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0:00:50 > 0:00:53INDISTINCT CHATTER
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Miss, you one of them volunteer nurses? Could you soothe my brow?
0:01:03 > 0:01:05I'm feeling a bit feverish.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07You look fine to me.
0:01:07 > 0:01:08- SOLDIERS LAUGH - Back in line, you.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Oh, are you one of us? I didn't see you on the boat.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16I didn't feel very well.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19Oh, quite a few girls didn't. I'm Flora, by the way.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Katherine.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Can you believe we're finally here?
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Everyone at home is thrilled,
0:01:26 > 0:01:29even though they wept buckets when I left.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Did your family weep buckets when they said goodbye?
0:01:32 > 0:01:33Yes. Buckets.
0:01:35 > 0:01:36The others went in here.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Hello again. Where are the others going?
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Shouldn't we be following?
0:01:49 > 0:01:51They were led off, I was told to wait and not move.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Finally. The stragglers.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55What do you think this is, a Sunday afternoon stroll in England?
0:01:55 > 0:01:56Follow me.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Keep your papers with you at all times.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Do not put down your luggage.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Do not let go of anything you value, you'll never see it again.
0:02:10 > 0:02:11Your transport.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14But where are we going?
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Hospital 25A. Not far from the Front.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18I hope you like it lively.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21AIRCRAFT ENGINES ROAR
0:03:27 > 0:03:28I'll write to his mother.
0:03:28 > 0:03:29Yes, Matron.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34End bed, please.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37- Can you change his dressings?- Matron.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46You...get my boots. I want my boots.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Why do you want your boots, Private Molloy?
0:03:50 > 0:03:54I'm leaving here. I can't walk out on my bare feet.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56I need my boots. Will you fetch my boots?
0:03:56 > 0:03:57I'll bring them in a little while.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04He won't see out the day.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07I'd like it if he could have as much peace as possible.
0:04:07 > 0:04:08I'll go to him next.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15I need an experienced nurse to special Molloy.
0:04:15 > 0:04:16There's other men needing that.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20Men who joined up for noble reasons, not because they thought they could escape the law.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22All men deserve the same when they're dying,
0:04:22 > 0:04:24no matter what they're said to have done.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26- I'm not sure who we can spare. - Help is coming.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30Help? Girls, with a few months' training?
0:04:30 > 0:04:34Our nurses feel the insult most keenly.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43Did you know that military nurses are forbidden to marry?
0:04:43 > 0:04:47Isn't that just awful? It's like being a nun!
0:04:47 > 0:04:51Do either of you two have chaps or fiances in khaki?
0:04:53 > 0:04:55You're very daring.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57- Might I have one?- Flora.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00All the actresses do it. There are photographs in my magazine.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02You're not an actress.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Just... It gives an impression.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23The Voluntary Aid Detachment.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25I think it's a splendid idea.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28Impressionable young women, newly arrived in a strange place,
0:05:28 > 0:05:31getting lost, having to ask the dashing captain where everything is.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33I'll be sure to tell them.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35You're not dashing. I'm dashing.
0:05:37 > 0:05:38You're in mate.
0:05:43 > 0:05:44I want a full report!
0:06:01 > 0:06:02Thank you.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Not till it's been checked, sir.
0:06:26 > 0:06:31One Royal No.10 portable typewriter with five ribbons.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35Counted and checked by me, Captain Gillan. Me, the Quartermaster, sir.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37And I will get to you in good time, sir.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Here at last.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Sister Quayle.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Let's get you settled. Follow me.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08I imagine it's a little different from what you're used to.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13FLIES BUZZ
0:07:18 > 0:07:19I love camping.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Do you know what we'll be doing first, Sister?
0:07:25 > 0:07:28It's just, I'm ever so much better at some things than others.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Let's hope they're the right things.
0:07:30 > 0:07:35Sister, where are the...erm...conveniences?
0:07:35 > 0:07:37There are chamber pots under the beds.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Please hurry and change.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Matron is expecting to see you in uniform.
0:08:08 > 0:08:09Thanks.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17DISTANT SHOUTS
0:08:22 > 0:08:24- Permission to run, Matron?- Granted.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28SHOUTS CONTINUE
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Bastard! Bastard.
0:08:37 > 0:08:38I'm so sorry, Matron.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Get him off me!
0:08:43 > 0:08:44Get off of him!
