Black Mirror 'The National Anthem' - Pink Script - 1/8/2011 - 17.
The plasma TV is tuned to UKN News, upon which Lucinda Towne * is still blahing on about anything other than this. Footage * of BIN COLLECTION VAN and headline REFUSE ROW. * A slim nurse, BRIAN, is near the desk. Also an orderly, PIKE * (boorish guy in ironic T-shirt). They’re both looking at the * telly. LAUREN arrives and takes her place behind the desk. * LAUREN Is it still not on telly? BRIAN Nothing. Must be a hoax. PIKE * Or a blackout. Just then, the onscreen strap is replaced by a whooshing BREAKING NEWS logo. PIKE (CONT’D) Woah, heads up. LUCINDA TOWNE * (shift in tone to suggest * this is potentially * monumentally upsetting * news for most viewers) * Some major breaking news now here * on UKN. * PIKE (shouting back to some * other staff) * It’s real! Everyone else in the area looks up. Now it’s real. * INT. UKN NEWS STUDIO - DAY 1 15 Full screen on the news report. The BIG BREAKING NEWS STRAP * resolves to PRINCESS KIDNAPPED Beneath that in smaller text: * Susannah Duchess of Beaumont has been kidnapped. * NB TEXT IN BOLD ITALICS WILL BE WHAT IS HEARD IN THE * FOLLOWING SCENES. * LUCINDA * In the last few minutes it's been * confirmed that Susannah, Duchess of * Beaumont has been kidnapped. A * video uploaded anonymously to the * internet appears to depict the * Princess pleading for her life. * STILLS FROM THE VIDEO; PRINCESS KIDNAPPED strap stays up. *
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