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★6.9(27 votes)
19931 Season6 EpisodesEndedLipstick 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.
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6 EpisodesDuring 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.
EP 01
EP 1
01.Episode 1
1h
1993-02-21
01.Episode 1
1h
Aired 1993-02-21
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 02
EP 2
02.Episode 2
1h★ 6
1993-02-28
02.Episode 2
1h★ 6
Aired 1993-02-28
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 03
EP 3
03.Episode 3
1h
1993-03-07
03.Episode 3
1h
Aired 1993-03-07
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 04
EP 4
04.Episode 4
1h
1993-03-14
04.Episode 4
1h
Aired 1993-03-14
Hopper is dreaming of Lisa. Francis is dreaming of Sylvia. And all hell breaks loose down at the Hammersmith Palais.
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EP 05
EP 5
05.Episode 5
1h
1993-03-21
05.Episode 5
1h
Aired 1993-03-21
Sylvia despairs at Francis and is angry at Atterbow. Meanwhile, Hopper gets ready for his night out with Lisa.
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EP 06
EP 6
06.Episode 6
1h★ 6
1993-03-28
06.Episode 6
1h★ 6
Aired 1993-03-28
Francis has a confession to make to his family: Vickie is horrified, Fred just laughs. Elsewhere, Sylvia visits Harold Atterbrow in hospital.
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