Pennod 1 Parch

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-DISTORTED CONGREGATIONAL SINGING

-"For I am fiercely

-and wonderfully made"

-Dear God, why didn't you give me

-the ability to repair a bike tyre?

-It says here I have to look

-for the hole, but I can't find one.

-So if there's no hole,

-how does the air escape?

-I could do without this today.

-Can't I just pump it back up

-and hope for the best?

-What did you do with the car keys?

-Nothing.

-Nothing.

-

-They were on the kitchen table.

-Help me with this

-and I'll help you look.

-I haven't got time, Myf.

-Why didn't you give me a husband

-who knows how to do these things?

-Or, come to think of it,

-how to do anything for himself.

-I didn't get it.

-That British Academy grant.

-I spent three months

-on that application. Myfanwy!

-I'm sorry to hear that,

-but we go through this every year.

-When did you last have the keys?

-Try the fridge.

-Try the fridge.

-

-Another year stuck in seminars...

-..marking, marking and more marking

-instead of excavating.

-You just haven't found

-the right project.

-I don't know how you thought

-you could find Rhys ap Tewdwr...

-..if you can't even find these.

-Who put them in there?

-Who put them in there?

-

-Gwenlli!

-Aren't you going to reply?

-Sophie. I haven't seen her in weeks.

-Oh, my God, stop reading my phone.

-What have I told you

-about those OMGs in this house?

-Gwern? Gwern!

-MOBILE RINGS

-Good morning, Mr Jarman.

-I'm on my way to church now.

-Oh, Lord...

-..please support Pavarotti

-in his illness.

-Be a spiritual support

-for his brother Domingo...

-..through this difficult time.

-Amen.

-Gwern!

-Could you repeat that, Mr Jarman?

-I'm on the hands-free.

-What did they do this time?

-Have they taken anything?

-Mam?

-I don't like the idea of putting

-cameras in church, you know that.

-Perhaps God needs some privacy.

-Mam?

-I think Pavarotti's going to die.

-I think Pavarotti's going to die.

-

-I'll keep an eye on him.

-Don't do anything rash, Mr Jarman.

-I can't,

-I have a coffee morning and I'm...

-Shit! Terwyn, I want a lift!

-Listen, can I call you back?

-Oh, Terwyn.

-MOBILE RINGS

-MOBILE RINGS

-Hello? Yes.

-Yes.

-I'm sorry to hear that.

-Which ward is he on?

-Emlyn.

-Right.

-Of course.

-Thanks for letting me know.

-What if something happens

-to Pavarotti?

-We'll phone the school.

-Tortoises hibernate over winter.

-Terrapins might do the same.

-Martha's coming over tonight

-to pray with me.

-I'm only trying to save her.

-It's nothing physical.

-BELL RINGS

-Sorted? Did you get the note?

-We'll have to go

-straight after registration.

-Jeez, take that look off your face!

-Just act normal.

-It'll all be fine, OK?

-When are you getting married?

-That soon?

-Yes, I occasionally

-have some meetings at home.

-Tonight?

-Yes, come over.

-And he's an atheist?

-We'll discuss that too. Bye now.

-Sorry, but I can't deal

-with an atheist on Monday morning.

-There are seven days in a week.

-Space it out a little, will you?

-Good morning, Mrs Griffiths.

-Yes, I'm on my way

-to the coffee morning.

-I'm calling by the church first.

-Of course I know

-how important it is...

-..to get the right person

-to draw the raffle.

-OK, bye now.

-Good morning, Mr Jarman.

-The third time this month.

-Nothing's missing

-and nothing's been disturbed.

-If you don't count the candles.

-It's like the Blackpool

-illuminations in here.

-How much would an alarm cost?

-I don't know.

-John, a friend of a friend,

-is in the security business.

-He's a Nonconformist

-but he might do us a favour.

-"For I am fiercely

-and wonderfully made."

-Someone has something to say.

-What do you think

-they're trying to say?

-Well, nobody broke in here

-in TJ's day.

-I'm just saying.

-That's not all, vicar.

-Well, how did they get up there?

-That's the communion table.

-Trust me, Mr Jarman.

-Remember health and safety!

-Pink's not your colour, Jesus.

-It's more your colour, Mr Jarman.

-Right. Oh!

-Is she going to be alright?

-Slight concussion, but I'd like

-to take a scan to make sure.

-I'd better cancel

-the coffee morning then.

