0:00:28 > 0:00:31Hello, love. Fancy some eggs today?
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Oh, not today. Thank you, though.
0:00:33 > 0:00:34'In the late 1950s,
0:00:34 > 0:00:40'the East End of London was a closely woven world.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44'A vibrant community, defined by ties of blood
0:00:44 > 0:00:46'and sustained by threads of friendship.'
0:00:48 > 0:00:50- WOMAN:- What?
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Yeah, and don't come back then.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57'We were part of the fabric of the district, needed, liked
0:00:57 > 0:00:59'and usually respected.'
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Are these avocado pears?
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Heard that? She had to check!
0:01:04 > 0:01:05With all her education!
0:01:07 > 0:01:10I'm not a greengrocer, I'm a midwife.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14It looks as though we'll be seeing you at the clinic soon.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16What's it to you?
0:01:16 > 0:01:17We don't hold with no clinics.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Oh. Are you seeing your GP?
0:01:20 > 0:01:23We don't hold with them neither, do we, Meg?
0:01:23 > 0:01:26Mr Culpeper, he's our doctor.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Nicholas Culpeper? The herbalist?
0:01:29 > 0:01:31He was writing 300 years ago!
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Yeah. Old wisdom.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36We don't need nothing newfangled, do we, Mave?
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Never have done yet, and we don't now.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42And not from Nursey No Brains who don't know an avocado when she sees one. You buying?
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Uh...I'll take four.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46- Two and eight.- Two and eight?
0:01:46 > 0:01:49- Eightpence each. Do you need a pencil?- No.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55The clinic's at All Saints parish hall on Tuesday afternoons.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57You can just drop in.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00We're on the stall Tuesdays.
0:02:00 > 0:02:05Sid! Sid! Get them apples over here.
0:02:05 > 0:02:06Then get us a tray of tomatoes.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10Then mind out the way, in case he mistakes you for a swede.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Sid? Get over 'ere and earn your keep.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16I'm coming.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19SISTER JULIENNE: The usual gift from a grateful patient.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21But I'm trying to sweeten a pill.
0:02:22 > 0:02:23Oh?
0:02:23 > 0:02:25The London Hospital is short-staffed again,
0:02:25 > 0:02:28and we've been asked to offer a nurse up for secondment.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30But we're short-staffed for the next six months,
0:02:30 > 0:02:32until Chummy gets back from Sierra Leone.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35But we have reinforcements coming, and they don't.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37They've had staffing problems on men's surgical.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42It's two years since I was on men's surgical.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Then you can use this as a chance to refresh your skills.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49Sometimes these arrangements can benefit both parties.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Take two.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Matron expects you at half-past one.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58And next week you're on night duty.
0:03:26 > 0:03:27Can I help you?
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Jane Sutton.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35I'm expected by Sister Julienne.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40- I'm Cynthia Miller. I'll take you to her office.- Thank you.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43I wouldn't mind a stint on male surgical.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46I got ear, nose and throat when I was seconded last year,
0:03:46 > 0:03:48it was one set of adenoids after another.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50How's Mrs Ritson?
0:03:50 > 0:03:51Little boy.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54And look - avocado pears.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56They were eightpence each.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Not near my sterilised equipment, thank you very much.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04And I've just taken someone to Sister Julienne's office.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08She had a case with her. I think we might be getting someone new.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11You're going to need them. I've just been seconded to the London.
0:04:11 > 0:04:12No!
0:04:14 > 0:04:17This is Jane Sutton, who joins us today.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Jane, you've already met Nurse Miller,
0:04:19 > 0:04:23but this is Nurse Lee, Sister Bernadette and Nurse Franklin.
0:04:23 > 0:04:24- Hello.- Greetings.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Another midwife, how perfectly marvellous.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29I'm not a midwife. I'm sorry.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Jane joins us in a new role, as medical orderly.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34She comes with plenty of experience,
0:04:34 > 0:04:36from assisting at St Gideon's Home.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39- That's an asylum, isn't it?- Yes.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Mental cases as well as incurables!
0:04:41 > 0:04:44I take my hat off to you - that must be perfectly gruelling.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46I'm sure it's very rewarding.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Nurse Franklin will show you to your quarters.
0:04:49 > 0:04:50And when you've freshened up,
0:04:50 > 0:04:53go to the kitchen. Perhaps Nurse Miller will have made a cup of tea.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Is this yours?
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Gosh, you must hardly have anything in it.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08PHONE RINGS
0:05:08 > 0:05:13Oh. Fred, can you show Jane the way? She's in Chummy's old room.
0:05:13 > 0:05:14A pleasure.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16PHONE CONTINUES TO RING
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Course, it's a big pair of shoes to fill,
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Nurse Noakes'.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26She was head and shoulders above the others.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29She didn't see eye to eye with everyone.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32But we all looked up to her, in many ways.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Now, one moment, please.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38There we are.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40All yours.
0:06:00 > 0:06:05It says here the thing for scourge of the bladder is marshmallow.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07I wouldn't mind a few of them.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09They've got them down the pick'n'mix in Woollies.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12I don't mean the sweets, I mean the herb!
0:06:12 > 0:06:15We'll have to get down Hackney Marshes, it grows there.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19They might have pills for it, at that clinic.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22The maternity clinic?
0:06:22 > 0:06:23It'd all be free.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25This book tells us all we need to know.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Or it would, if you'd let me concentrate.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Can't we just ask to go and see that nurse?
0:06:33 > 0:06:35The little one.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38- Nursey No Brains?- She didn't look like she'd be much bother.
0:06:43 > 0:06:44We'll go.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47But just so you can see you're not missing anything.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Yes?
0:07:07 > 0:07:08I was looking for the kitchen.
