Christopher Eccleston: Nicky Hutchinson

Quotes 

• [Nicky has just arrived home after spending several months touring the southern states of the USA. He and Mary go for a "walk" and are now making love on the beach. Nicky shouts out the name of each town as he thrusts] 

  Nicky Hutchinson : Tupelo. Columbus.

  Mary Soulsby : I missed you so much.

  Nicky Hutchinson : Selma. Lafayette. Baton Rouge. And finally, Mary, finally...

  [Mary starts to laugh] 

  Nicky Hutchinson : What?

  Mary Soulsby : [helpless with laughter]  "Baton Rouge"?

  [exhausted, Nicky rolls off Mary] 

  Nicky Hutchinson : Well, so would yours be!

• Nicky Hutchinson : D'you think we'll ever go all the way to New Orleans?

  Mary Soulsby : Yeah, we will. One day.

  Nicky Hutchinson : But in the meantime, Whitley Bay,

  Mary Soulsby : There's nothing wrong with Whitley Bay.

• [first lines] 

  Nicky Hutchinson : [voiceover]  Our story began one summer night in 1964 when I came back from America to see my friends. I can see now, thirty-one years later, we were all about to make decisions that would change our lives forever.