0:00:30 > 0:00:34Our deepest desires are never simple.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37But the peace we find when they are met
0:00:37 > 0:00:39eclipses everything.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Rhythm restored,
0:00:42 > 0:00:45a familiar face returned,
0:00:45 > 0:00:49the fresh new ticking of a clock once stopped.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52When wishes are granted,
0:00:52 > 0:00:55joy comes gently.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00And when it is not, we hang suspended,
0:01:00 > 0:01:06waiting for release in the space between the heartbeats.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16If you've been following the instructions on the pamphlet
0:01:16 > 0:01:19I had specially Roneoed for you before I left for South Africa,
0:01:19 > 0:01:23you shouldn't have any trouble at all with these new exercises.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26Good evening, Barbara! Better late than never.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Retained placenta in Lisbon Buildings.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30In which case you're excused.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32And we're going to step to the side,
0:01:32 > 0:01:34swinging our heads down to the floor.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Roses?
0:01:40 > 0:01:41I'm sorry they're pink.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45- They didn't have any red ones. - I prefer pink anyway.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47How are the children?
0:01:47 > 0:01:49They're looking after each other.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52We're all looking after each other, really.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54It's you I worry about.
0:01:54 > 0:01:55I know.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Is everything...as it was?
0:01:58 > 0:02:00There's been no further bleeding.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04I'm sorry, ladies and gentlemen,
0:02:04 > 0:02:06but visiting hour is finishing early tonight.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10- We've got ten minutes to go!- Then you can go and catch an early bus,
0:02:10 > 0:02:13or drop into the Flag and Whistle and have half a beer.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15I've a new patient to see to,
0:02:15 > 0:02:18and all my ladies need settling in for the night.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20That's us told, then.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Will you come back tomorrow?
0:02:22 > 0:02:25I'd sleep in the corridor if they'd let me.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37The reason this exercise is called The Flamingo is because
0:02:37 > 0:02:40whilst one leg bears the entire weight of the body,
0:02:40 > 0:02:42the other is fully extended behind.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45It's not because we're all turning pink, then?
0:02:45 > 0:02:47As you swing each leg behind you,
0:02:47 > 0:02:51fling the arms open like wings,
0:02:51 > 0:02:53pushing forwards with the bust!
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Oh, gosh!
0:02:59 > 0:03:02You might do better leaning on this chair.
0:03:02 > 0:03:03Barbara, would you come to the front
0:03:03 > 0:03:05and demonstrate to the rest of the class
0:03:05 > 0:03:08whilst I check everybody's balance?
0:03:13 > 0:03:17I'd like the whole class to look at Barbara's lovely supple back
0:03:17 > 0:03:19and confident bust projection!
0:03:19 > 0:03:21This is at least partly because Barbara
0:03:21 > 0:03:24has come to the class wearing suitable undergarments,
0:03:24 > 0:03:29namely a soft, elasticated brassiere and sensible briefs.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33Anything more substantial than a lightweight panty corselet
0:03:33 > 0:03:36is going to seriously affect your ability to carry out these moves.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Is that why you're out of breath, then?
0:03:38 > 0:03:41No, it is not!
0:03:45 > 0:03:48I really don't like putting you to trouble, Sister.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51I'm a nurse myself, and I know this isn't your job.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55If you're a nurse, you know not to argue with your superiors.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57And if you choose not to use a bed pan,
0:03:57 > 0:03:59you can't choose who wheels you to the lavatory.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03I don't choose not to. I just find it almost impossible...
0:04:03 > 0:04:05No upsetting yourself.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09Upsetting yourself is the worst thing you can do. So I forbid it.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16Fiery Jack! Active ingredient: capsicum pepper.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19My mother swore by it for her fibrositis.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23I haven't got fibrositis, Phyllis! I'm just unfit!
0:04:23 > 0:04:25And the rest of the class were just as bad.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28I don't think one of them had even looked at the exercises
0:04:28 > 0:04:31- in that pamphlet, never mind done any!- Did you?
0:04:31 > 0:04:34I was very busy in South Africa.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Did you get any exercise on board ship?
0:04:36 > 0:04:39I played giant chess. Almost every afternoon.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42And I won a twist competition with the Chief Engineer.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Well, that should've firmed your upper arms and trimmed your flanks.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47S'not a laughing matter, Barbara!
0:04:47 > 0:04:49I've let myself down and my class.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51And I'm going to put it right.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57See that Mrs Turner has all she needs,
0:04:57 > 0:04:59then I must talk to you about the sluice room.
0:04:59 > 0:05:00Yes, Sister Douglas.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04She's very kind.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06If you keep on the right side of her.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10Nurse? I'm really sorry, but I need the toilet and I'm too scared
0:05:10 > 0:05:12to move in case the bleeding starts again.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Don't worry. I'll fetch you a bedpan.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18It's my third time in here.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20First time I managed to hang on for as long as six months.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24I'm only five months. But I'm hanging on, too.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31ALARM RINGS
0:05:31 > 0:05:33ALARM STOPS
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Ow!
0:05:42 > 0:05:43Ooh!
0:05:49 > 0:05:52MUSIC: Fantastico by Peggy Lee
0:05:56 > 0:05:59# You are so fantastico
0:05:59 > 0:06:02# I'm a lucky so and so... #
0:06:02 > 0:06:05Why don't you join me?
0:06:05 > 0:06:08My wake-up routine can be your wind-down before bed.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12Trixie, I've been jumping through hoops all night for Sister Douglas.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14I don't need any more exercise, thank you.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Nurse Crane.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Early bird catches the worm.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Or, at least, it gets all the worms lined up and identifies
0:06:27 > 0:06:30which is likely to cause the most trouble.
0:06:30 > 0:06:35Drawing up this roster is like trying to plait soot.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39In which case, you'll be delighted to hear that we've received
0:06:39 > 0:06:42permission and funds to engage a new midwife.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46- We're going to advertise in the Midwives Chronicle.- Oh!
