The Bill (1984–2010)

Ciaran Griffiths: PC Gary Best, Acting DC Gary Best

Quotes 

• PC Cathy Bradford : D'you think Reg is all right?

  PC Gary Best : He's not exactly Rambo, is he?

  Insp. Gina Gold : Reg may not be a superhero, but I know who I'd like to be with me in a tight corner, and it wouldn't be you, Best, all right!

• DC Jim Carver : Here you go: one fresh tortoise.

  PC Reg Hollis : Oh, dear.

  PC Honey Harman : What?

  PC Reg Hollis : Well, it's just as I thought... It's Greek.

  PC Honey Harman : How can you tell that?

  DC Jim Carver : The accent?

  PC Reg Hollis : It's where they come from when they're imported from the wild. Has he got any others?

  DC Jim Carver : No, that was the last one. But he said he was expecting another delivery this evening.

  PC Gary Best : Is this serious? We're doing a stakeout on some tortoises?

  PC Reg Hollis : Yeah, all right, Gary, no jesting. Look, Jim's got some very good information that the man in the shop round the corner is expecting a delivery tonight of illegally-imported wild tortoises. Get yourself outside the shop where you can have a good look at the front of it.

  PC Gary Best : Is there a back entrance?

  DC Jim Carver : No.

  PC Reg Hollis : And listen, if it all goes off, we're just here, give us a shout.

  PC Gary Best : All goes off? These tortoises on crack or what? I've always wanted to be in the flying squad, and this is obviously what it's like!