0:00:32 > 0:00:37MATURE JENNY: 'A sense of community is the Holy Grail of modern living.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39'When we cannot find it in the present day,
0:00:39 > 0:00:42'we reach back through the years and say,
0:00:42 > 0:00:44' "That was when we knew each other.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48' "That was when we held all things in common."
0:00:48 > 0:00:51'It is a thought so tender and consoling,
0:00:51 > 0:00:55'that it scarcely matters if it is not true.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58'Past perfection is a wondrous thing.'
0:01:10 > 0:01:13The Bible had a plague of locusts, we have a plague of pensioners!
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Scarcely a crumb left in their wake,
0:01:16 > 0:01:19and I'm sorry to say that I've just had my bottom pinched.
0:01:19 > 0:01:24- I think that's Mr Pilbeam. The man on the right trestle table.- You too?
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Twice. I asked Tom to give him
0:01:26 > 0:01:29a hard, cold stare, but it didn't discourage him at all.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Afternoon, dear!
0:01:31 > 0:01:34- Mrs Hills? How lovely to see you! - Hello, Nurse Franklin.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36I heard this year's funds wouldn't stretch
0:01:36 > 0:01:38to taking the old folk to the seaside,
0:01:38 > 0:01:40so I thought I'd bring a bit of the seaside to them.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Oh, that's so kind! You must stay for a cup of tea!
0:01:43 > 0:01:46I can't stop long. I've left my Diane looking after the stall.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50There's no harm in taking the weight off your feet for five minutes.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Especially given your rather interesting condition.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56This? Yes, number five.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59It gets to be like shelling peas.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03I seem to remember WE helped shell peas number two, three and four.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05I hope we haven't done anything to offend.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08I'm going to the clinic at St Cuthbert's.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11They want me to have it in hospital, on account of my age.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Well, they're obviously taking very good care of you,
0:02:14 > 0:02:17- because you look extremely well. - I'm an old hand, Mrs Turner.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23The autoclave is coming to the end of its cycle.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26I shall replenish your instruments as soon as it concludes.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Thank you, Nurse Crane.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31They said they'd come and repair the one at the surgery tomorrow.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Ooh, Doctor, whatever is this?
0:02:33 > 0:02:37- Cornish pasty? - Or more precisely, half of one.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Would it have killed you to sit down for five minutes
0:02:40 > 0:02:41and eat the whole thing?
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Now, hop it, and put your feet up in the parlour
0:02:46 > 0:02:49while I sort you out some instruments.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Mr Pilbeam's demanded a refill.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59I think he might just find we keep him waiting.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03- Shelagh, did you know Mrs Hills was expecting again?- Not till now.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05I just wondered who referred her to St Cuthbert's?
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Frightfully sorry. Creamless scone alert!
0:03:07 > 0:03:09We've run out of cream again?
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Certain guests have been taking more than their fair share.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14I threatened to put one man over my knee, but it only encouraged him.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Timothy!
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Please don't make me play any more.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20You've done your bit, dear.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Now, run inside and open three more tins of Nestle's cream.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26In the meantime, I popped into you-know-where last night
0:03:26 > 0:03:28and the you-know-whats are ready for you-know-when!
0:03:28 > 0:03:31I think you'd better take charge of this.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Dad?
0:03:39 > 0:03:40Dad!
0:03:43 > 0:03:45I was just waiting for the autoclave to finish.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47You need a holiday.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50Nobody ever NEEDS a holiday, Timothy.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Which isn't to say it wouldn't be a nice thing to have.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01Tom, I think that was one of the best films I've ever seen.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03No wonder we couldn't get tickets last week!
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Whistle Down The Wind is a bit of a funny title, though.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Doesn't even hint at the Christian message.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Maybe that's a good thing.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13I think we ought to go again - and take the Sunday school with us.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17- See? I am nothing if not an incurable romantic. - SHE GIGGLES
0:04:17 > 0:04:21That sounds splendid. On one condition.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25What?
0:04:25 > 0:04:27That you promise to bring the parish sweetie jar
0:04:27 > 0:04:29and fill it with sherbet lollies.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Actually...
0:04:34 > 0:04:36- Oh!- Purple and green.
0:04:36 > 0:04:37My favourite!
0:04:37 > 0:04:39I wanted to give it to you in the pictures,
0:04:39 > 0:04:41but there were too many people looking.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Well...well, there's no-one looking now.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Help me!
0:04:52 > 0:04:54SHE GASPS Help me, please!
0:04:54 > 0:04:57It's all right, you're safe. You're safe now.
0:04:57 > 0:04:58Fetch the police.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00No! No! Please, not the police.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06I'm sorry, Lizzie. It won't sting for long.
0:05:08 > 0:05:09It's well sugared.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11- Do you mind if I smoke?- Not at all.
0:05:13 > 0:05:14Here.
0:05:16 > 0:05:21It's all right, Lizzie. You're safe here.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30- I should go.- I can walk you to the police station,
0:05:30 > 0:05:32- after Nurse Gilbert's tidied you up. - No.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34I told you, I got enough to worry about,
0:05:34 > 0:05:37without a conviction for soliciting.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41I think you might be bruised, where your blouse is torn.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Would you let me have a look, and perhaps put some arnica on it?
0:05:49 > 0:05:50He bit you?
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Could've been worse.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54The other girls say the johns get up to all kinds.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57But I ain't been doing it long. Oh, I have to go.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- Lizzie...- I have to. I have to get back to my kids.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07How awful. And we were only waiting up to see
0:06:07 > 0:06:09if you'd help Delia with her bust-darts.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11It's all hands on deck once I start tangling with bodices!
0:06:11 > 0:06:13I'm a terrible seamstress.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17There was nowhere she could turn to. No-one who would help her.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21- Apart from you.- A few kind words and a bit of antiseptic.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24There's nothing to stop you from reporting it to the police.
0:06:24 > 0:06:25Perhaps you should.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Can't do any harm. Might make you feel better.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Hello, girls. How was your evening?
0:06:30 > 0:06:34Well, we enjoyed the film. How was Art History?
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Riveting! We're doing Vermeer, I can't resist a good interior.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40I wondered if things had got a bit emotional.
