0:00:30 > 0:00:33'We face each day with expectations.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35'If we're lucky, they're met,
0:00:35 > 0:00:39'if they're not, we must deal with events as they unfold,
0:00:39 > 0:00:45'making good the disappointments, looking to bind what wounds we can.'
0:00:54 > 0:00:56- Would you like a hand, ma'am? - Thank you.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09'Good humour matters,
0:01:09 > 0:01:10'optimism matters,
0:01:10 > 0:01:12'but we cannot write
0:01:12 > 0:01:14'the rules of life and sometimes
0:01:14 > 0:01:17- 'courage and resilience...' - Afternoon.
0:01:17 > 0:01:18'..will matter most of all.'
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Midwife!
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Afternoon, ladies, come on in.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50Take a seat, I'll be with you in a minute. Hello.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55A textbook heartbeat from a textbook baby.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57It doesn't feel like a textbook baby
0:01:57 > 0:02:00when it's practising its forward rolls at three in the morning.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Although it certainly feels like a lively one.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06And your fundal height measures up perfectly with your dates.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09I've never stopped praying for a healthy baby.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12I'm just starting to believe my prayers are being answered.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Shelagh...
0:02:14 > 0:02:16it really is important that you relax
0:02:16 > 0:02:19and enjoy these last few weeks of pregnancy.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23I know. I'm just not a very relaxed sort of person.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Has anyone ever given you this leaflet...
0:02:27 > 0:02:30.."Breathe Your Way To Serenity"?
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Yes, but I didn't read it.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37If I were writing a school report I'd put, "Could do better".
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Ah, hello, Mrs Mullucks.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Aw, and look at little Susan.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48My mum said she was coming on a treat.
0:02:48 > 0:02:54Give her my regards. I need to see Dr Turner now, please.
0:02:54 > 0:02:55Of course.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07I wasn't asking the nursery to take Susan now - she's only 18 months.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10I was just trying to put her name down for when she's three,
0:03:10 > 0:03:12like I put Belinda's name down, and Perry's.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14And Mrs Bathgate refused point blank?
0:03:14 > 0:03:18She said she couldn't take "sick" children.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21But did you explain to her that Susan isn't ill?
0:03:21 > 0:03:23I told Mrs Bathgate to speak to you.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25She's going to need an education.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28The thalidomide didn't do anything to her brain.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Knock, knock!
0:03:30 > 0:03:33I heard you'd popped in. Is Susan all right?
0:03:33 > 0:03:35She's as well as she's ever been.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37But I just wish I could get the rest of the world
0:03:37 > 0:03:39to see her through our eyes.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Are you keeping well, Mrs Turner?
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Yes, I am.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45What you hoping for, boy or a girl?
0:03:45 > 0:03:48I don't mind. We have one of each already.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51I remember saying that when I was having Susan.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56It's just not convenient today, Nurse Crane.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58I need to have it on a weekday,
0:03:58 > 0:04:00between nine in the morning and four o'clock
0:04:00 > 0:04:03while the kids are at school and Marcus is down the depot.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06It's not too late to consider a hospital delivery, Mrs Antoine,
0:04:06 > 0:04:08or the maternity home.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11You'd have some privacy and a bit of peace and quiet.
0:04:11 > 0:04:12No.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16I can't be doing with all the whispering and the stares
0:04:16 > 0:04:18or the having to explain.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19SHE GROANS
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Is that it?
0:04:21 > 0:04:24I've been having them on and off all afternoon.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26I think you're safe for now, Mrs Antoine.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28These are just Braxton Hicks contractions.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31More generally known as a false alarm.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33DOOR OPENS
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Mum! Mum! Jerome found a bird's nest!
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Hello, Akela! Have you come to born our baby?
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Not today, Wesley.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44But if Jerome brings that nest to Cubs for our Treasures From Home
0:04:44 > 0:04:48session next week, he might earn some points for his Six.
0:04:48 > 0:04:49- ALL:- Yes!
0:04:52 > 0:04:55I was at school with Carrie Antoine's sister, June.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58She came into assembly with her eyes bright red from crying one day,
0:04:58 > 0:05:00and wouldn't say why.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03It was my mum who told me Carrie was going to marry a black man.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06No-one can really choose who they fall in love with.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09I certainly don't like some of the things I've heard said to those
0:05:09 > 0:05:11little Antoine lads at Cubs.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14They're only repeating what they've heard at home,
0:05:14 > 0:05:16but I've clamped down nonetheless.
0:05:16 > 0:05:21Meanwhile, as we try to discuss lighter matters during recreation,
0:05:21 > 0:05:24perhaps I may ask Nurse Franklin the purpose of her manicure?
0:05:24 > 0:05:28I surmise the puller of teeth is intended to admire it.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31Christopher and I are going out for dinner tomorrow,
0:05:31 > 0:05:35and as I've had the day off beforehand I thought I'd get ahead.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37You must ask him to join us for tea.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Perhaps on Guy Fawkes Night.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Is anything special happening on Guy Fawkes Night?
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Sister Winifred has baked some gingerbread!
0:05:47 > 0:05:49It's not in the shape of a man or anything.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Yes, it's Mullucks. Thank you. Goodbye.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- What have you got there?- A bassoon.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02When did you start learning the bassoon?
0:06:02 > 0:06:04There's going to be a joint orchestra with the girl's grammar.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07The only vacancies were in the woodwind section.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11- There aren't many good tunes for bassoon, Tim.- No, but I get to
0:06:11 > 0:06:14sit next to Caroline Gillespie while I'm playing them.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Will you test me on my French, Mum?
0:06:21 > 0:06:25Once Susan's in bed. You'll be too good for me to test soon,
0:06:25 > 0:06:27those words get harder and harder.
0:06:30 > 0:06:31Go on.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Mum, Perry's feeding Susan again!
0:06:33 > 0:06:37Perry, you know she's got to do it herself!
0:06:37 > 0:06:40It takes her longer, but she has to learn.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Her dinner's going cold, Mum.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45DOORBELL RINGS
0:06:55 > 0:06:56We would have been referring Susan
0:06:56 > 0:07:00for artificial limb fitting in January anyway,
0:07:00 > 0:07:04but I spoke to them today and they were happy to see her sooner.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07They can give her artificial legs, already?
0:07:07 > 0:07:10Roehampton's working with a number of thalidomide children.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13None of them that much older than Susan.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17I just want her to have what my other kids have got, Dr Turner.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20What every child should have.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Just tell them, "Yes."
