0:00:07 > 0:00:08BIRDSONG AND LAUGHTER
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Help me!
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Help me!
0:01:38 > 0:01:40HE GROANS
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Help me.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49GROANING
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Help me.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Help me! Help me!
0:02:01 > 0:02:04"And answer, came there none."
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Thank you, sir.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Nurse, is there something wrong with the drapes?
0:02:45 > 0:02:46What?
0:02:48 > 0:02:52Now the hare can see the rabbit, ja?
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Do we have only one nurse?
0:02:55 > 0:02:59Ah. Two. Good God, do we only have these metal things?
0:02:59 > 0:03:01This will not do, Nurse Edwards.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03I'm Nurse Edwards... Sister Edwards.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07- And you are?- I have this on my list. General Blake knows what we require.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12- Rubber bedpans.- You tell 'em, Adolf
0:03:12 > 0:03:14Ah. No, no. He is darker.
0:03:14 > 0:03:19With a little and he shouts, how he shouts. Ludwig Guttmann.
0:03:19 > 0:03:24Doctor. Your doctor. I thought I had the wrong place.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28A chapel, I thought, so much peace and quiet.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30GROANING
0:03:30 > 0:03:31And who is this?
0:03:31 > 0:03:34William. Private Heath.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Hello, William.
0:03:37 > 0:03:38Help me.
0:03:38 > 0:03:39Of course we will.
0:03:39 > 0:03:44That's the state they arrive in from military hospitals. Poor boys.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52- Kill me.- One more bloody time, and I'll do just that.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56William.
0:03:59 > 0:04:05William. This is bad, I know. All is bad.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08But you have life waiting for you.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11A good life.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13I promise.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19- This man is on morphine, ja? - Yes, he...
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Half dead with medication.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25So we will bring him back to the world of the living.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29Sergeant Philip Newman. Hello, Philip, how are you?
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Why is he in this thing?
0:04:33 > 0:04:34It protects him.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36From what? Tigers? Lions?
0:04:36 > 0:04:37From knocks.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Knocks, doctor.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43- Is there a plaster room in the hospital?- Yes. Doctor.
0:04:43 > 0:04:48Pincers. To cut away this...sarg. How you say...
0:04:48 > 0:04:51coffin. Ja.
0:04:51 > 0:04:52And his.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54That's Mr Cowan's patient.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57No! They are mine. They are all mine.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Did he get his pliers?
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Yeah, he says he wants us both in there.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28Does he then? He can wait till I've done this.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32He'll have to learn that patients come first in this ward.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Yeah, he's a...he's a funny sort of doctor if you ask me.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39I thought he'd wandered in from a loony bin.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43"Zey are mine! Zey are all mine!"
0:05:43 > 0:05:47A German refugee! What next?
0:05:47 > 0:05:50He's in there carrying on like he's royalty.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53I don't think they have royalty in Germany any more. Only fuhrers!
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Aprons, please?
0:06:46 > 0:06:52Nurse Edwards. These men, they have nothing to do.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54They're ill, doctor.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Bring me all the notes, please.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17This is our friend with the sparkling wit, ja?
0:07:17 > 0:07:21- Corporal Bowen, yes. - That's me, life and soul.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23- Why is he sedated?- An act of mercy to the rest of us, doctor.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Why? Because the...
0:07:26 > 0:07:30They're all sedated, doctor.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Yes, I've seen that. Not any more. None of them.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Hey! Hang on, hang on, we like our little bit of gloop.
0:07:36 > 0:07:37You will survive without it.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39You wouldn't say that if you had my arms.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Medication, yes. Sedation, no.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46And another urine infection! My God!
0:07:46 > 0:07:48What are you doing with them?
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Why do we allow these patients to rot?
0:07:56 > 0:08:00It is not their paralysis that is killing them, it is
0:08:00 > 0:08:04their bedsores, their infections.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06But they're paralysed.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08No. They are partially paralysed.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12And they have had too much gentle nursing. The velvet glove
0:08:12 > 0:08:14and the hushed whisper.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Everything you are doing, you have been taught to do, and that is good.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21But now,
0:08:21 > 0:08:24we have new ways of doing things.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26And these new ways, better, are they?
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Of course, or why do them?
0:08:29 > 0:08:33It's my job to make their lives comfortable, bearable.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36No. It is your job to make them healthy.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Some, it may not be possible.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41Some, sepsis has been allowed to develop.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43You keep saying allowed...
0:08:45 > 0:08:46Forgive my English.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55Lovely tea. Thank you.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58I'll show you the temperature charts.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Nurse Carr is new to us
0:09:00 > 0:09:03but she's hoping to go on and train.
0:09:03 > 0:09:04Excellent!
0:09:10 > 0:09:13So, William, where are you from?
0:09:14 > 0:09:18Are you a country mouse or a town rat?
0:09:18 > 0:09:20I hear that you are a driver.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Drove himself all the way to Stoke Mandeville, eh?
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Need a new map, son.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Have you met Corporal Bowen?
0:09:27 > 0:09:29He is the cross we must bear!
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Messerschmitt.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Run...run for it!
0:09:57 > 0:09:58Be a bloody good trick.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01No! No!
0:10:01 > 0:10:02Run! Run!
0:10:02 > 0:10:05No!
0:10:05 > 0:10:07- MALE AND FEMALE VOICES:- William?
0:10:07 > 0:10:10They've sent you home, William.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Listen to me.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16You are in your bed, safe and sound.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18No-one can hurt you now.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22All finished.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25No more fighting.
0:10:25 > 0:10:26Good boy.
0:10:30 > 0:10:31Good boy.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Next week, we will see if it is improving.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55From now on, Sister Edwards, it will be you tending to these wounds.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57- If you say so.- I do.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59When we've finished here,
0:10:59 > 0:11:02we can scrub up and begin to take out these catheters.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Hurrah, Corporal Tomkins! Ja?
0:11:05 > 0:11:09Now you can learn to pee-pee all over again, my boy.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Give me something to do, doc.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18- Bit of a palaver, this, isn't it? - It should be easier than this.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21We had some difficulty inserting that one.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22Way I'm built, see, love.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26- Another reason not to go messing around with him.- Like a carthorse.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30One more try. I don't want to damage the tissues and have him bleeding.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34Hey, hey, you're worrying me now, doc. Can't you just leave it?
0:11:34 > 0:11:36I've grown attached to it.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39No... No good.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42X-rays, Sister Edwards. We know we have an infection.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Let's see if we also have kidney stones.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48- I'll put him on the list.- What list?
0:11:48 > 0:11:49The X-ray list.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55- We don't have a machine on the ward? - He's a laugh, ain't he?
0:11:55 > 0:11:58There's a war on, doctor, and we're an embarrassment.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01- Lucky they give us beds. - We all have to do without.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03And some have to do without more than others?
0:12:03 > 0:12:05I think not.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11I'm going to go and see Matron, ask for a transfer.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13You'll be lucky.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Who'll they get in your place?
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Especially now he's in charge of this circus.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21I'd rather do factory work.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24You know, I was told this was proper nursing,
0:12:24 > 0:12:27not pee and bedsores all day long.
0:12:35 > 0:12:36Where's Private Heath?
0:12:36 > 0:12:39- Taken him down to surgical, doctor. - What?
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Spinal op tomorrow. Mr Cowan likes them on his ward the day before.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44He is not having an operation!
0:12:44 > 0:12:48Yes. To stabilise his spine.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Why, where is it going, this spine? It has taken legs?
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Hey, boys, wake up. Fireworks.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Gibberish!
0:12:55 > 0:12:57I'm only telling you what I was told.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Ooh!
0:13:00 > 0:13:01LAUGHTER
0:13:01 > 0:13:05- Uppity.- Mr Cowan's the one to take him down a peg or two.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Oh, yes.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Dr Guttmann. How do you do? Good to meet you.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Mr Cowan. Ditto.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25And what brings you to my department?
0:13:25 > 0:13:27This young man, William Heath, he is my patient.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31I operate tomorrow. Unstable fracture of the ninth vertebrae.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33No. I think not.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Ah! My apologies.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Yes, he does have a fracture, this vertebrae, you are right.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41And yes, for all anyone knows, it may be unstable.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44But no, you are not going to operate on him.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47We don't know yet how much movement may be restored.
0:13:47 > 0:13:48None.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52And with your operation, you are guaranteeing this.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55The Army consultant sent Heath here expressly for this operation.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Sent him to my ward.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Actually, he sent him to me.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01But now I am here, so I can take over.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04From today, all spinal patients are my responsibility.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07I gather you haven't touched a patient for years.
0:14:07 > 0:14:08I haven't been allowed to.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11Dr Guttmann's specialised in spinal patients all his life.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15- Yes, in Germany.- The spinal cord is the same for Wilhelm or William,
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Henry or Heinrich. There are pioneering treatments...
0:14:18 > 0:14:21- Experimental. - No. New, but already proven.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Monro is doing great work in Boston.
0:14:23 > 0:14:24America! Say no more.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27I'm doing what I consider to be the best
0:14:27 > 0:14:30- for this mortally wounded young man. - He has not been mortally wounded.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34- His life expectancy is what, six months?- That is why I am here.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Too many cripples in the last war,
0:14:36 > 0:14:39too many young men dying young,
0:14:39 > 0:14:43too many wounded men made helpless by medical neglect,
0:14:43 > 0:14:44too many widows.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46That is why I am here.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53Didn't last long very long, then, did he? Old Himmel.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Maybe he's been sacked!
0:14:55 > 0:14:57That mean I get my little bit of gloop after all?
0:14:57 > 0:14:59We'll have to see, won't we?
0:14:59 > 0:15:01I could do with a bit now.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05MUFFLED: Good! Good! What is it we say? Upwards and upwards?
0:15:06 > 0:15:10Ah! Look, William, just in time.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14# We are the Ovaltineys little girls and boys!
0:15:14 > 0:15:17# Make your requests, we'll not refuse you...
