Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story (2008)

Actors

• Michael Armstrong (actor)
• Michael Armstrong (actor)
• Richard Attlee (actor)
• Mark Bagnall (actor)
• William Beck (actor)
• Hugh Bonneville (actor)
• Paul Chahidi (actor)
• Ron Cook (actor)
• Timothy Davies (actor)
• Thomas Doran (actor)
• Henry Everett (actor)
• Alistair Findlay (actor)
• Frazer Hines (actor)
• Richard James (actor)
• Alun Armstrong (actor)

Genres

• Biography
• Comedy
• Drama

Quotes:

David Turner: I've just had a spot of bother in Birmingham - I was ganged-up on by a group of schoolgirls and that demented housewife.::Sir Hugh Carleton Greene: Ah yes, of course. Now what *is* her name? No, don't tell me. Well you know what they say, old chap? Writing well is the best revenge. [he turns to walk away] Though garrotting your enemy with cheesewire runs a close second.

[at breakfast, with his wife and two teenage sons]::Sir Hugh Carleton Greene: Pass the butter.::Elaine Carleton Green: What's the magic word?::Sir Hugh Carleton Greene: Pass the *fucking* butter.

Mary Whitehouse: Oral sex. Have you heard of it?::Ernest Whitehouse: I have.::Mary Whitehouse: Why would anybody want to... I suppose I should feel sorry for the poor souls. I mean if relations are really *so* unsatisfactory that they have to turn to that. It's sad, more than anything.

[Mary Whitehouse has just sent a supposedly obscene script to the Postmaster General who has ordered an episode of Swizzlewick which lampoons her to be pulled mid-way through its broadcast. Sir Hugh is fuming]::Sir Hugh Carleton Greene: Who? Who? I want the traitor flushed out. I want strict controls of all scripts issued to anyone and everyone - anywhere and everywhere. Contrive some memo to that effect.::Miss Tate: Yes, Sir Hugh.::Sir Hugh Carleton Greene: And! And! I am issuing a directive with immediate effect. No-one connected to the Corporation is to have anything whatsoever to do with that woman, either socially or professionally. Though Christ knows why anyone would want to!::Miss Tate: Yes, Sir Hugh. You *do* mean Mrs Whitehouse?::Sir Hugh Carleton Greene: I don't want to hear her name.

Sir Hugh Carleton Greene: The woman wants to censor us, Hill. If she had her way, all we'd show would be Andy bloody Pandy - and she'd stop him climbing into that basket with Looby Loo, let alone Teddy, lest some innocent child be corrupted by the whiff of puppet troilism. And bestiality, I suppose - or *would* it be bestiality with a teddy bear rather than a real bear?

[Mary Whitehouse is appearing on a discussion programme which is about to go on air]::Female Panellist: Mrs Whitehouse, can I just say before the programme starts, that I've followed your campaign right from the beginning.::Mary Whitehouse: Oh yes, dear.::Female Panellist: And I utterly disagree with everything single thing you're doing.::Male Panellist: Hear hear. Freedom of expression is one of the most precious values we have in our society. You seem to have taken it on yourself to speak for people who don't support you in any way whatsoever. You should be ashamed of yourself.::Mary Whitehouse: [sulking] Oh well, we're all here to put our different views.

[at a meeting of her supporters at her house, Mary Whitehouse proposes a name for the organisation]::Mary Whitehouse: We'll call it Clean Up National Television.::[she holds up a placard featuring the name, with the initial letters highlighted]::Ernest Whitehouse: [chuckling] Er, I think you might want to choose a different name, dear.

Whitehouse, Paul Filmography

• The Life of Rock with Brian Pern
  2014, role: actor , character name: Pat Quid
• Respect: A Felix Dexter Special
  2013, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Big Fat Quiz of the 90s
  2012, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Jennifer Saunders: Laughing at the 90s
  2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Rivals
  2011, role: actor , character name: Scrub
• Burke and Hare
  2010, role: actor , character name: Gentleman Drunk
• Alice in Wonderland
  2010, role: actor , character name: March Hare
• Fry and Laurie Reunited
  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Comic Relief 2009
  2009, role: actor , character name: Theo Profiterole
• Comic Relief 2009
  2009, role: actor , character name: Evan Davis
• Comic Relief 2009
  2009, role: actor , character name: Duncan Guillotine
• TV's Believe It or Not
  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Graham Linehan: Funny Business
  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself - Interviewee
• 50 Greatest Comedy Catchphrases
  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The World's Greatest Comedy Characters
  2007, role: actor , character name: Smashie
• Comic Relief 2007: The Big One
  2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The World's Greatest Comedy Characters
  2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
  2007, role: actor , character name: Prancer
• Inside the Two Worlds of 'The Corpse Bride'
  2006, role: actor , character name: Mayhew
• Sport Relief 2006
  2006, role: actor , character name: Ron Manager
• Corpse Bride
  2005, role: actor , character name: Paul The Head Waiter
• Greatest TV Comedy Moments
  2005, role: actor , character name: Roly Birkin
• The Comedians' Comedian
  2005, role: actor
• Corpse Bride
  2005, role: actor , character name: Mayhew
• Corpse Bride
  2005, role: actor , character name: William Van Dort
• Britain's 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches
  2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Finding Neverland
  2004, role: actor , character name: Stage Manager
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
  2004, role: actor , character name: Sir Cadogan
• The Ultimate Pop Star
  2004, role: actor , character name: Mike Smash
• Sport Relief 2004
  2004, role: actor , character name: Ron Manager
• The Fast Show Farewell Tour
  2003, role: writer
• Ricky Gervais' and Stephen Merchant's Video Diary of the Making of Series Two of 'The Office'
  2003, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Fast Show Farewell Tour
  2003, role: actor , character name: Various
• The Fast Show Farewell Tour
  2003, role: producer
• Legend of the Lost Tribe
  2002, role: actor , character name: Prancer
• I Love the 100 Best Top Ten Lists of the Fast Show Ever!
  2002, role: producer
• I Love the 100 Best Top Ten Lists of the Fast Show Ever!
  2002, role: actor , character name: Various Characters
• Night of a Thousand Faces
  2001, role: actor , character name: Various
• Comic Relief Short Pants
  2001, role: actor
• Comic Relief: Say Pants to Poverty
  2001, role: actor , character name: Ted
• The British Comedy Awards 2001
  2001, role: actor , character name: Himself
• We Know Where You Live
  2001, role: actor , character name: Smashie
• We Know Where You Live
  2001, role: actor , character name: George
• Fun at the Funeral Parlour
  2001, role: actor , character name: Father Pertwee
• Jumpers for Goalposts
  2001, role: actor , character name: Ron Manager
• The Sketch Show Story
  2001, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Sketch Show Story
  2001, role: actor , character name: Various Characters
• Jumpers for Goalposts
  2001, role: writer
• Full Mountie
  2000, role: actor , character name: Mike Smash

Whitehouse, Paul Filmography

• Top Floor
  2013, role: actor , character name: Doctor

Famous quotes by Paul Whitehouse:

"Our experience with that in Kenya back in the 50s, and in Northern Ireland in the 70s, shows that there's every possibility that if that's exercised wrongly you can fuel the fire of terrorism."