Lord of the Flies (2026) s01e01 Episode Script
Piggy
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This programme contains some scenes which some
viewers may find upsetting from the start.
GARBLED RADIO
BURSTS OF VOICES
AND MUSIC ON RADIO
WHITE NOISE
BIRDS AND INSECTS CHIRP
WILD PIG SNORTS
BOY GASPS
FLIES BUZZ
Hello?
HE GROANS
HE WHEEZES
INSECTS BUZZ
Hello?
Hello?
WATER TRICKLES
Oh!
Hello
I must be going
I cannot stay
I came to say I must be going
I'm glad I came
but just the same
I must be going ♪
Hello!
BIRD WHISTLES
Hello?
HE WHEEZES
INSECT BUZZES
Oh!
PIG SQUEALS
INSECTS BUZZ
HE WHEEZES
CRACKLY RADIO:
Hello, I must be going
I cannot say
I came to say ♪
INSECTS BUZZ
BIRDS AND INSECTS CHIRP
RUSTLING
TWIG SNAPS
ALARMED BIRD CALLS
Hello?
Wait a minute.
Hi.
Hi.
What's your name?
Ralph.
You seen anything else?
Places or people, Ralph?
I heard someone, I think.
But it could have been a pig.
I've seen the pigs too.
Big apes, aren't they?
Well, they're not apes. Pigs.
I'm looking for water.
You're thirsty?
I'm thirsty.
Those coconuts are good.
I'd like to bathe.
It's a glorious place,
this island, but it is hot.
Ah, I remember.
What?
Come on.
HE WHEEZES
Are you all right?
Just been
HE WHEEZES
going too fast.
Asthma.
What do I call you?
I don't care what you call me
as long as you don't call me
what they used to call me.
What was that?
Promise you won't laugh?
Yes.
Piggy.
HE LAUGHS
Like, Piggy? Piggy?
Ralph, you said
It is a funny name, though.
Not that funny.
WATER TRICKLES
Here.
Well, that was clever.
Follow the feeder streams.
I've read about it.
BIRDS CAW
It's ripping!
You didn't know how deep it was.
You could have hit your head.
Woohoo!
Aren't you coming in?
I don't swim.
I can't because of my asthma.
Sucks to your asthma!
I could swim when I was five.
My father taught me.
He's a Petty Officer,
first class, in the Navy.
My mum and dad are dead.
I'll just paddle.
For now.
And maybe before we leave,
I can teach you.
You'd teach me?
Of course.
It would be an honour.
Hurrah! Hurrah for you!
It's nice.
You rotter!
THEY GIGGLE
Take that!
What's that?
This is a start.
Auntie Joan's friend Samuel
had one on his wall.
Conch, is it?
He'd blow it and we'd all laugh.
My auntie wouldn't let me because
of my asthma. Your asthma.
PIGGY LAUGHS
He kind of spat.
Said you blew from down here.
You try it, Ralph.
Then the others will come.
The others?
Anyone else with us.
That's a good idea.
Or we could shout.
HE BLOWS
It doesn't work!
It will.
It doesn't.
Try again.
For me.
RALPH SIGHS
Please.
RALPH BLOWS
Wow.
Amazing.
Whoa!
WAVES LAP
Ralph.
Ralph! Blow!
HE BLOWS
CONCH SPUTTERS
PIGGY LAUGHS
You think that will summon them?
Come to the man
who breaks wind loudly!
Again!
HE BLOWS
CONCH BELLOWS SOFTLY
Gosh!
CONCH BELLOWS STRONGLY
CONCH ECHOES
Hello!
Blow it again.
Make sure everyone hears.
CONCH BELLOWS CLEARLY
Again!
CONCH BELLOWS STRONGLY
THEY CHATTER
CHATTERING CONTINUES
Sam, Eric. Eric, Sam.
You're identical!
We noticed that, too.
BOTH: Have you tried the fruit?
Perhaps we should
get everyone water.
There's more little 'uns
than I remember on the plane.
Perhaps we'd better tell
people why we gathered them.
Oh, yes.
Ralph.
THEY CHATTER
Attention!
Over here!
Attention! Listen!
CHATTERING CONTINUES
Blow the conch again.
Please.
I'll blow it!
CONCH BELLOWS
Attention!
Over here!
Attention, everyone!
Ralph's made this meeting
to find out what we all know
and decide what to do.
Where are the grown-ups?
That's a good question.
Has anybody seen any grown-ups
from the plane?
I don't know anything!
Who'll tell my mummy
where we are?
They'll be looking.
What we need to do is get a sense
of exactly what we know.
Now, if everyone
can raise their hands
and talk us through
anything they've seen
CHOIR SINGS
Eleison
RADIO CRACKLES
Kyrie, kyrie, eleison
Kyrie, eleison
Christe, Christe, eleison
Christe, Christe, eleison
Christe, Christe
Christe, Christe, eleison
Christe, eleison
Kyrie, eleison
Kyrie, eleison
Kyrie, kyrie, eleison. ♪
Where's the man
with the trumpet?
There is no man with a trumpet.
Only me.
Isn't there a ship, then?
Isn't there a man here?
No. We're having a meeting.
Come and join in.
Choir, stand still.
BOY LAUGHS
We need to be careful
in this sun.
Over hot and you can boil
on the inside.
HE LAUGHS
What nonsense.
Simon's always throwing a faint.
He did it in Gib, and Addis,
and at Matins
over the precentor.
HE SCOFFS
Let him alone.
