0:00:32 > 0:00:36- MATURE JENNY:- I had made Nonnatus House my home.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38When I needed peace and comfort,
0:00:38 > 0:00:42when I needed to grieve and to be restored,
0:00:42 > 0:00:44I did not go far.
0:00:44 > 0:00:49It was as though its roof still sheltered me,
0:00:49 > 0:00:52as though I was still safe within its walls.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Sister Julienne, has the post gone yet?
0:00:55 > 0:00:57No. You're in luck.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Oh, good.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01I don't wear this any more. I thought it could go to
0:01:01 > 0:01:03the Girls' Brigade donation for the home.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Oh, thank you!
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Is there anything you want to send to Nurse Lee?
0:01:07 > 0:01:08Just this letter.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11I sat up all night trying to think of something cheerful to say
0:01:11 > 0:01:12that didn't sound too callous.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14It's a frightfully fine line.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20You may take these to the Post Office
0:01:20 > 0:01:22but come straight back.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24We've a great deal to do this morning.
0:01:24 > 0:01:25Of course, Sister.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45- MATURE JENNY:- People retreat from the world
0:01:45 > 0:01:47for different reasons.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51But if I had come to the Mother House of the order to forget,
0:01:51 > 0:01:54- I- was not forgotten.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59And that I was remembered
0:01:59 > 0:02:02made my pain endurable.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Lovely!
0:02:17 > 0:02:19I knew that nice little Girls' Brigade leader
0:02:19 > 0:02:21wouldn't let us down.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23The Postman nearly did.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25Late again.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28I ought to send you out to the gate to meet him.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30There's nothing like one of your reproachful stares
0:02:30 > 0:02:32to make a person toe the line.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36He's scared I'll hit him with my stick.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39SHE CHUCKLES
0:02:39 > 0:02:40Right, Jacob...
0:02:41 > 0:02:44..are you ready for a spot of crowd control after lunch?
0:02:46 > 0:02:48What is this?
0:02:48 > 0:02:51It's called Quiche Lorraine, according to Mrs B.
0:02:52 > 0:02:53Pass me the beetroot.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56With Sister Julienne's permission, I'll make myself a sandwich.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58Of course.
0:02:58 > 0:02:59What I want to know is
0:02:59 > 0:03:02does Nurse Lee say when she's coming back?
0:03:02 > 0:03:04No, she doesn't.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06She just closes by saying,
0:03:06 > 0:03:09"I hope Sister Monica Joan enjoyed the cake as much as I did!
0:03:09 > 0:03:11"Love, Jenny."
0:03:11 > 0:03:12And three kisses.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15So glad she chose to go to the Mother House.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18It seems like the perfect place for her to recuperate.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21- LABOURED:- Much as we all feel deep compassion for Nurse Lee,
0:03:21 > 0:03:24her absence is felt across every department.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29THEY GASP
0:03:29 > 0:03:31I think she's fainted!
0:03:31 > 0:03:33- Sister?- Sister?
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Steak and kidney pie.
0:03:39 > 0:03:40Your steak and kidney pie?
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Timothy helped a bit this time.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45I think I might have a rival on my hands!
0:03:45 > 0:03:47I only rolled some of the pastry.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Well, it looks delicious.
0:03:49 > 0:03:50You keep him at it.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52It's the summer holiday!
0:03:52 > 0:03:54I don't want to be inside doing cookery.
0:03:54 > 0:03:55I want to play out!
0:03:55 > 0:03:57You can't play out, Timothy.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00You can't keep up with the other boys just now.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02They'll slow down for me.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04I don't want you getting hurt.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09I thought we'd get the bus into town one day
0:04:09 > 0:04:10and go to the Science Museum.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Oh, I can't wait(!)
0:04:13 > 0:04:15PHONE RINGS
0:04:18 > 0:04:19Behave yourself, Tim.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23I don't get the chance to do anything else.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Polio damaged my legs, not my brain.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32Patrick, you're needed at Nonnatus House.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34It's Sister Julienne.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36CHILDREN PLAYING AND SHOUTING
0:04:39 > 0:04:40Stay there.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43We can hunt down an ice cream van later, when I'm on my rounds.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52THE CHILDREN SHOUT TO EACH OTHER
0:04:55 > 0:04:59INDISTINCT CHATTER
0:05:05 > 0:05:08- CLAPPING - Very well, everyone!
0:05:08 > 0:05:10All the party clothes
0:05:10 > 0:05:13are laid out on the trestle tables.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16and you are all to choose one outfit
0:05:16 > 0:05:18to wear for the Founder's Day dance.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Do you all understand?
0:05:20 > 0:05:23ALL: Yes, Miss Molyneux.
0:05:23 > 0:05:24In you go!
0:05:34 > 0:05:35CHATTER
0:05:35 > 0:05:38- It's mine, Mavis! It's mine!- Let go!
0:05:38 > 0:05:40It won't even fit you!
0:05:40 > 0:05:43- Mavis, give it back to Sally.- Why?
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Because she's older than you.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Now, Sally,
0:05:49 > 0:05:53find something pretty for Mavis.
0:05:57 > 0:05:58That's nice, I like that one.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01We'll arrange some bloods to be on the safe side.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03But I can't find anything wrong with you
0:06:03 > 0:06:05a proper rest won't cure.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07I wouldn't say no to a day in bed
0:06:07 > 0:06:08and that's not like me.
0:06:08 > 0:06:09No, it isn't.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11But I'm not talking a day.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14I'm talking a week at least and preferably two.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16I am prescribing you a fortnight at the Mother House,
0:06:16 > 0:06:17starting tomorrow.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20It's out of the question.
0:06:20 > 0:06:21We're a midwife short
0:06:21 > 0:06:24and I've Sister Evangelina's jubilee to organise.
0:06:24 > 0:06:25Jubilee?
0:06:25 > 0:06:28It's the anniversary of her religious vows
0:06:28 > 0:06:30and I need to arrange a service and a party...
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Some of that's already under way!
0:06:32 > 0:06:35I've been writing letters to try to track down her family
0:06:35 > 0:06:36- and invite them.- There!
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Sister Winifred can organise the jubilee
0:06:38 > 0:06:40and someone else can run the office.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42No-one else is capable. I...
0:06:45 > 0:06:46Catch it!
0:06:48 > 0:06:51CHILDREN SHOUTING
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Throw it to me!
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Colin Cowdrey eat your heart out. Eh, Doc?
0:07:01 > 0:07:03Absolutely.
0:07:04 > 0:07:05Good shot, Tim!
0:07:09 > 0:07:13I can't believe you left him there! What if he falls over?
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Or wears himself out and is too tired to walk home?
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Shelagh, leave him to his own devices.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21We both left him to his own devices, if you remember,
0:07:21 > 0:07:23the day he was taken ill!
