0:00:29 > 0:00:31MATURE JENNY: 'In the early 1960s,
0:00:31 > 0:00:35'the entire world still seemed to flow through the London docks.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40'We were shown an image of plenty and it encouraged us to want
0:00:40 > 0:00:42'and made us hungry for more.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49'For some, these new luxuries brought ease
0:00:49 > 0:00:52'and wonder into tough, hard-working lives.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55'But for others, they made it more difficult
0:00:55 > 0:00:58'to accept the lot was truly theirs.'
0:00:58 > 0:01:01It's saving. Regular amount each week till it's paid off.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Better than the never-never.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Johnny don't hold with no more credit.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07He should want to treat you.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Mrs Beckett? Midwife's ready.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15Your blood pressure's a little up again - you aren't overdoing it, are you?
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Chance'd be a fine thing.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21It's just staring at four walls now I can't work.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23And them flaming tramps dossing outside.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27What kind of world's that for a baby?
0:01:27 > 0:01:32Whenever I worry, my father tells me to trust God, he says God has
0:01:32 > 0:01:37a plan and no matter how dark the world appears the sun always rises.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40Your old man thinks a lot of God, don't he?
0:01:40 > 0:01:42I should probably add he's a vicar.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46Well, God don't seem too bothered about Poplar.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Breathing can ease anxiety.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Deep breath in, so you can feel your chest rise,
0:01:59 > 0:02:01and then...
0:02:01 > 0:02:04breathe out slowly - it really can help.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07That's the tip, is it? Breathing?
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Here we have the Marlowe's product.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17As you can see, the tin is a very convenient size for the kitchen.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21Now, Marlowe's are the first company to create a whey-based formula...
0:02:21 > 0:02:23What's all this?
0:02:23 > 0:02:26An exercise on behalf of Marlowe's Baby Formula.
0:02:26 > 0:02:31A photograph and free tin of formula for each baby. They're American.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34It's "public relations".
0:02:34 > 0:02:35Propaganda more like.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39..so much easier for baby to digest and enriched with vitamins.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43Some doctors say formula can make baby more intelligent,
0:02:43 > 0:02:45more attractive.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49Can you really afford not try it? Doesn't baby deserve the best?
0:02:49 > 0:02:53Baby has the best. And it's free - the breast.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55This is nonsense.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Nonsense? Offering mothers choice?
0:02:57 > 0:03:00Healthy mothers don't need choice.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Well, maybe she wants to go back to work.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Maybe she wants her shape back.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09This is just shillings and pence to you, isn't it?
0:03:09 > 0:03:11You're all charlatans.
0:03:11 > 0:03:16Perhaps we should get on with clinic? You have Mrs Manley.
0:03:16 > 0:03:17Ah. C'mon, Connie.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21If you can tear yourself away from Professor Flimflam here.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Cup of tea?
0:03:26 > 0:03:30How are you getting on with the Woolwich shells?
0:03:30 > 0:03:31Do I have to keep on with them?
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Yes. Because they're doing their job.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37They're drawing out your nipples.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40And we can't feed baby with inverted nipples, can we?
0:03:40 > 0:03:43That formula looked ever so tempting.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45I thought you had more sense than that.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49You're a healthy young woman and what you can give your baby,
0:03:49 > 0:03:51no fancy slogan or doctor can better.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55It's practically a sea view.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Imagine we're dining in St Tropez with David Niven.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Quite what he'd make of cockles and chips, I don't know.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04It's David Niven. It doesn't matter what you're eating.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08There are chips going uneaten, Nurse Franklin.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11And while not an emergency, it is cause for concern.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15Patient shows no sign of elation in the presence of deep-fried matter.
0:04:15 > 0:04:20I don't know what it is. I'm trying to look after Mrs Beckett.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23She's got high blood pressure and she's very anxious.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25But she won't talk to me.
0:04:25 > 0:04:26Whatever I say, she makes me
0:04:26 > 0:04:29feel like if I'm straight out of Malory Towers.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33It's the same for all of us at the start - it's about building trust.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35But I'm not new any more.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39No, but you're newer. You just need a few more battle scars.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42I have them. I just choose not to display them.
0:04:44 > 0:04:49Well, we think you're wonderful and we couldn't manage without you.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52And your knowledge of Bunty is quite unsurpassed.
0:04:56 > 0:04:57RADIO PLAYING
0:04:59 > 0:05:01- MUSIC INCREASES IN VOLUME - Remember dancing to this?
0:05:03 > 0:05:07# Somewhere beyond the sea
0:05:07 > 0:05:11# Somewhere waiting for me
0:05:13 > 0:05:14# My lover stands... #
0:05:14 > 0:05:17Even you wouldn't mind pushing that.
0:05:17 > 0:05:18It's handsome all right.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Rita was saying with the mail order, you pay for it in instalments.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23We ain't getting in the red for a pram.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25How else are we going to manage it?
0:05:25 > 0:05:26Cos you ain't bringing nothing in.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Ain't my fault the docks are slowing down.
0:05:29 > 0:05:30You got to try harder.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32You got to want less!
0:05:33 > 0:05:36I just... I just mean, things are tight.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41I ain't asking for a week in Paris.
0:05:41 > 0:05:42It's a pram.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47# It's far
0:05:47 > 0:05:50# Beyond the stars
0:05:50 > 0:05:53# Near beyond the moon
0:05:55 > 0:05:59# I know beyond a doubt... #
0:05:59 > 0:06:05A new system - help us get the most out of every day and ourselves.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10Each coloured pin represents you and your patient visits.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13We can see straight away if we're covering the same patch.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Nurse Mount - you're on district with me.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18You're yellow.
0:06:18 > 0:06:19Not my best colour.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22I'm blue. Efficiency, ladies.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25We need to do more and we need to do it faster.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Why not simply give us radio transmitters
0:06:27 > 0:06:29so we can telegraph our whereabouts?
0:06:29 > 0:06:32There are people in Poplar falling through the cracks.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36I've persuaded the borough council to provide a number of home helps.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38So, when you're on your visits,
0:06:38 > 0:06:41make a note of anyone you feel cannot cope, we'll
0:06:41 > 0:06:46put their names forward, and see if we can't make life a little easier.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48- Mission accepted. - Quite so.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Oh, and while I've got you,
0:06:50 > 0:06:53we have visitors of many lands now amongst us and I thought
0:06:53 > 0:06:58we might equip ourselves with languages to serve them better.
