0:00:30 > 0:00:34'A world was moving from a time of limits, of austerity,
0:00:34 > 0:00:38'into one which promised endless reinvention.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40'We could change the homes we lived in,
0:00:40 > 0:00:42'and the clothes we wore.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46'We could fly across the world, investigate new planets,
0:00:46 > 0:00:50'begin to crack our own genetic code.
0:00:51 > 0:00:57'But, no matter what science sought, our challenge remained the same -
0:00:57 > 0:01:00'to accept what it meant to be human.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04'To embrace our strengths, our weaknesses, our dreams.'
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Walk, don't run.
0:01:15 > 0:01:16Another letter from Hong Kong.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Don't you think you should open it?
0:01:20 > 0:01:23And be late for clinic, incurring the wrath of Sister Ursula?
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Have you lost your marbles, Busby?
0:01:25 > 0:01:28- Two minutes, Pats, to read the letter. That's all.- In which time,
0:01:28 > 0:01:31I could have taken a patient's temperature or blood pressure.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36I spoke with the Mother House.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Sister Mary Cynthia recuperates well.
0:01:39 > 0:01:44Oh, I had planned to telephone myself.
0:01:44 > 0:01:45Now there's no need.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Shall we make this the last?
0:01:48 > 0:01:49I beg your pardon?
0:01:49 > 0:01:52None of us can truly spare the time for arranging them.
0:01:52 > 0:01:53Don't you agree?
0:02:06 > 0:02:07Sweeties!
0:02:18 > 0:02:22Pink ticket, number 16, please. Mrs Reed.
0:02:23 > 0:02:24We're coming, Nurse.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37You go on, love. You've got work. I'll manage from here.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39She's in good hands, Mr Reed.
0:02:46 > 0:02:47Your pocket.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54Unlike your sisters, I won't indulge you.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Bonbons. Now.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16We don't appear to have your full notes. Where were you before?
0:03:16 > 0:03:20We were Whitechapel, Nurse. Dr Treneman on Alderman Row.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22And this is your first pregnancy?
0:03:22 > 0:03:24It is. My only baby.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Let's see how baby's getting on. Cold hands, I'm afraid.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35That's all feeling jolly good.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Now, let's have a listen to baby's heartbeat. Then blood pressure,
0:03:38 > 0:03:41urine sample, and we'll book you in for a home visit.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45Oh, I shan't be at home. I'm to go to St Cuthbert's for my caesarean.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47We'll want to see you regularly now,
0:03:47 > 0:03:49and, well, it'll save you the journey.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Never dared hope for such treatment.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55I think perhaps because I'm smaller,
0:03:55 > 0:03:57people think the hopes are not so great.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05That's it, you're getting it now, just got to keep working it.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Imagine you're in the ring with Henry Cooper.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09I'm picturing the rent man, Mum.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11- Hello, love! - George!
0:04:12 > 0:04:14I'll get flour all over you.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Ah, that's no worse than what's been on me today - coal, grain and sugar.
0:04:17 > 0:04:18It's a good one today.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Same tomorrow - big ships coming in all week.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23- Oh!- I did well with this one, didn't I, Mum?
0:04:23 > 0:04:25You both done well.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Come on then, Mister. We're waiting for you.
0:04:31 > 0:04:36But pregnancy for a woman with achondroplasia is quite risky.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38How can Mrs Reed not be aware of that?
0:04:38 > 0:04:39I don't know, Doctor.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42But she's definitely been booked in for a caesarean so, well, someone
0:04:42 > 0:04:45must have discussed the potential problems of a vaginal birth.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47The size of the pelvis is an obvious one,
0:04:47 > 0:04:50- but there are others, and she should be aware of them.- It's normally
0:04:50 > 0:04:54wonderful seeing a mother brimming over with excitement.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57In this case, it unsettles me.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Let me do a bit of digging.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Once we've seen the notes, we'll know what she knows,
0:05:02 > 0:05:05and then we can work out the best way to help.
0:05:05 > 0:05:06All right.
0:05:09 > 0:05:10How's your father?
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Pats, what did the letter say?
0:05:16 > 0:05:17I haven't had the chance to read it.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20- Then read it now. - I'm trying to sleep.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25Besides, if I ignore it, then it might all go away.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28Why do you always make light of everything?
0:05:28 > 0:05:32I know what the letter will say - "Come home."
0:05:34 > 0:05:36And that will mean leaving you.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39So, I'd prefer to leave it unread.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49Mrs Reed's notes from Dr Treneman's surgery.
0:05:49 > 0:05:50Thank you.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52You look a bit better, Shelagh.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55With luck, it will pass in a couple of weeks.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58A year ago, I would have offered you Distaval.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01A year ago, I would probably have taken it.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04When I think about those poor babies born without arms or legs,
0:06:04 > 0:06:06because of thalidomide...
0:06:06 > 0:06:08I think about them every day.
0:06:09 > 0:06:14But I think about this too, and how miraculous it is.
0:06:16 > 0:06:17How lucky we are.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24We ought to start telling people, really.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27I'd want the children to know first.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31Angela's too little to understand, but Timothy's a teenage boy.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33He'll certainly understand!
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Oh, Patrick!
