0:01:17 > 0:01:22- MATURE JENNY - 'It seems to me, gazing back across the decades,
0:01:22 > 0:01:27'that my journey into womanhood began on the streets of East London
0:01:27 > 0:01:31'working as a midwife in the city's poorest quarter.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34'I never knew an idle day, a misspent hour,
0:01:34 > 0:01:37'a single moment without some sense of purpose.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42'I could be bone tired and I would rally exhausted
0:01:42 > 0:01:44'and bounce back time and again.'
0:01:46 > 0:01:48THEY APPLAUD
0:01:52 > 0:01:54Many happy returns, Jenny!
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Thank you.
0:02:02 > 0:02:07'Life was fuelled by learning, but there was laughter too
0:02:07 > 0:02:13'and I was forging friendships that would last me all my days.'
0:02:13 > 0:02:16- Stop! I've got something in my shoe! - Oh, Cynthia, do hurry up!
0:02:16 > 0:02:19The bus won't wait, and neither will Rossano Brazzi.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22Never mind Rossano Brazzi, there's Chummy!
0:02:22 > 0:02:25- Sorry. Sorry! Sackcloth and ashes! - Evening, ladies.
0:02:25 > 0:02:26ALL: Hello, Peter!
0:02:26 > 0:02:30I just got into the most atrocious fix with a steamed sponge pudding!
0:02:30 > 0:02:32One has to constantly top up the pan with water,
0:02:32 > 0:02:34or else the tin will just...explode.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36There's no harm done, Camilla. Go and enjoy the film.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39I can still see bits of syrup on the braid!
0:02:40 > 0:02:42MUSIC: Younger Than Springtime
0:02:45 > 0:02:50- MATURE JENNY - 'We strove to serve women, living alongside and amongst them.
0:02:50 > 0:02:55'Men were creatures that you married, or marvelled at,
0:02:55 > 0:02:59'or yearned for, or found somehow perplexing.
0:02:59 > 0:03:05'Mainly, they made work for us, and we knew no rest.'
0:03:06 > 0:03:10SOUTH PACIFIC PLAYS
0:03:13 > 0:03:16THEY SING YOUNGER THAN SPRINGTIME
0:03:19 > 0:03:22All hands on deck!
0:03:24 > 0:03:27Sister Julienne has already gone to Mrs Hall.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Her waters broke a week before the due date.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Clinic starts 2.00 sharp, this afternoon.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35In the meantime, Sister Bernadette, you will man the phone.
0:03:35 > 0:03:36Yes, Sister.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Nurses Lee and Noakes, you can take the booking-in list.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42- Yes, Sister.- Nurse Miller, I think we should add in Mrs Mournsey
0:03:42 > 0:03:45to the morning calls. The baby's refused the breast again,
0:03:45 > 0:03:49- and we should check him for tongue-tie.- Yes, Sister.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Oh dear, have we started?
0:03:51 > 0:03:53These kirby grips have got a mind of their own this morning.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56Where would we be without Nurse Franklin,
0:03:56 > 0:03:58bringing up the rear like a poodle at the circus?
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Mafeking Buildings are all yours.
0:04:01 > 0:04:02- Single-handed?- Hmm.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04But there's been 18 births there this month alone!
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Hark at the oracle!
0:04:06 > 0:04:10Maybe you can ask them, while you're there, if they know what causes it.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13But, Sister, from experience...
0:04:13 > 0:04:14Experience?
0:04:14 > 0:04:17If you had more experience and less confidence,
0:04:17 > 0:04:19I might be inclined to listen to you.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22- Mafeking Buildings, and that's final.- Yes, Sister.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27You'll just have to keep your head down, Trixie.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Sister will have forgotten all about it by the end of the day.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32You might get a supplementary lecture during clinic.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35I got "needing to learn some respect" the other day.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38What Sister Evangelina needs to learn is that respect goes both ways!
0:04:38 > 0:04:40And you can hold your horses, young Trixie.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44I have never known a chain drink as much oil as yours.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47We don't want you coming off and incurring further wrath, do we?
0:04:47 > 0:04:52- No.- And you can ignore all that stuff about experience.
0:04:52 > 0:04:57What she says deep down, is a load of hot air.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Trouble is, Fred, deep down I know it isn't.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Heavy boy. Little butterball.
0:05:13 > 0:05:14Off you go.
0:05:25 > 0:05:30Mrs Collins? You've forgotten something.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Oh well, plenty more like her at home.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Mrs Brignall?
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Molly Brignall?
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Nitrous oxide, also known as gas and air,
0:05:44 > 0:05:46is a wonderful method of pain relief.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Is it the same as that pethidine?
0:05:48 > 0:05:49In my view, it's much better.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53We'll be offering nitrous oxide in the new maternity home.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55I want to stay in me own home! You've got a car.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58- Why can't you bring it in your boot? - I suppose in theory I could.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Doctor only comes out in complicated cases!
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Now, if Doctor's agreeable,
0:06:03 > 0:06:06we'll have a little demonstration of how this apparatus works.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Thank you, Nurse. Er, perhaps you'd climb onto the couch.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12It's perfectly safe to inhale the gas when you're lying down,
0:06:12 > 0:06:15as of course you will be when you're in labour.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Nurse Noakes, if you'd take over.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19This form of pain relief really is top-hole.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22The midwife will turn it on and off for you,
0:06:22 > 0:06:25but rule number one is you start to breathe the gas
0:06:25 > 0:06:28before the contraction really gets its boots on.
0:06:28 > 0:06:33Thus, the pain begins. I indicate this to my attendant.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36The gas is activated. I breathe in and out.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41MUFFLED SPEECH
0:06:42 > 0:06:46As Nurse is saying, you then simply breathe deeply and evenly
0:06:46 > 0:06:48until the contraction passes.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51It reduces the pain, and gives a hazy,
0:06:51 > 0:06:53relaxed feeling that many describe as being rather pleasant.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56- What if you take an overdose? - It's not possible.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Nurse remains in charge, and after the contraction,
0:06:59 > 0:07:02a few breaths of ordinary air will bring you round.
