Flambards (TV Mini Series)

The Blooding (1979)

Edward Judd: Uncle Russell

Quotes 

• Christina Parsons : I thought I'd take some food up to William.

  Mark Russell : [sarcastically]  That's an original idea.

  Uncle Russell : What a funny girl you are, Christina.

  [to the doctor] 

  Uncle Russell : Her mother was the same - used to think for herself. Very strange.

• [Uncle Russell burned the book on aeronautics that Mr Dermot sent to William, and ordered him to read books on hunting instead. William has just thrown the hunting books out of the window in retaliation - to test the aerodynamics of a book!] 

  Uncle Russell : [shouting]  You did what?

  William Russell : [calmly]  I threw them out of the window.

  Uncle Russell : [shouting]  You threw them out of the window?

  William Russell : Yes. An eye for an eye, a book for a book.

  Uncle Russell : Come here, William.

  William Russell : No I will *not* come here.

  Uncle Russell : [snarls]  By God you will do as I tell you!

  Christina Parsons : [to William]  I think we should leave.

  Uncle Russell : Running away? Is that what you are doing?

  William Russell : Yes, I suppose so.

  Uncle Russell : Absolutely typical. Can't take your punishment like a man. Mark! Mark, where the devil are you?

  Christina Parsons : He's out hunting.

  Uncle Russell : Go on then, run away. I suppose you'll run off to see that aeroplane friend of yours. What's his name?

  William Russell : That's *my* secret.

  Uncle Russell : Well who does he think he is, anyway?

  William Russell : I'll tell you who he is. He's the man I go to for all the things you normally get from your father. *He's* my father - that's who he is. Come on Christina.

  [speechless with rage, Uncle Russell glares at William and Christina as they walk out of the room]