0:06:35 > 0:06:37PHONE RINGS
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Nonnatus House. Midwife speaking.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Sister Winifred - Mrs Marsh is in labour.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08I can't say this situation doesn't worry me.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11And both parents are dwarves, so there's a high chance this baby will
0:07:11 > 0:07:13be born with the same condition.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15It could still be healthy.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18- And it would be so loved. - I know.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20And if the genetics work out differently,
0:07:20 > 0:07:22it could actually be of normal size.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24- Really? - Well, it's possible.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27But it's also possible the baby will be stillborn,
0:07:27 > 0:07:29or only live for hours.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33And we have no way of knowing which way the dice will fall.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36In which case, we must prepare Mrs Reed for every scenario.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Even the saddest.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40I'll do that.
0:07:40 > 0:07:41I have to.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44But she's so happy!
0:07:44 > 0:07:46The thought of anything going wrong will break her heart.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48She already knows.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Her previous GP told her.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54He also told her that she should terminate the pregnancy.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05Here, Val! They're saying it's going to be today. The baby.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Make sure you pop by later, there'll be a drink on the bar for you.
0:08:08 > 0:08:09All the luck to you, George.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Oh, Jessie, you're nearly there.
0:08:17 > 0:08:18OK, Jessie.
0:08:18 > 0:08:23Let's just take some slow breaths. Slow your breathing right down.
0:08:23 > 0:08:24We're very close now.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28Now, just one very gentle push, and we should see baby's head.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35Perfect, absolutely perfect. And pant for me.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40That's it, that's it.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Now another push for the shoulders.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46I know you're exhausted, but I know you have the strength, Jessie.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Dig deep for it now and push for baby.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55Well done! Well done! Baby's coming!
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Ah, hear that, Jessie?
0:09:00 > 0:09:02It's a little boy, Jessie.
0:09:02 > 0:09:03BABY CRIES
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Hello, my little one.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32George and me agreed Bobby for a boy, after Dad.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53George Marsh?
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Are you ready for your smallpox vaccination?
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Here, ain't you got something smaller?
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Oh, George, don't be a baby.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Talking of which - I hear your wife's in labour.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Ow! Here, that was crafty.
0:10:04 > 0:10:05It's called distraction.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09Off you go. And good luck to you and Jessie.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Arthur Pilbury?
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Hello.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17If you'd roll your sleeve up and relax your arm.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25Mrs Reed, we have your notes from Dr Treneman.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38We know you understand the risks associated with your pregnancy.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42All I want is to be able to help with what may lie ahead.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44I wanted this baby for so long.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48No-one ever thought I'd be able to fall, never mind carry.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51They were wrong, Nurse. Why can't they be wrong now?
0:10:52 > 0:10:54I so very, very much hope that they are.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58But I have a duty to care for you as much as for baby,
0:10:58 > 0:11:01and part of that's trying to prepare you.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05I can feel my baby.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08He kicks and wriggles when we sing to him.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10He's my little miracle, Nurse.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Don't ask me to give up, because I won't.
0:11:14 > 0:11:15I can't.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40Here, I got it, Arthur. You rest now.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44I don't have the lungs for this game no more.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Oh!
0:12:05 > 0:12:07ALARM BLARES
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Telephone for an ambulance and the fire brigade. Hurry!
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Nurse, over here. Nurse, help this man.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Fetch fresh water and blankets.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28We've only got the piped river water, Nurse.
0:12:28 > 0:12:29I need clean water.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31SHE WHISTLES
0:12:31 > 0:12:34Go to the pub, fetch water. Fill the kegs. Hurry.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Well, don't just stand there - go with him.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40Valerie Dyer. I'm a nurse. Queen Alexandra's. Army Corps.
0:12:40 > 0:12:41Tell me what you need.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43We need to get these men away from the building
0:12:43 > 0:12:45and check them for smoke damage and burns.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48I need everyone away from the building!
0:12:53 > 0:12:58All right, now, deep breaths, nice and easy. Let's get you sat down.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Come and sit down.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Pump. Get the water in there now.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Through the grates, through the doors, flood it.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Can't breathe.
0:13:10 > 0:13:15It's the smoke. Try not to panic. Slow, deep breaths.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Arthur Pilbury and George Marsh - they're still in there.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Oh, Lord, no.
0:13:19 > 0:13:20I'm coming with you.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Look, the fire's only just out.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24The bloody wiring must've caused this. It'll still be dangerous.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26I'm coming with you.
0:13:26 > 0:13:27So am I.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Here!
0:13:30 > 0:13:31There!
0:13:31 > 0:13:34HELP! HELP!
0:13:35 > 0:13:39It's all right, George. We're here now.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42It's Mrs Turner. I'm here with Miss Dyer.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44You know me, George, Val from the pub.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Val. Val, what's happened to me?
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Let him go now, George. Let me try to help Arthur.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Arthur? Arthur, can you hear me?
0:13:56 > 0:13:59All right there, George. We'll get you out as soon as we can.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03Me eyes. Me eyes, w...what's wrong with them?
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Don't touch them, George.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07- You got fresh water? - There's none down here.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Help me, I...I can't see.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11This man needs clean water, and he needs it now.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14It's just a warehouse. We're not equipped.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Here's a Thermos. There's water in it.
0:14:23 > 0:14:24Come on, Arthur, breathe.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Lean back, I've got you.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35- I got you!- Breathe, Arthur, breathe. - Lean back into me.
0:14:35 > 0:14:36That's it.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43HE PANTS
0:14:43 > 0:14:46- All right. - Come on, Arthur.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50I can't see. I can't see nothing.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52- You're going to be fine, George. - W...why can't I see?
0:14:52 > 0:14:55The doctor will be here soon.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58Here! Your Jessie might have had her baby by now.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00We've got a book running at the Black Sail -
0:15:00 > 0:15:02we all reckon it's going to be a girl.
