0:00:36 > 0:00:38WOMAN: Here we bloody go again...
0:00:41 > 0:00:45Breathe your way through it, Joan, breathe your way through it.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Breathe through it.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49That's right, that's right! Good girl.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Good girl...
0:00:54 > 0:00:55That's right.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03'I saw a thousand dawns when I was working in the East End.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05'A thousand fresh beginnings.
0:01:07 > 0:01:08'Every day a world made new.'
0:01:13 > 0:01:16'There were challenges and changes but always
0:01:16 > 0:01:19'the sense of life forging forward,
0:01:19 > 0:01:22'pulsing like the River Thames itself.'
0:01:27 > 0:01:30I know it's been a long night, but you're doing so well.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34She ain't had nothing to eat since dinner last night,
0:01:34 > 0:01:36it's no wonder she's weak.
0:01:38 > 0:01:39I brought her an iced bun.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41I hate iced buns.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Not just now, Mrs Wiggs. Maybe later.
0:01:46 > 0:01:47Do you want it?
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Actually, I'd love it.
0:01:58 > 0:01:59Mmm!
0:02:09 > 0:02:11I'm going to end up with Sister Evangelina!
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Oh, look, there he is!
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Look at that! Feels like home already!
0:02:20 > 0:02:23I always say, it's the little things that count.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25We had hoped for a red carpet, and a marching band!
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Where the bright Seraphim in burning row
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Their loud uplifted angel trumpets blow
0:02:32 > 0:02:36And the Cherubic host of thousand choirs
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Touch their immortal harps of golden wires!
0:02:39 > 0:02:40CYNTHIA: Hello, Sister Monica Joan.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Are you settling in?
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Those who went before us in this place
0:02:45 > 0:02:48have left a most vaporous trail.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51It's the smell of wet paint.
0:02:51 > 0:02:52But she won't be told.
0:02:54 > 0:02:55Thank you.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01JOAN HOWLS
0:03:01 > 0:03:05Keep going! Good girl! Keep going!
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Good!
0:03:07 > 0:03:09Good things come to those who wait, Joan!
0:03:09 > 0:03:11I can see the baby's head.
0:03:11 > 0:03:12I'm scared...
0:03:12 > 0:03:15You listen to the nurse, love. She's done this hundred times.
0:03:15 > 0:03:16Haven't you?
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Absolutely.
0:03:20 > 0:03:25SHE GRUNTS AND GROANS
0:03:27 > 0:03:29BABY CRIES
0:03:36 > 0:03:38A little boy, Joan.
0:03:38 > 0:03:39And he's beautiful!
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Oh, Joan!
0:03:45 > 0:03:49'In textbooks there are no lessons in digging deep,
0:03:49 > 0:03:54'in finding one last hour of strength to see you through.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58'But in Poplar I learned all of this and more.'
0:03:59 > 0:04:01There! Wasn't that all worth it?
0:04:03 > 0:04:05I could sleep for ever.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09And I don't care if I never sleep again.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13BABY CRIES
0:04:16 > 0:04:19BABY CRIES
0:04:27 > 0:04:28Hello, Merle.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30BABY CRIES
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Sounds like someone wants his elevenses!
0:04:32 > 0:04:35"Someone" wants his elevenses morning, noon and night.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38And if I ain't feeding him, I'm changing his drawers.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41It can take a while for a baby to get into a new routine.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Was your other little boy unsettled as a newborn?
0:04:44 > 0:04:48Ian? Not half! It's like I can't do anything right, sometimes.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Does Martin look all right to you?
0:05:04 > 0:05:06I can't see anything amiss.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Why don't you pop into our Tuesday clinic?
0:05:08 > 0:05:10We can give him the once-over, if you're worried.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13I never know where they are, since they knocked the Parish Hall down.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16I'm sorry. We're still on the hunt for a permanent venue.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19But we're at the Seaman's Mission next week. Do come.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22I'll try.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24If his nibs is less unsettled.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Now, I've done exactly what the book says,
0:05:32 > 0:05:35and rolled the pastry into a rectangle!
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Rectangle.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44Next, I just dot the pastry with a previously prepared paste
0:05:44 > 0:05:47of butter and lard, thus...
0:05:49 > 0:05:53Now I then fold the pastry over -
0:05:53 > 0:05:55like so!
0:05:55 > 0:05:59And then repeat the action four times,
0:05:59 > 0:06:03whilst the pie filling simmers on a low light!
0:06:03 > 0:06:05BANG
0:06:11 > 0:06:14And one single titter from you, young sir, and I'll take you
0:06:14 > 0:06:17to the mirror, and show you what a naughty monkey looks like!
0:06:47 > 0:06:52GRAMOPHONE PLAYS
0:06:56 > 0:06:57Knock-knock!
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Guess what? They've put us in together!
0:07:00 > 0:07:04We can shimmy to the Dansette every night, like Pinky and Perky.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Where's Cynthia?
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Well, they put her in the box room at the end. We tossed a coin.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10You don't mind, do you?
0:07:10 > 0:07:12I've never heard anyone say that I snore.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16Trixie, I could sleep in the funnel of the Queen Mary right now.
0:07:16 > 0:07:17Milk Tray?
0:07:17 > 0:07:20They were a gift from the bunion lady in Colette Street.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22I've eaten the Turkish Delight.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26I'll have the lime barrel and the almond whirl.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29I'll ruin my lunch, but I don't care.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32If I were you, I'd eat the chocolates
0:07:32 > 0:07:34and just sneak 40 winks.
0:07:34 > 0:07:35Why?
0:07:35 > 0:07:36Chummy's bringing it.
0:07:39 > 0:07:40Oh.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Bally, bally botheration.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Something smells nice!
0:07:48 > 0:07:50- It isn't for you!- What was it?
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Individual chicken and mushroom pies with flaky pastry.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55And don't even ask about the coconut blancmange!
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Camilla. You try too hard.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Look after the baby!