0:07:23 > 0:07:25I'll explain it all to Bernie when he gets home.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32If the artificial silk is too clingy over pantyhose,
0:07:32 > 0:07:35and the Crimplene shift makes me look like a librarian -
0:07:35 > 0:07:39thank you, Valerie - then I really only have the ice blue Lurex
0:07:39 > 0:07:41and that's still at the dry cleaners.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44You can't wear ice blue Lurex to a week night supper date.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46You'll look like you're trying too hard.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Or like you're trying to match his sports car.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Christopher's sports car isn't ice blue!
0:07:51 > 0:07:55It's a sort of pale Wedgwood with cream accents.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01I shall have to go out in the morning and buy a whole new outfit.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04THEY LAUGH
0:08:04 > 0:08:07I don't want Susan going nowhere. Not to hospital,
0:08:07 > 0:08:10not to anywhere where she's going to be prodded and poked.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12We've got to start thinking ahead.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16- It's been easy until now, Bernie. - Easy? You call this easy?
0:08:16 > 0:08:20Not for us, but for her, for Susan.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22What we going to do when she needs to go to school?
0:08:22 > 0:08:23She doesn't need to go to school.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26She doesn't need to go anywhere where we can't go too.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29We've got to grab every chance she gets!
0:08:32 > 0:08:34We could finish morning surgery half an hour early -
0:08:34 > 0:08:37we've very few appointments in the book.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Then I don't see why you can't squeeze in your house calls between
0:08:39 > 0:08:4311 and half past 12 and drive them all to Roehampton after that.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48I thought you'd tell me that I had other responsibilities.
0:08:48 > 0:08:49That I shouldn't get involved.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51When Susan was born,
0:08:51 > 0:08:54you sat up all night with her, thinking she would die.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57And you held her in your arms, and she lived.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59You've been involved ever since.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02I was involved before that, Shelagh.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07I prescribed the drugs that robbed that child of every single limb.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Science is meant to help, not harm.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Nurse Dyer, would you test me on my Highway Code?
0:09:21 > 0:09:22Yes!
0:09:22 > 0:09:25I've just been trying to sing The Lord's My Shepherd
0:09:25 > 0:09:28and all I could think of was reversing round a side bend.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32Little Mrs Sengupta's water's broke at four o'clock this morning.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34PHONE RINGS
0:09:34 > 0:09:38Theory's all very well and good, Sister, but lately, every time
0:09:38 > 0:09:42I've offered you a practice drive, you've made excuses and refused.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44I haven't booked my test yet.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47You're dragging your feet and making it worse for yourself.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51Action stations for me, too! Carrie Antoine's gone into labour.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Oh, I have a soft spot for the Antoines.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Can we swap?
0:09:57 > 0:10:00SHE GROANS
0:10:06 > 0:10:07Midwife!
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Come in, Nurse.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13Come on, lass, face out of that eiderdown.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16You'll do much better breathing in some air.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18It's the smell of that fried bread.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21He always puts that much bleeding sauce on it.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25Off you pop, Mr Antoine, that forklift truck won't drive itself.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Can't I stay?
0:10:27 > 0:10:30You might need an errand running or maybe someone to hold her hand.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34You will be summoned, Mr Antoine, should the need arise.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41It's like when I used to go away to sea.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Just a breath away.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Just a thought away.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51My girl. My brave girl.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54SHE GROANS
0:11:01 > 0:11:02Thank you.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12So, off we go, then!
0:11:23 > 0:11:26That's it, Carrie, put another one behind you.
0:11:29 > 0:11:30It's not working, Nurse!
0:11:33 > 0:11:35It's run out, that's all.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38And there's plenty more where that came from.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41I'll ask your neighbour to telephone Nonnatus House.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45"Darling,
0:11:45 > 0:11:49"I'm terribly sorry, but something's cropped up - no fun for us tonight!
0:11:49 > 0:11:52"Could we meet up same time, same place, on Thursday?
0:11:52 > 0:11:54"Best, Christopher."
0:11:54 > 0:11:56This is the third time this has happened!
0:11:56 > 0:11:58And it was delivered by hand?
0:11:58 > 0:12:00I just found it on the doorstep.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02He must've run away.
0:12:03 > 0:12:08"Best? Best?" What on Earth is best supposed to mean. Best wishes?
0:12:08 > 0:12:12Best of a bad job? Best steer clear? PHONE RINGS
0:12:12 > 0:12:16Perhaps that's the gentleman in question. Telephoning to apologise.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19I'm afraid he's going to have to.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22He does start with the word, "Darling," Trixie.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26Men never say, "Darling," unless they have quite serious intentions.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28I had quite serious intentions about this hairdo!
0:12:28 > 0:12:31I didn't spend five shillings on setting lotion and two hours
0:12:31 > 0:12:34in rollers only to spend the evening knitting with the nuns.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Nurse Crane needs fresh gas and air and an extra pair of hands
0:12:37 > 0:12:39at Mrs Antoine's. I shall hop on my bike.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Oh!
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Oh, sorry, Sister. Routine maintenance.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Can you give me ten minutes?
0:12:53 > 0:12:55No, not really. It doesn't matter.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59I shall quite enjoy a trot on Shanks' pony. Bye!
0:13:07 > 0:13:09This place has been at the forefront of
0:13:09 > 0:13:13so many developments in artificial limbs.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16It's been the best in its field since the First World War.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Did you hear that, Bernie?
0:13:24 > 0:13:29Douglas Bader, the pilot, was a patient here during World War II.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Have you seen Reach For The Sky?
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Yes! It's a smashing film!
0:13:34 > 0:13:37- WOMAN:- Philip!
0:13:37 > 0:13:40Do you want me to put reins on you, like a pony?
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Sorry! Unbroken colt on the loose.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45It's nice to see them running about.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Isn't it? As long as you can keep up!
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Well, it looks like another one for our little gang.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56There are children with other problems here, but...
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Well, one knows the type.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Good luck.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Come on, darling, right this way.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07Hello. You must be the Mullucks family.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09And I imagine this is Susan.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12Now, the other children are having some juice and biscuits,
0:14:12 > 0:14:14would you like to join them?
0:14:16 > 0:14:20There we are. There we go.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27You said someone was coming with more gas.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Oh, a couple more of these champion pushes
0:14:29 > 0:14:31and we'll have no need of it when it arrives.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35You'll have had this baby by then, mop of black curls and all.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Can you really see its head?
0:14:37 > 0:14:42It's as good as crowned. We're on the home straight now, lass.
0:14:42 > 0:14:47People call my kid's hair frizzy, but I think it's beautiful.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50It looks dandy under a Cub cap.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Oh, no!
0:14:52 > 0:14:53You know what to do, Carrie.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57Mouth closed, no noise and your chin on your chest.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01GROANING IN BEDROOM
0:15:04 > 0:15:08Come on! You can do it!