Were you all on the plane?
There's more than I remember.
Yes, we were.
And now we're trying to find some
order so we can work out
exactly what we know.
You're talking too much.
Shut up, Fatty!
THEY LAUGH
He's not Fatty.
His real name is Piggy.
THEY LAUGH
Oh, I like that.
He's right, though.
We do need to make
some key decisions.
It seems to me we ought
to have a chief.
More important is to find out
exactly where we are.
A chief will decide that.
I can be chief.
I'm chapter chorister
and head boy.
I can sing high C sharp.
All those in favour of me
I think we should have
more than one in consideration
if a chief is to be decided.
I can't sing C sharp,
but, yes, I'd like to be chief.
Of course you would.
A vote, then.
What's your name?
Jack.
All those who want Jack
raise your hands.
All those who want Ralph
That's not fair.
They knew you already.
They hardly knew me at all.
The vote's happened.
We can hardly have another.
Ralph is chief.
The choir belongs to you,
of course.
We could be the army!
Or the hunters!
Yeah! Yes!
The leader of the hunters?
Yes, that'll do well.
All right, choir.
Take off your togs.
Yes!
Finally!
First thing we need to do is find
out exactly where we are.
Everybody must stay round here
and wait and listen
for the conch.
A small group. Jack, of course.
You
Simon.
If you're fit enough.
He's the least fit.
THEY LAUGH
You and me will climb and
Ad we'll se what this place is.
BIRDS CAW
You don't think
there's anybody here, do you?
You think we're all alone.
Well, in that case,
the important thing
is to think about
the little 'uns.
Why should we care
for the little 'uns, Piggy?
Because they can't care
for themselves, Jack.
We need to think about food
and shelter,
and toilets, of course.
Toilets? We're on an island.
We don't know it's an island.
We're on a wizard island.
Huh? Tropical, delightful.
And Piggy wants to talk about how
the little people use the privy.
We need to pick the best spot
for a signal fire.
If there are grown-ups coming,
then they must be able to see us.
Of course there are grown-ups
coming. My father's coming.
He's a Petty Officer,
first class, in the Navy.
My father's a Wing Commander
in the RAF.
I can't tell you
what my father does,
but he's very important
to the country.
Well, that's quite a set.
Don't you see? However brilliant
your fathers are,
unless they have an extraordinary
sense of smell
500 times that of a Bullmastiff,
they won't be able to find us.
I'd read that strip.
"Mastiff Man.
He smells out any crime."
THEY LAUGH
Mastiff Man He's a massive man
Oh!
Mastive man! ♪
He'll smell out any crime.
I like that.
Mastive Man!
Mastive Man! Mastive Man!
Mastive Man He's a massive man
Mastive Man ♪
And his partner Pup.
THEY CHATTER
BOYS CHATTER
Mine is winning! The green one.
INSECTS BUZZ
HE WHEEZES
You need to keep up!
Can't keep up.
HE GULPS
Asthma.
If you don't want to be here
I can hardly go back alone.
Look, it's not so hard.
It actually gets easier.
You told them.
Ralph!
After I said I didn't
want to be called Piggy.
Better Piggy than Fatty.
Ralph!
You need to see this!
We're coming!
I picked you, didn't I?
I picked you for the mission.
You're lucky. And you're lucky.
Because without me,
he would be chief.
FLIES BUZZ
We'll find them
all over the mountain.
They weren't in the passenger
tube like we were.
We need to go tell the others.
They need to know it's just us.
Do we bury him first?
No.
Why not?
Because he made a mistake.
He must take responsibility.
Christian burial
would be the wrong thing.
We could put him in the sea.
That's what they do in the Navy, no
matter how Christian someone is.
Yes.
Let's put him in the sea.
I think we should bury him.
Let's vote.
All those in favour
of a Navy burial?
Yes.
He'll like the sea.
Decided.
A simple quad carry will do it.
FLIES BUZZ
A quad needs four.
FLIES BUZZ
Oh! Wretched things.
THEY STRAIN
And again.
We're not strong enough.
Says you.
I say that we bury him.
There's a faster way down.
That's certainly not Navy.
Help me!
Or Christian.
Stop that!
THEY STRAIN
No, no!
No!
STONES CLATTER
HEAVY CRASH
It matters what one does
and how one does it.
A better pilot, a better man
would not have made
such a mistake.
In company with Christ.
Who died and now lives.
May they rejoice in your kingdom.
Where all our tears
are wiped away.
Unite us together again
in one family.
To sing your praise.
For ever and ever.
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
CRACKLY RADIO
Look.
Look. They're all around.
You're so close!
Oh, you got it.
Oh, look at it!
You got a mudskipper.
I know!
Hello!
He's all slimy.
WATER SPLASHES
HE GASPS
What is it?
I don't know.
WIND HOWLS
WATER SPLASHES
It's coming from the trees.
What is it?
INDISTINCT BOYS' VOICES
WIND HOWLS
WATER SPLASHES
BOY CRIES
THEY CHATTER
Attention! Attention!
We've been on the mountain.
That mountain.
We saw water all around.
No houses, no boats,
no smoke, no footprints.
We're on an island
and there's no people here.
Not quite no people.
No. Um, we saw the pilot.
He was dead.
Dead?
We think the others
from that part of the plane
might be up there too.
We found bits of the plane
and we can't be sure,
but we think all those that
weren't in the passenger tube,
and that's all the grown-ups
Well, they're all dead.
WORRIED CHATTER
Listen, listen!
