0:00:27 > 0:00:30MUSIC: "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas"
0:00:30 > 0:00:31Can I have a go?
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Chestnuts, chestnuts!
0:00:39 > 0:00:40All right, boys?
0:00:44 > 0:00:45You all right?
0:00:45 > 0:00:50'At Christmas we like to see things in their proper place.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54'We unwrap the ancient legends and the oldest truths.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58'We like our angels unchanged and our rituals familiar.'
0:01:00 > 0:01:01Chestnuts!
0:01:01 > 0:01:04'We like the right faces around the table,
0:01:04 > 0:01:06'the right carols to be sung,
0:01:06 > 0:01:09'the promise that this is how it is and will always be.'
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Happy Christmas, Nurse! Hello!
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Mistletoe! Hello, Fred.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Merry Christmas to you. Season's cheer and a ho-ho-ho!
0:01:20 > 0:01:22'Because that is Christmas.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26'The one still point in a world forever turning.'
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Hello, Nurse Lee. Hello, Shirley. Merry Christmas.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Boys. Your antlers are very big, aren't they?
0:01:32 > 0:01:36Buy yourself some mistletoe!
0:01:36 > 0:01:39Christmas cheer and a ho-ho-ho!
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Buy yourself some mistletoe...
0:01:43 > 0:01:45You got a hawker's licence for that, Fred?
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Don't want the costermongers kicking off.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50I can't just give it away. I've been all round Epping Forest!
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Proper countryside, that is. I need danger money.
0:01:53 > 0:01:54It's a shilling a bunch.
0:01:56 > 0:01:57Sixpence. And a blind eye.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Christmas cheer and a ho-ho-ho!
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Oh, sorry, Sister Evangelina, I nearly forgot.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Half a pound of dolly mixtures, as requested.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39I requested barley sugar twists. But it's Christmas.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42I thought dolly mixtures might be a bit more festive.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44Oh, yes, very festive for the child who's had his jab,
0:02:44 > 0:02:46dithering over which one to take!
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Meanwhile, the child behind works himself into the heebie-jeebies,
0:02:49 > 0:02:52and won't roll his sleeve up for the needle! Sorry, Sister.
0:02:52 > 0:02:53Afternoon. Ready for the off?
0:02:53 > 0:02:57Make yourself useful. Take all the jujubes out of there.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00They're everyone's favourite, and we don't want a riot on our hands.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02After which you can give them to Dr Turner, as a thank you
0:03:02 > 0:03:05for setting all this up on the day the kiddies have their concerts!
0:03:05 > 0:03:07I hadn't much choice.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09The national programme's been rolling out too slowly,
0:03:09 > 0:03:13and we've had half a dozen cases in the district since November.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17I've got the eights-to-elevens booked for first thing in the New Year.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Hopefully we can avert an epidemic.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24I can't believe he's getting married in three days.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28And to Sister Bernadette! He really does look happy.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32Men generally do when they've got everything they want.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36CHILDREN CHEER
0:03:36 > 0:03:38That's right, get it all out your system!
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Now. Who wants to go first, Dasher or Dancer or Donner or Blitzen?
0:03:41 > 0:03:43I want to go first! Me!
0:04:03 > 0:04:05BABY GURGLES
0:04:05 > 0:04:09Yes. Father Christmas will come and see Freddie. Yes, he will.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14I can't tell you how glad I am to see you!
0:04:14 > 0:04:17I've been followed around all day by the smell of young sir's vomit,
0:04:17 > 0:04:20and I've just found out it's in the turn-up of my trousers.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Guess what I've got behind my back?
0:04:25 > 0:04:26Not the smallest idea,
0:04:26 > 0:04:29but if it's a steak and kidney pie, I shall love you forever.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Sorry.
0:04:32 > 0:04:33Never mind.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Same sentiment applies.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Hello! Whose turn is it now?
0:04:45 > 0:04:48HAIRDRYER HUMS
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Petticoat tails?
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Another Yuletide gesture from a grateful patient.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58I thought you were doing the polio vaccinations.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Finished. I need some addresses for my house calls.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10What are you doing?
0:05:10 > 0:05:11I'm trying to bring on the hyacinth
0:05:11 > 0:05:13in Sister Monica Joan's table decoration.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16It's going to be all hands to the pump on this one.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19I told her they'd be too cold on that sideboard. And damp.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23The Christmas serviettes were absolutely green with mould.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27And have you seen the mushrooms growing in the cloisters? Yes,
0:05:27 > 0:05:29but don't tell Sister Monica Joan.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32She'll be sprucing them up with tinsel and some glitter.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Alec thinks we could be here for another 18 months.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38They're behind on the rebuilding programme.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Until they catch up, they won't knock Nonnatus down. Really?
0:05:41 > 0:05:46We'd be none the wiser if your new squeeze wasn't a council surveyor.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Oh, speaking of which...
0:05:48 > 0:05:50He called and left a message.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55PHONE RINGS
0:05:55 > 0:05:59Nonnatus House, midwife speaking. Oh. Hello, Sergeant.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Dare one ask if you had any luck with the estate agent?
0:06:03 > 0:06:07Camilla, there are no family homes to rent anywhere. I know.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10But one mustn't give up hope!
0:06:10 > 0:06:12KNOCK AT THE DOOR
0:06:12 > 0:06:12Yes?
0:06:14 > 0:06:15The station called.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18There's been an incident at the building site on Rake Street.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23HE SIGHS
0:06:23 > 0:06:25At least it's only round the corner.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Ah, Nurse Lee! Our usual teatime appointment.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01BICYCLE BELL RINGS
0:07:02 > 0:07:05My dear Shelagh! Hello, Sister Julienne.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08It's so very good to see you. The bride to be!
0:07:08 > 0:07:12I was on my way to sit with Timothy while he does his homework.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Dr Turner's out on call, and my lodgings aren't far away.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Is there something very special in that box?
0:07:21 > 0:07:23My wedding dress.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27I've just been to collect it. It's knee length. Really quite simple.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32And for that very reason, you'll look exquisite in it.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Christmas Eve is a beautiful day to be married.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39It'll be a quiet ceremony.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Timothy will come with us, of course.
0:07:41 > 0:07:46I understand. Nevertheless, we'd hoped we'd see you more often.
0:07:46 > 0:07:47I don't like to trouble you.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Nonnatus House is such a busy place.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53We aren't too busy to include you in our prayers.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59That means a very great deal to me, Sister. And I thank you for it.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12Six days overdue. If it hasn't come by Christmas,
0:08:12 > 0:08:15I'll be skipping the sherry and swigging castor oil.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19Baby's head's well down and nicely engaged.
0:08:19 > 0:08:20It won't be long now.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Alan! You can come in.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Everything all right, Nurse?
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Couldn't be better.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33What about you? Are you ill in bed?
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Oh, had a bout of malaria. It flares up every now and then.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Did you pick it up during National Service?
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Yeah, Korea. Makes me sweat like I don't know what,
0:08:41 > 0:08:43but the doctor gives me quinine pills.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45I'll be fine in a day or two.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48She's the one who wants looking after.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51Yvonne? She's in fine fettle.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53She can potter about as normal. Just stay close to home.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55What if Yvonne has it on Christmas Day?
0:08:55 > 0:08:58What if there's no-one there to help? It gives me nightmares.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Alan, Nurse doesn't want to hear about your nightmares.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Just telephone Nonnatus House.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05We're like the Windmill Girls - we never close!
0:09:16 > 0:09:19# While shepherds washed their socks by night
0:09:19 > 0:09:23# All seated round the tub... #
0:09:24 > 0:09:26You blasphemous lot!
0:09:26 > 0:09:29The nuns'll have us all thrown out onto the street!