0:15:02 > 0:15:03- Do you? - Yeah, most definitely.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Or a boy.
0:15:07 > 0:15:08Each way, then!
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Each way. That's the stuff.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Arthur, come on, breathe.
0:15:12 > 0:15:13Don't leave me.
0:15:15 > 0:15:16Leave my best customer?
0:15:19 > 0:15:21I'm right here, George.
0:15:21 > 0:15:22I'm right here.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46This isn't too deep.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49But you must have been in shock, if you didn't feel it.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53All I could think of was trying to help those men.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55There was nothing of any use at all there!
0:15:55 > 0:15:58No first aid-box, no water, nothing.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00At least there was us. And our training.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Wait till I tell my mum I've been in here!
0:16:05 > 0:16:08When I was little, me and my sisters used to watch the Nonnatuns
0:16:08 > 0:16:11arriving on their bikes with the big black bags on the back.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13And then we'd hear that Mrs Mahoney, or Mrs Blewitt,
0:16:13 > 0:16:16or Cousin Peg had had a little boy or girl.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19We thought you brought the baby in the bag!
0:16:21 > 0:16:25Yes, they keep them in that cupboard over there.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28Where have you been nursing since you left the Army, Miss Dyer?
0:16:28 > 0:16:30I haven't.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32I wanted to come home,
0:16:32 > 0:16:36and home's quite a nice place to be while I decide what's next.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39I'm not that good at sitting with my feet up, though.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42That's how I came to be pulling pints in my auntie's pub today.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44It's extremely fortunate that you were.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46It was awful.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49You think you'd get used to the sound of men yelling,
0:16:49 > 0:16:51but you never do.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02I'm so sorry, Mrs Marsh.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05His sight, it...
0:17:05 > 0:17:07It will come back, won't it?
0:17:08 > 0:17:12George has deep burns to his eyes.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14BABY CRIES
0:17:14 > 0:17:16I fell in love with those eyes.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20It's too much for her, Dr Turner.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22You know, she's only just had the baby.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Can you give her something to help her?
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Mum, no, I don't want to take nothing.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28I just want to know - will he see again?
0:17:28 > 0:17:30We have to be very patient.
0:17:31 > 0:17:36We have to wait for the swelling to come down, and then we'll know more.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41He's been living for Bobby.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47You'll pull him through, won't you? He's got to see you.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50He's got to.
0:17:56 > 0:18:01..bless, O Father, thy gifts to our use,
0:18:01 > 0:18:05and us to thy service,
0:18:05 > 0:18:08for Christ's sake. Amen.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Amen.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14It has been a turbulent day. Let us restore ourselves.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19I had meant to broach this at a later date,
0:18:19 > 0:18:23but it appears an opportune moment to do so now.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28During my time here, I have been struck by the lengths you go to
0:18:28 > 0:18:30for your patients, above and beyond.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35No request is too great a trouble.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38You are ceaseless in your well-meaning involvement.
0:18:40 > 0:18:45But you are encouraging dependencies which cannot be supported.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48We have more patients and less staff, and we must see ourselves
0:18:48 > 0:18:50as resources to be used sparingly.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56You are midwives and nurses, not maids and nannies.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02We are whatever is needed.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05But don't you see? You will now be what is needed most -
0:19:05 > 0:19:09providers of efficient health care and midwifery services.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Just as our approach must change,
0:19:17 > 0:19:21so must our way of organising Nonnatus House.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24There is to be no fat on the lamb.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28We are to become a hub of energy and activity,
0:19:28 > 0:19:31fit for the challenges of the modern world.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36Those who do not earn their place must find another,
0:19:36 > 0:19:39or there will be professional consequences.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45And Nurse Gilbert, second call.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Up and at 'em, ladies. We've a full day ahead of us.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50I would like to take Mrs Marsh to see her husband,
0:19:50 > 0:19:54if he's up to visitors, but it would mean my swapping with Mrs Henderson.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57That's fine. I can take care of Mrs Henderson.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00It's been made more than clear that we should provide only care
0:20:00 > 0:20:05that is strictly necessary, and then within an appointment.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08I'm afraid your request strays into the land of extra-curricular.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11And travel visas there have been cancelled.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Mr Marsh has been through a terrible trauma.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17I'm quite sure that a visit from his wife is exactly what's needed,
0:20:17 > 0:20:20to lift his spirits with news of his son.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24We can still maintain compassion, even with efficiency.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29I'm not sure I heard you correctly, Sister Winifred.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31I'm a trifle deaf these days.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37KNOCK AT DOOR
0:20:37 > 0:20:38Midwife calling.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Mrs Reed. How are we today?
0:20:45 > 0:20:48Oh, you know, still breathless, and I feel ever so big now.
0:20:48 > 0:20:53I'll make us coffee, and while I do, I'd like you to look through these.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56A little light reading. We recommend it for all our mothers-to-be.
0:21:00 > 0:21:01But...
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Nurse Mount, you made it sound as if I shouldn't hope.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09We can offer no promises,
0:21:09 > 0:21:11nothing to outweigh those with greater knowledge,
0:21:11 > 0:21:14but at this moment, you are an expectant mother.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18I think in all my talk of duty, perhaps I forgot to speak of joy.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29I keep thinking how much worse this could have been.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33You're such a catastrophist! But you're also a doctor,
0:21:33 > 0:21:36and you know what it's like when help is needed - you just jump in.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39He would have got even more involved than you, Mum!
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Probably ended up fried to a crisp.
0:21:41 > 0:21:42Patrick?
0:21:44 > 0:21:45Now?
