- PC Wayne Hector: I'll need to take a statement from you and Mr Bancroft.
- Det. Supt. Andy Dalziel: Don't worry about the spelling, otherwise we'll be here all night.
- Det. Insp. Peter Pascoe: Let's solve this case before he sobers up.
- Det. Sgt. Edgar Wield: That should give us a few weeks.
- Det. Insp. Peter Pascoe: You really shouldn't be drinking, you know. It isn't good for you.
- Det. Supt. Andy Dalziel: Thank you. I'm moved by your concern for my liver. I'll leave it to you in my will.
- Det. Insp. Peter Pascoe: We think it would be better if you took a little holiday 'till all this all blows over.
- Det. Supt. Andy Dalziel: "We"? Is that the royal "we"? I always knew you were posh, Peter. Where have you been hiding the blue blood?
- Det. Insp. Peter Pascoe: It's a suggestion from the Chief Constable.
- Det. Supt. Andy Dalziel: Oh, he's a definite "we", he is. And he's using you to stab me in the back.
- [at Sir William Pledger's pheasant shoot, Dalziel spots PC Hector]
- Det. Supt. Andy Dalziel: What the hell are *you* doing here, lad?
- PC Wayne Hector: It's me half day, sir.
- Det. Supt. Andy Dalziel: I asked you what you were doing, not what day it is.
- PC Wayne Hector: I'm one of the beaters, sir.
- Det. Supt. Andy Dalziel: Get away!
- PC Wayne Hector: Only part-time, like. The odd weekend.
- Det. Supt. Andy Dalziel: [ironically] Oh, why, d'you have *another* job?
- PC Wayne Hector: I'm not in trouble, am I sir? I've always done this, ever since I was a kid, like. Half the lads on the force do. They pay good money.
- Det. Supt. Andy Dalziel: I suppose it could be viewed as additional training. Advancing in single file against armed men planning to shoot you down.
- PC Wayne Hector: They shoot at the *birds*, sir, not at *us*.
- Det. Supt. Andy Dalziel: Don't bet on it, sonny. Not with me around.