0:00:26 > 0:00:31And one, and two, and three...
0:00:31 > 0:00:35MATURE JENNY: The female body is a complex thing, at once fragile
0:00:35 > 0:00:39and formidable, vulnerable and brave.
0:00:39 > 0:00:44It carries the seed of our hopes, the bloom of our youth,
0:00:44 > 0:00:47the weight of our fears.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49It can nurture and tremble...
0:00:49 > 0:00:53inspire and terrify.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57It oppresses and protects us, holding within it all that we are,
0:00:57 > 0:01:02projecting less than we wish to be. It is our enemy,
0:01:02 > 0:01:05our friend, the very vessel of our being.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11What the body takes, it gives.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13And what it costs,
0:01:13 > 0:01:15we never question.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20One of the newest
0:01:20 > 0:01:23and yet most diligent recruits to the Keep Fit movement
0:01:23 > 0:01:26has accomplished something rather wonderful.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Despite only starting classes last November,
0:01:29 > 0:01:31and having a full-time profession,
0:01:31 > 0:01:35she has qualified as an instructor in record time.
0:01:35 > 0:01:36APPLAUSE
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Beatrix, would you like to come forward
0:01:38 > 0:01:40and receive your certificate?
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Thank you.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48Is there anything you'd like say to the class?
0:01:48 > 0:01:50Yes, there is.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54I started coming to Keep Fit at an absolutely ghastly time in my life.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57It meant that for an hour or two each week,
0:01:57 > 0:02:01I didn't have to think about all the horrible and wretched things
0:02:01 > 0:02:03that made me so frightfully unhappy.
0:02:04 > 0:02:09But after a while, Keep Fit didn't just distract me,
0:02:09 > 0:02:11it started to make me stronger.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14And what's more, I've lost two inches from around my waist,
0:02:14 > 0:02:17and gone up a whole cup size in the bra department.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21This really is the very best thing I've ever done.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24APPLAUSE
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Oh, good afternoon.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33- Are you on your way to Mars? - Nah, the moon.
0:02:33 > 0:02:34There's no air on Mars.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Of course there isn't. Silly me.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40Me mum wants milk of magnesia. Her name's Mrs Mullucks.
0:02:40 > 0:02:41Ah, yes.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Hello, Perry.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Your mum really needs to come in and see Doctor,
0:02:46 > 0:02:48so we can give her a free prescription.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50But let's see what we can do.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Hello, love!
0:03:07 > 0:03:09PERRY MAKES WHOOSHING NOISES
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Oi, Perry!
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Mum, got your medicine.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Oh, you're a smasher.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Bless you.
0:03:27 > 0:03:28SHE PANTS
0:03:29 > 0:03:32All right? Go on, son.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Smile! Smile!
0:03:34 > 0:03:35Yeah!
0:03:35 > 0:03:37CAMERA CLICKS
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Do hurry up.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46You're late for the delivery!
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Oh, spoilsport!
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Let's hope it includes what it says it includes.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57I'm not sanctioning this fandangle until every button,
0:03:57 > 0:04:00bow and apron string's correct.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Nurse Crane,
0:04:02 > 0:04:05the suppliers assured me that all is in order.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07The new uniforms are going to be everything we hoped for.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10Professional, practical and really rather pretty.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13If I might make an observation, Sister Julienne, we're midwives.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Not glamour pusses.
0:04:24 > 0:04:25Oh, go on, I'll race you.
0:04:25 > 0:04:26- ALL:- Ooh!
0:04:29 > 0:04:31THEY LAUGH
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Oh, no new look for us, Sister.
0:04:40 > 0:04:45Still, better 600 years out of date than six!
0:04:45 > 0:04:46- Yes.- Hm.
0:04:49 > 0:04:50Goodness.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53These do seem to be rather more nipped-in than the last ones.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55I've no complaints.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58It's horribly dispiriting, slaving away to maintain a waist
0:04:58 > 0:04:59when no-one sees it.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Midwives in Scandinavia have started wearing slacks.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05I read it in Nurse Crane's Journal Of Nursing.
0:05:05 > 0:05:06Imagine what bliss that would be,
0:05:06 > 0:05:08cycling down the Dock Road at three in the morning.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10I don't like slacks.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12The tops of my thighs are a really funny shape.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Then you absolutely must come to Keep Fit.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17Regular leg-overs would make all the difference.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Trixie, do stop trying to inveigle everyone
0:05:19 > 0:05:21to signing up for your wretched class.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23You'll be standing on the Commercial Road soon,
0:05:23 > 0:05:25throwing shark nets over every girl who passes by.
0:05:25 > 0:05:26KNOCK AT DOOR
0:05:26 > 0:05:30I just think that both you and Barbara stand to benefit.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Besides, I'm terrified no-one will come.
0:05:32 > 0:05:33Hello, Phyllis.
0:05:34 > 0:05:39- Ooh, do you want to join Trixie's new Keep Fit class?- I do not.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42I am content with performing my Canadian Air Force routine
0:05:42 > 0:05:44every other morning, as well you know.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47And I cannot make head nor tail of these new fastenings.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Come on in.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Though you'll have to turn a blind eye to all of us in our scanties.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Oh, well. We're all girls together, aren't we?
0:06:00 > 0:06:04Mum? Can I do me homework in the parlour?
0:06:04 > 0:06:06I've just cleaned in there, Belinda.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10Sit to the table. Perry, move your rocket.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13The washing's going to drip on my maths and all the sums will run.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17- Homework in the holidays? - I like homework.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20SHE STRAINS
0:06:20 > 0:06:21Still...
0:06:21 > 0:06:24more homework now, less housework later.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27You'll be able to get yourself a nice job in an office.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Or a bank.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32Mum...sit down.
0:06:32 > 0:06:33I've got too much to do.
0:06:38 > 0:06:39Ah!
0:06:39 > 0:06:42GENTLE APPLAUSE
0:06:42 > 0:06:46You all look every bit as smart as I imagined.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49What I want to know is, are those waspie belts practical?
0:06:49 > 0:06:52If there's one thing midwifery's always involved,
0:06:52 > 0:06:54it's a good deal of bending at the midriff.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57One protracted birth on a low-slung mattress,
0:06:57 > 0:06:59you'll end up cut in half.
0:07:00 > 0:07:01Bless us, O, Lord,
0:07:01 > 0:07:04and these thy gifts, which we receive by thy bounty.
0:07:04 > 0:07:05- ALL:- Amen.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09I was at Lisbon Buildings with Mrs Gallagher and young Jeffrey.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Is he the baby born with missing thumbs?
0:07:11 > 0:07:14And his mother's no nearer getting over it than she was six weeks ago.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17The trouble is, Mrs Gallagher's quite a nervy type.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20She was demanding sleeping pills the moment she knew she was pregnant.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22I'd demand sleeping pills if I lived at Lisbon Buildings.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Surely she's on the list to be rehoused?
