Lipstick on the collar
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Lipstick on the collar |
| Original title | Lipstick on Your Collar |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| year | 1993 |
| length | 60 minutes |
| Episodes | 6 in 1 season |
| genre | Musical / comedy |
| Theme music | Connie Francis - Lipstick on your collar |
| idea | Dennis Potter |
| First broadcast | February 21, 1993 ( United Kingdom ) on Channel 4 |
| German-language first broadcast |
1994 on ORB |
| occupation | |
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Lipstick on Your Collar (AKA Lipstick on Your Collar ) is a British miniseries from 1993, for the Dennis Potter wrote the screenplay. It was first broadcast on Channel 4 . In the series, Ewan McGregor played his first leading role.
action
The main plot takes place against the background of the Suez Crisis in 1956 in the British War Office. Mick Hopper - portrayed by Ewan McGregor - who is bored with his work, passes the time by imagining his comrades and superiors in fun daydreams singing and dancing.
Sylvia Berry, played by Louise Germaine, the attractive blonde wife of a violent comrade, is the object of desire for Mick and Francis Francis, another comrade.
music
The following pieces of music can be heard in the series:
- Lipstick On Your Collar - Connie Francis (title track)
- The Man with the Golden Arm - The Billy May Orchestra
- The Great Pretender, Only You (And You Alone) and My Prayer - The Platters
- Earth Angel and Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream) - The Crewcuts
- Little Bitty Pretty One - Thurston Harris
- Garden of Eden and Green Door - Frankie Vaughan
- Blueberry Hill and I'm in Love Again - Fats Domino
- Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley
- The Story of My Life - Michael Holliday
- It's Almost Tomorrow - The Dreamweavers
- Your Cheatin 'Heart - Hank Williams
- In a Persian Market Place - Nigel Ogden
- Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
- Raining in My Heart - Buddy Holly
- Be-Bop-A-Lula - Gene Vincent
- By a Sleepy Lagoon - William Thorp and Mike Houghton
- Jealousy - William Thorp, Mike Houghton and Jack Emblow
- Unchained Melody - Les Baxter
- Try a Little Tenderness and So Tired
- I'm Beginning to See the Light - composed by Duke Ellington and Harry James
- Young Love - Sonny James
- The Fool - Sanford Clark
- Band of Gold - Don Cherry
- Sanctuary of the Heart - Nigel Ogden
- Robin Hood (TV Theme) - Garry Miller
- Heartbreak Hotel
- It'll Be Me - Jerry Lee Lewis
- Love Is Strange - Mickey & Sylvia
- Lotta Lovin - Gene Vincent
- Lay Down Your Arms - Anne Shelton
Others
The series was nominated for the BAFTA Award in 1994 in the categories “Best Mask” and “Best Music” .
The (original) series title is an anachronism : Although the plot is set in 1956, the Connie Francis theme song was not released until 1959.
In Germany in the mid-1990s, both the original version with German subtitles and a dubbed version were broadcast.