0:00:33 > 0:00:36- MATURE JENNY: - 'In the East End of the Fifties,
0:00:36 > 0:00:37'families tended to be large.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41'Somewhere far away
0:00:41 > 0:00:43'scientists were working on a magic pill,
0:00:43 > 0:00:47'rumoured to make pregnancy a case of choice, not chance.'
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Come here, let me sort you out.
0:00:52 > 0:00:53Off you go.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57'News of it reached us as from another galaxy.
0:01:07 > 0:01:12'Meanwhile, other scientists were striving to send humans to the moon.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19'To the mothers of Poplar, this goal must have seemed as reachable,
0:01:19 > 0:01:20'and likely.'
0:01:29 > 0:01:32- Morning.- Hello.- Hello.
0:01:37 > 0:01:43'It is tempting to look back and say that all women were courageous,
0:01:43 > 0:01:47'and that we met every challenge with courage and with candour.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51'But it was not so.'
0:02:24 > 0:02:26DOOR SHUTS
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Hello, princess.
0:02:29 > 0:02:30Nothing doing?
0:02:30 > 0:02:34Nah, there's a banana boat due in tomorrow.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37I've been promised a shift.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39That's something, eh?
0:02:52 > 0:02:54I've been right through her chest of drawers,
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Jane's gone to check the baskets in the laundry,
0:02:56 > 0:02:59and Trixie's looking outside, in case it was blown off the line.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02When? It's not wash day till Monday!
0:03:02 > 0:03:06Absolutely no sign whatsoever. It seems to have vanished.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08It's only a prayer veil.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11She can borrow one, from the mother house in Chichester.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13We suggested that, but she just put her foot down.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Oh!
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Excuse me! What do you think you're playing at?
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Take that off this minute, before you go to hell.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Ah, leave him alone! He's only being Batman.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Now we've found your prayer veil,
0:03:31 > 0:03:34you're going to have a lovely holiday, Sister.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38I have never understood this siren's call to idleness.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42Work cannot be laid down, to work is to pray.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46Ora et labora. If we cease to work,
0:03:46 > 0:03:48we do not speak to God!
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Yes, but, Sister, you're going to miss the bus.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53You and you, go and get on with your duties.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54Morning!
0:03:54 > 0:03:56BOTH: Morning, Mrs Clarke.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59A vicar's wife. In slacks?
0:04:04 > 0:04:06As I said to the vicar, helping lepers in Ceylon
0:04:06 > 0:04:10is all very laudable, however there are good causes here.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12In Poplar. Right on our own doorstep.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15But the proceeds from the fete have always gone to the leprosy hospital.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18The parish takes tremendous pride in it.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21The parish council has agreed that we can divide the proceeds.
0:04:21 > 0:04:26Half will go to St Anselm's in Colombo, and half to you.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29Or, more specifically, to your antenatal clinic.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33I see. Well, that's exceptionally generous.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35And obviously with two beneficiaries,
0:04:35 > 0:04:38we need to look at ways to raise more money than usual.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41We thought perhaps the sisters could have a handicrafts stall
0:04:41 > 0:04:43and organise a baby show.
0:04:43 > 0:04:44A baby show?
0:04:44 > 0:04:47Oh, it's the latest thing. Well, they had one at St Mungo's,
0:04:47 > 0:04:49and the takings on the gate went through the roof!
0:04:49 > 0:04:51They didn't even have a famous judge,
0:04:51 > 0:04:54which is where I thought we ought to push the boat out.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56I don't think we could attract a famous judge.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59Nonsense. No-one can resist a wimple.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Or a...or a pretty nurse.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Oh, I wish to goodness you'd straighten your face.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11You'll be on the seafront with a ninety-nine
0:05:11 > 0:05:12before you can say knife.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21What's the matter now?
0:05:21 > 0:05:27I think, I'm awfully afraid you must telephone an ambulance. Oh!
0:05:29 > 0:05:31I'm sorry, I think baby shows are awful.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34I saw the sweetest film of one on a Pathe newsreel.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Yes, but it's still a beauty contest.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38There'll be more losers than winners,
0:05:38 > 0:05:39and I don't think that's right.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Nor do I, really. All babies are beautiful.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44And all mothers are competitive.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47You've seen them round the scales in the clinic.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49I think we should enter into the spirit of things.
0:05:49 > 0:05:50We haven't much choice.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54Sister Julienne says we've got to find a famous judge.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Oh, film stars are ten a penny in Poplar.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Deborah Kerr was in the Co-op only yesterday.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03KNOCK ON DOOR
0:06:03 > 0:06:04Enter.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14I wondered, Sister, if I might speak with you...
0:06:14 > 0:06:18about something which is becoming a concern to me.
0:06:18 > 0:06:19Of course.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25PHONE RINGS
0:06:26 > 0:06:28'It's me. I'm at The London.'
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Sister Monica Joan has collapsed.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32'Oh what's happened?'
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Well, there seems to be a problem with her heart.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36I'll come as soon as I'm able.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Sister Monica Joan.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40What can I do to help, Sister?
0:06:40 > 0:06:45Change nothing. Go nowhere. Carry on exactly as you are.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49I really don't think I can do without you.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Mrs Nora Harding?
0:07:12 > 0:07:15I would estimate that you're about seventeen weeks pregnant,
0:07:15 > 0:07:17- Mrs Harding.- As much as that?
0:07:21 > 0:07:22I can't believe it.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25I can't.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Please don't be upset.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35A late baby can be a shock, but I promise you, from experience,
0:07:35 > 0:07:38most mothers come round to the idea quite quickly.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40And do most mothers have eight of 'em already?
0:07:40 > 0:07:44I've got one just a year old out there in the pram!
0:07:44 > 0:07:45Pass me me drawers.
0:07:45 > 0:07:50- Mrs Harding... - I said pass me me drawers! Please.
0:07:58 > 0:07:59Let me make you a cup of tea.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02When you've had a sit down and a chance to collect yourself,
0:08:02 > 0:08:04we can go through the usual routine investigations.
0:08:04 > 0:08:05Thank you very much, Nurse.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09But I've had all the routine investigations I need!
0:08:28 > 0:08:29Open up!
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Open up, you thieving cow!
0:08:33 > 0:08:38Open this door before I report you to the police!
