AWS EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 1. One of the two men drives, the ether xe = face is white with fear. STREET NIG ellow lamps. nder opens rusting metal gates. The car drives r reet i ty and sil Neville into the front garden of a small, shuttered house. INT LIVING ROOM ‘SAFE HOUSE’ NIGHT 3 4 Neville is brought into a small living"toom. A Afnoleum floor with a few scatter rugs. Old sofas en&bric-a-brac on shelves. An ancient TV with an indoor \ecrdal. MINDER Wait. NEVILLE) Where am@l? ) Who are you? MINDER make yourself comfortable. He leavés.))\Comfo¥table, Neville is not. Behind the shabby curtains he gece bare on the windows. Faded photographs of eafhy Cuba, including one of the Cuban hero, José Marti. Nevilleppulis his cell phone from his pocket. He listens intently for a moment. Silence. He punches a number. Int WILLE'S ul 32 5 A phone rings, echoing in the empty house. A machine clicks in and we HEAR Brenda‘s familiar voice. BRENDA (V.O.) None of the Hopes are here to take your call at the moment. Leave a message and the time you rang and we'll get back to you. ‘The tone - then Neville’s panicked voice: (CONTINUED)AWP4 EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 2. 5 CONTINUED: 5 NEVILLE It's me INT__LIVING ROOM __'S. FE HOUSE’ NIGHT 31 6 RESUME Neville, speaking as quietly as he can. NEVILLE I've got into a situation here, I way over me head. anything happens, I just wanted to say I love you, Brenda. And the girls... He hears footsteps and kills the call. He still has the phone in his hand when his Minder enters. He shakes his head with disapproval, then holds out his hand. Neville hands over the phone. INT__ROOM SANTA ISABEL HOTEL NIGHT 31) 7 Dennis wakes te find Chrissie atthe window. DENNIS What is it? What's wrong? CHRISSIE can’t sleep.) Too much whizzing round«my brain. DENNIS Like what? She comes back and sits on the bed. CHRISSIE That talk me and Oz had. We came up with this plan. Well it was his idea, but I’m really up for it. It was all in the note. Dennis tries to clear his head - it’s 3.40 in the morning DENNIS That you gave to Ofelia? CHRISSIE Yes. I mean it's a big decision for her, but it's very romantic. And the thing is my boat sails tonight. DENNIS What's that’s got to do with it? (CONTINUED)ANPS EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 3. CONTINUED: 7 CHRISSIE Everything. IVING ROOM ‘SAFE HOUSE‘ NT: 31 e x headlights strobe across the windows. Neville listens to the car door slam, then the front door opening. The murmar voices - then the living room door opens - and Fru enters! She wears a head scarf and a quilted anorak. PRU Did they give you any coffee? NEVILLE (@ whisper) No. PRU (to the Minder) Could you take cere of that? The Minder nods, leaves and shute the door. Pru pulle out a helf-bottle of Haig whisky before she) takes off her coat. PRU (cont'd) I expect you could do with a drink. Neville’s mind is reeling too much to answer. NEVILLE What’s happening, Pru? I mean, what's going on? PRU What do you think, Neville? At rough guess? NEVILLE No idea. Was I taken hostage and you're here to pay the ransom? Pru finds glasses and pours them each a generous shot. PRU How much d’you think you're worth? NEVILLE Look, ever since I got to Cuba someone's been yanking me chain. Just give me a straight answer, who are those guys that grabbed me? (CONTINUED)Apa EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 4. CONTINUED: 8 PRU ‘They work for me. As and when. Yes, I’m ac Country Life as you thought. Neville shakes his hea opposite and gives him a take this in. Pru sits smile. na PRU (cont'd) It's been a tricky time for you out here, hasn't it? With Tarquin. NEVILLE You know about that? PRU I know you were recruited by Heather in London, And he’s your contact out here. NEVILLE n't that supposed’to be secret? PRU It is. I know because I also work for Heather's people. That's our little secret. Tarquin is not aware of that. NEVILLE I can’t get my head round this. PRU According to his reports, he’s not using you for anything. We know that’s not true. You've had meets with him on several occasions and he's had you buddying up with Michael Goy. Tonight he had you steal confidential papers. NEVILLE You know that? PRU His man Felipe is also ours. We took a look at them before he passed them on. (CONTINUED)ANP EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 5. CONTINUED: (2) 8 NEVILLE I want te see the Ambassador. PRU n't think that’s a geod idea. at four in the morning. NEVILLE Well who can I tru PRU werking for me. working for hin. NEVILLE Who's he working for? PRU Tarquin was always working for Terquin. Neville thinks about this and takes a blug of his scotch. NEVILLE He told me he’s trying to find out what the Chinese are bidding for some smallpox vaccine. PRU hat bit’s true. But not for the benefit of the Brits. He's freelancing on the open market. i’m sure he’s planning to put aside a little nest egg in the Cayman Islands and shag himself silly in the sun. NEVILLE So where does this leave me? PRU We need to rumble him. There‘s quite a lot to talk about, shall I see if I can rustle up some sandwiches? _THE VILLA [DAWN] DAY 32 9 Just the first blush of dawn in the sky behind the villa as Dennis crosses the garden. It's still dark enough for him to trip over a folded chair. He stifles a curse.AWPa EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 6. INT VILLA 07 AND BARRY'S ROOM [DAWN] DAY 32 ° oz is fast asleep. Dennis enters and switches on the light. alk to nothing. shakes him vigorously. His eyes open wide oz DENNIS aye. 02 It's not graft yet, is it? DENNIS No no, it’s only five. 02 (straightening up) Hey - did you do the deed? DENNIS Never mind. This scheme you and Chriseie hatched up. Are you mad? on Now. I mean, it’s up to Ofelia, of course. But if she says yes she could be on Chrissie’s boat tonight. Dennis shakes his head - it sounds crazy to him. DENNIS I/11 put the kettle on. un EXT ‘SAFE HOUSE’ DAY 32 1 The sun is up now as Pru walks Neville to the waiting Hyundai. PRU Don’t do anything different. If Tarquin wants to meet, play along. Neville has a thought before he gets in the car. NEVILLE farquin said it suited his book that they'd banged up Barry. (HORE) (CONTINUED)12 13 AMPS EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 7. CONTINUED: ai NEVILLE (cont'd) Took the attention away from me, he thought. Is that what you all think? PRU ne, we want him out of there. NEVILL and why are they bringi heat on 0z and his gi: What‘s that's about? g co much frien PRU That's not the authori brother's behind that. NEVILLE Her brother? RU He has connections in the Ministry, but this is purely personal, not political He doesn't want 0Z a5 a brother-in-law. I suppose I can see his point. NEVILLE, I used to think life was so simple. Get upy) go to work, make a few modést gains for your family. You knew who you were, who your friends were. But life's not like that, ie it? It’s complex end devious. He shakes his head and climbs into the rear of the car. INT. KITCHEN VILLA DAY 32 _ 12 Dennie pours water from the kettle into a large tea pot. He's still dreceed in the clothes from his date. His phone rings in his jecket pocket. He frowns - who's calling this early? And answers it. DENNIS Hello? P__ NEVILLE‘ USE __UK DAY 32 13 Brenda is on the phone. BRENDA Dennis, I’m sorry to call you but T can’t get Neville on his mobile. (MORE) (CONTINUED)AWP4 EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 8. 13 CONTINUED: 13 BRENDA (cont'd) The thing is he left a message for me and he sounded very strange, I'd gone out early with the beirn - DENNIS (VO. ] Brenda, pet, calm do you mean, strange? What do BRENDA He left thie peculiar message, about if anything happened to him. IICHEN VILLA. RESUME Dennis: DENNIS Hang on, pet, I'll go and wake him, I'm sure it’s nothing. 