CHATTERING CONTINUES
Listen. Listen!
The time for talking is
when you're out of a meeting.
When the meeting's going on,
no talking.
How boring. Like class or prep.
It's time for me
to gather my army now, Ralph.
If we want to catch a pig,
we've got to go now.
Bet you two marbles we catch
a pig before the sun goes down.
Wait just a minute!
Jack! Wait just a minute,
please.
I do like it
when you say "please".
Perhaps no-one speaks unless
they're holding the conch.
What's a conch?
What I'm holding is the conch.
So I'll start.
The important things are food
We're going to catch food!
And shelters
Sleep under the trees!
And toilets.
He's a talking duck.
THEY LAUGH
He's got a point!
Shush! Listen to Piggy!
So I think we should choose
three spots almost immediately.
One, the toilet,
that everyone uses.
Even the little 'uns.
Two, where the signal fire might be.
And three,
where we'll build the huts.
Do you want the conch?
Why is he giving it to him?
Do we have time for this?
Let's allocate jobs.
If they want to speak,
we should let them.
Whisper it to me if you'd like.
HE WHISPERS
He wants to know what you're going
to do about the snake thing.
THEY LAUGH
THEY HISS
Ralph!
Sorry. Sorry.
Tell us about the snake thing.
The beastie.
Now he says it was a beastie.
Beastie?
A big snake thing!
He saw it. Tell them.
Where?
In the woods.
No, there is no beast.
This is an island.
You only get beasts in big
countries like Australia.
You have no need to worry.
I saw it.
And it'll come back tonight.
Why would anyone say this?
There's no way. There's no
way there's an actual beast.
BOYS CHATTER
Ralph's right, of course.
There's no beast.
But if there is,
you have my word,
the hunters will find it
and kill it.
Yeah!
Now we're going to hunt pigs
and get meat for everybody,
and we're going to
keep you all safe.
My father's in the Navy,
and he said there aren't
any unknown islands left.
He says that the Queen
has a big room full of maps,
and all the islands
in the world are drawn there.
So the Queen's got a picture
of this island,
and sooner or later,
exploring these islands,
a ship will put in here.
It might even be my father's ship.
So we will be rescued.
Well, I hope they're at least a week
so we can have a little fun first.
Fun is necessary,
but let's divide ourselves.
We'll need a team
to build a signal fire,
for which I propose
at the top of the mountain.
The hunters will make
the best signal fire.
Come on! Follow me.
THEY CHEER
No, no, look,
we also need other teams
to build shelters
and lavatories and
Hunt the pig!
Kids.
BOYS WHOOP
"The Queen has a picture
of this island."
HE LAUGHS
On the wall above her toilet.
She stares at it night and day.
Hooray for Captain Spaulding
The African explorer
Did someone call me Snorer?
He brought his name undying fame
And that is why we say
Hooray, hooray
Hooray. ♪
RUSTLING
RUSTLING CONTINUES
PIGLET SQUEALS
Let all the world
in every corner sing
Let all the world
HE GROWLS AND LAUGHS
In every corner sing
PIGLET SQUEALS
My God and King ♪
PIGLET SQUEALS
Go on.
PIGLET SQUEAKS
Go on.
PIGLET SQUEALS
Why did you do that?
What?
You let it go.
You should have closed in.
The pig was trapped
in the creepers.
You lost your nerve is all.
But not to worry.
There'll be others.
Take that back.
Take what back?
I did not lose my nerve.
I was choosing a place.
I was waiting for a moment
to decide where to stab him.
Is THAT what you were doing?
I was trying to get sight
of the throat.
You cut a pig's throat
to let the blood out.
I'm not sure that's right.
Otherwise, you can't eat the meat.
That's why I needed you to close in.
But you didn't.
So this is my fault?
Of course it is.
Liar!
Take that back too.
I thought you were a hunter.
The little 'uns need that meat.
I am a hunter.
You think that was hunting?
I was hunting,
and you messed it up.
Is your father even a spy?
That's what you were implying,
weren't you?
With your grand talk.
"I'm a hunter."
"My father's a spy."
Grand, grand chat.
He won't like you.
Not after a while.
Your precious Ralph.
Crawlers like you are always
appreciated for a few days.
Then they become irritating.
I won't tell anyone
about the pig.
You have my word.
I shouldn't have said that
about your father.
You won't tell anyone
because it was your fault.
The Piggy that was scared of
piggies.
Pathetic.
Now, we'd best get
collecting firewood.
Don't you think?
The sky is darkening,
and the beast is close at hand.
The captain is a moral man
Sometimes he finds it trying
This fact
I'll emphasise with stress
I never take a drink
Unless somebody's buying. ♪
SAM AND ERIC: One, two, one, two.
One, two. Hello.
That's quite a
Isn't it good?
It's rotten through,
but it'll burn to high heaven.
Wacko. There's plenty of bad wood
down there.
Easier this side.
Sorry?
Easier climbing this side
than the
other, where we found the pilot.
Help me out!
What were you singing?
Sorry? Before the twins arrived.
I was listening.
Why didn't you just say hello?
Oh, well, I thought
you wouldn't sing if I did.
It's Groucho Marx.
Mr Henderson, who care takes
for my auntie in her shop,
he taught me it.
Do you miss it? Home?
Of course I do.
You?
Not home.
I only went home
for the long vacs.
I'm pretty good on my own.
Jack's the same.
We used to Christmas together,
us and the housemaster.
Cold ham, carrots,
sprouts, boiled potatoes.
