MI-5 (TV Series)

The Rose Bed Memoirs (2002)

Hugh Laurie: Jools Siviter

Quotes 

• Jools Siviter : Well, the trouble with whistleblowers is that they do tend to play their own tune.

  Harry Pearce : Do you distrust Maynard?

  Jools Siviter : I find there's an ambiguity there. Well, mustn't miss the ride of the Valkyrie. Nice to see you gentlemen working so late. I'm glad someone's running the country while the rest of us are at the opera.

• Jools Siviter : You seem to have every security service in the world claiming they own you. Maybe we should have a special tie. The 'I ran Sergei Lermov Club'.

• Jools Siviter : So what did the children want?

  Sergei Lermov : A name.

  Jools Siviter : Well they certainly seem to have you rattled. Well, come on! Don't prick-tease, you Russian baboon! What name?

  Sergei Lermov : They wanted to know if I had dealings with Richard Maynard.

  Jools Siviter : Did they now?

• Woman : [Jools's phone rings during the opera. He starts texting a reply]  Do you mind awfully not doing that?

  Jools Siviter : Are you a Nazi, Madam?

  Woman : I beg your pardon?

  Jools Siviter : I mean, we Wagner fans are a rum lot. I myself bugger skinheads, so kindly don't tell me what I can and cannot do.

• Jools Siviter : There is someone in this building who is seriously disloyal. I could be looking at him or her right now.

  Harry Pearce : That is a very serious allegation to level at your sister service.

  Jools Siviter : Well my sister should be bent over and given a good whack on the behind!

  Harry Pearce : I don't find that helpful.

  Jools Siviter : Helpful? You get an excellent asset of mine killed and you want my help!

• Jools Siviter : It has been a very, very long night. The death of an agent, possibly the worst production of Wagner I've ever seen. God, the Valkyrie were all dressed in scuba gear.

• Jools Siviter : Now, could we really have a British Foreign Secretary who was a CIA agent?