0:08:47 > 0:08:50Don't you stick that bastard thing in me, you bitch.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Ah, you bitch!
0:08:53 > 0:08:58Bitch! You whore! You bitch!
0:08:58 > 0:08:59I'll kill her.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04HE GROANS
0:09:05 > 0:09:07See to the Padre, Nurse.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10- Hot sweet tea and a quiet place to sit down.- Yes, Matron.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15Take Molloy back to his bed, please, Corporal.
0:09:15 > 0:09:16Get him ready for examination.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Bitch. Bitch...
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Was it the noise?
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Do you want to come with me?
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Come on. Come on.
0:09:31 > 0:09:32KNOCK ON DOOR
0:09:32 > 0:09:33Yes?
0:09:36 > 0:09:40Ah. Do come in, Prentiss.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54MUSIC: "Un bel di" from Madama Butterfly by Puccini
0:10:00 > 0:10:01HE SOBS
0:10:18 > 0:10:19Why does it help?
0:10:19 > 0:10:22I don't know. But it does.
0:10:25 > 0:10:26I'll put him on the list.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29I think that's the right thing to do, Colonel.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Have you shown the young ladies the ropes yet?
0:10:32 > 0:10:33Not yet.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35I expect them to be welcomed.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38It's difficult for my nurses. Civilian girls, on the wards.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41It's extra pairs of hands and feet and God knows we need them.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44And I don't want any silliness from your nurses,
0:10:44 > 0:10:45giving the volunteers a bad time.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49- We're the friendly face of the Army. - Of course, Colonel.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Matron.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14Why did you attack the Padre? He was trying to help.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20Bastard was making me ready for the box.
0:11:20 > 0:11:21You keep him away from me.
0:11:21 > 0:11:26I don't want no cross on my head, I'm not dying.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33I can special him, Matron. Sit with him. He doesn't bother me.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37It's a nurse's job, Corporal, and you have other work to do.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39- Matron...- Suit yourself.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41..the volunteers are waiting.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44The youngest was immediately overfamiliar with the patients.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46Shall we go together?
0:11:46 > 0:11:48If you think I can be useful.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Margaret...
0:11:54 > 0:11:57The promotion was just as much of a shock for me.
0:12:00 > 0:12:05It was right it was you, and I couldn't be more proud.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11My protegee.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13And I know you will rise to the challenge.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Give us all confidence in your leadership,
0:12:16 > 0:12:19and show these girls what's expected.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28NEEDLE HISSES
0:12:43 > 0:12:45At ease, Prentiss.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Blighty ticket.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57I don't know how long they'll give you, but I'm sending you home.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Oh, there... There, there.
0:13:16 > 0:13:17What is that?
0:13:17 > 0:13:21It's a cake, Matron. A fruit cake.
0:13:21 > 0:13:26Mrs Bartlett, she's our cook, she made it. She makes wonderful cakes.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Would you care for a piece?
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Put it down.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Flora Marshall.
0:13:42 > 0:13:43Yes, Matron.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45- Rosalie Berwick.- Yes, Matron.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48Katherine Trevelyan.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51- Matron.- There are supposed to be four of you. Where is Joan Livesey?
0:13:51 > 0:13:54There was only three of us at the meeting point, Matron.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57So, Miss Livesey will arrive if and when she feels like it.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Marshall, how old are you?
0:13:59 > 0:14:02- Oh, I'm nearly 24, Matron. - No, you're not.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06I am. I just look very young for my age. I always have.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Even when I was a baby I looked young for my age.
0:14:11 > 0:14:12You're wearing scent.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15I'm not, Matron. It's just rose-water.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22Were you not taught the rules concerning conduct and deportment?
0:14:22 > 0:14:25- Yes, Matron, of course.- But you don't think they apply to you?
0:14:25 > 0:14:26No, Matron, of course they do.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28I'm speaking to Marshall.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Of course they do, Matron.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Wash it off, please.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51The soap is there for a reason.
0:14:57 > 0:15:03It looks ever so...drying, Matron, and I'm rather prone to rashes.
0:15:08 > 0:15:09The rules are clear.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14No scent, powder or paint is to be worn.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17No fancy stockings, boots, shoes, belts. No trivialities.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21Nothing that might invite, provoke or inflame masculine attention.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24But perhaps, Marshall, you ARE a trivial young lady
0:15:24 > 0:15:26and masculine attention is what you're hoping for?
