Happy Valley

Season #1 Episode #5

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CATHERINE’s flopped, out cold on the pavement. She could be

dead.

Inside the car ANN screams at the radio. Police officers’

voices from the radio respond to CATHERINE’s emergency call.

ANN:

Help me! Help me!

(shouts at the radio)

Can you hear me!? You’ve got to

HELP ME! He’s going to kill me!

He’s going to kill me!!!!

ANN’s frantic eyes are fixed on the open front door of LYNN’s

house, terrified that TOMMY LEE ROYCE will fly out at any

second and get her.

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2 INT. NGA, KEVIN’S OFFICE. DAY 11. 09.02 2

KEVIN at his desk. He’s nervous. Through the glass walls of

the open plan offices, he can see two men in suits in

NEVISON’s office (it’s PHIL CRABTREE and a DETECTIVE

CONSTABLE from NCA. They’ve just arrived).

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3 INT. NGA, NEVISON’S OFFICE. DAY 11. 09.03 3

NEVISON with PHIL CRABTREE and the DETECTIVE CONSTABLE.

PHIL:

Don’t tell him I already know

what’s going on. Just introduce us

as being from CID.

NEVISON looks murderous; he’s decided that KEVIN must be

involved.

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4 INT. NGA, KEVIN’S OFFICE. DAY 11. 09.04 4

KEVIN becomes aware of NEVISON heading towards his office

with the two men in suits. NEVISON shows admirable constraint

addressing KEVIN

NEVISON:

Kevin. These two fellas are from

CID, they want to talk to you.

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE FIVE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT. 2.

KEVIN:

Hi.

PHIL:

How d’you do.

(he shakes KEVIN’s hand,

then turns to NEVISON)

Could you give us a few minutes?

NEV realises he’s expected to leave. He hesitates then

leaves. PHIL shuts the door.

PHIL (CONT’D)

Mr. Weatherill. Can I call you

Kevin?

KEVIN’s terrified.

KEVIN:

Er yes. Yes. Yes of course.

PHIL:

Nevison says you think you know who

these people are who’ve kidnapped

his daughter.

KEVIN:

It’s - I may be wrong - but. You

know. You do rack your brain. When

something like this happens, and...

PHIL:

Sure. Have you got names?

KEVIN:

Okay. One. Is...

(he knows the second he

says the name his life’s

in danger, but what

choice does he have now?)

Ashley. Ashley C[ow]

(his voice fails)

Ashley Cowgill. You see we - me and

my wife -

(KEVIN’s troubled to see

the DETECTIVE CONSTABLE

instantly type the name

into an Ipad)

we rent a caravan. On this site, up

at Soyland, on Soyland Moor, and he

owns it, and he’s very friendly,

and we chat. Occasionally. And I

may have - well I have - mentioned

where I work, and of course

everyone knows who Nevison is

anyway and the fact that he’s...

well. A very wealthy man, and you

see. Ashley.

(MORE)

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE FIVE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT. 3.

KEVIN (CONT'D)

He’s - he’s - as I say, he’s

friendly, but he’s dodgy. Too. I

would say. And. The thing is. The

thing is, I...

(struggling)

...have reason to believe he’s some

kind of drug dealer. I mean...

organised.

PHIL takes that in. Interesting, but slightly beside the

point in the present crisis.

PHIL:

Who else? You said these people.

KEVIN:

Okay, well he has these two boys.

Men. In their twenties. Who work

for him. I don’t - I don’t know

their names, but they’re... they’re

not... they’re not the kind of

people you’d want to mix with.

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5 INT/EXT. CATHERINE’S CAR/LYNN DEWHURST’S HOUSE. DAY 11. 5

09.05

Inside the car ANN mutters to herself, like someone not in

their right mind.

ANN:

He’s not touching me, he’s not

touching me again, I’ll gouge his

eyes out, I’ll tear his hair out by

its roots, I’ll

(she screams, four days of

terror and anger

exploding out of her)

AAAAAARGH!