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Will you keep your voice down? This is a respectable house!
0:08:42 > 0:08:45It's a fraudster's house. Two guineas!
0:08:45 > 0:08:48Two guineas you charged me, two months ago,
0:08:48 > 0:08:50and I am still in the family way.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52I didn't treat you for being in the family way.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56I treated you for stomach cramps with my mother's herbal remedies.
0:08:56 > 0:08:57Your mother's cabbage water!
0:08:57 > 0:09:00If you don't know how to keep yourself out of trouble,
0:09:00 > 0:09:03you want to try keeping your legs crossed.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05It's bad enough you lied to me,
0:09:05 > 0:09:07you keep your insults to yourself!
0:09:07 > 0:09:09And you can button your lip!
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Along with any other body parts you fancy.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17I've a mind to turn you in to the police!
0:09:17 > 0:09:19I am a licensed herbalist!
0:09:19 > 0:09:23- Nora!- You'd be the one in bother, if you were trying to get rid!
0:09:23 > 0:09:24Nora! What are you doing?
0:09:24 > 0:09:29Don't ask me what I'm doing! Ask her what she didn't do!
0:09:40 > 0:09:45It would appear to be angina... if it's anything at all.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47There's some suggestion that she's been acting.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53I can't go on holiday now.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55It would seem selfish.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02If Sister Monica Joan was pretending to have a heart attack,
0:10:02 > 0:10:04then she's the one who's being selfish.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08How can I go away with a clear conscience?
0:10:08 > 0:10:13You'll be worn to a thread, with me away, the clinic to run,
0:10:13 > 0:10:17and Dame Sybil Thorndike to dance attendance on.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21I will manage perfectly well.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Which doesn't mean that we won't miss you.
0:10:29 > 0:10:30Very well, Sister.
0:10:33 > 0:10:34I'll catch the three-fifteen.
0:10:36 > 0:10:37Thank you, Sister.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45All right, Cinderella. Let's see if the crystal slipper fits.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50She took our money, Bill.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52She took our money and it didn't work.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55I'm still in the family way.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59We'll talk about it when we get home.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01It's not a home.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Well, it's all we've got, Nora.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06We're all we've got.
0:11:06 > 0:11:07I know.
0:11:10 > 0:11:11Come on.
0:11:20 > 0:11:25Did I tell you? I foresaw this when I cast my horoscope.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28No. We agreed to differ on matters astrological.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32Well, I am proved the victor.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34I knew my heart would buckle.
0:11:34 > 0:11:39I have Aries rising and Mars in my fourth house.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42You have angina, which can be eased by rest.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44It was rest that undid me!
0:11:44 > 0:11:50Rest, and standing at the bus stop with more idleness in view!
0:11:52 > 0:11:56That sponge pudding looks awfully good.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02If I eat it, they will consider me cured.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06- They will discharge me.- Yes.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08And you will despatch me to Chichester
0:12:08 > 0:12:10because you have no use for me!
0:12:15 > 0:12:17It's spotted dick.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Desist!
0:12:22 > 0:12:24They will think I am restored!
0:12:24 > 0:12:28You are restored. At least, as much as you ever shall be.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34One way or another, you will be sent home to convalesce.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38It's simply a case of who gets to eat the pudding.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41Give me the spoon.
0:12:44 > 0:12:45Mm!
0:12:49 > 0:12:51I'll tell you what,
0:12:51 > 0:12:54I reckon you're going to need bobbies on horseback
0:12:54 > 0:12:55for that baby show.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58My daughter Dolly entered her little Anthony and won ten bob
0:12:58 > 0:13:00and a year's supply of Toddilox.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02What's Toddilox?
0:13:02 > 0:13:03It's like Brylcreem for babies.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Dolly always does Anthony with a little quiff.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09I'm telling you, he looks like Elvis in a bib.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11What are we giving as prizes?
0:13:11 > 0:13:14We won't need any prizes, if we can't find a judge!
0:13:14 > 0:13:16We're going to go through every copy of Photoplay
0:13:16 > 0:13:19and write down the name of every likely actress.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21I don't think you should to ask a woman.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23I think you should ask a man.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27It's women who'll enter their babies. And women like men.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30And why's that, Jane? Do tell.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32I don't mean...
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Trixie, you're an absolute beast. Ignore her.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39Perhaps we should ask the Reverend Applebee-Thornton to be the judge.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41Trixie, that's enough!
0:13:41 > 0:13:43I'm sure he'd be glad to.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45But he won't be able to visit for a while,
0:13:45 > 0:13:47because he's very busy with his parish.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49He is going to visit though?
0:13:49 > 0:13:50In due course.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54We're happy being pen friends in the meantime.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08I can't knit.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10I had a heart attack this morning.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14You had a touch of angina, and gave us all a fright.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17It won't do you any harm to finish off that puppet.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20Poor Pinky's been dangling by his trotters for weeks now,
0:14:20 > 0:14:23and we could do with him for the handicrafts stall.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29There's a whole colony of gollies in the tallboy,
0:14:29 > 0:14:31all in want of nothing more than stuffing.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34You would do better to turn your attention to those.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44I'll put the lamp on for you.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50The evening sunlight can be very tricky.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00CHILDREN BICKER
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Budge up, make room.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10No funny business, I promise you.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Won't make any difference if there was.
0:15:15 > 0:15:16Not now.
0:15:21 > 0:15:22We'll manage, Nora.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25We've always managed.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27You call this managing?
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Why'd you think I want to get rid of it?
0:15:32 > 0:15:36Why did you agree to try Mrs Pritchard and her potions?
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Because we can hardly feed the eight we got.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40But we tried!
0:15:41 > 0:15:43If it means we've got to feed nine of 'em,
0:15:43 > 0:15:44that's what we'll do.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Yeah, and then we'll have another one, and another one,
0:15:47 > 0:15:53and another one, until I dry up or throw meself out of that window!
0:15:58 > 0:15:59I'm sorry.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Oh, Bill.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06It's not like you ever have to force me.
0:16:22 > 0:16:23We have our fun, don't we, eh?
0:16:26 > 0:16:27- That's half the trouble.- Yeah.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Almost all of it.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37# Despite the fact... #
0:16:37 > 0:16:38Look, Louis Jordain.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42Doesn't he live in Paris? Long way to come.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49Right. Jenny, I've stashed a bottle of Advocaat under your pillow.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Thank you for telling me. What is it?
