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JENNIFER: 'The world was shifting on its axis in 1961. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:36 | |
'Strides were being made, | 0:00:36 | 0:00:38 | |
'decisions taken, questions asked. | 0:00:38 | 0:00:41 | |
'It was as true at Nonnatus House as it was anywhere.' | 0:00:41 | 0:00:44 | |
'The world was turning faster, burning brighter. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:51 | |
'It was all we could do to keep pace, keep time, | 0:00:51 | 0:00:54 | |
'keep abreast of so much change.' | 0:00:54 | 0:00:56 | |
Sister! | 0:01:06 | 0:01:07 | |
-Whatever are you doing? -I'm cleaning the portrait | 0:01:07 | 0:01:10 | |
of Sister Hildegard with some bread. | 0:01:10 | 0:01:11 | |
Her anniversary's coming up, and I once read in a magazine | 0:01:11 | 0:01:14 | |
that this is the best way to freshen up an oil painting. | 0:01:14 | 0:01:17 | |
She was the first of our Sisters to come to Poplar. | 0:01:17 | 0:01:20 | |
It's so important that we remember her. | 0:01:20 | 0:01:22 | |
I missed her commemoration service last year, | 0:01:22 | 0:01:26 | |
so this is the first I've been to since I joined the Order. | 0:01:26 | 0:01:29 | |
It feels very special. | 0:01:30 | 0:01:32 | |
Bless you, Sister. | 0:01:33 | 0:01:34 | |
-Nurse! Nurse! -Good morning, Linda! | 0:01:44 | 0:01:46 | |
-You haven't been to Sadie's yet, have you, Nurse? -No. | 0:01:46 | 0:01:48 | |
-She's next on my list. -Would you take her these? | 0:01:48 | 0:01:51 | |
It's just a few cough candy twists. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:52 | |
-I was going to drop 'em in, but I'm running late! -Of course. | 0:01:52 | 0:01:56 | |
Oh, and tell her I'll pop in after my shift! | 0:01:56 | 0:01:59 | |
Your lips are moving. They're always moving, on the quiet. | 0:02:05 | 0:02:09 | |
Poetry, this time, or one of your plays? | 0:02:09 | 0:02:11 | |
"O! for a Muse of fire, | 0:02:11 | 0:02:13 | |
"that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention!" | 0:02:13 | 0:02:16 | |
It's from Henry V. | 0:02:16 | 0:02:17 | |
That the one with Sir Laurence Olivier? | 0:02:17 | 0:02:20 | |
It's the one by William Shakespeare, Mum. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:21 | |
I've fixed it, now don't keep taking it down to look at it all the time. | 0:02:21 | 0:02:25 | |
Postman'll be here soon. | 0:02:27 | 0:02:29 | |
He might walk past again, like he did yesterday and the day before. | 0:02:29 | 0:02:33 | |
KNOCK ON DOOR | 0:02:33 | 0:02:34 | |
Nurse calling! | 0:02:34 | 0:02:36 | |
Come through, angel. | 0:02:36 | 0:02:37 | |
Angel? I could get used to that. | 0:02:38 | 0:02:41 | |
-Hello, Nurse. -Hello! | 0:02:41 | 0:02:42 | |
Still, I suppose there is something rather celestial | 0:02:42 | 0:02:45 | |
about a person who comes bearing burns dressings | 0:02:45 | 0:02:48 | |
-and a quarter of medicinal confectionery. -From Linda? | 0:02:48 | 0:02:52 | |
Yes. You picked a lovely girl there, Ian. | 0:02:52 | 0:02:54 | |
He never picked her, he hasn't got the common sense! | 0:02:54 | 0:02:57 | |
They picked each other, first day down the Mixed Infants. | 0:02:58 | 0:03:02 | |
Didn't you, son? | 0:03:02 | 0:03:03 | |
That's right. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:05 | |
MRS BULMER COUGHS | 0:03:05 | 0:03:08 | |
I really don't like the sound of that cough, Mrs Bulmer. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:12 | |
You've had it for three weeks now. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:14 | |
It's just dust off my Royal Collection. | 0:03:14 | 0:03:17 | |
I see he's fixed that picture of yours. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:19 | |
I should hope so, too. Her Majesty and me. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:23 | |
Her Majesty and a bit of your head, you mean! | 0:03:23 | 0:03:25 | |
She's a lovely lady. Her hat was exquisite. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:28 | |
Petal-covered cloche in navy silk organza. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:32 | |
It's a shame she wasn't standing by you when the hexane caught. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:35 | |
Then I'd be dressing royal burns, and not just yours. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:38 | |
Picture's my souvenir. | 0:03:38 | 0:03:40 | |
27 years I've done at Hayward's so far. | 0:03:40 | 0:03:43 | |
My husband did 30. | 0:03:43 | 0:03:45 | |
He got his long-service watch before he died. | 0:03:45 | 0:03:48 | |
Ian wears it now. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:49 | |
I got in, Mum! I got a place at Durham! | 0:03:49 | 0:03:52 | |
-At the University, to do English! -Oh, Ian, congratulations! | 0:03:52 | 0:03:55 | |
First in the street. Well done, son. | 0:03:55 | 0:03:59 | |
CHATTER | 0:04:01 | 0:04:04 | |
It's all right if I bring the boys in? | 0:04:14 | 0:04:16 | |
Of course. As long as they steer clear of Wendy House Corner. | 0:04:16 | 0:04:20 | |
We don't want another incident with the mangle. | 0:04:20 | 0:04:23 | |
Right, go on. You heard. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:25 | |
Take a seat, Mrs Cottingham. | 0:04:27 | 0:04:29 | |
We're just talking through | 0:04:29 | 0:04:30 | |
the differences between home and hospital delivery. | 0:04:30 | 0:04:33 | |
We try to give you as much information as we can. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:36 | |
I'm stopping at home. | 0:04:36 | 0:04:38 | |
Turn my back on my lot for ten days, I'll have no house to come back to. | 0:04:38 | 0:04:42 | |
My old man will have lost it in a card game, | 0:04:42 | 0:04:44 | |
or the kids'll have burnt it down! | 0:04:44 | 0:04:47 | |
Isn't there any visiting in the afternoons? | 0:04:47 | 0:04:49 | |
My Kevin's on permanent nights. | 0:04:49 | 0:04:52 | |
Rules are quite strict on maternity wards. | 0:04:52 | 0:04:55 | |
It helps get babies into a routine. | 0:04:55 | 0:04:57 | |
Many new mothers find this quite helpful, | 0:04:57 | 0:05:00 | |
though Baby would see rather more of his or her father | 0:05:00 | 0:05:02 | |
if you gave birth at home. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:04 | |
I want the gas, though. Proper gas, off a machine. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:07 | |
Someone told me if you have it at home, | 0:05:07 | 0:05:09 | |
they give you gas through the cooker, | 0:05:09 | 0:05:11 | |
and I think that's dangerous. | 0:05:11 | 0:05:12 | |
That would be very dangerous indeed! | 0:05:12 | 0:05:15 | |
Gas and air is completely different, | 0:05:15 | 0:05:17 | |
and the midwives bring the apparatus to your home. | 0:05:17 | 0:05:19 | |
What if something goes wrong? With the delivery? | 0:05:21 | 0:05:25 | |
-Is it your first, love? -Yeah. | 0:05:25 | 0:05:28 | |
You'll be all right with the Nonnatans. Won't she? | 0:05:28 | 0:05:31 | |
Dr Turner is never far away, and in an emergency, | 0:05:31 | 0:05:34 | |
you can get to the hospital very quickly. | 0:05:34 | 0:05:35 | |
-CHILDREN SHOUTING -Terrence! | 0:05:35 | 0:05:37 | |
You leave that little girl alone! | 0:05:37 | 0:05:39 | |
I do not want any more fingers in mangles! | 0:05:39 | 0:05:41 | |
Should've had them at the hospital and left 'em there! | 0:05:44 | 0:05:46 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:05:46 | 0:05:48 | |