0:07:23 > 0:07:25I don't deserve that and neither do you.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27I'm sorry.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29- I'm sorry!- We're both sorry.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32And he's an 11-year-old boy.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Polio or no polio, he needs to spread his wings.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40I don't know what I'm going to do with myself.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45I do.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47We still have to find another midwife
0:07:47 > 0:07:49as soon as is humanly possible.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51The current casebook makes for terrifying reading.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54I took the liberty of speaking to Nurse Noakes
0:07:54 > 0:07:57and she's already agreed to do some extra shifts.
0:07:57 > 0:07:58May I?
0:08:01 > 0:08:05I should really let you see it from this side of the desk, shouldn't I?
0:08:05 > 0:08:08If I'm to take over the administration whilst you are away,
0:08:08 > 0:08:10that would be best.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25Did Dr Turner tell you that the gait assessment clinic
0:08:25 > 0:08:27is going to be moved to the Community Centre?
0:08:27 > 0:08:30Sister Julienne, I think we're making each other nervous.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34- That wasn't the object of this exercise.- No.
0:08:37 > 0:08:38BABY FREDDIE CRIES
0:08:38 > 0:08:40You can't go out in a sopping wet uniform, Camilla!
0:08:40 > 0:08:43I'm ironing it dry! Look, dry as a bone.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45People will think you've had the accident, not Freddie.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48They're expecting me at Nonnatus House at half past, Peter!
0:08:48 > 0:08:50And I was expecting to be in my bed at quarter to!
0:08:52 > 0:08:57I'm the most inconsiderate beast in the whole sorry history of creation.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59No, you're not.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01You received a call to arms,
0:09:01 > 0:09:04- I understand. - CRYING INTENSIFIES
0:09:18 > 0:09:21And may you enjoy every happiness in your new home, Reverend.
0:09:21 > 0:09:22Thanks for your help, Fred.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Don't go fretting about your khazi,
0:09:24 > 0:09:28I'll be round tonight to take me plunger to the U-bend.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34SISTER EVANGELINA: Never mind helping the curate to move in!
0:09:34 > 0:09:37- Sister Julienne's got a train to catch!- All right.
0:09:37 > 0:09:38Morning!
0:09:40 > 0:09:43He'd be more efficient helping you to Mars!
0:09:48 > 0:09:51I think a jubilee sounds tremendously jolly.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Will we be having parlour games?
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Well, I did think I might try and find a roulette wheel
0:09:55 > 0:09:57and set up a little casino in the parlour!
0:09:57 > 0:09:59I've always fancied myself as a croupier.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03The plan is for Holy Communion followed by a tea party.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05It's custom to invite the sister's family,
0:10:05 > 0:10:07and any friends she has outside the order.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09I think she had quite a few brothers and sisters,
0:10:09 > 0:10:11I've heard her mention it.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13I have written to her last known address
0:10:13 > 0:10:15before she entered as a postulant
0:10:15 > 0:10:17but there's been no response.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19Have you tried writing to the curate of that parish?
0:10:19 > 0:10:22Curates are always such founts of vital information.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Right, ladies, stand and deliver.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28Lisbon Buildings beckons, as usual.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Who's going to answer the call?
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Faggots and peas, I can't say I'm not relieved.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40So, Mrs Turner, have you had a busy morning?
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Yes, I have!
0:10:42 > 0:10:44I've engaged a new midwife,
0:10:44 > 0:10:46who will be joining us from The London the day after tomorrow.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49She'll be staying on after Nurse Lee returns.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51That's wonderful news!
0:10:53 > 0:10:55Oh, I'm frightfully sorry
0:10:55 > 0:10:57but I don't think I can eat a morsel of lunch
0:10:57 > 0:11:01until we've found out which one of us has walked in dog dirt.
0:11:01 > 0:11:02How do you know it isn't you?
0:11:02 > 0:11:04It was you last time, with your winklepicker shoes.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06The mat in the parlour still hasn't recovered.
0:11:09 > 0:11:10Innocent.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Sister Winifred, Nurse Miller?
0:11:13 > 0:11:14Mrs Turner?
0:11:14 > 0:11:18And it was not I. My olfactory powers are exceptional.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22I should have been immediately aware of the offence
0:11:22 > 0:11:24and seen it remedied.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28SHE CLEARS HER THROAT
0:11:30 > 0:11:34For two pins, I'd have every mutt in Poplar put down!
0:11:34 > 0:11:36THEY GIGGLE
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Stand back, there's all kinds spraying everywhere!
0:11:47 > 0:11:50Leave them to dry and come back and eat your lunch.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53In my stockinged feet? I don't think so.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Is this your only pair of shoes?
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Dog dirt's the least of your worries.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00The upper's completely come away from the sole!
0:12:00 > 0:12:04You may recollect that some of us have taken a vow of poverty.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10I've had these ten years - get another couple out of them.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13I'm sending them to the menders.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15I'm sure you'll find something to tide you over
0:12:15 > 0:12:17in the second-hand clothes box.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23# You must never do a tango with an Eskimo
0:12:23 > 0:12:25# No, no, no
0:12:25 > 0:12:27# Oh dear, no
0:12:27 > 0:12:30# When a lady from Nebraska's at a party in Alaska
0:12:30 > 0:12:34# She must never do a tango with an Eskimo
0:12:34 > 0:12:36# You can do it with a Latin
0:12:36 > 0:12:38# From Manilla to Manhattan
0:12:38 > 0:12:41# You can do it with a gaucho in Brazil
0:12:41 > 0:12:45# But if once those Eskimoses start to wiggle with their toeses
0:12:45 > 0:12:48# You can bet your life you're gonna get a chill
0:12:48 > 0:12:49# Brrrrrrrr
0:12:49 > 0:12:53You can never do a tango with an Eskimo
0:12:53 > 0:12:55# No, no, no
0:12:55 > 0:12:56# Oh dear, no
0:12:56 > 0:12:59# If you do You'll get the breeze up
0:12:59 > 0:13:01# And you'll end up with a freeze up
0:13:01 > 0:13:04# You must never do a tango with an Eskimo
0:13:04 > 0:13:07INSTRUMENTAL
0:13:19 > 0:13:23# You must never do a tango with an Eskimo
0:13:23 > 0:13:25# No, no, no
0:13:25 > 0:13:26# Oh dear, no
0:13:26 > 0:13:28# When a lady from Nebraska's... #
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Want to join in the dancing, Sheryl?
0:13:31 > 0:13:33I can manage by myself.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Shy?
0:13:35 > 0:13:37She's one of my quiet ones.
0:13:37 > 0:13:38I wouldn't mind a few of those.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Can you put on a slow one next, Jacob,
0:13:44 > 0:13:45just to calm everybody down?
0:13:45 > 0:13:48# ..you'll find your passion cooling
0:13:48 > 0:13:49# Yes, siree Brrrrr!