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Best done when we're all together as a family.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51Mum, the fact that your biscuit intake has rocketed,
0:21:51 > 0:21:54you turn green at the mention of sardines, and Dad won't even
0:21:54 > 0:21:57let you pick up a teapot, leads me to only one conclusion,
0:21:57 > 0:22:01as does the embarrassed looks on your faces.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Angela and I are getting a baby sister or brother, aren't we?
0:22:07 > 0:22:08Yes.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Yes, we are.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Good. And I don't want to know any other details.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26- Mr Marsh, please. - He's just over there.
0:22:31 > 0:22:32George!
0:22:32 > 0:22:33Jessie?
0:22:33 > 0:22:36I'm here. I'm here, love. I'm here.
0:22:39 > 0:22:40We got a son.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Bobby.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46He's the spit of you already.
0:22:46 > 0:22:47He's so beautiful.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49Look, talk to the doctors, will you?
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Cos the nurses ain't making no sense to me.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54They're saying they don't know if me sight will come back.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00Mr Marsh, I'm Sister Winifred from Nonnatus House.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03I had the honour of delivering your beautiful little boy.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Well, when am I going to see again?
0:23:05 > 0:23:07The doctors have said that once the swelling has gone down,
0:23:07 > 0:23:09they'll be in a better position to understand.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12That's not telling me nothing. Am I going to be blind?
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Your eyes must be given the chance to heal.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19George, we got a baby boy. Just think of him.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Without me sight, I've got nothing.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Still can't get your plaster wet, Mum?
0:23:30 > 0:23:33I believe the authorities look unfavourably on child labour.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Oh, didn't I say? I'm a slow healer.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39I've been thinking - if the baby's another girl, I might move out.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43I might come with you. If I stay, I'll be outnumbered.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45It's from the Coroner's Court.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48There's to be an inquest into the death of Arthur Pilbury.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50They want me to act as a witness.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56I'm glad they're investigating.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59Always good to make these things a matter of record.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04There's no need be nervous, Shelagh.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06I suppose not.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09Perhaps I can make the coroner see what should be done for the future.
0:24:09 > 0:24:10That's my girl.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18They want George to speak up at court for Arthur.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21Oh, well, that could spur him on, don't you think?
0:24:21 > 0:24:23I can't say, Mum.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25They was always close, him and Arthur.
0:24:25 > 0:24:26He gets so tired.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29We're still early days, ain't we?
0:24:31 > 0:24:34I wish I could bring something in for you.
0:24:34 > 0:24:35I feel I'm just making it harder.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39None of that talk now. We couldn't manage without you.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43We'll just have to bake more bread.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47George will be back on his feet, and it'll be like normal.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Only better, cos we've got this little one.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00It's like a jumping bean. I call it the morning shuffle.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Now, you're sure you're managing?
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Your lungs are probably quite restricted by now.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06- I'm breathless all right. - We can ask for a home help.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09No, I've got Derek. He's a whizz in a pinny.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Well, don't be brave and struggle on.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14It's no struggle, Nurse. Not this little miracle.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17How's our patient?
0:25:17 > 0:25:19Your wife is a model mother-to-be.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Would you like to hear baby?
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Sorry, do excuse me.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20My word - back up to your birth weight in just a week.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Bravo, little one.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30There's still no change, with George?
0:26:33 > 0:26:35He says it's like being buried alive.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37You mustn't give up.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39It's not me who's given up.
0:26:39 > 0:26:44This is the dark before the dawn, but there is always a dawn.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52I think someone might have been listening to me "upstairs."
0:26:52 > 0:26:53Shall I top up the meter?
0:26:53 > 0:26:55No. We can manage.
0:26:55 > 0:26:56Jessie?
0:26:56 > 0:27:00We're just a bit short, that's all, without George's wage.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08One wonders what is left to clean.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12You startled me.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14Indeed.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18For you are close to what magicians call a hypnotic state.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21It really is just cleaning.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Sister Monica Joan, is there something I can help you with?
0:27:30 > 0:27:32I've committed a crime - I read your letter.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36There comes a time when even the songbird
0:27:36 > 0:27:41must return to its nest to hear the tune its parents sang.
0:27:41 > 0:27:42He's dying.
0:27:44 > 0:27:45I can't make him better.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47You can ease him on his way.
0:27:53 > 0:27:54I'm good at my job.
0:27:56 > 0:27:57Very good at it.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01I know how to look after my patients.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04All of this - Nonnatus, Poplar.
0:28:06 > 0:28:07Terribly good at all of it.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10But losing someone?
0:28:11 > 0:28:12Nope.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Not good at that at all.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18We only fail when we do not try.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31Now, are you sure you don't want me to wait with you?
0:28:31 > 0:28:36Derek, I'll be fine. Go! Finish adapting the pram.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42Sorry, after you.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59Here we are, Mr Marsh - what a lovely welcome party for you.
0:29:01 > 0:29:02Hello, George, love.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05Jess.
0:29:05 > 0:29:10There's someone else here for you, George. Bobby's here.
0:29:12 > 0:29:13This is your daddy.
0:29:14 > 0:29:15No. No, not like this.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17He shouldn't be in a place like this.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19Get him out of here!
0:29:19 > 0:29:20What, you want to torture me a bit more, do you?
0:29:20 > 0:29:23I brought him cos he's your son, and I thought he'd give you hope.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27I can't see him, Jess! He's a stranger to me.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32You think that's how I want him to know me?
0:29:32 > 0:29:35I won't be a father like this, Jessie. Not like this.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37And I want to be a mother like this?
