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MATURE JENNY: 'Each life is a journey | 0:00:30 | 0:00:33 | |
'defined by the turns we take and the roads we choose | 0:00:33 | 0:00:37 | |
'or which fate chooses for us.' | 0:00:37 | 0:00:39 | |
-Morning, Mr Chen. -Morning, Miss Gilbert. | 0:00:41 | 0:00:45 | |
'Some travel geographically, trading home for home, | 0:00:45 | 0:00:49 | |
'and one language for another. | 0:00:49 | 0:00:52 | |
'But we all move from youth to maturity, | 0:00:52 | 0:00:55 | |
'childhood to parenthood, as if we were traversing continents. | 0:00:55 | 0:01:00 | |
'The world shifts and the climate alters. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:05 | |
'Safe passage cannot be bought | 0:01:05 | 0:01:07 | |
'and we have no holy passport to protect us.' | 0:01:07 | 0:01:11 | |
It will be your turn very soon, Mr Chen. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:22 | |
'And so we venture forward, fragile maps in hand | 0:01:28 | 0:01:33 | |
'flying our banners of courage and of hope.' | 0:01:33 | 0:01:36 | |
Oh, dear, Patrick | 0:01:36 | 0:01:38 | |
-Good morning, Dr Turner. -Good morning, Sister. | 0:01:56 | 0:02:00 | |
Erm, I'm afraid you'll have to excuse me - | 0:02:00 | 0:02:02 | |
I'm on my way to a meeting. | 0:02:02 | 0:02:04 | |
I imagine that would be the meeting at the Board Of Health. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:07 | |
About Mr Powell's new Hospital Plan. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:09 | |
Yes, it is. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:12 | |
There are interesting implications for our district, I suspect. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:16 | |
Which is why I've decided that I ought to attend. | 0:02:16 | 0:02:19 | |
Well, I imagine you'd like a lift, Sister. | 0:02:21 | 0:02:24 | |
Thank you. That would be appreciated. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:26 | |
Well? Do we pass the test? | 0:02:42 | 0:02:44 | |
Approved for home birth. | 0:02:45 | 0:02:47 | |
Thanks, Nurse. See, Ma, I told you she was nice. | 0:02:47 | 0:02:51 | |
Nurse Gilbert's from Liverpool like me. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:53 | |
We have to talk about your plan for afterwards, once baby's here. | 0:02:53 | 0:02:57 | |
After baby comes it's zuo yue zi. | 0:02:57 | 0:02:59 | |
It's the Chinese thing she wants me to do. | 0:02:59 | 0:03:02 | |
Zuo yue zi means "sitting the month". | 0:03:02 | 0:03:04 | |
It's confinement. | 0:03:04 | 0:03:06 | |
Me and the baby stuck in here for 30 days | 0:03:06 | 0:03:09 | |
with my mother-in-law looking after us. | 0:03:09 | 0:03:11 | |
You don't sound terribly keen. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:14 | |
It's just strange to me, that's all, Nurse. Me mam was English. | 0:03:14 | 0:03:19 | |
It's me dad who's Chinese and I've not seen him since I was five. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:23 | |
They deported him in '46. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:25 | |
That's awful. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:26 | |
Anyway, it's not how I was brought up. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:31 | |
But I've said I'll do it. | 0:03:31 | 0:03:33 | |
Well, so long as you're sure, we'll support you. | 0:03:33 | 0:03:36 | |
30 days is a very long time for bed rest, isn't it? | 0:03:39 | 0:03:43 | |
Proper hygiene after the birth though - on that we must insist, | 0:03:43 | 0:03:46 | |
no matter what Mrs Chen Sr says. | 0:03:46 | 0:03:49 | |
We don't want any nasty infections. | 0:03:49 | 0:03:51 | |
I have a feeling that Mrs Chen Sr might be a bit of a handful. | 0:03:51 | 0:03:55 | |
I really hope Lucy can cope. That's my biggest worry, actually. | 0:03:55 | 0:03:59 | |
It's an awfully small flat. | 0:03:59 | 0:04:01 | |
Chinese customs are quite complicated. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:04 | |
I'm not sure Lucy feels particularly Chinese. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:07 | |
And that's at least part of the trouble. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:10 | |
-I hope I'm not late. -Not at all. Successful trip? | 0:04:13 | 0:04:16 | |
A couple of blouses, thank goodness. | 0:04:17 | 0:04:19 | |
Some of my clothes are barely decent now. | 0:04:19 | 0:04:22 | |
Including my uniform, which is rather embarrassing. | 0:04:22 | 0:04:26 | |
I also got this. | 0:04:26 | 0:04:28 | |
I wasn't going to buy anything yet. | 0:04:28 | 0:04:30 | |
It seemed like tempting fate. But it was so lovely. | 0:04:30 | 0:04:33 | |
And I gave away most of Angela's baby things. | 0:04:34 | 0:04:37 | |
You're almost halfway through, Shelagh. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:42 | |
You should be starting to prepare. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:45 | |
Enjoy it. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:46 | |
Oh, hello. How was your meeting? | 0:04:48 | 0:04:49 | |
Eventful. They're trying to close us down. | 0:04:49 | 0:04:53 | |
What?! | 0:04:53 | 0:04:54 | |
It appears that the new Hospital Plan For England And Wales | 0:04:54 | 0:04:58 | |
wants to move women away from small maternity homes like this one | 0:04:58 | 0:05:01 | |
-and into big general hospitals. -Oh, my goodness. | 0:05:01 | 0:05:05 | |
We're to be inspected, apparently, and then they decide our fate. | 0:05:05 | 0:05:08 | |
They can't shut us down, we're busy, there's obviously a need. | 0:05:08 | 0:05:12 | |
Enoch Powell thinks otherwise, as does Sister Ursula. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:16 | |
But we're not going down without a fight. | 0:05:17 | 0:05:20 | |
Shutting maternity homes across the country - whatever next? | 0:05:20 | 0:05:24 | |
Only a man could think it's a good idea. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:28 | |
