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The Lovers!

"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…

Top Cast

  • Richard Beckinsale

    Richard Beckinsale

    Geoffrey Scrimshaw

  • Paula Wilcox

    Paula Wilcox

    Beryl Battersby

  • Susan Littler

    Susan Littler

    Sandra

  • Rosalind Ayres

    Rosalind Ayres

    Veronica

  • Anthony Naylor

    Anthony Naylor

    Neville

  • Nikolas Simmonds

    Nikolas Simmonds

    Roland

  • Joan Scott

    Joan Scott

    Beryl's Mum

  • Stella Moray

    Stella Moray

    Geoffrey's Mum

  • John Comer

    John Comer

    Geoffrey's Dad

Overview

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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