0:00:36 > 0:00:40'It is not time itself that we notice passing,
0:00:40 > 0:00:44'but the things it erases and reclaims for eternity.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47'Infancy, childhood,
0:00:47 > 0:00:50'golden moments, red-letter days,
0:00:50 > 0:00:52'the darkest nights.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57'All washed away, as if by water.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00'All out of sight, as if by tides.'
0:01:00 > 0:01:02It's all right, Beryl.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05This will pass. It will pass.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14JAUNTY MUSIC PLAYS
0:01:25 > 0:01:27SHE GASPS
0:01:27 > 0:01:31You cannot interrupt the signal without warning.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35The impulses within will disconnect and become deranged.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Sister, I tasked you with the flowers in the chapel this morning,
0:01:38 > 0:01:43to celebrate the return of our sisters and our staff from Africa,
0:01:43 > 0:01:45but now I find the vases empty.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49And you...gyrating in front of the television.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Sister Ursula, I admit that the vases
0:01:52 > 0:01:55await my effort, but I firmly refute
0:01:55 > 0:01:58all charges of gyration!
0:01:58 > 0:01:59Flowers, dear.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Oh, wait.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Rest assured, Nurse Busby,
0:02:08 > 0:02:10if Matron makes a beeline for this bun today,
0:02:10 > 0:02:11it shall not be found wanting.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13I could do without another public reprimand.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16We're studying breech births, and there's a test next week.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Nurse Mount.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21- Have you lost your way to the clinical room?- No, Sister Ursula.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Then might I suggest you join me there...
0:02:23 > 0:02:27at your earliest convenience? Patients await.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Meanwhile, we're all awaiting her departure.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45THEY LAUGH
0:02:50 > 0:02:53- Thank you.- Oh, dear. - Go inside, Barbara.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55SHE LAUGHS
0:02:55 > 0:02:57All right, guv'nor, thank you.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03No sooner looked but they loved,
0:03:03 > 0:03:05no sooner loved but they sighed,
0:03:05 > 0:03:08and in these degrees have they made
0:03:08 > 0:03:11a pair of stairs to marriage.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15- Dare we ask to see the ring, Babs? - I don't have one, yet.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Tom proposed to me in a field in Africa,
0:03:17 > 0:03:21so I've got a blade of grass in a Germolene tin.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24- THEY LAUGH - Simply charming.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27I do hope no ointment was wasted in the process.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31We husbanded our resources very carefully, Sister Ursula,
0:03:31 > 0:03:34and left Hope Clinic in a much better state
0:03:34 > 0:03:35than it was when we arrived.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38We even left Nurse Franklin behind - on loan -
0:03:38 > 0:03:41- for the next two months. - So I've been informed.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Now, I imagine luncheon will be welcome.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47It certainly would.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Oh.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Has something gone wrong in the kitchen?
0:04:05 > 0:04:06Not at all.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09I simply thought that with the return of our adventurers,
0:04:09 > 0:04:11we might embrace a new routine.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14A frugal luncheon, packed if required,
0:04:14 > 0:04:16with our hot meal served at the end of the working day,
0:04:16 > 0:04:18not in the midst of it.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20But it's clinic this afternoon, Sister Ursula,
0:04:20 > 0:04:23and a hearty meal at one o'clock helps keep us all going.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Sister Winifred, could you fill the water jug, please?
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Of course.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32- Would you like a dash of lemon barley in it?- No.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Don't sit down just yet, ladies.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42The Mother House will be telephoning in a few moments,
0:04:42 > 0:04:45and I'm sure Sister Julienne would like to take the call.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Of course.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49PHONE RINGS
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Nonnatus House. Sister Julienne speaking.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Greetings.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Sister Julienne!
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Oh, my dear.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14You look so very well. And happy.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17Yes. Oh, I've just delivered a beautiful little boy,
0:05:17 > 0:05:19and you've all come home!
0:05:23 > 0:05:27I've just been speaking to Mother Jesu Emmanuel,
0:05:27 > 0:05:29and she thanks everyone who's just returned from South Africa
0:05:29 > 0:05:31for their service to the order,
0:05:31 > 0:05:34and of course to the people that we helped.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41She also wished me to tell you an important piece of news.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Sister Ursula, who has worked so tirelessly in our absence,
0:05:47 > 0:05:50will not be returning to the Mother House.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53As of today, she will officially...
0:05:53 > 0:05:56be in charge of all matters
0:05:56 > 0:05:58medical and spiritual here in Nonnatus House.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04And I will be serving...
0:06:04 > 0:06:06as a member of staff, underneath her.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14I would like to be the first to...
0:06:14 > 0:06:16offer my good wishes
0:06:16 > 0:06:18to our new superior.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36INDISTINCT CHATTER
0:06:42 > 0:06:46Pink for maternity, blue for postnatal.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49A ticket for each patient to be seen in strictly numerical order.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51I'm sorry, Sister Ursula,
0:06:51 > 0:06:54but the traditional half-hourly timings have worked well enough.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57But is well enough good enough, Mrs Turner?
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Before the order's Cottage Hospital was closed,
0:06:59 > 0:07:02there were accusations of inefficiency.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04I shouldn't like the clinic here to be subjected to complaints.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08Oh, most mothers don't mind when things run on.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10They can attend talks and catch up with their friends
0:07:10 > 0:07:12over tea and biscuits.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16In future, Mrs Turner, biscuits will be for fainters only.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Eating for two should be about careful nutrition,
0:07:19 > 0:07:21not self-indulgence.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Oh, what's all this? Are we having a raffle?
0:07:29 > 0:07:32No, but we're taking a gamble, if you ask me.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34SHE SIGHS
0:07:40 > 0:07:44Sister Julienne, whatever are you doing? That's very heavy work.
