New Tricks (TV Series)

The Chinese Job (2003)

James Bolam: Jack Halford

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Quotes 

• [Sandra goes to see Jack and finds him practising his golf shots in the garden - and that he already knows about the incident when she shot the dog during the raid on the Chinese gambling ring] 

  Jack Halford : Was he armed?

  Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman : Who?

  Jack Halford : The dog.

• [Halford is going through photographs of ex-CID officers that Sandra is considering for her new UCOS team] 

  Jack Halford : Dead! Dead!

  Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman : [seeing one of the photos]  John Fowlie - ooh, I know John.

  Jack Halford : Dead!

  Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman : But he only left last December.

  Jack Halford : Heart attack, swimming in the sea off Malaga. Serves him right - place is full of villains. Sixty-five percent of CID officers are dead within five years of leaving the job.

  [Jack continues to flip through the photos] 

  Jack Halford : Dead! Dead! As good as! Alive - but he bores for England! Retired - but currently under investigation by the CPS! Dead! Alive - but never leave him alone with your kids! Retired sick - well, insane really. Dead! Dead! Would be if I got hold of him!