0:29:38 > 0:29:42On my own, unable to sleep at night for worrying
0:29:42 > 0:29:45if you're suffering, if you're frightened.
0:29:45 > 0:29:46I don't want it this way,
0:29:46 > 0:29:49but my God, I'll make the best of it if I have to.
0:29:49 > 0:29:53Cos you're alive, and I'll take you deaf, broke, or blind.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01You know how much this meant to me today, bringing Bobby to you?
0:30:04 > 0:30:05Bye, love.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11Don't you know me yet?
0:30:13 > 0:30:15I love the bones of you.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19The very heart of you, George.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38As I was saying, ladies...
0:30:42 > 0:30:43Ladies?
0:30:43 > 0:30:45SHE CLEARS THROAT
0:30:45 > 0:30:47If we might continue.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50For nearly nine months, you've each been providing
0:30:50 > 0:30:52full bed and board for baby.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55Excuse me, Nurse Gilbert, might I be excused to the little girls' room?
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Oh, of course.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02As I was saying, birth is a little like bank holiday weather -
0:31:02 > 0:31:05you're never quite sure what you'll get.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17Sister? Are you going on a picnic?
0:31:19 > 0:31:23I'm not saying I wouldn't be tempted by a jam sandwich,
0:31:23 > 0:31:24or a pickled onion one,
0:31:24 > 0:31:29but Mrs Marsh is struggling without her husband's wage.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32This is for her.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40There's a packet of Rich Tea on the lower shelf, tucked away.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44Biscuits are always welcome in a crisis - people drink so much tea.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47Sisters. We must husband our resources carefully.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52Who is to say that greater troubles will not come tomorrow?
0:31:52 > 0:31:56Sister Ursula, we have always helped our neighbours where we can.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58And the people in this district ARE our neighbours,
0:31:58 > 0:32:00not objects of charity or pity.
0:32:02 > 0:32:07They are the first to give to us when they have flowers,
0:32:07 > 0:32:09or fruit, or vegetables to spare.
0:32:09 > 0:32:10Be that as it may,
0:32:10 > 0:32:15we cannot create the expectation of personal support at every turn.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19We are here to nurse our patients, not to nanny them.
0:32:19 > 0:32:20Yes, Sister.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23I do not wish to be forced to discipline anyone...
0:32:24 > 0:32:27..and I'm sure Sister Winifred will not waste her time again
0:32:27 > 0:32:31by accompanying patients on visits to the hospital.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36Jessie Marsh has just had a baby.
0:32:36 > 0:32:40Her mother has arthritis. There was no-one else who could take her.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44This is a close-knit community. Somebody else could have been found,
0:32:44 > 0:32:47and you could have continued with your duties.
0:32:52 > 0:32:56No matter what she says, this isn't the way we do things.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01No, it is not.
0:33:07 > 0:33:13Hello, Fred. Have you any spare carrots or maybe some potatoes?
0:33:13 > 0:33:17That's a very personal question, but, yes.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20We're collecting for a patient. Discreetly collecting.
0:33:25 > 0:33:26You look fatigued.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30I rather needed some air.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33This is the Anschluss of Nonnatus,
0:33:33 > 0:33:37and we must simply sit it out and wait for Churchill.
0:33:41 > 0:33:42Now, of course, at the hospital,
0:33:42 > 0:33:46Nurse will provide you with sanitary napkins,
0:33:46 > 0:33:49breastpads, and clothes for baby.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51He's got nothing to be showing off for.
0:33:51 > 0:33:52THEY LAUGH
0:33:54 > 0:33:59But your case must contain all that you will need for lying in.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01And of course, not only your outfit for coming home,
0:34:01 > 0:34:04but also baby's travelling outfit.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09Do we have any seamstresses or tailors in our ranks today?
0:34:09 > 0:34:13I'm a seamstress. I make all my clothes, and my husband's.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15Well, I'm no expert in the world of couture,
0:34:15 > 0:34:18seeing as I wear my uniform most days,
0:34:18 > 0:34:21but am I right that the correct outfit is as important
0:34:21 > 0:34:23as the event one is wearing it to?
0:34:23 > 0:34:25I should say so.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28Well, there you have it, from one who knows.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30Did you make your dress?
0:34:30 > 0:34:32Oh, I'd love to have something in that colour,
0:34:32 > 0:34:34after the baby, of course.
0:34:34 > 0:34:35Are you on the telephone?
0:34:35 > 0:34:37I am. Poplar 232.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46What's all this?
0:34:46 > 0:34:48We had a little extra in our harvest,
0:34:48 > 0:34:50and none of us could bear it going to waste.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52We don't need charity.
0:34:52 > 0:34:53We do, love.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56It's not forever, and there's no shame in it.
0:35:01 > 0:35:02Just to tide us over, then.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10They were such a lovely bunch, Derek.
0:35:10 > 0:35:14I'd so love to have them here one day - perhaps for a coffee morning.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18Probably wouldn't want to come, would they?
0:35:18 > 0:35:20It would be a trek for them.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22You're not finishing the pram first?
0:35:22 > 0:35:25The pram doesn't earn me money. Repairing the clock does.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29Derek, we need the pram ready.
0:35:29 > 0:35:30No, we don't!
0:35:32 > 0:35:34We're in cloud-cuckoo-land.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37I'm scared if you go into that hospital, then you won't come out.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39Neither of you.
0:35:44 > 0:35:48Shelagh, don't make yourself ill with anxiety about this.
