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.
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
Lipstick on Your Collar is a comedy, drama, war & politics series that first aired in 1993 exploring themes of england, rock 'n' roll, office, dreams, surreal, army. Created by Dennis Potter, it stars Giles Thomas, Ewan McGregor, Louise Germaine. 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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