0:00:01 > 0:00:05MUSIC: "Halfway To Paradise" by Billy Fury
0:00:15 > 0:00:21Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sure you're wondering why I've summoned you here on your day off!
0:00:30 > 0:00:35I have some news of vital importance to the town, and we've also got a film.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37What's the film?
0:00:37 > 0:00:40The Millionairess... with Sophia Loren.
0:00:40 > 0:00:47Not to mention some very fine refreshments, courtesy of my good lady wife.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58As you know the village is currently without a doctor.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Not any more it isn't!
0:01:00 > 0:01:06And, as I'm sure he's told you, Mr Griffiths decided to take the matter into his own hands.
0:01:06 > 0:01:12I did it with the assistance of my brothers in the National Union of Mineworkers!
0:01:12 > 0:01:14..The services of a first-rate doctor.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19How many more trains do we have to catch?
0:01:19 > 0:01:21This is the last one.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25And then what? An ox cart? A dog sled over the mountains?
0:01:25 > 0:01:29This is Wales, Kamini, it's not the Himalayas!
0:01:29 > 0:01:33- It's not Harley Street either, is it? - I think it's rather beautiful.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35It reminds me of...
0:01:36 > 0:01:38..Mussoorie in the summertime.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Mussoorie?
0:01:45 > 0:01:50Before the film, we're going to show a public information film from the Ministry of Health.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Bloody Tory propaganda!
0:01:52 > 0:01:56- Both the newsreel and the film... - Put it on!- ..Will give us valuable cultural insights
0:01:56 > 0:01:59about our new GP.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Regardless of the differences we will undoubtedly have
0:02:02 > 0:02:04with our new doctor,
0:02:04 > 0:02:08it behoves us to welcome him with open arms.
0:02:08 > 0:02:09Thank you.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Let's welcome Sophia with open arms!
0:02:11 > 0:02:15I'd like to get my arms around her!
0:02:15 > 0:02:20Enough! If you want to stay, we'll have none of that. There are ladies here.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28'To meet the growing needs of the NHS, the Minister of Health, Enoch Powell,
0:02:28 > 0:02:33'has announced a Government drive to recruit the very best and brightest doctors
0:02:33 > 0:02:35'from the Asian subcontinent...'
0:02:43 > 0:02:47'Many of India's doctors respond to Mr Powell's warm invitation
0:02:47 > 0:02:52'with eager enthusiasm, impressed with the spirit of modern efficiency and friendly cooperation
0:02:52 > 0:02:58'they find everywhere in our splendid National Health Service. They can't wait to come and lend a hand.'
0:02:58 > 0:03:01Elwyn said he would be here.
0:03:01 > 0:03:02Well, he isn't, is he?
0:03:02 > 0:03:06- Something must've happened. - There's a surprise!
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Quiet. It's not the end of the world.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12You could have fooled me.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15- We can walk!- Walk?
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Fresh air!
0:03:18 > 0:03:20It will do you good.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25What do you think I am, a donkey?
0:03:27 > 0:03:31I don't want some darkie looking after my kids!
0:03:31 > 0:03:35What difference does it make? One doctor is better than none!
0:03:35 > 0:03:39I, for one, think we should welcome this new doctor with open arms.
0:03:39 > 0:03:46The internationalist tradition runs deep in the blood of us, the South Wales miners!
0:03:46 > 0:03:53We have always supported the workers of the world, regardless of the colour of their skin.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57We have stood shoulder to shoulder with our brothers in South Africa, in Spain...
0:03:57 > 0:04:00and now we have the chance...
0:04:01 > 0:04:07..to show our solidarity with the working men and women of India!
0:04:07 > 0:04:11As that great Socialist Mahatma Gandhi said...
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Oh, do give over!
0:04:13 > 0:04:17That's right, make fun of us! You think you're so much better than us,
0:04:17 > 0:04:20- you and your fascist husband! - Sit down, Griffiths.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Just put the film on!
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Good day, gentlemen.
0:04:38 > 0:04:43Could you tell us where we could find Dr Elwyn Thomas?
0:04:46 > 0:04:47Up there?
0:04:50 > 0:04:51In the graveyard.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55He's dead.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59That would account for him not meeting us, then.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02- They're all in there.- Thank you.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08'I bet you inspire confidence as a doctor.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11'Examine me, thoroughly!
0:05:11 > 0:05:16'If I examined all the ladies in whom I inspired confidence, I should be exhausted within one week!
0:05:16 > 0:05:22- 'Well, reserve yourself exclusively for me.- I have to reserve myself for the poor and useful people.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25- 'Kindly get dressed. - Why can't I be your patient?
0:05:25 > 0:05:28'You come stalking in here as if you're God's gift to hospitals...'
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Hello.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36I'm Prem Sharma...