0:07:02 > 0:07:03Nurse.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Nurse? You can let go of the mask now.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16All in all, a thoroughly pleasant sensation.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19THEY LAUGH I'll have one of them.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23I don't hold with all this gas and air malarkey.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26It's downright cruel, showing a woman pain relief
0:07:26 > 0:07:28when you can't give it to her.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30We can give it to them. In the Maternity Home.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Maternity Home.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38Since Dr Turner lost his wife, he's been nothing but grand schemes.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40We'll have half the East End trying to book in there
0:07:40 > 0:07:43instead of gritting their teeth and getting on with it!
0:07:43 > 0:07:46They shouldn't have to grit their teeth and get on with it.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49All of the younger midwives have been trained in analgesia.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51I've been trained myself.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53When are you going to get yourself to an optician?
0:07:53 > 0:07:56Your work and your patients will suffer,
0:07:56 > 0:07:58if you can't see what you're doing.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01Sister Evangelina, Molly Brignall missed her appointment today.
0:08:01 > 0:08:02Oh, another one?
0:08:02 > 0:08:05She's almost at term, and we haven't seen her for four weeks now.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07You'll have to call in there tomorrow
0:08:07 > 0:08:10- after you've finished your morning list.- Yes, Sister.
0:08:10 > 0:08:11Hello.
0:08:22 > 0:08:23RAISED MALE VOICE
0:08:23 > 0:08:26What other options we got, Mol? What other options we got?
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Cos I certainly can't think of any, can you?
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Don't know.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33No, you don't know, do ya? Hey?
0:08:33 > 0:08:37We've not got a penny piece. What am I supposed to do?
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Ritchie, it's nearly my time! I can't do it!
0:08:40 > 0:08:41KNOCK ON DOOR
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Midwife calling! Is anyone at home?
0:08:46 > 0:08:47I'm afraid if you don't answer,
0:08:47 > 0:08:50someone more senior will have to call tomorrow.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Come in, Nurse.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11Cup of tea, Nurse? It's in the pot.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13No, thank you.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18I'll bring a fresh bottle of milk back after I've done my shift.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Tinned will do.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Whatever the lady wants, hey?
0:09:35 > 0:09:38I'm sorry to call by unannounced,
0:09:38 > 0:09:41but it is a worry when you don't come to the clinic.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43It's on the wrong bus route.
0:09:51 > 0:09:52What's this?
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Banged it on the handle of the wardrobe.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05According to your notes, you're down for a home delivery, Molly.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09I'll have all this looking like the ideal home by then.
0:10:13 > 0:10:19Oh, hello, lovely! This is my little Lorraine.
0:10:20 > 0:10:25It's only the nurse. No-one's going to hurt you.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29I can't understand why that hovel has been
0:10:29 > 0:10:31passed as fit for home delivery!
0:10:31 > 0:10:34I checked the records when I got back,
0:10:34 > 0:10:36and five weeks ago it was deemed as suitable.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Jenny, five weeks ago, it was! I passed it fit myself.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41It was probably her mother.
0:10:41 > 0:10:42When I delivered Molly's first,
0:10:42 > 0:10:45she was at it non-stop with the Stardrops.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47If someone was helping Molly, then we have to find out why that
0:10:47 > 0:10:51help has stopped, and if it can be resumed before the baby's born.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Sister Monica Joan, you haven't had the Swiss roll.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57I cannot excite myself about a fatless sponge.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01It is principally air, and I feel untethered by it.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05You must speak to Molly's mother.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07If an improvement cannot be guaranteed,
0:11:07 > 0:11:10then Molly must be booked into the hospital for a hospital birth.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12She was adamant she didn't want that.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Or more to the point, her husband didn't want that.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Sorry. But I find that the most disturbing thing of all.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20PHONE RINGS
0:11:22 > 0:11:25What I wouldn't give for another cup of tea!
0:11:25 > 0:11:26No shilly-shallying!
0:11:26 > 0:11:28By all accounts, Bella Collins pops them out
0:11:28 > 0:11:30as though she's shelling peas.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32With any luck we'll be back in time for Horlicks.
0:11:38 > 0:11:39LOUD MOANS
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Here comes the cavalry!
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Bella! It's the nurses.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45Obviously not a false alarm!
0:11:50 > 0:11:51I'll leave you to it.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Hooter's gone off for the evening shift,
0:11:53 > 0:11:55I need to go and buy myself a pie.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58It'd just be inconsiderate, asking her for sandwiches.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00ANGUISHED MOANING
0:12:05 > 0:12:08You'll wear yourself out, Bella!
0:12:08 > 0:12:12Now, Nurse Foster says last time you had a splendid chat
0:12:12 > 0:12:15about Pat Boone between contractions.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18And during contractions I screamed my bloody head off.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Oh, it never gets any easier.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24And I've gone off Pat Boone since he sang Tutti Frutti.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27You're ticketty-boo.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Now if Nurse Miller helps me rearrange the bedclothes,
0:12:30 > 0:12:32it might well be when we examine you,
0:12:32 > 0:12:34you'll be ready to start helping baby on its way.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Aw, full marks, Bella!
0:12:36 > 0:12:38You've already put the paper on the mattress.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41I reckon it's a right big bugger this time.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43HER SCREAMING ECHOES
0:12:43 > 0:12:45What's going on?
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Sorry, old bean, you're still only six fingers dilated.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57Seems this baby isn't quite such a Speedy Gonzales as we thought.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59I'm getting too old to do this again!
0:12:59 > 0:13:02Stuff and nonsense, you're quite the spring chicken.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07SHE MOANS AND GROANS
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Perhaps you'd like to try some pethidine?
0:13:10 > 0:13:12I'm not going down that road again!
0:13:12 > 0:13:15It makes the wallpaper look as if it's moving.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17SHE SCREAMS
0:13:17 > 0:13:20I need the doctor.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23I'm quite sure we don't need to trouble Doctor...
