0:00:32 > 0:00:36JENNIFER: 'The world was shifting on its axis in 1961.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38'Strides were being made,
0:00:38 > 0:00:41'decisions taken, questions asked.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44'It was as true at Nonnatus House as it was anywhere.'
0:00:47 > 0:00:51'The world was turning faster, burning brighter.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54'It was all we could do to keep pace, keep time,
0:00:54 > 0:00:56'keep abreast of so much change.'
0:01:06 > 0:01:07Sister!
0:01:07 > 0:01:10- Whatever are you doing? - I'm cleaning the portrait
0:01:10 > 0:01:11of Sister Hildegard with some bread.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Her anniversary's coming up, and I once read in a magazine
0:01:14 > 0:01:17that this is the best way to freshen up an oil painting.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20She was the first of our Sisters to come to Poplar.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22It's so important that we remember her.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26I missed her commemoration service last year,
0:01:26 > 0:01:29so this is the first I've been to since I joined the Order.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32It feels very special.
0:01:33 > 0:01:34Bless you, Sister.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46- Nurse! Nurse! - Good morning, Linda!
0:01:46 > 0:01:48- You haven't been to Sadie's yet, have you, Nurse?- No.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51- She's next on my list. - Would you take her these?
0:01:51 > 0:01:52It's just a few cough candy twists.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56- I was going to drop 'em in, but I'm running late!- Of course.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Oh, and tell her I'll pop in after my shift!
0:02:05 > 0:02:09Your lips are moving. They're always moving, on the quiet.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Poetry, this time, or one of your plays?
0:02:11 > 0:02:13"O! for a Muse of fire,
0:02:13 > 0:02:16"that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention!"
0:02:16 > 0:02:17It's from Henry V.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20That the one with Sir Laurence Olivier?
0:02:20 > 0:02:21It's the one by William Shakespeare, Mum.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25I've fixed it, now don't keep taking it down to look at it all the time.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Postman'll be here soon.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33He might walk past again, like he did yesterday and the day before.
0:02:33 > 0:02:34KNOCK ON DOOR
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Nurse calling!
0:02:36 > 0:02:37Come through, angel.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Angel? I could get used to that.
0:02:41 > 0:02:42- Hello, Nurse.- Hello!
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Still, I suppose there is something rather celestial
0:02:45 > 0:02:48about a person who comes bearing burns dressings
0:02:48 > 0:02:52- and a quarter of medicinal confectionery.- From Linda?
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Yes. You picked a lovely girl there, Ian.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57He never picked her, he hasn't got the common sense!
0:02:58 > 0:03:02They picked each other, first day down the Mixed Infants.
0:03:02 > 0:03:03Didn't you, son?
0:03:03 > 0:03:05That's right.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08MRS BULMER COUGHS
0:03:08 > 0:03:12I really don't like the sound of that cough, Mrs Bulmer.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14You've had it for three weeks now.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17It's just dust off my Royal Collection.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19I see he's fixed that picture of yours.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23I should hope so, too. Her Majesty and me.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Her Majesty and a bit of your head, you mean!
0:03:25 > 0:03:28She's a lovely lady. Her hat was exquisite.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32Petal-covered cloche in navy silk organza.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35It's a shame she wasn't standing by you when the hexane caught.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Then I'd be dressing royal burns, and not just yours.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Picture's my souvenir.
0:03:40 > 0:03:4327 years I've done at Hayward's so far.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45My husband did 30.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48He got his long-service watch before he died.
0:03:48 > 0:03:49Ian wears it now.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52I got in, Mum! I got a place at Durham!
0:03:52 > 0:03:55- At the University, to do English! - Oh, Ian, congratulations!
0:03:55 > 0:03:59First in the street. Well done, son.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04CHATTER
0:04:14 > 0:04:16It's all right if I bring the boys in?
0:04:16 > 0:04:20Of course. As long as they steer clear of Wendy House Corner.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23We don't want another incident with the mangle.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Right, go on. You heard.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Take a seat, Mrs Cottingham.
0:04:29 > 0:04:30We're just talking through
0:04:30 > 0:04:33the differences between home and hospital delivery.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36We try to give you as much information as we can.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38I'm stopping at home.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42Turn my back on my lot for ten days, I'll have no house to come back to.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44My old man will have lost it in a card game,
0:04:44 > 0:04:47or the kids'll have burnt it down!
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Isn't there any visiting in the afternoons?
0:04:49 > 0:04:52My Kevin's on permanent nights.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Rules are quite strict on maternity wards.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57It helps get babies into a routine.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Many new mothers find this quite helpful,
0:05:00 > 0:05:02though Baby would see rather more of his or her father
0:05:02 > 0:05:04if you gave birth at home.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07I want the gas, though. Proper gas, off a machine.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Someone told me if you have it at home,
0:05:09 > 0:05:11they give you gas through the cooker,
0:05:11 > 0:05:12and I think that's dangerous.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15That would be very dangerous indeed!
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Gas and air is completely different,
0:05:17 > 0:05:19and the midwives bring the apparatus to your home.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25What if something goes wrong? With the delivery?
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- Is it your first, love?- Yeah.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31You'll be all right with the Nonnatans. Won't she?
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Dr Turner is never far away, and in an emergency,
0:05:34 > 0:05:35you can get to the hospital very quickly.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37- CHILDREN SHOUTING - Terrence!
0:05:37 > 0:05:39You leave that little girl alone!
0:05:39 > 0:05:41I do not want any more fingers in mangles!
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Should've had them at the hospital and left 'em there!
0:05:46 > 0:05:48LAUGHTER
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Mr Hereward! Mr Hereward! I got into Durham!
0:05:54 > 0:05:57- Yes!- Just like you - only English Lit, not Theology.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- Which college?- Castle. - I know it well.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Take a vest and a hot water bottle.
0:06:02 > 0:06:03Oi, young man!
0:06:03 > 0:06:06No leading my daughter astray now.
0:06:06 > 0:06:07It's all right, Maurice.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10I'll have her back in time to get you your dinner.
0:06:10 > 0:06:11Thanks, Mr Hereward.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14For the books, and for the train fare for the interview.
0:06:14 > 0:06:15For everything, really.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Linda! Linda, guess what? I got in!
