0:00:30 > 0:00:33MATURE JENNY: 'Women write their history
0:00:33 > 0:00:35'in the words that pass between them.'
0:00:35 > 0:00:36Hello.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39'Too often, we leave no trace beyond the children born,
0:00:39 > 0:00:41'the clothing stitched,
0:00:41 > 0:00:47'the service given, the choices made - IF there was choice at all.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52'But in 1961, we were choosing routes
0:00:52 > 0:00:55'and taking byways never walked before.'
0:00:56 > 0:00:59'We did not hesitate or stumble
0:00:59 > 0:01:03'because all roads were unexplored and everything was possible.'
0:01:06 > 0:01:10Yesterday's referral letters for the Family Planning Association Clinic.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13If you sign them now, we'll get them off ahead of this morning's batch.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16There must be a queue right round the block at that clinic.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19There's a queue right round our waiting room this morning.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Sandrine Weller's in next. Miss.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Unmarried women can't be referred for oral contraception!
0:01:27 > 0:01:29It's no better than the Dutch cap in that regard.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Rules are rules, Patrick.
0:01:32 > 0:01:33It isn't what we hoped for.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35No, but it's a start.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39And you still change lives for the better.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44- Coo-ee! Violet!- Hello, Tessie!
0:01:44 > 0:01:46You remember Tessie, don't you, Fred?
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Her brother married my cousin, Enid.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50Yes, and he was never happy again.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Mitchell, put your shoulders back and say hello to Violet.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55- Hello, Violet. - Hello, Mitchell, love.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57I'm sorry it didn't work out for you in Australia.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00I've a bloody good mind to write to that Prime Minister.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02They're quick enough to ship him out there for £10 a head,
0:02:02 > 0:02:05and then if they don't like it and they want to come home,
0:02:05 > 0:02:08it's pay the full whack for your ticket or swim!
0:02:08 > 0:02:11I heard you was working on a sheep farm.
0:02:11 > 0:02:12That can't have been very pleasant.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16The things they had him chopping off would have turned your stomach.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Suffice to say, it weren't just wool.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20I'm a city lad, Violet.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23I've got steady work on the tools in Lipkin's Plumbing now.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25Ah, good for you! The East End raised you.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29Now you can get stuck in and sort those khazies out!
0:02:29 > 0:02:30Thank you(!)
0:02:30 > 0:02:33He doesn't need compost all over his lapels.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35We're on our way to a consultation.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37THEY CHUCKLE
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Mum, there's a notice in the window.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50"Mr Hereward is available in the church vestry
0:02:50 > 0:02:53"between 12 noon and 2pm each weekday."
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Oh, so much for "knock and it shall be opened unto you"!
0:03:01 > 0:03:02KNOCKING Coo-ee! Reverend?
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Oh! We want to organise a wedding.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11- Well, then, I should put a shirt on. - I think that would be preferable.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Mitchell's got a fiancee. She's Australian.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17He's had to leave her behind until they have enough for her passage,
0:03:17 > 0:03:20and now she's on the SS Canberra and...
0:03:20 > 0:03:23well, she's in the family way.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26How far along...in the family way?
0:03:26 > 0:03:27Far enough.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Mitchell never knew when he set off, and I can't say I'm sorry,
0:03:29 > 0:03:31because if he had, he never would have come home.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33I'm sure he wouldn't.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35But, Mitchell, as soon as your fiancee arrives,
0:03:35 > 0:03:37we could start to plan the wedding.
0:03:37 > 0:03:38It takes three weeks to call the banns.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42We haven't got three weeks. We might not even have three days!
0:03:42 > 0:03:43The ship was delayed at Cape Town
0:03:43 > 0:03:46and by the time they dock, Noelle might have given birth!
0:03:46 > 0:03:47Well, under the circumstances,
0:03:47 > 0:03:49no-one will condemn her, or the child.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52It will still be a bastard.
0:03:52 > 0:03:53Mum!
0:03:53 > 0:03:55I want them married the minute that boat docks.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00My goodness, young Lenny, you are filling out nicely!
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Have you got bricks in your pockets?
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Marbles? Hm!
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Well, must be all that extra milk we're getting into you.
0:04:08 > 0:04:09Right, off you hop,
0:04:09 > 0:04:12and Sister Monica Joan will give you a liquorice allsort.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16It is Sooty who is handing out the liquorice allsorts today, not I.
0:04:21 > 0:04:22Mrs Clarke?
0:04:22 > 0:04:24You've got her well wrapped up.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Oh, she feels the cold, does Susan.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29And it's gone quite nippy out.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31I'd have loved a little girl.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Oh, she's got the face of an angel.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36BABY CRIES
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Well, I wish she had the lungs of an angel!
0:04:38 > 0:04:42You should see her kicking off when something doesn't suit.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Proper Miss Determined, she is.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46It's probably just as well.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49You can take that blanket off
0:04:49 > 0:04:51if she's hot. I don't mind, honest.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55Mrs Mullucks and Susan?
0:04:55 > 0:04:56Yeah.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04You've got quite a grip in those little fingers, Miss Mullucks.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07She can hold a rattle in them,
0:05:07 > 0:05:08Dr Turner, and a spoon!
0:05:08 > 0:05:11She can't get it in her mouth yet, but...
0:05:11 > 0:05:15Most children can't feed themselves until they're a wee bit older.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Last time we were in the children's hospital, there was
0:05:18 > 0:05:22a little boy born just like Susan, only with proper legs and feet...
0:05:23 > 0:05:26..and he was having his fingers amputated.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30Doctors said they'd be no use to him cos they were so misshapen.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34I think you should encourage Susan to lean towards things,
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Rhoda, try to pick them up.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38She has some muscle at the shoulder
0:05:38 > 0:05:40and it may be she can develop it.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Should I make her an appointment with the occupational therapist?
0:05:43 > 0:05:47RHODA SOBS Oh, Rhoda! Don't cry.
0:05:48 > 0:05:49You're doing so well!
0:05:51 > 0:05:54I remember you saying that to me when I was having her.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58"You're doing so well! You're doing so well!"
0:06:00 > 0:06:05And I thought, once I'd pushed her out, the pain would be over.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13I'll be out your hair in a minute.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17Sister Winifred had a fainter. Sweet tea and a ginger nut required.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19What happened to you?
