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ONE DAY
by
David Nicholls
Based on the novel by David Nicholls
Yellow Pages - 27th July, 2010
Pink Pages - 14th July, 2010
Blue pages- 12th July, 2010
Shooting draft - 2nd July, 2010
Interim draft #2 - 11th June, 2010
Interim draft - 28th May, 2010
White - 8th April, 2010
Hadrian Productions Ltd
1st Floor, D-Block
Ealing Studios
London, W5 5EP
Tel: +44 (0) 20 8758 8541
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EXT. EDINBURGH STREET - NIGHT
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The early hours of the morning, and along Edinburgh 
streets a group of friends are heading home from a party, 
drunk and boisterous from the celebrations 
They wear or carry graduation capes and mortar-boards. 
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EXT. EDINBURGH STREET - EARLY DAWN
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In amongst them, find - EMMA MORLEY, 22 years-old. Bright 
expressive eyes behind NHS spectacles, hair badly-cut, she 
is pretty, but seems almost annoyed by the fact. A little 
awkward, a little removed from the crowd. 
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EXT. EDINBURGH STREET - DAWN
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A crossroads. Friends are leaving now, as the street 
lights turn off. Emotional embraces, promises to write. 
DEXTER MAYHEW, handsome, confident, is embracing his best 
pal CALLUM.
DEXTER
I bloody love you, Cal, really I do. 
CALLUM
You too, mate.
And now TILLY’s joining in - 
TILLY
Group hug!
EMMA watches the camaraderie, impatient as CALLUM and 
TILLY start to kiss.  DEXTER turns to EM, smiles -
EMMA
I should go too. Tilly? Tills? Hellooo?
But TILLY’s not going anywhere as the kiss continues. EM 
and DEXTER take each other in for the first time. 
DEXTER
We’ve never actually met. I’m -
EMMA
DEXTER
EMMA
called me Julie and spilt red wine down 
my top. 
DEXTER
I’m so sorry - 
EMMA
Not at all, you were delightful. 
DEXTER
Was I?
EMMA
No. No, you weren’t.
A beat, a smile - she’s letting him off. 
EMMA (CONT’D)
Tilly, I’m going now. Tilly? 
DEXTER
Callum, mate?
But they’re not listening. TILLY gestures (or hisses) 
JUST. GO. AWAY! EMMA gives in. Shaking DEXTER’s hand -
DEXTER (CONT’D)
So if you’re not called Julie - 
EMMA
And she’s going. Impulsively -
DEXTER
I’ll walk you home.
EMMA regards him - a decision.
EMMA
Well, this is a bad idea.
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INT. HALLWAY, EMMA’S FLAT, EDINBURGH - DAWN
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They continue kissing as they stumble into EMMA’s flat. 
EMMA
So - this is me!
Drunk, laughing, they tumble towards the bedroom.
INT. EMMA’S BEDROOM, EDINBURGH - DAWN
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EMMA, a little nervous, still in her underwear, is talking 
too much.
EMMA
...debate is fine, but anyone can talk. 
Sometimes action’s what we need -
DEXTER
(nuzzling her neck)
To change the world, I completely agree.
EMMA
...and that’s what’s so exciting about 
theatre as a medium.
(DEXTER sighs, gives up)
Do you have any principles, any ideals?
DEXTER
Of course I do!
EMMA
Sleeping with two women at the same time 
is not an ideal.
DEXTER
Well you 
say
 that...
EMMA allows a brief smile, then quickly stamps on it.
EMMA
So go on then. What’s the masterplan?
DEXTER
Back home to London, then India, 
Thailand...
EMMA
‘Travelling’. Why not just say I’m off on 
holiday for three years?
DEXTER
Because travel broadens the mind.
EMMA
I think you’re probably a bit too broad-
minded as it is.
(his cue to kiss her again)
Anyway, I didn’t mean 
tomorrow
 or this 
time next year, I meant the future-
future. What are you going to be when 
you’re, I don’t know...forty?
DEXTER
Forty
? Good god, forty. Can I say famous? 
Rich?
EMMA
Terrible. Just a terrible human-being -
DEXTER
The thing is, I’ve given it some thought, 
this getting-older-thing, and I’ve 
decided I’m going to stay exactly as I am 
right now.
EMMA
(taking him in)
You always look like you’re waiting for 
someone to take your photo.
DEXTER
You want me to go?