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Everyone in Lisbon Buildings is on the list to be rehoused.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30But the new flats aren't being built fast enough.
0:07:30 > 0:07:31I'll talk to Dr Turner.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Perhaps he can help with a medical note.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Bad housing has a lot to answer for.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39I think you'll find family planning has a lot to answer for.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42These young wives get themselves a diaphragm,
0:07:42 > 0:07:44and once they can pick and choose their family size,
0:07:44 > 0:07:47the picking and the choosing never stops.
0:07:47 > 0:07:48They want everything just so,
0:07:48 > 0:07:51and if it isn't, they don't know where to turn.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54I hope they know they can turn to us, Nurse Crane.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Kind words won't give Jeffrey Gallagher his thumbs,
0:07:57 > 0:08:00but they may help his mother to cope.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Kind words are a universal panacea, Sister.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05And like you, I can dispense them quite liberally
0:08:05 > 0:08:07when occasion demands.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11And, like you, I temper them with common sense.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Would you like some bread and butter, Nurse Crane?
0:08:13 > 0:08:14Thank you.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17I would also like the honey.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19As I see there is still no cake.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21One wonders why you comment on its absence,
0:08:21 > 0:08:24given that it is our common sacrifice for Lent.
0:08:24 > 0:08:29Meanwhile, Islamists have festivals of fasting,
0:08:29 > 0:08:32in which the frail and elderly are not deprived.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35I have no objection to our Asian neighbours.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39But when it comes to Lent, we do things our way, thank you very much.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41- Honey, Sister? - No! Bread and butter for me.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45# I'll bring again
0:08:45 > 0:08:48# Tulips from Amsterdam... #
0:08:48 > 0:08:50You know I don't like tulips, I like daffs.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53That's all right, I didn't bring you any anyway.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Well, don't sell flowers down the Hand And Shears, do they?
0:08:56 > 0:08:57No.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59And don't come near me, unless you want de-fleaing.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02What's gotten into you? Eh?
0:09:02 > 0:09:05- DOG WHIMPERS - You'll find out soon enough.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07I'm in labour.
0:09:07 > 0:09:08What, now?
0:09:08 > 0:09:11What do you think of the name Jonquil?
0:09:11 > 0:09:13- For a boy?- For a girl!
0:09:13 > 0:09:17It's a flower name. Like daffodil, only French.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Well, names are your department.
0:09:19 > 0:09:20Yeah.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23And carrying bags is yours, Bernie... Come on.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25It's time to go.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28I can smell spring in the air.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30My other two were winter babies.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34I haven't had a spring one, not till this little afterthought.
0:09:34 > 0:09:35Little accident, more like.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37SHE LAUGHS
0:09:37 > 0:09:39- We'll manage.- Mm.- Always have.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41It's like we used to say when we had to get married
0:09:41 > 0:09:44and live with your mum and dad.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48- "Let's look at what we've got." BOTH:- "Not what we've not got."
0:09:48 > 0:09:49Give us a kiss, Rhoda.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53And that's your lot!
0:09:53 > 0:09:56Should've said that to you nine months ago!
0:09:59 > 0:10:04The neck of your womb is what we call nicely effaced, Mrs Mullucks,
0:10:04 > 0:10:07so it is thinning out, ready for the main event.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10However, you're only one finger dilated.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13But the pains are terrible. You heard me yelling just now.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Seems to me, Mrs Mullucks,
0:10:15 > 0:10:18that the best thing for you would be to settle down with a magazine
0:10:18 > 0:10:20and a nice hot drink.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Have a good night's rest, then breakfast in bed on a tray.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26You know I'm putting it on a bit, don't you?
0:10:26 > 0:10:27Two children myself.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30I know what it is to crave a bit of peace and quiet.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Now, Woman's Realm, or are you more of a Titbits lady?
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Woman's Realm.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40They have Princess Margaret most weeks and I love her.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Especially in Norman Hartnell clothes.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47(Can I have a cigarette?)
0:10:47 > 0:10:49We don't encourage it on the ward.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53Now, I'll go and find the orderly and get you that hot drink.
0:10:57 > 0:10:58Ah...
0:10:58 > 0:11:00SHE SUPPRESSES LAUGHTER
0:11:01 > 0:11:02Ah...
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Morning, Reverend!
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Morning, Fred. You look busy.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09The Jersey Royals are coming on a treat.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Half a crown deposit secures the first crop.
0:11:12 > 0:11:13I'm a curate, Fred.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15I'm so poor, church mice feel sorry for me.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19BELL RINGS
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Morning, Barbara.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30What's all this?
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Oh, these are our new uniforms.
0:11:32 > 0:11:33New hats, too?
0:11:34 > 0:11:35Yes.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38New hats are the reason why I'm calling.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Well, Easter hats. Or more precisely, bonnets,
0:11:41 > 0:11:43which don't necessarily have to be new,
0:11:43 > 0:11:46but they do actually have to exist.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Or we can't have an Easter bonnet parade.
0:11:49 > 0:11:50And I need help.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53I've left it all to the last minute, Barbara.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54Please be a sport.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58Sister Mary Cynthia and I will take the district list today.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Sorry, mad dash. Mrs Akintola's waters just broke
0:12:00 > 0:12:02and she's contracting every three minutes.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04- Would you see to the board? - Naturellement.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08And you can take the post-natal checks this morning, Nurse Franklin.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10And make sure you call in on Mrs Riley in Egerton Buildings.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13- PHONE RINGS - I think an episiotomy suture's been left in situ,
0:12:13 > 0:12:15and she's very sore.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Nonnatus House, midwife speaking.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Ah! And Nurse Gilbert has joined us!
0:12:19 > 0:12:21How very kind of you to spare the time.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23You can accompany Nurse Franklin.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25Maternity home for me.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Mrs Mullucks' labour appears to be revving up.
0:12:28 > 0:12:29SHE SIGHS
0:12:32 > 0:12:34Trixie! Please wait!
0:12:34 > 0:12:35Oh, really, Barbara!
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Oh, my cape keeps pulling at my neck,
0:12:37 > 0:12:40and I've already laddered one of my brand-new stockings.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43An elegant woman wears her clothes, they don't wear her.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47When you get off, you'll just have to walk with your knees closer together.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51Perhaps I could colour in my leg with some ink, or a wet pencil.
0:12:51 > 0:12:52Excuse me, miss?
0:12:52 > 0:12:53Yes?
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Do you mind if I take your picture?