0:15:17 > 0:15:19# We are here, just to amuse you
0:15:19 > 0:15:21# ALL: Would you like a song or story?
0:15:21 > 0:15:24# Will you share our joys?
0:15:24 > 0:15:26# At games and sports we're more than keen
0:15:26 > 0:15:29# No merrier children could be seen
0:15:29 > 0:15:34# Because we all drink Ovaltine we're happy girls and boys. #
0:15:34 > 0:15:36LAUGHTER
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Ovaltine...
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Eight o'clock, ladies. Time to go home.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45- We have to do handover.- No need.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Tonight we only have the one orderly, so I will stay.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49We always have the one orderly.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53- Until now.- There's nothing for two men to do all night.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56They will be busy, Sister, this I promise.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00- One man alone cannot turn all these patients.- But they'll be asleep.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02They will learn to sleep through it.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05We will do one round of turning, sleep for two hours, another round,
0:16:05 > 0:16:08- and so on.- You take away their sedation, and then...
0:16:08 > 0:16:11- I see you in the morning. - But...- Bright and early, please.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16I hope you've had some sleep today. You're in for it.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20SNORING
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Jesus wept! What are you doing to me now?
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Healing your bed sores, my boy.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Don't you ever go to sleep?
0:16:28 > 0:16:29Two, three.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Comfortable?
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Lap of bloody luxury. Do you know what bloody time it is?
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Pillows all right? Very good.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Shut up.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55- How about a cup of tea? - Stuff it!
0:16:55 > 0:16:59Shut up, you bastard!
0:17:00 > 0:17:04Good. Tea for three. Sweet and strong.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06The way the English like it.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Aye, and sod the poor bloody Welsh, eh?
0:17:09 > 0:17:11I haven't had a wink of sleep all bloody night
0:17:11 > 0:17:14- because of this bloody pantomime. - Shut up!
0:17:21 > 0:17:24A hard journey, you and me.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28A new land.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Strange.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33All we knew, gone.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37The people we were, gone.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40The lives we planned...
0:17:43 > 0:17:45But courage.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47A new life waiting.
0:17:48 > 0:17:49Different, ja...
0:17:51 > 0:17:53..but not so bad.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57No, thanks.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04This is my promise.
0:18:05 > 0:18:10We will make good, new lives, you and I. We will not give up.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14I'm going to walk again.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Maybe, ja.
0:18:18 > 0:18:19No maybe.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29Do you think there's a chance?
0:18:29 > 0:18:30Always a chance.
0:18:30 > 0:18:35You were wounded in battle. What chance of you surviving that?
0:18:35 > 0:18:37You nearly died as they brought you home.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40What chance of surviving that?
0:18:43 > 0:18:47Mr Cowan - you survived that.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51You've tasted Sister Edwards' tea...
0:18:53 > 0:18:54Survived that.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18I was promised wheelchairs, an X-ray machine, steam sterilisers...
0:19:18 > 0:19:22No, they were on your list - a very long list,
0:19:22 > 0:19:24and nobody promised you any of these things.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28..mattresses and rubber bedpans. Good God, must I get down on my knees?
0:19:28 > 0:19:31I've requested your supplies as a priority, and you have my word
0:19:31 > 0:19:35- you'll be fully staffed as soon as possible.- I've seen the other wards.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38- They have nurses.- Yes, but they're acute wards. Post-op.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Your young men are not treatable as such.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43Well, they don't feel any pain. They don't suffer.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47Well, they do, of course they do, but no pain.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51I'm doing everything I can, Doctor Guttmann, but...
0:19:51 > 0:19:52gently, gently catchee monkey.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57Monkey? Wh...what monkey?!
0:19:57 > 0:20:01You're new to this hospital. New ideas, new ways.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05We must be careful not to step on toes.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Good. Good. I receive the message.
0:20:07 > 0:20:12"Be good, Guttmann. Do not upset the apple cart...monkey's toes."
0:20:12 > 0:20:14So many English sayings to say the same thing.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17"Know your place and be a good boy."
0:20:53 > 0:20:54Good morning, doctor.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57They've all had a terrible night, very little sleep.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01Who are these men? Talk to them.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04- They're in pain.- Find out who they are, where they come from,
0:21:04 > 0:21:07what they want, what they miss. What they long for.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09Let them talk about their pain.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13The pain here...and here.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Where do I take the bus to London?
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Do I change for Whitehall?
0:21:26 > 0:21:30Scourge of the valleys, love. No woman was safe.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32And you were a mechanic?
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Aye, that's why the Army took me.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37The Germans trembled. They trembled, love.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Two children.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42- (GERMAN VOICE)- "Tommy Atkins, off him ve haff no fear,
0:21:42 > 0:21:48"but Vynne Bowen, oh! Ve hear he is der mighty sausage dog."
0:21:48 > 0:21:50If you get my drift.
0:21:50 > 0:21:51SHE CLEARS HER THROAT
0:21:55 > 0:21:59Three kids. Just have to look at her and there's another sprog.
0:22:01 > 0:22:02One problem solved.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14Two years Nottingham.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16And what were you doing there?
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Usual stuff. A year in Lancaster.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Oh, you got around!
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Yeah. One Pentonville, three months Borstal.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26That was way back.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29But I'm going straight now.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36And how long ago did you join up?
0:22:38 > 0:22:40On my birthday.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46Finished training just after Christmas.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50Joined my Regiment Easter Sunday.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Got shot up Easter Monday.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58That's the end of Solomon Grundy.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09He can talk to them himself.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11- (VOICE TREMBLING)- Stupid bloody man!
0:23:24 > 0:23:26'For years, all my experience wasted,
0:23:26 > 0:23:29'never to work with any patients.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33'At last I can be some use, but still you won't give me any equipment.
0:23:33 > 0:23:38'We need so much... Bitte. Please, so much.'
0:23:44 > 0:23:47At last, rubber bedpans!
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Rubber, gold,
0:23:49 > 0:23:53diamond-encrusted, who gives a stuff? Sir.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Oh, God, here I go...
0:23:59 > 0:24:03See how much room we have without this big ugly desk. Ja?
0:24:03 > 0:24:05It's a dance floor!
0:24:06 > 0:24:07HE LAUGHS
0:24:07 > 0:24:10I wouldn't mind, but we were doing all right.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Not even lunch now and I'm knackered.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Do you know what it feels like to be sat up straight
0:24:15 > 0:24:17when you've been lying flat out for months on end, eh?
0:24:17 > 0:24:21This is good. Your bedsores are not quite so smelly, Wynne.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Oh, it's "Vynne" now, is it? Bloody Vynne.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Well, tell you what it is, doc. I don't care if they bloody smell
0:24:27 > 0:24:31- cos I can't smell 'em!- You think your wife will like your smelly arse?
0:24:31 > 0:24:34My wife is safely tucked up in Port Talbot,
0:24:34 > 0:24:36where the arses are big
0:24:36 > 0:24:38and pink and lovely.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Meanwhile, I've had another awful night, thanks to you.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Wynne, we are winning the battle of the buttock
0:24:44 > 0:24:46but you must look after your heels
0:24:46 > 0:24:49- or they too will break down. - How the hell do I do that?
0:24:49 > 0:24:50By continuing as you started.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54Amusing us as we work with your droll observations of the world around us.
0:24:54 > 0:24:55WILLIAM LAUGHS
0:24:55 > 0:24:56Shut it, Private Heath.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59You're only a ha'penny Corporal, so shut up yourself.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01If you don't want to wake up in the morning
0:25:01 > 0:25:04with your teeth halfway down your gullet, you'll shut your mouth.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Boys, boys!
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Only to be expected, doctor. No sedation.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12But William no longer wants us to kill him
0:25:12 > 0:25:16and instead wants us to kill Corporal Bowen. Progress, ja?
0:25:26 > 0:25:30Stand by your beds with your boots in your hands, boys.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32It's only Monty.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35- Can we help you? - I'm looking for the Spinal Unit.
0:25:35 > 0:25:36And you have found it.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Right. Quartermaster Hill, sir.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43Ah! Sergeant Hill! Ha! Now the hard work begins.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47Ladies, gentlemen, Sergeant Hill is here to get us all fit.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49- That's a joke.- Wynne, my boy.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53This will cook your goose. No more lazing on your back smoking
0:25:53 > 0:25:57- and looking at Nurse Carr's legs. - I'm paralysed, not desperate.- Oi!
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Sergeant, we will talk in my office.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01It's "Q", sir.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Uh, before you go, I'm in pain here.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08If I never used my arms, they would ache for me, too. Move them!
0:26:08 > 0:26:12It bloody hurts to move my bloody arms, you stupid bloody kraut!
0:26:16 > 0:26:17I thought you said...
0:26:17 > 0:26:20No office, no desk, no nameplate on the door
0:26:20 > 0:26:23but much determination! So, no problem, ja?
0:26:25 > 0:26:28They offer me massage one afternoon a week.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30These men are paralysed seven days a week.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34- I don't know anything about paralysis.- You will learn.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Become an expert.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39I'm a PTI, sir. Not Jesus Christ.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43I don't raise men from the dead. Sorry.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47You are a soldier.
0:26:47 > 0:26:48This is your posting.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51No. There's been some mistake.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55Of course! I should be head of neurosurgery in Breslau,
0:26:55 > 0:26:58or watching children playing in the Oder.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01My friends and family should be enjoying the autumn in Silesia
0:27:01 > 0:27:05but some mistake happened and most of them are in SS camps
0:27:05 > 0:27:09while I am here with you. So, we must make the best of it.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11I just don't see the point.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13I'll see you on Monday morning, 8.00am.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37We want to know all about you, Philip.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40What you did, what you liked, who you were.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46I mean...
0:27:47 > 0:27:49..who you ARE.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56WOMAN SNIFFLES
0:27:56 > 0:28:00Oh, er, don't worry about your mother, son. She's, er...
0:28:00 > 0:28:04She just can't get over the difference. That's what it is.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07- You could barely open your eyes last time.- I'm off the morphine.