0:05:37 > 0:05:38..your...
0:05:39 > 0:05:41..your new doctor.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Dr Sharma, Owen Griffiths.
0:05:45 > 0:05:50It's a great honour to meet you, and may I extend a warm welcome to the Valleys?
0:05:50 > 0:05:53- Thank you.- Richard Sharpe, local colliery manager.
0:05:53 > 0:05:58- Very pleased to meet you.- We weren't expecting you till next week.- Sorry.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02- No, it's fine.- Typical unions! Can't organise anything!
0:06:02 > 0:06:04- You're the new doctor?- Yes.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08- You've come all the way from India? - Yes. - And this is your good lady wife?
0:06:08 > 0:06:12- Did you come by boat?- Yes. - How long did that take you, then?
0:06:12 > 0:06:15I'm sure the good doctor isn't interested in your silly questions.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19- No, I don't mind, really... - Comrades, the doctor's just arrived.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22The first thing to do is to take you to the surgery.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- I've been under the doctor with my back for ages.- I'm sorry?
0:06:25 > 0:06:26What can you give me for wind?
0:06:26 > 0:06:28You go on ahead and open up.
0:06:28 > 0:06:33- Try to find Dr Elwyn's diary.- What? - His green leather diary, it's somewhere in the surgery.
0:06:33 > 0:06:38- How will I know it when I see it? - Well, if it's green and it's leather and it looks like a diary...
0:06:38 > 0:06:40- OK... - Sylvia, it's not that difficult!
0:06:40 > 0:06:42My sister's got bunions!
0:06:42 > 0:06:46Come on! What kind of a welcome do you call this? Give the man a chance.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50He hasn't come halfway round the world to be mithered by you lot!
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Right! Where are your bags?
0:06:52 > 0:06:55- Outside.- Bryn, Howard, Albert, fetch the doctor's bags, please.
0:06:55 > 0:06:56Doctor.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58Excuse me. Thank you.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00You'll find the locals an odd bunch,
0:07:00 > 0:07:05a strange mixture of noisy Bolshevism and ignorant superstition.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08They're mostly harmless, but if you have any trouble, just let me know.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13- I was very sorry to hear about Elwyn.- Very, very sad...
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Not surprising, given his lifestyle.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Unreliable!
0:07:22 > 0:07:24No great loss, really.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38Well, welcome to your new home.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41The flat's upstairs, above the shop, if you like.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45Courtesy of the Coal Board. Grace and favour.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Come on now, boys.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00Oh, you'll have to replace this.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03It's not exactly top of the range.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07I made Dickie buy me a Creda. They're expensive but worth every penny.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18I'm afraid he did like his pipe, Dr Elwyn.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Smelly old thing it was too.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Everything needs a jolly good clean.
0:08:43 > 0:08:48We'll have the rest of the old doctor's things taken away tomorrow. Caught us on the hop!
0:08:48 > 0:08:50We'll leave you to get settled in.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53- We don't want to settle in! - What?
0:08:53 > 0:08:56The whole thing's been a ghastly mistake. We're not staying.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01We can handle it from here, we're just tired from the journey.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14Don't worry about the diary, Dickie, they're going to be leaving anyway.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18It would be a good idea if they did.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22The last thing I need is another doctor poking around, stirring things up.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26They only just got off the boat, Dickie, how much trouble can they cause?
0:09:29 > 0:09:33MAN BREATHES WITH DIFFICULTY
0:09:41 > 0:09:44Why can't we have a Welsh doctor?
0:09:44 > 0:09:49- What's an Indian going to know about miners?- We could always carry on with Dr Morgan.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55- It's a long way to go... - At least he's Welsh.
0:09:55 > 0:09:56And he looked after my mam...
0:09:56 > 0:09:59so he can look after my dad.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20It was your idea to come here!
0:10:20 > 0:10:24No, it was my idea that we should go to London, Manchester, even!
0:10:24 > 0:10:30- Somewhere with at least a passing acquaintance with civilisation! - Don't exaggerate.- I'm not.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33Well, we're here, so why don't we just make the best of it?
0:10:34 > 0:10:38- I'm not staying here.- Well, I can see that you've given it a fair chance.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42- Did you see the way they looked at us?- I saw the way you looked at them.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46They're peasants, Prem. I'll contact Daddy's friend first thing in the morning.
0:10:46 > 0:10:52- Where are you going? - I'm going to sleep in that revolting excuse for a bed.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54But we haven't eaten in hours.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58What do you expect me to do? Cook?
0:11:30 > 0:11:32FOOTSTEPS
0:11:36 > 0:11:40Can't you just feel the generations of families that have passed through this room?
0:11:40 > 0:11:42It's not that bad!
0:11:42 > 0:11:48- Once we get it cleaned up... - I meant what I said last night. I'm not staying here.