0:15:26 > 0:15:28It was only a splash of rose-water, Matron.
0:15:29 > 0:15:36Matron, we all understand the rules, and will abide by them utterly.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Nursing the men to the very best of our ability
0:15:38 > 0:15:39is what we're ready to do.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43I'll be the judge of that.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54That one's going to be trouble.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00A well-made bed is essential to a well-run hospital.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03Sister Quayle is showing exactly how it should be done.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12And now you. You have two minutes.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28I'm more than happy to deal with this.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34As I said, I'll be the judge.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42- SOLDIER:- Come on, girls.
0:16:45 > 0:16:46MATRON SIGHS
0:16:47 > 0:16:50THEY LAUGH
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Go on, Ginger, that's it!
0:16:55 > 0:16:56SOLDIERS SHOUT ENCOURAGEMENT
0:16:56 > 0:16:58- Five, four... - Straight on to the quilt!
0:16:58 > 0:17:01- That's it. Tuck it all under! - ..three, two...
0:17:01 > 0:17:03- Come on, quickly. Go on!- ..one. - That's it now.
0:17:03 > 0:17:04Time's up.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06THEY CHEER
0:17:21 > 0:17:23- Your uniform is incorrect, Marshall. - Good God.
0:17:23 > 0:17:24Berwick and Trevelyan,
0:17:24 > 0:17:27you will make every bed in the next three tents,
0:17:27 > 0:17:29I will be checking every single one of them.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Marshall, you can't make beds.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35It's not my best thing, Matron - but I'm ever so good at bandaging.
0:17:35 > 0:17:36Look...
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Lady Cavistock herself commended my bandaging.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44And my dressings and fomentations. If you could just read...
0:17:50 > 0:17:53And who is Lady Cavistock that she is such an expert?
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Oh, she runs the Women's Guild in Worthing.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58And who did you practise your bandaging on?
0:17:58 > 0:18:01The Scouts. Well, anyone who'd let me. Even Daddy occasionally.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05I'm really very good. I excel.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09Lady Cavistock says so. Please read her commendation.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11With me, Marshall.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16- SISTER QUAYLE:- On with your work.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21HE COUGHS
0:18:22 > 0:18:25Sir, might I have a moment?
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Ah, Sister Quayle, I was intending to speak to you.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30I know you would have expected to be Matron.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33You know how much I value your experience on the wards,
0:18:33 > 0:18:36and I wanted you to stay where you're doing so much good.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43Colonel, thank you for the compliment,
0:18:43 > 0:18:45and for clearing that up for me.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Any decision of yours has my full support.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Boiled, dried, rolled.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21Since you excel in bandages and dressings.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26FLIES BUZZ
0:19:33 > 0:19:37- Colonel Purbright is here. - Oh, Christ.
0:19:43 > 0:19:44Sir.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50- All ready then.- As you see. - Well, don't let them languish.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53If they can walk and shoot, then back up they go.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Matron Carter. How are you settling in to the new job?
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Very well, thank you, sir.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59I thought you would have chosen the other one.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02- HE SNIFFS - What the bloody hell is that smell?
0:20:02 > 0:20:05Oh, um, Sloan's Liniment. I have a cold.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Well, don't give it to me.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30Do you get called anything for short?
0:20:30 > 0:20:31Kate? Katy?
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Nope.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Well, then, Katherine.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38I feel I must speak to you about something rather important.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Might you turn around, please?
0:20:45 > 0:20:47The rules are there for a reason.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52We've all come here to do our duty, and that's not to question
0:20:52 > 0:20:55and be difficult, but rather to do what's required of us.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57They don't want us here.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01We're being tested. Just as Britain is being tested, and...
0:21:01 > 0:21:03you really are being rather selfish.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Muttering under your breath when Matron's speaking to you,
0:21:06 > 0:21:11being defiant and impertinent - well, it reflects on all of us.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18Not only Flora and myself, but on every volunteer.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22You wouldn't want to give us all a bad name, would you?
0:21:22 > 0:21:24God forbid.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27I knew you'd see sense.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31So best foot forward, and let's put this behind us and be friends.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34I didn't come here to make friends. Especially not with a hypocrite.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36I'm not a hypocrite.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40What are you? 30? The embarrassing unmarried daughter.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44A drain, a weight to be endured. Getting in the way, gathering dust.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46But thank Christ for the war.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48At last, function.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50Purpose. Meaning.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52You didn't volunteer out of duty.
