0:00:34 > 0:00:37'Our future can never be wholly known to us.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43'Our present, like an arrow, can point the way ahead...
0:00:45 > 0:00:47'..but we never know where it will land,
0:00:47 > 0:00:51'or what will be waiting for us as we fall to Earth.'
0:01:03 > 0:01:04Nothing from Hong Kong?
0:01:04 > 0:01:07No. Not yet.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24SHE EXHALES
0:01:24 > 0:01:27I shall not partake of crumpets.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31They are too multicellular, and too spongiform.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34And, in this case, they are too cold.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36They've only just been toasted.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40Grace was said betwixt their toasting and their presentation.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42And it was a very long grace,
0:01:42 > 0:01:46comprised almost entirely of unnecessary pauses.
0:01:48 > 0:01:53I was told today that the Family Contraceptive Clinics were launching
0:01:53 > 0:01:56district clinics in an attempt to cut down waiting lists.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58I hope there's going to be one in our clinic.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01We're going to get one in our Community Centre.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05On Tuesday afternoons, in the small room at the back.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07It's been suggested that patients use the side door.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10But the unmarried mothers use the side door.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Why can't everyone come in at the front?
0:02:13 > 0:02:15They're just women, not criminals.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18I don't think you need to use quite such strong terms, Nurse Dyer.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20I'm sorry, Sister.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Everyone coming to that clinic is married, or about to be.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Those are the rules.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27So why should they be made to feel ashamed, or even embarrassed?
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Men have been buying contraception from the barber's for years,
0:02:30 > 0:02:31apparently.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33A short back and sides and then, "something for the weekend."
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Women should be able to take care of their health
0:02:36 > 0:02:38in exactly the same way.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40"I'll have a perm and the contraceptive pill."
0:02:40 > 0:02:42LAUGHTER
0:02:42 > 0:02:45I shall be assisting the doctor for the first few weeks,
0:02:45 > 0:02:50so I will have the chance to make up my own opinion on such matters.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55You seem very engrossed in your letter, Nurse Gilbert.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58My father has been given a missionary posting.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Ooh!
0:03:00 > 0:03:03He'll be passing through London on his way to New Guinea.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06Your distress is not without foundation.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10There are tales of missionaries served for luncheon in those climes,
0:03:10 > 0:03:14and evidence that suggests that they are not apocryphal.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17That's not why I'm upset, Sister Monica Joan.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20I'm upset because he's going for three years.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26There's a lot to be done in New Guinea.
0:03:26 > 0:03:32And I don't want to stand in the way of that, or him.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36That would be so wrong and so selfish.
0:03:36 > 0:03:41But ever since I was a child, ever since I knew what love meant,
0:03:41 > 0:03:44I wanted him to be the one who conducted my wedding.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48I knew it, too. From the moment I met him.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Tom, we weren't even engaged then.
0:03:53 > 0:03:59Other girls always seemed to dream about veils and white dresses.
0:03:59 > 0:04:05I just dreamed about him standing there, waiting for me at the altar.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09Ready to hand me over to a man whose face I couldn't see.
0:04:11 > 0:04:12And now...
0:04:12 > 0:04:14I know exactly who that man is.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19But my father isn't there
0:04:19 > 0:04:23because he's going to be 8,000 miles away for three years.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26I don't want to wait three years, Barbara.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Nor do I.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30What are we going to do?
0:04:31 > 0:04:34I'm not at all content about there being a separate entrance for
0:04:34 > 0:04:36the Family Contraceptive Clinic.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39I'm not terribly keen either, but it's what the FCC have asked for.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Confidentiality is paramount, apparently.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Properly kept records are paramount!
0:04:44 > 0:04:47And we'll have women running in round the side for contraception
0:04:47 > 0:04:50then strolling through the middle corridor for their
0:04:50 > 0:04:52clinic appointments without anyone booking them in.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55There's hardly going to be hordes of patients going direct from
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Family Planning to Antenatal.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00I was talking about mothers bringing babies to the clinic.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04And your role as Acting Sister doesn't entitle you to be facetious.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Please be advised that I'm not taking this personally, Nurse Crane.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Mrs Turner's clearly at the mercy of her hormones.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Could I prevail upon you to join me in the kitchen?
0:05:15 > 0:05:19I'd like your opinion on a mother who's not doing what she ought.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Oh, hello, Wilma.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34What can I do for you today?
0:05:34 > 0:05:36I'd like a set of brass buttons,
0:05:36 > 0:05:38with an anchor detail, if you got 'em, please.
0:05:38 > 0:05:39Planning on running away to sea?
0:05:39 > 0:05:43No, thanks! I once got sick on a pedalo at Margate.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46But I am sprucing up my navy two-piece
0:05:46 > 0:05:49because, as of tomorrow, I am back at work.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53Gail's nearly one now and my sister Freda's going to have her.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55And Debbie and Denise are both at school.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Well, fingers crossed that
0:05:57 > 0:06:00Mother Nature doesn't give you another surprise.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03There'll be no surprises for me, I've got everything in hand.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06Can I leave these leaflets on your counter?
0:06:06 > 0:06:09I'm going to be a corsetiere at Constanza.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13Ooh! Constanza's a very superior brand!
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Are you all right, Mrs Buckle?
0:06:18 > 0:06:23I just got a bit hot and bothered sorting out my mohair two ply.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Is it the change of life?
0:06:25 > 0:06:30Constanza have a corset for that - page three of the leaflet.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32It's all referenced in delicate terms.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40As the nurse assures me that your blood pressure
0:06:40 > 0:06:43and other checks are in order, I'm pleased to say
0:06:43 > 0:06:46that you'll be leaving this room with a packet of these.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49I can't wait to see the back of my contraceptive douche.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53Filling the cylinder with soapy water, then all that swilling.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56This system is altogether simpler, Mrs Goddens.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00They don't look much different to aspirin, do they?