0:06:40 > 0:06:41Your mascara's run a bit.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Ooh, I sat upstairs on the bus. It got wretchedly smoky.
0:06:44 > 0:06:45Is that Ovaltine?
0:06:48 > 0:06:53# Show me the way that I should walk in
0:06:54 > 0:06:58# For I lift up my soul unto thee. #
0:07:01 > 0:07:05- Mum, can I come in? - In a minute! I'm not decent!
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Really need to go, Mum!
0:07:10 > 0:07:13Lovely and fresh, make sure you fry 'em in some nice, clean lard!
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Nice, clean pavement's what we want.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Can't be selling fish from a pitch
0:07:17 > 0:07:19with spit and fag ends all underfoot.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21- Mrs Hills!- Yes, dear?
0:07:21 > 0:07:25Just a thank-you note for your contribution to the Pensioner's Tea!
0:07:25 > 0:07:29Oh, you're welcome. I'll be a pensioner myself soon enough!
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Should've told your Alf that, before he had his way with ya!
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Don't work too hard, Mrs Hills!
0:07:34 > 0:07:37You heard the nurse, Diane. You ought be doing the heavy stuff,
0:07:37 > 0:07:39not leaving it all to your ma in her condition.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Well, Diane's better at all the adding and subtracting
0:07:42 > 0:07:45than I'll ever be, Vera. Any idiot can do the donkey work.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50A bite mark? I'm sorry you had to see that.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Oh, I'M perfectly all right!
0:07:52 > 0:07:54But this woman - Lizzie - she looked as
0:07:54 > 0:07:56if she'd been attacked by an animal.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00There's things go on round here that you don't want to trouble your head with.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Sergeant, we've had working girls on our midwifery books,
0:08:02 > 0:08:05and we see them in the doctor's when they have VD.
0:08:05 > 0:08:06This was different.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09She suffered as a consequence not of sex, but of violence.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12We can't do anything unless she makes a formal complaint.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16But she can't! Because she thinks SHE'S the criminal!
0:08:16 > 0:08:18Well, legally, they're both in the wrong.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20He beat her up, of course.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24But if she was out soliciting, she could get a £60 fine or jail.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Even just for loitering on the pavement.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28And if she's got children, like she said,
0:08:28 > 0:08:30it's not going to end well for anyone.
0:08:30 > 0:08:31It's not right, though, is it?
0:08:31 > 0:08:33It's the law.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Ah, Sister. I wasn't sure if you'd been called out yet.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43It's no doubt the calm before the storm,
0:08:43 > 0:08:46but the phone hasn't rung once this morning.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49I thought I'd get ahead with the chapel flowers.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51And some for your office.
0:08:53 > 0:08:58You have a knack for floristry, Sister. And a very sweet voice.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00A sweet voice?
0:09:00 > 0:09:03And in chapel, I can hardly hear you.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08If we are to praise the Lord in song, we should do it gladly.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10And as loudly as possible.
0:09:10 > 0:09:16Oh...Sister Julienne. I'm always afraid of singing TOO loudly.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20When I was a postulant, we were told never to draw attention to
0:09:20 > 0:09:23ourselves in any way - because it was a sign of pride.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26And now I've drawn attention to myself by...
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Not singing loudly enough.
0:09:29 > 0:09:34I always find that if I feel singled out for either praise or blame,
0:09:34 > 0:09:38the best response is to offer it up and say,
0:09:38 > 0:09:42"What good would this do for others?"
0:09:42 > 0:09:44Of course, Sister.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48And if you could raise your voice with us, it would make us feel
0:09:48 > 0:09:51so very blessed.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Thank you.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Thought that nurse seemed nice this morning.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04I just think we'd be better off getting one of them in.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Diane, we've discussed this.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09You mean, YOU'VE discussed it... with yourself.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12If you want an argument, Diane, turn round and look at me.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15I don't want to turn round, and I don't want to look at ya.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Because if I do, I'll see you putting your hand on your back,
0:10:18 > 0:10:23and rubbing your belly, and huffing and puffing when you bend over.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25And I can't do ANY of those things!
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Diane. You brought all this on yourself.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Running round with some lad from a building site, who legged it
0:10:34 > 0:10:35without leaving his address.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39- What's going to happen, Mum? - You know what's going to happen.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43You're going to have it here, and I'm going to look after you.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45And we're going to say that it's mine.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48I mean, WHAT'S going to happen? How will it get out?
0:10:48 > 0:10:50I'll take you through that when the time comes.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53Which, please God, will be before your dad gets back from sea,
0:10:53 > 0:10:55cos I don't fancy your chances at all.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58Why don't you just send me up that mother and baby place,
0:10:58 > 0:11:01- like Janice Myers?- Because Janice Myers is shoddy goods for life.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03And she's going to come back here empty-handed!
0:11:05 > 0:11:09Listen, Diane, you are not the first, and you won't be the last.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12I know three or four families where the baby's grown up
0:11:12 > 0:11:13thinking its mother's its sister.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16- Who?- Never you mind who!
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Go and get your apron on before your brothers get in from Cubs.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22All right. Only, watch out.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Your pillow's slipping.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30BABY WAILS
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Oh, dear, someone's out of sorts.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41He's always out of sorts. He never stops crying.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43I'm scared there's something wrong with him.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Dear me, young man!
0:11:45 > 0:11:51It's only a postnatal check-up, no need to be so vexed.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55Why don't we see who's free, bump you up the queue a bit.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58I can't find any reason to refer him to Doctor - there's a possibility
0:11:58 > 0:12:03it's a touch of colic, and we can keep an eye on that together.
0:12:03 > 0:12:08Now, Mrs Coleman. Are you getting any sleep?
0:12:08 > 0:12:11I'm walking the floors with him most nights. My husband has to get up
0:12:11 > 0:12:14at the crack of dawn for work - it's his sleep that matters.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Well, you won't be able to take care of Michael properly
0:12:17 > 0:12:19if you're exhausted.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24While the nights are still so mild, a gentle
0:12:24 > 0:12:27bedtime walk in the fresh air might do you both good.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33I'll try anything, Sister.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39How many doors, is it just one door?
0:12:41 > 0:12:43It's time to come to the table, Patrick.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46We've something extra special for dinner this evening.