0:13:49 > 0:13:51# You can never... #
0:13:51 > 0:13:52That's the one.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59'JUST YOU' STARTS PLAYING
0:14:00 > 0:14:01Ooh, I like this one.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06# I would climb the highest mountain
0:14:06 > 0:14:10# I would swim the deepest sea
0:14:10 > 0:14:13# I would climb the highest mountain
0:14:13 > 0:14:16# So that I could always be
0:14:17 > 0:14:21- # With you - # With you
0:14:21 > 0:14:24# Just you
0:14:24 > 0:14:27# I would hold you in my arms, dear
0:14:29 > 0:14:32# Kiss you every day
0:14:32 > 0:14:35# I would hold you in my arms, dear
0:14:35 > 0:14:38# In a very tender way...
0:14:38 > 0:14:41I feel sorry for them...all of them.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Do you know something, Sheryl?
0:14:45 > 0:14:46I don't.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50# I would say to you, my darlin'
0:14:50 > 0:14:52# I need you more... #
0:14:56 > 0:14:59- BABY FREDDIE CRIES - Where you going?
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Where have you been? I've got to pick up a list of my house calls.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04I was at weekly briefing. What's the matter with Freddie?
0:15:04 > 0:15:07Eggs and soldiers turned into a full-scale war.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Mrs Torpy's gone to sit with him until you come home!
0:15:10 > 0:15:14Oh, Mrs Torpy! There's a box of Bickiepegs on the sideboard!
0:15:14 > 0:15:15Sorry.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17We agreed you'd work part-time, Camilla.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20The trouble is, Peter, I'm a midwife
0:15:20 > 0:15:23and babies aren't exactly a part-time business.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25CRYING CONTINUES
0:15:25 > 0:15:27No, they aren't.
0:15:28 > 0:15:29Mrs Torpy?
0:15:44 > 0:15:47SHE RINGS THE DOORBELL
0:15:47 > 0:15:48I say!
0:15:49 > 0:15:51I believe I'm expected?
0:15:56 > 0:15:59Any objection to me barging in?
0:15:59 > 0:16:00None...
0:16:00 > 0:16:04for we are besieged by duty and obligation.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07All who enter here must serve, as I do.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11"Golden lads and girls all must,
0:16:11 > 0:16:15"as chimney-sweepers, come to dust!"
0:16:15 > 0:16:17You need a spot of polish on that cloth,
0:16:17 > 0:16:19preferably beeswax based.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26If I don't get a cup of coffee within 60 seconds,
0:16:26 > 0:16:28I might commit murder.
0:16:28 > 0:16:29The only way you're going to get that
0:16:29 > 0:16:31is if I pour it down your throat
0:16:31 > 0:16:33through a funnel, while you're working.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36I want that autoclave turned round, pronto.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Unless you can levitate, I suggest you all march in on tiptoes!
0:16:39 > 0:16:40I've done the whole thing twice,
0:16:40 > 0:16:42cos I thought I caught a little whiff of dog mess.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Are you the new girl?
0:16:44 > 0:16:47I'm Patience Mount but people call me Patsy.
0:16:47 > 0:16:48Move your mop and bucket.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Nurse Miller and Nurse Franklin need to get to the autoclave.
0:16:51 > 0:16:52Oh, it's all been turned around.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Two batches of instruments all bagged up and ready to go.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57And I replenished the dressing cupboard from the store.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59- Really?- Goodness.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02I think I might just have fallen a little bit in love with you.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Red hats are only correct out of doors.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08I wanted to make sure it stayed on during vigorous activity.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11There's nothing more unsettling than an unkempt nurse.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16I think it's time to put the kettle on.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26It's all very well, cycling for 15 miles a day
0:17:26 > 0:17:29but that doesn't necessarily do a huge amount for the waistline.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32And I'm thinking about going over to an elastic panty girdle,
0:17:32 > 0:17:33so I need to get trim.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36Have you ever thought of fencing? I fenced at school
0:17:36 > 0:17:39and I was the only girl ever to beat Mother Gertrude.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Did you go to a convent, Patsy?
0:17:41 > 0:17:45Yes, and I vowed I'd never go within 100 yards of another nun again.
0:17:45 > 0:17:46They were Catholics, though.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49I thought these might be more humane.
0:17:49 > 0:17:50I've never met a Catholic nun
0:17:50 > 0:17:53but these are wonderful.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56They've been so kind to Jenny since her boyfriend died.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58It's all horribly sad.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01I met her last year when she was seconded to The London.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03It was actually her who put midwifery in my mind.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Male Surgical was eroding my will to live.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Or at least my will to nurse!
0:18:11 > 0:18:13KNOCKING AT THE DOOR
0:18:19 > 0:18:21More Scotch, anyone?
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Can I have quite a lot of Canada Dry this time?
0:18:26 > 0:18:29I can't believe you've brought your own whisky.
0:18:29 > 0:18:30Well, my father always says,
0:18:30 > 0:18:32"One should never start a new venture
0:18:32 > 0:18:34"without a bottle of something sociable."
0:18:34 > 0:18:35A man after my own heart.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Cynthia, grab a hoop!
0:18:48 > 0:18:49Cynthia!
0:18:49 > 0:18:51DISTANT GIGGLING AND MUSIC
0:18:53 > 0:18:56KNOCKING AT THE DOOR
0:19:07 > 0:19:10KNOCKING CONTINUES
0:19:29 > 0:19:33I've come to see Sally, Jacob, but she wasn't waiting on the steps!
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Miss Molyneux!
0:19:36 > 0:19:39Oh, yes, Mrs Harper!
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Sally's a bit under the weather today.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44Peverell Ward - left and up the back staircase.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Never used to be allowed to go up the stairs.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50Times change, Mrs Harper. We're relaxing some of the rules.
0:19:54 > 0:19:55It's no good giving in to it.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58You just want to get up and get your circulation moving.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00I'm not well, mum.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02Oh, Sally.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06You're going to have to show me were it hurts. Come on.
0:20:06 > 0:20:07Oh, no.
0:20:09 > 0:20:10What's the matter?
0:20:10 > 0:20:12I don't know
0:20:12 > 0:20:14but I know it's not your monthlies.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16I don't have them any more.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19No!
0:20:19 > 0:20:22No, no!
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Mrs Harper, whatever is amiss?!
0:20:24 > 0:20:27I'm getting her on the first and fastest bus out of here.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29- I'm taking her home. - This IS my home!
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Come into my office and sit down, both of you.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34We generally find Sally's quite amenable to reason.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36What else has she been amenable to?
0:20:36 > 0:20:38That's what I'd like to know!
0:20:57 > 0:21:00Oh, Lord! Is that lemon meringue pie?
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Oh, sorry, old thing. It's spoken for.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05It's been promised as a raffle prize.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10Can we turn our minds to the jubilee buffet?
0:21:10 > 0:21:14We're going to have vol-au-vents, and cheese and pineapple sticks...
0:21:14 > 0:21:15Are you sure, Trixie?
