Midsomer Murders1997

D.C.I. Barnaby:
[DCI Tom Barnaby notices his wife Joyce Barnaby reading a spy novel about MI6] I was a spook once.

Joyce Barnaby:
You were not!

D.C.I. Barnaby:
I was. When I graduated from Brown's Hill, they asked me to join MI6.

Joyce Barnaby:
Why?

D.C.I. Barnaby:
'Cause I spoke Russian.

Joyce Barnaby:
But you don't speak Russian.

D.C.I. Barnaby:
No, they got the wrong person; they really wanted Brenda Packard.

Joyce Barnaby:
Brenda? In RWI? Grows big vegetables?

D.C.I. Barnaby:
That's the chap! She's been with MI6 for years.

Joyce Barnaby:
Goodness...

D.C.I. Barnaby:
I tried it for a few months. Security Officer Grade Seven! Drank gallons of weak tea and, uh, played cricket in the corridors.

Joyce Barnaby:
You never told me any of this!

D.C.I. Barnaby:
Well no, Joyce. Secret, isn't it? [DCI Tom Barnaby returns to reading his book as Joyce Barnaby looks on in astonishment]