Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story (2008 TV Movie)

Alun Armstrong: Ernest Whitehouse

Quotes 

• 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.

• [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.