0:28:07 > 0:28:08Are you in pain?
0:28:08 > 0:28:10I'm all right, Mum.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17How's the 1st XV?
0:28:17 > 0:28:20Ah, limping on without you, just about.
0:28:20 > 0:28:21All the boys send their regards.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23And Ruth.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27- She wants to come and see you.- No!
0:28:27 > 0:28:28Not yet.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30Maybe later.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Yeah, when I'm up and about.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35When I'm walking again.
0:28:36 > 0:28:41Doctor Guttmann said they're doing wonders for spinal patients.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44Ah! All the way from London. You must be gasping.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46- There you are.- Thanks very much.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48Mum.
0:28:48 > 0:28:52Mum. Mum
0:28:55 > 0:28:57- No, love, that's not your mum.- Mum.
0:28:57 > 0:28:58That's another boy's mum.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13- I read...- (VOICE BREAKS)
0:29:13 > 0:29:14Sorry, I'm sorry.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22I read this article.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28Boys don't stop growing till they're 21.
0:29:30 > 0:29:31He wasn't even grown up.
0:29:33 > 0:29:38His strength and his youth will bring him through this.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41He was the brightest boy in the bunch.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44Head boy, if he'd stayed on and done his last year.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51I'm just a groundsman, Mr Guttmann.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58I've got rotten pay, small damp cottage.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03But if the school employs you, then they educate your son for free.
0:30:04 > 0:30:09My son, William, he grew up alongside the sons of Dukes,
0:30:09 > 0:30:11cabinet ministers,
0:30:11 > 0:30:13and he was head and sh...
0:30:19 > 0:30:21He was a bright star.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27Right, so it's up the ladders and down the snakes, yeah?
0:30:29 > 0:30:32Sister, why is Philip without his saline IV?
0:30:32 > 0:30:34- I wrote him up an hour ago. - Fred had the last bottle.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37There is no more saline in the whole hospital?
0:30:37 > 0:30:39They'll have some on the surgical wards but...
0:30:39 > 0:30:41He needs fluid like anyone else.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44- There are forms to fill out. - While his infection kills him?
0:30:45 > 0:30:47Tin hats on.
0:30:49 > 0:30:55Every surgeon will give you his own definition of surgical shock.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57- This may include sepsis symptoms... - Can I help you?
0:30:57 > 0:30:58No, no, I'm good, thank you.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01I know what I am looking for.
0:31:01 > 0:31:02And what exactly is that?
0:31:03 > 0:31:07No, no, no need to stop. Please, do continue.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10Surgical shock.
0:31:10 > 0:31:11Yes.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15My personal definition takes in blood pressure, temperature,
0:31:15 > 0:31:18respiration, cardiac...
0:31:18 > 0:31:21Dr Guttmann, if I can be of assistance...?
0:31:21 > 0:31:22Yes, certainly you can.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26Tell Sister Rogers we owe you four bottles of saline.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29You, too, are running low but I've left you a crate.
0:31:30 > 0:31:35There we have another definition of surgical shock.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37WHEEZING
0:31:45 > 0:31:47WHEEZING
0:32:06 > 0:32:09FASTER WHEEZING
0:32:17 > 0:32:20Dr Guttmann won't let him die, will he?
0:32:26 > 0:32:29- Wynne...- Shush.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52Your mum's there.
0:32:52 > 0:32:58Look. She's just there. She's waiting.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41Several stones. You have boulders in your bladder, Wynne.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45We will operate tomorrow. How do I book theatre time?
0:33:45 > 0:33:47You ask Mr Cowan.
0:33:48 > 0:33:49Mein gut freund.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54Where are the night staff? Have they come?
0:33:54 > 0:33:55I was promised today...
0:33:55 > 0:34:00They're out there. Polish. Not my idea of orderlies, but still...
0:34:03 > 0:34:07They are shovellers. Shovellers from the steel works.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11These orderlies you send me. They have been shovelling coal.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14Well, yes, we find men where we can.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16Shovellers! Shovellers of shit,
0:34:16 > 0:34:19like the Ministry of War, so it seems.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22It is shit you have been shovelling to me, isn't it?
0:34:22 > 0:34:24Promises of shit, my dear General.
0:34:24 > 0:34:25Guttmann...
0:34:25 > 0:34:27Yes, yes, it is Guttmann.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29Guttmann the idiot. Guttmann the trusting.
0:34:29 > 0:34:30Guttmann the leichtglaubig.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32YAWNING
0:34:32 > 0:34:34You yawn? I wake you?
0:34:34 > 0:34:37Lucky you, for my nurses, they are working like slaves
0:34:37 > 0:34:41- because of these orderlies who are shovellers.- Doctor...
0:34:41 > 0:34:43let's...talk about this tomorrow.
0:34:43 > 0:34:48And tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow. Always tomorrow.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51You think Mr Churchill can be happy on this poor Sister Edwards
0:34:51 > 0:34:55who needs no sleep? Sister Edwards the Drac... Sister Edwards the vampire. I think not.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00Good! Throw the cups around.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03Don't worry that Sister Edwards is asleep at last.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06Put on some clogs and do a dance, why don't you!
0:35:24 > 0:35:26KNOCKING
0:35:27 > 0:35:32I have requested a senior staff meeting about your behaviour.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35Tomorrow morning, ten o'clock, the conference room.
0:35:44 > 0:35:48Ten o'clock, old chap, don't cha know?
0:35:49 > 0:35:51HE SIGHS
0:36:01 > 0:36:05Ted! Peter! Now! Quickly, quickly.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12Hey, I'm not sure I want you taking this catheter bloody thing out.
0:36:12 > 0:36:17- Good, good.- Bad enough being woken all night to be turned without you pissing around in my piss.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21Thanks for listening.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23Well, you must see he's using up valuable resources.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26I entirely agree, you're pushing at an open door.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29It's a hard enough getting basic supplies for our own patients
0:36:29 > 0:36:32without this...
0:36:32 > 0:36:36nobody. That's all he is. A nobody in charge of moribund incurables.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38A wet nurse, that's all.
0:36:38 > 0:36:42A chimpanzee could do the job standing on his head.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47Sister, I'm looking for Dr Guttmann.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49Any idea where is?
0:36:52 > 0:36:54He's in theatre, General. I believe it was an emergency.
0:36:54 > 0:36:55Don't be silly, Sister,
0:36:55 > 0:36:58what sort of emergency could there be on this ward?
0:36:58 > 0:37:01A bladder drainage problem, Mr Cowan.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03Bloody hell! Some emergency!
0:37:03 > 0:37:06And what idiot did he persuade to give up his theatre for this
0:37:06 > 0:37:07complete waste of time?
0:37:07 > 0:37:11I believe it was Mr Cowan, Mr Cowan.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14My theatre! So my nurses,
0:37:14 > 0:37:15my equipment?
0:37:15 > 0:37:16He took his own catheter.
0:37:18 > 0:37:19Is this funny?
0:37:20 > 0:37:23Sister Edwards is in a difficult position.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25No, General. I have been.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28For years, I've been in the very difficult position of nursing
0:37:28 > 0:37:30the occasional spinal patient,
0:37:30 > 0:37:34and watching them helplessly as they slip away from us, time after time.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36And time after time, all we do is hold their hands
0:37:36 > 0:37:38and send a rose to the funeral.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41Dr Guttmann does more than that.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52Hey, wait till they sit you up proper.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55Then you'll know about bloody air sickness mate.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57Got a good view of you now, Taff.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00Lie me down again quick, nurse!
0:38:00 > 0:38:02Oh, yeah, that's what I meant to tell you. I went to London once,
0:38:02 > 0:38:04never seen so many ugly people.
0:38:04 > 0:38:09All on holiday from bloody Cardiff. 'Scuse me.
0:38:11 > 0:38:15Bull's eye! Hey, he's good at this, Sister.
0:38:17 > 0:38:18Can I help you?
0:38:18 > 0:38:20General Blake sent us.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23Erm, you Dr Guttmann, he wants some entertainment.
0:38:27 > 0:38:32# Isn't this a lovely day To be caught in the rain?
0:38:35 > 0:38:40# You were going on your way Now you've got to remain
0:38:42 > 0:38:49# Just as you were going Leaving me all at sea
0:38:49 > 0:38:52# The clouds broke
0:38:52 > 0:38:58# They broke and Oh, what a break for me
0:38:58 > 0:39:03# I can see the sun up high Though we're caught in the storm
0:39:03 > 0:39:10# I can see where you and I Could be cosy and warm
0:39:10 > 0:39:17# Just as you were going Leaving me all at sea
0:39:17 > 0:39:22# Let the rain pitter patter Well, it really doesn't matter
0:39:22 > 0:39:26# If the skies are grey
0:39:26 > 0:39:35# As long as I can be with you It's a lovely day! #
0:39:35 > 0:39:37APPLAUSE
0:39:37 > 0:39:40Are there any requests?
0:39:40 > 0:39:44Yes, I've got one, actually. Could you possibly...
0:39:44 > 0:39:48Er, no, thank you, but that was wonderful, wasn't it?
0:39:48 > 0:39:51But our patients can't have too much excitement.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53- Mustn't wear them out. - Can't take it, see?
0:40:08 > 0:40:11One..two...three.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15Wakey wakey, Corporal.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17Mad man, you could've hurt me!
0:40:17 > 0:40:19It's as light as air, man.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24Morning, Doctor Guttmann.
0:40:24 > 0:40:25Sergeant.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28- He could have had my nose broke, the mad sod.- Give it a rest, Wynne.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30That's the only part of me I can feel.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32- Have another go at breaking it! - Should've moved quicker.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35Go on, chuck it to me, here.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41Take it and him to the children's ward, where they bloody belong.
0:40:50 > 0:40:51This what you had in mind?
0:40:51 > 0:40:55Excellent. But more. More, more, more, more, more.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57Where do you want it?
0:40:59 > 0:41:01What is his name?