0:06:21 > 0:06:22SHE SQUEALS
0:06:25 > 0:06:26Good.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Baby's head-down,
0:06:28 > 0:06:33so nicely poised to settle into your pelvis ready for delivery.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36You really are a model patient, Mrs Cottingham.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Well, here's hoping I have a model baby.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41And preferably one I can dress in pink
0:06:41 > 0:06:43and don't have to yell at till I'm hoarse.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46- Would you like a little girl this time?- Yeah.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49I know I'm meant to say "I don't mind as long as it's healthy",
0:06:49 > 0:06:50and I do love my boys.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54But lads, Sister - they egg each other on.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Have you considered a hospital delivery,
0:06:57 > 0:06:59so that you could have some rest?
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Nah, I like my own bed and my own toilet.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04- WOMAN:- Anthony! Put that iron down.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06It's for using on clothes, not other children!
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Help me down, Sister. Duty calls.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12I wish I knew where you buy lassos.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Could keep one in me handbag.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Wait till you see the library I'll be studying in.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19The cathedral, the river!
0:07:19 > 0:07:20I like THIS river.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28What was that poem you used to say to me?
0:07:28 > 0:07:31The one about the lady and the mirror?
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Willows whiten, aspens shiver
0:07:35 > 0:07:37The sunbeam showers break and quiver
0:07:37 > 0:07:39In the stream that runneth ever
0:07:39 > 0:07:41By the island in the river
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Flowing down to Camelot.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47That was my favourite.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49It isn't about the Thames, Linda.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52My life isn't going to be about clocking in at the paintworks
0:07:52 > 0:07:54day in, day out, like my mum and dad's.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58I'm going to get us both right out of here.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00When I get my degree, we can go where we like.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02I don't know...
0:08:02 > 0:08:05Well, if you don't know, Lin, I do.
0:08:07 > 0:08:08"I do."
0:08:08 > 0:08:10That's funny.
0:08:10 > 0:08:11Why?
0:08:13 > 0:08:15You said it accidentally.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19And quite soon, I think you're going to be saying it for real.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23This morning, I went to the doctors.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26I'm in the family way.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Ian! Ian!
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Look, you can run all you like, but it won't go away!
0:08:39 > 0:08:41We love each other, don't we?
0:08:42 > 0:08:45You said you loved me, when we did it.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47And I meant it. I really did.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54No calls this afternoon, Sister. I could've come to clinic after all.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57I don't like to leave the telephone unmanned.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59This is usually such a busy time of year.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01PHONE RINGS
0:09:03 > 0:09:06Nonnatus House, midwife speaking.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Yes, of course. She's here now.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Sister, it's the Matron of St Cuthbert's Hospital.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14She asked to speak to you.
0:09:14 > 0:09:19I'm entirely happy to deputise with regard to administration, Sister.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22But, er, hospital routines are rather gruelling.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Are you sure you don't want to send one of the youngsters?
0:09:24 > 0:09:26It's only for a week.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29But I'm sure St Cuthbert's will provide a bath chair,
0:09:29 > 0:09:31if I can't take the pace.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34I'll thank you for the beetroot, Sister Winifred.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Sister Julienne, I really don't mind going.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39I've never been seconded to St Cuthbert's,
0:09:39 > 0:09:41and they've won prizes for their hygiene.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44I volunteered my services for several reasons.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46First, their need is great.
0:09:46 > 0:09:51Second, my load here is lightest in terms of clinical work.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55And third, I haven't worked in a hospital for almost ten years.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58More and more women are choosing hospital deliveries.
0:09:58 > 0:09:59I'm keen to see why.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02I think you'll find that whatever the fol-de-rols,
0:10:02 > 0:10:05babies come out in much the same way,
0:10:05 > 0:10:08and they have done since Adam and Eve were in their birthday suits.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Sister Mary Cynthia, whilst I'm in the hospital,
0:10:11 > 0:10:13would you be kind enough to draw up a plan
0:10:13 > 0:10:15for Sister Hildegard's service?
0:10:15 > 0:10:17It would be an honour, Sister.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21But the child barely knows the woman's name.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25Let alone recount her virtues, or recall her toil.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28I thought this would be a chance for her to learn.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32It will. If Sister Monica Joan will help me.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38We shall toil together
0:10:38 > 0:10:41like Ruth and Naomi after the death of Elimelech.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43That'll be lovely.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47I can't believe La Dolce Vita's finally here.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50I've been reading about it in magazines for the past 12 months.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52And I've been promising to sit through it with you.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56You want to see Anita Ekberg in that fountain just as much as I do.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58I'm not on duty a week next Friday.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01And - as far as I can ascertain - you're not on call.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Have you been looking at the advance roster?
0:11:04 > 0:11:08- Guilty as charged. But is it a date? - What are you two up to?
0:11:08 > 0:11:09Trying to get our legs brown.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12I'm not doing too badly, but poor Patsy's struggling,
0:11:12 > 0:11:14what with being a redhead and everything.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16I had shins like milk bottles even when I was a blonde.
0:11:16 > 0:11:22Oh, just look at Anita Ekberg's bust in that black dress!
0:11:22 > 0:11:24She must be wearing the most stupendous brassiere,
0:11:24 > 0:11:26or how on earth could she manage to go strapless?
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Well, if you come to the flicks with us next Friday, you might find out.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Oh, how perfectly marvellous.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Shall we treat ourselves to the two and nines?
0:11:35 > 0:11:38I've just tried rubbing my legs with Trex to speed things up.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40There's a great big block of it in the fridge,
0:11:40 > 0:11:43because Nurse Crane won't eat anything fried in dripping.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Do you fancy coming to the pictures next week, Barbara?
0:11:45 > 0:11:47We're going up West to see La Dolce Vita.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50If enough people join in, we could book a charabanc.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53- What day next week?- Friday.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57I'd love to. If I'm not busy.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Why would you be busy, Barbara?
0:11:59 > 0:12:02You normally have Friday evenings off.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05A relative from my mother's side is going to be in London
0:12:05 > 0:12:08and I promised her I'd show her the sights.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11How terribly public-spirited of you.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15No, not really. I'm just very fond of Cousin Mabel.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Course you are.
0:12:17 > 0:12:18Trixie...?
0:12:18 > 0:12:20You'll have to excuse me,
0:12:20 > 0:12:22I'm going to make myself a face mask out of salad cream.
0:12:22 > 0:12:23I believe one can find
0:12:23 > 0:12:26the most amazing aids to beauty in the kitchen cupboards.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Sister Knowles?
0:12:48 > 0:12:50I'm Sister Julienne.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Ah, Sister. Glad to have you.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56The wards are chock-a-block.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Handing over to another midwife now, dear.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Notes are on the trolley.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Why go? Why go?
