0:00:02 > 0:00:04# Terrible Tudors, gorgeous Georgians, slimy Stuarts, vile Victorians
0:00:04 > 0:00:07# Woeful wars, ferocious fights Dingy castles, daring knights
0:00:07 > 0:00:09# Horrors that defy description Cut-throat Celts, awful Egyptians
0:00:09 > 0:00:12# Vicious Vikings, cruel crimes Punishment from ancient times
0:00:12 > 0:00:15# Romans, rotten, rank and ruthless Cavemen, savage, fierce and toothless
0:00:15 > 0:00:18# Groovy Greeks, brainy sages Mean and measly Middle Ages
0:00:18 > 0:00:20# Gory stories, we do that
0:00:20 > 0:00:23# And your host, a talking rat
0:00:23 > 0:00:26# The past is no longer a mystery
0:00:26 > 0:00:27# Welcome to...
0:00:27 > 0:00:31# Horrible Histories. #
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Horrible Histories presents...
0:00:41 > 0:00:44In a time of war,
0:00:44 > 0:00:47came a nurse who changed the face of medicine -
0:00:47 > 0:00:49the Lady with the Lamp.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51What is the obsession with the lamp?
0:00:51 > 0:00:55Everybody needs a lamp, it gets dark.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57Even as a child, she loved to care...
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Er... That's my sister Parthenope.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02I'M over here.
0:01:02 > 0:01:03Parthenope, I need you to check
0:01:03 > 0:01:06my Latin translation of last year's flu statistics.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Flozza, you are such a spod.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11When war broke out...
0:01:11 > 0:01:13destiny called.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16And it called Florence Nightingale,
0:01:16 > 0:01:19the Lady with the Lamp.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22For goodness' sake, will you please stop going on about the lamp?!
0:01:22 > 0:01:24I will not be defined by a lamp.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27I've got a bonnet as well - are you going to start calling me
0:01:27 > 0:01:28"the Babe with the Bonnet?"
0:01:28 > 0:01:29The Babe with the...
0:01:29 > 0:01:32- Don't you dare.- Sorry.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Florence Nightingale,
0:01:34 > 0:01:35The World's Most Famous Nurse.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39And not just the Lady with the Lamp.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41No.
0:01:41 > 0:01:42Just...go away!
0:01:44 > 0:01:46- Oh! - CLATTERING
0:01:46 > 0:01:47Terribly dark in here.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Has anyone seen my lamp?
0:01:50 > 0:01:54It's true. Florence Nightingale became the world's most famous nurse
0:01:54 > 0:01:57with her revolutionary ideas about cleanliness.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00It's her fault you're always being told to wash your hands.
0:02:00 > 0:02:05Her campaign to clean up hospitals was a disaster... for us rats...
0:02:05 > 0:02:08..but it was GREAT for the patients and everyone else.
0:02:08 > 0:02:09Over the years,
0:02:09 > 0:02:13she must have saved millions of lives from infection, but did
0:02:13 > 0:02:17you know, early on, people actually tried to put her off nursing.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Ah, come in, take a seat, Miss...?
0:02:21 > 0:02:24- Nightingale.- Nightingale.
0:02:24 > 0:02:25Bet you'd be rather good at singing.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27I do so love to sing,
0:02:27 > 0:02:30but it is frivolous and cannot heal the wretched or soothe the dying,
0:02:30 > 0:02:34so God has blessed me with a sore throat to take the temptation away.
0:02:34 > 0:02:35Okey dokey.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37If you'd like to tell me what you ARE good at and what
0:02:37 > 0:02:40sort of thing you DO like, we can find the right career for you.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42I'm fluent in several
0:02:42 > 0:02:44European and classical languages,
0:02:44 > 0:02:46I excel at arithmetic, physics
0:02:46 > 0:02:49and chemistry and I have a passion for statistics and conchology.
0:02:49 > 0:02:50Con...?
0:02:50 > 0:02:53- It's the study of seashells. - Course it is. Con...
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Conchology.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Righty-tighty! Well, according to my calculations,
0:02:58 > 0:03:00the perfect career for you is...
0:03:00 > 0:03:02wife!
0:03:02 > 0:03:03Wife?
0:03:03 > 0:03:06It is a full-time post. After leaving school, you would be working
0:03:06 > 0:03:11from home, excellent prospects and potential for promotion to...
0:03:11 > 0:03:14mother in just nine months. Salary is...
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Yeah, don't worry about the salary.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19But after everything I've told you, my skills and talents?