Mr Hereward! Mr Hereward! I got into Durham! | 0:05:51 | 0:05:54 | |
-Yes! -Just like you - only English Lit, not Theology. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:57 | |
-Which college? -Castle. -I know it well. | 0:05:57 | 0:06:00 | |
Take a vest and a hot water bottle. | 0:06:00 | 0:06:02 | |
Oi, young man! | 0:06:02 | 0:06:03 | |
No leading my daughter astray now. | 0:06:03 | 0:06:06 | |
It's all right, Maurice. | 0:06:06 | 0:06:07 | |
I'll have her back in time to get you your dinner. | 0:06:07 | 0:06:10 | |
Thanks, Mr Hereward. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:11 | |
For the books, and for the train fare for the interview. | 0:06:11 | 0:06:14 | |
For everything, really. | 0:06:14 | 0:06:15 | |
Linda! Linda, guess what? I got in! | 0:06:17 | 0:06:20 | |
SHE SQUEALS | 0:06:21 | 0:06:22 | |
Good. | 0:06:25 | 0:06:26 | |
Baby's head-down, | 0:06:26 | 0:06:28 | |
so nicely poised to settle into your pelvis ready for delivery. | 0:06:28 | 0:06:33 | |
You really are a model patient, Mrs Cottingham. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:36 | |
Well, here's hoping I have a model baby. | 0:06:36 | 0:06:39 | |
And preferably one I can dress in pink | 0:06:39 | 0:06:41 | |
and don't have to yell at till I'm hoarse. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:43 | |
-Would you like a little girl this time? -Yeah. | 0:06:43 | 0:06:46 | |
I know I'm meant to say "I don't mind as long as it's healthy", | 0:06:46 | 0:06:49 | |
and I do love my boys. | 0:06:49 | 0:06:50 | |
But lads, Sister - they egg each other on. | 0:06:50 | 0:06:54 | |
Have you considered a hospital delivery, | 0:06:54 | 0:06:57 | |
so that you could have some rest? | 0:06:57 | 0:06:59 | |
Nah, I like my own bed and my own toilet. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:02 | |
-WOMAN: -Anthony! Put that iron down. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:04 | |
It's for using on clothes, not other children! | 0:07:04 | 0:07:06 | |
Help me down, Sister. Duty calls. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:08 | |
I wish I knew where you buy lassos. | 0:07:10 | 0:07:12 | |
Could keep one in me handbag. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:14 | |
Wait till you see the library I'll be studying in. | 0:07:14 | 0:07:17 | |
The cathedral, the river! | 0:07:17 | 0:07:19 | |
I like THIS river. | 0:07:19 | 0:07:20 | |
What was that poem you used to say to me? | 0:07:25 | 0:07:28 | |
The one about the lady and the mirror? | 0:07:28 | 0:07:31 | |
Willows whiten, aspens shiver | 0:07:32 | 0:07:35 | |
The sunbeam showers break and quiver | 0:07:35 | 0:07:37 | |
In the stream that runneth ever | 0:07:37 | 0:07:39 | |
By the island in the river | 0:07:39 | 0:07:41 | |
Flowing down to Camelot. | 0:07:41 | 0:07:43 | |
That was my favourite. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:47 | |
It isn't about the Thames, Linda. | 0:07:47 | 0:07:49 | |
My life isn't going to be about clocking in at the paintworks | 0:07:49 | 0:07:52 | |
day in, day out, like my mum and dad's. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:54 | |
I'm going to get us both right out of here. | 0:07:54 | 0:07:58 | |
When I get my degree, we can go where we like. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:00 | |
I don't know... | 0:08:00 | 0:08:02 | |
Well, if you don't know, Lin, I do. | 0:08:02 | 0:08:05 | |
"I do." | 0:08:07 | 0:08:08 | |
That's funny. | 0:08:08 | 0:08:10 | |
Why? | 0:08:10 | 0:08:11 | |
You said it accidentally. | 0:08:13 | 0:08:15 | |
And quite soon, I think you're going to be saying it for real. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:19 | |
This morning, I went to the doctors. | 0:08:21 | 0:08:23 | |
I'm in the family way. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:26 | |
Ian! Ian! | 0:08:30 | 0:08:33 | |
Look, you can run all you like, but it won't go away! | 0:08:33 | 0:08:35 | |
We love each other, don't we? | 0:08:39 | 0:08:41 | |
You said you loved me, when we did it. | 0:08:42 | 0:08:45 | |
And I meant it. I really did. | 0:08:45 | 0:08:47 | |
No calls this afternoon, Sister. I could've come to clinic after all. | 0:08:50 | 0:08:54 | |
I don't like to leave the telephone unmanned. | 0:08:54 | 0:08:57 | |
This is usually such a busy time of year. | 0:08:57 | 0:08:59 | |
PHONE RINGS | 0:08:59 | 0:09:01 | |
Nonnatus House, midwife speaking. | 0:09:03 | 0:09:06 | |
Yes, of course. She's here now. | 0:09:06 | 0:09:09 | |
Sister, it's the Matron of St Cuthbert's Hospital. | 0:09:09 | 0:09:12 | |
She asked to speak to you. | 0:09:12 | 0:09:14 | |
I'm entirely happy to deputise with regard to administration, Sister. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:19 | |
But, er, hospital routines are rather gruelling. | 0:09:19 | 0:09:22 | |
Are you sure you don't want to send one of the youngsters? | 0:09:22 | 0:09:24 | |
It's only for a week. | 0:09:24 | 0:09:26 | |
But I'm sure St Cuthbert's will provide a bath chair, | 0:09:26 | 0:09:29 | |
if I can't take the pace. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:31 | |
I'll thank you for the beetroot, Sister Winifred. | 0:09:32 | 0:09:34 | |
Sister Julienne, I really don't mind going. | 0:09:34 | 0:09:37 | |
I've never been seconded to St Cuthbert's, | 0:09:37 | 0:09:39 | |
and they've won prizes for their hygiene. | 0:09:39 | 0:09:41 | |
I volunteered my services for several reasons. | 0:09:41 | 0:09:44 | |
First, their need is great. | 0:09:44 | 0:09:46 | |
Second, my load here is lightest in terms of clinical work. | 0:09:46 | 0:09:51 | |
And third, I haven't worked in a hospital for almost ten years. | 0:09:51 | 0:09:55 | |
More and more women are choosing hospital deliveries. | 0:09:55 | 0:09:58 | |
I'm keen to see why. | 0:09:58 | 0:09:59 | |
I think you'll find that whatever the fol-de-rols, | 0:09:59 | 0:10:02 | |
babies come out in much the same way, | 0:10:02 | 0:10:05 | |
and they have done since Adam and Eve were in their birthday suits. | 0:10:05 | 0:10:08 | |
Sister Mary Cynthia, whilst I'm in the hospital, | 0:10:08 | 0:10:11 | |
would you be kind enough to draw up a plan | 0:10:11 | 0:10:13 | |
for Sister Hildegard's service? | 0:10:13 | 0:10:15 | |
It would be an honour, Sister. | 0:10:15 | 0:10:17 | |
But the child barely knows the woman's name. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:21 | |
Let alone recount her virtues, or recall her toil. | 0:10:21 | 0:10:25 | |
I thought this would be a chance for her to learn. | 0:10:25 | 0:10:28 | |
It will. If Sister Monica Joan will help me. | 0:10:28 | 0:10:32 | |
We shall toil together | 0:10:35 | 0:10:38 | |
like Ruth and Naomi after the death of Elimelech. | 0:10:38 | 0:10:41 | |
That'll be lovely. | 0:10:41 | 0:10:43 | |
I can't believe La Dolce Vita's finally here. | 0:10:44 | 0:10:47 | |
I've been reading about it in magazines for the past 12 months. | 0:10:47 | 0:10:50 | |
And I've been promising to sit through it with you. | 0:10:50 | 0:10:52 | |
You want to see Anita Ekberg in that fountain just as much as I do. | 0:10:52 | 0:10:56 | |
I'm not on duty a week next Friday. | 0:10:56 | 0:10:58 | |
And - as far as I can ascertain - you're not on call. | 0:10:58 | 0:11:01 | |
Have you been looking at the advance roster? | 0:11:01 | 0:11:04 | |
-Guilty as charged. But is it a date? -What are you two up to? | 0:11:04 | 0:11:08 | |