0:07:00 > 0:07:01When you think what they can do.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03The most important thing to remember
0:07:03 > 0:07:07is that this drug is only effective against pregnancy
0:07:07 > 0:07:10if taken every single day without fail,
0:07:10 > 0:07:13not just before or after sexual intercourse.
0:07:13 > 0:07:14I know that.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16I looked it up in the library.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18In more than one book, too.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20I knew there was no chance of my husband coming in -
0:07:20 > 0:07:23I don't think he's been in the library in his life.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Your husband isn't aware you'll be using contraception?
0:07:26 > 0:07:30My Trevor's a man's man, Doctor.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32I think he's still hoping I'll give him a son.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Is it like opening a bank account? Do I need his permission?
0:07:37 > 0:07:40You don't even need his knowledge, Mrs Goddens.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43It's your body and they will be your pills.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48I'll keep them in my handbag. He'd never dare go in there.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55Tea and a Marie biscuit, just like everyone else.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59Now, why haven't you been to any classes?
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Because I'm a midwife?
0:08:01 > 0:08:02According to your notes,
0:08:02 > 0:08:05you've still not decided whether to give birth in hospital,
0:08:05 > 0:08:08the maternity home, or your own bed.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10I've been so busy.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12And when I looked into the clinic records -
0:08:12 > 0:08:16the records, I might add, that you're so particular about -
0:08:16 > 0:08:20you've missed three routine check-ups in as many weeks.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23I'm expecting a baby, I'm not ill.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25I swear, I've never felt better.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28And I'll warrant you've never felt more scared.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Oh, lass.
0:08:34 > 0:08:40I've watched women becoming mothers for nigh on 30 years,
0:08:40 > 0:08:44and midwife or not, you're no different from the rest.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48It's time to give in,
0:08:48 > 0:08:50and to give up work.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54But once I stop, I won't know where to start.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58Start by deciding where you're going to have this baby.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Then, unless you settle on the hospital,
0:09:01 > 0:09:04which one of us you want to have deliver it.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08It's one of the very few perks of our trade,
0:09:08 > 0:09:12and not one we all get to take advantage of.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18I'm fetching my hat, my coat and my bag.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20I'm going home right now.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22- Will you tell Doctor Turner?- Yes.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25And he'll be as pleased as I am.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Thank you, Phyllis. You've been a real friend.
0:09:46 > 0:09:51MUSIC ON RADIO
0:10:02 > 0:10:05CHEERING
0:10:05 > 0:10:10This really is the loveliest, most exciting news.
0:10:10 > 0:10:11You've got your work cut out,
0:10:11 > 0:10:14getting a wedding together in just three weeks.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17I promise you, it's all going to be as simple as we can make it.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20But Barbara's father can marry us before he sets sail,
0:10:20 > 0:10:22and that's the thing that matters most.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27I'm sure we could have asked Fred to come and do this for us.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31No, no. It'll help me to get match-fit before the baby comes.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35Besides, I like this new fashion for doing-it-yourself.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38It feels as though we're christening the house.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41I think the best way of christening the house
0:10:41 > 0:10:44would be to have the baby here.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48Here? What if something goes wrong?
0:10:48 > 0:10:51No, I'd be a lot happier if you went to the maternity home
0:10:51 > 0:10:53as soon as you go into labour.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56And I'd be much happier here,
0:10:56 > 0:10:59in my own home, in my own bed,
0:10:59 > 0:11:03with one beautiful wall of patterned paper behind it.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Patrick, I've made up my mind.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15I'm out of bread for sandwiches tomorrow, Trevor,
0:11:15 > 0:11:19and I've got a corsetry customer first thing in the morning.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Will you take some of that leftover corned beef hash?
0:11:21 > 0:11:25Not cold. I don't get hungry till half past 12.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27You could bring me some sandwiches then.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31You don't half look beautiful, Wilma.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34I'm doing something I enjoy.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36And I've started wearing make-up again.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39We had to have a grooming class before they gave us
0:11:39 > 0:11:40our Constanza badges.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45You look beautiful.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Like you did when we were young,
0:11:47 > 0:11:50when we used to get up to no good on this settee,
0:11:50 > 0:11:53when it was still in your grandma's house.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57First payday I get, I'm going to replace this monstrosity.
0:11:57 > 0:11:58My grandad died on it,
0:11:58 > 0:12:01and every time the wind blows the wrong way, I'm reminded.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08LAUGHTER
0:12:08 > 0:12:10I reckon this one, Babs.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13You don't get many opportunities in life to wear a train.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Oh, Delia! I'd look like a bride in a pantomime!
0:12:16 > 0:12:19I just want something plain, simple and straight.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Oh, there's absolutely no chance of that
0:12:21 > 0:12:23if you insist on using a commercial pattern.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25Ever since the Duchess of Kent got married,
0:12:25 > 0:12:28every girl that gets spliced has been dragging around
0:12:28 > 0:12:30six feet of lace with a tulle overlay behind them.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33I've no choice but to use a commercial pattern, Trixie.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36All the other dressmakers are busy, so I'm having to make my own outfit.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40Oh, my Auntie Jean's a seamstress at De Laine Home Furnishings.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43But if we let her loose, Barbara will be coming down the aisle
0:12:43 > 0:12:45in a pair of curtains and a pelmet.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48- What about...? - Oh, that is nice.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57I ain't saying it's turned nippy all of a sudden,
0:12:57 > 0:12:59but I ain't half glad I'm not a brass monkey.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Feel them! Bloomin' freezing!