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Sister Evangelina's got quite a conservative palate.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21..and butterfly cakes and a sherry trifle.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Ooh, and I've found a recipe for the most marvellous centrepiece.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Do look.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28It's called a Banana Coronet.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30It looks a bit like Stonehenge,
0:21:30 > 0:21:31only made of penises.
0:21:33 > 0:21:34Sorry!
0:21:34 > 0:21:37Three years on Male Surgical have rather made their mark.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Clearly.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43So, any joy from the curate of that parish?
0:21:43 > 0:21:46There's news but it isn't very joyful.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49He wrote today, saying that Sister Evangelina's eldest brother
0:21:49 > 0:21:51was killed on active service in the war.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54The only ray of hope seems to be Vincent, the youngest.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56He joined the Merchant Navy
0:21:56 > 0:21:59and the curate sent our letter on to the Seaman's Mission.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01- DOORBELL RINGS - I'll go.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10- May I help you?- The name's Harper, I'd like my daughter examined.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13I reckon she's in the family way.
0:22:13 > 0:22:14Surely not?
0:22:14 > 0:22:16It's Sally, isn't it?
0:22:16 > 0:22:18- Don't you live at St Gideon's? - Not any more.
0:22:20 > 0:22:21Come in.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Perhaps it's an abdominal tumour?
0:22:27 > 0:22:28Or trapped wind?
0:22:28 > 0:22:31I mean, is it even possible?
0:22:31 > 0:22:34I've never heard of it happening... ever.
0:22:38 > 0:22:39Your hands are cold.
0:22:39 > 0:22:40Sorry, old thing,
0:22:40 > 0:22:42I should have warmed them.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48I think she's six and a half months.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05People said she'd be better off in St Gideon's.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07I never wanted to send her away but they said,
0:23:07 > 0:23:10"You can't be watching her all the hours God sends!
0:23:10 > 0:23:14"She'll grow up, she'll develop and the streets aren't safe."
0:23:15 > 0:23:17She smiles at people, Nurse.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19She thinks everyone's her friend.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21I can imagine.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23She seems so enormously trusting.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Well, when she was 11, she started wandering off.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29I never knew where she'd been, or who with.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31So I did what people do...
0:23:31 > 0:23:34- DOOR CREAKS OPEN - ..I put her where she'd be safe.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Doctor's prescribed Sally some antibiotics.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40She'll soon be feeling more comfortable.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42I don't know what disturbs me most,
0:23:42 > 0:23:46the pregnancy of an unmarried 30-year-old with mongolism
0:23:46 > 0:23:50or the untreated urine infection that's left her in agonising pain.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52I think you'll find the term mongolism
0:23:52 > 0:23:54is falling out of favour, Doctor.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58We prefer to say Down's Syndrome, nowadays.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00In which case, I stand corrected.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03But it makes no material difference to her plight
0:24:03 > 0:24:05or your negligence.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08She's been molested while under your care and supervision.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11And I want every male resident, nurse and orderly questioned.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17Has Sally made any disclosure of how it all came about?
0:24:17 > 0:24:18No.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22But I think it's in everybody's best interests to find out.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Don't you?
0:24:24 > 0:24:25LINE DISCONNECTS AND BUZZES
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Whoever he is, he'll go down for it if we catch him.
0:24:30 > 0:24:31According to the '56 Act,
0:24:31 > 0:24:35it's an offence to have intercourse with a mental defective.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Peter, that sounds so unfeeling!
0:24:37 > 0:24:39The man who did it is the unfeeling one.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43You eat your pie and mash.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45There's a choc ice for your pudding
0:24:45 > 0:24:47and it's not every day I make a grand romantic gesture.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49No.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Although you rather let the side down
0:24:51 > 0:24:53by not hiring a waiter who can play the violin!
0:24:59 > 0:25:02I've got a day off tomorrow.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04I thought we could snuggle up on the sofa
0:25:04 > 0:25:05and listen to Take It From Here.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07Oh, Peter, once we've cleared this away,
0:25:07 > 0:25:09I'll be rigging up the twin-tub!
0:25:09 > 0:25:11You and Freddie haven't a clean vest between you!
0:25:19 > 0:25:20Help!
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Stay where you are, Sister!
0:25:24 > 0:25:25Help! Help!
0:25:25 > 0:25:28Custer's Cavalry is on its way.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34There has been an intruder!
0:25:34 > 0:25:35What do you mean?
0:25:35 > 0:25:40The glass in the back door is broken, our ramparts are breached,
0:25:40 > 0:25:43and the felon fled with the lemon meringue pie!
0:25:45 > 0:25:47You're like a moth to a flame with meringue,
0:25:47 > 0:25:50you needn't think we've forgotten the queen of puddings!
0:25:50 > 0:25:51Ladies, please!
0:25:51 > 0:25:54I'm sure there is no need to stage a burglary
0:25:54 > 0:25:56just because food has... gone missing.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00She forgets. I have eschewed all citrus
0:26:00 > 0:26:02since the dentist stopped my teeth with mercury!
0:26:02 > 0:26:06- The alchemical reaction is too grievous to bear!- Well, it...
0:26:06 > 0:26:08Sisters!
0:26:08 > 0:26:10I will make sure Fred repairs the door,
0:26:10 > 0:26:13and ask Mrs B to make another pie.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15I don't know what she's going to make it in,
0:26:15 > 0:26:18because whoever it was has waltzed off with the dish into the bargain!
0:26:18 > 0:26:19KNOCK ON DOOR
0:26:19 > 0:26:22- Excuse me, ladies. - Who sent for you?
0:26:22 > 0:26:25It wasn't the Crown Jewels, it was a lemon meringue.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27- Lemon meringue?- Never mind.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30I've actually called about the Sally Harper case.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32Her parents telephoned the station.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Is a midwife free to come with me on a house call?
0:26:37 > 0:26:38Sally...
0:26:39 > 0:26:41..it's very important that you understand
0:26:41 > 0:26:44that you aren't in any sort of trouble.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46You're a policeman.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Policeman don't punish people.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51They help them, too, like nurses do.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53You can trust Constable Noakes, Sally.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58He wants me to tell him things.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Did somebody ask you not to, Sally?
0:27:00 > 0:27:03What do we have to do to get the bastard brought to book?
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Language, Bert - in front of the nurse.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07What do we have to do?
0:27:07 > 0:27:11If the girl was normal, and somebody knocked her up,
0:27:11 > 0:27:14I could go after whoever it was with a hatchet.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18I could make him marry her, I could make everything all right,
0:27:18 > 0:27:20but how can she ever be married? She isn't normal!
0:27:20 > 0:27:23I am normal at St Gideon's!
0:27:24 > 0:27:25Come along, Sally.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27That's enough for now.
0:27:27 > 0:27:28We'll go to your bedroom,
0:27:28 > 0:27:31and you can tell me if your tummy's feeling better.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Is that it, then?
0:27:35 > 0:27:38Mr Harper, if Sally won't give us any information, we can't prosecute.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41It'd be me you'd end up prosecuting if you ever found him
0:27:41 > 0:27:44cos I'd throttle him to death with my own bare hands!
