1. Good evening and welcome back to Play of the Week,Copy !req
2. where each week a new play is performed liveCopy !req
3. in front of a studio audience and broadcast to the nation.Copy !req
4. I am Chris Bean, the director.Copy !req
5. Before we begin tonight's prison break play, one small notice.Copy !req
6. In order to complyCopy !req
7. with the BBC's anti-knife crime policy,Copy !req
8. all knives in tonight's play have been replaced with spoons.Copy !req
9. Also, we are delighted to have Robert's niece,Copy !req
10. Lucy Grove, joining us this evening.Copy !req
11. Er... Thank you.Copy !req
12. I have a message here from Robert,Copy !req
13. he would like to apologize in advanceCopy !req
14. for her subpar performance.Copy !req
15. Well, that's just mean.Copy !req
16. So, the actors are prepared, the stage is set.Copy !req
17. Please enjoy this play, There is No Escape.Copy !req
18. That's the title of the play, I'm not saying there's no escapeCopy !req
19. from this studio, although the fire exits are locked.Copy !req
20. Enjoy.Copy !req
21. Indiana, 76.Copy !req
22. I'd found myself
in the toughest jailCopy !req
23. in the Midwest.Copy !req
24. My name is Billy WheelerCopy !req
25. and I've been inside for six months.Copy !req
26. Stuck staring at a locked door.Copy !req
27. Every day was full of uncertainty.Copy !req
28. Folks went missing in this prison.Copy !req
29. They were here one day and gone the next.Copy !req
30. The only thing I knew for sure was there was no way out.Copy !req
31. I'd spend the rest of my life behind these bars.Copy !req
32. To make matters worse,Copy !req
33. I got moved into a new cell and my cellmate seemed to haveCopy !req
34. taken a disliking to me.Copy !req
35. So... How's it going?Copy !req
36. Folks say you know a thing or two about this prison.Copy !req
37. I said.Copy !req
38. What's it to you?Copy !req
39. He replied.Copy !req
40. Stu Malone.Copy !req
41. I'd heard that before.Copy !req
42. What do they call you?Copy !req
43. Stu Malone.Copy !req
44. I wondered what his name was.Copy !req
45. What are you in for?Copy !req
46. I killed a guy.Copy !req
47. Now I'm just a number.Copy !req
48. I said.Copy !req
49. We looked up at the sky.Copy !req
50. At last, we were free.Copy !req
51. Listen here, if you want to survive in hereCopy !req
52. you better keep your head down.Copy !req
53. Ow!Copy !req
54. So, what'd you do on the outside?Copy !req
55. I... worked in federal construction.Copy !req
56. This jail, it's one of mine.Copy !req
57. So, if this place has any secretsCopy !req
58. you'd know about them, eh, buddy?Copy !req
59. Yeah, I ain't nobody's buddy.Copy !req
60. I'm not here to make friends.Copy !req
61. We shook hands.Copy !req
62. I knew we were gonna be good friends.Copy !req
63. Everyone thinks there's a way out, there ain't.Copy !req
64. Guilty men have got to do their time.Copy !req
65. And right then and there Stu Malone died in my arms.Copy !req
66. No!Copy !req
67. Dinner was delivered by Ol' Wallace.Copy !req
68. He was an ex-boxer with a jaw you could break rocks off.Copy !req
69. Slops up, kids!Copy !req
70. And I got something else for you too.Copy !req
71. Lil Marty picked you up a message.Copy !req
72. What do you got for us, Marty?Copy !req
73. Your guy on the outside sent you this.Copy !req
74. "Bird noise!"Copy !req
75. No, make the noise. "Kaw! Kaw!"Copy !req
76. Vroom, vroom, vroom!Copy !req
77. Good job, Marty.Copy !req
78. Here, have some seed.Copy !req
79. What are you doing?Copy !req
80. Script says, "pecks."Copy !req
81. How much?Copy !req
82. Two bucks. -Buck! Buck!Copy !req
83. Can I owe you?Copy !req