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Just a rather naughty version of egg nog.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58When you mix it with fizz, you get something called a Snowball.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02Who's this group? We should ask them.
0:17:02 > 0:17:03The Five Satins?
0:17:03 > 0:17:06That would certainly shake things up a bit.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10A troop of tall, dark and handsome Yanks coming to judge the baby show.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17What about Harry Secombe?
0:17:17 > 0:17:19He might sing.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23Spike Milligan won't sing and he's tall, dark and handsome.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Gosh. Is this alcoholic?
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Frightfully.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Have a Spam sandwich, if you need to line your stomach.
0:17:37 > 0:17:38What about Alma Cogan?
0:17:38 > 0:17:40We agreed we need a man.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45- Cliff Richard? - Oh, he's scarcely more than a boy.
0:17:49 > 0:17:50The door!
0:17:50 > 0:17:54The nuns will hear, and it's supposed to be the Great Silence!
0:18:05 > 0:18:06Mrs Clarke.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11One coconut shy, or the component parts thereof.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14Your chap invited me to bring it for assembly.
0:18:14 > 0:18:15I see.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18What do you say to Sister Julienne, boys?
0:18:18 > 0:18:19Bob a job!
0:18:22 > 0:18:25I'm sure Fred will be very happy to reimburse you.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Run through to the boiler room.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Ah, now, I need you to talk to Dr Turner,
0:18:30 > 0:18:34and to tell him exactly what new equipment the clinic really needs
0:18:34 > 0:18:36and he can then submit the list to the parish council.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39Surely we can see to that ourselves, save taking up his time.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42It would have more authority coming from a doctor.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45Oh, by the way, there is splendid news on the baby show front!
0:18:45 > 0:18:48There's going to be a publicity feature in the Poplar Echo.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51A man with a camera will be at Tuesday's clinic. Cheerio.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Hello, Mrs Harding. We met at the clinic.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Nurse.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Bit of condensed milk on it.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25Always makes him smile.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Anything containing milk is very good for the teeth and bones,
0:19:32 > 0:19:35but have you tried giving him a little cube of cheese to snack on?
0:19:41 > 0:19:43How many rooms do you have, Mrs Harding?
0:19:43 > 0:19:44Er, two.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48We bunk down in here with the youngest and the others
0:19:48 > 0:19:50top and tail next door.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54And your only tap's in here, and the lavatory's on the landing?
0:19:54 > 0:19:59Yes. It's shared, but we've got it to ourselves now.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Everyone else has been rehoused.
0:20:01 > 0:20:02Why haven't the council rehoused you?
0:20:02 > 0:20:05They say there's ten of us,
0:20:05 > 0:20:09and we have to have four bedrooms or we're legally overcrowded.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11And they ain't building four-bedroom flats.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15We'll book you into the Maternity Home.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19The facilities are excellent, and you'll get a good rest.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Can't be easy, with eight children running round.
0:20:22 > 0:20:23I don't want any more, Nurse.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Don't worry. As soon as baby's born,
0:20:27 > 0:20:30we'll arrange for you to have the proper contraceptive advice.
0:20:30 > 0:20:31On the National Health?
0:20:32 > 0:20:35The National Health doesn't cover contraception.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37But, as you're married, we can refer you to
0:20:37 > 0:20:40the Family Planning Association, which is a charity.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44But I tried sleeping with the kids.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46You know, keep me out of his way.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49Cos it costs no-one nothing, just...
0:20:49 > 0:20:50not doing it.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55But the trouble is, you pay for that in other ways.
0:20:55 > 0:20:56I'm sure you do.
0:21:03 > 0:21:04Those are lovely curtains.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08Oh, yeah, I had a cleaning job, when I only had my first two.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11The lady of the house was throwing them out,
0:21:11 > 0:21:13and she said I could have 'em.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17They're my better-time-to-come curtains.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Laughing at me now.
0:21:19 > 0:21:20No.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24BABY CRIES
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Bleeding rat!
0:21:30 > 0:21:32You get away from my baby!
0:21:32 > 0:21:35It's bitten his face! It's drawn blood!
0:21:35 > 0:21:36Has this happened before?
0:21:36 > 0:21:40Would it make any difference if it had? Oh, darling!
0:21:40 > 0:21:41Shhh.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47I think it's dreadful to waste your time like this.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Just tell me what you want, Sister.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53We manage perfectly well, in spite of the clinic's limitations.
0:21:53 > 0:21:54We take pride in it!
0:21:54 > 0:21:58If you can't tell me what you want, then tell me what you need.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00Very well.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02There are several screens in need of repair.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05And there's never enough hot water.
0:22:05 > 0:22:06Isn't there?
0:22:06 > 0:22:08We have to boil the kettle, for you to wash your hands.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12So a water heater would be nice, above the sink.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14And we struggle with these spirit lamps.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17They're so old fashioned and so fragile.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20They must break so easily.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Yes, and the wicks get damp, and they won't burn.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Dad!
0:22:27 > 0:22:28Yes, son?
0:22:28 > 0:22:32You're wanted at the surgery. Hello, Sister Bernadette.
0:22:32 > 0:22:33Hello, Timothy.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35I believe you've put your name down for the three-legged race.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39Yes, with him. We've been practising but I'm much better.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Which is actually quite awkward.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44Well, there's a crushing verdict! Come on.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57Doctor, can you arrange for me to have my tubes tied?
0:22:57 > 0:23:01We have to work within certain guidelines, Mrs Harding.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05And we can only sterilise in cases where it's medically essential.
0:23:05 > 0:23:10Well, it is. I could have another four or five.
0:23:10 > 0:23:11And, well, it'd kill me!
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Mrs Harding, why don't you let the nurse talk to
0:23:14 > 0:23:17you about a Family Planning appointment after baby's born?
0:23:17 > 0:23:19She's already done that.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22All right, darling, shhh.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27We could sew them up and stuff them.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31I think Perky's snout would still look quite peculiar.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Do you suppose she knows she's failing?
0:23:36 > 0:23:38Bandages.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Sister Monica Joan, have you hurt yourself?
0:23:40 > 0:23:42I could roll bandages!