Trying to get our legs brown. | 0:11:08 | 0:11:09 | |
I'm not doing too badly, but poor Patsy's struggling, | 0:11:09 | 0:11:12 | |
what with being a redhead and everything. | 0:11:12 | 0:11:14 | |
I had shins like milk bottles even when I was a blonde. | 0:11:14 | 0:11:16 | |
Oh, just look at Anita Ekberg's bust in that black dress! | 0:11:16 | 0:11:22 | |
She must be wearing the most stupendous brassiere, | 0:11:22 | 0:11:24 | |
or how on earth could she manage to go strapless? | 0:11:24 | 0:11:26 | |
Well, if you come to the flicks with us next Friday, you might find out. | 0:11:26 | 0:11:29 | |
Oh, how perfectly marvellous. | 0:11:29 | 0:11:31 | |
Shall we treat ourselves to the two and nines? | 0:11:31 | 0:11:34 | |
I've just tried rubbing my legs with Trex to speed things up. | 0:11:35 | 0:11:38 | |
There's a great big block of it in the fridge, | 0:11:38 | 0:11:40 | |
because Nurse Crane won't eat anything fried in dripping. | 0:11:40 | 0:11:43 | |
Do you fancy coming to the pictures next week, Barbara? | 0:11:43 | 0:11:45 | |
We're going up West to see La Dolce Vita. | 0:11:45 | 0:11:47 | |
If enough people join in, we could book a charabanc. | 0:11:47 | 0:11:50 | |
-What day next week? -Friday. | 0:11:50 | 0:11:53 | |
I'd love to. If I'm not busy. | 0:11:54 | 0:11:57 | |
Why would you be busy, Barbara? | 0:11:57 | 0:11:59 | |
You normally have Friday evenings off. | 0:11:59 | 0:12:02 | |
A relative from my mother's side is going to be in London | 0:12:02 | 0:12:05 | |
and I promised her I'd show her the sights. | 0:12:05 | 0:12:08 | |
How terribly public-spirited of you. | 0:12:08 | 0:12:11 | |
No, not really. I'm just very fond of Cousin Mabel. | 0:12:11 | 0:12:15 | |
Course you are. | 0:12:15 | 0:12:17 | |
Trixie...? | 0:12:17 | 0:12:18 | |
You'll have to excuse me, | 0:12:18 | 0:12:20 | |
I'm going to make myself a face mask out of salad cream. | 0:12:20 | 0:12:22 | |
I believe one can find | 0:12:22 | 0:12:23 | |
the most amazing aids to beauty in the kitchen cupboards. | 0:12:23 | 0:12:26 | |
Sister Knowles? | 0:12:46 | 0:12:48 | |
I'm Sister Julienne. | 0:12:48 | 0:12:50 | |
Ah, Sister. Glad to have you. | 0:12:50 | 0:12:52 | |
The wards are chock-a-block. | 0:12:53 | 0:12:56 | |
Handing over to another midwife now, dear. | 0:12:56 | 0:12:59 | |
Notes are on the trolley. | 0:12:59 | 0:13:01 | |
Why go? Why go? | 0:13:01 | 0:13:03 | |
It's time for my break, Mrs Shahjee. | 0:13:03 | 0:13:05 | |
I'll be able to look after you much better if I look after myself. | 0:13:05 | 0:13:09 | |
Unless the head is crowning or beyond, | 0:13:10 | 0:13:12 | |
we find it best to stick to our breaks as scheduled. | 0:13:12 | 0:13:16 | |
This mother is only eight months, | 0:13:16 | 0:13:17 | |
but Baby appears to be a satisfactory size. | 0:13:17 | 0:13:20 | |
Mrs Shahjee... | 0:13:24 | 0:13:26 | |
Jamila? | 0:13:26 | 0:13:28 | |
Jamila. | 0:13:28 | 0:13:29 | |
I don't know how you could be so stupid! | 0:13:31 | 0:13:34 | |
You went to grammar school. | 0:13:34 | 0:13:36 | |
Your mother would turn in her grave. | 0:13:36 | 0:13:38 | |
Do you think I haven't thought that? | 0:13:38 | 0:13:41 | |
Do you think that wasn't the first thing that came into my head? | 0:13:41 | 0:13:44 | |
And the first thing that came into mine was, "When's the wedding?" | 0:13:44 | 0:13:47 | |
-The tissue granulation's coming along wonderfully! -Well? | 0:13:53 | 0:13:55 | |
I'm supposed to be going to university! | 0:13:55 | 0:13:57 | |
Men work, and they provide, and they stand by girls | 0:13:57 | 0:14:00 | |
when they get them into trouble. | 0:14:00 | 0:14:02 | |
Don't they, Nurse? | 0:14:02 | 0:14:04 | |
In the absence of my tin helmet - which does rather interfere | 0:14:06 | 0:14:09 | |
with my coiffure - I've been trying not to comment. | 0:14:09 | 0:14:13 | |
But if there's one thing I've been taught over the years, | 0:14:13 | 0:14:16 | |
it's that at first, feelings run very high | 0:14:16 | 0:14:18 | |
in this sort of a situation. | 0:14:18 | 0:14:20 | |
And sooner or later, everything calms down, | 0:14:20 | 0:14:23 | |
and the way ahead becomes much clearer. | 0:14:23 | 0:14:25 | |
The way ahead seems perfectly obvious to me. | 0:14:25 | 0:14:27 | |
DOOR SLAMS | 0:14:31 | 0:14:32 | |
DEEP BREATHING | 0:14:34 | 0:14:36 | |
Tea? | 0:14:46 | 0:14:48 | |
This is a labour room, not a teddy bears' picnic! | 0:14:48 | 0:14:51 | |
It's well sugared. A long labour like this needs fuel. | 0:14:51 | 0:14:54 | |
And Mother needs to be on the bed. Come on, dear, up we get. | 0:14:54 | 0:14:58 | |
I don't see this lady delivering without forceps. | 0:14:59 | 0:15:02 | |
And the trouble with these Indians | 0:15:02 | 0:15:03 | |
is they panic when a male comes near them. | 0:15:03 | 0:15:06 | |
Sylheti ladies are very modest. | 0:15:06 | 0:15:07 | |
On the district, it took a while | 0:15:07 | 0:15:10 | |
even for the midwives to gain their trust. | 0:15:10 | 0:15:12 | |
Hello, Ian. | 0:15:20 | 0:15:22 | |
Can I ask a favour, Mr Hereward? | 0:15:22 | 0:15:24 | |
Of course. Is it about your grant forms? | 0:15:24 | 0:15:26 | |
No. | 0:15:28 | 0:15:30 | |
-JAMILA KEENS -Jamila, good. | 0:15:30 | 0:15:32 | |
You're doing very well indeed. | 0:15:32 | 0:15:34 | |
Baby's almost here. | 0:15:38 | 0:15:40 | |
One last push... | 0:15:40 | 0:15:41 | |
SHE SCREAMS | 0:15:43 | 0:15:45 | |
BABY CRIES | 0:15:51 | 0:15:54 | |
Boy? | 0:15:57 | 0:15:58 | |
Yes. | 0:15:58 | 0:16:00 | |
Do you want to hold him? | 0:16:02 | 0:16:04 | |
Just for a moment, please. | 0:16:04 | 0:16:06 | |
Let's pop Baby on the scales, see what we're up against. | 0:16:17 | 0:16:20 | |
4lbs 7oz. | 0:16:27 | 0:16:28 | |
We've had smaller, and they've done very well, in the main. | 0:16:28 | 0:16:31 | |
Of course. The care here is known to be exemplary. | 0:16:31 | 0:16:35 | |
The baby is well, Jamila. | 0:16:35 | 0:16:37 | |
Soon you can have your cup of tea. | 0:16:40 | 0:16:42 | |
Hey! Evening, treacle! | 0:16:52 | 0:16:54 | |
Thought I'd wait and walk back with you. | 0:16:54 | 0:16:57 | |
Shall we take the detour? Come on, I'll buy you a 99. | 0:16:57 | 0:17:00 | |
I don't want a 99. | 0:17:00 | 0:17:02 | |
And I don't want you to go mad. | 0:17:03 | 0:17:04 | |
But you will. | 0:17:06 | 0:17:08 | |
You will do the right thing by my daughter! | 0:17:08 | 0:17:10 | |
-Do you hear me? -Dad! Stop it! -That's enough, Mr Lanyard! | 0:17:10 | 0:17:13 | |
We've enough on our plates without having to send for an ambulance. | 0:17:13 | 0:17:16 | |
Thank you. | 0:17:28 | 0:17:29 | |
Ian, come and sit down too. | 0:17:29 | 0:17:31 | |
We can discuss the subject of marriage - together. | 0:17:36 | 0:17:42 | |
We won't be doing anything together if he goes off to university. | 0:17:42 | 0:17:45 | |
If I get a degree, I can be a teacher. | 0:17:45 | 0:17:48 | |
Or write for the papers. I could work for the BBC, | 0:17:48 | 0:17:51 | |
-making programmes about poetry. -MAURICE SCOFFS | 0:17:51 | 0:17:53 | |
I could put better food on the table than you've ever seen in your life. | 0:17:53 | 0:17:57 | |
I could be proud of how I put it there. | 0:17:57 | 0:17:59 | |
But it's going to take three years. | 0:17:59 | 0:18:01 | |
You haven't got three years, Ian. You've got seven months. | 0:18:01 | 0:18:05 | |
Delia? | 0:18:21 | 0:18:22 | |
There's no-one here. | 0:18:23 | 0:18:25 | |