0:07:08 > 0:07:14Ahh, oh, might I venture to hope that you are in fact a cook?
0:07:15 > 0:07:18We are abandoned by the esteemed Mrs B every Tuesday,
0:07:18 > 0:07:20and must make shift for ourselves.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23This arrangement is very far from satisfactory.
0:07:25 > 0:07:30The stench of last week's spam is still clinging to my three-ply.
0:07:30 > 0:07:31That's very clever.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Is it Pinky, or is it Perky?
0:07:36 > 0:07:38I have yet to ascertain.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Well, it'll all become clear once you've knitted the clothes.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45Perky wears a hat in the general way.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50I would suggest we divert ourselves with cake.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56But since it is a Tuesday there will be nothing in the tin.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07'Would Dr Jones please make his way to outpatients.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09'Dr Jones to outpatients.'
0:08:09 > 0:08:11CHATTER
0:08:11 > 0:08:13PHONE RINGS
0:08:19 > 0:08:20Matron?
0:08:23 > 0:08:24I'm Nurse Lee.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30As you seem to have invited yourself to enter, Nurse Lee,
0:08:30 > 0:08:33I suggest you wait until I have attended to my task.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43Sister Julienne informs me that all your credentials are in order,
0:08:43 > 0:08:47- and that you are diligent and hardworking.- Yes, Matron.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49- Have you ever scrubbed for theatre?- Yes.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Supervised, or unsupervised?
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Only supervised, I'm afraid.
0:08:53 > 0:08:54That is less than optimal.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57The theatres are exceptionally busy at the London,
0:08:57 > 0:08:59especially with regard to general surgery.
0:08:59 > 0:09:00Yes, Matron.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Take this to the laundry,
0:09:03 > 0:09:06so that you can be fitted with the proper uniform.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09And you needn't look askance.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11They were designed by Norman Hartnell -
0:09:11 > 0:09:14- they're practically couture. - Yes, Matron.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21We can't manage without Nurse Lee!
0:09:21 > 0:09:25Nurse Noakes has only just left us, and Jane, who is most welcome,
0:09:25 > 0:09:29is neither use nor ornament without some proper training.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31The London's need is greater than ours, Sister.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35And I can assure you, Jane will be very useful indeed.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Luncheon is served.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Now that looks rather novel.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45Avocado pears. I found the serving suggestion in a magazine.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48It's a dressing of olive oil.
0:09:48 > 0:09:49What if someone gets earache,
0:09:49 > 0:09:52and we've used up all our medical supplies?
0:09:52 > 0:09:54I bought this especially. From Boots.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56And the pears are from the market,
0:09:56 > 0:09:58the stall run by those twins.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Meg and Mave? I think the surname's Carter.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05One of them is pregnant. I don't know which.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08One imagines their husband is equally perplexed.
0:10:08 > 0:10:09THEIR husband?
0:10:09 > 0:10:13It was the most unusual of weddings.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16Singular, in fact, in its very doubleness.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19The sisters walked up the aisle together, as though each was
0:10:19 > 0:10:21giving the other sister away.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26And their egress was not dissimilar.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Except a man was walking in between them.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33I am of the view
0:10:33 > 0:10:35that on the balance
0:10:35 > 0:10:36I should prefer spam.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Don't worry. We don't eat like this every day.
0:10:42 > 0:10:43I don't mind it.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50I say! You're not the girl we've borrowed for male surgical?
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Yes, I am. I'm Jenny Lee.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Patsy Mount. I was on late lunch and they had the porter fetch me.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59Mr Tracey's brought his ward round forward, and there won't be a single patient lying to attention.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Isn't it visiting time?
0:11:01 > 0:11:02It would appear he's forgotten.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06Or, more likely, he simply doesn't care. This way.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13Come here, let's have a little look, see what you've got.
0:11:18 > 0:11:19We're looking for a nurse.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25The small one.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30- Hello. It's Mrs Carter, isn't it? - Yeah.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33She's got scourge of the bladder.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Well, it's very nice to see you.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40There's a cubicle just come free. Step this way.
0:11:48 > 0:11:49We don't want nothing meddled with.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Why don't you help your sister onto the bed
0:11:53 > 0:11:55and I'll pop and fetch a doctor?
0:12:02 > 0:12:03You seen this?
0:12:03 > 0:12:06Yes, Meg. Same as you have.
0:12:09 > 0:12:10All lined up.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17They're just waiting for their chance.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Give those wheels a kick, we need to have them all pointing forwards.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25And there's to be nothing whatsoever on the lockers.
0:12:25 > 0:12:30- What about ashtrays? - Mr Gillespie! You know the rules.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32You can only smoke during visiting hours.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34If I don't smoke, I can't clear my catarrh.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38- I'll end up on the chest ward. - Just make sure you take me with you when you go.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Nurse Mount, where's the patient from B?
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Khazi. I thought he had the trots,
0:12:42 > 0:12:44but he says it's the other way around.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Even after that suppository.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48I'll give you a suppository if you don't button it!
0:12:49 > 0:12:51- Any luck?- I've told you.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54When I get lucky, I'll come out of there doing a victory roll!
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Jimmy?
0:12:57 > 0:12:58Hello, Jenny.
0:12:59 > 0:13:00Do you come here often?
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Ward round. Why is this patient out of bed?
0:13:06 > 0:13:09I shall examine this patient in the classic way - inspection, palpation,
0:13:09 > 0:13:13auscultation, percussion - whilst enquiring about his symptoms.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Any further abdominal pains?
0:13:22 > 0:13:24They've eased a bit.
0:13:25 > 0:13:26Any vomiting?
0:13:27 > 0:13:28Not since yesterday.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32- Any bowel movement?- No.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Any wedding nerves?
