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MATURE JENNY: 'Each life is a journey

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'defined by the turns we take and the roads we choose

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'or which fate chooses for us.'

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-Morning, Mr Chen.

-Morning, Miss Gilbert.

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'Some travel geographically, trading home for home,

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'and one language for another.

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'But we all move from youth to maturity,

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'childhood to parenthood, as if we were traversing continents.

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'The world shifts and the climate alters.

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'Safe passage cannot be bought

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'and we have no holy passport to protect us.'

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It will be your turn very soon, Mr Chen.

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'And so we venture forward, fragile maps in hand

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'flying our banners of courage and of hope.'

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Oh, dear, Patrick

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-Good morning, Dr Turner.

-Good morning, Sister.

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Erm, I'm afraid you'll have to excuse me -

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I'm on my way to a meeting.

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I imagine that would be the meeting at the Board Of Health.

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About Mr Powell's new Hospital Plan.

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Yes, it is.

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There are interesting implications for our district, I suspect.

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Which is why I've decided that I ought to attend.

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Well, I imagine you'd like a lift, Sister.

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Thank you. That would be appreciated.

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Well? Do we pass the test?

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Approved for home birth.

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Thanks, Nurse. See, Ma, I told you she was nice.

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Nurse Gilbert's from Liverpool like me.

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We have to talk about your plan for afterwards, once baby's here.

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After baby comes it's zuo yue zi.

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It's the Chinese thing she wants me to do.

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Zuo yue zi means "sitting the month".

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It's confinement.

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Me and the baby stuck in here for 30 days

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with my mother-in-law looking after us.

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You don't sound terribly keen.

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It's just strange to me, that's all, Nurse. Me mam was English.

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It's me dad who's Chinese and I've not seen him since I was five.

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They deported him in '46.

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That's awful.

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Anyway, it's not how I was brought up.

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But I've said I'll do it.

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Well, so long as you're sure, we'll support you.

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30 days is a very long time for bed rest, isn't it?

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Proper hygiene after the birth though - on that we must insist,

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no matter what Mrs Chen Sr says.

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We don't want any nasty infections.

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I have a feeling that Mrs Chen Sr might be a bit of a handful.

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I really hope Lucy can cope. That's my biggest worry, actually.

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It's an awfully small flat.

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Chinese customs are quite complicated.

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I'm not sure Lucy feels particularly Chinese.

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And that's at least part of the trouble.

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-I hope I'm not late.

-Not at all. Successful trip?

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A couple of blouses, thank goodness.

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Some of my clothes are barely decent now.

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Including my uniform, which is rather embarrassing.

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I also got this.

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I wasn't going to buy anything yet.

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It seemed like tempting fate. But it was so lovely.

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And I gave away most of Angela's baby things.

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You're almost halfway through, Shelagh.

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You should be starting to prepare.

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Enjoy it.

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Oh, hello. How was your meeting?

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Eventful. They're trying to close us down.

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What?!

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It appears that the new Hospital Plan For England And Wales

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wants to move women away from small maternity homes like this one

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-and into big general hospitals.

-Oh, my goodness.

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We're to be inspected, apparently, and then they decide our fate.

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They can't shut us down, we're busy, there's obviously a need.

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Enoch Powell thinks otherwise, as does Sister Ursula.

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But we're not going down without a fight.

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Shutting maternity homes across the country - whatever next?

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Only a man could think it's a good idea.

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Quite apart from anything else,

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it's going to lead to an increase in hospital births.

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Hospital is the best environment if specialist help is required.

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And, if it is not, a woman's home should be perfectly adequate.

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With the greatest respect, Sister Ursula,

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some of the homes in Poplar aren't adequate at all.

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Exactly, Sister.

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It's one of the reasons I opened the home in the first place.

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And why it's still needed. Desperately.

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So...

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how long do we have and what are we going to do about it?

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They haven't given us much notice, I'm afraid.

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A little over a week.

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But we have drawn up a plan of action.

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The building itself needs some minor repairs,

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so Fred will be seeing to all of that.

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On his own time, I assume.

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As you will see from the sheet, we are then going to gather as many

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statistics on the maternity home as we can get our hands on and present

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the inspector with black and white evidence of our achievements so far.

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And how can we help?

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Just keep doing exactly what you've been doing since the home opened.

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Providing our mothers and babies with the very best care.

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We are very short of staff at present, Mrs Turner.

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There have been departures

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and we still await the return of Nurse Franklin.

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I'm afraid the maternity home cannot be our principle concern.

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We too are under scrutiny.

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I think she's done now.

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Thank you, Mrs Evans.

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You can come in now.

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Morning, ladies.

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It's this one here. The wheel keeps sticking.

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Sorry, Mrs Collier, we'll try not to get in your way.