0:06:58 > 0:07:04I had hoped to find a class in Urdu or Punjabi but these have eluded me.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08However, there is a module in Spanish starting this evening.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Anyone who wants to join me,
0:07:10 > 0:07:13I shall be leaving at seven o'clock, sharp.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Half the day's gone, Johnny.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30There's men down at the docks from dawn waiting to take work
0:07:30 > 0:07:31and you're still half asleep.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33There is no work.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38Fill it. Cos that's your side of things.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40And this is mine.
0:07:40 > 0:07:41KNOCK ON DOOR
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Midwife calling.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Them tramps are back again.
0:07:57 > 0:07:58They ain't doing no harm.
0:07:58 > 0:08:03A decent man don't live on charity, he goes out and finds work.
0:08:03 > 0:08:04I'll pop the kettle on.
0:08:08 > 0:08:09Finch!
0:08:09 > 0:08:10- Yes!- Pence!
0:08:10 > 0:08:13- Paterson.- Sir.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Milling. Tender. Watts.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18And the Turpin brothers. That's it.
0:08:18 > 0:08:19MEN GROAN
0:08:23 > 0:08:26We want you to have baby at home but if your blood pressure
0:08:26 > 0:08:29remains high we'll have to bring you in.
0:08:29 > 0:08:30Be a relief.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36Oh, Mrs Beckett, Oh, please don't be upset.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39The thought of baby's daunting, but you're not alone...
0:08:39 > 0:08:42I'm talking about having no home.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46In the past six months, Johnny's brought in next to nothing
0:08:46 > 0:08:49in shifts and I'm living off what my sister can send us.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52I don't know how we'll make next rent.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Have you applied for National Assistance?
0:08:55 > 0:08:57He won't beg.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00But the Assistance Board's there for hard times.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02My father's parish serves the docks in Liverpool
0:09:02 > 0:09:06and he's referred many men to the Board in recent years.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08There's work for those who wants it.
0:09:08 > 0:09:13The man I married, he would've died for his family
0:09:13 > 0:09:16but Johnny ain't the same no more.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Some men are overwhelmed by the thought of fatherhood.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22There ain't no time to be overwhelmed!
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Well done, Connie... Yes!
0:09:27 > 0:09:28BABY CRIES
0:09:40 > 0:09:43Here's your beautiful little son, Connie.
0:09:48 > 0:09:49What did I tell you?
0:09:49 > 0:09:54You made that look easy - just like your mum when I delivered you.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56I wish she were here now.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59She'd be very proud of you, Connie. And her little grandson.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01DOOR OPENS
0:10:01 > 0:10:03I heard the crying - I couldn't wait any longer.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05- Oh, Connie... - We got a little boy, Frankie.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07We are not yet done, Mr Manley.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09And until we are, this is my delivery room.
0:10:09 > 0:10:10And you will knock.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Sorry, Sister. But I do so want to see him.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15All right, one quick look and then out, please.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17Going to be putting baby to the breast.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22Well, he's just perfect, Connie. He's just perfect.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25We haven't slept, we've been that nervous.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28No need for nerves - your wife can take all this in her stride.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Isn't that right, Connie?
0:10:30 > 0:10:32I hope so, Sister.
0:10:37 > 0:10:41Good evening. Buenas noches a todos, and welcome, everyone.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43- I'd like to welcome Phyllis. - Miss Crane...
0:10:43 > 0:10:44ALL: Hola, Phyllis.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Let's begin. The verb "ser".
0:10:48 > 0:10:49Yo soy.
0:10:49 > 0:10:50Yo soy.
0:10:50 > 0:10:57Tu eres. El, ella es. Nosotros, nosotras somos.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00Vosotros, vosotras sois.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03Might I say what lovely accents you young people have.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05- Past tense. - DOOR OPENS
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Oh, I've missed that sound.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Glad you could make it, Tommy.
0:11:09 > 0:11:10ALL: Hola, Tommy!
0:11:12 > 0:11:13May I?
0:11:15 > 0:11:18I don't believe I've seen you here before? Tommy Smith.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Oh, Phyllis Crane.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Vosotros, vosotras fuisteis.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Ellos, ellas fueron.
0:11:25 > 0:11:26Ole!
0:11:26 > 0:11:28THEY LAUGH
0:11:31 > 0:11:34I can't be the only one drinking Campari?
0:11:36 > 0:11:38I told my class my complexion was purely down to the lemons
0:11:38 > 0:11:40in my lemonade.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42I must live as I teach.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Do we get a mention in that letter home?
0:11:47 > 0:11:49It's more to do with my father's experience with
0:11:49 > 0:11:52the National Assistance Board - advice to help Mrs Beckett -
0:11:52 > 0:11:54she and her husband are having quite a struggle.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56How dreadfully dull for your parents.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Wouldn't they rather hear about your exciting London life?
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Excitement is what parents want for other people's daughters.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05When I used to help my father on his visits, he would introduce me
0:12:05 > 0:12:07as Barbara, his parish assistant.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10- Oh. - Black mark, Mr Gilbert, in my book.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12It's quite all right. It's just his way.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Though I suppose when I was younger, I did wish he might say,
0:12:17 > 0:12:20"This is Barbara, my daughter."
0:12:22 > 0:12:27So, "Weather mixed, work splendid, social injustice is still rife.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30"No accidents, injuries or boyfriends."
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Well, good night, Mr Smith.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40May I ask, senora or senorita?
0:12:40 > 0:12:41It's Miss.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Buenas noches, Senorita Crane.
0:12:44 > 0:12:45Oh. Buenas noches.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48Puedo acompanarte a casa?
0:12:48 > 0:12:49Now you've lost me, I'm afraid.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51May I walk you home?
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Thank you, but I have my motor car.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Might I drop you somewhere?
0:12:56 > 0:12:59I would miss the night air of spring.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01I'm a flaneur, Miss Crane.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Hopeless romantic, strolling through London
0:13:04 > 0:13:06as if seeing it anew at every turn.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Oh, we can always roll the windows down.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Hope to see you at the next class.
0:13:12 > 0:13:13I should like that.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22It's got spring suspension and an anti-tip device
0:13:22 > 0:13:25and look at that brake, I mean, you'd think it was ivory.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28We'll be the pride of the street with this.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32I'm so happy for you, Mrs Beckett. For both of you.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35And me cursing him like I was.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37I can be harsh, can't I, Nurse?