0:15:08 > 0:15:09Come!
0:15:11 > 0:15:12Gangway!
0:15:14 > 0:15:16SHE GROANS
0:15:20 > 0:15:23- Is it out?- It most certainly is!
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Oh, I'm sorry!
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Where've you been with that gas? Mother was in pain!
0:15:30 > 0:15:33- BABY CRIES ALL:- Yes!
0:15:35 > 0:15:37We got a new baby!
0:15:37 > 0:15:40What do you think it is? Another boy for us?
0:15:40 > 0:15:41Or a little girl for your mother?
0:15:41 > 0:15:45I don't care! Can I play on my bugle now?
0:15:45 > 0:15:48- MAN:- Honestly, you'd be surprised how quickly
0:15:48 > 0:15:50the kids get used to the appliances.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53The little chap who wears these is coming on a treat.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55He's a corker - he was picking up Dinky cars
0:15:55 > 0:15:58with his artificial arms on last week.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01Do they actually walk on the legs?
0:16:01 > 0:16:05I-I mean, do they move them one at a time?
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Or is it more like a seat that they sit on?
0:16:08 > 0:16:12Well, most of the thalidomides don't have normal hip or shoulder joints,
0:16:12 > 0:16:14so we make each set specially to fit them.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17We'd be taking a full plaster cast of Susan's body to help us.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Ted, can we introduce Susan's family to Glyn?
0:16:23 > 0:16:27Well, goodness me, you do look smart!
0:16:27 > 0:16:30I hope you're going to be allowed to wear these in the garden later.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34So, we'll start Susan off on short legs like Glyn's to begin with.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36We call them rockers.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39They help the children learn to balance, don't they?
0:16:43 > 0:16:46- SHE GASPS - Erm...
0:16:48 > 0:16:51# Happy Birthday to you
0:16:51 > 0:16:52# Happy Birthday to you
0:16:52 > 0:16:55# Happy Birthday, dear brother
0:16:55 > 0:16:58# Happy Birthday to you. #
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Now then, ladies, can I offer you a small glass of something,
0:17:04 > 0:17:05just to wet the baby's head?
0:17:05 > 0:17:09Marcus! There's a time and place for bandying your rum about,
0:17:09 > 0:17:13- but it's not here and it's not now! - Who said anything about rum?
0:17:13 > 0:17:16I got a bottle of sherry in, specially.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Thank you, Mr Antoine, but tea will suffice.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22"The cup that cheers, but does not inebriate."
0:17:22 > 0:17:25If you want tea, you can have tea...
0:17:25 > 0:17:29with a sherry on the side, just so you can catch a sniff of it!
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Off you go now, lads. Go and let off some steam.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34But you stay in the play street, do you hear me?
0:17:34 > 0:17:36In the play street, and nowhere else!
0:17:36 > 0:17:38And make sure you stick together!
0:17:41 > 0:17:44Poor Mrs Antoine suffered far more than was necessary!
0:17:44 > 0:17:47If you'd ever seen a baby born without recourse to pain relief
0:17:47 > 0:17:49you'd be a bit more aware of the difference it can make,
0:17:49 > 0:17:52and you'd have stopped at nothing to get it there.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54It would have taken ten minutes if I'd had my bike.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58And it would have taken five if you'd been behind a steering wheel!
0:17:58 > 0:18:01The sooner you pass your driving test the better.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07Get behind that wheel and get some practice in!
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Rhoda wanted to make sure you were all right.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22All right?
0:18:22 > 0:18:25How can anyone be all right after seeing that?
0:18:25 > 0:18:28The appliances are quite hard to look at, I'll give you that.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32Not the appliances. Them.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35- The other children?- Yeah.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Them little lads. One with nothing in his coat sleeves,
0:18:38 > 0:18:41the other one shuffling around on those little wooden feet,
0:18:41 > 0:18:43if you could call them that.
0:18:43 > 0:18:48I felt sick when I saw them, and they're better off than Susan.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53Is what I felt in there what other people feel when they see her?
0:18:57 > 0:18:58SHE EXHALES
0:18:58 > 0:19:00ENGINE STARTS
0:19:01 > 0:19:03GEARS GRIND
0:19:03 > 0:19:05I recommend you dip your clutch.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08That was the accelerator!
0:19:10 > 0:19:14- And it's mirror, signal, manoeuvre. - Did I signal first again?
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Relax!
0:19:28 > 0:19:29VAN HORN BLARES
0:19:29 > 0:19:34For pity's sake, Sister! How many months have you been learning?
0:19:34 > 0:19:36VAN HORN BLARES
0:19:36 > 0:19:37ENGINE STALLS
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Out. Now.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42Before we both find ourselves in need of gas and air!
0:19:42 > 0:19:44HORN BLARES
0:19:44 > 0:19:48Very well, we are aware of your presence!
0:19:48 > 0:19:50HORNS BLARE
0:19:50 > 0:19:52- MAN:- Get out of the road!
0:19:54 > 0:19:56ENGINE STARTS
0:20:02 > 0:20:04HORN BLARES
0:20:05 > 0:20:09Above all else, a driver needs common sense and a cool head,
0:20:09 > 0:20:11and you have neither.
0:20:27 > 0:20:28Lenny!
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Can you hear me?
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Lenny?
0:20:37 > 0:20:38We need an ambulance!
0:20:51 > 0:20:55POLICE BELL JINGLES
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Run!
0:20:59 > 0:21:01I've called for an ambulance, Officer.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08What's happened, Nurse?
0:21:08 > 0:21:10A child's been hit by a car.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Where's the driver?
0:21:14 > 0:21:16It was me.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21It's quite common for parents to feel overwhelmed
0:21:21 > 0:21:23on their first visit here, Mrs Mullucks.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25How many are there?
0:21:25 > 0:21:26Patients in our department?
0:21:26 > 0:21:31Children...deformed by these pills.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35It seems there could be thousands worldwide.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39So far more than 300 have been identified in Britain.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44How many like Susan?
0:21:44 > 0:21:47At the moment we believe that at least 30 are affected
0:21:47 > 0:21:49in all four limbs.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Most of their mothers took Distaval
0:21:51 > 0:21:53or other medicines containing thalidomide
0:21:53 > 0:21:55during the very early weeks of pregnancy.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58But why isn't it in the papers more?
0:21:58 > 0:22:02I suppose because it's better that we all concentrate on doing
0:22:02 > 0:22:05what's best for Susan, and for you.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09We have an assessment place available from tomorrow for Susan,
0:22:09 > 0:22:12if you want to take it.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Tomorrow?
