0:00:32 > 0:00:36MATURE JENNY: 'It seemed to us in 1963
0:00:36 > 0:00:39'as though the world was spinning a little faster on its axis.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44'We bought new things, followed new trends,
0:00:44 > 0:00:48'sought at every turn a more vibrant,
0:00:48 > 0:00:51'vivid version of our homes,
0:00:51 > 0:00:53'our lives, ourselves.
0:00:53 > 0:00:59'Our energy and thirst for change seemed limitless.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02'We wanted to be the very best that we could be.'
0:01:11 > 0:01:13That's not your usual reading.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19Sister, are you sure you wouldn't like to join us?
0:01:19 > 0:01:22Wool crafts are the refuge of a dull mind.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24I must say I was rather dubious when I received the pattern,
0:01:24 > 0:01:27but these knitted bosoms will be just the job for teaching
0:01:27 > 0:01:29breast-feeding in my Mothercraft class.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35- Mine looks terribly realistic. I'm actually rather proud of it. - GIGGLING
0:01:35 > 0:01:38- Looking forward to seeing you. Bye. - Ooh, my back.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Oi, wake up.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44It's a salon, not a dosshouse.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Oh, sorry, Mae. I don't do well on nights.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Still, at least I've got today to catch up.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53Hear that, Marj? You'll have to wait till tomorrow if you want Val to
0:01:53 > 0:01:55- deliver you.- I don't think I can hold off that long.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58- You getting twinges?- Bit more than that.- You're in labour?
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Look, I reckon I can get through my afternoon ladies without any
0:02:01 > 0:02:05excitement. I mean, I was going, what, three days with them two.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Besides, Mum don't let you have a day off for a little thing
0:02:08 > 0:02:10like having a baby. Do you, Mum?
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Well, you'll only be sitting upstairs.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Plenty of time for that when the kid comes.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17You watch, right - she'll have me back down here inside a week.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21- I will!- Ooh! - SHE GROANS
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Ooh, sorry, Marj. Looks like it's time to hang up your scissors.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27- Mae, can you call Nonnatus?- Yeah.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33- Oh, I'll give you a hand with that, Sister.- Thank you, Fred.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35Blimey! Iced buns?
0:02:35 > 0:02:37It's breast-feeding night at Mothercraft class.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41I had hoped to borrow Nurse Crane's car to transport my props.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43But unfortunately it's not convenient.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46She's become rather over-protective of her clutch.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Ah, well, that can be expensive if... SHE GASPS
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Perhaps I can borrow your van.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53I've got an errand to run, but I can drop you off on the way.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01WHISTLE BLOWS
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Sergeant Woolf.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06I appreciate the power of the whistle more than most,
0:03:06 > 0:03:09but I find its efficacy is decreased by overuse.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13I'm obliged to inform you that there have been a number of car
0:03:13 > 0:03:14thefts in the vicinity.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17You might want to take the relevant precautions.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19I always keep the keys in a safe place, Sergeant.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Thank you for the intelligence.
0:03:22 > 0:03:23I'll bear it in mind.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28You'll find nothing amiss!
0:03:35 > 0:03:36Oh!
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Iced buns.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50Get those curlers out or she'll look like she's just off the boat.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54Midwife.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57To see a Mrs Chivvers?
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Upstairs. I'll take you.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07What are you lot goggling at?
0:04:08 > 0:04:11- MARJORY GROANS - That's it. Lean into it.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Midwife's here.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Nurse Anderson, this is Marjory Chivvers.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19- Hello, Mrs Chivvers.- Marjory'll do.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Mae, why don't you take over here
0:04:22 > 0:04:25while I bring my colleague up to speed?
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Two previous deliveries, both straightforward.
0:04:31 > 0:04:32Textbook pregnancy this time too.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Now, Marjory's in school.
0:04:36 > 0:04:41Biggest complication is likely to be the mother. Bit of a character.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45Mrs Chivvers, once this contraction has passed, can you lie down, please?
0:04:45 > 0:04:48- I need to examine you. - Who died and made her the boss?
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Look, if you're going be funny, you can clear off!
0:04:50 > 0:04:53- Can't no-one take a joke these days? - Right, Mae.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55Why don't you get back down to the salon?
0:04:55 > 0:04:57I ain't going nowhere. And neither are you.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Then, why don't we pop through to the kitchen
0:05:01 > 0:05:03- and you can make me a cuppa? - MARJORY GROANS
0:05:03 > 0:05:05You'll be close at hand if you're needed.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Baby's mouth needs to come up and over,
0:05:19 > 0:05:21rather than attach straight on.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24- That's it, Mrs Romaine. Lovely. - Thanks, Sister.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Well done, everyone. Next week we'll be tackling nappies,
0:05:27 > 0:05:31along with what to expect in the immediate aftermath of the birth.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Does that include the bit on how to get your fella out of the pub? LAUGHTER
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Sorry, Norma. That's not my area of expertise.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41Mine neither, Sister. My Alan's not a big drinker.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43He likes to keep himself fit, what with him
0:05:43 > 0:05:45being the coach of the Fairborough Under-16s.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Oh, is he? You didn't say.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50Nothing wrong with being married to a man you can be proud of!
0:05:50 > 0:05:51Well, if he's so marvellous,
0:05:51 > 0:05:53you should get him down to the next class,
0:05:53 > 0:05:55train him up in changing the dirty nappies.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58- Maybe I will. He's keen to learn. - Oh, you're having a laugh!
0:05:58 > 0:06:01What's funny about a man being involved in raising his child?
0:06:01 > 0:06:05There's nothing funny about it, Mrs Romaine.
0:06:05 > 0:06:06Nothing at all.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12MARJORY GROANS That's it.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Oooh!
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Just relax there until you're ready to push again.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Not long to go now, Mrs Chivvers.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23How many times have I got to tell you - just call me Marj.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25How about we split the difference and settle on Marjory?
0:06:25 > 0:06:27All right, then.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32- Another one coming?- Ooh, yeah!
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Is, is Dennis home? I just need to know that he's here.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37I'm sure he'll be here soon.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39MARJORY MOANS Let's get you onto the bed.
0:06:39 > 0:06:44Oh, Dennis! Dennis!
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Don't know what she's shouting for him for - useless lump.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51- There's a lot worse than that. - Tell me about it.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Don't think I ever met Mr Stanton?