0:08:05 > 0:08:08There's a Tupperware full of stewed pears if he's hungry,
0:08:08 > 0:08:11and if he starts turning his head to the left, that means he's tired.
0:08:13 > 0:08:14Bye-bye, Mummy.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Can I have some of the pears?
0:08:28 > 0:08:31I found the enema nozzles and the rubber tubes.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34The labouring women of Poplar will be thrilled.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37I can't believe how much space we have!
0:08:37 > 0:08:40I feel like demanding roller-skates, to get me from one cupboard to another.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42No point in a clinical room the size of County Hall,
0:08:42 > 0:08:44if the autoclave doesn't work.
0:08:44 > 0:08:49It's been on for ten minutes, and it's about as hot as the North Pole!
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Sorry, Sister, but we've lost a few spirit lamps.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Put them in the dustbin.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56I shall have to go back to the Post Office,
0:08:56 > 0:08:58to see why the telephone hasn't been connected.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Is everything all right, Sister Monica Joan?
0:09:09 > 0:09:11I ventured through a door
0:09:11 > 0:09:13and uncovered something that disturbed me.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15What, Sister?
0:09:18 > 0:09:23It disturbs you, too. I surmise its purpose is a dark one.
0:09:23 > 0:09:28It is a urinal. You must try not to let it upset you.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31The building used to be a training school for parish workers but Fred's
0:09:31 > 0:09:34going to strip all that out, so that we can use it as a store room.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37I think it is the source of the vapours I detected.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45Come to the cookhouse door, ladies. Luncheon is served.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Home-cooked food! What could be better?
0:09:48 > 0:09:49DOOR BELL RINGS
0:09:55 > 0:09:57My dear Sister Winifred!
0:09:57 > 0:09:59I am so glad you have come to us!
0:09:59 > 0:10:02You cannot begin to imagine how welcome you are.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Now, not too heavy with the tomato sauce. It's very expensive.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Everyone!
0:10:09 > 0:10:12This is Sister Winifred, who has come to live and work with us.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15- OTHERS: Hello, Sister Winifred. - Hello! I'm delighted to be here.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19She joins Nonnatus from the Mother House at Chichester.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21What a perfectly frightful journey.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25This is Nurse Franklin, Nurse Miller, and Mrs Noakes,
0:10:25 > 0:10:29who used to nurse with us but has moved on to the calling of marriage.
0:10:29 > 0:10:30Oh, that's nice.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32And this is Sister Monica Joan.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Now, come and sit next to Sister Evangelina.
0:10:35 > 0:10:36Hello.
0:10:38 > 0:10:39We've met.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43It was on my summer holidays. They had nits in the village school.
0:10:43 > 0:10:44That was a very trying week.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Were you a head inspector, Sister?
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Head inspector. Nit nurse.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51The children used to call me Nitty Nora the Scalp Explorer,
0:10:51 > 0:10:56but I suppose that's just because there's not many things that rhyme with Winifred.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Now, haddock, plaice, or saveloy?
0:11:00 > 0:11:03I'm frightfully sorry. The saveloy was not intentional.
0:11:03 > 0:11:04I'll have...
0:11:04 > 0:11:07whatever no-one else wants.
0:11:07 > 0:11:08Correct answer.
0:11:12 > 0:11:13Thank you.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19- KNOCK AT DOOR - Enter.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23The patient files are completely reorganised.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25It's time for the finishing touches.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27There was no sun in your old surgery.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Any plant would have withered and died.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33You know, there is a permanent position for you, if you'd like it.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Receptionist and all-round saviour of my sanity.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Timmy needs me at home and so do you.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42I love helping out, but it's part-time, and temporary.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45What on earth is that supposed to say?
0:11:45 > 0:11:47"Erythromycin suspension".
0:11:47 > 0:11:49I'm going to set you handwriting exercises.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51HE CHUCKLES
0:12:09 > 0:12:10Whoops! Timber...
0:12:12 > 0:12:13You'll get the hang of it.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24- What's she doing? - I have absolutely no idea.
0:12:25 > 0:12:26Ah.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Oh, I'm glad to see you expanding your skills,
0:12:37 > 0:12:39for I require book shelves.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41They need to be erected in my room.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Where did you get that wood?
0:12:43 > 0:12:46They're revising their display arrangements at the pet shop.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49Sister, you might have injured yourself!
0:12:49 > 0:12:52My books have been in boxes for far too long.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55If they are not set straight, their contents will jumble,
0:12:55 > 0:12:56and become deranged.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02- Hi, Nurse Lee!- Hello!
0:13:06 > 0:13:08- Well done!- Goodness!
0:13:08 > 0:13:12- SHE GASPS - I certainly feel as though I've earned my spurs!
0:13:12 > 0:13:16We've only cycled half a mile. And that was just the warm-up.
0:13:16 > 0:13:21We'll call in on Joan Rickart first. She lives at number nine.
0:13:21 > 0:13:22What's that smell?
0:13:22 > 0:13:25It's the communal lavatory.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28- Is it broken? - No, it's just busy.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30TOILET FLUSHES
0:13:34 > 0:13:35Wait a moment!
0:13:38 > 0:13:39Hello, little boy.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43You shouldn't be out here. Where's your mummy?
0:13:48 > 0:13:51I know this family.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53I saw the mother just this morning.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Come on, let's get you inside.
0:13:57 > 0:13:58Yes.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08I can't keep on top of things! I can't!
0:14:08 > 0:14:10I'm never done boiling water for the washing.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13I'm spending half my family allowance on Stergene.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17My hands are splitting open from forever wringing nappies.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19BABY GRIZZLES
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Is he all right?
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Well, he's on the dainty side.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Maybe more of a jockey than a docker!
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Are you still giving him the breast?
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Yeah, but I top him up with a bottle cos he's always hungry!
