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Welcome to the tenth anniversary
celebrations of Call The Midwife,

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full of love stories, crime,
comedy, tragedy,

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all fired by the ties between
family, friends and community.

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With nursing at its core,
Call The Midwife

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depends on human interaction

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more than most shows.

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Oh, lass.

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Since the series launched in 2012,

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millions around the world have taken
our characters to their hearts.

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Hello, I'm Jennifer Lee.

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We are the Sisters
of St Raymond Nonnatus,

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midwives and district nurses,
present at life's commencement

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and at its end.

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The name's Turner, patient's GP.

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Sister Bernadette,
this is Nurse Lee.

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Oh, greetings.

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I understand you qualified
by a whisker,

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Nurse Fortescue—Cholmeley—Browne.
I did pass.

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It was a bit of a scrape.

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Call The Midwife is a little
bit like a watch.

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If you take the back off it,

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you see all these tiny individual
wheels and cogs,

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and not only does each have
a role of real importance,

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but it works in conjunction

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with other wheels and cogs.

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So every character in the drama has
a particular relationship

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with another one.

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Nurse Gilbert?
Welcome. I'm Sister Julienne.

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I'm Patience Mount,
but people call me Patsy.

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This is Fred, our handyman.

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Phyllis Crane, SRN, SCM.

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Hello!

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One of the things that makes
the job special,

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is that it's an ensemble cast

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and they're all wonderful
and it's a joy to act with them.

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Nurse calling.

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Valerie Dyer, I'm a nurse.
Queen Alexandra's Army Corps.

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Oh, hello, Reggie, love.

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Hello, Mum.

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We're going to go straight ahead and
then turn right into Lisbon Street.

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Don't forget your hand signals.

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I just stick out my arm, don't I?

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Slow down now, Chum.
How?

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Lean in as you turn.

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I don't know how to turn!
I've forgotten how to turn!

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Brake! Brake, Nurse!

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What happened? They
were going too fast!

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I think the success of the show
really is down to the fact that

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Heidi Thomas is still
writing for us.

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The programme has showcased the life
and work of a midwife

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and the essential
humanity of the role.

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Absolutely beautiful.

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You say that as if you've never
heard it before.

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I haven't, for a while.

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That's it, Carrie,
put another one behind you.

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I think, Call the Midwife has

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really brought
midwifery into people's minds.

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It's become a sort of household
name in a way that

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perhaps it wasn't before.

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It's discussed more, it's become

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a career possibility for many women
and men.

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The word midwife means "with woman".

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A woman in that situation needs
somebody by her side,

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whatever mistakes or choices
brought her to our door.

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That's it. That's it.
Keep it coming.

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Gravity can do amazing things.

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It keeps our feet on the ground
and bring babies down to earth.

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You have to remain

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calm and measured in your responses

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and you have to be

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kind and empathetic.

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You're unbelievably brave

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and I wish we all had your courage.

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Thank you.

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I thought I deserved all
manner of medals. Up all night,

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cycling for miles,

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a wall of wimples at every
single mealtime.

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Ain't you ever heard of a mother's
instincts before?!

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I need him to come!

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Blondes have more fun, they do.

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Ain't that right, Nurse?

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Absolutely.

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I didn't expect glamour
when I came into nursing,

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but I had hoped for something more
than a nice hymn,

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discussing square dancing
and drinking Horlicks.

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We are midwives.

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And we're also nurses
and we're your friends.

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While we're looking after you, we'll
be whichever of those you need most.

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Ah!

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You mark my words,
the joy of midwifery never dims.

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With music you can somehow
express things that

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go beyond what you can say
with words.

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We're here in Abbey Road Studios,
where we have just recorded an

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episode of season ten.

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The most important instrument in the
palette of sounds is actually

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the, the dialogue,
the script of Heidi Thomas

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and the music is written in
counterpoint with the, with the story.

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What happens in the story resonates
in the, in the music

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and creates an avid language.

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It is just a universal
human language.

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Some of the scenes I like to score
the most are the birth scenes.

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It's the mystery of
the creation of life,

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and the music can go beyond
what we see in the visuals.

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A receiver for the placenta, please,
Pupil Midwife Corrigan.

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Yes, Mrs Turner.

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Playing the part of a
competent midwife

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is not the same as being one.

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Confronted by the reality,
could any of us really handle it?

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I could deliver a baby.

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Absolutely not! I think
I'd probably run the other way!