0:13:03 > 0:13:05It's time for my break, Mrs Shahjee.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09I'll be able to look after you much better if I look after myself.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Unless the head is crowning or beyond,
0:13:12 > 0:13:16we find it best to stick to our breaks as scheduled.
0:13:16 > 0:13:17This mother is only eight months,
0:13:17 > 0:13:20but Baby appears to be a satisfactory size.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Mrs Shahjee...
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Jamila?
0:13:28 > 0:13:29Jamila.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34I don't know how you could be so stupid!
0:13:34 > 0:13:36You went to grammar school.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Your mother would turn in her grave.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Do you think I haven't thought that?
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Do you think that wasn't the first thing that came into my head?
0:13:44 > 0:13:47And the first thing that came into mine was, "When's the wedding?"
0:13:53 > 0:13:55- The tissue granulation's coming along wonderfully!- Well?
0:13:55 > 0:13:57I'm supposed to be going to university!
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Men work, and they provide, and they stand by girls
0:14:00 > 0:14:02when they get them into trouble.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Don't they, Nurse?
0:14:06 > 0:14:09In the absence of my tin helmet - which does rather interfere
0:14:09 > 0:14:13with my coiffure - I've been trying not to comment.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16But if there's one thing I've been taught over the years,
0:14:16 > 0:14:18it's that at first, feelings run very high
0:14:18 > 0:14:20in this sort of a situation.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23And sooner or later, everything calms down,
0:14:23 > 0:14:25and the way ahead becomes much clearer.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27The way ahead seems perfectly obvious to me.
0:14:31 > 0:14:32DOOR SLAMS
0:14:34 > 0:14:36DEEP BREATHING
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Tea?
0:14:48 > 0:14:51This is a labour room, not a teddy bears' picnic!
0:14:51 > 0:14:54It's well sugared. A long labour like this needs fuel.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58And Mother needs to be on the bed. Come on, dear, up we get.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02I don't see this lady delivering without forceps.
0:15:02 > 0:15:03And the trouble with these Indians
0:15:03 > 0:15:06is they panic when a male comes near them.
0:15:06 > 0:15:07Sylheti ladies are very modest.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10On the district, it took a while
0:15:10 > 0:15:12even for the midwives to gain their trust.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Hello, Ian.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Can I ask a favour, Mr Hereward?
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Of course. Is it about your grant forms?
0:15:28 > 0:15:30No.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32- JAMILA KEENS - Jamila, good.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34You're doing very well indeed.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Baby's almost here.
0:15:40 > 0:15:41One last push...
0:15:43 > 0:15:45SHE SCREAMS
0:15:51 > 0:15:54BABY CRIES
0:15:57 > 0:15:58Boy?
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Yes.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Do you want to hold him?
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Just for a moment, please.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Let's pop Baby on the scales, see what we're up against.
0:16:27 > 0:16:284lbs 7oz.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31We've had smaller, and they've done very well, in the main.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35Of course. The care here is known to be exemplary.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37The baby is well, Jamila.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Soon you can have your cup of tea.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Hey! Evening, treacle!
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Thought I'd wait and walk back with you.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Shall we take the detour? Come on, I'll buy you a 99.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02I don't want a 99.
0:17:03 > 0:17:04And I don't want you to go mad.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08But you will.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10You will do the right thing by my daughter!
0:17:10 > 0:17:13- Do you hear me?- Dad! Stop it! - That's enough, Mr Lanyard!
0:17:13 > 0:17:16We've enough on our plates without having to send for an ambulance.
0:17:28 > 0:17:29Thank you.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Ian, come and sit down too.
0:17:36 > 0:17:42We can discuss the subject of marriage - together.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45We won't be doing anything together if he goes off to university.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48If I get a degree, I can be a teacher.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Or write for the papers. I could work for the BBC,
0:17:51 > 0:17:53- making programmes about poetry. - MAURICE SCOFFS
0:17:53 > 0:17:57I could put better food on the table than you've ever seen in your life.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59I could be proud of how I put it there.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01But it's going to take three years.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05You haven't got three years, Ian. You've got seven months.
0:18:21 > 0:18:22Delia?
0:18:23 > 0:18:25There's no-one here.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29There's nobody watching.
0:18:29 > 0:18:30Nobody but us.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33- You waited up?- Yes.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36It's what we dreamed of, wasn't it?
0:18:36 > 0:18:41When we were planning the flat, before our future got interrupted.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44Do you know, Deels, in my whole life,
0:18:44 > 0:18:47I never once had anyone wait up for me.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50I bet you've never had anyone make you a cup of Bournvita
0:18:50 > 0:18:53with a tot of Johnny Walker in it, either.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56While you were out, I was thinking, "I'm going to unpin her hair,
0:18:56 > 0:18:59"let it fall down to her shoulders and run my hands through it."
0:18:59 > 0:19:01But you've gone so mad with the lacquer,
0:19:01 > 0:19:04I could pull out every kirby grip and the beehive wouldn't budge.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11Trixie knows about us, Tom.
0:19:11 > 0:19:12Has she said so?
0:19:12 > 0:19:14She doesn't have to.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16She's my friend. I eat my meals with her.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18We share a bathroom.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20I can tell when she's unhappy.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Maybe she's unhappy about something else.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Well, that would be convenient, wouldn't it?
0:19:24 > 0:19:26That's not what I meant.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Tom, it's been a year since you broke off your engagement, and...
0:19:29 > 0:19:32I agree. We should've both got over it.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36And that wasn't what I meant.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39I meant that I can see that she's still struggling,
0:19:39 > 0:19:42but I didn't think that you'd say that you were struggling too.
0:19:45 > 0:19:46Neither did I.
0:19:48 > 0:19:49I see.
0:19:51 > 0:19:52- I'm sorry.- No...
0:19:52 > 0:19:55No, Tom, I'm sorry that I made you tell the truth.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Because telling the truth is sometimes harder than telling lies.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05Which is something I've had to do rather more than I would like.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09And I would've had to do far more in the future, if we'd carried on.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12Who's to say we're not going to carry on?
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Barbara, I love and I value every single minute,
0:20:15 > 0:20:17every hour I spend with you.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Afternoon, Tom. Afternoon, Barbara!
0:20:23 > 0:20:25That's not enough, Tom.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Not when we're causing pain to someone else.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31And certainly not when it's causing pain to us.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48You really are the sweetest, loveliest girl I ever met.
0:20:48 > 0:20:49I'm not.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53I'm 23! I'm a nurse.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56And what nurses do when they see pain is try to stop it.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Sorry to interrupt ministerial business, Mr Hereward.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03Nurse Gilbert, Ruby Cottingham's in labour.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05It sounds as though things are moving rapidly.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09Will there be time for lunch?
