The Madness of King George (1994)

Roger Hammond: Baker

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• Baker : [shown the King's discoloured urine, evidence of his porphyria]  Medicine, young man, is a *science*! It consists of *observation*! Whether a man's water is blue is neither here nor there.

• Baker : I sent over some senna. Was that given to him?

  Greville : Yes. The pain got worse.

  Baker : Whereabouts was the pain?

  Greville : Would it not be better to ask His Majesty that?

  Baker : How long have you been in waiting? I cannot address His Majesty until he addresses me! I cannot inquire after His Majesty's symptoms until he chooses to inform me of them.

  Greville : Sir George, whatever his situation, His Majesty is just a man.

  Baker : You're the King's equerry with radical notions like that? Good God! With any patient, I undertake a physical examination only as a last resort. It's an intolerable intrusion of a gentleman's privacy. With His Majesty, it's unthinkable!

• Baker : Your Majesty will probably feel better after a warm bath and its settling effect on the spirit.

  George III : Well, you have one. Your spirit's more agitated than mine.

• Prince of Wales : Ah, Baker, how is the King?

  Baker : Still demented, Sir.