0:12:46 > 0:12:47What's all this?
0:12:47 > 0:12:52Chicken a la King, with piped mashed potato and creamed spinach.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Please note the ornamental folded serviettes.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59All my own work, and copied out of Woman's Realm at Mum's insistence.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02We never have serviettes on a weeknight.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04Well, we're having them today.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07In fact, we're going to indulge ourselves in every
0:13:07 > 0:13:10conceivable luxury and refinement
0:13:10 > 0:13:12because tomorrow we're going...
0:13:13 > 0:13:16- ..camping! - HE LAUGHS
0:13:16 > 0:13:17No, Dad. We really are.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22I've got work tomorrow, Shelagh. And so have you.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25Absolutely everything is in hand.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28We've arranged locum cover for a week
0:13:28 > 0:13:30and Sister Julienne is fully in support.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33The locum's called Dr Godfrey and she's even offered him
0:13:33 > 0:13:35lodgings at Nonnatus while we're away.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Akela's arranged for us to borrow two tents
0:13:38 > 0:13:40and as much of the Cubs' equipment as we need.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Mum's even bought a little half-size sleeping bag for Angela.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45- Really?- Really.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49I couldn't be happier.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Very prettily done, Sister.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01But you cannot tempt me.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Everyone has noticed
0:14:04 > 0:14:07that you aren't eating properly at mealtimes, Sister.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09My strength comes from another source.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14And I hope you do not need to ask from whence.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16No, of course not. But...
0:14:16 > 0:14:19How recently did you study for Novices' Vows?
0:14:19 > 0:14:22Were you not apprised of the practice of mortification
0:14:22 > 0:14:23of the flesh?
0:14:23 > 0:14:27Yes. (Oh...) Are you trying to fast?
0:14:29 > 0:14:33I have few joys and therefore little to surrender.
0:14:33 > 0:14:39Sister, you found the Lenten fast very hard. Why now?
0:14:39 > 0:14:44I am in fair health now, and able to sustain the sacrifice.
0:14:46 > 0:14:51But, Sister, IF you want to fast,
0:14:51 > 0:14:54you must tell the rest of the community what you're doing.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56That way we can uphold you.
0:14:59 > 0:15:04Very well. You may remove this platter of frivolities.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06Of course.
0:15:11 > 0:15:16Good, stout Army surplus. Perfect for a week in the New Forest!
0:15:16 > 0:15:19Patsy says they've been serving the Cubs of Poplar for 15 years.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23I remember this one from when we did our camping badge at Selsey Bill.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26It's got bullet holes along the ridge.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28I'm quite sure they're not bullet holes, Timothy.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30They were probably made by moths.
0:15:30 > 0:15:31Or mice.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34It does all smell rather musty.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37And there's mould in this billycan.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Oh, it just needs a quick swill in some hot water.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Shelagh...
0:15:42 > 0:15:44This holiday is about getting back to nature
0:15:44 > 0:15:46and being together as a family.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48We'll enjoy it, won't we?
0:15:48 > 0:15:51Yes, we will. Because we've earned it.
0:15:52 > 0:15:57# Half a pound of tuppenny rice Half a pound of treacle... # BABY WAILS
0:15:57 > 0:16:00# That's the way the money goes... #
0:16:00 > 0:16:02CLATTER, SHOUTING
0:16:03 > 0:16:08# Every night when we go out the monkeys... #
0:16:09 > 0:16:14I love you. I love you, Michael. But you're going to kill me.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21We did the right thing putting you on iron tablets.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25Don't reckon you're anaemic - good going for nine months.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28I was anaemic with ALL of you.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Makes me feel sick when I see all that.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34I've had four and everything's in hand.
0:16:34 > 0:16:35Put it out of your mind.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41We have two or three ladies on our books who are very close to term.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Their records have already been moved to...
0:16:43 > 0:16:47..to the green filing cabinet over in the maternity home.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50They're also double-copied to the Nonnatus House log
0:16:50 > 0:16:54and my own personal Rolodex, which is widely held to be infallible.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Rolodex? I like the sound of that, Nurse Cray.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Crane.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02As in the wading bird, or industrial lifting equipment,
0:17:02 > 0:17:04whichever you prefer.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08Ulcer clinic is on Friday afternoons.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11We've been experimenting with a new antibiotic powder...
0:17:11 > 0:17:14Which I will be delighted to discuss with Dr Godfrey.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16It's cutting-edge stuff like this that brings me
0:17:16 > 0:17:18out of retirement time and time again!
0:17:18 > 0:17:20I imagine you feel the same.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26I shall consider retirement as and when I reach the appropriate age,
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Dr Godfrey, which will not be for some years.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33Shelagh, I can get the tents or the children in the car.
0:17:33 > 0:17:34But not both!
0:17:34 > 0:17:38May I refer you to my earlier offer to loan you my roof rack,
0:17:38 > 0:17:41- which you declined?- You may.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45I left it out for you in the hall at Nonnatus House.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Buenas vacaciones.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Thank you.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03I keep wanting to avert my eyes but they're just too compelling!
0:18:03 > 0:18:06I think shorts are a very practical choice for a camping holiday.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08And not amusing in any way at all!
0:18:09 > 0:18:11I'm not looking. Really, I'm not.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13You could launch this car like a Sputnik,
0:18:13 > 0:18:17and this roof rack would not budge an inch.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21Patrick. We need to get going, it's already starting to rain.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Fear not, Mrs T. Nurse Gilbert is on the case.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25What is it?
0:18:25 > 0:18:27I thought it might help keep the things on the roof rack dry.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31- It's an incontinence sheet from the charity box.- Perfect!
0:18:31 > 0:18:33I hope it doesn't smell of urine.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37Ooh, by the way, Doc, I like the shorts.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39I had a pair like that in El Alamein.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42I had a pair in Monte Cassino.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44No wonder we won the war!
0:18:49 > 0:18:53The place is upside down, Sister. I wasn't expecting you.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55I happened to be passing,
0:18:55 > 0:18:58and thought I'd see if this young man had started behaving himself.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00He's all right.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04Did you try taking him for a walk to settle him at bedtime?
0:19:04 > 0:19:06I told you, he's all right.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10Judith? Your face...