0:09:29 > 0:09:30THEY GIGGLE
0:09:30 > 0:09:33I doubt it. We just sidled past the parlour
0:09:33 > 0:09:36with these innocuous little bottles of Babycham under our cardies
0:09:36 > 0:09:39and they were all drinking whisky sours and playing poker.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43They're getting themselves in the mood for carol singing!
0:09:43 > 0:09:46We've got exactly ten minutes to have a quick brightener ourselves.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Gosh. Do you suppose you ought to be
0:09:48 > 0:09:52traipsing round hospitals and clinics smelling of strong drink?
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Babycham isn't a strong drink, Chummy. It's made of pears.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57There's no limit to her sophistication
0:09:57 > 0:09:58now she's got a boyfriend!
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Are you sure you won't come with us?
0:10:02 > 0:10:05No, I've hung up my carol singer's lantern.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Some things are worth staying in for.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09BABY MURMURS
0:10:09 > 0:10:10Cheers!
0:10:15 > 0:10:16What do you think?
0:10:17 > 0:10:19Why are you asking me?
0:10:19 > 0:10:22I'm not a woman. I'm not even a girl.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24I needed a second opinion.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28And I can't ask your father. He's the groom, so it's unlucky.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Why isn't it white?
0:10:30 > 0:10:32It's nearly white.
0:10:32 > 0:10:33It's grey.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38I wanted something...understated.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Oh. I heard a woman in the sweetshop
0:10:41 > 0:10:43saying you were doing it all hole and corner
0:10:43 > 0:10:45because you'd been married before.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48To Jesus. She said you were like a divorced person.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53You're doing that in quite a cross way.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55I am cross.
0:10:56 > 0:10:57But not with you.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04It's all right, Maggie.
0:11:04 > 0:11:05Just breathe deeply.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08Doctor has everything in hand.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10DISTANT CHORAL SINGING
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Blade's in position.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Can I hear singing?
0:11:14 > 0:11:15Yes.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19That'll be something to tell baby, won't it, in the years to come?
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Now, here we go, now, breathe!
0:11:22 > 0:11:25That's it, Maggie, now, there we go! Push!
0:11:25 > 0:11:27MAGGIE GRUNTS
0:11:27 > 0:11:31Push, there we go. Good girl!
0:11:32 > 0:11:35ALL: # May we do
0:11:35 > 0:11:39# And ever morn and day... #
0:11:39 > 0:11:41BABY CRIES
0:11:41 > 0:11:48# For thy parting neither say nor sing... #
0:11:50 > 0:11:51A little girl, Maggie.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05Aren't you just the best thing anyone ever got for Christmas?
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Textbook forceps, if I say so myself!
0:12:16 > 0:12:17What was the problem?
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Deep transverse arrest. Oh, dear!
0:12:19 > 0:12:21We were all done and dusted
0:12:21 > 0:12:24by the time the nuns got onto Away In A Manger.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27It's the first year I haven't joined in the carol singing.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29You've other things to think about.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33I know.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35I ordered your bouquet today.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37White roses and carnations.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39And freesias,
0:12:39 > 0:12:43because the shop lady said a bride should carry scented flowers.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46Patrick, that's terribly extravagant!
0:12:46 > 0:12:49In the convent, we only had roses on St Raymond's Feast Day.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Shelagh...
0:12:54 > 0:12:57The Sisters ask after you every day.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01It's not too late to invite them to the wedding. Yes, it is.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04I know I saw them all at Freddie's christening.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07But I just felt so...awkward.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11They wouldn't want you to feel like that.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13They love you.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15And I wish they didn't.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Because I left them for something I loved more.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23I can't get over the sense that I've rejected them.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25You'll feel better than this.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29We'll find a way, I promise you.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35There were rules in the religious life.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40But no-one ever told me what the rules were afterwards.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45I think perhaps I have to write my own.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02Oh, no...
0:14:02 > 0:14:04BANGING ON DOOR
0:14:04 > 0:14:05Oh, no!
0:14:05 > 0:14:07BANGING CONTINUES
0:14:07 > 0:14:08No!
0:14:08 > 0:14:10I'm on my way!
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Peter! Where's your key?
0:14:14 > 0:14:17I'm here on official business. Has the electricity gone off?
0:14:17 > 0:14:21I'm sorry. I think a fuse blew in Trixie's hairdryer!
0:14:21 > 0:14:23That's the least of our worries.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29KNOCKING
0:14:29 > 0:14:30Hello?
0:14:30 > 0:14:34Jenny, get up and get dressed! We've got to evacuate the building!
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Why? What's the matter?
0:14:36 > 0:14:38They've found an unexploded bomb.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40What? Trixie?
0:14:40 > 0:14:42It's right next to an old warehouse.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45They found it when they were underpinning the foundations.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47It took hours for the experts to arrive,
0:14:47 > 0:14:49and now half the bloomin' Army's on its way.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Why isn't there any electricity?
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Oh. Precautionary measure.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56There were exposed wires in the immediate vicinity.
0:14:56 > 0:14:57Peter, spare me the police jargon,
0:14:57 > 0:15:00and shine your torch on something useful.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02On what? The baby?
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Bedside table.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07Then I could find my glasses, which would be a start!
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Thank you.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15POLICEMAN: Evacuate the building! Evacuate the building, please!
0:15:15 > 0:15:17I think the leccie's off.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19BABY CRIES
0:15:19 > 0:15:22There's an unexploded bomb in the next street!
0:15:22 > 0:15:23A bomb?
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Wakey, wakey! We have to evacuate the building!
0:15:26 > 0:15:29All right! All right! Keep your hair on! Come on, now.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31You're sweating, Al.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33It's... It's the malaria.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36It's not. I know it's not.
0:15:36 > 0:15:37Evacuate the building!
0:15:42 > 0:15:45Keep it moving. Come along, now.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53I have to say I feel rather like Mary,
0:15:53 > 0:15:55when Herod decreed the cull of the first born
0:15:55 > 0:15:59and she had to flee to Egypt with the infant Jesus.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01Where's Sister Monica Joan?
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Oh, I reckon I heard her in the kitchen.
0:16:04 > 0:16:05Unless the rats are back.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08With hindsight, I wish I'd sent her to the Mother House
0:16:08 > 0:16:09with the choir sisters for Christmas.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12She'll find it so distressing being uprooted!
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Out of the night that covers me
0:16:14 > 0:16:17Black as the pit from pole to pole,
0:16:17 > 0:16:19I thank whatever gods there be
0:16:19 > 0:16:22For my unconquerable soul!
0:16:25 > 0:16:28I hope that's a cake tin underneath your scapula.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31No, it is the hyacinths.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Which I did not care to see abandoned!
0:16:35 > 0:16:37POLICE WHISTLE BLOWS
0:16:37 > 0:16:38That's it.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46Make your way to the Leopold Institute!
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Keep moving, please.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50Ladies and gentlemen, turn left
0:16:50 > 0:16:53and make your way to the Leopold Institute!
0:16:53 > 0:16:57The Leopold Institute is your designated rescue centre.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Er, stick together, young madams. Where are the Sisters?
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Sister Evangelina's gone on ahead. The others are behind us.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05More to the point, what are you up to?
0:17:05 > 0:17:07You're quite the dark horse, Fred!
0:17:07 > 0:17:10I am, in fact - it seems to have escaped your notice -
0:17:10 > 0:17:15a Civil Defence Volunteer. Observe, if you would, the uniform.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17It's terribly smart.
0:17:17 > 0:17:18Thank you, Nurse Miller.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20THEY GIGGLE
0:17:20 > 0:17:22Ladies and gentlemen, turn left and make your way...