0:13:23 > 0:13:26Haven't you ever heard of a mother's instinct before?
0:13:26 > 0:13:28I need him to come.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31SHE SCREAMS
0:13:32 > 0:13:34I'm in agony!
0:13:39 > 0:13:41Mrs Gray?
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Has my Molly had the baby?
0:13:44 > 0:13:47No, Mrs Gray. I need to talk to you.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53Molly was as good as gold till she was 14.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Then she got a bust, and started giving lip.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58She started saying, "Why did you send me off to the country?
0:13:58 > 0:14:02"Didn't you want me? I never asked to go."
0:14:02 > 0:14:04She'd been home years then,
0:14:04 > 0:14:08I shouldn't think she could remember being on the farm.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Was she evacuated, during the war?
0:14:10 > 0:14:15Tenterden, in Kent. Molly and her brother.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Labels round their necks, brand new plimsolls.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21And their dad was just a telegram on the mantelpiece.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24Missing in action at El-Alamein.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32Mrs Gray. The worst thing about my job is that I sometimes have to pry.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37I'm afraid I've come here today to pry about Molly.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41You don't want to be getting mixed up in her sort of mess.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43You're a young girl.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46You want to be out doing your dancing, somewhere way up West.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48No, I don't.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51I did my dancing during the war.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54It was like my kids had been magicked away.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58I thought we could just pick up the pieces when peace came,
0:14:58 > 0:15:00but we never did.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02My boy's in the Army now.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07I saved up, got a phone put in, but he never calls.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Got keys cut for Molly, but she don't come round.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14We are quite worried about Molly, Mrs Gray.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19I was wondering if you yourself had any concerns?
0:15:19 > 0:15:21What, you mean apart from him?
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Apart from him and including him.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28She won't talk to me about anything.
0:15:31 > 0:15:36She's always saying, "Ritchie loves me, Mum. He protects me.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38"He never lets me out of his sight".
0:15:39 > 0:15:41I never wanted her to marry him.
0:15:43 > 0:15:48When the first was on the way, I was terrified he wouldn't.
0:15:48 > 0:15:49But he did.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56If Molly can't clean up her living conditions, Mrs Gray,
0:15:56 > 0:16:00I'm very much afraid that Social Services will want to get involved.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Is it as bad as that?
0:16:02 > 0:16:04It's every bit as bad as that.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10MOANS ANDS SCREAMS
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Help me!
0:16:28 > 0:16:30You were right to send for me.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33I'd always be concerned about ante-partum haemorrhage,
0:16:33 > 0:16:34when the pain is very acute.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37But all is well. There's no cause for concern.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Oh, none at all. I'm only having a bloomin' baby!
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Everything's going like clockwork, Bella.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Absolutely. You'll be done and dusted in an hour or two!
0:16:45 > 0:16:48I want gas. Dr Turner's got some in his boot.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51He said so, when he was at the clinic!
0:16:51 > 0:16:53I want gas!
0:16:53 > 0:16:55SHE SCREAMS
0:17:03 > 0:17:06SCREAMING CONTINUES
0:17:15 > 0:17:20That's right, Well done, Bella. Well done!
0:17:24 > 0:17:28I just want little pushes now. Can you hear me?
0:17:31 > 0:17:34Little push.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37MOANING
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Head's born.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Bravo. Absolutely top-notch.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46And so is the gas and air, if I may say so.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50Now, Bella, I want one absolutely mammoth push,
0:17:50 > 0:17:52and then it'll all be over.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Concentrate now!
0:17:59 > 0:18:01SHE MOANS
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Congratulations, Mrs Collins!
0:18:07 > 0:18:09BABY CRIES
0:18:09 > 0:18:11You have a little girl, Bella.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16I'll be spreading the news about that gas.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20Oh, just you wait, they'll all be wanting it!
0:18:27 > 0:18:29MUSIC: Shangri-La
0:18:34 > 0:18:42# Your kisses take me to Shangri-la
0:18:46 > 0:18:50# Each kiss is magic
0:18:50 > 0:18:58# That makes my little world a Shangri-la
0:19:01 > 0:19:07# A land of bluebirds and fountains
0:19:08 > 0:19:13# And nothing to do
0:19:14 > 0:19:19# But cling to an angel
0:19:19 > 0:19:26# That looks like you
0:19:26 > 0:19:31# And when you hold me
0:19:31 > 0:19:37# How warm you are
0:19:37 > 0:19:39# Be mine, my darling... #
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Thanks, Mum.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44Don't have to thank me. I'm your mother.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Wonderful.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52The flat's in pristine condition, and so are you.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55I'll let Sister Julienne know all's well,
0:19:55 > 0:19:57and register you for home delivery.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Nobody told me we'd be having company.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11Molly's baby's almost due, Mr Brignall.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14She'll have regular visits from midwives from now on.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17I didn't mean you. I meant her.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23DOOR SLAMS
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Get out! Get out! We don't need you here!
0:20:37 > 0:20:39I look after her. I know what's best.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42If you know what's good for yourself, now leave. Don't push me! Leave!
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Please don't hurt her!
0:20:44 > 0:20:46I will hurt her unless you leave! Get out!
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Get out and leave us alone.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54I've said it to her, and I'll say it to you.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58You clear out of my home, or I'll burn her, and I'll burn her again!
0:20:58 > 0:20:59That's enough.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17DOOR SLAMS
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Where's Lorraine?
0:21:21 > 0:21:22She went behind the sofa.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26You've seen him in action now.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Yes. I have.
0:21:36 > 0:21:37It certainly sounds like assault.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40But we need to speak to Molly Brignall.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Could an officer go round to the flat?
0:21:42 > 0:21:46We could try. But if she won't press charges, we can't prosecute.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49I could press charges. Ritchie threatened me!