Quite apart from anything else, | 0:05:28 | 0:05:29 | |
it's going to lead to an increase in hospital births. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:32 | |
Hospital is the best environment if specialist help is required. | 0:05:32 | 0:05:36 | |
And, if it is not, a woman's home should be perfectly adequate. | 0:05:36 | 0:05:39 | |
With the greatest respect, Sister Ursula, | 0:05:39 | 0:05:41 | |
some of the homes in Poplar aren't adequate at all. | 0:05:41 | 0:05:45 | |
Exactly, Sister. | 0:05:45 | 0:05:46 | |
It's one of the reasons I opened the home in the first place. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:49 | |
And why it's still needed. Desperately. | 0:05:49 | 0:05:52 | |
So... | 0:05:52 | 0:05:53 | |
how long do we have and what are we going to do about it? | 0:05:53 | 0:05:56 | |
They haven't given us much notice, I'm afraid. | 0:05:56 | 0:05:59 | |
A little over a week. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:00 | |
But we have drawn up a plan of action. | 0:06:00 | 0:06:03 | |
The building itself needs some minor repairs, | 0:06:03 | 0:06:06 | |
so Fred will be seeing to all of that. | 0:06:06 | 0:06:08 | |
On his own time, I assume. | 0:06:08 | 0:06:10 | |
As you will see from the sheet, we are then going to gather as many | 0:06:11 | 0:06:15 | |
statistics on the maternity home as we can get our hands on and present | 0:06:15 | 0:06:20 | |
the inspector with black and white evidence of our achievements so far. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:24 | |
And how can we help? | 0:06:24 | 0:06:25 | |
Just keep doing exactly what you've been doing since the home opened. | 0:06:25 | 0:06:29 | |
Providing our mothers and babies with the very best care. | 0:06:29 | 0:06:32 | |
We are very short of staff at present, Mrs Turner. | 0:06:32 | 0:06:36 | |
There have been departures | 0:06:36 | 0:06:38 | |
and we still await the return of Nurse Franklin. | 0:06:38 | 0:06:41 | |
I'm afraid the maternity home cannot be our principle concern. | 0:06:42 | 0:06:46 | |
We too are under scrutiny. | 0:06:46 | 0:06:47 | |
I think she's done now. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:09 | |
Thank you, Mrs Evans. | 0:07:09 | 0:07:11 | |
You can come in now. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:14 | |
Morning, ladies. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:17 | |
It's this one here. The wheel keeps sticking. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:20 | |
Sorry, Mrs Collier, we'll try not to get in your way. | 0:07:22 | 0:07:24 | |
That's all right. I ain't going anywhere. | 0:07:24 | 0:07:27 | |
Any day now, Mrs Collier. | 0:07:27 | 0:07:29 | |
Well, it looks easy enough to fix, Mrs Turner. | 0:07:32 | 0:07:35 | |
Good. Thank you, Fred. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:37 | |
Right. Shall we see how that blood pressure is today? | 0:07:37 | 0:07:40 | |
You want to send that inspector in to me. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:43 | |
I'll tell him what I think of him. | 0:07:43 | 0:07:44 | |
Trying to get this place closed down. | 0:07:44 | 0:07:47 | |
I'm not sure that would do anyone's blood pressure much good, Mrs Collier. | 0:07:47 | 0:07:50 | |
This is much better, though. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:53 | |
135 over 85. Good for you. | 0:07:53 | 0:07:57 | |
Not in uniform today, Mrs Turner? | 0:07:57 | 0:07:59 | |
No. Not today. | 0:07:59 | 0:08:00 | |
Good morning, Sister. Are you looking for something? | 0:08:09 | 0:08:13 | |
May I help you? | 0:08:13 | 0:08:14 | |
No, thank you, Nurse Crane. | 0:08:14 | 0:08:16 | |
I am merely making some improvements to the roster. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:19 | |
And what improvements might those be, Sister Ursula? | 0:08:23 | 0:08:27 | |
I'm introducing a 20-minute time limit to all antenatal, | 0:08:27 | 0:08:30 | |
postnatal and district calls. | 0:08:30 | 0:08:33 | |
But, Sister, that's half the time we usually allow. | 0:08:33 | 0:08:36 | |
A 20-minute visit is ample time for checks and small procedures. | 0:08:36 | 0:08:40 | |
And it will enable each of you to see three extra patients in a day. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:45 | |
It may be ample time in a hospital situation, Sister, | 0:08:45 | 0:08:49 | |
but not in district practice, I'm afraid. | 0:08:49 | 0:08:51 | |
Perhaps you would find it useful to come out with us, Sister? | 0:08:51 | 0:08:55 | |
My role here is to ensure the running of Nonnatus House is efficient. | 0:08:57 | 0:09:02 | |
Sadly, I have personal experience of what happens to institutions | 0:09:02 | 0:09:05 | |
that are deemed otherwise. | 0:09:05 | 0:09:07 | |
20 minutes, please. It's for the best. | 0:09:09 | 0:09:13 | |
I'm going to get a frame for this. | 0:09:25 | 0:09:27 | |
Put me mam and dad up beside your picture of Cyril. | 0:09:27 | 0:09:29 | |
The baby can grow up seeing them all together | 0:09:33 | 0:09:35 | |
and work out who they look like. | 0:09:35 | 0:09:37 | |
Shall I get a new frame for this one too? | 0:09:43 | 0:09:46 | |
Going to fall to bits soon. | 0:09:46 | 0:09:48 | |
Nothing wrong with frame. Leave it. | 0:09:48 | 0:09:51 | |
Are you sure? | 0:09:51 | 0:09:52 | |
Oh, Ma. You kept a piece of his baby hair. That's lovely. | 0:09:58 | 0:10:02 | |
I'm going to do that too. | 0:10:04 | 0:10:06 | |
I said leave it. I will fix it. | 0:10:06 | 0:10:09 | |
I'm sorry, Sister, I realise this is an inopportune moment | 0:10:16 | 0:10:21 | |
but I must speak with you. | 0:10:21 | 0:10:23 | |
Of course. What is it? | 0:10:23 | 0:10:25 | |
This 20-minute ruling imposed on us by Sister Ursula | 0:10:25 | 0:10:29 | |
is completely impractical. | 0:10:29 | 0:10:31 | |
We are not machines and nor are our patients. | 0:10:31 | 0:10:34 | |