0:11:48 > 0:11:49Why not?
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Because it's disgusting...
0:11:52 > 0:11:55because the people are appalling,
0:11:55 > 0:11:59and because you're too good a doctor to bury yourself in this backwater nightmare!
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Does it really matter where we are?
0:12:02 > 0:12:04It matters a great deal.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06DOOR CLOSES
0:12:12 > 0:12:14Oh! Sorry. You frightened me.
0:12:14 > 0:12:19I didn't expect you to be down so early. Dr Elwyn never was, he liked his lie-ins, he did.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22- I'm sorry, who are you?- Of course, you don't even know who I am.
0:12:22 > 0:12:27I'm Gina Nicolli. I was Dr Elwyn's receptionist and sort of Girl Friday.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30I was hoping I could carry on with you...
0:12:31 > 0:12:36..I mean, be your receptionist. I mean, if that's all right, if you want me to.
0:12:37 > 0:12:43- Well...- I've worked here for ages and I know the job backwards and I know everything about everybody.
0:12:43 > 0:12:48- Then how can I afford to be without you?- You can start by making tea!
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Good morning.
0:13:10 > 0:13:15All the time I worked for Dr Elwyn, I never came up here, not once.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19My nan would've been shocked if I had, she didn't really trust Dr Elwyn.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21Where did you get this?
0:13:21 > 0:13:23India.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26It smells lovely. What is it?
0:13:26 > 0:13:28DOOR CLOSES My favourite chai.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30It's a type of tea, then, is it, chai?
0:13:32 > 0:13:36- It is so quiet here. - It's not quiet, it's dead!
0:13:36 > 0:13:40- I wonder if we'll have any patients. - Here I am going on! It's almost time to open up!
0:13:40 > 0:13:43It's OK, I already have.
0:13:43 > 0:13:44Oh, no!
0:13:50 > 0:13:53The surgery will not open till nine o'clock. Sit down!
0:13:55 > 0:13:58I told you they'd take advantage.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02- Where have they all come from? - They haven't had a doctor since Dr Elwyn died.
0:14:02 > 0:14:07- But so many? - Oh, no, they're not all sick. - Aren't they?- No, most are just nosy!
0:14:21 > 0:14:24I've this terrible problem with my lugs.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Ah? If you would care to remove your trousers...
0:14:30 > 0:14:31It's...
0:14:33 > 0:14:36..it's my bo-wels!
0:14:37 > 0:14:42I...I had a nasty bump at work a while back and it keeps giving me gyp...
0:14:42 > 0:14:43chronically, sometimes.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Bowels!
0:14:45 > 0:14:47You want me to remove my trousers?
0:14:49 > 0:14:52I can't go!
0:14:52 > 0:14:56Awfully strung all the time I am, totally wound up by teatime!
0:14:56 > 0:15:00No, no, no, lugs, man, ears, lugholes!
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Not legs!
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Not...not the trouser area.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07I need the opening medicine
0:15:07 > 0:15:10to make me go!
0:15:11 > 0:15:16Sometimes I feel all right, but I've got this chronic thing and I don't even know what I'm doing...
0:15:17 > 0:15:18Excuse me.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Gina? Gina...
0:15:21 > 0:15:23I think he's speaking Welsh.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27- Aled Hughes, how did you get in here? Out! - I needed to see the doctor.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31There's nothing wrong with you, there never is! Go, and don't come back!
0:15:31 > 0:15:34He only wants a sick note for work, he's terrible like that.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36And was he speaking Welsh?
0:15:36 > 0:15:41- Aled? No, he's far too lazy.- I see. I hope they're not all like that.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43They won't be.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45They better not be.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51- I need the girl to send a telegram for me.- The girl?- Why?
0:15:51 > 0:15:56- I don't know where the Post Office is.- No, why are you sending a telegram?- We've been through this.
0:15:56 > 0:16:01- It's not going to make any difference.- Then it won't make any difference if I send it.- Fine!
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Tell them there will be a reply.
0:16:17 > 0:16:22- Gina?- Can't stop, Nan, I've got to send a telegram.- A telegram? For the new doctor?- His wife.
0:16:22 > 0:16:27- She's trying to get him a job in London. - But they've only just got here.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31- Right stuck-up one she is.- Really? - He's lovely, though. - What do you mean, lovely?
0:16:31 > 0:16:36- I mean he's lovely. - He's not getting fresh, is he?- No. - You have to watch those people,
0:16:36 > 0:16:41- they're very hot-blooded.- You think everyone's hot-blooded, Nan!- Well... I'll pop in later, see for myself.
0:16:41 > 0:16:46- Don't now.- Why not?- There's nothing wrong with you. It's bad enough everyone else wasting his time.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50I've as much right to see him as anyone else!