0:17:22 > 0:17:25Do you suppose the lights will be on when we get there?
0:17:25 > 0:17:28I hope not. I've still got my pin curls in.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32The Leopold Institute is your designated rescue centre.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Ladies and gentlemen,
0:17:37 > 0:17:41turn left and make your way to the Leopold Institute!
0:17:41 > 0:17:43The Leopold Institute...
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Good evening, ladies and gentlemen!
0:17:48 > 0:17:52Then again, as it's 3am, maybe I should say, "Good morning".
0:17:52 > 0:17:56Now, I want this hall properly organised.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Is that the fastest you can move?
0:17:58 > 0:18:01Or is there a switch for emergency mode? This ain't the Blitz.
0:18:01 > 0:18:02Never mind the technicalities.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05Dozens of families are homeless,
0:18:05 > 0:18:07and there'll be children crying for their beds.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Now then, don't go putting any Bourbons out.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16They create expectations we'll struggle to fulfil.
0:18:20 > 0:18:21KNOCKING
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Shelagh?
0:18:26 > 0:18:28I'm sorry to wake you, Patrick.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Any room at the inn?
0:18:31 > 0:18:36EVERYONE TALKS AT ONCE
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Right...
0:18:43 > 0:18:44Right!
0:18:44 > 0:18:46A word of warning!
0:18:46 > 0:18:50This is a civic emergency, and not a football match.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54Anyone that doesn't walk into the Rescue Centre in an orderly manner
0:18:54 > 0:18:58and behave with courtesy and consideration will be disciplined.
0:18:58 > 0:18:59By me.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Is that a threat or a promise?
0:19:01 > 0:19:02LAUGHTER
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Right! Come along.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06CHEERING
0:19:10 > 0:19:16Do come in! It's warm and there are beds available.
0:19:19 > 0:19:20Yvonne!
0:19:23 > 0:19:25We won't sleep. I can't.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27And I've been keeping him awake,
0:19:27 > 0:19:29pacing up and down, tidying and folding.
0:19:29 > 0:19:30She needs to be at home.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33CAR ENGINE BACKFIRES
0:19:35 > 0:19:38This'll have to be your home for now. It's not for long.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43I'd so much rather you had my bed.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45I can easily bunk down on here.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47You'd not get a wink of sleep.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Your feet would be hanging right over the end!
0:19:50 > 0:19:52And it's only for the night.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Will we still be able to get to the church if there's a bomb?
0:19:55 > 0:19:57I hadn't thought of that!
0:19:57 > 0:20:00The Parish Hall is cordoned off, but the church is safe.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03It was the first thing I asked the policeman I saw.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06Now nothing will stand in the way of this wedding.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08I won't allow it. How many days to the wedding?
0:20:08 > 0:20:10BOTH: Two!
0:20:17 > 0:20:18Spot on.
0:20:23 > 0:20:28It's worth checking, after a stressful experience like this.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31The most important thing now is you get as much rest as you can.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34They still do Scottish dancing on a Thursday night.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37A kiddie's class, like we did? Yeah.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39You should have brought your kilt.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41My maiden name was McKenzie.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45This is where we met when we were seven. I was eight.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51I'd suggest you go into the hall now, and get yourselves settled.
0:20:51 > 0:20:52Do we have to?
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Well, there are still a few camp beds available.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58I can make sure you two get a cosy corner somewhere.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01We'd get more sleep in here.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05And it's nearer the lav, which suits me, obviously.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09If we get bored, we can do a bit of Scottish dancing. Can't we, Al?
0:21:12 > 0:21:15All right, I'll get a couple of camp beds sent in.
0:21:34 > 0:21:35BABY GURGLES
0:21:35 > 0:21:36Ssh.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46I see the Lone Ranger's come looking for Trigger.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Peter? She's in the far corner.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Thank you.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01Look who's here. Hey.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03BABY CRIES
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Ssh.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Ssh. He must wonder what on earth's going on.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Poor little soldier.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13You wouldn't look in the holdall, see if I brought the gripe water?
0:22:21 > 0:22:25One had all manner of fantasies about young sir's first Christmas.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28None of them seem to have quite come true.
0:22:28 > 0:22:29Never mind.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33I don't. Just having him in my arms is miracle enough.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35No gripe water,
0:22:35 > 0:22:38but you've packed your Akela hat and whistle.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Well, the Scouting motto is "Be prepared".
0:22:43 > 0:22:44Ssh.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55MUFFLED GUNFIRE AND SHOUTING
0:22:57 > 0:22:59No...
0:22:59 > 0:23:03No... No.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Fixed bayonet. Fixed!
0:23:05 > 0:23:06It's all right.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08Alan!
0:23:08 > 0:23:10It's all right.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Damp.
0:23:19 > 0:23:20At least it makes me feel at home.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26Now then, let us say Lauds, Sister. It will prepare us for the day.
0:23:28 > 0:23:29I do not care to.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34Since Sister Bernadette departed,
0:23:34 > 0:23:37when we sing, there is silence at the heart of every note.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43Our prayers falter, like a wing with a feather gone.
0:23:43 > 0:23:48We take flight, but we do not soar.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Music is the vehicle, Sister, not the journey.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56Our destination does not change.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59Sister Bernadette veered very far from course.
0:24:00 > 0:24:05She forswore the succour of the spirit
0:24:05 > 0:24:09for the slaking of the flesh,
0:24:09 > 0:24:14and I am haunted by the thought that she confused her appetites.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19The only appetites we need to concern ourselves with
0:24:19 > 0:24:22are those of the people in the hall out there.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25They will be hollering for their breakfast any minute!
0:24:27 > 0:24:29But you have said what we all feel.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Which is that we miss our Sister.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38KETTLE WHISTLES
0:24:41 > 0:24:46WIRELESS: # Hark, now hear the angels sing
0:24:46 > 0:24:49# A new king born today
0:24:51 > 0:24:54# And man will live... # Would you like some toast, Timothy?
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Yes. That would be smashing!
0:25:15 > 0:25:18The damage to this area in the Blitz was colossal.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21The next street was flattened by a direct hit.
0:25:21 > 0:25:26This bomb only caused limited damage, but it was overlooked.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29How? Didn't somebody count them, keep track?
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Well, they tried, but there was just so many.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36In the chaos afterwards, the original crater was just patched over.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40I said no unauthorised personnel!
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Mr Jesmonde's from the council, sir.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45Oh. Sorry.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48Saw the Hush Puppies, thought you were a journalist.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50No, sir. No, the only report I'm filing
0:25:50 > 0:25:52is for the Council Architects' department.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55Be keeping your lot busy if this goes pop.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58You'll be rebuilding the whole ruddy street from scratch.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Iced buns!
0:26:26 > 0:26:27Iced buns!
0:26:29 > 0:26:33Iced buns donated by a kindly baker. Tuck in. Working men get first pick!
0:26:33 > 0:26:36Never mind working men. What about growing boys?
0:26:36 > 0:26:39Oh, the kindly baker sent some dry bread.
0:26:39 > 0:26:40I can't eat dry bread!
0:26:40 > 0:26:43I'll make you eat it, if you don't behave.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49And I don't want you or anyone else being profligate with the milk!
0:26:49 > 0:26:52That crate should've lasted the duration.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54The children keep asking for it, Sister Evangelina.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57They're not going to get rickets if they go without for half a day!
0:26:57 > 0:27:00We've got mothers in here with nerves like cat meat.
0:27:00 > 0:27:05Two hours' sleep, can't fetch a clean nappy, can't rinse out a wet one.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07That milk is for their tea.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11WHISTLE BLOWS
0:27:11 > 0:27:13Pack, pack, pack!