0:21:09 > 0:21:10I strongly suspect not.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13I've packed us a hardboiled egg apiece and some coconut tart.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Hay fever?
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Come on. Get in the car.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30I think we need to refer you to the hospital for tests.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33I've been coughing on and off for years.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Everybody does, round here.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38They said we'd all be cured, after the Clean Air Act.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41The Clean Air act won't have had much of an impact on conditions
0:21:41 > 0:21:43inside Hayward's, Mrs Bulmer.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45We need to rule out emphysema.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48It was emphysema what did for my husband.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51I'm a widow. I need to work.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54You have a strapping grown-up son, Mrs Bulmer.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56He could take care of you now.
0:21:56 > 0:21:57I wish I had your confidence.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05Good lass, good lass...
0:22:09 > 0:22:11That's another one you can put behind you.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15What do you reckon my chances of a girl are this time round?
0:22:15 > 0:22:18I would say...50%. What do you think, Nurse Crane?
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Mathematical probability was never my strong suit.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24I think you'll find it isn't Mother Nature's, either.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26I thought I'd be done by now.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28These pains started 12 hours ago!
0:22:28 > 0:22:31I wasn't even like this when I had my first.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33If you'd let me examine you internally,
0:22:33 > 0:22:34we can try to see what's going on.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Yeah, all right. I've had enough.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Come on. You take my hand, give it a good squeeze
0:22:39 > 0:22:41if things aren't too comfortable.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53SHE GROANS
0:22:55 > 0:22:58- QUIETLY:- Brow presentation. - I'll telephone Doctor.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00He'll be on his house calls.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07It's like being crushed by an elephant.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11- I bet you've heard that one before. - Elephants. Rhinos. Hippopotami.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15And to extend the comparison, this baby's being a monkey.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19Not quite tucking its chin down as it should, I suspect.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22You might both do better if we send you off to hospital.
0:23:22 > 0:23:23Hospital?
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Nurse Gilbert, can you nip down the street to the telephone?
0:23:26 > 0:23:30Flying squad or ordinary ambulance, whichever's quicker.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Ruby's already had a very long day.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35She has. I'll be back in two ticks.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37There's no need for you to worry.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Many, many congratulations, Ian. And Linda.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45And now...I suppose I ought to ask to see the ring.
0:23:48 > 0:23:49It's lovely.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53He sold his dad's long-service watch to pay for it.
0:23:53 > 0:23:54Didn't you, Ian?
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Nurse Franklin!
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Nurse!
0:24:00 > 0:24:01Look! We're engaged!
0:24:01 > 0:24:04How perfectly lovely! Let's see!
0:24:06 > 0:24:08You're a lucky girl, Linda.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11This is more than just a piece of jewellery.
0:24:11 > 0:24:16It's proof that you've found a man that will put you first, always.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19And that really is a very rare and precious thing.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31What happens now? What are you going to do?
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Doctor's going to help your baby to be born, dear.
0:24:37 > 0:24:38Sister Julienne!
0:24:40 > 0:24:43- Mrs Cottingham! - It's all gone wrong, Sister!
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Cervix not fully dilated.
0:24:48 > 0:24:53I can't get my fingers between the cervix and the head.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55It's so swollen.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58It's all right, Ruby...
0:24:58 > 0:25:00I'd be screaming my head off if you weren't here.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02No, you wouldn't. You've been a warrior.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05It's your own courage that's got you this far.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07Definitely a brow presentation.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10SHE CRIES OUT
0:25:10 > 0:25:13Check foetal heart rate, please, Sister.
0:25:15 > 0:25:16I need more gas.
0:25:16 > 0:25:1880.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20I can't keep on any more...
0:25:20 > 0:25:2170...
0:25:22 > 0:25:25- 60...- Right. Emergency Caesarean section.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Anaesthetist and paediatrician, please.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30- As quickly as we can, please. - Look after her.
0:25:30 > 0:25:31Who?
0:25:31 > 0:25:34My little girl.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37I'll be asleep when she's born. You look after her.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40I will. I promise you.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44HUBBUB
0:25:44 > 0:25:45Thanks very much.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52- Evening, Reverend.- Mr Lanyard.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55I thought I'd offer the happy couple my congratulations.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57Grab yourself a paper plate and something to eat.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Two types of pork pie, and a trifle as big as your head. Oh!
0:26:00 > 0:26:04And have an orange juice, seeing as you're a man of the cloth.
0:26:04 > 0:26:05Joycey!
0:26:12 > 0:26:16# There was I waitin' at the church
0:26:16 > 0:26:20# Waitin' at the church Waitin' at the church... #
0:26:20 > 0:26:21Hello, Trixie.
0:26:22 > 0:26:23Hello, Tom.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29Linda's father saw me passing and hauled me in off the street.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31I didn't like to refuse.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34And they poured me a glass of Babycham,
0:26:34 > 0:26:36even though I'm in my uniform.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40Well, that's...easily dealt with.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44Cheers!
0:26:44 > 0:26:45Cheers.
0:26:45 > 0:26:50# ..my wife won't let me! #
0:27:06 > 0:27:08Blood pressure 80 over 40.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11Low. I'm not wasting any time.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16Uterus exposed. Suction and oxygen all ready?
0:27:16 > 0:27:19In the anteroom, Sir. Paediatrician's on his way.
0:27:19 > 0:27:20Hmmm.
0:27:22 > 0:27:23Proceeding.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38Oh, God.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Another one. It's alive.
0:27:50 > 0:27:51Somebody take it!
0:28:05 > 0:28:08Can we all turn our attention back to the mother, please?
0:28:12 > 0:28:16All right, all right, quiet down, folks, I've got a few words to say!
0:28:16 > 0:28:19I ain't one of the world's talkers...
0:28:19 > 0:28:20LAUGHTER
0:28:20 > 0:28:23..so I'll keep me words to a minimum.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26That was for my son-in-law to be. He likes long words.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28HE LAUGHS
0:28:28 > 0:28:32But let's just say the happy news has meant a change of plan.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35And as most of us are proper Hayward's Paints families,
0:28:35 > 0:28:38I've managed to pull a few strings.
0:28:40 > 0:28:41Open it, son.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53Welcome to the factory! You start work tomorrow, eight sharp.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56CHEERING
0:28:58 > 0:29:02- ALL:- # There was I Waitin' at the church
0:29:02 > 0:29:06# Waitin' at the church Waitin' at the church
0:29:06 > 0:29:11# When I'd found you'd left me in the lurch
0:29:11 > 0:29:16# Lord, how it did upset me! #
0:29:16 > 0:29:18BABY CRIES
0:29:25 > 0:29:27I've come to enquire about Baby Cottingham.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29Baby Cottingham?