0:23:42 > 0:23:46It is not a vexatious occupation, but it is essential.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48Especially in this district,
0:23:48 > 0:23:52where every geriatric shin is pocked with ulcers.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58# Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
0:23:58 > 0:24:00# Baby lover... #
0:24:00 > 0:24:01Are you sure?
0:24:03 > 0:24:05Yes.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08# Baby lover
0:24:08 > 0:24:12# When things go wrong you understand
0:24:12 > 0:24:15# You make me strong with your tender hand
0:24:15 > 0:24:18# Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
0:24:18 > 0:24:21# Baby lover
0:24:21 > 0:24:24# Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
0:24:24 > 0:24:28# I need you so
0:24:28 > 0:24:32# I was a vine without a rose
0:24:32 > 0:24:35# Now that you're mine my happiness shows
0:24:35 > 0:24:38# Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
0:24:38 > 0:24:41# Baby lover
0:24:41 > 0:24:44# Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
0:24:44 > 0:24:48# I want you so
0:24:48 > 0:24:51# Come swing with me
0:24:51 > 0:24:55# In my cradle of dreams
0:24:55 > 0:24:57# Come share with me
0:24:57 > 0:25:01# All of life's precious schemes
0:25:01 > 0:25:02# Rama-rama-rama-rama
0:25:02 > 0:25:06# To every heart one love will come
0:25:06 > 0:25:08# To never part and you are that one
0:25:08 > 0:25:11# Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
0:25:11 > 0:25:14# Baby lover... #
0:25:14 > 0:25:17I don't suppose there's any chance of your phone number?
0:25:17 > 0:25:20No. Not really.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23# Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
0:25:23 > 0:25:26# Come share with me
0:25:26 > 0:25:28# All of life's precious schemes... #
0:25:28 > 0:25:31Come on, you can do it!
0:25:31 > 0:25:34# ..To every heart one love will come
0:25:34 > 0:25:37# To never part and you are that one
0:25:37 > 0:25:39# Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
0:25:39 > 0:25:44# Baby lover I love you so. #
0:25:44 > 0:25:46You should have given him some encouragement.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49Girls do give men their telephone numbers nowadays.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51The only telephone number I have, Trixie,
0:25:51 > 0:25:53is Poplar 459.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56If a man rang up, he'd probably hear a nun saying,
0:25:56 > 0:25:57"Nonnatus House, midwife speaking."
0:25:57 > 0:26:00I've always found it to be a rather good test of moral fibre.
0:26:00 > 0:26:01As a matter of fact,
0:26:01 > 0:26:05the only moral fibre I'm testing at the moment is my own.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08I don't want a boyfriend, I decided that a while ago.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12Jenny, I know love has dealt you a blow, or two.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16But I really don't think you ought to throw your entire
0:26:16 > 0:26:17life on the pyre.
0:26:18 > 0:26:19I don't want to discuss it.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21Oh, well.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25That photographer actually gave me
0:26:25 > 0:26:27a rather triumphant piece of information.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30ATV are using the Empire Theatre as a television studio.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33And Clifford Raines is based there whilst they film his show!
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Who's Clifford Raines?
0:26:35 > 0:26:37He presents a variety show, apparently.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Although until the nuns get television, we'll just have to
0:26:39 > 0:26:41take it on trust.
0:26:42 > 0:26:47# Robin Hood, Robin Hood Riding through the glen
0:26:47 > 0:26:51# Robin Hood, Robin Hood With his band of men... #
0:26:51 > 0:26:56Stop. You need you to look as if you're riding those horses.
0:26:56 > 0:26:57Like this.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03# Robin Hood, Robin Hood... #
0:27:03 > 0:27:05But if I do that, the head comes off mine.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07You need to treat it a bit more gentle, don't you?
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Otherwise I'll give it to Friar Tuck. He's having to walk.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12You should put him on a donkey. Like Jesus!
0:27:12 > 0:27:14I'll have less of the blasphemy, thank you very much,
0:27:14 > 0:27:16this is a church hall that we're in.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22Nurse Miller, if we could have a few more twiddly bits,
0:27:22 > 0:27:23that would be appreciated.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Twiddly bits?
0:27:25 > 0:27:26Yeah, like Nurse Lee does.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29If we're performing at the fete,
0:27:29 > 0:27:31we need to aim for the highest standards.
0:27:35 > 0:27:40# Robin Hood, Robin Hood Riding through the glen... #
0:27:43 > 0:27:44- Evening.- Good evening.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46I have a letter for Clifford Raines,
0:27:46 > 0:27:49do you suppose I could pop through and hand it in to someone?
0:27:49 > 0:27:51You can give it to me, I'll pass it on.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54Oh, that's tremendously kind of you, but I'm a woman on a mission,
0:27:54 > 0:27:56and it absolutely can't get lost along the way.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59Oh, I shall be going in in just a moment.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02I only stepped out for a bit of air. On rehearsal days,
0:28:02 > 0:28:04we don't see the light for hours at a stretch.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08Like a pit pony? I do sympathise, I often work nights.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11- Nurse?- Midwife.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13That must be hard work. Round here.
0:28:13 > 0:28:14Oh, don't worry.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17I never wanted to sit on a cushion and sew a fine seam.
0:28:17 > 0:28:18Isn't that from a nursery rhyme?
0:28:18 > 0:28:21I must be spending too much time with the toddlers at the clinic.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23I think it's called Curly Locks.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27Oh, yes. "Curly Locks, Curly Locks, wilt thou be mine?"
0:28:27 > 0:28:30Are you wearing Panstick?
0:28:30 > 0:28:35Just a little, for the cameras. Mascara too, if you look closely.
0:28:35 > 0:28:39Oh, I daren't. I might be dazzled by your gaze.
0:28:39 > 0:28:40Give it to me.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42You go and brighten up the lives of your patients
0:28:42 > 0:28:45and I'll make sure this ends up where it should.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10I'm going down the Anchor, love. I'll bring us back a bottle of stout.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13- Make it gin.- You don't drink gin!
0:29:13 > 0:29:15I'm drinking it tonight.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17And I need a shilling for the metre.
0:29:19 > 0:29:20I've got a bath to fill.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22No, love, no!
0:29:22 > 0:29:24Would you rather I went back to Mrs Pritchard
0:29:24 > 0:29:27and gave her another two guineas we don't have?