0:21:49 > 0:21:53I think, if you did that now,
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Ritchie would not allow Molly to receive care.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00The needs of the patient must come first.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04I know Molly's needs, Sister! She needs him.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07And worse, she wants him.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12She thinks he loves her, I can tell.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16Whenever he's in the room, her eyes follow him.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20Like a dog's eyes. It's pitiful.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24Nurse, we're not here to pity! We are here to serve.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34A man may beat his wife with a stick no bigger than his thumb.
0:22:34 > 0:22:39It is enshrined in statute, and occasionally cited in the courts.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42Sister, are you sure that's still the case?
0:22:42 > 0:22:45He is entitled to do it if she cuckolds him,
0:22:45 > 0:22:49insults his beard, or wishes pain upon his teeth.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52I am reminded of the latter
0:22:52 > 0:22:56because my own molars have been a source of some discomfort.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00And we are faced with ginger nuts again.
0:23:02 > 0:23:07You are apprised of my method, Sister. I await your permission.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Of course.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11No more gas and air at home deliveries.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15I've had it out with Dr Turner, and he has conceded defeat.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18- Surely not?- Women have been begging for gas and air!
0:23:18 > 0:23:20And you have absolutely no business giving in to them!
0:23:20 > 0:23:24Doctor's been prevented from seeing half his patients.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27He's just sat at his desk, and his face was grey.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31I'm sorry, Sister, but it's 1958. Women want pain relief.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35Good management of labour is not about medical folderols.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39It is about care, and making sure the woman feels supported.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Besides, we already carry pethidine.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45And nitrous oxide simply isn't practical.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48If you ask me, Dr Turner's completely over-reached himself.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51Has anyone else noticed a button's come off his clinical coat?
0:23:51 > 0:23:53He's got no-one to sew it on for him.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56It hardly inspires confidence!
0:23:56 > 0:23:58Ugh, and his poor little boy's looking quite unkempt.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Speak more respectfully of Doctor, please.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04And I'll thank you to hand me the malt loaf.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Anything exciting?
0:24:11 > 0:24:15I was just reading Situations Vacant, for old time's sake.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19It takes me right back to my otherwise entirely ghastly youth,
0:24:19 > 0:24:22dreaming of Africa, and the missions.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26There's a six month posting here, to Sierra Leone.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29Just my cup of tea, once upon a time.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Will you test me on the Prostitution Laws?
0:24:38 > 0:24:41You can recite the Prostitution Laws in your sleep!
0:24:41 > 0:24:43I can recite them in my sleep.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46That's the point. I'm aiming for promotion.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50No point in ambitions, if you don't try to achieve them.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53No. I don't suppose there is.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Now, shall we begin with importuning?
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Or do you want to ring the changes with procurement?
0:25:14 > 0:25:17SHE KNOCKS ON DOOR
0:25:17 > 0:25:19Molly, are you there?
0:25:27 > 0:25:28KNOCK ON DOOR
0:25:30 > 0:25:33Please open the door, Molly.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51Ritchie said I had to leave the bolt on.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Molly, in the next few days, you're going to have a baby.
0:25:57 > 0:26:02And you are going to need help, and I think you know that.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16What should I do, when the baby comes?
0:26:16 > 0:26:23You must telephone Nonnatus House. That's Poplar, 459.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28We've arranged for you to have the baby in the Maternity Home.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31What about Lorraine?
0:26:31 > 0:26:34You mustn't leave her alone.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36I never leave her alone.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40I love him.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43But I know him.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46And I love her.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Of course you do.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54You could ask your mother to look after her.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Molly!
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Molly!
0:27:00 > 0:27:03MUSIC: Glory To The, My God, This Night
0:27:03 > 0:27:09# Glory to thee, my God, this night
0:27:09 > 0:27:17# For all the blessings of the light... #
0:27:17 > 0:27:20- MATURE JENNY - 'I struggled then, though I do not now,
0:27:20 > 0:27:27'to comprehend that not all love was good, or all obedience holy.'
0:27:27 > 0:27:35# Beneath thine own almighty wings
0:27:35 > 0:27:39# Glory to thee... #
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Chips?
0:27:44 > 0:27:48I swear one day, if ever I go a long, way away from here,
0:27:48 > 0:27:52this is the smell that would have me sobbing hot tears of nostalgia.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55Sarson's malt, and a dash of printer's ink.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58You aren't going a long, long way away are you?
0:27:58 > 0:28:01Gosh, no. Honeymoon in Ramsgate.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04That was enough to quench my wanderlust.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Besides, I've a pack of wolf cubs to keep in order.
0:28:09 > 0:28:10No, this is home now.
0:28:12 > 0:28:13Wherever I went,
0:28:13 > 0:28:16I'd wing my way back here like a bally racing pigeon.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19Home. Heart is. All of that.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25The heart ends up making its home in some very peculiar places,
0:28:25 > 0:28:27if you ask me.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Are you talking about Molly Brignall?
0:28:31 > 0:28:33I've never loved a brutal man.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38I've loved a wrong one.
0:28:39 > 0:28:46It was so hard to break away, and for Molly that would be even harder.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53I'm not sure she could find the courage.
0:28:54 > 0:28:59Gosh. Courage. Wish we could bottle it, like gas and air.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03Sister Evangelina wouldn't approve.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09SHE GASPS
0:29:09 > 0:29:13Oh, Lord. You did it. You got new specs!
0:29:13 > 0:29:16My prescription had to be revised, so it did seem justified.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18The frames really do suit you.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20They're much lighter than your old pair.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23Oh, it's not the colour. It's absolutely the upsweep.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26Opens the peepers wider than three coats of mascara.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29Do come and look at Sister Bernadette's glasses!
0:29:29 > 0:29:32They could only be improved by diamante on the arms.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35I don't think you can get diamante on the National Health.
0:29:35 > 0:29:39Are they on the National Health? Oh, go on. Indulge me.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46What do you think?
0:29:46 > 0:29:48THEY GIGGLE
0:29:48 > 0:29:52I take it the upswept frame and I are not soul mates?