-But I'm meant to draw the raffle.

-Hello, Myfanwy. I'm Dr Morgan.

-How are you feeling?

-Can you tell me what day it is?

-It's Monday morning...

-..and I'm meant to be

-in a coffee morning.

-We've tried phoning Terwyn

-but there's no answer.

-I know.

-His phone's in the flowerpot,

-under the soil.

-Don't try to get up.

-I'll arrange a scan for you.

-Will you stay with her

-to keep her company?

-She needs someone

-to lift her spirits.

-You can't be too careful

-with a blow to the head.

-No, no.

-It happened to my cousin Barry.

-He was fine for hours afterwards...

-..but later...

-..seven hours later...

-..he was dead.

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-I've been thinking.

-Perhaps we should consider

-investing in one of those systems...

-..where a sensor

-sends a message to a mobile.

-No alarm, no noise.

-I could get John to install it

-this afternoon if you want.

-Whose number will be on the system?

-Whose number will be on the system?

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-Crikey, don't look at me.

-I've had a new hip.

-It won't last very long if I'm

-up and down the stairs all night.

-Really,

-there's no need for you to stay.

-I thought

-I'd go and check who else is here.

-I'm bound to know someone.

-TJ was great

-at doing his rounds, you know.

-Thank you for your help, Mr Jarman.

-How am I meant to compete

-with a dead vicar?

-TJ.

-Jarman will never stop

-harping on about him.

-Since when did keeping a church

-become so problematic, God?

-I really thought

-I had a chance this year.

-Maybe you'll get it next year.

-Maybe you'll get it next year.

-

-If I'm still here next year.

-If I don't get a grant soon,

-I'll be out on my ear.

-Oh, listen to me.

-What kind of tutor am I?

-I'm meant to inspire you and find

-the archaeologists of the future.

-I haven't uncovered

-anything worthwhile for years.

-But you found Tudur Aled's quill.

-I can't dine out on that for ever.

-We need something better.

-It's always going to be

-Sarn Helen and Roman remains.

-What we need

-is someone from our own history.

-Not just their footprints but proof

-that they lived and breathed.

-We need to find a corpse.

-We need to find a corpse.

-

-Bones, Angharad. Bones.

-The money's in skulls, Angharad.

-Skulls.

-I feel much better now.

-I don't want the NHS

-to waste money on a scan.

-I've a lot to do this afternoon.

-I've a lot to do this afternoon.

-

-We won't be long, vicar.

-Myfanwy, please.

-There it is.

-Stop freaking out, will you?

-Tons of girls

-do this every day. Come on.

-I'm not sure I want them to see

-what's between my ears, God.

-Do you think they can see you?

-What do vicars' brains look like?

-They're full of dust

-more than likely.

-Fifteen minutes, she said.

-Fifteen.

-I never usually

-get a minute to myself.

-You've gone a long way

-to give me some peace, God.

-I will say that.

-"Come to me, all you

-who are weary and burdened...

-"..and I will give you rest."

-I've things to do.

-I've paged the doctor

-so that he can check your scan.

-I thought I was free to go.

-You're lucky.

-He's almost finished his clinic.

-I think it's best you stay, Myfanwy.

-Oh, no.

-Alright, rev?

-I'm so glad to see you.

-Not many people

-say that to a funeral director.

-You look smart.

-You look smart.

-

-Be quiet. Long story.

-I was meant to visit Mr Eirias,

-but I think I'm, well...

-I promised Mrs Eirias

-I'd pack his stuff...

-..while I wait to collect his body.

-I promised her.

-You can't be everywhere at once.

-Leave that to God.

-He arranged his funeral with me

-a while ago.

-Do you know

-what he wants them to sing?

-Pwy Fydd Yma 'Mhen Can Mlynedd?

-He's reminding everyone

-that they won't be far behind him.

-The doctor will see you now.

-Right, I'd better go.

-Your husband can accompany you.

-Your husband can accompany you.

-

-He's not...

-I don't want to go in alone.

-Alright.

-Come on then.

-We don't usually give the results

-as quickly as this.

-Is it more than just a knock?

-It's nothing to do with that.

-This has been there for years.

-Since you were born, probably.

-So it's nothing to worry about then?

-You have what's known as

-arteriovenous malformation.

-There's an abnormal connection

-between your arteries and veins.

-Have you been having headaches?

-Problems sleeping?

-Have you been seeing things?

-I'm a vicar.