0:27:44 > 0:27:46SHE CRIES
0:27:53 > 0:27:56You mustn't let all the shouting upset you.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00Fathers get very cross when their daughters are hurt,
0:28:00 > 0:28:03or, at least, the nice ones do.
0:28:03 > 0:28:04Nobody hurt me.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08Sally, you're going to have a baby.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10You're not a silly girl,
0:28:10 > 0:28:13and I do believe you understand what that means.
0:28:14 > 0:28:20I think you also understand that the baby came about
0:28:20 > 0:28:23because something happened with a man...
0:28:25 > 0:28:29..perhaps a man who wanted to get very close to you.
0:28:30 > 0:28:31Yes.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36I know it's not an easy thing to talk about.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43It was my boyfriend...
0:28:45 > 0:28:46..and it didn't hurt.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09- Hello.- Oh, lovely.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13Thank you very much. I'll just take this round to the kitchen.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18Well, what about you?
0:29:18 > 0:29:20Oh, I couldn't possibly.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24Sally Harper to see Dr Turner.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30Come along, Sally. You can bring your mother with you.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36See that?
0:29:36 > 0:29:37She's pregnant?
0:29:39 > 0:29:42We'll need to monitor your daughter very closely, Mrs Harper.
0:29:42 > 0:29:46Pregnancy is very, very unusual for girls like Sally,
0:29:46 > 0:29:48and we can't be sure things will go smoothly.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50It's already a disaster.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52If she shows any signs of going into labour,
0:29:52 > 0:29:55we will admit her to the maternity home first,
0:29:55 > 0:29:57and then think about transfer to hospital.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59Not hospital!
0:29:59 > 0:30:01I want to go back to St Gideon's!
0:30:01 > 0:30:03I won't have her upset.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06I won't have her any more scared than she has to be.
0:30:09 > 0:30:10The difficulty is
0:30:10 > 0:30:13there are hardly any cases in the literature.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15It seems an early birth is likely,
0:30:15 > 0:30:18but I'm scrabbling around, trying to find any statistics.
0:30:19 > 0:30:23Well, perhaps we should just put statistics to one side.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26Whoever is responsible, she got pregnant without any trouble,
0:30:26 > 0:30:29and may well go to term, and give birth quite naturally.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32I hope she does, because it gives us time to prepare her,
0:30:32 > 0:30:36otherwise, she's going to give birth without fully understanding
0:30:36 > 0:30:39what will happen. She'll be traumatised.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42Which of you does she trust the most?
0:30:42 > 0:30:46Me, I think...hope. And Chummy.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48Let's take each week as it comes.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50I don't want to hand her over to The London,
0:30:50 > 0:30:53and have her made even more of an object of curiosity.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55We'll look after her.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02Look, Sister, the mystery is over,
0:31:02 > 0:31:04found it behind the lean-to.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06It must have been a tramp!
0:31:06 > 0:31:09The poor thing's practically eaten the pattern off the dish.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11I can remember when your average down-and-out
0:31:11 > 0:31:13was glad of a slice of bread and dripping.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16We'll have to save them some titbits from your party.
0:31:16 > 0:31:17What party?!
0:31:21 > 0:31:24This would never have happened with Sister Julienne in charge.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27Sister Julienne IS in charge. I'm merely carrying out her orders.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30Well, I didn't give permission for a party,
0:31:30 > 0:31:33and I didn't give permission for anyone to write to my relations!
0:31:33 > 0:31:36I didn't think anyone needed permission. It was done with love.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41It's a tradition in the religious life.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44I think you forfeited your right to lecture me
0:31:44 > 0:31:47or anyone else on the religious life.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50There is to be no party. Do you hear me?
0:31:52 > 0:31:53DOOR OPENS
0:31:54 > 0:31:55DOOR SLAMS
0:31:55 > 0:31:57Thank you. Goodbye.
0:31:59 > 0:32:00Right, Nurse Mount,
0:32:00 > 0:32:03was that someone's waters breaking, first couple of twinges,
0:32:03 > 0:32:06or an incoherent father who's forgotten his own address?
0:32:06 > 0:32:07It was the cobbler, actually.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10He says your shoes need completely resoling,
0:32:10 > 0:32:11and it's going to cost 18 and 6.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14Oh, no, it's not, because I'm perfectly happy in my plimsolls.
0:32:14 > 0:32:15PHONE RINGS
0:32:16 > 0:32:17Nonnatus House?
0:32:17 > 0:32:19Nonnatus House, midwife speaking!
0:32:19 > 0:32:22Slow down, sir, and I'll take your details.
0:32:22 > 0:32:23SHE SIGHS
0:32:31 > 0:32:34I've made several attempts to contact the Harpers,
0:32:34 > 0:32:36but there's been no response.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38They're upset that Sally keeps saying
0:32:38 > 0:32:39she wants to come back here,
0:32:39 > 0:32:42especially because she insists that the baby was fathered by
0:32:42 > 0:32:44her "boyfriend".
0:32:46 > 0:32:48She's refused to say anything.
0:32:48 > 0:32:49Even to the police?
0:32:49 > 0:32:51Especially to the police.
0:32:51 > 0:32:56But, Miss Molyneux, we always offer our patients confidentiality,
0:32:56 > 0:32:59and we've decided that the best thing for Sally
0:32:59 > 0:33:01is to treat her like any other pregnant woman.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04Sally isn't like any other pregnant woman!
0:33:25 > 0:33:27- Jacob... - DOOR OPENS
0:33:27 > 0:33:31..could you weave some of your magic for me and conjure up a cup of tea?
0:33:31 > 0:33:32On its way.
0:33:44 > 0:33:45Fares.
0:33:46 > 0:33:52I want to go to Dulacke Street, Poplar, please.
0:33:52 > 0:33:53Sorry, mate?
0:33:53 > 0:33:55Dulacke Street, Poplar.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59It's on the paper.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03Ninepence, and you need to get off at the Town Hall.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15Dulacke Street, please.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18- Top of the street and turn left. - Thank you.
0:34:26 > 0:34:27SALLY GIGGLES
0:34:29 > 0:34:33Absolutely tiptop, young lady - tiptop and tickety-boo.
0:34:33 > 0:34:34DOORBELL RINGS
0:34:40 > 0:34:44I would like to see my girlfriend, please.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47You?
0:34:47 > 0:34:48Jacob?
0:34:48 > 0:34:49Sally!
0:34:55 > 0:34:57I didn't tell them.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59They didn't tell me.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03I don't care if he's not right either.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05He's sharper in the head than she is - he knew what he was doing!
0:35:05 > 0:35:09Ssh, Mrs Harper, let's take this one step at a time.
0:35:09 > 0:35:13I took the bull by the horns, and made a pot of Rosie Lee.
0:35:13 > 0:35:18Everyone needs a cup, especially Jacob -
0:35:18 > 0:35:19he's had a very long journey.
