The Lovers! (1973)

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I've heard it called some things, but Percy Filth just takes the biscuit

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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Cast & Crew

Director
Herbert Wise
  • Profile picture of Richard Beckinsale
    Geoffrey Scrimshaw Richard Beckinsale
  • Profile picture of Paula Wilcox
    Beryl Battersby Paula Wilcox
  • Profile picture of Susan Littler
    Sandra Susan Littler
  • Profile picture of Rosalind Ayres
    Veronica Rosalind Ayres
  • Profile picture of John Comer
    Geoffrey's Dad John Comer
  • Profile picture of Paul Greenwood
    Trainee Manager Paul Greenwood

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