0:07:44 > 0:07:49Sister Ursula charged me with setting out the furniture.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52It is a necessary task, and one I do gladly.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07CHILDREN SHOUT
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Pink ticket number 21.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25I think that will be you, Mrs Watts. Thank you.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28I'll have a feel of your tummy in a minute.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Before I do that, do you want to tell me why Master Mickey's
0:08:31 > 0:08:33not in school today?
0:08:33 > 0:08:35He's having trouble with his waterworks.
0:08:35 > 0:08:36During the day, or just at night?
0:08:36 > 0:08:38At night, mainly, but...
0:08:38 > 0:08:40when he has an accident, he cries.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42He won't go to school in the morning.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44I think the other kids torment him.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47He doesn't smell of wee, or anything. I'd never let that happen.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51- No.- He gets called names because of those glasses.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54We've been waiting and waiting to hear back from the hospital.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56It can't be much fun peering out at the world from behind
0:08:56 > 0:08:59that pirate's eye patch, young man.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02How about, I'll ring that eye department
0:09:02 > 0:09:04and chivvy them along?
0:09:04 > 0:09:05Yes, please.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09I could nip to the telephone now.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11They might even squeeze you in this afternoon.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Oh, I can't do anything else today.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16I've been sat here for hours waiting for my number to come up,
0:09:16 > 0:09:19and I've got obligations.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21We'll salvage that mascara.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24And when we've listened to baby's heartbeat,
0:09:24 > 0:09:26pop off and attend to your business,
0:09:26 > 0:09:28and I'll telephone St Cuthbert's.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36THEY CHEER
0:09:37 > 0:09:41All right, mate?! How you doing?
0:09:41 > 0:09:44- You're looking great! - Lester.
0:09:46 > 0:09:47Trudy!
0:09:47 > 0:09:50THEY LAUGH
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Blimey, Trude, good job they let me out for good behaviour.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58- You? Good behaviour?- Get any bigger, I'll be needing longer arms.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00SHE LAUGHS
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Daddy's won a cup for his boxing.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Go on, Mickey, take it.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Take it.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12There you go. You can start your own collection.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Got a pair of gloves waiting for him down the gym.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19No, Lester. Not the ring, not for Mickey.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21What's with his glasses?
0:10:21 > 0:10:24- Is it that squint? - The proper word's an astigmatism.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Oi, Lester. Come on.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Compliments of the boss.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32HE LAUGHS
0:10:40 > 0:10:43# I don't need a kingdom
0:10:43 > 0:10:47# I don't need a throne
0:10:47 > 0:10:51# Or a crown with diamonds Shining bright
0:10:52 > 0:10:55# Mm-mmm-mm
0:10:55 > 0:10:57# If you said you loved me
0:10:59 > 0:11:02# And you were mine alone
0:11:02 > 0:11:06# Then I'd be a king for tonight
0:11:07 > 0:11:11# Every single time you hold my hand... #
0:11:11 > 0:11:13MUSIC CONTINUES ON RADIO
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Patsy? Why is this letter thanking me for volunteering
0:11:16 > 0:11:19to give a pottery demonstration at the, and I quote,
0:11:19 > 0:11:22"Commonwealth Day Tea Party" in the community centre?
0:11:22 > 0:11:25I had to give the organisers a list of people who'd contribute.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29And you did quite enjoy the lessons you had before you went to South Africa.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Do turn that transistor down, Deels.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33- Crackling's agony. - Sorry.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36I'm soldiering on in pursuit of Radio Luxembourg.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38The set's still in South Africa, and no telly.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40This is our only chance of entertainment.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Apart from our cocktail of the day...
0:11:43 > 0:11:45which is the Grasshopper.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49Equal parts creme de menthe, creme de cacao, evap and a dash of cocoa.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Slips down like a liquid after-dinner mint,
0:11:51 > 0:11:53- and then kicks you like a mule. - SHE LAUGHS
0:11:53 > 0:11:55We got you some bitter lemon.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Actually, I'll have a cocktail, if it's all the same to you.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Vicars' wives drink quite a lot of sherry,
0:12:00 > 0:12:03and I think it's time I got myself in training.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08- I'll raise a glass to that. - Me too!
0:12:08 > 0:12:11To Barbara's looming career as an inebriate clergy spouse.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13THEY LAUGH
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Oh! SHE COUGHS
0:12:24 > 0:12:25BELL RINGS
0:12:25 > 0:12:28The lady of the house, if you would be so kind.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Zelda, someone to see you.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35# The best things in life are free... #
0:12:37 > 0:12:39You come about the rum, dear?
0:12:39 > 0:12:43As you may observe, I am in uniform, therefore I won't imbibe.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46I've called with a message for Mrs Trudy Watts,
0:12:46 > 0:12:49about an appointment at the eye clinic.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53I'm her mother. You may as well come in.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57# Your love gives me such a thrill
0:12:57 > 0:12:59# But your love don't pay my bills
0:12:59 > 0:13:01# I need money... #
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Excuse me.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06- # That's what I want - That's what I want
0:13:06 > 0:13:10- # That's what I wa-a-a-a-nt - That's what I want... #
0:13:10 > 0:13:15Come on, then, darling. Give us all a thrill!
0:13:33 > 0:13:35They got hold of a load of raw rum from somewhere,
0:13:35 > 0:13:39need a stocking to sieve out all the bits of carbon.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41INDISTINCT CHATTER
0:13:43 > 0:13:45THEY CHEER
0:13:51 > 0:13:55It would seem I've come at an inconvenient time.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59I'll leave this for your attention.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04- # Lots of money - That's what I want
0:14:04 > 0:14:09- # Whole lot of money - That's what I want... #
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Of course. Thank you.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Well, that's my fate sealed.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17My pottery teacher said she'll lend me her wheel.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20I have to teach the Sunday school a Maori haka.
