G.B.H. (TV series) Quotes

GBH is a Drama that appeared on TV in 1991 . G.B.H. ended its run in 1991.

GBH aired for 1 seasons and 7 episodes. It features David W Jones as producer, and Elvis Costello; Richard Harvey (musician) as composer. GBH is executive produced by Verity Lambert. GBH is created by Alan Bleasdale.

GBH is recorded in English and originally aired in United Kingdom. Each episode of GBH is 567 minutes long.

The cast includes: Clifford Rose as Eileen Critchley, Lindsay Duncan as Barbara Douglas, Robert Lindsay as Michael Murray, Philip Whitchurch as Franky Murray, Michael Palin as Jim Nelson, Bill Stewart as Geoff, Julia St John as Diane Niarchos, Daniel Massey as Grosvenor, Paul Daneman as Mervyn Sloan, and Gareth Tudor Price as Peter Grenville.

GBH Quotes

Michael Palin as Jim Nelson

• (Michael Palin) "How can I be this strong; and tonight I'll be washing my feet in the sink?"

• (Michael Palin) "Don't ever use that word to me. Don't ever, ever claim that what you're doing, Murray, has anything at all to do with socialism."

Robert Lindsay as Michael Murray

• (Robert Lindsay) "What's that all about?"
• (Gareth Tudor Price) "Trotsky. It's to prove the Party's got a sense of humour. "If you cannot convince a Fascist, acquaint his head with the pavement.""
• (Robert Lindsay) "Wise old twat, Trotsky."

• (Robert Lindsay) "No clothes have you got on."

• (Robert Lindsay) "Please. Please. I'm on the promise of a lifetime and I need to be armed. How many have you got in your wallet?"
• (Bill Stewart) "Two."
• (Robert Lindsay) "Can I borrow them?"
• (Bill Stewart) "Borrow? I wouldn't them back."

• (Robert Lindsay) "f*** that Lenin. f*** the workers. f*** the bosses. f*** the unions. f*** f*** f*** f*** f*** f*** f*** f***."
• (Philip Whitchurch) "Oh, f***ing hell."
• (Robert Lindsay) "Oi. Mouth."
• (Philip Whitchurch) "I apologize. Sorry."

• (Robert Lindsay) "I wish -- I wish I was a good man."

• (Robert Lindsay) "I've got a hard on; and there's nobody here."

• (Robert Lindsay) "Remind me again, are there one or two Ns in Hunningdon, Mr Hunningdon?"
• (Joseph Cartwright) "Three."
• (Hunningdon) "Four."

Lindsay Duncan as Barbara Douglas

• (Lindsay Duncan) "Oooh. What a big boy. What a nice friend to have. What do you call him?"
• (Robert Lindsay) "Erm --"
• (Lindsay Duncan) "You don't have to stop to think, do you?"
• (Robert Lindsay) "I dunno. He hasn't been christened. The priest objected."
• (Lindsay Duncan) "I thought all men had a name for him. Yours would have to be a very long name."
• (Robert Lindsay) "You want me to tell you now?"
• (Lindsay Duncan) "Yes, I'm fascinated. Particularly right now. Really. I collect them."
• (Robert Lindsay) "Is that because you're an anthropologist?"
• (Lindsay Duncan) "Only partly. Go on Michael, name names."
• (Robert Lindsay) "Nudger."
• (Lindsay Duncan) "Very sweet. Very gentle, your Nudger. Tell you Nudger he can be a little more forceful now."

Clifford Rose as Eileen Critchley

• (Clifford Rose) "Pull it, Michael. Tight. Tight. Strangle me."
• (Young Michael Murray) "But why?"
• (Clifford Rose) "I want to know what happens next."
• (Young Michael Murray) "But I don't."
• (Clifford Rose) "You do want to please me, don't you, Michael?"
• (Young Michael Murray) "I do. I do. I want to."
• (Clifford Rose) "Well then, do it. Tighter, Michael. Tighter. Watch me, Michael. Tighter."
• (Young Michael Murray) "I can't Eileen. It's wrong."

• (Clifford Rose) "I got him, Baba. I got him. Nobody knows it was me, but it was me. I got him. But now I'll never be able to get him again. You've got to get him; it's your turn now. You get him too. You'll like getting him. He's easy. He's so easy."

• (Clifford Rose) "You do want to please me, don't you, Michael?"

Paul Daneman as Mervyn Sloan

• (Paul Daneman) "Parliament will open, your city will close."

Daniel Massey as Grosvenor

• (Daniel Massey) "Do you know what they call us in France, Mr Nelson? They call us "Les f***-offs". They see us staggering around, nasty and oblivious, drunk in charge of a limited vocabulary and a lager can, and they say "Regardez les f***-offs"."

Julia St John as Diane Niarchos

• (Julia St John) "That child is the finest advert for contraception I've ever seen."

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