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That's all right. I ain't going anywhere.

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Any day now, Mrs Collier.

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Well, it looks easy enough to fix, Mrs Turner.

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Good. Thank you, Fred.

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Right. Shall we see how that blood pressure is today?

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You want to send that inspector in to me.

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I'll tell him what I think of him.

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Trying to get this place closed down.

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I'm not sure that would do anyone's blood pressure much good, Mrs Collier.

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This is much better, though.

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135 over 85. Good for you.

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Not in uniform today, Mrs Turner?

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No. Not today.

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Good morning, Sister. Are you looking for something?

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May I help you?

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No, thank you, Nurse Crane.

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I am merely making some improvements to the roster.

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And what improvements might those be, Sister Ursula?

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I'm introducing a 20-minute time limit to all antenatal,

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postnatal and district calls.

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But, Sister, that's half the time we usually allow.

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A 20-minute visit is ample time for checks and small procedures.

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And it will enable each of you to see three extra patients in a day.

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It may be ample time in a hospital situation, Sister,

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but not in district practice, I'm afraid.

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Perhaps you would find it useful to come out with us, Sister?

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My role here is to ensure the running of Nonnatus House is efficient.

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Sadly, I have personal experience of what happens to institutions

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that are deemed otherwise.

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20 minutes, please. It's for the best.

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I'm going to get a frame for this.

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Put me mam and dad up beside your picture of Cyril.

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The baby can grow up seeing them all together

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and work out who they look like.

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Shall I get a new frame for this one too?

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Going to fall to bits soon.

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Nothing wrong with frame. Leave it.

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Are you sure?

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Oh, Ma. You kept a piece of his baby hair. That's lovely.

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I'm going to do that too.

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I said leave it. I will fix it.

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I'm sorry, Sister, I realise this is an inopportune moment

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but I must speak with you.

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Of course. What is it?

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This 20-minute ruling imposed on us by Sister Ursula

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is completely impractical.

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We are not machines and nor are our patients.

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District practice has variables that precludes such a rigid approach.

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We're treading a very fine line here.

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I am not certain that Sister Ursula is altogether fit to be

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making these decisions.

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Nurse Crane...

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Sister Ursula was matron at the Order's cottage hospital

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when it was closed for inefficient practice.

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She took it very badly, blaming herself entirely.

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I see.

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Sister Ursula's ways are different.

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But we must support her and show willing.

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Who knows? Maybe we'll all be surprised.

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# When you see a gentleman bee

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# Round a lady bee buzzin'

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# Just count to ten then count again

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# There's sure to be an even dozen

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# Multiplication

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# That's the name of the game

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# And each generation

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# They play the same

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# Now, there was two butterflies castin' their eyes

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# Both in the same direction

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# You'd never guess that one little yes

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# Could start a butterfly collection

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# Multiplication

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# That's the name of the game

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# And each generation

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# They play the same

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# Let me tell ya now I say one and one is five

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# You can call me a silly goat

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# But ya take two minks add two winks. #

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I hope you haven't put those out of alphabetical order.

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Oh, no.

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Every "i" on these records is going to be dotted and every "t" crossed.

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Dad, have they really started closing places down?

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Not here. Not yet. But we can't take anything for granted.

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Sister Ursula was Matron at a Cottage Hospital that closed.

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That might have been because of her.

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I'm sure it was more complicated than that.

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Mrs Henderson is on her way in.

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I'll go and get her settled.

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Oh, looks like I'll be on Beatrix Potter duty tonight, young lady.

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And make sure it's Mrs Tiggy-Winkle or the Flopsy Bunnies.

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No Squirrel Nutkin.

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Shelagh. Shouldn't we call someone over from Nonnatus House?

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I don't want you doing too much.

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I'm in fine fettle, Patrick.

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Besides, I don't want to give Sister Ursula the pleasure of saying no.

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Can you wait, Nurse?

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I'm really sorry but it'll get ruined.

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It's me who should be sorry for being so late.

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Oh, come and join us. Please. I've made plenty.

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-Oh, er...

-Let me take this.

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All right. That's very kind.

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I'll be late for my tea anyway.

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What this?

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Well, you're always complaining about me Chinese cooking,

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so I've made something English.

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It's called...toad-in-the-hole.

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Toad?!

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Well, not really. It's a sausage.

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SHE SPEAKS CANTONESE

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What's she saying?

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-Cyril?

-Nothing.

-It looks lovely.

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It would appear that

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neither Nurse Gilbert nor Sister Monica Joan are intending to

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join us this evening.

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I must say, it's most unlike Sister Monica Joan to miss

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an opportunity for Bakewell tart.

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She mentioned a walk.

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Another one? I hope she's not becoming disorientated.

