Happy Valley Page #4

Season #1 Episode #5
Synopsis: Catherine is a no-nonsense police sergeant who heads up a team of officers in a rural Yorkshire valley. When a staged kidnapping spirals out of control turning into a brutal series of crimes, Catherine finds herself involved in something significantly bigger than her rank, but unknowingly close to home.
Genre: Crime, Drama
  15 wins & 17 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.5
TV-MA
Year:
2014
58 min
363 Views


KEVIN:

In in in a [bin] - not in a bin,

next to a bin.

PHIL:

Is this Huddersfield ring road, or

Birch Services?

KEVIN:

Huddersfield. The second time, it

was the mens toilets.

PHIL:

Can you describe to me where the

bins and these toilets are? Where

you left money?

(KEVIN doesn’t respond.

His mind’s gone blank

because he doesn’t have a

genuine image, and his

imagination’s frozen)

Approximately. You can draw a map

or a diagram if it’s easier.

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE FIVE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT. 10.

KEVIN’s terrified. He has no idea where the bins are at

either of these places. Just then PHIL’s mobile bleats. He

checks the screen and answers.

PHIL (CONT’D)

Phil Crabtree.

(he listens. And listens.

His face changes, but

it’s subtle. He’s keen to

give nothing away to

KEVIN. Maybe a quick

glance at his D.C.)

Okay. Thanks. Thank you. Bye bye.

(he hangs up)

Can you just give me a minute,

Kevin?

KEVIN:

Has something happened?

But PHIL’s left the room. KEVIN’s terrified, he’s paranoid.

He’s squirming; he knows they’re going to ask things he can’t

give satisfactory answers to.

CUT TO:

11 INT. NGA, NEVISON’S OFFICE. DAY 11. 09.11 11

PHIL comes in. NEV’s at his desk. NEV can tell by PHIL’s

manner that something’s happened.

PHIL:

Nev. We’ve got her. She’s safe.

NEV takes a second to get over the moment: the terror that

PHIL could have said just the opposite when the moment came.

NEVISON:

Jesus.

(he grabs his phone to

ring HELEN, and then

realises - )

So he knew where she was?

We glimpse KEVIN: he can see through to NEV’s office and he

can interpret what’s going on.

PHIL:

No, I’ve just had a phone call.

D’you want to ring Helen? She’s

asking for her mother apparently.

NEVISON:

(he dials)

Where is she?

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE FIVE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT. 11.

PHIL:

Local. They’re taking her to

hospital. In Halifax. For a check

up. It’s routine.

NEVISON:

And have they caught the bastards?

PHIL:

That’s as much as I know at the

minute.

NEVISON:

So he didn’t know?

PHIL:

We’re still having the

conversation.

NEVISON:

(suddenly)

Helen! They’ve found her! She’s

safe!

CUT TO:

12 INT. NGA, MAIN OFFICE. DAY 11. 09.12 12

A minute later:
NEV races out of his office with his car keys

to go and meet HELEN at the hospital. PHIL goes back to

KEVIN’s office. As he does so, the D.C. emerges from KEVIN’s

office (with his Ipad) and says discreetly

DETECTIVE CONSTABLE

Boss. There’s no ANPR on this

fella’s vehicle at either of the

two drop off points he’s mentioned,

at any point over the last four

days.

PHIL takes that in and goes into KEVIN’s office. The D.C.

follows.

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Sally Wainwright

Sally A Wainwright (born 1963) is an English television writer and playwright. She won the 2009 Writer of the Year Award given by the RTS in 2009 for Unforgiven. She is known for work on the BBC dramas Happy Valley and Last Tango in Halifax. Both have won BAFTA's award for best series, and Wainwright was voted best writer. more…

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