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The King's Speech scene 6: INT. CONTROL ROOM, BBC BROADCASTING HOUSE - DAY · The Reading Room

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The King's Speech
Scene 6

The King's Speech · written by David Seidler · 2010

The control room waits through the silence on air.

Scene 6 of 100 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 3 min into a 1:31 film

The story so farBefore scene 6

Prince Albert seeks to overcome a lifelong stammer so he can serve his country, but his fear of public failure and the royal hierarchy obstruct his work with an unconventional speech therapist.

Just before
Scene 3
BBC technicians monitor the broadcast equipment as Bertie is introduced.
Scene 4
Backstage, Bertie freezes before the live speech; Elizabeth and officials try to steady him.
Scene 5
Bertie reaches the microphone but cannot begin his address.
Scene 6
This scene

6INT. CONTROL ROOM, BBC BROADCASTING HOUSE - DAY

Technicians stare at dials and listen to the hiss of silence.

The Reader and Floor Manager glance at each other nervously.

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