0:19:12 > 0:19:14Oh, I-I've always been clumsy.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17It's even worse now I don't get any sleep.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21- What happened?- I clumped myself one with the wardrobe door.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27Things can take time to settle down when a newborn comes along.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30We're here to help, whatever upsets you're having.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39Cry as much as you can bear to.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42Then tell me why, and what I can do.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46I couldn't tell you. I can't!
0:19:51 > 0:19:52I can't.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02It's such a...a delicate matter.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04But there's a very young baby in the house.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07It's clearly a volatile situation.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09- Is she married?- Yes.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13And to a good, steady man, as far as I can tell.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16- But...- "Walking into doors" is never a good sign.
0:20:16 > 0:20:20And getting them to tell the truth is always difficult.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24The thing that disturbed me the most wasn't the bruise on her face.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28It was the one on her neck, by her shoulder.
0:20:28 > 0:20:33It looked as if someone had...sunk his teeth into her.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36- Like a bite mark? - It just looked so...vicious.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Let me see if I can make enquiries.
0:20:47 > 0:20:52# Here comes summer School is out, oh happy day
0:20:52 > 0:20:58# Here comes summer Gonna grab my girl and run away
0:20:58 > 0:21:04# Here comes summer We'll go swimming every day
0:21:04 > 0:21:10# And let the sun shine bright on my happy summer home
0:21:10 > 0:21:16# Here comes summer We'll meet the gang at Joe's Cafe
0:21:16 > 0:21:21# If she's willing We'll go steady right away
0:21:21 > 0:21:27# Oh, let the sun shine bright on my happy summer home
0:21:27 > 0:21:30# Let the sun shine bright
0:21:30 > 0:21:33# Well, here comes summertime at last. #
0:21:34 > 0:21:38- Thank you.- A fine example of labour rewarded!
0:21:38 > 0:21:40I haven't seen a spread like this
0:21:40 > 0:21:43since the Coronation party at my old practice.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45You must help me out with these cream horns.
0:21:45 > 0:21:46Allow me.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50Sister Monica Joan is eschewing indulgence for religious reasons.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52And I'm partial to flaky pastry.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54I'm sorry to intrude, ladies, sir.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57How could you possibly intrude, Sergeant Noakes?
0:21:57 > 0:21:59You're one of the family.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02I actually called in regards to the attacks on, er, Judith Coleman
0:22:02 > 0:22:05- and the girl on the street. - Do you mean Lizzie?- Yes.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Because of the similarity of the bite marks on her neck,
0:22:08 > 0:22:10we can't rule out that they were attacked by the same man.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12I suppose there's a remote possibility
0:22:12 > 0:22:16- that it might be Judith Coleman's husband.- Colin Coleman? I'm sorry,
0:22:16 > 0:22:18I've met more aggressive marshmallow bunnies.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Or that Judith herself was out soliciting.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23- No!- Either way, if the situation at her home is volatile,
0:22:23 > 0:22:26as you suggested, Sister Julienne, we'd put her at risk
0:22:26 > 0:22:28if we went round and quizzed him.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31So our first port of call should be the other girl.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34Lizzie was adamant that she wouldn't speak to the police.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37If you could come with me, we might be able to pull her round.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40May I, Sister Julienne?
0:22:40 > 0:22:42I would be grateful if you did.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47HEAVY RAINFALL
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Room service.
0:22:50 > 0:22:51Oh, Patrick!
0:22:51 > 0:22:54I put a nip of Scotch in from my handy secret hipflask.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57You wouldn't get that in the Ritz!
0:22:59 > 0:23:01Ooh! Oooh.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07Ooh, at last! My knees are freezing.
0:23:08 > 0:23:09Patrick.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12No. No, no. We're on our holidays.
0:23:12 > 0:23:13It doesn't matter.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17- Your sleeping bag's soaking wet! - At least it's WARM wet!
0:23:21 > 0:23:23What are you thinking about?
0:23:23 > 0:23:27The children. Do you suppose they'll be all right in their own tent?
0:23:27 > 0:23:31Of course they will. They're only about five feet away.
0:23:31 > 0:23:32What if it falls down again?
0:23:32 > 0:23:35It won't, I promise you.
0:23:40 > 0:23:41What are you thinking about?
0:23:43 > 0:23:44The ulcer clinic.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49There's a couple of really nasty chronic venous cases that
0:23:49 > 0:23:51- aren't responding to the new regime. - Patrick!
0:23:51 > 0:23:55I'm sorry. But I'm just not sure about Godfrey.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59General practice is a young man's game.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02You're not supposed to be thinking about work.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04And if you don't mind my saying so,
0:24:04 > 0:24:07you're not exactly Cliff Richard yourself.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12I could sing a chorus of Summer Holiday if you'd like me to!
0:24:14 > 0:24:17CLATTER, CRYING
0:24:17 > 0:24:18Oh, no!
0:24:18 > 0:24:21Mum? Dad? Can we come in with you?
0:24:24 > 0:24:27The trouble is, since the '59 Act, most women have
0:24:27 > 0:24:30been forced off the kerb and into brothels and private premises.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34It's only the amateurs and the desperate who risk the streets.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36I don't know if Lizzie was amateur or professional,
0:24:36 > 0:24:38but she was desperate.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41I know that.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43She had children.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47When I think of my little Freddie tucked up in his bed, I could cry.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51- How IS Chummy?- Excellent, thank you.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54She's taken up pottery at night school, which is interesting.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59That's Lizzie! I remember that coat.
0:25:05 > 0:25:10Lizzie? Please stop. Lizzie!
0:25:10 > 0:25:12You're not in any trouble.
0:25:12 > 0:25:16My friend, Sergeant Noakes, just wants to ask you a few questions.
0:25:16 > 0:25:21Nurse Gilbert told me what happened. I'd like to help.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26In which case, the best thing you can do is find out
0:25:26 > 0:25:27where my husband went.
0:25:27 > 0:25:28Because if you did that,
0:25:28 > 0:25:32I wouldn't be having to sell myself to help feed the kids I had because
0:25:32 > 0:25:38I gave myself - for nothing - to a man I thought might stick around!