0:03:19 > 0:03:20Yes, but you're female.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24And wife is pretty much the only job going for a rich girl like you.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28I don't know why you're knocking it, I'd...LOVE to be a wife.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31"Oh, darling, you're home early, I've still got my curlers in!
0:03:31 > 0:03:33"Let me take my pinafore off, pop your feet up and I'll give you..."
0:03:33 > 0:03:36I've had a calling from God!
0:03:36 > 0:03:38He wants me to go into the world and help the needy.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Oh! You should have said!
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Here we go, nun!
0:03:42 > 0:03:43But I'm not a Catholic.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46And we're back to...wife.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48This is absurd!
0:03:48 > 0:03:50I know what I want - to be a nurse,
0:03:50 > 0:03:52to dedicate my life to helping the sick.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55- And no MAN can stand in my way.- What does your father say about that?
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Well, I thank you for your time, sir,
0:03:59 > 0:04:01but your cards have nothing to offer me.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Nursing is my destiny -
0:04:03 > 0:04:06no woman with a shred of dignity should ever have to accept THIS.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10- I'll take it, Flozza! - Oh, Parthenope!
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Welcome to Historical Sun,
0:04:13 > 0:04:14Sea and Suspicious Parents,
0:04:14 > 0:04:16where young Florence is off to
0:04:16 > 0:04:19a nursing college in Salisbury for the trip of a lifetime.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22- Over my dead body, she is. - But, Father...!
0:04:22 > 0:04:24I want to care for the sick.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Really?! Why can't you be more like your sister?
0:04:27 > 0:04:29- Oh, what's SHE ever done? Nothing. - Exactly.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32That's what rich Victorian ladies are supposed to do.
0:04:32 > 0:04:33What's wrong with you?
0:04:33 > 0:04:37Determined to change her mind, and caring attitude, the Nightingales
0:04:37 > 0:04:38sent Florence on an all-expenses-paid
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Grand Tour of Europe.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43But what Florence doesn't know is that Mum,
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Dad and sister Parthenope will be secretly watching
0:04:46 > 0:04:49and listening to everything she does on the trip!
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Well, I just hope she stops all this helping people nonsense and starts
0:04:51 > 0:04:55behaving selfishly so that for once, we can actually be proud of her.
0:04:55 > 0:04:56What?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58But rather than partying and enjoying herself,
0:04:58 > 0:05:02Florence seems more interested in hanging out with the local nuns.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05I knew it! She's gone straight to an Italian convent.
0:05:05 > 0:05:06HE GASPS
0:05:06 > 0:05:08And she's watching them nurse
0:05:08 > 0:05:10the sick, I mean, has she no shame?
0:05:10 > 0:05:12- Never mind them.- I- feel sick!
0:05:12 > 0:05:16As a parent, this is the last thing you want to see your daughter doing.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Unaware that her parents are watching, Florence has gone
0:05:19 > 0:05:22all the way to Germany to spend four months in a religious community.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25She's not just watching now.
0:05:25 > 0:05:26She's joining in!
0:05:26 > 0:05:28And with bank of Mum and Dad paying,
0:05:28 > 0:05:31it's time to head home and face the music.
0:05:32 > 0:05:33Honestly!
0:05:33 > 0:05:36No staying up till gone nine o'clock in Barcelona,
0:05:36 > 0:05:38no heavy tea drinking in Corfu,
0:05:38 > 0:05:40just 24-hour binge nursing.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43No wonder you didn't find yourself a husband!
0:05:43 > 0:05:45I don't WANT a husband. I've got a job.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Superintendent to the Establishment for Gentlewomen During Illness.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51And... # It's unpai-aid! #
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Our daughter! A nurse!
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Where did we go wrong?
0:05:58 > 0:06:01The Crimean War broke out in 1853
0:06:01 > 0:06:04and Britain, France, Turkey and Sardinia
0:06:04 > 0:06:07all rallied together to fight Russia.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10No-one expected it to be such a bloody and difficult war
0:06:10 > 0:06:13and conditions were particularly awful for the soldiers who'd
0:06:13 > 0:06:15travelled all that way to fight.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Well, for MOST of them, anyway.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22I'm Lord Cardigan
0:06:22 > 0:06:24and this is Crimean War,
0:06:24 > 0:06:26X-treme Survival.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28As a soldier, I've had to learn to survive
0:06:28 > 0:06:31some pretty extreme conditions.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34I'm going to show you how.