0:14:34 > 0:14:38Sorry. I know that's not really allowed.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41I've never met a baby yet who's read the rule book.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44I'll add you to our daily list, Merle.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48We'll call in each morning, and help you get things on an even keel.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54I've just looked up Martin's birth weight.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57He's four weeks old. He's only gained half a pound.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01Topping up, indeed! Breast is best, every four hours and no arguments.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03But the mothers won't listen.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Afternoon, ladies. Settling in?
0:15:05 > 0:15:07It's already starting to feel like home.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Except the phone doesn't work, so people keep dropping in to visit unannounced.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14Well, phones or no phones, I wanted to tell you face to face.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17We have found a permanent site for your ante-natal clinic.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21- At last!- At the Council Community Centre, in Argent Street.
0:15:21 > 0:15:22Now the best news of all is
0:15:22 > 0:15:24we can have it for two afternoons a week, not one.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Can clinic still be on a Tuesday? That's what I want to know.
0:15:27 > 0:15:28It's always been on a Tuesday
0:15:28 > 0:15:31and I don't want the mothers messed about any further.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35Tuesday - absolutely. And Thursdays, too - without extra charge.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Oh, this is the best chance we've ever had of delivering
0:15:38 > 0:15:41not just health care, but health education.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Well, we could give classes in mothercraft, nutrition,
0:15:43 > 0:15:45cookery, exercise.
0:15:45 > 0:15:46The list is limitless!
0:15:46 > 0:15:48I bet it is.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51I actually think it might be rather marvellous.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54Tuesdays are just a relentless round of weighing, measuring,
0:15:54 > 0:15:55and boiling urine.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57We never have any time for teaching other skills.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00We need to give classes in nutrition, for a start.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02People think orange jelly's full of vitamins.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06Yes, and don't you think it might be fun to do things like music and movement with the toddlers?
0:16:06 > 0:16:07Fun?
0:16:07 > 0:16:10We're givers of health care. Not children's entertainers!
0:16:10 > 0:16:14Sister Monica Joan, why don't you sit down and eat with us?
0:16:14 > 0:16:17I have not time to while away an hour in idleness!
0:16:17 > 0:16:19I am making an inventory of my books.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Very strenuous, I'm sure.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Why don't you take the whole plate? Keep your strength up.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33There's some nice Red Leicester in your sandwich,
0:16:33 > 0:16:36and I've popped in a couple of radishes.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39You haven't cut them into novelty shapes again, have you?
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Only I got joshed by the others last time.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Well, the least one can do is try and raise a smile!
0:16:44 > 0:16:45Midnight lunch is a dismal affair.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48I remember it well from when I was on night shifts.
0:16:52 > 0:16:53Thermos.
0:16:58 > 0:16:59You take care tonight.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06I've got quite enough to keep me out of mischief.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08I'm on the final furlong with those scatter cushions.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16# Where are you?
0:17:22 > 0:17:25# ..Wish I may, wish I might
0:17:25 > 0:17:28# Make this wish come true tonight
0:17:28 > 0:17:32# Searched all over, for the love
0:17:32 > 0:17:35# You're the one I'm thinking of
0:17:49 > 0:17:52# Twinkle, twinkle, Little Star,
0:17:52 > 0:17:55# How I wonder where you are... #
0:18:24 > 0:18:26PHONE RINGS
0:18:28 > 0:18:30- MAN:- Hello, Nonnatus House.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33I never thought I'd be so thrilled to hear the telephone ring.
0:18:33 > 0:18:34Hel...
0:18:34 > 0:18:35SHE IS CUT OFF
0:18:37 > 0:18:38SHE SIGHS
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Just about to go on my rounds.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46But I had to test the Nonnatus phone. The wretched thing still isn't working!
0:18:46 > 0:18:49Do you want to hear something that will cheer you up?
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Yes, if you tell me quickly.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55We've been courting for precisely six months today.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58I feel rather inclined to tie a bunch of balloons to this phone box.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01I'm on duty, Alec.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04Say that again, but a bit more primly.
0:19:22 > 0:19:23What do you think?
0:19:26 > 0:19:27It'll do!
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Something isn't right, Nurse. One minute, he's running around,
0:19:36 > 0:19:39full of beans, the next, he's coughing till he nearly chokes.
0:19:39 > 0:19:44He doesn't seem feverish, but we need to rule out infection.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46I want the doctor to see both boys,
0:19:46 > 0:19:49and, as you've been bottle feeding, I'd also like to check
0:19:49 > 0:19:52that everything's been properly sterilised.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Are you saying I can't clean things properly?
0:19:54 > 0:19:57I'm never done boiling, and soaking stuff in Milton!
0:19:57 > 0:19:58I don't doubt that for a moment.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01But, Merle, when you've no choice but to wash bottles and nappies
0:20:01 > 0:20:05in the same sink, there's always a chance contamination may occur.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07They're never well! Neither of them.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11Ian's always had a chest, and I used to think, he's just a winter baby.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14But Martin came in the spring and if anything, he's worse.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17His nappies are a nightmare.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19There's so many, even Billy has to help.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21I daren't tell them down the dockyard.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24- BABY CRIES - Ssh...
0:20:27 > 0:20:30- Nurse!- Billy?
0:20:30 > 0:20:31When will the doctor come?
0:20:31 > 0:20:34Would it be quicker if I took the nipper to the surgery?
0:20:34 > 0:20:36I'll ask Doctor to put you on his rounds tomorrow.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38It isn't an emergency. Just a puzzle.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42I...I had a brother pass away, when I was little.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45He was four. And a quarter.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49My mum never likes it if we leave the quarter off.
0:20:49 > 0:20:50I'm sorry.
0:20:50 > 0:20:55I sometimes reckon, if he had lived now, he wouldn't have died.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Times change for the better, don't they?
0:20:59 > 0:21:01Yes. They do.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18No sign of the GPO engineers?