Auntie Joan laid on
a good spread at Christmas.
Will you teach me?
The song?
It's a silly song.
I know.
I heard. I liked it.
Hooray for Captain Spaulding
The African explorer
Hooray for Captain Spaulding
The African explorer
He brought his name undying fame
And that is why we say
Hooray, hooray, hooray!
He brought his name undying fame
And that is why we say
Hooray, hooray, hooray!
He went into the jungle
Where all the monkeys throw nuts
He went into the jungle
Where all the monkeys throw nuts
If I stay here I'll go nuts
Hooray, hooray, hooray!
Hooray, hooray, hooray!
BOTH: Hooray, hooray, hooray!
Hooray, hooray, hooray!
Hooray, hooray, hooray!
Hooray, hooray, hooray!
Hooray, hooray, hooray!
Hooray, hooray, hooray! ♪
Can you see the coral reef?
Oh!
Yes.
It looks like a giant
that's bent down
to make a chalk line
around the island.
"Oh, no. I'll stop now."
"Lie down in the sea."
PIGGY GIGGLES
I can't see any other land.
You can't off England
unless the light is right,
and France isn't so far away.
Help me!
Do it quickly!
Shelters and toilets.
That's what you said, right?
And a source for water,
that no-one is allowed to use
for the toilet.
Because those little 'uns
will go anywhere,
and we mustn't soil
what we drink.
Drop it!
I intend to be a good chief.
What's your real name?
It's Nicholas.
My Auntie Joan calls me Nicky.
It suits you.
St Nicholas - gift-giver.
Also patron saint of sailors
and repentant thieves.
RALPH CHUCKLES
Auntie Joan doesn't know that,
but I've read about it.
Right, left, right, left, right!
Left, right, left, right.
I'm not sure we need
all that wood.
Let them have a big fire tonight.
It'll make everyone feel better.
Heave! Heave! Heave!
Ho!
ALL: Heave, heave, ho!
WOOD THUDS
And kindling!
THEY CHEER
Chief, come,
light the fire!
That's too much wood.
It's all rotten.
Has anyone any matches?
Who has matches?
If we rub the sticks together
You make a bow
and then you spin the arrow.
How does that work? I'm not sure.
I saw it in a comic paper.
Flint. Has anyone any flint?
No, I don't.
Piggy's specs.
What?
Yes, that's it.
Piggy's glasses.
Like how we used
to kill ants at elevenses.
"Burning ants is very pants"
"for they do not scream
as they should do."
No, no, I can't see
without them!
HE STRAINS
No
Piggy. No!
Your glasses.
Be careful! I need them.
Come on, now, be a chap.
THEY LAUGH
No!
Ralph!
BREATHES RAGGEDLY
Yes! You did it!
Yes!
Yes, Ralph.
THEY APPLAUD
Who'd have thought that
burning ants after elevenses
would prove
such useful training?
FIRE CRACKLES
Whoa!
It's catching fast.
It's spreading quickly.
It's really giving off
some heat.
Because all the wood is
dried out and rotten.
It's spiffing stuff.
FIRE CRACKLES
Ralph. If it pleases you, Chief,
the hunters will also be
the fire-givers.
We will have charge
of the signal fire.
You think you can handle
both hunting and the fire?
We won't let you down, Chief.
BOYS APPLAUD
We did it!
It's getting big.
Must be the air.
It's the wood!
It's the rotten wood.
Whoa!
Get back!
You've messed this up
good and proper.
The signal's getting bigger,
that's all.
The trees are too close.
It'll spread.
It won't spread too far.
It's in the trees!
Eric, watch out! Oh!
Sam!
What do we do?
Where are you going?
Step back!
Run! It's spreading!
Can we stop it?
Firebreak.
In the Great Fire of London
they made a firebreak.
We must chop these trees down
to stop it.
Chop them with what?
THEY SHOU
Go! Go!
Get down the mountain! Quick!
THEY SHOU
Where are the little 'uns?
They were pretty hot and bothered.
Most of them were lying down.
In the shade of the trees.
Hurry up!
CHORAL MUSIC
HE GASPS
HE WHEEZES
CHORAL MUSIC BUILDS
HEAVY THUD
MUSIC STOPS
LOW RUMBLING
HE GASPS
FIRE ROARS
HE COUGHS
Stay there.
Do what you're told
and stay bloody there!
They're all asleep.
I don't know why it's not
waking them up. They're all asleep!
BOYS SHOU
Help!
SHOUTING
COUGHING
Come on!
SHOUTING
CONCH BELLOWS CLEARLY
Come on!
Wake up!
Wake up!
Bring everyone here.
CONCH BELLOWS
HE PANTS
SHOUTING
Jasper!
BOYS COUGH
Look - you have your firebreak.
Sorry?
That half of the island.
That side - it hasn't caught.
Yet.
It won't. I'm sure of it.
The rocks are in the way.
I didn't
You told me to make a register,
but I didn't.
You're not sure
they're all here?
Most. I think.
I'm remembering by sight.
Who don't we have?
HE SOBS
Who don't we have?!
The little one with the birthmark
who talked about the beast.
HE BREATHES RAGGEDLY
Has anyone seen the little 'un
with the birthmark on his face?
No sign of him.
SHOUTING: Has anyone seen the little
'un with the birthmark on his face?
HE BREATHES RAGGEDLY
WHOOSHING
RADIO CRACKLES
HE BREATHES RAPIDLY, CONCH WHOOSHES
INDISTINCT RADIO VOICE
This programme contains some scenes which some
viewers may find upsetting from the start.
