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Lipstick on Your Collar

Lipstick on Your Collar

151993•1h 0m•6.9/10
ComedyDramaWar & Politics

Ratings

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6.9/10(26)

During the Suez Crisis of 1956, two young clerks at the stuffy Foreign Office in Whitehall display little interest in the decline of the British Empire. To their eyes, it can hardly compete with girls, rock music, and the intrigue of romantic entanglements.

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Production

Whistling Gypsy Production, Channel 4 Television

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

February 21, 1993

Last Aired

March 28, 1993

Networks

Channel 4

Created By

Dennis Potter

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
E1
Episode 1
Air date: 1993-02-21
Private Mick Hopper passes the day in the War Office dreaming of becoming a drummer. Meanwhile, new recruit Private Francis Francis is dancing to a different beat...
E2
Episode 2
Air date: 1993-02-28
Francis' worst fears about who lives upstairs with the beautiful Sylvia Berry are confirmed, and he confides all to Mick Hopper - with disastrous results.
E3
Episode 3
Air date: 1993-03-07
Hopper continues to fantasise at work and discusses women and love with Francis. When the red phone rings, Hopper is convinced the message is about the Suez crisis.
E4
Episode 4
Air date: 1993-03-14
Hopper is dreaming of Lisa. Francis is dreaming of Sylvia. And all hell breaks loose down at the Hammersmith Palais.
E5
Episode 5
Air date: 1993-03-21
Sylvia despairs at Francis and is angry at Atterbow. Meanwhile, Hopper gets ready for his night out with Lisa.
E6
Episode 6
Air date: 1993-03-28
Francis has a confession to make to his family: Vickie is horrified, Fred just laughs. Elsewhere, Sylvia visits Harold Atterbrow in hospital.

Cast

Giles Thomas

Private Francis Francis

Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor

Private Mick Hopper

Louise Germaine

Louise Germaine

Sylvia Berry

Douglas Henshall

Douglas Henshall

Corporal Berry

Peter Jeffrey

Peter Jeffrey

Colonel Bernwood

Roy Hudd

Roy Hudd

Harold Atterbow

Clive Francis

Clive Francis

Major Hedges

Nicholas Jones

Nicholas Jones

Major Carter

Nicholas Farrell

Nicholas Farrell

Major Church

Maggie Steed

Maggie Steed

Aunt Vickie

Bernard Hill

Bernard Hill

Uncle Fred

Bernard Brown

Prime Minister Eden

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