84. Hm...Copy !req
85. Sure.Copy !req
86. Come on, Marty. Fly!Copy !req
87. It's from Jones!Copy !req
88. He says he's gonna help me.Copy !req
89. Please, Stu, I need your help too,Copy !req
90. just get me as far as the fence.Copy !req
91. I told you, there is no escape.Copy !req
92. What if I could prove to you I was innocent?Copy !req
93. If you can prove that why do you need me?Copy !req
94. Cos the Warden's the biggest criminal in the whole pen.Copy !req
95. My wife, Andrea, she was a journalist,Copy !req
96. she was trying to prove just that...Copy !req
97. Trying to prove that... Stop it!Copy !req
98. She was trying to prove just that before...Copy !req
99. Well.Copy !req
100. Without your help, I'm going to spendCopy !req
101. the rest of my life stuck behind these bars.Copy !req
102. Well,Copy !req
103. looks like you better get used to it.Copy !req
104. Alright, boys, lights out!Copy !req
105. Trust me, Stu.Copy !req
106. I'm gonna find a way to convince you.Copy !req
107. Goodnight.Copy !req
108. Goodnight.Copy !req
109. Wallace sure loved his little bird, Marty.Copy !req
110. But the real love of his life was his daughter Olivia.Copy !req
111. Not so fast... take your time.Copy !req
112. Look at the phone, who could it be?Copy !req
113. It's me! -Shut up.Copy !req
114. Now. -Hello?Copy !req
115. Louder. -Hello!Copy !req
116. Softer. -Hello?Copy !req
117. Uh, fine.Copy !req
118. Hello?Copy !req
119. Don't look at him, you're on the phone.Copy !req
120. Sorry.Copy !req
121. Ask who's there. -Who's there?Copy !req
122. Not you. You made the call.Copy !req
123. Who's there?Copy !req
124. It's me, Olivia.Copy !req
125. And it's your imprisoned father...Copy !req
126. Emotions, emotions, emotions.Copy !req
127. Hi, daddy. Come on, tears, Lucy.Copy !req
128. Hi, daddy.Copy !req
129. Think of the time I hit your dog with my car.Copy !req
130. Hi, daddy.Copy !req
131. Come on, Lucy, you cried all day then.Copy !req
132. I couldn't shut you up.Copy !req
133. Robert, are you directing?Copy !req
134. Trying to. They're pretty wooden,Copy !req
135. I can't really get... I am the director.Copy !req
136. Get out, come on! Leave.Copy !req
137. I just wish you could be here for my birthday next week.Copy !req
138. So do I, sweetie.Copy !req
139. Listen, I asked about that journalist you mentioned,Copy !req
140. Andrea Wheeler.Copy !req
141. There's no record of any story she was writingCopy !req
142. about the prison.Copy !req
143. It's strange, like all the files have just disappeared.Copy !req
144. Oh, oh! Quiet!Copy !req
145. Sorry, I forgot the journalistCopy !req
146. was killed by the warden. Shut up!Copy !req
147. Sorry, that's the twist!Copy !req
148. Damn it. I got to go, my quarter's running out.Copy !req
149. Say your brother Timmy wants to speak to him.Copy !req
150. Erm... Timmy wants to speak to you.Copy !req
151. Waah, daddy! Wah!Copy !req
152. I'm a sad little boy.Copy !req
153. Stop adding characters!Copy !req
154. Fine I have to go. Apparently, I don't exist.Copy !req
155. I love you, Olivia.Copy !req
156. I'm sorry to not be there with you.Copy !req
157. I love you too, daddy... -Woah! Done. Right. Scene three!Copy !req
158. The rec room
was dangerous,Copy !req
159. some of the guys were real mean.Copy !req
160. And the meanest of them all
was Mick the Muscle.Copy !req
161. And his goon Rex.Copy !req
162. I remember that day, I was minding my own business,Copy !req
163. just sipping on a soda.Copy !req
164. When I saw how much trouble Old Slugger Wallace was in.Copy !req
165. Hey, Mick, you hungry?Copy !req
166. Yeah. Hey, Wallace!Copy !req
167. Yeah! Hey, Wallace!Copy !req