0:12:55 > 0:12:59Oh, that's rather a bold request on a first acquaintance.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02I...do have a business card.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05All this says is that your name's Denny Wray
0:13:05 > 0:13:07and you're a freelance photographer.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10I'm trying to compile a record of life
0:13:10 > 0:13:12in the old East End, before it vanishes.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16Well, life in the NEW East End has a lot to recommend it.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Little things, like vaccinations and indoor bathrooms.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22But you wouldn't know that, seeing as you live in...
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Holland Park.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Is she your boss?
0:13:26 > 0:13:27No.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Fortunately.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32Miss, if I can't get behind closed doors,
0:13:32 > 0:13:33I'm going to get nothing on film
0:13:33 > 0:13:36but kids kicking footballs and meths drinkers.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39And that's what the rest of the world will see.
0:13:39 > 0:13:40He's right, Trixie.
0:13:42 > 0:13:43Do you have a bike?
0:13:43 > 0:13:44I have a scooter.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Very well.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49As long as you don't inconvenience our patients,
0:13:49 > 0:13:52I see no reason why you can't tag along.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54Do you know any gangsters?
0:13:54 > 0:13:57That's for us to know and for you to find out!
0:14:00 > 0:14:03# Poetry in motion
0:14:03 > 0:14:05# Walking by my side
0:14:05 > 0:14:09# Her lovely locomotion
0:14:09 > 0:14:12# Keeps my eyes open wide... #
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Marvellous.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16- Swap them round. - # Poetry in motion
0:14:16 > 0:14:18# See her gentle sway... #
0:14:18 > 0:14:21SHE STRAINS
0:14:21 > 0:14:24They're sending men into space,
0:14:24 > 0:14:27you'd think they'd have found a way round this by now.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29We'll have another try with the gas, with your next pain.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31SHE PANTS
0:14:31 > 0:14:34I feel a right chump, with my bum stuck in the air.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Believe me, Rhoda, I've seen it all before.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40I was hoping for a nun, not one of you young 'uns.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Bet you've all got lovely bleeding bums.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44# Poetry in motion
0:14:44 > 0:14:48# Dancing close to me
0:14:48 > 0:14:51# A flower of devotion
0:14:51 > 0:14:54# For all the world to see... #
0:14:54 > 0:14:55There we go.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59All right?
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Good girl, Rhoda.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05- Ooh... - SHE EXHALES DEEPLY
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Rhoda...
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Baby's got himself into a bit of a pickle,
0:15:17 > 0:15:19so we're going to have to help him out.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21How do you mean, a "pickle"?
0:15:21 > 0:15:23His head seems to be...a bit off centre,
0:15:23 > 0:15:26it's nothing we can't sort out between ourselves,
0:15:26 > 0:15:29but you are going to have to change position.
0:15:29 > 0:15:30I can't!
0:15:30 > 0:15:32I'm too tired...
0:15:32 > 0:15:33KNOCK AT DOOR
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Doctor's still on his rounds,
0:15:35 > 0:15:37but he called and asked me to check on Mrs Mullucks.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Perfect timing, Mrs Turner.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Rhoda and I need a hand with our gymnastics.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44SHE STRAINS Keep it coming, keep it coming.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46Glorious work! Glorious!
0:15:46 > 0:15:48We're crowning!
0:15:48 > 0:15:51There you are, Rhoda. Well done!
0:15:51 > 0:15:52Oh, we have a head!
0:15:52 > 0:15:54RHODA LAUGHS
0:15:54 > 0:15:56And that, Rhoda Mullucks,
0:15:56 > 0:15:59is why women ought to run this country!
0:15:59 > 0:16:01Can I lie down now?
0:16:01 > 0:16:04In a minute or two. Just catch your breath for now.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06RHODA STRAINS
0:16:14 > 0:16:17What is it? A boy or a girl?
0:16:17 > 0:16:20I don't mind, I've got one of each.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32It's a daughter.
0:16:32 > 0:16:33RHODA LAUGHS
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Ah, ah...
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Mrs Turner, can you give Baby a rub?
0:16:45 > 0:16:48- Ah...- We've a bit of a Speedy Gonzales of an afterbirth.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54RHODA GASPS
0:16:55 > 0:16:58SHE STRAINS
0:16:58 > 0:17:00There you go.
0:17:00 > 0:17:01I'll just look that over,
0:17:01 > 0:17:04and if it's all in order, then we're done.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Come on, little one.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Mummy's waiting to meet you!
0:17:08 > 0:17:10BABY CRIES
0:17:17 > 0:17:20Bring her over, I want to look at her!
0:17:25 > 0:17:26Baby girl...
0:17:33 > 0:17:36- Baby's a bit chilly, Rhoda.- Oh.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38I'm going to pop to the nursery with her
0:17:38 > 0:17:41and just put her under the heat lamp for a minute or two.
0:17:46 > 0:17:47Oh, Patrick.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Has Rhoda Mullucks delivered?
0:17:50 > 0:17:51A little girl.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03She can't live.
0:18:03 > 0:18:04She can't.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08Malformation like this can't only be external.
0:18:10 > 0:18:11What about the mother?
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Did she see the baby?
0:18:14 > 0:18:17No. I should've just let her slip away...
0:18:20 > 0:18:21Shelagh...
0:18:21 > 0:18:23She's limbless, Patrick.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28You said yourself she's probably just as damaged on the inside.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Who knows how much she'll suffer?
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Even if she only lives an hour.
0:18:42 > 0:18:43KNOCK AT DOOR
0:18:47 > 0:18:48Come in.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53I made you some tea.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Sister Monica Joan wanted to bring it up,
0:18:56 > 0:18:58but there's a Gypsy Cream in the saucer
0:18:58 > 0:19:01and I was afraid it might not stay the course.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03You heard about the Mullucks baby, then?
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Is it very bad?
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Was ghastly.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Trixie wondered if you were still going to Keep Fit?
0:19:17 > 0:19:21- Oh, Lord.- Should I tell her you're not feeling up to it?
0:19:21 > 0:19:26No. I think this is one of those occasions where one has to...
0:19:26 > 0:19:28buck up and knuckle down.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33If we can retrieve even half a dozen potential bonnets from this lot,
0:19:33 > 0:19:37then we can throw ourselves at the mercy of the crepe paper for the rest.
0:19:38 > 0:19:39Oh...
0:19:41 > 0:19:42Perfect.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45You really are a wonderful person to have on your side when the chips are down.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49And the very best thing of all is you've not once said,
0:19:49 > 0:19:51"Why can't the children make their own Easter bonnets?"
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Well, they can't, can they? Or, at least, some could,
0:19:54 > 0:19:55but some would be left out,
0:19:55 > 0:19:58because money's tight, or things aren't right at home.
0:19:58 > 0:19:59Oh, hello, you two!
0:20:01 > 0:20:02Trixie. Patsy.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05Have you come to do a bit of knees bent, arms stretch, ra-ra-ra?