0:35:48 > 0:35:52I'm just afraid I won't remember everything.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54Things moved so fast during the accident.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57Your nerve didn't fail you then, and it won't fail you today.
0:36:18 > 0:36:19Hold the line, Mrs Reed.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24Yes, I've got your details here.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27I will telephone the hospital and an ambulance will collect you,
0:36:27 > 0:36:29and your surgery will be brought forward.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34Stay perfectly calm. There's nothing to be upset about.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43Hello, Mrs Turner. You look nice.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45Oh, thank you.
0:36:45 > 0:36:46Nervous, but nice.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51I didn't know what to wear. I only ever gave evidence once before,
0:36:51 > 0:36:54but it was an Army inquiry, so I just wore a uniform.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03I'm glad I had shoes and a blouse to fuss about.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06It took my mind off things - all the questions they might ask,
0:37:06 > 0:37:07and all the answers I wanted to give
0:37:07 > 0:37:09were going round and round inside my head.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11Mine too.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13You just want to get it right, don't you?
0:37:13 > 0:37:15For the sake of the victims.
0:37:15 > 0:37:16Yes.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19George Marsh and Arthur Pilbury deserve better.
0:37:19 > 0:37:23They weren't soldiers going into battle - they were men doing a job.
0:37:23 > 0:37:24And it could've been avoided.
0:37:26 > 0:37:27Mrs Shelagh Turner.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32Your turn. Do your best for them.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41Mrs Berry - a boy!
0:37:41 > 0:37:45Oh, thank the Lord, she was two weeks overdue.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48And Mrs Reed - oh, poor thing, early labour.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50I'm sorry, did you say Mrs Reed?
0:37:50 > 0:37:53It seems her surgery's been brought forward.
0:37:53 > 0:37:54I'll go to her at once.
0:37:54 > 0:37:55Nurse Mount...
0:37:55 > 0:37:57I'm not letting her go through this alone.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00Sister Ursula has been perfectly clear - there will be consequences.
0:38:00 > 0:38:04Consequences be damned. Mrs Reed is my patient.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07If I've learned one thing from Nonnatus, from you,
0:38:07 > 0:38:10it's that we do what's right for our patient.
0:38:13 > 0:38:14Good on her.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23This woman is a primigravida with achondroplasia.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25Her pelvic abnormalities bar a vaginal delivery,
0:38:25 > 0:38:28thus a caesarean section is necessary.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30Labour has begun at 37 weeks,
0:38:30 > 0:38:34therefore we must proceed immediately and get her to theatre.
0:38:34 > 0:38:35Bring her in.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39I'm sorry about that, Mrs Reed.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41I'll be with you in the operating theatre.
0:38:41 > 0:38:42Mrs Reed?
0:38:42 > 0:38:43You only have a moment.
0:38:45 > 0:38:46I don't want to lose my baby.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49Everyone will do all they can for you and baby.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52I haven't got my case - it was all so quick.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55The midwife said they'd telephone Derek, but he isn't here.
0:38:55 > 0:38:56Leave it all with me.
0:38:58 > 0:39:02Mr Marsh, unable to see, was in great distress.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06All the while, I attempted to revive Mr Pilbury,
0:39:06 > 0:39:10though very sadly it was too late by the time we got to the men.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13I'm so sorry, Mrs Pilbury.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16You are here to address me, Mrs Turner, nobody else.
0:39:16 > 0:39:20Thank you. We're appreciative of your time.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22Sir, if I might be permitted.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25What we found at the dock was
0:39:25 > 0:39:28a dreadful lack of anything that could have helped.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31Not even the basics of fresh running water
0:39:31 > 0:39:33for burns, or wound cleaning.
0:39:33 > 0:39:34Thank you, Mrs Turner.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36Had there been a register, we would have known where
0:39:36 > 0:39:40Arthur Pilbury was. Perhaps he could have been helped sooner.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43We are concerned only with the cause of the accident.
0:39:45 > 0:39:49Should you not be concerned with those living with its impact?
0:39:49 > 0:39:50You are free to leave.
0:40:03 > 0:40:04Where is Nurse Mount?
0:40:06 > 0:40:08Where she is needed.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22I told you not to make yourself ill.
0:40:22 > 0:40:26I'm not ill! I'm just tired.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28And angry.
0:40:28 > 0:40:29Still?
0:40:30 > 0:40:33I did my best. I know that.
0:40:34 > 0:40:35And so did Valerie Dyer.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41But our best is worthless, because it won't change anything.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51FOOTSTEPS
0:40:53 > 0:40:54Jessie?
0:40:54 > 0:40:57How are you, my love? Oh, it's good to see you.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10Mr Reed? I'm Reverend Hereward.
0:41:10 > 0:41:14Nurse Mount thought you might like some company while you wait.
0:41:14 > 0:41:15Will you bless our baby?
0:41:16 > 0:41:19Every doctor makes it sound so...inevitable.
0:41:19 > 0:41:24Well, I'll do whatever you need me to do, Mr Reed, but
0:41:24 > 0:41:28I've always found that by trusting in God, nothing is inevitable.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05Feels like I can smell each tea leaf.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13It was good of you to come, Mrs Turner.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16I never thanked you, for what you did for me and Arthur that day.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18You don't need to thank me.
0:42:18 > 0:42:22They don't know yet, about me eyes, when the dressings come off,
0:42:22 > 0:42:24but they say without the water you had on you,
0:42:24 > 0:42:27well, it gives me a chance I wouldn't have had.
0:42:27 > 0:42:28Then help me.
0:42:30 > 0:42:31Come to the Coroner's Court.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36Tell them that men like you should be protected.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38Stand up like this?
