Pennies from Heaven (1978)

The BBC television mini-series Pennies from Heaven (1978) focuses on Depression-era sheet music salesman Arthur Parker (Bob Hoskins) who wants to escape poverty by opening his own sheet music store. Sadly, the desperate salesman can’t secure a bank loan and his wife Joan (Gemma Craven) won’t allow her inheritance to be touched by her hampered husband. Arthur’s wife can’t keep up with his sexual desires, pushing him to start an affair with Eileen (Cheryl Campbell), a shy school teacher desperate for attention. The drama is punctuated by the actors lip-synching to elaborate song-and-dance numbers that keeps the plot moving. Hoskins briefly shows his penis from heaven and a side view of his hairy sheet music while undressing in front of his wife. It’s not much, but Bob’s body is a heavenly delight.