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Intensive Care (1982)

Alan Bennett: Denis Midgley

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• [Denis's father has been rushed into hospital and is not expected to live. Denis discusses him with his father's sister] 

  Denis Midgley : What was my dad like?

  Aunty Kitty : He never had a wrong word for anybody. He'd do anybody a good turn. Shovel the snow, fetch the coal in. He was a *saint*.

  [pause] 

  Aunty Kitty : You take after your mother, more.

  [Denis looks dismayed that he has not inherited his father's saintly qualities]