0:25:38 > 0:25:42- I'm sorry, Mrs...- Call me Lizzie.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44That's what I say to all the blokes.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48And I'm not saying anything else to you!
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Morning. Sorry to keep you, Fred.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Or maybe I should call you Mr Buckle,
0:26:02 > 0:26:05- since I've asked you in on official business.- Civil Defence, Sergeant?
0:26:05 > 0:26:08We haven't the manpower to put extra bobbies on the streets.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11And until we're sure these attacks are connected, and ongoing,
0:26:11 > 0:26:15I can't apply for reinforcements from outside the Division.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18But the CDC can put on extra patrols.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22Confidence and safety of the public is paramount.
0:26:22 > 0:26:23It's why we serve.
0:26:26 > 0:26:27SHE COUGHS
0:26:28 > 0:26:32This is so much nicer than cooking at home.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34The trouble with chest disease,
0:26:34 > 0:26:37- in the context of community medicine research...- Patrick.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40..is that it's largely presumed to affect the male population
0:26:40 > 0:26:43- more than the female. - You're talking about work again.
0:26:43 > 0:26:48Sorry. It's the smoke, making you cough. It reminded me about...
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Work.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53- ANGELA CRIES Mum?- Where's Angela!
0:26:53 > 0:26:56She's down here. But she's seen a squirrel and she won't stop crying.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59I knew this would happen. She's petrified of squirrels.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01She doesn't even like Squirrel Nutkin,
0:27:01 > 0:27:03and he's only a picture in a book!
0:27:03 > 0:27:05It's all right, darling! Mummy's coming!
0:27:07 > 0:27:11Tin of rice pudding and an early night for you tonight.
0:27:13 > 0:27:14Mum...?
0:27:17 > 0:27:19I feel like I'm going to wet myself.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24Press your legs together. Don't let anything come out in a rush.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32I spy with my little eye...
0:27:32 > 0:27:34something beginning with...
0:27:34 > 0:27:36T-F.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Tent flap. Although the correct term is actually "the beckett".
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Is it? Your turn.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46And no animals beginning with S, please,
0:27:46 > 0:27:49because we've just got Angela settled.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53I spy with my little eye, something beginning with...
0:27:53 > 0:27:59B-H-I-R-O-T-R-S-T-C-I.
0:27:59 > 0:28:04Bullet holes in ridge of tent, rain starting to come in.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Ten out of ten. Your turn.
0:28:07 > 0:28:12I spy with my little eye, something beginning with...
0:28:12 > 0:28:18R-N-H-I-S-O-T-W...
0:28:18 > 0:28:27G-P-W-B-I-T-F-T-R-O-T-W.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29What?!
0:28:29 > 0:28:33Rather nice hotel I spotted on the way here.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36Get packed. We're booking in there for the rest of the week.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43I don't want you three playing silly beggars,
0:28:43 > 0:28:45running all over the place tonight.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Once you're in bed, you stay in bed, do you hear me?
0:28:47 > 0:28:49It's still light!
0:28:49 > 0:28:53Never mind "it's still light"! People grow when they're asleep.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56If you can't stop in bed you'll end up a short-arse,
0:28:56 > 0:28:57like your Uncle Sammy.
0:28:58 > 0:29:02Go on. You know the rules. Let's see if you can stick to 'em.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04- Night, Diane.- Night.
0:29:11 > 0:29:15Evidence would suggest that this man attacked two women
0:29:15 > 0:29:17on two nights back-to-back.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22One was set upon here.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25The exact location of the second attack is unclear.
0:29:25 > 0:29:30We will be patrolling in pairs from 9pm until dawn.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33- Dawn? You'd think there was a war on! - LAUGHTER
0:29:33 > 0:29:38There is no cause for levity. Ladies' safety is at risk.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41- What ladies? - MORE LAUGHTER
0:29:41 > 0:29:43That's nice...
0:29:49 > 0:29:52SHE MOANS AND GROANS
0:29:59 > 0:30:02That's my girl. That's it. That's it.
0:30:04 > 0:30:08Shh.
0:30:09 > 0:30:15That's it, you're doing so well. Well done.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22SHE GROANS LOUDLY
0:30:22 > 0:30:24No noise. There's a good girl.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28Bite down. Bite down.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30MUFFLED SQUEALING
0:30:47 > 0:30:50The head's coming. We've got to get you out!
0:30:53 > 0:30:55That's it.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03MUSIC ON TV
0:31:03 > 0:31:05# Run, rabbit, run, rabbit Run, run, run. #
0:31:05 > 0:31:08What's this programme called again?
0:31:08 > 0:31:09Juke Box Jury.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11They play the records to a panel of experts,
0:31:11 > 0:31:13and then they give their verdict.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16And they are often incorrect in their opinion.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18That is why we at Nonnatus House
0:31:18 > 0:31:23generally confine ourselves to Songs Of Praise and Panorama.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26It's a bally catchy little tune. Who's singing it?
0:31:26 > 0:31:29Pinky And Perky. You can't see them, but they're pigs.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32Although they are not real.
0:31:32 > 0:31:33Doctor Godfrey!
0:31:33 > 0:31:37I have just been flagged down in the street by a patient who's
0:31:37 > 0:31:40been waiting for a house-call from you, since three o'clock
0:31:40 > 0:31:45this afternoon, in acute pain with psoriatic arthritis.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48- Poor man.- Woman, as it happens.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51And I assured her she would be your first call tomorrow.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55I will be disappointed if you make a liar of me!
0:31:55 > 0:31:59All care will be dispensed at thy dictates.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04Give her a robe, a shield and a helmet
0:32:04 > 0:32:07and she'd be the double of Britannia.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11That's it!
0:32:15 > 0:32:16The head's out.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21When you feel another pain, you push like hell, do you hear me?
0:32:25 > 0:32:28LOUD GRUNTING
0:32:34 > 0:32:36That's it! That's it!
0:32:37 > 0:32:40BABY CRIES
0:32:43 > 0:32:44It's a boy!
0:32:44 > 0:32:47- We've got a boy, Diane! - Can I see him?
0:32:47 > 0:32:51In a minute. When I've tied and cut the cord.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00Not been called out yet?
0:33:00 > 0:33:03I am positively poised to spring into action.