0:20:05 > 0:20:08- What?- It's my inaugural Keep Fit class tonight.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Barbara, we've brought you a leotard and tights.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Oh, I was just going to wear my gym skirt.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Oh, Barbara, please don't start that nonsense about your thighs.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17Denny's here to take photographs.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20And we'll look much more stylish if we're wearing matching outfits.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23So, say goodnight to Tom, and go and get changed.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25You look as fresh as a daisy.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28It's amazing what a sponge-down and a nice nap can do.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Can I have my little girl with me for visiting time?
0:20:31 > 0:20:32I want to show her to her dad.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Baby's to stay in the nursery for tonight.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38She had a rather rough ride of it, just like you.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43GENTLE MUSIC
0:20:45 > 0:20:46And we will begin the class
0:20:46 > 0:20:50with some gentle exercises, designed to loosen our muscles.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54So, stand up straight, knees slightly flexed,
0:20:54 > 0:20:57and a hand's width apart.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59- Ooh, I'm doing smashing so far! - LAUGHTER
0:20:59 > 0:21:03And now we're going to turn our head from left to right.
0:21:05 > 0:21:06Like so.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12If you feel inspired, you can do it in time to the music.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16But it is a bossa nova beat,
0:21:16 > 0:21:19so don't panic if you can't keep up.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21Ooh, I'm not so sure about this one!
0:21:21 > 0:21:24LAUGHTER
0:21:28 > 0:21:32I spoke to a registrar at the Children's Hospital.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36He says it sounds like a very, very rare condition called phocomelia.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38It means "seal limbed".
0:21:40 > 0:21:42But what could cause it? Why would it happen?
0:21:42 > 0:21:45He said usually the best way to explain it to the parents
0:21:45 > 0:21:48is to say that Mother Nature made a mistake.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52I once said that to a mum whose baby had a huge port wine mark on her face.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56She said, "In which case Mother Nature must be a right old..."
0:21:57 > 0:22:01I'm not going to repeat the word, but it was uncomplimentary.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03And possibly accurate.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06The registrar said that if she survived the night,
0:22:06 > 0:22:08they could find a bed for her.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11But that survival wasn't likely.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15She's breathing steadily enough.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17But I can't interest her in feeding.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19The registrar said not to force her.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23There might be pathologies of the gut.
0:22:23 > 0:22:24He said to keep her comfortable,
0:22:24 > 0:22:28and watch for a gradual tapering off of vital signs.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30She mustn't suffer.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32- She mustn't.- Shelagh...
0:22:33 > 0:22:36..go home...to our own children.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Don't get involved with this.
0:22:42 > 0:22:43TRAIN RUMBLES IN BACKGROUND
0:22:48 > 0:22:50BABY PANTS
0:22:51 > 0:22:53HEARTBEAT
0:23:02 > 0:23:04THEY SING
0:23:30 > 0:23:32BABY CRIES
0:23:40 > 0:23:42Shh.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44CRYING CONTINUES
0:24:01 > 0:24:04There's no mistaking what you want, is there, young lady?
0:24:05 > 0:24:08"Over the past decade,
0:24:08 > 0:24:12"hyperparathyroidism has been recognised
0:24:12 > 0:24:15"as a fairly common disease,
0:24:15 > 0:24:19"especially amongst patients with renal calculi."
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Who's getting involved now, Patrick?
0:24:25 > 0:24:26She is.
0:24:28 > 0:24:29She wants to live.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40Oh, I hardly slept a wink last night.
0:24:40 > 0:24:41I don't know how you manage,
0:24:41 > 0:24:45going to bed with a head full of ironmongery night after night.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47One must suffer to be beautiful.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50Do you have any special plans for your day off?
0:24:50 > 0:24:52No, I'm just meeting a friend.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07My husband never came in last night.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11I fell asleep. When I woke up, gone 11. Too late.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14He does know Baby's been born.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Mrs Turner telephoned him at the warehouse.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18Ah, that was nice of her.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23Expect he's already down the Hand And Shears, wetting the baby's head.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25Yes.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28And you needed to rest, Rhoda.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Why are you calling me Rhoda?
0:25:30 > 0:25:34- I thought it was formal terms on a ward, just like the clinic.- Sorry.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38- I didn't mean to sound disrespectful. - You don't. You sound...kind.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42Like there's something wrong. They said I could hold her this morning.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Baby had a very good night...
0:25:46 > 0:25:48..and I'm sure you'll see her soon.
0:25:48 > 0:25:49Ta.
0:25:55 > 0:25:59I spoke to the Children's. They said to send her in for assessment.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03The ambulance is booked for two o'clock.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Patrick, her mother has to see her first.
0:26:05 > 0:26:06I know she does.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28There.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30You have a nice little sleep.
0:26:30 > 0:26:31I'll be back soon.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Oh. Mr Mullucks!
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Is there any chance of me seeing my missus and my kid?
0:26:43 > 0:26:46It's just, I got a bit tied up last night, so...
0:26:46 > 0:26:47Why don't you take a seat?
0:26:47 > 0:26:50I'll pop through and see if your wife's ready for visitors.
0:26:50 > 0:26:51Thank you.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12Would you like a cigarette, Rhoda?
0:27:12 > 0:27:13What, in here?
0:27:14 > 0:27:16I will if you will.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34PHONE RINGS
0:27:34 > 0:27:35Excuse me.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45RHODA CHUCKLES
0:27:46 > 0:27:49As you know, Rhoda, your baby needed a bit of extra care
0:27:49 > 0:27:51when she first arrived.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54But the little nun said she's doing all right now.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56She is doing all right now.
0:27:57 > 0:28:01It seems she had some problems when she was still in the womb.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09BABY CRIES
0:28:19 > 0:28:23She has the most beautiful, beautiful face.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25Has she?
0:28:25 > 0:28:26It's just that she...
0:28:28 > 0:28:31..seems not to have grown quite as she should.
0:28:51 > 0:28:52Hello!
0:28:52 > 0:28:55Are you saying she's a dwarf?
0:28:55 > 0:28:56No.
0:29:13 > 0:29:14Hello!
0:29:33 > 0:29:37- Mr Mullucks... - How could you even let that live?
0:29:37 > 0:29:39I need to see her. I need to see her!
0:29:39 > 0:29:41And you will, Rhoda.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43I'm going to fetch her myself
0:29:43 > 0:29:46and bring her to you and put her in your arms.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49Everything else, we can talk about later.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52There ain't nothing to talk about! Do you hear me? Nothing!
0:29:52 > 0:29:53Cos I've seen it,
0:29:53 > 0:29:56and there ain't no way that thing is coming back to our house.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15It's all right, Rhoda.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20BABY WHIMPERS
0:30:21 > 0:30:23We're with you every step of the way.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38Come on in, Rhoda.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46Sit down and I'll hand Baby to you.