0:06:34 > 0:06:35X-treme Survival - Tip One!
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Rations are low.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43Your men are so hungry they are considering eating their privates
0:06:43 > 0:06:46AND their corporals. You need food.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Look around you - what do you see?
0:06:50 > 0:06:51Old leather boots
0:06:51 > 0:06:53can be boiled and chewed
0:06:53 > 0:06:55for much-needed nutrition.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58- But what- I- like to do, is...
0:06:58 > 0:07:01bring wagon loads of food with me - yum!
0:07:01 > 0:07:04And my own personal chef to cook me
0:07:04 > 0:07:07whatever I like for dinner.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10That's...X-treme Survival.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12X-treme Survival Tip Two!
0:07:13 > 0:07:17It's cold! The Army have only given you summer uniforms to wear.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20You have a choice.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Keep warm or die!
0:07:22 > 0:07:24Huddling together like a bunch
0:07:24 > 0:07:26of gossiping fishwives can
0:07:26 > 0:07:28provide some much-needed shared
0:07:28 > 0:07:31body heat that will get you through.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34But what I like to do is...
0:07:34 > 0:07:37have my servant bring me a nice hot cup of tea,
0:07:37 > 0:07:39an extra pair of socks
0:07:39 > 0:07:41and a big old warm coat.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44- Drink!- Don't mind if I do.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47HE SPITS
0:07:47 > 0:07:49This isn't Darjeeling,
0:07:49 > 0:07:51it's Assam, Carruthers!
0:07:54 > 0:07:55X-treme Survival Tip Three!
0:07:57 > 0:08:01These old tents from the Battle of Waterloo 40 years ago can be
0:08:01 > 0:08:05patched up and used to keep you dry.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08But what I like to do is bring my yacht instead.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12There she is. Anchored in the bay!
0:08:12 > 0:08:16It's also a nice place for your friends to stay when you're at war.
0:08:16 > 0:08:17Oh, they're playing Twister.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Wait for me, guys!
0:08:19 > 0:08:21War truly is hell.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23I'm Lord Cardigan and this has been
0:08:23 > 0:08:27Crimean War X-treme Survival.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32During the war, we Victorians actually travelled to the
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Crimea to watch the battles as tourists.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Such fun!
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Ooh! Sounds like they've started.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40I don't want to miss anything.
0:08:40 > 0:08:41Wait for me!
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Looking for the holiday of a lifetime?
0:08:44 > 0:08:48Then come to the sumptuous five-star surroundings of the Crimea.
0:08:48 > 0:08:53Sit back, relax and let your Black Sea adventure begin as you enjoy
0:08:53 > 0:08:56British war tourism at its finest.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Help, I'm drowning!
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Hang on!
0:09:00 > 0:09:01Please, help me!
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Help!
0:09:04 > 0:09:07- Don't take pictures!- Land ahoy!
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Enjoy splendid day trips, including hillside views
0:09:10 > 0:09:13of the battlefield and marvel
0:09:13 > 0:09:15at the mindless violence.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20- Come to the Crimea.- Oh, Marion!
0:09:20 > 0:09:24Voted Europe's Best War For Watching for the second year running.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26It's his!
0:09:26 > 0:09:29And soon with added Lady of the Lamp.
0:09:29 > 0:09:30Do you mind?
0:09:30 > 0:09:32I have work to do.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34If it's good enough for Florence Nightingale,
0:09:34 > 0:09:35it's good enough for me.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Don't miss this unique offer.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40This is a war you won't want to miss.
0:09:42 > 0:09:43Come to the Crimea.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Full return with room and dining, only three sovereigns.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47No liability accepted for death, dismemberment, dysentery,
0:09:47 > 0:09:50typhoid, cholera, not ATOL protected - it's a war zone!
0:09:51 > 0:09:55But our brave Flo hadn't gone to the Crimea to have a good time.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58She was there to help the wounded soldiers at the hospital.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02But that wasn't as simple as it sounds, especially as the soldiers
0:10:02 > 0:10:06were as terrified of going to the hospital as they were of the enemy.
0:10:10 > 0:10:15- What's happened, soldier? Oh, you're in a bad way.- Oh, what, this, sir?
0:10:15 > 0:10:17Nah, that's nothing, sir. You carry on, sir.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22- I mean, there does seem to be quite a nasty wound on your leg.- What?
0:10:22 > 0:10:27- Nah, looks all right to me, sir.- Doesn't to me.- Not that!