0:13:36 > 0:13:37No.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42It has been known for the prospect of the altar to bring on the symptoms of a grumbling appendix.
0:13:44 > 0:13:45Nurse!
0:13:48 > 0:13:49I shall spare you the knife.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52It'll waste my time, and make you late for church.
0:13:52 > 0:13:53You may pack your bags.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57I recommend castor oil, and a stiff Scotch for your nerves.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04You're going ahead with it, then?
0:14:04 > 0:14:05- The decent thing?- Yes.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Jen, did you think I wouldn't?
0:14:10 > 0:14:11Nurse!
0:14:14 > 0:14:19You're a little bit older than we'd like to be having your first, Mrs Carter,
0:14:19 > 0:14:22but we're going to take very good care of you.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24Just the usual test for today,
0:14:24 > 0:14:27then we can plan for delivery in the maternity home.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30Oh, no. We know what goes on in them lying-in places.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32Women die like flies.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34I think you'll find that in the present day, Mrs...?
0:14:34 > 0:14:36- Carter.- Both of them.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41Standards of hygiene are higher, and maternal death rates lower,
0:14:41 > 0:14:44- than they've ever been. - We never said nothing about hygiene.
0:14:44 > 0:14:45Or death rates.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47I've only got scourge of the bladder.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52He's just out to petrify you. Come on.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Excuse me, but you're standing in our way.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57All we want is to make sure you, and your baby,
0:14:57 > 0:14:59receive the best care we can give you.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02As long as we let you slice her up with knives? Come on.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08One of them wants help or neither would have come.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11And one of them doesn't, or neither would have left.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15They do seem very dependent on each other, even for twins.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Meg was the first born.
0:15:17 > 0:15:22She howled like a wild thing until Mave was laid beside her,
0:15:22 > 0:15:24then both fell silent.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30It's as well they clung so close,
0:15:30 > 0:15:33as neither we nor the doctor had the means to save the mother.
0:15:35 > 0:15:36Did she haemorrhage?
0:15:38 > 0:15:40I know not why you're asking me,
0:15:41 > 0:15:44since you once denounced my memory in a court of law.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50We buried her in the snow.
0:15:50 > 0:15:51I recollect that.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57Nobody is going to be buried in snow or otherwise this time around.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59But what we do have is an elderly prima gravida
0:15:59 > 0:16:02and what sounds like a touch of cystitis.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05We could help her if we could only gain her trust.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12We must try and visit them at home. And keep things understated.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15Where there is anger, there is always fear.
0:16:15 > 0:16:16Yes, Sister.
0:16:18 > 0:16:19Knock, knock.
0:16:21 > 0:16:26I just have to do your routine checks for the final time.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28If you have a fever, we can't discharge you.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30That would be a shame.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Open wide.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38If it means you can't ask me about my bowels, I'll gladly do it.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40I'm not interested in your bowels.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Is someone coming to fetch you?
0:16:48 > 0:16:50Francine.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53My beautiful fiancee, soon to be my bride.
0:16:56 > 0:16:57When's the wedding?
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Two weeks.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01As her mother says,
0:17:01 > 0:17:04we've got to get married before it becomes obvious that...
0:17:04 > 0:17:06We've got to get married.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10It does happen, Jimmy.
0:17:10 > 0:17:11I know.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17And if it had happened with somebody else I'd be more philosophical.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Hello, Francine.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Oh, it's you.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29I go to a different clinic now. The facilities are better.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33If you get a move on we can catch the number 23.
0:17:33 > 0:17:34It goes past the caterers'
0:17:34 > 0:17:37and I need to talk to them about the trifle.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40It must be rather fun planning a wedding.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43I could do without my leading man being locked up in this place.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Well, he's entirely at your disposal now.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Temperature and pulse are absolutely spot-on.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Maybe if we went back, told them we wanted the baby at home.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01They're out to get their claws into you.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03At least I'd know what to expect.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Empress reversed.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13It's the motherhood card. I don't like that.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Knives and blood. Surgery.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24And then the tower, which means destruction.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26That's enough now, Meg.
0:18:29 > 0:18:30Death approaches.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34The sky darkens, it's the end.
0:18:43 > 0:18:44Shuffle them. Cut them again.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46You can't change what's written in the cards, Mave.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58All you have to do is leave the delivery pack with Mrs Carter.
0:18:58 > 0:18:59Just the delivery pack.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01But don't hand it over on the doorstep.
0:19:01 > 0:19:02Just say, very politely,
0:19:02 > 0:19:06- that you have to hand it over inside the house.- Yes. I see.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Then before you leave, ask very politely
0:19:08 > 0:19:10if you might use the lavatory.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12We need to be sure the facilities are suitable.
0:19:12 > 0:19:17Jane does not require you to coach her in the technique of mendacity!
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Her soul is sincere and she will be trusted.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22I hope so.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24We have chosen our vanguard well.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Poor you, getting Tracey straight away.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41I'd offer to swap, but the lure of the prostate in theatre three
0:19:41 > 0:19:43is just too overwhelming.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46Still, it's only an exploratory laparotomy.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48You remember your general set?
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Yes, of course.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54Oh, dear. Nerves. Can't say I blame you.
0:19:54 > 0:19:55Look, what I always say is,
0:19:55 > 0:19:57"Get the first thing right, you soon calm down."
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Right.
0:20:33 > 0:20:38- Yes?- I've brought... It's...
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Penguins send you, did they?
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Brown paper? What's the use of that?
0:20:49 > 0:20:53- Waterproof. Saves the mattress... - Don't want it, rubbish.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57Don't want it, rubbish. All rubbish.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00And tell your cronies to leave us alone.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06You frightened her, Meg.