0:21:18 > 0:21:20I keep pacing up and down by the telephone in case
0:21:20 > 0:21:22they might ring to say they are on their way.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24Which of course they won't. Because they can't.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28And of course if they could, and they did, they wouldn't actually need to.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31A statement almost Aristotelian in its logic.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58- Shelagh, are these really the only ladies left?- Yes.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00There are 21 women who haven't appeared,
0:22:00 > 0:22:03and nine of those have previous missed appointments.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07My word, it's all rather palatial compared to the old Parish Hall.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10Am I too late to pick up some vitamin drops for young sir?
0:22:10 > 0:22:12No, you can have vitamin drops, a full weigh and measure,
0:22:12 > 0:22:15an assessment for milk tokens and an eye test, if you like.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19There's no queue, and you're guaranteed personal attention.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21I really am a tail-end Charlie, aren't I?
0:22:21 > 0:22:23I was at church, sorting out some mildew on the kneelers.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Hardly anybody came, Chummy.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28The trouble is, I'm not sure people know where the
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Community Centre is, or what it's for.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33People are used to Parish Halls, and Missions.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36If something doesn't have a saint's name in front of it, I think
0:22:36 > 0:22:37they're a little suspicious.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39But at least you're of fixed abode now.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Time for a leafleting campaign, methinks!
0:22:41 > 0:22:44Chummy, I wish we had the time!
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Well, If you haven't, I have.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Oceans of it. Acres.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51I'm knee deep in time. You can have it all.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Sister?
0:22:57 > 0:22:59I wondered if I might talk to you about Sister Monica Joan.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02If she approaches you with cake in your first week,
0:23:02 > 0:23:04pick up your skirts and run.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07It's all a ruse, designed to embarrass the unwary.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12It's nothing to do with cake, Sister.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23She may be my sister in Christ,
0:23:23 > 0:23:28but I swear she would drive a Methodist to drink!
0:23:31 > 0:23:36I am placing the biography of Astley Cooper, master surgeon,
0:23:36 > 0:23:40next to the memoirs of Rousseau,
0:23:40 > 0:23:44since I deem it likely they conversed in life.
0:23:44 > 0:23:49The Dewey Decimal system is altogether too earthbound,
0:23:49 > 0:23:53and likely to speak loudest to pedantic minds.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57You have been cutting pages out of Bibles.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01I have excised certain chapters of the Apocrypha.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05The act cannot be heretical - the Apocrypha is heretical itself.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Urine sample. Now, please.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14In case you've forgotten where the bathroom is,
0:24:14 > 0:24:16it's just across the way.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20You think my mind is fractured, and the cause lies in my bladder.
0:24:20 > 0:24:25You are no better than Plato, who believed a woman's womb would
0:24:25 > 0:24:28roam her body, provoking psychological disease.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32I have put Plato here, next to Mr Freud,
0:24:32 > 0:24:34so they can be companions in their ignorance.
0:24:34 > 0:24:39Sister. You've been martyr to your waterworks all winter.
0:24:39 > 0:24:40And you know, as well as I do, that
0:24:40 > 0:24:43the slightest infection can bring you right down.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46But I am not brought down now. I am well!
0:24:48 > 0:24:52And filled...with purpose.
0:24:56 > 0:24:57I can see that.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04I've never been a reader,
0:25:04 > 0:25:05I've always been a doer.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11Books passed me by when I was young.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Books have been my friends.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17I do not intend to forget what they have taught me.
0:25:18 > 0:25:24Sister, I cannot deny that my memory is sometimes in need of...
0:25:27 > 0:25:28..refreshment.
0:25:29 > 0:25:34But once a thing is known,
0:25:34 > 0:25:36it can never be unknown.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Can it?
0:25:42 > 0:25:43No, Sister.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50And you be careful with this edifice.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55We don't want it falling on your foot.
0:26:08 > 0:26:09Come on, girls.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15Three chest infections in six months is too many.
0:26:18 > 0:26:19It's been more than that.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23But sometimes not so bad we feel we ought not to bother you.
0:26:23 > 0:26:24Always bother me.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28I'm going to give Ian penicillin,
0:26:28 > 0:26:31and call in again in three days' time.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35Nurse, I want some stool samples from Martin, as soon as
0:26:35 > 0:26:40he wakes up. Then he is to have formula milk only, on prescription.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43He's to be weighed daily.
0:26:43 > 0:26:44Will that tell us what's wrong?
0:26:44 > 0:26:46It may tell us nothing is wrong.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52If this is nothing, then I'm just a lousy mother!
0:26:52 > 0:26:54It means I can't feed him!
0:26:54 > 0:26:55It means I can't keep him clean!
0:26:55 > 0:26:58It means I'll never go an hour without him screaming!
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Merle, no-one is criticising you.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04But we need to see if Martin's actually getting enough food.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06That way we can tackle his upset tummy,
0:27:06 > 0:27:08and try and help him put on weight.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11You believe he's ill, don't you?
0:27:15 > 0:27:17I believe we'll find out one way or another.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24It's a wonderfully enterprising idea, Mrs Noakes.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26But it will be quite a challenge to organise.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28Well, all you have to do is run the clinic as normal,
0:27:28 > 0:27:31and then the displays by the Cubs, the Sewing Club,
0:27:31 > 0:27:33the flower arrangers, and the Girls' Brigade
0:27:33 > 0:27:36will take place around you as the afternoon goes on.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39Just reading this leaflet is an education.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43I wasn't aware that half these societies existed.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46Well, some of them are quite new.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49I've only just set them up.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53- May I keep this? - Actually, it's the only copy.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56I was just on my way to the library, to get it copied on the Roneo.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02I think interest may be rather brisk.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07- Hello! Would you like one? - Thank you.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15Good afternoon.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17- Can I give you one of these? - Ah, thanks.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Gosh! Looks like hard work.
0:28:22 > 0:28:23Can I give you one of these?
0:28:23 > 0:28:25No, thanks, dear.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38Ah, now, Mrs Torpy, this should interest you.
0:28:38 > 0:28:39Particularly as a newcomer to Poplar.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42There are all sorts of clubs and classes for you...