0:10:27 > 0:10:31No, it's fine, sir, it's fine. I can still wiggle me toes, see?
0:10:31 > 0:10:37Look, there's no easy way to say this, but I'm afraid I... I think...
0:10:37 > 0:10:39No, sir. Please, don't say it, sir.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43- You're going to have to go to the hospital.- No, not the hospital, sir!
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Anything but the hospital, sir! It's filthy!
0:10:45 > 0:10:48No-one comes out of there alive! I hated that leg, anyway, sir.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50- It was slowing me down. - Pull yourself together!
0:10:50 > 0:10:53It's not that bad in the...hospital.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Please don't send me to the hospital in Scutari, sir. I can't stand it!
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Just leave me on the battlefield. I'll live longer.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01- I've got a wife and kid at home, sir, and a cat.- I'm sorry, sir.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05- But you are going to the hospital. - Argh!
0:11:05 > 0:11:09It's going back, sir, it's all right. Argh!
0:11:10 > 0:11:14Soldiers really were terrified of coming to Scutari Hospital,
0:11:14 > 0:11:16and for good reason.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Lots more soldiers were dying from diseases
0:11:18 > 0:11:20they caught here than from their wounds.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22The hospital was even built on a sewer,
0:11:22 > 0:11:26meaning patients were drinking dirty water and wading through poo.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Sounds great!
0:11:28 > 0:11:32But our plucky Flo got straight to work, making the hospital cleaner,
0:11:32 > 0:11:35feeding and clothing the patients, and helping them exercise.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39Finally, the injured soldiers were being treated with the respect
0:11:39 > 0:11:40they deserved.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43No wonder they loved her so much.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45# Because, you see It's all about this base
0:11:45 > 0:11:46# About this base
0:11:46 > 0:11:47# Nobody's healed
0:11:47 > 0:11:49# This hospital's a waste of space
0:11:49 > 0:11:51# Worse than the battlefield
0:11:51 > 0:11:54# It's all about this nurse Making it less worse, so we all hail
0:11:54 > 0:11:56# The lady with the lamp... #
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Me, Florence Nightingale.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00# Don't like red painted walls... #
0:12:00 > 0:12:02- That's blood, ma'am.- Oo-er!
0:12:02 > 0:12:03# Probably doesn't help
0:12:03 > 0:12:05# You've built this on a sewer
0:12:05 > 0:12:08# Those Russians good at killing our men in Crimea
0:12:08 > 0:12:10# But not half as good as this place
0:12:10 > 0:12:12# Central Station diarrhoea!
0:12:12 > 0:12:14# First I brought in some towels
0:12:14 > 0:12:15# So when emptying their bowels
0:12:15 > 0:12:18# Then at least their botties were clean
0:12:18 > 0:12:19# Isn't funny!
0:12:19 > 0:12:21# Help them get off their backs
0:12:21 > 0:12:24# Offering tasty fresh snacks in the hos...
0:12:24 > 0:12:25# ..pital canteen
0:12:25 > 0:12:26# Yummy-yummy!
0:12:26 > 0:12:28# Took one look at the squalor
0:12:28 > 0:12:33# And cases of cholera sores and dysentery
0:12:33 > 0:12:34# Poorly tummy!
0:12:34 > 0:12:35# And then here's the surprise
0:12:35 > 0:12:40# Bought the stolen supplies back with my own money
0:12:40 > 0:12:42# Because, you see It's all about this base
0:12:42 > 0:12:43# About this base... #
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Don't get annoyed!
0:12:45 > 0:12:48I'll get a brand-new pillowcase, clear all trace of typhoid.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50# It's all about this nurse Fortunes reverse
0:12:50 > 0:12:53# At the double Helping soldiers feel less worse
0:12:53 > 0:12:54# Don't need a hearse... #
0:12:54 > 0:12:55No trouble!
0:12:55 > 0:12:57# Took my light round at night check
0:12:57 > 0:13:01# The men were all right and not suffering too much pain
0:13:01 > 0:13:02# Feeling peaky!
0:13:02 > 0:13:04# Most of all, I was spying
0:13:04 > 0:13:08# Check nurses weren't lying But doing what they were saying
0:13:08 > 0:13:09# Pretty sneaky!
0:13:09 > 0:13:13# I ensured that the kitchen dished out good nutrition
0:13:13 > 0:13:15# And everyone got enough
0:13:15 > 0:13:17# Bubble and squeaky!