0:14:20 > 0:14:21We can be companions in despair.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23SHE LAUGHS
0:14:24 > 0:14:27I do want you to have a proper ring, Barbara.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31I know. And I know we can't really afford one.
0:14:31 > 0:14:32Yet.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36Besides, that blade of grass is more precious to me than diamonds.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40I'm Barbara Gilbert, midwife and curate's fiancee,
0:14:40 > 0:14:43- not Zsa Zsa Gabor. - Not many girls would say that.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Well, you're not engaged to many girls.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47No. Just you.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54- See you later. - Bye!
0:14:54 > 0:14:55See you at the gym.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09Come on, then. Your mother's conked out on the couch.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11It's two o'clock in the morning.
0:15:11 > 0:15:12I've had a long day.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15I've had a long eight months.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30You never did that in my dreams.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32You never did that in mine.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Ow!
0:15:36 > 0:15:38I'm going down the dock road.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41There's girls down there who'll give it to me better than you ever did
0:15:41 > 0:15:43for a ten bob note.
0:15:43 > 0:15:48Some of them will do it for a gin and orange, or a snakebite.
0:15:48 > 0:15:49Ah!
0:15:57 > 0:16:00SHE SOBS
0:16:09 > 0:16:12It's all right, Mickey.
0:16:12 > 0:16:13I promise.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Ah, good morning.
0:16:25 > 0:16:30May I point out that it is eight o'clock and 30 seconds precisely?
0:16:30 > 0:16:33And I do not enjoy commencing my day
0:16:33 > 0:16:36with an impersonation of the speaking clock.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40Sister Winifred - maternity home.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42I shall take over from you for the night shift.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Nurse Gilbert - all the bookings in,
0:16:44 > 0:16:47plus an extra task in support of Mrs Trudy Watts.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51I'm sorry to keep you waiting, Nurse Crane.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Sister Ursula stopped me in the corridor.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58There's absolutely no need to apologise, Sister Julienne.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00I've put you down as first on call today.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02I think we'll be hearing from Mrs Gupte,
0:17:02 > 0:17:04and she'll need someone very experienced.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16No, I'm afraid Dr Turner's been called to an emergency.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19No, I can't prescribe.
0:17:19 > 0:17:20Because I'm only 15.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26- Where's your mother? - She suddenly felt really ill.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28She asked me to sit here for a minute,
0:17:28 > 0:17:31because she couldn't leave the medical records unattended.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35Leave this to me, and run for your bus. Don't forget to comb your hair.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Good morning. Midwife calling.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52I hope you've got some Alka-Seltzer in that bag of yours.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Or a box of Omo, cos that bloody kid's wet the bed again.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59- Has Mickey gone to school? - Yes. Thank Christ.
0:17:59 > 0:18:00Snivelled all the way, mind you.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Could you tell Mrs Watts that Nurse Crane has asked me
0:18:03 > 0:18:06to collect him this afternoon, and take him to the eye clinic?
0:18:06 > 0:18:08She thought it might help her if she could rest.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11All right. Well, I can't take him. I'm off to Margate.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15I weren't joking about that Alka-Seltzer.
0:18:15 > 0:18:16We don't carry it, I'm afraid.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26Knock-knock. All patients dispatched.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Doctor plied with tea and provided with clean instruments,
0:18:28 > 0:18:30and sent off on his rounds.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34- Thank you, Sister.- You still struggling with Cape Town tummy?
0:18:34 > 0:18:37Only shook mine off about a week ago.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Is it...both ends?
0:18:41 > 0:18:44It's kind of you to ask, but I'm sure no-one needs chapter and verse
0:18:44 > 0:18:46on my every visit to the smallest room.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57Violet, would you be averse to me paying you a compliment?
0:18:57 > 0:19:01So long as it doesn't interfere with my press stud inventory.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05You have got a lovely silhouette.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Don't you start talking to me in French, Fred Buckle.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10You don't know where it might end.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12THEY GIGGLE
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Good afternoon, Nurse Gilbert. What can I do for you?
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Do you stock plastic pants, aged five to six?
0:19:22 > 0:19:25Could you attend to that light bulb for me, please, Frederick?
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Strictly speaking, they're an incontinence garment,
0:19:27 > 0:19:32not baby linen, but I can telephone one of my wholesalers for you.
0:19:32 > 0:19:33Meanwhile, I was hoping that you'd
0:19:33 > 0:19:37have something for me to admire by now.
0:19:37 > 0:19:38Oh, no, not yet.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41That piece of grass will be dead by Commonwealth Day,
0:19:41 > 0:19:43and you'll want to have something to show off by then,
0:19:43 > 0:19:46as I gather that you're going to be performing on your potter's wheel.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50Oh! They'll be needing bobbies on horseback to control the crowds.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52I'm actually quite nervous about it.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54The wheel is quite difficult to control,
0:19:54 > 0:19:57and the only other time I've used it, things became quite violent.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23FRONT DOOR OPENS, CLOSES
0:20:23 > 0:20:25RINGING TONE
0:20:28 > 0:20:29If you're nervous,
0:20:29 > 0:20:32why don't you come and give a demonstration to my Brownies?
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Practice makes perfect.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Oh, yes, good afternoon. Is that Renton's Hygienic Garments?
0:20:45 > 0:20:47We can sit down and enjoy our holiday.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49KNOCK AT DOOR
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Sorry, Miss Dawkins. I was calling to collect Mickey Watts.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53He has an eye clinic appointment.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55He left ten minutes ago with his father.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Oh! Oh, that's fine, then.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05Who do you reckon loves you most, Mickey?
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Most out of everyone you ever knew or met.
0:21:08 > 0:21:09Mum.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Yeah. Yeah, that's right.
0:21:13 > 0:21:14And who do you reckon loves you next most?