0:21:06 > 0:21:07She's out to frighten you.
0:21:16 > 0:21:17Scalpel.
0:21:21 > 0:21:22Have I misread the list, Nurse?
0:21:24 > 0:21:26It's an exploratory laparotomy, sir.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29- Then why have you handed me a 10 blade?- I thought...
0:21:29 > 0:21:31You're not here to think, you're here to do.
0:21:31 > 0:21:32Get me a 23.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Come on, girl, I've got a patient on the table.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Scalpel, sir.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Classic upper midline.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44From the xyphoid process down to the umbilicus.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Today, please.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Any thoughts as to which retractor I should use?
0:22:02 > 0:22:04Well?
0:22:04 > 0:22:08- No, sir.- Might I have the temerity to suggest a Richardson?
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Does that meet with your approval?
0:22:12 > 0:22:16Oh, step back and let somebody competent take your place.
0:22:16 > 0:22:21Gentlemen, please note you are here to learn from me, not Nurse.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30Nurse. Is something amiss?
0:22:31 > 0:22:33No, Matron.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35The operation was successful, there were some adhesions...
0:22:35 > 0:22:38I don't require a report from you.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41The details will be logged by senior staff.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44Now, I suggest you compose yourself and go back into theatre.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46- You still have work to do. - Yes, Matron.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49I also suggest that you pay attention to your tone.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56I'm sorry, Matron. I think I'm too used to midwifery.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00No, Nurse. You're too used to being the expert in the room.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03You're not in district practice now. You're in hospital.
0:23:03 > 0:23:04And we respect rank.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Everything is retrievable.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17- Sister... - You're all of you too profligate.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21It is as though neither war left the faintest mark upon you!
0:23:21 > 0:23:25Sister Monica Joan. None of these items is sterile any more!
0:23:25 > 0:23:27She just tore them out of my hands...
0:23:27 > 0:23:31Let us put them in the dustbin, and we can dispose of them safely later.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35Meanwhile, you might go into the parlour
0:23:35 > 0:23:37and get on with your handicraft.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41Why must you have me fritter my days away?
0:23:44 > 0:23:47You might invite Jane to come with you.
0:23:47 > 0:23:48You can keep her company.
0:23:53 > 0:23:54Come.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57You can advise me on Pinky and Perky's dungarees.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12'You know I'd invite you to the wedding
0:24:12 > 0:24:13'if I was allowed to, don't you?'
0:24:16 > 0:24:19I suppose I shall have to take that as a compliment.
0:24:25 > 0:24:26It isn't what I want.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31I don't want to hear you say that.
0:24:33 > 0:24:34Why?
0:24:36 > 0:24:39Because you're my friend and I want you to be happy.
0:24:48 > 0:24:49Then...
0:24:51 > 0:24:52..come out with me.
0:24:55 > 0:24:56One final spin in Lady Chatterley,
0:24:56 > 0:24:59before she and I go our separate ways.
0:25:02 > 0:25:03Are you selling her?
0:25:07 > 0:25:10Francine wants to put a deposit down on a house.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15No wonder you look pale.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24I can hear your watch ticking.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32I don't think we've ever sat in such silence before.
0:25:34 > 0:25:35Tick, tick, tick.
0:25:42 > 0:25:43Saturday.
0:25:46 > 0:25:47I'll go out with you then.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Hello, sweetie!
0:26:12 > 0:26:14I almost didn't recognise you, out of that beastly uniform.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18You've been shopping, too. New dress. Going somewhere special?
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Only out with a friend. On Saturday.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23I've just been for a job interview.
0:26:23 > 0:26:24New hospital?
0:26:24 > 0:26:26No. At a florist's, in Chelsea.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29It'll pay a pittance, but at least I won't be spending my time
0:26:29 > 0:26:32biting my tongue and trying not to wallop people.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34Do you mean Mr Tracey?
0:26:34 > 0:26:37You've been with us for a week and guessed in a trice.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39I think that speaks volumes.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Has anyone ever reported him?
0:26:41 > 0:26:43He's a surgeon, Jenny!
0:26:43 > 0:26:45Nobody knows which way he'll turn, we're all tiptoeing about,
0:26:45 > 0:26:47never able to say what we think.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Especially not what we think about him.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52It's as though we're all involved in some gigantic lie.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55And I'm just not dishonest by nature.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Nor am I.
0:26:59 > 0:27:00Shall we?
0:27:10 > 0:27:12KNOCKING ON DOOR
0:27:16 > 0:27:17Evening.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22I want to talk to the small one.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25She's not here. You'll have to put up with the big one.
0:27:27 > 0:27:28I come on me own.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33I slipped out and left Meg sleeping on the couch.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35She reckons she gets more tired of a night than I do.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37That's all very well, Mrs Carter,
0:27:37 > 0:27:40but you are the one who is carrying this baby.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42And you are the one who's going to have to deliver it.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46And the best place for that is in the maternity home.
0:27:46 > 0:27:47I don't want her upset!
0:27:49 > 0:27:53But I don't want no disasters neither.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55Cos that'd upset her even more.
0:27:56 > 0:28:00We go together, Meg and me.
0:28:00 > 0:28:01We always have done.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06Before we was born, we was a pair
0:28:06 > 0:28:09and afterwards you couldn't stick a knife between us.
0:28:09 > 0:28:14Well, Mother Nature has stuck her knife between you this time.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17It's not about you and her anymore.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20It's about you and your baby.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24And you wouldn't be stood here now if you didn't know that.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36All right, look.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39When your labour starts, you send for us.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42That is the best thing for your whole family.
0:28:42 > 0:28:46We will come to you. No ifs, no buts. Do you hear me?