0:13:17 > 0:13:18# And found that, over time
0:13:18 > 0:13:20# That the deaths did decline... #
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Turns out, she sure knows her stuff!
0:13:23 > 0:13:25# Because it's all about this base
0:13:25 > 0:13:27# About this base sanitation
0:13:27 > 0:13:31# All about control of disease incubation
0:13:31 > 0:13:34# Yes, it's all about this nurse and how she turned her abhorrence
0:13:34 > 0:13:37# Of this curse into a cleaner universe
0:13:37 > 0:13:38# She's Florence! #
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Excellent work, Miss Nightingale!
0:13:42 > 0:13:45And Florence wasn't the only brave woman helping people
0:13:45 > 0:13:46out in the Crimean War.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50At the same time Florence was improving her hospital,
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Mary Seacole was running a thriving
0:13:52 > 0:13:57but somewhat unusual hotel right at the Balaclava battlefront.
0:13:57 > 0:13:58Room service!
0:14:00 > 0:14:05Oh, Bertie! I'm such a lucky girl to be honeymooning in the Crimea!
0:14:05 > 0:14:08And, to cap it all, a stay at the British Hotel -
0:14:08 > 0:14:09the finest in Balaclava!
0:14:09 > 0:14:12PFRRRT!
0:14:12 > 0:14:18- You are sure it's the finest hotel in the Crimea?- Apparently, yes.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21You there! Serving girl. We should like to speak to the manager.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25That's me, Mary Seacole - born in Jamaica, Scottish father,
0:14:25 > 0:14:27now proud proprietor of the British Hotel.
0:14:27 > 0:14:33Then, we have a reservation for two - Mr and Mrs Burlington.
0:14:33 > 0:14:34PFRRRT!
0:14:34 > 0:14:37You, boy! Order, please! Can't you see I'm with a fancy couple?
0:14:37 > 0:14:38PFRRRT!
0:14:38 > 0:14:42Awfully sorry about this. Won't be a jiffy. There you go, doll.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46Have a little bit of poo medicine. That'll sort your bum in nae time!
0:14:46 > 0:14:50- Did you say poo medicine?- Aye. Would you like some? It's home-made.
0:14:50 > 0:14:51Stops them doing pumps!
0:14:51 > 0:14:53- PFRRRT! - It doesn't sound like it.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55PFRRRT!
0:14:55 > 0:14:57You should hear them when they don't have it.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00And, um, why do they need poo medicine?
0:15:00 > 0:15:03They suffer terrible with diarrhoea from the dysentery.
0:15:03 > 0:15:04Isn't that right, me child?
0:15:04 > 0:15:06PFRRRT!
0:15:06 > 0:15:07There we go - right as rain!
0:15:07 > 0:15:09PFRRRT!
0:15:09 > 0:15:11I must say, I feel we should have been warned about the building work.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14Ah, that's not building work. The hotel is built with metal
0:15:14 > 0:15:18and rotten driftwood found lying around the battlefield.
0:15:19 > 0:15:20THEY GASP
0:15:22 > 0:15:26- I made it myself.- Would you please show us to our bedroom?
0:15:26 > 0:15:29- We don't actually have any beds. - You're fully booked?
0:15:29 > 0:15:31No, we literally don't have any beds.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33It's part of the hotel's rustic charm.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37We do have these reclaimed wooden recliners.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43- I am not sleeping on a plank, Bertie!- No, you should.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45If you sleep on the ground, the rats will get you.
0:15:45 > 0:15:46RATS SQUEAK
0:15:46 > 0:15:48- Have that, you sneaky wee beast! - Oh, gosh!
0:15:48 > 0:15:51- Bertie, I'm going home to Mother! - No, no! Clemmie, wait!
0:15:51 > 0:15:52Nothing can stop me!
0:15:52 > 0:15:55- PFRRRT! - Oh. You should try some of this.
0:15:55 > 0:15:56Bung you up a treat.
0:15:56 > 0:15:57PFRRRT!
0:15:59 > 0:16:01- Clemmie? Let me help you. - PFRRRT!
0:16:01 > 0:16:02Oh! Oh!
0:16:03 > 0:16:07Top stuff, Mary! You rarely came up trumps.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09PFRRRT!
0:16:09 > 0:16:10Now, back to Florence.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13When the war was over, she returned to Britain
0:16:13 > 0:16:16and continued her work improving hospital conditions.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20Then, in 1860, a nursing school was founded in her name,
0:16:20 > 0:16:24creating the first properly qualified professional nurses,
0:16:24 > 0:16:28although finding the right people to study there wasn't always easy.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33I'm Florence Nightingale,
0:16:33 > 0:16:36and this is the Florence Nightingale School Of Nursing.