0:35:19 > 0:35:23He'll have another long journey back tonight.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26I wouldn't give him tea, he'll just spill it everywhere.
0:35:26 > 0:35:27Thank you.
0:35:29 > 0:35:33When does Mr Harper come home?
0:35:33 > 0:35:36If I were you, I'd clear out before he gets here.
0:35:36 > 0:35:40Because I'm going to ask him if I can marry her.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43What good would that do? You live in a home!
0:35:43 > 0:35:45You can't work. You can't keep her!
0:35:45 > 0:35:47I can do the decent thing.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49Oh, it's a bit bloody late to talk about decency!
0:35:49 > 0:35:52- Mrs Harper, that is enough. - Leave him alone!
0:35:52 > 0:35:54Stay calm, old thing, stay calm.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58I wanted to see her,
0:35:58 > 0:36:02because I wanted to know she was looked after.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04She is...by me.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06And I'm glad,
0:36:06 > 0:36:11because there is a part of me that you cannot see,
0:36:11 > 0:36:13but she can...
0:36:14 > 0:36:19..and if she is loved, I can go on living.
0:36:33 > 0:36:37Cynthia, you simply wouldn't believe the afternoon I've had -
0:36:37 > 0:36:39a retained placenta in Castile Buildings,
0:36:39 > 0:36:41and then a false alarm in Dove Street.
0:36:41 > 0:36:45It should have been Sister Evangelina, but she'd gone AWOL.
0:36:45 > 0:36:46Oh, hello.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48This is Jacob, Trixie.
0:36:48 > 0:36:53He's...a very good friend of Sally Harper's from St Gideon's.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56I'm just going to pop over the street and ask Tom Hereward
0:36:56 > 0:36:58if he can arrange a lift back for him.
0:36:58 > 0:36:59Of course.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04Well, I have to say, Jacob,
0:37:04 > 0:37:07you look as though your day's been as gruelling as mine.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13I thought there were sausage rolls, but they seem to have gone walkies
0:37:13 > 0:37:16and, yesterday, half a pound of luncheon meat just vanished.
0:37:16 > 0:37:17We must have mice.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19Lucky mice.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23Ah!
0:37:23 > 0:37:25Scones. Left there to cool.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29Simply marvellous.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40Oh, I'm sorry.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43I need help.
0:37:46 > 0:37:47Of course.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08That was wonderful.
0:38:08 > 0:38:12Yes, the Sisters have just gone over to Brooke Bond from Typhoo.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14I'm a Nescafe girl myself,
0:38:14 > 0:38:16so I just kept my head down, out of the range of flying missiles.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19HE KNOCKS ON THE TABLE Chauffeur service.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24Mr Hereward, do be an angel and butter those scones for us.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26Jacob's still drinking his tea.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41Sally's sleeping now.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43I think the upset tired her out.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48What'll happen to the baby?
0:38:48 > 0:38:51That will depend on whether he or she...
0:38:52 > 0:38:55- ..is born with the same condition as Sally.- You mean backward?
0:38:56 > 0:39:00Dr Turner thinks the likelihood could be as much as 50%.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03I hate the word "mongol".
0:39:03 > 0:39:06Mongols are a tribe, they live abroad.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08I saw them at the pictures once.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12The Adventures Of Marco Polo with Gary Cooper.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16Sally was just a little girl then.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19She wasn't perfect, but she was ours,
0:39:19 > 0:39:22not something from a foreign country.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25Nobody doubts how much you love your daughter, Mrs Harper.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27I do doubt it.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30Let me say it, Nurse. Please, let me say it.
0:39:30 > 0:39:34If I'd have loved Sally more, would she have gone to him,
0:39:34 > 0:39:36would she have needed him?
0:39:36 > 0:39:39Would she have even have let him near her?
0:39:39 > 0:39:43You mustn't blame yourself. No matter what you feel.
0:39:43 > 0:39:44I don't know what I feel, Nurse.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48I do know what I've never shown her.
0:39:53 > 0:39:54Come on.
0:39:54 > 0:39:59If you're lucky, we might still pick up reception for Radio Luxembourg.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06Oh, his arms is dead strong!
0:40:11 > 0:40:12ENGINE STARTS
0:40:12 > 0:40:15RADIO: 'Your radio's dialled to Radio Luxembourg.'
0:40:22 > 0:40:23FLOORBOARD CREAKS
0:40:23 > 0:40:24Sshh!
0:40:29 > 0:40:31(I've only just put him down, Camilla.)
0:40:34 > 0:40:36I want to kiss him.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Then he'll know how much he's loved.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42FREDDIE GURGLES
0:40:42 > 0:40:44Yes. There's Daddy.
0:40:48 > 0:40:49HE WHISTLES
0:40:53 > 0:40:54LATCH OPENS
0:40:56 > 0:40:57Sister Monica Joan?
0:41:02 > 0:41:03Sister!
0:41:04 > 0:41:06Sister!
0:41:10 > 0:41:12DISH CLATTERS
0:41:14 > 0:41:16Oh.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19I thought you were Sister Monica Joan, got out in the night again.
0:41:20 > 0:41:24Constable Noakes, can I show you something?
0:41:24 > 0:41:26Of course, Sister.
0:41:39 > 0:41:40Vincent?
0:41:41 > 0:41:42You've got company.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46Can a man not sleep?
0:41:46 > 0:41:47Sorry to disturb you, sir.
0:41:47 > 0:41:48VINCENT COUGHS
0:41:50 > 0:41:53HE COUGHS AGAIN
0:41:55 > 0:41:57Is he a meths drinker?
0:41:57 > 0:41:59Not yet.
0:42:02 > 0:42:03He's my brother.
0:42:07 > 0:42:11He's been fighting the bottle since he opened his first pay packet.
0:42:11 > 0:42:15That's the trouble with drink. It hates those who love it most.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18You needn't think I feel sorry for you.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20You straightened yourself out more than once.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23Drink follows people.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26- It followed me. - HE COUGHS
0:42:29 > 0:42:32He's a sick man, Sister Evangelina.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35I'm going to call for an ambulance.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37Apart from anything else, you're putting yourself in danger,
0:42:37 > 0:42:40crawling round derelict buildings in the dead of night.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42I never made her.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44I tried to turn my back. But I couldn't.
0:42:46 > 0:42:50In the past, when he's pitched up, I've always kept it from my Sisters.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53I hadn't seen him in three or four years,
0:42:53 > 0:42:56I started to think he must be dead.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58And then he got wind of my jubilee, through some letter
0:42:58 > 0:43:01that was sent to the Seamen's Mission and he came knocking on the door.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03Well, you can put two and two together
0:43:03 > 0:43:06regarding the lemon meringue.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08Did him no good, by the look of it.
0:43:10 > 0:43:13I hated the life he chose.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17And he hated the life I chose.
0:43:18 > 0:43:23He used to say "Why, Enid? Why? You're throwing your life away."
