The Lovers (TV series)

The Lovers was a British television sitcom by Jack Rosenthal, starring Richard Beckinsale and Paula Wilcox as a courting couple, Geoffrey and Beryl. It was made between 1970 and 1971 by the ITV company Granada. The hook for the show was the mismatch between the two, particularly in the area of sex (which Beryl referred to as "Percy Filth"). Beryl was a slightly dizzy character with a penchant for pet names such as "Geoffrey bubbles bonbon", while Geoffrey, though dreamy, was somewhat rough around the edges, obsessed with taking Beryl up the botty. A typical exchange between them might consist of the following:

Geoffrey : But everyone else does it. They're at it like knives!

Beryl  : N-O spells NO! Exit not entry... Poor Geoffrey bubbles bonbon!

The series ran for 13 episodes over two years. Like several other British sitcoms of the time, it was used as the basis for a movie, with mixed results.

Trivia

In one episode Geoffrey plays with the word "misled", pronouncing it as "mizzled", and meaning something more like confused than deluded. This one word provided much of the humour in the show, including the last line when, talking to a companion in a pub who is complaining about his bad luck, he says "You must have been mizzled."

See also

• List of films based on British sitcoms

External links

• The Lovers at the Internet Movie Database
• The Lovers (TV series) at the BFI's Screenonline

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