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Baby Williams evacuated his bowels at the weighing station.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24You can't go back out covered in all-sorts!
0:06:24 > 0:06:27That is a very copious stool!
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Have you spoken to the mother about his feeding pattern?
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Would YOU like to talk to her?
0:06:32 > 0:06:34I'm very happy to do the child-development checks.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37No, Nurse. You know my policy and I am standing firm.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41Babies are a two-handed job. I do not handle newborns any more.
0:06:41 > 0:06:46Here, here. It's creased but clean as a whistle.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48You make sure you speak to Mrs Williams.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54When she's tucked in her pram or all wrapped up, it's not so bad.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58She looks like any other baby, and people don't stare.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02Or when she's in the house, I just have her in a nappy and a vest,
0:07:02 > 0:07:07and she sits there, all propped up, smiling like nothing's the matter.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10And then I remember in the middle of the night.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13I remember that she's got no arms...
0:07:13 > 0:07:15and no legs.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18I just lie there, shaking.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Are you getting much sleep, Rhoda?
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Because we can help with that.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26I can give you a mild sedative
0:07:26 > 0:07:29and you can take it only when you need it.
0:07:29 > 0:07:30It's called Distaval.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34If I can't fix her, I've got to fix myself.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41On my next day off, I'm going to buy myself a new pair of pantyhose.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Pantyhose? What on earth are pantyhose?
0:07:44 > 0:07:47They're a new kind of suspender-less stocking.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49They've had them in America for years.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51You make that sound like a recommendation!
0:07:51 > 0:07:55But think, Phyllis - no metal clips, no buttons, no belts,
0:07:55 > 0:07:57nothing digging in.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Just silky, whisper-light,
0:07:59 > 0:08:02nylon clinging like a second skin from waist to toe.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05Sounds like a breeding ground for yeast!
0:08:05 > 0:08:07THEY LAUGH
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Oh, I wish we had one of those plastic tomatoes!
0:08:12 > 0:08:14I can't get anything out of this bottle at all!
0:08:14 > 0:08:15LOUD BANGING
0:08:15 > 0:08:19Is there nowhere a woman can get 40
0:08:19 > 0:08:22uninterrupted winks around this place?
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Five minutes to gather my thoughts before Compline!
0:08:25 > 0:08:27That's all I ask - and what do I get?
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Conversations about nylons
0:08:29 > 0:08:34and sauce bottles being banged like it's going out of fashion!
0:08:34 > 0:08:35Sorry, Sister Evangelina.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47I take it we can't tempt you to a savoury snack?
0:08:47 > 0:08:48No.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Oh! Morning, Tessie!
0:08:57 > 0:08:58Violet!
0:08:58 > 0:09:01I heard about Mitchell's fiancee.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05Oh, bless the girl, coming all that way across the world!
0:09:05 > 0:09:06Love knows no boundaries.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09- Who told YOU? - Mr Ballard at the stationer's.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12And he said you was in yesterday, ordering wedding invitations.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Yes.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18And today, I've come to you to order two dozen nappy pins,
0:09:18 > 0:09:21two dozen terry squares, six pairs of plastic pants,
0:09:21 > 0:09:25a heavy-duty sanitary belt and a packet of maternity towels.
0:09:25 > 0:09:26And none of it's for me.
0:09:26 > 0:09:27I see.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31Well, you'll have to get her signed up with the Sisters, Tessie.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Mum, Noelle's ship's in tomorrow!
0:09:35 > 0:09:37It was in the paper. I called in the dock office
0:09:37 > 0:09:39and they said it was definite!
0:09:39 > 0:09:41You'd better add a maternity girdle to that list.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45I have my doubts about Australian foundation garments.
0:09:46 > 0:09:47Congratulations!
0:09:59 > 0:10:02That's absolutely perfect, Tripti.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04THEY SPEAK SYLHETI
0:10:04 > 0:10:06There's no need to thank me, Muna.
0:10:06 > 0:10:07It's all part of the job.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10Now, let's get you on the bed and see if we can have a listen to Baby.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19Oh! Mr Valluk, I beg your pardon. Are you working shifts again?
0:10:22 > 0:10:26I'm sorry, but he will not look.
0:10:26 > 0:10:27It's all right.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31Once I delivered a baby with the father fast asleep beside his wife!
0:10:31 > 0:10:34But he was drunk, and Mr Valluk just looks tired.
0:10:37 > 0:10:41It's not the home we left, but it is a new home.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45That is why I want the baby born here, in my bed.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49And if that is what you want, that is what you shall have.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53- Something has bite you? - No, not at all.
0:11:03 > 0:11:04Hello, Mum!
0:11:04 > 0:11:06What do you think you're doing, pitching up early?
0:11:06 > 0:11:09They let her off the boat first because she's in the family way.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12There's certainly no missing it, is there?
0:11:12 > 0:11:15And here she is. This is Noelle.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18I was going to put balloons up and a notice saying, "Welcome!"
0:11:18 > 0:11:21But I didn't want you to think I was common.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24The house looks lovely. Can I call you Tessie, Mrs Anselm?
0:11:24 > 0:11:27I think you'd better call me Mum. Come on.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36I think I'm allergic to fleas.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39I never get just a little bite mark, always a great itchy welt.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42There are some houses I go to where I have to wear bicycle clips
0:11:42 > 0:11:45to stop the fleas going up my trouser legs.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49And yet people try so hard. It's almost always the landlord's fault.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Where there are bad drains, there are rats,
0:11:51 > 0:11:54- and where there are rats, there are fleas.- Or bed bugs.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Bed bugs can really sink their teeth in
0:11:56 > 0:11:58when you're sitting with the dying.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02And on that romantic note, where are we going to go this evening?
0:12:03 > 0:12:07I have it on good authority that the Palace Picture House was
0:12:07 > 0:12:08fumigated just last week.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12I don't want to go to the cinema tonight.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14I want to talk to you.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18I'm always agreeable to that.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21And perhaps dance a little?
0:12:21 > 0:12:24I'm agreeable to that, too.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Although, please note, I'm not wearing any Brylcreem,
0:12:26 > 0:12:29so wherever we go, the walls will be quite safe.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42I can't believe I'm finally getting my own passport!
0:12:42 > 0:12:44I can't believe you've never had one.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Your dad was a shipbroker who travelled the world.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Mine had a draper's shop in Pembrokeshire.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50I'm amazed my mother doesn't get vaccinations
0:12:50 > 0:12:53when she comes to London to visit Auntie Blod!