0:33:03 > 0:33:07Shoes on, panstick applied, and one ear cocked for the telephone.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09Where were YOU?
0:33:10 > 0:33:14In Delia's room. She was just teaching me a new card game.
0:33:26 > 0:33:30Stay there. If you feel another pain, you push.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32I just want to go to bed!
0:33:32 > 0:33:35You can't! You've got to get rid of the afterbirth.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37None of mine took this long...
0:33:37 > 0:33:39It's not right.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42Stay in here, and don't move.
0:33:42 > 0:33:44Mum! Don't leave me!
0:33:50 > 0:33:51PHONE RINGS
0:33:51 > 0:33:55Is that Nonnatus House? I need to speak to Nurse Franklin.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58I'm sure you'd rather talk to a doctor. The name's Godfrey.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01I've just delivered a baby, and the afterbirth hasn't come away.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04- And what is the patient's name? - Hills.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06It's been more than an hour-and-a-half!
0:34:06 > 0:34:09The placenta can take its time,
0:34:09 > 0:34:11but I expect you know that from your training.
0:34:11 > 0:34:16Employ Brandt Andrews, and, er, don't forget, good pull on the cord.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18- Thank you, Doctor.- Best of British!
0:34:21 > 0:34:23- Doctor Godfrey! - Apologies for appearing deshabille!
0:34:23 > 0:34:27I have heard such enticing things about the midnight larder
0:34:27 > 0:34:28at Nonnatus House.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30The larder's in the kitchen.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33I came down because I heard the telephone.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37One of your colleagues struggling to deliver a placenta.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40She asked for you, but I obliged with procedural advice.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43- Which colleague? - She didn't give her name.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45Said the patient's name was Hills.
0:35:06 > 0:35:12I need you back on the floor. They told me what to do. Come on!
0:35:14 > 0:35:15KNOCK AT DOOR
0:35:16 > 0:35:19I'm sorry. I know you're only second on call,
0:35:19 > 0:35:21but something distinctly odd has happened.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28I'm just going to pull on it, all right?
0:35:42 > 0:35:44SHE SCREAMS
0:35:50 > 0:35:52SCREAMING
0:35:59 > 0:36:00What's happened?
0:36:02 > 0:36:05- What's your name, sweetie? - It's Diane.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07We're here to help, Diane.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10- What have I done?- Baby's well.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13Let me examine you and see what's causing all this pain.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18- (Uterine inversion.) - I only did what the doctor said.
0:36:18 > 0:36:22I only pulled on the cord because the afterbirth was stuck.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24You pulled too hard, Thora.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27It isn't just the afterbirth that's come out. It's Diane's womb.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30SHE WAILS
0:36:31 > 0:36:34The placenta is still attached, and there's no haemorrhage.
0:36:35 > 0:36:40Thora, Thora, I want you to sit down and hold baby
0:36:40 > 0:36:42while Nurse Franklin helps Diane.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46It's all right, Diane, I'm a midwife.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48I'm going to call an ambulance.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02Sister! What are you doing out on your own?
0:37:02 > 0:37:05I have to use the telephone. It's an emergency.
0:37:05 > 0:37:09Come on. You can have an escort there and back.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11Make believe you're the Queen.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19Help me. Please, help me...
0:37:19 > 0:37:21Hold my hand.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25Can you feel how steady it is? I'm not shaking.
0:37:25 > 0:37:29And that's because I know what I'm doing, you're quite safe.
0:37:29 > 0:37:33Flying Squad will take half an hour to get here.
0:37:33 > 0:37:37That's all right. We can manage splendidly on our own.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39Can't we?
0:37:39 > 0:37:41Yes, we can.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43It's all right, Diane.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46Nurse Franklin's going to set things to rights.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49It won't be uncomfortable for too long.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52- DIANE GROANS - Stay strong, sweetie, and stay still.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55I'm sorry, sweetheart.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58You're being so brave, Diane.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01And I know you can be brave for a few moments longer...
0:38:01 > 0:38:03I thought I could do it on my own.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06I thought I didn't need no-one else.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11It's back in place.
0:38:22 > 0:38:23I'll follow them to Admissions.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27Unfortunately we can't trust Thora to tell the truth -
0:38:27 > 0:38:29might affect Diane's treatment.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32I'll find a neighbour to look in on the boys,
0:38:32 > 0:38:35but I'll clean the kitchen first. I don't want anyone seeing that mess.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39There's so much to hide.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48Shelagh.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52So much for getting back to nature.
0:38:52 > 0:38:57There are flowers on the table and feathers in these pillows.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00That is all the nature I need to get back to.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04The children haven't come knocking.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06Do you suppose they're sleeping well?
0:39:06 > 0:39:10Either that, or they've been mauled to death by squirrels!
0:39:17 > 0:39:19- Shelagh.- Mm?
0:39:19 > 0:39:21I want to call the surgery.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23Why?
0:39:23 > 0:39:25Because it will put my mind at rest.
0:39:26 > 0:39:30And then we'll REALLY be able to enjoy our holiday.
0:39:30 > 0:39:31Instead of pretending.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58Diane's gone into theatre now.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01The ward sister suggested you go home and telephone later.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04Am I going to lose her?
0:40:04 > 0:40:07No. You aren't.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10All I could think about was her reputation.
0:40:10 > 0:40:14I had to get married when she was on the way.
0:40:14 > 0:40:18No white wedding for me - it was straight down the registry
0:40:18 > 0:40:20in a plum two-piece I borrowed off my cousin.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23One day, Diane will find a man that's worthy of her.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26And I for one will be outside that church
0:40:26 > 0:40:28watching you flinging confetti.
0:40:30 > 0:40:34I put a flannel in her mouth to stop her from screaming.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37I never even let her hold him.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42I'm not cruel by nature. But I don't know which is worse.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47I think it's time that you put all that behind you now, Thora.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50Make a fresh start.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52Won't be a fresh start, though, will it?
0:40:52 > 0:40:54Not if I keep on keeping secrets.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39No!
0:41:50 > 0:41:52RINGING TONE
0:41:52 > 0:41:53Ah, hello, operator?
