Happy Valley Page #4

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


CATHERINE:

Yes! He didn’t.

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE ONE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 10.

RICHARD:

No, I meant - the one that was

threatening to.

CATHERINE:

An incident occurred and it was

dealt with swiftly and efficiently

by community police officers.

RICHARD:

That’s not engaging copy.

CATHERINE:

It really wasn’t that exciting.

RICHARD:

You doing anything this evening?

CATHERINE’s reached her car.

CATHERINE:

Telly.

RICHARD:

D’you d’you - you wouldn’t - like

to go out for something to eat.

(she hesitates, she knows

she should say “No”)

I’m losing my job. We all are. The

Gazette’s closing down.

RICHARD isn’t quite sure why he splurged that, except that

it’s occupying the No.1 slot in his thoughts today.

CATHERINE:

You’re kidding.

RICHARD:

Hundred and twenty-eight years in

print and now it’s - well it’s not

closing down - it’s all going

online.

CATHERINE:

God, Richard. I’m really sorry.

RICHARD:

They’re announcing it officially

tomorrow. I’ve got four weeks left.

She lingers sympathetically for a moment, then

CATHERINE:

Listen, I’ve gotta go, I’ve got to

pick Ryan up.

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE ONE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 11.

RICHARD:

You - I assume you know. But. I

just heard this morning, I was

covering something at court and -

Tommy Lee Royce’s been released.

(CATHERINE stares at him)

Did you know?

CATHERINE’s quiet, stunned. She looks like she’s been slapped

across the face.

CATHERINE:

No.

(a moment)

I mean I knew it’d be around now,

but

RICHARD:

Apparently. Yeah. He’s -

(he hesitates, then

mumbles the word: he

knows it’ll decimate her

each time it’s said)

out.

(CATHERINE’s gone all

spaced out. Sunk mentally

into her own private

place)

Are you all right?

(no response)

Did you - want to do anything? This

evening?

CATHERINE:

(miles away, a tiny voice)

Can do.

CUT TO:

6 EXT. SCHOOL, HEBDEN BRIDGE. DAY 1. 15.15 6

CATHERINE’s propped against a wall, waiting outside the

school, amongst the mothers. They’re all younger than her,

several of them with push chairs and toddlers. CATHERINE’s

staring into space. Angry, vulnerable (thinking about Tommy

Lee Royce being released). The class 3 door opens, and the 8year-

olds spill out. 8-year-old RYAN CAWOOD appears in a de-

mob happy huddle with a load of others. RYAN sees CATHERINE

and his face lights up: there’s no-one on the planet he’d

rather see. CATHERINE can’t resist a smile back, however bad

she feels. He lifts her heart. RYAN races over to her like

he’s going to hug her, but then thrusts whatever he’s

carrying (lunch box, school bag, a painting) into her hands

(like it’s a gift, and she’ll be only too pleased) then races

off towards her car.

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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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