District practice has variables that precludes such a rigid approach. | 0:10:34 | 0:10:40 | |
We're treading a very fine line here. | 0:10:40 | 0:10:43 | |
I am not certain that Sister Ursula is altogether fit to be | 0:10:43 | 0:10:49 | |
making these decisions. | 0:10:49 | 0:10:51 | |
Nurse Crane... | 0:10:55 | 0:10:57 | |
Sister Ursula was matron at the Order's cottage hospital | 0:10:57 | 0:11:01 | |
when it was closed for inefficient practice. | 0:11:01 | 0:11:04 | |
She took it very badly, blaming herself entirely. | 0:11:04 | 0:11:07 | |
I see. | 0:11:07 | 0:11:09 | |
Sister Ursula's ways are different. | 0:11:09 | 0:11:12 | |
But we must support her and show willing. | 0:11:12 | 0:11:15 | |
Who knows? Maybe we'll all be surprised. | 0:11:18 | 0:11:21 | |
# When you see a gentleman bee | 0:11:29 | 0:11:31 | |
# Round a lady bee buzzin' | 0:11:31 | 0:11:33 | |
# Just count to ten then count again | 0:11:35 | 0:11:37 | |
# There's sure to be an even dozen | 0:11:37 | 0:11:40 | |
# Multiplication | 0:11:41 | 0:11:42 | |
# That's the name of the game | 0:11:44 | 0:11:46 | |
# And each generation | 0:11:46 | 0:11:48 | |
# They play the same | 0:11:49 | 0:11:50 | |
# Now, there was two butterflies castin' their eyes | 0:11:52 | 0:11:55 | |
# Both in the same direction | 0:11:55 | 0:11:57 | |
# You'd never guess that one little yes | 0:11:59 | 0:12:01 | |
# Could start a butterfly collection | 0:12:01 | 0:12:04 | |
# Multiplication | 0:12:05 | 0:12:07 | |
# That's the name of the game | 0:12:07 | 0:12:09 | |
# And each generation | 0:12:10 | 0:12:12 | |
# They play the same | 0:12:13 | 0:12:15 | |
# Let me tell ya now I say one and one is five | 0:12:15 | 0:12:19 | |
# You can call me a silly goat | 0:12:19 | 0:12:21 | |
# But ya take two minks add two winks. # | 0:12:21 | 0:12:24 | |
I hope you haven't put those out of alphabetical order. | 0:12:27 | 0:12:30 | |
Oh, no. | 0:12:30 | 0:12:31 | |
Every "i" on these records is going to be dotted and every "t" crossed. | 0:12:31 | 0:12:36 | |
Dad, have they really started closing places down? | 0:12:36 | 0:12:40 | |
Not here. Not yet. But we can't take anything for granted. | 0:12:40 | 0:12:45 | |
Sister Ursula was Matron at a Cottage Hospital that closed. | 0:12:45 | 0:12:49 | |
That might have been because of her. | 0:12:49 | 0:12:51 | |
I'm sure it was more complicated than that. | 0:12:51 | 0:12:53 | |
Mrs Henderson is on her way in. | 0:12:53 | 0:12:55 | |
I'll go and get her settled. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:57 | |
Oh, looks like I'll be on Beatrix Potter duty tonight, young lady. | 0:12:57 | 0:13:01 | |
And make sure it's Mrs Tiggy-Winkle or the Flopsy Bunnies. | 0:13:01 | 0:13:05 | |
No Squirrel Nutkin. | 0:13:05 | 0:13:06 | |
Shelagh. Shouldn't we call someone over from Nonnatus House? | 0:13:08 | 0:13:12 | |
I don't want you doing too much. | 0:13:12 | 0:13:14 | |
I'm in fine fettle, Patrick. | 0:13:14 | 0:13:16 | |
Besides, I don't want to give Sister Ursula the pleasure of saying no. | 0:13:20 | 0:13:24 | |
Can you wait, Nurse? | 0:13:28 | 0:13:30 | |
I'm really sorry but it'll get ruined. | 0:13:30 | 0:13:32 | |
It's me who should be sorry for being so late. | 0:13:32 | 0:13:35 | |
Oh, come and join us. Please. I've made plenty. | 0:13:35 | 0:13:38 | |
-Oh, er... -Let me take this. | 0:13:38 | 0:13:40 | |
All right. That's very kind. | 0:13:41 | 0:13:45 | |
I'll be late for my tea anyway. | 0:13:45 | 0:13:46 | |
What this? | 0:13:49 | 0:13:51 | |
Well, you're always complaining about me Chinese cooking, | 0:13:51 | 0:13:54 | |
so I've made something English. | 0:13:54 | 0:13:56 | |
It's called...toad-in-the-hole. | 0:14:00 | 0:14:04 | |
Toad?! | 0:14:04 | 0:14:05 | |
Well, not really. It's a sausage. | 0:14:05 | 0:14:08 | |
SHE SPEAKS CANTONESE | 0:14:11 | 0:14:13 | |
What's she saying? | 0:14:14 | 0:14:16 | |
-Cyril? -Nothing. -It looks lovely. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:20 | |
It would appear that | 0:14:31 | 0:14:32 | |
neither Nurse Gilbert nor Sister Monica Joan are intending to | 0:14:32 | 0:14:36 | |
join us this evening. | 0:14:36 | 0:14:37 | |
I must say, it's most unlike Sister Monica Joan to miss | 0:14:37 | 0:14:40 | |
an opportunity for Bakewell tart. | 0:14:40 | 0:14:43 | |
She mentioned a walk. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:45 | |
Another one? I hope she's not becoming disorientated. | 0:14:45 | 0:14:48 | |
She's become very unsettled since the... | 0:14:48 | 0:14:51 | |
..television went. | 0:14:53 | 0:14:55 | |
Perhaps the time approaches for our Sister's retirement to the Mother House? | 0:14:55 | 0:15:00 | |
I'm sure that won't be necessary. | 0:15:00 | 0:15:02 | |
You had to deal with an emergency, I assume, Nurse Gilbert? | 0:15:02 | 0:15:06 | |
No. Not an emergency. | 0:15:06 | 0:15:09 | |
The 20-minute rule is not optional. | 0:15:09 | 0:15:11 | |
Nor is it something which applies only to your colleagues | 0:15:11 | 0:15:14 | |
-and not to yourself. -No, Sister. I'm sorry. | 0:15:14 | 0:15:18 | |
Nonnatus House will not carry slackers, Nurse Gilbert. | 0:15:18 | 0:15:22 | |
Do I make myself clear? | 0:15:22 | 0:15:23 | |
Yes, Sister. | 0:15:25 | 0:15:26 | |
It won't happen again. | 0:15:28 | 0:15:29 | |
Sister Winifred, | 0:15:35 | 0:15:37 | |
would you be so kind as to pass the custard? | 0:15:37 | 0:15:40 | |
My mother is nothing like Mrs Chen, I promise. | 0:15:54 | 0:15:58 | |
She's going to adore you. Like I do. | 0:15:58 | 0:16:02 | |
Well, she isn't going to have to live with me, is she? | 0:16:02 | 0:16:05 | |
Unless I've missed something? | 0:16:05 | 0:16:07 | |
No. Just us. | 0:16:07 | 0:16:09 | |
I can't wait. | 0:16:10 | 0:16:12 | |
Me neither. | 0:16:13 | 0:16:14 | |
Coming through. | 0:16:16 | 0:16:17 | |
Young Nurse Busby is escaping her revision by offering all and sundry | 0:16:21 | 0:16:26 | |
-a cup of tea. -And some toast. | 0:16:26 | 0:16:29 | |