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Oh, leave them there.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07You ain't half warm, Vi, ain't a touch of the flu, is it?
0:13:07 > 0:13:08No, Fred. It isn't!
0:13:14 > 0:13:16In case anyone is unaware,
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Nurse Franklin has been summoned to her secondment at St Cuthbert's
0:13:19 > 0:13:21three days early.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Lovely for Female Medical, not so good for us.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27I'm afraid there's been an outbreak of impetigo in Lisbon Buildings.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31It's one glad tidings after another, this morning.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34So, Sister Winifred, the booking-in list,
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Nurse Dyer, the postnatal round,
0:13:36 > 0:13:39Nurse Gilbert, district nursing for you this week.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42We've bedsores, diabetes and haemorrhoids
0:13:42 > 0:13:45the length of the commercial road.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47I thought sending you down that way
0:13:47 > 0:13:50- would help you fit in your bridal errands.- Oh!
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Good morning! I've brought today's insulin.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56And as soon as I've handed it over...
0:13:56 > 0:14:00I'm officially off work until further notice.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04Meanwhile, Nurse Crane reminded me that, as a midwife,
0:14:04 > 0:14:07I can choose which colleague I'd like to deliver my baby.
0:14:07 > 0:14:12And after a great deal of thought, I've chosen...
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Sister Julienne.
0:14:17 > 0:14:18Oh, my dear!
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Is that all right?
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Oh, yes.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24Oh, thank you.
0:14:24 > 0:14:30MUSIC: I've Told Every Little Star by Linda Scott
0:14:36 > 0:14:39# Why haven't I told you?
0:14:39 > 0:14:44# Oh, baby, I've told every little star
0:14:44 > 0:14:48# Just how sweet I think you are
0:14:48 > 0:14:53# Why haven't you told me? #
0:15:04 > 0:15:08We'll have 30 people at the reception, or 29,
0:15:08 > 0:15:11if my sister goes into labour and can't come.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14When I spoke to your father he thanked me for doing it quickly
0:15:14 > 0:15:17and quietly because of the money he'll save.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20In fact, he said we were perfectly welcome to elope.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23He's never been well-off,
0:15:23 > 0:15:27but I suppose that's part of having a vocation.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29I remember once, when I was little,
0:15:29 > 0:15:33the fair came to the bombsite opposite the church.
0:15:33 > 0:15:38I begged him to take me, and in the end he said I could have one ride.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42I can still see him reaching into his pocket for that sixpence.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47It was the first time I noticed that his trousers were shabby.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49And then he lifted me up onto
0:15:49 > 0:15:52the most beautiful horse on the carousel,
0:15:52 > 0:15:55and he stood and he waved and watched as I went round.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59You've never told me that.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01No.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06I suppose the day will come when we've told one another everything
0:16:06 > 0:16:08and we won't have anything new to say
0:16:08 > 0:16:14because one way or another we've shared everything that matters.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17- I hope so. - So do I.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24And in the spirit of full and frank disclosure,
0:16:24 > 0:16:27please be aware that I am now booked into
0:16:27 > 0:16:29the Family Contraceptive Clinic,
0:16:29 > 0:16:32and all measures will be in place by our wedding night.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39Excess perspiration is often a problem for ladies undergoing the change of life.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43Constanza have a wonderful range of perforated corsets
0:16:43 > 0:16:48which allow moisture to escape and evaporate naturally.
0:16:48 > 0:16:53This reduces body temperature and preserves intimate freshness.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Well, you're a convincing saleswoman, Wilma,
0:16:57 > 0:16:58I'll give you that.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01I've achieved the highest sales in the East London area
0:17:01 > 0:17:03in the past fortnight.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06My commission payment's already on its way.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Oh!
0:17:08 > 0:17:10You all right, Wilma?
0:17:10 > 0:17:12I must've pulled a muscle in my leg.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16I walk miles every day, I'm that busy.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Oh, Nurse Crane?
0:17:24 > 0:17:26This had better be more important than
0:17:26 > 0:17:29the protein I've just found in Mrs Kyriakou's urine.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Oh, I'm not sure it is.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34But I have an appointment in a minute in the back room.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36May I be excused?
0:17:36 > 0:17:40You may be excused when you've put your patients first
0:17:40 > 0:17:42and worked your way through that weighing queue!
0:18:00 > 0:18:02I have an appointment, Sister Julienne,
0:18:02 > 0:18:05with the Family Planning doctor.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07I would've been here ten minutes ago,
0:18:07 > 0:18:09but Nurse Crane was cracking the whip.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12I'm not sure what's wrong with her today.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15At times of great happiness, Nurse Gilbert,
0:18:15 > 0:18:17it is sometimes as well to remember
0:18:17 > 0:18:21that others may be ploughing a less congenial path.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Do sit down.
0:18:25 > 0:18:26Being a nurse,
0:18:26 > 0:18:29- you'll be familiar with anatomical terms for the body.- Yes.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32In which case, all I need to tell you
0:18:32 > 0:18:37is that I'm folding the diaphragm in half, like so...
0:18:37 > 0:18:41and gently inserting it into the vagina before releasing it
0:18:41 > 0:18:44so that it opens out into a full cup shape
0:18:44 > 0:18:46and neatly covers the cervix,
0:18:46 > 0:18:49preventing sperm from entering the uterus.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Now, try not to tense your muscles.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55The vagina is a surprisingly elastic organ,
0:18:55 > 0:18:57as midwifery will have shown you.
0:18:57 > 0:18:58Yes.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04You can pop your briefs back on, sit up.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Are you leaving it in?
