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Title: Out Of Comission

Series: No such place

Writer: P E Leody

SYNOPIS: ANDY FINDS OUT ABOUT THE TERRACED ECLIPSES GIG AND TURNS UP HOPING TO PLAY

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A tall office block faced with a clock tower and the radio station Xurban. Its is shiny and could be mistaken for an old fashioned radio, The time is 15:00

JENNY: ITS 3:00 ON XURBAN, THE COUNTRY'S FASTEST GROWING ROOTS RADIO STATION FOR ALTERNATIVE MUSIC

Jenny, the DJ, with her headphones on talking into her mike

JENNY: THIS IS DJ JENNY DOE, WITH THE AWARD WINNING CRUNCHY AFTERNOON SHOW, IT'S ABOUT THE MUSIC, IT'S ABOUT LIFE

Ian, Thursday and Stuart are seated around a small table in the studio. Ian is drinking canned lager, Stuart the spokesman is neatly dressed and authoritarian, Thursday stares deeply in to space.

JENNY: AND I'M JOINED BY LEGENDARY INFLUENTIAL INDIE BAND 'TERRACED ECLIPSES' WHO PLAY A COMEBACK GIG TONIGHT IN THE CITY.

STUART: HELLO

IAN: WHATCHA

JENNY: STUART? IS THIS A COMEBACK? YOU HAD A CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED DEBUT ALBUM THEN NOTHING, DID YOU EVER SPLIT UP OR JUST DRIFT APART INCOMMUNICADO?

STUART: AT THE TIME WE FELT WE COULD TAKE ON THE WORLD, 10 YEARS LATER WE CAN'T REALLY REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED NEXT

IAN: WHERE'S ANDY

JENNY: THANK YOU IAN, WHERE IS ANDY THE ERSTWHILE LEADER OF THE BAND, IS THERE ANY TRUTH IN THE RUMOURS HE JUST UPPED AND LEFT ON THE EVE OF YOUR WORLD TOUR?

STUART: WELL JENNY AS I SAID 10 YEARS CLOUDS YOUR MEMORY

IAN: HE NEVER LEFT, I'M STILL KEEPING THIS BEER FOR HIM, GETTING WARM THOUGH

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Moley rings the doorbell on the radio station building

Sfx: KERBUZZ

MOLEY: I'VE A CAR TO PICK UP TERRACED ECLIPSES AFTER THEIR INTERVIEW AT HALF THREE

Moley is let in and stands in the doorway of the building her can hear the radio show

JENNY: WELL GOOD LUCK, I HEAR IT'S SELL OUT TONIGHT, ANY MORE DATES TO FOLLOW?

MOLEY: NOT A CHANCE, 10 YEARS AND NOBODY'LL TALK TO THEM

Moley drives the band in his van

STUART: CHEERS MOLEY

IAN: CAN WE STOP AT THE OFFY? I HAD TO FINISH ANDY'S BEER AS THEY WOULDN'T LET ME TO TAKE IT INTO THE FOYER

MOLEY: HOW DID IT GO?

STUART: QUITE WELL, THE CALLERS WERE IN EQUAL MEASURES INTRIGUED AND SKEPTICAL

They pass a poster for the gig it has SOLD OUT out written across it and a bit of graffiti

Caption: TERRACED ECLIPSES SOLD OUT, 10 YEARS AND COUNTING

Close up Thursday in the passenger seat sniffing

THURSDAY: ODD ON TODAY OF ALL DAYS I CAN ALMOST SMELL HIM IN HERE

MOLEY: WELL WE SPENT MANY A FEW YEARS IN HERE TOGETHER, AS WELL AS YOU AND HIM...

STUART: NO I I THINK THURSDAY'S RIGHT IT SMELLS OF ANDY, YOU KNOW THAT SMELL OF

IAN: YEAH BISCUITS

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A dressing room door with the label TERRACED ECLIPSES. There is a knock

Sfx: KERKNOCK, KERKOCK

A hand pokes through the door with a bottle of champagne

CRESS ETC: BEWARE OF GEEKS BEARINGS GIFTS

IAN: OH BRING IT IN WE'LL HAVE LAGER SHANDY

The band CRESS ETC sit on a small sofa in the dressing room

STUART: THANK YOU, YOU'RE CRESS ETC, I'M A IMPRESSED BY YOUR INDIE COMMERCIAL FUSION MUSIC

CRESS ETC: WOW, WE'RE REALLY BIG FANS OF YOURS, YOU MADE US WANT TO PLAY MUSIC

CRESS ETC: THE WEALTH AND THE FAME CAME AS BIT OF A SHOCK AFTER WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU, WE THOUGHT WE'D IMPLODE NOT CONQUER THE WORLD