There's nobody watching. | 0:18:26 | 0:18:29 | |
Nobody but us. | 0:18:29 | 0:18:30 | |
-You waited up? -Yes. | 0:18:30 | 0:18:33 | |
It's what we dreamed of, wasn't it? | 0:18:33 | 0:18:36 | |
When we were planning the flat, before our future got interrupted. | 0:18:36 | 0:18:41 | |
Do you know, Deels, in my whole life, | 0:18:41 | 0:18:44 | |
I never once had anyone wait up for me. | 0:18:44 | 0:18:47 | |
I bet you've never had anyone make you a cup of Bournvita | 0:18:47 | 0:18:50 | |
with a tot of Johnny Walker in it, either. | 0:18:50 | 0:18:53 | |
While you were out, I was thinking, "I'm going to unpin her hair, | 0:18:53 | 0:18:56 | |
"let it fall down to her shoulders and run my hands through it." | 0:18:56 | 0:18:59 | |
But you've gone so mad with the lacquer, | 0:18:59 | 0:19:01 | |
I could pull out every kirby grip and the beehive wouldn't budge. | 0:19:01 | 0:19:04 | |
Trixie knows about us, Tom. | 0:19:08 | 0:19:11 | |
Has she said so? | 0:19:11 | 0:19:12 | |
She doesn't have to. | 0:19:12 | 0:19:14 | |
She's my friend. I eat my meals with her. | 0:19:14 | 0:19:16 | |
We share a bathroom. | 0:19:16 | 0:19:18 | |
I can tell when she's unhappy. | 0:19:18 | 0:19:20 | |
Maybe she's unhappy about something else. | 0:19:20 | 0:19:22 | |
Well, that would be convenient, wouldn't it? | 0:19:22 | 0:19:24 | |
That's not what I meant. | 0:19:24 | 0:19:26 | |
Tom, it's been a year since you broke off your engagement, and... | 0:19:26 | 0:19:29 | |
I agree. We should've both got over it. | 0:19:29 | 0:19:32 | |
And that wasn't what I meant. | 0:19:34 | 0:19:36 | |
I meant that I can see that she's still struggling, | 0:19:36 | 0:19:39 | |
but I didn't think that you'd say that you were struggling too. | 0:19:39 | 0:19:42 | |
Neither did I. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:46 | |
I see. | 0:19:48 | 0:19:49 | |
-I'm sorry. -No... | 0:19:51 | 0:19:52 | |
No, Tom, I'm sorry that I made you tell the truth. | 0:19:52 | 0:19:55 | |
Because telling the truth is sometimes harder than telling lies. | 0:19:56 | 0:19:59 | |
Which is something I've had to do rather more than I would like. | 0:20:01 | 0:20:05 | |
And I would've had to do far more in the future, if we'd carried on. | 0:20:05 | 0:20:09 | |
Who's to say we're not going to carry on? | 0:20:09 | 0:20:12 | |
Barbara, I love and I value every single minute, | 0:20:12 | 0:20:15 | |
every hour I spend with you. | 0:20:15 | 0:20:17 | |
Afternoon, Tom. Afternoon, Barbara! | 0:20:17 | 0:20:20 | |
That's not enough, Tom. | 0:20:23 | 0:20:25 | |
Not when we're causing pain to someone else. | 0:20:25 | 0:20:28 | |
And certainly not when it's causing pain to us. | 0:20:28 | 0:20:31 | |
You really are the sweetest, loveliest girl I ever met. | 0:20:44 | 0:20:48 | |
I'm not. | 0:20:48 | 0:20:49 | |
I'm 23! I'm a nurse. | 0:20:49 | 0:20:53 | |
And what nurses do when they see pain is try to stop it. | 0:20:53 | 0:20:56 | |
Sorry to interrupt ministerial business, Mr Hereward. | 0:20:56 | 0:20:59 | |
Nurse Gilbert, Ruby Cottingham's in labour. | 0:20:59 | 0:21:03 | |
It sounds as though things are moving rapidly. | 0:21:03 | 0:21:05 | |
Will there be time for lunch? | 0:21:07 | 0:21:09 | |
I strongly suspect not. | 0:21:09 | 0:21:10 | |
I've packed us a hardboiled egg apiece and some coconut tart. | 0:21:10 | 0:21:13 | |
Hay fever? | 0:21:14 | 0:21:16 | |
Come on. Get in the car. | 0:21:17 | 0:21:19 | |
I think we need to refer you to the hospital for tests. | 0:21:26 | 0:21:30 | |
I've been coughing on and off for years. | 0:21:30 | 0:21:33 | |
Everybody does, round here. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:35 | |
They said we'd all be cured, after the Clean Air Act. | 0:21:35 | 0:21:38 | |
The Clean Air act won't have had much of an impact on conditions | 0:21:38 | 0:21:41 | |
inside Hayward's, Mrs Bulmer. | 0:21:41 | 0:21:43 | |
We need to rule out emphysema. | 0:21:43 | 0:21:45 | |
It was emphysema what did for my husband. | 0:21:45 | 0:21:48 | |
I'm a widow. I need to work. | 0:21:48 | 0:21:51 | |
You have a strapping grown-up son, Mrs Bulmer. | 0:21:51 | 0:21:54 | |
He could take care of you now. | 0:21:54 | 0:21:56 | |
I wish I had your confidence. | 0:21:56 | 0:21:57 | |
Good lass, good lass... | 0:22:02 | 0:22:05 | |
That's another one you can put behind you. | 0:22:09 | 0:22:11 | |
What do you reckon my chances of a girl are this time round? | 0:22:12 | 0:22:15 | |
I would say...50%. What do you think, Nurse Crane? | 0:22:15 | 0:22:18 | |
Mathematical probability was never my strong suit. | 0:22:18 | 0:22:21 | |
I think you'll find it isn't Mother Nature's, either. | 0:22:21 | 0:22:24 | |
I thought I'd be done by now. | 0:22:24 | 0:22:26 | |
These pains started 12 hours ago! | 0:22:26 | 0:22:28 | |
I wasn't even like this when I had my first. | 0:22:28 | 0:22:31 | |
If you'd let me examine you internally, | 0:22:31 | 0:22:33 | |
we can try to see what's going on. | 0:22:33 | 0:22:34 | |
Yeah, all right. I've had enough. | 0:22:34 | 0:22:37 | |
Come on. You take my hand, give it a good squeeze | 0:22:37 | 0:22:39 | |
if things aren't too comfortable. | 0:22:39 | 0:22:41 | |
SHE GROANS | 0:22:50 | 0:22:53 | |
-QUIETLY: -Brow presentation. -I'll telephone Doctor. | 0:22:55 | 0:22:58 | |
He'll be on his house calls. | 0:22:58 | 0:23:00 | |
It's like being crushed by an elephant. | 0:23:05 | 0:23:07 | |
-I bet you've heard that one before. -Elephants. Rhinos. Hippopotami. | 0:23:07 | 0:23:11 | |
And to extend the comparison, this baby's being a monkey. | 0:23:11 | 0:23:15 | |
Not quite tucking its chin down as it should, I suspect. | 0:23:15 | 0:23:19 | |
You might both do better if we send you off to hospital. | 0:23:19 | 0:23:22 | |
Hospital? | 0:23:22 | 0:23:23 | |
Nurse Gilbert, can you nip down the street to the telephone? | 0:23:23 | 0:23:26 | |
Flying squad or ordinary ambulance, whichever's quicker. | 0:23:26 | 0:23:30 | |
Ruby's already had a very long day. | 0:23:30 | 0:23:32 | |
She has. I'll be back in two ticks. | 0:23:32 | 0:23:35 | |
There's no need for you to worry. | 0:23:35 | 0:23:37 | |
Many, many congratulations, Ian. And Linda. | 0:23:39 | 0:23:42 | |
And now...I suppose I ought to ask to see the ring. | 0:23:42 | 0:23:45 | |
It's lovely. | 0:23:48 | 0:23:49 | |
He sold his dad's long-service watch to pay for it. | 0:23:49 | 0:23:53 | |
Didn't you, Ian? | 0:23:53 | 0:23:54 | |
Nurse Franklin! | 0:23:55 | 0:23:57 | |
Nurse! | 0:23:57 | 0:23:59 | |
Look! We're engaged! | 0:24:00 | 0:24:01 | |
How perfectly lovely! Let's see! | 0:24:01 | 0:24:04 | |
You're a lucky girl, Linda. | 0:24:06 | 0:24:08 | |
This is more than just a piece of jewellery. | 0:24:08 | 0:24:11 | |
It's proof that you've found a man that will put you first, always. | 0:24:11 | 0:24:16 | |
And that really is a very rare and precious thing. | 0:24:16 | 0:24:19 | |
What happens now? What are you going to do? | 0:24:28 | 0:24:31 | |
Doctor's going to help your baby to be born, dear. | 0:24:31 | 0:24:33 | |
Sister Julienne! | 0:24:37 | 0:24:38 | |
-Mrs Cottingham! -It's all gone wrong, Sister! | 0:24:40 | 0:24:43 | |
Cervix not fully dilated. | 0:24:46 | 0:24:48 | |
I can't get my fingers between the cervix and the head. | 0:24:48 | 0:24:53 | |
It's so swollen. | 0:24:53 | 0:24:55 | |
It's all right, Ruby... | 0:24:56 | 0:24:58 | |
I'd be screaming my head off if you weren't here. | 0:24:58 | 0:25:00 | |