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Me. I do. Your dad.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27And Granny Zelda loves you.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30The world's full of people who love you, cos you ain't even six yet.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36But you're going to be seven next year, then eight, then nine,
0:21:36 > 0:21:40all the way up to numbers you ain't even done in school yet.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42And you're going to get called names.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45And you're going to get thumped.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48And you'll have to fight your corner.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52You'll have to fight for every bastard thing you've got,
0:21:52 > 0:21:54cos the only person who's ever really going to love you...
0:21:56 > 0:21:57..is you.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03And that's why I'm going to show you what to do with these.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Midwife calling. FRONT DOOR CLOSES
0:22:13 > 0:22:15I've had a breakthrough on the bed-wetting front.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18But you took Mickey to the hospital about his eyes.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22- Anyway, where is he? - Didn't his father bring him home?
0:22:25 > 0:22:26The gloves have gone.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30DOOR SLAMS
0:22:32 > 0:22:35This is how you learn to be a man, Mickey.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38This is how you stop 'em calling names.
0:22:51 > 0:22:52Mickey!
0:22:54 > 0:22:57I'm sorry, Mrs Watts, but Mickey's father had the right to remove
0:22:57 > 0:22:59him from school premises, as long as he had permission from the staff.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02But he never had permission to take him to the gym.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05Lester's not a fit father. He's only just come out of prison.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08Neither Nurse Crane nor I knew that, Trudy.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11I'm not sure it would have made any difference if you had. He was
0:23:11 > 0:23:14convicted of demanding money with menaces, not cruelty to a child.
0:23:14 > 0:23:15So he's free to do what he likes, then?
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Thank you. You made that very clear.
0:23:19 > 0:23:20We were only trying to help.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23I'll drop round the gym and have a friendly word.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28KNOCK AT DOOR
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Sister, aren't you coming downstairs to join us for handicrafts?
0:23:32 > 0:23:35I can't. I'm preparing for my life vows.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38Community recreation is just as important.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Sister Ursula says I need to spend more time on my studies.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00The difficulty with television is that it kills the conversation
0:24:00 > 0:24:02in the room so completely.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09Without that cumbersome device to distract us,
0:24:09 > 0:24:11we can take greater pleasure in our handicrafts.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16And in one another's company.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18Sister Ursula, are we allowed to know
0:24:18 > 0:24:19where the television set has gone?
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Suffice to say, it is now in a place where it will be enjoyed.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29I had the police call round the gym.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Acting all matey. The police!
0:24:32 > 0:24:34Making sure there was nothing they need to investigate,
0:24:34 > 0:24:36when there wasn't a mark on the little bastard!
0:24:36 > 0:24:40You're good at that, aren't you? Not leaving marks on people, Lester.
0:24:40 > 0:24:45I never know whether it's cos you're clever, or cos you're just a coward.
0:24:45 > 0:24:46Coward?
0:24:49 > 0:24:50Coward?
0:24:53 > 0:24:57Cowards don't do this, do they?
0:24:57 > 0:24:59SHE SCREAMS
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Or this.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Or this! SHE SOBS
0:25:07 > 0:25:10Lester...
0:25:10 > 0:25:12- What about Mickey? - He'll be all right.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15He ain't got the brains to get himself in any bother.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25SHE SOBS
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Your dad's playing a game, Mickey.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42It's like a pirate game.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46We're pretending he's gone away to sea, and he's put me in a prison.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54Listen, I want you to go and get some toys,
0:25:54 > 0:25:56and sit and play on the stairs.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59- You can pretend you're guarding me. - All right, Mummy.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03SHE GROANS
0:26:10 > 0:26:13The most important thing, when you begin to throw a pot,
0:26:13 > 0:26:17is to make sure that your clay is in the absolute centre of your wheel,
0:26:17 > 0:26:20so you need to throw it down firmly.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Ooh!
0:26:22 > 0:26:23Stop laughing at once!
0:26:23 > 0:26:27How can poor Nurse Gilbert make a lovely vase if she can't
0:26:27 > 0:26:30concentrate because of all the noise?
0:26:30 > 0:26:35Then you need to smooth it - oh, dear - into a cone shape.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Oh, erm...
0:26:38 > 0:26:39Erm, right.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Oh, er...
0:26:42 > 0:26:48Erm, and the next step is to make an opening...
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Oh. Oh. CLAY SPLATS
0:26:57 > 0:26:59SHE GROANS
0:27:06 > 0:27:12Mickey, it's getting too dark for this part of the pirate game.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14I need you to go and fetch something for me.
0:27:14 > 0:27:15All right, Mummy.
0:27:18 > 0:27:23I have noticed a certain halting of progress since I assumed the
0:27:23 > 0:27:29role of your spiritual directress, but the prospect of life vows can be
0:27:29 > 0:27:33a difficult time for a novice, and you are assured of all our prayers.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35I don't always doubt them.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39There are times when I feel them upholding me like wings.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41And times when you do not?
0:27:46 > 0:27:49SHE GROANS AND BREATHES HEAVILY
0:28:03 > 0:28:07Push it under the door, lovey. Here, push it towards me.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15That's it. That's it, Mickey.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29I don't want to ply you with questions, child,
0:28:29 > 0:28:34but if I do not ask them, I fear we shall not find answers.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37Do you think I don't ask questions myself?
0:28:37 > 0:28:39Questions come into my head all the time.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42Sometimes I think He is asking them of me.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45Sometimes I think I'm asking them of Him.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50The voices are more similar than you'd think.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28It's all right, baby. It's all right.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32- I promise you. - Mummy, when are you coming out?
0:29:42 > 0:29:43Mummy!
0:30:05 > 0:30:08Mickey... Mickey, run and... bang on the door.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10Bang on it. Run.
0:30:15 > 0:30:16Help! Help!
0:30:17 > 0:30:20- FAINT:- Help me! Help my mummy!
