Mo (2010)

Actors

• Toby Jones (actor)
• Gary Lewis (actor)
• Steven Mackintosh (actor)
• John Lynch (actor)
• Adrian Dunbar (actor)
• Tony Blair (actor)
• Kerry Shale (actor)
• Julie Walters (actress)
• Jeff Pope (producer)
• Catherine Geary (miscellaneous crew)
• John Major (actor)
• Terence Harvey (actor)
• Harry Ditson (actor)
• Tony Maudsley (actor)
• David Haig (actor)

Genres

• Biography
• Drama

Quotes:

[Mo Mowlam and Adam Ingram arrive at a meeting of the Protestant Orangemen who want to stage a march past a staunchly Catholic housing estate]::Adam Ingram: Should I try telling them I've got a season ticket to Ibrox?::Mo Mowlam: Well, at least you're a Prod, Adam, and a bloke. I bet this is the first time there's ever been a fanny in the building.::[as they walk in there is heckling and jeering]::Mo Mowlam: I take that back - the place is *full* of cunts.

[Mo Mowlam is chairing a meeting between Martin McGuinness and Gerry Adams of the Sinn Fein / IRA and Senator George Mitchell who will be chairing the Peace Talks. Both sides are trying to score points off each other. Mo defuses the situation by taking off her wig]::Mo Mowlam: Sometimes aren't there just times when all you want is a bloody good scratch.::Martin McGuinness: I suppose so.::Mo Mowlam: I tell you what, boys. Let's start this meeting again. Only this time, no cocks on the table.::[after the meeting]::Mo Mowlam: How did I do, George?::Senator George Mitchell: I have to say you have the most unorthodox negotiating technique I've ever seen in my life. My answer is: "brilliantly". I think we're in business.

[Mo Mowlam is meeting Loyalist Protestant prisoners in the Maze Prison after Republican IRA Catholic prisoners broke into a Loyalist wing and shot one of their friends dead]::Mo Mowlam: The Irish Republic will renounce all territorial claim on Northern Ireland which will remain part of the UK for as long as the majority here want it to. But everyone will have to make *painful* compromises. People will have to share power with sworn enemies. And perhaps see men back out on the streets who may have killed their friends and family. It'll be very very painful. But the prize is peace - for generations to come. I think you're big enough to grasp it.

[Mo Mowlam has just been on the phone to Reverend Ian Paisley]::Mo Mowlam: Paisley says there are terrorists and at least one homosexual in the building.::Adam Ingram: Well we'd better get Security onto that one. Is he sure there's only *one*?::[they laugh]

[Tony Blair is giving a speech and is thanking all the people who played a part in the Peace Talks. When he mentions Mo Mowlam's name, the audience get to their feet and cheer]::Tony Blair: I think I can say without fear of contradiction that's the first time there's been a standing ovation in the *middle* of a speech. And the person getting the ovation isn't even the person making the speech.

[as Mo Mowlam comes out of the Commons, Peter Mandelson is waiting for her]::Mo Mowlam: What are you doing here?::Peter Mandelson: Observing the Northern Ireland debate.::Mo Mowlam: What the fuck for?::Peter Mandelson: I have a long-standing interest in Northern Irish affairs. My grandfather, as you know, was a very distinguished Unionist.::Mo Mowlam: *Fuck* your grandfather. You're after my job - aren't you?::Peter Mandelson: Of course not. Though a cabinet reshuffle is on the cards and in politics one must never rule anything out.::Mo Mowlam: Don't lie. Smarming round Trimble. Probably telling Tony to sack me too, you devious cunt.::Peter Mandelson: Is this really the demeanour one would expect of a minister of the crown?::Mo Mowlam: You won't *fucking* win!::Peter Mandelson: If you carry on like this, people are going to ask if there's something wrong with you.

Mo Mowlam: [angrily] If you want a friend in politics, buy a fucking dog!

Confessions of a Diary Secretary (2007)

Actors

• Damian Lewis (actor)
• John Henshaw (actor)
• Chris Wilson (actor)
• Richard Morrison (miscellaneous crew)
• Julian Nott (composer)
• Paula Jack (miscellaneous crew)
• Richard Durden (actor)
• Amy Roberts (costume designer)
• Tony Slattery (actor)
• Asha Sharma (miscellaneous crew)
• Maxine Peake (actress)
• Jonathan Aris (actor)
• Daniel Ryan (actor)
• Eiji Kusuhara (actor)
• David Aukin (producer)

Genres

• Comedy

Quotes:

[Barrie is reversing into a parking space between two Jaguars outside Downing Street]::Barrie Williams: I hope I don't hit your boss's car. Which one's his?::Tracey Temple: Both.

