State of Play (TV Mini Series)

Episode #1.2 (2003)

Philip Glenister: DCI William Bell

Quotes 

• Cameron Foster : [to newsroom]  If Della Smith is in the building, could somebody please tell her that her house burnt down or, uh, her Lottery numbers came up ?

  [waits for a response] 

  Cameron Foster : No ?

  [to DCI Bell] 

  Cameron Foster : I'm not in the habit of lying. She's not here.

  DCI William Bell : She's working on the Kelvin Stagg murder.

  Cameron Foster : Correct.

  DCI William Bell : With your chief reporter, Cal McCaffrey.

  Cameron Foster : Also correct.

  DCI William Bell : Is he here ?

  Cameron Foster : I believe not. Mr. Bell...

  DCI William Bell : It's Detective Chief Inspector Bell.

  Cameron Foster : If you want to talk to busy people, you make a date or risk disappointment.

  DCI William Bell : Can you tell me the extent of their investigations into that murder ?

  Cameron Foster : No.

  DCI William Bell : Well, you're their editor.

  Cameron Foster : They haven't filed a story yet.

  DCI William Bell : But what, so they just, uh, what ? Run around spending your budget without recourse ?

  Cameron Foster : Seniors do. I know. I don't like it. I'd rather be a dictator but no one would work for me.

  DCI William Bell : One of my officers was murdered. Don't piss me about !... Now Della Smith warned Stuart Brown that the patient he was guarding was a potential target for reprisals. Now, where did she get the authority to present that theory ?

  Cameron Foster : I could've - well, my mother could have given you that from the TV reports. A gunman tries to kill a witness but not quite. Stands to reason that the motive for shooting the guy's still valid.

  DCI William Bell : Well, she sought him out at, uh, 11pm to tell him that ?

  Cameron Foster : You've met Della?

  DCI William Bell : Interviewed her.

  Cameron Foster : Beautiful woman. Recently dumped by a long-term boyfriend. It's a lonely job. Maybe she took a shine to your Stuart Brown. I really can't speculate. Well, I can, obviously. I just have. But it's not helpful, is it ?