0:19:06 > 0:19:09You need to wear it for a few hours each day,
0:19:09 > 0:19:11then report back to me with regard to comfort
0:19:11 > 0:19:13and the snugness of the fit.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16We can go up or down a size if need be.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19Don't rely on it for protection though.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22Oh, we aren't getting married for a week.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24How does that feel?
0:19:24 > 0:19:25Marvellous.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Ooh!
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Ooh!
0:20:00 > 0:20:03I do feel so much calmer since I gave up work.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07I think you might feel the same if you could just be my husband
0:20:07 > 0:20:09and not my doctor, too.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13And I think it, it might be best if you don't attend the birth.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18But it never occurred to me that you wouldn't want me there.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21I want you there as soon as the baby's born.
0:20:21 > 0:20:26But we've been in too many delivery rooms together before today.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Solving problems, preventing disasters.
0:20:29 > 0:20:34And we do prevent disasters. We're a team.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39Patrick...I know that you're looking at my ankles
0:20:39 > 0:20:41and thinking that they're swollen.
0:20:41 > 0:20:46If you're not experiencing headaches and there's no sign of proteinuria,
0:20:46 > 0:20:49then it could just be the normal odoema of late pregnancy.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53See? The minute you look at me, you go to work.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55No.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58The minute I look at you, I'll give you everything you ask for.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Phyllis, I need to talk to you.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14I'm sorry, Barbara, but I've a long list of things to do this evening
0:21:14 > 0:21:17and these exercises loom large on it.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20You do a lot of favours for people, Phyllis,
0:21:20 > 0:21:23and I'm afraid I'm about to ask you for another one.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Is it about the wedding?
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Yes, it is.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29And what I want to ask you is this, Phyllis -
0:21:29 > 0:21:31will you be my bridesmaid?
0:21:35 > 0:21:37Your-your bridesmaid?
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Oh...
0:21:40 > 0:21:44No. Barbara, no.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47You ought to choose one of your friends.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49I have chosen one of my friends.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52I've chosen you.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55We've been sharing a bedroom for two years, Phyllis.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58Going halves on the mantelpiece and the bedside table
0:21:58 > 0:22:01and taking it in turns to open the curtains and turn the light off.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05And if I snore, you've never once complained, or even mentioned it.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08You hardly do it on purpose.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12You've taught me as much about living alongside another person
0:22:12 > 0:22:15as anyone else in my life, Phyllis.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18And I'm ready to move on and share everything I have with someone
0:22:18 > 0:22:21who is unbelievably dear to me
0:22:21 > 0:22:24and that's because you've been the very best friend I could've had.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30Who's going to help me with my Spanish vocab now?
0:22:30 > 0:22:34No lo se. Pero ella es muy afortunada.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40I don't know, but she is going to be very lucky.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48This shape settee's all the rage in Scandinavia.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52I've seen Diana Dors sitting on one in Photoplay.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56Diana Dors isn't Scandinavian. She's from Swindon.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59For pity's sake, Trevor!
0:22:59 > 0:23:03You're perched over there like Humpty Dumpty with flaming piles.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06Will you get over here and sit on this new settee?
0:23:06 > 0:23:08I liked the old settee.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11Anyway, if you'd waited, I would've bought a new settee for you.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Why should you have to work for everything?
0:23:14 > 0:23:17Cos I'm the man of the house.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19I do love you, Trevor.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22You aren't half old-fashioned.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39There's a Babycham on the draining board, if you want it?
0:23:39 > 0:23:41I don't want Babycham.
0:23:41 > 0:23:42I just want you.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45SHE CHUCKLES
0:23:48 > 0:23:49When I heard you lived in a convent,
0:23:49 > 0:23:53- I had no idea your life would be quite so...- Entertaining?
0:23:56 > 0:24:00I've been wanting to ask you something, Trixie.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02And that is...
0:24:04 > 0:24:07..would you agree to meet Alexandra?
0:24:08 > 0:24:10Your daughter?
0:24:10 > 0:24:13She's so little, Christopher.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16And girls of that age are complicated creatures.
0:24:16 > 0:24:21And if they're from an unhappy home, they're terribly easy to hurt.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Will you at least consider it?
0:24:25 > 0:24:29Yes, I will consider it,
0:24:29 > 0:24:33but I won't if I don't think I'm going to be very good for her.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38Trevor! It's the epilogue!
0:24:38 > 0:24:40We've both got work in the morning!
0:24:45 > 0:24:48It's not such a terrible settee, really.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10SHE SNORES
0:25:19 > 0:25:20SNORING
0:25:22 > 0:25:23Barbara?
0:25:26 > 0:25:27Oh, no!
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Did it not go as planned?
0:25:32 > 0:25:33No.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36And what's worse is I dreamed I'd finished it.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41It's such a mess, Valerie.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46This nylon lace has a mind of its own.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49I've never seen the point of slaving away making your own clothes,
0:25:49 > 0:25:51there's plenty of stuff you can buy in the shops.
0:25:51 > 0:25:52The point is that it saves money.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55Yeah, fair enough.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Right, miss. Bed. Now.
0:26:00 > 0:26:01Before Nurse Crane wakes up
0:26:01 > 0:26:04and puts in her order for her bridesmaid's dress.
0:26:04 > 0:26:05We'll sort something out.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Just don't try sewing anything.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13Machining that lace is like dicing with insanity.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22BABY CRIES
0:26:22 > 0:26:23Argh!
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Thanks.
0:26:54 > 0:26:55Good morning, Nurse Gilbert!
