GUV:Take a seat, Kathy.
KATHY:What, here, with you?
But I鈥檓 a clone Miss, we don鈥檛 usually mix with humans.
GUV:I鈥檓 aware of that Kathy.
SHANE:Interview recording with Ruth, surname unknown, haven鈥檛 pressed record.
PC GREEN:Interview recording with Tommy, surname鈥
(to Tommy)
Ooh. Wanna make one up?
No surname. Previously from Hailsham, and now a donor.
Tommy. Whaddagawan?
TOMMY: Sorry?
PC GREEN:Whaddagawan? Why did you used to go so wild, so cray cray?
TOMMY:I鈥檓 sorry I don鈥檛 understand.
PC GREEN: (straightening up) Sorry, I鈥檓 proper nervous.
PC BENNETT:I鈥檓 glad I got you. The cloned ones give me the heebie-jeebies.
MISS LUCY:That鈥檚 the kind of prejudice we鈥檙e trying to combat. You mustn鈥檛 underestimate them. They鈥檙e made of all the same bits and bobs as us, just created in a different way.
PC BENNETT:Righto. If you say so.
Interview recording with Miss Lucy Wainright, Guardian at Hailsham.
MISS LUCY: Ex Guardian.
PC BENNETT:It鈥檚 going to be a long afternoon, innit.
GUV:Ok you said鈥
鈥渂eing a Hailsham student is enough by itself sometimes to get people鈥檚 backs up鈥 Why do you think that is?
KATHY:Hailsham was a special place which I feel extremely privileged to have attended. I think some of the other donors who went to different places were a little resentful of that.
GUV: How so?
KATHY:It wasn鈥檛 until I left the Cottages to be a carer that I fully appreciated how lucky we all were to attend Hailsham. Many of the other donors I treated wouldn鈥檛 like to discuss, or even think about their own pasts.
GUV:Why? What do you think might鈥檝e gone on in those places?
SHANE:(nervous, with kindness) What sort of person do you think your possible might be?
RUTH:I wanted it to be the lady in the office in Norfolk, I wanted it more than I let on to Kathy and Tommy. But the truth is, the sort of people who鈥檇 sell their DNA are most likely trash. We鈥檙e modelled on junkies, wino鈥檚 and prostitutes.
That鈥檚 what I鈥檝e heard anyway.
PC BENNETT: Kathy H described you as being the 鈥渕ost sporting of all the Guardians鈥, I suppose she thought you were a good egg. Why do you suppose that is?
MISS LUCY:I think because I cared, and talked with, rather than at them. I wanted to be more honest with them than I was truth be told.
PC BENNETT:Telling them they were organ donors is being pretty honest.
MISS LUCY:Yes and it got me in trouble.
PC GREEN:Why did you use to throw those crazy tantrums? Tommy considers this.
TOMMY:Frustration. People tried to wind me up, perhaps because I couldn鈥檛 offer anything at the exchanges.
PC GREEN: What were the exchanges?
TOMMY:Our art was like currency. We were awarded tokens for it, or we exchanged it for other students鈥 artwork. My art wasn鈥檛 good enough,I didn鈥檛 get to exchange anything. The bullying got to me, especially as I was already so sensitive about not being creative.
GUV:Do you enjoy your work, as a carer?
KATHY:I think I am a good carer. Hardly any of my patients complain about feeling agitated.
GUV:That鈥檚 not what I asked.
KATHY:I enjoyed looking after other Hailsham students, and it meant I could be reunited with Ruth and Tommy. But it feels just about right to be finishing soon.
GUV:Do you not worry about donating your vital organs so other people can live?
I mean, you know more than anyone how terrifying being a donor can be, you鈥檝e watched your friends go through it - and all the others - having your organs taken out one by one鈥 Must frighten you, no?
KATHY:Did I mention Hailsham had a wonderful Pavilion?
GUV:You can鈥檛 put it off forever.
TOMMY:Kath had a theory, about my tantrums.
PC GREEN:Aw, you were the only one who called her 鈥淜ath鈥.
TOMMY:I was very close to her, even before we got in a relationship.
PC GREEN:So what was Kathy鈥檚 theory?
TOMMY:That I instinctively always knew that our fate was out of our hands.
SHANE:Kathy H was your best friend at Hailsham?
RUTH:Yes. We went our separate ways for a while after we left the Cottages -
I wasn鈥檛 always kind to her, looking back, I think I just cared too much what other people thought of me.
SHANE:Do you have any regrets?
RUTH:That I, that I purposely kept Kathy and Tommy apart, even though I knew they鈥檇 be great together. I think I was just jealous of their connection.
GUV:Why do you think yours and Ruth鈥檚 friendship survived all the knocks?
KATHY:There were two sides to her, the thoughtful side, and the side of her desperate to fit in. In the end, when she was a donor, she showed me more of the former.
PC BENNETT:Now, Miss Emily referred to you as being 鈥渋dealistic鈥, and that you had 鈥渘o grasp of practicalities鈥.
MISS LUCY:I wanted them to know what path they were on, so they could try and lead decent lives with the time they had.
GUV:Ok, that鈥檚 all thank you.
It鈥檚 ok.
PC GREEN:What a day! You know, what struck me was that, despite everything, they all really cared about each other. And you know, it got me to thinking, as it鈥檚 my birthday, why don鈥檛 I take you all out for a special meal.
PC GREEN: Happy Birthday鈥appy birthday to me鈥
Some of the key characters in Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro are explored through police interview-style dramatisation.
The four characters of Cathy, Ruth, Tommy and Miss Lucy are interviewed separately by police officers.
They respond to questions designed to explore their respective motivations for their actions in the novel and gain a deeper understanding of events from a variety of different perspectives.
This short film is from the 成人快手 Teach series: LIT P.D.
Teacher Notes
This short film could be used as part of an exploration of character and theme, either after an initial reading or as part of a revision activity.
Students could use this film as stimulus for their own presentation on a different character from the novel, or as the basis for an essay-style response to one of the characters explored in this film.
Curriculum Notes
This short film is suitable for teaching English literature at GCSE in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and National 5 and Higher in Scotland.
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