0:29:52 > 0:29:54THEY LAUGH
0:29:59 > 0:30:03Sister. It is time to partake with the privilege of silence.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13TELEVISION PLAYS
0:30:23 > 0:30:25I'm off.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34I'll bring you back a Babycham. If you're good.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36I'm always good.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40So come here, and give us a kiss.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42No. You come here.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45Nah.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47And I want to hear that bolt go on.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55DOOR BOLTS
0:31:01 > 0:31:03SHE GASPS
0:31:05 > 0:31:08SHE PANTS
0:31:11 > 0:31:13PHONE RINGS
0:31:14 > 0:31:16Nonnatus House. Midwife speaking.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18Camilla? It's me.
0:31:18 > 0:31:22Mr Impertinence. We're both on duty. I'm just off on a house call.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25Listen, we've had a call from the West India Dock night watchman.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28'It seems there's a woman in labour, on a ship..
0:31:28 > 0:31:29Passenger ship?
0:31:29 > 0:31:30No, cargo.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33Cargo? Women aren't permitted on cargo ships.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35I have to say, I don't much like the sound of it.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37- Who's on call? - Trixie.
0:31:37 > 0:31:41- Don't send her on her own. - Fetch Jenny. Quickly.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44Mum!
0:31:44 > 0:31:45Molly?
0:31:49 > 0:31:51SHE GASPS AND MOANS
0:31:51 > 0:31:54Still think it may be some sort of a ruse.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56We could end up being robbed till we're floating
0:31:56 > 0:31:58face down in the docks.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01Come on now, all the nice girls love a sailor.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03PHONE RINGS
0:32:05 > 0:32:07'Nonnatus House. Midwife speaking.'
0:32:07 > 0:32:11It's Molly Brignall's mother. I'm bringing her to the Maternity Home.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13I'm sorry, Trixie. I need to go to Molly.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15But you've already said you'll come with me!
0:32:15 > 0:32:17Molly needs to be with somebody she trusts.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20And I don't need to be with Sister Evangelina!
0:32:35 > 0:32:37Who alerted the night watchman?
0:32:37 > 0:32:40It was this gentleman, Sister Evangelina.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44He's the captain of the ship you can see across the river.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47Ah. Well, I shan't waste my breath asking you a straight question.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50Because I won't get a straight answer.
0:32:50 > 0:32:54My English has limits. Mitt sprak ar Svenska.
0:32:54 > 0:32:58German. No sprachen, you're out of luck.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01The ship's sailing under the Swedish flag, Sister.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04No sprachen Swedish either.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06Has anyone inspected this man's papers?
0:33:06 > 0:33:09Nurse. This is no time to play the shrinking violet.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11It just seems rather irregular.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17How...is...the...mother?
0:33:17 > 0:33:19Ah.
0:33:19 > 0:33:20HE SPEAKS SWEDISH
0:33:20 > 0:33:24Very great scream. Every five minutes.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26That regular enough for you?
0:33:26 > 0:33:27Follow me.
0:33:27 > 0:33:28HE SPEAKS SWEDISH
0:33:35 > 0:33:38I thought it would be more like a hospital.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40No, not at all.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43Dr Turner's in charge, and the midwives deliver the babies,
0:33:43 > 0:33:45just as they would if you were at home.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47Will you deliver mine?
0:33:47 > 0:33:49Of course. That's why I'm here.
0:34:05 > 0:34:09I've never been on an ocean-going vessel in my life.
0:34:09 > 0:34:15Just shake your golden curls. Pretend it's the Good Ship Lollipop.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20But how do they get us on board?
0:34:22 > 0:34:26Probably just winch this boat up. Be a piece of cake.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29HE SHOUTS IN SWEDISH
0:34:34 > 0:34:36Very well.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44And now, follow me.
0:34:45 > 0:34:49I'm sorry. I'm not really dressed for gymnastics.
0:34:49 > 0:34:53Pull yourself together. No-one's going to be looking up your drawers!
0:34:53 > 0:34:57Um, er, important! We have bags.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59HE REPLIES IN SWEDISH
0:34:59 > 0:35:00Come!
0:35:22 > 0:35:25I won't waste my breath saying "after you."
0:35:27 > 0:35:30You can touch up your lipstick while you're waiting.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42SHE GRUNTS
0:35:57 > 0:35:59SHE GRUNTS
0:36:21 > 0:36:23My arm!
0:36:23 > 0:36:25THEY SPEAK RAPIDLY
0:36:25 > 0:36:27Leave me be! Leave me be!
0:36:46 > 0:36:48THEY CHAT IN SWEDISH
0:37:07 > 0:37:08SOMETHING THUDS
0:37:08 > 0:37:10THEY EXCLAIM
0:37:17 > 0:37:18Oh, Lord.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21If I've ever given you the impression that
0:37:21 > 0:37:24I don't believe in you, I absolutely promise that I do now.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55SHE PANTS
0:37:58 > 0:38:00I did it!
0:38:00 > 0:38:02THEY APPLAUD AND LAUGH
0:38:02 > 0:38:04One curtain call only, your bouquet's in the post.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06LOUD MOANING
0:38:13 > 0:38:15THEY SPEAK SWEDISH
0:38:23 > 0:38:25Auf Wiedersehen. Frauleins only!
0:38:27 > 0:38:28Shutsen!
0:38:30 > 0:38:33I am so happy to see some other women!
0:38:33 > 0:38:39Men, they don't know anything. Me, I don't know much.
0:38:39 > 0:38:44You don't need to know anything. Now we're here.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48I'm Sister Evangelina, and this is Nurse Franklin.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50- PANTING - I'm Kirsten.
0:38:50 > 0:38:54- What a pretty name! - Kirsten, now then.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57Let's have a little look, shall we?
0:38:57 > 0:39:00Well, baby looks nice and cosy.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04But I can't be expecting.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06Pinard, if you would Nurse.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11Obese. We're in for shenanigans, mark my words.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16Yes. Yes, a heartbeat.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19A baby?
0:39:19 > 0:39:22Kicking away to beat the band.
0:39:22 > 0:39:23A baby?
0:39:23 > 0:39:25Yes, of course.