0:30:50 > 0:30:55I'll pop and get you a cushion, if that chair's too hard.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06She smells like my others.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10Can I just be by myself with her?
0:31:10 > 0:31:12We'll be right outside the door.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46Oh, love.
0:31:49 > 0:31:50What a mess.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57What a mess, eh?
0:32:03 > 0:32:04We'll sort something out.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08I promise.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12Cos you're mine.
0:32:12 > 0:32:13Mine.
0:32:15 > 0:32:16And I'm not bailing out on you.
0:32:31 > 0:32:32Pats!
0:32:34 > 0:32:35Were you looking at your watch?
0:32:35 > 0:32:37- No.- Fibber.
0:32:39 > 0:32:43I was given a spotless bill of health and went straight to see Matron.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45I walked into that hospital a patient
0:32:45 > 0:32:47and walked back out an employee.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55Mr Mullucks.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59Mr Mullucks!
0:32:59 > 0:33:02Your daughter is going to be admitted to hospital.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05HE BANGS THE DOOR
0:33:05 > 0:33:06Mr Mullucks?
0:33:26 > 0:33:28Rhoda.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32Mrs Turner's just gone to see to some paperwork.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35She wondered if you'd like to give Baby a name.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40She can fill out the forms without one. It doesn't matter.
0:33:40 > 0:33:41It does matter.
0:33:42 > 0:33:44I gave my other kids fancy names.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48Belinda-Louise, Perry-Keith.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51I had a fancy name, made me stand out. It was great.
0:33:54 > 0:33:55I'm going to call her Susan.
0:33:57 > 0:34:01She'll never have to spell it, or explain it.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04There'll be nothing said by anyone.
0:34:04 > 0:34:05She might be glad of that.
0:34:08 > 0:34:12The only fly in the ointment is having to wait until June.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14But unless Staff Nurse Winters gets knocked up
0:34:14 > 0:34:17and brings her wedding forward, we'll just have to bide our time.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19It still seems too good to be true.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22There you are!
0:34:22 > 0:34:25That was a right wild goose chase you sent me on
0:34:25 > 0:34:27to that foundation garment shop.
0:34:27 > 0:34:31They don't stock Miss Mary of Switzerland girdles at all.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35Hello, Mam. You remember Patsy, don't you?
0:34:35 > 0:34:38Of course I do. Nice to see you again, dear.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43There's scum on that tea.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45You wouldn't see that in Pembrokeshire.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47I was just telling Patsy my news, Mam.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49It's wonderful, isn't it?
0:34:49 > 0:34:52Well, I'm glad she's recovered from her accident.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55- But I don't want her coming back to London, or to work.- Mam?
0:34:55 > 0:34:57Don't you Mam me, I'm your mother!
0:34:57 > 0:35:00Every time I walk through those hospital doors, I feel ill.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02I go right back to you lying there with your head cracked open
0:35:02 > 0:35:04and your mind half-gone.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07But that was six months ago. Delia's made a complete recovery.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09I haven't, neither has her dad.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14We don't want her leaving home again, ever.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17Besides, they've even knocked the nurses' home down at the London,
0:35:17 > 0:35:18she'd have nowhere to live.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21- Lots of nurses live in rented digs. - Digs? Digs?
0:35:21 > 0:35:24She can't be fending for herself like that. She gets tired.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27I'm sorry, cariad. I'm putting my foot down.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37You're not taking her!
0:35:37 > 0:35:39Not to hospital, not to anywhere out of my sight.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41What are they going to do with her?
0:35:41 > 0:35:44Dump her in a corner, shut her in some side room like you have?
0:35:44 > 0:35:47Rhoda, Baby's received the very best of care here.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49Her name is Susan!
0:35:49 > 0:35:51And if that's true, why can't she stay?
0:35:51 > 0:35:52Why can't she stay?
0:35:52 > 0:35:56- They may be able to do tests on her in hospital.- What sort of tests?
0:35:56 > 0:35:58Tests to make her arms grow?
0:35:58 > 0:36:01Tests to magic her legs out of nowhere?
0:36:01 > 0:36:03No.
0:36:03 > 0:36:04Come on.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06Doctor prescribed this for you.
0:36:06 > 0:36:07Oh!
0:36:10 > 0:36:11What is it?
0:36:11 > 0:36:14It's just something to help you settle down.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25Will there be a test that can tell us why?
0:36:25 > 0:36:27I'm afraid that's not likely, Rhoda.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29Then she ain't going.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31And I ain't signing any forms.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36When Nurse Crane gets back tonight,
0:36:36 > 0:36:39I'm asking her to look at the roster for Easter weekend.
0:36:40 > 0:36:45We need extra time for our devotions and there are several babies due.
0:36:45 > 0:36:49I'm afraid the younger generation will need to step up to the plate.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51That's all right, Sister.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54I'll arrange for an extra special lunch for Easter Monday,
0:36:54 > 0:36:56before the Bonnet Parade.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59Shall I invite Mr Hereward?
0:36:59 > 0:37:00Why not?
0:37:09 > 0:37:10- Morning, Sister!- Oh!
0:37:12 > 0:37:15- Smashing article in the paper. - Mmm? What's that, then?
0:37:18 > 0:37:22- Right, Nurse Franklin! - Present and correct.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25There is nothing whatever correct about this, Nurse Franklin.
0:37:26 > 0:37:27Oh.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31- What is it?- I would rather you didn't look, Sister Julienne,
0:37:31 > 0:37:34but I'm happy to spell out the headlines for you.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36"Keeping Fit," exclamation mark.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39"Poplar Midwives Take Care Of All Aspects Of Health."
0:37:39 > 0:37:41Two photographs of Nurse Gilbert
0:37:41 > 0:37:44and Nurse Mount in their new uniforms
0:37:44 > 0:37:46and then two photographs of all of them
0:37:46 > 0:37:49cavorting in their combinations!
0:37:49 > 0:37:53Those aren't combinations, Sister. They're called leotards.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55Oh, Trixie!
0:37:55 > 0:37:57We aren't in the paper in our leotards...
0:37:57 > 0:37:59I'm afraid you are, Nurse Gilbert.
0:37:59 > 0:38:03Showing every outline that God gave you!
0:38:03 > 0:38:05If God gave us those outlines, Sister,
0:38:05 > 0:38:08then I'm sure he won't object to them being on display.
0:38:08 > 0:38:12But, Nurse Franklin, I'm very much afraid we do.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19I think the problem is, the nappies are just too big.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22On a normal baby, the towelling comes halfway down the thighs.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25But Susan's feet keep getting caught.
0:38:25 > 0:38:30Can we try, er, cutting one up and hemming it? See if that works.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32I'd like to put her in little nighties, too.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35Not just vests all the time.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38Could someone bring in some baby clothes from home for you?