15 INT___BEDROOM VILLA DAY _32 15 Bomber and Wyman are fast esleep, the sun filtering through the blinds. Dennis enters - and sees that Neville’s bed is empty. He shakes wyman awake. WYMAN, What? what? DENNIS Where's Neville? WYMAN Neville? How should I know? DENNIS Was he not with you lot last night? WYMAN No. why? * Bomber stirs across the room. BOMBER What time is it? What's going on? Dennis indicates ‘Quiet’ to the other two and talks into the mobile again. DENNIS Aw, I forgot, Brenda, he went cut early to pick up some timber... (MORE) (CONTINUED)AWP4 EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 9. 15 CONTINUED: 15 DENNIS (cont'd) yeah 1°11 have him call the minute he gets in. Bomber and Wyman stare at him - what’s this about? DAY T__UPPER 1 mnie comes from t! and @ string vest. MOXEY t's going on? DENNIS Sorry, Mex. We're a bit worried about Nev. He stopped out all night . MOXEY Not the only one, was he? Did you do the deed? Vv INT. KITCHEN VILLA DAY 32 17 Dennis, Bomber, Moxey and Wyman crowd.the kitchen, pouring tea, buttering bread, frying eggse BOMBER something happens to men when they work abroad. Bomber was the same. Remember me in Germany? Insatiable. And I had a wife and daughters an’ all. WYMAN He's been pretty weird since we got out here. 1 saw him hanging with a Chinese crowd one night. MOXEY Yeah, me too, what’s that about? oz enters, dressed for work. oz What's what about? MOXEY Neville. Strange behaviour. on Neville’s getting his leg over, who gives a shite? Did Den clue you in about my situation? (conrmmvED}6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 10. 7 ners shake their heads. Dennis eddresses Wyman. DENNIS ur Mam cocked up this idea onto the boat and emaggle 0 h her. WYMEN oh do me a favou BOMBE! How would that work? oz Well, the boat has all these excursions going ashore every day. Big crowd of couples with straw hats and cemeras. Ofelia vould mingle and go back on board with them. WYMAN And then what? oz she'd stay in Chrissie’s cabin. The beat sails tonight and she'd get off tomorrow in Montego Bay. Jamaica. WYMAN Jamaica? MOXEY No it'll be her decision. oz Shut up, Mox. DENNIS And what are you gonna do? Join her there or something? oz Why not? MOXEY And leave us short-handed? I mean, we've lost Barry, and now you. They'll cend a couple of strangers cut. People we don’t know with smelly feet. (CONTINUED)BWP4 EI SHOOTING SCRIFT 10/04/03 Page 11. ri CONTINUED: [2} a7 WYMAN ypical of my Mum to come up wit vething like DENNIS ’: know anything about this didn 1 ee thirty in the RYMAN (getting the picture oh I see. Like that, was i Dennie side-eteps that one. DENNIS ‘The point is, if thie goee poar~ shaped, we could all be in the clarts. oz It won't. BOMBER Million dollar question. Will ofelia go for it? on 1 don"t)knows % sent this note, explaining everything end asked her tO meet ne. BOMBER When? oz one o’clock, when she gets a break from rehearsals. WYMAN This is so totally extreme. MOXEY Fraught with danger. Anyone want a fried egg sandwich? The door opens and Neville enters, holding his shoes. He's startled to see them all there. oz Didn’t want to wake us, did you, Nev? gust gonna sneek upstairs? (CONTINUED }18 AWP4 EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 CONTINUED: (3) NEVILLE. all doing up?! What are y MOXEY ting for you. We've been worried sick. DENNIS Want to tel] us where you've been NEVILLE No. MOXEY If you don’t we'll only speculate. aint lurid pictures in our minds. EVILLE Bugger of DENNIS Brenda called. NEVILEE (£xeaked) What? When? DENNIS Half an hour ago. she said you'd phoned her, she wes in a right panic. NEVILLE oh shit! As he heads upstairs Dennis calls after him: DENNIS you've been picking up a load of timber. Don’t call for an hour, she's at Debbie’s dance class. ExT. SI DAY 32 18 sounde of work from the site. Neville has found a quiet spot between the empty pool and the ping-pong table. A couple of chickens cluck at his feet. We don’t hear what he’s saying but his body language is anguished.19 ANP4 EPISODE 6 PINK AMENDMENTS 17/04/03 Page 13. INT. THE RESIDENCE DAY 32 19 oz is working next to Dennis, putting up a dividing wall. Moxey and Bomber are on the other side, within earshot. Dennis picks his words with care. DENNIS So say she gets to Jamaica and you join her, then what? oz (with a shrug) Take her home. DENNIS Not without a visa. 4 I'll be able to sort that, many With the Embassy there. I’m ORD, aren't 1? DENNIS If you piss off fom here you'll be AWW.O.L. oz She's worth it, Dennis man. BOMBER Say you get her back to the North- East. How d'you think that'11 work? oz What d’you mean? BOMBER Bit of a culture shock, isn't it? on I’11 adjust quick enough. DENNIS Seriously, man. Look et all those South American footballers who go to the Premier League. One minute sunshine and samba, the next Middlesbrough. MOXEY She’ll be like an exotic hot-house orchid who turns into a dandelion. (CONTINUED)ANS EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 14. 19 CONTINUE! 18 oz D’you want this brick in your gob? MOXEY I'm just saying - how ¢ inflict Wallsend on 4 Ofelia? 0% Wallsend! I’m thinking Ponteland, man. A nice mock-Tudor with a monkey tree. wynan‘s cell phone rings. He whips it from his pocket. WYMAN Yeah?... Oh hello, Chrissie, what have you done now?... no it’s not romantic, it’s lunacy oz Hey! Knob off, half-pint. WYMAN, Yeah, course he’s here, Dennis? Dennis looks up as Wyman tosses him the phone. DENNIS His. .Okay...Tt was a great night for me too He tries to drop his voice but they all react to this one. DENNIS (cont'd) Aye well, maybe we can talk about this another time. Just a bit concerned about this Oz thing :.-You'd better talk to him. He tosses the phone to O02. oz Hi, Chrissie. Neville comes in from the garden. BONBER (pointedly) Brenda well, is she? Noville just nods glumly and goes back to work.22 23 24 AWPG EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 15. HARBOUR (HAVANA) _D) The ner looms over the dockside. EX? ecie ie on the fore-deck, looking down on the port of Havel She speaks into hex cell phone, the ship's newspaper in her hend. CHRISSIE Okay, so today’s shore excursion is Hemingway's Havana, ‘a guided tour of the Literary Lion’s favourite haunts’. She should meet us at three at La Bodeguita del Nedio. That's B-O-D... INT DANCE ACADEMY DAY 32 22 The sound of a piano playing rehearsal music echoes down the stairwell. Ofelia comes down the stairs pulling a jacket over her lectards, perspiring from her work-out. NT. JIN'S OFFICE 32 23 Tarquin is at his desk, surrounded by copy for the in-house newspaper. He's not nis usual languid self - something's bothering him as he speaks into his phone. TARQUIN Neville, we've got to meet...1 know you're at work, but meke some excuse. Drop a hammer on your toe or something. EXT_HE RESIDENCE DAY 32 24 Neville is on his cell phone. NEVILLE I can’t! I/1] mebbe see you tonight... Bomber passes, carrying a trestle, as Neville pockets the phone. He's suddenly overcome with nausea and doubles up. Dry heaves over a flower-bed. BOMBER All right, Nev? Didn't risk the shrimp, did you? (CONTINUED)24 25 AWG EPISODE 6 SHOOTING CONTINUED: RIPT 10/04/03 Page 16. NEVILLE Just bloody stress! BOMBER what happens NEVILLE (alarmed) What are you talking ebout? BOMBER You're obviously having it away with someone. Got a wife and family back in Blighty. Not right, is it? NEVILLE It's not what you thi: BOMBER Oh come on, Nev, Bomber wasn’t born yesterday. I've transgressed myself - but there's a cost. You think it’s out of sight, out of mind, but it comes back’ to bite you on the»bum one) day. Dennis