0:43:25 > 0:43:27The irony of it is...
0:43:30 > 0:43:33..he was the first baby I saw being born.
0:43:37 > 0:43:41And it was his first cry that decided it for me.
0:43:41 > 0:43:44There was... So full of hope.
0:43:48 > 0:43:49Everything made new.
0:43:52 > 0:43:54You see the good in everything.
0:43:55 > 0:43:57That's your curse.
0:43:58 > 0:44:01And you don't. And that's yours.
0:44:05 > 0:44:08So that's why she refused to get her shoes mended?
0:44:08 > 0:44:11The reason she's been going around in those filthy white plimsolls.
0:44:11 > 0:44:13I actually think they look rather comfy.
0:44:13 > 0:44:15She felt she was defrauding the Order,
0:44:15 > 0:44:18by taking food and bandages without permission.
0:44:18 > 0:44:21And she didn't want a jubilee in case her brother came.
0:44:21 > 0:44:24It's positively heartbreaking.
0:44:24 > 0:44:30# To thee all Angels cry aloud
0:44:30 > 0:44:36# To thee Cherubim and Seraphim
0:44:36 > 0:44:41# Continually do cry
0:44:41 > 0:44:45# Holy, Holy, Holy... #
0:44:45 > 0:44:49- It's Sally Harper.- So soon?- Yes.
0:44:50 > 0:44:55# Heaven and Earth are full of thy Majesty... #
0:44:55 > 0:44:57SHE SCREAMS
0:45:00 > 0:45:01Sally, old bean...
0:45:01 > 0:45:04I know this bally mask feels rotten.
0:45:04 > 0:45:08But, if you listen to me, I'll help you breathe in the right way.
0:45:09 > 0:45:13- I'm scared.- I know.
0:45:13 > 0:45:15Eight fingers.
0:45:15 > 0:45:18Won't be much longer.
0:45:18 > 0:45:19I want to go home.
0:45:19 > 0:45:21SALLY SCREAMS
0:45:24 > 0:45:27It won't live. They said it can't live.
0:45:27 > 0:45:30It's being born too soon, be too small.
0:45:30 > 0:45:32Is the doctor going to come?
0:45:32 > 0:45:34They said he's on his way.
0:45:35 > 0:45:39SALLY SCREAMS LOUDLY
0:45:39 > 0:45:43- I don't think I can bear it. - I know she can't. Nor can I.
0:45:45 > 0:45:46SHE KNOCKS
0:45:48 > 0:45:50What-ho, Sally. Here comes Ma.
0:45:52 > 0:45:53Mum.
0:45:55 > 0:45:58- I don't want no baby. - I know you don't.
0:45:58 > 0:46:01- I don't want it. - Don't you worry about that now.
0:46:01 > 0:46:04You just be a good girl for the nurses. Come on.
0:46:05 > 0:46:07Mummy loves you.
0:46:17 > 0:46:20Here we go. Keep going.
0:46:20 > 0:46:23- SALLY SCREAMS - Well done, Sally.
0:46:26 > 0:46:28You're going absolutely great guns, Sally.
0:46:30 > 0:46:32That's it.
0:46:32 > 0:46:34Good girl.
0:46:56 > 0:46:57I haven't heard it cry yet.
0:47:02 > 0:47:03Is it hurt?
0:47:05 > 0:47:07It's just very, very little, Sally.
0:47:17 > 0:47:19It's just the placenta, Sally.
0:47:26 > 0:47:28Can I go home now?
0:47:35 > 0:47:38Hello, Jacob. They keeping you hard at it?
0:47:38 > 0:47:43Miss Molyneux wants me where she can see me.
0:47:45 > 0:47:47Will you sit down, Jacob?
0:47:47 > 0:47:49I need to talk to you.
0:47:49 > 0:47:51Is it about Sally?
0:47:51 > 0:47:54Yes. About Sally.
0:47:59 > 0:48:01And about the baby, too. I'm afraid.
0:48:05 > 0:48:08If Sally's mother wants her to return to residential care,
0:48:08 > 0:48:11there is still a place for her at St Gideon's.
0:48:11 > 0:48:14It's already been suggested that we remove Jacob
0:48:14 > 0:48:16to an institution for males only.
0:48:16 > 0:48:18Because he can't be trusted with Sally?
0:48:18 > 0:48:20Because he can't be trusted with any young women.
0:48:20 > 0:48:23He was in a position of trust, as much as a member of staff would be.
0:48:23 > 0:48:26Jacob loves Sally, Miss Molyneux.
0:48:26 > 0:48:29I know that. At least, I know it now.
0:48:29 > 0:48:32But I also know that Jacob needs to love,
0:48:32 > 0:48:35and be loved, just like any other human being.
0:48:35 > 0:48:39And the board have decided he'd be better off out of temptation's way.
0:48:39 > 0:48:41Have you asked Jacob his opinion?
0:48:43 > 0:48:46I would love to be like you, Mr Hereward.
0:48:46 > 0:48:51I would love to be young and zealous and full of ideals.
0:48:51 > 0:48:54But what happens in St Gideon's is real,
0:48:54 > 0:48:56and compromised and shabby.
0:48:56 > 0:48:58And that can change.
0:48:58 > 0:49:01Maybe one day it will.
0:49:01 > 0:49:03For now, we must do the best we can.
0:49:05 > 0:49:07SCRUBBING
0:49:07 > 0:49:09Sister Evangelina?
0:49:11 > 0:49:13I'm just giving this a thorough seeing to.
0:49:13 > 0:49:16Before Nurse Mount gets to it and deprives me of the pleasure.
0:49:16 > 0:49:20Dr Turner has arranged a bed for your brother at The Maudsley.
0:49:20 > 0:49:22Mental hospital?
0:49:22 > 0:49:24He'll run rings round those psychiatrists.
0:49:24 > 0:49:26He's sharp as a tack, always was.
0:49:26 > 0:49:29Sister, I know how fond of him you are.
0:49:30 > 0:49:33Well, we can't choose where we love, can we?
0:49:34 > 0:49:36No.
0:49:36 > 0:49:39Nor can we choose what happens when we do.
0:49:39 > 0:49:40More's the pity.
0:49:42 > 0:49:46Sister Julienne told me of your troubles
0:49:46 > 0:49:49when we were drawing up the prayer list.
0:49:49 > 0:49:51Um...
0:49:54 > 0:49:56Listen...
0:49:58 > 0:50:03You already have a child, Shelagh - his name is Timothy.
0:50:03 > 0:50:06And I know why, because I delivered him.
0:50:06 > 0:50:10I didn't know. He was born before I joined the Order.
0:50:10 > 0:50:14I can still see Dr Turner putting him into his mother's arms.
0:50:14 > 0:50:17And she looked into that baby's face and said,
0:50:17 > 0:50:20"I want you always to be loved."
0:50:22 > 0:50:24I'm afraid of loving him too much.