0:26:55 > 0:26:58Good morning, Sister Julienne. I'm so sorry I'm late.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Nurse Dyer explained that your dress-making efforts
0:27:00 > 0:27:03rather overwhelmed you.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06Oh, I've decided to write to my sister
0:27:06 > 0:27:09and borrow her cream two-piece that she wears for parish high days
0:27:09 > 0:27:13and holidays. And a new hair band will hardly break the bank.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19Banks are there to be broken on occasions such as this, lass.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23And we would so very much like you to have the celebration you deserve,
0:27:23 > 0:27:27that we've joined forces to provide you with the wherewithal.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30In other words, we had a whip-round.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32But...
0:27:32 > 0:27:34We absolutely insist.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36And there will be no argument.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38Oh, thank you.
0:27:41 > 0:27:42Oh, gosh.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Are you sure you don't want to try on a bridesmaid's dress?
0:27:51 > 0:27:55I'm quite sure nobody wants to see me in ballerina-length shantung.
0:27:55 > 0:28:01I shall be quite content with that boucle coat and skirt I've borrowed.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05Just promise me you won't let that shop assistant in here.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08If she pushes any harder for an off-the-shoulder neckline,
0:28:08 > 0:28:09she'll have me to reckon with.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17I've come out wearing a bra that's mended with a safety pin!
0:28:17 > 0:28:20And no girdle on, either. Oh, Barbara!
0:28:27 > 0:28:29I do have a favourite.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32But I'm not saying which it is.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37You'll need a corset under it.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42I'm not buying anything that can't be worn over tights
0:28:42 > 0:28:43and an elastic roll-on.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52Patients and mothers at the clinic
0:28:52 > 0:28:55keep giving me bootees and matinee jackets.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59Oh, I could kit out an orphanage in white and lemon three ply.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03Once we've seen to your checks,
0:29:03 > 0:29:05I'd like to try working on some relaxation exercises.
0:29:05 > 0:29:09I thought you might enjoy singing, to help you during labour.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12- Singing? - Nurse Gilbert said she'd given you
0:29:12 > 0:29:14the Breathe Your Way To Serenity leaflet.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17I made a list of things to do on it.
0:29:22 > 0:29:23You never could sit still.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29Even when you first came to us, as a postulant.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32God seemed to be asking so many things of me.
0:29:32 > 0:29:37I tried to do them all, even when I wasn't sure I was succeeding.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43I say to myself sometimes,
0:29:43 > 0:29:48"Deels, you know who you are, nobody else does.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50"That doesn't matter, it's probably just as well."
0:29:53 > 0:29:55But someone knew who I was once.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59But it's as if she's vanished.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04And because I can't reach her...
0:30:07 > 0:30:08..I've just disappeared.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14I'm going to get you a taxi.
0:30:25 > 0:30:29I was just going to tiptoe away if you were still asleep.
0:30:31 > 0:30:35Angela put a biscuit in the saucer. Pink wafer.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37I could eat a pink wafer.
0:30:37 > 0:30:38Oh!
0:30:39 > 0:30:42Mmm.
0:30:42 > 0:30:46- Am I all right to go to work today? - Absolutely.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49If there's any change in my condition, you will be informed.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52- Just...- Like any other father.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58- BABY CRIES - That's my shoe! Give it back!
0:31:14 > 0:31:16Fetch your dad!
0:31:16 > 0:31:18I'm sending an ambulance, Mr Goddens.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21Go straight back to your flat and stay with your wife till it arrives.
0:31:21 > 0:31:23No. Just go back home.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26Doctor will be with you within five minutes.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28SHE WHEEZES
0:31:33 > 0:31:36Has she said anything about any pain in her arm?
0:31:36 > 0:31:37Particularly her left arm?
0:31:37 > 0:31:39Or her jaw?
0:31:39 > 0:31:42No. She said her leg hurt!
0:31:42 > 0:31:44But that was the other day, it wore off.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48Argh!
0:31:48 > 0:31:51We need to have her transferred to hospital.
0:31:53 > 0:31:54What is it?
0:31:56 > 0:31:59- What is it, love?- Handbag.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01She wants her handbag.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11Wa-hey!
0:32:13 > 0:32:17The menopause. Have you heard of it?
0:32:17 > 0:32:18No.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21- The change of life? - Oh, yeah.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23Well, it's driving me mad.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26I've got headaches, I can't concentrate,
0:32:26 > 0:32:27can't stop perspiring,
0:32:27 > 0:32:30and I can't stop thinking about how things were before.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32How do you mean, before?
0:32:32 > 0:32:35Before this. Before now.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38When I was young, and a mum,
0:32:38 > 0:32:41even when we had Reggie and I became a mum to him.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44And now I just don't feel like I'm anything any more.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48Oh, Vi. Come here.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15Side room number three, please.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24I've eaten a whole packet of pink wafers
0:33:24 > 0:33:26and all the pains are coming in my back.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31A light snack in the first stages of labour
0:33:31 > 0:33:34can actually help build up some energy.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37I've said that to so many people.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39I also tell them to have something nice and plain,
0:33:39 > 0:33:41not gorge themselves on sugary biscuits.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45Baby appears to be in a posterior position, Shelagh.
0:33:50 > 0:33:54His spine is lying along your spine, which may make for a longer labour.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57I knew it. I knew it before you even checked.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00I've been palpating my own abdomen for weeks.
0:34:02 > 0:34:07MACHINE BEEPS
0:34:18 > 0:34:20Mr Goddens?
0:34:20 > 0:34:21Can I go in? Can I see her?
0:34:23 > 0:34:26I'm afraid your wife's still with the heart specialist.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29The tests suggest she may have suffered a pulmonary embolism.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31Well, what's that?
0:34:31 > 0:34:33It's when a blood clot forms somewhere in the body
0:34:33 > 0:34:35and travels up to the chest
0:34:35 > 0:34:38and interferes with the breathing and circulation.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40Well, can you operate? Can you cut it out?