0:27:13 > 0:27:17I want all members of the 5th Poplar Cubs to come here immediately
0:27:17 > 0:27:18and form a line.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32Now, I want you all to put one of these scarves on.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36I've decided that as we find ourselves in rather peculiar circumstances,
0:27:36 > 0:27:39we're going to treat it all as a terrific challenge.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Like camping, or cycling proficiency.
0:27:41 > 0:27:45And everyone who conducts themselves according to the rules of scouting
0:27:45 > 0:27:49and thinks of others before himself will be awarded a Star Badge.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52What about the Christmas party? It was meant to be tomorrow.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56Yes, I know that. it will have to be postponed
0:27:56 > 0:27:59because we can't get into the Parish Hall. Can't we have it here?
0:27:59 > 0:28:02Jack, I don't think worrying about the Christmas party
0:28:02 > 0:28:04counts as thinking of others before ourselves!
0:28:04 > 0:28:06Nurse Miller is quite right.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09Now, before we start, what sort of Cubs are we?
0:28:11 > 0:28:14We're Wolf Cubs, not Reindeer Cubs.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Reindeers don't have cubs, they have calves.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20So, antlers off, please, Nigel, or you won't get a hockey stick.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34Have there been any new developments, sir?
0:28:34 > 0:28:36Sorry. I'm under orders not to give details.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39Will people be able to go home for Christmas? Excuse me.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42You are impeding Officers of the Law from going about their duty
0:28:42 > 0:28:44during a civic emergency!
0:28:44 > 0:28:47Get back to your camping stool. We'll alert you when you're wanted.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53Captain Goodacre asked for you to report directly to him
0:28:53 > 0:28:55at the crater, Constable. Thanks, Fred.
0:29:12 > 0:29:16Superintendent sends his compliments. What's the problem, sir?
0:29:16 > 0:29:19Looks like Santa left a surprise in our stocking!
0:29:19 > 0:29:22And I don't mean two walnuts and a tangerine.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26This one's a double-fuser.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29One ill-timed tap and the whole ruddy thing will go sky-high.
0:29:29 > 0:29:33I'm not going near it. The best man for the job is semi-retired
0:29:33 > 0:29:35and in the Scottish Borders.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37The soonest he can get here is tomorrow.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42ANGRY SHOUTING
0:29:42 > 0:29:46The authorities are aware that you want to get home,
0:29:46 > 0:29:52but the bomb has to be treated as live until proven otherwise!
0:29:53 > 0:29:55The rescue centre will remain open,
0:29:55 > 0:30:00and the WVS and the Sisters of St Raymond Nonnatus... Trixie.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03..will be providing refreshments for another night!
0:30:05 > 0:30:06SHOUTING CONTINUES
0:30:08 > 0:30:12Good grief, Yvonne, you don't look at all comfortable!
0:30:12 > 0:30:15It's like there's a hand inside the bottom of my back,
0:30:15 > 0:30:19and every so often it just gives a really hard squeeze.
0:30:19 > 0:30:23It might well be the beginnings of labour. And about time, too.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26Perhaps you'd like to pop outside for a bit.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29There's tea, and I think I spied some Custard Creams.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31Can't I stay here?
0:30:34 > 0:30:36We don't have any secrets, nurse.
0:30:36 > 0:30:37He'll look away.
0:30:38 > 0:30:39Won't ya?
0:30:41 > 0:30:44WHISTLE BLOWS
0:30:44 > 0:30:49No! No, please. I told you the rules. You're meant to hit the ball!
0:30:53 > 0:30:56THUMPS OF HOCKEY STICKS FROM OUTSIDE
0:30:56 > 0:30:58CHILDREN SHOUT
0:31:03 > 0:31:05That wasn't very nice!
0:31:05 > 0:31:08THUMPS OF HOCKEY STICKS
0:31:12 > 0:31:15Well, if full-blown labour is a blizzard,
0:31:15 > 0:31:18I think those twinges are just the first few snowflakes.
0:31:18 > 0:31:19I reckon I'm relieved.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22I want to have it in my own bed.
0:31:22 > 0:31:23Course you do.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26None of us know when we'll see our own beds again, that's the trouble.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29For two pins, I'd detonate that wretched bomb myself!
0:31:29 > 0:31:30One quick blast...
0:31:30 > 0:31:33GLASS SMASHES, HE SCREAMS
0:32:02 > 0:32:03Mr Bridges?
0:32:22 > 0:32:23Mr Bridges?
0:32:24 > 0:32:28We need to make sure you don't need medical attention.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30(Jenny. Speak softly.)
0:32:32 > 0:32:33HE SOBS
0:32:33 > 0:32:35(What's his name?) (Alan.)
0:32:38 > 0:32:40Alan?
0:32:40 > 0:32:41You can come out now.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44It's safe.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48HE SOBS
0:32:48 > 0:32:50Alan, it's safe, I promise.
0:32:50 > 0:32:54HE CONTINUES SOBBING
0:33:00 > 0:33:01(Alan, it's all right.)
0:33:07 > 0:33:10I think you'll get away without having to have stitches.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13Beastly old red stuff's not oozing quite so fast.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15HE SIGHS AND SNIFFS
0:33:15 > 0:33:17Blood on my hands, eh?
0:33:24 > 0:33:27My father fought in Mesopotamia.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35When I was told where I was being posted...
0:33:37 > 0:33:39..we didn't even know where Korea was.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44We had to go to the library and look in an atlas.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54Never thought I'd have to kill a man.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59I was Reemy, I-I fixed spark plugs.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02But the Chinese...
0:34:03 > 0:34:05They never stopped coming.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09We needed all the fire power we could raise.
0:34:10 > 0:34:11Then they came at night.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15They came so close,
0:34:15 > 0:34:16we had to use our bayonets.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19It was like...
0:34:19 > 0:34:21carving meat...
0:34:21 > 0:34:22in the dark.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27Blood dries on khaki. You can't get it out.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34And when you sweat, it smells like...liver in a butcher's.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40Can you smell it now, Alan?
0:34:42 > 0:34:44I can always smell it...
0:34:44 > 0:34:46when my nerves are bad.
0:34:46 > 0:34:50Alan. No-one wants to hear about your nerves.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53Sorry.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55I ought to have more self-control.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58I don't ever want to hear you say that again!
0:35:02 > 0:35:05Never seen such a young man so broken.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07Nor a couple so close and so distressed.
0:35:07 > 0:35:11They've been together since they were children and this should be the sweetest chapter of their lives!
0:35:11 > 0:35:13Alan needs psychiatric treatment.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16We should talk to Dr Turner after Christmas and arrange for him to get assessed.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19After Christmas? After Christmas is a week away.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21He can't sleep for more than hour at a time
0:35:21 > 0:35:23and he smells blood every moment he's awake!
0:35:23 > 0:35:25Now, listen here, old thing.
0:35:25 > 0:35:29Sister Evangelina turned her back on the milk crate just for long enough
0:35:29 > 0:35:32for me to smuggle a pint away, under the cover of my cardigan.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34I'm going to make us all a mug of Horlicks.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36For pity's sake, Chummy!
0:35:36 > 0:35:40You may have given up nursing but surely you don't believe Horlicks can cure everything?!
0:35:50 > 0:35:51Horlicks.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55They're getting out the burns kit in case you throw it at me.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21People called it shell shock in the Great War.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25Battle fatigue, in the war after that.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28My mother just called it the horrors.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32My father didn't speak of it at all.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36At home...he didn't have to.
0:36:37 > 0:36:38Outside...