0:29:27 > 0:29:31I'm going to get rid of it if it kills me.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35Because if I can't get rid of it, I'm going to get rid of myself!
0:29:35 > 0:29:36Don't say that!
0:29:36 > 0:29:39BABY CRIES
0:29:39 > 0:29:42PHONE RINGS
0:29:42 > 0:29:44Nonnatus House, midwife speaking.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46'May I speak with Nurse Beatrix Franklin, please?'
0:29:46 > 0:29:47Speaking.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50This is Clifford Raines.
0:29:50 > 0:29:51Oh, how very kind of you to call!
0:29:51 > 0:29:53'But what I want to know...'
0:29:53 > 0:29:55is, is this Curly Locks?
0:29:58 > 0:29:59Why didn't you say it was you?
0:29:59 > 0:30:02One has to exercise a little caution.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04But it would give me the most enormous pleasure
0:30:04 > 0:30:07to pass judgement on your charges.
0:30:07 > 0:30:08On one condition.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10And what's that?
0:30:10 > 0:30:12That you let me give you dinner.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17Very well. On one condition.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20That I'm the only one wearing Panstick and mascara!
0:30:23 > 0:30:31# Have Mercy upon me Oh, God, after thy great goodness
0:30:31 > 0:30:37# According to the multitude of thy mercies
0:30:37 > 0:30:41# Do away mine offences
0:30:41 > 0:30:47# Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness
0:30:47 > 0:30:50# And cleanse me from my sin
0:30:50 > 0:30:55# For I acknowledge my faults
0:30:56 > 0:31:02# And my sin is ever before me
0:31:02 > 0:31:08# Against thee only done this evil in thy sight
0:31:08 > 0:31:15# And shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly. #
0:31:21 > 0:31:24I need more hot water.
0:31:24 > 0:31:25It's coming.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36SHE SCREAMS
0:31:36 > 0:31:38It's making you ill.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40It's meant to.
0:31:40 > 0:31:41Just...
0:31:45 > 0:31:47Dad, I need the lav.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50Eric, you know where the po is.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52And shut the door!
0:31:59 > 0:32:01How on earth did you persuade him?
0:32:01 > 0:32:05Oh, I offered him the irresistible enticement of tea with nuns.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09And dinner with yours truly at the Dorchester.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16We're meeting up in Mayfair, and walking round together.
0:32:16 > 0:32:17Does Sister Julienne know?
0:32:17 > 0:32:19No. And why should I tell her?
0:32:19 > 0:32:22What I do in my time off is my own affair.
0:32:22 > 0:32:23Are you sure he isn't married?
0:32:23 > 0:32:26Marriage dissolved, as a matter of fact.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29I stopped off at the library and looked him up in Who's Who.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35BABY CRIES
0:32:41 > 0:32:42All right, love?
0:32:44 > 0:32:47SHE GROANS
0:32:48 > 0:32:49You stay here.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52SHE VOMITS
0:33:07 > 0:33:09Do you know what the worst thing is?
0:33:09 > 0:33:12I can still feel it, fluttering about.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14Hell's bells!
0:33:14 > 0:33:16It ain't worth it, Nora.
0:33:16 > 0:33:20Oh, I'm trying Epsom salts next. Then turps.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24I once heard of someone who did it with a pickle fork.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30I don't even know where you'd get a pickle fork.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33It seems like such an elegant thing to have.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45I will price the handkerchief sachets at a shilling.
0:33:46 > 0:33:50Eightpence will not appeal to persons of refinement.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53I have to say, I think that Nurse Franklin deserves
0:33:53 > 0:33:55a pat on the back for securing Clifford Raines.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59I'm only sorry she's not here to be congratulated by me personally.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01I'm sure she'd have enjoyed that very much.
0:34:01 > 0:34:05But she's out on her rounds this afternoon.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07We're all very busy at present.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10Well, I always say, if you want something done,
0:34:10 > 0:34:11you should ask a busy person!
0:34:11 > 0:34:14We scarcely have time for our essential tasks.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16Even I am put to the plough.
0:34:17 > 0:34:22And others seek to find respite in prayer.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26I am sure that's an overstatement of the case.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28Not in any way.
0:34:28 > 0:34:32You yourself are acquainted with the truth of it,
0:34:32 > 0:34:35for when you are not blanket stitching spout-holes
0:34:35 > 0:34:37you are on your knees in the chapel.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40Quite aside from all the ordinary offices.
0:34:40 > 0:34:44If I am, I don't see that that's of any concern to you.
0:34:44 > 0:34:48"But now no face divine contentment wears,
0:34:48 > 0:34:51"'Tis all blank sadness, and continual tears."
0:35:00 > 0:35:03Tea cosy - half a crown.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06Gosh, it's a bit of a squeeze.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09Well, I can't leave him outside now.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12Can I offer you a cup of tea, Nurse?
0:35:12 > 0:35:13That would be lovely.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22Mrs Harding, why are you taking Epsom salts?
0:35:24 > 0:35:25I had stomach cramps.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35Sister Bernadette, I owe you an apology.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40You asked to speak to me, and I was distracted,
0:35:40 > 0:35:43and now Sister Monica Joan has spoken out of turn.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45I didn't want anyone to notice.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47I didn't want to impose myself,
0:35:47 > 0:35:49to make any sort of demand on the community.
0:35:49 > 0:35:53It is not an imposition, to ask for help.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57And you did ask for help, and I have come to offer what I can.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12The truth is that I hardly know what ails me.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17I almost wish I was physically ill.
0:36:19 > 0:36:23I want to be able to say, "This is where it hurts,"
0:36:23 > 0:36:27because if I could list my symptoms, you could offer me a cure.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32But you can't. Because I can't.
0:36:32 > 0:36:36But we have made a start, Sister Bernadette.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39We're having a conversation.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44I think this is all that I can manage for today.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46That doesn't matter.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57You seem to be progressing nicely.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00How much movement have you felt from Baby?
0:37:00 > 0:37:02Enough.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07What happened here, Nora?
0:37:10 > 0:37:14Well I, um, I...I bumped myself on the handle of the pram,
0:37:14 > 0:37:16when I was getting down the stairs.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19Nora...