0:41:01 > 0:41:03Davy Decker.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05Davy? We have a bed for you here.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08Don't let them dump you here, mate.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10Take your bed and run, they're all bloody lunatics.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21Leave it here, I will ask the orderlies to break it up.
0:41:21 > 0:41:25How do I explain that to my sergeant?
0:41:25 > 0:41:28- Say...you say, "I was only obeying orders."- She'll love that!
0:41:28 > 0:41:32Tell her that my Spinal Unit will no longer accept patients
0:41:32 > 0:41:36brought in coffins of any kind. They will have mattresses on stretchers. Ja?
0:41:36 > 0:41:39General Blake! Please! One moment.
0:41:39 > 0:41:43Ropes. We need ropes. And a punch bag. Parallel bars.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45Q needs all this if he is to make a difference.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47You want a punch bag in the ward?
0:41:47 > 0:41:49Or in the gym. Or both.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51We need a gym, or another hut.
0:41:51 > 0:41:55I can't get the most basic supplies. How can I justify any of this?
0:41:55 > 0:41:56Or an area we can turn into a gym.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00Pulling the weights, punching the bag, climbing up the ropes,
0:42:00 > 0:42:01upper body, you see?
0:42:01 > 0:42:03And nurses. I must have more nurses.
0:42:03 > 0:42:04You haven't forgotten?
0:42:04 > 0:42:06Do you never get tired?
0:42:06 > 0:42:07Never.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23Does the man ever get tired?
0:42:23 > 0:42:25I was beginning to think he didn't have a home to go to.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27A wife, he says, and two children.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29Oh, she must be a saint.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33Glad to get a rest from him, I should think.
0:42:33 > 0:42:34Yeah, I know I am.
0:42:36 > 0:42:37- Eh, Ludwig!- Papa!
0:42:37 > 0:42:42How lovely! Look what Mrs Kornberg has brought for the refugees.
0:42:42 > 0:42:43Shabbat shalom.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46Shabbat shalom. I let the children stay up to say good night.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48- Eva?- Papa.
0:42:51 > 0:42:53Denis.
0:42:56 > 0:42:57Goodnight.
0:42:59 > 0:43:05Poor Dennis. "Panzer boy", they called him.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08Last week, it was Goebbels and some rude song.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10The girls, they're not so cruel to Eva.
0:43:10 > 0:43:15But... I mean, he doesn't complain but I know...
0:43:15 > 0:43:19Ludwig?... Lud?
0:43:24 > 0:43:25Mummy?
0:43:25 > 0:43:27But it's our wireless!
0:43:27 > 0:43:31Well. Never mind, never mind.
0:43:34 > 0:43:37'...from a factory somewhere in Great Britain, on this lovely
0:43:37 > 0:43:40'Spring day, half an hour of music, laughter and bulldog spirit.
0:43:40 > 0:43:42'It's Worker's Playtime.'
0:43:44 > 0:43:47- Shirkers Playtime, more like. - Yeah, especially for Wynne.
0:43:47 > 0:43:5226...99...100.
0:43:52 > 0:43:53Didn't Q say 50?
0:43:53 > 0:43:57Just think, boys, eh, we could be slaving away in a some
0:43:57 > 0:44:00factory somewhere if we hadn't been lucky enough to sign up.
0:44:00 > 0:44:01I'd be down the pub, opening time.
0:44:01 > 0:44:04- What day is it? - Tuesday.
0:44:04 > 0:44:06Cross country then double Latin.
0:44:06 > 0:44:08Ah, on Tuesdays, we always had needlework and RI.
0:44:08 > 0:44:12Good God, am I the only bugger who's ever done a decent day's work here?
0:44:12 > 0:44:16Come on, Wynne, one...two...
0:44:16 > 0:44:2137 patients, two wards, and still they come.
0:44:21 > 0:44:24And when we reach Paris... What?
0:44:24 > 0:44:26Oh, nothing, nothing.
0:44:26 > 0:44:28"We"? I'm English also, here, where it matters.
0:44:28 > 0:44:31English through and through, I'd say.
0:44:31 > 0:44:33Well, you've filled out Mr Cowan's ward already.
0:44:33 > 0:44:37Whitehall are hell-bent on sending us all their spinal injuries,
0:44:37 > 0:44:38so we'll be busy here for a while.
0:44:38 > 0:44:41- A vote of confidence, ja? - Yes.
0:44:41 > 0:44:44They will come to Dr Guttmann, and all will be well.
0:44:47 > 0:44:52..Five...six...
0:45:00 > 0:45:03You must be so pleased, Dr Guttmann.
0:45:03 > 0:45:06Ja, for him, a few stumbling steps.
0:45:06 > 0:45:10For others, they lift a cup... all progress.
0:45:14 > 0:45:16It's bloody boring.
0:45:16 > 0:45:18Do you all sorts of good, this will.
0:45:18 > 0:45:20Strengthen your balance, improve your grip...
0:45:20 > 0:45:22I'd rather be working on my legs.
0:45:22 > 0:45:23Ah, here we go again.
0:45:23 > 0:45:25Change the song sheet, William.
0:45:25 > 0:45:26My feet get cold. I can feel them.
0:45:26 > 0:45:29We should be working on that, Q, not this arm stuff.
0:45:31 > 0:45:34Don't you think, doctor? Time to move on and get the old pins working again?
0:45:36 > 0:45:38Some days, it's better.
0:45:38 > 0:45:40Reflexes do not come and go.
0:45:42 > 0:45:46But sensation. I have pins and needles and...
0:45:46 > 0:45:47But it's been a long time.
0:45:49 > 0:45:51Frank's walking.
0:45:51 > 0:45:55Frank had feeling within a few weeks of his accident.
0:45:55 > 0:45:58With you it's, oh, six, seven months?
0:46:01 > 0:46:02I'm not giving up.
0:46:03 > 0:46:04That is good.
0:46:05 > 0:46:08If you can manage the hope and still find your new life.
0:46:08 > 0:46:13But if your stubbornness and determination stops you
0:46:13 > 0:46:15from moving on and planning your future...
0:46:15 > 0:46:17If I can't walk, I have no future.
0:46:17 > 0:46:19And now you sound like your father.
0:46:22 > 0:46:25All I ever wanted to do was to join up.
0:46:25 > 0:46:28Get out there. Get the Hun.
0:46:28 > 0:46:30Sorry.
0:46:31 > 0:46:32And he got you.
0:46:35 > 0:46:39The war will end one day, your country will need you again.
0:46:40 > 0:46:44They will need scientists, architects, solicitors, chemists.
0:46:44 > 0:46:46Help me to walk again.
0:46:49 > 0:46:52I'm sorry, William. It's not going to happen.
0:47:01 > 0:47:02Out of my way!
0:47:02 > 0:47:04Sorry, sorry.
0:47:08 > 0:47:12William! William, are you all right?
0:47:12 > 0:47:14Piss off, you bloody interfering old bitch!
0:47:14 > 0:47:18Sir. Dr Guttmann. Erm, your houseman. I'll just...
0:47:18 > 0:47:22- No. He will tell us when he wants help.- But...
0:47:22 > 0:47:23He is not dumb.
0:47:27 > 0:47:31So...my houseman. Where have you been hiding?
0:48:52 > 0:48:55GUTTMANN: 'William, cigarette?'
0:48:58 > 0:48:59Ta, doc.
0:49:03 > 0:49:05Hey, don't be daft, son.
0:49:25 > 0:49:26Good night, gentlemen.
0:49:30 > 0:49:35- William?- Has good balance. He's working on moving from bed to chair.
0:49:35 > 0:49:37I spoke to him about his prognosis.
0:49:37 > 0:49:40Yes. We're still picking up the pieces.
0:49:42 > 0:49:44Wynne.
0:49:44 > 0:49:46Refusing to let his family visit.
0:49:46 > 0:49:49It's a long way from Port Talbot.
0:49:49 > 0:49:51And any other excuse he can think of.
0:49:51 > 0:49:53Has anyone met his wife?
0:49:53 > 0:49:56She's a very nice woman, but he can be brusque with her.
0:49:56 > 0:49:59With everyone. We will ask her to visit. Remind me.
0:49:59 > 0:50:01That's it.
0:50:01 > 0:50:04So, what now? What do they need next?
0:50:04 > 0:50:06- What are they missing? - All feeling below the waist.
0:50:06 > 0:50:10We have routine, we have exercise, we have work,
0:50:10 > 0:50:12we can wear them out...
0:50:12 > 0:50:15Something, though. There is something to defeat the boredom.
0:50:15 > 0:50:20- The tick tick tick tick tick of the clock. - It's ward entertainment tomorrow.
0:50:20 > 0:50:21Joseph and Josephina?
0:50:21 > 0:50:23Mr Cowan arranged it.
0:50:23 > 0:50:25This man is anti-Semitic.
0:50:25 > 0:50:28I suggested The Windmill Girls, but would anyone listen?
0:50:28 > 0:50:29SISTER EDWARDS CHUCKLES
0:50:31 > 0:50:33MUSIC ON PIANO: "Can-Can" by Offenbach
0:50:39 > 0:50:41High blood pressure, you think?
0:50:41 > 0:50:44In parts of him, I'm bloody certain.
0:50:47 > 0:50:49- WYNNE:- Lovely, girls! Bloody, bloody lovely!
0:50:49 > 0:50:53- HE WOLF-WHISTLES - Oh, yes!
0:50:56 > 0:50:59Look at that, Will. Wouldn't kick any of them out of bed, would you?
0:51:08 > 0:51:10- MAN:- Bravo, ladies!
0:51:19 > 0:51:21Beautiful girls, ja?
0:51:21 > 0:51:25Why don't you go back in and ogle them? You bloody sadist.
0:51:25 > 0:51:27You are one of the lucky ones, my boy.
0:51:27 > 0:51:31- You stand to attention when you wake. - For God's sake...
0:51:31 > 0:51:33If you rule yourself out of the competition,
0:51:33 > 0:51:35don't come weeping to me if you do not win.
0:51:37 > 0:51:39I've never had one.