calls from the house. DENNIS Can we get some work done? We could use a hand, Nev, with oz away. NEVILLE Where’s Oz away to? BOMBER To talk it over with the girl. NEVILLE Talk what over? BOMBER Oh, you missed all this, didn’t you? INT. THE RESIDENCE DAY 32 25 Dennis, Moxey and Wyman turn round when Neville comes haring inte the room. Bomber follows him. (CONTINUED)EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 17. CONTINUED: 25 NEVILLE You've got to stop 02! This thing, it’s insane. I us all in the shit - end it's not gonna help Barry’s case, is it? DENNIS I tried to talk him out of it, he won't listen. NEVILLE Suppose she agrees. First thing she'll do is go home and talk it over with her family, right? And the bloke making all’ the trouble is her brother Raul. WYMAN ‘The one who took us to the santeria thing? NEVILLE, Yes! MOXEY We did all that work’ on their gaff! NEVILLE Doesn't matter. He's got the dead needle for Oz. And he’s got connections so he can pull strings. If he finds out about this he’11 kick 0z off the island - and probably all of us for being part of this bloody scheme! DENNIS How do you know all this? NEVILLE I’ve got connections meself, all right! MOXEY Pillow talk with Pru, is it? NEVILLE Yeah, yeah, that’s what it is, she told’me. Now where's Oz meeting Ofelia? We've got to stop it.26 28 ARPS EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 18. 26 EXT. DANCE ACADEMY DAY The pick-up pulls up opposite the Dance Academy, Dennis is at the wheel. The others get cut and gather round him DENNIS That's the Dance Academy. They must be meeting somewhere within walking distance. So let's fan out. The guys head off in different directions. EXT HAVANA STREETS DAY 32 27 Several shots of the guys checking out the streets around the Central Park and the Paseo di Marti. Checking bars, cafés back alleys and the Parque Central. EXT__PASEO DI MARTI DAY 32 28 Tourists file out of a coach, eliwith cameras and hats to shield then from the hot sun. Wyman, looking for Oz, amazed to see his mother among them. CHRISSIE Why aren’ you at work? WYMAN Because of you! This deal with Ofelia and 02, it's not gonna happen, Chrissie. CHRISSIE What do you mean? WYMAN What were you and Oz thinking of? It’s total lunacy. CHRISSIE Don’t shout at me. WYMAN m not. CHRISSIE Yes you are, you're always shouting at me. They’re in love. They deserve to be together. I’ve got it all sorted. She can stay in my cabin and - (CONTINUED)28 29 30 ARES EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 CONTINUED: WYMAN We know all this. But when her brother f hole ton of crap wi heads. I’m only thinking of them. WYMAN I know, Mum. But you're way out of line. CHRISSIE (after a pause) I’m sailing tonight so you'll be well shot of me. WYMAN Don't be like that. Just haveva good trip. You'll enjoy Jamaica, right? See Uncle Percy. CHRISSIE Do I get 2 hug? WyAN Course youl de. He lets her enfold him in her arns. EXT CHURCH DAY 32 Bomber walks past the baroque facade of an old church INT CHURCH DAY 32 Page 19. 28 29 30 Muted organ music. Only a handful of people are praying between the tall pillars and rich frescoed walls. ‘he ambience is hushed and serene. Oz and Ofelia sit together, heads bowed in serious conversation. OFELIA I cannot do thie thing. You mast know that, 02. To change my whole lige in six hours. Is impossible. oz It seemed a good idea yesterday. (CONTINUED)30 AWS EPISODE 6 CONTINUED: OFELIA This is not about what I feel for you. This is about me. My family, my work. my home. 02 Aye. Bit reckless I suppose. OFELIA You are crazy man. You are Zorro. You get the mask and the cape and you carry me off to the mountains. oz Across the sea I had in mind. OFELIA What did my brother say last night? 02 I didn’t tell him any of this. He just gave me a bit of the old ongo- bongo. OFELIA I will talk te him. He has friends. oz What if they won't help? OFELIA I will go to the ballet and say I will no longer dance. oz You can't do that. OFELIA Yes I can, I don’t like stupid people telling me who T can’t be with. Oz looks at her, loving her spirit. oz You've got some bollocks, pet, I'11 give you that. When you're up on that stage you look so fragile, but you're made of tungsten. OFELIA Que? PINK ANENDMENTS 17/04/03 Page 20. 30 (CONTINUED)AWA EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 21. 30 CONTINUED: (2) 30 oz I rent a cape? 2 ExT CH_DAY 52. Bomber scans face! leaving the churcl coping the square. Then he spots Ofelia She doesn't see him as she hurries away. 32 INT CHURCH DAY Bomber enters the nave - in time to see Oz walking down the narble-floored central aisle, back-lit by sunlight filtering through the stained glass. He's deep in thought - and the last person he expects to see is Bomber. 02 What are you doing? BOMBER We're all in town. Looking for you. Gotta abort the whcle thing, oz. oz Don't worry, Bomb. It’s not going to happen. BOMBER Thank God for that. oz Can't expect the lass just to up sticks like that, man. Even if the ultimate prize is Newcastle. we'll sort something else out. she’s gonna talk to her brother. BOMBER 02, it’s her brother who's behind breaking the pair of you up. of What? 33 EXT. STREET/DANCE ACADEMY DAY 32 33 Dennis is striding along with 02 and Wyman on their way to the pick-up. The other lads are behind them. on What about that bastard! He didn’t find anything wrong with me when I was working my bollocks off on his root. (CONTINUED)AWP4 EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 22. 33 CONTINUE! 33 WYMAN over protective. Very Latin 02 Very sodding devious. DENNIS Leck, no harm’s done. But if she'd get on that boat it would’ve been Catastrophic. oz (to Wyman) I don't know how your mother talked me into this in the first place. WYMAN Hang about! She told me it was your idea. oz Well yeah, but - WYMAN (to Dennis} why didn‘t you talk her out of it? DENNTS She dilén’t tell me till four o'clock in the morning! ‘WYMAN During your night of passion? DENNIS Look, it was a private, personal moment between two adult people. oz Fair enough. But I’d be ticked off if you knobbed my Mam. 34 EXT. THE RESIDENCE (STREET) DAY 32 34 The pick-up pulls up and the guys clamber out. Dennis registers an SUV with diplomatic plates. DENNIS Aw God, Gary’s here. tell him? What do weAWPA EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 23. THE RESTDENCE (GARD! DAY 32 35 ite on a pile of bricks having a cigarette when the into the gerden. Wyman is bouncing a soccer ball. GARY Go out for lunch now, do you? DENNIS No, we've just been having @ kick around in the park. Got to keep in shape in this job. Gery’s not buying this. GARY You know I’m bringing the Ambassador's wife round? DENNIS we do, Gary, yes. GARY This job better belin shape and on schedule, guys. Start dicking around and you'll be back on a building site in the North-East. Anyone want that? They mumble, ‘no way’. GARY (cont'd) Better walk me through the site, Dennis. DENNIS Aye. As they move off, Gary has a thought and turns to Neville. GARY Oh, I've got a message from Pru for you, Neville. Neville feels the others staring at him. NEVILLE oh yes? GARY She wants you to meet her at the Drama Society tonight. (CONTINUED }ANE EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIP? 10/04/03 Page 24. 35 CONTINUED: 35 NEVILLE The Drame Society? GARY They're holding auditions at six x She Stoops to Conquer.’ NEVILLE oh right, fine. Dennie and Gary go inside. The others stare at Neville. MOXEY "she Stoops to Conquer’? What's that? NEVILLE It's a play, isn’t it? WYMAN Yeah, Tina and me’s trying out for that. MOXEY, When did you get this urge? NEVILLE (winging it) Er,.d've always been interested in drama. o2 Never to my knowledge, Nev. NEVILLE I was Nanki Pooh in the School Mikado! MOXEY and now it’s hanky panky with pouty Pru. NEVILLE (angrily) m allowed a private life, aren't Something I do just for meself. at do the rest of you do with your lives? Just booze and tell jokes and talk football! sum He stomps away across the site. BOMBER Something wrong with that lad...AWP4 EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 25. EXT CAFE DAY 32 36 Dennis, showered ané changed, is having a goodbye ch She has bags filled with souvenirs and CERISSIE How's Oz handling it all? DENNIS. A lot better than if he’d had his arse thrown in the clink. CHRISSIE If those two want my advice - DENNIS T don't think they do, Chrissie. CHRISSIE. Butt out, is that what you're saying? DENNIS It's their problem, they’1l,have to figure out how to deal with it. CERISSIE ALL right then, what about Dennis and Chrissie? Will you want to see me when you come back to England? DENNIS That won't be for a while yet. CHRISSIE That’s not an answer. Are you happy about what happened between us? DENNIS Of course. CHRISSIE Then why wouldn't you want it to happen again? I’m pushing you, T know, but that’s my way and it’s too late to change. (he hesitates) Okay, I‘ll put this one down to the rum and the sun and blame it on the Bossa Nova. (CONTINUED)36 37 ANE4 EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 26. CONTINUED: 36 DENNIS No, no, Chrissie. It just didn't my situation knowing six pairs s were following our every move - and one of them your son's. I'll call you when I get back and l take it from there. she's happy to hear thie and they raise their glassce. CHRISSIE Fair enough. Let’s leave it at that then. (But she can’t) So when’s that likely to be? INT. RECREATION ROOM BRITISH EMBASSY NIGHT 32 37 Auditions are taking place for She Stodpe to Conguer. The Director is the officious cultural attaché, STUART SHERMAN. Neville and Pru are reading from the text. Cther hopefuls are watching or studying parts, including-Wyman and Tina. PRU ‘The instant they are put into my possession, you shall find me ready to make them, and myself, yours.‘ NEVILLE perish the baubles! Your person ie all I desire. In the meantime, my friend Marlowe must not be let into his mistake’ - Er, that doesn't seem to make sense. STUART It does to Goldsmith. Just read the rest, Neville. NEVILLE +1 know the strange reserve of his temper is such, that if abruptly informed of it, he would instantly quit the house before our plan was right for execution.’ STUART Thank you. PRU I have another line. (CONTINUED)AWP4 EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 27. 37 CONTINUED: 37 STUART We must move on. Let's have Tina and her friend. lle and Pru move to chairs at the back of the room. ‘Tina their place and Stuart shows them where he the scene. vey wants to sta NEVILLE I don’t think I got the part. PRU You vere nervous. And Stuart’s a little prick. NEVILLE you'd think I'd have learned « bit about acting since I worked for you lot. PRU Tarquin's in a tiz, is he? NEVILLE. He's rang mo three tines PRU It's kéause something’s missing from the documents you pinched. NEVILLE How d'you know? PRU We extracted it. NEVILLE You did? What does it tell you? PRU What the Chinese are bidding. NEVILLE Then haven't you got everything you need to know? PRU Not quite. We don't know who Tarquin is going to shop this to. And we don't know how much he's compromised us before. So here's how we'll play it... (CONTINUED)a7 38 39 AWPA EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 CONTINUED? ( him while feigning interest in WIDE SHOT as Pru brief; audition! TINA ‘my dear Hastings! To what unexpected good fortune, to what accident, am I to ascribe thie happy meeting?’ WYMAN ‘Rather let me ask the same question, as I could never have hoped to meet my dearest Constance at an inn...’ EXD OUR NIGHT 32 The cruise liner leaves the port of Havana, ite lights glistening against the bleck sky... 0% (V.0.} Wyman's Mam had her heart in the xight place, you can’t fault her for that. MNOXEY (V.0.} Yeah but that ship's sailed now. Get it? 1 EAR GALLEON NIGHT 32 Page 28. 37 the 38 39 Dennis,0z, Bomber and Moxey are in their usual corner. DENNIS So Oz, how are you going to tell Ofelia about her brother? oz Don’t know. I can't risk calling the dance place again. BOMBER If you ask me, you should let sleeping dogs lie for a while. og Aye, T reckon. I'l] play their game. No calls, no contact. Then, when their guard's down, T'11 whip her off to the country and we'll get married. MOXEY Married?! (CONTINUED)AW EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 29. 39 CONTINUED: 39 Aye DENNIS Have you asked her? oz Not yet. But when the time's right. DENNIS. This is not Las Vegas, 0z. You're not gonna find a chapel in Cuba with some bloke dressed as Elvis doing the nuptials. BOMBER You need a permit here for everything. And if you're 1uéky enough to get one, you need another. oz Ofelia can handle that, she’s a prime donna, of whatever they call Lt. MOXEY Would that make you a citizen? oz Dunno. But I’d be married to a Cuban national, so they couldn't hoy me out. DENNIS It’s a big change, man. oz I could handle it. 1 like it here. I like the people, I like the music. I could learn the lingo. Even try to like baseball. DENIS Wouldn't you want to go back home? oz Well of course. Specially now we're in the Champions League. My shout, is it? He moves to the bar. The others exchange glances. BOMBER This isn’t over yet.AWPS EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 30. INT BAR NIGHT 32 40 Neville moves into a bar [one we've seen before?) and sits next to Tarquin. His mood hasn’t mellowed. TARQUIN Why couldn't you see me earlier? NEVILLE Z couldn't, ckay? Why the penic? TARQUIN You didn’t get everything I wanted. I’m not saying you didn't do a good job, but there's a crucial page missing from the document - NEVILLE I know, I've got it. ‘TARQUIN What?! NEVILLE I kept it back. ‘TARQUIN (staring at him) What) are you up to, Neville? NEVILLE Heather Fang me a woek ago. From London. Spock House. TARQUIN why? NEVILLE Routine. Asking after my general welfare. Said she was sorry I hadn't been activated, but to bide my time. In other words, she knew sed all about what we're up to. TARQUIN Did you tell her? NEVILLE No. (CONTINUED)40 41 ARPA EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 31. CONTINUED: TARQUIN Good. You see, Neville, in this 40 game, you can‘t always let the left hand know what the right hand's doing. NEVILLE Nice try, but bollecks. You were gonna shop this around, right? who is it, the Yanks, the Swiss? or are you looking for the highest bidder? ‘TARQUIN Who put you up to thie? NEVILLE What d’you mean? TARQUIN For Chrissake, you're a thick brickie from Geordieland. NEVILLE Not so thick as you think. And says nothing for a moment, as if he's distracted. when you've cut me in, I won't be a brickie eny more. TARQUIN cut you in? NEVILLE Aye. I want to meet your contact. I want to hear from him how much he'll pay - for what I've got. EXT. THE RESIDENCE DAY 33 The guys are back at work the next morning. asice and hands him an envelope. oz She's at the Dance Academy. You know where that is? ANGEL Si. oz Make sure she gets this. Mucho importante. a. Oz takes Angel { CONTINUED)AWP4 EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 41 CONTINUED: ANGEL Is no problem oz Cheers, man. Dennis sees Angel go off with the envelope. DENNIS What did you say? oz Just that there’ something very important to talk about. [/1l be round her place tonight. DENNIS On bended knee? 4 Something like that. 41a THE RESIDENCE DAY 33 Neville and Wyman are framing up. WYMAN They asked me back, y'know. NEVILLE Who? WYMAN The Drama lot. Want me to read for ony Lumpkin. NEVILLE oh. Good for you. WYMAN Where d’you slope off to? NEVILLE Well I was useless, wasn't 1? WYMAN Yeah, but they need volunteers for scene-painting. Anyway we said we'd have a drink. NEVILLE I went to the baseball. Page 32. 