[after the Christmas party at which the affair between Tracey Temple and John Prescott began]::Tracey Temple: [voiceover] As far as Christmas parties go, the way I see it like this: if you don't regret *any* of it, then you clearly haven't had a good time!

[after making love with John Prescott for the first time]::Tracey Temple: [voiceover] Some people think that sleeping with the boss is a stupid idea, but I like to consider myself more open-minded than most. Sure, it has its risks. But it also has its rewards. The way I see it is like this: if you don't try something new every once in a while, how will you know whether you'll enjoy it?

[Julie Jones has just burst into John Prescott's office and caught Tracey Temple sitting on his lap; now the two women are discussing it in the smoking room]::Julie Jones: What did you think you were doing?::Tracey Temple: He flirts... and I reciprocate. That's all it was.::Julie Jones: Tracey, you were on his lap.::Tracey Temple: He was upset and I wanted to make him feel...::Julie Jones: ...Horny?::Tracey Temple: ...Better. You know what we're like - we're both very tactile people. There's nothing going on between us. I mean, it's Prescott - would you?::Julie Jones: [primly] Physically, I'd find it difficult. But if power and oafish charm were my aphrodisiac...

[John Prescott has invited Tony Blair and Gordon Brown to his flat for a dinner party]::John Prescott: What's the matter, Gordon?::Gordon Brown: Sorry. Would you mind. Could I get another chair.::John Prescott: What's wrong with it?::Gordon Brown: It's too low.::John Prescott: Right, try this one, Gordon.::John Prescott: Tony, are you too high or too low?::Tony Blair: Gordon's always looked down on me - I wouldn't want to change that!

[At John Prescott's dinner party, Gordon Brown has been relentlessly pressing Tony Blair all evening to name the date when he will resign as Prime Minister. They are now at Prescott's front door, about to go home]::Tony Blair: Gordon, why don't you take the first lift. I'll be five minutes.::Gordon Brown: How can I be sure you'll go when you say you will?::Tony Blair: You know something, Gordon, these jokes are just tiring after a while.

Mowlam, Mo Filmography

• Countdown: One Last Consonant Please, Carol
  2008, role: actress , character name: Herself
• '05: How Was It for You?
  2005, role: actress , character name: Herself
• Happy Birthday BBC Two
  2004, role: actress , character name: Herself
• The Best of 'So Graham Norton'
  2004, role: actress , character name: Herself
• Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters
  2003, role: actress , character name: Herself
• Mo Mowlam
  2002, role: actress , character name: Herself
• The Maze
  2002, role: actress , character name: Herself - Tertuliana
• Tributes, Memories, Contempt
  2002, role: actress , character name: Herself
• Comic Relief: Say Pants to Poverty
  2001, role: actress , character name: Herself
• Night of a Thousand Faces
  2001, role: actress , character name: Herself
• 100 Greatest TV Moments from Hell
  2000, role: actress , character name: Herself

Famous quotes by Mo Mowlam:

"This is a sad day for all of us."

"It is serious but the security forces have the situation under control, and people are going to work as normal,"

"The last thing the people of Northern Ireland need now is an outbreak of recriminations,"

"Those who killed Rosemary Nelson did so because they thought it would destroy the Good Friday agreement, ... (She was) a brave woman who stood up for what she believed in."

"We will stand by the basis of our document,"

"There was no metaphorical gun at my head, ... Putting my case face-to-face, arguing it through with them, I thought was the best way to do it."

"What we have to do, I think, is now have a little space -- a little time to talk to the parties and find out the best way we can move forward,"

"Many of us would like to make progress much quicker, ... But we have to bear in mind there are people around that table who have had relatives and friends killed. You don't forget that overnight."

"I welcome this important breakthrough and congratulate the Northern Ireland leaders and the Irish Republic on reaching a genuine accommodation of mutual benefit to north and south."

"I believe there is the determination and the will to do it and I believe we will have a good day,"