0:29:29 > 0:29:34The very...poorly baby that was born this evening.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37We've had two admissions today, but none since noon.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44Thank you.
0:30:08 > 0:30:09BABY WHIMPERING
0:30:09 > 0:30:13No, no, no, no...
0:30:18 > 0:30:20Can you hear me, little one?
0:30:24 > 0:30:26And the Lord who created you
0:30:26 > 0:30:30said "Don't be afraid, for I have redeemed you.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33"I have called you by your name. You are mine."
0:30:35 > 0:30:38"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you."
0:30:39 > 0:30:43"When you pass through the flames, you will not burn."
0:30:45 > 0:30:47"You are precious in my eyes".
0:30:50 > 0:30:53This baby is still breathing!
0:30:55 > 0:30:57We couldn't have saved it.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59But to leave it alone?
0:30:59 > 0:31:03Cold, and trembling, and possibly in pain?
0:31:03 > 0:31:06The anaesthetic from the mother should still be in its system.
0:31:06 > 0:31:07It shouldn't suffer.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11And it cannot live.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13But it's living now.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16And it has been for an hour or more.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19Sister, this was the kinder way.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24We couldn't even tell whether it was male or female.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29May the Lord bless you and keep you.
0:31:31 > 0:31:36May he make his face shine upon you, and be gracious unto you,
0:31:36 > 0:31:38and grant you peace.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44I think it's gone.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53It hasn't been baptised.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57I should've baptised it myself.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03You don't have to be a priest to christen a baby, did you know that?
0:32:03 > 0:32:05No. I didn't.
0:32:05 > 0:32:09The burial will be a decent one, we can arrange for that.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13But there will have to be a postmortem.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15It's the third baby we've delivered
0:32:15 > 0:32:18with these sorts of malformations in the last 12 months.
0:32:20 > 0:32:24May I tell Mrs Cottingham, when she wakes from her operation?
0:32:24 > 0:32:28The rules state that we don't go into the postnatal ward.
0:32:28 > 0:32:29Yes.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34And sometimes rules are best broken.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39But leave it till tomorrow.
0:32:47 > 0:32:49I'm not drunk, Mr Hereward.
0:32:56 > 0:33:01Giving up something you really want is hard. I know that.
0:33:01 > 0:33:02You do?
0:33:04 > 0:33:08I once had a job in a record shop that I really, really loved.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11And I had to pack it in to do my national service.
0:33:11 > 0:33:15I spent two years in Kinloss with a Dansette with a broken needle
0:33:15 > 0:33:18and a pile of jazz LPs I couldn't play.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22And then God came calling,
0:33:22 > 0:33:24and he was a bit of a taskmaster.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27And don't get me started on girls.
0:33:27 > 0:33:28Nor me.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32Ian, do you love Linda?
0:33:34 > 0:33:39I don't love her more than anything else in the world, Mr Hereward.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41You love her enough to do what's right.
0:33:42 > 0:33:47And sometimes...enough love IS enough.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49It has to be.
0:33:58 > 0:34:02We sang Psalm 40 at Compline tonight,
0:34:02 > 0:34:04which brought to mind
0:34:04 > 0:34:07our forthcoming homage to Sister Hildegard.
0:34:07 > 0:34:12I am attempting to give advice to Sister Mary Cynthia.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14And it's very useful advice.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16But I did tell Sister Monica Joan
0:34:16 > 0:34:18we could talk about it in the morning,
0:34:18 > 0:34:19after the Great Silence...
0:34:19 > 0:34:25Our Sister greatly seeks replenishment in prayer.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29There's supper for you in the kitchen.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33I'll warm it up. But first things first...
0:34:36 > 0:34:39I saw a baby lost today.
0:34:39 > 0:34:40It was brutal.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43And unbearable.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47I'm not sure if I did enough.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03Sister Monica Joan,
0:35:03 > 0:35:09do you suppose that it's ever acceptable to tell a lie?
0:35:11 > 0:35:13I think the question is
0:35:13 > 0:35:16not if it's acceptable,
0:35:16 > 0:35:18but if it is kind.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21I don't know.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24But I do know that telling the truth would be cruel.
0:35:24 > 0:35:25So cruel.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27Then there can be no virtue in it.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29No.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48Corned beef, and a bit of Pan Yan pickle.
0:35:48 > 0:35:49Linda'll have more modern ideas.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52You'll be getting miniature sausage rolls off her,
0:35:52 > 0:35:54like you see in the magazines.
0:35:54 > 0:35:55Thanks.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59You look just like your dad.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05I've delivered babies with pathologies before.
0:36:05 > 0:36:06But this...
0:36:06 > 0:36:08It was completely limbless.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10Like little Susan Mullucks?
0:36:10 > 0:36:12Without even an indication of gender.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14What did Mr Kenley say?
0:36:14 > 0:36:18He said, "Oh, God. Another one."
0:36:18 > 0:36:22"Another one"? He's had nothing to do with Susan.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25She was born here, in the maternity home.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27That's why I thought I ought to come to you.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29Did it live?
0:36:31 > 0:36:33Mrs Cottingham doesn't know yet.
0:36:33 > 0:36:34I undertook to tell her.
0:36:34 > 0:36:38What became of the other children? Did they die too?
0:36:38 > 0:36:39I'm not sure.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41Sister Knowles said that one of them has been transferred
0:36:41 > 0:36:43to, um...a residential hospital.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46There's been no clear directive,
0:36:46 > 0:36:50no official notification of any sort of cluster.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53Timothy! You're going to be late for school.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56Mrs Gillespie asked me to climb on her toilet roof to get her cat down.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59When you have a paper round, helping old ladies
0:36:59 > 0:37:00becomes an occupational hazard.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02Go home and comb your hair.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05Your tie and biscuit money are on the sideboard.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07I brought Dad's Lancet.
0:37:07 > 0:37:08Unless you're too busy to read it today -
0:37:08 > 0:37:10I could take it and read it on the bus.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12No, leave it here.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14I shall expect a tip at Christmas!
0:37:19 > 0:37:22There's nothing in the list of contents.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24Well, why would there be?
0:37:24 > 0:37:26Until somebody, somewhere, tells us otherwise,
0:37:26 > 0:37:29we have to look at this as a local phenomenon.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31A local problem.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33Which means it's our problem.