No, you wouldn't. You've been a warrior. | 0:25:00 | 0:25:02 | |
It's your own courage that's got you this far. | 0:25:02 | 0:25:05 | |
Definitely a brow presentation. | 0:25:05 | 0:25:07 | |
SHE CRIES OUT | 0:25:07 | 0:25:10 | |
Check foetal heart rate, please, Sister. | 0:25:10 | 0:25:13 | |
I need more gas. | 0:25:15 | 0:25:16 | |
80. | 0:25:16 | 0:25:18 | |
I can't keep on any more... | 0:25:18 | 0:25:20 | |
70... | 0:25:20 | 0:25:21 | |
-60... -Right. Emergency Caesarean section. | 0:25:22 | 0:25:25 | |
Anaesthetist and paediatrician, please. | 0:25:25 | 0:25:27 | |
-As quickly as we can, please. -Look after her. | 0:25:27 | 0:25:30 | |
Who? | 0:25:30 | 0:25:31 | |
My little girl. | 0:25:31 | 0:25:34 | |
I'll be asleep when she's born. You look after her. | 0:25:34 | 0:25:37 | |
I will. I promise you. | 0:25:37 | 0:25:40 | |
HUBBUB | 0:25:42 | 0:25:44 | |
Thanks very much. | 0:25:44 | 0:25:45 | |
-Evening, Reverend. -Mr Lanyard. | 0:25:50 | 0:25:52 | |
I thought I'd offer the happy couple my congratulations. | 0:25:52 | 0:25:55 | |
Grab yourself a paper plate and something to eat. | 0:25:55 | 0:25:57 | |
Two types of pork pie, and a trifle as big as your head. Oh! | 0:25:57 | 0:26:00 | |
And have an orange juice, seeing as you're a man of the cloth. | 0:26:00 | 0:26:04 | |
Joycey! | 0:26:04 | 0:26:05 | |
# There was I waitin' at the church | 0:26:12 | 0:26:16 | |
# Waitin' at the church Waitin' at the church... # | 0:26:16 | 0:26:20 | |
Hello, Trixie. | 0:26:20 | 0:26:21 | |
Hello, Tom. | 0:26:22 | 0:26:23 | |
Linda's father saw me passing and hauled me in off the street. | 0:26:26 | 0:26:29 | |
I didn't like to refuse. | 0:26:29 | 0:26:31 | |
And they poured me a glass of Babycham, | 0:26:31 | 0:26:34 | |
even though I'm in my uniform. | 0:26:34 | 0:26:36 | |
Well, that's...easily dealt with. | 0:26:37 | 0:26:40 | |
Cheers! | 0:26:42 | 0:26:44 | |
Cheers. | 0:26:44 | 0:26:45 | |
# ..my wife won't let me! # | 0:26:45 | 0:26:50 | |
Blood pressure 80 over 40. | 0:27:06 | 0:27:08 | |
Low. I'm not wasting any time. | 0:27:08 | 0:27:11 | |
Uterus exposed. Suction and oxygen all ready? | 0:27:13 | 0:27:16 | |
In the anteroom, Sir. Paediatrician's on his way. | 0:27:16 | 0:27:19 | |
Hmmm. | 0:27:19 | 0:27:20 | |
Proceeding. | 0:27:22 | 0:27:23 | |
Oh, God. | 0:27:36 | 0:27:38 | |
Another one. It's alive. | 0:27:38 | 0:27:41 | |
Somebody take it! | 0:27:50 | 0:27:51 | |
Can we all turn our attention back to the mother, please? | 0:28:05 | 0:28:08 | |
All right, all right, quiet down, folks, I've got a few words to say! | 0:28:12 | 0:28:16 | |
I ain't one of the world's talkers... | 0:28:16 | 0:28:19 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:28:19 | 0:28:20 | |
..so I'll keep me words to a minimum. | 0:28:20 | 0:28:23 | |
That was for my son-in-law to be. He likes long words. | 0:28:23 | 0:28:26 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:28:26 | 0:28:28 | |
But let's just say the happy news has meant a change of plan. | 0:28:28 | 0:28:32 | |
And as most of us are proper Hayward's Paints families, | 0:28:32 | 0:28:35 | |
I've managed to pull a few strings. | 0:28:35 | 0:28:38 | |
Open it, son. | 0:28:40 | 0:28:41 | |
Welcome to the factory! You start work tomorrow, eight sharp. | 0:28:50 | 0:28:53 | |
CHEERING | 0:28:53 | 0:28:56 | |
-ALL: -# There was I Waitin' at the church | 0:28:58 | 0:29:02 | |
# Waitin' at the church Waitin' at the church | 0:29:02 | 0:29:06 | |
# When I'd found you'd left me in the lurch | 0:29:06 | 0:29:11 | |
# Lord, how it did upset me! # | 0:29:11 | 0:29:16 | |
BABY CRIES | 0:29:16 | 0:29:18 | |
I've come to enquire about Baby Cottingham. | 0:29:25 | 0:29:27 | |
Baby Cottingham? | 0:29:27 | 0:29:29 | |
The very...poorly baby that was born this evening. | 0:29:29 | 0:29:34 | |
We've had two admissions today, but none since noon. | 0:29:34 | 0:29:37 | |
Thank you. | 0:29:42 | 0:29:44 | |
BABY WHIMPERING | 0:30:08 | 0:30:09 | |
No, no, no, no... | 0:30:09 | 0:30:13 | |
Can you hear me, little one? | 0:30:18 | 0:30:20 | |
And the Lord who created you | 0:30:24 | 0:30:26 | |
said "Don't be afraid, for I have redeemed you. | 0:30:26 | 0:30:30 | |
"I have called you by your name. You are mine." | 0:30:30 | 0:30:33 | |
"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you." | 0:30:35 | 0:30:38 | |
"When you pass through the flames, you will not burn." | 0:30:39 | 0:30:43 | |
"You are precious in my eyes". | 0:30:45 | 0:30:47 | |
This baby is still breathing! | 0:30:50 | 0:30:53 | |
We couldn't have saved it. | 0:30:55 | 0:30:57 | |
But to leave it alone? | 0:30:57 | 0:30:59 | |
Cold, and trembling, and possibly in pain? | 0:30:59 | 0:31:03 | |
The anaesthetic from the mother should still be in its system. | 0:31:03 | 0:31:06 | |
It shouldn't suffer. | 0:31:06 | 0:31:07 | |
And it cannot live. | 0:31:09 | 0:31:11 | |
But it's living now. | 0:31:11 | 0:31:13 | |
And it has been for an hour or more. | 0:31:13 | 0:31:16 | |
Sister, this was the kinder way. | 0:31:16 | 0:31:19 | |
We couldn't even tell whether it was male or female. | 0:31:21 | 0:31:24 | |
May the Lord bless you and keep you. | 0:31:26 | 0:31:29 | |
May he make his face shine upon you, and be gracious unto you, | 0:31:31 | 0:31:36 | |
and grant you peace. | 0:31:36 | 0:31:38 | |
I think it's gone. | 0:31:42 | 0:31:44 | |
It hasn't been baptised. | 0:31:51 | 0:31:53 | |
I should've baptised it myself. | 0:31:55 | 0:31:57 | |
You don't have to be a priest to christen a baby, did you know that? | 0:32:00 | 0:32:03 | |
No. I didn't. | 0:32:03 | 0:32:05 | |
The burial will be a decent one, we can arrange for that. | 0:32:05 | 0:32:09 | |
But there will have to be a postmortem. | 0:32:10 | 0:32:13 | |
It's the third baby we've delivered | 0:32:13 | 0:32:15 | |
with these sorts of malformations in the last 12 months. | 0:32:15 | 0:32:18 | |
May I tell Mrs Cottingham, when she wakes from her operation? | 0:32:20 | 0:32:24 | |
The rules state that we don't go into the postnatal ward. | 0:32:24 | 0:32:28 | |
Yes. | 0:32:28 | 0:32:29 | |
And sometimes rules are best broken. | 0:32:32 | 0:32:34 | |
But leave it till tomorrow. | 0:32:37 | 0:32:39 | |
I'm not drunk, Mr Hereward. | 0:32:47 | 0:32:49 | |
Giving up something you really want is hard. I know that. | 0:32:56 | 0:33:01 | |
You do? | 0:33:01 | 0:33:02 | |
I once had a job in a record shop that I really, really loved. | 0:33:04 | 0:33:08 | |
And I had to pack it in to do my national service. | 0:33:08 | 0:33:11 | |
I spent two years in Kinloss with a Dansette with a broken needle | 0:33:11 | 0:33:15 | |
and a pile of jazz LPs I couldn't play. | 0:33:15 | 0:33:18 | |
And then God came calling, | 0:33:20 | 0:33:22 | |
and he was a bit of a taskmaster. | 0:33:22 | 0:33:24 | |
And don't get me started on girls. | 0:33:25 | 0:33:27 | |
Nor me. | 0:33:27 | 0:33:28 | |
Ian, do you love Linda? | 0:33:30 | 0:33:32 | |
I don't love her more than anything else in the world, Mr Hereward. | 0:33:34 | 0:33:39 | |
You love her enough to do what's right. | 0:33:39 | 0:33:41 | |
And sometimes...enough love IS enough. | 0:33:42 | 0:33:47 | |
It has to be. | 0:33:47 | 0:33:49 | |
We sang Psalm 40 at Compline tonight, | 0:33:58 | 0:34:02 | |
which brought to mind | 0:34:02 | 0:34:04 | |
our forthcoming homage to Sister Hildegard. | 0:34:04 | 0:34:07 | |
I am attempting to give advice to Sister Mary Cynthia. | 0:34:07 | 0:34:12 | |