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She's become very unsettled since the...

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..television went.

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Perhaps the time approaches for our Sister's retirement to the Mother House?

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I'm sure that won't be necessary.

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You had to deal with an emergency, I assume, Nurse Gilbert?

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No. Not an emergency.

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The 20-minute rule is not optional.

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Nor is it something which applies only to your colleagues

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-and not to yourself.

-No, Sister. I'm sorry.

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Nonnatus House will not carry slackers, Nurse Gilbert.

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Do I make myself clear?

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Yes, Sister.

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It won't happen again.

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Sister Winifred,

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would you be so kind as to pass the custard?

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My mother is nothing like Mrs Chen, I promise.

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She's going to adore you. Like I do.

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Well, she isn't going to have to live with me, is she?

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Unless I've missed something?

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No. Just us.

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I can't wait.

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Me neither.

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Coming through.

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Young Nurse Busby is escaping her revision by offering all and sundry

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-a cup of tea.

-And some toast.

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She thinks I haven't spotted her cunning ruse.

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-Violet's jam. First of the year.

-Yes, please.

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I believe there's similar excitement in France with the arrival of the Beaujolais.

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Barbara's been telling me about her evening meal.

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My "slacking".

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Well, I don't think it's slacking to try and build up a patient's trust.

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Of course it isn't.

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You are a good midwife, Barbara, and I don't want you to forget it.

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But for the moment we just have to do the best we can.

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P'raps things will be easier for you all when Trixie gets back.

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I hope so. Right you are, Nurse Busby. Chop chop.

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Back to cephalopelvic disproportion for you.

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SHE MOANS

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-What? What is it?

-Something's happening.

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Ma. Ma.

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HE SPEAKS CANTONESE

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I don't need your mother, Cyril. I need a midwife.

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HE SPEAKS CANTONESE

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Go!

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SCREAMS OF PAIN

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This WILL help with the pain.

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Just hold the mask over your face like that. That's it.

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Lucy. I'm going to ask your mother-in-law to come in and help.

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MANY BABIES CRY

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-Here we are, Mrs Evans.

-PHONE RINGS

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I'm just going to get a wrench. Do you want me to answer that?

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No, I'll do it, thank you.

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Isn't it always the way?

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We need to open the surgery, it's already...

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-Is no-one here to help you again?

-No.

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Pass them nappies over 'ere, Dr Turner.

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I got nothing else to do.

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Don't you dare get out of bed, Mrs Collier.

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We'll sort this out.

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Another one like that, Lucy, now. You're doing so well.

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Isn't she, Mrs Chen?

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Good, strong mother.

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That's it.

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Lucy, keep breathing... gentle, slowly.

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That's it. Head's born, Lucy.

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One more gentle push.

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That's it.

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Congratulations.

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You have the most beautiful daughter.

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Oh, look at her, Ma.

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That's it.

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Oh, she's lovely.

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What is it, Ma? Do you wish she was a boy?

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No.

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Girls very special too.

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Sister, my wife is spread too thinly.

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And although she wouldn't thank me for the term,

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she is an elderly primigravida.

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Even if I cannot appeal to your compassion,

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as a professional you must know that extra strain is unwise.

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The Order Of St Raymond Nonnatus is all compassion, Dr Turner.

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But what can I do? The duties have been allocated.

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There is only myself.

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She's been out again.

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The changes have unsettled her.

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You don't think Sister Ursula meant what she said?

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I hope not, Sister.

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To leave all that is familiar would be the very worst thing for

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Sister Monica Joan.

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Sister Winifred?

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May I have your bag, Sister Winifred?

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You are to spend the morning at the Maternity Home with Dr Turner.

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Mr Buckle.

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I require you to furnish me with a bicycle.

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SHE CLOSES WINDOW

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Draught very bad for you and baby.

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Careful with head!

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I know, Ma, it's all right.

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SHE SPEAKS CANTONESE

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Do you have a name for her yet?

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I want to call her Linda. After me mam.

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No, no, no, no.

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Very bad luck to have same name as dead relative.

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-Very bad.

-What?!

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Not here, Mrs Chen. Here it's a lovely thing to do.

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It's a mark of respect.

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It's me mam, Cyril, please.

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You want baby to have bad luck?

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What about...Lin? A Chinese name and honours your mother.

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I suppose.

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But she'll always be Linda in here.

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Hells bells!

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Patrick. I've told you. I'll do that.

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No, no. You're busy. Mending your dress.

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It's not a dress, it's my uniform.

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And I'm not mending it, I'm letting it out at the seams.

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So that I can look cool, calm,

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collected and professional during the inspection.

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We could try being cool, calm, collected and professional now, really.