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Because it's not like it is
on TV in real life.

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If I see someone who is quite
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and likely to have a baby any time,

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I move very far away,
so that I am not spotted

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because the idea of being asked

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whether I could do anything...

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Yeah, I, I'd sort of think,

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oh, I'd know what maybe
some of the stages were.

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Erm, not really. No, I think,
I think I'd rather,

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erm, leave it to the experts.

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In terms of my favourite birth,
gosh, there have been so many.

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I'd like to know how many
I've done on the show.

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There's been some really
incredible ones and I think,

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each time it's an emotional
bubble that bursts.

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Even though it's acting,
it somehow feels real.

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She says, I love you.

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And your father loves you.

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And if you never hear his voice,

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or if I never hear yours...

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...just know that we love you...

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...from the bottom of our hearts.

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I never stop being moved every time
I see a baby born.

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It doesn't matter how many times.

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And I think that's what the audience
love too, it's fresh life.

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And if you're suggesting that
a few deep breaths

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and not thinking about what's for
dinner is all there is to labour,

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you are leading your patients
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That's it.

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Congratulations!

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One baby.

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Babies come along when
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We can only prepare,
we can never predict!

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Oh, Lord, if I've ever given you

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the impression that I don't
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I absolutely promise that I do now.

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Oh! I did it!

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It's a little boy, Noelle.
Oh, he's beautiful!

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But that dress is ruined.

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That dress just had
the best day of its life.

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I want to be glad but
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Let him hold your finger.

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Let him know you're here.

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You have a son.

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Hello.

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Call The Midwife has not shied
away from difficult subjects.

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What is it?

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Baby's had some complications, Ruby.

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Spina bifida...

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It's a problem with his back.

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...tuberculosis...

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Yes.

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The lesions are small.

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...female genital mutilation...

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But there is more than one.

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There's nothing there but a scar
from front to back.

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Are you sure?
..abortion...

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This is England and we do not give
out abortions to any woman

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who demands one.

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...racism.

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One as necessary,
just as you've been taking them.

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I tell you what, every woman
in the family way is going to be

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banging your doors down for these.

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What's that magic stuff
in them again?

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The tablets are known as Distaval

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and the magic ingredient is
called thalidomide.

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Well, better get some more in.
I'm going to spread the word!

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Shall we?

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I think one of my favourite moments

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has to be series five
and thalidomide,

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and the reason being that, I was old
enough to remember these kids

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playing in the street, they were
a bit older than I was.

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Catch your breath for now.

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What is it, a boy or a girl?

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It also affected the
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It's a daughter.

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It involved fantastic
special effects

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and enormous commitment to accuracy
and authenticity in the script.

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Bring her over,
I want to look at her.

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My favourite

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Call The Midwife scene is probably
the scene in that episode.

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An ordinary mum has the baby
in her arms and she uncovers

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for the first time that this,
this child is four—Llimb deficient.

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Oh, love.

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What a mess.

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What a mess, eh?

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We'll sort something out.

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I promise.

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Cos you're mine.

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Mine.

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And I'm not bailing out on you.

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But me and Laura worked a lot

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with the wonderful animatronic model
which we called Baby Susan,

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that's her character's name.

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She can hold a rattle in them,
Dr Turner, and a spoon!

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She can't get it in her mouth yet,
but...

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Most children can't feed themselves
until they're a wee bit older.

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One of the most important
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we had made was for baby Susan

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and we had loads of research
material from Heidi

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and we worked with really brilliant
prosthetic technicians.

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We were also talking to grown—up
thalidomiders,

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who hadn't seen themselves
as babies,

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so it was really moving for them.

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That's it, lift it off there,
go on.

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Look at that! Yay!
Susan, that's for you!

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And at that time,
observing those things

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and being proud to play a part
in that

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is possibly my proudest
moment on Call The Midwife.

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Come along, Sally. You can
bring your mother with you.

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My favourite story was
incredibly moving.

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It was me and Cynthia, Chummy

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and Cynthia, that did the birth
for that scene and that was...

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...incredibly tough to do

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acting—wise and just sort of being
in the moment of that story.

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That's an example of a Heidi Thomas
genius script.

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I thought it was amazing,
incredibly moving.

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I haven't heard it cry yet.

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Is it hurt?

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Baby's just very, very little,
Sally.

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It's just the placenta, Sally.

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Can I go home now?