0:37:21 > 0:37:25Mrs Harding, I don't know what you've been doing.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27I don't know what you're hoping will happen.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32But I do know that if you carry on like this, you're more likely
0:37:32 > 0:37:34to hurt yourself than harm the baby you're carrying.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36That's a disgusting thing to say!
0:37:36 > 0:37:38Nora, it's a necessary thing to say!
0:37:39 > 0:37:42To kill a baby you practically have to kill the mother.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44And you mustn't even consider going down that route
0:37:44 > 0:37:46because you have eight other children to think about!
0:37:46 > 0:37:50I know how many children I have to think about!
0:37:50 > 0:37:52What can you know about anything?
0:37:52 > 0:37:53I'm a nurse, Nora.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56I don't have to experience things to know about them.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02There's only one way you can deliberately terminate a pregnancy.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04- I know.- Through surgery.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06And it's against the law.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13Nurse.
0:38:13 > 0:38:14Mr Harding.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18Perhaps you could get your wife a cup of tea.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23And try to make sure she doesn't injure herself again...
0:38:25 > 0:38:27..dragging that pram up and down the stairs.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41One pair of knitting needles. One crochet hook.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45We should've saved our money.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50We're going to have to go back to Mrs Pritchard.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55One, two, three. One, two, three. One, two, three.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58One. And one, two, three. One, two, three. One, two... Stop!
0:39:02 > 0:39:06I need you to look at him as though he's the most beautiful thing
0:39:06 > 0:39:07you've ever seen.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13No, no, no. It's no good. Something's not right.
0:39:13 > 0:39:14It's him, Akela.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18He's supposed to be Maid Marian, he don't even look like a girl.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21- He looks like a Cub! - They need costumes, Fred.
0:39:22 > 0:39:26The intention was to convey the ambience of Sherwood Forest
0:39:26 > 0:39:28in its nuanced manner.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30Their uniforms are green.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33You don't want to wear a dress, do you?
0:39:33 > 0:39:37I want to wear a disguise. Being Maid Marian's just embarrassing.
0:39:37 > 0:39:38Fred.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41This is one of those occasions where I find myself asking,
0:39:41 > 0:39:42"What would Chummy do?"
0:39:42 > 0:39:46And she would say that they need costumes.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56Oh. Good afternoon.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07Ten guineas?
0:40:07 > 0:40:09She says she always charges guineas.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11Like proper doctors used to do.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15We'll use the post office money.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17It was supposed to be for furnishing our new flat.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23We're never going to get a new flat, are we?
0:40:26 > 0:40:28And do you know what? We're £2 short!
0:40:28 > 0:40:30We've got nothing to sell.
0:40:32 > 0:40:33Yes, we have.
0:40:35 > 0:40:36No.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41Would it make me any less of a wife to you?
0:40:50 > 0:40:51If we sell it, will we have enough?
0:40:54 > 0:40:57I'll bloody make sure we've got enough!
0:41:06 > 0:41:09Clifford Raines is certainly helping to sell tickets.
0:41:09 > 0:41:13Mrs Clarke says we'll end up with much more than a water heater!
0:41:13 > 0:41:16I overheard Sister Julienne talking about a moped.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18Moped? You mean motorbike?
0:41:18 > 0:41:20The midwives in Deptford are using them.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22I don't like the idea of it.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25Still. Mothers and babies first, I suppose.
0:41:25 > 0:41:30When do you suppose babies became so very precious?
0:41:30 > 0:41:32What do you mean, Sister Monica Joan?
0:41:32 > 0:41:35Well, once they played naked in gutters,
0:41:35 > 0:41:40or balanced on the hips of siblings scarcely older than themselves.
0:41:40 > 0:41:45Are they more valued now because they can survive...
0:41:46 > 0:41:50..or do they survive because they are more valued?
0:41:52 > 0:41:53I don't know, Sister.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57It's heartbreaking.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59She saw so much.
0:41:59 > 0:42:03If only we could find her something real to do.
0:42:03 > 0:42:04I don't know.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09I put the hot water on, like you said.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11We'll need you on the table.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14Miriam, clear those plates off it and cover it with the rubber.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17Then hang up a sheet, give the lady some privacy.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22Let's get the unsavoury bit out of the way first, shall we?
0:42:22 > 0:42:24We did agree on guineas.
0:42:29 > 0:42:30Lock and bolt the door, dear.
0:42:38 > 0:42:42MUSIC: "Blue Moon" performed by Elvis Presley
0:42:42 > 0:42:44# You saw me standing alone
0:42:47 > 0:42:51# Without a dream in my heart
0:42:52 > 0:42:57# Without a love of my own... #
0:43:00 > 0:43:03I need more of the knock-out potion.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09That's the way. Take the edge off.
0:43:15 > 0:43:16On your back, knees drawn up.
0:43:30 > 0:43:32Miriam'll keep you in the right position.
0:43:32 > 0:43:34You let her lean her weight on you.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43NORA GASPS IN PAIN
0:43:44 > 0:43:46# Blue moon
0:43:47 > 0:43:50# You saw me standing alone... #
0:43:53 > 0:43:55NORA CRIES OUT
0:44:03 > 0:44:06SHE SOBS AND WHIMPERS
0:44:14 > 0:44:17Get her onto the bed, and sort out a towel.
0:44:28 > 0:44:31Did it... Did it go away?
0:44:31 > 0:44:33It will do. Might take a day or so.
0:44:35 > 0:44:37It won't live, will it?
0:44:37 > 0:44:40No. You've worked up a lovely flow of blood.
0:44:41 > 0:44:43Very cleansing.
0:45:06 > 0:45:08Do let me take your coat.
0:45:08 > 0:45:11My housekeeper's just had to nip downstairs,
0:45:11 > 0:45:14there's been some sort of contretemps over the hors d'oeuvres.
0:45:14 > 0:45:16Aren't we going out to dine?
0:45:16 > 0:45:21Ah. The, er, Dorchester was unable to offer me a private room tonight.
0:45:21 > 0:45:23And people do rather tend to gawp,
0:45:23 > 0:45:25- now that the show is doing so well on air.- Of course.
0:45:25 > 0:45:27Besides, before all this,
0:45:27 > 0:45:31I was a cocktail waiter at a rather discreet little place in Soho.
0:45:31 > 0:45:34My Sidecars knock the Dorch's into a cocked hat.