0:13:37 > 0:13:39You've had an awful lot on your plate.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44Yeah, you were right - he was all a tizz about the baby.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47But he's getting the shifts again. We're going to be all right.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50And your blood pressure agrees.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56He, he, he won't stay on the breast.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58He will, if you give him time.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Can't I try him on a bottle of formula, please, Sister?
0:14:01 > 0:14:03I know you're struggling but we can't give up.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06This is colostrum, it's the first fluid.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10Nothing like it on earth, certainly not in formula.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12It's packed with goodness and you don't want him
0:14:12 > 0:14:15missing out on that, do you?
0:14:15 > 0:14:17We can top him up with a little water in the meantime
0:14:17 > 0:14:19but we must keep trying.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24Now, come on. Relax...that's it.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27We want the very best for baby, don't we?
0:14:33 > 0:14:35HUBBUB OF CONVERSATION AND LAUGHTER
0:14:35 > 0:14:39Excuse me, if I could just... Excuse me....
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Shift it, gents!
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Thank you, Florie - you're busy today.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50Busy every day, dear. They the cooling powders for Esme?
0:14:50 > 0:14:53Tell her to just rub a little on baby's gums.
0:14:53 > 0:14:54It will help with the teething pain.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57It'll help with keeping me sane.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Me granddaughter cries like a sea nymph.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02- I'll see she gets it. Ta, love.- Bye.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Excuse me! Excuse me.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Sorry. Excuse me!
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Oh, Mr Beckett. Hello.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Nurse.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Early finish.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Of course.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Ain't you got no home to go to?
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Never known a man make a pint last longer.
0:15:27 > 0:15:28Nurse!
0:15:28 > 0:15:31I wouldn't want my wife to get the wrong idea, you understand?
0:15:31 > 0:15:32I wouldn't want her worried.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41Baby Travers is making good weight gain now her colic has cleared.
0:15:41 > 0:15:42FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
0:15:42 > 0:15:46Ah, just the person. How are we getting along with Baby Manley?
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Is he latching more successfully?
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Not yet, a little more time, we'll get there.
0:15:50 > 0:15:51Perhaps we should encourage formula
0:15:51 > 0:15:53if matters continue for another day or so.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Shall I include her on my list of mothers not breastfeeding?
0:15:56 > 0:15:58No need to put Mrs Manley on a list.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01She wants to keep trying and I've every confidence in her.
0:16:01 > 0:16:02Meantime, we're topping him up with water.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06- Hola.- Hola.
0:16:07 > 0:16:08Hola.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Oh. Well, I hope it's nothing serious.
0:16:14 > 0:16:15He may have a weakness in the chest,
0:16:15 > 0:16:17that's why he wears those odd sweaters.
0:16:17 > 0:16:22I think that's the fashion. What a shame about tonight, Mr Smith.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Tommy, please.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27Will your wife have kept you back some tea?
0:16:27 > 0:16:30I lost my wife many years ago.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33I am sorry. That was careless of me.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37Miss Crane, as two scholars in want of a lesson,
0:16:37 > 0:16:40may I suggest we attempt it ourselves?
0:16:40 > 0:16:46Perhaps over a cup of tea and, if the mood takes us, a slice of cake?
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Well, given that I put aside this evening, I don't see why not.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54And, please - it's Phyllis.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Take care. See you tomorrow. Thank you.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09You make soup for the tramps every night?
0:17:09 > 0:17:12Soup's a loose term, I make something hot
0:17:12 > 0:17:15and wet for the poor devils.
0:17:15 > 0:17:16Every night?
0:17:16 > 0:17:18Everyone deserves one meal a day.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Tom, what do you do
0:17:24 > 0:17:27when you learn something about one parishioner that another has
0:17:27 > 0:17:32a right to know, but knowing would probably cause quite a bit of upset?
0:17:33 > 0:17:35I deal with confidences every day.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38There's no need to be quite so cryptic.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41One of my patients - her husband's not been working,
0:17:41 > 0:17:44and she has high blood pressure with the worry
0:17:44 > 0:17:48and now she thinks he's back in work and she's so relieved.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51But he's not working, he's in a pub all day.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Well, I've never been thanked for interfering in a marriage.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58I can't just stand by.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01You're quite the warrior, aren't you?
0:18:07 > 0:18:10I thought cleanliness was close to Godliness.
0:18:10 > 0:18:11Apparently not.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16I'd have liked to have travelled more, I suppose.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18But work got in the way?
0:18:18 > 0:18:22I love nursing, but, yes, it leaves little time for a private life.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24You must see the Spanish coast.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27I went there several years ago.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31Just a smatter of fishing villages, really, but the warmth,
0:18:31 > 0:18:33smell of the flowers at night.
0:18:35 > 0:18:36It was magical.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Do you have a motor car?
0:18:40 > 0:18:42I couldn't justify it.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46It is an expense, but it's freedom, Tommy.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49The Great North Road, a picnic and a fine day.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52It rivals anything the Mediterranean can offer.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55I'll hold you to that. The next fine day.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10You had a drink?
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Just with the lads.
0:19:13 > 0:19:14Good for you.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19Back on track, aren't we? Our little family.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Rita was showing me this cot,
0:19:23 > 0:19:26and before you say anything, it's not dear.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29And now you've got your shifts back, we know where we are.
0:19:36 > 0:19:42MUSIC: Quizas, quizas, quizas by Nat King Cole
0:19:42 > 0:19:47Nurse Crane, I've Mr Danvers and Miss Lane down for home helps.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Bravo, Nurse Mount.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51# ..desesperado... #
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Long may these Spanish lessons continue.
0:19:54 > 0:20:00Have you ever known Nurse Crane speak so little yet say so much?
0:20:02 > 0:20:03SHE CHUCKLES
0:20:03 > 0:20:06# Estas perdiendo el tiempo
0:20:06 > 0:20:09# Pensando, pensando. #
0:20:11 > 0:20:13COUGHING
0:20:18 > 0:20:19BELL DINGS
0:20:22 > 0:20:26Mr Gibson, I don't mean to interrupt you. Keeping well, sir?
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Fit as a butcher's dog, Mrs Beckett.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32What dock's Johnny on? He forgot his dinner.
0:20:32 > 0:20:33I can't be no help to you.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35I don't follow you, sir.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37I just want to know what dock Johnny's on.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41Look, there's been a confusion. Johnny don't work here.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43But he got his shifts back.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46No, no, I'm afraid not. Your Johnny's been telling lies.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Go home, Mrs Beckett.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52But he must be back, he bought the pram.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57Mrs Beckett. Oh, good God.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Someone fetch one of the Sisters!
