SHOOTING DOGS screenplay by David Wolstencroft

Episode 5 - Yellow Pages 28.4.04 10.
CONTINUED:
ZOE
One night on a North Sea ferry.
Punishment enough, surely?
Her good mood is at odds with the prevailing sense of portent
in the room. Adam smiles at her, making her feel better.
Then presses play on the monitor --
ON SCREEN: We see time-lapse of an animal dying of pneumonic
plague.
ADAM
Pneumonic plague has a rapid onset,
and most untreated patients die
within 48 hours. It's zoomorphic,
so it can pass from human to animal
and animal to human. I mean, it's
been around for a while. Black
Death and what have you. Hardly
breaking news. But Newland is
perfecting a process that could
mass produce and deliver it on to a
large population.
(beat)
It's home-brewed biochemical
warfare and it scares the shite out
of me I can tell you.
HARRY
From what we know Newland is going
to Norway to meet a fixer for North
Korean technology transfer. The
North Koreans, from what we
understand, want to fund his
research.
DANNY
He's getting himself a Sugar Daddy.
Exactly.
HARRY
DANNY
What a prick.
HARRY
He's a free agent and as far as we
can tell he's become so entwined
with his research he's not paying
attention to the consequences. I'm
a little cautious of bandying the
phrase "renegade scientist" around
but in this case I'm prepared to
make an exception. Giving North
Korea his kind of expertise is only
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hitting fast-forward to a
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potentially Biblical catastrophe.
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