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So here we are. And it’s like this. Well I dare say I’ll get used to it in time. Are all the other rooms like this one. The Wednesday Play: In Camera aka No Exit by John-Paul Sartre starring Harold Pinter & Jane Arden & Katherine Woodville, Garcin, BBC 1964
And no bed either. One never sleep, I take it. ibid.
How shall I endure my own company. ibid.
Garcin: Where’s the light switch?
Valet: There isn’t one. ibid.
I suppose you’ve got to reassure yourself somehow. ibid. Inez
I’m beginning to understand why they’ve put us three together. ibid.
You are your life and nothing else. ibid.
Hell is other people. ibid. Garcin
It’s my birthday today. Yeah, do you mind, Sarge? Now look um four of my very old friends will be having a little after time – they’re all members of the same Lodge. The Wednesday Play: Tap on the Shoulder, publican George, BBC 1965
Do you think that mob in the City have got a conscience? ibid. gangster/gentleman
Shut your gob, you’re supposed to be a lady. ibid.
White collar crime – that’s the business, lads. Ibid. gang partying
Sorry, I didn’t mean to startle you. The Wednesday Play: Ashes to Ashes, Paris to Barbara in Chamber of Horrors, BBC 1965
You see, I’ve decided to marry you. ibid. him to her in office
Living in Cornwall – as good as living abroad. You can get away with murder if you live abroad. ibid. him to her newly wed
Everything you have is mine, isn’t it? ibid.
You’ve broken down all my barriers. ibid. her to him
You got rid of her [first wife] all right. You murdered her. ibid.
Round the other bar if you want a drink. Now look, man. Don’t push it. Round, do you mind? Out. The Wednesday Play: 3 Clear Sundays by James O’Connor, director Ken Loach, landlord’s colour bar, BBC 1965
Ain’t done nuffink? You’ve knocked out the wickedest copper on the manor! ibid.
Religion? You’ve got to have a religion. ibid. screw to black man
And the biggest crime you can commit is getting caught. ibid. Ma to boys
I’m sorry to say now that you witnessed a murder. ibid. Governor to two framer inmates
A proper mug is our Danny … Now he’s up on a murder charge. ibid. Ma
More than 60 people were killed on the roads over the Bank Holiday period. The Wednesday Play: The End of Arthur’s Marriage, director Ken Loach, TV news, BBC 1965
Look, for God’s sake, buy it. I hate it. I can’t afford it. I’m still young. I got a good degree. I started a novel. I worked in a newspaper. Nobody wanted the novel. I tried to kill myself. It didn’t work. I got myself analysed. Then married. ibid. rival for house, out of earshot of wife
And so they made their way towards the West, to the great temples of spending. These temples, the cornerstones of democracy, were open to all. They were warm, beautiful and comforting. They were called the big stores. There were many of these religious buildings and they were always filled. ibid.
An ad-hoc interim plan before any final decision is taken. The Wednesday Play: Pity About the Abbey by John Betjeman, developers, opening scene, BBC 1966
As you see I left Whitehall untouched. ibid.
And there’s no question which of the three is most in the way of a viable and comprehensive development. ibid.
Daughter: What have you done with the Abbey?
Daddy: Got rid of it. ibid.
It’s a scheme to build a Westminster Roundabout; the Abbey just happened to be in the way. ibid. daughter to boyfriend
We met over our scheme for a multi-storey car park in Salisbury Cathedral Close. Have you heard any more of it? ibid. Whitehall knob
It came as quite a surprise when I found out. The Wednesday Play: Ken Loach, Cathy Come Home, story Jeremy Sandford, Ken Loach ***** BBC 1966
Michael: How long have you known about the pregnancy? A week? A month? A year?
Jim: Michael, we only told our parents last week.
Michael: Did you pee on a stick?
Jim: I did. It was inconclusive.
Michael: You should’ve told me. ibid.
Now job’s stopped and balloon’s up you show your face. The Wednesday Play: The Lump by Jim Allen, worker to union rep, BBC 1967
He’s [employer] broken every rule in the book. ibid.
Your firm has an agreement with us there will be no lump employment on any of your sites. ibid. Union rep to boss Mr Crawford
Dispute at Nielson’s. Steward victimised. Scab labour recruited. Union sold out. ibid. press release
We can’t fight them all, Yorkie. ibid. striker
We want the lot. We want them off our backs. ibid.
Liberal? A Tory without his kicking boots on. ibid. Yorkie
They need us but we don’t need them. ibid.
It’s Us against the State – which they own lock, stock and barrel. ibid.
The first thing is to get them off the Lump and into the Union. ibid.
You’re a bloody communist. Why don’t you go back to Russia where you belong. ibid. lumpee to Yorkie
Well, she doesn’t … well, eh doesn’t want me to be myself. She objects. She objects to everything I do. She, she dislikes my friends. She thinks I have drinks. She criticizes me all the time … The Wednesday Play: In Two Minds by David Mercer, director Ken Loach, Kate, BBC 1967
Do you listen to her, Mrs Winter? ibid. researcher
I really am wicked. ibid. Kate to researcher
Anyway, when I came back the door was locked … ibid.
Researcher: Abortion.
Mother: Don’t say that word to me. ibid.
It would have been me that would have been lumbered with it. ibid. mother
When I get better I don’t have those feelings of being somebody else. ibid. Kate
So you asked to go back to the hospital? ibid. researcher
I’ve been a good father, and what have you done? You’ve pushed it all back in my face. Because you’re self-willed. Your mother and me, I mean, she’s a good woman, and I can’t stand to see the effect of what you’re doing, what you do to her – undermining her health. I’m ashamed of you. ibid. father
… Now why don’t you let me make you a bad girl … The Wednesday Play: Up the Junction 1968, writer Nell Dunn, director Ken Loach, pianist’s song opening scene
You’re soft. Marriage makes men softer. ibid. young lady to date Dave
It’s better to marry an ugly man that’s got good ways that a good looker who’s sly. ibid. ladies conveyor belt talk
I can smell that filth as soon as I go in the front door. ibid. tallyman
She’ll do it for five quid. ibid. abortion price
In my surgery I see at least one woman a week who is seriously contemplating an abortion. Quite apart from the 35 deaths per year we know … she may be unable to have a family. ibid. doctor’s commentary
Terry said he’d marry me when he heard about the kid. But me mum wouldn’t have it. ibid. young lady
When she does the syringe, you feel a sort of weakening pain shoot up in you. ibid. woman
Are you going out tonight? I’m speaking to you, Joe? … Do you hear me? Well look at me when I’m speaking to you … I may as well not be here. The Wednesday Play: The Golden Vision by Ken Loach, wife to husband listening to football results, BBC 1968
Everton FC: Alexander Young, yes. He came from Sterlingshire. In 1906. man pub talk
One of the tragedies of the modern game is this factor that probably now we have quite a lot of gifted ball players because of the accent on ball control in modern football, destructive attitude of some players with lesser ability. ibid. man in the know
We went on a hunger march to London 1922. ibid. Sick old man to perspicacious young man