0:06:54 > 0:06:5823 years ago he went to the second showing at the Palais Cinema,
0:06:58 > 0:07:00never came home.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03Was it the Blitz that took him?
0:07:03 > 0:07:05No, one of the usherettes.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09Off they ran, leaving me with a toddler
0:07:09 > 0:07:12- and a dose of something itchy. - The toddler was Marjory?
0:07:14 > 0:07:17We did all right, just the two of us.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19- Who needs them? - FRONT DOOR OPENS
0:07:19 > 0:07:22- HE PUFFS AND PANTS - I came as soon I heard!
0:07:22 > 0:07:25- How is she? - Doing just fine without you.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Dennis!
0:07:36 > 0:07:41Come on, then, let's have a look at her. Who's she look like?
0:07:41 > 0:07:43She looks like Dennis. She's a boy!
0:07:43 > 0:07:46- We don't do boys. - Yeah, well, we do now.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48And if you want this one in the trade,
0:07:48 > 0:07:50you better open up a barber shop!
0:07:50 > 0:07:54Well, come on, then. Do you want to look at your little brother?
0:07:54 > 0:07:56I told you we'd get our little man in the end.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Oh, Marj! Hello!
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Don't get much better than this, does it, girl?
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Alexandra. Night-night.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22You're very important to her.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24To both of us.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30I love the time the three of us spend together.
0:08:30 > 0:08:35When do you think we might get away again?
0:08:35 > 0:08:37If you're free tomorrow evening,
0:08:37 > 0:08:40I might be able to find a way for us to spend a little time together.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Oh?
0:08:42 > 0:08:447:30 sharp, and don't be late.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54ROCK AND ROLL PLAYS IN BACKGROUND
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Nice hair! Vidal Sassoon?
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Stanton's Styles.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Marjory Chivvers had her baby while I was getting my hair done.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03LAUGHTER
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Oooh. "Home Management'"?
0:09:08 > 0:09:10My parents tried their best,
0:09:10 > 0:09:14but domestic science wasn't really on the syllabus at Casa Mia.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17"Budgeting"? "Household routine"?
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Something to tell me, Nurse Franklin?
0:09:19 > 0:09:21What are you inferring, Nurse Dyer?
0:09:21 > 0:09:25"Advice on Entertaining with information on weddings
0:09:25 > 0:09:27"and christenings." Hmmmm.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31I'm afraid you're getting rather ahead of yourself. However, it is
0:09:31 > 0:09:34true that Mr Dockerill and I are getting along splendidly.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Which is why I'm cooking for him tomorrow evening.
0:09:37 > 0:09:38Ah.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42- And just when it was all going so well.- Cheeky!
0:09:42 > 0:09:45I've been known to boil an egg with great success.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Now, if you don't mind, I need to devise my menu.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50I'm ever so pleased for you.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Mr Dockerill is quite the catch.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Not so long ago I thought I'd never be happy again.
0:09:58 > 0:09:59And yet here I am.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04The human heart really is most resilient.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Let's hope Mr Dockerill's stomach is similarly robust.
0:10:08 > 0:10:09LAUGHTER
0:10:12 > 0:10:14We prepare our ladies for parenthood, but the fathers are
0:10:14 > 0:10:17left to their own devices and are often quite at sea when baby's born.
0:10:17 > 0:10:22So I thought I might open the next session to husbands.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Men? In a Mothercraft class?
0:10:25 > 0:10:26Not every week, obviously.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29Perhaps just one session out of the six that the women attend.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32And only if we're all agreed that it's a good idea.
0:10:32 > 0:10:33I'm not sure.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Those classes are a place where women can relax,
0:10:37 > 0:10:40escape the pressures of family.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44Yes, but if a man can help his wife with childcare,
0:10:44 > 0:10:48then she might also get some time to relax when the baby comes.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52Sister Monica Joan, what is your opinion of the matter?
0:10:52 > 0:10:55- There's much of value in the old ways...- Exactly!
0:10:55 > 0:10:58..but one must not become like Lot's wife,
0:10:58 > 0:11:02frozen in the act of looking backwards.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07Then it seems there is a majority in favour of the scheme.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19So, the au pair...
0:11:19 > 0:11:21According to this, she'll be here this evening.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24Will you be able to pick her up from the railway station?
0:11:24 > 0:11:25Of course.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Though I've no idea how I'll recognise her.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32There won't be that many Hungarians arriving on the 5:15 into Victoria.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35I don't imagine she'll be wearing national dress.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Well, in case she's not, she's sent a photograph.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43She does look rather stern.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45She grew up in a Communist country.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48I doubt that's conducive to a cheerful disposition.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Then she'll get on well with Timothy.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53He's been very glum about having a stranger living in the house.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56I'm sure he'll warm to the idea.
0:11:56 > 0:11:57He'll have to.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01Miss Magdalena Kovacs is already halfway across the English Channel.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10- Congratulations, Mae.- Thanks, love.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13- All right, Mae?- All right, Val?
0:12:13 > 0:12:16I brought a little present for the baby. Can I drop it up to Marjory?
0:12:16 > 0:12:19- One of your lot's already up there. - Ah, Nurse Anderson.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Yeah, the foreign one.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23I've seen her type on the buses, but I've never seen
0:12:23 > 0:12:25one in a...midwife's uniform.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Actually there are lots of Caribbean nurses in England.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31- Ah.- We didn't have enough, so the Government asked them to come
0:12:31 > 0:12:35- over to help us care for our own. - Oh.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39- Ah, hello, girls.- Hello, Auntie Val.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Only I heard she's not a proper midwife.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Someone told me she used to work in a library.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Hmm, that's right.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49Then she came to England, trained for four years
0:12:49 > 0:12:52and passed all her nursing and midwifery exams with flying colours.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56Oh. Maybe I should set them rumours straight, then.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00Yeah, you should.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02- I'll go on up, shall I?- Yeah.
0:13:04 > 0:13:05Look at him.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Dennis could have spat him out.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10I think they all look like their fathers.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14Nature's way of reassuring a man that the child is really his. LAUGHTER
0:13:14 > 0:13:17You saying my daughter's been round the houses?
0:13:17 > 0:13:19I don't know how people behave where you come from
0:13:19 > 0:13:22but you're in England now. We're civilised.
0:13:22 > 0:13:23Mum!
0:13:24 > 0:13:27I'm sorry, it's not because you're coloured,
0:13:27 > 0:13:30she's just a bit of a cow to everyone.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34It's nothing much.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Just a little rattle, and Mum knitted a cardie.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Oh, how kind!