0:51:43 > 0:51:46Girls. I've... I've never...
0:51:50 > 0:51:55I don't know who I am or what I wanted to be or why I even joined up...
0:51:55 > 0:51:58God, this isn't my life.
0:51:58 > 0:52:00Did you think you would make plans,
0:52:00 > 0:52:02and life would follow them obediently?
0:52:05 > 0:52:10My dad's ashamed of me. He's bloody mortified.
0:52:10 > 0:52:12He thought I'd go so far, and...
0:52:13 > 0:52:18..now he has a son who can't stand...or walk or piss or shit.
0:52:20 > 0:52:22Wouldn't you be ashamed?
0:52:22 > 0:52:24No.
0:52:27 > 0:52:29If it wasn't for you, I'd be dead by now.
0:52:29 > 0:52:31You don't have to thank me.
0:52:32 > 0:52:34I'd never do that. Never.
0:52:34 > 0:52:37Don't bet on that.
0:53:03 > 0:53:07- There he is. Go on, race you!- Daddy!
0:53:07 > 0:53:10There they are - Daddy's girls! All right?
0:53:13 > 0:53:15Welsh cakes?
0:53:15 > 0:53:19Right. Come on, then. Hungry, I am.
0:53:20 > 0:53:21Run!
0:53:24 > 0:53:26Stairs will not be a problem.
0:53:26 > 0:53:29Upper body muscles will pull him up, gravity will take him down.
0:53:29 > 0:53:31You mean he'll fall?
0:53:31 > 0:53:33He's joking. German.
0:53:35 > 0:53:38Only, they've announced a whole new road of prefabs on Gabalfa Road -
0:53:38 > 0:53:40I've put our name down for one.
0:53:40 > 0:53:42- No stairs.- Good.
0:53:42 > 0:53:45After your trial weekend, I write a letter insisting you are offered the most suitable.
0:53:45 > 0:53:48Hold on, now. See, I'm not sure about this weekend idea.
0:53:48 > 0:53:50- Next month, I thought.- No.
0:53:50 > 0:53:54We can do it. I'll have everything ready for you.
0:53:54 > 0:53:57When we see how well you do, we can start making plans for your discharge.
0:53:57 > 0:53:59- Really?- Why not?
0:53:59 > 0:54:01In time for my birthday.
0:54:04 > 0:54:07Here we go.
0:54:08 > 0:54:11Go on, Neil, show 'em how it's done.
0:54:13 > 0:54:15Ahh, I'm at the wrong angle.
0:54:17 > 0:54:19Shut up and get on with it.
0:54:19 > 0:54:22- GUTTMANN: Who's winning? - It's not a competition.
0:54:22 > 0:54:23Only because he's losing.
0:54:23 > 0:54:25Depends on who's keeping score.
0:54:25 > 0:54:28- Yeah, Wynne, you're trailing by three.- Shut it!
0:54:28 > 0:54:31Are you athletic?
0:54:31 > 0:54:32I ran for my school.
0:54:32 > 0:54:34Good. Then run to the gym and bring us back
0:54:34 > 0:54:37some tennis balls or, even better, golf balls.
0:54:37 > 0:54:38- Erm...- That way.
0:54:38 > 0:54:40Go. Run, run, run, run, run!
0:54:40 > 0:54:42Run, run, run!
0:54:42 > 0:54:45- FRANK:- Look at that, look. They say WE'RE unfit.
0:54:45 > 0:54:48Hockey sticks! Bring us back some hockey sticks
0:54:48 > 0:54:49and golf sticks.
0:54:49 > 0:54:51Clubs, Poppa.
0:54:51 > 0:54:53- Clubs!- ..Yes!
0:54:53 > 0:54:56One...two...three! Yes!
0:54:56 > 0:54:59- Three bullies! You went too early. - That is the German way!
0:54:59 > 0:55:01It was the German way that got us into this bloody war.
0:55:01 > 0:55:03Right, first to five. Ja. Starting now.
0:55:05 > 0:55:08- Aw, hang on...!- Oh!
0:55:08 > 0:55:13Bloody hopeless. England against Germany. Terrible.
0:55:20 > 0:55:23Don't know how you play hockey in Germany, but...
0:55:23 > 0:55:26Well. We play it well.
0:55:33 > 0:55:36They'd have to be bloody fit, our lads, to play that.
0:55:38 > 0:55:40Bloody fit.
0:55:42 > 0:55:43Good, good...
0:55:43 > 0:55:45Pass it!
0:55:45 > 0:55:46There you go... Go on, go on!
0:55:46 > 0:55:47Whoa!
0:55:47 > 0:55:49We're going to need a gym, sir,
0:55:49 > 0:55:51so we don't have to pack away every meal-time.
0:55:52 > 0:55:55Good. Good...
0:55:55 > 0:55:58And some rules. No hitting above three foot...
0:56:02 > 0:56:05Careful, gentlemen, please.
0:56:06 > 0:56:08Try not to break something.
0:56:15 > 0:56:19- But in your letters, you were so...- Yes. I'm sorry.
0:56:19 > 0:56:22- You were getting sensation back. Hot and cold.- I was fooling myself.
0:56:24 > 0:56:25It's early days yet.
0:56:25 > 0:56:27Apparently not.
0:56:28 > 0:56:32My nerve endings haven't grown. Mended.
0:56:33 > 0:56:36So, now they won't?
0:56:36 > 0:56:38No.
0:56:38 > 0:56:41Now this is it. This is me.
0:56:52 > 0:56:54No, dear, not now...
0:56:54 > 0:56:56It's all right. Let's see what this is.
0:57:07 > 0:57:08Ruth.
0:57:15 > 0:57:18Couldn't have gone anyway. I don't know why we brought it.
0:57:22 > 0:57:25There it is Wynne, get it, get it, get it... Go on, Wynne!
0:57:25 > 0:57:27Come on, come on!
0:57:27 > 0:57:30Right, pass it over to me, pass it over to me!
0:57:31 > 0:57:33Ja!
0:57:33 > 0:57:35- Push forward, push forward! - Right, right...
0:57:35 > 0:57:36I'm on it...
0:57:37 > 0:57:38Defence!
0:57:39 > 0:57:41CHEERING
0:57:41 > 0:57:43Come on!
0:57:43 > 0:57:45What are you, a load of bloody old women?!
0:57:45 > 0:57:47Get in there!
0:57:47 > 0:57:50I don't see you scoring any bloody goals, Q!
0:57:52 > 0:57:53Whoa, whoa, whoa...
0:57:55 > 0:57:57Careful! Go on!
0:57:59 > 0:58:01Get on you!
0:58:03 > 0:58:05- Get out the way, you berk!- Shoot!
0:58:05 > 0:58:06CHEERING
0:58:06 > 0:58:08Come on, boys, come on!
0:58:08 > 0:58:10One hundred per cent. One hundred per cent!
0:58:10 > 0:58:12Down the wing! Down the wing!
0:58:13 > 0:58:15CHEERING
0:58:15 > 0:58:18Bravo! Bravo!
0:58:18 > 0:58:20Staff two, Spinal three.
0:58:23 > 0:58:25Aagh! My bloody hand!
0:58:25 > 0:58:27Get out the bloody way, then.
0:58:27 > 0:58:29- William! It's only a game. - Calm down!
0:58:29 > 0:58:31Give it some welly!
0:58:31 > 0:58:32Pull it back, pull it back...
0:58:32 > 0:58:34Gently, gentlemen.
0:58:34 > 0:58:37Not feeling sorry for himself now, ja?
0:58:37 > 0:58:39Mine... Mine!
0:58:39 > 0:58:41Gently, gentlemen! It's too rough.
0:58:41 > 0:58:43Black and blue.
0:58:43 > 0:58:44And cuts! Cuts!
0:58:45 > 0:58:48All our work to keep them bedsore-free.
0:58:48 > 0:58:50An absolute disgrace.
0:58:50 > 0:58:51We're not complaining.
0:58:51 > 0:58:54We can't feel anything, sister, that's the thing.
0:58:54 > 0:58:55Silly, silly men.
0:58:55 > 0:58:57Ooh-hoo.
0:58:57 > 0:59:02# Oh, when the saints go marching in
0:59:02 > 0:59:07ALL: # Oh when the saints go marching in
0:59:07 > 0:59:10# I want to be in that number... #
0:59:10 > 0:59:12William, he's been badly injured.
0:59:12 > 0:59:16# When the saints go marching in. #
0:59:16 > 0:59:20Last time I saw this patient, he had both legs intact.
0:59:20 > 0:59:21A simple fracture.
0:59:22 > 0:59:26- Accidents happen. - Yes, apparently so on your ward.
0:59:26 > 0:59:30Just thank God it's only a fracture and nobody's dead.
0:59:30 > 0:59:33Irresponsible, unethical, bloody shameful.
0:59:33 > 0:59:35If I hadn't got better things to do,
0:59:35 > 0:59:39I'd take this to the General Medical Council.
0:59:39 > 0:59:41Right. We'd better get him lifted onto the trolley.
0:59:41 > 0:59:44- Nurse, you take the arms, and I'll...- No, it's fine.
0:59:44 > 0:59:45Oh, please.
0:59:45 > 0:59:47Mind your ankle.
0:59:59 > 1:00:02Now, then, Heath, you may not remember me.
1:00:02 > 1:00:04Oh, I remember you.
1:00:04 > 1:00:07You're the bastard who was measuring me for a coffin.
1:00:07 > 1:00:10If you'd had your way, I wouldn't be able to move a muscle.
1:00:15 > 1:00:17Come on, Q, get a bloody move on.
1:00:17 > 1:00:19Do you know how long it is since I had a proper pint
1:00:19 > 1:00:21in a proper bloody pub?
1:00:21 > 1:00:22THEY LAUGH
1:00:22 > 1:00:24Don't get between me and my beer,
1:00:24 > 1:00:27I will not be responsible for my actions!
1:00:27 > 1:00:30Come on! Come on!