0:21:55 > 0:21:56You volunteered to escape.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Got a spare one, Nurse? I'm gasping.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26TYPEWRITER KEYS CLACK
0:23:26 > 0:23:27It's a very sad thing
0:23:27 > 0:23:29when a man's heart beats with such ardour for a machine.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33You're jealous because you haven't got one.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Yes, because what I've always dreamed of is a typewriter.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40Were any of them pretty? The volunteers. Come on!
0:23:40 > 0:23:43- Tell me, what were they like? - I didn't notice.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48I despair of you, Tom. You're a bitter disappointment to me.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51Oh, and speaking of bitter disappointment, despair
0:23:51 > 0:23:54and other malaise - brass hat alert.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57That lickspittle Purbright demands our presence tout-bloody-suite.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00- I'm busy.- Exactly.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05Let him stew in his minor public school juice.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09We are surgeons, and no-one clicks their fingers at us.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18This is ridiculous. How can all these men have venereal disease?
0:24:18 > 0:24:20Can you be sure?
0:24:20 > 0:24:21Yes, we're sure.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Well, symptoms are being manufactured.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Chancres are being simulated, Needle dipped in paraffin wax
0:24:27 > 0:24:29applied to the old chap to create a blister.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32General's Office has even heard of condensed milk being used
0:24:32 > 0:24:33to simulate discharge.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35HE SNIGGERS
0:24:35 > 0:24:37I'm sorry, do you find that amusing?
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Shocking waste of supplies, sir.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43My staff know the difference between condensed milk
0:24:43 > 0:24:46and a genuine presentation of syphilis.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49They can't all have the bloody pox!
0:24:49 > 0:24:51What do you do with those cases that aren't genuine?
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Well, they go back up the line.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Right. In future they'll be reported.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57And those men that HAVE got themselves riddled will be put on
0:24:57 > 0:25:00half pay, and their families informed as to the reason why.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02All but the Colonel and Matron are dismissed.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08I want to review your Blighty cases.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37CLANKING IN BUCKET
0:25:39 > 0:25:41SHE GASPS
0:25:55 > 0:25:58You're not permitted to be on the wards.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00But there's...toes...
0:26:17 > 0:26:21Don't run in uniform. She'll have your guts. What's in there?
0:26:21 > 0:26:25Toes. Three toes. They fell out of a bandage.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28What you going to do with them? Dunk 'em in your tea?
0:26:28 > 0:26:30No, I'm going to ask Matron what to do with them.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33No, you're not. Come with me.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37- The majority are amputees. - Thank you, I can read.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39A burst eardrum?
0:26:39 > 0:26:41It's affecting the man's balance.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44Right, we'll keep him here for a week then send him back up.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46With respect, sir, a week isn't enough.
0:26:46 > 0:26:51What about this man? Prentiss. No details of any injury.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55All his limbs are intact. And HIS eardrums are A-1.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59- Why are you sending him home? - Neurological damage.- Nerves.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Sudden noise, sudden movement,
0:27:02 > 0:27:05any disturbance triggers paroxysms, seizures...
0:27:05 > 0:27:08- An hysteric.- No, he... - So what is wrong with him?
0:27:08 > 0:27:11I don't know. And I don't know how to treat him.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15It says here that you've found that music helps.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18Yes. I don't know why, but it does.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20I have some recordings for my gramophone
0:27:20 > 0:27:23and quite by chance, Matron and I discovered that
0:27:23 > 0:27:26if Prentiss listened to them, something was released,
0:27:26 > 0:27:29he was able to weep and so avoided seizure and fitting.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35So let me be clear about this.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38He's young, fit, no physical injury, there's no medical reasons
0:27:38 > 0:27:42FOR these fits, and he cries when he hears music.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45Sounds to me like he's putting it on,
0:27:45 > 0:27:47- sounds to me like funkiness. - Not at all.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50Well, let's put it to him. Run along and fetch him here.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02When I want Matron's opinions, I'll ask for them.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04See you put a leash on her.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08HE COUGHS
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Corporal Prentiss, could you come with me, please?
0:28:14 > 0:28:18INDISTINCT CHATTER
0:28:19 > 0:28:21Enjoy the game.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28On your way home then, Prentiss.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30Sir.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35Neurological damage.