0:13:40 > 0:13:44Oh, will you thank her for me? Mum's just off downstairs.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Valerie, your timing is excellent.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Baby needs a cuddle while I retake mother's blood pressure.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56- It's a little high. - Come on, then, Denny.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02Here, I think he's filling out already!
0:14:02 > 0:14:04He feeds like a champ.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06You know, he had me up every two hours last night.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08That'll be good for your milk supply.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11Tell me about it. I think I could stock a dairy!
0:14:11 > 0:14:14And a florist's. These are lovely.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Oh, yeah, carnations.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19We had an April wedding and I had a big bunch of them in my bouquet...
0:14:19 > 0:14:21- Oh! - SHE GRUNTS IN PAIN
0:14:21 > 0:14:24- Something wrong?- My head!
0:14:24 > 0:14:28Ah! I'm going to be...Oh! Think I'm going to be...sick!
0:14:38 > 0:14:42- What is it? What's wrong? - Ambulance, please!
0:14:42 > 0:14:45- Is it the baby? - Suspected post-natal eclampsia.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50Marjory, show me your fingers. Are they swollen?
0:14:54 > 0:14:55And the other one?
0:14:57 > 0:15:01- Marjory?- I can't...can't... won't move.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04What's wrong with her? Why's she talking funny?!
0:15:04 > 0:15:06Can you look at me and try to smile?
0:15:07 > 0:15:10What are you doing?!
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Ambulance on its way.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17There's no oedema. Blood pressure has dropped.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21Her speech is slurred and she appears to have a left haemiplegia.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24I'm not so sure about eclampsia.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26I think she's had a stroke.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31AMBULANCE BELL
0:15:33 > 0:15:35There's room for one in the van.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Can you look after the children for me?
0:15:37 > 0:15:39BABY GURGLES
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Mummy.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57AMBULANCE BELL
0:16:03 > 0:16:05No daffodils?!
0:16:07 > 0:16:09The harsh winter has taken its toll.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Why is everything so faded?
0:16:14 > 0:16:15Hmmm?
0:16:26 > 0:16:30- What's happened? Where is she? - You can't see her.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32They're getting her comfortable.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36Oh, Marjory!
0:16:36 > 0:16:41- She was fine this morning! - She's had a stroke.- What?!
0:16:41 > 0:16:43- No, that's something old people get. - You a doctor, are you?
0:16:43 > 0:16:46No, but I want to speak to someone! I want to find out what's what!
0:16:46 > 0:16:50She can't talk. She can't walk.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Maybe won't ever again.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Well, I want to speak to someone.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02They'll only speak to the next of kin.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05I've told them that's me.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18How'd this happen? Whose fault is it?
0:17:22 > 0:17:23Wow, look at that!
0:17:23 > 0:17:27- That's your father's car! Welcoming committee at the ready! - CAR HORN HONKS
0:17:30 > 0:17:33- Oh, Timothy? Jam.- I know, I'm saving it for later.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36You won't get into medical school with cheek like that!
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Here we are.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Magdalena, meet the family.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45- Hello.- Oh!
0:17:45 > 0:17:48- Mrs Turner?- Uh, Magdalena?
0:17:48 > 0:17:51- Magda.- Whatever you prefer.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Your home is very pleasing.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56- Thank you.- And so is your husband.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58- Oh. - SHE CHUCKLES AWKWARDLY
0:17:58 > 0:18:00And these are the children...
0:18:00 > 0:18:04- Teddy, Angela and...- Timothy.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06Hello.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08You must be exhausted after your journey.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Let me show you to your room. Patrick, can you bring the bags?
0:18:10 > 0:18:14- I'll take those!- Thank you, Timothy. That is very sweet of you.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17This way.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21A house so full of gentlemen.
0:18:21 > 0:18:22Goodness!
0:18:22 > 0:18:24She's not at all what I expected.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27She's very...
0:18:27 > 0:18:28confident.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32Isn't she? I had the most interesting conversation in the car.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35- It's quite refreshing. - BABY CRIES
0:18:38 > 0:18:41SOOTHING MUSIC PLAYS IN BACKGROUND
0:18:41 > 0:18:43SOFT LAUGHTER
0:18:47 > 0:18:48Ta-da!
0:18:48 > 0:18:52- Oh, I, I thought, I thought we were going out.- But I've cooked dinner.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Don't worry, it's just the two of us.
0:18:55 > 0:18:56I got everyone out of the way.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02There are only three rules when planning an intimate dinner party.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06The food should be cooked to perfection
0:19:06 > 0:19:08and presented with style,
0:19:08 > 0:19:10and the guests should be agreeable.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14I'd say two out of the three isn't bad.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20It's called a "grapefruit surprise".
0:19:20 > 0:19:21The surprise, in my case,
0:19:21 > 0:19:24being that sugar burns remarkably quickly under the grill.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28HE CHUCKLES
0:19:28 > 0:19:31It looks...delicious.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33And don't worry, my love, we won't go hungry.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35We can always have bread and jam.
0:19:39 > 0:19:40I'll make it.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Then after I graduated I toured the continent,
0:19:45 > 0:19:47working as a mother's help.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Brussels, Amsterdam, Madrid, then back to Paris where
0:19:50 > 0:19:53I cared for a family of a professor at the Sorbonne.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56We must seem very unsophisticated by comparison.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58No, not at all.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00My father is a doctor. I like medical men.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02- More coffee?- Oh, thank you.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06What a bonus. We didn't anticipate you'd bring your own coffee pot,
0:20:06 > 0:20:10- did we, Shelagh?- Everyone knows English coffee is very bad.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Well, this certainly beats the stuff I'm used to.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17We had no idea you'd be so well travelled.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19It's important, I think.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22- I plan to travel.- Oh, where?
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Extensively.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Well, Angela's bath is long overdue.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32- I'll go and get her ready. - Oh, please, Mrs Turner,
0:20:32 > 0:20:33bath-time is my job now.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37I'll show her where we keep the towels.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Oh, Patrick. What have I done?
