MARION WATSON - The family enter a historic vehicle run, from John O'Groats to Land's End.

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CHARLEY TEMPLE'S SCOOP

INT. BBC NEWSROOM – DAY
A low hum of activity. Phones ring. Keyboards clatter. The atmosphere is busy but oddly sedate — like a library that forgot it was supposed to be exciting.

CHARLEY TEMPLE (30s, sharp, restless) stares at her blank notepad, willing a story to appear.

JILL BIRD (50s, breezy, mischievous) leans over Charley’s desk.

JILL 
Charley, darling, look alive. There’s a sweet little run taking place. John O’Groats to Land's End. Very quaint. Very British.

Charley raises an eyebrow, unimpressed.

CHARLEY 
Doesn’t sound like much. Man in a flat cap, Morris Minor, thirty miles an hour. We’ll be asleep before the first commercial break.

JILL 
Agreed. But it’s local interest. A light-hearted closer. Nothing else happening.

Charley sighs, grabs her coat.

CHARLEY 
Fine. I’ll go find the quaint.

She exits.

As she walks, her expression shifts — a flicker of memory. WIDEMOUTH BAY. MARION and JIMMY WATSON. The Loch Ness Monster. Dinobot. The oath of the Keepers.

A faint prickle runs up her arms.

CHARLEY (V.O.) 
Whenever my skin prickles… the world usually turns upside down.

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EXT. A-ROAD – CORNWALL – DAY
Charley’s PRESS CAR speeds along the final 80‑mile stretch. She scans the horizon.

Something’s wrong.

The “quaint” countryside is crawling with POLICE CARS. Blue lights flash behind hedgerows. Officers lurk like predators waiting for prey.

Then — a wall of TRUCKS. Massive rigs drift across lanes in perfect formation.

CHARLEY 
What on earth…?

She flicks on her CB radio. STATIC. Then—

BIG BEN (V.O.) 
Breaker, breaker. Smokey Bear at Mile Marker 12. Deploying Curtain Cover. Let the lady in the blue bus through.

Charley’s jaw drops.

CHARLEY 
No way. Miss‑Ocean? Marion?!

A SEA‑FOAM BLUE VAN rockets past the trucks, engine roaring like a jet.

Charley’s skin prickles violently.

INT. PRESS CAR – CONTINUOUS
Charley grips the wheel.

CHARLEY 
This isn’t a parade. This is a race. An illegal, beautiful, madcap race.

She accelerates.

Ahead, THREE LORRIES slow to block a POLICE INTERCEPTOR. In the gap, Miss‑Ocean streaks through like a phantom.

CHARLEY 
Rathbone… you sly fox. The Commissioner’s in on this. He’s not stopping them — he’s playing.

CUT TO:

EXT. MOTORWAY – VARIOUS – DAY
RAC DIGITAL BOARDS flicker. The usual warnings dissolve into a SMILEY FACE.

Then:

VAN ASSISTED WHEEL CHANGE AT MILE 40. YOU’RE WELCOME.

Social media notifications explode on Charley’s phone.

CHARLEY (V.O.) 
A ghost van? Appearing out of nowhere? Helping racers?

Her eyes widen.

CHARLEY 
Dinobot. That’s Dinobot. I’d bet my Taylor Swift tickets on it.

A sudden CHILL fills the car. Her rearview mirror tilts on its own.

A faint, playful CHUCKLE echoes from the empty passenger seat.

Charley freezes.

CHARLEY 
Anthony…? Is that you?

The air warms again. The mirror settles.

She exhales, exhilarated.

EXT. MOTORWAY – CONTINUOUS
Charley floors the accelerator, chasing the blue blur on the horizon.

Her PRESS PASS swings wildly.

CHARLEY 
Sorry, Jill. This isn’t a light-hearted close. This is front-page material.

She speeds toward destiny.

SMASH CUT TO BLACK.

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The Plot Beats are ten landmark waypoints, cities and large towns that are on the route, including: 

JOHN O'GROATS - The John O'Groats line up. The Baron has tampered with the other cars the night before the race starts. Anthony has to go "Full Ghost-Mode" using robotic logic to fix the Watsons' engine while the starting flag is being waved. The AI robot turns out to be an incredible mechanic. They pull away last, heading onto the A9.