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Do you have your car keys with you, Nurse Crane?
0:22:23 > 0:22:25The Constable took them at the scene.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29I'll need to take a statement from you
0:22:29 > 0:22:32and assess whether there's a case to put before the magistrates.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34The magistrates?
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Take a seat, Nurse Crane, I'll see if we can get you a cup of tea.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55Sergeant! My boy, my boy! He's been hit by a car!
0:22:55 > 0:22:57By the time I get there the ambulance had gone
0:22:57 > 0:23:00- and nobody knows which hospital he went to!- Oh, Mr Antoine...
0:23:00 > 0:23:02It was you?
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Would you take her into the side room, please?
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Anything to do with the sherry you was drinking?
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Mr Antoine, I did not imbibe.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11I poured you a glass, and you accepted it!
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Could you arrange for Nurse Crane to provide a sample of urine?
0:23:14 > 0:23:17It will establish whether there's any alcohol in your system.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20I'm sorry, but we'll need to know.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40SHE SOBS
0:23:45 > 0:23:47It's all my fault!
0:23:48 > 0:23:52If you weren't behind the wheel you cannot be to blame.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56What condition was Lenny in when they put him in the ambulance?
0:23:56 > 0:23:59He was barely conscious.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01PHONE RINGS
0:24:02 > 0:24:05And pray, what of our colleague?
0:24:05 > 0:24:08Thank you for calling, Sergeant.
0:24:09 > 0:24:14My hand did not stint in the application of the sugar.
0:24:20 > 0:24:25HE PLAYS OFF-KEY
0:24:28 > 0:24:31THEY LAUGH
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Patrick! Patrick, stop!
0:24:33 > 0:24:34He'll hear you!
0:24:34 > 0:24:36I doubt it, over that racket.
0:24:38 > 0:24:43All I can say is, Caroline Gillespie had better be absolutely gorgeous.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47I love to see you laugh after a hard day.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50Others have had it harder.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54And they'll have it harder for months, years, decades.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00I keep looking at the Mullucks and wishing I could just
0:25:00 > 0:25:06write a prescription for a pill to make everything better.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09And then I remember...
0:25:09 > 0:25:11that's where it all started.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23I'm afraid I have to report the incident
0:25:23 > 0:25:26to the General Nursing Council and the Central Midwives Board.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29And I also feel that, for her own sake,
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Nurse Crane should stand down from duties until
0:25:32 > 0:25:34- the situation is resolved. - Resolved?
0:25:34 > 0:25:37The police are investigating the accident
0:25:37 > 0:25:40and her car has been impounded until further notice.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46I don't want her going anywhere! Anywhere out of our sights!
0:25:46 > 0:25:48It's a week, Bernie, a week!
0:25:48 > 0:25:50That's less than when she went to that children's hospital for
0:25:50 > 0:25:52the sweating she used to have.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55When she is at home, she's normal. When she's with us, she's normal.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57When she's with Belinda and Perry, she's normal.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59And I don't want 'em taking her anywhere where they think
0:25:59 > 0:26:01that she's a freak that needs fixing.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04But she does need fixing! And if we don't let them try and mend her,
0:26:04 > 0:26:06then her life's over before it's begun!
0:26:06 > 0:26:10Well, you should have thought of that before you started taking those bloody pills!
0:26:16 > 0:26:19SHE SOBS
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Phyllis?
0:26:30 > 0:26:33Is there anything at all I can do to make things better for you tonight?
0:26:38 > 0:26:42I don't think I can manage much conversation.
0:26:42 > 0:26:43No.
0:26:46 > 0:26:47Do me hair, Mum?
0:26:47 > 0:26:50I'll have to be quick, Susan's still in her cot.
0:26:50 > 0:26:51Plaits or bunches?
0:26:51 > 0:26:53Erm, plaits, please.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Mum, what are Susan's clothes doing on the table?
0:26:55 > 0:26:58I'm taking them to be altered.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19PHONE RINGS
0:27:21 > 0:27:23Children's ward.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30Phyllis? Breakfast is on the table.
0:27:30 > 0:27:35It's kippers, but Sister Winifred has poached you an egg.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38Tell her that was very thoughtful,
0:27:38 > 0:27:41but I'm busy ordering supplies.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46Is there any news of the little lad?
0:27:47 > 0:27:52Sister Julienne was able to telephone the Children's Ward.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56He has concussion and a fractured femur.
0:28:05 > 0:28:12And your notes tell me that you weighed 9lbs 6oz!
0:28:12 > 0:28:14What a bonny boy you are.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Was he your heaviest baby, Carrie?
0:28:18 > 0:28:21Lenny was over ten.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23My first and worst.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26None of them gave me as much gyp as him.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29If I could just see him!
0:28:29 > 0:28:32If I could just go to the hospital...and take him his rabbit,
0:28:32 > 0:28:33he's had him since he was born,
0:28:33 > 0:28:37and he pretends he doesn't need him any more, but he does.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40Carrie, it isn't 24 hours since you gave birth
0:28:40 > 0:28:43and your blood pressure isn't quite settled.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45It's far better that you rest at home
0:28:45 > 0:28:48and try to build your strength up.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53I thought I was having a girl.
0:28:53 > 0:28:54Do you know why?
0:28:56 > 0:28:59I couldn't see myself with four boys.
0:28:59 > 0:29:03It was as if, deep down, I knew I'd only have three of them.
0:29:06 > 0:29:10And if Lenny doesn't get better, he puts me back to where I was before.
0:29:12 > 0:29:16Three boys, not four.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18Not four of anything.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23He needs his rabbit.
0:29:25 > 0:29:26Hello!
0:29:26 > 0:29:30That lovely GP of yours rang and said you were on your way.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32- Can I help you?- Oh!
0:29:32 > 0:29:34Hello, Susan.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42I was thinking, Sister, when she gets her arms,
0:29:42 > 0:29:47will she be able to put proper jumpers and cardigans over them?
0:29:47 > 0:29:49Only I've been making things without sleeves
0:29:49 > 0:29:52and I thought perhaps I ought to get knitting?
0:29:52 > 0:29:54You'll have to make them in bigger sizes,
0:29:54 > 0:29:57but we can measure her once she's wearing her appliances.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00Would you just sign here, Mrs Mullucks?
0:30:00 > 0:30:01Yeah.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03I'll leave the two of you to say goodbye
0:30:03 > 0:30:06and then I'll take her to the ward, all right?
0:30:16 > 0:30:19I'm sorry, Susan. I'm so very, very sorry.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56It was pure silk twill with a handmade rolled edge.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59Not Hermes, but something very like it,
0:30:59 > 0:31:02and absolutely drenched in L'Heure Bleu by Guerlain.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04L'Heure Bleu? Is that bad?