0:28:54 > 0:28:56He doesn't want to do it, Cynthia.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00He's doing the right thing by her and I so admire him for it.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04But it's the wrong thing for him.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08But there must be something between them.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11Otherwise they wouldn't be in their present situation.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14They slept together. Obviously.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18That doesn't mean they love each other.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20I suppose not.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24Cynthia, the two don't always go hand in hand.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31For years and years, Jimmy was your friend
0:29:31 > 0:29:32and no more than your friend.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36You have to let him go.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40I'm not hanging onto him!
0:29:40 > 0:29:42Any more than I hung on to Gerald.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44And Gerald was married when you met him, Jenny.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46He was never within your grasp.
0:29:52 > 0:29:53No.
0:29:54 > 0:29:55He wasn't.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03Jimmy belongs to someone else now.
0:30:04 > 0:30:10Or he will do soon and if you can't accept that, things will all be...
0:30:11 > 0:30:13..out of order.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17I knew I had it tucked away somewhere!
0:30:17 > 0:30:21Aid To Theatre Technique by Balliere, Tindall and Cox.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24And what's more, it still smells of Norman Hartnell's In Love,
0:30:24 > 0:30:27which was the scent I favoured during training.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30It will go with your couture uniform.
0:30:30 > 0:30:31Thank you.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42Yes?
0:30:42 > 0:30:46I'm sorry, sir, but Sister asked me to do Mr Solomon's routine checks.
0:30:46 > 0:30:47Yes, of course.
0:30:54 > 0:30:58He'll be a new man by the time we've sent him home.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01One of the worst gall bladders I've taken out.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03It's all right, Mr Solomon.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06He was complaining of thirst.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09I'd give him a sip or two of water, just to keep him comfortable.
0:31:09 > 0:31:10- Yes, sir.- Thank you, Nurse.
0:31:32 > 0:31:33PHONE RINGS
0:31:42 > 0:31:44'Jimmy?'
0:31:44 > 0:31:45Jen.
0:31:49 > 0:31:50I can't see you, Jimmy.
0:31:51 > 0:31:52'Not on Saturday.'
0:31:54 > 0:31:56Not for a very long time, if ever.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03You certainly know how to make a big pronouncement.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05'I'm not making a big pronouncement.'
0:32:10 > 0:32:12I'm doing the decent thing.
0:32:15 > 0:32:16I see.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18'No, I don't think you can see.'
0:32:19 > 0:32:21But I can see...
0:32:22 > 0:32:24..if I don't say goodbye now...
0:32:27 > 0:32:31..I'll end up re-living something I want to put behind me.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38I can't make the same mistake twice.
0:32:46 > 0:32:47All right.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14KNOCKING ON DOOR
0:33:18 > 0:33:19Can I help you?
0:33:19 > 0:33:22It's Mave. Mave Carter. She's crying out something awful.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42This'll move it on. You'll see.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45Raspberry leaf. Ain't nothing like it.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48I don't want to move it on. Not yet.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54Hello, Mrs Carter, Mrs Carter.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56What are you doing here?
0:33:56 > 0:33:59Turning the light on, for a start.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01Culpepper says it should be dark in the birthing room.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03Yes, but that was years ago.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05I'm sure he would have felt differently
0:34:05 > 0:34:07if he had electric light.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09I need to see what I am doing. Leave it alone.
0:34:14 > 0:34:15Hello, Mave.
0:34:23 > 0:34:24What you doing that for?
0:34:24 > 0:34:27I'll need to listen to baby's heart.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30This is the 1950s, not the 1590s.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35Your sister needs to be in bed so we can examine her properly.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37She has to be in the birthing chair.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39Dr Turner will be popping round soon
0:34:39 > 0:34:41and if he sees your sister in this contraption he'll drag it out
0:34:41 > 0:34:44- from under her and chop it up as firewood!- I'll chop him up.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46I'm sure you'll do no such thing.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49You'll be too busy helping us with preparations.
0:34:49 > 0:34:50Who sent for you?
0:34:50 > 0:34:53No-one. We operate purely on telepathy.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03If it was that husband of ours, I'll kill him.
0:35:05 > 0:35:09It was me. I sent for her.
0:35:10 > 0:35:15Now please, Meg, hold my hand
0:35:15 > 0:35:18and let the midwife do her job.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23Breathe through it.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26That's fine now, you're doing just fine.
0:35:34 > 0:35:35You'd better get a trolley loaded.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37There's an acute abdomen coming into Theatre 2.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40Mr Tracey's been called back. It's a critical case.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43Patient came in by ambulance, the registrar took one look at him
0:35:43 > 0:35:44and referred him up to us.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47He says we're looking at peritonitis if we're lucky.
0:35:47 > 0:35:48Or if the patient's lucky.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50There's already signs of septicaemia.
0:35:50 > 0:35:51SCREAMING
0:35:53 > 0:35:54That sounds bad.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56It's worse than bad. We had him in last week
0:35:56 > 0:35:58and Tracey discharged him.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09- Jimmy? Jimmy? - I'll speak to Sister.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12I'll bring his notes, and make sure the anaesthetist's on his way.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14It's going to be all right, Jimmy, you'll be all right.
0:36:14 > 0:36:17It isn't, Jenny. It isn't! And I knew it wasn't all along.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19I just knew.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21Just try to breathe for me, Jimmy,
0:36:21 > 0:36:23and keep calm.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26Just keep breathing. Just keep breathing.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28Jenny. What's septicaemia?
0:36:30 > 0:36:32Evening, Nurse.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34Is this the abdomen?
0:36:34 > 0:36:36Mr James Wilson, sir.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38He was here last week under observation
0:36:38 > 0:36:39for a suspected appendix.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41Why was he discharged?