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Yes, we could

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but I'm not convinced that would speed up my mending,

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or your typing.

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We'll pull through. We always do.

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I'll check on Lin in a minute.

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Everything seems to be going nicely back into place, Lucy.

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She seems to be having a nice nap.

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At last. Honestly, Nurse. What a night.

0:24:320:24:36

I don't think I've ever felt so tired.

0:24:360:24:37

-DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES

-I've got this thumping bloody headache and all.

0:24:370:24:41

Ma, not again.

0:24:460:24:48

Fish soup. Very good for milk. Why you take covers off Lin?

0:24:480:24:53

No. You'll wake her.

0:24:530:24:55

It... It's lovely and warm in here, Mrs Chen.

0:24:550:24:58

I don't think Lin needs a blanket.

0:24:580:25:01

All right. I go down to work.

0:25:010:25:05

Rest and keep warm.

0:25:050:25:07

Nurse... I'm sick of that bloody fish soup.

0:25:110:25:15

Perhaps it's revenge for the toad-in-the-hole.

0:25:160:25:21

Oh, Lucy.

0:25:210:25:23

I could pour it away and open the window, if you like.

0:25:230:25:26

I won't tell if you won't.

0:25:280:25:29

Oh, Lucy, mothers often feel down in the dumps

0:25:520:25:56

a few days after the birth.

0:25:560:25:58

It's horrid but it'll pass, I promise.

0:25:580:26:02

-It'll help if you can sleep.

-That's all I want to do.

0:26:020:26:06

Oh, I'm so sorry, Lucy.

0:26:080:26:11

But I think I'm going to have to wake Lin up.

0:26:110:26:13

I'm only allowed 20 minutes.

0:26:130:26:15

Oh, no. Please, Nurse. It took so long to get her down.

0:26:150:26:19

Let her sleep. Please. I'm so tired.

0:26:190:26:22

Oh, I really should be going anyway.

0:26:220:26:27

We'll be back in the morning.

0:26:270:26:28

-Present from Fred from the allotment.

-Ah.

0:27:050:27:07

-He says good luck.

-Oh, that's so kind.

0:27:070:27:10

Mrs Collier's had a show.

0:27:110:27:13

Things are definitely on the move, Mrs T.

0:27:130:27:15

Oh, that's good news, isn't it?

0:27:150:27:18

Oh. Sorry, Mrs Collier. I've got the most awful butterflies this morning.

0:27:180:27:23

It's so silly.

0:27:230:27:24

I thought it must just be a touch of heartburn,

0:27:240:27:26

what with you being in the family way yourself.

0:27:260:27:29

-You can't just come out and say it.

-Why not?

0:27:290:27:33

Have you all been speculating?

0:27:330:27:35

Speculating? She's been running a book.

0:27:350:27:38

Well, I certainly don't approve of gambling on the premises.

0:27:380:27:40

And, yes, I am expecting a baby and we're delighted.

0:27:400:27:45

-Congratulations.

-It's lovely.

0:27:450:27:47

BELL RINGS

0:27:470:27:49

No water on skin, only cloth.

0:27:540:27:57

Need to be calm.

0:27:590:28:00

Ma, I smell. I've got a thumping headache and I'm too hot.

0:28:000:28:05

You've got the bloody fire on and it's June.

0:28:050:28:08

I put fire out when skin dry.

0:28:080:28:11

The skin hardly got wet. I've had enough of this!

0:28:110:28:15

Now give me me baby.

0:28:180:28:20

You need to be calm. Lin all right with me.

0:28:200:28:22

Give me me baby, Ma.

0:28:220:28:25

She's mine, not yours and I don't want you to have her.

0:28:250:28:28

I just think she's too hot, that's all.

0:28:350:28:38

I try to do right by you.

0:28:380:28:40

To keep you and baby safe and warm.

0:28:410:28:44

You such a spoilt, ungrateful girl.

0:28:460:28:48

You think lying in bed for a few weeks is hard?

0:28:490:28:54

You have no idea what hard is! I go to work!

0:28:540:28:59

Ma?

0:29:010:29:02

This is Dr Turner.

0:29:120:29:13

-Doctor, Mr Greenwood from the Board Of Health.

-Dr Turner.

0:29:130:29:17

Nice to meet you, Mr Greenwood. Welcome to the Maternity Home.

0:29:170:29:21

Right, er, shall I show you round?

0:29:220:29:25

Or would you like a cup of tea before we start?

0:29:250:29:27

We'll get going, shall we? Quite a lot to do.

0:29:270:29:29

Excellent idea.

0:29:290:29:31

Please. After you.

0:29:310:29:33

I might ask you a few questions about the background of the place as we go. Is that all right?

0:29:330:29:37

Of course.