0:28:36 > 0:28:37Sir.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43Hold your hands out for me, there's a good chap.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54Walk a straight line for me.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10Look at that.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15Neuve Chapelle. Lose many chums?
0:29:15 > 0:29:17Sir.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19Tough times for everyone.
0:29:19 > 0:29:20Sir.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29Are you lead-swinging, Prentiss?
0:29:30 > 0:29:32- No, sir.- Are you a coward?
0:29:32 > 0:29:34No, sir.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36Are you aware of the penalty FOR cowardice?
0:29:36 > 0:29:38- Yes, sir. - Are you a homosexual, Prentiss?
0:29:39 > 0:29:40No, sir.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43So if you're not a lead-swinger, and you're not a coward
0:29:43 > 0:29:46and you're not a homosexual, you must be a soldier.
0:29:48 > 0:29:49Sir.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52Good man, Prentiss. Right answer.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59Sir...
0:29:59 > 0:30:03You may go back up the line and rejoin your regiment.
0:30:03 > 0:30:04Dismissed.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12Get another bar for that medal, eh?
0:30:14 > 0:30:15Make your country proud.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31- He needs a rest.- He's had a rest.
0:30:31 > 0:30:36Do you think the enemy are sending their men home because they're tired?
0:30:36 > 0:30:39We MUST have men at the Front or we will lose.
0:30:42 > 0:30:43It's that simple.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49The bits go in here.
0:30:50 > 0:30:51Bits?
0:30:51 > 0:30:56Big bits - legs, arms. Small bits - hands, feet, fingers, toes,
0:30:56 > 0:31:00ears sometimes. There's always bits, and they all go in here.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03But whose ARE they?
0:31:03 > 0:31:06Well, aren't we going to say anything? A prayer, or...?
0:31:07 > 0:31:10- They're rotten. - Neither use nor ornament.
0:31:10 > 0:31:14Chuck them in, and get back to what you're doing. Sharpish.
0:31:14 > 0:31:15Go on.
0:31:28 > 0:31:32There. Now you know what to do.
0:31:38 > 0:31:39Isn't what you expected, is it?
0:31:43 > 0:31:44You'll get used to it.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46What if I don't?
0:31:46 > 0:31:47Then you don't.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50But no-one's got the time to nanny you through it.
0:32:07 > 0:32:08You disobeyed an order.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11You were told to make the beds in the new ward tents.
0:32:11 > 0:32:12I needed some fresh air.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18You disobeyed an order.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22For a moment, yes. But the soldier asked me for a cigarette.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25You should have asked an orderly to help him
0:32:25 > 0:32:28and returned immediately to the task you were given.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30I thought it more important to help the soldier.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33You thought that was more important than my order?
0:32:33 > 0:32:34Yes, Matron, I did.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37Then you will be reprimanded in the strongest possible terms.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41SHE LAUGHS SOFTLY
0:32:41 > 0:32:43For helping a man to smoke a cigarette?
0:32:43 > 0:32:46He asked me for help, was I supposed to walk away?
0:32:46 > 0:32:48Why are you here, Miss Trevelyan?
0:32:48 > 0:32:51You seem incapable of respecting the most simple of necessary rules.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54Was it necessary to be quite so vindictive towards Miss Marshall?
0:32:55 > 0:33:01To humiliate her so publicly? Is that in the rules?
0:33:01 > 0:33:04Or was it more about proving a point to Sister Quayle?
0:33:15 > 0:33:20Your marching orders, Miss Trevelyan. I have no use for you.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22The convoy leaves with the Blighty cases at 8:00,
0:33:22 > 0:33:25- you will leave with them. Now, get out of my sight.- With pleasure.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29DOOR OPENS AND SLAMS
0:34:19 > 0:34:22Ask one of the nurses to direct you to the sluice room,
0:34:22 > 0:34:25tell them you are on my orders and are to scour every single bedpan
0:34:25 > 0:34:27- till they gleam.- Yes, Matron.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33LABOURED BREATHING
0:34:38 > 0:34:42I'll be back as soon as I can. You'll keep checking him regularly.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44I don't want him in any pain at the end.
0:34:44 > 0:34:45Yes, Matron.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07Sister? I'm hemming!
0:35:09 > 0:35:12Nurse! We have a haemorrhage over here.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15Very slowly, we don't want him bleeding out.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22PATIENT SCREAMS
0:35:44 > 0:35:45Got another one for Blighty.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49That's it. Off you go.
