[SUZIE is sitting at her desktop computer, shaking profusely. THE GHOST is hovering on Suzie’s lap.]

THE GHOST: Everything OK, Suzie?

SUZIE: I’ve never bought a train ticket online before.

[The Ghost’s teeth shatter.]

THE GHOST: You’ll be great, hun.

[The Ghost’s hair is essentially just flames at this point.]

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[BARBARA and JUNE are sitting at the dining table. Barbara has a tea. June does not have a tea. June has a coffee.]

BARBARA: What do you think I’m trying to say when I say, “no”?

JUNE: “Know”?

BARBARA: Exactly!

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[It’s half time between the blues and the reds. SPEEDY has Jaffa Cakes.]

SPEEDY: Jaffa Cake?

50p HEAD: Nah, I’m driving.

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[A MAN WHO DOESN’T LIKE DOUG has his back to DOUG. Doug is tapping him on the shoulder with his finger.]

DOUG: Can you imagine…

[Doug is holding a box that has bit of tape stuck to it with the words SECURITY SEAL printed on.]

…can you imagine a seal working as a security guard?

A MAN WHO DOESN’T LIKE DOUG: No.

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[LILIAN is standing in her kitchen. She’s wearing an apron with the words ‘Just Call Me Jamie Oliver’.]

[Her phone rings. It’s LLEWELLYN, panting.]

LLEWELLYN: How many chicken kievs, again?

LILIAN: Two.

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[BIANCA walks into the kitchen. JEREMY is kissing – full on tongues, mind – an unopen can of tuna.]

BIANCA: Alright, Jez?

JEREMY: Yep. You?

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[STEWART is making a roast dinner, proof reading an essay, sending an email to the gas company, combing his hair, ironing a shirt, mopping the floor, drafting a sonnet, learning French, doing sit-ups, playing the drums, planting some flowers and designing a new cake in his head.]

[Enter POLLY]

POLLY: Can I help with anything, Stewpot?

STEWART: All gravy, baby.

[Stewart dies]

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[JOSHUA and LOUISE are watching one of the Lord of the Rings films. They’re either halfway through the second one or at the end of the third one. They might even be at the beginning of the first one to be honest.]

JOSHUA: Which one’s Grandolf the White?

LOUISE: That one.

JOSHUA: Cool.

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[MILLIE and AMANDA are unnecessarily watering the same houseplant at the same time.]

MILLIE: I’ve been thinking.

AMANDA: Go on.

MILLIE: Do you know what doesn’t get talked about enough?

AMANDA: Cillian Murphy’s portrayal of Jim in Danny Boyle’s 2002 post-apocalyptic horror film 28 Days Later?

MILLIE: Yep!

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[DUSTY FIST and THE BUTCHER’S SON are lugging some boxes from a filthy alley behind a warehouse into the back of a battered black 4×4.]

DUSTY FIST: Can I run my latest poem past you?

THE BUTCHER’S SON: Nah.

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