41 4A (CONTINUED)aia 42 AWD A EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 33. CONTINUED: 41a WYMAN Qh, cool. Who won? NEVILLE What? It was a draw. WYMAN You don’t have draws at baseball. NEVILLE Well it was a draw when I left! How am I supposed to work with all this chit-chat? He goes off as Dennis and Oz walk in. WYMAN He's very near the edge, is Nev. DENNIS That's true. He had two of my fags before breakfast. And he doesn’t smoke. INT_VISTTING AY 3 42 It's Oz's turn to visit Barry. He sits at the now familiar table. A Guard unlocks the door to admit Barry. 02 is shocked by the Sight of him. He hasnt shaved for a few days. His clothes are soiled and his face is hollow-cyed. on Barry! BARRY Hello, mate. Good to see you. oz Are you okay? BARRY I feel like shit. I look like shit an’ all, don't I? oz Yeah, you do. BARRY Can't eat the food in here. Haven't touched a thing except the stuff that Chrissie brought. she’s a character. (CONTINUED)AWP4 EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 42 CONTINUED: oz Aye. She left. Dennis knobbed her. BARRY Really? News from home, eh? Wonder if 1/11 ever have sex again oz You'll have everything again, man. BARRY Iwas thinking, in the middle of the night, how much I miss our heart-to-hearts. You were very goed you were, 02, very patient. Letting me unload’ my psyche like I did. oz I'm still here for you, Barry. Always will be. BARRY There’s a rumor they want to transfer me, Some ancient fortress the other side of Cuba. I'll be like the Count of Nonte Cristo, a forgotten man. A beard down to me knees, living on cockroaches. oz is shattered to see Barry in such a state. oz Lock, Barry, here's what we're gonna do. I'm gonna round up the lads and go to the Embassy. Demand to see the Ambassador if necessary. Tell him, ‘Get Barry out or we're off the tocls and back home.’ BARRY And if it doesn’t work? You're all out of a job, and I’m still here. Oz doesn't have an answer to that one. BARRY (cont'd) I'm thinking of writing to Tatiana. I'd like her to know that I forgive her. og Why would you want to do that? Page 34. 42 (CONTINUED)42 43 44 45 46 47 ANP EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 35. CONTINUED: (2) 42 BARRY Just making my peace, y’know, ‘Cos I don't think I’m ever gonna get out of here. I’m really scared, oz. EXT__JAIL DAY 33 43 Oz walks out into a tropical rainstorm. The visit with Barry has affected him so much he hardly notices. He looks back at the crumbling jail, at the barred windows on the top floor. He comes to a decision and walks away with water pouring down his face. The SOUND of piano music. INT DANCE ACADEMY DAY 33 44 The pianist accompanies Ofelia as she rehearses. Her reflection is seen in the wall mirrors as she dances alone. REVERSE ANGLE - 02's soaked figure watches her through the glass panel in the door. It‘s an acho of his firet visit here. She turns, as if sensing ‘his presence and their eyes meet. She’s both surprised -\and @ little tearful. 0z gives her a reassuring smile and)raises his hand in greeting. Then he turns around and moves away... INT__OFELIA’S PAMILY Hol YARD DAY 33 45 Rain potirs down into the well of the courtyard as 02 enters The usual)sound of crying babies and salsa music. Some kids call bis name as they recognize him. He gives them high- fives as he heads up the staircase. INT OFELIA’S FAMILY HOUSE LANDING DAY 33 46 0z bangs on the door. Reul opens it and reacts in surprise RAUL Why are you here? You are not supposed to see my sister. oz I’m here to see you. He shoves him in the chest and steps inside. INT _OFELIA'S FAMILY HOUSE DAY 33, 47 0z sees the usual huddle of women in the kitchen. He's got no fight with them - he gives them a courteous smile and exchanges greetings. Then, to Raul: (CONTINUED)ANP4 EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 36. 47 CONTINUED: 47 oz Let's go in your juju room. 48 INT _RAUL'S ROOM DAY 3. 48 Both men come through the beaded curtain. Raul switches on lamps in the gloomy room. The rain pours down outside. oz can you feel any rain on your head? RAUL (puzzled) What?) No. oz or a draught whistling up your arse? RAUL No. oz That‘s ‘cos me and my mates! fixed your roof and the holes in your walls. Came round here in our spare time and fixed everything. RAUL We are very grateful for this. oz Funny way of showing it, pal. Tf you didn’t want me seeing Ofelia, why couldn’t you say it to me face? Have it out, mano a mano, instead of all the jiggery-pokery with the pebbles and the shells. RAUL You know nothing of santeria. oz I know why you asked us to the esta. You hoped we'd all get looped and wasted. Disgrace ourselves and get shipped home. Well my mate Barry was the victim of that and he’s in jail. RAUL It is out of my hands. (CONTINUED }DWP A EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 37. 48 CONTINUED: 48 oz Bollocks. It’s your fault he’s in there and you've got the muscle to spring him. RAUL I wish I had such power. oz You had enough pull to screw things up for me and your sister. Every nerve ending in my body wants me to do one thing - stick one on you. Bat Ill make a deal. Use your connections to get Barry out. If you do, I'll never see Ofelia again. Raul reacts - did he hear this right? RAUL You will make this promise? oz Yes, you bastard, I wilh. 4en EXT. OFELTA’S FANTLY HOUSE. Y 33 48a The rain is otill falling as Oz comes down the stairs. He stops as Ofelia comes from the street and sees him. OFELIA What is going on? A man brings ne a message, then I see you at rehearsal and you disappear. 02 I just wanted to see you dance. OFELIA In your note you write you have something important to say to me. What is that? Oz hesitates. Then pushes wet strands of hai face and kisses her on the cheek. away from her 02 I wanted to say good-bye... He hurries down the staire without looking back.si AMP 4 EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03. Page 38. BRITISH EMBASSY DAY 34 49 The Union Jack flies in the breeze. The storm hae gone and the sky is blue. CE_ROON DAY 34 50 INT_CONFERE! The morning meeting. Eight people round the oval table in ties and shirt sleeves. Among them we recognize Pru, Gary, Tarquin, Stuart Sherman and Tina taking minutes on a laptop. STUART The Duty Officer tock a call at eight a.m. Apparently our hosts are considering releasing Berry Taylor. The Chairman of the meeting needs reminding. GARY One of my work force, sird, The one who was arrested in the traffic accident. TARQUIN. (to Gary) How did you manage this? GARY I didn't. I assumed it was Pru. PRU Why me? GARY You're head of housekeeping. You have the contacts. PRU No it wasn’t me, But I’m happy to take the credit. Laughter round the table. STUART Moving on... We have a problem with the French. INT CELL JAIL Day 34 51 Barry sits on his hard-frame bed. He’s scratched off days in the peeling plaster. He looks up, reacting to keys turning in the lock. A Guard appears and gestures him to follow. (CONTINUED)AWP4 EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 39. CONTINUED: 51 GUARD Vamanes. BARRY (panicked) Where to? They’re transferring ne, aren't they? I don’t want to go. Tell ‘em for me, Iuis. I like it here. Got used to it. GUARD (in Spanish) It’s your lucky day, Senor Barry. Barry doesn’t understand and he’s not reassured. 