0:36:40 > 0:36:41..nobody did.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45You didn't tell me that. Exactly.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50My father had appalling nightmares all his life.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55One of my earliest memories was of waking in the dark to hear him
0:36:55 > 0:36:57screaming in his sleep.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59I wasn't supposed to know.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02Mother looked after him at night.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05And in the daytime, it was my turn.
0:37:05 > 0:37:06When you were a child?
0:37:06 > 0:37:08BECAUSE I was a child!
0:37:09 > 0:37:12I used to be able to crank up my "dimples and sunshine" routine
0:37:12 > 0:37:16and be extra-specially funny and enchanting
0:37:16 > 0:37:19for exactly as long as it took to make him smile.
0:37:23 > 0:37:24I'm sorry, Trixie.
0:37:26 > 0:37:31That's an intolerable burden to place on someone so young.
0:37:31 > 0:37:32Yes.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35Yet...
0:37:35 > 0:37:38one way or another - roll of drums...
0:37:40 > 0:37:42..it made me the person I am today.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46And it helped HIM.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53How can it help Alan, do you suppose?
0:37:56 > 0:37:58We have to give him hope.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03We have to show him something bigger than the horrors...
0:38:04 > 0:38:06Something that can wash away the blood.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16Doctor is out on a house call, Nurse Noakes.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18Do you want to step into the sitting room and wait?
0:38:18 > 0:38:21I was actually hoping to see you.
0:38:21 > 0:38:25And I'm no more "Nurse Noakes" these days than you're Sister Bernadette.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27I suppose not.
0:38:27 > 0:38:29I don't suppose you're up for doing an old pal
0:38:29 > 0:38:32and a lot of small boys a favour?
0:38:32 > 0:38:36MUSIC: "Rocking Around The Christmas Tree" by Peggy Lee
0:38:36 > 0:38:40No skulking around the chairs, Gary, waiting for your chance!
0:38:41 > 0:38:44Be careful with the baby, Jack. He'll bring his milk up.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48I want everyone dancing all around the room!
0:38:59 > 0:39:00MUSIC STOPS
0:39:00 > 0:39:03CHILDREN SHOUT
0:39:03 > 0:39:05THEY JEER
0:39:07 > 0:39:08It's only me, Mrs Goldman!
0:39:08 > 0:39:12Remember to lock the door, Alec. (All right...)
0:39:13 > 0:39:14Up you get.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20SHE GIGGLES
0:39:24 > 0:39:27This way, she only hears one set of footsteps.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33Do you think any less of me because I'm petrified of my landlady?
0:39:33 > 0:39:38No. I'm in awe of your daring and bravado.
0:39:38 > 0:39:43And, frankly, grateful for a cup of Nescafe. There's only tea at the rescue centre.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46Can I tempt you to a Garibaldi? One of our special biscuits?
0:39:48 > 0:39:49I could eat the whole packet!
0:39:57 > 0:39:59SHE SIGHS
0:40:01 > 0:40:04Oh, I can't tell you how much I'm loving this quiet.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09And smelling your cologne, instead of stale bodies and old plimsolls.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12What time do you have to go back? In about an hour or so.
0:40:12 > 0:40:16Sooner, if Mrs Goldman stages a raid on your room.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18The perils of living in digs, eh?
0:40:18 > 0:40:21I live in a convent, Alec. You'll get no sympathy from me!
0:40:23 > 0:40:26Are you looking forward to coming for Christmas dinner? Absolutely.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30The Sisters couldn't invite you fast enough when I told them your parents live in Ceylon.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33I've bought a new bow tie and a bottle of Tio Pepe.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35Ha-ha! I'll have to warn them in advance.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38They can dust off the sherry glasses!
0:40:40 > 0:40:42Are you sure you don't want to come here with the girls?
0:40:42 > 0:40:46If I stay in Mrs Goldman's good books she might let me put a capon in her oven...
0:40:46 > 0:40:48No, Alec! The nuns'll be heartbroken.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51And besides, I've already washed and ironed all the Christmas
0:40:51 > 0:40:55serviettes, so I want you to appreciate my handiwork. Understood.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58Nonnatus House is your home now, isn't it? Yes.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01We might not get another Christmas there if it's demolished.
0:41:02 > 0:41:03Sorry.
0:41:07 > 0:41:08I'll forgive you.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11If you pass me a Garibaldi.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Pack, pack, pack!
0:41:17 > 0:41:20Now it's time to get back to the rescue centre!
0:41:20 > 0:41:25You heard Akela! I'm sure nobody wants a pillowcase full of cinders!
0:41:25 > 0:41:26Come on, lads!
0:41:26 > 0:41:31One sweet each and then everyone is to follow me, and if you all behave
0:41:31 > 0:41:35we will take a detour past the cordon so you can see the bombsite.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38THEY ALL CHEER
0:41:38 > 0:41:40Merry Christmas. Come on, boys.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44Chop chop, Jack. 'Tis the season to be jolly!
0:41:45 > 0:41:48The party gave me a headache.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55What are you doing, Timothy?
0:41:55 > 0:41:58I'm looking at my tongue. The cherryade turned it red.
0:42:09 > 0:42:10Yvonne?
0:42:10 > 0:42:12It's all right. There's nothing happening.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14Just couldn't sleep.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17Well, that's quite normal at this stage.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20It's usually Alan tossing and turning.
0:42:21 > 0:42:22How is he?
0:42:22 > 0:42:24Exhausted, I reckon.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27Gets him like this once in a while.
0:42:28 > 0:42:29Malaria brings it on.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32Or bad things happening.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34We manage.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38You really understand him, don't you?
0:42:38 > 0:42:40He understands me.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43We do most things together.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Always did.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47Ever since Scottish dancing.
0:42:48 > 0:42:49Except when he went to Korea.
0:42:52 > 0:42:57I always think...if I could've gone, if it had been me, too...
0:42:58 > 0:43:01I wish I could've shared the things that hurt him.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04Cos then I could share the things that hurt him now.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07And the pain would be halved.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10Cos that's what sharing does.
0:43:11 > 0:43:13That's what love does.
0:43:15 > 0:43:16Yes.
0:44:41 > 0:44:43Here we go, chaps. Sir. Sir.
0:44:48 > 0:44:49Major Fawcett.
0:44:49 > 0:44:51Looking very good, sir, if I may say.
0:44:51 > 0:44:55Couldn't quite do all the buttons up. Rather too much pipe and slippers, I'm afraid.
0:44:55 > 0:44:58Comes to us all. Yes. If we're lucky.
0:45:02 > 0:45:05A man? In a delivery room?
0:45:05 > 0:45:09A man present at the birth of his child. SISTER EVANGELINA SIGHS
0:45:09 > 0:45:11Alan and Yvonne have shared everything that matters
0:45:11 > 0:45:13since they were tiny children,
0:45:13 > 0:45:17so why shouldn't they share the most profound and precious thing of all?
0:45:17 > 0:45:20Nurse Lee, quite apart from any other concerns,
0:45:20 > 0:45:22Alan Bridges is emotionally unwell.
0:45:22 > 0:45:24But by seeing his baby being born
0:45:24 > 0:45:27and supporting Yvonne, it could really help him.
0:45:27 > 0:45:29Your concern does you credit,
0:45:29 > 0:45:33but he will be helped in due course, and in the proper way.
0:45:33 > 0:45:34I'm sorry, Sister, I really am,
0:45:34 > 0:45:38but in the modern world, who's to say what's the proper way?
0:45:38 > 0:45:41Well, it's not dragging a man in where he doesn't belong!
0:45:41 > 0:45:43We think he does belong there.
0:45:43 > 0:45:47He's weak, and ashamed, and he needs to know
0:45:47 > 0:45:50he has the strength to support his wife, and protect his child.
0:45:50 > 0:45:53And what about the mother, Nurse? What about your patient?