0:21:00 > 0:21:01BABY CRIES
0:21:04 > 0:21:08I don't understand how he's losing weight, I'm doing all I can.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12It's perfectly normal for a little while after birth -
0:21:12 > 0:21:14he'll soon start putting it back on.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Connie, is it still difficult for you, feeding?
0:21:29 > 0:21:31I just got to keep going with it, is all.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Like Sister Evangelina says, it gets easier.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37It does. But not always for everyone.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39You would say, wouldn't you? If you needed help?
0:21:39 > 0:21:42The milk's where the goodness is.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45It's, it's where my baby gets his best start in life from.
0:21:45 > 0:21:50I just got to get on with it, is all, like Mum did.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52I want to do this right, Sister.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54I, I want to be the best mother I can be.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57Well, you don't have to manage alone.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00I'm here if you need a little more support.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05I best see to him, Sister.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11Excuse me. I need to get through.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15Mr Beckett. You must go home. Your wife's collapsed.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18She's all right, she's resting now.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20But she collapsed at Mr Gibson's.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Strike me down - you told her.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24You told her I weren't working. You had no right.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27She came to the docks to bring you your lunch.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33My only concern is the health of your wife and baby.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35If you knew how hard I'd tried.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38Mr Beckett, please. Talk to your wife.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41What, tell her how I worked like a slave for Billy Gibson?
0:22:41 > 0:22:45Shifted fortune every year in what I lifted, same as me dad, same as his?
0:22:45 > 0:22:48And now he's put me out like I'm no better than a dog?
0:22:48 > 0:22:50How do I tell my wife that?
0:22:51 > 0:22:55It's the truth. What other way can you tell it?
0:22:58 > 0:23:00I wanted to get straight back up.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02I just ain't had the energy. My battery's all run down.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05It's me who's having the baby, for crying out loud!
0:23:05 > 0:23:07It's just a dip.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09We got each other, that's all that matters.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12How, if you ain't got the backbone to work?
0:23:15 > 0:23:17How did you buy the pram?
0:23:17 > 0:23:18Don't matter.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21You pawned it, didn't ya? Your docker's hook.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23How are you going to get work without it?
0:23:23 > 0:23:24I'm sorry.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26That ain't enough for more than a deposit.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30We don't even own that pram? Oh, God, Johnny!
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Look I'll, I'll, I'll sort it, I'll take care of us.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34I'm sorry, it's not my place, but Mrs Beckett -
0:23:34 > 0:23:37we have to think of your blood pressure.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40Please, both of you sit down, please, we need to be calm.
0:23:40 > 0:23:41You heard the nurse.
0:23:43 > 0:23:44Get out.
0:23:46 > 0:23:47What you talking about?
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Mrs Beckett - that's not what...
0:23:49 > 0:23:50This ain't your business!
0:23:52 > 0:23:54My blood pressure's all cos of you.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56You ain't, you ain't making no sense.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58I got another life in here.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02I can only carry this, my baby.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06I can't carry you an' all. You ain't no good for me!
0:24:10 > 0:24:11I want you gone.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29Come on! Come on!
0:24:31 > 0:24:32What's the matter with ya?!
0:24:37 > 0:24:38It's good of you to come by.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Now, you be sure to give her our best.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Actually, I'm here about MR Beckett.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47It's just it's a terrible struggle for them at the moment.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49I think Mrs Beckett's health is suffering
0:24:49 > 0:24:51because Johnny has no work.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54I don't take petitions, Nurse. You see this place?
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Industry, not charity.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59But surely three generations of one family's labour must
0:24:59 > 0:25:01count for something?
0:25:01 > 0:25:02Johnny's labour?
0:25:02 > 0:25:04We'd find him asleep through his shifts,
0:25:04 > 0:25:06curled up like a stray in the haulage crates.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Well, perhaps he was just under the weather.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Yeah, and perhaps he was workshy.
0:25:12 > 0:25:16The docks are brutal and I need men that's fit for them.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Now, if you need a worthy cause, Miss, I suggest you find
0:25:19 > 0:25:20a Seaman's Mission.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23Men give you their lives, Mr Gibson.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26At least respect them, even if you won't protect them.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34- I think it was when we were at the community centre.- I really don't...
0:25:34 > 0:25:35Am I disturbing you?
0:25:35 > 0:25:36Not at all.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39It's just I couldn't help hearing your gramophone the other evening.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41Are we too loud again?
0:25:41 > 0:25:43No, that's by the by. For now.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47No, I wondered if you'd show me how to use it -
0:25:47 > 0:25:49there's a long playing record I'd like to hear.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Oh, how thoroughly romantic.
0:25:52 > 0:25:57It's simply to put me in the Latin mind-set - for the Spanish.
0:25:57 > 0:25:58Of course.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02Then I'll do better than show it to you, I'll play it for you.
0:26:02 > 0:26:03MUSIC PLAYS
0:26:05 > 0:26:08I'm so glad you've found something you enjoy so much.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10We all need more than just our work.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13I sometimes think there must've been a terrible
0:26:13 > 0:26:15hole in my life before Keep Fit.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18Charming - those were probably the evenings you spent with me.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21They weren't.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Can I interest anyone in a barley sugar?
0:26:23 > 0:26:25Oh, yes, please!
0:26:26 > 0:26:29You know I rather envy you. You live life as you please.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32You have a motor car, your work and now a genuine passion.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35And no-one ever bothers you with endless questions about
0:26:35 > 0:26:38when you'll marry and why you don't have a gentleman friend.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Oh, we must always live as we please.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44So long as no-one gets hurt in the process.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48Recklessness is quite another matter.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51But these are wonderful days, girls.
0:26:51 > 0:26:56Go out there and take hold of them. You're not GIVEN opportunities.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00You GRAB them. With both hands.
0:27:00 > 0:27:01I'd adore to.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05I thoroughly enjoy my class but it feels
0:27:05 > 0:27:10a little like Grandmother Hen has landed in a nest of chicks.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13Well, I hope those chicks know that Grandmother has two deadly
0:27:13 > 0:27:15midwives on her side.
0:27:15 > 0:27:16"Put 'em up. Put 'em up."
0:27:16 > 0:27:19You're very kind, but there's no need.
0:27:22 > 0:27:29I did wonder - might it be possible for you to...
0:27:30 > 0:27:33.."polish" me a little? Just a touch of powder,
0:27:33 > 0:27:37something around the eyes, perhaps. Nothing dramatic.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Phyllis, you look quite magnificent.
