London Road Page #8

Synopsis: London Road documents the events of 2006, when the quiet rural town of Ipswich was shattered by the discovery of the bodies of five women. The residents of London Road had struggled for years with frequent soliciting and kerb-crawling on their street. When a local resident was charged and then convicted of the murders, the community grappled with what it meant to be at the epicentre of this tragedy.
Director(s): Rufus Norris
Production: BBC Worldwide North America
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.3
Metacritic:
71
Rotten Tomatoes:
76%
TV-14
Year:
2015
91 min
1,188 Views


Ever since the murders took place, like,

there's no point going down there for one

because all the cars get stopped

and you just get arrested all the time.

They weren't nicking us.

They were nicking the men.

I wanna get myself clean.

If I could do anything, you know, like,

I'd get myself clean for them almost.

I got up and all I could see

were police cars going up the road.

And, of course, you know, like,

we knew, obviously, it was in charge.

- Something to do with these poor girls.

- Yeah.

But erm... And that's

when it all started. It all kicked off.

You think it could be him.

Yeah.

That he could be amongst us

and walking around with us every day

and we don't know.

Like, anyone. It could anyone in here,

which has now really scared me.

Now I'm thinking about it,

I'm just gonna, like, cry!

This was the third time

Steve Wright has appeared in court,

but it's the first time

that he's formally entered a plea.

He arrived here at Ipswich Crown Court

shortly after nine o'clock this morning,

but it wasn't until two o'clock

this afternoon that he stood up,

dressed in a black suit,

white shirt and blue tie,

and spoke clearly and confidently

when he was asked how he would plea

to each of the five counts of murder.

They were read out in this order...

I've been here since about half-nine.

I just saw him come along, like,

with the police, sirens and that.

They were... you know...

None of the photographers caught him.

Caught any photos of him

or anything but...

Just waiting to get a glimpse, really.

Yeah, look at this. Look at this.

It's horrible, innit, eh?

It's a wicked bloody world.

Yourself, I mean, you'd be,

as far as I'm, well, as far as I'm aware,

about the only person

that has actually come down here

and asked the residents how they feel.

I think this is absolutely fantastic.

So many people here tonight.

I haven't counted you all.

Seeing everybody have a great time,

that's what it's all about.

I would like to congratulate everyone

that's really worked hard

on their gardens.

Even the people that haven't won.

It doesn't matter.

It's sharing their gardens

with everyone else and really working hard

and making London Road

what London Road is -

a fantastic road.

I've got nearly 17 hanging baskets

In this back garden

Believe it or not

Begonias and petunias

And, erm, impatiens and things

Marigolds, petunias

And we got up there

We got busy Lizzies

Hanging geraniums, all right, see

There's all sorts in that basket anyway

Hanging lobelias

Petunias in a basket, hanging basket

That's a fuchsia

Erm, there is a special name

I just call 'em lilies

They're a lily type

There is a special name

And for the first time this year

I've got a couple of erm... baskets

Begonias and petunias

And, erm, impatiens and things

- Begonias and petunias

- Marigolds, petunias

- We got busy Lizzies, hanging lobelias

- And, erm, impatiens and things

Hanging baskets

Variegated ivy in there

Which makes a nice show

And then you've got

These sky-blue... whatever they are

Vm-veer-veer-la-la

That's, er, little purple ones

Rhubarb.

The old-fashioned marguerites

The daisies

The roses

Have done really well this year

Yeah

Gave us an extra point for having basil

On the windowsill, didn't she?

- Hanging baskets

- Rhubarb

- Variegated ivy in there

- The old-fashioned marguerites

- Which makes a nice show

- The daisies

The roses

Have done really well this year.

I've got nearly 17 hanging baskets

In this back garden

Gave us an extra point

For having basil

On the windowsill, didn't she?

And, erm, impatiens and things

Begonias and petunias

And, erm, impatiens and things

Begonias and petunias

And, erm, impatiens and things

Impatiens and things

Impatiens and things

Impatiens

And things

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Alecky Blythe

Alecky Blythe is a British playwright and screenwriter. She has written several plays, including the acclaimed 2011 musical London Road.Her first play Come Out Eli won a Time Out Award. The Girlfriend Experience premiered at the Royal Court and then transferred to the Young Vic in 2009. Do We Look Like Refugees? won a Fringe First Award at the 2010 Edinburgh Festival. London Road opened at the National Theatre-Cottesloe in 2011 to widespread acclaim. It was named Best Musical at the Critics' Circle Awards and transferred to the National's larger Olivier stage in 2012. Her newest play Have I Been All My Life? opened at the New Vic Theatre in April 2012. In other work, Blythe took part in Headlong Theatre's production of Decade at St Katherine's Docks. She wrote and co-directed a BBC2 documentary on the London riots. She is also working on a film script. Blythe is best known for her pioneering work in verbatim theatre. Her theatre company Recorded Delivery was set up in 2003 to advance this branch of theatre. more…

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