0:28:42 > 0:28:44Well, and indeed for Sheryl.
0:28:44 > 0:28:48You might like Girls' Brigade. It's a uniformed Christian organisation.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51Better than putting that muck all over her face.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53I'm practising for when I get a job.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57A job down Cable Street, looking like that.
0:28:58 > 0:28:59And most importantly,
0:28:59 > 0:29:02the ante-natal clinic would be right up your street.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04You can have all your routine tests there,
0:29:04 > 0:29:06and a reassuring chat with a midwife every week.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09God love you, but er, this is my fourth, so when the time comes,
0:29:09 > 0:29:12I'm just going to ring for the ambulance.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14Do yous do bingo?
0:29:14 > 0:29:15Oh, bingo?
0:29:15 > 0:29:16Well, never say never.
0:29:16 > 0:29:20Well, if yous do bingo,
0:29:20 > 0:29:21I'll be there every day.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29Nobody's interested.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32And I had visions of mounted policemen
0:29:32 > 0:29:34trying to control the surging crowds.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37Mounted policemen are already booked.
0:29:38 > 0:29:40I had to stay late for a briefing.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43The Docks and Harbour Offices are getting a royal visit.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46Oh, but that's absolutely thrilling!
0:29:46 > 0:29:47Is it the Queen?
0:29:47 > 0:29:49No. The next best thing, though.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52Her Royal Highness, the Princess Margaret.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55Oh, but I haven't seen her since Pa was knighted.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58Oh, we absolutely must join the throng, to cheer her on.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00It'll be quite a small throng.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02It's just a trade and industry engagement.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05But that will bore her to tears!
0:30:05 > 0:30:07And people would want to see her.
0:30:07 > 0:30:11Princess Margaret is like royalty and a film star rolled into one!
0:30:11 > 0:30:12I suppose.
0:30:13 > 0:30:17The docks and harbour visit was her only invitation.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21I find that hard to credit.
0:30:23 > 0:30:24When's she coming?
0:30:25 > 0:30:26Week on Tuesday.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30Oh, do you know?
0:30:30 > 0:30:32That's really quite fortuitous.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27It's been a week since Ian started penicillin.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30But his phlegm's so thick he can't seem to cough it up.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36He needs to be in hospital. They both do.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41They need proper looking after and I can't do it.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43I'll speak to Doctor,
0:31:43 > 0:31:45but you must trust him.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48He deals with this sort of thing every day.
0:31:48 > 0:31:49Begging your pardon, Nurse.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51BOY COUGHS
0:31:51 > 0:31:52So do we.
0:31:55 > 0:31:56CHILD WAILS
0:31:57 > 0:32:00Every test I've run has come back clear.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02I'll refer both Ian and Martin
0:32:02 > 0:32:05to the paediatric specialist at the London, but...
0:32:05 > 0:32:07What do you think's the matter, Doctor?
0:32:07 > 0:32:08I wish I knew.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13How do you find Mrs Vickers' state of mind?
0:32:15 > 0:32:21Er, she's weepy, exhausted, scarcely leaves the flat.
0:32:23 > 0:32:27I've noticed she's started to let her appearance go.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31Women can develop depression up to a year after the birth of a child.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34May explain why she's struggling to cope.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39There is one other thing.
0:32:39 > 0:32:40Billy - the children's father -
0:32:40 > 0:32:43had a brother who died at the age of four.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Some sort of chest complaint.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48Do you think that might be making them even more anxious?
0:32:48 > 0:32:50Yes, I do! Absolutely, I do.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53But that doesn't mean those children aren't unwell.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55No. I know that.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07Oh, look at that.
0:33:07 > 0:33:11It's the thickest and smoothest writing paper I've ever seen.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15It's always like that. Even when it's only the lady-in-waiting who writes.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18- But Chummy, they said yes! - I think it's tremendous!
0:33:18 > 0:33:21Ssh! You know perfectly well you're not supposed to be here!
0:33:21 > 0:33:23Yes, and if the nuns wake up and come down,
0:33:23 > 0:33:25we'll have to lock you in the larder.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27And you'll never get your fried egg sandwich.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29We only let you in because you bring your own Tabasco.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31Come and sit down, Chummy.
0:33:31 > 0:33:32I've got to get back to the baby.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34Peter starts his night shift soon.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37Oh, just for five minutes. You look exhausted.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45I've had wings on my heels all day, and now I'm coming down to earth.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47I've had to go to the police, the council,
0:33:47 > 0:33:50ring the lady-in-waiting three times, and write a letter to Sister
0:33:50 > 0:33:53Julienne... Ooh, which I need you to put on her desk in the morning.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56Gosh! What else have you had to do?
0:33:56 > 0:33:59Amongst other things, nobble some needlewomen for my Sewing Club,
0:33:59 > 0:34:01and buy a book on flower arranging,
0:34:01 > 0:34:03so I could teach a flower arranging class.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06I told the lady-in-waiting that both exist already.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08Well, I can teach flower arranging.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11My godmother bought me lessons, from Constance Spry.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14What about the Cubs? They aren't a figment of your imagination.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17They're going to celebrate the maritime connections to the East End
0:34:17 > 0:34:19by re-enacting the story of Grace Darling.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22Jack Smith's going to play the lighthouse.
0:34:22 > 0:34:24Well, I think that sounds absolutely lovely.
0:34:24 > 0:34:26As will the Girls' Brigade band,
0:34:26 > 0:34:28as they play a fanfare for the Princess!
0:34:28 > 0:34:33But Chummy, the Girls' Brigade band is terrible! I should know. I have to listen to them every week.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37But I've promised the lady-in-waiting. Mea culpa.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40Well, I played the bugle in the RAF cadets.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42- I could come and knock them into shape.- Would you really?