0:38:38 > 0:38:40We could experiment and see what works.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42My husband won't come in
0:38:42 > 0:38:45and, erm, the rest of the family's in Canvey Island
0:38:45 > 0:38:47and God knows what he's told them.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49Suppose we're out of sight, out of mind.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52Rhoda, in a few days, when you go home...
0:38:52 > 0:38:54We can't go home!
0:38:54 > 0:38:57He won't have her in the house,
0:38:57 > 0:38:59and I'm not putting her in a home.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03She's mine.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05GUNSHOTS ON TV
0:39:05 > 0:39:08I won't bow down to them. I won't!
0:39:08 > 0:39:11I'd mind less if we weren't spending all weekend on duty
0:39:11 > 0:39:12so that they could pray!
0:39:12 > 0:39:15Hurry up, Babs. We're breaking rank and getting our own tea tonight.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17I suppose we ought to stoke up,
0:39:17 > 0:39:21if we're going to go out "cavorting in our combinations".
0:39:21 > 0:39:24Do you want to join us, Sister Monica Joan?
0:39:24 > 0:39:27I am engaged in watching television.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31I await the news, so I might decide which cataclysm to pray for.
0:39:35 > 0:39:36- Eclairs!- Four.
0:39:36 > 0:39:37It was two for half a crown.
0:39:37 > 0:39:38Gosh.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43You break your Lenten fast,
0:39:43 > 0:39:44yet it is only Maundy Thursday
0:39:44 > 0:39:48and too soon to cease the deprivations of the flesh!
0:39:48 > 0:39:51Jesus didn't deprive his flesh on Maundy Thursday.
0:39:51 > 0:39:55He sat with his disciples and broke bread at the Last Supper.
0:39:55 > 0:40:00And, I believe, in Eastern Orthodox tradition, Lent actually ends today.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05When I was a child, my nurse would never let me
0:40:05 > 0:40:08eat every morsel put before me.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11Something must always remain, for Mr Manners.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14I know now that Mr Manners is a myth,
0:40:14 > 0:40:18and it is madness to appease him with delights of any kind.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25THEY GIGGLE
0:40:27 > 0:40:30And now we take our right arm and raise it upright.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33Moving it backwards, we perform a circle,
0:40:33 > 0:40:36repeating the move four times.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44And then we switch to the left side and do the same again.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48Gives the Windmill Girls a whole new meaning!
0:40:48 > 0:40:51It's certainly very stimulating to the humours.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55And remember - feet 12 inches apart.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57Now we reverse the action,
0:40:57 > 0:40:59moving the right arm forwards.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04Good job I swilled under me arms this morning!
0:41:08 > 0:41:11But if Rhoda's husband won't let her take Susan home
0:41:11 > 0:41:15and she won't put her in an institution, where will they go?
0:41:15 > 0:41:18There has been talk of finding her a room in a hostel
0:41:18 > 0:41:19where she could take the baby,
0:41:19 > 0:41:21but she has two other children to consider.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24It's not going to be easy.
0:41:24 > 0:41:25No.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29Things might resolve.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31The situation doesn't have to be impossible.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33Seems fairly impossible to me.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40I had a little brother born with water on the brain.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42Oh, I had no idea.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45We aren't encouraged to talk about personal things.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51My mother wouldn't put him in a home,
0:41:51 > 0:41:55and when we took him out she'd say, "If people stare, stare back."
0:41:57 > 0:42:01And I never could because after they'd stared,
0:42:01 > 0:42:03they'd turn away and shake their heads.
0:42:04 > 0:42:08And when they did that, I could see him through their eyes.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10But we knew we loved him.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16He died a long time ago.
0:42:18 > 0:42:22And that was when we realised how much he'd really mattered.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25God bless you, Sister. And him.
0:42:27 > 0:42:28Thank you.
0:42:33 > 0:42:38I just wonder if it's not something in the atmosphere.
0:42:38 > 0:42:42The father of the baby with the missing thumbs is a chemical mixer
0:42:42 > 0:42:43at the Matchworks.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45There are atom bombs going off in the Sahara
0:42:45 > 0:42:48and a polluted river running right past our front door.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51I'm not sure any good can come of asking why, Sister.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54We have to accept things are as they are
0:42:54 > 0:42:59and reach out with all the love we can find.
0:42:59 > 0:43:03I suppose that's what we're doing now, with Susan's clothes.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07The trouble is, these aren't Susan's clothes.
0:43:07 > 0:43:09They're what we could find in the charity box,
0:43:09 > 0:43:13things people threw away, and that just isn't good enough.
0:43:27 > 0:43:31I do know it must be hard for you to manage without Rhoda, Mr Mullucks.
0:43:31 > 0:43:33She's such a wonderful wife and mother.
0:43:33 > 0:43:35She's not bringing that monster home.
0:43:36 > 0:43:40I know Susan's deformities are shocking at first glance...
0:43:40 > 0:43:43At first glance? Are you saying I didn't see what I saw?
0:43:45 > 0:43:46No.
0:43:49 > 0:43:55But first glances are for strangers and shock is just for passers-by,
0:43:55 > 0:43:58for people who don't know Susan, or love her.
0:43:58 > 0:44:02But if you bring her home and bring her up with your other children,
0:44:02 > 0:44:08she'll become as familiar and as beautiful to you as they are.
0:44:08 > 0:44:10And what makes you such an expert?
0:44:10 > 0:44:13I'm not.
0:44:13 > 0:44:15This sort of situation, nobody ever is.
0:44:17 > 0:44:20But Rhoda loves Susan and I believe -
0:44:20 > 0:44:22I know - that you love Rhoda.
0:44:25 > 0:44:28- These are the things that Mum got ready.- Well done, Belinda.
0:44:28 > 0:44:31I left some things upstairs because they are blue.
0:44:31 > 0:44:32Mum got all colours ready.
0:44:32 > 0:44:34She said, you never know what you're going to get.
0:44:34 > 0:44:35Ain't that the truth?
0:44:37 > 0:44:38I wish we could see her.
0:44:43 > 0:44:46It'll be a challenge, Mr Mullucks, whatever you choose to do.
0:44:46 > 0:44:50But it'll all be so much harder if the family's pulled apart.
0:44:55 > 0:44:56TRIXIE CLAPS
0:44:56 > 0:44:59Now we've finished our tea and biscuits, we're going to
0:44:59 > 0:45:03move on to a more challenging exercise where we work our arms
0:45:03 > 0:45:08and legs together, trimming our flanks and tightening our upper bust.
0:45:08 > 0:45:12It's a case of "good luck with that", as far as I'm concerned!
0:45:12 > 0:45:15Sister Monica Joan, you can do these moves in a seated position.