0:45:37 > 0:45:39GLASSES CLINK
0:45:40 > 0:45:42I got them in that second-hand shop.
0:45:42 > 0:45:45They were just being put in the window when I walked past.
0:45:45 > 0:45:48It seems almost sacrilegious!
0:45:48 > 0:45:51The hooks and tapes are still attached.
0:45:51 > 0:45:55Scarlett O'Hara made a lovely outfit from curtains in Gone With The Wind
0:45:55 > 0:45:57and nobody sent her to hell.
0:46:00 > 0:46:02- Gosh. They're rather smart.- I know.
0:46:02 > 0:46:04I paid over a pound.
0:46:07 > 0:46:10MUFFLED MUSIC FROM RADIO
0:46:19 > 0:46:21- Can I get you another?- Perhaps not.
0:46:21 > 0:46:23It was hardly one of those mimsy-pimsy affairs
0:46:23 > 0:46:26one can write off as mostly umbrella.
0:46:26 > 0:46:28Well...
0:46:28 > 0:46:32I must say, you are looking rather fetchingly relaxed.
0:46:34 > 0:46:36Move your hand, please.
0:46:41 > 0:46:42That wasn't what I meant.
0:46:42 > 0:46:45Oh, I think we both know you were being playful.
0:46:45 > 0:46:49And you know how much a man must like that.
0:47:08 > 0:47:10DOORBELL RINGS
0:47:10 > 0:47:13DOORBELL CONTINUES
0:47:13 > 0:47:15HAMMERING AT DOOR
0:47:24 > 0:47:26TRIXIE SOBS
0:47:27 > 0:47:30What happened?
0:47:30 > 0:47:31What happened?
0:47:34 > 0:47:38All the way home, I was running through the story in my head!
0:47:40 > 0:47:42What I said. Where I sat.
0:47:42 > 0:47:44What he said.
0:47:45 > 0:47:48And I was stupid, and naive,
0:47:48 > 0:47:50and I hate myself for any part I played in it!
0:47:50 > 0:47:53You have nothing to be ashamed of, Trixie!
0:47:53 > 0:47:55I have plenty to be embarrassed about!
0:47:55 > 0:47:57Don't you dare take any sort of blame!
0:47:57 > 0:48:01I knew what was going through my mind, Cynthia!
0:48:01 > 0:48:05I felt special, because a man was paying me attention.
0:48:05 > 0:48:07And I thought the power was all mine!
0:48:07 > 0:48:09Drink this.
0:48:09 > 0:48:11And I can either put some Advocaat in it,
0:48:11 > 0:48:13or fetch you a couple of aspirin.
0:48:13 > 0:48:15Advocaat.
0:48:15 > 0:48:17And bring the whole bottle.
0:48:23 > 0:48:26Perhaps we should run away and open a hospital together.
0:48:28 > 0:48:31Matrons in Charge, Virgins of Iron.
0:48:31 > 0:48:34Just don't ask me to go anywhere near the men's ward.
0:48:34 > 0:48:36You don't mean it.
0:48:36 > 0:48:37I mean it tonight.
0:48:41 > 0:48:46MUSIC: "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair" from South Pacific
0:48:46 > 0:48:49# I'm gonna wash that man right outta my hair
0:48:49 > 0:48:52# I'm gonna wash that man right outta my hair
0:48:52 > 0:48:56# And send him on his way Get the picture?
0:48:56 > 0:48:59# I'm gonna wave that man right outta my arms
0:48:59 > 0:49:02# I'm gonna wave that man right outta my arms
0:49:02 > 0:49:05# I'm gonna wave that man right outta my arms
0:49:05 > 0:49:08# And send him on his way. #
0:49:09 > 0:49:11We're going to be late.
0:49:11 > 0:49:15If we're late for Robin Hood, Akela's going to clump you one.
0:49:15 > 0:49:17Go on. Go on ahead.
0:49:17 > 0:49:20- Can I have a go?- It's mine! - You've got to share!
0:49:24 > 0:49:26Love.
0:49:26 > 0:49:27You look terrible.
0:49:27 > 0:49:30It's the right sort of terrible.
0:49:30 > 0:49:32It's working, Bill.
0:49:32 > 0:49:34It's what we wanted.
0:49:34 > 0:49:36I just wish we could tell someone.
0:49:36 > 0:49:37No.
0:49:38 > 0:49:40No...
0:49:40 > 0:49:42Take the kids out. All of them.
0:49:51 > 0:49:53Hello! Would you like a balloon?
0:49:54 > 0:49:55Where's your mummy?
0:49:55 > 0:49:57Her mother ain't here.
0:49:59 > 0:50:03Isn't she well? I'm due to pop in on her later in the week.
0:50:03 > 0:50:07- You needn't bother.- She's entitled to weekly visits, Mr Harding.
0:50:09 > 0:50:11She ain't going to need 'em.
0:50:11 > 0:50:13Not now.
0:50:19 > 0:50:21Sister Julienne?
0:50:22 > 0:50:23Sister Julienne!
0:50:30 > 0:50:32Nora?
0:50:32 > 0:50:34Nora, can you hear me? Nora?
0:50:37 > 0:50:39Has it come away?
0:50:40 > 0:50:41Yes.
0:50:43 > 0:50:46Who did this, Nora? Have you tried to do it yourself?
0:50:48 > 0:50:51I didn't think it would work if I did it myself.
0:50:51 > 0:50:55Spread a towel on the bed, and help me to lift her on it.
0:50:55 > 0:50:59She's suffered a massive blood loss, and has a significant fever.
0:50:59 > 0:51:04Whatever instrument was used, it was bound to have been filthy.
0:51:06 > 0:51:09We're going to have to send for help.
0:51:09 > 0:51:11But what she's done is illegal...
0:51:13 > 0:51:15Do you think I haven't seen this before, Nurse?
0:51:15 > 0:51:18Go to the fete, ask Dr Turner to come at once.
0:51:18 > 0:51:21Tell him that a woman has had a miscarriage
0:51:21 > 0:51:22and that we need an ambulance.
0:51:27 > 0:51:31# Robin Hood, Robin Hood Riding through the glen
0:51:31 > 0:51:35# Robin Hood, Robin Hood With his band of men
0:51:35 > 0:51:37# Feared by the bad
0:51:37 > 0:51:39# Loved by the good
0:51:39 > 0:51:45# Robin Hood Robin Hood, Robin Hood!