0:35:54 > 0:35:55Lucky bastards.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26Haemorrhage. You're needed in theatre, sir.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28With me, Sister. Matter of urgency.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34The Blighty convoy is about to leave.
0:36:37 > 0:36:42I want you to find Corporal Prentiss, and give him that.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46I thought it had been rescinded, sir.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48This is my bloody hospital.
0:36:50 > 0:36:54- I want Prentiss on that convoy. So hurry, please.- Of course, sir.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26Rosalie?
0:37:26 > 0:37:30Rosalie, I'm about to leave, but I have to say something first.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32Oh! Sorry, I thought you were someone else.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37SHE GASPS AND WHIMPERS
0:37:37 > 0:37:40You try and get away,
0:37:40 > 0:37:42you breathe one word...
0:37:42 > 0:37:44I'll cut your whore's throat.
0:37:44 > 0:37:49I've done it before. And I'll do it again like it's nothing.
0:37:52 > 0:37:56Nothing like a gusher to brighten up a dull afternoon, eh, lads?
0:37:56 > 0:37:57THEY LAUGH
0:38:05 > 0:38:06Shit.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08What do you want?
0:38:13 > 0:38:15You're going to keep me alive.
0:38:15 > 0:38:16Molloy?
0:38:25 > 0:38:26Molloy?
0:38:35 > 0:38:38Molloy? Is that you?
0:38:38 > 0:38:43They're looking for you. They're the ones that can help you. I can't.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46No, they'll tell him where I am.
0:38:46 > 0:38:47Who?
0:38:49 > 0:38:51He wants me.
0:38:51 > 0:38:56That's why I need you - to help me hold on.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58He's coming for me. All the things I've done,
0:38:58 > 0:39:00he's coming.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05There's something coming out of my mouth.
0:39:07 > 0:39:08Wipe it.
0:39:17 > 0:39:18Show me.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22You bitch. You said you would keep me alive!
0:39:22 > 0:39:25No, I didn't. I didn't. No, I...
0:39:25 > 0:39:28They can, they can. You said that, but I can't.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31I'll take you with me. You're a lying bitch.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33I've got nothing else to lose!
0:39:34 > 0:39:37Well, go on, then - stop talking about it and do it.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39HE BREATHES UNSTEADILY
0:39:41 > 0:39:45I've got nothing left to lose either, so really, go ahead.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49What are you waiting for?
0:39:51 > 0:39:53No. No...
0:39:53 > 0:39:57You should be begging for your life. Come on, beg.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00- Beg. Beg for your life! - I'm not begging you for anything.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07LABOURED BREATHING
0:40:34 > 0:40:35I'm dying.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43HE SOBS
0:40:43 > 0:40:45I won't leave you.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50I'll stay with you.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56Come on, let's get you into bed.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09HE COUGHS
0:41:20 > 0:41:22HE WHEEZES
0:41:35 > 0:41:38Blighty convoy just left, Matron.
0:41:38 > 0:41:39Thank you.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16- The convoy's left, why aren't you on it?- Ssh.
0:42:16 > 0:42:17Who's that?
0:42:17 > 0:42:21No-one to be scared of. Sssh...
0:42:26 > 0:42:28(From the mouth.)
0:42:28 > 0:42:29(Two minutes.)
0:43:03 > 0:43:04HE WHEEZES
0:43:15 > 0:43:17When I killed her...
0:43:20 > 0:43:22..it weren't deliberate.
0:43:27 > 0:43:29Will you tell her?
0:43:31 > 0:43:33You tell her I didn't mean it.
0:43:38 > 0:43:40You tell her I'm sorry.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43Of course I will.
0:43:52 > 0:43:55HE EXHALES SLOWLY
0:44:28 > 0:44:29No harm done.
0:44:38 > 0:44:43In his paybook you will find an address for his mother in Aberdeen.
0:44:43 > 0:44:48As you were the special, you will write to Mrs Molloy.
0:44:48 > 0:44:51You will say that her son died peacefully and without pain.
0:44:54 > 0:44:56You always tell the families that the death was peaceful
0:44:56 > 0:44:59and without pain, even when it is not.
0:44:59 > 0:45:02Is that rule reasonable enough for you?
0:45:02 > 0:45:03Yes, Matron.
0:45:10 > 0:45:12What was the matter with him?
0:45:12 > 0:45:15Gas gangrene. Liver and lungs.
