Happy Valley Page #2

Season #1 Episode #5

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VOICE:

(it’s ASHLEY, oov)

Hello?

TOMMY:

Ashley. It’s Tommy.

Cutting as and when with:

CUT TO:

8 EXT. LIGHT HAZELS FARM. DAY 11. CONTINUOUS. 09.08 8

ASHLEY:

Hello?

TOMMY:

It’s Tommy.

ASHLEY can hear that TOMMY isn’t himself.

ASHLEY:

Are you all right?

TOMMY:

She’s escaped.

ASHLEY:

What?

TOMMY:

She escaped. That bastard police

woman! They’ve got her. You’ve got

to pick me up, you’ve got to help

me, [they’ve] - !

ASHLEY assesses things quickly.

ASHLEY:

You’re on your own, pal.

He hangs up.

TOMMY:

Ashley? Ashley!

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE FIVE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT. 7.

Cut back to ASHLEY. He turns his phone off and takes out the

sim card, drops it on the floor and grinds it into the

gravel, then kicks it in all different directions as he

mutters angrily to himself -

ASHLEY:

Sh*t. Sh*t!

Cut back to TOMMY, howling/muttering about what a bastard

ASHLEY is. He accesses another number. It rings. And rings.

Eventually, cautiously

VOICE:

(LEWIS)

Hello?

TOMMY:

Lewis?

Cutting as and when with:

CUT TO:

9

INT. BRETT’S FLAT, SITTING ROOM, SOWERBY BRIDGE. DAY 11. 9

CONTINUOUS. 09.09

LEWIS is sitting on the floor in a scuzzy, stinking flat,

surrounded by empty take-away containers, empty cans, rubbish

of many varieties. He’s with another 22-year-old lad, a smack

head, who’s crashed out on a smelly old settee looking well

out of it. (This is BRETT, who we met in episode 3; it’s the

lad CATHERINE taught a lesson when him and his mates were

taking the piss out of KIRSTEN’s death).

LEWIS:

Yeah. Might be.

TOMMY:

It’s Tommy. I need a lift. I need

picking up. Have y’got a car y’can

use?

(LEWIS isn’t sure he wants

to help TOMMY. Why should

he?)

I’ll pay yer.

LEWIS:

(turns to BRETT)

D’yer know anyone who’s got a car I

can borrer?

(BRETT takes a moment to

assess the question, then

vaguely nods his head and

makes a pointy gesture.

(MORE)

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE FIVE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT. 8.

LEWIS (CONT'D)

(LEWIS addresses TOMMY)

Where are yer?

CUT TO:

10 INT. NGA, KEVIN’S OFFICE. DAY 11. 09.10 10

KEVIN, PHIL and the DETECTIVE CONSTABLE, as before.

PHIL:

Where did you drop the money off,

Kevin? Where did they tell you to

drop the money off?

PHIL’s manner remains calm and friendly. KEVIN has no reason

to imagine PHIL thinks of him as anything other than keen to

help.

KEVIN:

McDonalds on the Huddersfield ring

road, and then Birch Services. On

the M62.

PHIL:

Whose car did you drive there in?

KEVIN’s cautious. Is this a question to catch him out?

KEVIN:

Mine.

PHIL:

Both times.

KEVIN:

(he hesitates)

Yes.

PHIL:

You’re absolutely certain about

that? You didn’t take Nevison’s,

or...? Anyone else’s.

KEVIN:

No. No. No.

PHIL:

Was anyone with you?

KEVIN:

No.

PHIL:

What’s your registration number?

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KEVIN:

(hesitates)

VE56 CHX.

The DETECTIVE CONSTABLE types it into his Ipad, much to

KEVIN’s silent worry.

PHIL:

Can you give me - as near as you

can - specific times when those

drops were made?

KEVIN can only keep moving forward with the lies (because he

was never at the service station, obviously).

KEVIN:

The first time. Huddersfield ring

road. That was Thursday. This last

Thursday. Around lunch time.

Probably... five past, ten past

twelve?

The DETECTIVE CONSTABLE types.

PHIL:

And the other time?

KEVIN:

That was - that was Birch Services.

Half past ten, quarter to eleven.

This Monday.

PHIL:

Where did you put it? The money.

KEVIN:

In in in a [bin] - not in a bin,

next to a bin.

PHIL:

Is this Huddersfield ring road, or

Birch Services?

KEVIN:

Huddersfield. The second time, it

was the mens toilets.

PHIL:

Can you describe to me where the

bins and these toilets are? Where

you left money?

(KEVIN doesn’t respond.

His mind’s gone blank

because he doesn’t have a

genuine image, and his

imagination’s frozen)

Approximately. You can draw a map

or a diagram if it’s easier.

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE FIVE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT. 10.

KEVIN’s terrified. He has no idea where the bins are at

either of these places. Just then PHIL’s mobile bleats. He

checks the screen and answers.

PHIL (CONT’D)

Phil Crabtree.

(he listens. And listens.

His face changes, but

it’s subtle. He’s keen to

give nothing away to

KEVIN. Maybe a quick

glance at his D.C.)

Okay. Thanks. Thank you. Bye bye.

(he hangs up)

Can you just give me a minute,

Kevin?

KEVIN:

Has something happened?

But PHIL’s left the room. KEVIN’s terrified, he’s paranoid.

He’s squirming; he knows they’re going to ask things he can’t

give satisfactory answers to.

CUT TO:

11 INT. NGA, NEVISON’S OFFICE. DAY 11. 09.11 11

PHIL comes in. NEV’s at his desk. NEV can tell by PHIL’s

manner that something’s happened.

PHIL:

Nev. We’ve got her. She’s safe.

NEV takes a second to get over the moment: the terror that

PHIL could have said just the opposite when the moment came.

NEVISON:

Jesus.

(he grabs his phone to

ring HELEN, and then

realises - )

So he knew where she was?

We glimpse KEVIN: he can see through to NEV’s office and he

can interpret what’s going on.

PHIL:

No, I’ve just had a phone call.

D’you want to ring Helen? She’s

asking for her mother apparently.

NEVISON:

(he dials)

Where is she?

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PHIL:

Local. They’re taking her to

hospital. In Halifax. For a check

up. It’s routine.

NEVISON:

And have they caught the bastards?

PHIL:

That’s as much as I know at the

minute.

NEVISON:

So he didn’t know?

PHIL:

We’re still having the

conversation.

NEVISON:

(suddenly)

Helen! They’ve found her! She’s

safe!

CUT TO:

12 INT. NGA, MAIN OFFICE. DAY 11. 09.12 12

A minute later:
NEV races out of his office with his car keys

to go and meet HELEN at the hospital. PHIL goes back to

KEVIN’s office. As he does so, the D.C. emerges from KEVIN’s

office (with his Ipad) and says discreetly

DETECTIVE CONSTABLE

Boss. There’s no ANPR on this

fella’s vehicle at either of the

two drop off points he’s mentioned,

at any point over the last four

days.

PHIL takes that in and goes into KEVIN’s office. The D.C.

follows.

CUT TO:

13 INT. NGA, KEVIN’S OFFICE. DAY 11. 09.13 13

PHIL remains calm and friendly with KEVIN.

PHIL:

You were telling me which bins you

put the money next to.

KEVIN:

Yeah. I. It’s. Difficult to

explain.

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PHIL:

Okay. Well the thing is, Kevin

(he says it almost

confidentially, he’s not

here to make a scene)

I’m arresting you. On suspicion of

abduction and demanding money with

menaces.

KEVIN:

No. That’s - why? You’re - you’re

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