0:06:50 > 0:06:53- Morning, Marnie! - Oh, I was just going out.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Oh, do have mercy on a poor, shattered midwife.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57I really don't want to have to bike all the way back
0:06:57 > 0:07:00with a delivery pack perched on my handlebars.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Mandy, go back in.
0:07:05 > 0:07:06Do make sure you have
0:07:06 > 0:07:10enough shillings put by for the gas and electricity meter.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12A candlelit birth sounds romantic,
0:07:12 > 0:07:15but I've attended several and they can be quite trying.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Is the lavatory at the end of the corridor?
0:07:17 > 0:07:20You probably smelled it on your way in.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22I-I beg your pardon, Nurse, but I really need to go now
0:07:22 > 0:07:24or I'm going to be late.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28- I'm sorry, I didn't realise you had an appointment.- Well, I have!
0:07:28 > 0:07:30I'm due in court.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37I bought stuff on HP before me husband left.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40And once I realised he was never coming home, I ran up loans.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48I'm going before the magistrates cos I defaulted on the payments.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52- There are people you could've asked for help.- Well, I didn't, did I?
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Let me help you to get the children as far as the bus stop.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00It's the least I can do after I've made you late.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03I'm sorry, I-I shouldn't've snapped, Nurse.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07Well, I shouldn't've been such a bossy boots.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09I've been away for months,
0:08:09 > 0:08:12and I was probably enjoying myself a little bit too much.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17My kids always have hankies on 'em.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21One of the things my gran was strict about.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23I've got out of the habit of it myself.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26I never seem to have time for all the little things
0:08:26 > 0:08:27that make you look respectable.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30You look perfectly respectable to me.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Good morning, Mrs Turner.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36I'm just going to ease you over into this chair
0:08:36 > 0:08:40so that we can tidy up, ready for Mr Kenley's rounds.
0:08:41 > 0:08:42All right?
0:08:46 > 0:08:47Oh.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51No. No...
0:08:51 > 0:08:53It's all right.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57Come and sit down. Come and sit down.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59I know Marnie Wallace is a churchgoer and I thought
0:08:59 > 0:09:02you'd want to be told that she might need some pastoral care.
0:09:02 > 0:09:03Thank you.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06I'm aware she's on her own, of course, and I saw her on Sunday,
0:09:06 > 0:09:10but she never mentioned anything about a court case.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13It's the shame, probably. The more ashamed people are,
0:09:13 > 0:09:15the less inclined they are to ask for help.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Yes. And the more they need it.
0:09:18 > 0:09:19I'll call and see her.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Patient is an elderly primigravida,
0:09:24 > 0:09:26aged 36,
0:09:26 > 0:09:29almost five months gestation.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32Admitted after a moderate bleed,
0:09:32 > 0:09:34further bleeding earlier today, now ceased.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38Patient was successfully treated for pulmonary tuberculosis
0:09:38 > 0:09:42using triple protocol some four years ago.
0:09:42 > 0:09:47Why might that mean that conception was...
0:09:47 > 0:09:48unexpected?
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Damage to the pelvic organs, perhaps?
0:09:54 > 0:09:59Possibly leading to problems in carrying a pregnancy to term?
0:09:59 > 0:10:03I was diagnosed with scar tissue in the ovaries and fallopian tubes.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05But once I actually managed to conceive,
0:10:05 > 0:10:07there was no reason to anticipate further problems.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11- You seem to be very well informed, Mrs...?- Turner.- Ah.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13I'm a midwife by profession,
0:10:13 > 0:10:17and I know there are always new developments in obstetrics.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20If we could try to find out why this is happening...
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Pregnancies click, or they don't.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Let's just watch
0:10:25 > 0:10:28and wait,
0:10:28 > 0:10:29shall we?
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Kiddies need somewhere to play,
0:10:42 > 0:10:45and now they've demolished the reservoir there's proper grass there
0:10:45 > 0:10:48and a little hut where they sell ice creams.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50I remember Tom saying something about it.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Isn't there going to be a grand opening?
0:10:52 > 0:10:53Well, an opening.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56The Mayor's on his holidays, so I wouldn't call it grand.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Violet's borrowed a maypole to do something with the Brownies,
0:10:59 > 0:11:01but the Cubs, they've gone to hell in a handcart
0:11:01 > 0:11:03since Nurse Mount went off.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06I could give a presentation with my Keep Fit Ladies.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08It would give us all such an incentive,
0:11:08 > 0:11:10and we'd draw quite a crowd with our leotards.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Leotards? In a public park?
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Oh, Trixie, what would Sister Julienne say?
0:11:14 > 0:11:17If you aren't going to take keep fit seriously, Barbara,
0:11:17 > 0:11:21then you might as well give it up and run the Cubs in your spare time.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22I don't have any spare time.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Why don't you take 'em on, Nurse Crane?
0:11:25 > 0:11:29Because I find small boys exasperating.
0:11:29 > 0:11:30And violent.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33That's why a good Akela's so essential -
0:11:33 > 0:11:36to stop them turning into exasperating and violent men.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38And how's that going to be accomplished?
0:11:38 > 0:11:40By waving a magic wand?
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Ah! They sell whistles down the hardware shop.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50I just...
0:11:50 > 0:11:53I can't make ends meet, on just National Assistance.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58And now the courts are saying I have to pay back my debts in instalments.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02Would it help if I went through your bank account with you?
0:12:02 > 0:12:06I haven't got a bank account. My husband wouldn't give me permission.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Hello, Marnie, sweetheart.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Hello, Dot.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13- You her vicar? - Curate, yes.
0:12:13 > 0:12:14I'm her cousin.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18She asked me to be godmother to this little love, but I declined.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Don't believe in God, or in the devil.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Come here!
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Got pink icing all over your face.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Looks like lipstick put on wrong.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33Hankie. Never go without one.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35Our grandma would be proud.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39There, that's better, isn't it?
0:12:39 > 0:12:43Anyway, it's really Master Kevin I've come to see today.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Cos he's the birthday boy!
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Shall I unwrap it?
