Our Girl Page #4

Season #1 Episode #4
Synopsis: Our Girl is a British television drama, which starred Lacey Turner as Molly Dawes (in its first series) a young adult from a lower class background who joins the British Army after deciding her life is going nowhere. A one-off special was broadcast on 24 March 2013 on BBC One, which saw Dawes make the decision to join the army, despite the protests of her protective family.
 
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Year:
2013
90 min
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Someone is watching Smurf and the game from afar. It is Molly

in full combat gear. She turns away and walks through the camp

towards a mastiff.

James, also in full gear, comes across and joins Molly.

JAMES:

Are you ready?

MOLLY:

Shitting myself boss.

JAMES:

It'll be okay. I promise.

MOLLY:

I can do this on my own.

JAMES:

I'm not letting you out of my sight.

Before she can respond he starts to climb into the mastiff. Molly

watching him. She hears a shout from the volley ball court, turns

and sees Smurf being lifted up by his 2 Section team mates for

winning a point.

Molly looks from Smurf and back to James, before climbing on the

mastiff.

The Mastiff drives away from the camp.

10:
08:59 INT. MASTIFF. DAY 18.

Molly and James settle into the back with the Afghan Special Forces.

He nods to Taj as the vehicle starts to push on out of Bastion.

James watches Molly.

10:
09:11 EXT. AFGHANISTAN. DAY 18.

The mastiff is pushing through dusty roads.

10:
09:20 EXT. TALIBAN COMPOUND. AFGHANISTAN. DAY 18.

The mastiff has pulled up outside a compound building.

Taj leads his men out of the mastiff. Molly and James alight.

Taj through hand signals moves his men towards the compound. Molly

and James directed to the side of the mastiff.

TAJ:

Wait out.

Molly and James watch Taj and ASF head towards the Taliban compound.

Taj and Special Forces exploding the entrance door from its hinges

and, guns drawn, storming inside amid much shouting, chaos, smoke

and gun fire.

TAJ:

(in Pashto – 10:09:46)

Move! Move!

SOLDIER:

(in Pashto – 10:09:48)

Don’t move! Don’t move!

James and Molly are waiting out, anxiously. James looks at her

briefly and nods reassuringly.

SOLDIER:

(in Pashto – 10:09:53)

Keep quiet where you are! Don’t move!

Stay where you are!

Taj appears and beckons to Molly and James.

TAJ:

(in Pashto 10:
10:02)

Come in.

James and Molly run towards the building and follow Taj

inside.

10:
10:10 INT. TALIBAN COMPOUND. AFGHANISTAN. CONTINUOUS

James and Molly are being walked through what is clearly some

sort of bomb making factory, by Taj.

They arrive in a room where two insurgents have been killed. Taj

points to them and questions Molly. Taj gestures to the dead bodies.

TAJ:

These two?

Molly shakes her head.

TAJ (CONT'D)

(in Pashto – 10:10:20)

Follow me.

Taj walks towards another room with Molly following. In this room

Taj's men are guarding three other insurgents, who are cuffed

and wearing blacked out goggles.

SOLDIER:

(in Pashto – 10:10:26)

My cousin, here they are.

TAJ (CONT'D)

(in Pashto – 10:10:36)

Is he Badrai?

The soldier removes the first insurgent's goggles. Taj looks at

Molly, questioning.

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Tony Grounds

Tony Grounds is a British writer of television scripts. He was born in 1957 in East London. Described by The Independent (11 October 2002) as "the best TV writer of his generation", Grounds has written for all four of Britain's main channels. He started writing for the theatre, winning the Verity Bargate Award for Made in Spain, which was subsequently performed in London and published by Methuen. It was then filmed for ITV and transmitted in their Screenplay slot. There then followed stints on EastEnders and The Bill before he penned episodes of 'Chancer', which starred Clive Owen. more…

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