0:16:36 > 0:16:37Thumbs up! Oh.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42Thanks to public donations...for the first time ever,
0:16:42 > 0:16:4615 of you can choose nursing as an actual paid career.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49We're waiting for you. Point! You!
0:16:49 > 0:16:53To qualify, simply answer these simple questions.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57- First question again?- Not you.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01- Yes!- Really?
0:17:01 > 0:17:02- No.- Certainly not!
0:17:05 > 0:17:07- Sorry I'm late. I missed the carriage.- No, thank you!
0:17:09 > 0:17:11- Yeah!- Definitely not!
0:17:12 > 0:17:14That's right, love! I'm elderly.
0:17:14 > 0:17:19- Orderly!- Huh? You need to speak up.- No!
0:17:19 > 0:17:22I'm honest, tidy, sober, punctual and orderly.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26- I'd love to train to be a nurse. - You'll make a great nurse.
0:17:26 > 0:17:27Definitely!
0:17:27 > 0:17:29- I'm deaf and 80!- Go away.- Oh.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39Hello, I'm a handsome doctor, and I've come to Victorian Britain
0:17:39 > 0:17:43to chat to this lady about her very embarrassing problem.
0:17:43 > 0:17:48- Emily, how can we help you? - Hello, handsome doctor.
0:17:48 > 0:17:53- You see, the problem is, I am hideously ugly.- No! You're...
0:17:53 > 0:17:57- You're beautiful.- Have you not seen my elephantine waist?
0:17:57 > 0:18:00No man will marry me unless my waist looks like this.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03No, you see, Emily, that's, um, pretty unhealthy.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05I mean, the only way you could get a waist that small would be
0:18:05 > 0:18:10to use some kind of iron corset to literally squeeze your stomach...
0:18:10 > 0:18:11Good idea!
0:18:11 > 0:18:12Oi!
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Oi! Oi!
0:18:17 > 0:18:20- I instantly feel more alluring!- Whoa!
0:18:20 > 0:18:21CLATTERING
0:18:21 > 0:18:22CAT MIAOWS
0:18:22 > 0:18:24Tell you what - it would be a little bit safer outside.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26I can't go outside! That's how I got this hideous suntan!
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Because you're worried about skin cancer?
0:18:28 > 0:18:30No, I'm worried I'll look like a peasant.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Emily has some pretty extreme ideas about how to get
0:18:32 > 0:18:34her desired complexion.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37Vinegar to lighten the skin.
0:18:41 > 0:18:42Arsenic soap.
0:18:44 > 0:18:45Just a little.
0:18:48 > 0:18:53- And a few finishing touches. - What are you doing?
0:18:53 > 0:18:57Drawing on veins to make myself look all pale and see-through.
0:18:57 > 0:18:58Aren't you captivated?
0:19:01 > 0:19:02Yeah.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07The card-collecting game that's sweeping the 19th century!
0:19:07 > 0:19:12David Livingstone, glasses man, don't know, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15Thanks to the brand-new invention of photography
0:19:15 > 0:19:16and the larger number of celebrities, you can
0:19:16 > 0:19:20now collect pictures of all your favourite Victorians!
0:19:20 > 0:19:21I'm Isambard Kingdom Brunel,
0:19:21 > 0:19:24and I printed my pictures as calling cards.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26I never intended for people to collect them.
0:19:26 > 0:19:27Tough luck, mutton chops!
0:19:27 > 0:19:31They're collecting them now, and everyone's doing it!
0:19:31 > 0:19:34- Um... OK, Harriet Beecher Stowe. - Got.
0:19:34 > 0:19:35- Er... Hector Berlioz.- Got.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38- Napoleon.- Which one?- Third.- Got.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41Yes, collect all your favourite Victorian celebrities!
0:19:41 > 0:19:43- Have you got Florence Nightingale? - That's silly. No-one's got her.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46- She refuses to be photographed. - BOTH:- Ooh!
0:19:46 > 0:19:48I don't want any personal publicity,
0:19:48 > 0:19:50and I don't want anything to do with Cartomania!
0:19:50 > 0:19:51Collect...
0:19:53 > 0:19:56If it's good enough for me, it's good enough for you,
0:19:56 > 0:19:57and that's an order!