52 EXT JAIL DAY 34 52 Barry walks into the unaccustomed sunlight. Even though he’s now wearing the clothes he was arrested in, he still looks bemused and scared - until he sees,the lads, stending by the Minibus. They give hin a cheer. only now does it hit him that he’s free. His fece floods with relief and his eyes fill with tears as the guys surround him and embrace him. BARRY I can’t believe it. I'm free. With me mates! He calle/to two youlg Guards standing in the doorway BARRY (cont'd) Gracias! You were very kind. very understanding. Buono fortuno! ‘They wave back at him, ‘No hard feelings’. Oz is the last to greet Barry. oz Great to have you back, man... (he wrinkles his nose) Well it will be once you've had a bath... 53 INT RESTAURANT NIGHT 34 53 The Magnificent Seven are reunited, cramped round a table loaded with beer and wine, to celebrate Barry’s release. Diners at nearby tables and music from the next room. (CONTINUED)AWPA EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 40. 53 CONTINUED: 53 Barry's cleaned up, his cheeks flushed from the wine. He puffs contentedly on @ large Cohiba. BARRY Who's that bloke who said, what was it. DENNIS We might need a bit more help on that one. BARRY i've got it. ‘What doesn’t kill me makes Me stronger.’ MOXEY Sounds like U2. BARRY No it’s some philosopher, you prannet. Point is, it’s true. T went through a whole catalogue of emotions. Disbelief. Panic. Paranoia. But here I am. I've survived. I’m not a gibbering wreck. Not gonna wake up in the niddle of the night with the heebie- jeebies... You)go through a thing like that and what can possibly bother you any more? DENNIS Baldness and relegation? BOMBER it's true though. It’s only through adversity a man finds something in him he didn’t know existed. MOXEY Yeah, prison improved me. oz How? MOXEY Well. Like Barry said, I found an inner strength. And I took the sheet metal course. (CONTINUED)aAWP4 EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 41. CONTINUED: (2) 53 on ell you one thing, man. You won't need that shrink no more. Save 4 bob or two there. BARRY You're right. I'm just gonna wake up every morning and say to meself, ‘It's a beautiful day.’ wiMAN Ghat is U2. BARRY I made a promise to myself inside. ‘IE T get out, I'll do things I've never done.’ Y’know, climb Kilimanjaro or take tango lessons, or go hang-gliding. We all should! Break down the barriers of the hut and the boozer and embrace, life with a capital ‘L'! DENNIS Fine. So should we govdown the art gallery or get another round in? They laugh and go»for another round. Neville’s cell phone rings. He shrugs apologetically and gets up. NEVILLE I'd better take this outside. Bit noisy in here. BARRY Give my love to Brenda. Neville leaves. The others exchange glances. oz 1 don’t think that wae Brenda. BARRY what's going on? Have I missed something? MOXEY I've got a guinea pig. But I think you knew that. {CONTINUED}53 54 AWE EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 CONTINUED: (3) WYMAN You've missed all sorts of dramas, Wait till you hear about Oz and Ofelia. oz (quickly) We don’t need to go into all that. We're talking about Neville. DENNIS We don't know what's going on, Barry. But we're gonna do something about it. EXD RESTAURANT NIGHT 34 Neville comes into a side street and stands under the flickering neon of the restaurant sign..@We can still the music from inside. He speaks into his cell phone. NEVILLE Hullo?...I/ve lost you..s A hand taps him on the shoulder. le wheels round and the phone. Tarquin retrieves it and tosses it over. NEVILLE (cont'd) What do you want? TARQUIN You should be pleased to see me. NEVILLE I’m with me mates! TARQUIN 1 want to ask you something about your mates, Neville. Before we go any further. Do they know what you're up to? NEVILLE Course not! TARQUIN Not even one of them? To give you some backbone, A bit of moral support. You don’t strike me as The Lone Ranger. (co Page 42. 53 54 hear drops TINUED)54 55 AWEG EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 43. CONTINUED: 54 NEVILLE Well I am. Look, I’ve got a wife and three kids. That’s why 7 have to work all over the world. I’m ck of it. I want some ‘Sod-you' money. So do we have a deal? ‘TARQUIN Saturday. You can meet the third party. 1/11 let you know where and when. 0% AND BARRY‘S BEDROOM NIGHT 34 55 Barry is well pissed. The emotion of the day and two bottles of wine has caught up with him. Dennis and Oz lower him onto his bed. BARRY Oh dear, the whirling pit... Went a bit over the top. DENNIS You'll sleep well tonight),.man. BARRY Yeah, luxury. He sees the picture of Oz and Ofelia on the wall. BARRY (cont'd) By the way, Oz, what is the situation with the lovely Ofelia? oz Finished. BARRY What was that? er It's over. Kaput. Finito. Dennis shoots him a look ~ is this true? BARRY That's a shame. Cos you were really smitten. Hie eyes close and he’s cone. 02 pulls off his shoes. When he straightens he sees Dennis staring at him. (CONTINUED)55 CONTINUED: What? DENNIS You've finished with Ofelia. And he comes out of jail. And her brother has friends in high places. am I connecting the right dots? oz (after a pause) I had no choice, Den. Not after I saw him in that crap-hole. DENNIS Hell of a price to pay, man. on Aye well. Put it down to experience, eh? That's what you get when you don't get what you want. INT _THE RESIDENCE DAY 35, AWE’ EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 44. 55 56 Neville is at the top of a ladder, finishing some work. He climbs down to discover the rest of the lads have gathered below. They've brought folding chairs in from the garden. Oz and Bonber put a plank cn two trestles to make a bench. NEVILLE What’s this? DENNIS Site meeting. NEVILLE Will it keep? I was gonna grab a quick shower and get off somewhere. DENNIS No it won't keep. Sit down. NEVILLE What do want to talk about? DENNIS We want to talk about you, Neville. You are the object of this meeting. Neville, thrown by this, looks round the ring of faces. (CONTINUED)AWS EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Fage 45. 56 CONTINUED: 56 BARRY It's like, if you were a drug addict, this would be an intervention. That's what they call it, y'see. NEVILLE I'm not a drug addict. oz Look, we're doing this because we care about you. So shut up and park your bum. Neville reluctantly sits. ‘The others circle him. BARRY This is called ‘tough love’, Nev. NEVILLE It's what? BOMBER Sometimes being gentle with someone ain't enough. Needs stronger measures. OZ It means you sit there and we tell you what an arsehole you've been. NEVILLE D don’t have to listen to this - DENNIS Yes you do. You've been acting very peculiar, Nev. Ever since we got here. It's a well known fact you're bonking Pru - NEVILLE That's my concern ~ DENNIS. It isn’t. Look, we all know Brenda. She’s the only ‘pet’ left. They wait for a response. Neville hasn’t got one. WYMAN ‘Then there’s the other stuff. (CONTINUED)AWPS EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 46. CONTINUED: (2) 56 NEVILLE What other stuff? MOXEY Him and me have seen you with Chinese people. Not that we've anything against Chinese people. But it does seem cdd you're out with then and never the leds. WYMAN And Tina says you've been seeing a lot of that Tarquin bloke. That doesn't add up, what have you and him got in common? DENNIS And what about this mystery phone call te Brenda? She thought you'd been kidnapped or something. NEVILLE Look, I have reasons for all) of this. But they're personal and private. 4 Maybe .you have.) But how do you explain this! He producés the Barcelona shirt from under his denim jacket and unfolds it so everyone can see. The colour drains fron Neville‘s face. NEVILLE Where d’you find that? oz under your mattress NEVILLE You've got no right going through ny things! WeNAN Hang about. I don’t know what that is, Oz. oz I’m not surprised you don't. BOMBER, Ne neither. (CONTINUED)ANG EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 47. 