She thinks I haven't spotted her cunning ruse. | 0:16:29 | 0:16:32 | |
-Violet's jam. First of the year. -Yes, please. | 0:16:33 | 0:16:36 | |
I believe there's similar excitement in France with the arrival of the Beaujolais. | 0:16:36 | 0:16:40 | |
Barbara's been telling me about her evening meal. | 0:16:42 | 0:16:45 | |
My "slacking". | 0:16:45 | 0:16:47 | |
Well, I don't think it's slacking to try and build up a patient's trust. | 0:16:47 | 0:16:50 | |
Of course it isn't. | 0:16:50 | 0:16:51 | |
You are a good midwife, Barbara, and I don't want you to forget it. | 0:16:53 | 0:16:56 | |
But for the moment we just have to do the best we can. | 0:16:57 | 0:17:01 | |
P'raps things will be easier for you all when Trixie gets back. | 0:17:01 | 0:17:05 | |
I hope so. Right you are, Nurse Busby. Chop chop. | 0:17:05 | 0:17:10 | |
Back to cephalopelvic disproportion for you. | 0:17:10 | 0:17:13 | |
SHE MOANS | 0:17:39 | 0:17:40 | |
-What? What is it? -Something's happening. | 0:17:40 | 0:17:43 | |
Ma. Ma. | 0:17:44 | 0:17:45 | |
HE SPEAKS CANTONESE | 0:17:45 | 0:17:47 | |
I don't need your mother, Cyril. I need a midwife. | 0:17:47 | 0:17:50 | |
HE SPEAKS CANTONESE | 0:17:50 | 0:17:53 | |
Go! | 0:17:53 | 0:17:54 | |
SCREAMS OF PAIN | 0:17:58 | 0:18:01 | |
This WILL help with the pain. | 0:18:12 | 0:18:14 | |
Just hold the mask over your face like that. That's it. | 0:18:14 | 0:18:17 | |
Lucy. I'm going to ask your mother-in-law to come in and help. | 0:18:28 | 0:18:31 | |
MANY BABIES CRY | 0:18:37 | 0:18:38 | |
-Here we are, Mrs Evans. -PHONE RINGS | 0:18:38 | 0:18:41 | |
I'm just going to get a wrench. Do you want me to answer that? | 0:18:41 | 0:18:44 | |
No, I'll do it, thank you. | 0:18:44 | 0:18:45 | |
Isn't it always the way? | 0:18:46 | 0:18:48 | |
We need to open the surgery, it's already... | 0:18:49 | 0:18:52 | |
-Is no-one here to help you again? -No. | 0:18:52 | 0:18:55 | |
Pass them nappies over 'ere, Dr Turner. | 0:18:55 | 0:18:57 | |
I got nothing else to do. | 0:18:57 | 0:18:58 | |
Don't you dare get out of bed, Mrs Collier. | 0:18:58 | 0:19:01 | |
We'll sort this out. | 0:19:01 | 0:19:02 | |
Another one like that, Lucy, now. You're doing so well. | 0:19:05 | 0:19:09 | |
Isn't she, Mrs Chen? | 0:19:09 | 0:19:10 | |
Good, strong mother. | 0:19:10 | 0:19:14 | |
That's it. | 0:19:15 | 0:19:17 | |
Lucy, keep breathing... gentle, slowly. | 0:19:17 | 0:19:23 | |
That's it. Head's born, Lucy. | 0:19:24 | 0:19:27 | |
One more gentle push. | 0:19:28 | 0:19:30 | |
That's it. | 0:19:32 | 0:19:33 | |
Congratulations. | 0:19:40 | 0:19:42 | |
You have the most beautiful daughter. | 0:19:42 | 0:19:46 | |
Oh, look at her, Ma. | 0:19:50 | 0:19:51 | |
That's it. | 0:20:13 | 0:20:14 | |
Oh, she's lovely. | 0:20:20 | 0:20:22 | |
What is it, Ma? Do you wish she was a boy? | 0:20:27 | 0:20:31 | |
No. | 0:20:32 | 0:20:33 | |
Girls very special too. | 0:20:35 | 0:20:37 | |
Sister, my wife is spread too thinly. | 0:20:49 | 0:20:52 | |
And although she wouldn't thank me for the term, | 0:20:52 | 0:20:54 | |
she is an elderly primigravida. | 0:20:54 | 0:20:57 | |
Even if I cannot appeal to your compassion, | 0:20:57 | 0:20:59 | |
as a professional you must know that extra strain is unwise. | 0:20:59 | 0:21:04 | |
The Order Of St Raymond Nonnatus is all compassion, Dr Turner. | 0:21:04 | 0:21:09 | |
But what can I do? The duties have been allocated. | 0:21:09 | 0:21:12 | |
There is only myself. | 0:21:12 | 0:21:13 | |
She's been out again. | 0:21:23 | 0:21:24 | |
The changes have unsettled her. | 0:21:27 | 0:21:29 | |
You don't think Sister Ursula meant what she said? | 0:21:30 | 0:21:33 | |
I hope not, Sister. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:34 | |
To leave all that is familiar would be the very worst thing for | 0:21:34 | 0:21:37 | |
Sister Monica Joan. | 0:21:37 | 0:21:39 | |
Sister Winifred? | 0:21:39 | 0:21:40 | |
May I have your bag, Sister Winifred? | 0:21:42 | 0:21:44 | |
You are to spend the morning at the Maternity Home with Dr Turner. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:48 | |
Mr Buckle. | 0:21:48 | 0:21:49 | |
I require you to furnish me with a bicycle. | 0:21:51 | 0:21:53 | |
SHE CLOSES WINDOW | 0:22:15 | 0:22:17 | |
Draught very bad for you and baby. | 0:22:17 | 0:22:21 | |
Careful with head! | 0:22:21 | 0:22:23 | |
I know, Ma, it's all right. | 0:22:23 | 0:22:25 | |
SHE SPEAKS CANTONESE | 0:22:30 | 0:22:33 | |
Do you have a name for her yet? | 0:22:35 | 0:22:37 | |
I want to call her Linda. After me mam. | 0:22:37 | 0:22:40 | |
No, no, no, no. | 0:22:40 | 0:22:41 | |
Very bad luck to have same name as dead relative. | 0:22:41 | 0:22:45 | |
-Very bad. -What?! | 0:22:45 | 0:22:47 | |
Not here, Mrs Chen. Here it's a lovely thing to do. | 0:22:47 | 0:22:51 | |
It's a mark of respect. | 0:22:51 | 0:22:53 | |
It's me mam, Cyril, please. | 0:22:55 | 0:22:57 | |
You want baby to have bad luck? | 0:22:57 | 0:23:00 | |
What about...Lin? A Chinese name and honours your mother. | 0:23:00 | 0:23:05 | |
I suppose. | 0:23:07 | 0:23:09 | |
But she'll always be Linda in here. | 0:23:09 | 0:23:11 | |
Hells bells! | 0:23:25 | 0:23:27 | |
Patrick. I've told you. I'll do that. | 0:23:27 | 0:23:28 | |
No, no. You're busy. Mending your dress. | 0:23:28 | 0:23:33 | |
It's not a dress, it's my uniform. | 0:23:33 | 0:23:36 | |
And I'm not mending it, I'm letting it out at the seams. | 0:23:36 | 0:23:39 | |
So that I can look cool, calm, | 0:23:39 | 0:23:42 | |
collected and professional during the inspection. | 0:23:42 | 0:23:45 | |
We could try being cool, calm, collected and professional now, really. | 0:23:53 | 0:23:57 | |
Yes, we could | 0:23:57 | 0:23:58 | |
but I'm not convinced that would speed up my mending, | 0:23:58 | 0:24:01 | |
or your typing. | 0:24:01 | 0:24:02 | |
We'll pull through. We always do. | 0:24:04 | 0:24:06 | |
I'll check on Lin in a minute. | 0:24:15 | 0:24:17 | |
