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Lipstick on Your Collar
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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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Seasons & episodes
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.
- 1Episode 121 Feb 1993 · 60mPrivate 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...
- 2Episode 228 Feb 1993 · 60m · ★ 6.0Francis' worst fears about who lives upstairs with the beautiful Sylvia Berry are confirmed, and he confides all to Mick Hopper - with disastrous results.
- 3Episode 37 Mar 1993 · 60mHopper 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.
- 4Episode 414 Mar 1993 · 60mHopper is dreaming of Lisa. Francis is dreaming of Sylvia. And all hell breaks loose down at the Hammersmith Palais.
- 5Episode 521 Mar 1993 · 60mSylvia despairs at Francis and is angry at Atterbow. Meanwhile, Hopper gets ready for his night out with Lisa.
- 6Episode 628 Mar 1993 · 60m · ★ 6.0Francis has a confession to make to his family: Vickie is horrified, Fred just laughs. Elsewhere, Sylvia visits Harold Atterbrow in hospital.
Details
- Created by
- Dennis Potter
- First aired
- 21 Feb 1993
- Last aired
- 28 Mar 1993
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- Channel 4
- Episodes
- 6
- Votes
- 27 on TMDB
Cast
- GGiles ThomasPrivate Francis Francis
Ewan McGregorPrivate Mick Hopper
Louise GermaineSylvia Berry
Douglas HenshallCorporal Berry
Peter JeffreyColonel Bernwood
Roy HuddHarold Atterbow
Clive FrancisMajor Hedges
Nicholas JonesMajor Carter
Nicholas FarrellMajor Church
Maggie SteedAunt Vickie
Bernard HillUncle Fred- BBernard BrownPrime Minister Eden