0:27:43 > 0:27:44I'm sure I don't know why.
0:27:46 > 0:27:47Mind you, this is a new cardigan.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52- Shall we?- Actually, there's something I wanted to ask you.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Before we get caught up in the class.
0:27:54 > 0:27:55Of course. What is it?
0:27:55 > 0:27:58I have a half day coming up.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00Now, I can't promise the weather
0:28:00 > 0:28:02but I can promise you a good sandwich
0:28:02 > 0:28:04and a flask of tea.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07I think, with a fair run we could get to Rutland
0:28:07 > 0:28:09and still be back before dark.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11I shall pay the petrol, of course.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13We shall go Dutch.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15Then I shall buy us supper.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17The service station at Watford Gap.
0:28:17 > 0:28:21I've been itching for an excuse to try their restaurant.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23So, it's a yes, then, is it?
0:28:23 > 0:28:24Only if I can get us
0:28:24 > 0:28:28tickets for the flamenco performance at the class next week.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30My diary's getting rather full.
0:28:31 > 0:28:32So's mine.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46Oh, Sister, come quick, please. It's my Connie. She's in a bad way.
0:28:50 > 0:28:51DOOR OPENS
0:28:53 > 0:28:55I told you not to call no-one.
0:28:55 > 0:28:56I told you I was managing.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59- But you're not. You can't feed him. - Connie, please, let me help.
0:28:59 > 0:29:03What kind of mother can't feed her own baby?
0:29:03 > 0:29:08Oh, you're bleeding. Connie, all right now, we're going to stop this.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10This isn't fair on you.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12No. I got to keep trying.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14You've tried.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16It may be your nipples,
0:29:16 > 0:29:20perhaps the inversion's still making it difficult. May I?
0:29:29 > 0:29:33- When did you last change him? - Hours ago - he's been good as gold.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35That's because he's dehydrated.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37His fontanelle's depressed.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40His mouth's parched. He needs fluids now.
0:29:40 > 0:29:44Bring me a clean spoon, some sugar and some boiling water.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48I, I won't have him on that charlatan's milk.
0:29:48 > 0:29:49Connie, what are you talking about?
0:29:49 > 0:29:52You know what the Sister says about formula.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55All a baby needs is what his mother can give him.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59If I can't give him nothing, what good am I?
0:30:00 > 0:30:02Connie, listen to me.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06Baby needs fluids and he needs them quickly.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09So we're going to put aside all those other thoughts
0:30:09 > 0:30:12and focus on what is best for your little boy.
0:30:12 > 0:30:13Do you understand?
0:30:21 > 0:30:22This way, doctor.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24He's just round here.
0:30:26 > 0:30:27We found him like it.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29He's breathing, but he won't wake up.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33We need an ambulance. Right away.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35And bring something to keep him warm. Hurry!
0:30:39 > 0:30:43Like the magpie, I am enamoured of all things shiny.
0:30:43 > 0:30:47How about you be "enamoured" of all that is yet to be tidied?
0:30:47 > 0:30:50Might I have a word, Sister? In private, please.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53Well? The magpie, give it a go?
0:30:53 > 0:30:55It may.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10There's much to do, Sister, so snap to it, if you would.
0:31:10 > 0:31:14- I've just been with Mrs Manley. - How's she doing?
0:31:14 > 0:31:16Mrs Manley cannot breast-feed.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19We know it's difficult, particularly with a first baby,
0:31:19 > 0:31:22- but we just have to keep trying. - No-one could have tried harder.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24So hard, in fact, she's bleeding.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26Yet still she won't consider formula
0:31:26 > 0:31:29because she thinks it makes her a bad mother.
0:31:29 > 0:31:30Well, you put her straight, I hope?
0:31:30 > 0:31:32In fact, I'll go and do so myself, now.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35I'm afraid your opinions got there first, Sister.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38Whatever do you mean?
0:31:38 > 0:31:41She refuses to consider anything other than the breast.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43But that isn't what I meant.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46Unfortunately, that was the implication.
0:31:47 > 0:31:48I didn't mean that.
0:31:48 > 0:31:52Another day and baby would've been seriously dehydrated.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56I'm sorry, Sister, but you have such influence.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59Please take care how you use it.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04Johnny has regained consciousness.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07He's been able to talk to the doctors.
0:32:08 > 0:32:13But he's very poorly, Mrs Beckett. He has pneumonia.
0:32:13 > 0:32:14Oh...
0:32:16 > 0:32:19I didn't know what you was going to say then.
0:32:19 > 0:32:20Pneumonia.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23It's the dust down at the docks, he just needs a vapour bath.
0:32:23 > 0:32:27The chest specialist is treating Johnny,
0:32:27 > 0:32:30but he is concerned there may be some underlying cause.
0:32:31 > 0:32:35Your husband mentioned to staff he'd been exceedingly tired
0:32:35 > 0:32:36for a good while.
0:32:36 > 0:32:40Well, that'll go, won't it? With the treatment?
0:32:41 > 0:32:43The London are going to run some further tests.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46I should like to go to him, doctor.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49If I might suggest you go this evening.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52The consultant may have some of the test results back.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54I'll go with you, Mrs Beckett.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56It will fit in quite well with my rounds.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03Your husband said I could come up.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15I tried so hard, honestly I did, Sister.
0:33:16 > 0:33:20I wanted to do it like you said. I wanted to be like my mum.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23I wanted to do it right. But look at me.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28He's almost died of thirst, because of me.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31I put his little life in danger.
0:33:31 > 0:33:35No, no, no, it wasn't you that put him in danger.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39I'm so s...
0:33:39 > 0:33:40I'm so sorry.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45I'm not family, I'm just the neighbour,
0:33:45 > 0:33:47I, I sit with her when I can.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50Mother! You came.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52She don't half get confused.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55Old age comes to some sooner than others.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01Mrs Smith.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04We have you on our list as a possible
0:34:04 > 0:34:06beneficiary of the home help service.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08I thought you were going to France.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11No, love.
0:34:11 > 0:34:12Does Mrs Smith live alone?
0:34:12 > 0:34:14No. She has a husband.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16I shall add that to her notes.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19He does what he can but it's ever such a strain.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21I mean, one minute she knows him,
0:34:21 > 0:34:24the next she thinks he's a boy who stole her sweets at school.
0:34:24 > 0:34:26- KNOCK ON DOOR - Nurse calling.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28DOOR OPENS
0:34:28 > 0:34:29Oh. Hello.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32Good afternoon, Nurse Mount, to what do we owe the pleasure?