Everything seems to be going nicely back into place, Lucy. | 0:24:19 | 0:24:23 | |
She seems to be having a nice nap. | 0:24:30 | 0:24:32 | |
At last. Honestly, Nurse. What a night. | 0:24:32 | 0:24:36 | |
I don't think I've ever felt so tired. | 0:24:36 | 0:24:37 | |
-DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES -I've got this thumping bloody headache and all. | 0:24:37 | 0:24:41 | |
Ma, not again. | 0:24:46 | 0:24:48 | |
Fish soup. Very good for milk. Why you take covers off Lin? | 0:24:48 | 0:24:53 | |
No. You'll wake her. | 0:24:53 | 0:24:55 | |
It... It's lovely and warm in here, Mrs Chen. | 0:24:55 | 0:24:58 | |
I don't think Lin needs a blanket. | 0:24:58 | 0:25:01 | |
All right. I go down to work. | 0:25:01 | 0:25:05 | |
Rest and keep warm. | 0:25:05 | 0:25:07 | |
Nurse... I'm sick of that bloody fish soup. | 0:25:11 | 0:25:15 | |
Perhaps it's revenge for the toad-in-the-hole. | 0:25:16 | 0:25:21 | |
Oh, Lucy. | 0:25:21 | 0:25:23 | |
I could pour it away and open the window, if you like. | 0:25:23 | 0:25:26 | |
I won't tell if you won't. | 0:25:28 | 0:25:29 | |
Oh, Lucy, mothers often feel down in the dumps | 0:25:52 | 0:25:56 | |
a few days after the birth. | 0:25:56 | 0:25:58 | |
It's horrid but it'll pass, I promise. | 0:25:58 | 0:26:02 | |
-It'll help if you can sleep. -That's all I want to do. | 0:26:02 | 0:26:06 | |
Oh, I'm so sorry, Lucy. | 0:26:08 | 0:26:11 | |
But I think I'm going to have to wake Lin up. | 0:26:11 | 0:26:13 | |
I'm only allowed 20 minutes. | 0:26:13 | 0:26:15 | |
Oh, no. Please, Nurse. It took so long to get her down. | 0:26:15 | 0:26:19 | |
Let her sleep. Please. I'm so tired. | 0:26:19 | 0:26:22 | |
Oh, I really should be going anyway. | 0:26:22 | 0:26:27 | |
We'll be back in the morning. | 0:26:27 | 0:26:28 | |
-Present from Fred from the allotment. -Ah. | 0:27:05 | 0:27:07 | |
-He says good luck. -Oh, that's so kind. | 0:27:07 | 0:27:10 | |
Mrs Collier's had a show. | 0:27:11 | 0:27:13 | |
Things are definitely on the move, Mrs T. | 0:27:13 | 0:27:15 | |
Oh, that's good news, isn't it? | 0:27:15 | 0:27:18 | |
Oh. Sorry, Mrs Collier. I've got the most awful butterflies this morning. | 0:27:18 | 0:27:23 | |
It's so silly. | 0:27:23 | 0:27:24 | |
I thought it must just be a touch of heartburn, | 0:27:24 | 0:27:26 | |
what with you being in the family way yourself. | 0:27:26 | 0:27:29 | |
-You can't just come out and say it. -Why not? | 0:27:29 | 0:27:33 | |
Have you all been speculating? | 0:27:33 | 0:27:35 | |
Speculating? She's been running a book. | 0:27:35 | 0:27:38 | |
Well, I certainly don't approve of gambling on the premises. | 0:27:38 | 0:27:40 | |
And, yes, I am expecting a baby and we're delighted. | 0:27:40 | 0:27:45 | |
-Congratulations. -It's lovely. | 0:27:45 | 0:27:47 | |
BELL RINGS | 0:27:47 | 0:27:49 | |
No water on skin, only cloth. | 0:27:54 | 0:27:57 | |
Need to be calm. | 0:27:59 | 0:28:00 | |
Ma, I smell. I've got a thumping headache and I'm too hot. | 0:28:00 | 0:28:05 | |
You've got the bloody fire on and it's June. | 0:28:05 | 0:28:08 | |
I put fire out when skin dry. | 0:28:08 | 0:28:11 | |
The skin hardly got wet. I've had enough of this! | 0:28:11 | 0:28:15 | |
Now give me me baby. | 0:28:18 | 0:28:20 | |
You need to be calm. Lin all right with me. | 0:28:20 | 0:28:22 | |
Give me me baby, Ma. | 0:28:22 | 0:28:25 | |
She's mine, not yours and I don't want you to have her. | 0:28:25 | 0:28:28 | |
I just think she's too hot, that's all. | 0:28:35 | 0:28:38 | |
I try to do right by you. | 0:28:38 | 0:28:40 | |
To keep you and baby safe and warm. | 0:28:41 | 0:28:44 | |
You such a spoilt, ungrateful girl. | 0:28:46 | 0:28:48 | |
You think lying in bed for a few weeks is hard? | 0:28:49 | 0:28:54 | |
You have no idea what hard is! I go to work! | 0:28:54 | 0:28:59 | |
Ma? | 0:29:01 | 0:29:02 | |
This is Dr Turner. | 0:29:12 | 0:29:13 | |
-Doctor, Mr Greenwood from the Board Of Health. -Dr Turner. | 0:29:13 | 0:29:17 | |
Nice to meet you, Mr Greenwood. Welcome to the Maternity Home. | 0:29:17 | 0:29:21 | |
Right, er, shall I show you round? | 0:29:22 | 0:29:25 | |
Or would you like a cup of tea before we start? | 0:29:25 | 0:29:27 | |
We'll get going, shall we? Quite a lot to do. | 0:29:27 | 0:29:29 | |
Excellent idea. | 0:29:29 | 0:29:31 | |
Please. After you. | 0:29:31 | 0:29:33 | |
I might ask you a few questions about the background of the place as we go. Is that all right? | 0:29:33 | 0:29:37 | |
Of course. | 0:29:37 | 0:29:38 | |
In fact, I've put together some information on just that. | 0:29:38 | 0:29:43 | |
I'm can write my own report, thank you, Dr Turner. | 0:29:43 | 0:29:46 | |
Of course. Please. This way. | 0:29:46 | 0:29:49 | |
Oh. That one was a bugger. | 0:29:53 | 0:29:55 | |
This is Mr Greenwood, everyone. | 0:29:58 | 0:30:00 | |
We have a four-bedded ward, as you can see. | 0:30:01 | 0:30:04 | |
Three occupied at the moment. | 0:30:04 | 0:30:07 | |
We also have a delivery room, | 0:30:07 | 0:30:09 | |
a nursery and a sterile area for autoclave and so forth. | 0:30:09 | 0:30:14 | |
It's a lovely place, Inspector. It's home from home. | 0:30:14 | 0:30:17 | |
Better than MY home. | 0:30:17 | 0:30:18 | |
It don't have my old man in it for a start. | 0:30:18 | 0:30:21 | |
Mrs Henderson and Mrs Evans are postnatal patients. | 0:30:22 | 0:30:26 | |
And Mrs Collier - well, we hope to meet Mrs Collier's baby later today. | 0:30:26 | 0:30:30 | |
-And this is Nurse Gilbert. -Hello. | 0:30:30 | 0:30:33 | |
Nurse. Quite an infrastructure, then, for only four beds. | 0:30:33 | 0:30:39 | |
To be perfectly honest, Dr Turner, | 0:30:39 | 0:30:42 | |
four beds could be absorbed into a new general hospital in a blink. | 0:30:42 | 0:30:46 | |
You must see that? | 0:30:46 | 0:30:48 | |
Come on then, little one. You're usually hungry by now. | 0:31:10 | 0:31:14 | |
Lin? | 0:31:17 | 0:31:18 | |
Lin?! | 0:31:21 | 0:31:23 | |