0:20:41 > 0:20:44I don't know why we didn't get an au pair years ago.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49BICYCLE BELL RINGS
0:20:49 > 0:20:51I've never seen a stroke in a new mother,
0:20:51 > 0:20:53not in all my years.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55It was Lucille spotted it.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58- Not sure it would have occurred to me.- Nor me.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00I'm not surprised.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02It's so very, very rare.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05If the stroke is as severe as they say,
0:21:05 > 0:21:08she may be left permanently incapacitated.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Life really can change in the blink of an eye.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20Oh, no, those, those are for my wife.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22She's only getting you a bloody vase!
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Now, before we move onto the subject of caring for a newborn,
0:21:33 > 0:21:36we'll have our usual recap on last week's topic
0:21:36 > 0:21:38which, as you'll remember, was the birth itself,
0:21:38 > 0:21:41and specifically how to breathe.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44In and out's always worked fine for me, Sister. LAUGHTER
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Sorry, Sister. He's such a joker.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50But Sister? If you're going to be telling my Alan about the birth,
0:21:50 > 0:21:52does that mean he can come to the actual thing?
0:21:52 > 0:21:54Only I've heard men aren't allowed in the hospital.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56You're quite right,
0:21:56 > 0:21:59but as we do home births, we offer a little more flexibility.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03Do you think it's something that you and Mr Romaine might consider?
0:22:03 > 0:22:07My Alan would love to see his baby being born. Wouldn't you Alan?
0:22:07 > 0:22:09- Ah! - SHE LAUGHS
0:22:12 > 0:22:15That showed them. Just cos their husband's ain't worth tuppence.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18And now you get to be with me when our baby's being born!
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Yeah, look, about that...
0:22:20 > 0:22:22er, you know it might be a bit tricky.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25It might clash with a match.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32Oh, come on. In all the time you've known me, have I ever missed a game?
0:22:32 > 0:22:34And in all the time you've known me, have I ever had a baby?
0:22:36 > 0:22:38I'm just saying, you know I'd rather not.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42I don't think it's something I'd enjoy.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45Enjoy? What's enjoy got to do with it?!
0:22:46 > 0:22:50Do you really think I enjoy going to your stupid football every Saturday,
0:22:50 > 0:22:53freezing on the touchline, chopping up the half-time oranges?
0:23:04 > 0:23:07- Morning!- Magda! Goodness, you're up early!
0:23:07 > 0:23:10Yes, today I make spicy eggs for Timothy and Mr Turner.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Really, there's no need. Porridge will suffice.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Everyone likes to try something new.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18You might want to put on a cardigan.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20You're not on the Continent now.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Nothing unexpected to report this morning, except that
0:23:27 > 0:23:30Marjory Chivvers is to be discharged today.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Gosh! That seems very soon.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35There's little more the hospital can do for her.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38Her mother insisted she be at home with her family.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42Nurse Anderson will continue twice-daily visits for as long as
0:23:42 > 0:23:47is required. Her family will need significant support to manage
0:23:47 > 0:23:51- Marjory's care, as she's largely immobile.- Of course.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55Sister Winifred. How was last night's class?
0:23:55 > 0:23:58It was marvellous! Thank you, Sister!
0:23:58 > 0:24:00The most tremendous success!
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Who's going to look after her?
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Everything is as it should be.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29There we are, nice and comfy.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32The hospital looked after Marjory well.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34They didn't fix her, though.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36I'm afraid there's little we can do for strokes.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40There are medical advances being made every day, but for now...
0:24:40 > 0:24:44- This is it?- The, main thing is to keep Marjory comfortable
0:24:44 > 0:24:46while she recuperates.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Keep her clean and changed, and look out for bedsores.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52- I don't know how to do any of that. - I can show you.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55That won't be necessary. I'll be doing it.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57I understand that you want to do everything possible
0:24:57 > 0:25:02for your daughter, Mrs Stanton, but it's not easy caring for an invalid.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07I'd advise you to accept help where it's offered.
0:25:07 > 0:25:08If that's everything....
0:25:10 > 0:25:15A nurse will call tomorrow to do the usual mother and baby checks.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Thank you, doctor...nurse.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30- Do you want to hold him, love? - She can't.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32I could put him on the bed next to her.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36What, so she can topple on him? Take him downstairs.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Alison'll look after him while she's working.
0:25:39 > 0:25:40Take these an' all.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43I'll be staying in here from now on,
0:25:43 > 0:25:45in case she needs me in the night.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31You're all right, Marj,
0:26:31 > 0:26:32Mum's here.
0:26:43 > 0:26:44Back to the cubicle.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50Have you altered your diet at all, Mrs Romaine?
0:26:50 > 0:26:52Only you've dropped a pound.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Hmm?
0:26:56 > 0:26:58I've not had much appetite.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Me and my husband have had a bit of a falling-out.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06He's not the man I thought he was.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08SHE SOBS
0:27:11 > 0:27:12I won't be long.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14Just down the clinic to get milk tokens.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17Come here, darling. There you go.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22You know you can't have him on your own, darling.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24Come on, give him to me. There you go.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26There you go. There you go.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29You can't have any of them.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Come on, girls. Let's give Mummy some peace.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Bye, love. See you next week.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Course, you know what they say.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Well, I imagine you're going to tell me.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48Well, Mae had that girl working like a dog
0:27:48 > 0:27:50right up until the baby came. All hours!
0:27:50 > 0:27:52And that's what did for her.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54That's what caused the stroke?
0:27:54 > 0:27:56Well, it's the only thing that makes any sense.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59Have you ever heard of a stroke in a young girl like that?
0:28:02 > 0:28:05- All right there, Mae?- Violet.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Come on, girls, come on.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09How's she doing?
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Come on, kids.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19We're one of them couples that does everything together.
0:28:19 > 0:28:20"Soppy", my mum calls it.
0:28:22 > 0:28:26But now he doesn't want to be with me at the most important moment of my life.
0:28:26 > 0:28:30Mrs Romaine, not every husband has the stomach for childbirth.
0:28:31 > 0:28:35A man's job isn't to guide his child through the birth canal,
0:28:35 > 0:28:37but through life itself.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40I never thought about it like that.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42Well, wipe those tears and we'll get this all sorted out.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47But not before you've had another Garibaldi.
0:28:54 > 0:28:58- Mae Stanton. Milk tokens. - Of course. Let me see.
0:28:59 > 0:29:03Hello, Mrs Stanton. How nice to see you.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05- There you go.- Thank you. - Hello, girls.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09- And how's little Denny?- Hands off!
0:29:11 > 0:29:12Mrs Stanton!
0:29:16 > 0:29:18Come on, girls.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21- Come with me. - You've already done for my daughter.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23You're not going near my grandson.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25What's going on?
