Happy Valley

Season #1 Episode #3

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EXT. PATROL CAR, SCAMMONDEN ROAD. EVENING 7. 17.15 1

Dusk. KIRSTEN drives along Scammonden road. She can’t talk

for laughing. She’s on her radio to CATHERINE (point to

point:
that means no-one else can hear their conversation).

All fast and daft and over-lapping

KIRSTEN:

(eyes lit up, delighted)

You are kidding me!

Cutting as and when with:

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2

INT. NORLAND ROAD POLICE STATION, CATHERINE’S DESK. 2

EVENING 7. 17.16

CATHERINE:

Not.

KIRSTEN:

You’re lying.

CATHERINE:

Nope.

KIRSTEN:

That’s disgusting.

CATHERINE’s at her desk, staring at her computer screen

(which she’s bored with), and listening to KIRSTEN (which

she’s much more amused by - )

CATHERINE:

Is it? Why? You think about it. If

you’re in love with a sheep, surely

the most natural thing in the

world‘d be to want to shag its

brains out.

KIRSTEN:

No you are, you’re winding me up.

CATHERINE:

They don’t call it animal husbandry

for nothing. Why d’you think they

wear wellies? Farmers. Forget the

mud. It’s to slot the sheep’s hind

legs down

KIRSTEN:

It is not!

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE THREE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 2.

CATHERINE:

-and keep ‘em rrrrigid while

you’re giving ‘em one up the bee-

hind.

KIRSTEN:

Oh (

posh voice a la Siobhan

Sharpe from 2012)

shut up.

Pron. ‘shot op’.

CATHERINE:

Do you not know anything about the

countryside? Do you honestly think

they’d waste time legislating

against it if it didn’t really

happen?

KIRSTEN:

I suppose I’m attracted to Ollie,

and he’s a bit of a beast.

CATHERINE:

Well there you go, y’see. It takes

all sorts, I rest my case. If

y’didn’t want to see the funny side

you should never’ve joined the

police force. Service. Force.

KIRSTEN:

I have to say, Mr.Kershaw was

unusually upset about being told

one of his sheep had been knocked

down at side o’ t’road.

CATHERINE:

They always are! I’m telling you,

it’s a very special relationship

these farmers have with their

sheep. Draw your own conclusions.

KIRSTEN’s come to a halt as a T-junction. A white van speeds

past in front of her.

KIRSTEN:

Oooh! Gotta go. Schumacher’s just

streaked past in a white tranny. I

think he’s trying to smash the land

speed record, bless him. And he’s

got a tail light out. I might give

him a tug.

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE THREE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 3.

CATHERINE:

Okay, well you be careful - and

don’t be long - I want to send

everyone home in ten minutes. I

wanna go home in ten minutes.

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3 INT/EXT. WHITE VAN/SCAMMONDEN ROAD. EVENING 7. 17.17 3

LEWIS drives along nervously when in his wing mirror he sees

the blue rotating light, which sends his nerves through the

roof.

LEWIS:

(a murmur)

Sh*t.

He tries not to panic, tells himself it might not be him it’s

after.

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4 INT. KIRSTEN’S CAR. EVENING 7. 17.18 4

KIRSTEN’s on her radio

KIRSTEN:

Bravo November nine-five-one-two,

could you P.N.C. a vehicle for me

please?

RADIO:

We’re just changing shifts, nine

five-one-two, can you give us two

minutes?

KIRSTEN:

Thanks.

KIRSTEN flashes her headlights, and issues a quick burst of

siren.

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5 INT. VAN. EVENING 7. 17.19 5

LEWIS is further freaked by the headlights and siren, but

hopes he’s being told to get out of the way, so makes the

decision to do the thing you’re supposed to do when a police

car’s trying to get somewhere: he indicates and pulls in.

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE THREE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 4.

The police car overtakes him and - much to his terror - slows

up and pulls in front of LEWIS. He’s gone ashen, his mind’s

gone into a blind panic, he feels sick, he doesn’t have a

clue what to do.