No, no, no, no, no, no. Ma? | 0:31:27 | 0:31:29 | |
Ma! | 0:31:29 | 0:31:30 | |
Ma? Ma? She's not moving! | 0:31:31 | 0:31:35 | |
Oh, God. | 0:31:37 | 0:31:38 | |
Oh, no! | 0:31:43 | 0:31:46 | |
Alive. | 0:31:46 | 0:31:48 | |
What...? What do we do? What do we do? | 0:31:48 | 0:31:51 | |
Ma! | 0:31:58 | 0:31:59 | |
In the four years we've been open, we've had just over 300 admissions. | 0:32:07 | 0:32:11 | |
Most of them have given birth on the premises. | 0:32:11 | 0:32:14 | |
Some have been admitted for postnatal care. | 0:32:14 | 0:32:16 | |
And a handful have been referred on to hospital for specialist attention. | 0:32:16 | 0:32:21 | |
The thing is, Dr Turner, | 0:32:21 | 0:32:23 | |
the new hospitals will have beautiful facilities, | 0:32:23 | 0:32:25 | |
the very latest equipment, access to all specialisms. | 0:32:25 | 0:32:29 | |
How can you compete with that? | 0:32:31 | 0:32:33 | |
Not moving! | 0:32:36 | 0:32:38 | |
-I'll take her in here. -Why she no move? | 0:32:42 | 0:32:44 | |
The doctor will find out, Mrs Chen. This way. | 0:32:44 | 0:32:48 | |
Mrs Chen? | 0:32:48 | 0:32:49 | |
Lucy? | 0:32:50 | 0:32:52 | |
Come on, little one. | 0:32:57 | 0:32:58 | |
You can do it. | 0:33:01 | 0:33:02 | |
Come on. | 0:33:04 | 0:33:05 | |
Shall we? | 0:33:12 | 0:33:13 | |
No response to painful stimuli. Yes, let's try oxygen. | 0:33:13 | 0:33:16 | |
Pulse is very fast. | 0:33:19 | 0:33:20 | |
Mrs Chen's the same and she's just been sick. | 0:33:20 | 0:33:23 | |
Dr Turner, when I visited yesterday, Mrs Chen was poorly. | 0:33:24 | 0:33:28 | |
And the baby? | 0:33:28 | 0:33:30 | |
We're only allowed to stay for 20 minutes now. | 0:33:30 | 0:33:32 | |
The baby was asleep and I didn't have time to do all the checks. | 0:33:32 | 0:33:35 | |
What was wrong with Mrs Chen? | 0:33:35 | 0:33:38 | |
Bad headache but no fever. Very out of sorts. | 0:33:38 | 0:33:41 | |
I thought it was being confined to the room. | 0:33:41 | 0:33:43 | |
It was so stuffy and hot with the fire on. | 0:33:43 | 0:33:45 | |
Look how red her gums are. | 0:33:49 | 0:33:51 | |
Mrs Chen, do you any have gas appliances? | 0:33:51 | 0:33:54 | |
Yes. Fire. Water heater. Cooker. | 0:33:54 | 0:33:57 | |
We need an ambulance right away. | 0:33:57 | 0:34:00 | |
High pulse rate, headaches, irritability. | 0:34:00 | 0:34:03 | |
I think it's carbon monoxide poisoning. | 0:34:03 | 0:34:05 | |
Is there room for Mrs Chen to come too? | 0:34:13 | 0:34:15 | |
No problem, Nurse. | 0:34:15 | 0:34:17 | |
Come on, this way. | 0:34:17 | 0:34:18 | |
Good job with the quick diagnosis, Dr Turner. | 0:34:18 | 0:34:21 | |
Thank you. Please... | 0:34:21 | 0:34:24 | |
It's not your fault, Barbara. | 0:34:38 | 0:34:40 | |
I should've checked the baby. I might have seen something. | 0:34:42 | 0:34:47 | |
The headaches, the sealed room. | 0:34:47 | 0:34:49 | |
I-I should've thought of it but I didn't even smell gas. | 0:34:49 | 0:34:53 | |
Barbara, we don't know how it happened. | 0:34:53 | 0:34:56 | |
But we do know that you should never have been put in the situation | 0:34:56 | 0:34:59 | |
where there wasn't time. | 0:34:59 | 0:35:01 | |
Look, do you want to go home? I can manage here. | 0:35:03 | 0:35:06 | |
No. No, I-I want to be here. | 0:35:06 | 0:35:09 | |
Why don't you go and see how Mrs Collier's getting on? | 0:35:10 | 0:35:13 | |
I'll catch you up. | 0:35:13 | 0:35:14 | |
These are patients currently registered | 0:35:23 | 0:35:26 | |
and their due dates, here. | 0:35:26 | 0:35:27 | |
You can see we're busy. | 0:35:29 | 0:35:31 | |
If I didn't think the Maternity Home was needed, | 0:35:31 | 0:35:34 | |
I would close it down tomorrow. | 0:35:34 | 0:35:36 | |
So why do you think they chose to come to you? | 0:35:36 | 0:35:40 | |
Because they want to stay in the community. | 0:35:40 | 0:35:43 | |
They want the midwives who saw them through their pregnancy | 0:35:44 | 0:35:47 | |
and they want their families close at hand. | 0:35:47 | 0:35:50 | |
Without the Maternity Home, many of our patients would have | 0:35:50 | 0:35:54 | |
the choice between giving birth in damp, overcrowded housing, | 0:35:54 | 0:35:59 | |
or a bus ride, while in labour, to a hospital | 0:35:59 | 0:36:01 | |
where their children couldn't visit. | 0:36:01 | 0:36:04 | |
Personally, I don't think that's any choice at all. | 0:36:06 | 0:36:09 | |
Next question is about how you would respond to an emergency. | 0:36:11 | 0:36:15 | |
But I think that's been established. | 0:36:16 | 0:36:18 | |
Sadly, yes. | 0:36:18 | 0:36:20 | |
May I? | 0:36:21 | 0:36:22 | |
'Nonnatus House. Midwife speaking.' | 0:37:07 | 0:37:09 | |
Hello, Nurse Crane. It's Shelagh. I need to get to St Cuthbert's. | 0:37:09 | 0:37:15 | |
Do you think you could give me a lift? | 0:37:15 | 0:37:18 | |
Don't worry, I'm on my way. | 0:37:18 | 0:37:19 | |
Goodness! | 0:37:27 | 0:37:28 | |
That was clever. I didn't even ring the bell. | 0:37:28 | 0:37:30 | |
Welcome home, Nurse Franklin. I trust you had a pleasant voyage. | 0:37:30 | 0:37:33 | |
I'm afraid I need you to man the phone. | 0:37:33 | 0:37:35 | |
Sister Julienne? | 0:37:56 | 0:37:57 | |
Lucy. | 0:38:03 | 0:38:05 | |
The doctor say that if she wakes soon | 0:38:05 | 0:38:07 | |
she has a very good chance of getting better. | 0:38:07 | 0:38:10 | |
But if she doesn't? | 0:38:12 | 0:38:13 | |
Cyril? Cyril? | 0:38:16 | 0:38:19 | |
-We're in the middle of an inspection, Patrick. One of us has to... -Shelagh. I am taking you. | 0:38:38 | 0:38:43 | |
I'm sure Nurse Crane would be willing to hold the fort. | 0:38:43 | 0:38:46 | |
-More than willing, Dr Turner. -Thank you. | 0:38:46 | 0:38:48 | |
Oh. Where's Dr Turner? | 0:39:00 | 0:39:02 | |
Medical emergency, I'm afraid. No matter. | 0:39:02 | 0:39:05 | |
We find the symbiotic relationship with Nonnatus House | 0:39:06 | 0:39:10 | |
means there's always someone to take up the baton. | 0:39:10 | 0:39:13 | |
