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