0:12:53 > 0:12:55When's she coming again?
0:12:55 > 0:12:59Monday. I already wrote to ask her to bring my birth certificate.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01What is it?
0:13:01 > 0:13:03That woman's here again -
0:13:03 > 0:13:06the one that sneaks the gin into her coffee.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08I used to think she must be on the game
0:13:08 > 0:13:10but I've never seen her with a client.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14I just think she's lonely or heartbroken.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Or both, maybe.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22She looks familiar, somehow, but I don't think I know her.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36I've no objection to them converting the attics at the Mother House
0:13:36 > 0:13:38but why do they have to send us all their junk and tat?
0:13:38 > 0:13:41I have merely managed to unearth two copies of
0:13:41 > 0:13:45Jessica's First Prayer and The Collected Works Of Walter Scott.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48That sounds like Sister Eustace.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51There was always a strange streak about her.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54I never knew if it was violence or romance.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57This one seems to be full of party frocks.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00There must be half a dozen of them and they're all white.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02It's my wedding dress!
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Really?
0:14:04 > 0:14:06I'll never forget putting this on to take my vows
0:14:06 > 0:14:08and enter the novitiate.
0:14:08 > 0:14:13I had to wear high heels with it, and Mother Alice made me
0:14:13 > 0:14:16practise walking up and down in them until I had blisters!
0:14:16 > 0:14:17And this one's mine.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20It was almost thrown out
0:14:20 > 0:14:23because there was silver embroidery on the sleeves!
0:14:23 > 0:14:26In the end, I had to unpick every stitch.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29I felt rather sorry for the bride that donated it.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33I was quite sad when I was told I'd be making my vows in my habit.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37I hadn't realised the Order had given up the custom until then.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41Sister, the expression on your face was worth 1,000 frills
0:14:41 > 0:14:44and falderals! And I don't mind telling you,
0:14:44 > 0:14:49I felt like an absolute sideshow in my big white frock!
0:14:49 > 0:14:51I'm sure you looked lovely.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54It was just a load of nonsense!
0:14:54 > 0:14:57I'd never had any dreams of a wedding day.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00I had, once upon a time.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03I think my mother had, too.
0:15:04 > 0:15:05Mostly sad for her.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09Is this one yours, Sister Evangelina?
0:15:09 > 0:15:13Ooh! If there's enough crepe de chine in it to make a parachute,
0:15:13 > 0:15:14yeah, it must be!
0:15:15 > 0:15:19Thine, and mine also...
0:15:20 > 0:15:25..though I was tall and needed no heels to boost my height.
0:15:25 > 0:15:26Oh, Sister, really?
0:15:26 > 0:15:29We have desired to go
0:15:29 > 0:15:30Where springs not fail...
0:15:32 > 0:15:36To fields where flies no sharp and sided hail...
0:15:37 > 0:15:38And a few lilies blow.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45And on that note, may I suggest we put on some milk for the Horlicks?
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Sister Evangelina, I've just been called out to Tripti Valluk
0:15:55 > 0:15:58and I'm slightly nervous about going on my own.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Whatever for?
0:16:00 > 0:16:02The family's housing is so poor.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05The only tap's outside and I know the toilet's broken,
0:16:05 > 0:16:08and even with my little bits of Sylheti, there'll be
0:16:08 > 0:16:11communication problems with anyone other than Tripti herself.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Little bits of Sylheti?
0:16:13 > 0:16:16I've been picking words up and writing them down phonetically
0:16:16 > 0:16:18when I can.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21You don't often remind me of myself when young.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24You're too disorganised and too slim!
0:16:24 > 0:16:27But I remember teaching myself some words of Yiddish
0:16:27 > 0:16:29when I first came to Poplar.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32SHE SPEAKS YIDDISH
0:16:34 > 0:16:35What does that mean?
0:16:35 > 0:16:39"I can see Baby's head!" and, "We're almost there!"
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Welcome words to any mother after a hard labour,
0:16:42 > 0:16:46but I reckon they deserve to hear them in their own language.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Get your bag, I'm coming with you. But you're the midwife, mind!
0:16:49 > 0:16:52I'm just there to do the donkey work.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59Fred, this front tyre is as soft as butter!
0:16:59 > 0:17:03I told you last week, yesterday, and I'm telling you now!
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Well, I keep pumping it up. I don't know what's the matter with it.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10How about something beginning with "P" and ending in "uncture"?
0:17:10 > 0:17:11Sister Evangelina...
0:17:11 > 0:17:16I can't stand here lecturing you in rudimentary engineering!
0:17:16 > 0:17:18Nurse Gilbert has a patient waiting.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Oh! Whose dinner's THIS supposed to be?
0:17:26 > 0:17:30Ah, Muna must have prepared it for later.
0:17:30 > 0:17:31After the birth, Tripti
0:17:31 > 0:17:33and her baby will go into a period of seclusion, where they'll
0:17:33 > 0:17:37just rest and not see anyone, including her husband, for a while.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Can't fault that arrangement.
0:17:39 > 0:17:44At home in Sylhet, women sleep on floor for one week after baby comes.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48Here, there is no space on floor. Room too small.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Too many unwelcome visitors, if you ask me.
0:17:55 > 0:18:00Oh! Have you got any soap, Mrs Valluk? Fairy, Lifebuoy,
0:18:00 > 0:18:02anything will do.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05Yesterday, I cleaned everything, all of room.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09You may start feeling the urge to push soon, Tripti.
0:18:09 > 0:18:10Sunlight! That'll do.
0:18:13 > 0:18:14TRIPTI CRIES OUT
0:18:17 > 0:18:20TRIPTI CRIES OUT
0:18:20 > 0:18:23Do you want to unpack the gas and air,
0:18:23 > 0:18:25just in case we need it for the final stretch?
0:18:25 > 0:18:28In my view, Nurse, if mother's doing well, you don't
0:18:28 > 0:18:32want to upset the applecart by waving it under her nose.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34TRIPTI YELLS
0:18:37 > 0:18:41Um, I'll go down to the tap, fill the bucket.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52GROANING
0:18:59 > 0:19:01BABY CRIES
0:19:14 > 0:19:16The placenta will come soon, Tripti.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20It's only been half an hour, and it can take up to an hour.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23This water's perfect for Baby's bath.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27We can't keep feeding the meter just to keep it on the simmer.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29We've got candles for if the gas runs out,
0:19:29 > 0:19:33but would YOU be able to bath Baby now, Sister Evangelina?