56 CONTINUED: (3) 56 o2 It’s the Nan U souvenir shirt, isn’t it? From when they won the Champions League. WYMAN You was wearing it in that club one night. Told me not to tell the others. BARRY Why would you do that, Nev? What would drive you to that sort of deception? oz All this time, Dennis, we've been living with a closet Man U fan! Neville cups his head in his hands. The others wait patiently for his response. When it, comes his voice is low. NEVILLE If you remember, Z never wanted to come on this job. Leave home again. Then, when. I was in the Lakes with the girls, I was approached by British Intelligence. The others exchange disbelieving looks. oz Nice try, Nev, but you'll have to do better than that. NEVILLE It’s true! why d’you think I’m here? It’s the only reason you lot are here. I turned them down, then they said if I played ball we'd get the gig. I'm not supposed to tell you any of this. TI signed the Official Secrets Act, so if you blab about it I could be chot for treason, or whatever it is they do. MOXEY You're really serious? NEVILLE Why d’you think they changed their minds about Oz? (CONTINUED)ANd EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 48. 56 CONTINUED: (4) 56 oz You did that. You went back in there. NEVILLE I made @ phone call. DENNIS Shit! And the OED did a complete one-eighty in the time it took us to get a round in. They think ebout this - suddenly it’s elmest credible. WYMAN Bloody hell - Neville the spy. NEVILLE I've hated every minute of ity Lying to all of you. Lying to my wife. BOMBER Why would they pitk you, Nev? NEVILLE I supposestcos I’m the least likely, Just ordinary. WYMAN Not any more you ain't. You could write your memoirs. They might only publish them in Australia, but etill. NEVILLE I’m not very good at it. I had to doctor a bloke's drink one night. Knock out drops, y’know. The lads are impressed. Wow! oz Hell‘s bollocks, that’s pretty hard core. NEVILLE I drank it myself! In spite of the circumstances the lads laugh. Even Neville smiles and his voice floods with relief. He looks around them all and there's a catch in his voice. (CONTINUED)57 AWPS EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 49. CONTINUED: (5) 56 NEVILLE (cont'd) I'm glad this happened. It’s been a terrible strain. I’m glad you did this, really. Thanks. BOMBER Let it all come out, Nev. Don’t hold anything back. Neville nods and sniffs emotionally. BARRY I think this is where we should all hug. He folds Neville in his arms. The others follow with hugs and backslaps - though this doesn’t sit well with oz. oz Christ, you lock like The Sopranos! MOXEY Big relief though, eh? NEVILLE aye. MOXEY, You must feel like you've just pasced a bowling ball. NEVILLE something like that. INT RECREATION ROOM BRITISH EMBASSY WIGHT 35 5 Rehearsals are taking place. The actors are still ‘on the book’, among them Wyman and Tina. Neville is with Pru at the back. PRU Saturday's fine but Tarquin can't tell you where or when. We have to control the situation. NEVILLE How do we do that? (CONTINUED)58 AWP4 EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 50. CONTINUED: 51 PRU Tell him you want to be in the open air. Lote of people. Feel safer, that sort of thing. NEVILLE Is ‘safe’ something I should worry about? PRU I wouldn't feel happy if your meet was in some back reom in the middle of nowhere. There's a fiesta Saturday. That will suit us all. Stuart turns round and bellows at them. STUART Could we please have some QUIET?! WYMAN Yeah, turn it down, Nev, we're trying to get into this! EXT THE VILLA pay 36 58 Saturday morning. Bomber is doing push-ups in the garden, oz is skipping rope. Moxey is feeding his hamster. Dennis pegs washing on the line. Jamaican rap music blares from inside. Neville comes from the villa, wearing a lightweight jacket and pressed jeans. NEVILLE Wish me luck. BOMBER What‘s the plan exactly? NEVILLE We're meeting in that square by the cathedral. They’1l have cameras somewhere. Flush out Tarquin’s contact and collar them both I expect. Then I told ‘em, I'm done. Moxey strolle up, cradling Seymour. MOXEY Look at him. Nerves of steel, ice in his veins. (NORE) (CONTINUED)59 AWE EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 51. CONTINUED: 58 MOXEY (cont'd) The comforting bulge of a Smith and Wesson under his left armpit. And a cold stiletto strapped to his ankle. The name's Hope. Neville Hope. NEVILLE Piss off, Mox. oz (to Moxey) You lock like Blofeld stroking that overfed ferret. BOMBER Mind how you go, Nev. DENNTS Yeah, take it easy, man. NEVILLE I'll be having a drink with the lads tonight, you can bet on that. He walks away. In spite of their banter, the guys look worried on his behalf. AY 3 53 One side of the) square is dominated by the twin towers and ornate baroque facade of the Catedral de San Crietobal de la Habana. Tt's crowded with people celebrating the fiesta. Bands play different styles of music - creola, rumba, tango and salsa. Dancers in vibrantly coloured spanish/african costumes. Everything is pulsing and moving with noise and celebration. Neville moves through the crowd, past the drummers and guitar players. ‘wo girls ask him to dance but he shrugs them off. He reaches an open terraced cafe at the edge of the square. It's crowded with couples and families, but one table is occupied by Tarquin and another man. He's fair-ekinned and weare a panama hat against the sun. Neville joins them and takes the spare chair. As scon as he sits we HEAR the CLICK and WHIR of a camera. ANOTHER ANGLE - a second story window in the building diagonally across from the café. The glint of a lens between the half-closed shutters. ANOTHER ANGLE - in the crowded square a ‘Tourist’ is shooting film. We've seen him before - he’s the Minder who picked up Neville. He swivels his camera across the three men.60 61 AMPS EPISODE 6 SKOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 52. 6 60 INT SHUTTERED RO The surveillance team’s POV. Neville hands over a buff envelope. The man slides out the contents, quickly examines them, then puts them away. Another envelope changes hands, fromthe man to Neville, as the CAMERA clicks away. Pru is revealed in the shadows of the room, standing behind the shooter. She looks over his shoulder. Her POV: Neville leaves the café and moves back into the festive throng. She flips open her mobile. PRU It’s done. He’s leaving. stay with him till he reaches the car. EXT CATHEDRAL SQUARE_DAY 36 61 ‘The Minder pockets his camera and moves through the crowd, keeping Neville in view - until he’s ewallowed up by the African drums and Spanish guitars of a guajira band. CLOSER on Neville, jostled and pummeled by the laughing, dancing crowd. He's swept into the arms of an exotic, costumed dancer in billowing crimson skirts and a turban. The crowd laugh as she whirls him around and around - and into the arms of two male dancers wearing carnival masks.. Except there/s nothing festive or friendly about their intentions. Neville reacts in alarm as they grip his arme and steer him forcibly through the crowd. The/Minder reacts in alerm - he can’t see Neville anywhere. Three other figures are revealed, scanning the square with anxious eyes - Oz, Dennis and Somber. oz We've lost him - shite! But Bomber is taller than most of the crowd. BOMBER I can see him. He leads the way. Neville’s feet hardly touch the ground as the Dancers lead him past the doors of the cathedral and into a side street.62 63 ANE EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 53. EXT SIDE STREET DAY 36__ 62 The street is deserted. Parked cars and sleeping dogs. Music echoes from the festivities in the square. Neville is hustled past a columned walkway of faded buildings. The guys appear - just in time to get a glimpse of the figures ahead as they enter one of the buildings. They sprint down the street and reach a maseive door in an empty mansion, No way though there. Above them, broken windows, but out of reach. The building next door, like many in Havana, is covered in rickety wooden scaffolding. BOMBER We could climb up that. DENNIS Hang about. That scaffolding’s there to stop the building falling down. Might collapse itself if we set foot on it, 02 Only one.way to’ find out, Den. Bomb, give us a bunk up. The bottom dayer of scaffolding is about ten feet above them. Oz steps into Borber’s cupped hands and hauls himself on’ the rickety framework of criss-crossing poles. 