0:12:49 > 0:12:51- It's a cap gun. - Dot!
0:12:51 > 0:12:53I'm not celebrating Kevin's birthday today.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55I can't afford to buy him anything,
0:12:55 > 0:12:58and he's too little to know any better!
0:12:58 > 0:13:01- Is it that bad? - Yes, it is.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Begging your pardon, Reverend,
0:13:05 > 0:13:09but Marnie knows me and my Eugene would bend over backwards to help.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12Dot! I don't want the kind of help you and Eugene are offering,
0:13:12 > 0:13:15do you hear me? I don't want it.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18But you need it, Marnie. You need all the help you can get.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22Go! Just go, Dot. Get out of my flat, and just leave us all alone.
0:13:27 > 0:13:28As it happens,
0:13:28 > 0:13:32internal examination has given me confidence
0:13:32 > 0:13:35in a diagnosis of incompetent cervix.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37What does that mean?
0:13:37 > 0:13:41It means there's a reason why you keep losing all these babies.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44The neck of the womb lacks the muscularity it needs
0:13:44 > 0:13:46to hold everything in place.
0:13:46 > 0:13:51Nurse, are you able to recall the name for the treatment for this?
0:13:51 > 0:13:56Cervical cerclage, sir? Often referred to as a Shirodkar Suture.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59It's a stitch put into the cervix following threatened
0:13:59 > 0:14:02spontaneous abortion, usually removed in the 36th week
0:14:02 > 0:14:05to allow for natural labour and delivery.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09"Though she be but little, she is fierce!"
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Could you do that for me?
0:14:12 > 0:14:15I'm prepared to give it my consideration.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22LOUD TOOT
0:14:29 > 0:14:31LOUDER TOOT
0:14:38 > 0:14:41EVEN LOUDER TOOT, BABY CRIES
0:14:42 > 0:14:44I think this one will suffice.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47I should like the Scouting Association discount, please.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Trixie chose the magazines.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54Nurse Crane sent barley sugars.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02I...I just spoke to the Sister.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07She told me you had a setback.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09It wasn't a very heavy loss.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Enough to suggest the baby may no longer be alive
0:15:12 > 0:15:13but not enough to know for certain.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Do you want to know for certain?
0:15:20 > 0:15:22If I did...
0:15:22 > 0:15:25we may have to stop hoping.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28And we were without hope of any kind for years.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31We were happy enough before
0:15:31 > 0:15:35and we will be happy again, whatever happens.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39- We will, won't we? - Yes.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46Good news, Marnie!
0:15:46 > 0:15:50I've persuaded the council nursery to find afternoon places
0:15:50 > 0:15:53for Kevin and Mandy for the next six weeks.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55That came this morning.
0:15:55 > 0:15:56From the landlord.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01The rent man's been knocking on the door for weeks,
0:16:01 > 0:16:03and I just haven't answered.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05"Notice To Quit"?
0:16:06 > 0:16:08I didn't read on after that.
0:16:10 > 0:16:11I didn't dare.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18How long have I got?
0:16:18 > 0:16:19Two weeks.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33I thought Tatler was supposed to be a gossip mag.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36It's not gossip if you've never heard of any of the people.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Mind you, you can't fault the soft furnishings in it,
0:16:39 > 0:16:41there's some magnificent pelmets.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Any time you fancy swapping pelmets
0:16:44 > 0:16:47for "20 Exciting Things To Do With Liver" you're more than welcome.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Every time those doors swing open, I look to see if it's that specialist,
0:16:56 > 0:16:59coming to tell me he'll do that operation.
0:16:59 > 0:17:00Still,
0:17:00 > 0:17:03at least there's no chance of us missing these babies moving,
0:17:03 > 0:17:06when we're lying here, nailed to the bed.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09I haven't felt mine move at all yet.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12I wouldn't expect to - it's too soon.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14It's too soon to hear a heartbeat either,
0:17:14 > 0:17:17- even if there's one there to be heard.- Just you wait.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20If they let you listen through the stethoscope, it sounds like
0:17:20 > 0:17:23a horse coming in over the finish line in a 3:15.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26It must be a magical thing when it's your own baby.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31What does it feel like when it starts to move?
0:17:31 > 0:17:33It's not like kicking.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37Well, maybe it feels like kicking later on, but I wouldn't know.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40You know what it does feel like, at six months, where I am now?
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Like a goldfish.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Yeah, like a little goldfish,
0:17:44 > 0:17:46nudging the side of his bowl with his little fins.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48"I'm in here, Mum!"
0:17:48 > 0:17:51You'll be feeling it yourself soon. I know you will.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54And yours will have its boots on, kicking up a storm.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Excuse me, lovely.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Hello, Marnie. This is a surprise.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12I'm sorry. I shouldn't have shouted.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16You don't mind us coming here, do ya?
0:18:16 > 0:18:18It's just that I remembered it was early closing at the beauty parlour.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Ring the bell. Go on.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25MUSICAL DOORBELL
0:18:25 > 0:18:29There's a choice of two tunes, just flick a little switch.
0:18:29 > 0:18:30Dot...
0:18:32 > 0:18:35I've come to talk to you about your offer.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47I wish Eugene was here. He's at his salon, seeing a supplier.
0:18:48 > 0:18:49Sugar?
0:18:49 > 0:18:51One and a bit.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54- It's lumps. You have to have one or two.- Dot.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Does Eugene know?
0:18:56 > 0:18:58About your offer?
0:18:58 > 0:18:59Yes.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05He never wanted to adopt...
0:19:05 > 0:19:07when we realised I was barren.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11He said he wanted his own flesh and blood or nothing.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15And I put it to him...
0:19:15 > 0:19:18that your little one was the next best thing.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20He knows I asked you.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23And he knows you said no.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Well, as I said,
0:19:26 > 0:19:28I'm saying yes now.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31You can take it - as soon as it's born.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36We'll give it everything, Marnie.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40- It'll be the child we never had. - It'll be the child you do have, Dot.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43It'll be yours.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51The Midwives Chronicle's arrived, Sister. The advertisement's in.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53It feels rather exciting, really.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57As though we've launched our little ship on a new adventure.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59I can't shake off the feeling that this new person -
0:19:59 > 0:20:04whoever she may be - is really a replacement for Sister Mary Cynthia.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Who could fill her shoes?