CRESS ETC: CAN WE HAVE YOUR AUTOGRAPHS FOR, OUR PARENTS

STUART: SURE I'LL SWAP YOU YOUR'S FOR MY SON

CRESS ETC: ARE YOU GOING TO BE DOPING SOME NEW RECORDING, WE'D LIKE TO HEAR HOW YOU'VE COME ON

Thursday tunes up her guitar

STUART: THANKS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR PLAYING TONIGHT, IT BROUGHT US BACK TOGETHER

CRESS ETC: OH GOOD NEWS WE PUT IN A SPECIAL WORD AND THEY'LL GIVE YOU A SOUND CHECK

A speaker in the room sounds

Sfx: SOUND CHECK FOR SUPPORT BAND

STUART: A SOUND CHECK AND A DRESSING ROOM, WE NEVER HAD IT THIS EASY WHEN WE WERE SUPPORTING IN THE OLD DAYS.

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The band take the stage, stage right Stuart on bass and vocals, stage right Thursday on guitar and vocals and in the centre drinking and drumming is Ian

THURSDAY: #IT'S NOT A RACE. YOU'RE NOT WINNING ANYWAY

THURSDAY: #IT'S NOT A COMPETITION STAGE. YOU'RE NOT ON THE PODIUM

THURSDAY: #THAT'S NOT A NATIONAL ANTHEM. NOT UP FOR A LAP OF HONOUR

THURSDAY: #DON'T RUN TO THANK OTHERS. INSANE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER

Moley peeks at the stage from his sound engineering position in the stage left wings

THURSDAY: #OUT OF COMMISSION

STUART: #OUT OF COMMISSION

Close up of Thursday playing the guitar

THURSDAY: #TAKE IT SLOWLY AND REST. THAT WAS A WARNING FOR YOUR HEALTH

THURSDAY: #IT'S THE MOMENT YOU TRAINED FOR. HOW SOON TO GET YOUR LIFE IN ORDER

The crowd going wild

THURSDAY: #OUT OF COMMISSION

STUART: #OUT OF COMMISSION

Looking over Ian's drumming position past the band into the crowd

THURSDAY: #IT WAS A RACE. YOU'RE NOT RUNNING ANYMORE

THURSDAY: #IT CAME TO FRUITION. YOU'RE HAZY THROUGH THE VALIUM

Thursday's foot on an FX pedal

THURSDAY: #OUT OF COMMISSION

STUART: #OUT OF COMMISSION

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Close up of a string snapping on Thursday's guitar

Sfx: KERSNAP

THURSDAY: #OUT OF COMMISSION

STUART: #OUT OF COMMISSION

Thursday calls across stage to Moley

THURSDAY: MOLEY, YOU DOING THIS OR DO WE HAVE A GUITAR TECH YET?

Moley hears Thursday, Andy's head can be seen in the frame

MOLEY: YES, NO

ANDY: YOU MEAN NO, YES

STUART: #OUT OF COMMISSION

Andy walks on stage up to Thursday with a fully strung guitar, he thinks he is going to play she thinks it is a replacement

THURSDAY: THESE GUITAR TECHS JUST KEEP GETTING OLDER

ANDY: YOU WANT ME TO PLAY?

Close up of Thursday talking to Andy, there is no recognition

THURSDAY: WHAT HAVE YOU GOT THERE

ANDY: WIDE NECK DOUBLE HUMBUCKERS, ROTOSOUND 10 ON THE BOTTOM 3 AND SLINKIES ON THE TOP 3, TUNED TO D WITH A 2ND B

THURSDAY: THAT'S WHAT I'M WAITING FOR

ANDY: YOU WANT ME TO PLAY?

Back view of Thursday playing on with the new guitar

THURSDAY: NO I BELIEVE YOU

STUART: #OUT OF COMMISSION

Andy walks off sullen head low

THURSDAY: GIVE IT HERE AND RESTRING THIS

STUART: #OUT OF COMMISSION

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