GARBLED RADIO
BURSTS OF VOICES
AND MUSIC ON RADIO
WHITE NOISE
BIRDS AND INSECTS CHIRP
WILD PIG SNORTS
BOY GASPS
FLIES BUZZ
Hello?
HE GROANS
HE WHEEZES
INSECTS BUZZ
Hello?
Hello?
WATER TRICKLES
Oh!
Hello
I must be going
I cannot stay
I came to say I must be going
I'm glad I came
but just the same
I must be going ♪
Hello!
BIRD WHISTLES
Hello?
HE WHEEZES
INSECT BUZZES
Oh!
PIG SQUEALS
INSECTS BUZZ
HE WHEEZES
CRACKLY RADIO:
Hello, I must be going
I cannot say
I came to say ♪
INSECTS BUZZ
BIRDS AND INSECTS CHIRP
RUSTLING
TWIG SNAPS
ALARMED BIRD CALLS
Hello?
Wait a minute.
Hi.
Hi.
What's your name?
Ralph.
You seen anything else?
Places or people, Ralph?
I heard someone, I think.
But it could have been a pig.
I've seen the pigs too.
Big apes, aren't they?
Well, they're not apes. Pigs.
I'm looking for water.
You're thirsty?
I'm thirsty.
Those coconuts are good.
I'd like to bathe.
It's a glorious place,
this island, but it is hot.
Ah, I remember.
What?
Come on.
HE WHEEZES
Are you all right?
Just been
HE WHEEZES
going too fast.
Asthma.
What do I call you?
I don't care what you call me
as long as you don't call me
what they used to call me.
What was that?
Promise you won't laugh?
Yes.
Piggy.
HE LAUGHS
Like, Piggy? Piggy?
Ralph, you said
It is a funny name, though.
Not that funny.
WATER TRICKLES
Here.
Well, that was clever.
Follow the feeder streams.
I've read about it.
BIRDS CAW
It's ripping!
You didn't know how deep it was.
You could have hit your head.
Woohoo!
Aren't you coming in?
I don't swim.
I can't because of my asthma.
Sucks to your asthma!
I could swim when I was five.
My father taught me.
He's a Petty Officer,
first class, in the Navy.
My mum and dad are dead.
I'll just paddle.
For now.
And maybe before we leave,
I can teach you.
You'd teach me?
Of course.
It would be an honour.
Hurrah! Hurrah for you!
It's nice.
You rotter!
THEY GIGGLE
Take that!
What's that?
This is a start.
Auntie Joan's friend Samuel
had one on his wall.
Conch, is it?
He'd blow it and we'd all laugh.
My auntie wouldn't let me because
of my asthma. Your asthma.
PIGGY LAUGHS
He kind of spat.
Said you blew from down here.
You try it, Ralph.
Then the others will come.
The others?
Anyone else with us.
That's a good idea.
Or we could shout.
HE BLOWS
It doesn't work!
It will.
It doesn't.
Try again.
For me.
RALPH SIGHS
Please.
RALPH BLOWS
Wow.
Amazing.
Whoa!
WAVES LAP
Ralph.
Ralph! Blow!
HE BLOWS
CONCH SPUTTERS
PIGGY LAUGHS
You think that will summon them?
Come to the man
who breaks wind loudly!
Again!
HE BLOWS
CONCH BELLOWS SOFTLY
Gosh!
CONCH BELLOWS STRONGLY
CONCH ECHOES
Hello!
Blow it again.
Make sure everyone hears.
CONCH BELLOWS CLEARLY
Again!
CONCH BELLOWS STRONGLY
THEY CHATTER
CHATTERING CONTINUES
Sam, Eric. Eric, Sam.
You're identical!
We noticed that, too.
BOTH: Have you tried the fruit?
Perhaps we should
get everyone water.
There's more little 'uns
than I remember on the plane.
Perhaps we'd better tell
people why we gathered them.
Oh, yes.
Ralph.
THEY CHATTER
Attention!
Over here!
Attention! Listen!
CHATTERING CONTINUES
Blow the conch again.
Please.
I'll blow it!
CONCH BELLOWS
Attention!
Over here!
Attention, everyone!
Ralph's made this meeting
to find out what we all know
and decide what to do.
Where are the grown-ups?
That's a good question.
Has anybody seen any grown-ups
from the plane?
I don't know anything!
Who'll tell my mummy
where we are?
They'll be looking.
What we need to do is get a sense
of exactly what we know.
Now, if everyone
can raise their hands
and talk us through
anything they've seen
CHOIR SINGS
Eleison
RADIO CRACKLES
Kyrie, kyrie, eleison
Kyrie, eleison
Christe, Christe, eleison
Christe, Christe, eleison
Christe, Christe
Christe, Christe, eleison
Christe, eleison
Kyrie, eleison
Kyrie, eleison
Kyrie, kyrie, eleison. ♪
Where's the man
with the trumpet?
There is no man with a trumpet.
Only me.
Isn't there a ship, then?
Isn't there a man here?
No. We're having a meeting.
Come and join in.
Choir, stand still.
BOY LAUGHS
We need to be careful
in this sun.
Over hot and you can boil
on the inside.
HE LAUGHS
What nonsense.
Simon's always throwing a faint.
He did it in Gib, and Addis,
and at Matins
over the precentor.
HE SCOFFS
Let him alone.
Were you all on the plane?
There's more than I remember.