168. It's time for my double portions.Copy !req
169. Oh, Mick, you know I can't do that no more.Copy !req
170. They're gonna take away my yard timeCopy !req
171. and then I can't find Marty no worms.Copy !req
172. Well, that's too bad, because Mick the MuscleCopy !req
173. needs his protein! Huh!Copy !req
174. 50!Copy !req
175. Yeah, that's how we do it on D-Wing!Copy !req
176. You said it, Mick.Copy !req
177. Hey, hey! Come on now! Give those back!Copy !req
178. What you gonna do old man?Copy !req
179. Yeah, what are you gonna do?Copy !req
180. Hey! Leave him alone.Copy !req
181. What the hell are you doing? We don't want any trouble.Copy !req
182. Well, you got trouble.Copy !req
183. Thanks for the soda.Copy !req
184. Just... leave the old man alone.Copy !req
185. You're gonna regret...Copy !req
186. Is there a problem, gentlemen?Copy !req
187. Warden, I... I didn't see you there.Copy !req
188. Ah...Copy !req
189. twist.Copy !req
190. That's not a twist.Copy !req
191. We were just... talking.Copy !req
192. Ain't that right, Wallace?Copy !req
193. Er, yeah. Yeah.Copy !req
194. We were just having a nice little chit chat.Copy !req
195. Well, is that so?Copy !req
196. Mick, Mick, Mick, Mick, Mick...Copy !req
197. My office, let's go.Copy !req
198. Yes, boss.Copy !req
199. Don't think this is over, Malone.Copy !req
200. One day soon you, boys, are gonna get a taste of these!Copy !req
201. Huh! Huh!Copy !req
202. Mick and the Warden were up to no good.Copy !req
203. They headed to the office,Copy !req
204. where all the shady business went down.Copy !req
205. Relax, Mick. You're not in trouble.Copy !req
206. Tell me something.Copy !req
207. Do you trust me?Copy !req
208. Sure.Copy !req
209. I've always looked up to you.Copy !req
210. Mick...Copy !req
211. you got a problem with Billy?Copy !req
212. No, warden.Copy !req
213. That's too bad, cause I do...Copy !req
214. I got some... Argh!Copy !req
215. I've got something for you, Mick.Copy !req
216. Take a look in this drawer.Copy !req
217. My file.Copy !req
218. That's right.Copy !req
219. 27 conduct violations, but if this went missing,Copy !req
220. you'd be out on parole next month.Copy !req
221. Smell that fresh air, Mick!Copy !req
222. How'd you like to be out there breathing it in?Copy !req
223. What do you want?Copy !req
224. Wheeler's appeal's coming up next week.Copy !req
225. Argh!Copy !req
226. So? -New evidence has come to light.Copy !req
227. But if they find him innocent,Copy !req
228. then they'll go looking for the real killer.Copy !req
229. I can't have that,Copy !req
230. not if I want to work in... high office.Copy !req
231. I need Billy to disappear.Copy !req
232. Like the others.Copy !req
233. You hear something?Copy !req
234. There's no one there.Copy !req
235. Let me get you a drink.Copy !req
236. Whisky? -Sure.Copy !req
237. You alright? You seem a little jumpy.Copy !req
238. I won't be if you make sure Billy misses his court date.Copy !req
239. And while you're at it,Copy !req
240. take care of his friend Malone too.Copy !req
241. Ha! I'll drink to that.Copy !req
242. Stu caught up to me in the hall,Copy !req
243. shaking in his boots.Copy !req
244. Hi, Billy.Copy !req
245. We got to get out of here, fast.Copy !req
246. You finally believe I'm innocent?Copy !req
247. I know you're innocent, kid,Copy !req
248. and I know unless we get out of here soon we'll be dead.Copy !req
249. And right then and there Stu Malone died in my arms.Copy !req
250. No, not yet!Copy !req
251. You find us a getaway driver, I'll get us out of here.Copy !req
252. If we were gonna break out of prison,Copy !req
253. I knew exactly who to call.Copy !req