And it's very useful advice. | 0:34:12 | 0:34:14 | |
But I did tell Sister Monica Joan | 0:34:14 | 0:34:16 | |
we could talk about it in the morning, | 0:34:16 | 0:34:18 | |
after the Great Silence... | 0:34:18 | 0:34:19 | |
Our Sister greatly seeks replenishment in prayer. | 0:34:19 | 0:34:25 | |
There's supper for you in the kitchen. | 0:34:27 | 0:34:29 | |
I'll warm it up. But first things first... | 0:34:29 | 0:34:33 | |
I saw a baby lost today. | 0:34:36 | 0:34:39 | |
It was brutal. | 0:34:39 | 0:34:40 | |
And unbearable. | 0:34:41 | 0:34:43 | |
I'm not sure if I did enough. | 0:34:45 | 0:34:47 | |
Sister Monica Joan, | 0:35:01 | 0:35:03 | |
do you suppose that it's ever acceptable to tell a lie? | 0:35:03 | 0:35:09 | |
I think the question is | 0:35:11 | 0:35:13 | |
not if it's acceptable, | 0:35:13 | 0:35:16 | |
but if it is kind. | 0:35:16 | 0:35:18 | |
I don't know. | 0:35:19 | 0:35:21 | |
But I do know that telling the truth would be cruel. | 0:35:21 | 0:35:24 | |
So cruel. | 0:35:24 | 0:35:25 | |
Then there can be no virtue in it. | 0:35:25 | 0:35:27 | |
No. | 0:35:27 | 0:35:29 | |
Corned beef, and a bit of Pan Yan pickle. | 0:35:45 | 0:35:48 | |
Linda'll have more modern ideas. | 0:35:48 | 0:35:49 | |
You'll be getting miniature sausage rolls off her, | 0:35:49 | 0:35:52 | |
like you see in the magazines. | 0:35:52 | 0:35:54 | |
Thanks. | 0:35:54 | 0:35:55 | |
You look just like your dad. | 0:35:57 | 0:35:59 | |
I've delivered babies with pathologies before. | 0:36:02 | 0:36:05 | |
But this... | 0:36:05 | 0:36:06 | |
It was completely limbless. | 0:36:06 | 0:36:08 | |
Like little Susan Mullucks? | 0:36:08 | 0:36:10 | |
Without even an indication of gender. | 0:36:10 | 0:36:12 | |
What did Mr Kenley say? | 0:36:12 | 0:36:14 | |
He said, "Oh, God. Another one." | 0:36:14 | 0:36:18 | |
"Another one"? He's had nothing to do with Susan. | 0:36:18 | 0:36:22 | |
She was born here, in the maternity home. | 0:36:22 | 0:36:25 | |
That's why I thought I ought to come to you. | 0:36:25 | 0:36:27 | |
Did it live? | 0:36:27 | 0:36:29 | |
Mrs Cottingham doesn't know yet. | 0:36:31 | 0:36:33 | |
I undertook to tell her. | 0:36:33 | 0:36:34 | |
What became of the other children? Did they die too? | 0:36:34 | 0:36:38 | |
I'm not sure. | 0:36:38 | 0:36:39 | |
Sister Knowles said that one of them has been transferred | 0:36:39 | 0:36:41 | |
to, um...a residential hospital. | 0:36:41 | 0:36:43 | |
There's been no clear directive, | 0:36:43 | 0:36:46 | |
no official notification of any sort of cluster. | 0:36:46 | 0:36:50 | |
Timothy! You're going to be late for school. | 0:36:50 | 0:36:53 | |
Mrs Gillespie asked me to climb on her toilet roof to get her cat down. | 0:36:53 | 0:36:56 | |
When you have a paper round, helping old ladies | 0:36:56 | 0:36:59 | |
becomes an occupational hazard. | 0:36:59 | 0:37:00 | |
Go home and comb your hair. | 0:37:00 | 0:37:02 | |
Your tie and biscuit money are on the sideboard. | 0:37:02 | 0:37:05 | |
I brought Dad's Lancet. | 0:37:05 | 0:37:07 | |
Unless you're too busy to read it today - | 0:37:07 | 0:37:08 | |
I could take it and read it on the bus. | 0:37:08 | 0:37:10 | |
No, leave it here. | 0:37:10 | 0:37:12 | |
I shall expect a tip at Christmas! | 0:37:12 | 0:37:14 | |
There's nothing in the list of contents. | 0:37:19 | 0:37:22 | |
Well, why would there be? | 0:37:22 | 0:37:24 | |
Until somebody, somewhere, tells us otherwise, | 0:37:24 | 0:37:26 | |
we have to look at this as a local phenomenon. | 0:37:26 | 0:37:29 | |
A local problem. | 0:37:29 | 0:37:31 | |
Which means it's our problem. | 0:37:31 | 0:37:33 | |
Quite. | 0:37:33 | 0:37:34 | |
TIME CLOCK CLANKS | 0:37:51 | 0:37:54 | |
FACTORY HORN BLOWS | 0:37:57 | 0:37:58 | |
There's no need to keep hiding your hand. | 0:38:00 | 0:38:02 | |
You got a ring on your finger. | 0:38:02 | 0:38:04 | |
-It's not a wedding ring, though. -Yet. | 0:38:04 | 0:38:06 | |
I'm actually rubbing my back. | 0:38:06 | 0:38:08 | |
I'm all achy at the bottom of it. | 0:38:08 | 0:38:10 | |
They won't want to see you for a month once you're all booked in. | 0:38:10 | 0:38:13 | |
You'll have your band of gold by then. | 0:38:13 | 0:38:14 | |
It only takes three weeks to call the banns. | 0:38:14 | 0:38:16 | |
I know. Mr Hereward said. | 0:38:16 | 0:38:18 | |
Linda Lanyard? | 0:38:18 | 0:38:20 | |
May I take this one, Nurse Gilbert? | 0:38:23 | 0:38:26 | |
Of course. | 0:38:26 | 0:38:27 | |
I haven't boiled any urine today, | 0:38:27 | 0:38:29 | |
it will be quite nice to get a change of pace. | 0:38:29 | 0:38:31 | |
Hello, Linda, how are you? | 0:38:32 | 0:38:33 | |
On the bed, heels to bottom and knees nice and wide apart. | 0:38:33 | 0:38:36 | |
Sadie warned me about this. | 0:38:36 | 0:38:37 | |
You'll get used to it. | 0:38:37 | 0:38:39 | |
Some of the old hands come with their knickers in their pockets, | 0:38:39 | 0:38:42 | |
and don't put them on until we've finished! | 0:38:42 | 0:38:44 | |
Linda, have you been having any spotting? | 0:38:50 | 0:38:53 | |
What's spotting? | 0:38:53 | 0:38:55 | |
Losing little amounts of blood, | 0:38:55 | 0:38:57 | |
as you would at the beginning of a monthly? | 0:38:57 | 0:38:59 | |
Only early on. | 0:38:59 | 0:39:02 | |
I kept thinking that I was about to start, but I didn't. | 0:39:02 | 0:39:04 | |
Linda. | 0:39:08 | 0:39:10 | |
I'm afraid you're bleeding now | 0:39:10 | 0:39:12 | |
and it looks like a little more than spotting. | 0:39:12 | 0:39:15 | |
Try to stay still. | 0:39:40 | 0:39:41 | |
When can I see my baby? | 0:39:41 | 0:39:44 | |
Ruby... | 0:39:47 | 0:39:48 | |
..I'm so very, very sorry. | 0:39:50 | 0:39:52 | |
But your poor little baby was born...so desperately unwell. | 0:39:52 | 0:39:59 | |
And it wasn't possible for us to save it. | 0:39:59 | 0:40:02 | |
Did it die? | 0:40:05 | 0:40:06 | |
Yes, Ruby. In my arms. | 0:40:07 | 0:40:09 | |
Sister. | 0:40:20 | 0:40:22 | |
Was it a girl? | 0:40:23 | 0:40:24 | |
Yes. | 0:40:34 | 0:40:35 | |
I knew. | 0:40:38 | 0:40:40 | |
Always knew. | 0:40:41 | 0:40:43 | |
Yes. Yes, you did. | 0:40:43 | 0:40:47 | |
Did she cry? | 0:40:50 | 0:40:51 | |
A little. | 0:40:53 | 0:40:54 | |
But when she took her last breath, | 0:40:57 | 0:40:59 | |
she was warm and safe... | 0:40:59 | 0:41:02 | |
..and I believe she was aware she was loved. | 0:41:04 | 0:41:08 | |
I wished so hard for her. | 0:41:18 | 0:41:21 | |
Maybe I shouldn't have. | 0:41:21 | 0:41:24 | |
Maybe I'm being punished. | 0:41:24 | 0:41:27 | |
-But God knows I love my boys... -He does. | 0:41:27 | 0:41:30 | |
You did nothing wrong. | 0:41:32 | 0:41:34 | |
Then why? | 0:41:34 | 0:41:36 | |
I wish I could answer that. | 0:41:46 | 0:41:47 | |
And I wish...I could bring your baby back. | 0:41:49 | 0:41:53 | |
But I can't. | 0:41:53 | 0:41:55 | |
Listen to us, eh? | 0:41:58 | 0:42:00 | |
Wishing this and wishing that. | 0:42:01 | 0:42:03 | |
We haven't got a fairy godmother between us. | 0:42:05 | 0:42:07 | |
QUIET SOBBING | 0:42:14 | 0:42:15 | |
Linda... | 0:42:15 | 0:42:17 | |
Linda, I know this is a perfectly ghastly business. | 0:42:17 | 0:42:21 | |
But you're not alone. | 0:42:21 | 0:42:22 | |
There's more blood! | 0:42:24 | 0:42:26 | |
Don't cry. It's a natural process. | 0:42:26 | 0:42:29 | |
It will be over soon. | 0:42:29 | 0:42:31 | |
Something's come away, Nurse! | 0:42:33 | 0:42:36 | |
