New Tricks2003

Brian Lane:
After I'd made some enquiries and got nowhere, me superior told me to put it on the index and forget about it. Donna had probably walked out on her husband. Shacked up with another darkie.

P C Clark:
Darkie!

Brian Lane:
His words, not mine. It's just the way people spoke back then.

Jack Halford:
When I started, we were told never to use the word 'black'. The expression was 'coloured'; then race relations came in, and we were told never to use the word 'coloured'.

Gerry Standing:
Yeah, 'black' was the new 'black'.

Jack Halford:
[chuckling] Yeah.