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We do deal with the harsher
realities of being

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a young black woman in white
British society at that time.

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The midwife's here.

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Nurse Anderson,
this is Marjory Chivvers.

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Hello, Mrs Chivvers.

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Textbook pregnancy this time too.

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Known Marjory since school.

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Biggest complication is likely to be
the mother — bit of a character.

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I meet the mother of the expectant
mother, called Mae Stanton,

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who's probably not
so pleased to see me.

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I need to examine you.

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Who died and made her the boss?

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Look, if you're going to be
funny you can clear off!

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Can't no—one take a joke these days?

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Right, Mae, why don't you
get back down...

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She doesn't want a foreign

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midwife to, you know,
look after her daughter.

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Hello, girls!

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And how's little... Hands off!

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Mrs Stanton!

252
00:17:00,522 --> 00:17:04,341
Come on, girls. Come with me.

253
00:17:04,342 --> 00:17:07,251
I don't want you lot anywhere near
my family!

254
00:17:07,252 --> 00:17:09,932
And especially not her!

255
00:17:11,652 --> 00:17:13,172
Come on, girls.

256
00:17:20,772 --> 00:17:23,931
I did an episode about FGM.

257
00:17:23,932 --> 00:17:27,141
And people couldn't believe
that it was,

258
00:17:27,142 --> 00:17:28,731
sort of, went as far back as that,

259
00:17:28,732 --> 00:17:31,821
that people were addressing it that
far back, but they were and

260
00:17:31,822 --> 00:17:35,211
that was sort of when we were first
starting to see it in this country.

261
00:17:35,212 --> 00:17:39,651
My name is not Mrs Farah.

262
00:17:39,652 --> 00:17:42,531
In my country, a woman does not take
her husband's name.

263
00:17:42,532 --> 00:17:47,521
She is her own person,
called after her own family line.

264
00:17:47,522 --> 00:17:51,092
My name is Nadifa Ghedi Jama!

265
00:17:52,222 --> 00:17:55,021
And no man would dare cut me
or my sisters.

266
00:17:55,022 --> 00:17:58,741
The person who holds a knife
is a woman.

267
00:17:58,742 --> 00:18:02,421
The person who calls Deka back to
be cut is a woman.

268
00:18:02,422 --> 00:18:05,421
Her own mother who loves her!

269
00:18:05,422 --> 00:18:09,491
Who wants her to be respected, to be
clean and to find a good husband!

270
00:18:09,492 --> 00:18:11,172
And to be those things...

271
00:18:13,942 --> 00:18:15,812
...she must be cut.

272
00:18:17,862 --> 00:18:19,531
She will not be scared.

273
00:18:19,532 --> 00:18:21,212
She is braver than me.

274
00:18:34,892 --> 00:18:37,691
Call The Midwife does address some
of the issues

275
00:18:37,692 --> 00:18:39,421
that we have today, I think.

276
00:18:39,422 --> 00:18:43,541
There's a real focus about abortion
and people's opinions on that.

277
00:18:43,542 --> 00:18:48,462
Obviously it was still illegal at
the time, so people were going to

278
00:18:48,463 --> 00:18:52,231
desperate measures to
reach their end goals.

279
00:18:52,232 --> 00:18:55,702
Gran... Gran, has someone been
doing an abortion?

280
00:18:56,972 --> 00:18:58,172
Yes.

281
00:18:59,502 --> 00:19:00,862
Me.

282
00:19:08,782 --> 00:19:11,311
You know it goes on all over.

283
00:19:11,312 --> 00:19:13,891
Just like everybody else does.

284
00:19:13,892 --> 00:19:15,582
She ain't never had this
happen before.

285
00:19:15,583 --> 00:19:17,871
Not once! You wanted towels.

286
00:19:17,872 --> 00:19:21,091
Don't you bring those filthy
articles anywhere near my patient!

287
00:19:21,092 --> 00:19:23,791
Throw them on the floor, please,
so I don't slip in this mess!

288
00:19:23,792 --> 00:19:25,941
Thank you.

289
00:19:25,942 --> 00:19:28,611
Can you put some gloves on,
Nurse Dyer, in case I need you

290
00:19:28,612 --> 00:19:30,171
to prepare some ergometrine?

291
00:19:30,172 --> 00:19:32,051
Sweetheart,
can you tell me your name?

292
00:19:32,052 --> 00:19:33,901
It's Teresa.