254. Jones, it's me.Copy !req
255. Everything's set for tonight.Copy !req
256. Be ready outside the East Wall in the fastest car you've got.Copy !req
257. I'm on my way.Copy !req
258. Jones was a specialist. He could bust out of anywhere.Copy !req
259. There wasn't a prison in the worldCopy !req
260. that could hold him.Copy !req
261. Everything was falling into place.Copy !req
262. That is until Stu headed down to the shower block,Copy !req
263. and made the mistake of letting his guard down.Copy !req
264. Ha, ha! Well, well, well...Copy !req
265. What do we have here?Copy !req
266. Mick, I was just leaving.Copy !req
267. Not so fast.Copy !req
268. What are you, afraid of something?Copy !req
269. I'm not afraid of you.Copy !req
270. You should be.Copy !req
271. Oh, yeah, why's that?Copy !req
272. You see these skulls?Copy !req
273. You see these...Copy !req
274. You see these skulls?Copy !req
275. I got one for each guy I killed.Copy !req
276. Maybe you ought to treat usCopy !req
277. with a little more respect.Copy !req
278. I'm not afraid of two goons,Copy !req
279. who ain't got one brain cell between them.Copy !req
280. Come here and say that to my face, Malone!Copy !req
281. Ha!Copy !req
282. Ugh!Copy !req
283. Oh!Copy !req
284. Come on, let's get out of here!Copy !req
285. Stu!Copy !req
286. You're gonna be okay, Stu.Copy !req
287. Listen to me, Billy.Copy !req
288. There's only one window in this place without barsCopy !req
289. or locks on it.Copy !req
290. Where is it?Copy !req
291. In the warden's office.Copy !req
292. It'll get you out into the yard.Copy !req
293. You can make it from there.Copy !req
294. I'm gonna make them pay for this.Copy !req
295. Then he looked at me and said his last words.Copy !req
296. No, Billy.Copy !req
297. You got to be better than them,Copy !req
298. or no matter how far you run you'll never be...Copy !req
299. free.Copy !req
300. Then he looked at me and said his last words.Copy !req
301. Prison...Copy !req
302. Prison is...Copy !req
303. We're in prison.Copy !req
304. After Stu was killed,Copy !req
305. the prison was gripped with tension.Copy !req
306. The whole place was on a spoon edge.Copy !req
307. At meal time, Wallace came by to try and cheer me up.Copy !req
308. I was sorry to hear about Stu.Copy !req
309. No, no, no, no!Copy !req
310. Thanks, Wallace, but I'm not hungry.Copy !req
311. Trust me...Copy !req
312. Trust me, you're gonna want to eat your dinner tonight.Copy !req
313. I said, I'm not hungry.Copy !req
314. There's a... there's a special ingredient.Copy !req
315. A key! Wallace! Where the hell did you get this?Copy !req
316. Marty's good for more than just sending messages.Copy !req
317. He lifted a key off McKenzieCopy !req
318. and my daughter made a copy in her shop.Copy !req
319. I got something for you.Copy !req
320. Yeah?Copy !req
321. Oh, chocolate.Copy !req
322. For your daughter's birthday. You're coming with me.Copy !req
323. No. No, no, no. I don't want to slow you down.Copy !req
324. I got arthritis in my knees, and my jaw comes off!Copy !req
325. Hide by the soda machines in the rec roomCopy !req
326. at the end of your rounds.Copy !req
327. I'll meet you there at midnight.Copy !req
328. You're a good boy, Billy Wheeler.Copy !req
329. Come on, Marty.Copy !req
330. What the hell are you doing?Copy !req
331. "Flies down."Copy !req
332. I climbed out of the top bunk with the key in my hand.Copy !req
333. I never felt so free.Copy !req
334. Alright, boys, lights out.Copy !req
335. Turn the lights out!Copy !req
336. Lights! Out!Copy !req
337. Fine.Copy !req
338. At midnight I got out of bedCopy !req