1:00:30 > 1:00:31Last man there's a sissy!
1:00:36 > 1:00:38Move on, let the thirsty man through!
1:00:40 > 1:00:43Wrong way! We're going down the wrong way.
1:00:43 > 1:00:45Spin me round.
1:00:49 > 1:00:50Right, my good man.
1:00:50 > 1:00:53We will have three stouts, three ales,
1:00:53 > 1:00:56two eggnogs with lemonade and two double whiskies.
1:00:56 > 1:00:59All the times we've dreamt of this, eh?
1:00:59 > 1:01:02- And a sherry for Nurse Carr. - ALL: Ooooh.
1:01:02 > 1:01:04Oh, and you see that man there, he pays for nothing.
1:01:04 > 1:01:07You don't take his money tonight. This is our treat, Doc.
1:01:11 > 1:01:13Come on, Wynne.
1:01:13 > 1:01:15Come on, Wynne.
1:01:17 > 1:01:19ALL: Ah!
1:01:19 > 1:01:20Stroke of genius, sir.
1:01:21 > 1:01:24I don't think our lads have had to buy a single drink.
1:01:24 > 1:01:26Our brave boys.
1:01:29 > 1:01:30Come on!
1:01:30 > 1:01:32Yes!
1:01:34 > 1:01:38Given 'em their war back, eh, Poppa? This time with hockey sticks.
1:01:38 > 1:01:40We'll take you all on, if you think you're man enough.
1:01:40 > 1:01:41Right, next one.
1:01:41 > 1:01:44I'm surprised Will had the broken bone and not you.
1:01:44 > 1:01:46It evened up a few scores, that's for sure.
1:01:46 > 1:01:48OK, give us a count of three, count of three.
1:01:48 > 1:01:51One, two, three.
1:01:52 > 1:01:55Ah, ah!
1:01:55 > 1:01:57CHEERING
1:01:57 > 1:02:00Too rough to make this a competition.
1:02:00 > 1:02:02Shame, though.
1:02:03 > 1:02:05What do you know about basketball?
1:02:08 > 1:02:11- Pass.- Over here, over here.
1:02:14 > 1:02:16- Shoot!- Ah.
1:02:17 > 1:02:20When can I get this off, Doc?
1:02:20 > 1:02:24When you stop scowling at the world as if we are your enemies.
1:02:24 > 1:02:27So 1960, then.
1:02:32 > 1:02:37You're a bunch of girlies! Girly, girly, girly!
1:02:46 > 1:02:50Think of the things he can do, not the things he can't.
1:02:50 > 1:02:53I can't dance in a ballet, I can't run a mile,
1:02:53 > 1:02:55- I can't play the trombone. - Don't belittle it!
1:02:55 > 1:02:59Do not minimise what's happened to my son.
1:02:59 > 1:03:01He has to rise above it.
1:03:03 > 1:03:05Well, where you come from, obviously,
1:03:05 > 1:03:06they do things a bit differently.
1:03:06 > 1:03:09Young men are the same the world over.
1:03:09 > 1:03:10Until they are crippled.
1:03:10 > 1:03:12Still young men.
1:03:15 > 1:03:18I've found somewhere prepared to take him.
1:03:18 > 1:03:20It's a very nice place.
1:03:20 > 1:03:23It's quite near the school, just a few miles away.
1:03:25 > 1:03:26This place,
1:03:26 > 1:03:30- what is it? - He can see the sense in it.
1:03:30 > 1:03:32Mr Heath, what sort of place?
1:03:35 > 1:03:37It's a retirement home.
1:03:37 > 1:03:40- Your son is 20. - It's our job to take care of him.
1:03:41 > 1:03:44He'll never marry, never have children,
1:03:44 > 1:03:46we know that, that's a tragedy.
1:03:48 > 1:03:52We thought last year, when this first happened, that...
1:03:52 > 1:03:53that we'd lost him.
1:03:55 > 1:03:57That might have been a blessing.
1:03:57 > 1:03:59- But he's still here...- A blessing?
1:03:59 > 1:04:01..so we have to make sure that he'll always be looked after
1:04:01 > 1:04:04by kind people, even after we've gone.
1:04:34 > 1:04:39Today, I realise the height of the mountain we must climb.
1:04:39 > 1:04:40Every one of you.
1:04:40 > 1:04:42And me.
1:04:42 > 1:04:47There are walls to scale and break down and sacred cows to deal with.
1:04:48 > 1:04:50What are you doing here?
1:04:50 > 1:04:53What is the purpose of this place?
1:04:53 > 1:04:56Is it to create dependent but smiling children,
1:04:56 > 1:04:58hiding from the world?
1:04:58 > 1:05:02A hushed room full of forgotten men and caring, too caring, staff?
1:05:02 > 1:05:06No! It is to send you out of here!
1:05:06 > 1:05:09Out! With ambition
1:05:09 > 1:05:10and purpose!
1:05:10 > 1:05:14And no sacred cows. You must have none.
1:05:14 > 1:05:16And you must have none. These are men.
1:05:16 > 1:05:18They have desires.
1:05:18 > 1:05:22Some of you will be fathers and husbands, understand that.
1:05:22 > 1:05:25And you will have all the same problems as everyone else
1:05:25 > 1:05:27and a few more besides.
1:05:27 > 1:05:30Rent, tax, I pay tax, so will you.
1:05:30 > 1:05:32You have a right to these problems.
1:05:32 > 1:05:35I will not protect you from them. I will not!
1:05:40 > 1:05:44Bloody tax. We still have to pay tax?
1:05:44 > 1:05:47Right. Who's been upsetting, Poppa?
1:05:47 > 1:05:52My dear general, what do you know about the provision of housing?
1:05:52 > 1:05:53- I'm sorry?- Who do I talk to?
1:05:53 > 1:05:58The Minister for Pensions or do I speak to Mr Churchill?
1:06:02 > 1:06:04Just get them fit.
1:06:04 > 1:06:06Nobody expects you to solve their problems.
1:06:06 > 1:06:10Ah! But you see, it is their problems that hold them back,
1:06:10 > 1:06:11that stop them getting fit.
1:06:11 > 1:06:15How can they face the future if they cannot see it?
1:06:15 > 1:06:18And I know you are going to help.
1:06:21 > 1:06:26It's bad enough in Germany, everything in duplicate.
1:06:26 > 1:06:28Mr Churchill,
1:06:28 > 1:06:30three copies of everything.
1:06:34 > 1:06:35Stupid!
1:06:36 > 1:06:38Liebling.
1:06:38 > 1:06:39English.
1:06:39 > 1:06:41Even darling?
1:06:41 > 1:06:43HE SIGHS
1:06:47 > 1:06:49Come.
1:06:49 > 1:06:50Come.
1:06:50 > 1:06:53Enough. Enough.
1:06:53 > 1:06:57MUSIC: "Jeepers Creepers"
1:07:01 > 1:07:03Who are you thinking of?
1:07:03 > 1:07:05Everyone.
1:07:07 > 1:07:08Left behind?
1:07:10 > 1:07:13They're dancing with us.
1:07:13 > 1:07:16- Then we must make the best of it.- Ja.
1:07:18 > 1:07:23# Jeepers Creepers Where d'ya get those peepers?
1:07:23 > 1:07:28# Jeepers Creepers Where d'ya get those eyes?
1:07:28 > 1:07:33# Gosh, all git up How'd they get so lit up?
1:07:33 > 1:07:37# Gosh, all git up How'd they get that size?
1:07:37 > 1:07:39# Golly gee. #
1:07:39 > 1:07:41About two or three feet.
1:07:41 > 1:07:46- One weekend.- I can't land myself on my wife, not like this.
1:07:46 > 1:07:49You dress yourself, you take yourself to the lavatory,
1:07:49 > 1:07:52- you even bathe yourself. - I want a divorce.
1:07:52 > 1:07:57- You are nervous about your sexual relationship.- I want a divorce.
1:07:57 > 1:07:59Women are gentler with these things than we are.
1:07:59 > 1:08:00We must perform, ja?
1:08:00 > 1:08:03But maybe the lady, maybe she just wants...
1:08:03 > 1:08:06Don't you bloody say it. Don't you dare.
1:08:06 > 1:08:08"She just wants a cuddle."
1:08:08 > 1:08:11A cuddle she can get from a dog.
1:08:11 > 1:08:13With you, she wants a husband.
1:08:13 > 1:08:15But there's more than one way to skin a cat.
1:08:15 > 1:08:18I keep telling you, I am divorcing her!
1:08:18 > 1:08:21Listen. You go home for the weekend.
1:08:21 > 1:08:23When you come back, you can divorce her.
1:08:25 > 1:08:27It's over!
1:08:27 > 1:08:29Ha-ha! It's over!
1:08:30 > 1:08:33- Victory!- I can't believe it.
1:08:33 > 1:08:37I don't know what to do with myself! Ha-ha! Ha-ha!
1:08:37 > 1:08:40Ah! They're coming home! Ha-ha!
1:08:40 > 1:08:47# Happy days are here again The skies above are clear again
1:08:47 > 1:08:51# So let's sing a song of cheer again
1:08:51 > 1:08:55# Happy days are here again... #
1:08:55 > 1:09:02INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYS
1:10:02 > 1:10:04Couldn't say you don't have enough staff now.
1:10:04 > 1:10:06It's not as bad as it was.
1:10:06 > 1:10:08We're taking names for a darts tournament.
1:10:08 > 1:10:09You up for it, sir?
1:10:09 > 1:10:11Against you lot? No chance.
1:10:11 > 1:10:14Come on, sir, two bob in the kitty, winner takes all.
1:10:14 > 1:10:15Eh, I'll have a go.
1:10:15 > 1:10:19No, you won't. They've got enough problems without losing an eye.
1:10:19 > 1:10:22LUDWIG PLAYS PIANO
1:10:26 > 1:10:30THEY CHEER AND APPLAUD
1:10:30 > 1:10:32What now for you, Q?
1:10:32 > 1:10:35Er, demob, I suppose. Civvy street.