0:34:42 > 0:34:45Give anything for a close-up view of Princess Margaret.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50# The angels listened in
0:34:50 > 0:34:51# Listened in
0:34:51 > 0:34:54# When they heard me praying
0:34:54 > 0:34:56# The angels listened in
0:34:56 > 0:34:58# Listened in
0:34:58 > 0:35:01# When they heard me saying
0:35:01 > 0:35:04# Please send me someone to love
0:35:04 > 0:35:07# Send the one I am thinking of
0:35:07 > 0:35:12# My darling, the angels sent you
0:35:13 > 0:35:16# The angels listened in... #
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Hello, everyone. This is Sheryl.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21She's come to help us out with our fanfare.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24Ah, excellent! I hope you've got a good strong pair of lungs.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26I've got a cold sore.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29I'll get you a drum.
0:35:29 > 0:35:30# ..Gave me the whole wide world
0:35:30 > 0:35:33# Wrapped up in one little girl
0:35:33 > 0:35:38# My darling, when the angels sent you... #
0:35:54 > 0:35:58I was listening to the wireless. Rain is forecast.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00Come on, you.
0:36:01 > 0:36:02You've done enough.
0:36:03 > 0:36:04I hope so.
0:36:22 > 0:36:26Baby Martin has desperate trouble with digestion.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28Ian has a cough, and terrible diarrhoea.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30They're both worryingly small.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32It was the first thing I noticed when I saw them.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35I'm very much afraid it sounds like "failure to thrive".
0:36:35 > 0:36:38Failure to thrive isn't a diagnosis, Sister!
0:36:38 > 0:36:40They've used that term since Victorian times.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42Has an infection been ruled out?
0:36:42 > 0:36:46Stool samples were tested, and swabs taken, but they came back clear.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48Dr Turner's tried everything.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51It is the way their humours are aligned!
0:36:51 > 0:36:55I have a volume detailing just the illness you describe.
0:36:55 > 0:36:59It dates from when Queen Anne was on the throne.
0:36:59 > 0:37:00Really, Sister?
0:37:00 > 0:37:05Yes, it says children such as these will not survive five years.
0:37:05 > 0:37:09And when their brow is kissed, they taste of salt.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15It is upstairs, wrapped in chamois leather,
0:37:15 > 0:37:18for its vibrations must be shielded from refracted light.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21We must tidy away. It is time for high tea.
0:37:22 > 0:37:26You say that as though high tea will entice me to silence!
0:37:31 > 0:37:36I have a repository of knowledge to maintain.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39You may leave a plate of Marie biscuits by my door.
0:37:59 > 0:38:00DOOR OPENS
0:38:13 > 0:38:14How are they?
0:38:18 > 0:38:19Asleep.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25I almost wish they'd wake,
0:38:28 > 0:38:29cos when they sleep,
0:38:31 > 0:38:32I think.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37And when I think,
0:38:37 > 0:38:40I worry that I'm not in my right mind.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42Sssh.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46They take people away when they're not in their right mind.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48And what would happen then?
0:38:56 > 0:38:58KNOCK AT DOOR It's time for compline.
0:39:00 > 0:39:01Sister Monica Joan?
0:39:31 > 0:39:34What's that you're sewing?
0:39:34 > 0:39:36It's a baby's nightdress.
0:39:36 > 0:39:37Do you mean...?
0:39:40 > 0:39:41I've no news yet.
0:39:42 > 0:39:43But I've so much hope!
0:39:45 > 0:39:48Every night, I put a handful of stitches into this,
0:39:48 > 0:39:51tiny cross-stitches, like kisses.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55I suppose it's a prayer.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57A little present for the future.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00KNOCKING AT DOOR
0:40:04 > 0:40:06Sister Monica Joan, come in out of the rain.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08I have no need of shelter.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13But you, you, Dr Turner, if you wish to solve a mystery,
0:40:13 > 0:40:14you must read this book.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16I will. When I've taken you home.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24KNOCKING AT DOOR
0:40:26 > 0:40:30Sister Monica Joan, where have you been? You weren't at Compline.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33She needs a warm drink, and tuck her up with a hot water bottle.
0:40:33 > 0:40:40Hark, Sister! He is a physician, and a man, and expects to be listened to.
0:40:40 > 0:40:44If only he had ears for the words of others.
0:40:45 > 0:40:49Or eyes to read their books.
0:40:54 > 0:40:55ALARM SOUNDS
0:41:01 > 0:41:03Peter.
0:41:03 > 0:41:04It's today.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10You're going to have to put those books away
0:41:10 > 0:41:13and get your jacket on, or we'll be late.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19One of these is shinier than the other.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21Did you get distracted halfway through?
0:41:21 > 0:41:23Yes, I did.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32Oh, good Lord.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35It's a good job I'm out of your vision, young Sir,
0:41:35 > 0:41:40because I'm sorry to say, I look exactly like my mother.
0:41:42 > 0:41:46That's my girl. Come out and see the princess.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49Fresh air will do us good. Won't it?
0:41:49 > 0:41:51BABY COUGHS AND CRIES
0:41:55 > 0:41:57Billy!
0:41:57 > 0:41:59Something's happening.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03- I'll call an ambulance. - There's no time.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31I'm worried we'll be late. The mother whose baby I'm bathing is going to meet me there at ten to.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34Sister Monica Joan won't come out of her room.
0:42:34 > 0:42:38She can probably smell all that lacquer on your hair.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41I'd watch yourself when you light the spirit lamp.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44I feel sorry for Princess Margaret.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47Imagine having to look enthralled by someone boiling urine.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50KNOCKING AT DOOR
0:42:50 > 0:42:51< Help!
0:42:51 > 0:42:53< Help!
0:42:56 > 0:42:58Help me.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00He's fitting!
0:43:04 > 0:43:07Thermometer and mucus extractor. He can barely breathe.
0:43:09 > 0:43:12Mother started running here as soon as the twitching started
0:43:12 > 0:43:14so that's just under four minutes.
0:43:34 > 0:43:36I've cleared his throat, and he's stopped fitting.
0:43:36 > 0:43:38I brought the car.
0:43:38 > 0:43:42The road's been closed for the royal visit. Might delay the ambulance.
