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The Lovers!

Reprising the television series roles which first made them household names, Richard Beckinsale and Paula Wilcox star as Geoffrey Scrimshaw and Beryl Battersby, a hesitant, inexperienced, young couple attempting to negotiate the sexual minefield of the ‘permissive’ society. This big-screen transfer of Jack Rosenthal’s hugely likeable sitcom sees old-fashioned girl Beryl continuing to slap down the advances of her frustrated boyfriend, whose clumsy attempts to initiate ‘Percy Filth’ suggest he’s not quite up to speed himself! Like everyone else, Geoffrey and Beryl want to fall in love – or they think they do; like everyone else, since Adam and Eve. But Adam and Eve didn’t live in Manchester in 1972…

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The Lovers!

January 1, 1973
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Cast (18)

Richard Beckinsale
Geoffrey Scrimshaw
Paula Wilcox
Beryl Battersby
Rosalind Ayres
Veronica
Joan Scott
Beryl's Mum
Stella Moray
Geoffrey's Mum
John Comer
Geoffrey's Dad
Bruce Watt
Jeremy
Paul Greenwood
Trainee Manager
Bernard Latham
'Handsome'
Karen Ford
Foreign Girl
James Snell
Doctor
Mary Henry
Jumble Sale Woman
Ian Gray
Bookstall Assistant
Serena
Stripper

Crew (14)

Directing

Herbert Wise
Director
Barrie Melrose
Assistant Director

Writing

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Sound

Rowland Fowles
Boom Operator
Brian Simmons
Sound Mixer

Art

Peter Mullins
Production Design

Camera

Robert Huke
Director of Photography
Dennis C. Lewiston
Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

John Brady
Wardrobe Supervisor
Emma Porteous
Costume Design
Maude Onslow
Hairdresser
George Partleton
Makeup Artist

Crew

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Editing

David Gowing
Assistant Editor

Lighting

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Visual Effects

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