0:29:370:29:38

In fact, I've put together some information on just that.

0:29:380:29:43

I'm can write my own report, thank you, Dr Turner.

0:29:430:29:46

Of course. Please. This way.

0:29:460:29:49

Oh. That one was a bugger.

0:29:530:29:55

This is Mr Greenwood, everyone.

0:29:580:30:00

We have a four-bedded ward, as you can see.

0:30:010:30:04

Three occupied at the moment.

0:30:040:30:07

We also have a delivery room,

0:30:070:30:09

a nursery and a sterile area for autoclave and so forth.

0:30:090:30:14

It's a lovely place, Inspector. It's home from home.

0:30:140:30:17

Better than MY home.

0:30:170:30:18

It don't have my old man in it for a start.

0:30:180:30:21

Mrs Henderson and Mrs Evans are postnatal patients.

0:30:220:30:26

And Mrs Collier - well, we hope to meet Mrs Collier's baby later today.

0:30:260:30:30

-And this is Nurse Gilbert.

-Hello.

0:30:300:30:33

Nurse. Quite an infrastructure, then, for only four beds.

0:30:330:30:39

To be perfectly honest, Dr Turner,

0:30:390:30:42

four beds could be absorbed into a new general hospital in a blink.

0:30:420:30:46

You must see that?

0:30:460:30:48

Come on then, little one. You're usually hungry by now.

0:31:100:31:14

Lin?

0:31:170:31:18

Lin?!

0:31:210:31:23

No, no, no, no, no, no. Ma?

0:31:270:31:29

Ma!

0:31:290:31:30

Ma? Ma? She's not moving!

0:31:310:31:35

Oh, God.

0:31:370:31:38

Oh, no!

0:31:430:31:46

Alive.

0:31:460:31:48

What...? What do we do? What do we do?

0:31:480:31:51

Ma!

0:31:580:31:59

In the four years we've been open, we've had just over 300 admissions.

0:32:070:32:11

Most of them have given birth on the premises.

0:32:110:32:14

Some have been admitted for postnatal care.

0:32:140:32:16

And a handful have been referred on to hospital for specialist attention.

0:32:160:32:21

The thing is, Dr Turner,

0:32:210:32:23

the new hospitals will have beautiful facilities,

0:32:230:32:25

the very latest equipment, access to all specialisms.

0:32:250:32:29

How can you compete with that?

0:32:310:32:33

Not moving!

0:32:360:32:38

-I'll take her in here.

-Why she no move?

0:32:420:32:44

The doctor will find out, Mrs Chen. This way.

0:32:440:32:48

Mrs Chen?

0:32:480:32:49

Lucy?

0:32:500:32:52

Come on, little one.

0:32:570:32:58

You can do it.

0:33:010:33:02

Come on.

0:33:040:33:05

Shall we?

0:33:120:33:13

No response to painful stimuli. Yes, let's try oxygen.

0:33:130:33:16

Pulse is very fast.

0:33:190:33:20

Mrs Chen's the same and she's just been sick.

0:33:200:33:23

Dr Turner, when I visited yesterday, Mrs Chen was poorly.

0:33:240:33:28

And the baby?

0:33:280:33:30

We're only allowed to stay for 20 minutes now.

0:33:300:33:32

The baby was asleep and I didn't have time to do all the checks.

0:33:320:33:35

What was wrong with Mrs Chen?

0:33:350:33:38

Bad headache but no fever. Very out of sorts.

0:33:380:33:41

I thought it was being confined to the room.

0:33:410:33:43

It was so stuffy and hot with the fire on.

0:33:430:33:45

Look how red her gums are.

0:33:490:33:51

Mrs Chen, do you any have gas appliances?

0:33:510:33:54

Yes. Fire. Water heater. Cooker.

0:33:540:33:57

We need an ambulance right away.

0:33:570:34:00

High pulse rate, headaches, irritability.

0:34:000:34:03

I think it's carbon monoxide poisoning.

0:34:030:34:05

Is there room for Mrs Chen to come too?

0:34:130:34:15

No problem, Nurse.

0:34:150:34:17

Come on, this way.

0:34:170:34:18

Good job with the quick diagnosis, Dr Turner.

0:34:180:34:21

Thank you. Please...

0:34:210:34:24

It's not your fault, Barbara.

0:34:380:34:40

I should've checked the baby. I might have seen something.

0:34:420:34:47

The headaches, the sealed room.

0:34:470:34:49

I-I should've thought of it but I didn't even smell gas.

0:34:490:34:53

Barbara, we don't know how it happened.

0:34:530:34:56

But we do know that you should never have been put in the situation

0:34:560:34:59

where there wasn't time.

0:34:590:35:01

Look, do you want to go home? I can manage here.