1:10:35 > 1:10:36Rest of our lives.
1:10:36 > 1:10:38Cardigan, slippers, can't wait.
1:10:38 > 1:10:41You, Ludwig? Back to Germany?
1:10:41 > 1:10:44The Germany I love is long gone.
1:10:45 > 1:10:46British for ever, eh, sir?
1:10:46 > 1:10:48Just like all of us.
1:10:49 > 1:10:53And Nurse Carr has been accepted as a student nurse.
1:10:53 > 1:10:57Ah! So it will be Sister Carr one day, ja?
1:10:57 > 1:11:00Very, very frightening. LUDWIG BASHES PIANO KEYS
1:11:00 > 1:11:03THEY LAUGH
1:11:06 > 1:11:08There you go.
1:11:12 > 1:11:15I can manage. I'm not a bloody basket case.
1:11:15 > 1:11:18Wynne, mate, don't take it out on the nurses.
1:11:19 > 1:11:24Don't you ever tell me what to bloody do, Lord Snooty.
1:11:24 > 1:11:26You've got it so easy, what do you know?
1:11:26 > 1:11:29The perfectly balanced Welshman, a chip on each shoulder.
1:11:29 > 1:11:32Aye, well, better than being a spoilt brat
1:11:32 > 1:11:35who is sulking cos he can't accept he's just like the rest of us,
1:11:35 > 1:11:39a hopeless, helpless invalid,
1:11:39 > 1:11:41for the rest of his life.
1:11:42 > 1:11:44Ah, come on.
1:11:44 > 1:11:45Wynne!
1:11:45 > 1:11:48It's only one weekend, Wynne.
1:11:53 > 1:11:55Be warned, boys.
1:11:55 > 1:11:58You know what we'll be out there, don't you?
1:11:58 > 1:12:01Cripples. Freaks.
1:12:01 > 1:12:02Sideshow half-men.
1:12:09 > 1:12:10I see you next week.
1:12:10 > 1:12:13I will throw myself under a bus.
1:12:13 > 1:12:14Ah, I told you
1:12:14 > 1:12:17that upper body strength would come in useful one day.
1:12:17 > 1:12:20You are Hitler's bloody secret weapon, mate.
1:12:20 > 1:12:22You should be behind barbed wire.
1:12:25 > 1:12:27Many of my colleagues say the same.
1:12:29 > 1:12:33- Who's marking who?- Ja, ja. - That's it!- Ja, ja, ja.
1:12:33 > 1:12:36Right, cover him, cover him, cover him!
1:12:36 > 1:12:37Ja, ja, ja, ja.
1:12:37 > 1:12:40- With a spin. That's it.- Come on.
1:12:42 > 1:12:44Ah, cardiac ward, Doctor?
1:12:44 > 1:12:47The gentle care of Dr Cowan?
1:12:47 > 1:12:49Come on, girly, girly, girl!
1:12:51 > 1:12:52Never again.
1:12:52 > 1:12:55You sent Wynne off home, only got yourself to blame.
1:12:55 > 1:12:58We need more teams to compete with, wheelchair teams.
1:12:58 > 1:12:59I'll nick a tank, shall I?
1:12:59 > 1:13:02Mow down a couple of bus queues, bring the numbers up.
1:13:02 > 1:13:05We could try The Star and Garter.
1:13:05 > 1:13:07Not just one team.
1:13:07 > 1:13:09A tournament.
1:13:09 > 1:13:11A games.
1:13:11 > 1:13:12A national games.
1:13:12 > 1:13:14For the nation of...?
1:13:14 > 1:13:16Ruritania. Shangri-La. Where do you think?
1:13:16 > 1:13:18Ooh, tetchy.
1:13:18 > 1:13:22Great Britain, of course. Paralysed sportsmen from across the country.
1:13:22 > 1:13:24Why not?
1:13:24 > 1:13:27Petrol's rationed, Doctor. How are we going to get them here?
1:13:27 > 1:13:29I'm sure Q could solve a little problem like that.
1:13:29 > 1:13:31- I don't know whether I'm going to stay on.- Course you are.
1:13:31 > 1:13:33It's the best job in the world. Salt?
1:13:33 > 1:13:36- Oh.- Now, that musician.
1:13:36 > 1:13:38Davey Dakers.
1:13:38 > 1:13:39Such a nice man.
1:13:42 > 1:13:46Yeah, doing well, Davey. Great breathing exercise, the bassoon.
1:13:46 > 1:13:47Fantastic lips.
1:13:48 > 1:13:52# Men of Harlech, march to glory
1:13:52 > 1:13:56# Victory is hov'ring o'er ye
1:13:56 > 1:14:00# Bright-eyed freedom stands afore ye
1:14:00 > 1:14:03# Hear ye not her call?
1:14:03 > 1:14:07# At your sloth she seems to wonder
1:14:07 > 1:14:11# Rend the sluggish bonds asunder
1:14:11 > 1:14:15# Let the war cry's deaf'ning thunder
1:14:15 > 1:14:18# Every foe appal
1:14:18 > 1:14:22# Echoes slowly waking
1:14:22 > 1:14:26# Hill and valley shaking
1:14:26 > 1:14:30# Till the sound spreads far around
1:14:30 > 1:14:32# The Saxon's courage... #
1:14:32 > 1:14:34He's a cheeky, little Welshman, isn't he?
1:14:34 > 1:14:38# Your foes on every side assailing
1:14:38 > 1:14:42# Forward press with heart unfailing
1:14:42 > 1:14:48# Till invaders learn with quailing
1:14:48 > 1:14:53# Cambria ne'er shall...
1:14:53 > 1:14:58# ..yield! #
1:15:04 > 1:15:06Get it up then, did you?
1:15:06 > 1:15:07We skinned the cat.
1:15:07 > 1:15:10- Oh, yes, we did. - THEY LAUGH
1:15:10 > 1:15:11Hey, teacher's pet.
1:15:11 > 1:15:13Homemade rhubarb wine.
1:15:13 > 1:15:15It is lethal, boy, I'm telling you.
1:15:21 > 1:15:23All right, then, was it?
1:15:23 > 1:15:24What do you think?
1:15:24 > 1:15:26Only come back to get signed off.
1:15:29 > 1:15:31I'll miss you.
1:15:31 > 1:15:33Got to get yourself out there, boy.
1:15:36 > 1:15:38Well...
1:15:38 > 1:15:39A life worth living?
1:15:40 > 1:15:44You have to get yourself a girl, find out for yourself.
1:15:44 > 1:15:46I had a girl.
1:15:46 > 1:15:48Ruth.
1:15:48 > 1:15:50I know. Jitterbug.
1:15:51 > 1:15:53Lindy hop.
1:15:53 > 1:15:55Plenty more fish in the sea.
1:15:55 > 1:15:58Swimming by. I've seen 'em.
1:16:00 > 1:16:03It'll be all right, you know.
1:16:08 > 1:16:10I don't know.
1:16:10 > 1:16:12I'm bloody telling you.
1:16:12 > 1:16:16Listen to your elders and much, much betters.
1:16:20 > 1:16:22"Poppa knows vot is vot.
1:16:22 > 1:16:27"Everything will be goot. Goot, boy. Ja?"
1:16:27 > 1:16:29THEY LAUGH
1:16:33 > 1:16:34- All the best, Wynne.- Good luck.
1:16:34 > 1:16:37- We're going to miss you.- Thank you.
1:16:39 > 1:16:44- Ooh, ha-ha.- We'll miss you, good luck.- Home, James.
1:16:49 > 1:16:51Time for you to make some decisions.
1:16:51 > 1:16:54Looking to the future, ja?
1:16:59 > 1:17:02- I know I can't stay here. - No room at the inn.
1:17:02 > 1:17:05You must get back on your donkey and move on.
1:17:05 > 1:17:07Where to?
1:17:07 > 1:17:09I can't go back to school, can I?
1:17:09 > 1:17:11I don't know. University, maybe?
1:17:11 > 1:17:15No. They wouldn't take me.
1:17:15 > 1:17:19There's this home that my dad's arranged.
1:17:19 > 1:17:22Where you will have a good view of the lawns?
1:17:22 > 1:17:25- My father says...- I cannot make it any plainer, William.
1:17:25 > 1:17:29If you do not look after yourself, your father will.
1:17:29 > 1:17:30Do you want that?
1:17:30 > 1:17:34If you don't decide what you want to do with your life, YOUR life,
1:17:34 > 1:17:37not your parents', then you will be an eternal child.
1:17:37 > 1:17:40If you do not find your voice
1:17:40 > 1:17:45and your balls, we will all have wasted our time.
1:17:45 > 1:17:48Do not ask me what you do now.
1:17:48 > 1:17:49Tell me.
1:17:50 > 1:17:51I don't know.
1:17:51 > 1:17:53LUDWIG SCOFFS
1:17:53 > 1:17:54Then I can't help you.
1:17:59 > 1:18:00Good, ja?
1:18:00 > 1:18:03I'd like to raise the subject
1:18:03 > 1:18:06of the Spinal Unit extracurricular activities.
1:18:06 > 1:18:10Extracurricular. I haven't brought my dictionary.
1:18:10 > 1:18:13Your ridiculous national games.
1:18:13 > 1:18:16- Ah, yes. Good news travels fast. - What's your objection, Mr Cowan?
1:18:16 > 1:18:21Well, where do I start? What is the point of it?
1:18:21 > 1:18:25Wheelchairs racing across the lawns and croquet and...
1:18:25 > 1:18:27Only javelin and archery this year.
1:18:27 > 1:18:31- This year!- You must have heard about the Olympics in London, ja?
1:18:31 > 1:18:32Bloody hell.
1:18:32 > 1:18:34Why not?
1:18:34 > 1:18:35Because they're cripples.
1:18:35 > 1:18:38Not in the Olympics themselves, alongside,
1:18:38 > 1:18:41parallel to.
1:18:41 > 1:18:42For now.