0:19:33 > 0:19:36No, you know I don't handle newborns any more.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38I made a rule, and I'm sticking by it.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41But this room isn't very warm and the water may go cold
0:19:41 > 0:19:45while I wait with Tripti, and we may put off cleaning Baby.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47It would be very helpful if you stepped in.
0:19:49 > 0:19:50Oh!
0:19:53 > 0:19:57I think this young lady has been here before...
0:19:58 > 0:20:04Maybe not in this continent, maybe not in weather like this,
0:20:04 > 0:20:05but she's been here.
0:20:10 > 0:20:15Come on, little girl. Bad-oop, bad-oop, bad-oop! That's it.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18I hope your mummy's got some vests
0:20:18 > 0:20:20for you to wear
0:20:20 > 0:20:22underneath your pretty clothes.
0:20:25 > 0:20:26TRIPTI GROANS
0:20:28 > 0:20:29BABY CRIES
0:20:29 > 0:20:32Go and see to Mother, Nurse Gilbert.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Baby and I are getting along...
0:20:35 > 0:20:39..just fine. Yeah.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46Would you like some tea and toast, Sister Evangelina?
0:20:46 > 0:20:48I reckon we've earned more than toast.
0:20:48 > 0:20:53There's half a chocolate-button cake in a tin in the bottom cupboard.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55Have a look at the back, behind the All-Bran.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04Oh. There's none left.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09I fear our noble friends, the rats,
0:21:09 > 0:21:11must have been there in advance of us.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15Oh, yes, those special rats that can open tins
0:21:15 > 0:21:17and only live in convent kitchens(!)
0:21:17 > 0:21:21Oh! Cocoa-flavoured buttercream
0:21:21 > 0:21:25and a rogue splinter of chocolate button? You are slipping up, Sister.
0:21:25 > 0:21:26You missed a bit!
0:21:26 > 0:21:29I chanced upon some water biscuits.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32They have no lure for rats.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Do you still want a cup of tea?
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Suppose I shall have to settle for one,
0:21:36 > 0:21:40seeing as it's the only sustenance I'm going to get!
0:21:40 > 0:21:41I'll bring it over.
0:21:48 > 0:21:49Oh!
0:21:52 > 0:21:53Oh!
0:21:58 > 0:22:02Here you are, Sister. Keep the chill off you while you wait.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04Thank you.
0:22:44 > 0:22:45Morning, Sister!
0:22:47 > 0:22:49I can't say I blame you!
0:22:49 > 0:22:53I love a sit-down before breakfast - that's if I can get one.
0:22:53 > 0:22:54Best bit of the day.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01..especially if I nod off and wake up to the smell of my Violet
0:23:01 > 0:23:04frying bacon.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Oh! Sorry!
0:23:07 > 0:23:08Sister Evangelina?
0:23:15 > 0:23:16Oh, no!
0:23:56 > 0:23:58- Look!- What's this?
0:23:58 > 0:24:00Have you given any more thought to buying Angela
0:24:00 > 0:24:01a doll's pram for her birthday?
0:24:01 > 0:24:03- Would you like it? - She always makes such a beeline
0:24:03 > 0:24:05for the one at the community centre!
0:24:05 > 0:24:06Why spend all that money
0:24:06 > 0:24:10when she seems perfectly happy with a basket of sticks and pine cones?!
0:24:10 > 0:24:12FRONT DOOR OPENS
0:24:12 > 0:24:17Ah, just in time for some bacon! Where's your scarf?
0:24:18 > 0:24:19It's a school scarf,
0:24:19 > 0:24:22so I wear it on school days, and today's a Saturday!
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Ah, which means we get our copy of The Lancet!
0:24:25 > 0:24:29Mr Miller sent you a copy of the Exchange & Mart as well today.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31I asked him if it was a mistake but he said no.
0:24:31 > 0:24:36It isn't. We're going to be looking at the "doll's pram" section.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39Ooh, thank you. What a lovely house!
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Dad, she understands everything we say!
0:24:44 > 0:24:47Patrick, you're needed at Nonnatus House.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14I would put money on another stroke -
0:25:14 > 0:25:17a massive bleed to her brain that took her while she slept.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19But she hadn't seen you or any doctor
0:25:19 > 0:25:21since she came back to Poplar.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Will there have to be a postmortem?
0:25:23 > 0:25:27It's a sudden death. I will have to inform the coroner.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30You shall not take her from this place!
0:25:30 > 0:25:34Sister Monica Joan, Doctor Turner has to inform the authorities.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38He has no choice and no say in what is ordered.
0:25:38 > 0:25:43The Lord himself assured us of the resurrection of the body.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46How is our Sister to rise again...
0:25:48 > 0:25:51..if her earthly form is not intact?
0:25:52 > 0:25:55She will need eyes to see...
0:25:56 > 0:25:58..a brain to think...
0:26:00 > 0:26:02..a heart to love.
0:26:04 > 0:26:10If you mutilate her now, you maim her for eternity.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Oh, my dear.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17We cannot address this now.
0:26:18 > 0:26:24You and I will join our Sisters in the chapel and we will pray
0:26:24 > 0:26:27when we have attended to all that is essential.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31Do you suggest that prayer is not essential?
0:26:33 > 0:26:35I suggest that prayer can wait.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41Whatever must be done on Earth,
0:26:41 > 0:26:45we know our Sister is in Heaven.
0:26:46 > 0:26:51It is her reward, and we must not resent or fight it.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05I spoke to the coroner's office.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09Given her recent stroke and the impairment she was left with,
0:27:09 > 0:27:12it looks as though we can avoid a postmortem.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14Oh, Patrick!
0:27:14 > 0:27:16I'm sorry.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20I know how much she meant to you, to everyone.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24Who am I going to spar with now?
0:27:26 > 0:27:27I'm not crying about that.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33I was, but I decided Sister Evangelina wouldn't approve,
0:27:33 > 0:27:36so I sent Timothy out with Angela
0:27:36 > 0:27:39and went into the surgery to see to the morning's post.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48They're withdrawing Distaval?