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6 INT/EXT. MINI/SCAMMONDEN ROAD. EVENING 7. 17.20 6

Just then TOMMY sails past in ANN’s Mini and sees what’s

happening:
LEWIS has been pulled over by the police.

Instantly he’s on red alert and we can see his brain ticking:

dumb arse LEWIS is going to f*** this up.

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7 INT. KIRSTEN’S CAR. EVENING 7. 17.21 7

KIRSTEN:

Bravo November nine-five-one-two.

(”nearly with you ninefive-

one-two”. KIRSTEN

tuts and groans/murmurs -

)

Forget it.

She grabs her torch and gets out of her patrol car.

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8 INT/EXT. VAN/SCAMMONDEN ROAD. EVENING 7. 17.22 8

LEWIS watches nervously as KIRSTEN leaves her vehicle and

walks towards him in the white van. Slowly. LEWIS sits where

he is in the driver’s seat, nervously determining to play it

as casually as he can. KIRSTEN goes to the passenger side

window and indicates to LEWIS to wind it down. He does.

KIRSTEN smiles.

LEWIS:

Evening.

KIRSTEN:

Is this your van?

LEWIS:

(no, it’s ASHLEY’s)

Yeah.

KIRSTEN:

You were going at quite a lick

there.

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE THREE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 5.

LEWIS:

Yeah. Sorry. I’m - I’ve had a long

day, I just wanna get home. To

t’girlfriend.

KIRSTEN:

Sure. What you done to your eye?

LEWIS:

Oh. I had a fight. With me brother.

KIRSTEN:

Can I see your docs?

LEWIS:

I don’t - I haven’t - I’ve not got

anything on me.

KIRSTEN:

Do you know where they are?

LEWIS:

In t’drawer. At home.

KIRSTEN:

What’s your name?

Conscious of ANN not wanting to hear, he’s compelled to lower

his voice. Just a jot.

LEWIS:

Lewis. Whippey.

KIRSTEN:

You’ve got a light out, Lewis. At

the back. Did you know?

LEWIS:

No.

KIRSTEN:

Driver’s side. Come and have a

look.

She indicates that she wants him to get out of the van.

LEWIS:

No I’ll - I’ll take your word for

it, I’ll get it seen to.

KIRSTEN:

I just want you to come and look at

how dangerous it is. Particularly

on your off-side. D’you mind?

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE THREE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 5A.

LEWIS hesitates. KIRSTEN gently persists. LEWIS decides to do

as he’s told.

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HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE THREE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 6.

9 INT/EXT. MINI/SCAMMONDEN ROAD. EVENING 7. 17.23 9

In his rear-view mirror, TOMMY sees LEWIS getting out of the

van. This is bad. He thinks things through, then efficiently,

calmly, turns the Mini around in the road.

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10 EXT. SCAMMONDEN ROAD. EVENING 7. 17.24 10

KIRSTEN walks to the back of the van. LEWIS walks to the back

of the van.

KIRSTEN:

See?

LEWIS nods, manages to murmur ”Yup”. KIRSTEN looks at him.

KIRSTEN (CONT’D)

Are you all right?

LEWIS:

I fink...

(he’s aware he’s probably

shaking with nerves)

I might be going down with

something. Like ‘flu.

KIRSTEN:

Okay. Well. You drive safely, okay?

And

(nods at the light)

Get that seen to. Yeah? Soon.

Otherwise you’re gonna be causing

an accident, and you just don’t

need that sort of hassle, do you?

LEWIS:

No. Yeah. Fanks. Sorry.

Just then TOMMY pulls in behind them in the Mini. KIRSTEN

thinks nothing of it; she probably makes the subconscious

decision that whoever drives that sort of car isn’t going to

pose any kind of threat. Just then there’s a bump from inside

the van, and the van moves. (It’s ANN, obviously, trying to

draw attention to herself. There may even be a muffled/gagged

cry for help).

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