0:31:04 > 0:31:06Suffice to say it's not a perfume anybody's maiden aunt would wear.
0:31:06 > 0:31:10Did you check it for blood stains or saliva?
0:31:10 > 0:31:13Perhaps he gave a patient a lift home after an extraction.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15This isn't funny, Valerie.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17Christopher's obviously involved with someone else.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19Nurse Crane.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22Sergeant Noakes just telephoned.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25He asked that you call in the police station with your documents.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27I told him that I would accompany you,
0:31:27 > 0:31:30and he'd like to speak to Sister Winifred too.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32Thank you, Sister.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39Nurse Franklin, what about the rabbit?
0:31:39 > 0:31:43- Did you get it to Lenny? - Yes, Phyllis, I did.
0:31:48 > 0:31:52And you passed your driving test in 1935?
0:31:52 > 0:31:55As soon as it became compulsory.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58I'd been driving two years prior to that,
0:31:58 > 0:32:01but I prefer to keep things tidy.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03Were you self-taught, Nurse Crane?
0:32:04 > 0:32:07It was the usual method in those days.
0:32:08 > 0:32:12And your insurance documents all seem to be in order.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15Nurse Crane assures me she's never made a claim
0:32:15 > 0:32:17in almost 30 years of driving
0:32:17 > 0:32:19and no-one has ever made a claim against her.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22I accept that, Sister Julienne,
0:32:22 > 0:32:25but we're still trying to piece together what happened yesterday.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27And it's still possible that Nurse Crane may face charges of
0:32:27 > 0:32:31reckless driving or driving without due care and attention.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34But I'm a member of the Institute of Advanced Motorists.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36We have to deal with the facts.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41Why didn't you let us say goodbye?
0:32:41 > 0:32:43Aren't we even allowed to visit her?
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Children are only allowed at the weekends.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48Everybody's got a lot to do at that hospital.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51They don't need brothers and sisters cluttering up the place.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53Did she cry?
0:32:54 > 0:32:56When you left her, did she cry?
0:32:56 > 0:32:58It's for her own good, Belinda.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01It's so she can lead a proper life, like you!
0:33:02 > 0:33:05Dad's going to kill you when he gets home.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14There wasn't a trace of alcohol in her system,
0:33:14 > 0:33:16the tests proved that.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18We're often offered a drink to wet the baby's head
0:33:18 > 0:33:20and we're absolutely forbidden to accept it.
0:33:20 > 0:33:24But, Sergeant, I'm convinced Lenny Antoine ran out in front of the car.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27- I'd swear to it in a court of law. - You may have to, Sister.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29Sergeant, I think his brothers saw the accident.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31Their names are Wesley and Jerome.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34Well, there's no record of them being at the scene.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37They would've run away, and I believe I know why.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41She's ours, Rhoda! You might've been the first one to say it,
0:33:41 > 0:33:43but we've both been saying it since the day we brought her home.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45She's ours! And that means you don't just get to do
0:33:45 > 0:33:48- whatever you like with her. - I'll tell you what "ours" means.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51It means me wearing holes in the knees of my nylons
0:33:51 > 0:33:54trying to teach her how to shuffle on her bottom on the floor.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57It means me trying to stay one step ahead,
0:33:57 > 0:33:59trying to work out how she's going to balance on a potty,
0:33:59 > 0:34:02how she's ever going to pull her knickers up and down
0:34:02 > 0:34:04or how she's going to manage the stairs or hold a pen.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06She'll manage. We'll manage.
0:34:06 > 0:34:11You do most of your managing down the Black Sail, Bernie.
0:34:11 > 0:34:12Doesn't mean I don't love her.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15It's not enough to love her, we've got to fight for her.
0:34:15 > 0:34:19And I don't know how or who the enemy is.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22- I left my maths book on the table. - Take it in the parlour.
0:34:22 > 0:34:26No, do your homework here. Come on, find the right page.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33The thing is, lads, sometimes in life
0:34:33 > 0:34:35we're told to do things and we don't.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38Or we're told not to do things and we do.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40And then when things go wrong, we can't talk about them
0:34:40 > 0:34:43because we're scared of getting into trouble.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45And I think...
0:34:45 > 0:34:48I don't know, but I think that something like that
0:34:48 > 0:34:50might've happened to you.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52I think that maybe your mum told you
0:34:52 > 0:34:55you could only stay in the play street where it's safe.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58I say that to them every day. It's the only place I'll let them play,
0:34:58 > 0:35:01and they have to stick together.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03Did you disobey your mum?
0:35:03 > 0:35:05Did you see the accident
0:35:05 > 0:35:08and run away because you were scared of getting into trouble?
0:35:08 > 0:35:11He just ran out. He didn't look.
0:35:11 > 0:35:15Why didn't you stay in the play street, Wesley?
0:35:15 > 0:35:18Cars aren't allowed there. It's all blocked off.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20Children were calling us names.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23The point is that I tell you to walk away when they do that!
0:35:23 > 0:35:25Marcus, they did,
0:35:25 > 0:35:28and that's how they ended up on the main road.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33I don't want Nurse Crane charged.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36I don't believe there's anything we can charge her with.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39Good. You can go and tell her that now.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43She's a good woman.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56Do you mind if I join you, Nurse Crane?
0:35:56 > 0:35:58Not at all.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01Though it's not as warm as your fiancee made it out to be
0:36:01 > 0:36:04when she insisted I sit out here for a breath of air.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07I think Barbara's just concerned about you.
0:36:07 > 0:36:12Any concern, in this situation, should be reserved for others.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14Those poor little Antoine lads.
0:36:14 > 0:36:17Having to run away from other children
0:36:17 > 0:36:20because they're being called names.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22Lenny Antoine is going to make a good recovery.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24I was with his family earlier today
0:36:24 > 0:36:27and they said he may even be allowed home this week.
0:36:27 > 0:36:31His leg will be in a cast and he'll be on crutches,
0:36:31 > 0:36:35which generally makes life quite exciting for small boys.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38There's no virtue in making light of it.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40Whether he ran without looking or not,
0:36:40 > 0:36:43my lapse could have cost him his life.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45You were adjusting your rear-view mirror.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48You were doing what any responsible motorist would.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51Mr Hereward,
0:36:51 > 0:36:54we don't come at many things from much the same angle.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57You're fond of your meat,
0:36:57 > 0:37:00and our views on God and His existence
0:37:00 > 0:37:04are divergent to say the least,
0:37:04 > 0:37:07but we both follow vocations.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10Vocations which in one way or another
0:37:10 > 0:37:13are concerned with taking pain away.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15I can't disagree with you on that.