INVERNESS - The Highlands Showdown. As they negotiate the steep, winding roads of Scotland, the Baron uses a "GPS-Distorter" gadget to confuse everyone. Anthony has to perform a daring "Invisible-External-Repair" while the van is moving, clinging to the chassis to neutralize the Baron's device. M74, motorway driving.

PITLOCHRY - A9. Sheep on the main road, and fog, slow progress. Followed by torrential rain, and flooding.

GLASGOW - The Comedy: Constant "Blades of Glory" bickering between Tim and the Baron about the aerodynamic superiority of a VW versus a Rolls Royce Phantom. 

CARLISLE - M6. The first of many police roadblocks. The competitors have to go off-road, to evade the boys in blue. Poppy and Ruby are pulled over, when their Mini cannot take rough forest roads. They charm the male officers, displaying their goods.

MANCHESTER - The Scooby Mystery: Throughout the race, someone is stealing the competitors' spark plugs. Jimmy and Anthony must solve the "Case of the Disappearing Ignition" before the final leg. M6, motorway. The problem being that on older vehicles, there is little bonnet security.

BIRMINGHAM - A Midland Motorway Mayhem In a nod to The Love Bug, the VW "Miss Ocean" starts to show a mind of its own (with Anthony’s help). When a tire blows, Anthony uses one of his legs to keep the vehicle level while Tim drives at 70 mph, until they can pitstop for a tire change. Baffled spectators cannot figure out how Tim managed to keep control. The M5 motorway.

BRISTOL - The Bond Factor: Tim installs a "Dash-Cam" that is actually a 3D-hologram projector (designed by Jimmy and Anthony) to trick the police into thinking they are a harmless sheep-trailer. It sometimes flickers at the wrong moment, but is enough to make the motorcycle police, think they must be seeing things. M5, to Exeter.

TAUNTON - The M5 a mysterious "Fog Machine" (deployed by the Baron) causes the racers to get lost, coupled with changed road signs. Jimmy and Anthony use their "Thermal-Vision" to guide not just Tim, but the entire pack, through the mist, turning rivals into temporary allies. GPS and TomTom help overcome these diversionary tactics.

EXETER - A front wheel taper bearing goes. Tim watches his front wheel overtake their van, after a corner on a roundabout. Miraculously, Tim fits a new bearing by the roadside, before the RAC arrive. It takes him all of 18 minutes, including retrieving the wheel and finding the parts in their spares kit. But, they lose the lead. A30 to Launceston.

PENZANCE - The Land's End three-car sprint to the famous signpost, via the A30. The Watsons win not by being the fastest, but by being consistent, with their vehicle easy to service along the roadside. They even stop to help the Glitter Twins after they crash, proving that "nice guys" can finish first when they have a Dinobot on their side. A bevy of truckers are at the finish line, and delay the police, including Basil Rathbone, who turns up to be foiled again. And then laughs about it, turning out to be a good sport in the end. Jill Bird likens the event to the London to Brighton veteran run.

OUTLINE: BUCKLE UP FOR THE ULTIMATE CROSS-COUNTRY CAPER!

From the sun-drenched surf of Cornwall to the mist-shrouded peaks of the Scottish Highlands, the Watson family is back—and this time, they’ve traded their surfboards for a high-octane race against time, treachery, and the laws of physics.

THE GREAT BRITISH DASH: CANNONBALL KIN

THE CHALLENGE: 874 miles. Land’s End to John O'Groats. One vintage VW T2 nicknamed "Miss Ocean." And a pack of the most eccentric, underhanded, and ridiculously serious racers to ever hit the A-roads.

THE TEAM: * Tim Watson: The "Van-Whisperer" with a lead foot and a heart of gold.

- Marion "The Merciful" Watson: The surfing legend who discovers that navigating a rally is harder than a ten-foot swell.

- Jimmy Watson: The tech-whiz kid with a secret tucked in his backpack.

- Anthony (The Dinobot): An invisible, nano-tech guardian who thinks he’s in a Bond movie—and has the gadgets to prove it.

THE OPPOSITION: Enter The Baron and The Butler, driving a sinister 1930s Rolls Royce Phantom rigged with "Dick Dastardly" style traps. From oil-slick dispensers to magnetic pulses, they’ll do anything to stop the Watsons. But they didn't count on a VW that can "auto-correct" its own gravity!

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