John Simm credited as playing...
DI Sam Tyler
- Derek Bannister: [to Gene while holding Sam at gunpoint] Yeah, but I bet you can't shoot me before I shoot him.
- Sam Tyler: For God's sake, don't throw him down a wager!
- Sam Tyler: The time, Chris?
- DS Chris Skelton: Four-ish.
- Sam Tyler: Precise time.
- DS Chris Skelton: Just after four. Er, five, ten past.
- Sam Tyler: Four-oh-seven.
- [Sam looking his watch finally]
- DS Chris Skelton: Closer to ten past.
- Sam Tyler: Thank you , DC Skelton.
- DS Chris Skelton: Bingo! I got one. Martin Ellis, lorry driver. Waiting for a fabrics pick-up at 2:30 this morning. Spotted a thickset man running out of the loom hall.
- Sam Tyler: Good, can I see it?
- [Chris shows Sam a black and white picture with a head which looks like a butternut squash with ears]
- Sam Tyler: Chris, have you ever seen anybody that looks like that?
- DS Chris Skelton: It's the best we could do.
- Sam Tyler: It's a doddle, then. We're looking for someone with hamster's cheeks, a nose like Audrey Hepburn and two foot of forehead.
- Sam Tyler: Anyone can run around like an 'eadless chicken, but nothing beats the satisfaction of a thorough investigative process!
- Gene Hunt: Chief culprit is Ted Bannister. I want him in custody by teatime.
- Sam Tyler: What, because he spoke first?
- Gene Hunt: 'Cos he's guilty as sin, and he's a commie bastard.
- Sam Tyler: Sorry, that's bollocks. Total rubbish.
- Gene Hunt: You're just itching to get your blood-spillage book out, aren't ya!
- Sam Tyler: You're making him prime suspect based on what, a hunch?
- Gene Hunt: Is my name 'Coco'?
- Sam Tyler: What?
- Gene Hunt: Why are you trying to make me look like a clown? Litton's gonna have a field day when he finds out you left four untraceable shooters out there.
- Sam Tyler: This isn't about Litton. And don't blame me for this. You dumped it on me!
- Gene Hunt: I thought you said you could multi... storey... task... Whatever!
- Phyllis Dobbs: [on the radio] 870? 870! 870, come in, will you!
- Sam Tyler: Phyllis, is that you?
- Phyllis Dobbs: No, it's Jane Fonda on the hunt for men!