TV Programme Transcripts

Module 12 Unit 5 Programme A

DRAMA PART 1

STEVE
Cheers! Great to see you!

DANNY
Hey, Dad, there's no alcohol in this, is there?

STEVE
None at all.

DANNY
I have to work tonight. This report needs finishing.

STEVE
You don't have to take work home at the weekend, do you?

DANNY
I have to if I want to keep my job.

STEVE
A young man like you needs to be enjoying life.

DANNY
Well, thanks for the advice, dad, but you needn't have bothered.

STEVE
There's no need for us to argue. I care about you, Danny. When I was your age…

DANNY
Dad, when you were my age life was easier. It was easier to get a job and you didn't
need to pay such ridiculous rents. So I have to work tonight, and that means no
alcohol.

STEVE
I hear you. What do you think of the music?

DANNY
It's not really my thing.

STEVE
Hey, Danny, I've got some news. I've met someone.

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DANNY
You're always meeting people, dad. It will lasts a couple of months and then it'll be
over.

STEVE
You needn't talk to me like that. This time it's different. I'll introduce you. Roxy, baby!

DANNY
Oh, no, dad…

STEVE
Roxy, this is Danny. Danny, Roxy.

ROXANNE
Danny, it's good to meet you. Your dad's told me a lot about you.

DANNY
Yeah, well…

ROXANNE
I hope you enjoyed the music.

DANNY
It was… OK!

STEVE
I knew you two would get along. Now, Danny, Roxanne and I have some wonderful
news….We're going to have a baby.

DANNY
What?!

ROXANNE
Yes, it was a bit of a shock for me too … but it's all going to work out. I think I'd better
leave you two to talk. And I need to get something to eat.

STEVE
No, wait, I'll come with you! Danny, we speak tomorrow, yeah?

STEVE
You needn't have been so rude!

DANNY
I wasn't rude. I was shocked. You're too old to be bringing up a baby.

STEVE
Hey, what's wrong with you? Relax. There's no need to get so worked up. Do you
think I should be predictable and boring because I'm middle-aged?

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DANNY
Do you think I have to be out clubbing every night just because I'm young?

STEVE
You should watch your diet. That dessert's just full of sugar and fat.

DANNY
You see. I can be irresponsible too!

DRAMA PART 2

ANTHONY
You're up late. You know, you've got around a thousand calories on that plate.

DANNY
There's no need to lecture me. You know, my dad eats muesli for breakfast every
day and in my view it doesn't make him a better person.

ANTHONY
Hey, what are you so angry about? I wonder if it's anything to do with your dad.

DANNY
He's starting a new life. He's having a baby, which I think it's ridiculous. I mean, my
new stepmother isn't that much older than me.

ANTHONY
My aunt's with a man fifteen years younger than her and they've been living together
happily for years.

ANTHONY
To tell you the truth, they're the happiest couple I know. Look, there they are. My
other aunts said it would never work. …

DANNY
I guess they were jealous!

ANTHONY
I do believe you're right.

DANNY
Maybe I'm jealous of my father. I don't like the idea of Roxanne taking the place of
mum.

ANTHONY
Roxanne? A cool name for a step mum!

DANNY
Well I'm certainly not calling her mum, that's for sure. Hello? Er …, hi, Roxanne!
Okay ..., yeah, when? Okay. She wants to meet me.

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ROXANNE
Let me start by saying I'm sorry. We weren't very sensitive about telling you I'm
pregnant.

DANNY
Oh, my dad's not the sensitive type. What I'm more concerned with is he's in his late
fifties. He's too old to be having a mid-life crisis.

ROXANNE
I understand. It's a bit of a shock for you.

DANNY
You and I are almost the same age. It's weird!

ROXANNE
To tell you the truth, when I found out I was pregnant, I thought your dad'd be against
having a baby. But when I told him, he was so excited. And we're really happy
together.

DANNY
Well, good for you. I don't want to be jealous of my own father, but he always seems
to land on his feet while I have to work really hard just to survive.

ROXANNE
I know how you feel. It's hard for our generation. How about a drink?

DANNY
No, thanks, I'm off home to finish some reports for work.

ROXANNE
I'm a bit of a workaholic as well. It takes one to know one. In fact, I'm fairly certain
that I was a workaholic, as a graphic designer.

DANNY
Well, maybe I don't need to go just yet.

DANNY
So, how did you meet my father?

ROXANNE
I was working thirteen hours a day as a graphic designer. I started to get bad eye
strain and headaches. So I went to the eye clinic and your dad was really helpful.

DANNY
I bet he was!

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ROXANNE
There's no need for that! I thought I was going blind but he's a brilliant
ophthalmologist. I was really grateful so I invited him to watch me sing.

DANNY
But you don't have to have his baby just because he's a brilliant ophthalmologist!

ROXANNE
No, but I love him. So why not? I think we're about to start rehearsing again …

DANNY
OK, I'd better be off…

ROXANNE
You can stay. Watch for a bit.

DANNY
OK, I will. I'm fairly certain I'm not a workaholic.

STREET INTERVIEWS

Glenn
I'm very happy with the age that I am. Uh, I just turned thirty, yeah this is the best I've
ever been so pretty happy with that.

Nicole
I would speed it up a few years, I'd like to be done with school, I think. I'm twenty-five
now, like twenty-eight would be nice.

Brandy
I wish I can go back to being younger, 'cause when I was younger I used to want to
be an adult so bad, but it comes with so many responsibilities.

David
I am very happy with my age right now. I'm twenty-nine years old. I'm not so young
where I'm naive and dumb, and just running around doing stupid stuff anymore, but
I'm not too old where... I don't wanna just sit around and do nothing as well but, I can
enjoy being outside and doing the simple things in life more than I would when I was
younger.

Thierno
This is the perfect age for me, I'll be thirty years old, so that was, that separates me
from being a kid to being a man so it's a coming of age for me and... Everybody's like
oh, the big 3-0!, like I can't wait. I'm very proud of where I am right now.

Stephen
I think each day is a gift so, no I don't, I don't regret an age, a number, uhm, getting
older... it's a beautiful experience.

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Tina
I'm happy with my age.

Samantha
Yeah, 'cause like, we're young and then, we've still a lot to go.

Tina
You have to take time in your life.

Samantha
Yeah, and if you don't do the things that you do when you're young, you probably
won't be able to do it when you're older.