As Time Goes By (TV Series)

The Wedding (2002)

Judi Dench: Jean Hardcastle

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Jean : [the telephone is ringing]  Telephone! Telephone!

  Lionel : I'm answering it!

  Jean : [she runs in, shoving Lionel aside]  Oh, get out my way. Hello. Who? Oh yes, how are you? What! Well, you'd better tell Alistair. Oh, oh no, of course you can't; right. Well, no, yeah, c'est la vie all right, yes. Well, good-bye, and good luck.

  [hangs up] 

  Lionel : Who's that?

  Jean : The best man. He's broken his leg.

  Lionel : That's bad luck.

  Jean : Bad luck! The man's a fool.

  Lionel : That's a bit harsh. Who is the best man anyway?

  Jean : Was, was, was! Gaston somebody-or-other. He's a ski instructor.

  Lionel : Can't be very good if he's broken his leg.

  Jean : That's why I said he was a fool.

  Lionel : Why phone here? Why not phone Alistair.

  Jean : Because he's on his way to hospital, and contrary to all the laws of nature Alistair's mobile is switched off.

• Rocky : Come on, Mrs Bale, I fancy a tango.

  Mrs. Bale : They're not playing a tango.

  Rocky : Oh, stop nit-picking!

  Lionel : What about you? Do you fancy a shuffle round?

  Jean : Only if we smooch.

  Lionel : That's taken as read.

• [last lines] 

  Jean : Oh look, oh look!

  Lionel : What am I supposed to be looking at?

  Jean : Harry and Sandy.

  Lionel : Together at last.

  Jean : Where there's life, there's hope.

  Sandy : He passed out.