-It's an occupational hazard.

-What's the prognosis, doctor?

-Well, Mr Elfed...

-What treatment

-do I need to cure it?

-Usually, surgery's required

-to stop the bleeding. A craniotomy.

-But there may be a risk of stroke...

-..or coma...

-There's no point

-focusing on the negative, is there?

-Hold on, surgery?

-I can't be horizontal for weeks.

-People rely on me.

-That's up to you.

-PAGER BEEPS

-PAGER BEEPS

-

-Put it like this.

-We don't normally find one of these

-until we do an autopsy.

-I'm sorry, I have to go.

-There we go,

-Mr Eirias is in safely.

-He didn't look too bad, considering.

-HE HUMS CALON LAN

-You didn't have to come with me.

-It's the least I could do.

-It's the least I could do.

-

-You know what I mean.

-You shouldn't have gone

-to such trouble.

-Tuck in, as though you're famished.

-Thank you very much.

-It all happened so quickly

-in the end.

-I'm glad he didn't suffer.

-He's gone to a better place,

-hasn't he?

-To a better place?

-To a place that's bloody colder.

-I've been lying in that fridge

-for hours.

-Old Gloria's

-quite the actress, isn't she?

-It's the best day of her life.

-Any idea how much I left her?

-It's important

-you have time to grieve.

-Grieve? Grieve, indeed!

-"Thank goodness I don't have

-to live with that devil any more."

-That's what she's thinking.

-That's what she's thinking.

-

-What will I do without him?

-I'll tell you what.

-Cash in

-the 150,000 I've left her...

-..and go on a Baltic cruise

-with Gerald next door.

-He arranged everything for you,

-fair play to him.

-You know I won't go to heaven now...

-..because I didn't receive

-the last rites from you.

-Judging from your appearance,

-you won't be long after me either.

-Tick-tock, tick-tock.

-Vicar, have a Garibaldi at least.

-You're very pale.

-I think the coffin

-that Mr Eirias chose...

-..is appropriate.

-Oh, yes, it is.

-We're fasting, remember?

-But I'm starving.

-But I'm starving.

-

-We've only been fasting...

-..for 17 minutes.

-That terrapin tank stinks.

-Have you found my phone?

-Fasting allows God

-to hear our prayers.

-Pavarotti will have

-a better chance of surviving.

-I put it in my pocket this morning.

-It's an open house. Who are you?

-It's an open house. Who are you?

-

-Angharad.

-Look what Angharad found.

-Look what Angharad found.

-

-Oh, Angharad.

-Where did you find it?

-Where did you find it?

-

-In the flowerpot.

-Oh. You're obviously

-a good archaeologist.

-Come through.

-It was nice to meet you, Angharad.

-Martha's staying for dinner,

-if that's OK.

-There's always plenty to go round.

-There's always plenty to go round.

-

-We're not eating, we're fasting.

-We have to face temptation,

-don't we, Martha?

-What are you doing, Gwern?

-I'm making Martha a hijab.

-I'm making Martha a hijab.

-

-It's World Book Day tomorrow.

-Gwern says it's a good idea

-to try other religions.

-I'm going as Samson...

-..after the Philistines

-poked his eyes out.

-How was your day?

-Boring. Oh, yes,

-this came for you from Tad-cu.

-He's moved in.

-Eden Hills?

-Eden Hills?

-

-It looks lush.

-It has a sauna and swimming pool.

-It has a sauna and swimming pool.

-

-I told him he could live with us.

-He's really missing out.

-Keep an eye on this.

-I'll go and change.

-I want to hear about your day.

-Surgery is usually required

-to stop the bleeding. A craniotomy.

-We don't usually find one of these

-until we do an autopsy.

-"For I am fiercely

-and wonderfully made."

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-Llinor. I take it

-you've finished your commission?

-Blinking boring portrait,

-but ching ching.

-Who cares about artistic integrity

-when there's money in the bank?

-Did it kick off

-in the coffee morning today?!

-I had a little accident in church.

-I told you religion

-was a health hazard.

-Have you had it checked out?

-What's wrong?

-Today has just been...

-I don't know what to...

-Can you keep a secret?

-Who do I see

-amid my acrylics and brushes?

-I ended up in hospital today.

-They did a brain scan

-and found something.

-I don't really know what it is

-but it's been there for ages.

-If I hadn't had that knock today...

-..I might never have known.

-I'd have dropped dead one day...

