
Line of Duty Season #1 Episode #1
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- 2012
- 60 min
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NB THE CITY IS NEVER MENTIONED BY NAME. THE LOCAL
CONSTABULARY IS NEVER MENTIONED BY NAME. ALL POLICE UNITS ARE
FICTITIOUS.
DESPATCHER:
Units en route. Flat 56, Regal
Court. Vehicles en route. Forward
OSBORNE:
Silver Command, copy.
DESPATCHER:
Bronze Command same Southern 257.
ARNOTT:
Southern 257, copy.
DESPATCHER:
Forward units on foot.
ARNOTT:
Southern 257, copy.
OSBORNE:
I have Alpha team coming in low,
Bravo team high.
ARNOTT:
Silver, Southern 257, copy that.
Bravo overlooking, moving into
position.
OSBORNE:
Waiting on Gold. Order imminent.
ARNOTT:
Southern 257, standing by. Bravo
seconds away.
OSBORNE:
Alpha sit rep.
"Line of Duty" Episode 1 Shooting Script 18.08.11 2.
ARNOTT:
Alpha in the building.
SMASH CUT TO:
1/1
INT. TOWER BLOCK. STAIRWELL. DAWN. DAY 1. 1/1
A fire door bursts in.
Muzzles of high-velocity rifles jab through.
Then come 6 burly blokes in bullet-proof vests.
They charge up dirty concrete steps.
Leading is SERGEANT COLIN BRACKLEY (mid-late 30s), wearing an
earpiece and microphone:
BRACKLEY:
(Into mike.)
We’re in; going up.
CUT TO:
1/2 EXT. TOWER BLOCK. ROOF TOP. CONTINUOUS. DAY 1. 1/2
Snipers scramble up onto the roof. They’re out of breath,
clearly rushing.
CUT TO:
1/3
INT. TOWER BLOCK. STAIRWELL. CONTINUOUS. DAY 1. 1/3
Brackley’s squad pass a door that reads FLOOR 1 and keep on
sprinting up the stairs.
BRACKLEY:
(Into mike.)
ETA less than a minute -- we need a
decision.
CUT TO:
1/4
EXT. TOWER BLOCK. LOCK-UP GARAGES. CONTINUOUS. DAY 1. 1/4
On the other end of the radio is DETECTIVE SERGEANT STEVE
ARNOTT (late 20s), “Bronze Command”.
"Line of Duty" Episode 1 Shooting Script 18.08.11 3.
Police back-up and ambulances have established a temporary HQ
in the grounds of the block; another police vehicle skids in.
ARNOTT:
(Into mike.)
Southern 257, still waiting on the
order.
CUT TO:
1/5 EXT. TOWER BLOCK. ROOF TOP. CONTINUOUS. DAY 1. 1/5
Hyperventilating, the snipers scramble into position, and
quickly load their rifles.
CUT TO:
1/6 EXT. TOWER BLOCK. LOCK-UP GARAGES. CONTINUOUS. DAY 1. 1/6
Arnott studies a clutch of surveillance photos and floor-
plans in his hand.
ARNOTT:
(Into mike.)
Fifth floor.
CUT TO:
1/7 INT. TOWER BLOCK. STAIRWELL. CONTINUOUS. DAY 1. 1/7
The Firearms Squad keep on going, fit guys getting out of
breath as they go up another flight (door = FLOOR 2).
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1/8 EXT. TOWER BLOCK. ROOF TOP. CONTINUOUS. DAY 1. 1/8
Hyperventilating, the snipers train their rifles on a row of
flats, scanning through telescopic sights till they swing
onto a window, partially curtained, in which we can just make
out a dark-skinned man with his back to us.
CUT TO:
"Line of Duty" Episode 1 Shooting Script 18.08.11 4.
1/9 INT. TOWER BLOCK. FLAT. CONTINUOUS. DAY 1. 1/9
Dark-skinned hands tie the waistband of combat trousers. The
man slips a bottle of coloured fluid into a thigh pocket.
CUT TO:
1/10 INT. TOWER BLOCK. STAIRWELL. CONTINUOUS. DAY 1. 1/10
The squad get up to the next level (FLOOR 3).
CUT TO:
1/11 EXT. TOWER BLOCK. LOCK-UP GARAGES. CONTINUOUS. DAY 1. 1/11
Arnott studies surveillance photos of the flats, a similar
view to that of the snipers.
ARNOTT:
(Into mike.)
Southern 257. Bravo, are you
visual?
CUT TO:
1/12 EXT. TOWER BLOCK. ROOF TOP. CONTINUOUS. DAY 1. 1/12
The snipers struggle to get a clear view; the flat interior
is partially obscured by curtains and washing, and by the
occupant’s movements out of view.
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