0:37:33 > 0:37:34Quite.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54TIME CLOCK CLANKS
0:37:57 > 0:37:58FACTORY HORN BLOWS
0:38:00 > 0:38:02There's no need to keep hiding your hand.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04You got a ring on your finger.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06- It's not a wedding ring, though. - Yet.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08I'm actually rubbing my back.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10I'm all achy at the bottom of it.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13They won't want to see you for a month once you're all booked in.
0:38:13 > 0:38:14You'll have your band of gold by then.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16It only takes three weeks to call the banns.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18I know. Mr Hereward said.
0:38:18 > 0:38:20Linda Lanyard?
0:38:23 > 0:38:26May I take this one, Nurse Gilbert?
0:38:26 > 0:38:27Of course.
0:38:27 > 0:38:29I haven't boiled any urine today,
0:38:29 > 0:38:31it will be quite nice to get a change of pace.
0:38:32 > 0:38:33Hello, Linda, how are you?
0:38:33 > 0:38:36On the bed, heels to bottom and knees nice and wide apart.
0:38:36 > 0:38:37Sadie warned me about this.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39You'll get used to it.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42Some of the old hands come with their knickers in their pockets,
0:38:42 > 0:38:44and don't put them on until we've finished!
0:38:50 > 0:38:53Linda, have you been having any spotting?
0:38:53 > 0:38:55What's spotting?
0:38:55 > 0:38:57Losing little amounts of blood,
0:38:57 > 0:38:59as you would at the beginning of a monthly?
0:38:59 > 0:39:02Only early on.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04I kept thinking that I was about to start, but I didn't.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10Linda.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12I'm afraid you're bleeding now
0:39:12 > 0:39:15and it looks like a little more than spotting.
0:39:40 > 0:39:41Try to stay still.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44When can I see my baby?
0:39:47 > 0:39:48Ruby...
0:39:50 > 0:39:52..I'm so very, very sorry.
0:39:52 > 0:39:59But your poor little baby was born...so desperately unwell.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02And it wasn't possible for us to save it.
0:40:05 > 0:40:06Did it die?
0:40:07 > 0:40:09Yes, Ruby. In my arms.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22Sister.
0:40:23 > 0:40:24Was it a girl?
0:40:34 > 0:40:35Yes.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40I knew.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43Always knew.
0:40:43 > 0:40:47Yes. Yes, you did.
0:40:50 > 0:40:51Did she cry?
0:40:53 > 0:40:54A little.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59But when she took her last breath,
0:40:59 > 0:41:02she was warm and safe...
0:41:04 > 0:41:08..and I believe she was aware she was loved.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21I wished so hard for her.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Maybe I shouldn't have.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27Maybe I'm being punished.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30- But God knows I love my boys... - He does.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34You did nothing wrong.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36Then why?
0:41:46 > 0:41:47I wish I could answer that.
0:41:49 > 0:41:53And I wish...I could bring your baby back.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55But I can't.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00Listen to us, eh?
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Wishing this and wishing that.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07We haven't got a fairy godmother between us.
0:42:14 > 0:42:15QUIET SOBBING
0:42:15 > 0:42:17Linda...
0:42:17 > 0:42:21Linda, I know this is a perfectly ghastly business.
0:42:21 > 0:42:22But you're not alone.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26There's more blood!
0:42:26 > 0:42:29Don't cry. It's a natural process.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31It will be over soon.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36Something's come away, Nurse!
0:42:36 > 0:42:39It's all right, Linda. It's all right.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42When you're ready, open the door.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44But I don't want you to flush, all right?
0:42:48 > 0:42:49Afternoon, Mr Lanyard.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51How's the young bridegroom shaping up?
0:42:51 > 0:42:54Don't ask me. Little toerag never even clocked on.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02Spontaneous miscarriage.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04Foetus looked to be about eight weeks.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06Oh, no. Poor wee girl.
0:43:07 > 0:43:11We'll take her back to Sadie's and get her tucked up in bed.
0:43:11 > 0:43:13Call Doctor, if you've any concerns.
0:43:13 > 0:43:17What the poor pet really needs is a good cry, a couple of aspirin,
0:43:17 > 0:43:19and a hug, in no particular order,
0:43:19 > 0:43:21but the hug is of prime importance.
0:43:27 > 0:43:28Ian?
0:43:32 > 0:43:33Ian!
0:43:41 > 0:43:42HE SNIFFS
0:43:45 > 0:43:47What the hell are you doing?
0:43:47 > 0:43:49Ian's in the house and the gas is on.
0:43:52 > 0:43:54Stay outside!
0:43:54 > 0:43:55THEY COUGH
0:44:08 > 0:44:09He's still breathing!
0:44:15 > 0:44:17Ian. Ian.
0:44:17 > 0:44:21Take deep breaths. Try to take deep breaths.
0:44:22 > 0:44:24I'm sorry.
0:44:24 > 0:44:27It's all right. You've done nothing wrong.
0:44:28 > 0:44:30HE VOMITS
0:44:31 > 0:44:33He even missed my shoes.
0:44:33 > 0:44:34He got mine, though.
0:44:35 > 0:44:39Head up, sweetie. We'll get you through this.
0:44:41 > 0:44:43There's no obvious similarity
0:44:43 > 0:44:46between Rhoda Mullucks and Ruby Cottingham,
0:44:46 > 0:44:49other than them both being multiparous mothers
0:44:49 > 0:44:50and on the older side.
0:44:50 > 0:44:52Don't think they'd thank you for that, Patrick.
0:44:52 > 0:44:55They're both younger than me.
0:44:55 > 0:45:00Meanwhile, Keith Cottingham is in the navy. Mmm.
0:45:00 > 0:45:04It says here that he had his appendix out, on land,
0:45:04 > 0:45:05in New Zealand in 1957.
0:45:07 > 0:45:09So he could've been involved in the H Bomb tests.
0:45:09 > 0:45:10We'd have to check.
0:45:10 > 0:45:12The H Bomb?
0:45:12 > 0:45:13Hello!
0:45:13 > 0:45:15Hello, dear.
0:45:15 > 0:45:17Deformed babies have been born in the South Seas.
0:45:17 > 0:45:20There's one school of thought that blames nuclear testing.
0:45:20 > 0:45:23It happened after Hiroshima and Nagasaki too.
0:45:23 > 0:45:24We did it in History.
0:45:25 > 0:45:28So World War II is history now, is it?
0:45:28 > 0:45:30We do exams in it and everything.
0:45:30 > 0:45:32Can I wash some equipment?