0:34:40 > 0:34:44We can try treating her with a blood-thinning drug called Heparin.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49Do you have any children, Mr Goddens?
0:34:49 > 0:34:51Three girls.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54Wilma's sister's minding them.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56I don't want them seeing her again.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59She looks so bad I'm scared she'll scare 'em!
0:34:59 > 0:35:00Mr Goddens...
0:35:03 > 0:35:05..are they nearby?
0:35:10 > 0:35:14SHE RETCHES
0:35:14 > 0:35:16PHONE RINGS
0:35:16 > 0:35:18Turner's residence.
0:35:18 > 0:35:22Ah, hello! I just wondered how she was getting on?
0:35:22 > 0:35:26Things are ticking over very nicely, Dr Turner.
0:35:26 > 0:35:27Could I speak to her?
0:35:27 > 0:35:30She's smiling and waving!
0:35:30 > 0:35:32But we'll telephone if there's any news.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41I'm afraid Wilma's struggling to breathe
0:35:41 > 0:35:43because of the blood clot in her chest.
0:35:43 > 0:35:47If we perform a procedure called a tracheotomy
0:35:47 > 0:35:50we'll be able to get oxygen directly into her windpipe.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53The doctor's going to bring you a consent form for you to sign.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06Is there anyone else you'd like us to send for?
0:36:07 > 0:36:09She was brought up a churchgoer.
0:36:14 > 0:36:20Well done, well done, you're coping beautifully.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22I don't feel as though I am.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28You're unpacking the gas and air, aren't you?
0:36:28 > 0:36:31I know the sound the catch on that case makes.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33- Would you like some pethidine? - Yes.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38I thought I'd be braver than this.
0:36:38 > 0:36:43This has nothing to do with bravery and more to do with common sense.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46The baby's head is not sitting well on the cervix
0:36:46 > 0:36:47and it's slowing things down.
0:36:47 > 0:36:51Oh, please, please can I have the pethidine?
0:36:54 > 0:36:57As soon as this one's over, I promise you.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27We understand from speaking to Dr Turner
0:37:27 > 0:37:29that Wilma went to the Family Contraceptive Clinic recently
0:37:29 > 0:37:32and was prescribed the contraceptive pill?
0:37:32 > 0:37:35I don't think so.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38It would be useful if we knew for certain.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40The specialist says that over the past year
0:37:40 > 0:37:43other women taking these drugs have suffered blood clots.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45They're trying to find out if there's a connection.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48Why would she take contraceptives?
0:37:48 > 0:37:50I wanted a son.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03Our Lord Jesus Christ,
0:38:03 > 0:38:06who gave commandment to the church to heal the sick,
0:38:06 > 0:38:09of His great mercy make thee whole,
0:38:09 > 0:38:14and by his authority committed unto me I anoint thee,
0:38:14 > 0:38:19that thou mayest be healed of thy infirmities,
0:38:19 > 0:38:25in the name of the Father, and of the Son and the Holy Ghost.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28- Amen.- Amen.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33SHE STOPS BREATHING
0:38:35 > 0:38:38SHE BREATHES
0:38:38 > 0:38:43Mr Goddens and the children will have to come in soon, Tom.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45There's something I have to do first.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54SHELAGH GROANS
0:38:54 > 0:38:59You're doing so well. Well done. That's it, just breathe.
0:38:59 > 0:39:03Just breathe. There we go. There we go.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25An enviable complexion, if I may say so.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29You've obviously been very diligent with the cold cream.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35Bit of rouge next, I think, sweetie.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41And then I'll do your hair.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51I'll just look in your bag to see if you brought a comb.
0:40:02 > 0:40:07SHELAGH SCREAMS IN PAIN
0:40:07 > 0:40:11That's it! That's it, use all of the contraction,
0:40:11 > 0:40:13don't waste a moment of it.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18I can't believe I used to dream of this.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20It's like a nightmare.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22You're doing better than you think.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24- Am I?- Yes.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28And if you want to keep the pain at bay, you can always try the singing.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33So many songs seem to belong to the woman I was before.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37Shelagh, the religious sister.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42Shelagh, who thought she'd never have a child.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45And you still are all of those people.
0:40:45 > 0:40:52Every woman alive is the sum of all she ever did and felt and was.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57How do you know that?
0:40:57 > 0:41:00I wasn't aware I did, until just now.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12# Once I had a secret love
0:41:15 > 0:41:19# That lived within the heart of me
0:41:21 > 0:41:25# All too soon my secret love
0:41:27 > 0:41:32# Became impatient to be free
0:41:34 > 0:41:39# So I told a friendly star
0:41:42 > 0:41:46# The way that dreamers often do
0:41:50 > 0:41:55# Just how wonderful you are
0:41:56 > 0:42:02# And why I'm so in love with you. #
0:42:04 > 0:42:06I'd like him to come in now.
0:42:09 > 0:42:13We can't be just like any other couple...because we're us.
0:42:21 > 0:42:26No need to tiptoe. Mummy's quite tired, she won't wake up.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40Your children are here, Wilma.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43They've come for a cuddle and to say goodnight.
0:43:12 > 0:43:13Breathe, Shelagh.
0:43:16 > 0:43:19Gently, gently, gently.
0:43:24 > 0:43:27And baby's head's born!
0:43:27 > 0:43:29- Is it?- Yes!- Is it?
0:43:32 > 0:43:34You clever girl!
0:43:37 > 0:43:39It is so, so beautiful!
0:43:45 > 0:43:47Sh. That's it.
0:43:47 > 0:43:49You'll know when you're ready.
0:44:12 > 0:44:14You have a son.
