Lipstick On Your Collar Ewan Mcgregor

Lipstick on your collar 1993 uk channel 4 mini series written produced by dennis potter ewan mcgregors first acting role done 6 months from comple.

Lipstick on your collar ewan mcgregor. Set in a london whitehall war office a young soldier ewan mcgregger about to be discharged at the end of his service and has been sent to the office to help out for the last few weeks of his service due to his skills and knowledge. There he witnesses the sloth bigotry indifference and addled thinking of his superiors who include both a soldier slightly higher in rank than he and three older men. Lipstick on your collar deals with a young soldier ewan mcgreggor who is assigned to the war office at whitehall for his short spell of duty before he s to be discharged. The singing detective 1986 lipstick on your collar is a 1993 british television serial written by dennis potter.

It was first broadcast on channel 4 in february and march 1993. With giles thomas ewan mcgregor louise germaine douglas henshall. Expanded from potter s earlier television play lay down your arms 1970 it features ewan mcgregor in his first major role. Lipstick on your collar dvd 1993 ewan mcgregor actor louise germaine actor renny rye director 0 more rated.

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. Suitable for 15 years and over format. To their eyes it can hardly compete with girls rock music including lay down your arms and the intrigue of romantic entanglements. Ewan mcgregor was born on the 31th of march 1971 in perth scotland to carol diane and james charles steward jim mcgregor.

Mcgregor is most popular for his roles in trainspotting 1996 as heroine addict mark renton this was voted best scottish film of all time in 2004 in the star wars prequel trilogy 1999 2005 as. In period drama serial lipstick on your collar 1950 s national serviceman private mick hopper ewan mcgregor is sent to work in a boring unit in the war office whilst dreaming of making it as a rock n roller meanwhile one of his colleagues francis francis giles thomas falls madly in love with sylvia barry louise germaine the wife of hated corporal peter berry douglas henshall. Lipstick on your collar is a sharp satire on the changing english social world in the late fifties. Dennis potter an english playwright was famous for the singing detective and pennies from heaven.