0:29:25 > 0:29:27There was nothing wrong with my Marjory
0:29:27 > 0:29:30- until she got her filthy hands on her!- That's enough!
0:29:30 > 0:29:32Oh, I haven't even started yet!
0:29:32 > 0:29:35I want everyone to hear what I've got to say!
0:29:35 > 0:29:38What happened to my daughter was nothing to do with me
0:29:38 > 0:29:40working her in the salon,
0:29:40 > 0:29:43but everything to do with her not having a proper English midwife!
0:29:43 > 0:29:45Mae, stop! You're not being fair.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48- Not fair? Not fair?! - SHE SOBS
0:29:48 > 0:29:51My daughter should be up and about, feeding her baby,
0:29:51 > 0:29:54changing his nappies.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56Instead, I'm changing hers!
0:29:59 > 0:30:02If this is the National Health Service, then you can stick it!
0:30:02 > 0:30:05I don't want you lot anywhere near my family.
0:30:05 > 0:30:06And especially not her.
0:30:09 > 0:30:10Come on, girls.
0:30:35 > 0:30:36Nurse Crane?
0:30:38 > 0:30:42Why has Marjory Chivvers been put on Nurse Dyer's care?
0:30:42 > 0:30:44I've been the one most involved with her!
0:30:44 > 0:30:48And you have provided exemplary care,
0:30:48 > 0:30:54but Sister Julienne and I decided to spare you any more unpleasantness from that quarter.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58I see.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00If you will excuse me.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06With respect, Sister Julienne...
0:31:06 > 0:31:10I am always wary of the phrase "with respect," Nurse Anderson,
0:31:10 > 0:31:14I generally find it is a forerunner to candour,
0:31:14 > 0:31:17or possibly impertinence.
0:31:17 > 0:31:21I hope I would not be impertinent to my superiors,
0:31:21 > 0:31:25but I must be frank, it's not up to you, or to Nurse Crane,
0:31:25 > 0:31:28to decide how much unpleasantness I can bare.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30But if you stop sending me to Marjory,
0:31:30 > 0:31:34it will look as though Mrs Stanton's slurs are justified.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38And as though you accept her attitude towards me.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42Nurse Anderson,
0:31:42 > 0:31:44I do not accept it.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48Then, with respect, Sister Julienne,
0:31:48 > 0:31:50you know what you should do.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55I feel terribly foolish.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57You just got carried away.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00It's easy to overburden a man.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03They think they must give the impression of being more
0:32:03 > 0:32:05substantial than they actually are.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08I'll visit Mr Romaine after he finishes work this evening.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10See if I can get to the bottom of things.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12Might I take your car?
0:32:12 > 0:32:13No.
0:32:20 > 0:32:24Right, love, I've got two minutes before Mrs Finney's rinse
0:32:24 > 0:32:26needs to come off. Let's get you shifted.
0:32:26 > 0:32:27Don't want you getting bed sores.
0:32:27 > 0:32:29There you go, that's better.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31I'll see you at tea time.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34Have a good rest. You'll soon be on the mend.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37SHE MUMBLES
0:32:37 > 0:32:39M-mend...
0:32:46 > 0:32:52What confuses me, Mr Romaine, is that you were perfectly prepared to come to the class.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55So I can see that you're keen to support your wife.
0:32:55 > 0:32:56Yeah, I am, Sister.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59I'd do anything for her.
0:32:59 > 0:33:00Except...
0:33:00 > 0:33:02..be by her side at the birth.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07I'm the oldest of six.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10Me mum had them all at home.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12It's very thin walls in the house.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14I can still hear the screaming.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16It's all right, Mr Romaine...
0:33:17 > 0:33:19..I do understand.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24The fears we have in the present
0:33:24 > 0:33:26often lie in the experiences of the past.
0:33:26 > 0:33:31Now, why don't you go home and tell your wife what you just told me?
0:33:31 > 0:33:33I think she'll understand too.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43Morning.
0:33:43 > 0:33:44Good morning.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52We missed you last night. We had the Scrabble board out,
0:33:52 > 0:33:55we could've done with someone who can spell!
0:33:56 > 0:33:57I had a headache.
0:34:00 > 0:34:01Lucille...
0:34:03 > 0:34:06..what Mae Stanton said was unforgivable.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10Why would you apologise?
0:34:11 > 0:34:17Because I'm from the East End, and I'm embarrassed
0:34:17 > 0:34:21and ashamed to think that one of mine would treat you in that way.
0:34:23 > 0:34:24Listen...
0:34:26 > 0:34:29..I've been made a scapegoat before today.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32I've been picked on, and I've been bullied.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36When?
0:34:36 > 0:34:37When I was in the Army.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43There weren't many nurses from my sort of background,
0:34:43 > 0:34:47and there was one Sister who thought there shouldn't be any at all.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49Everything I did was wrong,
0:34:49 > 0:34:53every tiny mistake was punished and put on file.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58I kept holding out, holding on,
0:34:58 > 0:35:01not letting her get the better of me.
0:35:03 > 0:35:04A soldier was brought in wounded,
0:35:04 > 0:35:08after an accident during a live firing exercise.
0:35:08 > 0:35:12He was crying for his mum, he was only 18,
0:35:12 > 0:35:16and I squeezed his hand and I said, "I'll be your mum till morning."
0:35:19 > 0:35:21Never saw morning.
0:35:25 > 0:35:29And that Sister spoke against me at the inquiry.
0:35:31 > 0:35:32I wasn't to blame,
0:35:32 > 0:35:34the inquiry said that...
0:35:35 > 0:35:38..but I'd had enough.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41I bought myself out my post, came home.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47You shouldn't have felt you had to do that,
0:35:47 > 0:35:48you are an excellent nurse.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52I could say the same to you.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59I've had patients who won't let me touch them
0:35:59 > 0:36:02because they think the black will rub off on their skin.
0:36:04 > 0:36:05I'm sorry.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08I know that's not enough.
0:36:38 > 0:36:44Mrs Stanton, I understand that you are looking for someone to blame,
0:36:44 > 0:36:47but what happened to Marjory was not my fault,
0:36:47 > 0:36:48and it was not your fault either.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50I never said it was!
0:36:51 > 0:36:53I heard some gossip...