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Oh! Yes, Your Majesty. How do you want me?
0:20:00 > 0:20:03- Smiling?- Oh! Certainly not!
0:20:03 > 0:20:04If God had wanted us to show our teeth,
0:20:04 > 0:20:06he wouldn't have given us lips!
0:20:06 > 0:20:07Disgusting!
0:20:15 > 0:20:20It's true - we Victorians loved collecting photos of celebrities,
0:20:20 > 0:20:22and our obsession with celebs didn't end there.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26Florence's work in Scutari was all over the newspapers,
0:20:26 > 0:20:29and she quickly gained an army of die-hard Florence fans that
0:20:29 > 0:20:31would put Directioners to shame!
0:20:31 > 0:20:35But there was one person who wasn't at all happy with
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Florence's A-list status.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Roll up, roll up! Yes, Florence Nightingale souvenirs!
0:20:42 > 0:20:45You won't find quality like this anywhere else!
0:20:45 > 0:20:49We've got hundreds of posters, prints, drawings, etchings -
0:20:49 > 0:20:53all of them a genuine likeness of the lady of the lamp herself!
0:20:53 > 0:20:54Really?
0:20:54 > 0:20:57We've got Florence mats, Florence stamps, Florence spoons,
0:20:57 > 0:20:58Florence plates.
0:20:58 > 0:21:03We've also got...this amazing Florence figurine!
0:21:03 > 0:21:06It's almost as if the angel of the trenches were here right now.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09- God bless her!- She is. - No, no, it's just a statue.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Oh, you can still tell from the height.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Did you think she was in the distance? Bless you!
0:21:13 > 0:21:17- I'm Florence Nightingale.- Give over! You don't look nothing like her!
0:21:17 > 0:21:19No, they look nothing like me!
0:21:19 > 0:21:21- Florence, give us another smile, will you, darling?- Yoo-hoo!
0:21:21 > 0:21:25- Lovely stuff. Gotcha! - Parthenope Nightingale here.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28- Always happy to pose with my famous sis!- One more. Lovely!
0:21:28 > 0:21:33- Lady of the lamp!- Get off me! - Come on, Flozza! For the camera!
0:21:33 > 0:21:35You can do your cheeky face.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37- When have you ever seen me do a cheeky face?- Excuse me!
0:21:37 > 0:21:40Excuse me, coming through. Coming through. Hello, Florence.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44Do you remember me? I kissed your shadow as you passed.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Now, now, soldier! There was no kissing allowed on my wards.
0:21:47 > 0:21:48It's most unhygienic!
0:21:48 > 0:21:51# Oh, Florence Nightingale, so dear!
0:21:51 > 0:21:53# She saved the soldiers in Crimea! #
0:21:53 > 0:21:54Please, stop!
0:21:54 > 0:22:00- No more songs or poems!- Oh! Lighten up, Flozza!- I will not!
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Nursing is a very serious business.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05And all this lady of the lamp stuff is just trash!
0:22:09 > 0:22:13- This is going right on my mantelpiece!- Wow! Roll up! Roll up!
0:22:13 > 0:22:16Get your Florence Nightingale trash!
0:22:16 > 0:22:20- Virtually trashed by the lady of the lamp herself!- I'm going home to bed!
0:22:20 > 0:22:21Gotcha!
0:22:24 > 0:22:28For goodness' sake! Iodine, hot towels! It's meant to be my day off.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33Crimea... Magic lamp...
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Oh, hello there. So sorry.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41I was just having a quick nap.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Well, not so quick.
0:22:43 > 0:22:48I actually spent much of my later life in bed, and I wasn't pretending
0:22:48 > 0:22:52to be ill so that I could avoid a maths test, like some people.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56But do you know how long I actually spent in bed?
0:22:56 > 0:22:57Was it...
0:23:04 > 0:23:05The answer is...
0:23:09 > 0:23:15Yes, I spent 11 years in bed, and even did all my work there.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19Mm, lovely! Speaking of which, I should probably get back there now.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24Oh, maybe just a quick...
0:23:24 > 0:23:27SHE SNORES
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Wash your hands!
0:23:30 > 0:23:32KNOCK ON DOOR
0:23:32 > 0:23:38- Enter!- Thank you so much, Miss Nightingale. I'm terribly sorry.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40- I thought this was your office. - It is my office.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43I'm writing to important leaders around the world.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47My campaign for universal sanitation will not rest.