0:20:07 > 0:20:11She is a very particular and gentle spirit,
0:20:11 > 0:20:14and I suspect I miss her at least as much as you do.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Then why aren't we trying to find her?
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Well, cos she isn't lost.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22She was very unwell when she was returned to the Mother House,
0:20:22 > 0:20:26and since you reported that she was not there, Mother Jesu Emmanuel
0:20:26 > 0:20:30informed me that she has been sent to a place of greater safety.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Sister Mary Cynthia is a person, not a parcel.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35She shouldn't be "returned" or "sent" anywhere.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38She should be acting of her own free will.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41She was in no fit state to do so.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44If you had seen her, you would believe me when I say that.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48I don't disbelieve you. I just need to know she's all right.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Until Sister Mary Cynthia is well enough to choose
0:20:51 > 0:20:55to make contact with us herself, we must treat her with the respect
0:20:55 > 0:20:59we would show to anyone else who isn't well.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02Especially if the illness is a mental one.
0:21:08 > 0:21:09Mrs Wallace?
0:21:13 > 0:21:15I've sorted everything out.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17I'd be pleased...
0:21:17 > 0:21:20if you weren't crying as you said that.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35What you playing at, Fred Buckle?
0:21:35 > 0:21:39I thought of the perfect way to get everybody down the new playground,
0:21:39 > 0:21:40on the day of the opening.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43"Spectacular Chariot Race
0:21:43 > 0:21:46"From Market Cross to Reservoir Rec.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48"Prams, carts, wheelbarrows.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51"No conveyance too humble or too grand!"
0:21:51 > 0:21:53Is that what all this is, then?
0:21:53 > 0:21:57Yeah, well...it's to give people ideas. Look!
0:21:57 > 0:21:58Look.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01"Bigger than Ben Hur!"
0:22:01 > 0:22:03I'd better start stocking Roman helmets, then.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10I've never come across a case quite like it.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Mrs Wallace has made up her mind,
0:22:12 > 0:22:15and seems to believe that God approves of her actions.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18If I may venture an observation,
0:22:18 > 0:22:23when people seek the approval of the Almighty, it is generally because
0:22:23 > 0:22:25they fear they will not get it.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28Sister, you know as well as I do that many poor women have given
0:22:28 > 0:22:32children they cannot feed to relatives better placed to do so.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34And we have never condemned them.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37It happens with slightly older children. But I can't remember
0:22:37 > 0:22:39it ever happening with such a new-born.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42Nurse Franklin, we look after mothers giving new-borns
0:22:42 > 0:22:45- up for adoption every week. - And not many of them would
0:22:45 > 0:22:47if society gave them much choice in the matter.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50I've mopped up more tears and dried up more milk supplies
0:22:50 > 0:22:53than you can shake a stick at.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57Adoption is always a very delicate and complicated issue.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01I was adopted myself, when I was two months old.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08Well, I'm sure that will make you much more sensitive
0:23:08 > 0:23:11- to Mrs Wallace's situation. - I hope so.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14I don't know what happened when I was born.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16But my adoptive parents were wonderful,
0:23:16 > 0:23:19and I've never doubted that my mother did her best for me.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22And we'll do our best for this poor mother.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Every care taken and no questions asked.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32I know that landlord.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36He terrorised me and Dot when we were first married.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38Gives me quite a thrill,
0:23:38 > 0:23:41writing him a cheque with my gold-nibbed fountain pen.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44You remind me of that nursery rhyme,
0:23:44 > 0:23:46"The king was in his counting house."
0:23:46 > 0:23:49I shall have to brush up on my nursery rhymes.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53It'll be all hands on deck in a minute.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55I called in at the furniture shop, they're delivering a nice roll
0:23:55 > 0:23:58of lino and a brand-new mattress as we speak.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00The van's pulling up already.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02I don't need a new mattress, Dot.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Marnie, the one you've got sags in the middle
0:24:05 > 0:24:07like Old Nick's hammock!
0:24:07 > 0:24:10I still wish you were coming to have the baby at our house.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14But this is your home.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18And whatever you want, you can have.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20You can even have a say in naming it.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22No.
0:24:22 > 0:24:23It'll be your baby.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27I like Andrew for a boy.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Same as Prince Andrew.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33And something ending in A for a girl.
0:24:38 > 0:24:43I think it's starting. I was sick with Kevin and with Mandy.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Do you want me to ring Nonnatus House?
0:24:52 > 0:24:55And skip, skip, step to the side,
0:24:55 > 0:24:57skip, skip, step to the side.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59And if you bump into somebody, just keep going.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01KIDS YELL
0:25:04 > 0:25:06WHISTLE TOOTS
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Pack, alert!
0:25:09 > 0:25:12I thought you were coming earlier, Nurse Crane.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14We were delayed.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16I thought it best to spend some time
0:25:16 > 0:25:19revising basic commands and responses.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22I had an aunt with half a dozen Sheltie pups,
0:25:22 > 0:25:24she took a similar tack with them.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Well, you've still to convince me that mixing the sexes up
0:25:27 > 0:25:28around the maypole will work.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33Pack, at ease.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41I've just found a blackcurrant jelly and a tin of evap on the step.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45Another kindly patient must've put them there after Mrs Penny left.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47She says there's a hotpot in the oven,
0:25:47 > 0:25:49and she's coming back later, for Angela's bedtime.
0:25:49 > 0:25:54- No prizes for guessing what's for pudding!- Dad.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57You don't have to pretend to be jolly all the time.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00You don't have to pretend that nothing's happening.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03With your next pain, I want you to push with all your strength.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Really show me what you can do.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09SHE GROANS
0:26:09 > 0:26:13No noise, Marnie. Save your energy for that push.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Help! Help!