0:39:25 > 0:39:26Are you certain?
0:39:26 > 0:39:30Yes, and a good thing too, I didn't fancy taking out your appendix.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33My father said it was a baby.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36He remembered my mother's cries, when she gave birth to me.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38Your father?
0:39:38 > 0:39:41He's the captain. My mother died many years ago.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45I want her examined internally without delay.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48Yes, Sister. How am I going to access the birth canal?
0:39:48 > 0:39:50She's wedged into that bunk like a sardine!
0:39:50 > 0:39:52I'm sorry to have to break this to you, Nurse,
0:39:52 > 0:39:55but you're just going to have to use your common sense.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57Sorry, sweetheart.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59I really need to put you somewhere comfy,
0:39:59 > 0:40:02where you can lie on your back with your legs apart.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04Would you tell that to my father?
0:40:04 > 0:40:07It wasn't so bad when he first brought me on board,
0:40:07 > 0:40:10but there's more flesh to me now than it was then.
0:40:11 > 0:40:16I have had men slide right off my body, and fall onto the floor.
0:40:16 > 0:40:17Men?
0:40:17 > 0:40:19The sailors.
0:40:19 > 0:40:20I see.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23My father always says there is no fighting on a ship
0:40:23 > 0:40:25when the crew have a woman they can go to for relief.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29He's got it all organised, hasn't he?
0:40:29 > 0:40:33He thinks of everything. You feel under my pillow.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35Go on.
0:40:39 > 0:40:44What an absolutely enormous amount of contraceptive sheaths.
0:40:45 > 0:40:49My father has never, ever, let me run out of rubbers
0:40:49 > 0:40:52and I'm free from disease and....
0:40:52 > 0:40:54SHE MOANS
0:41:01 > 0:41:03..and I cannot get pregnant.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06Help me up.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08SHE MOANS
0:41:12 > 0:41:16Your daughter, mein Herren, must be removed to a decent cabin.
0:41:16 > 0:41:21She needs clean bed, hot water, bright lights, soap and towels.
0:41:21 > 0:41:25Comprendez? And if he doesn't comprendez, do you?
0:41:25 > 0:41:28There's nae need to holler at me. I'm fae Glasgow.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30HE SPEAKS SWEDISH
0:41:33 > 0:41:35Sister.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38I don't know you've done to yourself but I want you on that chair now.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41I've dislocated my shoulder.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44I can feel the displacement, and I can't move my arm.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46I've a jolly good mind to give you pethidine.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48The pethidine is for the patient!
0:41:49 > 0:41:53And we'll have a bottle of brandy while you're about it!
0:41:54 > 0:41:56THE DOOR SLAMS
0:42:00 > 0:42:03I saw a horse have a foal when I was in the country.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05Did you?
0:42:06 > 0:42:09I sat on the gate with my brother, and I watched it happen.
0:42:12 > 0:42:17They don't do it like we do, horses. They stay standing.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20Or that one did.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23As though it liked the feeling of the sun on its back.
0:42:25 > 0:42:26SHE PANTS
0:42:26 > 0:42:28It's all right.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31SHE PANTS
0:42:33 > 0:42:36Try not to bite your lip, Molly. You'll make it bleed.
0:42:47 > 0:42:49It don't hurt.
0:42:51 > 0:42:55It didn't hurt the horse, it just stood there.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59Kirsten.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07HE SPEAKS SWEDISH
0:43:17 > 0:43:19Tak, Fader.
0:43:19 > 0:43:20Du fortjanar det.
0:43:20 > 0:43:24If I deserve it, why did you wait until now?
0:43:27 > 0:43:29SHE GROANS
0:43:31 > 0:43:34Thank you, Captain. Raus.
0:43:35 > 0:43:39I'll take over from here.
0:43:39 > 0:43:41THEY BOTH MOAN
0:43:43 > 0:43:45SHE PANTS
0:43:47 > 0:43:51- Not too late for the gas and air, Molly.- Nothing!- Sure?
0:43:56 > 0:43:58SHE SCREAMS
0:44:08 > 0:44:11Gosh. Plenty of room in here!
0:44:16 > 0:44:19Sister. Sister!
0:44:19 > 0:44:21What?
0:44:21 > 0:44:23I think we've got a prankster on our hands.
0:44:23 > 0:44:26It appears to have pushed its cord into the birth canal.
0:44:26 > 0:44:29- Prolapsed?- I'm not actually sure. I've never had to deal with one.
0:44:29 > 0:44:30Well, you're just going to have to stay calm,
0:44:30 > 0:44:33and remember what you were taught in training!
0:44:33 > 0:44:36In training, they said a Caesarean section may be needed!
0:44:36 > 0:44:38Well, we haven't got that luxury.
0:44:38 > 0:44:40You need her on her knees, with her head on her forearms
0:44:40 > 0:44:41and her bottom in the air.
0:44:41 > 0:44:45If I got her into that position, she wouldn't be able to sustain it!
0:44:45 > 0:44:47Well, you've to get the cord out of the way!
0:44:47 > 0:44:49If the baby's head crushes it on the way down,
0:44:49 > 0:44:51it will stop the oxygen, and it might die.
0:44:54 > 0:44:56You look worried.
0:44:56 > 0:45:00Oh no, that's just my silent sympathetic glance.
0:45:01 > 0:45:03On your feet.
0:45:03 > 0:45:05- What?- I need your chair.
0:45:05 > 0:45:08What you going to do? Put your feet up!
0:45:08 > 0:45:13Not my feet, Sister. Her pelvis. Trust me, Sister.
0:45:13 > 0:45:15You look like a lion tamer.
0:45:15 > 0:45:19Frankly, Sister Evangelina, taming a lion would be preferable.
0:45:19 > 0:45:21Now, would you like some more brandy?
0:45:21 > 0:45:24- No, thank you. I am replete. - Then I'll proceed.
0:45:28 > 0:45:31Sweetie, can you raise your bottom.
0:45:31 > 0:45:33As far as you can.