0:41:53 > 0:41:57I'd like to be connected to a number in Poplar, London, please.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59PHONE RINGS
0:42:01 > 0:42:04SEAGULLS CALL
0:43:01 > 0:43:05- A uterine inversion? - Yes. At a home delivery.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07I should never have come away.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11We're going home.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21Please, don't touch me.
0:43:32 > 0:43:35Oh, Sister. What were you thinking of, cycling alone?
0:43:38 > 0:43:43We always do. I thought... I thought my habit would protect me.
0:43:43 > 0:43:45But that was my arrogance, my fault.
0:43:45 > 0:43:48You are not to even say the word "fault"!
0:43:48 > 0:43:51Do you hear me? I won't allow it.
0:43:52 > 0:43:54Sister. What happened?
0:43:58 > 0:44:00I wasn't raped.
0:44:02 > 0:44:05Before you ask me, I can say that. I wasn't raped.
0:44:05 > 0:44:08You were viciously attacked. Just now, the details don't matter.
0:44:08 > 0:44:10I don't want you to come near me!
0:44:12 > 0:44:14I don't want anybody to touch me at all.
0:44:16 > 0:44:19I'll call Sergeant Noakes.
0:44:33 > 0:44:36Do you know the worst thing?
0:44:36 > 0:44:38No.
0:44:41 > 0:44:43I don't know.
0:44:43 > 0:44:46And...I can't imagine it.
0:44:46 > 0:44:49The worst thing is that I'd actually stopped to pray.
0:44:50 > 0:44:57I'd stopped, because I wanted to raise my prayers with yours...
0:44:59 > 0:45:03..to sing inside my soul, when my Sisters were singing.
0:45:05 > 0:45:10I wanted to give thanks for Trixie's skill, for what she'd done,
0:45:10 > 0:45:11for the fact Diane had survived.
0:45:15 > 0:45:20And it was one of the most beautiful moments I'd ever known.
0:45:22 > 0:45:24I felt so close to God, and then it happened.
0:45:26 > 0:45:31Sister, would it help you to pray now?
0:45:34 > 0:45:36- Pray now?- Yes.
0:45:36 > 0:45:38No.
0:45:40 > 0:45:42Sergeant Noakes wants to interview you.
0:45:44 > 0:45:46And you will have to be examined by a doctor.
0:45:46 > 0:45:49No. I can't. Don't make me.
0:45:50 > 0:45:55If no-one speaks out, this is going to go on happening and happening...
0:45:55 > 0:45:59All I can think about now is what happened this morning,
0:45:59 > 0:46:02when I thought God was at my shoulder.
0:46:02 > 0:46:04And there was someone else behind me all the time.
0:46:04 > 0:46:06Sister...
0:46:06 > 0:46:09Don't talk to me gently! Don't be kind!
0:46:09 > 0:46:13Because I'm angry! I'm angry,
0:46:13 > 0:46:17and I don't know what to do, or...or...or what God wants of me.
0:46:17 > 0:46:21I don't even know if He wants anything at all!
0:46:21 > 0:46:22Sister...
0:46:22 > 0:46:26just...let me hold you by the hand.
0:46:26 > 0:46:28I wouldn't be able to feel it.
0:46:30 > 0:46:33It's as if I'm behind glass.
0:46:33 > 0:46:35Or He's behind glass.
0:46:39 > 0:46:41Scared to move in case everything breaks.
0:46:45 > 0:46:48- Can I speak to her? - She doesn't want to.
0:46:48 > 0:46:50And I cannot and will not force her to.
0:46:50 > 0:46:55- She's been brutalised enough. - Sister. Someone has to talk to us.
0:46:56 > 0:46:58Or I don't know where it's going to end.
0:47:02 > 0:47:04Sister, you're meant to be resting.
0:47:04 > 0:47:06I want to have a bath.
0:47:06 > 0:47:08You can't. You have to be examined.
0:47:08 > 0:47:11Why? I know what he did. I was there.
0:47:12 > 0:47:17If you want a bath, you have one. But please let us help you.
0:47:18 > 0:47:22Just don't lock the door. You were knocked unconscious this morning.
0:47:22 > 0:47:24Please don't lock the door.
0:47:29 > 0:47:31Judith.
0:47:31 > 0:47:35After years and years of caring for mothers
0:47:35 > 0:47:40and babies, I found that all pain passes, in the end.
0:47:40 > 0:47:43I know that. I do know that.
0:47:43 > 0:47:47Sometimes it won't take its leave until we acknowledge it,
0:47:47 > 0:47:50that it's there. Or WHY it's there.
0:47:50 > 0:47:54I didn't want to talk to anybody. You thought it could've been Colin.
0:47:54 > 0:47:57The police could've thought I was on the game! Out at night,
0:47:57 > 0:48:00- coming home with bite marks. - But we know the truth, Judith.
0:48:00 > 0:48:03Not all of it.
0:48:03 > 0:48:06I'm a bad mother, Sister.
0:48:06 > 0:48:07And I was punished.
0:48:08 > 0:48:10Can Colin come in?
0:48:44 > 0:48:46SHE SOBS
0:48:56 > 0:48:59'Babies cry. Everybody knows babies cry.'
0:49:00 > 0:49:06But when it's yours, you can't ignore it. Ignoring's not allowed.
0:49:06 > 0:49:08It isn't even possible.
0:49:11 > 0:49:15So I thought I'd try the walking at night.
0:49:15 > 0:49:19You always give good advice. But it didn't make any difference.
0:49:21 > 0:49:24And the crying gets inside your head...
0:49:25 > 0:49:30..and in the end you can't tell if it's him screaming or you screaming.
0:49:32 > 0:49:33And...
0:49:33 > 0:49:36Love. It's all right.
0:49:37 > 0:49:43And so I parked the pram, and I walked away.
0:49:45 > 0:49:50I walked away. I abandoned my baby.
0:49:52 > 0:49:57All I wanted was to not hear that crying any more.
0:49:59 > 0:50:04And then I felt...him grab me from behind...
0:50:04 > 0:50:05The man who hurt you?
0:50:05 > 0:50:08I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
0:50:08 > 0:50:13I'M sorry. I should've known... I should've helped you.
0:50:13 > 0:50:17I can tell you. I wanted to tell you.