0:26:15 > 0:26:18SHE WHIMPERS AND GROANS
0:26:22 > 0:26:25It's like it doesn't want to be born, Nurse.
0:26:25 > 0:26:26All right, sweetie.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28We're going to get you some help.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34Dot, could you telephone Poplar 491,
0:26:34 > 0:26:37and say Doctor Turner and another midwife are needed at this address
0:26:37 > 0:26:38for an assisted delivery?
0:26:38 > 0:26:41- Will you be all right on your own? - Absolutely we will.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Dad, I know it makes sense to shield Angela
0:26:51 > 0:26:53but it doesn't make sense to shield me.
0:26:55 > 0:26:56I'm sorry, Tim.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01But we're just marking time and waiting.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04For all we know, there might not be anything to shield you from.
0:27:06 > 0:27:07Have you done your homework?
0:27:07 > 0:27:10I do it every night when you're at the hospital.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14Maybe when I'm 18 we can go to the pub and have
0:27:14 > 0:27:16- a proper conversation. - Go to the pub?
0:27:16 > 0:27:18That's where men go to talk, isn't it?
0:27:18 > 0:27:21I've only got three more years to wait.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23PHONE RINGS
0:27:28 > 0:27:30Hello, Turner.
0:27:30 > 0:27:31Sister Winifred.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34I see.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38Yes, of course, I'll be there straight away. Thank you. Goodbye.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43I have to go out to a case, son.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46I'm sorry.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52How are we getting along?
0:27:52 > 0:27:55Baby seems to be in a good anterior position, but Mrs Wallace
0:27:55 > 0:27:58has been in the second stage for a couple of hours without progress.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00- She's very tired. - I'll examine her.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04But let's prepare for forceps.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25Good evening, Master Turner. What are you doing here?
0:28:25 > 0:28:28I think a policeman would describe me as loitering with intent.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31Mum won't have any visitors if I don't go in
0:28:31 > 0:28:34- but no-one under 16 is allowed. - Well, no-one's been asked to show
0:28:34 > 0:28:36their birth certificate while I've been here.
0:28:39 > 0:28:44Now, once we're all set, I'll need you to push with each contraction.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46I'm tired of pushing.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48But the difference now, Marnie, is that you'll be pushing,
0:28:48 > 0:28:50and Doctor will be pulling.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52You'll have your baby in your arms before you know it.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55You can push with the next one, Marnie. Save your strength.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57First blade.
0:28:58 > 0:28:59And the second.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04Contraction.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06Deep breath and push!
0:29:06 > 0:29:09Push, Marnie, push!
0:29:11 > 0:29:14- Come on! Come on, girl. - You can do it!
0:29:17 > 0:29:19- And again. - You're doing so, so well, Marnie.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26- Head's on the way! - Nearly there!
0:29:36 > 0:29:38Push now!
0:29:38 > 0:29:42- Keep it coming, Marnie! Keep it coming!- Good girl!
0:29:42 > 0:29:45That's it! That's it!
0:29:45 > 0:29:47That's it!
0:29:47 > 0:29:49BABY CRIES
0:29:49 > 0:29:50Well done.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52Well done, Marnie.
0:29:58 > 0:29:59It's a boy.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08Did you hear that?
0:30:08 > 0:30:09Thank you.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12Thank you.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19He's a man, he doesn't find it easy to talk about his feelings.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21But he's also a doctor.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24You'd think he'd find it easier to talk about this than most men.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26Timothy, does it not occur to you
0:30:26 > 0:30:29that that's why he can't discuss things?
0:30:29 > 0:30:32He knows what could happen. And so do I.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38He's going to look like a prize fighter by tomorrow.
0:30:38 > 0:30:43I predict at least one black eye and very possibly two.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45I'm sorry, soldier.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49Time for a little someone's wash and brush up!
0:30:49 > 0:30:51Let's introduce him to his mother first.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Give him to Dot.
0:31:01 > 0:31:02Give him to her.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15Oh, look at you.
0:31:16 > 0:31:21Look at you, looking at me, as if to say,
0:31:21 > 0:31:23"How did I get here?"
0:31:25 > 0:31:28It's been ever such a long, long journey.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30But you're here now.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34Sshhh.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43What's happening?
0:31:43 > 0:31:46I'm putting this Nil-By-Mouth sign over your bed, Mrs Venables,
0:31:46 > 0:31:48because in the morning you're going to be having an operation.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50Are they going to put that stitch in?
0:31:50 > 0:31:52Mr Kenley has decided you're a prime candidate
0:31:52 > 0:31:54for cervical cerclage.
0:31:54 > 0:31:58Nurse Busby will pop by in a few minutes to help you to prepare.
0:32:05 > 0:32:09Hello, son. Mrs Penny's gone.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11She told me where you were headed.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14Thank you.
0:32:14 > 0:32:15I thought you might be angry.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19Some rules are worth breaking.
0:32:19 > 0:32:23Others, you are going to have to stick to for a while.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25Like not going to the pub.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28- Beer?- To be precise, two bottles of Pale Ale
0:32:28 > 0:32:32and a packet of pork scratchings.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39Are you going to stay with them tonight?
0:32:39 > 0:32:41Absolutely.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43Marnie's had quite a rough time,
0:32:43 > 0:32:47and baby might be grisly because of his sore head.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51I have to go home and tell my husband.
0:32:53 > 0:32:57We'll come back to get the baby in the morning, in the car.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01We can bring his carrycot.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03All his lovely new clothes.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08We'll be a family from the off, then.
0:33:10 > 0:33:11Poor sweet.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18Are you sure you don't want to see baby?
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Sister Winifred's about to give him a bottle,
0:33:20 > 0:33:23but I could bring him in here just so you could have a peep.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26I want him christened.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28As soon as possible.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31Baby's not in any danger, Marnie. He's just a little bruised.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34You'd feel reassured if you just took a look at him.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38You could give him his bottle yourself, if you'd like to?