0:45:32 > 0:45:34- How much are you charging? - The usual.
0:45:34 > 0:45:37- Bike fund?- Yes.
0:45:37 > 0:45:39Go through to the sluice. I'll catch you up.
0:45:41 > 0:45:43But going back to the mothers,
0:45:43 > 0:45:44neither Rhoda nor Ruby
0:45:44 > 0:45:47has anything out of the ordinary on their records.
0:45:47 > 0:45:50Only the usual juvenile illnesses,
0:45:50 > 0:45:53plus occasional antibiotics
0:45:53 > 0:45:56and other routine drugs in adulthood.
0:45:56 > 0:45:58CHILD CRIES
0:45:58 > 0:46:01Oh, come here. There we go.
0:46:01 > 0:46:05I'm sorry. We'll be taking work home with us tonight.
0:46:06 > 0:46:11No university place, now no baby, and engaged for no good reason.
0:46:13 > 0:46:16If he tries to walk away, he could be sued for breach of promise.
0:46:16 > 0:46:19A broken engagement is a serious thing.
0:46:19 > 0:46:21Isn't it?
0:46:22 > 0:46:24Trixie, that is not what I meant.
0:46:25 > 0:46:27How long since we ended everything?
0:46:28 > 0:46:31A year.
0:46:31 > 0:46:35To be more precise, a year and ten days.
0:46:41 > 0:46:42Once upon a time, one of us
0:46:42 > 0:46:44would have leaned forward to kiss the other one just then.
0:46:46 > 0:46:47I know.
0:46:49 > 0:46:51But neither of us did.
0:46:51 > 0:46:52No.
0:46:53 > 0:46:55When you look at Barbara,
0:46:55 > 0:46:58do you want to lean forward and kiss her?
0:46:59 > 0:47:00Sometimes.
0:47:00 > 0:47:03I have done, once or twice.
0:47:03 > 0:47:06- Oh.- But don't worry. It won't happen again.
0:47:06 > 0:47:10If we were ever going out at all, Barbara ended it.
0:47:10 > 0:47:11Because of you.
0:47:11 > 0:47:14Or more precisely, because of you and me.
0:47:15 > 0:47:18Do you think it's time to let each other go, Trixie?
0:47:18 > 0:47:20I thought we did that last year.
0:47:20 > 0:47:21Because hanging on,
0:47:21 > 0:47:23not letting each other grow...
0:47:24 > 0:47:26..is a recipe for misery.
0:47:28 > 0:47:30Yes.
0:47:30 > 0:47:31And vomit on one's shoes,
0:47:31 > 0:47:32as we found out earlier this evening.
0:47:32 > 0:47:36So if you'll excuse me, I'll go and get changed.
0:47:36 > 0:47:38I don't feel at all comfortable.
0:47:44 > 0:47:47This seems to be our only clue that these anomalies
0:47:47 > 0:47:49are part of something more widespread -
0:47:49 > 0:47:51this residential hospital
0:47:51 > 0:47:55that specialises in children with malformed limbs.
0:47:55 > 0:47:58It's not a new hospital. But it is a new specialisation.
0:47:58 > 0:48:01It may mean nothing at all.
0:48:02 > 0:48:04Patrick, we have to go to bed.
0:48:05 > 0:48:08We have patients to care for in the morning
0:48:08 > 0:48:11and they don't need us crawling in half-dead through lack of sleep.
0:48:16 > 0:48:19I never know when I love you the most,
0:48:19 > 0:48:23but I sometimes think that these are the times that I love you best.
0:48:23 > 0:48:25When the whole world's sleeping,
0:48:25 > 0:48:29and you're sitting up with dark rings beneath your eyes,
0:48:29 > 0:48:31just trying to make it better.
0:48:31 > 0:48:33Oh, Shelagh.
0:48:38 > 0:48:43We had a wonderful old professor when I was at medical school.
0:48:43 > 0:48:45Macketon Phipps.
0:48:45 > 0:48:51He was a real physician, cared about patients inside and out.
0:48:51 > 0:48:53And he used to say,
0:48:53 > 0:48:56"Never be afraid to say when you don't know the answer."
0:48:59 > 0:49:01But these babies...
0:49:02 > 0:49:04Shelagh, I don't know.
0:49:04 > 0:49:08And...I don't know if there's anything TO know.
0:49:10 > 0:49:12And I'm scared.
0:49:15 > 0:49:21She had a reasonable night. I tucked her up in bed next to me.
0:49:21 > 0:49:24You're as good as a mum to Linda, Sadie. I know that.
0:49:24 > 0:49:28Which is just what most girls need, after an experience like yours.
0:49:28 > 0:49:32Will you look in on Ian, Nurse, before you go? Only...
0:49:34 > 0:49:36Only we heard him crying in the night.
0:49:36 > 0:49:40There's no harm in me popping my head round the door, but...
0:49:40 > 0:49:43There's no need, Nurse. I'm all right.
0:49:43 > 0:49:45And I'm going to work.
0:49:45 > 0:49:46No, son. No, you're not.
0:49:51 > 0:49:53Here.
0:49:53 > 0:49:55I rather think I ought to take my leave...
0:49:55 > 0:49:58No, Nurse. This isn't some big drama.
0:50:00 > 0:50:02I'm just doing the right thing.
0:50:04 > 0:50:05Like you did the right thing.
0:50:05 > 0:50:07I didn't say I wanted to marry you
0:50:07 > 0:50:10because it was the right thing, Linda.
0:50:10 > 0:50:13It was because I loved you.
0:50:13 > 0:50:15And I love you now.
0:50:15 > 0:50:19Take it. Sell it.
0:50:19 > 0:50:22Spend it on the books you'll read at university.
0:50:22 > 0:50:25I'm not standing in your way,
0:50:25 > 0:50:28and there's no baby going to now either.
0:50:30 > 0:50:33I've still got responsibilities. I've got Mum.
0:50:33 > 0:50:35Don't you worry about me, son.
0:50:35 > 0:50:38You can come home and listen to me coughing in the holidays,
0:50:38 > 0:50:40but you don't have to do it all year round.
0:50:43 > 0:50:44Take the ring, Ian.
0:50:53 > 0:50:54Right.
0:50:56 > 0:50:59There. There it is and there it's staying.
0:50:59 > 0:51:01Till you've got letters after your name,
0:51:01 > 0:51:04and more ahead of you than me and your dad ever had.
0:51:06 > 0:51:08Best not argue with your mum, Ian.
0:51:08 > 0:51:10You won't win.
0:51:12 > 0:51:13And we can wait.