Yes, we were.
And now we're trying to find some
order so we can work out
exactly what we know.
You're talking too much.
Shut up, Fatty!
THEY LAUGH
He's not Fatty.
His real name is Piggy.
THEY LAUGH
Oh, I like that.
He's right, though.
We do need to make
some key decisions.
It seems to me we ought
to have a chief.
More important is to find out
exactly where we are.
A chief will decide that.
I can be chief.
I'm chapter chorister
and head boy.
I can sing high C sharp.
All those in favour of me
I think we should have
more than one in consideration
if a chief is to be decided.
I can't sing C sharp,
but, yes, I'd like to be chief.
Of course you would.
A vote, then.
What's your name?
Jack.
All those who want Jack
raise your hands.
All those who want Ralph
That's not fair.
They knew you already.
They hardly knew me at all.
The vote's happened.
We can hardly have another.
Ralph is chief.
The choir belongs to you,
of course.
We could be the army!
Or the hunters!
Yeah! Yes!
The leader of the hunters?
Yes, that'll do well.
All right, choir.
Take off your togs.
Yes!
Finally!
First thing we need to do is find
out exactly where we are.
Everybody must stay round here
and wait and listen
for the conch.
A small group. Jack, of course.
You
Simon.
If you're fit enough.
He's the least fit.
THEY LAUGH
You and me will climb and
Ad we'll se what this place is.
BIRDS CAW
You don't think
there's anybody here, do you?
You think we're all alone.
Well, in that case,
the important thing
is to think about
the little 'uns.
Why should we care
for the little 'uns, Piggy?
Because they can't care
for themselves, Jack.
We need to think about food
and shelter,
and toilets, of course.
Toilets? We're on an island.
We don't know it's an island.
We're on a wizard island.
Huh? Tropical, delightful.
And Piggy wants to talk about how
the little people use the privy.
We need to pick the best spot
for a signal fire.
If there are grown-ups coming,
then they must be able to see us.
Of course there are grown-ups
coming. My father's coming.
He's a Petty Officer,
first class, in the Navy.
My father's a Wing Commander
in the RAF.
I can't tell you
what my father does,
but he's very important
to the country.
Well, that's quite a set.
Don't you see? However brilliant
your fathers are,
unless they have an extraordinary
sense of smell
500 times that of a Bullmastiff,
they won't be able to find us.
I'd read that strip.
"Mastiff Man.
He smells out any crime."
THEY LAUGH
Mastiff Man He's a massive man
Oh!
Mastive man! ♪
He'll smell out any crime.
I like that.
Mastive Man!
Mastive Man! Mastive Man!
Mastive Man He's a massive man
Mastive Man ♪
And his partner Pup.
THEY CHATTER
BOYS CHATTER
Mine is winning! The green one.
INSECTS BUZZ
HE WHEEZES
You need to keep up!
Can't keep up.
HE GULPS
Asthma.
If you don't want to be here
I can hardly go back alone.
Look, it's not so hard.
It actually gets easier.
You told them.
Ralph!
After I said I didn't
want to be called Piggy.
Better Piggy than Fatty.
Ralph!
You need to see this!
We're coming!
I picked you, didn't I?
I picked you for the mission.
You're lucky. And you're lucky.
Because without me,
he would be chief.
FLIES BUZZ
We'll find them
all over the mountain.
They weren't in the passenger
tube like we were.
We need to go tell the others.
They need to know it's just us.
Do we bury him first?
No.
Why not?
Because he made a mistake.
He must take responsibility.
Christian burial
would be the wrong thing.
We could put him in the sea.
That's what they do in the Navy, no
matter how Christian someone is.
Yes.
Let's put him in the sea.
I think we should bury him.
Let's vote.
All those in favour
of a Navy burial?
Yes.
He'll like the sea.
Decided.
A simple quad carry will do it.
FLIES BUZZ
A quad needs four.
FLIES BUZZ
Oh! Wretched things.
THEY STRAIN
And again.
We're not strong enough.
Says you.
I say that we bury him.
There's a faster way down.
That's certainly not Navy.
Help me!
Or Christian.
Stop that!
THEY STRAIN
No, no!
No!
STONES CLATTER
HEAVY CRASH
It matters what one does
and how one does it.
A better pilot, a better man
would not have made
such a mistake.
In company with Christ.
Who died and now lives.
May they rejoice in your kingdom.
Where all our tears
are wiped away.
Unite us together again
in one family.
To sing your praise.
For ever and ever.
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
CRACKLY RADIO
Look.
Look. They're all around.
You're so close!
Oh, you got it.
Oh, look at it!
You got a mudskipper.
I know!
Hello!
He's all slimy.
WATER SPLASHES
HE GASPS
What is it?
I don't know.
WIND HOWLS
WATER SPLASHES
It's coming from the trees.
What is it?
INDISTINCT BOYS' VOICES
WIND HOWLS
WATER SPLASHES
BOY CRIES
THEY CHATTER
Attention! Attention!
We've been on the mountain.
That mountain.
We saw water all around.
No houses, no boats,
no smoke, no footprints.
We're on an island
and there's no people here.
Not quite no people.
No. Um, we saw the pilot.
He was dead.
Dead?
We think the others
from that part of the plane
might be up there too.
We found bits of the plane
and we can't be sure,
but we think all those that
weren't in the passenger tube,
and that's all the grown-ups
Well, they're all dead.
WORRIED CHATTER
Listen, listen!
CHATTERING CONTINUES
Listen. Listen!