0:37:15 > 0:37:21So if you caused harm to someone else, even inadvertently,
0:37:21 > 0:37:24would it not make you question everything your life
0:37:24 > 0:37:26has come to stand for?
0:37:28 > 0:37:30I'd certainly need to pray about it.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32And there you have it, Mr Hereward.
0:37:34 > 0:37:39You, a man of faith, would turn to the Almighty for advice.
0:37:40 > 0:37:46I, a rational woman, have no-one to question but myself.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54I couldn't get through to her, Barbara.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57Sometimes cheering people on from the sidelines doesn't help.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59Are we done?
0:37:59 > 0:38:01You look absolutely flawless.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03Just don't go near any naked flames.
0:38:03 > 0:38:07If I'm not back within the hour, you may take it as a good sign.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11Where's she off to?
0:38:11 > 0:38:12It's best not to enquire.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15I thought a stroll in the fresh air
0:38:15 > 0:38:17might perk up our appetites before dinner.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20Meanwhile, I thought I'd better put an Eccles cake in my handbag
0:38:20 > 0:38:22in case you didn't turn up.
0:38:22 > 0:38:26I'm so sorry about the other evening, Trixie.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29- Something...- "Cropped up," was the phrase you used the other night
0:38:29 > 0:38:33and on the two previous occasions.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36You think I'm seeing another girl, don't you?
0:38:36 > 0:38:39A blunt question deserves a blunt answer. Yes.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52Well, then...
0:38:53 > 0:38:55..I am.
0:38:55 > 0:39:00She's as blonde as you and as sweet as you and as funny as you,
0:39:00 > 0:39:02and I adore her,
0:39:02 > 0:39:06but she's six years old and she's my daughter.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08Your daughter?
0:39:08 > 0:39:09I'm divorced.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13I see.
0:39:13 > 0:39:18I married young. It was never going to last, and it didn't,
0:39:18 > 0:39:21but you divorce a wife, you don't divorce a child.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25Why didn't you tell me, Christopher?
0:39:25 > 0:39:28Because I was afraid of what you would think
0:39:28 > 0:39:32and because I wasn't sure if we were going to become close enough
0:39:32 > 0:39:35- for it to even be relevant.- Oh!
0:39:35 > 0:39:38- And is it relevant now, would you say?- Yes.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45Do you want to go for a drink?
0:39:45 > 0:39:47We can go somewhere out of this wind.
0:39:50 > 0:39:54It appears the wind would be the least of my problems at the moment.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57On second thoughts, it's starting to make my eyes water.
0:40:08 > 0:40:15# As I was walking sometime yesterday
0:40:15 > 0:40:18# To simply
0:40:18 > 0:40:24# Pass away the time
0:40:24 > 0:40:28# I saw him walking
0:40:28 > 0:40:32# Sometime yesterday
0:40:32 > 0:40:35# And wondered if
0:40:35 > 0:40:40# We will meet again
0:40:40 > 0:40:42# Till then
0:40:42 > 0:40:46# I'll think of sometime yesterday... #
0:40:46 > 0:40:50There you go, Nurse Crane. Everything back to normal.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53# Just wondering if
0:40:53 > 0:40:59# We will meet again. #
0:41:01 > 0:41:03Mrs Clarke's husband just telephoned.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05It looks as though those twins are on their way,
0:41:05 > 0:41:07so we're going out to her together.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09And that leaves you first on call.
0:41:09 > 0:41:10Very well.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16If I were you, I'd just go and sit with Sister Monica Joan.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19She's still unravelling old sweaters from the charity box to knit up
0:41:19 > 0:41:22mittens for the poor. It's not going very well.
0:41:36 > 0:41:37May I join you?
0:41:38 > 0:41:40Yes, of course.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43I think we met a few days ago.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46My son Philip came careering down the corridor
0:41:46 > 0:41:48and almost ran you down.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51Oh, I remember, the little boy...
0:41:51 > 0:41:55Without any arms, yes. And quite unabashed by their absence...
0:41:55 > 0:41:57so far!
0:41:58 > 0:42:02Er, I brew myself some coffee in the Cona every morning.
0:42:02 > 0:42:03They only ever have tea here,
0:42:03 > 0:42:06and on the bad days I need all the help I can get.
0:42:06 > 0:42:07Can I tempt you to a cup?
0:42:07 > 0:42:09I wouldn't mind.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12Every time I do this...
0:42:14 > 0:42:16..I'm proud it isn't gin.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25Your little girl's an absolute doll, by the way.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30Can I ask if you took Distaval?
0:42:34 > 0:42:37I can hardly even remember swallowing those pills.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42But I'm reminded every single day that I did.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46I'm Lydia.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48And I'm Rhoda.
0:42:53 > 0:42:57I would sooner pound the treadmill in the workhouse
0:42:57 > 0:42:59or pick oakum...
0:43:01 > 0:43:05..than spend another hour engaged in labour such as this.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09There's many will be glad of what we make when winter comes.
0:43:11 > 0:43:13PHONE RINGS
0:43:17 > 0:43:20PHONE RINGS
0:43:20 > 0:43:23If you do not repair to the telephone,
0:43:23 > 0:43:27I shall find myself obliged to answer it instead.
0:43:27 > 0:43:33And the words, "Nonnatus House, this is not a midwife speaking,"
0:43:33 > 0:43:37are most unlikely to reassure the caller.
0:43:39 > 0:43:40Do other women say to you,
0:43:40 > 0:43:43"I was prescribed them, but I flushed them down the lavatory"?
0:43:43 > 0:43:46Yes! They do, but why would they have done that?
0:43:46 > 0:43:49Nobody knew those pills could maim a child, not then.
0:43:49 > 0:43:51I was given it in cough mixture.
0:43:51 > 0:43:53I'd no idea I was even pregnant.
0:43:53 > 0:43:57It can't hurt the baby once you're about eight weeks,
0:43:57 > 0:43:59did you know that?
0:43:59 > 0:44:01No, I didn't.
0:44:01 > 0:44:04You learn new things all the time when you're in this wretched club.
0:44:05 > 0:44:08The drug was licensed in Germany in 1956
0:44:08 > 0:44:12and the first deformed babies were born in 1957.
0:44:12 > 0:44:14But Susan was born in 1961!
0:44:14 > 0:44:17And Philip arrived in autumn of '59.
0:44:17 > 0:44:20The day Princess Margaret got engaged.
0:44:20 > 0:44:23It irritates me dreadfully that I remember that.
