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