0:36:41 > 0:36:44You felt it was unnecessary to keep him in, sir.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47Nurse Mount has gone to fetch your notes.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50Very well. I'll need someone to scrub.
0:36:50 > 0:36:54- I'll do it, sir.- I'd prefer somebody else.- There is no-one else, sir.
0:36:55 > 0:36:56If I don't give satisfaction,
0:36:56 > 0:36:59perhaps one of your students can take over.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08Don't leave me, Jenny.
0:37:09 > 0:37:10I won't.
0:37:35 > 0:37:39I'll stand back, shall I, while you take the floor?
0:37:39 > 0:37:41I don't think that would be very wise, sir.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44- I spoke in jest, I hope you did to. - Yes, sir.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47Because insolence is a dismissible offence. Scalpel.
0:38:12 > 0:38:13Retractor.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25They always said they was born with a gap
0:38:25 > 0:38:27and that they filled it for each other.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31But you're going to have a little nephew or niece.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35That's her baby.
0:38:36 > 0:38:37She won't have a gap no more.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44I'll find somewhere of me own.
0:38:44 > 0:38:45Leave you three in peace.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47You don't have to do that!
0:38:47 > 0:38:50Everything's changed. Nothing's the same.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52It's not the end of the world, Meg, girl.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55It's the end of the way that things have been.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07Meg came first. She was no trouble.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09Me, I was the wrong way round.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14Our mother was our age when she had us.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18I was the death of her.
0:39:19 > 0:39:23Since then, it's been me and Meg against the world.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26And Meg will love this baby just as much as you.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32Now it's finally happening,
0:39:32 > 0:39:35all I can see is trouble.
0:39:35 > 0:39:36Oh!
0:39:36 > 0:39:38I really do think that on your next contraction
0:39:38 > 0:39:41you ought to try a whiff of gas, Mave.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44You might find it just takes the edge off.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46I want Meg.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49Soon. I should think she's busy making up the cot.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51It's going in a drawer.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54A drawer out of our mother's old chest, same as we did.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01Waters still intact. All going along like clockwork.
0:40:01 > 0:40:02Just the way I like it.
0:40:07 > 0:40:11Breathe deeply. In and out.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17Very well, we have an infarction of the bowel.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21So we'll have to excise and then resect
0:40:21 > 0:40:23using end-to-end anastomosis.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26I suspect the gangrene was caused by adhesions
0:40:26 > 0:40:28cutting off the blood supply.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30We'll need to start penicillin straight away
0:40:30 > 0:40:32or the poor bastard won't have a chance.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34I'll need two sets of Moynihans.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Moynihans or Parker-Kerrs, sir?
0:40:42 > 0:40:44Well, on the balance...
0:40:45 > 0:40:47..Parker-Kerrs might be preferable.
0:40:47 > 0:40:48Yes, sir.
0:40:58 > 0:41:02Don't push, Mavis, just concentrate on your breathing.
0:41:02 > 0:41:06We want baby's head to be born slowly. And here it comes.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09Don't push. Just breathe.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11Breathe.
0:41:11 > 0:41:12There we are.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17Baby's head is born.
0:41:17 > 0:41:21I want Meg. I want my sister.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23Would you like to step forward, Doctor,
0:41:23 > 0:41:26so you can hand baby to mother when it's born?
0:41:33 > 0:41:37Deep breaths, Mavis! Deep breaths!
0:41:37 > 0:41:40Come on now. You're doing really, really well.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46That's it, that's it, that's it, that's it.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48And there we are!
0:41:49 > 0:41:52Tiny, and completely perfect.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55Congratulations, Mrs Carter, you have a little girl.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02Meg'll be pleased.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04We never did like boys.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06BABY GURGLES
0:42:25 > 0:42:26Will you get her?
0:42:31 > 0:42:34There is such a thing as being ready for visitors.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36I want my sister.
0:42:36 > 0:42:40I'll go through and announce the glad tidings,
0:42:40 > 0:42:43and then she can come in.
0:42:44 > 0:42:49I want Meg! Why hasn't she come?
0:42:49 > 0:42:51She must have heard the baby cry.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55Sure you won't have a drop of something in that, Doctor?
0:42:55 > 0:42:58Go on, I'll indulge myself as I'm about to go home.
0:42:59 > 0:43:03So. All's well and you have a niece!
0:43:05 > 0:43:07Mave'll be pleased.
0:43:07 > 0:43:09We never did like boys.
0:43:14 > 0:43:17Doctor, can you come through at once?
0:43:25 > 0:43:28- Twins.- It explains the small first baby.
0:43:28 > 0:43:31And the slow third stage. No placenta yet.
0:43:31 > 0:43:36There was never any sign of twins. Never any inkling.
0:43:36 > 0:43:38You'll manage splendidly, just as you did with the first.
0:43:38 > 0:43:41I won't manage. Any more than our mother did.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43I want Meg.
0:43:43 > 0:43:45- You'll be absolutely fine, Mave. - I want her.
0:43:45 > 0:43:47What's the lie?
0:43:47 > 0:43:48Transverse.
0:43:49 > 0:43:53Mavis, I'm afraid baby's misbehaving slightly,
0:43:53 > 0:43:55- and lying sideways on, instead of head down.- No.
0:43:55 > 0:43:58Don't worry. Sister Bernadette's going to have it out in no time.
0:43:58 > 0:43:59The waters aren't broken.
0:43:59 > 0:44:02The presenting part looks like the right shoulder.
0:44:02 > 0:44:04I'm going to have to try an external version.
0:44:04 > 0:44:06We're going to need to turn the baby round
0:44:06 > 0:44:08so that it can be born more easily.
