Happy Valley Page #3

Season #1 Episode #4

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CATHERINE:

(looking at SHAF)

Any time. Soon. Now.

JULIE:

What’s it to do with?

CATHERINE:

(to SHAF, a whisper)

Put your head between your knees.

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10 INT. HAIR SALON. DAY 9. 11.30 10

CATHERINE’s with JULIE MULLIGAN, a tanned (well actually

she’s been tangoed, she’s bright orange), well made-up woman

in her early forties, like something off TOWIE (eyelashes you

could slash open a tin of beans with) except with a thick

Sowerby Bridge accent. CATHERINE looks pale next to JULIE

(but then again most people would).

JULIE:

Look, I have to be honest wi’ yer.

It’s in my name for tax reasons,

and I don’t actually have a lot to

do with it, so...

CATHERINE:

That’s all right, who does it have

something to do with?

JULIE:

I don’t mean anything illegal. It’s

literally ‘cos I pay less tax than

he does - my husband - so...

(MORE)

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE FOUR. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT. 8.

JULIE (CONT'D)

Plan was he’d do it up and rent it

out, only - surprise surprise -

he’s never got his backside into

gear, so

CATHERINE:

What’s your husband’s name? Where

can I find him?

JULIE:

What’s happened?

CATHERINE:

I need to talk to him about one of

his tenants.

JULIE:

He has no tenants, there are no

tenants, there’s never been any

tenants. Not there.

(a moment)

Well not that I know of. It’s been

stood empty.

CATHERINE:

(she nods, takes it on

board)

What’s his name?

Cut to five minutes later...

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11 EXT. HAIR SALON. DAY 9. 11.35 11

CATHERINE turns her patrol car round in the road and pulls

away.

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12 INT. HAIR SALON. DAY 9. 11.36 12

Keeping away from the window, JULIE watches CATHERINE’s car

leave, then she scrolls through her address book. She makes a

call. Ring ring. Eventually

VOICE:

(it’s ASHLEY COWGILL)

Hello my little orange blossom.

JULIE:

You better not be up to anything.

Cutting as and when with

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HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE FOUR. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT. 9.

13 EXT. UPPER LIGHTHAZELS FARM. DAY 9. 11.37 13

ASHLEY loves arguing with his wife. It’s one of his favourite

pastimes; keeping calm and watching/hearing her get more and

more wound up gives him pleasure like nothing else. Even when

he’s got a lot on his mind like he has now.

ASHLEY:

Who, me?

JULIE:

You’ve got a copper coming to see

you.

Suddenly not so funny. ASHLEY was helping LEWIS unload

sandbags off the back of a wagon and onto the building site.

He moves away from LEWIS.

ASHLEY:

What copper?

JULIE:

A police woman.

ASHLEY:

How d’you know?

JULIE:

She’s just been in here, just now.

LEWIS:

Sh*t!

He’s picked up a sandbag on the back of the truck and it’s

split open at the bottom: a couple of blocks of cannabis have

dropped out. LEWIS looks at ASHLEY for an opinion, but

ASHLEY’s preoccupied (although he sees with some irritation

what’s happened)

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