0:27:48 > 0:27:49With immediate effect.
0:27:50 > 0:27:55Babies have been born deformed, and they think there's a link with it.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57This is official?
0:27:58 > 0:28:01I rang the Board of Health.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03I didn't think there'd be anyone there today,
0:28:03 > 0:28:05but the line was engaged.
0:28:05 > 0:28:09I didn't think that was a good sign, so I looked in The Lancet...
0:28:11 > 0:28:13..and there's a letter to the editor.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19Thalidomide. It's from Distillers Biochemicals.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23But they just say that there is a possible association with
0:28:23 > 0:28:25harmful effects on the foetus.
0:28:26 > 0:28:30And it also says there are only two reports from abroad
0:28:30 > 0:28:32and none from Great Britain.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35I don't understand it.
0:28:35 > 0:28:40But this letter came, Patrick! Distaval's being withdrawn!
0:28:41 > 0:28:46Shelagh, I have prescribed Distaval to dozens of patients...
0:28:47 > 0:28:49..perhaps scores!
0:28:51 > 0:28:53Deformed babies have been born in our district.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57We need to speak to someone...
0:28:58 > 0:29:00..and then we need to act.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07I don't think anything's going to happen just yet, Noelle.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09I feel like a bit of a chump,
0:29:09 > 0:29:11calling you out when there was no need.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15If a quick home visit helps you to relax
0:29:15 > 0:29:19and look forward to your wedding, that's all to the good.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21It's like being royalty.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23Mr Hereward says that the special licence
0:29:23 > 0:29:25came from the Archbishop of Canterbury.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27Grand as well as quick!
0:29:28 > 0:29:29Is that your outfit?
0:29:31 > 0:29:33I brought the maternity dress from home,
0:29:33 > 0:29:35and Tessie took charge of the accessories.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37We tried and tried to find me a proper gown
0:29:37 > 0:29:41but all the dressmakers were busy and...well,
0:29:41 > 0:29:44I'm not going to get anything off-the-peg in my condition, am I?
0:29:44 > 0:29:45Perhaps not...
0:29:46 > 0:29:51..but I love the colours and Tessie certainly knows how to pick a hat.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55It's just not very bridal.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59It's not like I thought it would be when I was little and used
0:29:59 > 0:30:02to run round with one of Mum's lace curtains on my head on a wash day.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06She used to say she couldn't wait to see me all in white.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11You'll still look beautiful, Noelle.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13But will I feel like a bride?
0:30:19 > 0:30:21No, I won't call back later.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24I'm quite content to remain on hold, thank you.
0:30:25 > 0:30:29Patrick, you don't know how the filing system works!
0:30:29 > 0:30:32Leave it alone or come and hold the telephone instead of me.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41- 'Can we ask you hold the line, caller?'- Very well.
0:31:05 > 0:31:06News travels so quickly.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11Forget-Me-Not Lane Florists just telephoned
0:31:11 > 0:31:15and offered to provide the wreath of our choice for her, free of charge.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19But our vow of poverty was so very important to her.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24Everything she ever had, she tried to give away.
0:31:26 > 0:31:30I thought of that when I was looking at Noelle's wedding outfit.
0:31:30 > 0:31:34It was as though I heard Sister Evangelina's voice.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36Really?
0:31:36 > 0:31:41Clearly as I hear God's, when something deep and precious happens,
0:31:41 > 0:31:45as clearly as I ever heard hers when she was telling me off,
0:31:45 > 0:31:48which happened quite often over the years.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50It happened to me, too.
0:31:50 > 0:31:55But this time, she was saying, "Poor girl,
0:31:55 > 0:31:57"all the way from Australia,
0:31:57 > 0:32:01"Tessie Anselm as a mother-in-law and no proper wedding dress.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03"Give her mine, for pity's sake!"
0:32:03 > 0:32:06SHE CHUCKLES
0:32:07 > 0:32:12Well, now's not the time to start arguing with her, is it?
0:32:12 > 0:32:14Is it?
0:32:14 > 0:32:16SHE CRIES
0:32:22 > 0:32:25PHONE RINGS
0:32:30 > 0:32:32Nonnatus House?
0:32:32 > 0:32:33Sister,
0:32:33 > 0:32:36I'm afraid I have to ask you to come to the surgery as soon you can.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39Is it to do with the coroner's arrangements?
0:32:40 > 0:32:42No.
0:32:55 > 0:32:56ENGINE STARTS
0:33:18 > 0:33:21I thought you might like a cuppa, Fred. It's well-sugared.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23Thank you.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30I'm all right, I just, er...
0:33:30 > 0:33:33I didn't know what to do so I thought I'd come and do this.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37Well, I'm sure Sister Evangelina would be grateful, Fred.
0:33:37 > 0:33:38No, she wouldn't.
0:33:38 > 0:33:43She never once said "thank you" in 18 years of bicycle maintenance!
0:33:45 > 0:33:51She was a grafter, and grafters don't waste time on pleasantries.
0:33:53 > 0:33:54I'm just doing
0:33:54 > 0:33:57what she would have done if the shoe was on the other foot.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02I'm just doing what I do.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12Somebody's fudging something, if you ask me.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15There must have been more than just one or two cases.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18And pound to a penny, there's been some in THIS country.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20What about Baby Cottingham -
0:34:20 > 0:34:23the limbless baby that died in St Cuthbert's?
0:34:23 > 0:34:26Ruby, the child's mother, was one of our patients.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29I was with Ruby when she was in labour.
0:34:29 > 0:34:34When the baby was finally born... in theatre,
0:34:34 > 0:34:38the surgeon said, "Oh, my God. Another one!"
0:34:38 > 0:34:41The Officer for Health told us that
0:34:41 > 0:34:43the drug was banned in Germany last week.
0:34:44 > 0:34:48It's called Contergan over there, but it's the same drug -
0:34:48 > 0:34:50Thalidomide.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53The first thing we thought of was little Susan Mullucks,
0:34:53 > 0:34:57but her mother was never prescribed Distaval until last week.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00We can't be sure that there's any connection at all
0:35:00 > 0:35:01until we find out more.
0:35:01 > 0:35:05Well, never mind finding out more. Get the tablets she HAS got off her.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08Who's to say she won't conceive again and keep on taking them?
0:35:08 > 0:35:13Doctor, there must be dozens of women, pregnant and otherwise,
0:35:13 > 0:35:15who have been prescribed this.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17Yes, by me.