339. and used the key to unlock my cell.Copy !req
340. I was out.Copy !req
341. I walked down the hall and took a rightCopy !req
342. and headed over to the soda machines.Copy !req
343. No, no, no, no, no! We need those.Copy !req
344. You...Copy !req
345. Argh!Copy !req
346. Wallace was waiting in the rec room,Copy !req
347. just like we planned.Copy !req
348. But suddenly Officer McKenzie showed up.Copy !req
349. Quick, behind the soda machine.Copy !req
350. It was a close call.Copy !req
351. We ran out of the rec room,Copy !req
352. headed out of the corridorCopy !req
353. and made our way to the shower block.Copy !req
354. I'd stashed a pair of bolt cutters in the drainCopy !req
355. and a length of rope behind a loose tile.Copy !req
356. But suddenly there he was.Copy !req
357. Going somewhere, Billy Wheeler?Copy !req
358. Oh, and you're taking grandpa with you, ain't that sweet?Copy !req
359. Well, I hate to break it to you, Billy,Copy !req
360. but you just got the death penalty.Copy !req
361. Ha!Copy !req
362. Stabbed in the back!Copy !req
363. Rex!Copy !req
364. If you're busting out,Copy !req
365. I'm coming with you!Copy !req
366. I ain't going nowhere with this low life.Copy !req
367. We shook hands, I knew we were gonna be good friends.Copy !req
368. Like hell you're coming with us!Copy !req
369. You know what the last thing Stu said to me before he died was?Copy !req
370. He said,Copy !req
371. "Prison...Copy !req
372. Prison is...Copy !req
373. We're in prison."Copy !req
374. I couldn't have put it better myself.Copy !req
375. If he wants to come with us, I say let him.Copy !req
376. Alright, but we got to get out of here quick,Copy !req
377. before McKenzie comes back.Copy !req
378. Let's get up to the warden's office.Copy !req
379. No, no, no! No! No!Copy !req
380. We arrived in the office and ran over to the open window.Copy !req
381. There's the window.Copy !req
382. Well, good evening, gentlemen. -Warden!Copy !req
383. Take one more step and I'll have McKenzie punch your lights out.Copy !req
384. No! Not now!Copy !req
385. I can't let you go any further.Copy !req
386. It took a lot of work to get you here in the first place.Copy !req
387. You put me here? -That's right.Copy !req
388. I needed you somewhere where I could keep an eye on you.Copy !req
389. Make sure no-one found out who really killed your wife.Copy !req
390. It was you! -That's right!Copy !req
391. Big twist! No one saw it coming.Copy !req
392. But why?Copy !req
393. Er...Copy !req
394. Why did you murder my wife?Copy !req
395. Because...Copy !req
396. Because...Copy !req
397. Because she discovered the murder.Copy !req
398. She discovered her own murder?Copy !req
399. How could she discover her own murder?Copy !req
400. Have you not read the script?Copy !req
401. I read my lines.Copy !req
402. My wife, the journalist,Copy !req
403. discovered the murder that happened in the prison.Copy !req
404. I thought she was the locksmith.Copy !req
405. No, that's your daughter who we met on the phone.Copy !req
406. With the brother.Copy !req
407. Who's the brother? -I'm the brother.Copy !req
408. You're the warden!Copy !req
409. The Warden is my daughter's brother?Copy !req
410. Yes! Twist!Copy !req
411. No! -Yes!Copy !req
412. The warden is the young girl's brotherCopy !req
413. who goes on to kill his own father.Copy !req
414. It's Star Wars.Copy !req
415. That's not Star Wars at all!Copy !req
416. I've not seen it.Copy !req
417. What happens in Star Wars?Copy !req
418. In Star Wars he is the father.Copy !req
419. Luke thinks Vader killed his father,Copy !req
420. but it turns out he is his father.Copy !req