0:45:17 > 0:45:20- She's such a slave driver. - No talking, please!
0:45:20 > 0:45:24We need to save our breath for our exercises. Just follow me!
0:45:24 > 0:45:27Hands to the cleavage then out horizontally.
0:45:27 > 0:45:30Hands to the cleavage then out horizontally.
0:45:30 > 0:45:32Then we add a marching step.
0:45:37 > 0:45:39Knees high!
0:45:41 > 0:45:42Oh!
0:45:50 > 0:45:51Carry on, ladies.
0:45:54 > 0:45:56OLIVE SOBS
0:45:56 > 0:45:58Olive? Is everything all right?
0:45:58 > 0:46:02If you've injured yourself, I'll need to put it in my report book.
0:46:02 > 0:46:03No, don't.
0:46:03 > 0:46:05Please...please don't.
0:46:08 > 0:46:10I've had an accident.
0:46:10 > 0:46:12Oh, it's not the end of the world.
0:46:12 > 0:46:13It was that exercise.
0:46:15 > 0:46:16Me clothes are soaked.
0:46:16 > 0:46:18Would you, erm,
0:46:18 > 0:46:21fetch me mac for me, so's I can go out through the hall?
0:46:21 > 0:46:22Of course.
0:46:24 > 0:46:27Has this happened to you before?
0:46:27 > 0:46:30Well, it does, doesn't it, to women?
0:46:30 > 0:46:32Not necessarily.
0:46:32 > 0:46:34Not unless there's something wrong.
0:46:34 > 0:46:36I reckon there is something wrong.
0:46:36 > 0:46:41It's like there's something slipping away, down below.
0:46:41 > 0:46:44Oh, Olive, you must see the doctor!
0:46:44 > 0:46:48He'll just say I've had seven kids, it's par for the course.
0:46:48 > 0:46:52Besides, I manage. There's things you can do.
0:46:52 > 0:46:54And they obviously aren't working, are they?
0:47:02 > 0:47:04Good evening, ladies.
0:47:04 > 0:47:07And Sister Monica Joan, you're just in time for compline.
0:47:07 > 0:47:10You were all greatly missed at high tea.
0:47:10 > 0:47:11We had to eat early
0:47:11 > 0:47:14so that we could make it on time for my Keep Fit class.
0:47:14 > 0:47:18- All of you?- Yes, Sister, all of us.
0:47:18 > 0:47:23I can assure you, I have not in any way contravened our Lenten vow.
0:47:23 > 0:47:27I have consumed only potato chips and they are savoury, not sweet.
0:47:29 > 0:47:30Nurse Franklin,
0:47:30 > 0:47:33will you please come to my office at 9:00 tomorrow morning?
0:47:33 > 0:47:36I shall be otherwise engaged at 9:00. I shall come at 9:30.
0:47:51 > 0:47:54I wanted to make something special for Belinda Mullucks.
0:47:54 > 0:47:57I thought she needed to know that someone was looking out for her.
0:47:57 > 0:48:00What about young fella me lad, the son?
0:48:00 > 0:48:01Perry?
0:48:01 > 0:48:04Tom's making him an aerial for his space helmet.
0:48:04 > 0:48:07He's actually quite good at metalwork.
0:48:07 > 0:48:09- PHONE RINGS - I'll get it.
0:48:09 > 0:48:13Do not remove them. The entire creation is hanging in the balance.
0:48:17 > 0:48:18'I'm sorry, Pats.'
0:48:20 > 0:48:22I'm so sorry.
0:48:22 > 0:48:24Delia, you're 24!
0:48:24 > 0:48:26When I said that to my mother, she said,
0:48:26 > 0:48:30"And it's only by the grace of God you'll see 25."
0:48:30 > 0:48:34If I come back to live in London it will break her.
0:48:34 > 0:48:37I owe her so much and she's fighting so hard.
0:48:39 > 0:48:41Well, can I see you before you go?
0:48:43 > 0:48:46We're getting the bus back home on Monday night.
0:48:49 > 0:48:50Can I meet you for lunch?
0:48:51 > 0:48:55You could come here, I know everyone would be so pleased to see you.
0:48:56 > 0:48:57All right.
0:48:59 > 0:49:00But I can't leave Mam.
0:49:09 > 0:49:13Morning, Rhoda. We had quite a sewing bee last night.
0:49:13 > 0:49:17I've brought some nappies and dresses to try on Susan.
0:49:17 > 0:49:18Oh...
0:49:29 > 0:49:33Well, look at all this, Susan Mullucks, eh?
0:49:36 > 0:49:38Norman Hartnell better watch his back!
0:49:41 > 0:49:44She's going to be a right little head-turner.
0:49:44 > 0:49:45Yes.
0:49:49 > 0:49:51It's just as well he's not a young man.
0:49:51 > 0:49:53Wouldn't know where to put me face.
0:49:53 > 0:49:57Doctor's not embarrassed, Olive, and nor should you be.
0:49:57 > 0:50:00I'm glad you came in, Mrs Nattrass.
0:50:00 > 0:50:03You have what we call a prolapse of the womb.
0:50:03 > 0:50:06It's advanced enough to mean that your womb is periodically
0:50:06 > 0:50:09slipping down through your vagina.
0:50:09 > 0:50:11- Is that the medical word for it? - Vagina?
0:50:14 > 0:50:15I never heard that said before.
0:50:15 > 0:50:19Even when I was having me nippers, we just used to call everything
0:50:19 > 0:50:20our "down-belows".
0:50:20 > 0:50:23The nuns never used to call it anything at all.
0:50:23 > 0:50:26Have you ever tried to remedy this yourself?
0:50:27 > 0:50:28Well, I tried...
0:50:29 > 0:50:31I tried shoving things up there.
0:50:33 > 0:50:37Er, me mum, she used to say she'd tie a knot in a bit of old flannel.
0:50:37 > 0:50:39I've had a go at that.
0:50:40 > 0:50:43I have heard of people using a bit of rolled-up cardboard.
0:50:44 > 0:50:47Even apples, some of them. Or a spud.
0:50:47 > 0:50:49So have I.
0:50:49 > 0:50:53- But you have to draw the line somewhere, don't you?- Yes, you do.
0:50:53 > 0:50:56And I am drawing a line under this right now
0:50:56 > 0:50:59and referring you for surgical repair.
0:50:59 > 0:51:00Will that be on the National Health?
0:51:00 > 0:51:04Everything's on the National Health now. Has been for quite a long time.
0:51:04 > 0:51:07All you had to do was ask, Olive.
0:51:07 > 0:51:09Never had the words, did I?
0:51:09 > 0:51:11No.
0:51:16 > 0:51:20Daffs, tulips, iris. Fresh for Easter!
0:51:20 > 0:51:23You should get some flowers, Dad. She likes daffodils.