0:44:23 > 0:44:29Babies were being born with no arms, no legs, no palate, no eyes,
0:44:29 > 0:44:32and those were the children that lived.
0:44:32 > 0:44:36And nothing was said. Nothing was done.
0:44:36 > 0:44:39Even now there are people who think there's no case to answer.
0:44:39 > 0:44:41That it should just be kept out of sight.
0:44:41 > 0:44:44But why was it allowed to happen in the first place?
0:44:44 > 0:44:47I ask myself that every morning...
0:44:47 > 0:44:49the moment I open my eyes.
0:45:00 > 0:45:03It is unwise to tarry.
0:45:03 > 0:45:05Mrs Downley awaits.
0:45:09 > 0:45:12- And her home is not nearby. - No, it isn't.
0:45:15 > 0:45:20I surmise you are unfamiliar with the route.
0:45:20 > 0:45:26In contrast, it is not unknown to me, so I will accompany you
0:45:26 > 0:45:28and provide direction.
0:45:30 > 0:45:32ENGINE STARTS
0:45:36 > 0:45:40Nurse, a mother awaits us.
0:46:06 > 0:46:08Hello, Bernie.
0:46:09 > 0:46:12- It's just a swift half. - I don't mind.
0:46:14 > 0:46:18- It's something else, isn't it? Something other than...- Susan?
0:46:19 > 0:46:22Everything's going to be about Susan, Bernie.
0:46:24 > 0:46:26It's the way things are.
0:46:27 > 0:46:31It's like we've moved to a foreign country and nobody gave us a map.
0:46:31 > 0:46:34We're going to have to stick together...
0:46:36 > 0:46:38..or we're just going to get lost.
0:46:42 > 0:46:44I'm sorry.
0:46:47 > 0:46:49I'm sorry, Rhoda.
0:46:49 > 0:46:53I'm making a new rule.
0:46:53 > 0:46:55I'm making it, and we're all going to have to stick to it.
0:46:55 > 0:46:57Look at me, Bernie.
0:46:59 > 0:47:04Nobody in our family ever apologises again.
0:47:04 > 0:47:08Not to ourselves, not to each other,
0:47:08 > 0:47:12not to our beautiful, beautiful little girl
0:47:12 > 0:47:16because we aren't to blame for this.
0:47:16 > 0:47:19Other people made those pills.
0:47:19 > 0:47:22Other people sold them.
0:47:22 > 0:47:24I'm not going to say their names right now
0:47:24 > 0:47:26because right now they don't matter.
0:47:29 > 0:47:30And we do.
0:47:37 > 0:47:40WOMAN SCREAMS
0:47:40 > 0:47:44You will be restored to your bed in a matter of moments,
0:47:44 > 0:47:48and the mattress will thank us for our attention.
0:47:48 > 0:47:52It might give them bed bugs something less to sink their teeth into.
0:47:52 > 0:47:53Come.
0:47:53 > 0:47:58Let us settle you against these pillows.
0:48:00 > 0:48:04Nurse Crane, your patient awaits.
0:48:08 > 0:48:12It is better for the midwife if you lie on your left side.
0:48:12 > 0:48:17We no longer insist on left lateral, Sister. Times have moved on.
0:48:17 > 0:48:19I don't feel as though they have.
0:48:19 > 0:48:21It's ten years since I had a baby
0:48:21 > 0:48:24and nothing feels any better than it did the last time!
0:48:24 > 0:48:28Come, come. Now is the time for courage.
0:48:28 > 0:48:31I haven't got any bloody courage!
0:48:31 > 0:48:35Like I haven't got any man worth mentioning again.
0:48:36 > 0:48:39Like I haven't got a clue how I'm going to bring this baby up.
0:48:44 > 0:48:49According to my notes, your first name is Vera.
0:48:49 > 0:48:53Vera, when did you last have something to eat?
0:48:53 > 0:48:56Yesterday morning, about seven.
0:48:56 > 0:49:00We'll put that right now, and the rest will follow.
0:49:09 > 0:49:11It's not like you, Trix.
0:49:11 > 0:49:14Cheering yourself up with something hot and fattening.
0:49:14 > 0:49:18A pan of custard is hardly a nutritional crime.
0:49:18 > 0:49:20Besides, I'm going to pour it over this sliced banana,
0:49:20 > 0:49:22so vitamin C will be involved.
0:49:31 > 0:49:34I'd be prepared to overlook the fact he had a wife.
0:49:34 > 0:49:37I'd be willing to accept the fact that he has a child.
0:49:37 > 0:49:39I just find myself stumbling over the fact
0:49:39 > 0:49:41that he didn't tell me about either.
0:49:41 > 0:49:44Do you think he might have been afraid of your reaction?
0:49:44 > 0:49:48It's the duplicity that makes me angry, Valerie.
0:49:48 > 0:49:52People who have secrets, they're usually afraid.
0:49:52 > 0:49:57Afraid of being laughed at or rejected or punished.
0:49:58 > 0:50:00Prosecuted, even.
0:50:01 > 0:50:04Nobody does it for fun, promise you.
0:50:07 > 0:50:09Haven't you got any secrets?
0:50:10 > 0:50:12That would be telling.
0:50:17 > 0:50:21That last little push has given us the baby's head, Vera.
0:50:21 > 0:50:24Labour rewarded.
0:50:24 > 0:50:27Naughty monkey's got the cord looped round its neck.
0:50:27 > 0:50:29Nothing to worry about.
0:50:31 > 0:50:34You give me another push when you're ready.
0:50:39 > 0:50:41You have a little girl,
0:50:41 > 0:50:44and you have been magnificent.
0:50:44 > 0:50:46No, Nurse, you have.
0:50:54 > 0:50:57- Susan!- Did you miss us, Susan?
0:51:07 > 0:51:11Watch Perry, Susan. Watch how he bashes his bucket with the spade.
0:51:11 > 0:51:13That's it, lift it off, Perry, go on.
0:51:15 > 0:51:16CHEERING
0:51:16 > 0:51:18That's for you!
0:51:18 > 0:51:20I'd make the most of that, if I were you.
0:51:20 > 0:51:23It's a whole new game of soldiers with their artificial arms.
0:51:23 > 0:51:25How's Philip getting on?
0:51:25 > 0:51:28Oh, he screams the place down as soon as he sees them.
0:51:28 > 0:51:31And what's worse, they keep running out of gas and getting jammed,
0:51:31 > 0:51:33in the most awkward positions.
0:51:33 > 0:51:36Can't wait for our turn, can we, Bernie?
0:51:36 > 0:51:41Rhoda, I'm taking Philip home today, but I'd like to keep in touch.
0:51:41 > 0:51:43- We're not on the phone. - We can write.