0% (cont'd) It's held so far. Dennis is the next to get a bunk up. The scaffolding creaks, rattles and bends beneath their combined weight. Startled pigeons take off from their nesting places. Bomber watches anxiously as they crab upwards towards broken, shuttered windows. An old ehawled Woman shuffles into view and watches indifferently as she chews tobacco. INT RUINED MANSION GROUND FLOOR pay 36 63 The floor is covered in broken glass, chipped masonry, garbage and plaster. The two Dancers pull off their masks to reveal dark-skinned Hispanics. They look as nervous as Neville as they pull the envelope from his pocket. They open it and can hardly believe the number of dollar bills inside.64 65 66 67 68 68a, 688 AWP4 EPISODE 6 PINK ANENDMENTS 27/5/03 Page 54. INT/EXT FIRST FLOOR ADJACENT HOUSE DAY 36 64 Oz and Dennis find themselves in an empty room. They bash open a door - and nearly fall over a balustrade looking down into an inner courtyard. EXT SIDE STREET DAY 36 65 Bomber waits anxiously outside as the Old Woman recedes down the street. Music still plays from the equare. EXT COURTYARD ADJACENT HOUSE DAY 35 66 Oz and Dennis circle the balustrade till they find stairs leading to the courtyard. It’s full of fallen masonry and junk. “But where do they go from here? He could be in any one of several rooms. They freeze, listening for any sound. Nothing. on (quietly) Got your phone? DENNIS You think we should call for back- up? og Give Nev a bell. Dennis gets the idea, takes out his mobile and thumbs a number . oman 67 INT RUINED MANSION GROUND _ FLO 68 Neville and his assailants are startled as his phone rings inside his jacket. One of them grabs it and smashes it against the wall. EXT___COURTYARD ADJACENT HOUSE DAY 36 68a, Dennis and oz react to the sound of the phone. It’s given them a location. They head through a doorway. INT ROOM ADJACENT HOUSE 68B A room with plasterboard walls - and Neville’s at the other side of one of them. DENNIS Hope that wall’s not braced. (CONTINUED) tee683 68c 69 10 one AWPS EPISODE 6 PINK AMENDMENTS 27/5/03 Page 55. CONTINUED: 688 oz ’ It’s Havana, man. They‘1l be nae * knocking. * They charge the wall tegether, shoulders first. * INT__RUINED MANSION GROUND FLOOR sec + The guys crash through the splintering wall, startling Neville and the two ‘Dancers’. One of them crashes to the floor. The other one, panicked, * takes off. EX? RUINED MANSION DAY 36 69 Bonber reacts to the sound of the big door being unlocked. The Dancer steps out and bounces off Somber‘s chest. BOMBER Oh yeah? Where are you going? One punch, one comatose Cuban. INT___RUINED MANSION GROUND FLOOR 70 * Neville is still trying to work out the score. NEVILLE How? I mean, what - ? DENNIS We've been watching your back, Nev. Just in case, y’know. oz Call it an intervention. That's two you've had this week. Int “SAFE HOUSE’ DAY 3 nm Neville sits on one of the old ratty sofas while Pru pours him a glass of scotch. This time he doesn’t refuse. PRU We've already got a photo ID of Tarquin’s contact. NEVILLE He sounded American. PRU He is, Name’s Frank Chesser. NEVILLE So what is he? (CONTINUED)7 72 AWE EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 56. CONTINUED: A hint of re PRU Wheeler-cealer. Middle man. He'd be the one who‘d shop your info to the drug companies. NEVILLE So who put those goons on me? PRU Tarquin. Cutting you in mast have pissed him off. Against his principles. NEVILLE What’11 happen to him? PRU Nothing good, Neville. NEVILLE What will happen to me? /Cés T want out, I really do. PRU No more than you deserve. And thanks, Neville. Sorry we nearly blew it today. suspicion in her voice as she comments: PRU (cont'd) Fortunate, wasn’t it, that your friends were around? NEVILLE Aye. PRU Coincidence? No idea why they were there at that precise moment? NEVILLE Gone to the fiesta, hadn't they? Hoping to meet women, I should think. Hard to tell if Pru believes nim. EXT THE RESIDENCE (GARDEN) DAY 37 72 Most of the exterior brickwork has been completed. ‘The site has been tidied up - and the lads too. (CONTINUED)73 AMPA EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03. Fage 57. CONTINUED: 72 They stand there with Angel and the Cuban gardeners, as Gary comes out of the house with MRS. TREADAWAY, wife to the Ambassador . MRS. TREADAWAY I'm most impressed, gentlemen. It was just 2 shell when I vas here last. BARRY I can imagine some nice receptions on this lawn, Mrs. Treadaway. MOXBY Strawberries and cream and a champagne piss-up, eh? If the other lads are embarrassed, she isn’t. MRS. TREADAWAY Oh in this heat it's much better to get pie-eyed on Fimms. She moves away. Gary gives them thumbs-up. GARY Well done, lads. Wires and pipes will be out next week. Two sparks and three plumbers. oz They'll have to get their own digs. Noone bunks down with The Seven. DENNIS What about Trasker’s replacement? GARY We seem to be managing as we are. He looks at Dennis, who's pleased - for all of them. EXT _MALECON HAVANA DAY 38 3 Seven figures sit on the sea wall holding fishing rods. the Malecon has its usual mix - families and lovere, teens and old men. And always music from someone's radio. MOxEY ¥'know, when someone's done something like you have, Nev, the Government usually rewards then. (CONTINUED)AWP4 EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 ge 58. 73 CONTINUED: 73 NEVILLE What d'you mean, ‘rew MOXEY Something in the Honours List. An OBE, an MBE a KGB, one of those. NEVILLE Haddaway, man. BARRY No it’s perfectly possible. They'd wait a few years like. Then your name might pop up in the Birthday Honours. Yeah. Course, they'd attribute it to something else. oz What, services to bricklaying? WYMAN Yeah, you could have your own coat of arms. NEVILLE The Bricklayers Arms? BOMBER Two crossed hods and a spirit level. Makes sense to me. MOXEY Your Brenda would fency a day at the Palace, wouldn't she? DENNIS You'd have to spring tor a bloody big hat. NEVILLE It's not gonna happen, man. Then he thinks about it for a moment. NEVILLE (cont'd) canny if it did, though but. oz Hey, if we stick with the OED we might all end up with something. (CONTINUED)14 ANS EPISODE 6 SHOOTING SCRIPT 10/04/03 Page 59. CONTINUED: (2) 13 WYMAN Yeah, bad backs and the oz Listen, helf-pint, we could get posted somewhere dangerous. At some Enbassy that's under siege. Hostile mobs hoying bricks. DENNIS I’m in no hurry to leave Cuba. The others all nod their agreement. BARRY I still say we should do more to absorb the cultural heritage of this place though. Take advantage of it while we're here. oz Bomber smokes cigars. We all drink rum and Moxey races guinea-pigs. What else is there? BARRY I wes thinking of something that might initiate us into the rituals of Cuban amor. They lock at each cther - what has he got in mind? OVER we HEAR music - the throbbing chords of ‘Joalousy’. INT) S DANCE scoot DAY 38 74 A dance class. One by one our lads come into view, cheek-to- cheek with their dancing partners. Swirling and turning to the sensuous strains of the island’s most famous dance - the tango... FADE TO BLACK.