Phyllis Crane, SRN, SCM. Pleased to meet you, Mr Greenwood. | 0:39:13 | 0:39:17 | |
Now, I believe you'd like to hear about postnatal care. | 0:39:18 | 0:39:21 | |
Why don't YOU hold her? | 0:39:39 | 0:39:40 | |
Good morning. I'd like to run some tests... | 0:39:55 | 0:39:58 | |
Now, Nurse Gilbert. | 0:40:07 | 0:40:10 | |
Go home as soon as you're done. | 0:40:10 | 0:40:12 | |
You've had a long day, lass. | 0:40:12 | 0:40:14 | |
Thank you, Phyllis. | 0:40:14 | 0:40:16 | |
I'm dreading telling Sister Ursula about baby Lin. | 0:40:16 | 0:40:18 | |
No, you leave that to me. | 0:40:18 | 0:40:20 | |
Are you leaving us, Mr Greenwood? | 0:40:27 | 0:40:29 | |
Yes. Shame Dr Turner isn't back yet. | 0:40:29 | 0:40:32 | |
He'll receive a copy of my report, of course. | 0:40:32 | 0:40:34 | |
I'll let him know. | 0:40:34 | 0:40:35 | |
Would it be completely inappropriate | 0:40:36 | 0:40:39 | |
if one were to inquire as to any possible conclusions it may contain? | 0:40:39 | 0:40:43 | |
Look...it's a good little place. | 0:40:43 | 0:40:46 | |
Tightly run and serves its patients very well. | 0:40:46 | 0:40:49 | |
Dr Turner's arguments are persuasive and his passion | 0:40:49 | 0:40:53 | |
and commitment are admirable. | 0:40:53 | 0:40:55 | |
Yet I sense a "but", Mr Greenwood. | 0:40:55 | 0:40:57 | |
Progress is marching on in a particular direction. | 0:40:59 | 0:41:02 | |
None of these small places will be here in ten years' time. | 0:41:03 | 0:41:07 | |
The Maternity Home won't be recommended for IMMEDIATE closure | 0:41:07 | 0:41:11 | |
but I'm afraid that's the best I can do. | 0:41:11 | 0:41:15 | |
We will content ourselves with a stay of execution. | 0:41:18 | 0:41:21 | |
Thank you. | 0:41:24 | 0:41:26 | |
-Mr Turner? -Mr Kenley. | 0:41:40 | 0:41:42 | |
-You did the right thing bringing your wife in. We're going to admit her. -Thank you. | 0:41:42 | 0:41:46 | |
The bleeding's stopped. For now. | 0:41:46 | 0:41:49 | |
But even with full bed rest, she may still abort spontaneously. | 0:41:49 | 0:41:53 | |
You do know that? | 0:41:53 | 0:41:54 | |
Yes. I'm a doctor. | 0:41:55 | 0:41:57 | |
It never makes it any easier... where family are concerned. | 0:41:58 | 0:42:01 | |
No, it doesn't. | 0:42:03 | 0:42:04 | |
In war, when we run away from Japanese, I pregnant. | 0:42:46 | 0:42:51 | |
I give birth in rain at side of road. | 0:42:54 | 0:42:57 | |
A woman help me. | 0:42:59 | 0:43:00 | |
She put my daughter in my arms. | 0:43:04 | 0:43:08 | |
A daughter? You had a daughter? | 0:43:10 | 0:43:14 | |
She beautiful. | 0:43:14 | 0:43:18 | |
So much black hair. | 0:43:18 | 0:43:20 | |
But we cannot stop. | 0:43:22 | 0:43:24 | |
We walk all night. | 0:43:25 | 0:43:27 | |
I hold her next to my skin to keep her warm. | 0:43:30 | 0:43:33 | |
But it rain so hard and she get so cold. | 0:43:38 | 0:43:42 | |
Colder and colder and then... | 0:43:46 | 0:43:49 | |
..she gone. | 0:43:52 | 0:43:54 | |
But before they take her from me, | 0:43:57 | 0:44:00 | |
I bite off a piece of her beautiful hair | 0:44:00 | 0:44:04 | |
and I put it in my pocket, here, next to my heart. | 0:44:04 | 0:44:08 | |
I still have it. You saw it. | 0:44:10 | 0:44:14 | |
I just want to keep Lin safe and warm and I nearly lost her too. | 0:44:19 | 0:44:28 | |
Ma. You got her here. | 0:44:28 | 0:44:32 | |
-Good evening, Nurse Crane. -Good evening, Sister. | 0:44:55 | 0:44:58 | |
Might I trouble you for a moment of your time? | 0:44:58 | 0:45:01 | |
-You're back. -Barbara! | 0:45:06 | 0:45:11 | |
I can't tell you how nice it is to see you. | 0:45:11 | 0:45:13 | |
You too. But where's Patsy? | 0:45:13 | 0:45:15 | |
And what on earth has Sister Julienne done to her office? | 0:45:15 | 0:45:18 | |
What's the matter? | 0:45:20 | 0:45:22 | |
The baby remains unconscious. | 0:45:24 | 0:45:26 | |
I will pray for them. | 0:45:31 | 0:45:32 | |
I do not want Nurse Gilbert to face any blame or censure, Sister Ursula. | 0:45:35 | 0:45:39 | |
She was in a situation where her hands were tied. | 0:45:41 | 0:45:43 | |
20 minutes is enough time for postnatal checks, Nurse Crane. | 0:45:43 | 0:45:47 | |
We both know that. | 0:45:47 | 0:45:49 | |
It's enough time in a hospital where all you see is the patient | 0:45:49 | 0:45:53 | |
and their symptoms. | 0:45:53 | 0:45:54 | |
But in district practice one must take in the bigger picture. | 0:45:54 | 0:45:58 | |
I'm afraid it wasn't enough time for Lucy and Lin Chen. | 0:45:59 | 0:46:03 | |
I thank you for your frankness, Nurse Crane. | 0:46:06 | 0:46:10 | |
You have given me much upon which to reflect. | 0:46:10 | 0:46:13 | |
Thank you, Sister Ursula. | 0:46:15 | 0:46:16 | |
No-one doubts your good intentions. | 0:46:24 | 0:46:27 | |
We all want a tight ship. | 0:46:27 | 0:46:29 | |
You should never have been put in a situation where you couldn't use your clinical judgment. | 0:46:38 | 0:46:43 | |
-Sister Julienne would never do anything like that. -I know. | 0:46:43 | 0:46:48 | |
-We'll have to say something. -KNOCK ON DOOR | 0:46:48 | 0:46:50 | |
Good evening. | 0:46:56 | 0:46:57 | |
Nurse Franklin, I presume. | 0:46:58 | 0:47:00 | |
Yes. Good evening, Sister Ursula. | 0:47:00 | 0:47:03 | |
No, I won't interrupt. SHE TURNS MUSIC OFF | 0:47:03 | 0:47:07 | |
I simply wish to commiserate with Nurse Gilbert. | 0:47:10 | 0:47:13 | |
I understand you had a difficult day. | 0:47:15 | 0:47:17 | |
I apologise. | 0:47:18 | 0:47:20 | |
Thank you, Sister. | 0:47:21 | 0:47:23 | |
The condition of Baby Chen remains unchanged, I'm afraid. | 0:47:25 | 0:47:29 | |
I will inform you if there's any news. | 0:47:29 | 0:47:31 | |
And the 20-minute appointment system will be reviewed. | 0:47:33 | 0:47:38 | |
Sister Monica Joan? | 0:48:04 | 0:48:06 | |
Sister? | 0:48:11 | 0:48:12 | |
Sister? | 0:48:19 | 0:48:20 | |
Ah, evening, Sister. You're just in the nick of time. | 0:48:28 | 0:48:30 | |
Come on. | 0:48:30 | 0:48:31 | |
