The Lovers!

1h 28min

Comedy

Drama

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…

Cast

Richard Beckinsale

Richard Beckinsale

Geoffrey Scrimshaw
Paula Wilcox

Paula Wilcox

Beryl Battersby
Joan Scott

Joan Scott

Beryl's Mum
Stella Moray

Stella Moray

Geoffrey's Mum
John Comer

John Comer

Geoffrey's Dad
Paul Greenwood

Paul Greenwood

Trainee Manager
Bernard Latham

Bernard Latham

'Handsome'
Karen Ford

Karen Ford

Foreign Girl
Mary Henry

Mary Henry

Jumble Sale Woman
Ian Gray

Ian Gray

Bookstall Assistant
Serena

Serena

Stripper

Release date

1st Jan 1973

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English