0:30:27 > 0:30:30BANGING ON DOOR
0:30:30 > 0:30:31Hurry!
0:30:32 > 0:30:34Help!
0:30:38 > 0:30:40Oh, my dear.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44Oh. TRUDY SOBS
0:30:44 > 0:30:45Come inside.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48Come inside, where we can help you.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54- What is this disturbance? - Mrs Watts is in labour.
0:30:54 > 0:30:55Things are moving rather fast.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58In that case, she should be at the hospital or the maternity home.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00She was unable to make her way to either.
0:31:00 > 0:31:04We will assess the situation here and see what we should do.
0:31:04 > 0:31:05WATER BREAKS
0:31:08 > 0:31:09Clinical room, straight away.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24You've looked after your mother very well, young man.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28Now, I think it's time someone looked after you.
0:31:30 > 0:31:31Would you like to come with me?
0:31:31 > 0:31:34We'll see if we can find the biscuit tin.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37Might find some chocolate ones, if we're very lucky.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45That's it. That's it.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47- Won't be long now. Trust us. - I do.
0:31:49 > 0:31:50Oh!
0:32:06 > 0:32:08Oh, I can see baby's head, Trudy.
0:32:10 > 0:32:11One last push.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16SHE GRUNTS
0:32:16 > 0:32:17There.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20You have a daughter, Trudy.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22Mucus extractor.
0:32:24 > 0:32:25What's happening?
0:32:26 > 0:32:28We need to clear baby's airways.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50BABY CRIES
0:33:11 > 0:33:14Love you, little girl. Love you, do you hear me?
0:33:19 > 0:33:22- Will we have to go to hospital?- It would be best in the circumstances.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27I don't care. I'm not going.
0:33:27 > 0:33:28I'm not leaving Mickey.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43Bit of a rude arrival for the poor little soul.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45Bathing in her own first bowel movement.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49- But will she be all right? - There's no harm done.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52And Mickey is watching television with my own lad.
0:33:52 > 0:33:56And wearing a slightly-too-small pair of my daughter's pyjamas.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58But a boy can't have everything.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00We're going to set up a camp bed for him,
0:34:00 > 0:34:02so he won't be far away.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09We can talk about everything else in the morning.
0:34:14 > 0:34:18I used to go down the old rectory gardens when I was a kid.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20Do my dreaming.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22You can hear the church bells ringing down there.
0:34:22 > 0:34:26No wonder I used to dream about weddings and white dresses.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33But love never really got me anywhere at all.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36Love brought you here tonight, though, didn't it?
0:34:37 > 0:34:39Love is why you refused to go to hospital.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43So you could keep your little family together.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45But love won't keep us safe, Nurse.
0:34:47 > 0:34:48I need to start hating now.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53Oh, lass, such strong words.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55But I've got to be strong now. Don't you see?
0:34:56 > 0:34:58Why don't you wait till morning?
0:35:07 > 0:35:10You contradicted my authority last night.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12Junior members of staff heard of it.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15And so did Sister Mary Cynthia, who is approaching the end of her
0:35:15 > 0:35:19novitiate, and requires a clear example of our rule of life.
0:35:19 > 0:35:20No, Sister.
0:35:20 > 0:35:24Sister Mary Cynthia requires encouragement, gentleness,
0:35:24 > 0:35:27and understanding. Last autumn, she was violently attacked.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30She gave them the necessary evidence, and since that date,
0:35:30 > 0:35:33she's never spoken a word of it.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35But what if she needs to speak of it?
0:35:35 > 0:35:39Sister Mary Cynthia takes her strength from our continued prayers,
0:35:39 > 0:35:43and you can uphold her further by setting an example, Sister.
0:35:43 > 0:35:47Obedience in all things, including the will of the Almighty.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15Lester, get out.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18Got in easily enough.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21- You've got no right to be here. - Yes, I have.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24I'm checking out what's mine.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43- Trudy, this isn't sensible. - He'll be at the gym for three hours.
0:36:43 > 0:36:44If I go home, I'll be safe.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47I'll be somewhere where doors can be locked, by me.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49Do you at least have money for your taxi fare?
0:36:49 > 0:36:52I'm asking the cabbie to stop at Ziegler's Jewellers.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55These got me into this mess - they can get me out of it.
0:36:55 > 0:36:59Taxi fare, new locks, solicitor. In that order.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01I'm getting a divorce.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05- Wait for me! - Wait!
0:37:11 > 0:37:13I'm actually struggling to understand the connection
0:37:13 > 0:37:17between the Commonwealth and balloons, Barbara.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20Well, they're made of rubber, which comes from India, Malaysia,
0:37:20 > 0:37:22- and Ceylon. - And what about pottery?
0:37:24 > 0:37:27Everywhere in the former empire use plates.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30I've just realised this will be our first parish event
0:37:30 > 0:37:32as an engaged couple.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35Well, I should give my Germolene tin an extra polish, then.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41- Oh, it doesn't matter, Tom. - It matters to me.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49Trudy, baby was only born last night.
0:37:51 > 0:37:52Dr Turner's on his way,
0:37:52 > 0:37:56but we'd all feel better if you had the usual twice-daily visits.
0:37:58 > 0:37:59And I think you would, too.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04I'm a good mother, Sister. You have to trust me.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06I do trust you.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09Just like you trusted us last night.
0:38:11 > 0:38:15- They want to help you, Trudy.- I'm going to have to do this on my own.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17My mum kept putting all her chips on men -
0:38:17 > 0:38:19marrying them, not marrying them.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22Always ended up with a black eye, and the same old mess.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25I broke out that bedroom on my own.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28And now I'm going to break away from him.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30I want you to succeed, Trudy. I really do.
