The Lovers (1970 TV series)

The Lovers
Opening title card
GenreComedy
Created byJack Rosenthal
Written byJack Rosenthal
Geoffrey Lancashire
Directed by
StarringPaula Wilcox
Richard Beckinsale
Robin Nedwell
Joan Scott
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes13
Production
Running time30 minutes
Production companyGranada Television
Original release
NetworkITV
Release27 October 1970 (1970-10-27) 
18 November 1971 (1971-11-18)

The Lovers is a British television sitcom created and written by Jack Rosenthal, and produced by Granada Television. It stars Richard Beckinsale and Paula Wilcox as Geoffrey and Beryl, a courting couple with conflicting attitudes toward sex and marriage.

ITV transmitted the two-series programme from 1970 to 1971; Channel 4 repeated it in 1996. Rosenthal also wrote a feature film, The Lovers!, which British Lion Film Corporation released in 1973.