
Lipstick on Your Collar
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.
First Aired
1993-02-21
Status
Ended
Network
Channel 4
Seasons
Season 1 Episodes
Watch All βE1. Episode 1
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
Francis' worst fears about who lives upstairs with the beautiful Sylvia Berry are confirmed, and he confides all to Mick Hopper - with disastrous results.
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E3. Episode 3
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
Hopper is dreaming of Lisa. Francis is dreaming of Sylvia. And all hell breaks loose down at the Hammersmith Palais.
E5. Episode 5
Sylvia despairs at Francis and is angry at Atterbow. Meanwhile, Hopper gets ready for his night out with Lisa.
E6. Episode 6
Francis has a confession to make to his family: Vickie is horrified, Fred just laughs. Elsewhere, Sylvia visits Harold Atterbrow in hospital.
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Cast
Giles Thomas
Private Francis Francis
Ewan McGregor
Private Mick Hopper
Louise Germaine
Sylvia Berry
Douglas Henshall
Corporal Berry
Peter Jeffrey
Colonel Bernwood
Roy Hudd
Harold Atterbow
Clive Francis
Major Hedges
Nicholas Jones
Major Carter
Nicholas Farrell
Major Church
Maggie Steed
Aunt Vickie
Bernard Hill
Uncle Fred
Bernard Brown
Prime Minister Eden
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