The time for talking is
when you're out of a meeting.
When the meeting's going on,
no talking.
How boring. Like class or prep.
It's time for me
to gather my army now, Ralph.
If we want to catch a pig,
we've got to go now.
Bet you two marbles we catch
a pig before the sun goes down.
Wait just a minute!
Jack! Wait just a minute,
please.
I do like it
when you say "please".
Perhaps no-one speaks unless
they're holding the conch.
What's a conch?
What I'm holding is the conch.
So I'll start.
The important things are food
We're going to catch food!
And shelters
Sleep under the trees!
And toilets.
He's a talking duck.
THEY LAUGH
He's got a point!
Shush! Listen to Piggy!
So I think we should choose
three spots almost immediately.
One, the toilet,
that everyone uses.
Even the little 'uns.
Two, where the signal fire might be.
And three,
where we'll build the huts.
Do you want the conch?
Why is he giving it to him?
Do we have time for this?
Let's allocate jobs.
If they want to speak,
we should let them.
Whisper it to me if you'd like.
HE WHISPERS
He wants to know what you're going
to do about the snake thing.
THEY LAUGH
THEY HISS
Ralph!
Sorry. Sorry.
Tell us about the snake thing.
The beastie.
Now he says it was a beastie.
Beastie?
A big snake thing!
He saw it. Tell them.
Where?
In the woods.
No, there is no beast.
This is an island.
You only get beasts in big
countries like Australia.
You have no need to worry.
I saw it.
And it'll come back tonight.
Why would anyone say this?
There's no way. There's no
way there's an actual beast.
BOYS CHATTER
Ralph's right, of course.
There's no beast.
But if there is,
you have my word,
the hunters will find it
and kill it.
Yeah!
Now we're going to hunt pigs
and get meat for everybody,
and we're going to
keep you all safe.
My father's in the Navy,
and he said there aren't
any unknown islands left.
He says that the Queen
has a big room full of maps,
and all the islands
in the world are drawn there.
So the Queen's got a picture
of this island,
and sooner or later,
exploring these islands,
a ship will put in here.
It might even be my father's ship.
So we will be rescued.
Well, I hope they're at least a week
so we can have a little fun first.
Fun is necessary,
but let's divide ourselves.
We'll need a team
to build a signal fire,
for which I propose
at the top of the mountain.
The hunters will make
the best signal fire.
Come on! Follow me.
THEY CHEER
No, no, look,
we also need other teams
to build shelters
and lavatories and
Hunt the pig!
Kids.
BOYS WHOOP
"The Queen has a picture
of this island."
HE LAUGHS
On the wall above her toilet.
She stares at it night and day.
Hooray for Captain Spaulding
The African explorer
Did someone call me Snorer?
He brought his name undying fame
And that is why we say
Hooray, hooray
Hooray. ♪
RUSTLING
RUSTLING CONTINUES
PIGLET SQUEALS
Let all the world
in every corner sing
Let all the world
HE GROWLS AND LAUGHS
In every corner sing
PIGLET SQUEALS
My God and King ♪
PIGLET SQUEALS
Go on.
PIGLET SQUEAKS
Go on.
PIGLET SQUEALS
Why did you do that?
What?
You let it go.
You should have closed in.
The pig was trapped
in the creepers.
You lost your nerve is all.
But not to worry.
There'll be others.
Take that back.
Take what back?
I did not lose my nerve.
I was choosing a place.
I was waiting for a moment
to decide where to stab him.
Is THAT what you were doing?
I was trying to get sight
of the throat.
You cut a pig's throat
to let the blood out.
I'm not sure that's right.
Otherwise, you can't eat the meat.
That's why I needed you to close in.
But you didn't.
So this is my fault?
Of course it is.
Liar!
Take that back too.
I thought you were a hunter.
The little 'uns need that meat.
I am a hunter.
You think that was hunting?
I was hunting,
and you messed it up.
Is your father even a spy?
That's what you were implying,
weren't you?
With your grand talk.
"I'm a hunter."
"My father's a spy."
Grand, grand chat.
He won't like you.
Not after a while.
Your precious Ralph.
Crawlers like you are always
appreciated for a few days.
Then they become irritating.
I won't tell anyone
about the pig.
You have my word.
I shouldn't have said that
about your father.
You won't tell anyone
because it was your fault.
The Piggy that was scared of
piggies.
Pathetic.
Now, we'd best get
collecting firewood.
Don't you think?
The sky is darkening,
and the beast is close at hand.
The captain is a moral man
Sometimes he finds it trying
This fact
I'll emphasise with stress
I never take a drink
Unless somebody's buying. ♪
SAM AND ERIC: One, two, one, two.
One, two. Hello.
That's quite a
Isn't it good?
It's rotten through,
but it'll burn to high heaven.
Wacko. There's plenty of bad wood
down there.
Easier this side.
Sorry?
Easier climbing this side
than the
other, where we found the pilot.
Help me out!
What were you singing?
Sorry? Before the twins arrived.
I was listening.
Why didn't you just say hello?
Oh, well, I thought
you wouldn't sing if I did.
It's Groucho Marx.
Mr Henderson, who care takes
for my auntie in her shop,
he taught me it.
Do you miss it? Home?
Of course I do.
You?
Not home.
I only went home
for the long vacs.
I'm pretty good on my own.
Jack's the same.
We used to Christmas together,
us and the housemaster.
Cold ham, carrots,
sprouts, boiled potatoes.
