The standard caution read by a [[UsefulNotes/BritishCoppers police officer]] to anyone who gets arrested in the UK. Unlike [[MirandaRights the Miranda rights]], this is almost always done as well on TV (even if only parts of it), if not necessarily by the character who actually cuffs the perp.

The current England and Wales version (as modified by the 1994 Criminal Justice and Public Order Act) is:
->"You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence."

(Source: ''[[https://www.gov.uk/arrested-your-rights "Being arrested: your rights" on the UK Government website]]''.)

The original version prior to 1994 was:
->"You do not have to say anything if you do not wish to do so, but anything you do say may be used against you in a court of law."

(Sharp-eyed tropers will note that the accused now has only a ''qualified'' right to remain silent[[note]]If you don't say something that could exculpate you (i.e. would assist in your defence) while being questioned, then you will have to explain ''why'' you didn't mention it during your trial, and if your reason not to mention it isn't good enough, your ''silence'' will be used against you - known in the legal profession as an "adverse inference"[[/note]], whereas before 1994 the accused had an ''absolute'' right to remain silent[[note]]You don't need to say anything to police that have arrested you, period. No exceptions, and you can withhold information that may assist in your defense at trial without having to explain why[[/note]]. This change was enormously controversial at the time and is still lamented by civil libertarians. It may also be at odds with the European Convention on Human Rights. However, whilst this change may seem unfair out of context, it makes a lot more sense when you know the full picture. In the UK, the rules on police interrogation were changed to make them fairer and decrease the chances of innocent suspects incriminating themselves or falsely confessing to crimes they didn't do [[note]] For example, UK police are not allowed to lie to suspects and must let them tell their side of the story without interruption[[/note]]. So it makes sense for police to be suspicious of a suspect refusing to talk)

The Scottish version is:
->"You do not have to say anything. But anything you do say may be noted in evidence."

(Sharp-eyed tropers will note that this ''is'' an unqualified right to remain silent. The reason for Scottish people enjoying this unqualified right whilst suspects in England or Wales do not is because Scotland has its own legal system. However, this unqualified right has to be balanced against other features of Scots law. Prior to the Cadder case (decided in October 2010), for example, the accused in Scotland had no right to consult with a lawyer before being questioned, whereas those in other parts of the UK did. Source: ''[[http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Justice/legal/criminalprocedure/cadder-case-qanda Scottish Government website]]''.)

A frequent TV practice is for a senior officer to yell "You're nicked!" before a junior officer recites this caution.
The traditional response is for the arrested party to announce either:
* "I've been framed - it's who dunnit. Honest, guv. Cor blimey. Luv a duck."
* "It's a fair cop."

The speech is done so often it may merely be subtitled as "Recites Caution", or "Reads him his rights"