0:38:32 > 0:38:36- But...- No. No, don't you cry. Please don't you cry.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39I'm happy about this, Sister.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42I'm doing something I should have done a long time ago.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45Trudy, so few people have the courage to do that.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47Trudy! BANGING ON DOOR
0:38:47 > 0:38:49This is my house! Open this door!
0:38:49 > 0:38:52It is my house too, because I am your wife, and you are not
0:38:52 > 0:38:55coming over this threshold because my children aren't safe if you do.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58GLASS SMASHES
0:38:58 > 0:38:59HE GROWLS
0:39:01 > 0:39:02You can't keep me out!
0:39:05 > 0:39:08HE GROWLS
0:39:08 > 0:39:10What's happened?
0:39:10 > 0:39:12I've been fighting for my rights.
0:39:16 > 0:39:20I'll have the law on you! Changing my bloody locks!
0:39:31 > 0:39:34What's happened, Sister? Got yourself a puncture?
0:39:41 > 0:39:43KNOCK AT DOOR
0:39:43 > 0:39:47Sister, I know your door isn't locked...
0:39:48 > 0:39:49..but I will not force my way in.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01And I've taken your name off the roster,
0:40:01 > 0:40:02so that you can rest.
0:40:05 > 0:40:06You can't do that!
0:40:06 > 0:40:09You aren't in charge!
0:40:09 > 0:40:11Even Sister Ursula isn't really in charge.
0:40:17 > 0:40:22My head is so full of scriptures that the phrases fray...
0:40:23 > 0:40:25..and jumble on occasion....
0:40:27 > 0:40:31..but I would still lay every slipple at your feet,
0:40:31 > 0:40:34if I thought these fragments might illuminate your way.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39Will you take refuge in medicine instead?
0:40:43 > 0:40:46It will hydrate as a sedative.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49I can't take it, I've got so many things to do!
0:40:49 > 0:40:53You have given this to women in their labours countless times.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01Ugh!
0:41:01 > 0:41:05- You can't take my bag away! I might need it!- Sister...
0:41:05 > 0:41:07Oh, Sister.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11What was it Julian of Norwich wrote?
0:41:13 > 0:41:15Not the thing about, "All shall be well."
0:41:15 > 0:41:18Not that, because I can't believe that any more.
0:41:18 > 0:41:24She wrote, "God did not say thou shalt not be tempested,
0:41:24 > 0:41:29"thou shalt not be travailed, thou shalt not be diseased."
0:41:31 > 0:41:34"But he said, thou shall not be overcome."
0:41:43 > 0:41:45Sister Mary Cynthia has never received treatment
0:41:45 > 0:41:47for mental instability.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50And the most recent record we have for her relates to
0:41:50 > 0:41:52her injuries after the attack.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54I blame myself for this.
0:41:54 > 0:41:58I wanted her to survive. I wanted her pain to vanish with her bruises.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00She knew that.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03And she lives and breathes to please others.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07I want Dr Turner to see her.
0:42:07 > 0:42:08He will want to see her, too.
0:42:13 > 0:42:14I'm sorry, it's just...
0:42:16 > 0:42:17..the smell of the milk.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21Breakfasts have been impossible.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25Breakfasts?
0:42:25 > 0:42:27I can't quite believe it myself, Sister.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Even Patrick doesn't know.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32But...
0:42:34 > 0:42:35..I'm expecting a baby.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40- And I'm so afraid. - Oh!
0:42:41 > 0:42:43And I'm not.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47Because I never stopped praying.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52But we were told we could never have children.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55Shelagh, there's no doubt at all now.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58You can ask him to share your joy.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02I don't know how I'm going to tell him.
0:43:32 > 0:43:33I blame the films.
0:43:33 > 0:43:38Makes girls go mad for romance and roses and Rossano Bloody Brazzi.
0:43:38 > 0:43:42And when they don't get it, you'd think the sky had fallen in.
0:43:42 > 0:43:44I thought that way meself once.
0:43:44 > 0:43:45- BABY CRIES - Or twice.
0:43:45 > 0:43:49Maybe even three times, but my son-in-law owns this house outright,
0:43:49 > 0:43:51and he's got prospects, and he respects his elders.
0:43:51 > 0:43:54There's plenty worse off than my daughter.
0:43:54 > 0:43:57Er, Mr Watts is not willing to allow Mrs Watts to remain
0:43:57 > 0:44:00in the property if the marriage is dissolved.
0:44:00 > 0:44:02I'm not paying you to know what my husband wants.
0:44:02 > 0:44:03I want to know what I can do.
0:44:03 > 0:44:05I thought you were supposed to be a midwife.
0:44:05 > 0:44:07Can't you stop that kid from whingeing?
0:44:07 > 0:44:10I find babies are unsubtle when there's tension in the room.
0:44:10 > 0:44:12So take her in the kitchen.
0:44:12 > 0:44:15Or when they're removed any distance from the mother.
0:44:15 > 0:44:17BABY CRIES SOLICITOR CLEARS THROAT
0:44:17 > 0:44:20Er, you can divorce your husband for cruelty, Mrs Watts,
0:44:20 > 0:44:23providing you can prove that cruelty took place.
0:44:23 > 0:44:26He locked me in the bedroom. I could have died giving birth on my own.
0:44:26 > 0:44:28Well, were there witnesses, Mrs Watts?
0:44:28 > 0:44:30There was witnesses when he put his fist through that window.
0:44:30 > 0:44:34- Would they testify to it? - Course they won't bloody testify.
0:44:34 > 0:44:36People round here have to get on with their neighbours,
0:44:36 > 0:44:39and like I said, Lester's got connections.
0:44:39 > 0:44:42And I've got burns - here, here and here.
0:44:42 > 0:44:43He did them with his cigarette.
0:44:43 > 0:44:46Again, you would have to PROVE that, Mrs Watts.
0:44:46 > 0:44:48I'm extremely happy to give a statement summarising
0:44:48 > 0:44:49the medical overview.
