The Lovers!
1973Reprising 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…
Acted in
Richard Beckinsale
as Geoffrey Scrimshaw
Paula Wilcox
as Beryl Battersby
Susan Littler
as Sandra
Rosalind Ayres
as Veronica
Anthony Naylor
as Neville
Nikolas Simmonds
as Roland
Joan Scott
as Beryl's Mum
Stella Moray
as Geoffrey's Mum
John Comer
as Geoffrey's Dad
Pamela Moiseiwitsch
as Enid
Bruce Watt
as Jeremy
Paul Greenwood
as Trainee Manager
Bernard Latham
as 'Handsome'
Karen Ford
as Foreign Girl
James Snell
as Doctor
Mary Henry
as Jumble Sale Woman
Ian Gray
as Bookstall Assistant
Serena
as Stripper