0:36:54 > 0:36:56..people saying that Marjory became unwell
0:36:56 > 0:37:01because she was on her feet, working in here for her whole nine months.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04To think those silly gossiping women believe they know better
0:37:04 > 0:37:07than all the highly-trained doctors at the hospital.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12Only the good Lord himself knows why she had that stroke.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20I brought a prescription for Marjory.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22May I take it upstairs?
0:37:28 > 0:37:29Yeah.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41Once you're washed, Marjory, we'll brush your teeth and do your hair.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43Who does yours?
0:37:43 > 0:37:44Hair.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49I go to a woman who runs a salon from her kitchen.
0:37:49 > 0:37:50That don't sound very professional.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53I like it.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55Reminds me of back home.
0:37:55 > 0:37:59When I was a child my mother used to plait my hair at the kitchen table.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01She made them so tight.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03I can still remember the pain!
0:38:03 > 0:38:04Do you miss her?
0:38:04 > 0:38:06Your mum?
0:38:09 > 0:38:10Of course.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16But she writes with all the news.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18I'll get the powder, shall I?
0:38:20 > 0:38:22You're a good boy today, Teddy!
0:38:22 > 0:38:24Hello!
0:38:24 > 0:38:26- You're home early. - I haven't got many classes now.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28It's mainly private study.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30After all, I'm practically at University.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33Ah. Well, in that case you can help me peel the potatoes.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35Shall we put on the radio?
0:38:35 > 0:38:37Absolutely.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40It's a shame it's a bit early for Radio Luxembourg.
0:38:40 > 0:38:44It's a bit more groovy than the boring old BBC.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48# Tomorrow
0:38:48 > 0:38:51# Ah
0:38:51 > 0:38:54# Wa-ooh
0:38:54 > 0:38:58# You say that you belong to me
0:38:58 > 0:39:01# And I rule the world
0:39:03 > 0:39:06# A queen in all her majesty
0:39:06 > 0:39:11# Knowing I'm your girl
0:39:11 > 0:39:14# But will I wear a golden crown
0:39:14 > 0:39:19# In the morning light?
0:39:19 > 0:39:22# I am a queen for tonight
0:39:22 > 0:39:24# Queen for tonight
0:39:24 > 0:39:28# But will I have a king tomorrow? #
0:39:32 > 0:39:35Give me that. You're making a right mess!
0:39:36 > 0:39:38Have a rest, Mrs Stanton.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40I'll take over here.
0:39:40 > 0:39:41Thank you.
0:39:49 > 0:39:50Come on, then.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53Let's have another go at these teeth, eh?
0:39:58 > 0:40:00On...the...
0:40:02 > 0:40:03..mend.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08So you keep saying, darling.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10So you keep saying.
0:40:13 > 0:40:18BABY CRIES
0:40:21 > 0:40:23Goodbye, Mr Chivvers.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25Yeah.
0:40:25 > 0:40:26See you tomorrow.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28BABY CRIES
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Sounds like baby needs something.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33Maybe a cuddle with Mum?
0:40:33 > 0:40:36It'll only end in upset.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Mae'll be out in a minute.
0:40:38 > 0:40:39She'll deal with it.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41You could see to him?
0:40:41 > 0:40:44What, and get my head bitten off for not doing it right?
0:40:52 > 0:40:53Come on, baby.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55Oh, there-there.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01You know, Marjory, she's...
0:41:01 > 0:41:02..she's started to speak.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07Same three words over and over again,
0:41:07 > 0:41:09but it's a start, innit?
0:41:09 > 0:41:11Absolutely.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16I miss her, Nurse.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19I really do.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21She's still there, Mr Chivvers.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24You just have to look a little harder to find her.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27It's supposed to be a man's job looking after the family.
0:41:27 > 0:41:32Only I never had to do that cos Marj,
0:41:32 > 0:41:34she kept things running lovely.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40Now...
0:41:40 > 0:41:43..the way she is...
0:41:47 > 0:41:48I can't make things right.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52Not for her...
0:41:53 > 0:41:55..not for any of us.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58Nanna Mae's here.
0:41:58 > 0:41:59Give him to me.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03I'm, erm, I'm off down the pub.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05No surprise there, then!
0:42:10 > 0:42:12KNOCKING
0:42:12 > 0:42:15Enter.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17Ah, Nurse Anderson.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19Nurse Crane said you wished to see me, Doctor.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22Yes, it's about Marjory Chivvers.
0:42:23 > 0:42:27I've managed to find her a place at an occupational therapy clinic.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31I think she should be encouraged to accept it.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34They usually treat geriatric patients,
0:42:34 > 0:42:38but I've made them aware that Marjory has a new baby to care for.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41She'll need to work on different skills.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44I think that might really help her.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47Marjorie needs to believe that she has a future,
0:42:47 > 0:42:50and so do the people who love her most,
0:42:50 > 0:42:54meanwhile, we must never say
0:42:54 > 0:42:56that there's nothing we can do.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58All right?
0:42:59 > 0:43:01You're back late.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03I'll get your supper.
0:43:03 > 0:43:06Magda did a coq au vin.
0:43:06 > 0:43:07Ooh, delicious!
0:43:07 > 0:43:09If you like that kind of thing.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11Do I detect a tone?
0:43:11 > 0:43:12Oh, no.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15But I can see why it wouldn't suit everyone.
0:43:15 > 0:43:16Coq au vin?
0:43:16 > 0:43:18Having an au pair!
0:43:18 > 0:43:23There are challenges in having a young woman around the house,
0:43:23 > 0:43:26one who wanders around half dressed.
0:43:26 > 0:43:28Heads could be turned.
0:43:28 > 0:43:31Shelagh, I assure you, I've never looked at Magda in that way.
0:43:31 > 0:43:33Not you! Timothy!
0:43:33 > 0:43:36Oh, I see.
0:43:36 > 0:43:38Though now you mention it!
0:43:38 > 0:43:40I only have eyes for you.
0:43:42 > 0:43:45Although perhaps you're right to be concerned about Timothy.
0:43:45 > 0:43:49On the bright side, she has got him doing the dishes.
0:44:02 > 0:44:05So what can they do for Marjory here?
0:44:05 > 0:44:09The idea is that she'll come here weekly to regain strength
0:44:09 > 0:44:13and learn new approaches to everyday tasks.
0:44:14 > 0:44:18This place could give her some hope for the future.
0:44:18 > 0:44:19I've seen enough.
0:44:21 > 0:44:23- There's more, Mae.- No, there ain't.