0:16:50 > 0:16:55The girl's just stepped out on an errand but she won't be long. I'll have her fetch us tea.
0:16:55 > 0:17:01That's all right, I just popped round to ask you and Dr Sharma to dinner on Saturday.
0:17:01 > 0:17:06Dickie thought we should all get to know one another, because of his position in the village.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09- His position?- He runs the mine.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13- For the Coal Board.- I see.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17- Well, we may well be in London by Saturday, but if we aren't...- London?
0:17:17 > 0:17:22Yes, but if we are still here, I'm sure we'd love to come.
0:17:22 > 0:17:29- Ah, here's the girl! Did you send it? - Yes.- Did you tell them I wanted the reply sent straight over?- Yes.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Good. Mrs Sharpe and I would like tea in the sitting room.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35- Come.- If you want tea, you can make it yourself.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39- I'm sorry? - I'm a receptionist, not a tea lady.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41I must run.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43I see.
0:17:51 > 0:17:52Right...
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Now... do you get stomach pains often?
0:17:57 > 0:17:58They come and go.
0:17:58 > 0:18:03And how painful are they? Very painful, moderate, just a little bit?
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Hard to say.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09The thing is, a friend of mine had something similar.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13They took her into the hospital. She's had it all taken away now.
0:18:13 > 0:18:14Taken away?
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Ah, a hysterectomy? She had her womb removed.
0:18:20 > 0:18:25Oh, yes, took it right out, they did. Now she doesn't know where she is. Afraid to sneeze half the time!
0:18:25 > 0:18:29Poor dab, never had kids neither! Tragic!
0:18:29 > 0:18:34Well, there's no danger of that. You're too young. I can do some tests, but it's probably heartburn.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36How old do you think I am?
0:18:37 > 0:18:39I don't know...er...
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Oh, my!
0:18:41 > 0:18:46- I'd never have guessed that.- Don't you try to flatter me, young man!
0:18:46 > 0:18:47I wouldn't dream of it!
0:18:49 > 0:18:54You know, I have an excellent remedy for heartburn. Cardamom, ground ginger,
0:18:54 > 0:18:58aniseed, black pepper, hot water...
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Or I can get you some tablets.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05I think I'll take the tablets.
0:19:05 > 0:19:11If you're worried about anything, anything at all, just come and see me, even if it's for a chat.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13- Thank you.- Nan!
0:19:13 > 0:19:15I've got pains.
0:19:15 > 0:19:20- I have!- Nothing to worry about, I'm sure.- Thank you, Doctor.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24- Sweet lady.- Mmm!
0:19:24 > 0:19:27- Just one more box, Doc.- Thank you.
0:19:28 > 0:19:29Well...
0:19:29 > 0:19:31our first day of surgery.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35I don't think I could have managed it without you.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37You're nothing like I thought you'd be.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41- People rarely are. - Can I just ask you something?
0:19:41 > 0:19:45What is it like where you come from, your village?
0:19:46 > 0:19:48- My village?- In India?
0:19:49 > 0:19:51It's...
0:19:51 > 0:19:53nothing like this place!
0:20:00 > 0:20:02Thruppence, makes sixpence.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04- Thanks very much.- Good evening.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Good evening, Doctor.
0:20:10 > 0:20:11Hello.
0:20:12 > 0:20:13Hello.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18- We met yesterday at the Institute. - Don't forget this.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22- It's for her husband, he's not been well.- Nothing serious, I hope?
0:20:22 > 0:20:25Well, yes, he's bedridden.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29Oh, dear! Would you like me to take a look at him? I could make him my first house call.
0:20:29 > 0:20:30No...
0:20:30 > 0:20:35we've talked about it...but he feels he doesn't want to...er...
0:20:36 > 0:20:41He's been seeing Dr Morgan from Trebanog, down the valley.
0:20:42 > 0:20:43I see.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48Not that there's anything wrong with you, mind.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50I'm sure you're very...
0:20:50 > 0:20:55It's just that he's been bad a long time and he doesn't want to keep chopping and changing doctors.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59I must go. I'm late.
0:21:05 > 0:21:06Evening, Doctor.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Mr Griffiths.
0:21:08 > 0:21:1020 Senior Service.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Fancy a quick one?
0:21:13 > 0:21:16- A drink?- Oh! Yes, very good.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Just the tomatoes, please.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22MUSIC: "C'mon Everybody" by Eddie Cochran
0:21:30 > 0:21:36- Now what?- You're the cook.- I don't know anything about Indian food. - I don't know anything about food!
0:21:36 > 0:21:39PUB HUBBUB
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Dr Sharma, over here!
0:21:44 > 0:21:47- Let's try some of that.- Which one? - That one.
0:21:51 > 0:21:52Mmm...
0:21:52 > 0:21:54put some green in.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00- Is it all right?- I'm sorry?
