
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.
- Created By
Dennis Potter
- First Aired on
Feb 21, 1993
- Popularity: 2.7838
- 25 votes
- Networks
- (GB)
- Production
Whistling Gypsy Production (GB)Channel 4 Television (GB)
- Status: Ended
Show Ended
1 seaons till Mar 28, 1993
Last episode: Episode 6
Seasons & episodes
Total 1 seasons, 6 episodes

Season 1
Aired
Episode 1Episode 160 min
Private Hopper passes the day in the War Office dreaming of becoming a drummer. Meanwhile, new recruit Private Francis is dancing to a different beat...
Episode 2Episode 260 min
Francis' worst fears about who lives upstairs with the beautiful Sylvia Berry are confirmed, and he confides all to Mick Hopper - with disastrous results.
Episode 3Episode 360 min
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.
Episode 4Episode 460 min
Hopper is dreaming of Lisa. Francis is dreaming of Sylvia. And all hell breaks loose down at the Hammersmith Palais.
Episode 5Episode 560 min
Sylvia despairs at Francis and is angry at Atterbow. Meanwhile, Hopper gets ready for his night out with Lisa.