0:45:33 > 0:45:38Taking as much weight on your shoulders as possible.
0:45:38 > 0:45:40Like what...?
0:45:40 > 0:45:43It's all very well playing tricks with gravity,
0:45:43 > 0:45:46but how's she actually going to deliver in that position?
0:45:46 > 0:45:48RUMBLING AND SHAKING
0:45:51 > 0:45:53I think a boat went past.
0:45:53 > 0:45:56Unless it has an obstetrician on it, that's of no interest to me!
0:45:56 > 0:45:58And Sister!
0:45:58 > 0:46:02I asked you to trust me, because if you don't, I won't trust myself!
0:46:02 > 0:46:04And Kirsten won't trust me either.
0:46:04 > 0:46:08Yes, I am. I trust you.
0:46:08 > 0:46:09I trust you.
0:46:11 > 0:46:13Ready, sweetie?
0:46:16 > 0:46:18I am going to press very hard on your baby's head,
0:46:18 > 0:46:21but you need to stay exactly where you are.
0:46:21 > 0:46:23Ya!
0:46:26 > 0:46:29Feel for the pubic bone with your left hand!
0:46:29 > 0:46:31I'm feeling for it!
0:46:33 > 0:46:35SHE MUTTERS IN SWEDISH
0:46:35 > 0:46:37It's here. It's here.
0:46:37 > 0:46:39SHE MUTTERS IN SWEDISH
0:46:39 > 0:46:41Keep up the external pressure.
0:46:41 > 0:46:43What if I tear the sac?
0:46:43 > 0:46:48You won't tear the sac, because we're not going to lose this baby.
0:46:48 > 0:46:50KIRSTEN MOANS
0:46:55 > 0:46:56SHE SCREAMS
0:47:11 > 0:47:14There really ought to be some sort of a fanfare.
0:47:14 > 0:47:19The cord's slipped back, and I can't feel anything but the baby's head.
0:47:21 > 0:47:23SHE SPEAKS SWEDISH
0:47:26 > 0:47:29Lift up now, sweetie.
0:47:32 > 0:47:34RUMBLING AND SHAKING
0:47:35 > 0:47:37I'm wetting the bed!
0:47:37 > 0:47:39No. Your waters have broken.
0:47:39 > 0:47:42And you're now in the perfect position for delivery.
0:47:44 > 0:47:47Let's just put him on your chest a moment.
0:47:49 > 0:47:53Ritchie wanted a boy. Hope he's got his father's eyes.
0:48:08 > 0:48:11If he was like that little foal, he'd be up on his legs
0:48:11 > 0:48:13and running around in a minute.
0:48:15 > 0:48:18All through the flowers and the grass.
0:48:18 > 0:48:20I imagine he would.
0:48:22 > 0:48:27My mum says to me, "Moll, you shouldn't romanticise.
0:48:27 > 0:48:31"You shouldn't always go seeing the beauty where there's none!"
0:48:34 > 0:48:38But if I didn't, then, what would there be to see?
0:48:44 > 0:48:47SCREAMING
0:49:01 > 0:49:03SHE PANTS
0:49:15 > 0:49:18Come along, young madam.
0:49:18 > 0:49:22It's a girl? It's a girl!
0:49:24 > 0:49:26Shake a leg. It's your birthday!
0:49:26 > 0:49:29It's in shock. You'll have to smack it on the backside.
0:49:29 > 0:49:31No! Don't touch her!
0:49:31 > 0:49:33SHE SPEAKS SWEDISH
0:49:33 > 0:49:37There's no need to hurt her. She's doing it all for herself.
0:49:42 > 0:49:45THE BABY CRIES
0:49:45 > 0:49:47THEY CHATTER HAPPILY
0:49:51 > 0:49:53THEY SING
0:49:53 > 0:49:56# Ja, ma hon leva!
0:49:56 > 0:49:59# Ja, ma hon leva!
0:49:59 > 0:50:01# Ja, ma hon leva uti hundrade ar... #
0:50:01 > 0:50:04SHE SPEAKS SWEDISH
0:50:04 > 0:50:07# Javisst ska hon leva... #
0:50:07 > 0:50:10You've made the crew very happy.
0:50:10 > 0:50:13I always make them happy. It is my job.
0:50:13 > 0:50:16Well, if you intend to continue in this vein,
0:50:16 > 0:50:19you'll have to sort your contraception out.
0:50:19 > 0:50:21All of that can wait.
0:50:24 > 0:50:27I have lived without friendship for such a long time.
0:50:29 > 0:50:32But today, you came.
0:50:36 > 0:50:38And she came, too.
0:50:41 > 0:50:43So now I have a friend for ever.
0:50:50 > 0:50:52Hey, miss.
0:50:54 > 0:50:56THEY CHATTER HAPPILY
0:51:05 > 0:51:09There, there, little 'un. Don't make a sound.
0:51:29 > 0:51:31SHE MOANS
0:51:33 > 0:51:35Don't stroke my head!
0:51:38 > 0:51:39Nurse.
0:51:42 > 0:51:47You have, um, gratitude from me.
0:51:47 > 0:51:52And you'll have gratitude from me, sir, when you have a boat waiting
0:51:52 > 0:51:55for me, at the quay, at noon, every day, for the next two weeks.
0:51:55 > 0:51:57HE SPEAKS SWEDISH
0:51:57 > 0:52:01- Nej, uh...I cannot do that. - You have no choice.
0:52:01 > 0:52:05Your exploitation of your daughter has been shameful.
0:52:05 > 0:52:09And it's as easy for me to report you to the police
0:52:09 > 0:52:12as it was for you to call and ask for help.
0:52:12 > 0:52:13Oh.
0:52:25 > 0:52:28My shift's not over until I've seen you safely into hospital.
0:52:28 > 0:52:32Make yourself useful. Pass me the gas and air.
0:52:46 > 0:52:48Neighbour saw her coming back this morning,
0:52:48 > 0:52:50with the newborn in her arms.
