Lipstick on Your Collar
Created by Dennis Potter
On Channel 4
A playful, surreal 1950s period comedy that treats the Suez Crisis as mere backdrop to youthful romance, rock music, and the dreams of two young clerks indifferent to empire.
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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Questions people ask
Is Lipstick on Your Collar easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 79% of series.
Is Lipstick on Your Collar violent? Not especially. Less violent than 70% of series.
Does Lipstick on Your Collar leave you hopeful? Somewhat. More hopeful than 69% of series.
Is Lipstick on Your Collar scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 59% of series.
Is Lipstick on Your Collar sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
These describe how the series comes across across its whole run, compared with other well-known series. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked episode by episode, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
Cinnamon Score
How much this series gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
Familiar shape, done well.
How unlike any other series this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Like Lipstick on Your Collar
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as Lipstick on Your Collar
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like Lipstick on Your Collar, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like Lipstick on Your Collar, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like Lipstick on Your Collar, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
