There is described the etiquette model of request in the British and Russian linguistic cultures as a speech act and linguocultural script. There are analyzed the factors that influence the character of the official request, the varieties of the request are spontaneous, prepared beforehand, humorous, complicated. There is revealed the specificity of non-impositivity (lack of communicative pressure on the addressee) as the basic guiding line of behavior in the British linguistic culture concerning the script “request”.