The Bill (TV Series)

The Sweet Smell of Failure (1985)

John Salthouse: Det. Insp. Galloway

Quotes 

• [Cryer walks furiously out of Galloway's office after an argument and drops pieces of paper on the floor without picking them up] 

  Det. Sgt. Roach : Hey! What the bloody hell do you think you're doing?

  [Once more Cryer ignores Roach] 

  Det. Sgt. Roach : Well say bloody sorry or something, ya berk!

  [Roach picks up the pieces of the paper off the floor just as Galloway comes out of his office] 

  Det. Sgt. Roach : What the hell was all that about, guv?

  Det. Insp. Galloway : [Galloway licks his finger and pretends to draw a number 1]  Superstars: 1, Woodentops: Nil.

  [Galloway, Roach and Dashwood chuckle in amusement] 

• Det. Insp. Galloway : Got some good news for you, Johnny Boy.

  Johnny Bloomfield : Yeah?

  Det. Insp. Galloway : Gotta take you back to court, get that handling charge quashed.

  Johnny Bloomfield : Don't get ya.

  Det. Insp. Galloway : That gear wasn't nicked.

  Johnny Bloomfield : Still don't get ya

  Det. Insp. Galloway : Counterfeit, my old son.

  Johnny Bloomfield : It's what?

  Det. Insp. Galloway : Rubbish.

  Johnny Bloomfield : Oh, you've got to be joking, I payed a lot of money for that bit of gear.

• Det. Insp. Galloway : [to Bloomfield]  Somebody's grassed you up, my old son.

  W.P.C. Ackland : [to Bloomfield]  Done you up like a kipper.

  P.C. Carver : Can't trust anybody.

  [Galloway and Ackland stare at Carver] 

  P.C. Carver : Well, you can't, can ya?