0:44:08 > 0:44:11I can't do it again. I can't!
0:44:11 > 0:44:14We're going to be with you every step of the way, Mavis.
0:44:14 > 0:44:15Trust us.
0:44:15 > 0:44:17This will hurt
0:44:17 > 0:44:20but I just want you to hold tight to Nurse Franklin's hand.
0:44:22 > 0:44:24Look at me, Mave, look at me.
0:44:32 > 0:44:34There's a girl. There's a girl.
0:44:34 > 0:44:39Deep breaths. Deep breaths now, deep breaths.
0:44:39 > 0:44:40Deep breaths.
0:44:42 > 0:44:45That's great. You're doing so well, Mave, you're doing so well.
0:44:45 > 0:44:47Nearly there! Nearly there!
0:44:47 > 0:44:48SHE GROANS
0:44:52 > 0:44:54Sister's turned the baby round, Mrs Carter.
0:44:54 > 0:44:56It's in the correct position now.
0:44:56 > 0:44:59We'll need to rupture the membranes so the head can engage.
0:45:00 > 0:45:04Lift your legs up for me, Mave. There's a girl. And the other one.
0:45:08 > 0:45:11You're doing really well, Mrs Carter.
0:45:21 > 0:45:24Pitocin, point five of a mil.
0:45:24 > 0:45:27Let's see if we can get a contraction going.
0:45:31 > 0:45:33The placenta is coming away.
0:45:33 > 0:45:35We need to get this baby out now.
0:45:35 > 0:45:36Mavis, come to the edge of the bed.
0:45:36 > 0:45:39She needs to be in the lithotomy position.
0:45:39 > 0:45:42Lift up for us, Mave. There's a girl.
0:45:44 > 0:45:46Knees right up to your chest, sweetie.
0:45:47 > 0:45:50Sorry, Mave, there's not much dignity in childbirth.
0:45:50 > 0:45:53We're going to give you some help, Mrs Carter.
0:45:53 > 0:45:56I'm going to deliver the baby using forceps
0:45:56 > 0:45:59and you just need to stay as still as you can until we tell you push.
0:46:00 > 0:46:04Keep those legs steady for me.
0:46:04 > 0:46:05Fundal pressure, please.
0:46:08 > 0:46:09- Ow!- Shhhh.
0:46:14 > 0:46:16SHE SOBS
0:46:18 > 0:46:21Grab hold of my arm and push with all of your might.
0:46:22 > 0:46:25Aaargh! Aaargh!
0:46:28 > 0:46:30- That's enough!- Get off me.
0:46:30 > 0:46:33No, Mrs Carter, no!
0:46:33 > 0:46:34- TRIXIE:- Deep breaths now, Mave.
0:46:34 > 0:46:38Mrs Carter, we are doing all we can for your sister and her baby.
0:46:38 > 0:46:42If you interfere again, you will lose one or the other.
0:46:42 > 0:46:44I can't rule out that you might lose both.
0:46:44 > 0:46:46- TRIXIE:- Come here, Meg.
0:46:49 > 0:46:53- TRIXIE:- That's right. Hold her hand and just try to calm her down.
0:46:54 > 0:46:57- TRIXIE:- Mave needs you now, Meg, more than she ever has.
0:46:57 > 0:47:00I'm here now. I'm here.
0:47:01 > 0:47:03Push now.
0:47:03 > 0:47:05Come on! Come on!
0:47:07 > 0:47:08Again.
0:47:11 > 0:47:12That's it, that's it.
0:47:14 > 0:47:16With the next contraction, Mave...
0:47:16 > 0:47:18I ain't got nothing left.
0:47:18 > 0:47:22You ain't giving up now, Mave. You got my strength too.
0:47:24 > 0:47:26And you take it.
0:47:26 > 0:47:28Cos it ain't going to be no use to me if I ain't got you.
0:47:28 > 0:47:30- TRIXIE:- That's it.- Again!
0:47:30 > 0:47:33That's it! That's it!
0:47:33 > 0:47:38That's it, Mave! That's it! That's it! That's it! That's it!
0:47:38 > 0:47:42- That's it! That's it! That's it! - Another girl.
0:47:54 > 0:47:55Mucus extractor.
0:47:59 > 0:48:01Why isn't it crying?
0:48:01 > 0:48:03Placenta's coming.
0:48:03 > 0:48:04Haemorrhage.
0:48:08 > 0:48:09Ergometrine, please.
0:48:11 > 0:48:13We need to stabilise her then get her to hospital.
0:48:13 > 0:48:15She's white as paper.
0:48:15 > 0:48:17We're doing all we can, Meg.
0:48:17 > 0:48:21You hold on there, girl. You hold on.
0:48:21 > 0:48:2350 mils of Ergometrine, Nurse Franklin.
0:48:23 > 0:48:25- TRIXIE:- 50 mils, Doctor. - Good. Now go and ring the hospital.
0:48:25 > 0:48:28- We need an obstetric flying squad ambulance.- Right away.
0:48:28 > 0:48:31- I'm going to have to try Eve's rocking.- I'll be as quick as I can.
0:49:17 > 0:49:18BABY GURGLES
0:49:18 > 0:49:19Praise the Lord.
0:49:53 > 0:49:55Give her to my sister.
0:50:07 > 0:50:09What you going to call yours, then?
0:50:10 > 0:50:13Little Mave, of course.
0:50:13 > 0:50:14Hello, Little Mave.
0:50:17 > 0:50:20This here's your sister, Little Meg.
0:50:26 > 0:50:28Oh, my goodness!
0:50:28 > 0:50:32Crisis over. Mother and both babies doing well.
0:51:01 > 0:51:03Tick, tick, tick.
0:51:03 > 0:51:04Yes.