0:33:38 > 0:33:41I just want him christened.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43First thing in the morning.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49Dad, that was miles off bull's-eye.
0:34:01 > 0:34:05Dad, thanks - for this.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07Tim...
0:34:07 > 0:34:10whatever happens with this baby,
0:34:10 > 0:34:12family life won't change.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14But I'll change.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17You've been changing for 15 years.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19And I love you just the same.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33Nurse!
0:34:33 > 0:34:35Nurse!
0:34:35 > 0:34:36Something's happening!
0:34:36 > 0:34:38Stay where you are, Mrs Venables!
0:34:38 > 0:34:41No! No! I'm supposed to be having my operation this morning!
0:34:41 > 0:34:44- Is something wrong? - I think she's in labour.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47Not again, not again.
0:34:47 > 0:34:51Make it stop! Make it stop!
0:34:51 > 0:34:54Make it stop! Please!
0:34:57 > 0:35:00In the name of God...
0:35:00 > 0:35:03the Father, the Son
0:35:03 > 0:35:05and the Holy Spirit.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09- Amen. - Amen.
0:35:10 > 0:35:14Marnie, I'm going to say the godparent's responses.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18But it is usual for the mother to hold her baby until that point.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33There you go. Sh...
0:35:36 > 0:35:40Please don't think I don't love him, Mr Hereward.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42I've never doubted that for a single moment.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49You only have to be brave a little bit longer.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51It'll be over very quickly.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53I don't want it to be over!
0:35:53 > 0:35:56- Lean into me, Gloria. Do as Sister says.- I don't want to push!
0:35:56 > 0:36:02SHE GROANS AND SOBS
0:36:02 > 0:36:04- Good girl. - No...
0:36:07 > 0:36:09Name this child.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13Andrew...?
0:36:15 > 0:36:18Andrew Thomas.
0:36:18 > 0:36:19After the reverend.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31Andrew Thomas,
0:36:31 > 0:36:34I baptise thee in the name of the Father,
0:36:34 > 0:36:36and of the Son,
0:36:36 > 0:36:38and of the Holy Ghost.
0:36:40 > 0:36:41Amen.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44Amen.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52Good girl.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56Soon this will all be over.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01And there'll be no more pain.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22- Is it alive? - No.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24No, dear.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27I'm sorry.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33You see to this, Nurse.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39Mrs Venables and I can manage on our own now.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46Noooo!
0:37:49 > 0:37:52I'll pop to the kitchen and prepare a bottle for Master Andrew.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57Unless you want to try feeding him yourself?
0:37:59 > 0:38:01I don't want him messed about.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03Of course.
0:38:03 > 0:38:04Morning.
0:38:06 > 0:38:07Is something wrong?
0:38:07 > 0:38:12No. Marnie just wanted the baby to be baptised.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14I don't believe in any of that.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16That's why I did it.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21He's called Andrew Thomas.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30You can take him now.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39What will happen to my baby?
0:38:39 > 0:38:41Don't you worry about that now.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44You leave that to us - that's what we're here for.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47- No, I wanted to see it! - I know.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50But it wouldn't be wise.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59You can cry if you want to.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03There will be better days than this.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19If these are the best interview candidates the Midwives Chronicle
0:39:19 > 0:39:23can deliver to our door, I have to say I fear for our profession.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27Is there anyone on the list you feel we really shouldn't see?
0:39:27 > 0:39:30Mantlewood, Geoffrey Arnold rather leaps off the page.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33Yes. He would appear to be a man.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36But he's highly qualified as a district nurse.
0:39:36 > 0:39:40Sister Julienne, more than half of our work is midwifery.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42A field in which men are not currently
0:39:42 > 0:39:44permitted to train or qualify.
0:39:45 > 0:39:51I would also like to draw your attention to Gretchen Elise Fruman,
0:39:51 > 0:39:56who appears to spring from somewhere called Vermillion, South Dakota.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59I thought an American would be a breath of fresh air.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02So no Americans.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04And no men.
0:40:08 > 0:40:13All the bottles and powdered milk are packed and in the car.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18So, looks like we're ready for the off.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22Come on, then, little lad.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24Your carriage awaits.
0:40:36 > 0:40:37Wait.
0:40:45 > 0:40:46He can't go without an 'ankie.
0:40:50 > 0:40:51Give it to him.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01Take this from your mother, Andrew.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07And may God's love go with you always.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26CRYING INSIDE
0:41:30 > 0:41:33Did I do the right thing, Mr Hereward?
0:41:33 > 0:41:35Tell me honestly, did I do the right thing?
0:41:35 > 0:41:38I'm not even going to answer that question, Marnie.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41Because you did the only thing you could.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43Thank you for being so kind to me.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47It must've been quite hard.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50It wasn't hard at all.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52Have you been in this situation before?
0:41:54 > 0:41:56I've been in this situation once.
0:42:01 > 0:42:06Is there anything else I can do for you before I go?
0:42:07 > 0:42:09I want to get rid of the pram.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11Kevin's not a baby any more.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14I was only pushing him round in it to keep it warm for...
0:42:16 > 0:42:18..the next one.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22Now I need someone to take it away.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35Tom? How did it go?
0:42:35 > 0:42:37He's gone.
0:42:38 > 0:42:42Tom...this isn't your story.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45You've always said you couldn't've had a happier childhood,
0:42:45 > 0:42:47or a better life.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52That was before I witnessed a woman giving up her child.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55Before I was in the room watching her crying.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57What about her story?
0:42:57 > 0:42:58I'm sorry.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03There are no photographs of me as a child.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07I didn't think I minded.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11But now I've seen one.
0:43:11 > 0:43:13And I do.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21If Dr Turner was a Girl Guide,
0:43:21 > 0:43:24he'd get his Needlework Badge for those stitches.
0:43:24 > 0:43:27But you really are going to have to stay in bed
0:43:27 > 0:43:28or you might tear again.
0:43:28 > 0:43:31We could transfer you to the maternity home or hospital,
0:43:31 > 0:43:34you could have a proper rest, away from your children.