0:35:20 > 0:35:21I don't know how to put it right!
0:35:21 > 0:35:23Patrick, sit down.
0:35:26 > 0:35:30Sister, go back to Nonnatus House.
0:35:30 > 0:35:34You have things to see to there that no-one else can do.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36And send me Nurse Mount.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39She's a champion Rolodexer and she stays calm under fire.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42Doctor, you're not to blame.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45Oh, I will be, if one more woman,
0:35:45 > 0:35:50pregnant or otherwise, swallows one more of those vile pills.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56We brought nothing into this world.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59- SISTERS:- And it is certain that we can carry nothing out.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07Blessed be the Name of the Lord.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48SHE SOBS
0:36:58 > 0:37:01- SISTERS:- Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.
0:37:01 > 0:37:05Even so saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labours.
0:37:05 > 0:37:06KNOCKING
0:37:07 > 0:37:09The undertaker's arrived.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32I just don't understand it.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35We now have a list of seven women who were given Distaval
0:37:35 > 0:37:39specifically to help with intractable morning sickness,
0:37:39 > 0:37:42but they all gave birth to normal, healthy babies.
0:37:42 > 0:37:43Are you sure?
0:37:43 > 0:37:47They were all taking it from as early as nine weeks into pregnancy,
0:37:47 > 0:37:51but none of them started sooner than October of last year.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54And prior to that, it was only ever prescribed as a sedative.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57What about Jeffrey Gallagher's mother?
0:37:57 > 0:37:59He was the little chap born without thumbs.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01The Gallaghers left the district.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04They went to live in Haverhill in Suffolk.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10I've got a positive for Ruby Cottingham.
0:38:12 > 0:38:13She's had it recently,
0:38:13 > 0:38:16but she wasn't prescribed it during pregnancy.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20Then I looked further back.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23Her husband was away at sea and she had three little lads underfoot.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28Dr Turner diagnosed her with anxiety leading to sleeplessness.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30I'm sorry.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34She must have had some left, kept them in the cupboard.
0:38:34 > 0:38:35People do.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39PHONE RINGS
0:38:40 > 0:38:42- Turner speaking. - 'Turner, it's Jacques here.'
0:38:42 > 0:38:45- Dr Jacques?- 'You rang me earlier.'
0:38:45 > 0:38:47Yes, yes, it's good of you to take my call.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50'We've got work to do. I think we're all in the same boat.'
0:38:50 > 0:38:51Yes.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56You're sure you want her to be at rest here, Sister?
0:38:56 > 0:39:00There'll be so many wanting to pay their respects.
0:39:00 > 0:39:06The thing is, we East End people see Sister Evangelina as one of our own.
0:39:07 > 0:39:08I know.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12She's one of our own, too...
0:39:13 > 0:39:17..and I'm not sure we can spare her yet.
0:39:19 > 0:39:23If you would grant us the honour, Sister,
0:39:23 > 0:39:26Crellin & Sons would like to take care of everything -
0:39:26 > 0:39:32the coffin, the hearse, the burial place, the headstone.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34There will be no charge.
0:39:36 > 0:39:37No charge at all?
0:39:40 > 0:39:43I was born two months before I should have been,
0:39:43 > 0:39:45and I nearly killed my mother.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49Sister Evangelina bathed me in olive oil...
0:39:50 > 0:39:52..wrapped me up in lint...
0:39:56 > 0:39:59..and sat by my mum's bed for seven days.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01She never took a penny piece.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06And now it's time for me to pay back what I owe.
0:40:14 > 0:40:18Rhoda Mullucks' sister, Ava, left Poplar two years ago
0:40:18 > 0:40:19and moved to Harlow.
0:40:21 > 0:40:25Dr Jacques prescribed Distaval for her for insomnia
0:40:25 > 0:40:27shortly afterwards.
0:40:27 > 0:40:31She would have had the tablets in supply 18 months ago,
0:40:31 > 0:40:34round about the time that Susan was conceived.
0:40:35 > 0:40:39So we write to Jeffrey Gallagher's GP,
0:40:39 > 0:40:42warn of the possible connection to his missing thumbs.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46And we ask Rhoda Mullucks if she took her sister's tablets.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49And we tell Ruby Cottingham why her baby died.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54I think Sister Julienne will want to do that.
0:40:56 > 0:40:57Yes.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04- Mr Tunnicliffe?- Yeah? - May I speak to your wife?
0:41:04 > 0:41:07It's regarding a problem with her prescription medication.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09I must take them, I'm afraid, Mrs Jones,
0:41:09 > 0:41:11even if there are just two remaining.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40Mrs Michaels?
0:41:54 > 0:41:58Prescription patients have been passing Distaval around
0:41:58 > 0:41:59as if they were nuts at a party.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03I've knocked at Rhoda Mullucks' house twice.
0:42:03 > 0:42:07There's no-one in. Her neighbours don't know where they've gone.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25Mrs Cottingham.....
0:42:25 > 0:42:27Last time I saw you, I was in the hospital.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29Called me Ruby then.
0:42:31 > 0:42:36Ruby, your eldest boy told me where I might find you.
0:42:36 > 0:42:41I'd stay home more, but I can't stand the noise of them.
0:42:41 > 0:42:42Boys CAN be a trial.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47Wanted that little girl so much, Sister.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50I know.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53I thought if I gave her a name, might help her go away...
0:42:55 > 0:42:58..that if I made her into someone, I could forget her.
0:42:58 > 0:43:03But...I can't. Can't forget someone you never knew.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07And the names I do try and give her
0:43:07 > 0:43:11just blow round my head like leaves, bits of feathers.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14Some days she's Amanda...
0:43:16 > 0:43:19..some days she's Janine or Rose.
0:43:22 > 0:43:24They're all beautiful names, Ruby.
0:43:24 > 0:43:27I can't catch her, can't pin her down.
0:43:30 > 0:43:32Ruby, I came because...
0:43:34 > 0:43:38..because it seems there's some new information which
0:43:38 > 0:43:44might help us to understand why your little girl was born so poorly.
0:43:46 > 0:43:47She was poorly, wasn't she?
0:43:49 > 0:43:51You saw?
0:43:51 > 0:43:52I did.
