My lot never seem satisfied. Or grateful come to that. Play for Today: Not for the Likes of Us, mother, BBC 1980
Years of putting up with it. Waiting on you all. For what, eh? ibid.
I don’t even know what myself is. ibid.
You deprive us of so much. You’re like a vampire. Play for Today: A Gift from Nessus, wife, BBC 1980
You’ve been a good man with us, Eddie. Made a lot of contacts. And I like you personally. But two things you’d better realise. One: a salesman who doesn’t sell is a liability … and that’s what you’ve been doing: sweet damn all. ibid. boss
You don’t believe me, either of you. Play for Today: No Defence, accused Mr Germanou to brief Pelham & Helen, BBC 1980
He [judge] did not believe I came back from Cyprus to prove my innocence. ibid.
Your confession to police is going to be particularly difficult to discredit. ibid. brief Pelham to Germanou
Damn your pressure groups that think every rape is the same. ibid. brief Pelham to Helen
If you wish to study people, watch old films. Play for Today: The Flipside of Dominick Hide, Caleb to Dominick, BBC 1980
Portobello Road, London, 1980. I’m looking for a man named Dominic Hide. ibid. space-hopping Dominick seeks relative
There will be a war in 1999. ibid. Dominick to new friends
I come from the future. I come from the year 2130. ibid. Dominick to Jane
I’m pregnant. I’m carrying your child. ibid. Jane
I’ll believe everything if you let me see you take off. ibid.
I might be working for Intelligence … just someone in an office. Play for Today: The Imitation Game, writer Ian McEwan, director Richard Eyre, him to her, BBC 1980
Today the Germans are expected to enter Paris. ibid. Mr Raine to Cathy
Newspapers and radio are there to make sure people vote in the right way. ibid.
I’m going to join the army. ibid. Cathy to Mrs Raine
The ATS is not a place for respectable girls. ibid. Mrs Raine
You have 20 hours to study the notice board and choose your task in life. ibid. sergeant to newbies
Bletchley’s the centre of it all, isn’t it? ibid. Cathy to messenger biker
Wally: Lillian, are you with me?
Lillian: Course I am. I’ve been with you for 39 years. Play for Today: Murder Rap, BBC 1980
And you notice that nobody bothers to put in new tenants. So I go along to the borough housing office and I say, I am the resident porter. There is here some deliberate policy that I know nothing about. You are deliberately running down Brady Buildings. ibid. Wally to Lillian
We are offering no resistance nor are we offering any help. ibid. Wally
He can’t hold a jug because of the shakes. Play for Today: C2H5OH, son, BBC 1980
I’ll kiss your forehead because your mouth’s so smelly, dad. ibid.
I haven’t got the control I once had. ibid. dad
He actually hates drink, you know. ibid. wife
Don’t you have clients who can’t stand the life of today? ibid. dad to doctor
The spoken word will become technological next. ibid.
There’s not a surface equal to the old black stuff. Alan Bleasdale, Play for Today: The Black Stuff starring Bernard Hill (Yosser) & Michael Angelis (Chrissie Todd) & Alan Igbon (Loggo Logmond) & Peter Kerrigan (George Malone) & Tom Georgeson (Dixie Dean) ***** opening song, BBC 1980
I’m not scared of you any more, am I? ibid. Yosser’s missus to Yosser
We don’t want the union in our job. You know the way we work, innit. ibid. Dixie in van
You’ve been everywhere; you’re going nowhere. ibid. Dixie to Yosser
Been raped lately, luv? ibid. Yosser to student
You know who I admire? The Arabs. You know why? ’Cause the women know their place over there, they do. ibid. Yosser
The more insecure anyone is, the louder they shout. ibid. student in van
You need more than hard work to make money, you know. You need organisation, you need finance, you need contacts. ibid. Dixie
Let’s be somebody. Let’s live. Let’s do something before the worms get to us. ibid. Yosser at table
We deserve everything they throw at us. We deserve to be stewed in our own piss because we let them do it to us. ibid. George at table
You couldn’t care less if I lived or died ... Shoving, pushing and dragging just to make you and your kind that little bit richer. ibid. George to Mr McKenna
You can stick your job right up your big fat ass. ibid.
You’re finished. Do you understand me? You’re finished. ibid. Mr McKenna to gang
God knows there’s nothing like hope. ibid. George
We lost everything we got and you want sense? ibid. Yosser
I told ya, you’re too good. You’re too soft to survive. And you’re always going to be friggin’ happy, aren’t ya? Aren’t ya? You’re gonna go through life being contented. And easy going. And above all happy. Eh, you don’t want nothing, do ya? You don’t want to be rich. You don’t want to be somebody. Eh all my life I’ve wanted that. I want to be noticed, Chrissie. I want to be somebody. I want to be seen. Eh I am a human being. I am alive. I’m here now. Look at me! ibid. Yosser to Chrissie
I don’t want to be somebody, Yosser. I’m already me. ibid. Chrissie to Yosser
What’s there to grow up for? ibid. Yosser
Chrissie: How much money have we got?
Loggo: Two pound forty seven p. ibid.