"Lipstick on Your Collar" (1993) TV mini-series

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

21 February 1993 (UK)

Genre:

Drama | Music | War

Plot:

During the Suez Crisis of 1956, two young clerks at the stuffy Foreign Office in Whitehall display little...

Plot Keywords:

Usherette | TV Mini-Series | Daydream | Dream Girl | Nudity

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Giles Thomas	...	Private Francis Francis (6 episodes, 1993)
Ewan McGregor	...	Private Mick Hopper (6 episodes, 1993)
Louise Germaine	...	Sylvia Berry (6 episodes, 1993)
Peter Jeffrey	...	Lieutenant-Colonel Harry Bernwood (6 episodes, 1993)
Clive Francis	...	Major Wallace Hedges (6 episodes, 1993)
Nicholas Jones	...	Major Archie Carter (6 episodes, 1993)
Nicholas Farrell	...	Major Johnny Church (6 episodes, 1993)
Bernard Brown	...	Eden (6 episodes, 1993)
Kim Huffman	...	Lisa Trekker (5 episodes, 1993)
Roy Hudd	...	Harold Atterbow (5 episodes, 1993)
Maggie Steed	...	Aunt Vickie (5 episodes, 1993)
Douglas Henshall	...	Lance Corporal Peter Berry (4 episodes, 1993)
Bernard Hill	...	Uncle Fred (4 episodes, 1993)
Shane Rimmer	...	Lieutenant-Colonel 'Truck' Trekker (3 episodes, 1993)

Runtime:

360 min (6 parts)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Channel 4 Television Corporation

Trivia:

The final original Dennis Potter production completed and broadcast in his lifetime.

Quotes:

First Soldier: That Diana Dors.
Second Soldier: What about her?
First Soldier: I bet she's a good shag.
Second Soldier: And I'll bet you never find out.

Movie Connections:

Follows "ITV Saturday Night Theatre: Lay Down Your Arms (#2.36)" (1970)

Soundtrack:

I'm In Love Again

Brilliant movie

I believe that for pure enjoyment,and a little nostalgia,this was Denis Potter's best work and, for me, had more depth than "Pennies From Heaven". The individual story lines in "Lipstick" in their basic form were entirely believable and the acting by the whole cast excellent.