Masterpiece (TV Series)

The Railway Children (2000)

Jemima Rooper: Bobbie

Quotes 

• Phyllis : I'll die if I don't have a sandwich.

  Peter : [sighs]  Give her a silly sandwich!

  [peers down the tunnel] 

  Peter : I think the boy in the red jersey has had an accident. As we speak, he's probably lying there, his head on the metals, an unresisting prey to any passing ex...

  Bobbie : [pulls Peter's hat over his eyes]  Oh, stop talking like a book! Keep behind me. And if a train comes, stand flat against the wall and hold your petticoats against you.

  Phyllis : I will if you give me a SANDWICH!

• [Peter has been caught attempting to steal coal from the station yard] 

  Station Master : [Grabs Peter]  You little thief!

  Peter : I'm not a thief, I'm a coal miner!

  Station Master : Tell that to the Marines! Is anyone else in your gang?

  Peter : No, honestly. I promise.

  [Bobbie and Phyllis emerge from behind a brake van] 

  Bobbie : Only us.

  Station Master : Right.

  [Cuts to the Station Master confronting the children in the station waiting room] 

• Phyllis : But why don't we go to the station anymore?

  Bobbie : Because we might meet the Station Master.

  Peter : I'm not scared of the Station Master.

  Phyllis : [Mimics Station Master]  "Tell that to the Marines!"

  [Bobbie laughs]