0:43:42 > 0:43:45- Temperature's 102, Doctor. - I think I have a diagnosis.
0:43:56 > 0:43:57Might I see the child?
0:43:59 > 0:44:01Yes.
0:44:01 > 0:44:03I will do nothing untoward.
0:44:03 > 0:44:04I know you won't.
0:44:14 > 0:44:17BABY GRIZZLES
0:44:21 > 0:44:24Salt, like the sea.
0:44:24 > 0:44:28There was no name for it, even then, though they knew its meaning.
0:44:28 > 0:44:32There is a name for it now. It's called cystic fibrosis.
0:44:32 > 0:44:37It's hereditary, which might explain the death of Billy Vickers' brother.
0:44:38 > 0:44:39Can it be cured, Doctor?
0:44:40 > 0:44:43It can be treated.
0:44:49 > 0:44:51We don't want finger marks.
0:44:51 > 0:44:53Rogue sultana.
0:45:03 > 0:45:05All right, lads...
0:45:05 > 0:45:07It was a dark and stormy night.
0:45:07 > 0:45:10Ooooooh!
0:45:10 > 0:45:13And the waves were crashing against the rocks!
0:45:13 > 0:45:16Crasssssssssh! Crassssssssssh!
0:45:16 > 0:45:21Inside the lighthouse, Grace Darling turns to her father
0:45:21 > 0:45:23and she says...
0:45:23 > 0:45:25Oh Father, what terrible weather.
0:45:25 > 0:45:28Grace Darling is a girl!
0:45:29 > 0:45:31You're supposed to do it in a girl's voice.
0:45:33 > 0:45:35Like this, "Oh Father, what terrible weather!"
0:45:35 > 0:45:37We'll start again...
0:45:37 > 0:45:38Nurse Franklin should be doing this.
0:45:38 > 0:45:41Her Royal Highness will be here in less than 15 minutes,
0:45:41 > 0:45:44and not one member of staff from Nonnatus House is here.
0:45:45 > 0:45:50Well, I hope when they do come, one of them's got Rennies in her bag.
0:45:54 > 0:45:56Band ready!
0:46:04 > 0:46:06Stop, girls.
0:47:02 > 0:47:04I'm sorry.
0:47:05 > 0:47:07What for?
0:47:10 > 0:47:15If it runs in families, then I passed it on to 'em.
0:47:15 > 0:47:19And so did I. You heard the doctors - it takes two.
0:47:23 > 0:47:24This....
0:47:24 > 0:47:28is what runs in families, Billy. This.
0:47:29 > 0:47:33Everything else, all the things that are wrong or missing,
0:47:33 > 0:47:35they're just...
0:47:36 > 0:47:37Enzymes.
0:47:38 > 0:47:41That's the word.
0:47:43 > 0:47:45And the doctors say they can give them artificial ones.
0:47:46 > 0:47:50This, no-one can make.
0:47:51 > 0:47:53No-one can take away.
0:48:23 > 0:48:24WOMAN MOANS IN PAIN
0:48:34 > 0:48:36I say, excuse me. May I be of help?
0:48:38 > 0:48:40We rang for the ambulance, and it hasn't come.
0:48:41 > 0:48:43Bleeding Princess Margaret.
0:48:43 > 0:48:45My husband probably built that road she's blocking.
0:48:45 > 0:48:49I'm a nurse and a midwife. I'm quite happy to sit with Mrs Torpy until the ambulance arrives.
0:48:49 > 0:48:53No. There's kids all over the place. I don't want the racket of them.
0:49:00 > 0:49:02There you are.
0:49:02 > 0:49:05I hope you're not attached to this settee.
0:49:05 > 0:49:06My waters haven't gone yet.
0:49:06 > 0:49:09Well, what's a loose cover when a baby's on its way?
0:49:09 > 0:49:11Chuck us a tea towel, or something.
0:49:13 > 0:49:14Here you are.
0:49:23 > 0:49:25SHE MOANS
0:49:29 > 0:49:31That's it!
0:49:31 > 0:49:32That's it!
0:49:34 > 0:49:37You show that bally pain who's boss!
0:49:50 > 0:49:52Did I make a cow noise?
0:49:52 > 0:49:55If I did, it means I'm getting to the sharp end.
0:49:57 > 0:50:00Mrs Torpy, I think we should both remove our hats.
0:50:02 > 0:50:05Sheryl, I want you to run straight to Nonnatus House. Tell them
0:50:05 > 0:50:07a midwife is required at this address.
0:50:10 > 0:50:12"Please" would be nice.
0:50:12 > 0:50:15LOUD CRIES OF PAIN
0:50:15 > 0:50:18Bravo! Bravo!
0:50:18 > 0:50:19That's it!
0:50:19 > 0:50:21Full marks! I can see baby's head.
0:50:21 > 0:50:22Are you sure?
0:50:22 > 0:50:26It's the least mistakable sight in the world. And the most miraculous.
0:50:28 > 0:50:31Now then, old thing. Baby isn't quite with us yet.
0:50:31 > 0:50:35So with the next pain, we're going to try and slow things down a bit.
0:50:35 > 0:50:38A little less Gay Gordons, slightly more Valeta.
0:50:44 > 0:50:46Small pushes now. Small pushes!
0:50:56 > 0:50:59Righty-ho. Baby's with us as far as his chin.
0:51:00 > 0:51:03Now I just want one more bally enormous push
0:51:03 > 0:51:04and we'll all be done and dusted.
0:51:14 > 0:51:18Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Is it not out yet?
0:51:20 > 0:51:23I'm afraid not.
0:51:25 > 0:51:28Seems we've got a bit of a shrinking violet on our hands.
0:51:28 > 0:51:30Good God, would you just tell it to me straight?
0:51:30 > 0:51:33I can't help you if I don't know what you're on about!
0:51:35 > 0:51:38It seems that baby's shoulders are stuck.
