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Lipstick on Your Collar

ComedyDramaWar & Politics

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.

Feb 21, 19931 seasons6 episodesEndedEN

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Ewan McGregor

Private Mick Hopper

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Louise Germaine

Sylvia Berry

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Douglas Henshall

Corporal Berry

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Peter Jeffrey

Colonel Bernwood

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Roy Hudd

Harold Atterbow

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Clive Francis

Major Hedges

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Nicholas Jones

Major Carter

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Nicholas Farrell

Major Church

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Maggie Steed

Aunt Vickie

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Bernard Hill

Uncle Fred

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Seasons

Miniseries

6 episodes

Premiered Feb 21, 1993

Episodes

1–6 of 6

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Ep 1

Episode 1

Feb 21, 1993

60m

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...

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Ep 2

Episode 2

Feb 28, 1993

60m

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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Ep 3

Episode 3

Mar 7, 1993

60m

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.

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Ep 4