0:44:49 > 0:44:52Why should you have to? You can see them.
0:44:52 > 0:44:54Just like you can see the bruises under my hair where
0:44:54 > 0:44:56he digs his fingers in when he don't get what he wants.
0:44:56 > 0:44:59And how do we know you didn't do all these things to yourself,
0:44:59 > 0:45:01when you didn't get what YOU wanted?
0:45:01 > 0:45:04She's got form in that department, Mr Wylton.
0:45:06 > 0:45:08That was years ago, when Mickey was a baby.
0:45:10 > 0:45:11And I put my own head in the oven.
0:45:11 > 0:45:13I never tried to pretend that was Lester.
0:45:16 > 0:45:20It occurs to me, Mrs Watts, that you may wish to apply for custody
0:45:20 > 0:45:21of your children, in which case...
0:45:21 > 0:45:24Custody? But they're my kids.
0:45:24 > 0:45:25Why should I apply for anything?
0:45:25 > 0:45:28Because they are your husband's children, too.
0:45:28 > 0:45:33You could be construed as having a history of mental instability,
0:45:33 > 0:45:35and he has certain rights.
0:45:35 > 0:45:37What about Mrs Watts' rights?
0:45:37 > 0:45:41And her children's - don't they have a right not to be terrorised?
0:45:52 > 0:45:54You look tired, Sister.
0:45:54 > 0:45:56I slept for a long time.
0:45:58 > 0:46:01How did you feel when you fell asleep?
0:46:01 > 0:46:03As though...
0:46:03 > 0:46:05my mind was flat, and black.
0:46:06 > 0:46:09Like a blackboard covered in writing.
0:46:11 > 0:46:15- And when you woke up?- As though it had been rubbed clean a little.
0:46:16 > 0:46:18I have to keep my head still,
0:46:18 > 0:46:21or else I can still see the words out of the corners of my eyes.
0:46:21 > 0:46:23Can you tell me what they say?
0:46:25 > 0:46:29Say? The words - they don't talk.
0:46:36 > 0:46:38Do you think I might be ill?
0:46:40 > 0:46:42I do.
0:46:43 > 0:46:45But that means you can be healed.
0:46:54 > 0:46:56- Excuse me, please. - Oh, sorry.
0:46:56 > 0:46:58BABY CRIES
0:47:03 > 0:47:07I can't and I won't barge in without your say-so, but please,
0:47:07 > 0:47:09let me take a look at you, Trudy.
0:47:13 > 0:47:18Just had a delivery. Legal papers, from Lester's solicitor.
0:47:18 > 0:47:20He's going for custody with immediate effect.
0:47:20 > 0:47:24I would prefer to discuss the situation with Mrs Watts.
0:47:24 > 0:47:26Trudy, let me see if I can help.
0:47:28 > 0:47:29You'll make things worse.
0:47:30 > 0:47:32I've got to do this on my own.
0:47:33 > 0:47:35Because I'm on my own.
0:47:36 > 0:47:38So, if you'll excuse me, my son-in-law has asked me to supervise
0:47:38 > 0:47:42the locksmith, and this time, madam here ain't getting any keys.
0:48:07 > 0:48:10It's not right. It's just not.
0:48:10 > 0:48:13The man Trudy's trying to escape is a criminal,
0:48:13 > 0:48:16and he's playing the legal system like a penny violin.
0:48:17 > 0:48:20I'm generally wary of elaborate drinks,
0:48:20 > 0:48:23but a small, dry sherry won't hit the spot tonight.
0:48:23 > 0:48:25So, what's our poison, then, Phyllis?
0:48:25 > 0:48:27Brandy Alexanders made with
0:48:27 > 0:48:30condensed milk for a velvety, luxurious taste.
0:48:31 > 0:48:34This Women's Realm pamphlet's been quite an education.
0:48:36 > 0:48:40- Brandy Alexander, Patsy? - No, thank you.
0:48:40 > 0:48:42An evening of ulcer-dressing and haemorrhoid compression
0:48:42 > 0:48:46on the district rounds rather spoilt my appetite.
0:48:46 > 0:48:48And if you wouldn't mind getting off my bed...
0:48:50 > 0:48:51..I'd quite like a lie-down.
0:49:21 > 0:49:25Doctor, if I wasn't aware of Sister Mary Cynthia's need for
0:49:25 > 0:49:30psychiatric help before I saw you with her yesterday, I am now.
0:49:31 > 0:49:33And I'm very grateful for your interest.
0:49:33 > 0:49:37There is a particularly gentle, and therefore suitable,
0:49:37 > 0:49:41therapeutic community near Birmingham, called Northfield.
0:49:41 > 0:49:44Because her family live there, we may be able to get her in.
0:49:44 > 0:49:48Doctor, the Order of St Raymond Nonnatus is sister Mary Cynthia's
0:49:48 > 0:49:52family now, and she's already left for the Mother House.
0:49:52 > 0:49:56She'll be seen by a Chichester doctor as soon as she arrives.
0:50:00 > 0:50:03- Dr Turner. - Sister...
0:50:03 > 0:50:05did you see Sister Mary Cynthia before she left?
0:50:05 > 0:50:07No, I did not.
0:50:07 > 0:50:08She wasn't at the wards,
0:50:08 > 0:50:12and when I went to her room before breakfast, it was empty.
0:50:12 > 0:50:16- I see.- I cannot question what has happened, but I do want it noted.
0:50:21 > 0:50:23PHONE RINGS
0:50:25 > 0:50:28Nonnatus House, midwife speaking.
0:50:28 > 0:50:31Er, we've had an unscheduled delivery at the station.
0:50:40 > 0:50:42There was a bottle in the bag she left.
0:50:42 > 0:50:46The teat came off, and it leaked all over the nappies and the clothes.
