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1/25 EXT. TOWER BLOCK. LOCK-UP GARAGES. CONTINUOUS. DAY 1. 1/25

All hell breaks loose as Arnott runs into the building.

ARNOTT:

(Into mike.)

All units, shots fired, shots

fired.

Police vehicles move in with sirens blaring.

Ambulances the same.

The roar of a police helicopter (not seen).

VARIOUS OFFICERS

(Into radios.)

Shots fired! Shots fired!

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CLOSE-UP ARNOTT:

-- running hard into the building, his face wearing the worry

of having passed on the kill order.

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1/26 EXT./INT. TOWER BLOCK. FLAT 56. MOMENTS LATER. DAY 1. 1/26

The sirens wail, the helicopter (unseen) grows nearer.

Arnott reaches the door of the flat - it’s hanging off its

hinges. Something about the number doesn’t look right to him,

which deflects him momentarily, before he plunges into the

flat. Through the unit of paramedics fighting vainly to save

Karim’s life, Arnott sees Karim’s widow and the baby.

"Line of Duty" Episode 1 Shooting Script 18.08.11 9.

ARNOTT:

Oh, my God.

Brackley just shakes his head numbly.

Arnott moves to the door and reaches for the 6 of the 56.

Close-up we can see the faint mark of slightly different

weathering above the 6 and a tiny screw hole.

Arnott rotates the number upright. It sits next to the 5 ---

59.

This is Flat 59.

ON ARNOTT:

Arnott shakes. He looks like he’ll puke. In b/g the

helicopters approach fast (VFX).

Brackley sees what Arnott has done. He turns pale like he’ll

faint. Both men are speechless with horror as the young widow

cries, cradling her crying baby next to her husband as

paramedics declare him dead.

PARAMEDIC:

We’re pissing in the wind here.

Arnott turns and runs.

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1/27 EXT. TOWER BLOCK. WALKWAY. CONTINUOUS. DAY 1. 1/27

Arnott sprints to the real Flat 56. By now there are loads of

cops on the scene, telling panicked residents to stay in

their homes.

Arnott doesn’t wait. He kicks open the door. The flat is

empty, stripped of furniture, just a few packing boxes left

behind.

On a wall is daubed Arabic Jihadist script.

Arnott looks like he doesn’t know whether to scream or to

cry.

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"Line of Duty" Episode 1 Shooting Script 18.08.11 10.

1/28 EXT. TOWER BLOCK. LATER THAT DAY. DAY 1. 1/28

With a face like thunder, CHIEF INSPECTOR OSBORNE marches

through the aftermath:

-- residents and press being held back by a police cordon

-- Forensics heading up to the flats

-- a body bag being taken to an ambulance

-- Aaliyah, clutching her baby, being led to a police car by

two WPCs

-- Brackley and his squad clambering numbly into the back of

a police van

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