Sister? | 0:48:49 | 0:48:51 | |
What are you doing here? It's very late. | 0:48:54 | 0:48:57 | |
-THEME FROM STEPTOE AND SON PLAYS FROM TV -Silence. | 0:49:00 | 0:49:05 | |
Is...? Is that our television set? | 0:49:05 | 0:49:07 | |
Sh. It's starting. | 0:49:07 | 0:49:10 | |
He really is very old. | 0:49:17 | 0:49:19 | |
-Who is? -Mr Steptoe. | 0:49:19 | 0:49:22 | |
It's beautiful, Barbara. Perfect. | 0:49:26 | 0:49:29 | |
Mmm. Ah. Tea tastes so much better in Poplar. | 0:49:33 | 0:49:39 | |
Nurse Franklin. | 0:49:39 | 0:49:40 | |
We are complete. | 0:49:46 | 0:49:48 | |
Iced buns. | 0:49:49 | 0:49:51 | |
Sister Monica Joan, where have you been? I was getting very worried. | 0:49:51 | 0:49:54 | |
Let us simply say, the mystery of the television has been solved. | 0:49:54 | 0:49:59 | |
It was given to the Seaman's Mission. Where's Sister Ursula? | 0:49:59 | 0:50:03 | |
We must ask her to join us for this happy gathering. | 0:50:03 | 0:50:06 | |
Sister Ursula appears to have embarked upon a regimen of prayer and fasting. | 0:50:07 | 0:50:12 | |
I'm sorry, Sister, would you prefer solitude? | 0:50:24 | 0:50:28 | |
No. I would be grateful for your company and for your prayers. | 0:50:28 | 0:50:33 | |
Though I fear I am undeserving of both. | 0:50:35 | 0:50:37 | |
No-one is undeserving of a prayer, Sister. | 0:50:39 | 0:50:41 | |
A baby lies close to death in hospital. | 0:50:45 | 0:50:47 | |
But when I kneel to pray for her | 0:50:49 | 0:50:51 | |
I find I cannot stop the entreaties on my own behalf. | 0:50:51 | 0:50:54 | |
How will God hear the prayers for the child in all the clamour? | 0:50:56 | 0:51:00 | |
God hears it all, Sister. You know that. | 0:51:02 | 0:51:05 | |
I failed in my last mission. That is a fact. | 0:51:09 | 0:51:11 | |
I failed the Order. And I failed Him. | 0:51:13 | 0:51:15 | |
In Nonnatus House I saw...a second chance. | 0:51:17 | 0:51:21 | |
I told myself I was making a gift of myself, to the Order, a gift of | 0:51:23 | 0:51:29 | |
all the lessons I'd learned, so that it would not suffer any more losses. | 0:51:29 | 0:51:34 | |
But it was vanity, pure and simple. | 0:51:34 | 0:51:36 | |
And now I've failed again. | 0:51:39 | 0:51:41 | |
Failure is too strong a word, Sister. | 0:51:44 | 0:51:47 | |
Misjudgement, perhaps... | 0:51:50 | 0:51:52 | |
from which we learn. | 0:51:52 | 0:51:53 | |
Will you pray with me for the child? | 0:51:58 | 0:52:00 | |
Excuse me? | 0:52:15 | 0:52:17 | |
Did you find the gas leak? Was it the water heater? | 0:52:17 | 0:52:20 | |
Wasn't a leak, love. Fitted without a proper flue. | 0:52:20 | 0:52:23 | |
'Bout time they pulled this lot down. | 0:52:24 | 0:52:27 | |
I don't trust my eyes any more. | 0:52:34 | 0:52:36 | |
You think you see a flicker and then... | 0:52:36 | 0:52:38 | |
I know, love. | 0:52:38 | 0:52:39 | |
She fighting on the inside. She want to live. | 0:52:40 | 0:52:44 | |
She's coming to kick us out. | 0:52:51 | 0:52:52 | |
I don't want to leave her again, Cyril. What if she...? | 0:52:52 | 0:52:55 | |
-She move! -She's awake? | 0:52:55 | 0:52:57 | |
-I don't think so, Ma. -She move. I see it. | 0:53:00 | 0:53:04 | |
BABY LIN CRIES | 0:53:11 | 0:53:14 | |
Baby Lin Chen is responding to stimulus. | 0:53:21 | 0:53:23 | |
Our prayers were answered. | 0:53:25 | 0:53:27 | |
Thank you, Sister Julienne. | 0:53:29 | 0:53:31 | |
I shall return to the Mother House. | 0:53:35 | 0:53:37 | |
You won't reconsider? | 0:53:37 | 0:53:39 | |
This is your mission, Sister Julienne. | 0:53:40 | 0:53:42 | |
I should never have usurped it. | 0:53:44 | 0:53:46 | |
Sister? Sister? | 0:54:03 | 0:54:06 | |
There is a vanity in excess penance. | 0:54:12 | 0:54:15 | |
You must have sustenance. | 0:54:18 | 0:54:22 | |
Thank you, Sister Monica Joan. | 0:54:24 | 0:54:26 | |
Thank you. | 0:54:29 | 0:54:30 | |
Your carriage to the station, Sister. | 0:54:49 | 0:54:51 | |
And I will brook no argument. | 0:54:51 | 0:54:53 | |
You are very kind. | 0:54:58 | 0:55:00 | |
-KNOCK ON DOOR -Come in. | 0:55:34 | 0:55:36 | |
-Oh. -It's all looking very nice, Sister. | 0:55:38 | 0:55:41 | |
Thank you. It has been an interesting few months. | 0:55:41 | 0:55:45 | |
Do sit down. | 0:55:45 | 0:55:47 | |
I wondered if you'd been given any news about Sister Mary Cynthia. | 0:55:49 | 0:55:53 | |
Not yet, I'm afraid. | 0:55:53 | 0:55:54 | |
But I do know that she is safe and being cared for at the Mother House. | 0:55:54 | 0:55:58 | |
I stayed at the Mother House the night that my ship docked. | 0:55:58 | 0:56:02 | |
I'd hoped I might see her but I didn't. | 0:56:02 | 0:56:04 | |
No-one would tell me anything about her. | 0:56:04 | 0:56:07 | |
Sister Julienne, I don't think she's there. | 0:56:07 | 0:56:10 | |
MATURE JENNY: 'Sometimes there is no map | 0:56:13 | 0:56:16 | |
'for the road we find ourselves upon. | 0:56:16 | 0:56:19 | |
'It lies ahead, uncharted, unfurling into mist. | 0:56:19 | 0:56:23 | |
'We are all travelling through one another's countries. | 0:56:25 | 0:56:29 | |
'But it is no matter if we meet as strangers, | 0:56:29 | 0:56:32 | |
'for we can join forces and learn to love. | 0:56:32 | 0:56:35 | |
'And where there is friendship and affection | 0:56:37 | 0:56:41 | |
'there is the place we can all call home.' | 0:56:41 | 0:56:44 | |
We've received permission and funds to engage a new midwife. | 0:56:47 | 0:56:51 | |
I don't want the kind of help you and Eugene are offering. | 0:56:51 | 0:56:54 | |
Do you hear me? I don't want it. | 0:56:54 | 0:56:56 | |
Spectacular Chariot Race - prams, carts, wheelbarrows. | 0:56:56 | 0:57:01 | |
Nursing treats young working class girls the way the world treats women. | 0:57:01 | 0:57:07 | |
Tell me, honestly. Did I do the right thing? | 0:57:07 | 0:57:09 | |
You did the only thing you could. | 0:57:09 | 0:57:11 | |
We were happy enough before. | 0:57:11 | 0:57:13 | |
And we will be happy again, whatever happens. | 0:57:13 | 0:57:17 |