0:52:52 > 0:52:54BABY CRYING
0:52:55 > 0:52:57KNOCK ON DOOR
0:52:57 > 0:52:59Molly? Are you at home?
0:53:00 > 0:53:03It's very dangerous, to discharge yourself from care!
0:53:07 > 0:53:12Welcome home! Do you want to meet your little brother?
0:53:12 > 0:53:13Yeah!
0:53:13 > 0:53:17Yeah? Come on, let's go find him, eh? Come here!
0:53:17 > 0:53:19DOOR SLAMS
0:53:23 > 0:53:25I'd do anything for her.
0:53:25 > 0:53:27I know.
0:53:27 > 0:53:29She'd do anything for him.
0:53:29 > 0:53:32I can't even tell you the things that people say.
0:53:32 > 0:53:36Ignore them, Mrs Gray. You know your own daughter.
0:53:36 > 0:53:42Yeah. I do. I wish I could turn back the clock.
0:53:42 > 0:53:44If I'd been a better mother, I could reach her now.
0:53:44 > 0:53:47It's Molly whose skills are in doubt. Not yours.
0:53:47 > 0:53:50It's all part and parcel of the same.
0:53:51 > 0:53:53I made a mess of everything.
0:54:01 > 0:54:06- MATURE JENNY - 'I called at Molly's flat each day, but the door was never opened.
0:54:07 > 0:54:12'It seemed she'd locked herself away in what she thought was love.
0:54:14 > 0:54:18'The truth was worse, though I didn't know it.
0:54:18 > 0:54:22'In thrall to her husband, Molly was leaving her children alone,
0:54:22 > 0:54:26'dosed with milk and alcohol so they didn't cry.
0:54:53 > 0:54:56'We knew nothing of her actions until disaster struck.'
0:54:56 > 0:54:58Please, let me through!
0:54:59 > 0:55:01Left on her own.
0:55:01 > 0:55:03There's another one! A newborn.
0:55:03 > 0:55:05Another one!
0:55:05 > 0:55:10- MATURE JENNY - 'In court, the couple were convicted of child neglect.
0:55:10 > 0:55:12'They were both imprisoned.'
0:55:12 > 0:55:15Looks like it was started by a fag end.
0:55:15 > 0:55:18'And that was the end of Molly's journey as a parent.'
0:55:23 > 0:55:25THEY APPLAUD
0:55:25 > 0:55:29'Meanwhile, Trixie, permitted now to go to work in slacks,
0:55:29 > 0:55:32'helped another mother to make a better start.
0:55:32 > 0:55:35'Pushed to her limits, she had flourished
0:55:35 > 0:55:39'and with her support so did the Captain's daughter.'
0:55:41 > 0:55:45A little goodbye present. Not gift-wrapped, I'm afraid.
0:55:45 > 0:55:46It's from the National Health.
0:55:46 > 0:55:48I'm Swedish.
0:55:48 > 0:55:49I pulled strings.
0:55:49 > 0:55:52And these are a very reputable brand,
0:55:52 > 0:55:55they won't fail you like the last lot did.
0:55:55 > 0:55:57I don't need them.
0:55:57 > 0:55:59Well. Not this week, one would hope.
0:56:02 > 0:56:04I'm going back to Stockholm.
0:56:04 > 0:56:07I will live on land, and walk on grass.
0:56:07 > 0:56:11And she will walk on grass, and her bed will be her own.
0:56:11 > 0:56:13Has the captain agreed to it?
0:56:16 > 0:56:19I didn't ask him. I told him.
0:56:20 > 0:56:23And I would like to say he said yes because he loves me.
0:56:23 > 0:56:27But I think it's because he's ashamed of himself.
0:56:28 > 0:56:31I think he saw himself through your eyes.
0:56:32 > 0:56:37I saw myself through your eyes. And I was pathetic.
0:56:37 > 0:56:42No. No. You were magnificent.
0:56:43 > 0:56:45I wasn't then.
0:56:46 > 0:56:48But I am a mother now.
0:56:54 > 0:56:56Liten flicka.
0:56:58 > 0:57:00MUSIC: "Friendly Persuasion" by Pat Boone
0:57:00 > 0:57:08# Come with me for thee I love
0:57:09 > 0:57:17# Thee I love, more than the meadow so green and still... #
0:57:18 > 0:57:23- MATURE JENNY - 'Love cannot ease every anguish in the world but tenderly applied,
0:57:23 > 0:57:29'it can transfigure fortunes, light up faces. Turn the tide.'
0:57:29 > 0:57:35# More than the buds of a May apple tree
0:57:35 > 0:57:41# I love thee
0:57:41 > 0:57:48# Arms have I, strong as the oak... #
0:57:48 > 0:57:52'Molly's children went to live with their grandmother,
0:57:52 > 0:57:55'who bought an immaculate pram on hire purchase,
0:57:55 > 0:57:59'investing in the future, whilst turning back the clock.
0:57:59 > 0:58:03'Her spotless house became a happy home again,
0:58:03 > 0:58:06'centred on a baby boy and a little girl.
0:58:07 > 0:58:11'There was pain, but she could bear it.
0:58:11 > 0:58:14'For her journey had come full circle.
0:58:14 > 0:58:17'They were her second chance at love.
0:58:17 > 0:58:20'And she was theirs.'
0:58:20 > 0:58:27# Put on your bonnet, your cape, and your glove... #
0:58:27 > 0:58:30Do you understand what a very great step you are about to take?
0:58:30 > 0:58:33Absolutely, and I'm utterly terrified.
0:58:33 > 0:58:36- Hello, stranger.- Oh, my gosh, Jenny.
0:58:37 > 0:58:40- What happened? - I did everything I could.
0:58:40 > 0:58:42You understand we have to ask these questions?
0:58:42 > 0:58:45Constable Noakes, am I being accused of something?
0:58:45 > 0:58:51# For this occasion
0:58:51 > 0:58:57# Lips have I, to kiss thee too
0:58:57 > 0:59:01# In friendly persuasion
0:59:01 > 0:59:05# Thee is mine... #
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