0:45:53 > 0:45:56I think, deep down, she needs to know that too!
0:45:56 > 0:45:58Oh, you do, do...
0:45:58 > 0:46:00Nurse Lee, and Nurse Franklin.
0:46:00 > 0:46:02I suggest you both go and look at the log book.
0:46:02 > 0:46:05However upside down the world seems to be,
0:46:05 > 0:46:08we still have calls to make and patients to look after.
0:46:24 > 0:46:26HE GULPS
0:46:28 > 0:46:33# O little town of Bethlehem
0:46:33 > 0:46:36# How still we see thee lie... #
0:46:36 > 0:46:39Sing out, Jack! Show the little ones how it's done.
0:46:39 > 0:46:42# Above thy deep and dreamless sleep... #
0:46:42 > 0:46:44HEAVING AND SPLATTERING
0:46:44 > 0:46:45CHILDREN GASP AND GROAN
0:46:45 > 0:46:47Urgh!
0:46:47 > 0:46:48Oh, dear.
0:46:49 > 0:46:52One last quick visit to the surgery,
0:46:52 > 0:46:54then it's the barber's for us two.
0:46:54 > 0:46:57Meanwhile, Auntie Shelagh's gone up west.
0:46:57 > 0:47:00Something to do with her outfit for the wedding.
0:47:00 > 0:47:01Women.
0:47:01 > 0:47:02PHONE RINGS
0:47:02 > 0:47:05Eat up and get dressed, son.
0:47:05 > 0:47:07PHONE CONTINUES TO RING
0:47:07 > 0:47:09Hello. Turner speaking.
0:47:10 > 0:47:11I see...
0:47:11 > 0:47:14SPEECH MUFFLED
0:47:19 > 0:47:21I have to go to the rescue centre.
0:47:21 > 0:47:23I'll be back as soon as I can.
0:47:23 > 0:47:27But what about the barber's? You said we were going to go together.
0:47:27 > 0:47:28And you said I could have Brylcreem.
0:47:28 > 0:47:31We'll go tomorrow, first thing in the morning.
0:47:32 > 0:47:37And tonight I will take you for a fry-up, at Capriani's caff.
0:47:37 > 0:47:39It can be our stag do.
0:47:39 > 0:47:41Stag do?
0:47:41 > 0:47:43Well, you are going to be my best man, aren't you?
0:47:43 > 0:47:45Really?
0:47:45 > 0:47:47I need somebody to keep me in order.
0:47:47 > 0:47:51Shiny shoes, ironed shirt, best bib and tucker.
0:47:51 > 0:47:52I wouldn't have anyone else.
0:48:13 > 0:48:15Once upon a time,
0:48:15 > 0:48:19we thought the 17 Type fuse had a maximum life of 80 hours.
0:48:19 > 0:48:22What we didn't realise was that the clocks were often faulty.
0:48:22 > 0:48:25If they jammed, and the bomb was preserved in the cold,
0:48:25 > 0:48:29the electrical charge wouldn't last for hours, but years.
0:48:32 > 0:48:39I once saw one go off so viciously and with so little warning
0:48:39 > 0:48:43that we found my sergeant's tunic button embedded in a door two streets away.
0:48:46 > 0:48:47Nothing else was left.
0:48:54 > 0:48:57It's all right, Jack.
0:48:57 > 0:48:59Doctor will be finished in a moment.
0:49:02 > 0:49:04Can you wiggle your toes for me?
0:49:06 > 0:49:08You were right to send for me.
0:49:08 > 0:49:11Keep him isolated, while I arrange an ambulance.
0:49:45 > 0:49:47Just so you know, we do part exchange,
0:49:47 > 0:49:52if you want to push the boat out and go for something fancier.
0:49:52 > 0:49:54Have you considered ballerina length?
0:49:54 > 0:49:55You've got a lovely pair of ankles.
0:49:55 > 0:50:00You really ought to be showing them off, maybe with a satin stiletto?
0:50:00 > 0:50:02I'm not sure.
0:50:04 > 0:50:08Is it usual, for a bride to go off her dress?
0:50:08 > 0:50:10It happens.
0:50:10 > 0:50:12But once you do a bit of prodding, you usually find that
0:50:12 > 0:50:15what's really going on is that they've gone off the groom.
0:50:20 > 0:50:23Would you put the original dress back in its box, please?
0:50:24 > 0:50:27There's plenty of stock you haven't looked at yet.
0:50:27 > 0:50:31We've got three designs inspired by Princess Grace of Monaco,
0:50:31 > 0:50:35though we normally only recommend those for the, er, taller bride.
0:50:35 > 0:50:36No. Thank you.
0:50:36 > 0:50:38As you wish.
0:50:40 > 0:50:42Polio?
0:50:42 > 0:50:44We won't know for sure until after the lumbar puncture.
0:50:44 > 0:50:47But half the children still aren't vaccinated, and in overcrowded
0:50:47 > 0:50:50conditions like these, the virus could spread quickly.
0:50:50 > 0:50:52It could spread like wildfire.
0:50:52 > 0:50:54I'm calling the Chief Medical Officer to say we want them
0:50:54 > 0:50:57all back in their own homes, and the vaccinations expedited.
0:51:00 > 0:51:04I wonder if you're dithering because you came in on your own.
0:51:04 > 0:51:05Most people bring their mothers.
0:51:06 > 0:51:08My mother died when I was a child.
0:51:09 > 0:51:11That's a shame.
0:51:11 > 0:51:12Brides need mothers.
0:51:12 > 0:51:15How else are you going to get your veil on straight?
0:51:15 > 0:51:17I'm wearing a hat, not a veil.
0:51:17 > 0:51:18Oh.
0:51:20 > 0:51:21Have you got any sisters?
0:51:23 > 0:51:24No.
0:51:24 > 0:51:26Oh.
0:51:26 > 0:51:28I'm sorry, this is urgent.
0:51:28 > 0:51:31I'm trying to avert a potential epidemic.
0:51:31 > 0:51:34'Would you like to hold?' No. I would like to be connected, please.
0:51:35 > 0:51:36HE SIGHS
0:51:40 > 0:51:41Hello?
0:51:48 > 0:51:49Timothy?
0:51:51 > 0:51:52Timothy!
0:51:53 > 0:51:54Timothy?
0:51:54 > 0:51:55Wake up.
0:51:57 > 0:51:59Timothy, dearest.
0:51:59 > 0:52:00Can you sit up for me?
0:52:00 > 0:52:03Timothy. I need you to sit up.
0:52:03 > 0:52:06Come on. Stir your stumps.
0:52:06 > 0:52:08WEAKLY: Can't.
0:52:08 > 0:52:11Timothy, can you wiggle your toes?
0:52:23 > 0:52:24Stand back, please, Mother.
0:52:24 > 0:52:27Please. I'm a trained nurse.
0:52:27 > 0:52:29I've seen polio before.
0:52:29 > 0:52:33Let's leave the diagnosis to the doctors, shall we?
0:52:33 > 0:52:36I keep thinking of all the things I should've done.
0:52:36 > 0:52:37Or shouldn't have done.
0:52:37 > 0:52:40The things I should have spotted but I didn't.
0:52:40 > 0:52:43Your immunities protected him throughout infancy
0:52:43 > 0:52:44and early childhood.
0:52:44 > 0:52:47He carried them with him, like a shield, for years.
0:52:48 > 0:52:52But immunity wears off. And you are not to blame.
0:52:54 > 0:52:56But I'm not his mother.
0:52:56 > 0:52:59I should have taken greater care, not less.
0:52:59 > 0:53:03If you are not immediate family, I'm afraid you shouldn't be in here.