0:42:38 > 0:42:40No. Never.
0:42:41 > 0:42:45Tell them what this accident has done to you, to Arthur.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51We tried, and couldn't save him, but now we need to fight for him.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58I must know - is baby all right?
0:42:58 > 0:43:01I don't know, Pats. The paediatrician took it straight away.
0:43:04 > 0:43:05Sir?
0:43:05 > 0:43:08Do excuse me, I'm Nurse Mount, Mrs Reed's district midwife.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11I ask that I be allowed to break the news to Mrs Reed.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25Mrs Reed...
0:43:25 > 0:43:26you have a daughter.
0:43:28 > 0:43:31Yes. Yes, Penny. Your baby is well.
0:43:35 > 0:43:37But...but they said she'd suffer.
0:43:37 > 0:43:40No, no, Penny, she's...
0:43:40 > 0:43:43Forgive the term - she's "normal" sized.
0:43:46 > 0:43:48Don't you mean "big"?
0:43:53 > 0:43:55- Congratulations, Mr Reed. - Thank you.
0:43:59 > 0:44:00Thank you.
0:44:05 > 0:44:06What if we can't manage her?
0:44:06 > 0:44:09What if she can't bear that we're dwarves?
0:44:09 > 0:44:11Mrs Reed, I'm not a mother,
0:44:11 > 0:44:14but I know what it is to be a child and to be afraid.
0:44:16 > 0:44:18I grew up in a prisoner of war camp, you see.
0:44:20 > 0:44:21Oh.
0:44:21 > 0:44:23And, through all of it,
0:44:23 > 0:44:26the only thing I was truly afraid of was losing my mother.
0:44:27 > 0:44:31The one who loved me beyond all fear and all horror.
0:44:33 > 0:44:36So do not doubt how much your child will love you,
0:44:36 > 0:44:39or how little she will see of the things that worry you.
0:44:41 > 0:44:42What happened?
0:44:45 > 0:44:46She died.
0:44:47 > 0:44:48Along with my sister.
0:44:52 > 0:44:53And your father?
0:44:56 > 0:44:58He survived.
0:45:00 > 0:45:03But I think I was so afraid of loss, I...
0:45:03 > 0:45:05I closed my heart to him.
0:45:24 > 0:45:27The Mount residence. Who is speaking, please?
0:45:29 > 0:45:31It's Patsy.
0:45:31 > 0:45:35Miss Mount? Oh, you are all your father asks for.
0:45:47 > 0:45:51Nurse Mount, may I have a few moments of your time?
0:45:53 > 0:45:54Of course, Sister Ursula.
0:45:54 > 0:45:56I made it clear, did I not,
0:45:56 > 0:46:00that there would be consequences should you disregard my orders?
0:46:00 > 0:46:02Yes. You made it very clear.
0:46:02 > 0:46:06And you paid no heed. I thought you more responsible than that.
0:46:06 > 0:46:07And a better nurse.
0:46:07 > 0:46:11I'm trying to be the best nurse and person I can be, Sister.
0:46:11 > 0:46:14Well, I find myself obliged to dock your wages.
0:46:16 > 0:46:18You can spare yourself the trouble.
0:46:20 > 0:46:23A refund for the time I spent with Penny Reed.
0:46:23 > 0:46:25I came to Nonnatus House precisely because
0:46:25 > 0:46:29I wanted to go above and beyond for my patients,
0:46:29 > 0:46:31to be where I was needed most.
0:46:31 > 0:46:33And right now, it seems I'm needed elsewhere.
0:46:33 > 0:46:36In Hong Kong. With my dying father.
0:46:56 > 0:46:57When will you go?
0:46:59 > 0:47:02As soon as I can get passage from Southampton.
0:47:04 > 0:47:08You've made the bravest, most caring decision that you could.
0:47:10 > 0:47:13I'm proud of you, Pats.
0:47:13 > 0:47:14How will we manage it?
0:47:16 > 0:47:17You and I?
0:47:19 > 0:47:23How will we survive the distance, and the time apart?
0:47:23 > 0:47:25We'll do what everyone else does.
0:47:26 > 0:47:27We'll write.
0:47:29 > 0:47:30We'll wait.
0:47:31 > 0:47:32We'll love.
0:48:00 > 0:48:03If Mr Marsh is not here within the next few minutes,
0:48:03 > 0:48:05we will move on to the next witness.
0:48:14 > 0:48:16Bravo, George.
0:48:16 > 0:48:18Help me up, Mrs Turner.
0:48:18 > 0:48:20The chair would be easier.
0:48:21 > 0:48:22I'm walking in.
0:48:38 > 0:48:39Jessie?
0:48:41 > 0:48:43I'm here.
0:48:44 > 0:48:47I recognised your perfume.
0:48:47 > 0:48:49Jessie, I... I'm sorry.
0:48:51 > 0:48:53See Mr Marsh is helped to the stand.
0:49:02 > 0:49:05I can't. I can't hold her.
0:49:05 > 0:49:06My arms are too short.
0:49:07 > 0:49:11You've carried this baby for nine months. You can hold her now.
0:49:17 > 0:49:21That's it. You have her safe. You have her.
0:49:25 > 0:49:26Oh, my.
0:49:28 > 0:49:29Oh, my.
0:49:31 > 0:49:38Where did you come from? So perfect, so beautiful.
0:49:40 > 0:49:42Nurse, we're observing Mrs Reed.
0:49:43 > 0:49:46Mr Simkins delivered baby yesterday...