0:43:56 > 0:44:02It seems possible that you may have inadvertently taken some medication
0:44:02 > 0:44:05whilst you were expecting her that caused a lot of damage.
0:44:06 > 0:44:08What does "inadvertently" mean?
0:44:10 > 0:44:12It means it wasn't your fault.
0:44:13 > 0:44:18The medication is called Distaval, and it's being withdrawn from sale.
0:44:24 > 0:44:27You'll be wanting these, then?
0:44:27 > 0:44:29Yes.
0:44:29 > 0:44:30Can I just take one last one?
0:44:49 > 0:44:51I'm all done with the iron if you want it.
0:44:51 > 0:44:54It's this hat that's giving me the run-around.
0:44:54 > 0:44:58Not had it out of its box since I buried Mother.
0:44:58 > 0:45:01I just thought I'd get ahead with mine.
0:45:01 > 0:45:05I'm first on call, and if I'm called out, I may not get a chance.
0:45:05 > 0:45:07Didn't you want to go out with the others?
0:45:07 > 0:45:08Not to the Hand And Shears.
0:45:08 > 0:45:11I really didn't fancy a complexion-ruining evening
0:45:11 > 0:45:14of orange squash and pork scratchings.
0:45:14 > 0:45:16I can't say I blame you.
0:45:17 > 0:45:20But please don't offer me a cup of Horlicks.
0:45:20 > 0:45:22If you do, I might burst into tears.
0:45:23 > 0:45:25God love you, but you look lonely.
0:45:39 > 0:45:42I'm so sorry! Oh!
0:45:43 > 0:45:46And you didn't even offer me any Horlicks!
0:45:47 > 0:45:50You know what I like about you, lass? You're a trier.
0:45:50 > 0:45:54And if there's any justice in the world, you'll get your reward.
0:45:55 > 0:45:56I hope so.
0:45:59 > 0:46:02But it doesn't have to be a man, Nurse Crane.
0:46:03 > 0:46:07It's not actually the lack of a man that bothers me.
0:46:07 > 0:46:10When I see Tom and Barbara together now,
0:46:10 > 0:46:13- I don't see what- I- might have had - I see what THEY have.
0:46:15 > 0:46:19They belong somewhere, and they're contented.
0:46:21 > 0:46:24I can't tell you how much I'd love to feel like that.
0:46:25 > 0:46:29But it doesn't have to be because of a man. It really doesn't.
0:46:31 > 0:46:33Trixie,
0:46:33 > 0:46:37there are some women who make a very decent fist of being spinsters.
0:46:37 > 0:46:40I like to think I'm one of them,
0:46:40 > 0:46:44and if we sidestep the small detail of her marriage to Jesus,
0:46:44 > 0:46:46so was Sister Evangelina.
0:46:48 > 0:46:52But you aren't, and there's no use pretending otherwise.
0:46:55 > 0:46:56No.
0:46:58 > 0:46:59Come on.
0:46:59 > 0:47:01Iron your funeral outfit.
0:47:01 > 0:47:04Let's see what Father Christmas brings you.
0:47:09 > 0:47:11Nine months gone
0:47:11 > 0:47:13in Sister Evangelina's wedding dress.
0:47:15 > 0:47:18You'll have to hold it lower than that.
0:47:18 > 0:47:20No, lower.
0:47:20 > 0:47:23You'll be glad you did when the photographs come out.
0:47:23 > 0:47:26You'll be glad you wore white and all.
0:47:26 > 0:47:28You look a picture!
0:47:38 > 0:47:40I just wanted to see her
0:47:40 > 0:47:42before the crowds come in.
0:47:43 > 0:47:45Of course you do.
0:47:48 > 0:47:49I wanted to see her myself.
0:47:59 > 0:48:01I used to be so terrified of her.
0:48:03 > 0:48:05Me too.
0:48:08 > 0:48:10And I'm generally not the terrified type.
0:48:10 > 0:48:13But she taught me so much.
0:48:15 > 0:48:17Me too.
0:48:31 > 0:48:35I don't know why you don't move in with your Auntie Blod
0:48:35 > 0:48:38and save on all that rent you're paying in the convent.
0:48:38 > 0:48:40If I decide to train as a midwife,
0:48:40 > 0:48:43I have to live in hospital-approved accommodation.
0:48:43 > 0:48:45East Finchley will be too far away.
0:48:45 > 0:48:48What do you mean, train as a midwife?
0:48:48 > 0:48:54You don't want to be doing such a nasty, personal sort of job!
0:48:55 > 0:48:57I do it.
0:48:57 > 0:48:58I know you do.
0:49:02 > 0:49:03You two are as thick as thieves.
0:49:07 > 0:49:10And this butter is too cold for these teacakes!
0:49:15 > 0:49:18Mrs Busby, would you give Delia her birth certificate?
0:49:18 > 0:49:21What for? So she can book herself onto this training course?
0:49:22 > 0:49:25No, so she can apply for a passport
0:49:25 > 0:49:27because she isn't going to Pembrokeshire
0:49:27 > 0:49:29for her holiday next spring.
0:49:29 > 0:49:31She's coming to Paris with me.
0:49:40 > 0:49:42I'm not an unsophisticated woman.
0:49:45 > 0:49:46I've been to Jersey...
0:49:48 > 0:49:49..and the Isle of Man.
0:49:55 > 0:49:57You always did things your own way.
0:49:59 > 0:50:01I can bear it if you upset me.
0:50:03 > 0:50:04I'm your mum...
0:50:07 > 0:50:09..and you're a grown woman.
0:50:13 > 0:50:15Thank you, Mrs Busby.
0:50:16 > 0:50:19Just don't do anything to make your dad cry.
0:50:33 > 0:50:35THEY CHEER
0:50:45 > 0:50:47Congratulations, darling.
0:50:47 > 0:50:50I feel like I can breathe out now!
0:50:50 > 0:50:53I don't. Reckon I need a lie-down.
0:50:53 > 0:50:57ROWDY SINGING
0:51:01 > 0:51:03SHE PANTS
0:51:03 > 0:51:06I kept hoping it would all just fizzle out,
0:51:06 > 0:51:08but I tried that when I first found out I was in the family way
0:51:08 > 0:51:10and it didn't work then, either.
0:51:12 > 0:51:15SHE GASPS Ooh! Ooh!
0:51:15 > 0:51:17SHE CLEARS HER THROAT
0:51:19 > 0:51:21Mr Hereward!