0:51:45 > 0:51:49# He called the greatest archers to a tavern on the green
0:51:49 > 0:51:53# They vowed to help the people of the king
0:51:53 > 0:51:57# They handled all the troubles on the English country scene
0:51:57 > 0:52:00# And still found plenty of time to sing. #
0:52:15 > 0:52:17I should have gone with her. I was her midwife.
0:52:17 > 0:52:21Dr Turner suspects a perforation of the uterus.
0:52:21 > 0:52:22She needs specialist care,
0:52:22 > 0:52:26and we cannot afford to have her children come home and see any trace of what has passed.
0:52:26 > 0:52:29Boil some water, so we can scrub the lino.
0:52:35 > 0:52:39I knew, Sister. I knew she wanted to get rid of it.
0:52:39 > 0:52:42Nurse, the world is full of people who want to be rid of children
0:52:42 > 0:52:46they cannot afford to feed and haven't the energy to nurture.
0:52:46 > 0:52:48We can only give love, and encouragement
0:52:48 > 0:52:51and warning,
0:52:51 > 0:52:56and pray they do not seek to buy the kind of "help" they really want.
0:52:56 > 0:52:59She kept asking for help that we couldn't give her.
0:53:00 > 0:53:03For contraception, for sterilisation, even.
0:53:03 > 0:53:06I warned her against trying to do anything herself! I warned her
0:53:06 > 0:53:09and seem to have sent her straight to the butcher that did that!
0:53:10 > 0:53:12What should I have done?
0:53:12 > 0:53:15Should I have pretended I hadn't heard,
0:53:15 > 0:53:16that I didn't know what she was doing?
0:53:16 > 0:53:18Because that would have been easy!
0:53:18 > 0:53:20And she would have done it anyway.
0:53:21 > 0:53:24LAUGHING, CHEERING
0:53:24 > 0:53:27Come on, Sister, come on!
0:53:27 > 0:53:29Come on, Timothy!
0:53:29 > 0:53:31Come on, Sister!
0:53:33 > 0:53:34We won!
0:53:34 > 0:53:37Timothy. You can't go anywhere. Now hold still!
0:53:45 > 0:53:46Thank you, Doctor.
0:53:48 > 0:53:50You've hurt your hand.
0:53:50 > 0:53:53Oh! Well, I'm sure there's no need to amputate.
0:53:53 > 0:53:54If you'll excuse me.
0:54:12 > 0:54:15Would you like me to have a look at that?
0:54:16 > 0:54:18Yes.
0:54:47 > 0:54:49I'm sorry.
0:54:50 > 0:54:51That was unforgivable.
0:54:51 > 0:54:55Who is it who decides what is forgivable and unforgivable?
0:54:55 > 0:54:58I think you know that better than I do.
0:55:00 > 0:55:02At this moment, I only know...
0:55:04 > 0:55:07..that I am not turning my back on you because of you.
0:55:07 > 0:55:09I am doing it because of Him.
0:55:12 > 0:55:17And if I didn't accept that, I wouldn't deserve to live.
0:55:30 > 0:55:37At a time when babies have never been healthier, stronger or better fed,
0:55:37 > 0:55:40it seems appropriate that they should only be judged
0:55:40 > 0:55:43by someone of the very highest calibre,
0:55:43 > 0:55:46which is why I am sorry to tell you
0:55:46 > 0:55:49that I have just received a telephone message
0:55:49 > 0:55:53saying that the television personality Clifford Raines
0:55:53 > 0:55:56is not able to be with us this afternoon.
0:55:56 > 0:55:58- DISAPPOINTED SIGHS - Bloody beast!
0:56:10 > 0:56:13So we have therefore decided
0:56:13 > 0:56:19to pass the honour onto someone whose lifetime's work
0:56:19 > 0:56:22means that they're better qualified than anyone else alive
0:56:22 > 0:56:26to decide which of these beautiful babies should go home with a prize.
0:56:29 > 0:56:31I give you Sister Monica Joan,
0:56:31 > 0:56:34of the order of St Raymond Nonnatus.
0:56:34 > 0:56:36CHEERING
0:56:42 > 0:56:44Come on, Sister!
0:56:46 > 0:56:49MUSIC: "If I Loved You" from Carousel
0:56:51 > 0:56:56# If I loved you
0:56:57 > 0:57:02# Time and again I would try to say... #
0:57:04 > 0:57:06- MATURE JENNY:- 'In Nonnatus House,
0:57:06 > 0:57:09'we were good at tending each other's wounds
0:57:09 > 0:57:13'and there were times when I felt we were all each other's children.
0:57:18 > 0:57:24'The butchered termination of Nora Harding's last, unendurable pregnancy
0:57:24 > 0:57:28'gave her septicaemia, and left her in a coma.
0:57:28 > 0:57:32'Her family were brought to her bed to say goodbye.'
0:57:37 > 0:57:40BOYS SHOUT
0:57:40 > 0:57:42'Bill Harding reapplied to the Council,
0:57:42 > 0:57:47'and was offered a new home in Harlow, 30 miles from London,
0:57:47 > 0:57:49'where there were green fields and bigger houses.'
0:57:49 > 0:57:51Come on, you! We're nearly there!
0:57:53 > 0:57:59'Nora's life was saved by doctors who asked no questions.
0:57:59 > 0:58:02'She never conceived again.
0:58:02 > 0:58:07'Free, reliable contraception came too late to help her.
0:58:07 > 0:58:10'But, in time, the scientists triumphed.
0:58:10 > 0:58:14'Her daughters' and granddaughters' lives remain transfigured,
0:58:14 > 0:58:18'long after man left fleeting footprints on the moon.'
0:58:23 > 0:58:24It's here!
0:58:26 > 0:58:27Oh, Lord!
0:58:28 > 0:58:33I lost all my children. God left me with an icy cold wind.
0:58:33 > 0:58:35Stop! I can't stand it.
0:58:35 > 0:58:37Could we have some calm, please?
0:58:37 > 0:58:40Fred's coming up. We'll get you out of there.
0:58:40 > 0:58:43Might I see Sister Bernadette?
0:58:43 > 0:58:46I have something I need to discuss with her.
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