293
00:19:33,902 --> 00:19:37,141
I'm just going to take a little
look down below, Teresa.

294
00:19:37,142 --> 00:19:39,901
I send them home to bed, usually.

295
00:19:39,902 --> 00:19:41,382
They lose it at night
or the next day.

296
00:19:41,383 --> 00:19:43,316
Move your knees apart for me.

297
00:19:48,062 --> 00:19:50,611
I've never seen anything like this.
Good girl.

298
00:19:50,612 --> 00:19:52,941
We're going to sort this out.

299
00:19:52,942 --> 00:19:56,572
I reckon there was already
something wrong with her.

300
00:19:56,573 --> 00:19:59,582
It's the haemorrhage she's
having now that concerns me.

301
00:19:59,583 --> 00:20:01,772
Did you use instruments?
Yes.

302
00:20:05,612 --> 00:20:07,462
Thank you.

303
00:20:07,463 --> 00:20:10,951
Nurse Dyer. I need sterile pads.

304
00:20:10,952 --> 00:20:14,171
And I need you to call for an
ambulance. I can't do that.

305
00:20:14,172 --> 00:20:17,942
You know I can't.
It's why we sent for her.

306
00:20:19,742 --> 00:20:21,861
You can and you will,

307
00:20:21,862 --> 00:20:24,541
because if either Nurse Dyer or
I have to leave this poor girl's

308
00:20:24,542 --> 00:20:27,381
side to do it, we'll be coming back
here with a police officer.

309
00:20:27,382 --> 00:20:28,871
Won't we?

310
00:20:28,872 --> 00:20:30,881
Yes.

311
00:20:30,882 --> 00:20:33,671
I don't want my mum and dad to know.

312
00:20:33,672 --> 00:20:35,411
I promise, Teresa, right now

313
00:20:35,412 --> 00:20:38,740
nobody in this room is
thinking about anyone but you.

314
00:20:41,972 --> 00:20:44,031
The sets in Call The Midwife
are carefully

315
00:20:44,032 --> 00:20:45,822
built around the stories.

316
00:20:47,392 --> 00:20:49,131
Working with elaborate props,

317
00:20:49,132 --> 00:20:52,742
actors sometimes feel drawn
to the objects around them.

318
00:20:54,662 --> 00:20:57,391
If I were to steal something from

319
00:20:57,392 --> 00:21:01,051
a set on Call The Midwife,
I'm afraid that there are two

320
00:21:01,052 --> 00:21:02,771
main places of focus
and one is my office.

321
00:21:02,772 --> 00:21:07,691
I absolutely love... all
the props in my office.

322
00:21:07,692 --> 00:21:09,352
I'd like to take my uniform home.

323
00:21:09,353 --> 00:21:12,342
I love this building and I would...

324
00:21:12,343 --> 00:21:14,271
Every time I have an idle moment,

325
00:21:14,272 --> 00:21:16,031
I stroll around it and imagine it

326
00:21:16,032 --> 00:21:18,671
as a fabulous house that
I could live in.

327
00:21:18,672 --> 00:21:22,491
And this room that we are in is
actually my en—suite bathroom.

328
00:21:22,492 --> 00:21:24,181
Armchairs. They're not comfy

329
00:21:24,182 --> 00:21:25,901
but they look fantastic.

330
00:21:25,902 --> 00:21:28,031
Yeah, I'd like an armchair.

331
00:21:28,032 --> 00:21:29,231
I'd want to take home that.

332
00:21:29,232 --> 00:21:31,671
Well, I think contractually
it's going to follow me

333
00:21:31,672 --> 00:21:33,181
on every job I do

334
00:21:33,182 --> 00:21:35,051
and I might take it home.

335
00:21:35,052 --> 00:21:37,472
Don't tell anyone.

336
00:21:37,473 --> 00:21:39,701
There's a few costumes that
I really want to take home.

337
00:21:39,702 --> 00:21:43,621
I've got this beautiful,
bright blue, suede coat, which is

338
00:21:43,622 --> 00:21:46,551
a gorgeous sort of '60s
vibrant colour

339
00:21:46,552 --> 00:21:48,051
and I really want to take it home.

340
00:21:48,052 --> 00:21:53,971
I have been eyeing up the clock
in Dr Turner's surgery.

341
00:21:53,972 --> 00:21:57,364
I really would quite like that
on, on my kitchen wall.

