S01E01 Episode 1
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...
Lipstick on Your Collar
Overview
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.
Episodes
S01E02 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.
S01E03 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.
S01E04 Episode 4
Hopper is dreaming of Lisa. Francis is dreaming of Sylvia. And all hell breaks loose down at the Hammersmith Palais.
S01E05 Episode 5
Sylvia despairs at Francis and is angry at Atterbow. Meanwhile, Hopper gets ready for his night out with Lisa.
S01E06 Episode 6
Francis has a confession to make to his family: Vickie is horrified, Fred just laughs. Elsewhere, Sylvia visits Harold Atterbrow in hospital.
Cast
Ewan McGregor
Private Hopper
Peter Jeffrey
Colonel Bernwood
Nicholas Farrell
Major Church
Louise Germaine
Sylvia Berry
Giles Thomas
Private Francis
Douglas Henshall
Corporal Berry
Roy Hudd
Harold Atterbow
Maggie Steed
Aunt Vickie
Nicholas Jones
Major Carter
Shane Rimmer
Lt. Colonel Trekker
Jim Carter
Inspector
Bernard Hill
Uncle Fred