-and smashes her fist into the car seat. Then ANN hears

sirens, and sees flashing blue lights.

Outside the car CATHERINE lies still, collapsed, deathly

pale, as a police 4x4 pulls up. Two PATROL OFFICERS dive out

of the vehicle. More flashing blue lights approach, two more

police vehicles and an ambulance.

PATROL OFFICER 1

(he sees CATHERINE)

Sh*t!

(he’s straight over to

her)

Sarg! Sarg? Can you hear me? Sarg?

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE FIVE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT. 4.

PATROL OFFICER 2 pulls open the door of CATHERINE’s patrol

car.

PATROL OFFICER 2

What’ve you done to her?

ANN:

Me? I - it’s him! It’s him!

(she’s pointing at the

house, the open front

door)

He’s done it! Not me!

PATROL OFFICER 2

Who’s he? Who’re you?

ANN:

Who am I?

PATROL OFFICER 2

What’s happened? What’s happening?

Tell me what’s happened.

He puts his arm out to try and calm her, realising he’s got

the wrong end of the stick; she’s not a prisoner sitting in

the back of the patrol car, she’s a victim.

ANN:

Don’t you bloody touch me! Where’ve

you bloody well been?

PATROL OFFICER 2

I’m not touching you, but I need to

know what’s happened!

The ambulance pulls up. And hot on its heels, two patrol

cars. The PARAMEDICS are straight over to CATHERINE. MIKE

TAYLOR, SHAF, TWIGGY and OTHER OFFICERS pile out of the

patrol cars.

MIKE TAYLOR:

(he sees CATHERINE)

What the hell’s happened?

PATROL OFFICER 2 emerges from the car where he’s been talking

to ANN. He can’t talk fast enough

PATROL OFFICER 2

Sir. Girl in the car she says she’s

been held in a cellar and assaulted

for the last four days.

The INSPECTOR takes that in. He sticks his head in the car

and addresses ANN.

MIKE TAYLOR:

Hello love. You’re going to be all

right now. What’s your name?

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE FIVE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT. 5.

ANN:

Ann. Gallagher.

MIKE TAYLOR:

And who’s done this to my sergeant?

ANN:

I don’t know his name, but he’s

still in there, he’s in the cellar,

she sprayed him with something.

MIKE ducks out of the car.

MIKE TAYLOR:

(to the troops)

You and you, round the back. Shaf,

you’re going in the ambulance with

Catherine. If she speaks, I want to

know what she’s saying. You

(PATROL OFFICER 2)

- stay wi’ t’lass. Everyone else

(he nods - through the

front door. They pile in,

no questions asked)

Check the cellar first! And be

careful!

(he gets on his radio)

I want the on-call D.I., I want HMIT,

I want CSI. This is the

attempted murder. Of a police

officer.

With a pained glance back at CATHERINE (who’s now in safe

hands) he dives into the house after his troops.

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6 INT. LYNN DEWHURST’S HOUSE, CELLAR. DAY 11. 09.06 6

PATROL OFFICER 1 and TWIGGY pile down the stairs into the

cellar with torches and batons. There’s nothing. No-one.

TOMMY’s gone. This is a big moment: last time we saw him he

was totally incapacitated, how can he have gone? The OFFICERS

check out all the possible nooks and crannies, but there’s

nothing.

TWIGGY:

(shouts up the stairs)

There’s nobody down here, Sir!

MIKE TAYLOR:

She sprayed him! She gassed him!

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HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE FIVE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT. 6.

7 EXT. STREET. DAY 11. 09.07 7

We discover TOMMY hiding behind an old coal hole. His eyes

are streaming, and it’s an effort of will not to give into

the pain and start howling. He gets his mobile phone out of

his back pocket, and struggles to access his numbers. His

vision is so impaired it’s almost impossible. TOMMY will

never in his life have felt so incapacitated. He finds the

number he’s looking for and it rings. Eventually

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