0:44:23 > 0:44:26I'm not having her dragged down stairs
0:44:26 > 0:44:28and across town to sit with a bunch of...
0:44:28 > 0:44:31If this is your hope, Dr Turner,
0:44:31 > 0:44:33I'd hate to see your despair.
0:44:41 > 0:44:46Mrs Stanton glimpsed the future
0:44:46 > 0:44:49and she did not like what she saw.
0:44:49 > 0:44:50So nothing changes.
0:44:50 > 0:44:53Marjory is trapped inside those four walls.
0:44:53 > 0:44:57Unable to walk, or speak, or care for her children.
0:44:59 > 0:45:02What cannot be changed must be endured.
0:45:02 > 0:45:03Do you believe that?
0:45:03 > 0:45:07When I was a girl? No.
0:45:07 > 0:45:10But with experience, and age...
0:45:13 > 0:45:15..hope dims.
0:45:22 > 0:45:24Do you mind if I sit a little while?
0:45:26 > 0:45:28I could read to you?
0:45:28 > 0:45:31If you are lonely, I can keep you company.
0:45:43 > 0:45:45Right, dig deep. No slacking,
0:45:45 > 0:45:47and you work on your skills.
0:45:47 > 0:45:50Right, lads, get out there and give it some welly!
0:45:55 > 0:45:57Ooh...
0:45:59 > 0:46:00You cut your finger again, love?
0:46:00 > 0:46:03No, it's just these practise contractions.
0:46:03 > 0:46:05Ooh...
0:46:05 > 0:46:09That don't look like a practice one to me.
0:46:09 > 0:46:11Ah! Allan, will you please come here and help me?
0:46:11 > 0:46:14I'll get her to the maternity home and be back here,
0:46:14 > 0:46:16- as soon as possible. - Oh, Allan, come on!
0:46:16 > 0:46:19Allan! Allan!
0:46:19 > 0:46:21Practice your keepie-uppies in the meantime.
0:46:21 > 0:46:23Get back here now.
0:46:23 > 0:46:24Oi! It's not funny!
0:46:24 > 0:46:27Allan! Allan!
0:46:30 > 0:46:31Mr Chivvers.
0:46:33 > 0:46:36You want to make things right for your family?
0:46:36 > 0:46:37Yeah, I do.
0:46:39 > 0:46:41This is your chance,
0:46:41 > 0:46:44your chance to build a proper future for your wife.
0:46:50 > 0:46:52Hold tight, Jan!
0:46:52 > 0:46:54Go easy on the corners, Allan.
0:46:54 > 0:46:55It's all right. Nearly there.
0:47:01 > 0:47:02How's Marjory?
0:47:03 > 0:47:06She's on the mend.
0:47:06 > 0:47:08I'd love to pop up and keep her company.
0:47:08 > 0:47:10Another time, eh? She's having a nap.
0:47:19 > 0:47:20All right, Mrs Buckle?
0:47:20 > 0:47:22Oh, all right, Dennis?
0:47:22 > 0:47:24- I'll have my son, thanks. - Course.
0:47:24 > 0:47:26Yeah, we've got things to do.
0:47:29 > 0:47:32Come on girls! Let's go see your mummy.
0:47:35 > 0:47:37Come along, Karen.
0:47:40 > 0:47:42What you doing?
0:47:42 > 0:47:44She can't go out in her nightie.
0:47:44 > 0:47:45She needs to look nice.
0:47:48 > 0:47:50Going out? Going where?
0:47:50 > 0:47:52To them classes...
0:47:52 > 0:47:54..at the hospital.
0:47:54 > 0:47:55I called Dr Turner,
0:47:55 > 0:47:57she starts on Monday.
0:47:57 > 0:47:59Blue cardie all right, love?
0:47:59 > 0:48:00She's going nowhere.
0:48:00 > 0:48:03Do you think she wants people seeing her like that?
0:48:03 > 0:48:06I think she wants out this room and to have some kind of life!
0:48:06 > 0:48:09Look, I'm grateful for everything you've done,
0:48:09 > 0:48:11Mae, I really am...
0:48:15 > 0:48:16..but I'm the man of the house.
0:48:16 > 0:48:18- Don't make me laugh!- I mean it!
0:48:18 > 0:48:20Sorry.
0:48:20 > 0:48:21Actually, no, I'm not,
0:48:21 > 0:48:23cos this is how it's going to be now.
0:48:24 > 0:48:28Me, Marj,
0:48:28 > 0:48:30the kids, and you,
0:48:30 > 0:48:32all working to get through this.
0:48:33 > 0:48:35And we will.
0:48:35 > 0:48:37We will get through it.
0:48:39 > 0:48:44And if she needs someone in the night,
0:48:44 > 0:48:45then I'll be here...
0:48:47 > 0:48:48..cos I'm her husband.
0:49:00 > 0:49:01It's not far to go now.
0:49:01 > 0:49:03You can hang on.
0:49:03 > 0:49:05I can't! I can feel something down there.
0:49:05 > 0:49:08I think it's the head!
0:49:08 > 0:49:10Allan!
0:49:10 > 0:49:12Hold on, love. I'm calling for help.
0:49:12 > 0:49:13Get back here! Allan!
0:49:17 > 0:49:19Don't panic, Mr Romaine.
0:49:19 > 0:49:20A midwife is on their way.
0:49:20 > 0:49:22Should I let her push or...?
0:49:22 > 0:49:24No, it's very important that she doesn't push yet.
0:49:24 > 0:49:26Perhaps you could encourage her to pant.
0:49:26 > 0:49:29To pant? Pant, pant, pant, yeah, thank you.
0:49:29 > 0:49:30Mrs Romaine has gone into labour.
0:49:30 > 0:49:33She's in the team's football bus, which is down by the river.
0:49:33 > 0:49:35If you take your bike you should be there in no time.
0:49:35 > 0:49:36Mr Romaine?
0:50:02 > 0:50:05- Oh, thank goodness, Allan! - Yeah, I'm here, I'm here.- Allan!
0:50:05 > 0:50:08Midwife said she'll be here in a minute, all right?
0:50:08 > 0:50:10ENGINE REVS
0:50:10 > 0:50:11Uh, come on.
0:50:13 > 0:50:15Help me off with my knickers!
0:50:15 > 0:50:18I can't do that! I can't go down that end!
0:50:18 > 0:50:20It's never bothered you before.