0:51:27 > 0:51:30We have a particular way of doing things
0:51:30 > 0:51:32at Nonnatus House, Nurse Franklin,
0:51:32 > 0:51:35and we've found over the years that everything's much more harmonious
0:51:35 > 0:51:38if those who live with us respect that.
0:51:38 > 0:51:42But, Sister Julienne, there's a difference between respect
0:51:42 > 0:51:44and living by your rules.
0:51:44 > 0:51:46We're nurses, not nuns.
0:51:46 > 0:51:50We're nurses too, so in that respect our vocations overlap.
0:51:52 > 0:51:55But if you make social arrangements that take half our team
0:51:55 > 0:51:58off the roster at the same time every week,
0:51:58 > 0:52:01then our patients may suffer.
0:52:01 > 0:52:03And we have yet to address the business
0:52:03 > 0:52:06of those disappointing photographs.
0:52:07 > 0:52:09I'm not giving up Keep Fit.
0:52:10 > 0:52:13You already take one evening off each week
0:52:13 > 0:52:15to attend your other class.
0:52:15 > 0:52:20Sister, Alcoholics Anonymous - and I'm not afraid to say the name -
0:52:20 > 0:52:24isn't my "other class," it's the thing that saved me.
0:52:24 > 0:52:27And Keep Fit is the thing that makes me whole.
0:52:29 > 0:52:31I do see how well you look,
0:52:31 > 0:52:32and how happy.
0:52:34 > 0:52:37And I'm not just doing Keep Fit for myself.
0:52:38 > 0:52:42There are women in my group who can't even name parts of their own anatomy!
0:52:42 > 0:52:46They expect to be in discomfort, even pain, because they haven't
0:52:46 > 0:52:49been taught that owning a female body ought to be a joy!
0:52:49 > 0:52:53But it so often isn't, Nurse Franklin.
0:52:53 > 0:52:57- That's what our work's about. - And it shouldn't have to be!
0:52:57 > 0:52:59This morning I spent time with a patient who -
0:52:59 > 0:53:03with all due respect - is nearer your generation than mine.
0:53:03 > 0:53:06And her experience isn't one that we need to see repeated.
0:53:10 > 0:53:12I'm sorry, Sister.
0:53:12 > 0:53:13No, Nurse Franklin.
0:53:15 > 0:53:16I am.
0:53:20 > 0:53:22She looks a bit like you, Perry.
0:53:22 > 0:53:23Same little nose.
0:53:24 > 0:53:26Not so much like Belinda.
0:53:26 > 0:53:28She always had a clever-looking face.
0:53:30 > 0:53:35Did Dad tell you she didn't come out quite right, yeah?
0:53:35 > 0:53:37But it's not the end of the world.
0:53:37 > 0:53:40When she's wrapped up, she looks just like a normal baby.
0:53:41 > 0:53:44And later on, people call her names, you'll just have to fight them,
0:53:44 > 0:53:47won't you, Perry? Yeah. Cos she's ours.
0:53:53 > 0:53:55She's so soft.
0:53:55 > 0:53:58She's going to have skin like a Camay advert.
0:53:58 > 0:54:00The first thing the nurse said to me was,
0:54:00 > 0:54:03"She's got a beautiful, beautiful face," and she has.
0:54:04 > 0:54:07And you see, sometimes in life,
0:54:07 > 0:54:10you've got to be grateful for what you HAVE got.
0:54:14 > 0:54:15Not what you've not got.
0:54:18 > 0:54:20Can I hold her?
0:54:20 > 0:54:21- Yeah.- No.
0:54:23 > 0:54:25He'll be too rough.
0:54:26 > 0:54:27He might hurt her.
0:54:29 > 0:54:30Give her here.
0:54:43 > 0:54:44We'll manage.
0:54:46 > 0:54:47We always have.
0:54:51 > 0:54:52Bring her home.
0:55:07 > 0:55:10What a beautiful table you keep, Sister Julienne.
0:55:10 > 0:55:14Family meals are very important at Nonnatus House, Mrs Busby.
0:55:14 > 0:55:17It was never like this at that nurses' home, was it, cariad?
0:55:17 > 0:55:19I still wish they hadn't demolished it.
0:55:19 > 0:55:23- Where are you going to stay when you take up your job again?- I'm not.
0:55:23 > 0:55:26- I'm going home to Wales.- Really?
0:55:26 > 0:55:30There's nowhere suitable for her to live, Sister. She's been so poorly.
0:55:30 > 0:55:32Your daughter is welcome to lodge here with us.
0:55:34 > 0:55:37I think that's a most suitable suggestion.
0:55:39 > 0:55:41So do I.
0:55:46 > 0:55:47I don't know...
0:55:48 > 0:55:49I do.
0:55:50 > 0:55:54We cherish our young women, Mrs Busby,
0:55:54 > 0:55:56and they keep us on our toes.
0:55:56 > 0:55:59I fear, without them, we would flounder.
0:55:59 > 0:56:01THEY LAUGH
0:56:05 > 0:56:10'And so the Easter festivities ended and several new chapters began.
0:56:13 > 0:56:15'In the spring of 1961,
0:56:15 > 0:56:21'the sun shone, the moon was suddenly within the reach of man.
0:56:22 > 0:56:26'Science was all-powerful, all medicine was good.'
0:56:26 > 0:56:29In first place, Belinda!
0:56:29 > 0:56:31CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:56:34 > 0:56:39'The day would come too soon when Susan could no longer be wrapped up
0:56:39 > 0:56:42'or protected from the gaze of strangers.
0:56:42 > 0:56:47'Her parents' questions would be matched by those of other people.
0:56:48 > 0:56:52'And in time, their bewildered "whys"
0:56:52 > 0:56:54'would meet with a one-word answer.
0:56:54 > 0:56:56'No-one foresaw this,
0:56:56 > 0:57:01'or that a scandal would be sparked that would rock the world for years.
0:57:03 > 0:57:08'And there was love, because love grows when nothing else is certain,
0:57:08 > 0:57:12'changing its shape, to fill the space required.'
0:57:13 > 0:57:16The docks are brutal and I need men that's fit for them.
0:57:16 > 0:57:19Men give you their lives, at least respect them.
0:57:19 > 0:57:21We need an ambulance.
0:57:21 > 0:57:23These are wonderful days, girls.
0:57:23 > 0:57:26Go out there and take hold of them.
0:57:26 > 0:57:29You're quite the warrior, aren't you?
0:57:29 > 0:57:32Baby has the best and it's free - the breast.
0:57:32 > 0:57:34Can't I try him on a bottle of formula?
0:57:34 > 0:57:36I thought you had more sense than that.
0:57:36 > 0:57:37Connie, what are you talking about?
0:57:37 > 0:57:40If I can't give him nothing, what good am I?