Inspector George Gently (TV Series)

Gently Through the Mill (2009)

Lee Ingleby: John Bacchus

Quotes 

• John Bacchus : Sir, *please* can I go on that course?

  George Gently : No!

  John Bacchus : Why?

  George Gently : Because you don't need to. I can summarise it for you in two sentences. "A Modern Approach to Policing Crime in London. One: Find out where the villains drink. Two: Ask them for a bribe."

• [Chief Constable Lilley is the Master of the Lodge which has just admitted John Bacchus to the Freemasons. He is also the father of John's wife, Lisa. He greets John with a false smile that makes it look as if he is congratulating him] 

  Chief Constable Lilley : If I have one more tearful lunch with my daughter on account of you, then I shall remove your balls and post them to you. Understood? Say "Yes" and smile.

  John Bacchus : [nervously]  Yes. Thank you. Understood.

  Chief Constable Lilley : [prompting him]  Edgar.

  John Bacchus : Edgar.

  Chief Constable Lilley : And if I ever hear you call me "Edgar" outside of this Lodge, then I shall mince them before I post them to you. Say "Thank you".

  John Bacchus : Thank you, Edgar.

• [Maurice Hilton was a health inspector who traced an outbreak of food poisoning to Geoffrey Pershore's mill, but did not issue a closure notice because Pershore was a fellow Freemason] 

  John Bacchus : Yes, I remember this, now. Yeah, you blamed a Chinese chippy for the outbreak, didn't you?

  Maurice Hilton : It *deserved* to be closed. I found half a goat in the fridge once.

  John Bacchus : [grinning]  Scapegoat, was it?

• John Bacchus : I'm beginning to see why you don't vote... lies everywhere you look!

  George Gently : It's the lies that you tell yourself that kill yuh!

• George Gently : [Talking about interrogating Jule]  I'll bring a couple of sheets in case she wants to blow her nose again,

  John Bacchus : So it was Pershore trying to bribe you then?

  George Gently : Couldn't actually tell. I think he's a bit too intelligent for that.

  John Bacchus : Ah, get away, man. The man's as bent as a dog's hind leg.