Happy Valley

Season #1 Episode #4

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1 EXT. NGA. DAY 9. 10.45 1

Terrified KEVIN pulls up in his car. He’s mumbling to

himself, he’s practising

KEVIN:

The thing is, Nevison. The thing

is. I may be wrong, but - I may be

wrong, but - the thing is...

(dare he say it?)

I think I might know who these

people are.

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2 INT. NGA, OPEN PLAN OFFICE/NEVISON’S OFFICE. DAY 9. 10.46 2

Terrified but determined, KEVIN heads into the general office

area, and straight through to NEVISON’s office.

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3 INT. NGA, NEVISON’S OFFICE. DAY 9. 10.47 3

KEVIN comes into NEVISON’s office, uninvited. NEV’s been

waiting. KEVIN’s pale, he’s shaking, he’s just about to say,

“The thing is, Nevison - “

NEVISON:

Did you see anything?

KEVIN:

I - no. No. No, I didn’t. The thing

is, Nevison...

(he so wants to say it.

But he can’t)

Will you let me know? If - when -

when they let go of her? Just so I

know, even if it’s in the middle of

the night, I’d

NEVISON:

Yeah.

KEVIN:

- like [to know]

NEVISON:

Yeah.

KEVIN:

-to know. I know you’ll have a lot

of other things to think about when

it happens, but

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE FOUR. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT. 2.

NEVISON:

Course I will, Kevin.

(NEVISON’s touched by how

wound up and upset KEVIN

is. They’re both as

nervous and terrified as

each other, albeit for

different reasons)

Go back to your desk. There’s

nothing else we can do.

KEVIN nods, but doesn’t go.

KEVIN:

The thing is.

He hesitates. And hesitates some more.

NEVISON:

What?

KEVIN:

I...

(will he say it??)

I get frightened. Going there, and

NEVISON:

I understand that, Kevin, I

[appreciate] -

KEVIN:

(interrupts)

And it’s fine! It’s for Ann, I get

that! But

NEVISON:

I appreciate what you’re doing for

me, believe me.

KEVIN:

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I know you do.

He lingers longer. He could still say it: The thing is, I

think I might know who they are. But he can’t. He leaves the

office. Then we linger on NEVISON, still stuck with his

thoughts in this tortuous limbo.

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4 OMITTED 4

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE FOUR. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT. 3.

5

EXT. NORLAND ROAD POLICE STATION. DAY 9. 11.00 5

The place is still festooned with flowers. BBC, ITV and SKY

news vans still parked in the road. CATHERINE pulls into the

yard at the back in a patrol car.

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6

INT. NORLAND ROAD POLICE STATION, STAIRS. DAY 9. 6

CONTINUOUS. 11.01

CATHERINE comes in and heads upstairs.

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7

INT. NORLAND POLICE STATION, MAIN OFFICE. DAY 9. 7

CONTINUOUS. 11.02

CATHERINE’s agitated; she’s made a decision.

CATHERINE:

Shaf, can you get onto the council

and find out who owns number sixty

two, Milton Avenue?

SHAFIQ:

Sowerby Bridge?

She affirms with a preoccupied nod, then she heads out and

along to the INSPECTOR’s office. We go with her. She taps on

his door and puts her head in.

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8

INT. NORLAND ROAD POLICE STATION, INSPECTOR’S OFFICE. 8

DAY 9. CONTINUOUS. 11.03

CATHERINE:

Boss?

MIKE TAYLOR’s busy at his computer too, engrossed. He doesn’t

even glance up.

MIKE TAYLOR:

Catherine.

CATHERINE:

Have you got a minute?

MIKE TAYLOR:

(no)

Sure.

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE FOUR. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT. 4.

CATHERINE:

Okay. So I saw this lad, Tommy Lee

Royce, I’ve been trying to catch up

with him for a few days, he’s just

done eight years - drugs -

(the INSPECTOR nods; he

knows all the recent

releases)

and I was hoping to give him the

welcome home speech. So anyway, I

knocked on at this house where I

know he’s been dossing. No answer

but I had reason to believe -

y’know - so. I. Accessed. The

property. Via... ways and means

(MIKE doesn’t react, still

engrossed with his

computer, which is what

she was hoping for)

-and I found blood. In the cellar.

And a chair covered in gaffer tape.

Like somebody’d been tied to it.

And a pair of knickers. On the

floor. So. That and knowing what a (

she stops herself using

an expletive)

charming young man Tommy Lee Royce

is, makes me want to get a CSI -

SOCO - CSI - whatever we’re calling

‘em this week - get one of ‘em in

there to take a few photos and a

few swabs and find out what’s going

on.

MIKE TAYLOR:

Okay.

He hasn’t looked away from his computer once while she’s been

talking.

CATHERINE:

Is that - ?

All right?

MIKE TAYLOR:

Yup.

CATHERINE’s delighted; she can officially pursue TOMMY LEE

ROYCE. She knew he’d accept it, but just wanted to say she’d

done it:
entered illegally. And see him officially turn a

blind eye. Which is what he’s just done. And while she’s here

-

CATHERINE:

Did you go to the H-MIT briefing in

Halifax this morning?

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE FOUR. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT. 5.

MIKE TAYLOR:

I did! Yes.

(suddenly he’s more

interested in CATHERINE

than in his computer)

M-CET’s worked out there were two

vehicles involved. Pathologist says

she was crushed to death. Run over.

More than once.

(CATHERINE knew she’d been

run over, but not more

than once)

There was plenty of debris on the

road, paint fragments, fragments

from the number plate, tyre marks,

they’ll soon identify what make,

model, year of manufacture. Endless

phone calls from the public. They

won’t get far, you watch this

space. How is everyone?

He means on the shift.

CATHERINE:

They’re gutted, they’re in shock.

MIKE TAYLOR:

Are you all right?

CATHERINE:

I’m fine.

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