0:22:00 > 0:22:01The beer?
0:22:01 > 0:22:05Oh, yes. Very tasty. What's it called again?
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Rhymney Bitter, the wine of the Valleys!
0:22:12 > 0:22:16- Well, you've certainly got a taste for it.- Best beer in Wales!
0:22:18 > 0:22:23I don't think I've ever seen anyone drink so fast or so much.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26You're in Wales!
0:22:26 > 0:22:28And I'm a lightweight compared to some.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32I'm a Division-Three man when it comes to the drink!
0:22:33 > 0:22:35You have amazing tolerance.
0:22:36 > 0:22:44- Do you really mean that?- Well, yes, from what I've seen.- Coming from an Indian, that's praise indeed!
0:22:44 > 0:22:50Tolerance and passive resistance, the two greatest weapons in the class struggle!
0:22:50 > 0:22:57And it took an Indian, Gandhi, one of the greatest Socialists of all time, to teach us that!
0:22:57 > 0:22:59Gandhi could only come from India.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Beautiful country!
0:23:02 > 0:23:03Beautiful people.
0:23:05 > 0:23:06Thank you.
0:23:07 > 0:23:12Non-violent resistance, it's at the heart of your religion,
0:23:12 > 0:23:17- of your culture, the fabric of your society...- Well, I'm not sure if...
0:23:17 > 0:23:22That's how they were able to knock six bells out of the English and send them packing!
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Gandhi was a wonderful man,
0:23:24 > 0:23:29but I'm not sure if his teachings have had that much influence on the Indians of today.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33- Really?- Er...I'm afraid so.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Is that why you left?
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Oh, it was my wife's idea to leave India.
0:23:52 > 0:23:53Your round.
0:23:54 > 0:23:55My round what?
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Oh, a round of Rhymneys?
0:24:03 > 0:24:06Right, who wants to lose his money, eh?
0:24:06 > 0:24:08Not with him!
0:24:08 > 0:24:12Two pints...one and a half pints of Rhymney's, please.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14'Dr Sharma is my guest.'
0:24:14 > 0:24:17You'll make him welcome or you and I are going outside!
0:24:23 > 0:24:25- Mmm!- Mmm...
0:24:25 > 0:24:30- That's the first meal I've ever cooked.- You did really well. - Are you patronising me?
0:24:30 > 0:24:31No, I really mean it.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34- Kamini...- Perfect timing!
0:24:34 > 0:24:37Wh...? Gina, what are you doing here?
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Me and Mrs Sharma have been cooking.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43Well, then, you must join us for the inaugural feast.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46I got tomatoes...in a tin!
0:24:50 > 0:24:55- Actually, my nan's expecting me, so I should be going. - Nonsense! You're our first guest!
0:24:55 > 0:24:59- It'll be bad luck if you don't stay. - The girl said she has to go.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Well, I'll see you tomorrow.
0:25:11 > 0:25:12You're drunk.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16I've had a drink or two.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Getting drunk won't solve any of our problems.
0:25:19 > 0:25:24- I wasn't trying to solve them, I was trying to forget them.- I hate seeing you do this to yourself.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28- Do what? What am I doing? - Running away.
0:25:28 > 0:25:33- I'm not running away.- You are. You've been like this ever since Rani died.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39This has nothing to do with Rani.
0:25:40 > 0:25:45It has everything to do with Rani. I am not going to let you bury yourself in a dead-end job like this!
0:25:45 > 0:25:50You need a challenging job, something that will pull you out of yourself.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53I had a challenging job in India, that's why she died!
0:25:54 > 0:25:58- That is not why Rani died. - I wasn't there when she needed me.
0:25:59 > 0:26:00Sit down.
0:26:02 > 0:26:03I'm not hungry.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Oh...Megan!
0:26:17 > 0:26:19- Megan!- Don't look round, just keep walking.
0:26:21 > 0:26:22Megan!
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Oh, Mrs Sharpe, I'm sorry, I didn't hear you.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28I need you to serve dinner for us on Saturday night.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32I'm doing an Indian meal for the new doctor and his wife, and I want everything to be perfect.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35I'll pay you, of course.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37- I don't know.- 8 shillings.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39- I don't like to leave Gareth.- 10?
0:26:39 > 0:26:42- He's been so poorly.- 12/6! - Cash in advance?
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Six o'clock...sharp.
0:26:49 > 0:26:50Don't be late.
0:26:52 > 0:26:53Goodbye.
0:26:55 > 0:27:00- I thought you said you weren't going to work for her again. - I'd rather chew razor blades.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03But now you can buy yourself a birthday present.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06- It's six weeks till my birthday.- So?
0:27:07 > 0:27:11Your mummy says that monsters come into your room at night.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18Mmm...and they wake you up and make you cry?