-..and been none the wiser.

-Oh, no, not again.

-"Thou wast not able

-to watch one hour."

-And I've been telling people

-for ten years not to fear death.

-Do you know what, Llin?

-I'm scared stiff.

-Scared stiff.

-DOORBELL

-Mabli and Guto.

-You told us to call by

-to discuss the wedding.

-Oh, yes, of course. Come in.

-Go through.

-Narcolepsy.

-She falls asleep just like that.

-It's a rather unsociable condition.

-Right, let's discuss this wedding.

-As I said...

-..Guto, you know,

-well, he's an atheist.

-But you still want a church wedding?

-I know I haven't been for a while...

-..but, well, I love the church.

-I love it.

-The stained glass, the candles...

-..and I like the ceremony.

-It's nice that you all dress up.

-Things like that make such

-a difference to the photographs.

-How do you feel about this, Guto?

-I'm happy to go with whatever

-Mabli wants. It's her wedding.

-You wouldn't feel

-you were going against your beliefs?

-He doesn't have any beliefs.

-He's a solicitor.

-Says the dentist. What she charges

-for a filling is criminal.

-Clementine and Lewis.

-I can't help but notice that cut.

-If there's blame...

-Remember to call me.

-Yes, well, I'm fine, thanks.

-Going back to the wedding...

-We're not concerned about the cost.

-Her father's paying anyway.

-I'll believe

-what I need to believe on the day.

-Alright?

-Mam.

-What am I? Seven years old?

-Is everything OK?

-Are you pissed off

-about the lasagne?

-I'm not pissed off with you.

-I just wanted a chat

-with my daughter.

-We used to have such nice chats.

-Yes, well, that was just a phase.

-Now, we're in a phase

-where we get on each other's nerves.

-By the time I'm 26, we might

-actually like each other again.

-Alright. I'll come back

-in ten years' time then.

-Goodnight, love.

-# Who'll be here

-in a hundred years' time?

-# Who'll be here to sing the song?

-# Who'll be here to accompany

-# The melodies of our beloved Wales?

-# Who...?

-# Who'll be here reciting poems

-# About our joyful past?

-# Who'll be...? #

-You don't believe in spirits,

-do you, Myf?

-Apart from the Holy Spirit, perhaps.

-Are you going to tell me

-what happened then?

-What?

-What?

-

-That cut on your head.

-Oh, this? It looks worse than it is.

-I bumped into something.

-You're always in a rush.

-More haste, less speed.

-Terwyn?

-There's something...

-TEXT ALERT

-Who's texting you

-at this time of night?

-Someone offering me 3,000

-for the accident I've just had.

-I've turned it off now. Sorry.

-What were you saying, sweetheart?

-Nothing. It was nothing.

-Goodnight then, sweetie.

-Goodnight then, sweetie.

-

-Goodnight.

-NOISY ALARM

-Shit.

-I don't know what you're looking at.

-You're always in your pyjamas.

-That's when you needed him most,

-when you were on the cross.

-You called out for him...

-..but he was nowhere to be seen.

-You were on your own.

-That's essentially what it was.

-He leaves us all sometimes.

-We have to sort some things out

-by ourselves.

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-Nothing but the best for Mrs Eirias.

-God give you strength today.

-Thank you, Myfanwy.

-I'll be glad to see today over with.

-We are gathered here today...

-..to commend our brother,

-Tomos Hywel Eirias...

-..into the hands of Almighty God,

-our heavenly Father.

-In the presence of death...

-..Christians have sure ground

-for hope and confidence...

-..and, yes, even for joy.

-# Who'll be here

-in a hundred years' time?

-Because the Lord Jesus Christ...

-..who shared

-our human life and death...

-..was raised again triumphant...

-..and lives for evermore.

-Who could forget Tomos Hywel Eirias?

-He was a gentle and kind man.

-He was...

-..a pillar...

-Oh, shit-a-brick!

-..of this community.

-You're not real.

-You're not.

-But God's real, isn't he,

-even though you can't see him.

-Right, rev?

-Every one of us is going to die.

-From the moment of our birth,

-we are all mortal.

-It's intrinsic to our being.

-This is the premise of life.

-This is the challenge God gave us.

-To believe in our lives...

-..though we know we will die.

-Tick-tock, tick-tock.

-But Tomos Hywel Eirias...

-..is still with us.

-His presence can be felt all around.

-Have you ever seen

-such a hideous portrait?