0:44:15 > 0:44:17Oh!
0:44:20 > 0:44:21Hello.
0:44:26 > 0:44:30May the Lord bless you and keep you...
0:44:30 > 0:44:32Oh, God!
0:44:32 > 0:44:36..and may the Lord make His face to shine upon you...
0:44:38 > 0:44:40..and give you peace.
0:45:20 > 0:45:25I know you and I probably have different ideas about miracles,
0:45:25 > 0:45:28but I honestly thought that's what the pill was.
0:45:28 > 0:45:33And if the doctors are right, if there are issues over its safety,
0:45:33 > 0:45:36then I'm suspending all belief in miracles until further notice.
0:45:36 > 0:45:39I'll look in on the family at home tomorrow.
0:45:39 > 0:45:42People are always in shock after a sudden death
0:45:42 > 0:45:44and there's always so much organising to do.
0:45:44 > 0:45:46Haven't you got a bit of organising of your own to do tomorrow?
0:45:46 > 0:45:48You get married the next day.
0:45:48 > 0:45:50Oh, everything seems to have fallen into place.
0:45:50 > 0:45:52I shan't tell Barbara you said that.
0:45:55 > 0:45:59It's funny to think it could've been you and me getting married, once.
0:45:59 > 0:46:01No, Tom.
0:46:01 > 0:46:03It isn't funny at all.
0:46:03 > 0:46:06You and Barbara are so much better suited.
0:46:06 > 0:46:08I know.
0:46:08 > 0:46:10I do have high hopes for you and Christopher, though.
0:46:10 > 0:46:12Do you?
0:46:13 > 0:46:15It isn't straightforward.
0:46:15 > 0:46:18- There's a child involved. - Good.
0:46:18 > 0:46:20Cos you're wonderful with children.
0:46:20 > 0:46:23And if I didn't know that before tonight, I know it now.
0:46:29 > 0:46:32I've lined up four buckets of water in the scullery.
0:46:32 > 0:46:34Had I better go and fill a couple more?
0:46:34 > 0:46:38It transpired you delivered the flower stall chap's youngest.
0:46:38 > 0:46:39It was breech.
0:46:39 > 0:46:40Plus he's my second cousin.
0:46:40 > 0:46:43- What with one thing and another, we got reduced rates.- Oh!
0:46:45 > 0:46:50There she is. The focus of our attentions and our prayers.
0:46:50 > 0:46:51Daddy!
0:46:55 > 0:46:58- Hello.- How do you do? - Arthur Gilbert.
0:47:03 > 0:47:06I, I'm so sorry for your loss, Mr Goddens.
0:47:07 > 0:47:11I've brought some hair ribbons for the children for...
0:47:11 > 0:47:13For the funeral.
0:47:15 > 0:47:18They're not black. They're navy.
0:47:18 > 0:47:19Wilma favoured navy.
0:47:22 > 0:47:23She was so smart.
0:47:25 > 0:47:26So lovely.
0:47:44 > 0:47:46Alexandra and I had a lovely time last week.
0:47:46 > 0:47:50It was her birthday, so I took her to Harrods and bought her a rabbit.
0:47:50 > 0:47:52Oh, how lovely.
0:47:52 > 0:47:54I had a rabbit when I was a little girl,
0:47:54 > 0:47:57but it got shut in the cupboard under the stairs.
0:47:57 > 0:48:00Did it die?
0:48:00 > 0:48:02Oh, good gracious, no!
0:48:02 > 0:48:05I heard him squeaking, and so I let him out.
0:48:05 > 0:48:07We were best friends forever after that,
0:48:07 > 0:48:10he used to let me push him around in my doll's pram.
0:48:10 > 0:48:13I like your nail varnish.
0:48:13 > 0:48:15Oh, do you?
0:48:15 > 0:48:18It said, "Crushed Strawberries" on the bottle,
0:48:18 > 0:48:19but by the time I'd put it on,
0:48:19 > 0:48:22it looked more like "Squashed Tomatoes!"
0:48:22 > 0:48:25I think I need someone to help me choose a different one.
0:48:25 > 0:48:28Perhaps we could go and look in Boots,
0:48:28 > 0:48:31after we've eaten our knickerbocker glories.
0:48:39 > 0:48:41You're early, Fred.
0:48:41 > 0:48:44There's a Battenberg cake by the kettle that wants a home.
0:48:44 > 0:48:46Smashing.
0:48:51 > 0:48:53DOOR OPENS
0:48:53 > 0:48:54Just a moment!
0:48:58 > 0:49:02- Oh, hello, Reggie love. - Hello, Mum!
0:49:13 > 0:49:18Sister Monica Joan, Barbara's a bride, not the Queen of the May!
0:49:18 > 0:49:22If our young friend is to be married from this house,
0:49:22 > 0:49:26she will depart it as we see fit.
0:49:26 > 0:49:28And if she is to depart it in my vehicle,
0:49:28 > 0:49:30it will be decorated with restraint.
0:49:33 > 0:49:36KNOCK ON DOOR
0:49:40 > 0:49:41All right, Reverend?
0:49:41 > 0:49:44I heard your best man's not turning up until the morning,
0:49:44 > 0:49:49so, you, me, the Parish Men's Group and a few tail-enders,
0:49:49 > 0:49:52- how about it? - How about what?
0:49:52 > 0:49:56A quick round in the Black Sail, one for the road in the Hand and Shears,
0:49:56 > 0:50:01and then off to Walthamstow dogs, stag party done and dusted.
0:50:02 > 0:50:06One, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three...
0:50:06 > 0:50:09I got away with heading the conga line at Margaret's wedding,
0:50:09 > 0:50:12but I think nuns will expect a slightly more decorous
0:50:12 > 0:50:14father-daughter dance.