0:27:23 > 0:27:24Monsters...mmm...
0:27:24 > 0:27:28monsters...monsters...monsters...
0:27:28 > 0:27:31monsters... Ah!
0:27:33 > 0:27:35I think there is something we can do.
0:27:37 > 0:27:43Now this... is a powerful magical stick.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46- What does it do? - You keep it under your pillow
0:27:46 > 0:27:52and when the monsters come, you hold it tightly and you close your eyes and say this magical Indian word,
0:27:52 > 0:27:54mukdhi!
0:27:54 > 0:27:56Mukdhi!
0:27:56 > 0:27:57That's fantastic!
0:27:57 > 0:28:01Night terrors are very common. Usually, they just go away by themselves.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04Thank you. Have you got any children?
0:28:05 > 0:28:07No.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Any other troubles, do come back.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17- Why isn't that boy in school? - Oh, he's always mitching, that one.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19He can't stay five minutes out of trouble.
0:28:20 > 0:28:26- Nan, this is Mrs Sharma, Dr Sharma's wife.- Oh, well, nice to meet you, Mrs Sharma.
0:28:26 > 0:28:31I saw your husband yesterday. Lovely, lovely man!
0:28:32 > 0:28:36- Shocking the way some people are with him.- What d'you mean?
0:28:36 > 0:28:41Well, that Megan Evans was in yesterday. Dr Sharma offered to go round and see her Gareth,
0:28:41 > 0:28:48nice as pie he was, and then she told him she didn't want his sort going anywhere near her husband.
0:28:48 > 0:28:55Said it right to his face she did! I thought it was best you knew, in case you run into her.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58But not to worry, my love.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01Megan? I can't believe that.
0:29:02 > 0:29:06Most people think it's wonderful him being here, and you.
0:29:06 > 0:29:10Some people, though, too small-minded for their own good, aren't they?
0:29:10 > 0:29:12- But he is good.- What?
0:29:12 > 0:29:15- Empties?- Who?
0:29:15 > 0:29:18- The doctor?- I didn't say he wasn't. What are you...?
0:29:21 > 0:29:24- Oh! What's the point?- Ta.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26Tom?
0:29:26 > 0:29:29- Friend of yours?- No...
0:29:29 > 0:29:31he doesn't even know I exist.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33Maybe you should let him know.
0:29:33 > 0:29:39Life's too short to worry about what people think. If you want something, you have to go out and get it!
0:29:40 > 0:29:44Right, Mrs Sharma... how can I help you?
0:29:45 > 0:29:48I had to try every shop in Pontypridd to find all this.
0:29:48 > 0:29:52- It doesn't look very authentic to me.- Yes, it it. Look...
0:29:52 > 0:29:56"Authentic Indian cuisine". And when you serve it, it has to look exactly like that.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58- This one's Chinese.- No, it's not.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02"Traditional Chinese noodles in a peanut sauce".
0:30:02 > 0:30:07How did that get in there? Never mind. Once it's all mashed up, they'll never know the difference.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09Have you got my paper?
0:30:11 > 0:30:14I don't see why we have to make such a fuss.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16We're not making a fuss.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19Oh! Oh, no!
0:30:20 > 0:30:22What if they want to sit on cushions?
0:30:22 > 0:30:25Why on earth would they want to sit on cushions?
0:30:25 > 0:30:30- Because that's what they do, it's their culture.- They'll sit up at table like good Christians!
0:30:30 > 0:30:32We want them to feel at home, Dickie.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34They're not at home. They're in Britain.
0:30:34 > 0:30:38And I am not sitting on a poxy cushion!
0:30:45 > 0:30:49Is it true that woman won't let you treat her husband because you're Indian?
0:30:49 > 0:30:52She said she wants to stick with her own doctor.
0:30:52 > 0:30:56So this isn't just an ignorant backwater, it's an ignorant bigoted backwater?
0:30:56 > 0:31:01- You have to let people make their own choices, Kamini.- You won't be treated like this in London.
0:31:01 > 0:31:02If we go to London.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05I can't believe you're thinking of staying.
0:31:05 > 0:31:10Gina showed me round the village. It's like Panipat without the cows.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14If we're going to this dinner, you should get ready.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17We don't want to get off on the wrong foot.
0:31:17 > 0:31:23- I don't want to get off on any foot! That's why I sent the telegram.- I could always go on my own!- I'll go!
0:31:23 > 0:31:24Ten minutes.
0:31:26 > 0:31:31Ten minutes! You have never got ready in ten minutes! Not once in all...
0:31:31 > 0:31:32Pickles.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35Peanuts.
0:31:35 > 0:31:36Cheese and ham.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38They're American.
0:31:40 > 0:31:41Kamini...
0:31:42 > 0:31:44Thank you.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46Dr Sharma...sherry?