-It grows on you

-after a glass of wine.

-I can't believe anyone would want

-to hang this up. He's not even dead.

-It's nice to be appreciated

-while you're still alive.

-I'm sure Hercules

-will be very grateful.

-No more for me in case I get called.

-Are you OK?

-Are you OK?

-

-I have a headache.

-That's too much praying for you.

-You think my job's a joke,

-don't you?

-No, I just find it hard to believe

-you're into all that stuff...

-..when you're so normal.

-I must be abnormal then.

-Listen, I'd better go.

-Ohhh!

-Hey, sit down. Are you OK?

-Don't take any notice of me.

-Do you get lots of these headaches?

-It's fatigue.

-That's what I thought it was,

-before...

-Before what?

-There's something wrong with me,

-Llin.

-The doctor told me.

-I might need surgery on my brain.

-A small procedure.

-A vein is growing

-in the wrong place or something.

-Shit, sorry, I didn't know.

-Shit, sorry, I didn't know.

-

-It'll be OK, won't it?

-There's no need to worry, OK?

-They sort these things out

-easily enough nowadays.

-I'll be on the waiting list

-for quite some time.

-There's no rush...

-..but don't mention it to Terwyn.

-He's a little sensitive about it.

-OK.

-KNOCK ON DOOR

-Lights off in five minutes.

-You didn't tell me

-Pavarotti's better.

-Gwern.

-Gwern.

-

-Martha said if Pavarotti lives...

-..it just means

-someone else will be sacrificed.

-That's not true, is it?

-God wouldn't let someone else

-die now, would he?

-That's superstition.

-Life's not like that.

-Life is more...

-..rational than that.

-Goodnight.

-Goodnight, Mam.

-All I did was raise the temperature

-of the water gradually.

-Poor Pavarotti

-almost froze to death.

-Don't you think he should know that

-it was science that saved him...

-..not God?

-..not God?

-

-Just drop it, Terwyn.

-I just don't want him

-turning out like...

-Like what, Terwyn? Like what?

-He only has one friend, Myf.

-One.

-Don't take everything so personally.

-I just want the best for us all.

-I know, Terwyn.

-We should

-dedicate more time to the children.

-To both of them.

-As much as we can.

-HE SNORES

-Eurig?

-Can I book the crem for 11.30am,

-please? Make yourself at home.

-Yes, a private funeral.

-I'll confirm the arrangements

-with the vicar.

-There we are.

-Now then, um...

-What do you think this is, a B&B?

-I just wanted to see

-what it felt like.

-Right, come on, shift yourself.

-I'm a bit stuck.

-The dead do as you tell them.

-It's the vicars

-you have to watch out for.

-Sorry.

-Hold on.

-What did Terwyn say

-about the diagnosis?

-I haven't told him yet.

-I haven't told him yet.

-

-You're joking?

-Exhuming people from the grave

-is his obsession.

-You're not going to die, Myf.

-You'll be fine after the op.

-You'll be fine after the op.

-

-I haven't decided if I want it yet.

-Hey, come on now.

-We're all behind you, you know that.

-Would you bury me?

-Would you bury me?

-

-Myf...

-I'm not sure I'd want you,

-to be honest.

-You'd have to dress me.

-It'd be weird.

-So you're going to give

-someone else business then?

-I'd be bankrupt

-if everyone thought like you.

-Surgery could kill me before this.

-Anything can kill anyone.

-Any time.

-That's life.

-Well, of all the ways

-you could kill yourself...

-..this is the stupidest.

-Hey!

-I'm only thinking of you.

-Oh, what now?

-Is it you?

-Did you put this thing in my head

-right from the start?

-If it was a part

-of your grand plan for me...

-..then why did I

-have to know at all?

-Knowing is the worst thing,

-not the suffering.

-Do you hear me?

-PLEASURABLE GROANS

-Dad?

-Myfanwy. Welcome to Eden Hills.

-The council

-tried to hide the fact...

-..there was a monastery on the site

-in order to get planning consent.

-Are you trying to tell me

-that Owain Glyndwr...

-..is under that?

-You don't think

-Terwyn's having an affair?

-He wouldn't recognize an affair

-if it landed in his lap!

-Amazing. Totally amazing.

-Half-naked. He should have waited

-another half a minute.

-Is it getting worse?

-Why do you ask?

-You're behaving differently.

-It's nice to be remembered.

-Isn't it?

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