0:34:32 > 0:34:34You weren't assigned to this visit.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37The yellow pin on the map says otherwise.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39Oh, well, yellow pin,
0:34:39 > 0:34:40blue pin...
0:34:41 > 0:34:45Mrs Smith appears to be suffering from senile dementia.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47Perhaps you could pop by the telephone box
0:34:47 > 0:34:49and ask Dr Turner to drop in on his rounds.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52I'd like his opinion so we can see how best to help.
0:34:52 > 0:34:53Of course.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55I'm back!
0:34:55 > 0:34:58Oh! You must be Mrs Smith's husband.
0:34:58 > 0:34:59Yes...
0:34:59 > 0:35:00I am.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02We're here at assess your wife,
0:35:02 > 0:35:05with a view to providing home help for her and for you.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07This is my colleague, Nurse Crane, and she...
0:35:07 > 0:35:10Nurse Crane and I are in fact acquainted.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12We attend Spanish classes together.
0:35:14 > 0:35:19That is of no consequence. Mrs Smith's wellbeing clearly is.
0:35:19 > 0:35:20Please. Let me explain.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23No, no explanation is required, Mr Smith.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25Everything is perfectly clear.
0:35:35 > 0:35:36Could I buy you a cup of tea?
0:35:38 > 0:35:41We've a great deal to do and no time for tea.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46I shan't ask you a thing about it
0:35:46 > 0:35:49but you don't have to pretend nothing's happened.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51We all do that too much of the time.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53It's utterly exhausting.
0:35:56 > 0:36:00I'm very happy with my life, Nurse Mount.
0:36:00 > 0:36:01It's exactly as I want it.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06But for a moment, perhaps, I saw something else...
0:36:07 > 0:36:12..something I neither expected nor sought, and I liked it.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19It's very kind of you - the offer of tea.
0:36:23 > 0:36:24ENGINE STARTS
0:36:26 > 0:36:28I wish it weren't him who'd told me.
0:36:28 > 0:36:29The consultant?
0:36:30 > 0:36:31What a cold man.
0:36:33 > 0:36:37Talking about my Johnny like, like he was a stranger, not my husband.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42What did he call it?
0:36:42 > 0:36:43"Cancer of the blood"?
0:36:43 > 0:36:45Leukaemia.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48But we got a baby coming.
0:36:49 > 0:36:50You should go to him.
0:36:51 > 0:36:55Be with your husband and say all you want to say to him.
0:36:58 > 0:37:03I'm sorry, Johnny, I'm sorry.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07All those things I said.
0:37:07 > 0:37:12Oh, God, Johnny, I wish I could go back.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18Let me go back. Please, let me go back.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31You can't leave us. I love you.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34I want my family.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45I can't have this baby without him.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49You're not going to be alone.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52I mean I won't have it without him.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55How long? Till I'm due?
0:37:55 > 0:37:56A week? Two?
0:37:56 > 0:38:00About that, but the dates are never exact.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03Johnny's got days to live, and he must see this baby
0:38:03 > 0:38:05so I need it to come now.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07You can make it come.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11We would only induce a mother if her health was at risk.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14My heart is breaking.
0:38:15 > 0:38:16Ain't that risk enough?
0:38:18 > 0:38:20You promised me you'd get me through.
0:38:20 > 0:38:25Well, now I'm asking - will you stand by your word?
0:38:28 > 0:38:32I will. I will stand by my word.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09I want to ask permission to go away.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13For six months at least.
0:39:13 > 0:39:14To the Mother House?
0:39:14 > 0:39:17No. I want to spend time with an enclosed order.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20The Sisters of the Blessed Infant Christ.
0:39:20 > 0:39:24But the Sisters of the Blessed Infant Christ are very austere.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27Silence is kept throughout the day.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30I need to be somewhere where the only being
0:39:30 > 0:39:33I can speak to is a higher one.
0:39:33 > 0:39:38I've got so wrapped up in my work, I've forgotten my calling -
0:39:38 > 0:39:41to be a vessel for God, to do His work.
0:39:41 > 0:39:45I've...I've got to start listening again.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48Connie tried to tell me she couldn't breastfeed.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51I thought I knew best. My way or no way.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54We both know how I am.
0:39:54 > 0:39:58I'm all mouth, and He knows that too.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01This is not a decision you can make alone.
0:40:01 > 0:40:02At the very least,
0:40:02 > 0:40:05you will need permission from Mother Jesu Emmanuel.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08Please, speak to her on my behalf.
0:40:08 > 0:40:12I will come back, if that's what He wants, but speak to her.
0:40:12 > 0:40:13Oh, Sister...
0:40:13 > 0:40:15Please.
0:40:18 > 0:40:25Nurse Crane - a distressed gentleman wishes to speak with you.
0:40:25 > 0:40:27I beg your pardon.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30A Mr...Smith.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32Oh, erm, tell him I'm not at home.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35He awaits you in the front hall.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37I don't wish to see him.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41And I do not like greens, yet they are very good for me.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56I asked if you were married, you said you were widowed.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58I said I'd lost my wife.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01Don't stoop to semantics.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04For five years, she hasn't known who I am.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06No matter what I tried, I couldn't reach her.
0:41:06 > 0:41:10It was as if she'd died, as if we both had.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14Those classes have been my happiness.
0:41:15 > 0:41:19Meeting you, well, it lifted me, Phyllis,
0:41:19 > 0:41:22gave me something I thought I'd lost forever.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26I'm sorry for your loss.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29But the facts are the facts and we can escape them
0:41:29 > 0:41:31no more than your wife can.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34I thought we were friends.
0:41:34 > 0:41:35I don't need another friend.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39You've made a fool out of me, Mr Smith.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41Don't come here again.
0:41:48 > 0:41:52Mr Beckett has days left at best.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54He will never see his child.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57There is no medical reason to induce baby.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59And Mrs Beckett's blood pressure is now regulated.
0:41:59 > 0:42:03But she has a history of it - wouldn't that be reason enough?
0:42:03 > 0:42:04No obstetrician would hear of it.
0:42:04 > 0:42:08Obstetricians will never be satisfied
0:42:08 > 0:42:12until women are entirely absent from the sacrament of birth.
0:42:12 > 0:42:17Dr Turner has always been happy for us to expedite labour.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19When a mother is past her term.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22Mrs Beckett must be very close now - and the dates can be a little hazy.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24We know our ways work.