0:51:43 > 0:51:48And, erm, there's going to be a meeting, for thalidomide parents.
0:51:48 > 0:51:51Only half a dozen people, not everyone wants to join in,
0:51:51 > 0:51:54and probably in some ghastly hall in London.
0:51:54 > 0:51:57But do come, both of you.
0:51:57 > 0:51:59As long as you put some of that coffee in your handbag.
0:51:59 > 0:52:01LAUGHTER
0:52:08 > 0:52:10You got my note, then.
0:52:10 > 0:52:13I wasn't sure if the summons for Guy Fawkes tea with the nuns
0:52:13 > 0:52:17meant I was forgiven or in worse trouble than before.
0:52:17 > 0:52:20And if that sounds flippant I beg you to forgive me
0:52:20 > 0:52:22because I absolutely did not mean it to.
0:52:22 > 0:52:24I know.
0:52:25 > 0:52:29You're a very sincere man, it seems to me.
0:52:29 > 0:52:34And if I was too quick to mistake your caution for dishonesty,
0:52:34 > 0:52:36then the fault's mine.
0:52:36 > 0:52:38I should have told you sooner.
0:52:39 > 0:52:43Trust unfolds in a friendship, Christopher.
0:52:43 > 0:52:46And just because a friendship becomes something else
0:52:46 > 0:52:49it doesn't mean the trust should unfold any faster.
0:52:58 > 0:53:03Have you heard of an organisation called Alcoholics Anonymous?
0:53:03 > 0:53:05Yes.
0:53:05 > 0:53:09I'm a member and I have been for two years,
0:53:09 > 0:53:12and I didn't want to tell you cos I was afraid of what you'd think.
0:53:15 > 0:53:18I don't think anything, other than good for you,
0:53:18 > 0:53:22and I won't be bringing champagne on any future dates.
0:53:28 > 0:53:30Can I kiss you, Trixie?
0:53:32 > 0:53:36I wouldn't advise the intermingling of lips on this particular doorstep,
0:53:36 > 0:53:40but you may write our initials with a sparkler later on.
0:53:44 > 0:53:47What are you doing loitering in the hall?
0:53:47 > 0:53:50It's your one day off, you should be studying for your examination.
0:53:50 > 0:53:55- I spotted an obituary for Patsy's father in The Times.- Oh.
0:53:55 > 0:53:57He died a fortnight ago in Hong Kong.
0:53:57 > 0:54:00- Has she not been in touch herself? - No.
0:54:02 > 0:54:05I'm sure she'll write personally, as soon as she's able.
0:54:07 > 0:54:09I hope so.
0:54:12 > 0:54:14Pack! Pack! Pack!
0:54:14 > 0:54:16- Pack!- Pack! - Take a seat, boys.
0:54:18 > 0:54:20HORN TOOTS
0:54:20 > 0:54:23That's quite sufficient, thank you, Abdul.
0:54:23 > 0:54:27Tonight we're going to take it in turns to step up to the front
0:54:27 > 0:54:30and show all the other Cubs our Treasures From Home.
0:54:30 > 0:54:36It's a chance to practise our public speaking and learn new things.
0:54:36 > 0:54:38And we're going to start with
0:54:38 > 0:54:41Lenny, Wesley and Jerome Antoine
0:54:41 > 0:54:44talking about something very important.
0:54:47 > 0:54:49This is our baby brother, Delamare.
0:54:49 > 0:54:53He was born last week, and he has pale brown skin like us
0:54:53 > 0:54:57because our mum is from Poplar and our dad is from Jamaica.
0:54:57 > 0:55:00Everybody looks a bit like their mum and a bit like their dad.
0:55:00 > 0:55:03You might have blue eyes like one of your parents
0:55:03 > 0:55:06and blonde or ginger hair like the other one.
0:55:06 > 0:55:09Mostly we think Delamare looks like us.
0:55:09 > 0:55:12You can come a bit closer, if you like,
0:55:12 > 0:55:15and if you're lucky he might squeeze your finger.
0:55:20 > 0:55:22This is our son, Philip.
0:55:23 > 0:55:26He was born without arms.
0:55:26 > 0:55:29He's coping well with that and can feed himself using his feet,
0:55:29 > 0:55:31which is quite the party piece.
0:55:33 > 0:55:37But he's three and he isn't speaking.
0:55:37 > 0:55:39The doctors have just told us that he's deaf.
0:55:45 > 0:55:47This is my little girl, Katie.
0:55:50 > 0:55:54I took Distaval for morning sickness before I'd even vomited.
0:55:54 > 0:55:58I was just so sick with my other two,
0:55:58 > 0:56:01I thought I'd try it in advance.
0:56:01 > 0:56:03And Katie's got no eyes,
0:56:03 > 0:56:06and no roof to her mouth,
0:56:06 > 0:56:10and when I go to see her in the home I stroke her hands
0:56:10 > 0:56:13in a special way and I think she knows me.
0:56:14 > 0:56:17Her hands grow out of her shoulders.
0:56:19 > 0:56:21Her father's never even been to visit.
0:56:28 > 0:56:29This is our little Susan.
0:56:32 > 0:56:3418 months, going on 18 years.
0:56:36 > 0:56:40She's as clever as they come, never misses a trick.
0:56:43 > 0:56:46And you can see from the photograph what it did to her.
0:56:47 > 0:56:50She's worse off than some, but she's ours...
0:56:53 > 0:56:54..and she deserved better.
0:56:54 > 0:56:56They all deserve better.
0:56:57 > 0:56:59But they have us.
0:56:59 > 0:57:04'Thalidomide parents had no expectations,
0:57:04 > 0:57:08'but they fought for justice for more than 50 years.
0:57:08 > 0:57:10'That fight remains ongoing,
0:57:10 > 0:57:13distinguished by its dignity,
0:57:13 > 0:57:17'fuelled by anger and by love
0:57:17 > 0:57:19'because children must be loved.
0:57:19 > 0:57:24'There's no rule of life so simple or so true.'
0:57:31 > 0:57:33I've watched women becoming mothers
0:57:33 > 0:57:37for nigh on 30 years, and midwife or not,
0:57:37 > 0:57:39you're no different from the rest.
0:57:39 > 0:57:41They don't look much different to aspirin, do they?
0:57:41 > 0:57:43When you think what they can do.
0:57:43 > 0:57:46Someone knew who I was once, but it's as if she's vanished.
0:57:46 > 0:57:50We need to have her transferred to hospital.
0:57:50 > 0:57:51CHEERING
0:57:51 > 0:57:53You've got your work cut out
0:57:53 > 0:57:56getting a wedding together in just three weeks.