0:45:16 > 0:45:20How he had the strength to lift himself out of his bed is beyond me.
0:45:24 > 0:45:26You disobeyed another order.
0:45:30 > 0:45:34I thought this was more important... Matron.
0:45:37 > 0:45:39He will need laying out.
0:45:39 > 0:45:41I've been trained in how to do that.
0:45:41 > 0:45:44I'll send someone to make sure you do it properly.
0:45:47 > 0:45:50You also never talk about a dying man's last words.
0:45:51 > 0:45:53No matter what they confess to.
0:45:57 > 0:45:58It won't go any further.
0:46:02 > 0:46:07Probationary period, Trevelyan. I will not be so lenient again.
0:46:09 > 0:46:10Matron.
0:46:20 > 0:46:21INDISTINCT CHATTER
0:46:22 > 0:46:24- Strip the linen.- Yes, Matron.
0:46:24 > 0:46:28Private Molloy's body is in the new ward tent.
0:46:28 > 0:46:31Corporal Foley, you will assist the volunteer in laying him out.
0:46:33 > 0:46:34He had these.
0:46:36 > 0:46:38It could all have been very different.
0:47:00 > 0:47:02Thank you, Matron.
0:47:14 > 0:47:16Your uniform is incorrect.
0:47:16 > 0:47:18Sorry, Matron.
0:48:51 > 0:48:54BUGLE BLOWS
0:49:02 > 0:49:04Are you waiting for me, sir?
0:49:05 > 0:49:08I think it's you that's been waiting for me.
0:49:08 > 0:49:12I can't apologise enough for being late. Joan...Livesey.
0:49:17 > 0:49:20CHATTERING VOICES
0:49:35 > 0:49:38How's the first day been then, Volunteer?
0:49:40 > 0:49:45My esteemed colleague was lying. He said none of you were pretty.
0:49:45 > 0:49:47He must be blind.
0:49:50 > 0:49:52(Shy. How sweet.)
0:49:54 > 0:49:58I apologise for my friend, he er...he thinks he's dashing.
0:49:58 > 0:50:00Leave her alone, Miles.
0:50:00 > 0:50:02Do you know what they call the VADs?
0:50:02 > 0:50:06The Very Adorable Darlings. And I think that suits you perfectly.
0:50:09 > 0:50:12My father gave me a piece of advice about women,
0:50:12 > 0:50:13shall I tell you what it is?
0:50:13 > 0:50:16He said, never marry a woman who holds your look for too long,
0:50:16 > 0:50:17she's bound to be trouble.
0:50:17 > 0:50:20And you take your father's advice for everything, do you?
0:50:20 > 0:50:23Well, usually, but not in matters of the heart.
0:50:24 > 0:50:25Of course you do.
0:50:25 > 0:50:28You're the sort that does exactly as he's told.
0:50:31 > 0:50:33HE CHUCKLES
0:50:36 > 0:50:39She will be eating out of my hand within the week.
0:50:41 > 0:50:43- Sister Quayle?- No running!
0:50:43 > 0:50:44Oh. Sorry.
0:50:44 > 0:50:48Sister Quayle? I was wondering if I could have my cake?
0:50:51 > 0:50:52I shared it out among the men.
0:50:54 > 0:50:57I thought that was what you intended. I am sorry.
0:50:57 > 0:51:02No, please - I'm glad you did that. It's much better.
0:51:02 > 0:51:04Did they like it?
0:51:04 > 0:51:06They enjoyed it very much.
0:51:06 > 0:51:11Oh, good. I shall tell Mrs Bartlett. She'll be so pleased.
0:51:11 > 0:51:13Thank you, Sister. Goodnight.
0:51:13 > 0:51:15Don't forget to say your prayers.
0:51:15 > 0:51:17Oh, of course. I always do.
0:51:41 > 0:51:44MUFFLED CONVERSATION
0:51:48 > 0:51:50I realised I'd missed the lorry
0:51:50 > 0:51:52so thought I'd get here under me own steam.
0:51:52 > 0:51:55Bought the bike in Boulogne. Got the coat, goggles, everything
0:51:55 > 0:51:58for an absolute song.
0:51:58 > 0:52:00You can buy anything in Boulogne.
0:52:00 > 0:52:02I could have turned up in full evening wear with two
0:52:02 > 0:52:05- Pekingese dogs if I'd have wanted to.- Margaret, this is Joan Livesey.