0:49:46 > 0:49:47Not today.
0:49:47 > 0:49:49Mrs Reed is not a specimen, she's a mother.
0:49:51 > 0:49:53Let her have this moment in private.
0:49:54 > 0:49:56I'll tell Mr Simkins about this.
0:50:11 > 0:50:13Is she really ours?
0:50:30 > 0:50:31I've come from the court.
0:50:31 > 0:50:33The verdict's in?
0:50:33 > 0:50:36Arthur's death is recorded as an accident.
0:50:36 > 0:50:38Accident waiting to happen, more like.
0:50:38 > 0:50:43But the coroner is writing to the port authority, recommending that
0:50:43 > 0:50:48there should be fresh water stations on every dock, a register of men
0:50:48 > 0:50:50so their whereabouts are known,
0:50:50 > 0:50:53and there will be protective eyewear for anyone working with
0:50:53 > 0:50:56chemicals or flammable substances.
0:50:56 > 0:50:58You did it, Mrs Turner! You made them listen.
0:51:01 > 0:51:02George did it.
0:51:33 > 0:51:35This is it, then.
0:51:47 > 0:51:48Anything?
0:51:52 > 0:51:54I got nothing, Doc.
0:51:57 > 0:51:59But we got everything else.
0:52:10 > 0:52:13Well, little one, you're on fine form,
0:52:13 > 0:52:15bright eyed and gaining weight.
0:52:15 > 0:52:18I shall follow your progress from Hong Kong with interest.
0:52:18 > 0:52:20I said she'd grown.
0:52:20 > 0:52:22That's the spirit, Bella.
0:52:22 > 0:52:24What if she outgrows us?
0:52:26 > 0:52:31We never really outgrow our parents, we just think we do.
0:52:31 > 0:52:35But what if she thinks us peculiar next to all the others?
0:52:35 > 0:52:40Sometimes we have to stop wondering and worrying,
0:52:40 > 0:52:43and we simply have to do what scares us most.
0:52:56 > 0:52:57I love you.
0:53:03 > 0:53:04I can't do this.
0:53:06 > 0:53:07You have to.
0:53:07 > 0:53:10Your carriage has arrived. I'll grab your bag.
0:53:15 > 0:53:18Goodbye. Safe journey.
0:53:18 > 0:53:21- Oh, goodbye! - Thank you.
0:53:30 > 0:53:31Bye, old thing.
0:53:33 > 0:53:35(I love you.)
0:53:48 > 0:53:49Godspeed!
0:53:59 > 0:54:02That's it. Hold his head.
0:54:12 > 0:54:14You smell like home.
0:54:14 > 0:54:17He's looking at you, George. He knows you.
0:54:23 > 0:54:25I love you, little Bobby.
0:54:25 > 0:54:29This is us now, all right? And we will manage.
0:54:30 > 0:54:32And we will be grateful.
0:54:41 > 0:54:43Keeping up with your Spanish?
0:54:43 > 0:54:45I like to chip away at a little every day.
0:54:45 > 0:54:49Keeps me occupied, prevents the mind becoming rusty.
0:54:49 > 0:54:50I might take it up myself.
0:54:58 > 0:55:00If I may quote a poem.
0:55:00 > 0:55:06"For love of you, the air, it hurts, and my heart, and my hat,
0:55:06 > 0:55:09"they hurt me.
0:55:09 > 0:55:13"Who would buy it from me, this ribbon I am holding,
0:55:13 > 0:55:19"and this sadness of cotton, white, for making handkerchiefs with?
0:55:20 > 0:55:25"Ay, the pain it costs me to love you as I love you."
0:55:27 > 0:55:30Not my words, but those of Garcia Lorca.
0:55:31 > 0:55:36I'm not one for Spanish poetry - give me Tennyson any day -
0:55:36 > 0:55:38but I find his words move me.
0:55:40 > 0:55:43I have a volume of his poems in English,
0:55:43 > 0:55:45if you should care to borrow it.
0:55:48 > 0:55:49And, if I may...
0:55:51 > 0:55:56..the pain it costs to love,
0:55:56 > 0:55:58I believe it is always worth it.
0:56:04 > 0:56:07I'll leave the volume by your door.
0:56:07 > 0:56:10If we might put a two-week limit on the loan, I should appreciate it.
0:56:15 > 0:56:20# Love letters straight from your heart
0:56:26 > 0:56:32# Keep us so near while apart... #
0:56:32 > 0:56:35'However great the scale of injury or loss,
0:56:35 > 0:56:40'our frailties and pains are made bearable by others,
0:56:40 > 0:56:44'their thoughts, their deeds, their reaching out.
0:56:44 > 0:56:52'Their love and our endurance make us human and complete.'
0:57:01 > 0:57:06Welcome home, Nurse Franklin. I'm afraid I need you to man the phone.
0:57:06 > 0:57:08Me and the baby, stuck in here for 30 days,
0:57:08 > 0:57:11with me mother-in-law looking after us.
0:57:11 > 0:57:13You don't sound terribly keen.
0:57:13 > 0:57:15They're trying to close us down.
0:57:15 > 0:57:18We're to be inspected, apparently, and then they decide our fate.
0:57:18 > 0:57:21Nonnatus House will not carry slackers, Nurse Gilbert.
0:57:21 > 0:57:23I am not certain that Sister Ursula is fit
0:57:23 > 0:57:26to be making these decisions.
0:57:28 > 0:57:30What's the matter?
0:57:33 > 0:57:40# Love letters straight from your heart
0:57:44 > 0:57:50# I memorise every line. #