It's all right, Linda. It's all right. | 0:42:36 | 0:42:39 | |
When you're ready, open the door. | 0:42:39 | 0:42:42 | |
But I don't want you to flush, all right? | 0:42:42 | 0:42:44 | |
Afternoon, Mr Lanyard. | 0:42:48 | 0:42:49 | |
How's the young bridegroom shaping up? | 0:42:49 | 0:42:51 | |
Don't ask me. Little toerag never even clocked on. | 0:42:51 | 0:42:54 | |
Spontaneous miscarriage. | 0:43:00 | 0:43:02 | |
Foetus looked to be about eight weeks. | 0:43:02 | 0:43:04 | |
Oh, no. Poor wee girl. | 0:43:04 | 0:43:06 | |
We'll take her back to Sadie's and get her tucked up in bed. | 0:43:07 | 0:43:11 | |
Call Doctor, if you've any concerns. | 0:43:11 | 0:43:13 | |
What the poor pet really needs is a good cry, a couple of aspirin, | 0:43:13 | 0:43:17 | |
and a hug, in no particular order, | 0:43:17 | 0:43:19 | |
but the hug is of prime importance. | 0:43:19 | 0:43:21 | |
Ian? | 0:43:27 | 0:43:28 | |
Ian! | 0:43:32 | 0:43:33 | |
HE SNIFFS | 0:43:41 | 0:43:42 | |
What the hell are you doing? | 0:43:45 | 0:43:47 | |
Ian's in the house and the gas is on. | 0:43:47 | 0:43:49 | |
Stay outside! | 0:43:52 | 0:43:54 | |
THEY COUGH | 0:43:54 | 0:43:55 | |
He's still breathing! | 0:44:08 | 0:44:09 | |
Ian. Ian. | 0:44:15 | 0:44:17 | |
Take deep breaths. Try to take deep breaths. | 0:44:17 | 0:44:21 | |
I'm sorry. | 0:44:22 | 0:44:24 | |
It's all right. You've done nothing wrong. | 0:44:24 | 0:44:27 | |
HE VOMITS | 0:44:28 | 0:44:30 | |
He even missed my shoes. | 0:44:31 | 0:44:33 | |
He got mine, though. | 0:44:33 | 0:44:34 | |
Head up, sweetie. We'll get you through this. | 0:44:35 | 0:44:39 | |
There's no obvious similarity | 0:44:41 | 0:44:43 | |
between Rhoda Mullucks and Ruby Cottingham, | 0:44:43 | 0:44:46 | |
other than them both being multiparous mothers | 0:44:46 | 0:44:49 | |
and on the older side. | 0:44:49 | 0:44:50 | |
Don't think they'd thank you for that, Patrick. | 0:44:50 | 0:44:52 | |
They're both younger than me. | 0:44:52 | 0:44:55 | |
Meanwhile, Keith Cottingham is in the navy. Mmm. | 0:44:55 | 0:45:00 | |
It says here that he had his appendix out, on land, | 0:45:00 | 0:45:04 | |
in New Zealand in 1957. | 0:45:04 | 0:45:05 | |
So he could've been involved in the H Bomb tests. | 0:45:07 | 0:45:09 | |
We'd have to check. | 0:45:09 | 0:45:10 | |
The H Bomb? | 0:45:10 | 0:45:12 | |
Hello! | 0:45:12 | 0:45:13 | |
Hello, dear. | 0:45:13 | 0:45:15 | |
Deformed babies have been born in the South Seas. | 0:45:15 | 0:45:17 | |
There's one school of thought that blames nuclear testing. | 0:45:17 | 0:45:20 | |
It happened after Hiroshima and Nagasaki too. | 0:45:20 | 0:45:23 | |
We did it in History. | 0:45:23 | 0:45:24 | |
So World War II is history now, is it? | 0:45:25 | 0:45:28 | |
We do exams in it and everything. | 0:45:28 | 0:45:30 | |
Can I wash some equipment? | 0:45:30 | 0:45:32 | |
-How much are you charging? -The usual. | 0:45:32 | 0:45:34 | |
-Bike fund? -Yes. | 0:45:34 | 0:45:37 | |
Go through to the sluice. I'll catch you up. | 0:45:37 | 0:45:39 | |
But going back to the mothers, | 0:45:41 | 0:45:43 | |
neither Rhoda nor Ruby | 0:45:43 | 0:45:44 | |
has anything out of the ordinary on their records. | 0:45:44 | 0:45:47 | |
Only the usual juvenile illnesses, | 0:45:47 | 0:45:50 | |
plus occasional antibiotics | 0:45:50 | 0:45:53 | |
and other routine drugs in adulthood. | 0:45:53 | 0:45:56 | |
CHILD CRIES | 0:45:56 | 0:45:58 | |
Oh, come here. There we go. | 0:45:58 | 0:46:01 | |
I'm sorry. We'll be taking work home with us tonight. | 0:46:01 | 0:46:05 | |
No university place, now no baby, and engaged for no good reason. | 0:46:06 | 0:46:11 | |
If he tries to walk away, he could be sued for breach of promise. | 0:46:13 | 0:46:16 | |
A broken engagement is a serious thing. | 0:46:16 | 0:46:19 | |
Isn't it? | 0:46:19 | 0:46:21 | |
Trixie, that is not what I meant. | 0:46:22 | 0:46:24 | |
How long since we ended everything? | 0:46:25 | 0:46:27 | |
A year. | 0:46:28 | 0:46:31 | |
To be more precise, a year and ten days. | 0:46:31 | 0:46:35 | |
Once upon a time, one of us | 0:46:41 | 0:46:42 | |
would have leaned forward to kiss the other one just then. | 0:46:42 | 0:46:44 | |
I know. | 0:46:46 | 0:46:47 | |
But neither of us did. | 0:46:49 | 0:46:51 | |
No. | 0:46:51 | 0:46:52 | |
When you look at Barbara, | 0:46:53 | 0:46:55 | |
do you want to lean forward and kiss her? | 0:46:55 | 0:46:58 | |
Sometimes. | 0:46:59 | 0:47:00 | |
I have done, once or twice. | 0:47:00 | 0:47:03 | |
-Oh. -But don't worry. It won't happen again. | 0:47:03 | 0:47:06 | |
If we were ever going out at all, Barbara ended it. | 0:47:06 | 0:47:10 | |
Because of you. | 0:47:10 | 0:47:11 | |
Or more precisely, because of you and me. | 0:47:11 | 0:47:14 | |
Do you think it's time to let each other go, Trixie? | 0:47:15 | 0:47:18 | |
I thought we did that last year. | 0:47:18 | 0:47:20 | |
Because hanging on, | 0:47:20 | 0:47:21 | |
not letting each other grow... | 0:47:21 | 0:47:23 | |
..is a recipe for misery. | 0:47:24 | 0:47:26 | |
Yes. | 0:47:28 | 0:47:30 | |
And vomit on one's shoes, | 0:47:30 | 0:47:31 | |
as we found out earlier this evening. | 0:47:31 | 0:47:32 | |
So if you'll excuse me, I'll go and get changed. | 0:47:32 | 0:47:36 | |
I don't feel at all comfortable. | 0:47:36 | 0:47:38 | |
This seems to be our only clue that these anomalies | 0:47:44 | 0:47:47 | |
are part of something more widespread - | 0:47:47 | 0:47:49 | |
this residential hospital | 0:47:49 | 0:47:51 | |
that specialises in children with malformed limbs. | 0:47:51 | 0:47:55 | |
It's not a new hospital. But it is a new specialisation. | 0:47:55 | 0:47:58 | |
It may mean nothing at all. | 0:47:58 | 0:48:01 | |
Patrick, we have to go to bed. | 0:48:02 | 0:48:04 | |
We have patients to care for in the morning | 0:48:05 | 0:48:08 | |
and they don't need us crawling in half-dead through lack of sleep. | 0:48:08 | 0:48:11 | |
I never know when I love you the most, | 0:48:16 | 0:48:19 | |
but I sometimes think that these are the times that I love you best. | 0:48:19 | 0:48:23 | |
When the whole world's sleeping, | 0:48:23 | 0:48:25 | |
and you're sitting up with dark rings beneath your eyes, | 0:48:25 | 0:48:29 | |
just trying to make it better. | 0:48:29 | 0:48:31 | |
Oh, Shelagh. | 0:48:31 | 0:48:33 | |
We had a wonderful old professor when I was at medical school. | 0:48:38 | 0:48:43 | |
Macketon Phipps. | 0:48:43 | 0:48:45 | |
He was a real physician, cared about patients inside and out. | 0:48:45 | 0:48:51 | |
And he used to say, | 0:48:51 | 0:48:53 | |
"Never be afraid to say when you don't know the answer." | 0:48:53 | 0:48:56 | |
But these babies... | 0:48:59 | 0:49:01 | |
Shelagh, I don't know. | 0:49:02 | 0:49:04 | |
And...I don't know if there's anything TO know. | 0:49:04 | 0:49:08 | |
And I'm scared. | 0:49:10 | 0:49:12 | |
She had a reasonable night. I tucked her up in bed next to me. | 0:49:15 | 0:49:21 | |
You're as good as a mum to Linda, Sadie. I know that. | 0:49:21 | 0:49:24 | |
Which is just what most girls need, after an experience like yours. | 0:49:24 | 0:49:28 | |
Will you look in on Ian, Nurse, before you go? Only... | 0:49:28 | 0:49:32 | |
Only we heard him crying in the night. | 0:49:34 | 0:49:36 | |
There's no harm in me popping my head round the door, but... | 0:49:36 | 0:49:40 | |
There's no need, Nurse. I'm all right. | 0:49:40 | 0:49:43 | |