0:50:46 > 0:50:48How can a mother abandon her children?
0:50:48 > 0:50:50And she obviously cares so much.
0:50:50 > 0:50:53I think you'll find Trudy did this BECAUSE she cares so much.
0:50:53 > 0:50:56Be that as it may, we have to find out where she's gone.
0:50:56 > 0:50:59Abandonment is a criminal offence. You can get six months.
0:51:04 > 0:51:08Trudy Watts is not the criminal in this situation, Sergeant Noakes.
0:51:08 > 0:51:10No. I can see that.
0:51:10 > 0:51:13I was about to telephone the children's officer,
0:51:13 > 0:51:14to organise a foster home.
0:51:15 > 0:51:17But if we put these children into care,
0:51:17 > 0:51:20we may have trouble getting them out.
0:51:20 > 0:51:22Trudy's already on her knees.
0:51:22 > 0:51:25I've no interest in kicking her, or her kiddies, while she's down.
0:51:25 > 0:51:28And I think I might know where she's gone.
0:51:38 > 0:51:41I've lost track of the times you've crept into my room now.
0:51:41 > 0:51:45I never tire of looking for the look upon your face.
0:51:45 > 0:51:48Is it going to be excited Pats, or happy Pats?
0:51:49 > 0:51:53Sad Pats or troubled Pats?
0:51:53 > 0:51:55But I love all of those girls.
0:51:55 > 0:51:57Even this one.
0:51:57 > 0:51:58What, apologetic Pats?
0:51:58 > 0:52:01Apologetic Pats and I do have what you might call
0:52:01 > 0:52:03a glancing acquaintance.
0:52:03 > 0:52:04I owe you an apology.
0:52:05 > 0:52:08For being brusque and not telling you why.
0:52:12 > 0:52:15And for something else which may never happen, but if it does...
0:52:17 > 0:52:19..it's going to hurt us both so much.
0:52:23 > 0:52:25What?
0:52:25 > 0:52:27I've had a letter from Hong Kong.
0:52:27 > 0:52:29- From your father? - From his nurse.
0:52:31 > 0:52:35He's developed a degenerative condition of the nervous system.
0:52:36 > 0:52:37Do you need to visit him?
0:52:39 > 0:52:42- I spoke to his nurse. He's... - SHE GULPS
0:52:42 > 0:52:43..paralysed.
0:52:44 > 0:52:46He wants me to go to him, but...
0:52:48 > 0:52:49..I don't know what to do.
0:52:58 > 0:53:00I reckon this is one for you, Nurse Crane.
0:53:21 > 0:53:23Well, lass, you've given us all a fright.
0:53:25 > 0:53:28But I don't think anyone involved's been more afraid than you.
0:53:46 > 0:53:48I thought I was going to kill myself.
0:53:50 > 0:53:51But you didn't.
0:53:53 > 0:53:56And I'm not going to ask you why, because you're a mother.
0:53:56 > 0:53:59Therefore, the answer's quite obvious to me.
0:54:00 > 0:54:03I thought there was no other way.
0:54:03 > 0:54:05No other way to get away from Lester.
0:54:05 > 0:54:09- No other way to save the kids. - There's always another way...
0:54:11 > 0:54:14..if you've someone to help you look for it.
0:54:26 > 0:54:28Hello.
0:54:28 > 0:54:29Hello, you.
0:54:34 > 0:54:37- A ring. - An engagement ring.
0:54:37 > 0:54:41I bought it for both of us, from my savings.
0:54:43 > 0:54:46That's not the way it's meant to be, Barbara.
0:54:46 > 0:54:48No. It's a new way.
0:54:49 > 0:54:50Our way.
0:54:57 > 0:54:58And absolutely perfect.
0:55:18 > 0:55:20'In the spring of 1962,
0:55:20 > 0:55:25'no-one knew what the tides would bring to Nonnatus House.
0:55:25 > 0:55:29'The currents ebbed and eddied, leaving no clear channel for its
0:55:29 > 0:55:35'ship to sail upon, but even in the midst of such uncertainty came joy.'
0:55:43 > 0:55:45Are you going to watch me do my drawing?
0:55:45 > 0:55:47It's going to be a very special picture.
0:55:49 > 0:55:52'No-one is ever as alone as they imagine.
0:55:52 > 0:55:56'Trudy Watts spent some time in a hostel for women,
0:55:56 > 0:56:01'and the help she received changed both her prospects and her fate.
0:56:01 > 0:56:05'She was awarded custody of Mickey, and his baby sister,
0:56:05 > 0:56:08'and rehoused in a council flat far from London,
0:56:08 > 0:56:13'where there were green fields and skies that held a hint of blue.'
0:56:13 > 0:56:14Patrick.
0:56:16 > 0:56:19You gave me a note once, from you and someone else.
0:56:23 > 0:56:25Now I'm giving you this...
0:56:25 > 0:56:28from me, and someone else.
0:56:33 > 0:56:35"Please will you be my dad?"
0:56:40 > 0:56:46'For everything washed away, a fresh potential dawned,
0:56:46 > 0:56:50'and in every wave of change, there came a new beginning.'
0:56:50 > 0:56:53- Bye! - Bye! Thank you!
0:56:53 > 0:56:54Bye!
0:57:07 > 0:57:09It's normally a wonderful thing,
0:57:09 > 0:57:10a mother brimming over with excitement.
0:57:10 > 0:57:12In this case, it unsettles me.
0:57:12 > 0:57:15I'm scared if you go in to that hospital, you won't come out.
0:57:15 > 0:57:19You are midwives and nurses, not maids and nannies.
0:57:19 > 0:57:22Those who do not earn their place must find another.
0:57:24 > 0:57:27Telephone for an ambulance and the fire brigade!
0:57:27 > 0:57:30Valerie Dyer. I'm a nurse. Tell me what you need.