Happy Valley Page #3

Season #1 Episode #1
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
1,066 Views


KEVIN:

My eldest.

NEVISON:

I know who Melissa is, Kevin.

KEVIN:

She’s very bright, she’s very

clever. We tried to get her in at

Salter Hebble High, but it’s

outside the catchment area. The

thing is. We - Jenny - it was

Jenny’s idea. She - Melissa - sat

the entrance exam for

St.Bartholomew’s.

(NEVISON’s impressed)

They’ve offered her a place. But

not a scholarship. There’s a lot of

competition. We’d like to be able

to send her there. But the thing

is. I’d need a pay rise.

(NEVISON doesn’t respond)

If we can’t send her there she’ll

have to go to Wellesley Hill.

(MORE)

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE ONE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 8.

KEVIN (CONT'D)

Which - you know - it’s - it does

its best, but. This is a great

opportunity. For her. At

St.Bartholomew’s.

NEVISON weighs things up.

NEVISON:

I don’t pay you peanuts, Kevin.

KEVIN:

No, Nevison, I know that.

NEVISON:

How much is it?

KEVIN:

Ten thousand pounds a year.

NEVISON:

Ten thousand. And what about

Catriona?

KEVIN:

Catriona’s eight.

NEVISON:

Yes but she’s not daft, is she? You

can’t send one and not the other.

KEVIN:

We’ll cross that bridge when we get

there.

NEVISON:

Twenty grand a year for... five

years, most likely seven. That’s

just shy of one hundred and fifty

thousand.

KEVIN:

One forty, yes.

NEVISON:

Wellesley Hill’s not a bad school,

Kevin.

KEVIN:

Yes, no, I’m not saying it is

NEVISON:

A clever kid’ll do well wherever

they go. Look at me!

KEVIN:

That’s - yes - you’re a great

example to everyone. Of course,

Nevison. That’s

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE ONE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 9.

NEVISON:

The thing is. I’ve got a hundred

and fifteen permanent staff working

here Kevin.

KEVIN:

I know how many people work here,

Nevison. I do their wages.

NEVISON:

If they all asked for a rise so

they could send their kids to

St.Bartholomew’s I’d struggle to

make a profit. Wouldn’t I?

KEVIN:

I didn’t necessarily mean the whole

amount

NEVISON:

I’ll tell you what I’m going to do.

Kevin.

(he smiles)

I’m going to think about it.

There’s something unsettling about NEVISON even when he

smiles. KEVIN doesn’t feel optimistic. He’s seen NEVISON

neatly sidestep things this way before.

CUT TO:

5 EXT. NORLAND ROAD POLICE STATION. DAY 1. 14.30 5

CATHERINE leaves work for the day, heading towards her

charmless nondescript 10-year-old car. 48-year-old RICHARD

(tie, big North Face jacket) is just heading across the road

towards her.

RICHARD:

Catherine!

CATHERINE turns and sees him but keeps walking; she’s got

somewhere to go.

CATHERINE:

Oh hello.

RICHARD:

I thought I might catch you! D’you

know anything about this man that

set fire to himself this morning?

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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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