For the version used in the United States see MirandaRights. For anything not US or UK see ReadingYourRights. Compare DontAnswerThat, for when a lawyer (or other ally) reminds a suspect that he doesn't have to say anything.
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* At the end of ''Film/{{Clockwise}}'', an unseen officer rattles through the charges against Brian, before ending with this phrase.
--> '''Arresting officer:''' You are charged with the theft of a silver Porsche sports coupé. Furthermore, there are various charges relating to the theft of certain items of gents' clothing, including an ecclesiastical vestment, and a wallet containing approximately one thousand and two hundred and thirty pounds in cash. Do you wish to say anything? You're not obliged to say anything unless you wish to do so, but anything you say will be taken down in writing and may be used as evidence.
* Heard briefly in ''Film/HotFuzz'' when Nicholas arrests the chav shoplifter.
** Averted in the same film, where Angel arrests [[spoiler: Skinner]], there is a complete reversal of his "procedural correctness in the execution of unquestionable moral authority", as he states the cause for arrest and supporting evidence yet fails to caution them. They are promptly dearrested afterwards anyway due to a lack of corroborating evidence.
* In ''Film/ThePirateMovie'', an "updated" dream-like retelling of ''Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance'', the lead policeman reads "Anything you say may be taken down..." to which all the Stanley daughters yell "Knickers!"
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* OlderThanTelevision: In the Literature/SherlockHolmes novel ''Literature/TheSignOfTheFour'', it's given as "it is my duty to inform you that anything which you may say will be used against you".
* Spoofed in ''Literature/{{Incompetence}}'', the comedy novel by Rob Grant, where the caution takes up an entire chapter and basically amounts to "anything you say (or don't say) means you're both guilty and fully understand your rights". There is also a simplified version, for suspects who don't understand the full version:
--> "You don't have to say anything, but if you don't, bad things will happen to you. You can ask for a lawyer, but if you do, bad things will happen to you. Do you understand, or shall I read the full version again?"
* In ''[[Literature/MatthewSwift The Minority Council]]'' by Kate Griffin, this is used in an incantation to catch a monster (along with a roll of police tape and similar paraphernalia).
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** In ''Literature/GuardsGuards'', Carrot reads two prisoners their rights as set out in the Dignity of Man (Civic Rights) Act of 1341. The bit about remaining silent is in there, but because this is Ankh-Morpork there is also some stuff about the right not to [[PoliceBrutality fall down the steps to the cells or jump out of high windows]].
** In ''Literature/{{Thud}}'', Sergeant Colon reads the an imprisoned dwarf clerk his rights "but don't ask me [[HeroicBSOD if he understood them]]". This time the irrelevant "rights" concern tea and biscuits.
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* In the first series of ''Series/{{Life On Mars|2006}}'', Sam Tyler stubbornly continues to recite the post-1994 version of the caution in 1973. Each time, another cop or the arrestee tells him he's got it wrong. And at one point, he catches himself, tries to remember the old version, and comes up with the ''[[MirandaRights Miranda]]'' warning [[EaglelandOsmosis from the US]].
** In an obvious ShoutOut in the second episode of ''Series/AshesToAshes2008'', Alex Drake bribes Gene Hunt into nicking the perp she's sure is the right man (but Gene is unconvinced of) by letting Gene stamp her bum. To his credit, the Gene Genie backs her 100% during the arrest, to the point of dragging an old man down a flight of stairs by his pajamalegs, but when Alex tries to give the kid his caution, Gene loudly says "That's not how it goes!"
*** In another episode of ''Ashes to Ashes'', Gene and Alex have finally cornered a very nasty character. Gene proceeds to read him his rights, but being Gene, does his own version: "Anything you say will be taken down, ripped up and shoved down your scrawny little throat until you choke to death! Gene Hunt, chapter 1, verse 2."
* Always recited in ''Series/LineOfDuty'' when the [=AC-12=] is conducting an interview. It's particularly important as the officers of [=AC-12=] are Internal Affairs, so nearly everyone they interview or interrogate is a police officer suspected of being bent. There is also routinely a discussion of the interviewee's right to be interviewed an officer of at least one rank superior, which sometimes creates issues for the officers who are initially ranked as Detective Constables before eventually being promoted to Detective Sergeant and Detective Inspector.
* Episodes of ''Series/ATouchOfFrost'' have been set both before and after the 1994 changes (which introduced the "But it may harm your defence" line). Those set shortly after the change had a running joke in which Detective Inspector Frost would keep forgetting the new wording, usually having to read it out from a piece of paper in his pocket.
* Almost always when a criminal was arrested in the long-running ITV drama ''Series/TheBill''. In one 1994 episode, a hardened con starts to say he knows the drill, only to be baffled by the new version.
* Obviously, ''Series/LawAndOrderUK''.
** ''Series/TheLastDetective''
** ''Series/NewTricks''
** ''Series/MidsomerMurders''
** ''[[Series/InspectorLynley The Inspector Lynley Mysteries]]''
* ''Series/NotTheNineOClockNews'' did a comedic riff on this: "Anything you say will be taken down and used in evidence." The deadpan response; "[[PoliceBrutalityGambit No, no, not the face. Ow. Argh. Stop it, you're hurting me.]]" The Policeman dutifully writes it all down...
* A detective in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' special "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E15PlanetOfTheDead Planet of the Dead]]" arrests the companion du jour by saying "You do not have to say anything, et cetera, et cetera..." which (as pointed out by ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' in the issue after its transmission) meant the arrest could potentially be invalidated. Made moot by the fact the Doctor frees her.
* ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' has the police who come to arrest Bates giving a form of this -- the arrest took place in the period after the police were officially advised to inform suspects of their rights (the Judges' Rules of 1912), but before a national standard phrasing was set.
* Inspector Jack Regan's take on this in ''Series/TheSweeney'' was inevitably "You're fucking ''nicked''!"
* In ''Series/{{Suspects}}'', this caution is usually accompanied by vigorous verbal protest from the arrestee and the officer often has to say "Do you understand?" several times.
* In the Granada adaptation of ''Series/SherlockHolmes'' story "The Norwood Builder," they add a line where Holmes advises his client [=McFarlane=] that--because Lestrade has turned up to make an arrest in the middle of their interview--anything [=McFarlane=] says will be entered into evidence.
* InSpace in the ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "Meld". Lon Suder is told by Tuvok (Voyager's Chief of Security) he doesn't have to say anything under Starfleet Directive 101, but [[TheSociopath he calmly confesses to the crime anyway]].
* ''Series/DIRachita'': Ray tries to speak to a psychotic man after he uses a knife to [[TheGreatBritishCopperCapture stab an unarmed officer]]. She's able to get the man to surrender and drop his knife despite having armed officers ready to fire if the man does something to hurt Ray with his knife.
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[[folder: Newspaper Comics]]
* A strip of ''ComicStrip/ThePerishers'' had a crab being arrested and told "anything you say will be taken down" to which he quickly designated a person and an item of clothing.
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[[folder: Radio]]
* In the 1985 ''Series/DoctorWho'' RadioDrama "Slipback", a CowboyCop recites his own version of the pre-1994 caution:
-->"You have the right to remain silent, but I wouldn't encourage you to do so. Anything you say will be taken down, altered to my satisfaction and used in a court of law to send you down for a good many years."
* In an episode of ''ElephantsToCatchEels'', smuggler Tamsyn Trelawney and customs officer Captain Marriot have swapped places for a charity event. Upon apprehending Marriot, Tamsyn informs him that "Anything you do say will be drowned out by the sound of us laughing"
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