0:35:030:35:06

No. No, I-I want to be here.

0:35:060:35:09

Why don't you go and see how Mrs Collier's getting on?

0:35:100:35:13

I'll catch you up.

0:35:130:35:14

These are patients currently registered

0:35:230:35:26

and their due dates, here.

0:35:260:35:27

You can see we're busy.

0:35:290:35:31

If I didn't think the Maternity Home was needed,

0:35:310:35:34

I would close it down tomorrow.

0:35:340:35:36

So why do you think they chose to come to you?

0:35:360:35:40

Because they want to stay in the community.

0:35:400:35:43

They want the midwives who saw them through their pregnancy

0:35:440:35:47

and they want their families close at hand.

0:35:470:35:50

Without the Maternity Home, many of our patients would have

0:35:500:35:54

the choice between giving birth in damp, overcrowded housing,

0:35:540:35:59

or a bus ride, while in labour, to a hospital

0:35:590:36:01

where their children couldn't visit.

0:36:010:36:04

Personally, I don't think that's any choice at all.

0:36:060:36:09

Next question is about how you would respond to an emergency.

0:36:110:36:15

But I think that's been established.

0:36:160:36:18

Sadly, yes.

0:36:180:36:20

May I?

0:36:210:36:22

'Nonnatus House. Midwife speaking.'

0:37:070:37:09

Hello, Nurse Crane. It's Shelagh. I need to get to St Cuthbert's.

0:37:090:37:15

Do you think you could give me a lift?

0:37:150:37:18

Don't worry, I'm on my way.

0:37:180:37:19

Goodness!

0:37:270:37:28

That was clever. I didn't even ring the bell.

0:37:280:37:30

Welcome home, Nurse Franklin. I trust you had a pleasant voyage.

0:37:300:37:33

I'm afraid I need you to man the phone.

0:37:330:37:35

Sister Julienne?

0:37:560:37:57

Lucy.

0:38:030:38:05

The doctor say that if she wakes soon

0:38:050:38:07

she has a very good chance of getting better.

0:38:070:38:10

But if she doesn't?

0:38:120:38:13

Cyril? Cyril?

0:38:160:38:19

-We're in the middle of an inspection, Patrick. One of us has to...

-Shelagh. I am taking you.

0:38:380:38:43

I'm sure Nurse Crane would be willing to hold the fort.

0:38:430:38:46

-More than willing, Dr Turner.

-Thank you.

0:38:460:38:48

Oh. Where's Dr Turner?

0:39:000:39:02

Medical emergency, I'm afraid. No matter.

0:39:020:39:05

We find the symbiotic relationship with Nonnatus House

0:39:060:39:10

means there's always someone to take up the baton.

0:39:100:39:13

Phyllis Crane, SRN, SCM. Pleased to meet you, Mr Greenwood.

0:39:130:39:17

Now, I believe you'd like to hear about postnatal care.

0:39:180:39:21

Why don't YOU hold her?

0:39:390:39:40

Good morning. I'd like to run some tests...

0:39:550:39:58

Now, Nurse Gilbert.

0:40:070:40:10

Go home as soon as you're done.

0:40:100:40:12

You've had a long day, lass.

0:40:120:40:14

Thank you, Phyllis.

0:40:140:40:16

I'm dreading telling Sister Ursula about baby Lin.

0:40:160:40:18

No, you leave that to me.

0:40:180:40:20

Are you leaving us, Mr Greenwood?

0:40:270:40:29

Yes. Shame Dr Turner isn't back yet.

0:40:290:40:32

He'll receive a copy of my report, of course.

0:40:320:40:34

I'll let him know.

0:40:340:40:35

Would it be completely inappropriate

0:40:360:40:39

if one were to inquire as to any possible conclusions it may contain?

0:40:390:40:43

Look...it's a good little place.

0:40:430:40:46

Tightly run and serves its patients very well.

0:40:460:40:49

Dr Turner's arguments are persuasive and his passion

0:40:490:40:53

and commitment are admirable.

0:40:530:40:55

Yet I sense a "but", Mr Greenwood.

0:40:550:40:57

Progress is marching on in a particular direction.

0:40:590:41:02

None of these small places will be here in ten years' time.

0:41:030:41:07

The Maternity Home won't be recommended for IMMEDIATE closure

0:41:070:41:11

but I'm afraid that's the best I can do.

0:41:110:41:15

We will content ourselves with a stay of execution.

0:41:180:41:21

Thank you.

0:41:240:41:26

-Mr Turner?

-Mr Kenley.

0:41:400:41:42

-You did the right thing bringing your wife in. We're going to admit her.

-Thank you.

0:41:420:41:46

The bleeding's stopped. For now.

0:41:460:41:49

But even with full bed rest, she may still abort spontaneously.