0:50:24 > 0:50:26Well, for whose sake? Yours or his?
0:50:29 > 0:50:32If there's one thing the religious life has taught me,
0:50:32 > 0:50:34is it's impossible to love too much.
0:50:34 > 0:50:36What's needed is taken up,
0:50:36 > 0:50:40and what's not needed hangs around somewhere, looking for a home.
0:50:41 > 0:50:44I've been given so much, Sister.
0:50:44 > 0:50:47All I want to do is pass it on.
0:50:47 > 0:50:50And I don't know how or to whom.
0:50:51 > 0:50:55Well, if I could answer that, it would make me as wise as Him.
0:50:57 > 0:51:01You just bide your time.
0:51:01 > 0:51:04He'll show you his plan. Mark my words.
0:51:08 > 0:51:10Jacob...
0:51:10 > 0:51:14you can stare as reproachfully at me as you like.
0:51:14 > 0:51:16But you're going to move to St Mungo's.
0:51:16 > 0:51:20No. I'm not.
0:51:20 > 0:51:22I appreciate that it's Ayrshire.
0:51:22 > 0:51:25But you do have family in Scotland.
0:51:25 > 0:51:27Have I? I wouldn't know.
0:51:30 > 0:51:32The board have agreed to your transfer.
0:51:32 > 0:51:35- I- haven't agreed.
0:51:35 > 0:51:37Jacob...
0:51:37 > 0:51:39you can do this kicking and screaming,
0:51:39 > 0:51:43or you can do it with dignity and with grace.
0:51:45 > 0:51:47Please.
0:51:47 > 0:51:51Will it make any difference?
0:51:51 > 0:51:53It will make it bearable.
0:51:54 > 0:51:55For who?
0:51:57 > 0:51:58For you?
0:52:12 > 0:52:16MUSIC: "Beside You" by Johnny Maestro and The Crests
0:52:16 > 0:52:21# Beside you Oh, beside you
0:52:21 > 0:52:26# Oh, my love
0:52:26 > 0:52:29# Beside you... #
0:52:29 > 0:52:31Timothy Turner?
0:52:32 > 0:52:38# ..Is a law forever true
0:52:38 > 0:52:43# Beside you
0:52:43 > 0:52:46# Beside you
0:52:46 > 0:52:52# Is a chance for love anew
0:52:53 > 0:52:59# Here, here is a heart
0:52:59 > 0:53:04# That longs to remain
0:53:04 > 0:53:06# Oh
0:53:06 > 0:53:10# Beside you
0:53:10 > 0:53:13# Beside you
0:53:13 > 0:53:20# To guide you, my love
0:53:20 > 0:53:26# Whoa
0:53:26 > 0:53:29# Beside you
0:53:29 > 0:53:33# Beside you
0:53:33 > 0:53:38# Are the arms that long to be
0:53:40 > 0:53:43# Beside you... #
0:53:43 > 0:53:47- I did it!- Well done, son.
0:53:50 > 0:53:52I told you we'd be back in time for lunch.
0:53:52 > 0:53:54Will you come and visit me?
0:53:54 > 0:53:58Of course. I always did and I always will.
0:53:58 > 0:54:00And I'll need a new lipstick.
0:54:00 > 0:54:03As long as it's just a pink one. Not too red!
0:54:03 > 0:54:06CAR ENGINE STARTS
0:54:06 > 0:54:08Jacob? Jacob!
0:54:10 > 0:54:11Jacob!
0:54:35 > 0:54:38Oh, tough luck. Two dozen test tubes.
0:54:38 > 0:54:40They might be new, but they're certainly not clean.
0:54:40 > 0:54:43- What did your last slave die of? - I'm sorry.
0:54:43 > 0:54:46It's all frightfully inconvenient, on the day of your jubilee.
0:54:46 > 0:54:48Nonsense. There's work to be done.
0:54:48 > 0:54:50I shall look forward to our little tea in the parlour later.
0:54:50 > 0:54:53And at least we got the service moved back to 4pm
0:54:53 > 0:54:55so that Sister Julienne can get here.
0:54:55 > 0:54:57Bowls - kidney - six.
0:54:57 > 0:55:01Clamps - midwives - for the use of - six.
0:55:01 > 0:55:04Sister Evangelina, you're wanted at the door.
0:55:13 > 0:55:16CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:55:41 > 0:55:44May God bless you on your jubilee, my dear Sister.
0:55:47 > 0:55:49Oh!
0:55:49 > 0:55:52Let's hope I get another ten years out of these!
0:55:52 > 0:55:53LAUGHTER
0:55:55 > 0:55:57You delivered me, Sister Evangelina.
0:55:57 > 0:56:00And you delivered my Carol, too, last year.
0:56:00 > 0:56:03- Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:56:06 > 0:56:08I'm one of yours as well, Sister.
0:56:10 > 0:56:12And me.
0:56:12 > 0:56:14Thank you, Sister Evangelina.
0:56:15 > 0:56:20- MATURE JENNY:- 'Perfection is not a polished thing.
0:56:20 > 0:56:24'It is often simply something that is sincerely meant.
0:56:24 > 0:56:28'Perfection is a job complete,
0:56:28 > 0:56:32'praise given, prayer heard.
0:56:32 > 0:56:35'It can be kindness shown,
0:56:35 > 0:56:37'thanks offered up.'
0:56:53 > 0:56:57'Perfection is what we discover in each other,
0:56:57 > 0:57:00'what we see reflected back.'
0:57:19 > 0:57:20Thank you.
0:57:28 > 0:57:30Well done, Sister.
0:57:33 > 0:57:34And well done, you.
0:57:39 > 0:57:41Oh!
0:57:43 > 0:57:49'And if perfection eludes us, that doesn't matter.
0:57:49 > 0:57:52'For what we have within the moment is enough.'
0:58:10 > 0:58:14Dad said I wasn't to trouble you, but he's got really bad.
0:58:17 > 0:58:20If you want him to stay a bastard, that's fine!
0:58:20 > 0:58:23Let's not get ourselves married!
0:58:23 > 0:58:25Declan's not always so unpleasant.
0:58:27 > 0:58:30- This is Colin. - Hello, Timothy's mum and dad.
0:58:30 > 0:58:31Hello.
0:58:31 > 0:58:35I must say I find Mr Herewood very...agreeable.
0:58:35 > 0:58:36So do I.
0:58:36 > 0:58:39- Hello.- Good morning. - You look lovely.- You look very nice.
0:58:41 > 0:58:44# I'll tell you why
0:58:44 > 0:58:46# I'll tell you why I'll tell you why
0:58:46 > 0:58:48# I'll tell you why
0:58:48 > 0:58:52# Cos she's my sugar sugar
0:58:52 > 0:58:54# So fine, so divine
0:58:54 > 0:58:58# Cos she's my sugar sugar
0:58:58 > 0:59:02# Mm-hmm, oh yeah
0:59:02 > 0:59:05# Cos she's my sugar sugar... #