0:51:10 > 0:51:13You're going to be all right, Jimmy. I promise you.
0:51:16 > 0:51:17I should have put up a fight.
0:51:19 > 0:51:20What for?
0:51:20 > 0:51:21For you.
0:51:24 > 0:51:25No.
0:51:28 > 0:51:29I'm standing by Francine.
0:51:33 > 0:51:34But you stood by me.
0:51:37 > 0:51:38Up there.
0:51:38 > 0:51:40I'm a nurse, Jimmy.
0:51:40 > 0:51:41You're more than that.
0:51:43 > 0:51:44Shh.
0:51:46 > 0:51:48You're everything.
0:51:49 > 0:51:51Always put up the fight, Jen.
0:51:54 > 0:51:56You never know what you may lose.
0:52:09 > 0:52:13We're like an officer and a sergeant the morning after the Somme.
0:52:13 > 0:52:16And that's not to say I see myself as the officer.
0:52:19 > 0:52:21I feel as though I should offer you one.
0:52:23 > 0:52:25Just a puff.
0:52:25 > 0:52:26Of this?
0:52:26 > 0:52:28Quickly. Just a wee one.
0:52:32 > 0:52:34Ooh, what are these?
0:52:34 > 0:52:35Henleys.
0:52:35 > 0:52:39Henleys! I loved Henleys.
0:52:39 > 0:52:41They were the kind my father used to smoke.
0:52:41 > 0:52:45I used to sneak one out of his desk sometimes when I was about 14.
0:52:49 > 0:52:50Thank you.
0:52:50 > 0:52:51You've earned it.
0:53:13 > 0:53:15Come in.
0:53:27 > 0:53:31Matron. I need to talk to you about Mr Tracey.
0:53:31 > 0:53:32Is this a complaint?
0:53:34 > 0:53:36No.
0:53:36 > 0:53:37But it is a concern.
0:53:40 > 0:53:43Mr Tracey is driving people out of that department.
0:53:43 > 0:53:46He is irascible and short-tempered.
0:53:46 > 0:53:47Nurse.
0:53:47 > 0:53:51You may continue only if you have something illuminating to say.
0:53:53 > 0:53:55He's making mistakes.
0:53:55 > 0:53:58You are referring to the acute abdomen, I presume?
0:53:58 > 0:54:00Mr James Wilson?
0:54:01 > 0:54:03When Mr Tracey discharged him,
0:54:03 > 0:54:07he missed out one of the stages of abdominal examination.
0:54:07 > 0:54:08You are sure of this?
0:54:08 > 0:54:10Yes, Matron.
0:54:10 > 0:54:12He missed out auscultation.
0:54:12 > 0:54:14If he had listened with his stethoscope,
0:54:14 > 0:54:18he might have noticed the absence of bowel sounds.
0:54:18 > 0:54:19Combined with vomiting
0:54:19 > 0:54:23and constipation that would have pointed to intestinal obstruction.
0:54:23 > 0:54:26It would have made all the difference to Jimmy...to Mr Wilson.
0:54:27 > 0:54:30I cannot disagree with that.
0:54:30 > 0:54:33He seems to have constant small lapses of memory.
0:54:35 > 0:54:37I've also noticed a tremor in his hand.
0:54:39 > 0:54:43In district practice, we're used to seeing a wide range of illness
0:54:43 > 0:54:47and I was reminded of symptoms I've seen in neurological disease.
0:54:50 > 0:54:52Including Parkinson's.
0:54:53 > 0:54:54I see.
0:54:57 > 0:55:01Mr Tracey reported to the hospital board this morning.
0:55:01 > 0:55:03He has had his own suspicions.
0:55:03 > 0:55:05He has taken a voluntary leave of absence
0:55:05 > 0:55:08so that he might have tests and receive a diagnosis.
0:55:08 > 0:55:10I'm so sorry, Matron.
0:55:10 > 0:55:12I know I need not say that this is all in confidence.
0:55:12 > 0:55:15- No, Matron.- I know, because you have intelligence
0:55:15 > 0:55:18and sensitivity as well as common sense.
0:55:20 > 0:55:21Do you enjoy district practice?
0:55:23 > 0:55:25Yes. And not just the midwifery.
0:55:27 > 0:55:32If, in due course, Nurse Lee, you wanted to come back here and start
0:55:32 > 0:55:35working your way up the ladder, I'd be very pleased to have you.
0:56:04 > 0:56:07- MATURE JENNY:- 'Sometimes only when bonds are tested
0:56:07 > 0:56:10'do we understand their strength.
0:56:19 > 0:56:22'There are ties that endure for a lifetime
0:56:22 > 0:56:25'no matter how frayed by fate.
0:56:27 > 0:56:32'We can walk away and pretend that we forget them.
0:56:32 > 0:56:35'Pain passes in the end.
0:56:53 > 0:56:56'Or we can step into the future...
0:57:01 > 0:57:04'..blessed and stronger than before because,
0:57:04 > 0:57:08'when faced with change, our love held fast and did not break.
0:57:13 > 0:57:15'Our lives were not severed but woven anew...
0:57:20 > 0:57:24'..and our joy not halved but doubled.'
0:57:43 > 0:57:45And you are...?
0:57:45 > 0:57:48The Reverend Applebee-Thornton...
0:57:48 > 0:57:49Jane.
0:57:49 > 0:57:53Is that Ruby's baby or is there something you haven't told us?
0:57:55 > 0:57:58'I knew, one day, I would encounter something like this.'
0:57:58 > 0:58:01But I feel so under-prepared, Sister.
0:58:01 > 0:58:03I bet you're a wonderful dancer.
0:58:03 > 0:58:05Is Jane agreed?
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