0:51:21 > 0:51:24You know where the phone is - go and ring Nonnatus House!
0:51:27 > 0:51:30I just don't think we should push our way to the front of the queue.
0:51:30 > 0:51:33It's exactly the kind of thing Sister Evangelina wouldn't like.
0:51:33 > 0:51:36She wouldn't like me wasting time when I could be at work, either,
0:51:36 > 0:51:39or you making yourself late for Scouts.
0:51:39 > 0:51:41Mrs Turner?
0:51:42 > 0:51:45We went to the seaside at the weekend.
0:51:45 > 0:51:48It was a bit blowy, but it did us all good,
0:51:48 > 0:51:50including Susan.
0:51:50 > 0:51:52And then I heard the news.
0:51:54 > 0:51:55The news?
0:51:55 > 0:51:57About Sister Evangelina.
0:51:57 > 0:51:59Oh.
0:52:01 > 0:52:02You're saying I took a pill?
0:52:04 > 0:52:07Just one pill could do this to my baby?
0:52:07 > 0:52:09How many did you take, Rhoda?
0:52:09 > 0:52:12I don't know! My sister gave me some in an envelope.
0:52:12 > 0:52:14She said they'd help me sleep.
0:52:16 > 0:52:18Better than a gin, she said!
0:52:18 > 0:52:21And I don't have gin in. We were on a budget.
0:52:21 > 0:52:24I don't know how many I took!
0:52:24 > 0:52:28Rhoda...Rhoda...nobody knows for sure what's happened,
0:52:28 > 0:52:31but nobody's going to rest until questions have been answered.
0:52:31 > 0:52:33What sort of questions?
0:52:34 > 0:52:36"Why did you take them, Rhoda?"
0:52:38 > 0:52:40"Why don't you just get on with it?"
0:52:40 > 0:52:43"Why do you have to have a stupid pill to make you happy
0:52:43 > 0:52:45"all the time?"
0:52:45 > 0:52:48You are not to blame, Rhoda, I promise you.
0:52:50 > 0:52:51SHE SOBS
0:52:52 > 0:52:55Bernie's taken to calling her "my beautiful".
0:52:58 > 0:52:59I first heard him say that
0:52:59 > 0:53:02when she was about four months old
0:53:02 > 0:53:05and I thought, "That's it,
0:53:05 > 0:53:07"we're going to be all right.
0:53:07 > 0:53:11"Susan's going to be all right because her daddy loves her."
0:53:12 > 0:53:14And then, the very next day,
0:53:14 > 0:53:16some mate of his from work
0:53:16 > 0:53:20crossed over the street because he saw us coming,
0:53:20 > 0:53:23and I never heard him say "beautiful" again
0:53:23 > 0:53:25for ever such a long time...
0:53:26 > 0:53:29..and then yesterday at the seaside.
0:53:33 > 0:53:36Bernie would have been the one to cross over once.
0:53:38 > 0:53:40Maybe I would have, too.
0:53:40 > 0:53:43But he can't, I can't.
0:53:43 > 0:53:46Not now, because she's ours.
0:53:50 > 0:53:52I'm sorry, Susan.
0:53:52 > 0:53:55I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry.
0:53:57 > 0:53:59SHE MOANS
0:53:59 > 0:54:02- Come on, Noelle!- Good girl! - That's it!
0:54:02 > 0:54:03Why is it taking so long?
0:54:03 > 0:54:06It isn't. I promise you, it isn't.
0:54:06 > 0:54:11MUSIC: Let's Twist Again by Chubby Checker
0:54:11 > 0:54:15# Round and round and up and down we go again
0:54:16 > 0:54:20# Oh, baby, make me know you love me so... #
0:54:20 > 0:54:22Come on!
0:54:22 > 0:54:25# Twist again, like we did last summer
0:54:27 > 0:54:31# Come on, twist again Like we did last year
0:54:32 > 0:54:33# Twist... #
0:54:42 > 0:54:43SHE SCREAMS
0:54:45 > 0:54:48BABY CRIES
0:54:55 > 0:54:57It's a little boy, Noelle.
0:54:57 > 0:54:59Oh, he's beautiful!
0:54:59 > 0:55:01But that dress is ruined!
0:55:01 > 0:55:03That dress just had the best day of its life.
0:55:03 > 0:55:05It's a boy, Mitchell!
0:55:25 > 0:55:30MATURE JENNY: 'None of us know how long the things we love will last.'
0:55:30 > 0:55:33People are lining the route all the way to the church, Sister.
0:55:33 > 0:55:35I've stopped the traffic as far as the Commercial Road.
0:55:35 > 0:55:36Thank you.
0:55:36 > 0:55:39It's the least we can do if we aren't allowed to give her flowers.
0:55:39 > 0:55:41The coffin does look so very bare.
0:55:42 > 0:55:48'Sister Evangelina went to her rest surrounded by her colleagues
0:55:48 > 0:55:50'and mourned by people she had nursed,
0:55:50 > 0:55:55'wheeled through streets imprinted with her footsteps and her faith.'
0:55:58 > 0:56:02They mark her spirit as well as any bloom...
0:56:03 > 0:56:06..and deserve their rest as much as she.
0:56:15 > 0:56:19MUSIC: Till by Shirley Bassey
0:56:19 > 0:56:28# Till the moon deserts the sky
0:56:30 > 0:56:36# Till all the seas run dry
0:56:38 > 0:56:45# Till then I'll worship you
0:56:48 > 0:56:58# Till the tropic sun grows cold
0:56:59 > 0:57:05# Till this young world grows old
0:57:07 > 0:57:17# My darling, I'll adore you
0:57:17 > 0:57:27# You are my reason to live
0:57:29 > 0:57:36# All I own I would give... #
0:57:36 > 0:57:39'If she WAS looking down that day,
0:57:39 > 0:57:43'she would have been surprised to see she was no longer there
0:57:43 > 0:57:47'and vexed that service had come to a standstill.
0:57:47 > 0:57:52'The world was hers no longer, and she wanted no memorial,
0:57:52 > 0:57:57'but her work carried on in the love that lived beyond her
0:57:57 > 0:58:00'and the hope that knew no end.'
0:58:00 > 0:58:05# Till lovers cease to dream
0:58:06 > 0:58:23# Till then I'm yours, be mine. #