0:53:03 > 0:53:06There are rules, and as a nurse, you should know that.
0:53:10 > 0:53:12I'll be a footstep away. That's all.
0:53:12 > 0:53:15HE WHEEZES He can't clear his throat!
0:53:15 > 0:53:17You must leave.
0:53:24 > 0:53:28Shelagh! I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry.
0:53:37 > 0:53:40MACHINE WHIRS AND PUMPS AIR
0:53:47 > 0:53:49Are you the father?
0:53:49 > 0:53:51Yes.
0:53:51 > 0:53:53The machine is breathing for him.
0:53:53 > 0:53:55He's not currently able to do that on his own.
0:53:55 > 0:53:59I understand. I'm his GP, too.
0:53:59 > 0:54:03Of course. You sent in the other young lad.
0:54:03 > 0:54:04Jack Smith?
0:54:04 > 0:54:07Polio. Mild dose. He's out of bed and giving cheek.
0:54:14 > 0:54:15Timothy?
0:54:18 > 0:54:19Timothy?
0:54:19 > 0:54:22I suggest we take it one hour at a time.
0:54:22 > 0:54:24He may recover the ability to breathe.
0:54:24 > 0:54:26Respiration is not always permanently impaired.
0:54:26 > 0:54:28I know that.
0:54:29 > 0:54:31I know all the facts, but...
0:54:33 > 0:54:35Just now, they're no help to me at all.
0:54:39 > 0:54:43# In Thee, O Lord, do I put my trust
0:54:43 > 0:54:45SHE SOBS QUIETLY
0:54:45 > 0:54:48# Let me never be ashamed
0:54:51 > 0:54:56# Deliver me in Thy righteousness
0:54:57 > 0:55:02# Into Thy hands I commend my spirit
0:55:04 > 0:55:10# Thou hast redeemed me O Lord God of truth.
0:55:11 > 0:55:17# Bow down Thine ear to me Deliver me speedily
0:55:19 > 0:55:26# Be Thou my strong rock For an house of defence to save me
0:55:27 > 0:55:32# For Thou art my rock and my fortress
0:55:32 > 0:55:35# O most loving God
0:55:36 > 0:55:39SHE JOINS SINGING: # Therefore, for Thy name's sake
0:55:39 > 0:55:43# Lead me and guide me
0:55:44 > 0:55:51# Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me
0:55:52 > 0:55:56# For Thou art my strength
0:55:57 > 0:56:01# Make Thine face to shine upon me
0:56:02 > 0:56:06# In my hour of need. #
0:56:08 > 0:56:10You're to stay here tonight.
0:56:10 > 0:56:13In the morning, I will telephone the vicar and tell him
0:56:13 > 0:56:16that your wedding has been postponed for several weeks, and why.
0:56:16 > 0:56:20What about the witnesses? And the flowers? Patrick ordered roses.
0:56:20 > 0:56:22I will deal with all of that, too.
0:56:23 > 0:56:26It will be no trouble. Your plans were so simple.
0:56:28 > 0:56:30I kept everything as small and quiet as I could.
0:56:32 > 0:56:34Is that what you really wanted?
0:56:34 > 0:56:36I don't know.
0:56:36 > 0:56:38SHE SOBS
0:56:38 > 0:56:41I know I couldn't quite face the fact that it was happening.
0:56:44 > 0:56:46And now it isn't, and I think my heart is breaking.
0:56:48 > 0:56:52Your marriage will take place. It is meant to.
0:56:54 > 0:56:57We will pray for your new family in the meanwhile,
0:56:57 > 0:56:59especially for Timothy.
0:57:04 > 0:57:07I'm so very glad that you came to us.
0:57:07 > 0:57:09Are you?
0:57:09 > 0:57:12Did you believe for one moment that we wouldn't want you here tonight?
0:57:12 > 0:57:16That we wouldn't welcome you with open arms?
0:57:16 > 0:57:19I turned my back on you, Sister.
0:57:19 > 0:57:21I walked away.
0:57:21 > 0:57:22I became someone else.
0:57:22 > 0:57:24No, you didn't, Shelagh.
0:57:26 > 0:57:28You found joy.
0:57:28 > 0:57:30And I've never questioned it.
0:57:30 > 0:57:31There is no joy now.
0:57:33 > 0:57:35But there is love.
0:57:35 > 0:57:37And it's Christmas.
0:57:37 > 0:57:39Have courage.
0:57:47 > 0:57:50Good luck, Sir.
0:57:50 > 0:57:52Thank you for all your help.
0:57:53 > 0:57:54Sir.
0:57:54 > 0:57:56Right back, now.
0:57:56 > 0:57:59I'm on my own, and that's as it should be.
0:58:26 > 0:58:27FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
0:58:37 > 0:58:40I've been having these bloomin' twinges since yesterday.
0:58:40 > 0:58:41It can't be normal.
0:58:41 > 0:58:44It's perfectly normal, I'm afraid.
0:58:44 > 0:58:46Your body just seems to be going into labour rather slowly.
0:58:46 > 0:58:50I want to go home. I want to have it there.
0:58:50 > 0:58:53I want you to have it there too, Yvonne.
0:58:53 > 0:58:56You won't send me to the maternity home? No.
0:58:56 > 0:58:59Nurse Franklin and I have plans for this baby.
0:58:59 > 0:59:01So you tell it to stay put!
1:00:11 > 1:00:15TICKING
1:00:15 > 1:00:16It's ticking.
1:00:34 > 1:00:37Get down! Get down!
1:00:48 > 1:00:49Get down!
1:00:51 > 1:00:52EXPLOSION
1:00:52 > 1:00:55RATTLING AND SMASHING
1:00:59 > 1:01:02RUMBLING
1:01:29 > 1:01:30All's well that ends well.
1:01:33 > 1:01:36Well, that brought back a few memories.
1:01:37 > 1:01:39Man the urns!
1:01:39 > 1:01:41We shall all be wanting tea!
1:01:43 > 1:01:45You all right, Chummy?
1:01:45 > 1:01:46I don't know.
1:01:48 > 1:01:51I don't know what's happened to Peter.
1:01:51 > 1:01:53Help!
1:01:53 > 1:01:55Help!
1:01:55 > 1:01:57Alan! Stay calm.
1:01:57 > 1:01:59Never mind me. Help her.
1:01:59 > 1:02:01Yvonne, breathe through it.
1:02:01 > 1:02:04Breathe through it. That's it, breathe.
1:02:04 > 1:02:06Please don't send him out the room.
1:02:06 > 1:02:07Don't worry. We won't.
1:02:08 > 1:02:10CHATTER
1:02:10 > 1:02:12..near your house, was it?
1:02:15 > 1:02:19Ladies and gentlemen!
1:02:19 > 1:02:20The bomb has been detonated,
1:02:20 > 1:02:24and the damage was not as great as we had feared.
1:02:24 > 1:02:26The Army are lifting the cordon, street by street.
1:02:26 > 1:02:30You're heading home! CHEERING Merry Christmas!
1:03:06 > 1:03:07It's scarcely a five-minute walk.
1:03:07 > 1:03:11You may well find you get all the way home without having a single contraction.
1:03:11 > 1:03:15Can you hear my slippers squelching?
1:03:15 > 1:03:17They're sopping wet with tea.
1:03:17 > 1:03:21Believe me, sweetie, you're lucky they're not sopping wet with something else.
1:03:21 > 1:03:22Trixie!
1:03:24 > 1:03:27Don't look so shocked, Alan.
1:03:27 > 1:03:29You'll hear a lot worse before the day is out.
1:03:31 > 1:03:34So, Sister, all present and correct.
1:03:35 > 1:03:39These bulbs are very far from present and correct.