0:51:19 > 0:51:22You can't stand in the way of what life wants, can you, Nurse?
0:51:24 > 0:51:26Or what love wants.
0:51:26 > 0:51:29One way or another, things end up how they should.
0:51:52 > 0:51:54You need to have the big light on
0:51:54 > 0:51:56if you're going to do handicrafts at this hour.
0:51:56 > 0:51:58It's all right. It's only a few figures
0:51:58 > 0:52:01for the Bible Study Fuzzy Felt at Sunday School.
0:52:01 > 0:52:03Judas and Simon Peter have gone missing,
0:52:03 > 0:52:05and Mary Magdalene's got no head.
0:52:06 > 0:52:09I hope Mr Hereward appreciates your dedication.
0:52:11 > 0:52:12I don't care if he doesn't.
0:52:14 > 0:52:16- KNOCK AT DOOR - Enter.
0:52:18 > 0:52:22Barbara, may I speak to you for a moment?
0:52:22 > 0:52:25I expect it's time I did my vanishing act.
0:52:25 > 0:52:28Or as we say in Spanish class,
0:52:28 > 0:52:31"Le dejo a usted conversar, senoritas."
0:52:38 > 0:52:41I think we need to "conversar" about Cousin Mabel.
0:52:43 > 0:52:45There's no such person, Trixie.
0:52:46 > 0:52:49I made her up so that I didn't have to tell you the truth.
0:52:49 > 0:52:52But there's really no truth to tell now,
0:52:52 > 0:52:54so it doesn't matter.
0:53:01 > 0:53:03Yes, it does.
0:53:05 > 0:53:07I'm so sorry, Trixie.
0:53:07 > 0:53:09I knew you knew,
0:53:09 > 0:53:10and I knew you were unhappy.
0:53:10 > 0:53:15And I should have ended it sooner, but I didn't have the courage,
0:53:15 > 0:53:17and I had...too much hope.
0:53:17 > 0:53:18Probably.
0:53:19 > 0:53:21Tom's special, isn't he?
0:53:22 > 0:53:23Yes.
0:53:25 > 0:53:28But not so special that it's worth all three of us being miserable.
0:53:28 > 0:53:30And now, if you don't mind,
0:53:30 > 0:53:33I really need to get on with these Fuzzy Felt apostles.
0:53:33 > 0:53:34Oh, Barbara.
0:53:36 > 0:53:39Only a girl as nice as you would say a thing like that.
0:53:40 > 0:53:43What if I'm not nice, Trixie?
0:53:43 > 0:53:47What if I'm thinking all sorts of mean and terrible thoughts inside?
0:53:47 > 0:53:49I wouldn't blame you.
0:53:51 > 0:53:54And I'm not going to stand in your way, or Tom's.
0:53:56 > 0:53:58People want what they want.
0:53:58 > 0:54:04And one way or another - at least, if love comes into it -
0:54:04 > 0:54:05things will end up as they should.
0:54:11 > 0:54:15# As it was in the beginning
0:54:15 > 0:54:19# Is now, and ever shall be
0:54:19 > 0:54:24# World without end, Amen. #
0:54:37 > 0:54:41It was Sister Hildegard who began our work here in Poplar.
0:54:41 > 0:54:46And I and my Sisters carry on that work as best we can,
0:54:46 > 0:54:49day by day, night by night,
0:54:49 > 0:54:53woman by woman, child by child.
0:54:55 > 0:54:57Her faith was never shaken,
0:54:57 > 0:55:01and faith remains the foundation of our life.
0:55:01 > 0:55:04But there are times when we are challenged -
0:55:04 > 0:55:08not in the vowed life, but as midwives and nurses.
0:55:10 > 0:55:12There are babies born broken.
0:55:13 > 0:55:16There are lives we cannot heal.
0:55:17 > 0:55:19And it is then that we should turn to the woman
0:55:19 > 0:55:23that so inspired our Sister that she took her name -
0:55:23 > 0:55:25Saint Hildegard of Bingen.
0:55:27 > 0:55:30For Saint Hildegard once said,
0:55:30 > 0:55:33God hugs you.
0:55:35 > 0:55:37God hugs you.
0:55:37 > 0:55:43You are encircled by the arms of the mystery of God.
0:55:43 > 0:55:48You shine so finely, it surpasses understanding.
0:55:54 > 0:55:58MUSIC: You Don't Know by Helen Shapiro
0:56:00 > 0:56:03JENNIFER: 'We knew so little then.
0:56:03 > 0:56:08'In a world that seemed so full of opening doors and bright horizons,
0:56:08 > 0:56:10'we thought only of what was new, and better.
0:56:10 > 0:56:13'Because it WAS new and better,
0:56:13 > 0:56:16'and it would take us to places we had never been before.'
0:56:16 > 0:56:20# ..I'm so, I'm so afraid
0:56:20 > 0:56:23# You might not care
0:56:23 > 0:56:26# Every time you pass me by
0:56:26 > 0:56:29# Oh, you don't know
0:56:29 > 0:56:33# You don't know what I go through
0:56:33 > 0:56:37# Seeing someone else with you
0:56:37 > 0:56:42# Oh, I wish the one with you
0:56:42 > 0:56:44# Were me... #
0:56:44 > 0:56:46'We couldn't see what was coming,
0:56:46 > 0:56:51'or understand yet what had already come to pass.
0:56:51 > 0:56:53'We had so much still to learn.'
0:56:55 > 0:56:58# ..but until then
0:56:58 > 0:57:02# I'll never give this away... #
0:57:04 > 0:57:05Who else would tell me stories?
0:57:05 > 0:57:07Tell me where frankincense came from?
0:57:07 > 0:57:09We have an emergency.
0:57:09 > 0:57:10I shall go at once.
0:57:11 > 0:57:13That's it, ladies.
0:57:13 > 0:57:16If we want to reduce, we must keep moving.
0:57:16 > 0:57:20Tar and tumours,
0:57:20 > 0:57:21from those bloody cigarettes.
0:57:21 > 0:57:24She used to call me her movie star.
0:57:24 > 0:57:26I can feel the pounds falling off!
0:57:26 > 0:57:28Hello? Anyone at home?
0:57:28 > 0:57:31# ..I would tell you
0:57:31 > 0:57:37# If I believed that you might care some day
0:57:37 > 0:57:40# But until then
0:57:40 > 0:57:44# I'll never give this away
0:57:44 > 0:57:50# When you don't know
0:57:50 > 0:57:55# Oh, yeah
0:57:55 > 0:57:56# Whoa-oh-oh... #