And I'm going to work. | 0:49:43 | 0:49:45 | |
No, son. No, you're not. | 0:49:45 | 0:49:46 | |
Here. | 0:49:51 | 0:49:53 | |
I rather think I ought to take my leave... | 0:49:53 | 0:49:55 | |
No, Nurse. This isn't some big drama. | 0:49:55 | 0:49:58 | |
I'm just doing the right thing. | 0:50:00 | 0:50:02 | |
Like you did the right thing. | 0:50:04 | 0:50:05 | |
I didn't say I wanted to marry you | 0:50:05 | 0:50:07 | |
because it was the right thing, Linda. | 0:50:07 | 0:50:10 | |
It was because I loved you. | 0:50:10 | 0:50:13 | |
And I love you now. | 0:50:13 | 0:50:15 | |
Take it. Sell it. | 0:50:15 | 0:50:19 | |
Spend it on the books you'll read at university. | 0:50:19 | 0:50:22 | |
I'm not standing in your way, | 0:50:22 | 0:50:25 | |
and there's no baby going to now either. | 0:50:25 | 0:50:28 | |
I've still got responsibilities. I've got Mum. | 0:50:30 | 0:50:33 | |
Don't you worry about me, son. | 0:50:33 | 0:50:35 | |
You can come home and listen to me coughing in the holidays, | 0:50:35 | 0:50:38 | |
but you don't have to do it all year round. | 0:50:38 | 0:50:40 | |
Take the ring, Ian. | 0:50:43 | 0:50:44 | |
Right. | 0:50:53 | 0:50:54 | |
There. There it is and there it's staying. | 0:50:56 | 0:50:59 | |
Till you've got letters after your name, | 0:50:59 | 0:51:01 | |
and more ahead of you than me and your dad ever had. | 0:51:01 | 0:51:04 | |
Best not argue with your mum, Ian. | 0:51:06 | 0:51:08 | |
You won't win. | 0:51:08 | 0:51:10 | |
And we can wait. | 0:51:12 | 0:51:13 | |
You can't stand in the way of what life wants, can you, Nurse? | 0:51:19 | 0:51:22 | |
Or what love wants. | 0:51:24 | 0:51:26 | |
One way or another, things end up how they should. | 0:51:26 | 0:51:29 | |
You need to have the big light on | 0:51:52 | 0:51:54 | |
if you're going to do handicrafts at this hour. | 0:51:54 | 0:51:56 | |
It's all right. It's only a few figures | 0:51:56 | 0:51:58 | |
for the Bible Study Fuzzy Felt at Sunday School. | 0:51:58 | 0:52:01 | |
Judas and Simon Peter have gone missing, | 0:52:01 | 0:52:03 | |
and Mary Magdalene's got no head. | 0:52:03 | 0:52:05 | |
I hope Mr Hereward appreciates your dedication. | 0:52:06 | 0:52:09 | |
I don't care if he doesn't. | 0:52:11 | 0:52:12 | |
-KNOCK AT DOOR -Enter. | 0:52:14 | 0:52:16 | |
Barbara, may I speak to you for a moment? | 0:52:18 | 0:52:22 | |
I expect it's time I did my vanishing act. | 0:52:22 | 0:52:25 | |
Or as we say in Spanish class, | 0:52:25 | 0:52:28 | |
"Le dejo a usted conversar, senoritas." | 0:52:28 | 0:52:31 | |
I think we need to "conversar" about Cousin Mabel. | 0:52:38 | 0:52:41 | |
There's no such person, Trixie. | 0:52:43 | 0:52:45 | |
I made her up so that I didn't have to tell you the truth. | 0:52:46 | 0:52:49 | |
But there's really no truth to tell now, | 0:52:49 | 0:52:52 | |
so it doesn't matter. | 0:52:52 | 0:52:54 | |
Yes, it does. | 0:53:01 | 0:53:03 | |
I'm so sorry, Trixie. | 0:53:05 | 0:53:07 | |
I knew you knew, | 0:53:07 | 0:53:09 | |
and I knew you were unhappy. | 0:53:09 | 0:53:10 | |
And I should have ended it sooner, but I didn't have the courage, | 0:53:10 | 0:53:15 | |
and I had...too much hope. | 0:53:15 | 0:53:17 | |
Probably. | 0:53:17 | 0:53:18 | |
Tom's special, isn't he? | 0:53:19 | 0:53:21 | |
Yes. | 0:53:22 | 0:53:23 | |
But not so special that it's worth all three of us being miserable. | 0:53:25 | 0:53:28 | |
And now, if you don't mind, | 0:53:28 | 0:53:30 | |
I really need to get on with these Fuzzy Felt apostles. | 0:53:30 | 0:53:33 | |
Oh, Barbara. | 0:53:33 | 0:53:34 | |
Only a girl as nice as you would say a thing like that. | 0:53:36 | 0:53:39 | |
What if I'm not nice, Trixie? | 0:53:40 | 0:53:43 | |
What if I'm thinking all sorts of mean and terrible thoughts inside? | 0:53:43 | 0:53:47 | |
I wouldn't blame you. | 0:53:47 | 0:53:49 | |
And I'm not going to stand in your way, or Tom's. | 0:53:51 | 0:53:54 | |
People want what they want. | 0:53:56 | 0:53:58 | |
And one way or another - at least, if love comes into it - | 0:53:58 | 0:54:04 | |
things will end up as they should. | 0:54:04 | 0:54:05 | |
# As it was in the beginning | 0:54:11 | 0:54:15 | |
# Is now, and ever shall be | 0:54:15 | 0:54:19 | |
# World without end, Amen. # | 0:54:19 | 0:54:24 | |
It was Sister Hildegard who began our work here in Poplar. | 0:54:37 | 0:54:41 | |
And I and my Sisters carry on that work as best we can, | 0:54:41 | 0:54:46 | |
day by day, night by night, | 0:54:46 | 0:54:49 | |
woman by woman, child by child. | 0:54:49 | 0:54:53 | |
Her faith was never shaken, | 0:54:55 | 0:54:57 | |
and faith remains the foundation of our life. | 0:54:57 | 0:55:01 | |
But there are times when we are challenged - | 0:55:01 | 0:55:04 | |
not in the vowed life, but as midwives and nurses. | 0:55:04 | 0:55:08 | |
There are babies born broken. | 0:55:10 | 0:55:12 | |
There are lives we cannot heal. | 0:55:13 | 0:55:16 | |
And it is then that we should turn to the woman | 0:55:17 | 0:55:19 | |
that so inspired our Sister that she took her name - | 0:55:19 | 0:55:23 | |
Saint Hildegard of Bingen. | 0:55:23 | 0:55:25 | |
For Saint Hildegard once said, | 0:55:27 | 0:55:30 | |
God hugs you. | 0:55:30 | 0:55:33 | |
God hugs you. | 0:55:35 | 0:55:37 | |
You are encircled by the arms of the mystery of God. | 0:55:37 | 0:55:43 | |
You shine so finely, it surpasses understanding. | 0:55:43 | 0:55:48 | |
MUSIC: You Don't Know by Helen Shapiro | 0:55:54 | 0:55:58 | |
JENNIFER: 'We knew so little then. | 0:56:00 | 0:56:03 | |
'In a world that seemed so full of opening doors and bright horizons, | 0:56:03 | 0:56:08 | |
'we thought only of what was new, and better. | 0:56:08 | 0:56:10 | |
'Because it WAS new and better, | 0:56:10 | 0:56:13 | |
'and it would take us to places we had never been before.' | 0:56:13 | 0:56:16 | |
# ..I'm so, I'm so afraid | 0:56:16 | 0:56:20 | |
# You might not care | 0:56:20 | 0:56:23 | |
# Every time you pass me by | 0:56:23 | 0:56:26 | |
# Oh, you don't know | 0:56:26 | 0:56:29 | |
# You don't know what I go through | 0:56:29 | 0:56:33 | |
# Seeing someone else with you | 0:56:33 | 0:56:37 | |
# Oh, I wish the one with you | 0:56:37 | 0:56:42 | |
# Were me... # | 0:56:42 | 0:56:44 | |
'We couldn't see what was coming, | 0:56:44 | 0:56:46 | |
'or understand yet what had already come to pass. | 0:56:46 | 0:56:51 | |
'We had so much still to learn.' | 0:56:51 | 0:56:53 | |
# ..but until then | 0:56:55 | 0:56:58 | |
# I'll never give this away... # | 0:56:58 | 0:57:02 | |
Who else would tell me stories? | 0:57:04 | 0:57:05 | |
Tell me where frankincense came from? | 0:57:05 | 0:57:07 | |
We have an emergency. | 0:57:07 | 0:57:09 | |
I shall go at once. | 0:57:09 | 0:57:10 | |
That's it, ladies. | 0:57:11 | 0:57:13 | |
If we want to reduce, we must keep moving. | 0:57:13 | 0:57:16 | |
Tar and tumours, | 0:57:16 | 0:57:20 | |
from those bloody cigarettes. | 0:57:20 | 0:57:21 | |
She used to call me her movie star. | 0:57:21 | 0:57:24 | |
I can feel the pounds falling off! | 0:57:24 | 0:57:26 | |
Hello? Anyone at home? | 0:57:26 | 0:57:28 | |
# ..I would tell you | 0:57:28 | 0:57:31 | |
# If I believed that you might care some day | 0:57:31 | 0:57:37 | |
# But until then | 0:57:37 | 0:57:40 | |
# I'll never give this away | 0:57:40 | 0:57:44 | |
# When you don't know | 0:57:44 | 0:57:50 | |
# Oh, yeah | 0:57:50 | 0:57:55 | |
# Whoa-oh-oh... # | 0:57:55 | 0:57:56 |