0:52:05 > 0:52:07The missing volunteer.
0:52:07 > 0:52:09No, a civilian Sister. A reservist.
0:52:09 > 0:52:12From the Royal Infirmary, Liverpool. How do you do?
0:52:12 > 0:52:13A Sister? We thought...
0:52:13 > 0:52:16We were sent four names, so naturally we assumed...
0:52:16 > 0:52:18I completely understand, wires get crossed.
0:52:18 > 0:52:22You've been billeted with the volunteers, but you will have your own private quarters.
0:52:22 > 0:52:24You wouldn't mind showing the way, would you?
0:52:24 > 0:52:26Don't trouble yourselves. I can find my way.
0:52:26 > 0:52:28If I get lost, I'll ask someone.
0:52:28 > 0:52:29Goodnight.
0:52:33 > 0:52:37A proper, qualified, highly-qualified civilian nurse.
0:52:39 > 0:52:41I may have a brandy to celebrate.
0:52:43 > 0:52:46She's rather young to have made Sister.
0:52:46 > 0:52:48DOOR CLOSES
0:52:57 > 0:52:59Is she all right parked there?
0:53:01 > 0:53:05Can you point me in the general direction of the sleeping quarters?
0:53:05 > 0:53:07Follow the signs.
0:53:08 > 0:53:09Thank you.
0:53:18 > 0:53:21I would never dream of cutting my hair, but I do think yours
0:53:21 > 0:53:23- looks smashing.- Well, thank you.
0:53:25 > 0:53:28- This is Joan. That's Katherine. - Hello.
0:53:28 > 0:53:31It's Kitty. I get called Kitty for short.
0:53:31 > 0:53:32Are you married?
0:53:32 > 0:53:35Flora! That's far too personal!
0:53:35 > 0:53:39We're off duty! And civilian nurses can get married. So, are you?
0:53:39 > 0:53:42Or engaged? Is there a Mr Joan?
0:53:42 > 0:53:45- When would I have time for a man? - Well, never mind.
0:53:45 > 0:53:49You have a motorcycle. And I'd absolutely die to ride a motorcycle.
0:53:51 > 0:53:53Maybe I'll teach you.
0:53:53 > 0:53:56Oh, I'd love that!
0:53:56 > 0:53:58BUGLE BLOWS
0:53:58 > 0:54:00That's the boys leaving! We should wave them goodbye.
0:54:00 > 0:54:02You're in your nightclothes!
0:54:02 > 0:54:04They're going to the Front.
0:54:04 > 0:54:06THEY LAUGH SOFTLY
0:54:14 > 0:54:16What I said was unforgivably cruel.
0:54:18 > 0:54:20I'm sure we'll all get used to each other.
0:54:22 > 0:54:24Come and see this! You have to see this!
0:54:25 > 0:54:27Right marker!
0:54:29 > 0:54:30Get a move on, you lot!
0:54:35 > 0:54:39Squad will move to the right in fours.
0:54:39 > 0:54:41Form...fours!
0:54:42 > 0:54:45Right.
0:54:45 > 0:54:47By the left. Quick march!
0:55:08 > 0:55:12Left, right, left, right, left, right...
0:55:15 > 0:55:18What I wouldn't give to be you, lads!
0:55:18 > 0:55:20Give the Hun hell from me!
0:55:20 > 0:55:23For King and country, give 'em hell, lads.
0:55:39 > 0:55:43Left, right, left, right, left, right...
0:55:57 > 0:56:01Good luck, boys. Good luck!
0:56:17 > 0:56:18Stay alive for me.
0:56:20 > 0:56:21Stay alive.
0:56:24 > 0:56:26Stay alive.
0:56:27 > 0:56:28Where's my husband?
0:56:28 > 0:56:30I didn't think you'd be so close to the sea.
0:56:30 > 0:56:31You shouldn't have come.
0:56:31 > 0:56:34SHE SOBS I'm not prepared for this.
0:56:34 > 0:56:36No woman is a blank sheet of paper, we all have histories.
0:56:36 > 0:56:38And I will not give up until I see a smile.
0:56:38 > 0:56:40I really believe I was meant for this.
0:56:40 > 0:56:43- I've got grit! - Where? In your shoe?
0:56:43 > 0:56:45Are you going to put them all in the laundry,
0:56:45 > 0:56:47out of sight, out of mind? It's just bloody-minded.