0:41:490:41:53

You do know that?

0:41:530:41:54

Yes. I'm a doctor.

0:41:550:41:57

It never makes it any easier... where family are concerned.

0:41:580:42:01

No, it doesn't.

0:42:030:42:04

In war, when we run away from Japanese, I pregnant.

0:42:460:42:51

I give birth in rain at side of road.

0:42:540:42:57

A woman help me.

0:42:590:43:00

She put my daughter in my arms.

0:43:040:43:08

A daughter? You had a daughter?

0:43:100:43:14

She beautiful.

0:43:140:43:18

So much black hair.

0:43:180:43:20

But we cannot stop.

0:43:220:43:24

We walk all night.

0:43:250:43:27

I hold her next to my skin to keep her warm.

0:43:300:43:33

But it rain so hard and she get so cold.

0:43:380:43:42

Colder and colder and then...

0:43:460:43:49

..she gone.

0:43:520:43:54

But before they take her from me,

0:43:570:44:00

I bite off a piece of her beautiful hair

0:44:000:44:04

and I put it in my pocket, here, next to my heart.

0:44:040:44:08

I still have it. You saw it.

0:44:100:44:14

I just want to keep Lin safe and warm and I nearly lost her too.

0:44:190:44:28

Ma. You got her here.

0:44:280:44:32

-Good evening, Nurse Crane.

-Good evening, Sister.

0:44:550:44:58

Might I trouble you for a moment of your time?

0:44:580:45:01

-You're back.

-Barbara!

0:45:060:45:11

I can't tell you how nice it is to see you.

0:45:110:45:13

You too. But where's Patsy?

0:45:130:45:15

And what on earth has Sister Julienne done to her office?

0:45:150:45:18

What's the matter?

0:45:200:45:22

The baby remains unconscious.

0:45:240:45:26

I will pray for them.

0:45:310:45:32

I do not want Nurse Gilbert to face any blame or censure, Sister Ursula.

0:45:350:45:39

She was in a situation where her hands were tied.

0:45:410:45:43

20 minutes is enough time for postnatal checks, Nurse Crane.

0:45:430:45:47

We both know that.

0:45:470:45:49

It's enough time in a hospital where all you see is the patient

0:45:490:45:53

and their symptoms.

0:45:530:45:54

But in district practice one must take in the bigger picture.

0:45:540:45:58

I'm afraid it wasn't enough time for Lucy and Lin Chen.

0:45:590:46:03

I thank you for your frankness, Nurse Crane.

0:46:060:46:10

You have given me much upon which to reflect.

0:46:100:46:13

Thank you, Sister Ursula.

0:46:150:46:16

No-one doubts your good intentions.

0:46:240:46:27

We all want a tight ship.

0:46:270:46:29

You should never have been put in a situation where you couldn't use your clinical judgment.

0:46:380:46:43

-Sister Julienne would never do anything like that.

-I know.

0:46:430:46:48

-We'll have to say something.

-KNOCK ON DOOR

0:46:480:46:50

Good evening.

0:46:560:46:57

Nurse Franklin, I presume.

0:46:580:47:00

Yes. Good evening, Sister Ursula.

0:47:000:47:03

No, I won't interrupt. SHE TURNS MUSIC OFF

0:47:030:47:07

I simply wish to commiserate with Nurse Gilbert.

0:47:100:47:13

I understand you had a difficult day.

0:47:150:47:17

I apologise.

0:47:180:47:20

Thank you, Sister.

0:47:210:47:23

The condition of Baby Chen remains unchanged, I'm afraid.

0:47:250:47:29

I will inform you if there's any news.

0:47:290:47:31

And the 20-minute appointment system will be reviewed.

0:47:330:47:38

Sister Monica Joan?

0:48:040:48:06

Sister?

0:48:110:48:12

Sister?

0:48:190:48:20

Ah, evening, Sister. You're just in the nick of time.

0:48:280:48:30

Come on.

0:48:300:48:31

Sister?

0:48:490:48:51

What are you doing here? It's very late.

0:48:540:48:57

-THEME FROM STEPTOE AND SON PLAYS FROM TV

-Silence.

0:49:000:49:05

Is...? Is that our television set?

0:49:050:49:07

Sh. It's starting.

0:49:070:49:10

He really is very old.

0:49:170:49:19

-Who is?

-Mr Steptoe.

0:49:190:49:22

It's beautiful, Barbara. Perfect.

0:49:260:49:29

Mmm. Ah. Tea tastes so much better in Poplar.

0:49:330:49:39

Nurse Franklin.

0:49:390:49:40

We are complete.

0:49:460:49:48

Iced buns.

0:49:490:49:51

Sister Monica Joan, where have you been? I was getting very worried.

