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Black Mirror 'The National Anthem' - Pink Script - 1/8/2011 - 60.

There’s an expression playing across their faces -- a sort of final pinch of disgust mixed with the end of a disappointing goalless draw. One guy with a pint talking to his friend: BLOKE Least it’s over with. 130 * Slow mo. A group of concerned passers-by is gathered around someone on the floor. It’s Princess Susannah. A policeman is pushing his way through. EXT. MILLENNIUM BRIDGE - EVENING 1 INT. BANKSIDE STUDIOS TOILET - EVENING 1 131 A poky communal gents toilet cubicle in which Michael is being violently sick, crying and wiping his nose. 132 Outside, Alex waits with a couple of officers. The sound of the PM’s vomiting leaks through the door. Suddenly Alex feels her phone vibrate. She answers it. INT. BANKSIDE STUDIOS CORRIDOR - EVENING 1

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INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR - EVENING 1

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WALKER is in a hospital area; nurses etc. passing in b/g. WALKER She’s back sir, we’ve got her. Susannah.

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INT. BANKSIDE STUDIOS CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS. EVENING 1.

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ALEX They released her?

She signals to Tom Bilce - gestures a thumbs up. Tom looks as relieved as a man who’s just discovered the moon isn’t about to crash into the planet after all. ALEX (CONT’D) Where?

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INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS. EVENING 1.

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WALKER Slap bang in the city. Stumbling around -- sedated -- she can’t remember anything. But she’s unharmed.

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