Last Tango in Halifax (TV Series)

Episode #4.2 (2016)

Derek Jacobi: Alan

Quotes 

• Alan : You do it. You'll be better than me.

  Harry : No.

  Alan : Think about it.

  Harry : No.

  [Alan sighs] 

  Harry : Is there a gardener?

  Alan : Eh?

  Harry : In the play, is there a gardener?

  Alan : No. Not that I know of. Why?

  Harry : I could be a gardener.

  Alan : There isn't a gardener.

  Harry : I'd be a good gardener.

  Alan : There isn't one.

  Harry : Well, happen there should be.

• [last lines] 

  Alan : Well, I suppose you were Queen of Sheba when we got wed. You might as well be Cleopatra as well.

  Celia : Yeah. And you're going to be my Mark Antony, Alan Buttershaw.

  Alan : You think?

  Celia : Mm, yeah. Your legs can bestride the ocean. And I don't want to hear any excuses about arthritis.