0:50:17 > 0:50:19But how can I go to the police?
0:50:19 > 0:50:23If I tell them the truth, I'll have social workers on me
0:50:23 > 0:50:25saying I'm an unfit mother. And I am.
0:50:25 > 0:50:30You are not. And you've done nothing to be ashamed of.
0:50:30 > 0:50:33That's not true. And I'm not going to speak to the police.
0:50:41 > 0:50:43Thank you.
0:50:58 > 0:51:02There is a time for us to mortify our flesh.
0:51:06 > 0:51:11And a time to cherish it, and marvel at its strength.
0:51:42 > 0:51:44I've changed my mind.
0:51:46 > 0:51:48You want to go to the police?
0:51:48 > 0:51:52Other women can't because they're too afraid.
0:51:54 > 0:51:56Afraid they'll get the blame.
0:51:56 > 0:52:00Afraid of what other people will think of them.
0:52:00 > 0:52:02And I'm afraid of so many things.
0:52:02 > 0:52:04But not that.
0:52:13 > 0:52:15He smelled of alcohol.
0:52:15 > 0:52:20Not beer. I know what beer smells like, but it wasn't that.
0:52:20 > 0:52:25And he was taller than me, but not as tall as some men.
0:52:27 > 0:52:32And when...when he turned me round to face him,
0:52:32 > 0:52:37I saw - quite clearly - that he had tattoos on both hands.
0:52:41 > 0:52:43Is it working girls he went for?
0:52:43 > 0:52:45He went for defenceless women who were
0:52:45 > 0:52:47going about their ordinary business.
0:52:49 > 0:52:55It's prison work. Soot or ink rubbed into cuts made with a knife.
0:52:56 > 0:52:58I don't know that one.
0:52:58 > 0:53:01This one says he's a convicted brigand.
0:53:01 > 0:53:05This one says what he thinks of his sentence.
0:53:05 > 0:53:08I've had more old lags than you can shake a stick at come through
0:53:08 > 0:53:11these doors, and I've never seen tats like that.
0:53:11 > 0:53:13I have.
0:53:13 > 0:53:16You get them on the Soviet lads,
0:53:16 > 0:53:18the ones that come in with the Merchant Marine.
0:53:18 > 0:53:21- Soviet?- So all you need to do is look up
0:53:21 > 0:53:24what ship's come in under their flag.
0:53:30 > 0:53:32KNOCK AT DOOR
0:53:33 > 0:53:36I've brought your tetanus jab, I'm afraid.
0:53:39 > 0:53:42- How are you feeling?- Lighter.
0:53:45 > 0:53:48I thought, at first, that it was a test of faith.
0:53:48 > 0:53:50But it was only a test of strength.
0:53:50 > 0:53:54I can bear more than I ever thought I could.
0:53:54 > 0:53:56And I can bear it for others,
0:53:56 > 0:54:00because my strength is a gift from Him.
0:54:01 > 0:54:04I can tell the truth, and not be ashamed.
0:54:06 > 0:54:10It's like singing. EVERY voice counts.
0:54:18 > 0:54:22Aren't you going to look at him? He's beautiful, Diane.
0:54:22 > 0:54:26I've already got three little brothers.
0:54:26 > 0:54:27He's your son.
0:54:30 > 0:54:35I could've killed you. Because I-I didn't want you ruined.
0:54:37 > 0:54:40Because I'd rather lie all my life - all your life, and his -
0:54:40 > 0:54:43than tell the world to take a running jump.
0:54:45 > 0:54:47People are going to wonder where your bump went.
0:54:47 > 0:54:50And if they ask me, I'll tell them the truth.
0:55:01 > 0:55:02Can I hold him?
0:55:02 > 0:55:05Don't ask me.
0:55:05 > 0:55:08Just take him.
0:55:08 > 0:55:10He's yours.
0:55:15 > 0:55:17I'm a mum, Mum.
0:55:19 > 0:55:21And I don't even know where to start.
0:55:21 > 0:55:23You just did.
0:55:52 > 0:55:56MATURE JENNY: 'And as the summer inched towards its close,
0:55:56 > 0:55:59'Dr Turner found a more reliable locum,
0:55:59 > 0:56:02'and the family had a proper holiday at last.
0:56:02 > 0:56:06'There was no pretend enjoyment this time. Everything was real.'
0:56:10 > 0:56:12Art History tonight?
0:56:12 > 0:56:14No.
0:56:15 > 0:56:19I think it's about time I came clean.
0:56:19 > 0:56:22I have no interest whatever in Art History
0:56:22 > 0:56:25and I'm actually going to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.
0:56:25 > 0:56:30I go every week, and I've been going for...ten months.
0:56:31 > 0:56:33Good for you.
0:56:33 > 0:56:36I think it's absolutely splendid.
0:56:38 > 0:56:41MATURE JENNY: 'New truths were being spoken at Nonnatus House
0:56:41 > 0:56:43'but some remained concealed...'
0:56:43 > 0:56:45# And for thy righteousness sake... #
0:56:45 > 0:56:50..while one voice rose, striving to erase its agony in song.
0:56:52 > 0:56:57# And of thy goodness slay mine enemies. #
0:56:59 > 0:57:04It has been declared to be 100% effective in preventing pregnancy.
0:57:04 > 0:57:07It's a miracle with moral implications.
0:57:07 > 0:57:10Barge people are a law unto themselves.
0:57:10 > 0:57:12There's help, and there's interference.
0:57:12 > 0:57:15- Fetch me my clothes.- Mrs Blacker... - Fetch 'em!
0:57:15 > 0:57:16There's been a weather warning
0:57:16 > 0:57:19on the wireless. Gale force nine across London!
0:57:19 > 0:57:22Straight out of Whitaker's Almanack. You should batten down the hatches.
0:57:22 > 0:57:24I'm sure there's no need for us to be alarmed.
0:57:24 > 0:57:27Morning, Sister Julienne. Sister Mary Cynthia.
0:57:29 > 0:57:35# I know there is no need to be
0:57:36 > 0:57:46# The eyes of God are smiling down on me
0:57:48 > 0:57:52# When daylight fades
0:57:52 > 0:57:56# And in the sky the stars appear... #