0:51:38 > 0:51:41If we work together, we can free them.
0:51:44 > 0:51:48Just, just tell me what to do.
0:51:48 > 0:51:50I want you on the floor, on all fours.
0:51:52 > 0:51:54Yes?
0:51:54 > 0:51:56That's it.
0:51:58 > 0:52:01Jesus!
0:52:01 > 0:52:04Now when you push, I'm going to see if I can help him on his way.
0:52:09 > 0:52:12SHE CRIES IN PAIN
0:52:12 > 0:52:13Keep it coming, keep it coming,
0:52:13 > 0:52:17keep it coming, that's it!
0:52:21 > 0:52:24It's not bloody budging, is it?
0:52:24 > 0:52:27No.
0:52:27 > 0:52:29Can you get on to your left-hand side?
0:52:35 > 0:52:37Slowly, that's it.
0:52:40 > 0:52:44Now, I need you to push absolutely with all of your strength.
0:52:44 > 0:52:46With the next pain?
0:52:46 > 0:52:48No. I need you to push now.
0:53:11 > 0:53:16Come on, little soldier. Come on.
0:53:16 > 0:53:18Play the game. Play the game.
0:53:23 > 0:53:24BABY STARTS TO CRY
0:53:51 > 0:53:54It's all over.
0:53:55 > 0:53:58And everything's just begun.
0:53:58 > 0:53:59Talk about a day's work.
0:54:01 > 0:54:02Yes.
0:54:05 > 0:54:07KNOCKING AT DOOR
0:54:07 > 0:54:09Midwife! Open up! >
0:54:09 > 0:54:13Chummy, are you all right? >
0:54:13 > 0:54:14Never better.
0:54:21 > 0:54:25You accomplished a very great deal yesterday, Mrs Noakes.
0:54:25 > 0:54:28It certainly was a rather unusual afternoon.
0:54:28 > 0:54:31It wasn't just the thrill of a royal visit.
0:54:32 > 0:54:36You coped with an extremely difficult delivery alone.
0:54:36 > 0:54:38You looked after Mrs Torpy wonderfully.
0:54:38 > 0:54:43I'm so glad. Because I believe midwifery matters.
0:54:43 > 0:54:45And caring for women matters.
0:54:45 > 0:54:48It just so happens they're the only things I've ever been
0:54:48 > 0:54:50the smallest shred of use at.
0:54:52 > 0:54:56You're also a good wife, and an excellent mother.
0:54:56 > 0:54:57Those are gifts too.
0:54:58 > 0:54:59And I'm grateful.
0:55:01 > 0:55:04I just worry that if Peter and the baby are the only things
0:55:04 > 0:55:07I have to love, I'll end up crushing them
0:55:07 > 0:55:09to death with the weight of my devotion.
0:55:09 > 0:55:12I put novelty vegetables in lunch boxes
0:55:12 > 0:55:15and sit up all night running up soft furnishings.
0:55:15 > 0:55:20I do too much, and it's, well, it's never enough.
0:55:22 > 0:55:25Do you want to come back to Nonnatus House?
0:55:29 > 0:55:31Would you have me back, Sister?
0:55:31 > 0:55:34We're always short-staffed - we're short of funds too.
0:55:35 > 0:55:39I could find a position for you two days each week - if you could
0:55:39 > 0:55:43find suitable care for Freddie, and if your husband were agreeable.
0:55:44 > 0:55:48Peter's always agreeable, he's not like other men.
0:55:48 > 0:55:51But I suppose I'm not like other women, really.
0:55:51 > 0:55:54No. You're a nurse, and a midwife.
0:56:00 > 0:56:05'Cystic fibrosis was, and remains, a serious,
0:56:05 > 0:56:10'lifelong condition. Ian and Martin Vickers were
0:56:10 > 0:56:15'among the first to know its name, and to stand and fight it,
0:56:15 > 0:56:18'with their families by their sides.
0:56:22 > 0:56:27'Knowledge is a seed that can take centuries to blossom.
0:56:27 > 0:56:32'Understanding has grown, and the children's chances with it.
0:56:34 > 0:56:37'Lessons unfold everywhere.
0:56:38 > 0:56:43'And sometimes a glance in the mirror is enough.'
0:56:43 > 0:56:47# What a difference a day makes
0:56:47 > 0:56:51# There's a rainbow before me... #
0:56:51 > 0:56:53Good luck, Chummy!
0:56:53 > 0:56:59# Skies above can't be stormy
0:56:59 > 0:57:04# Since that moment of bliss
0:57:04 > 0:57:05# That thrilling kiss... #
0:57:05 > 0:57:07PHONE RINGS
0:57:07 > 0:57:13# It's heaven when you find romance... #
0:57:13 > 0:57:17Nonnatus House. Midwife speaking.
0:57:17 > 0:57:23# What a difference a day makes... #
0:57:23 > 0:57:24We need a figurehead.
0:57:24 > 0:57:27And it feels right it should be one of you.
0:57:27 > 0:57:29It's going to be a tight ship from now on.
0:57:29 > 0:57:31It weren't no love story, Nurse.
0:57:31 > 0:57:33My husband can't ever see this baby.
0:57:33 > 0:57:36Knowledge is power, ladies.
0:57:36 > 0:57:38Will someone tell that man to pipe down?
0:57:38 > 0:57:40The East End fascinates me.
0:57:40 > 0:57:42It seems to exist in a world outside of itself.
0:57:42 > 0:57:44I think it's called poverty.
0:57:44 > 0:57:46My mum said having me was no more trouble than sneezing.
0:57:46 > 0:57:49Not the forceps? Please, Nurse, promise me.
0:57:49 > 0:57:52All I care about is you. It's maddening.
0:57:52 > 0:57:54Do stop talking.
0:57:56 > 0:58:02# It's heaven when you find romance
0:58:02 > 0:58:06# On your menu
0:58:06 > 0:58:12# What a difference a day makes
0:58:12 > 0:58:17# And the difference is you... #