0:31:47 > 0:31:48Lovely, thank you.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52So, how are you settling in?
0:31:52 > 0:31:54Very well, thank you.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56Good, good.
0:31:59 > 0:32:05I expect Dr Elwyn sent you lots of little notes, instructions, tips...that sort of thing.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07- Did he?- No.
0:32:07 > 0:32:12He didn't send you any details, any information before you arrived?
0:32:12 > 0:32:16None at all. He said he would meet us at the station and that was it.
0:32:17 > 0:32:18How unfortunate!
0:32:18 > 0:32:23- It's fine, actually. His assistant seems to know everything.- His assistant?
0:32:23 > 0:32:25- Gina Nicolli.- Ah, yes.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27Sweet girl.
0:32:27 > 0:32:28Not very bright.
0:32:30 > 0:32:35I beg to differ. I'm beginning to think she could run the surgery all by herself.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37Maraschino?
0:32:38 > 0:32:41MUSIC: "What Do You Want" by Adam Faith
0:32:47 > 0:32:49You ordered this.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53It's the new Adam Faith record.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56Mind if I come in?
0:32:58 > 0:33:00Er...yeah...yeah.
0:33:03 > 0:33:07Tommy Steele always had a bit of a thing for me. He was a terrible flirt.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09Such a lovely man.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11Do you mind sitting on chairs?
0:33:11 > 0:33:15- No.- Chairs would be fine. - See? I said they wouldn't mind.
0:33:16 > 0:33:17Mrs Sharma.
0:33:18 > 0:33:22So...Mrs Sharma, how are you getting on in your little kitchen?
0:33:22 > 0:33:25It's a complete mystery to me.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28What do you do out in India?
0:33:28 > 0:33:31Some kind of open-hearth system?
0:33:31 > 0:33:34- For what?- How do you cook?- I don't.
0:33:34 > 0:33:36- You don't cook?- No.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38Oh, dear!
0:33:38 > 0:33:40Who does, then?
0:33:40 > 0:33:42The servants, that's what they're for. Thank you.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45- You have servants?- Of course.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47To do the cooking.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50The cooking, the cleaning, everything, really.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52How many servants have you got?
0:33:52 > 0:33:56Oh, I have no idea. Ten...twelve... Prem?
0:33:56 > 0:33:59Er...something like that, yes.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12Isn't your dad upstairs?
0:34:12 > 0:34:16SONG STARTS
0:34:16 > 0:34:20- # Every time that we meet - Ooh-ooh-ah
0:34:20 > 0:34:23- # She looks my way - Ooh-ooh-ah
0:34:23 > 0:34:26- # Then she's off down the street - Ooh-ooh
0:34:26 > 0:34:30# But I want her to stay
0:34:31 > 0:34:33- # Is it love? - I don't know
0:34:33 > 0:34:34- # That you feel? - I don't know
0:34:34 > 0:34:36- # Is it love? - I don't know
0:34:36 > 0:34:39- # Is it real? - I don't know
0:34:39 > 0:34:42# Cos it's the first time
0:34:42 > 0:34:45# I've felt this way... #
0:34:45 > 0:34:47Chicken curry with noodles...
0:34:49 > 0:34:51..in a peanut sauce.
0:34:55 > 0:35:00With the bungalow and the stream running down to the lake, the house was always full of guests.
0:35:00 > 0:35:04- Lady Mountbatten used to bring all her friends.- Lady Mountbatten?
0:35:04 > 0:35:10- She and Mummy served together in the St John's Ambulance during Partition.- THE Lady Mountbatten?
0:35:10 > 0:35:13It was a very difficult time for both of them.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15It was a very difficult time for everybody.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21Did you know the Mountbattens well?
0:35:21 > 0:35:24Yes, we used to summer with them at Shimla.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27- You're a Dick, aren't you? - I beg your pardon?- Or a Dickie?
0:35:27 > 0:35:33- Richard.- Lord Mountbatten's real name was Louis, but for some reason everyone always called him Dickie.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42# ..I've felt this way... #
0:35:47 > 0:35:50- Do you want me to play it again?- No.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21So is it a good university, Delhi?
0:36:21 > 0:36:24- It's the best in the country. - I don't know about that.
0:36:24 > 0:36:30- There's Bombay, Calcutta, Aligarh... - You're being modest. Delhi is much more prestigious.- Hmm.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32Perhaps.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36Where did you study, Mr Sharpe?
0:36:36 > 0:36:39- Kidderminster. - It was a grammar school.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42Oh, that's...that's nice.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53I can't believe I've never noticed how gorgeous you are.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56Maybe you just never looked.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59FATHER COUGHS UPSTAIRS I always thought of you as a kid.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02Well, I'm not. I'm quite grown-up.
0:37:03 > 0:37:04You are!