0:42:24 > 0:42:28Bath, oil and enema to bring on the contractions.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30A man is dying.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32We must ask ourselves,
0:42:32 > 0:42:36is it right to put Mrs Beckett through a traumatic procedure
0:42:36 > 0:42:39when her husband may pass away before the baby is delivered?
0:42:39 > 0:42:43To give false hope when perhaps she should use
0:42:43 > 0:42:47these last precious hours to be at his bedside?
0:42:48 > 0:42:53You are unusually silent, Sister. What miracle is this?
0:42:53 > 0:42:59Forgive me, Sister. But we don't just deliver babies.
0:42:59 > 0:43:00We build families.
0:43:00 > 0:43:05Isn't hope for that, however faint, better than none at all?
0:43:06 > 0:43:11If you believe this is what is best for your patient, then we will
0:43:11 > 0:43:14support you.
0:43:14 > 0:43:18But it is a great responsibility - Mr Beckett may
0:43:18 > 0:43:24pass before the baby is born and I worry about that burden for you.
0:43:24 > 0:43:28And it won't be hers alone. I'll work with her.
0:43:30 > 0:43:34I want to try to build this family.
0:44:17 > 0:44:19What will I do?
0:44:22 > 0:44:23Pray for me.
0:44:35 > 0:44:38Stella, we're trying to trick your body into thinking
0:44:38 > 0:44:39labour's started.
0:44:39 > 0:44:43The castor oil we gave you last night irritates the bowel.
0:44:43 > 0:44:47That can start contractions. The enema will do the same.
0:44:47 > 0:44:50Then you'll take a hot bath to help you relax -
0:44:50 > 0:44:53the heat intensifies the effects of the castor oil...
0:44:53 > 0:44:56He's not on his own, is he?
0:44:57 > 0:45:02Dr Turner's with him. Johnny is waiting for this baby.
0:45:02 > 0:45:05And I promise you, he will see it.
0:45:23 > 0:45:26Doc? Nothing's wrong, is it? Not with Stella?
0:45:26 > 0:45:27The very opposite.
0:45:27 > 0:45:31Your wife is in the maternity home and everything's going
0:45:31 > 0:45:33so well I'm quite redundant.
0:45:34 > 0:45:36I heard you're a Spurs fan.
0:45:36 > 0:45:40So I thought I might try to keep you posted on how the Cup goes.
0:45:40 > 0:45:43We're on for the double.
0:45:43 > 0:45:46Well, you'd better keep your strength up, Johnny.
0:45:46 > 0:45:48We have a long Saturday ahead of us.
0:45:52 > 0:45:56It must be coming. Oh, the cramps.
0:45:56 > 0:45:59The cramps are from the castor oil.
0:45:59 > 0:46:01Your contractions haven't started yet.
0:46:01 > 0:46:03Oh...
0:46:03 > 0:46:04Try to relax, Stella.
0:46:06 > 0:46:09Dr Turner wonders if there is any progress?
0:46:09 > 0:46:11We're still in the early stages.
0:46:15 > 0:46:17- WHISPERS:- We need to hurry things along.
0:46:19 > 0:46:20Stretch and sweep.
0:46:22 > 0:46:25We're just going to feel what baby's up to.
0:46:32 > 0:46:35We need to do a little more to bring on contractions.
0:46:37 > 0:46:40I'm going to gently stretch your cervix and them I'm going
0:46:40 > 0:46:43to ease away the membranes holding baby.
0:46:43 > 0:46:44Oh, God.
0:46:46 > 0:46:49The procedure will release a hormone that will start your contractions.
0:46:56 > 0:46:58Now, another deep breath.
0:46:59 > 0:47:03Well done. You're about four fingers dilated.
0:47:03 > 0:47:08That's very good. This should move things along for us.
0:47:08 > 0:47:09Another deep breath.
0:47:11 > 0:47:13SHE MOANS WITH PAIN
0:47:13 > 0:47:15- That's it.- Breathe out.
0:47:17 > 0:47:19Think about Johnny meeting his baby.
0:47:20 > 0:47:22Think only of that.
0:47:36 > 0:47:42My old man used to take me to the game.
0:47:44 > 0:47:45His old man took him.
0:47:50 > 0:47:54I got so much in here.
0:47:56 > 0:48:00But my child won't know it.
0:48:02 > 0:48:04Come on, Johnny.
0:48:04 > 0:48:06Kick off's nearly here.
0:48:06 > 0:48:09You are going to tell your little son or daughter
0:48:09 > 0:48:11that Spurs won the Cup.
0:48:11 > 0:48:15Stay with us, your baby's coming.
0:48:17 > 0:48:22That's it. Keep moving, it's bringing on the contractions.
0:48:22 > 0:48:24Come on. Come on.
0:48:24 > 0:48:25You got to see your daddy.
0:48:32 > 0:48:37Very soon you're going to be on your way to the London with your baby.
0:48:37 > 0:48:38Keep going, Stella.
0:48:38 > 0:48:40SHE MOANS
0:48:43 > 0:48:48That's it. That's the one. Baby's coming!
0:48:48 > 0:48:51Just breathe, breathe through the contractions.
0:48:58 > 0:49:02Tell them I love them.
0:49:02 > 0:49:06You'll tell them yourself. Because you're staying with us.
0:49:06 > 0:49:07Do you hear me?
0:49:09 > 0:49:10I can't protect them.
0:49:16 > 0:49:20What will happen - to my baby?
0:49:21 > 0:49:24Your baby will have an amazing mother -
0:49:24 > 0:49:28one who is moving heaven and earth to get to you today.
0:49:29 > 0:49:31And you will be here waiting for her.
0:49:31 > 0:49:32Do you hear me?
0:49:35 > 0:49:36BUZZER
0:49:36 > 0:49:38FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
0:49:42 > 0:49:44That's it, keep pushing.
0:49:44 > 0:49:46- I can't. - That's it! You can do it.
0:49:46 > 0:49:49- I've got nothing left. - Stella?
0:49:49 > 0:49:53Johnny is waiting, he is waiting for you and your baby.
0:49:53 > 0:49:55Now, I know you have it but you need to find it -
0:49:55 > 0:49:59you need to find your fighting spirit because baby is coming.
0:50:04 > 0:50:06That's it, Stella, one big push, that's it.
0:50:06 > 0:50:11Come on, Stella, push! Yes, that's it, keep going, nearly there!
0:50:11 > 0:50:14Nearly there! Gentle breaths...