0:43:34 > 0:43:37Why would I want to be away from my children?
0:43:39 > 0:43:42- Can they come in now? - Of course.
0:43:46 > 0:43:50MUSIC: Please Let It Be Me by The Fashions
0:43:50 > 0:43:54- # I love you so - I love you so
0:43:54 > 0:43:58# But you used to play around
0:43:58 > 0:44:02# I'll let her know
0:44:02 > 0:44:07# If you're king of town
0:44:07 > 0:44:12# The nights when we're apart
0:44:12 > 0:44:15# You were in your heart
0:44:15 > 0:44:19# Please let it be me
0:44:19 > 0:44:24# Please let it be me
0:44:24 > 0:44:26- # One night - One night
0:44:26 > 0:44:28- # One night you're mine - One night you're mine
0:44:28 > 0:44:32- # And you say you're true - When you say you're true
0:44:32 > 0:44:34# And then
0:44:34 > 0:44:37# Then I find
0:44:37 > 0:44:41- # You're with someone new - Someone new
0:44:41 > 0:44:45# Whose heart will you break?
0:44:45 > 0:44:47# Whose love
0:44:47 > 0:44:49# Will you take?
0:44:49 > 0:44:52# Please let it be me
0:44:52 > 0:44:57# Please let it be me... #
0:44:59 > 0:45:02I thought I'd escort that last one to the door.
0:45:02 > 0:45:05I'm quite sure she realised that she'd been unsuccessful.
0:45:05 > 0:45:07She was trilling like Tweetie Pie
0:45:07 > 0:45:11all the way to the bottom of the stairs.
0:45:11 > 0:45:14Today's layer cake assumes the form
0:45:14 > 0:45:17of coffee and walnut sponge.
0:45:17 > 0:45:21Since the maker's hand moved freely with the flavourings,
0:45:21 > 0:45:24I consumed my portion earlier,
0:45:24 > 0:45:27lest it render me wakeful tonight.
0:45:27 > 0:45:32Thank you, Sister. Do pour us all a cup of tea.
0:45:32 > 0:45:35Nurse Crane, most of our new recruits
0:45:35 > 0:45:37- are like fish out of water to begin with.- Yes.
0:45:37 > 0:45:42And whole weeks get wasted while they flap around gasping for air.
0:45:42 > 0:45:45We need someone who can roll their sleeves up,
0:45:45 > 0:45:49and not collapse when they see an East End privy.
0:45:49 > 0:45:54None would disagree who have toiled in these environs.
0:45:54 > 0:46:00The trouble is nursing treats young working class girls
0:46:00 > 0:46:02the way the world treats women.
0:46:02 > 0:46:04They're all over them when there's a war on.
0:46:04 > 0:46:07Afterwards, nobody wants to know.
0:46:07 > 0:46:08Thank you.
0:46:11 > 0:46:14THUNDER AND RAIN OUTSIDE
0:46:17 > 0:46:20Shelagh? Shelagh?
0:46:27 > 0:46:30You must've seen babies that lived as long as mine did.
0:46:30 > 0:46:32Yes.
0:46:32 > 0:46:35Do they have fingers and toes?
0:46:35 > 0:46:37Yes, they do.
0:46:38 > 0:46:41I feel stupid asking but when I ask the nurses,
0:46:41 > 0:46:44it's like it wouldn't do me any good to know.
0:46:44 > 0:46:46And it does do me good.
0:46:46 > 0:46:47I'm glad.
0:46:51 > 0:46:54They say my milk will come in tomorrow.
0:46:54 > 0:46:57Then they'll have to dry it up using Epsom salts.
0:46:58 > 0:47:01That is what's usually advised.
0:47:03 > 0:47:06You'd think your body would know better than to make milk
0:47:06 > 0:47:08for a baby who could never live, wouldn't you?
0:47:11 > 0:47:12Yes.
0:47:24 > 0:47:27Hello, Mr Spenlow. Have you been to see Marnie?
0:47:27 > 0:47:31Not yet. Dot's been having thoughts.
0:47:31 > 0:47:35About the way ahead, and how we ought to proceed. Can I come in?
0:47:38 > 0:47:40What do they mean, "a private adoption"?
0:47:40 > 0:47:43It's when a baby is handed directly by the mother
0:47:43 > 0:47:45to the adoptive parents,
0:47:45 > 0:47:47rather than going through a charity or an agency.
0:47:47 > 0:47:50But that's what we're already doing, isn't it?
0:47:50 > 0:47:54A formal private adoption would involve paperwork.
0:47:54 > 0:47:56And it would be legally binding.
0:47:57 > 0:48:00Does that mean I couldn't change my mind?
0:48:00 > 0:48:02I'm afraid it does, Marnie.
0:48:33 > 0:48:36Is this what is known as a "lady's glass"?
0:48:36 > 0:48:38Yes, it is.
0:48:38 > 0:48:40It practically had cobwebs on.
0:48:40 > 0:48:42I did dust it.
0:48:42 > 0:48:45You strike me as a young woman of very high standards.
0:48:45 > 0:48:48That's what the Army does for you. And nursing.
0:48:48 > 0:48:52Being an Army Nurse makes you twice as particular.
0:48:52 > 0:48:57Miss Dyer, why did you resign from military service?
0:48:59 > 0:49:01It was all so...
0:49:01 > 0:49:05efficient, in a way that wasn't always good.
0:49:05 > 0:49:09Plenty of curing. Not quite so much caring.
0:49:09 > 0:49:12I thought I'd be bored by now.
0:49:12 > 0:49:16But it's as if going away made me look at Poplar through fresh eyes.
0:49:16 > 0:49:20Even on the day of that explosion, I didn't want to be anywhere else.
0:49:20 > 0:49:23It was the way people pulled together.
0:49:23 > 0:49:26It was the way you cared that caught my eye.
0:49:26 > 0:49:30And why I thought you might be interested in my offer.
0:49:30 > 0:49:32Miss Dyer, all you have to do
0:49:32 > 0:49:35is write and apply formally.