0:49:510:49:54

Let us simply say, the mystery of the television has been solved.

0:49:540:49:59

It was given to the Seaman's Mission. Where's Sister Ursula?

0:49:590:50:03

We must ask her to join us for this happy gathering.

0:50:030:50:06

Sister Ursula appears to have embarked upon a regimen of prayer and fasting.

0:50:070:50:12

I'm sorry, Sister, would you prefer solitude?

0:50:240:50:28

No. I would be grateful for your company and for your prayers.

0:50:280:50:33

Though I fear I am undeserving of both.

0:50:350:50:37

No-one is undeserving of a prayer, Sister.

0:50:390:50:41

A baby lies close to death in hospital.

0:50:450:50:47

But when I kneel to pray for her

0:50:490:50:51

I find I cannot stop the entreaties on my own behalf.

0:50:510:50:54

How will God hear the prayers for the child in all the clamour?

0:50:560:51:00

God hears it all, Sister. You know that.

0:51:020:51:05

I failed in my last mission. That is a fact.

0:51:090:51:11

I failed the Order. And I failed Him.

0:51:130:51:15

In Nonnatus House I saw...a second chance.

0:51:170:51:21

I told myself I was making a gift of myself, to the Order, a gift of

0:51:230:51:29

all the lessons I'd learned, so that it would not suffer any more losses.

0:51:290:51:34

But it was vanity, pure and simple.

0:51:340:51:36

And now I've failed again.

0:51:390:51:41

Failure is too strong a word, Sister.

0:51:440:51:47

Misjudgement, perhaps...

0:51:500:51:52

from which we learn.

0:51:520:51:53

Will you pray with me for the child?

0:51:580:52:00

Excuse me?

0:52:150:52:17

Did you find the gas leak? Was it the water heater?

0:52:170:52:20

Wasn't a leak, love. Fitted without a proper flue.

0:52:200:52:23

'Bout time they pulled this lot down.

0:52:240:52:27

I don't trust my eyes any more.

0:52:340:52:36

You think you see a flicker and then...

0:52:360:52:38

I know, love.

0:52:380:52:39

She fighting on the inside. She want to live.

0:52:400:52:44

She's coming to kick us out.

0:52:510:52:52

I don't want to leave her again, Cyril. What if she...?

0:52:520:52:55

-She move!

-She's awake?

0:52:550:52:57

-I don't think so, Ma.

-She move. I see it.

0:53:000:53:04

BABY LIN CRIES

0:53:110:53:14

Baby Lin Chen is responding to stimulus.

0:53:210:53:23

Our prayers were answered.

0:53:250:53:27

Thank you, Sister Julienne.

0:53:290:53:31

I shall return to the Mother House.

0:53:350:53:37

You won't reconsider?

0:53:370:53:39

This is your mission, Sister Julienne.

0:53:400:53:42

I should never have usurped it.

0:53:440:53:46

Sister? Sister?

0:54:030:54:06

There is a vanity in excess penance.

0:54:120:54:15

You must have sustenance.

0:54:180:54:22

Thank you, Sister Monica Joan.

0:54:240:54:26

Thank you.

0:54:290:54:30

Your carriage to the station, Sister.

0:54:490:54:51

And I will brook no argument.

0:54:510:54:53

You are very kind.

0:54:580:55:00

-KNOCK ON DOOR

-Come in.

0:55:340:55:36

-Oh.

-It's all looking very nice, Sister.

0:55:380:55:41

Thank you. It has been an interesting few months.

0:55:410:55:45

Do sit down.

0:55:450:55:47

I wondered if you'd been given any news about Sister Mary Cynthia.

0:55:490:55:53

Not yet, I'm afraid.

0:55:530:55:54

But I do know that she is safe and being cared for at the Mother House.

0:55:540:55:58

I stayed at the Mother House the night that my ship docked.

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I'd hoped I might see her but I didn't.

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No-one would tell me anything about her.

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Sister Julienne, I don't think she's there.

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MATURE JENNY: 'Sometimes there is no map

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'for the road we find ourselves upon.

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'It lies ahead, uncharted, unfurling into mist.

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'We are all travelling through one another's countries.

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'But it is no matter if we meet as strangers,

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'for we can join forces and learn to love.

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'And where there is friendship and affection

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'there is the place we can all call home.'

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We've received permission and funds to engage a new midwife.

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I don't want the kind of help you and Eugene are offering.

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Do you hear me? I don't want it.

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Spectacular Chariot Race - prams, carts, wheelbarrows.

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Nursing treats young working class girls the way the world treats women.

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Tell me, honestly. Did I do the right thing?

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You did the only thing you could.

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We were happy enough before.

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And we will be happy again, whatever happens.

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