0:50:16 > 0:50:19That's it, head's born!
0:50:25 > 0:50:27Stella, you have a son.
0:50:27 > 0:50:28BABY CRIES
0:50:41 > 0:50:45Johnny, you must hang on. Whatever strength you have,
0:50:45 > 0:50:47hold on, man.
0:50:49 > 0:50:52Hello, little one. That's it!
0:51:01 > 0:51:03You came,
0:51:03 > 0:51:05you came in time to meet your daddy.
0:51:11 > 0:51:13Mrs Beckett. He's wonderful.
0:51:15 > 0:51:19I'll have an ambulance standing by once you've delivered the placenta.
0:51:22 > 0:51:23Thank you.
0:51:27 > 0:51:29Johnny?
0:51:32 > 0:51:33Here he is, my love.
0:51:39 > 0:51:44This is your daddy. Remember him.
0:51:46 > 0:51:48Please remember him.
0:51:50 > 0:51:52Our son.
0:51:53 > 0:51:54"John".
0:51:55 > 0:52:00John. Another Beckett at the docks.
0:52:08 > 0:52:11I love you both.
0:52:14 > 0:52:16I want to stay.
0:52:32 > 0:52:33KNOCK ON DOOR
0:52:34 > 0:52:37Ah, Nurse Mount, just the person.
0:52:39 > 0:52:41We've good news from the Council.
0:52:41 > 0:52:46They are providing 20 home helps. I shall be pushing them for more.
0:52:46 > 0:52:49Super! You deserve the night off.
0:52:50 > 0:52:54If we got what we deserved, I'd be driving the Daimler SP250 with
0:52:54 > 0:52:57Gene Kelly on hand to change my tyres.
0:52:57 > 0:53:00Well, I can't manage that but I can cover the telephone
0:53:00 > 0:53:02so you can go to your Spanish class.
0:53:06 > 0:53:10I visited Mrs Smith - to arrange for Dr Turner to see her.
0:53:10 > 0:53:13I witnessed great care from Mr Smith.
0:53:13 > 0:53:16But he could've been anyone for all she knew him.
0:53:16 > 0:53:19He might as well be a widower, poor man.
0:53:19 > 0:53:20But he's not.
0:53:23 > 0:53:25I'm sure it takes a terrific strength to
0:53:25 > 0:53:29manage as he does at home and still find a passion for the world.
0:53:29 > 0:53:32And it would take a very long time
0:53:32 > 0:53:36to build the trust to share such a painful and private truth.
0:53:37 > 0:53:39FLAMENCO GUITAR PLAYS
0:53:49 > 0:53:51Esta ocupado este asiento?
0:53:53 > 0:53:55I say, is this seat taken?
0:54:00 > 0:54:01You came.
0:54:01 > 0:54:03For the flamenco, that's all.
0:54:17 > 0:54:19Poor souls, falling through the cracks
0:54:19 > 0:54:20with no-one there to catch them.
0:54:20 > 0:54:22You're there, ain't ya?
0:54:23 > 0:54:27I'm just one man, Mrs Beckett. They need an army.
0:54:28 > 0:54:30A good man's an army by himself.
0:54:42 > 0:54:44He has your husband's smile.
0:54:44 > 0:54:46He does, doesn't he?
0:54:47 > 0:54:49I thought I couldn't bear to be on my own,
0:54:49 > 0:54:52thought that would be the worst in all this.
0:54:52 > 0:54:56But I don't feel alone. Not with little John.
0:54:57 > 0:54:59I'll pick my job up again - when he's older.
0:54:59 > 0:55:01We'll manage.
0:55:04 > 0:55:09Dear girl, I'm more sorry than I can say.
0:55:10 > 0:55:12He was a fine man.
0:55:12 > 0:55:14He was.
0:55:14 > 0:55:16And I should've taken greater care.
0:55:18 > 0:55:21You made me look to myself, Nurse. Not before time.
0:55:23 > 0:55:25You don't need to listen to my regrets.
0:55:25 > 0:55:26So I'll say it how I speak best...
0:55:28 > 0:55:32It's not a king's ransom, but it'll see a little prince right.
0:55:34 > 0:55:36And you put this back where it belongs, eh?
0:55:59 > 0:56:01To Johnny.
0:56:01 > 0:56:02ALL: To Johnny.
0:56:04 > 0:56:05To you, Johnny.
0:56:07 > 0:56:10In the future, Barbara, don't listen to me.
0:56:11 > 0:56:14A warrior was just what the Becketts needed.
0:56:14 > 0:56:17You know far more about marriage than I do.
0:56:19 > 0:56:23MATURE JENNY: 'It was a world promising all that we could desire,
0:56:23 > 0:56:25'newer, better, brighter.
0:56:25 > 0:56:28'We put our faith in the dreams they sold,
0:56:28 > 0:56:31'in machines to save us labour,
0:56:31 > 0:56:33'clothes to make us more alluring,
0:56:33 > 0:56:35'furnishings to give us greater comfort.
0:56:35 > 0:56:40'Yet the one thing we could not do without could never be bought,
0:56:40 > 0:56:43'no matter how generous the terms -
0:56:43 > 0:56:45'and it was love.
0:56:46 > 0:56:49'Love, in all its forms.
0:56:50 > 0:56:54'Precious, fragile and enduring -
0:56:54 > 0:56:57'the priceless gift that
0:56:57 > 0:57:00'made our lives worthwhile,
0:57:00 > 0:57:03'invisibly upholding us,
0:57:03 > 0:57:05'demanding no repayment,
0:57:05 > 0:57:08'offered in silence,
0:57:08 > 0:57:11'more precious than gold.'
0:57:12 > 0:57:15I appear to have won a meal in an Indian restaurant.
0:57:15 > 0:57:16Gosh. How exotic.
0:57:16 > 0:57:18Well, come with me, then.
0:57:18 > 0:57:20I mean it's not "going out" going out.
0:57:20 > 0:57:23How do you know it isn't "going out" going out?
0:57:23 > 0:57:26Is there any chance at all that you might be pregnant?
0:57:26 > 0:57:28There are things you can...do.
0:57:28 > 0:57:29Send me to some...
0:57:29 > 0:57:31butcher in a back alley?
0:57:32 > 0:57:34What's the matter?
0:57:34 > 0:57:37Mrs Mahoney, could you go call an ambulance, please?
0:57:37 > 0:57:39It's the only time I've seen those pink spots.
0:57:39 > 0:57:40Typhoid.