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Drama of the Week

The Courier Episode 1

05 Jun 2026

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Chapter 1: What shocking discovery does Mo make during a delivery?

0.031 - 20.777 Unknown

This is Drama of the Week. I've seen dead bodies before.

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24.001 - 41.381 Mohamed El Sandel

This isn't my first funeral, but I never spoke in front of people. People I don't know. People I never met before. About a woman I only met two weeks ago.

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Chapter 2: How does Mo react to finding the dead body?

41.401 - 42.062 Unknown

Take your time.

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42.844 - 73.759 Mohamed El Sandel

Her name's Rosa. Rosa Brennan. The woman who... The woman in the casket. And in the big photo in front of it, with flowers all around. And on the paper they gave me at the door. In loving memory of Rosa. A loving wife, mother, daughter, friend, teacher. She was a lot of things. But now, she's just the woman in the casket.

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73.779 - 80.308 Unknown

Just start with how you knew her. How I knew her?

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81.554 - 84.997 Mohamed El Sandel

Um, okay.

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Uh...

97.585 - 112.569 Unknown

I don't usually remember names or faces.

113.39 - 124.563 Mohamed El Sandel

Only the outside. Doors. Windows. Gate or no gate. Big or small. It's like my first impression of you. Green door.

124.784 - 128.128 Unknown

Almost green. Looks unfinished.

Chapter 3: What details emerge about Rosa's life and death?

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Like they ran out of paint and thought no one's going to notice. But I notice. Windows cracked.

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144.171 - 146.374 Mohamed El Sandel

Home sweet home where you wipe your feet.

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Plants hanging on the wall.

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151.4 - 151.881 Mohamed El Sandel

Too green.

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153.263 - 162.096 Unknown

Plastic. This is her robe. I still need to see ID. I haven't got it. That's what I'm trying to tell you. You ain't listening.

162.637 - 163.859 Mohamed El Sandel

He's right. I wasn't.

164.259 - 166.302 Unknown

It could be anything. Driving licence.

166.663 - 167.805 Mohamed El Sandel

Passport.

167.825 - 172.552 Unknown

It's a joke. Asking for my passport? Where's yours? You don't have one, do you?

Chapter 4: How does Mo's past influence his current situation?

195.617 - 208.907 Mohamed El Sandel

I'm not sorry, but I don't love it. I don't care if Ben gets his vapes or not. I just can't risk it. He could be a mystery shopper. Trust no one, Omar says. He's on his last strike.

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210.01 - 210.992 Unknown

Failed delivery.

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211.773 - 217.907 Mohamed El Sandel

One more delivery. Then I'm back home to Mama's Burma soup. Amna and Call of Duty.

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219.136 - 237.359 Unknown

Remedy Grill, grilled chicken wrap, sweet potato fries, 2.1 miles, £5.47. Too far. Decline. Pizza Express, two pizzas, one American hot, one pineapple and ham, garlic dough balls, 1 mile, £7.90. £7.90.

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237.559 - 294.306 Mohamed El Sandel

Accept. But I shouldn't have. I should have taken the one that was further out. As far away as possible. That was my first mistake. Earphones in. Well done. House on the end. Big-ish. Lights on. Gray fence, white stones, white door. The kind of place that tips. The door's open. Hello? Delivery.

Chapter 5: What challenges does Mo face as a delivery rider?

298.351 - 304.576 Mohamed El Sandel

Hello? No answer.

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305.577 - 305.937 Geraint Morgan

No!

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306.838 - 363.008 Mohamed El Sandel

Come. Back inside. Come back. Come, come. Hey, listen. You have to stop. Hey! Come, come back. Hello? Pizza! Hello? Hello, your door is open. And your cat... First thing I see is an arm. On the floor. Behind an island. Not moving. I go closer. Hello? Miss? Miss, can you hear me? Miss? Miss? Hello?

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366.719 - 372.376 Geraint Morgan

Oh no. Oh no. Oh my God. Oh no.

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Chapter 6: How do Mo's friends respond to the news of Rosa?

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380.208 - 416.571 Mohamed El Sandel

The first time I saw a dead body, I was 10. We went to my auntie's for tea. Mama made a cake. Baba and all the uncles ate it in the living room, watching football, rubbing their bellies. I copied them. Driving home through Umdurman in the dark, the car's radio was on. Not the news. Mama hates the news. It was a song. I can't remember what. Something like... She's singing. Baba's driving. Tired.

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417.452 - 423.378 Mohamed El Sandel

He won't say it, but I can see his head nod. Mama must have noticed too, because she sings louder.

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424.259 - 433.388 Unknown

Like to keep him awake. I wasn't born yet.

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434.329 - 483.472 Mohamed El Sandel

No one to annoy. I watch the buildings and trees blur together. When? The man, he was already dead in the road, Baba says. I look out back, his face down in the dust. Another car passes over him. He says we cannot stop. Can you hear me? Miss? Please. Miss, please wake up.

Chapter 7: What clues suggest Rosa's death may not be a suicide?

483.593 - 485.759 Mohamed El Sandel

Okay, okay, okay, okay. No pulse.

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No nothing.

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488.36 - 490.682 Danny Robbins

Emergency, which service do you require?

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490.722 - 507.038 Unknown

Your order has arrived. Your courier, Mohammed Osman, is waiting. Stop! Stop! Stop! Sorry, I didn't catch that. Did you mean stop the music? Hello, do you need police, fire or ambulance? I can't be here.

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I can't.

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I can't. Stop the music! Stopping music. Your food order has arrived. Your courier, Mohammed Osman, is waiting.

517.267 - 523.092 Mohamed El Sandel

Where... Where is your phone, miss? Where is it?

527.336 - 529.858 Unknown

Face not recognized. Try again.

530.599 - 555.166 Mohamed El Sandel

Oh, shit. I... I'm so sorry. Miss, I need to... I need to just... Open your eyes. Please... She had blue eyes. Same as her dress. Okay.

Chapter 8: What unresolved questions linger about the events surrounding Rosa's death?

555.187 - 556.528 Mohamed El Sandel

Settings. Apps.

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558.65 - 559.911 Unknown

Delete.

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559.931 - 579.772 Mohamed El Sandel

Delete. Ah, recently deleted. Here. I... I'll... I'll leave it here, miss. Okay? I can't. I need to... Someone else will.

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I'm so sorry.

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585.159 - 617.047 Mohamed El Sandel

I'm so sorry. I have to go. I want to ask Baba why he never stopped the car. But he turns the radio up. Mama turns it off. No more singing. We keep driving. Past my school. Past home. Baba, stop! The road is wet. Flooded. But it's not raining. It's... Red. Blood red.

618.629 - 627.001 Unknown

Mama! Mama! I want to go home! Your order has arrived. Your courier, Mohammed Osman, is waiting. Turn it off!

627.021 - 642.665 Mohamed El Sandel

I turn around and I see him. The already dead man. Standing. Running after the car. After us. Getting closer. I see him, but it's... Papa!

643.166 - 643.786 Geraint Morgan

Mohamed, sit down.

644.988 - 670.648 Mohamed El Sandel

No one's driving, but she's drifting, drowning. And Mama, she's not Mama anymore. Blue dress, blue eyes. The woman I left on the kitchen floor. She opens her mouth, but nothing. Nothing comes out. Except red. Blood. And it doesn't stop.

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