0:49:37 > 0:49:41I appreciate I've rather put you on the spot.
0:49:41 > 0:49:43By all means take some time to think about it.
0:49:43 > 0:49:46Oh, I don't need any time to think about it, Sister.
0:49:46 > 0:49:49I'll be applying today.
0:49:54 > 0:49:57Marnie. You shouldn't be out of doors.
0:49:57 > 0:50:00I wanted one bit of paperwork that I could call my own.
0:50:01 > 0:50:05So I went down to the Town Hall and I registered the baby.
0:50:06 > 0:50:08And when I signed it...
0:50:08 > 0:50:10I knew I wanted him.
0:50:21 > 0:50:23I'm so sorry, Gloria.
0:50:28 > 0:50:30I've got this idea in my head
0:50:30 > 0:50:33that next year, or the year after,
0:50:33 > 0:50:35it'll be a lovely sunny day,
0:50:35 > 0:50:39and I'll be down Chrisp Street Market, pushing a pram.
0:50:40 > 0:50:44And somewhere near the flower stall, I'll look up and I'll see you...
0:50:44 > 0:50:46pushing a pram.
0:50:46 > 0:50:48And we'll smile,
0:50:48 > 0:50:51and we'll pass the time of day.
0:50:54 > 0:50:56That would be lovely, wouldn't it?
0:51:07 > 0:51:09I knew.
0:51:09 > 0:51:13I knew as soon as I heard that tune on the ruddy doorbell.
0:51:13 > 0:51:15You always had a way of pressing doorbells really hard
0:51:15 > 0:51:19when we was kids, playing Ring The Bell And Run Away.
0:51:19 > 0:51:22Except you're not going to run away this time, are ya?
0:51:22 > 0:51:24Marnie knows what she wants, Dot.
0:51:24 > 0:51:27Oh, well! We'll have to hand him straight over then, won't we?
0:51:29 > 0:51:31Marnie is Andrew's mother, Dot.
0:51:31 > 0:51:32But what's she got to give him?
0:51:33 > 0:51:36And please don't say love.
0:51:36 > 0:51:40I'm so full of love for him, it's... it's spilling out of me like water.
0:51:42 > 0:51:44And it's spilling out of me like milk.
0:51:55 > 0:51:57Somebody take him!
0:52:02 > 0:52:05BABY CRIES
0:52:18 > 0:52:21Thank you for looking after him.
0:52:21 > 0:52:23Oh, he'll need his hankie.
0:52:27 > 0:52:29You keep it, Dot.
0:52:32 > 0:52:33I'm sorry.
0:52:56 > 0:53:00We're going to listen for baby's heartbeat today, Mrs Turner.
0:53:00 > 0:53:01Now?
0:53:01 > 0:53:04I wanted a particular doctor...
0:53:04 > 0:53:07and he has a very busy schedule.
0:54:00 > 0:54:05STRONG HEARTBEAT
0:54:09 > 0:54:10Shelagh.
0:54:33 > 0:54:35Afternoon, Mr Spenlow.
0:54:35 > 0:54:37Reverend.
0:54:37 > 0:54:40Has this been made redundant?
0:54:40 > 0:54:42Well, we bought all this stuff for the little fella.
0:54:42 > 0:54:43And we want him to have it.
0:54:46 > 0:54:48Some of this is my fault.
0:54:48 > 0:54:51I said I wouldn't adopt from an orphanage.
0:54:52 > 0:54:54Didn't want a stranger's child.
0:54:56 > 0:54:58You live and learn, don't you?
0:55:00 > 0:55:04Mr Spenlow, I can introduce you to someone from an adoption agency.
0:55:04 > 0:55:06When the time is right.
0:55:08 > 0:55:11Well, when Dot's stopped crying.
0:55:23 > 0:55:27- One for you.- Thanks, Danny. Drinks on the house if I've won the pools!
0:55:44 > 0:55:46During the summer of 1962
0:55:46 > 0:55:49there was joy in the sunlit streets
0:55:49 > 0:55:52around Nonnatus House.
0:55:52 > 0:55:54The opening of the recreation ground
0:55:54 > 0:55:58restored something to the soul of the district.
0:55:58 > 0:56:00People were given a place to gather,
0:56:00 > 0:56:04room to play, a space to share.
0:56:04 > 0:56:09Sometimes the heart desires such very simple things.
0:56:09 > 0:56:11The heart holds within it
0:56:11 > 0:56:13all that is most precious,
0:56:13 > 0:56:16all that we must protect.
0:56:23 > 0:56:28Ready...steady...
0:56:28 > 0:56:30But it is also braver and bolder,
0:56:30 > 0:56:33more resilient than we realise.
0:56:33 > 0:56:36If we wound it, it will heal.
0:56:43 > 0:56:47And if it breaks, it learns to beat again.
0:56:49 > 0:56:52One of the great doctors of the Roman Empire once described
0:56:52 > 0:56:57the heart as "a source and hearthstone of the inborn heat
0:56:57 > 0:57:01"by which we are all governed. "It is," he wrote,
0:57:01 > 0:57:04"Made of hard flesh not easily injured.
0:57:04 > 0:57:08"In vigour, tension, general strength and resistance to injury,
0:57:08 > 0:57:13"the fibres of this organ far surpass all others,
0:57:13 > 0:57:18"for no other instrument performs such continuous,
0:57:18 > 0:57:22"hard work as the heart."
0:57:23 > 0:57:27Nurse Dyer. Welcome to Nonnatus House.
0:57:28 > 0:57:30Why have you brought him here?
0:57:30 > 0:57:32He's simple. He needs proper care.
0:57:32 > 0:57:34Together we're going to save the borough's teeth.
0:57:34 > 0:57:36I must get back to Sister Winifred.
0:57:36 > 0:57:38She'll be thinking Nurse Franklin's run me out of town.
0:57:38 > 0:57:41We must instruct our troops!
0:57:41 > 0:57:44An innocent is in danger!