A Touch of Cloth (TV Series)
The First Case: Part Two (2012)
Brian Cox: Bill Ball
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Quotes
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DI Jack Cloth : [Jack Cloth is talking to Bill Ball, who is tending to his plants, in Ball's rear garden] What do you remember about the Burton Bradstock case, Bill?
Bill Ball : [Shocked at hearing the question, Bill accidentally cuts off the entire top half of one of his plants with a pair of shears] That's a name I hoped I'd never hear again.
DI Jack Cloth : You didn't see my appeal on the news, then?
Bill Ball : No.
DI Jack Cloth : Or the one on Crimewatch?
Bill Ball : No.
DI Jack Cloth : Or Paul O'Grady?
Bill Ball : No.
DI Jack Cloth : Or Made in Chelsea?
Bill Ball : No.
DI Jack Cloth : Or Total Wipeout?
Bill Ball : I don't have a television, Jack.
DI Jack Cloth : Bradstock's out, Bill. We need to know where he is.
Bill Ball : Aw, forget about it, Jack. Some things are best left in the past, like smallpox and the macarena.
DI Jack Cloth : You ran the investigation, Bill. Anything that you can tell us might help.
Bill Ball : [sighs] It was high profile. A young woman was killed in Cold Blood. At the time Cold Blood was a quiet little village. Everyone was up in Arms. Arms was the town where we were based. We needed a result, fast, Burton Bradstock was the Fall Guy.
DI Jack Cloth : Lee Majors was the Fall Guy.
Bill Ball : Not this time. We embellished a few witness statements, lost some evidence, mimicked the D.N.A. sequence with a nuclear tide fabricator, Burton Bradstock went down, everyone was happy.
DI Jack Cloth : Jesus, Bill.
Bill Ball : Don't judge me, Jack. It was 1996, for God's sake. Babylon Zoo were No. 1 for five weeks. People needed hope, we gave it to them.
DI Jack Cloth : By framing an innocent man? No wonder Bradstock's out for vengeance. You better watch out for yourself, Bill.
Bill Ball : Don't you worry about me, Jack. I always keep my eyes open.
[Jack and Bill part ways. As Ball is walking away, he accidentally steps on a rake and the handle hits him square in the face]