0:23:47 > 0:23:48Plus the commute is great!
0:23:50 > 0:23:52- Do sit down, Dr Morgan.- Yes.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56I wondered if I could seek your opinion on the new government fund.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59- May I introduce Gladstone? - The British Prime Minister?
0:23:59 > 0:24:03He's here, in your bed...office? Well, yes, I'd be honoured.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05- You mustn't rub his tummy, though.- Well, no.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07I mean, that would be very rude.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09But I tell you who won't leave you alone
0:24:09 > 0:24:13until you give his big fat belly a jolly good scratch - Mr Bismarck.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15The German Chancellor's here? Well, the honour would be all mine.
0:24:15 > 0:24:16Of course he's here!
0:24:16 > 0:24:19He sits on my knee and laps rice pudding out of a plate,
0:24:19 > 0:24:20like a gentleman.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24- Good grief! Is that something German people do?- Oh, dear!
0:24:24 > 0:24:29Look at your filthy paws! You give them a jolly good lick!
0:24:29 > 0:24:32You know how I feel about cleanliness, Gladstone!
0:24:32 > 0:24:34Yes, of course. Gladstone is a cat.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Well, I do hope Mr Bismarck isn't allergic to...
0:24:36 > 0:24:39- He's a cat as well, isn't he?- Of course he is.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43Cats are the finest of creatures.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46You must meet Tom, Topsy and Mr Muff.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Disraeli over there just had kittens.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52- Oh, you must have one.- Um... Maybe.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56- Now, where has Mrs Smudge got to? - Perhaps she's in the litter tray.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Why would my housekeeper be in the litter tray?
0:24:59 > 0:25:03- Now, young man, about this kitten you asked for.- Do you know what?
0:25:03 > 0:25:04I don't really like cats.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06CAT MIAOWS
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Yeah, they make me a bit, um, sneezy.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Out of office? You're clearly in your bed...office.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18- Can I just ask...- Send me a letter. - Look, since I'm here...
0:25:18 > 0:25:22I am currently on annual leave and will contact you on my return.
0:25:22 > 0:25:28- Best regards.- Maybe I do like cats. I suppose they're rather sweet.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31HE SNEEZES
0:25:31 > 0:25:35- I'll see my...self out. - Silly little man!
0:25:37 > 0:25:40Florence Nightingale lived until she was 90 years old
0:25:40 > 0:25:44and never stopped campaigning to make health care more hygienic.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46That's why keeping surgeries
0:25:46 > 0:25:50and hospitals as clean as possible is so important today.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53Florence, you are a national treasure!
0:25:53 > 0:25:56But not very popular in my neighbourhood. Ha!
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Now, that calls for a song.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03# Nursing girls don't get hurt by the men in suits
0:26:03 > 0:26:07# It's absurd, I tried to change their views on care
0:26:10 > 0:26:14# But they don't want to see their bureaucratic idiocy
0:26:14 > 0:26:18# Is leaving nurses in despair
0:26:20 > 0:26:23# One, two, three One, two, three, see?
0:26:23 > 0:26:25# I can prove statistically
0:26:25 > 0:26:28# More health care efficiency
0:26:28 > 0:26:31# Would help significantly
0:26:31 > 0:26:38# I'm going to bring about change to patient care
0:26:38 > 0:26:41# Try and stop me if you dare
0:26:41 > 0:26:49# Telling you things going to change from the norm
0:26:49 > 0:26:52# Total social reform
0:26:52 > 0:27:00# I'm going to try to talk to the Queen
0:27:00 > 0:27:03# Help to intervene
0:27:03 > 0:27:09# I'm going to bring about change around here
0:27:10 > 0:27:13# Change around here
0:27:13 > 0:27:15# Like a train through your government rule
0:27:15 > 0:27:18# You'll never stop my nurse training school
0:27:18 > 0:27:21# One of the first rules I put in place
0:27:21 > 0:27:24# Was to clear old wards of bodily waste
0:27:24 > 0:27:32# I brought about big change to patient care
0:27:32 > 0:27:35# Couldn't stop me, didn't dare
0:27:35 > 0:27:40# Telling you things
0:27:40 > 0:27:43# Proper change from the norm
0:27:43 > 0:27:45# Total social reform
0:27:45 > 0:27:53# I brought about universal nursing care
0:27:53 > 0:27:56# The lack of nurses wasn't fair
0:27:56 > 0:28:03# Telling you I brought a change around here
0:28:04 > 0:28:07# Change around here. #