Sunday 4 January 2015

TV scripts

Two examples of TV scripts (just one page, but saved copies)  

Our Girl script - episode 1
10:00:00 EXT. SALISBURY PLAIN.
10:00:00 MUSIC IN - NAPALM
A helicopter flies overhead.
The rear operations group are on exercise.
10:00:06 BBC LOGO
We see MOLLY DAWES caked in mud on her 'mission specific' training – battlefield simulation. We see soldiers firing weapons with explosions echoing all around.
Molly runs to a ‘battle casualty’ to check his pulse and gets a message into her ear piece and looks around.
RADIO VO
Private Dawes. Report to the O.C.
10:00:22 CAPTION: OCTOBER 2013
10:00:23 INT. ARMORED VEHICLE/EXT. SALISBURY PLAIN
CORPORAL JACKMAN and MAJOR BRICE are sitting in the armoured vehicle watching the training sessions. They watch as Molly comes over to them and stands to attention. Corporal Kelly drake is with her.
MAJOR BRICE
Relax Dawes.
10:00:25 MUSIC OUT - NAPALM
She does.
MAJOR BRICE (CONT’D)
Bit cold out there, isn't it?
MOLLY
Yes sir, tayter's sir.
MAJOR BRICE
You’d better go and pack your sun cream Dawes. You're off to Afghan and it's 47 degrees.

Home Front - episode 1
SCENE 1 EXT. THE WINWOOD’S STREET.
KITTY HAS THE DOG KUSH WITH HER ON A LEAD.
KITTY So what’ll happen? If it gets to 11 o’clock tonight and Germany doesn’t change its mind? What’ll happen then?
RALPH Well then I imagine we will be at war.
KITTY And then what?
RALPH Well I’m not sure.
KITTY What’ll happen to all the Germans living here?
RALPH Well a great number of them have already left.
KITTY Yeh but not all of them. There’s loads of them still here. Like like the pork butcher. Whatshisname. He’s still here. Lived here for twenty thirty years or something. I mean what’ll happen to him? Will he be arrested?
RALPH I’ve no idea Kitty.
KITTY Cos that’s not fair is it? He’s lived here for years. He’s done nothing wrong. He’s sold sausages and minded his own business and he’s done nothing wrong.
RALPH Why are you so upset about the butcher?
KITTY And what about his kids? His kids who were born here. I mean will they be German too? What about his wife? I mean, she’s English.
RALPH Is this butcher a friend of yours?
KITTY No. No. I just don’t think it’s right. That’s all.
RALPH What isn’t right?
ADAM (CALLING IN DISTANCE) Kitty! Kitty!
ADAM ARRIVING HAULING THE WASHING
KITTY Stop yelling! Sorry Reverend I don’t know what he’s yelling for.
ADAM ARRIVES ON MIC
ADAM Hello Reverend.
RALPH Hello Adam.

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