen. If it's all right with you, it's 'Okay Toots' with me. Campbell and Hoskins launch enthusiastically into a tightly choreographed number with straight to camera shots and out into the studio street with some clever camera work and strategically placed pillars to produce a few acrobatics which suits the high spirited and frantic tempo of this energetic number. Music: 'Okay Toots'. Harry Roy & His Orchestra from the Mayfair Hotel (Vocal: Harry Roy). Recorded 1935. Dennis Potter's 'Pennies From Heaven' (BBC 1978). Directed by Piers Haggard, produced by long-time Potter collaborator Kenith Trodd, with choreography and design by Tudor Davies and Tim Harvey. One of the finest pieces of television the BBC has ever produced.

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