1:03:40 > 1:03:45I had hoped they might perceive the frisson of the dynamite.
1:03:48 > 1:03:51Organic matter ought to be receptive to vibrations.
1:04:00 > 1:04:04Oh, heavens to Murgatroyd! What now?
1:04:04 > 1:04:07Mr Jesmond? We were told it was safe to return.
1:04:08 > 1:04:11Sorry, Sister, but the building was already fragile.
1:04:11 > 1:04:14Fragile, my foot. They told us it was falling down when we moved in,
1:04:14 > 1:04:17and it's still standing!
1:04:17 > 1:04:18It was the impact of the bomb.
1:04:18 > 1:04:22The explosion was angled in such a way that it ripped right through the foundation.
1:04:22 > 1:04:24It could come down at any minute.
1:04:36 > 1:04:39BELL TOLLS
1:04:47 > 1:04:51Been a while since I've wanted Adolf Hitler's guts for garters.
1:04:52 > 1:04:55But I'd cheerfully dance on his grave today.
1:04:57 > 1:04:59Poplar was doing so well.
1:05:00 > 1:05:04It was recovering from the war, it was being rebuilt.
1:05:05 > 1:05:09There was so much hope, so much work for us to do.
1:05:10 > 1:05:12Still is.
1:05:13 > 1:05:16Always will be.
1:05:19 > 1:05:21He'll have a reason for all of this.
1:05:54 > 1:05:55WEAKLY: Brylcreem.
1:05:57 > 1:05:59Brylcreem?
1:06:00 > 1:06:01Fetch the nurse.
1:06:06 > 1:06:08YVONNE GROANS
1:06:10 > 1:06:14Good. I can't do it!
1:06:14 > 1:06:16Yes, you can. You can.
1:06:16 > 1:06:20SHE PANTS
1:06:21 > 1:06:24SHE GROANS
1:06:24 > 1:06:27Push for me. That's it. Good. Good. Come on!
1:06:27 > 1:06:29Good girl. Good girl.
1:06:29 > 1:06:32Well done. Your baby's head is born.
1:06:34 > 1:06:37You've done the hard part now, Yvonne.
1:06:37 > 1:06:40The next big push, we're going to meet this baby.
1:06:41 > 1:06:42(Are you ready?)
1:06:45 > 1:06:48The baby's turning. Can you feel that, Yvonne?
1:06:48 > 1:06:49I'm so proud of you.
1:06:49 > 1:06:50Here we go.
1:06:52 > 1:06:55Good. That's good. Good. Good. Keep going.
1:06:55 > 1:06:58There's a girl. Keep going.
1:06:58 > 1:06:59Good girl!
1:07:01 > 1:07:04BABY CRIES
1:07:06 > 1:07:09SHE PANTS
1:07:10 > 1:07:12SNIPPING
1:07:21 > 1:07:22This is your baby, Alan.
1:07:24 > 1:07:26This blood is beautiful.
1:07:37 > 1:07:39We...made this.
1:07:41 > 1:07:43BABY GURGLES
1:07:43 > 1:07:45We did it together.
1:07:45 > 1:07:47ALAN CHUCKLES
1:07:59 > 1:08:00Am I breathing, Dad?
1:08:02 > 1:08:03Yes, son.
1:08:08 > 1:08:11Yes. You are.
1:08:18 > 1:08:19In you come, sisters.
1:08:23 > 1:08:28MATURE JENNY: 'We ate our turkey at separate tables that year.
1:08:28 > 1:08:31'Our community was scattered, but not to the four winds.
1:08:32 > 1:08:34'We were offered refuge,
1:08:34 > 1:08:40'separately and together in temporary lodgings across Poplar.
1:08:43 > 1:08:47'Christmas turned to New Year,
1:08:47 > 1:08:49'and New Year to early spring.
1:08:50 > 1:08:55'And it was Chummy who found her new home first.
1:09:06 > 1:09:11'Whilst the rest of us hoped,
1:09:11 > 1:09:14'and resumed our work as best we could.
1:09:20 > 1:09:23'And when Nonnatus House was demolished,
1:09:23 > 1:09:29DISTANT RUMBLE 'we heard its dying fall only in the distance.'
1:09:34 > 1:09:38I think lace is perfect for a bride. You won't regret it for a moment.
1:09:38 > 1:09:42I couldn't be more thrilled, but what about my grey dress?
1:09:42 > 1:09:45Fear not. It'll have its moment.
1:09:45 > 1:09:47I never saw a more perfect going-away outfit.
1:09:51 > 1:09:54I've never worn nail polish in my life.
1:09:54 > 1:09:57It's only pink, and we're only practising.
1:09:57 > 1:09:59Open wide.
1:09:59 > 1:10:00And bat.
1:10:00 > 1:10:02PHONE RINGS
1:10:02 > 1:10:05You get it, Chummy. You're the lady of the house.
1:10:06 > 1:10:08Ah, beautiful.
1:10:08 > 1:10:11Now, be bold. Glasses or no glasses?
1:10:11 > 1:10:14Glasses. I'd quite like to see the groom.
1:10:14 > 1:10:16THEY GIGGLE
1:10:18 > 1:10:22I had failed to divine their purpose.
1:10:23 > 1:10:28They have bloomed when the Lord ordained that they should do so.
1:10:48 > 1:10:50Timothy, are you ready?
1:10:56 > 1:10:58I'm scared people will laugh.
1:11:08 > 1:11:10Weddings are about love, Tim.
1:11:11 > 1:11:16And love is...beautiful, and serious,
1:11:17 > 1:11:20and if people smile, it's because they're glad.
1:11:22 > 1:11:25Now, did you remember the rings?
1:11:26 > 1:11:28They're in my pocket.
1:11:28 > 1:11:31Because I remembered something too.
1:11:33 > 1:11:34Brylcreem.
1:11:39 > 1:11:41(Why don't you give him to me?)
1:11:50 > 1:11:54MATURE JENNY: 'Sometimes, Christmas is not a still point.
1:11:56 > 1:11:58'Snow swirls and melts away,
1:11:58 > 1:12:01'and the day doesn't offer up the peace that we imagined.
1:12:04 > 1:12:08'But in the darkness, seeds awake,
1:12:08 > 1:12:11'and green shoots unfurl towards the light.'
1:12:13 > 1:12:15You should be giving me away.
1:12:15 > 1:12:17You should be walking with me.
1:12:18 > 1:12:20You belong to no-one but yourself.
1:12:20 > 1:12:23And you know exactly where you're going.
1:12:26 > 1:12:33# You are the breathless hush... #
1:12:33 > 1:12:37'Fate might shake us, but our roots run deep.'
1:12:37 > 1:12:39Ready?
1:12:39 > 1:12:42'And we have love to water them.
1:12:45 > 1:12:47'And so we bloom where we are planted.'
1:12:49 > 1:12:54# You are the angel glow... #
1:12:54 > 1:12:56'Turning our faces to the sun.'
1:12:56 > 1:13:01# That lights a star
1:13:03 > 1:13:07# The dearest things I know
1:13:09 > 1:13:14# Are what you are
1:13:18 > 1:13:24# Someday
1:13:24 > 1:13:30# My happy arms will hold you
1:13:32 > 1:13:40# And someday I'll know
1:13:40 > 1:13:43# That moment divine
1:13:44 > 1:13:49# When all the things you are
1:13:50 > 1:13:55# Are mine
1:13:57 > 1:14:02CHORUS: # You are the angel glow
1:14:02 > 1:14:06# That lights a star
1:14:06 > 1:14:11# The dearest things I know
1:14:11 > 1:14:17# Are what you are
1:14:19 > 1:14:22# Someday... #