0:50:14 > 0:50:16I think they'll love it whatever we do.
0:50:16 > 0:50:18Have they been giving you lots of advice?
0:50:18 > 0:50:21Not on marriage, surprisingly enough.
0:50:22 > 0:50:26The person I'd really like to ask for advice is-is you.
0:50:26 > 0:50:30You and Mum were so happy, for so many years.
0:50:30 > 0:50:32I know.
0:50:37 > 0:50:39But my bally head's gone blank.
0:50:43 > 0:50:44Ow!
0:50:44 > 0:50:47CLATTERING
0:50:57 > 0:50:59ALARM RINGS
0:51:01 > 0:51:05LAUGHTER OUTSIDE
0:51:05 > 0:51:07# Happy wedding day to you
0:51:07 > 0:51:09# Happy wedding day to you
0:51:09 > 0:51:14# Happy Wedding Day, dear Barbara
0:51:14 > 0:51:20# Happy Wedding Day to you. #
0:51:20 > 0:51:22We've drawn up a rota for the bathroom.
0:51:22 > 0:51:2410 minutes each, but you're last, so you get 20.
0:51:24 > 0:51:27And no-one's allowed to take their rollers out until I say so!
0:51:31 > 0:51:33Ah, there she is!
0:51:33 > 0:51:37I was rather hoping for a vision in white, having braved
0:51:37 > 0:51:39the gorgon at my lodgings
0:51:39 > 0:51:41and the gaggle of gorgons at the portals here.
0:51:41 > 0:51:44Good practice for New Guinea.
0:51:44 > 0:51:47I was last for the bathroom, but we've run out of hot water.
0:51:47 > 0:51:50Valerie's boiling kettles and we've formed a human chain.
0:51:50 > 0:51:53- It's actually quite good fun. - Oh, bless you.
0:51:55 > 0:51:58You sounded just like your mother when you said that.
0:51:58 > 0:52:04People had her down as a sensible sort, but she was so, so lovely.
0:52:07 > 0:52:08You asked for my advice...
0:52:11 > 0:52:13..but you don't need it
0:52:13 > 0:52:17because you find joy in the simple things.
0:52:20 > 0:52:23That's all love needs to thrive on, really.
0:52:31 > 0:52:33HE CHUCKLES
0:52:33 > 0:52:35Morning, Reverend, you're looking rough.
0:52:35 > 0:52:39My best man just made me eat a fried egg sandwich.
0:52:39 > 0:52:42You don't look too good yourself.
0:52:42 > 0:52:45Violet told me not to come home drunk.
0:52:45 > 0:52:49And I was drunk, so I didn't go home.
0:52:50 > 0:52:54I've got your ill-gotten gains here from the dogs.
0:52:57 > 0:53:00You've got a knack of spotting form, I'll give you that.
0:53:00 > 0:53:02I think I just picked them for their names.
0:53:02 > 0:53:05Galilee Lad and Hello Nurse!
0:53:07 > 0:53:10It all comes flooding back to me.
0:53:12 > 0:53:13Get the missus something nice.
0:53:18 > 0:53:21BELLS RING
0:54:12 > 0:54:13Please be seated.
0:54:29 > 0:54:31Why aren't we driving to the door?
0:54:31 > 0:54:34Trust me, and close your eyes.
0:54:45 > 0:54:46Open them.
0:54:54 > 0:54:56Did you do all of this for me?
0:54:59 > 0:55:01I do everything for you.
0:55:03 > 0:55:04Always.
0:55:15 > 0:55:19'At times, the present seems most perfect
0:55:19 > 0:55:22'when its seeds lie in the past.
0:55:22 > 0:55:26'And others, life is rendered flawless when we look towards
0:55:26 > 0:55:33'the future, glimpsing from within one golden moment all the joys
0:55:33 > 0:55:35'the days to come might hold.'
0:55:42 > 0:55:47'We cannot stand still because the world keeps turning.
0:55:47 > 0:55:50'Every year must give way to the next
0:55:50 > 0:55:52'and its stories must be folded,
0:55:52 > 0:55:56'tucked away like children's clothes outgrown,
0:55:56 > 0:56:01'cherished and never quite forgotten.
0:56:01 > 0:56:06'1962 was a year of great change at Nonnatus House,
0:56:06 > 0:56:09'but there's always change everywhere,
0:56:09 > 0:56:14'there are always new faces, new tears to shed,
0:56:14 > 0:56:17'new joys to invest in,
0:56:17 > 0:56:23'yet the circle of love is not broken, it expands.'
0:56:23 > 0:56:29MUSIC: Once Upon A Dream by Bill Fury
0:56:29 > 0:56:32# Dreams can come true... #
0:56:32 > 0:56:34It's snowing!
0:56:34 > 0:56:40# That's what they say
0:56:40 > 0:56:44# Prove that you're real
0:56:44 > 0:56:49# And it's my lucky day... #
0:56:55 > 0:56:58I got on the boat the day after his funeral.
0:56:58 > 0:57:00I didn't know.
0:57:01 > 0:57:03I didn't know you were coming back.
0:57:03 > 0:57:05I did.
0:57:05 > 0:57:07I always did.
0:57:09 > 0:57:12And wherever I go next,
0:57:12 > 0:57:13you're coming with me.
0:57:26 > 0:57:29'Love bares all things.
0:57:29 > 0:57:32'Love believes all things,
0:57:32 > 0:57:35'hopes all things,
0:57:35 > 0:57:38'endures all things
0:57:38 > 0:57:41'and love never ends.'
0:57:42 > 0:57:47# I met her
0:57:47 > 0:57:54# Once upon a dream. #