Auntie Joan laid on
a good spread at Christmas.
Will you teach me?
The song?
It's a silly song.
I know.
I heard. I liked it.
Hooray for Captain Spaulding
The African explorer
Hooray for Captain Spaulding
The African explorer
He brought his name undying fame
And that is why we say
Hooray, hooray, hooray!
He brought his name undying fame
And that is why we say
Hooray, hooray, hooray!
He went into the jungle
Where all the monkeys throw nuts
He went into the jungle
Where all the monkeys throw nuts
If I stay here I'll go nuts
Hooray, hooray, hooray!
Hooray, hooray, hooray!
BOTH: Hooray, hooray, hooray!
Hooray, hooray, hooray!
Hooray, hooray, hooray!
Hooray, hooray, hooray!
Hooray, hooray, hooray!
Hooray, hooray, hooray! ♪
Can you see the coral reef?
Oh!
Yes.
It looks like a giant
that's bent down
to make a chalk line
around the island.
"Oh, no. I'll stop now."
"Lie down in the sea."
PIGGY GIGGLES
I can't see any other land.
You can't off England
unless the light is right,
and France isn't so far away.
Help me!
Do it quickly!
Shelters and toilets.
That's what you said, right?
And a source for water,
that no-one is allowed to use
for the toilet.
Because those little 'uns
will go anywhere,
and we mustn't soil
what we drink.
Drop it!
I intend to be a good chief.
What's your real name?
It's Nicholas.
My Auntie Joan calls me Nicky.
It suits you.
St Nicholas - gift-giver.
Also patron saint of sailors
and repentant thieves.
RALPH CHUCKLES
Auntie Joan doesn't know that,
but I've read about it.
Right, left, right, left, right!
Left, right, left, right.
I'm not sure we need
all that wood.
Let them have a big fire tonight.
It'll make everyone feel better.
Heave! Heave! Heave!
Ho!
ALL: Heave, heave, ho!
WOOD THUDS
And kindling!
THEY CHEER
Chief, come,
light the fire!
That's too much wood.
It's all rotten.
Has anyone any matches?
Who has matches?
If we rub the sticks together
You make a bow
and then you spin the arrow.
How does that work? I'm not sure.
I saw it in a comic paper.
Flint. Has anyone any flint?
No, I don't.
Piggy's specs.
What?
Yes, that's it.
Piggy's glasses.
Like how we used
to kill ants at elevenses.
"Burning ants is very pants"
"for they do not scream
as they should do."
No, no, I can't see
without them!
HE STRAINS
No
Piggy. No!
Your glasses.
Be careful! I need them.
Come on, now, be a chap.
THEY LAUGH
No!
Ralph!
BREATHES RAGGEDLY
Yes! You did it!
Yes!
Yes, Ralph.
THEY APPLAUD
Who'd have thought that
burning ants after elevenses
would prove
such useful training?
FIRE CRACKLES
Whoa!
It's catching fast.
It's spreading quickly.
It's really giving off
some heat.
Because all the wood is
dried out and rotten.
It's spiffing stuff.
FIRE CRACKLES
Ralph. If it pleases you, Chief,
the hunters will also be
the fire-givers.
We will have charge
of the signal fire.
You think you can handle
both hunting and the fire?
We won't let you down, Chief.
BOYS APPLAUD
We did it!
It's getting big.
Must be the air.
It's the wood!
It's the rotten wood.
Whoa!
Get back!
You've messed this up
good and proper.
The signal's getting bigger,
that's all.
The trees are too close.
It'll spread.
It won't spread too far.
It's in the trees!
Eric, watch out! Oh!
Sam!
What do we do?
Where are you going?
Step back!
Run! It's spreading!
Can we stop it?
Firebreak.
In the Great Fire of London
they made a firebreak.
We must chop these trees down
to stop it.
Chop them with what?
THEY SHOU
Go! Go!
Get down the mountain! Quick!
THEY SHOU
Where are the little 'uns?
They were pretty hot and bothered.
Most of them were lying down.
In the shade of the trees.
Hurry up!
CHORAL MUSIC
HE GASPS
HE WHEEZES
CHORAL MUSIC BUILDS
HEAVY THUD
MUSIC STOPS
LOW RUMBLING
HE GASPS
FIRE ROARS
HE COUGHS
Stay there.
Do what you're told
and stay bloody there!
They're all asleep.
I don't know why it's not
waking them up. They're all asleep!
BOYS SHOU
Help!
SHOUTING
COUGHING
Come on!
SHOUTING
CONCH BELLOWS CLEARLY
Come on!
Wake up!
Wake up!
Bring everyone here.
CONCH BELLOWS
HE PANTS
SHOUTING
Jasper!
BOYS COUGH
Look - you have your firebreak.
Sorry?
That half of the island.
That side - it hasn't caught.
Yet.
It won't. I'm sure of it.
The rocks are in the way.
I didn't
You told me to make a register,
but I didn't.
You're not sure
they're all here?
Most. I think.
I'm remembering by sight.
Who don't we have?
HE SOBS
Who don't we have?!
The little one with the birthmark
who talked about the beast.
HE BREATHES RAGGEDLY
Has anyone seen the little 'un
with the birthmark on his face?
No sign of him.
SHOUTING: Has anyone seen the little
'un with the birthmark on his face?
HE BREATHES RAGGEDLY
WHOOSHING
RADIO CRACKLES
HE BREATHES RAPIDLY, CONCH WHOOSHES
INDISTINCT RADIO VOICE