Lipstick on Your Collar

Lipstick on Your Collar

1993
Lipstick on Your Collar
Lipstick on Your Collar

Lipstick on Your Collar

8.1 | en | Drama

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

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EP1  Episode 1
Feb. 21,1993
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...

EP2  Episode 2
Feb. 28,1993
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.

EP3  Episode 3
Mar. 07,1993
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.

EP4  Episode 4
Mar. 14,1993
Episode 4

Hopper is dreaming of Lisa. Francis is dreaming of Sylvia. And all hell breaks loose down at the Hammersmith Palais.

EP5  Episode 5
Mar. 21,1993
Episode 5

Sylvia despairs at Francis and is angry at Atterbow. Meanwhile, Hopper gets ready for his night out with Lisa.

EP6  Episode 6
Mar. 28,1993
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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8.1 | en | Drama , Comedy , War & Politics | More Info
Released: 1993-02-21 | Released Producted By: Channel 4 Television , Whistling Gypsy Production Country: United Kingdom Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/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.

Genre

Drama , Comedy , War & Politics

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Cast

Ewan McGregor , Louise Germaine , Douglas Henshall , Peter Jeffrey , Roy Hudd , Clive Francis

Director

Paul Cross

Producted By

Channel 4 Television , Whistling Gypsy Production

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Paul Cross
Paul Cross

Art Direction

Gary Williamson
Gary Williamson

Production Design

Sean Van Hales
Sean Van Hales

Director of Photography

Sharon Lewis
Sharon Lewis

Costume Design

Sallie Jaye
Sallie Jaye

Makeup Artist

Sallie Hard
Sallie Hard

Set Runner

Renny Rye
Renny Rye

Director

Clare Douglas
Clare Douglas

Editor

Dennis Potter
Dennis Potter

Executive Producer

Alison Barnett
Alison Barnett

Producer

Lipstick on Your Collar Audience Reviews

RyothChatty ridiculous rating
Supelice Dreadfully Boring
StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.
Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
Theo Robertson ...Makes yet another black comedy drama featuring an up and coming actor with a subtext featuring sexual repression and surreal music sequences . Didn't he do this with the BBC sometime in the 1970s with that short London geezer ? I also believe he did it again in the 1980s with that Irish born actor with a skin condition . Both of which were turned in to Hollywood movies that flopped Somewhat strangely Potter was held in high regard and was a household name but LIPSTICK ON YOUR COLLAR is plageristic reworking of both PENNIES and DETECTIVE but where as some character from a TV play having a sex scene with a peroxide blonde might have been shocking in the 1970s here it passes without registering . Likewise abstract surrealism featuring a contemporary soundtrack quickly become tedious Thankfully there's enough deliberate bad and dreadful acting by Peter Jeffrey to keep the audience awake . His is a masterclass of how to play a pantomime dame in an amateur dramatic as he screeches " SA-ID . NOT CAIRO SA-ID " at every opportunity which contrasts with the charisma free lead of Ewan Mcgregor who has been painfully bland in every role in which he hasn't played an Edinburgh junkie . Oh dear this is also the mini series that set McGregor on to the role of stardom . Another good reason not to watch it
steve-1703 I never liked Dennis Potter until I saw this series. I don't like musicals – the idea of a group of people bursting into spontaneous communal song never appealed to me, but the combination of scenario (a post second world war era where the war is now fought as much in the halls of Whitehall as on the battlefield – and Britain is losing) and music (British 50's) just hit the right note with me (pun intended). The characters are superb (this was the first thing I ever saw Ewan McGregor in) and the situations genuine. The relationships between the junior ranks in both military and civilian life in the era they are set are really believable (so my dad says). I loved the music so much I bought the CD, I just wish they would bring it out on DVD. Thanks Dennis.
cheepnisone In my view this is one of Potter's most impressive works. It has been years since I saw the series on television but I remember it became the highlight of my week. The unpredictable plot and the surreal use of day dreams and 50's music was masterful.Louise Germaine was brilliantly cast as the stunningly beautiful Sylvia. She was beautiful that is until she spoke, revealing the most dreadful accent. A memorable performance. Even back in the early nineties it was clear that Ewan MrGegor was destined to go on to greater things.Highly recommended viewing.
inframan Like all of Dennis Potter's work, this shows us what film could & should be. It wakens all the old dormant brain cells. Yes, imagination & inspiration do still live & are still the main ingredients of REAL ART!!! Not necessarily compatible with democracy, tho, maybe, who knows?