0:37:04 > 0:37:06< Tom! COUGHING
0:37:07 > 0:37:09Dad...
0:37:11 > 0:37:13Coming!
0:37:13 > 0:37:14Thank you.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21So...London?
0:37:21 > 0:37:26- Mmm... I'm quite surprised I haven't heard back from Mr Powell.- Powell?
0:37:27 > 0:37:31- Enoch Powell?- Yes. Do you know him? He's an acquaintance of Daddy's.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34No, I haven't actually met him.
0:37:35 > 0:37:39- I can certainly understand why you'd want to be in London.- Mmm.
0:37:39 > 0:37:40I know we do.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43As soon as my next promotion comes through,
0:37:43 > 0:37:46we won't waste a second getting out of this wretched place!
0:37:49 > 0:37:50I like it here.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54Wait till you've been here a few months.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56Horrible place, horrible people.
0:37:57 > 0:38:01- Everybody's been very nice to us. - Give it time.
0:38:01 > 0:38:02KNOCKING
0:38:03 > 0:38:05Can't think who that'd be.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08Excuse me.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14I do apologise for the dinner.
0:38:14 > 0:38:18Unfortunately the help isn't up to cooking with quality ingredients.
0:38:23 > 0:38:23Tom?
0:38:24 > 0:38:26It's Dad.
0:38:26 > 0:38:27I think he's dying.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30Excuse me.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41No, no.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43- Hold this here, please.- Yes, Doctor.
0:38:43 > 0:38:47SHE SPEAKS WELSH
0:38:51 > 0:38:53Excuse me.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56I have to give him an injection in his thigh.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58Tom... Tom!
0:39:02 > 0:39:04Thank you.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07We have to get him to a hospital.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09An ambulance, please. Please!
0:39:11 > 0:39:14SHE SPEAKS WELSH
0:39:37 > 0:39:42His condition is stable, he's breathing a little easier. They want to keep him in for a few days,
0:39:42 > 0:39:44you know, for observation.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47Can we see him?
0:39:47 > 0:39:53- They're moving him to a ward, but I'm sure you'll be able to see him for a few minutes.- Thank you.
0:39:54 > 0:39:59I should've let you look after him the first time you offered. I'm like everyone else.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01I'm frightened of what I don't know.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04Yes, I'm feeling that a lot these days.
0:40:04 > 0:40:08We're a funny lot, the Welsh, especially in the Valleys.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12And as for Trefelin...!
0:40:12 > 0:40:16You know what you said at dinner about servants and the Mountbattens, was that true?
0:40:17 > 0:40:19Yes...
0:40:19 > 0:40:22Really? You should have seen Mrs Sharpe's face!
0:40:23 > 0:40:25I did!
0:40:27 > 0:40:28Dr Sharma...
0:40:28 > 0:40:32back at the house, when you were trying to bring him round...
0:40:32 > 0:40:35for a minute, I thought it was all over.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37That's completely understandable.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40But I was relieved.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44You're not shocked?
0:40:45 > 0:40:46No.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48I am.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51What kind of a wife thinks that?
0:40:53 > 0:40:56It's not easy looking after someone when you know they're dying.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59You don't think I'm horrible?
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Of course I don't.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05Thank you.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23The man has chronic severe emphysema.
0:41:24 > 0:41:29The consultant at the hospital feels it may have an impact on his entire immune system.
0:41:30 > 0:41:34- He's only 40, he's never smoked. - I've made you a cup of tea.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39- Thank you.- It's not your problem.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42I've had a reply to my telegram.
0:41:42 > 0:41:46"London position available. Telephone Ministry to confirm."
0:41:46 > 0:41:48It's as good as done. We can leave.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51I'm not going to London.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54Why not?
0:41:54 > 0:41:56Because there are people who need me here.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14The whole evening was a total disaster from beginning to end.
0:42:14 > 0:42:18Did you believe all that rubbish about her living in a palace?
0:42:18 > 0:42:22- I don't know. - I think she made the whole thing up.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25It can't be true.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29- Anyway, it doesn't matter. - It does matter.
0:42:29 > 0:42:34The last thing I need is an interfering doctor. And if his wife really does have connections...
0:42:34 > 0:42:38They're immigrants, Dickie! No-one's going to take them seriously.
0:42:38 > 0:42:44There was time when no-one would take a tart like Christine Keeler seriously! The country's changing.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48Well, we don't have to worry about that tonight.
0:42:51 > 0:42:53We will...soon enough.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07Dr Elwyn kept a diary in his surgery.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10Do you think you could find it and bring it to me?
0:43:10 > 0:43:14There's one for every five years, all the way back to the '30s.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16Where's the current one?
0:43:16 > 0:43:19- I never said I wanted to go to London.- We don't belong here.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22I want to go!
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