0:50:20 > 0:50:22That's how we got here in the first place!
0:50:22 > 0:50:24Come on! Allan!
0:50:24 > 0:50:26Allan! Get back in here.
0:50:26 > 0:50:27Allan!
0:50:27 > 0:50:29You all right, darling?
0:50:30 > 0:50:32Oh, what?
0:50:33 > 0:50:35HORN BEEPS
0:50:36 > 0:50:38Please, if I could just get through? I'm a midwife on call.
0:50:38 > 0:50:40Sorry, Sister, no can do.
0:50:40 > 0:50:42The brakes have seized, we can't shift her.
0:50:42 > 0:50:43Oh, dear.
0:50:49 > 0:50:51Can you see anything?
0:50:51 > 0:50:52I ain't looking!
0:50:52 > 0:50:55You have to! You can't catch a baby with your eyes shut!
0:50:55 > 0:50:57Hurry!
0:50:57 > 0:50:59Oh, my days.
0:50:59 > 0:51:01Another one coming!
0:51:03 > 0:51:05All right, Jan.
0:51:05 > 0:51:06You give it some welly!
0:51:09 > 0:51:10Good girl.
0:51:10 > 0:51:13That's it, it's coming!
0:51:13 > 0:51:14Here now.
0:51:16 > 0:51:19Goodness, Mr Romaine, you are doing well.
0:51:19 > 0:51:21Erm, do you have something we can wrap baby in?
0:51:21 > 0:51:23Yeah, clean strips, bag on the front seat.
0:51:23 > 0:51:25Perhaps you could?
0:51:25 > 0:51:27Ah, yeah.
0:51:30 > 0:51:32Hello!
0:51:45 > 0:51:47Thank goodness you're here, Sister.
0:51:47 > 0:51:50- He won't stop barking orders. - I can imagine.
0:51:50 > 0:51:53But between the two of you, you have done rather a marvellous job.
0:51:53 > 0:51:55Just a few more pushes and baby will be born.
0:51:55 > 0:51:57You hear that, Jan?
0:51:57 > 0:51:59Next one that comes, you give it some...
0:51:59 > 0:52:00Thank you, Mr Romaine.
0:52:00 > 0:52:03I think Janet knows exactly what to do. Ready?
0:52:21 > 0:52:24Well, well, well.
0:52:24 > 0:52:26Well done, Mrs Romaine. Pant, pant, pant.
0:52:33 > 0:52:38The head's out. When you're ready, another push.
0:52:40 > 0:52:42SHE GROANS
0:52:55 > 0:52:57You have a little girl!
0:53:01 > 0:53:03Well done, both of you.
0:53:03 > 0:53:06Do you want your mummy? There we go.
0:53:11 > 0:53:13There we go.
0:53:17 > 0:53:20Would you like to cut the cord, Mr Romaine?
0:53:22 > 0:53:24Head between your knees, and deep breaths.
0:53:35 > 0:53:37I'll have one of these, please.
0:53:37 > 0:53:39Mrs Edwards!
0:53:39 > 0:53:41Nurse Dyer, how are you?
0:53:41 > 0:53:45It was stolen while I was out taking my daily constitutional.
0:53:45 > 0:53:48It's a Morris Minor four-door saloon...
0:53:48 > 0:53:51That was found abandoned at the entrance to the southbound
0:53:51 > 0:53:53tunnel just up from the Black Sail.
0:53:53 > 0:53:56Oh, thank goodness!
0:53:56 > 0:53:59Well, I'm afraid I don't share your elation.
0:53:59 > 0:54:01It was impeding the flow of traffic.
0:54:01 > 0:54:04Well, that's hardly my fault.
0:54:04 > 0:54:07Do you have any clues of the identity of the thief?
0:54:07 > 0:54:11Well, whoever it was, they left the keys in the car.
0:54:21 > 0:54:23That was amazing.
0:54:23 > 0:54:25You were amazing.
0:54:27 > 0:54:30Next baby, I promise I'm going to be right by your side the whole time.
0:54:32 > 0:54:34No, you're bloody not.
0:54:44 > 0:54:46You look lovely.
0:54:48 > 0:54:50So I brought you something.
0:54:54 > 0:54:55They're nothing fancy.
0:55:03 > 0:55:05Wed-ding.
0:55:08 > 0:55:10Yeah.
0:55:10 > 0:55:12Wedding.
0:55:26 > 0:55:28- Oh, hello.- Hello, indeed.
0:55:40 > 0:55:42All right, my girls?
0:55:46 > 0:55:52Marjory Chivvers faced her future with her family by her side.
0:55:52 > 0:55:56Her quest was not for novelty, but wholeness.
0:55:56 > 0:56:01Not for change, for restoration of the things she'd lost.
0:56:02 > 0:56:07Together, she and Dennis found new ways to care for each other
0:56:07 > 0:56:09and their children
0:56:09 > 0:56:12and discovered reserves of strength
0:56:12 > 0:56:14that they never knew they had.
0:56:18 > 0:56:23The longest paths lead into sunlight
0:56:23 > 0:56:25when they are paved with love.
0:56:32 > 0:56:34Hello.
0:56:39 > 0:56:42We only asked Mrs Edwards for a couple of recipes
0:56:42 > 0:56:45so we could cook something to make you feel at home,
0:56:45 > 0:56:47but she rather exceeded expectations.
0:56:47 > 0:56:50Ta dah!
0:56:50 > 0:56:52I don't know what to say!
0:56:52 > 0:56:55How about a quick Grace, and then we can all tuck in?
0:56:55 > 0:56:58These little dumplings look scrumptious.
0:56:58 > 0:57:00What have I told you about helping yourself?
0:57:00 > 0:57:04I don't know how many more times I can apologise for borrowing your car.
0:57:04 > 0:57:06I'll let you know when you're done.
0:57:08 > 0:57:09Now...
0:57:12 > 0:57:15Everything is just a bit too much for your wife at the moment.
0:57:15 > 0:57:18- She's going nowhere. - Fit for a queen.
0:57:18 > 0:57:20We've just got to find entrants!
0:57:20 > 0:57:21I will enter.
0:57:21 > 0:57:23She loves you almost as much as I do, Trixie.
0:57:23 > 0:57:26Oh, dear!
0:57:26 > 0:57:27These young girls are
0:57:27 > 0:57:29offerings to the fertility gods.
0:57:29 > 0:57:31There's no treatment for it.