1:18:42 > 1:18:45He is mad. You know they call him Poppa, don't you?
1:18:45 > 1:18:48That's how much respect they have for him.
1:18:48 > 1:18:51How many patients will be attending?
1:18:51 > 1:18:53Perhaps 15?
1:18:53 > 1:18:57The national games! We'll be a laughing stock.
1:18:57 > 1:18:59"National" implies the best.
1:18:59 > 1:19:01The national cricket team, the national rugby team.
1:19:01 > 1:19:04What are these people the best of?
1:19:04 > 1:19:06The best of men.
1:19:07 > 1:19:09For God's sake.
1:19:09 > 1:19:11Yes, indeed, Mr Cowan, for God's sake!
1:19:11 > 1:19:13I find this interrogation insulting.
1:19:13 > 1:19:16- Gentlemen.- He'll be shipping in a bloody brass band next.
1:19:16 > 1:19:17We've already had the Windmill Girls.
1:19:17 > 1:19:19What is it that so offends you?
1:19:19 > 1:19:22Yes, that's the word. It offends me, it DOES.
1:19:22 > 1:19:24This is a hospital.
1:19:24 > 1:19:28We have respectable people here, visiting sick relatives.
1:19:28 > 1:19:30We have children visiting their parents.
1:19:30 > 1:19:31I don't understand.
1:19:31 > 1:19:33It's not pleasant!
1:19:35 > 1:19:37I'm sorry, but it's not.
1:19:37 > 1:19:39People in wheelchairs,
1:19:39 > 1:19:42withered limbs, damaged bodies.
1:19:42 > 1:19:44Ah. Now I understand.
1:19:44 > 1:19:47I'm not going to a geriatric home.
1:19:47 > 1:19:50They're not all old. There's a little girl in a basket chair.
1:19:50 > 1:19:53- You can't live alone.- Why not?
1:19:53 > 1:19:56I can dress myself, bathe myself, wipe my own bum, it's...
1:19:56 > 1:19:57There's no need to talk like that.
1:19:57 > 1:20:01And what happens if you fall out of that thing?
1:20:01 > 1:20:04Thing? My chair?
1:20:04 > 1:20:07Wynne's repairing cars from his. Made a hoist so he can lean into the engine.
1:20:07 > 1:20:09Wynne has a wife. He isn't living alone.
1:20:09 > 1:20:11We don't know what you want.
1:20:11 > 1:20:14To be my own man. Live my own life, wherever I am.
1:20:14 > 1:20:16Be part of the world.
1:20:16 > 1:20:19We hide them away. Is this it? Is this what you say?
1:20:20 > 1:20:24Corporal Bowen with the bitter humour and the wife who loves him?
1:20:24 > 1:20:28Corporal James with the longing to teach history?
1:20:28 > 1:20:31Davey Dakers who plays the baboon like an angel?
1:20:31 > 1:20:32POLITE LAUGHTER
1:20:32 > 1:20:37And William Heath who has fought longer and harder to survive
1:20:37 > 1:20:41than you will ever have to. WE are ashamed of THEM?
1:20:41 > 1:20:44- I'm not saying that.- No!
1:20:44 > 1:20:47You are not honest enough to say it.
1:20:47 > 1:20:51I'm sorry, William, but we can't allow that. We've got a room waiting for you...
1:20:51 > 1:20:54I'm 20, Dad. Being like this doesn't make me six again. I'm an adult.
1:20:54 > 1:20:59- We've written our wills. We leave everything to you, in trust.- You don't trust me with a cheque book!
1:20:59 > 1:21:02Just bugger off, Dad, because I don't want any of it.
1:21:02 > 1:21:05- If I walk out of those gates now, I will not come back.- Jim...
1:21:05 > 1:21:07- It's all right, Mum. Let him go. - No, I'm serious.
1:21:07 > 1:21:10- If you turn your back on what we've arranged...- I am.
1:21:10 > 1:21:12..you won't see us again until you see sense.
1:21:13 > 1:21:15In that case...
1:21:22 > 1:21:23He doesn't mean it.
1:21:28 > 1:21:30He's got the tickets.
1:21:31 > 1:21:32I know. It's all right.
1:21:35 > 1:21:40- Delusions of grandeur.- I will have my Parallel Olympics, Mr Cowan.
1:21:40 > 1:21:43- Oh, it gets better and better! - I will.
1:21:43 > 1:21:45And the rest of you can go to the devil.
1:21:45 > 1:21:48Yes, very adult.
1:21:48 > 1:21:52General Blake, I propose we take a vote on it.
1:21:52 > 1:21:55All those who oppose Dr Guttmann's proposal
1:21:55 > 1:21:57to hold a National Games here at Stoke Mandeville.
1:21:58 > 1:22:00UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS
1:22:09 > 1:22:12Right then, Private, look lively.
1:22:12 > 1:22:14Sergeant Major on the javelin.
1:22:15 > 1:22:18Right, no smirking, sunshine.
1:22:18 > 1:22:20There we are. It's all in the grip.
1:22:25 > 1:22:27That's how it's done.
1:22:27 > 1:22:29LAUGHTER FROM OUTSIDE
1:22:38 > 1:22:42Englishman says, "I thought they were coconuts!" Ha ha!
1:22:44 > 1:22:47- We've made The Times!- Oh, show me!
1:22:47 > 1:22:50No pictures. I thought they'd do a photograph.
1:22:50 > 1:22:55For God's sake, woman. Give it here. Right, listen up.
1:22:55 > 1:22:57"The foreign doctor who has played so large a part
1:22:57 > 1:22:59"in the treatment of these paraplegics..."
1:22:59 > 1:23:02- They shouldn't have called 'em that! - It's not an insult.
1:23:02 > 1:23:05Well, it's not exactly a compliment, is it? "Foreign."
1:23:05 > 1:23:07- Can I continue? - GUTTMANN: Tomorrow's chip paper.
1:23:07 > 1:23:10- You're famous!- About time too.
1:23:10 > 1:23:13- Says some nice things about you, Poppa.- They would say anything.
1:23:13 > 1:23:16Coming through.
1:23:17 > 1:23:18What's your hurry?
1:23:18 > 1:23:21Welsh contingent, Poppa. Should be here by now.
1:23:24 > 1:23:25Gut, ja?
1:23:28 > 1:23:30- All right?- All right.
1:23:30 > 1:23:32- They here yet?- Not yet.
1:23:33 > 1:23:36Good luck, William!
1:23:45 > 1:23:47Daddy!
1:23:49 > 1:23:50(Wynne!)
1:23:58 > 1:24:01Sister Edwards? Never!
1:24:01 > 1:24:04- Davey Dakers. No joke! - You're telling me it's no joke.
1:24:04 > 1:24:07Bad enough being bloody paralysed without waking up next to that.
1:24:07 > 1:24:09Oh, she's all right.
1:24:09 > 1:24:12And what about you? I thought you'd be fixed up by now.
1:24:12 > 1:24:15Funny you should say that. There is this...
1:24:15 > 1:24:16This what?
1:24:17 > 1:24:19This girl.
1:24:19 > 1:24:23I knew it, you dirty dog. You dirty, dirty dog!
1:24:28 > 1:24:29See you in a minute.
1:24:44 > 1:24:46All right, son.
1:24:48 > 1:24:50You look well.
1:24:57 > 1:25:03Hello, Paul. I am Dr Guttmann and you are safe.
1:25:04 > 1:25:06They've broken my back.
1:25:06 > 1:25:09It seems so, yes.
1:25:09 > 1:25:11But you are safe now, we will look after you.
1:25:12 > 1:25:17Kill me. Please. Put me out of my misery.
1:25:17 > 1:25:21We will leave your misery far behind, I promise you.
1:25:23 > 1:25:27Bastard. Kraut bastard.
1:25:28 > 1:25:34Nurse Audrey, start a fluids chart for Paul,
1:25:34 > 1:25:36and inform Q he has a new customer.
1:25:42 > 1:25:45APPLAUSE
1:25:45 > 1:25:48- Nicely done, nicely done.- Well done.
1:25:57 > 1:26:00- How's it going?- Shh!- Oh, sorry.
1:26:00 > 1:26:02Corporal Bowen, second throw.
1:26:08 > 1:26:09Oh, goodness!
1:26:09 > 1:26:13- CHEERING AND APPLAUSE - Very good, son. Not bad.
1:26:13 > 1:26:17- Bugger. I've only got one throw left.- You'll do it.
1:26:17 > 1:26:19Nah, done my wrist in. Q and his weightlifting.
1:26:19 > 1:26:21We could tighten it.
1:26:21 > 1:26:22Hurts like hell if you do that.
1:26:22 > 1:26:23Is it worth it?
1:26:26 > 1:26:29Your hand, your pain.
1:26:29 > 1:26:31Final round, gentlemen, final round.
1:26:34 > 1:26:39There's a new Hillman Minx out. It's a coupe.
1:26:39 > 1:26:43Wynne's been telling me he could adapt it for hand controls.
1:26:43 > 1:26:47Don't tell your mum yet. Let it creep up on her, all right?
1:26:49 > 1:26:53William, come! Redeem our honour, for God's sake.
1:26:53 > 1:26:55Stoke Mandeville has to win something today.
1:26:55 > 1:26:57- Come on!- Come on, William.
1:26:57 > 1:27:00- Private Heath's final throw. - Come on, Will!
1:27:03 > 1:27:06And first prize for archery is...
1:27:06 > 1:27:07Ben! APPLAUSE
1:27:07 > 1:27:09Help! Ooh! >
1:27:09 > 1:27:10Well done, boy.
1:27:11 > 1:27:13Help me!
1:27:13 > 1:27:17Go on, Sister, between the shoulder blades!
1:27:17 > 1:27:19LAUGHTER
1:27:20 > 1:27:24And the first place for javelin is...
1:27:24 > 1:27:26William!
1:27:26 > 1:27:28- APPLAUSE - Well done, William!
1:27:28 > 1:27:32- You deserve it, boy.- Whoo!
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