421. He's his own father?Copy !req
422. No, Vader is Luke's father!Copy !req
423. Woah, spoilers!Copy !req
424. Okay, well, who's Samuel L. Jackson?Copy !req
425. That's the prequel.Copy !req
426. Shut up!Copy !req
427. Right, my wife, the journalist,Copy !req
428. discovered the murder that happened in the prison.Copy !req
429. So, the warden had her murdered.Copy !req
430. But why did you need Mick to kill Billy?Copy !req
431. So none of the guards suspect I'm in on it.Copy !req
432. But now McKenzie knows it was you.Copy !req
433. Yes, that's why you shoot her!Copy !req
434. Brilliant! Yes, okay! Bang!Copy !req
435. Okay. So, I framed you for the murderCopy !req
436. and then I had you transferred hereCopy !req
437. so I could keep an eye on you.Copy !req
438. But then, you met the old man has the daughterCopy !req
439. who makes the key and has a brother,Copy !req
440. who's also me but isn't the warden.Copy !req
441. Right, everyone clear?Copy !req
442. Yes. -I'm not.Copy !req
443. Doesn't matter, you're a bird!Copy !req
444. Vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom!Copy !req
445. Alright, here we go. I ought to thank you.Copy !req
446. If I'd killed you the day you walked through the door,Copy !req
447. folks would've asked questions, but shooting a prisonerCopy !req
448. who trying to escape...Copy !req
449. No one's gonna bat an eyelid.Copy !req
450. You crook!Copy !req
451. Get him, Marty!Copy !req
452. What are you doing?Copy !req
453. "Bird sweeps in."Copy !req
454. Vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom!Copy !req
455. Quick, out the window!Copy !req
456. We darted out of the window and over to the wall.Copy !req
457. No, no, no, no! We need it, we need it!Copy !req
458. We'll never get under this wall.Copy !req
459. We're not going under we're going over.Copy !req
460. Hand me the rope.Copy !req
461. Over we go.Copy !req
462. Nice work, boys.Copy !req
463. But how are we gonna get past all that?Copy !req
464. Bolt cutters.Copy !req
465. Worked like a charm.Copy !req
466. Come on!Copy !req
467. Piece of cake.Copy !req
468. It was then I saw him.Copy !req
469. Jones, my getaway driver,Copy !req
470. pulling up in a gleaming red Buick Lesabre.Copy !req
471. You boys looking for a ride?Copy !req
472. Let's go. -Everybody in!Copy !req
473. Hey! There they are!Copy !req
474. They're right on our tail!Copy !req
475. Hey, watch out for that ramp!Copy !req
476. Everybody, hold on!Copy !req
477. Woah!Copy !req
478. I think we lost them.Copy !req
479. We drove for hours into the night.Copy !req
480. Until finally we pulled up outside a gas stationCopy !req
481. near Bloomington.Copy !req
482. What now?Copy !req
483. I've got to call a guy who'll get you over the border.Copy !req
484. I'll go find a phone.Copy !req
485. I was glad to be out,Copy !req
486. but that was nothing compared to seeing Wallace reunitedCopy !req
487. with his daughter after 20 years.Copy !req
488. His jaw was on the floor.Copy !req
489. Happy Birthday, Olivia.Copy !req
490. I'm Timmy, I'm here too. It's also my birthday.Copy !req
491. Thanks, daddy. -Where's the chocolate?Copy !req
492. I've missed you so much.Copy !req
493. Dead dog, dead dog, dead dog.Copy !req
494. I've missed you so much.Copy !req
495. Think of your parents' divorce.Copy !req
496. I've missed you so much.Copy !req
497. Think of the time you soiled yourself at your ballet recital.Copy !req
498. That was you.Copy !req
499. Oh, yes.Copy !req
500. Twist!Copy !req
501. This is the best birthday presentCopy !req
502. I could have ever dreamed of.Copy !req
503. We looked up at the sky.Copy !req
504. At last, we were free.Copy !req