342
00:21:58,422 --> 00:22:00,552
I'd probably take my cross.

343
00:22:01,702 --> 00:22:03,851
And the other thing I'd like to
steal, if I may steal

344
00:22:03,852 --> 00:22:06,701
something else, is a tea set
from the tea table, because so much

345
00:22:06,702 --> 00:22:10,621
of our lives are placed around that
and they're so much of the period.

346
00:22:10,622 --> 00:22:13,491
If there is something I'm allowed to
take home from the set,

347
00:22:13,492 --> 00:22:16,671
it would be an enamel
bucket with a lid.

348
00:22:16,672 --> 00:22:20,491
If Laura Main doesn't bring her
lucky handbag to the set

349
00:22:20,492 --> 00:22:23,901
containing her script,
she freaks out.

350
00:22:23,902 --> 00:22:27,701
So, if there's anything I'd like to
take home, it's the handbag.

351
00:22:27,702 --> 00:22:33,551
I, Georgie, would like the donkey
from the first nativity play.

352
00:22:33,552 --> 00:22:36,661
That was my, I think
it was my very first scene.

353
00:22:36,662 --> 00:22:39,061
There are one or two young men
I wouldn't mind taking home,

354
00:22:39,062 --> 00:22:42,311
but apart from that, no.

355
00:22:42,312 --> 00:22:46,401
In a scene, I may be opening
a letter and when I open it,

356
00:22:46,402 --> 00:22:50,222
someone's taken the trouble to write
the letter to Sister Julienne

357
00:22:50,223 --> 00:22:52,472
and it will be about a problem
they're having.

358
00:22:52,473 --> 00:22:54,462
And it's not a letter
that's being seen,

359
00:22:54,463 --> 00:22:57,222
it's not a part of the story, but
that's what the prop department do

360
00:22:57,223 --> 00:22:59,289
and I might steal one of those.

361
00:23:01,062 --> 00:23:05,062
This is the prop store and we hold
thousands of items here.

362
00:23:06,552 --> 00:23:08,831
I've been to South Africa
with this show

363
00:23:08,832 --> 00:23:10,632
and we've been to Scotland.

364
00:23:13,862 --> 00:23:15,671
South Africa probably was

365
00:23:15,672 --> 00:23:19,932
the hardest challenge I had,
because we were in the heat.

366
00:23:21,382 --> 00:23:24,072
So, we were up against
all the elements.

367
00:23:29,142 --> 00:23:32,212
There've been so many wonderful
scenes over the last ten years.

368
00:23:32,213 --> 00:23:34,941
I think one of my
favourite ones was

369
00:23:34,942 --> 00:23:38,191
when we were in South Africa
and we were travelling back

370
00:23:38,192 --> 00:23:41,141
on the back of a truck that

371
00:23:41,142 --> 00:23:44,551
Dr Turner was driving.

372
00:23:44,552 --> 00:23:47,062
Quite badly, I have to say.

373
00:23:49,392 --> 00:23:52,551
But we had this wonderful moment,
myself and the ladies, where we

374
00:23:52,552 --> 00:23:58,551
just sort of watched the sunset and
sang. I think we sang Amazing Grace

375
00:23:58,552 --> 00:24:00,761
and it was just this really
peaceful moment.

376
00:24:00,762 --> 00:24:02,421
I don't think
we were even being filmed,

377
00:24:02,422 --> 00:24:04,342
it was just a wonderful moment.

378
00:24:04,343 --> 00:24:09,501
I had huge resistance in me
to going to the Outer Hebrides,

379
00:24:09,502 --> 00:24:11,401
looking at these
pictures of what seemed

380
00:24:11,402 --> 00:24:14,352
to be a very grey
and difficult place,

381
00:24:14,353 --> 00:24:17,142
and I loved the experience
of being there.

382
00:24:22,392 --> 00:24:24,981
There was that inexplicable

383
00:24:24,982 --> 00:24:29,581
scene of following Sister
Monica Joan across the moorside

384
00:24:29,582 --> 00:24:32,861
and then having
her see a white stag.

385
00:24:32,862 --> 00:24:37,111
It's part of the magic of the way
Heidi writes.

386
00:24:37,112 --> 00:24:40,621
I think that she does write
imaginatively.

387
00:24:40,622 --> 00:24:44,152
You can't help but be
touched by something like that.

388
00:25:10,382 --> 00:25:11,922
Oh!

389
00:25:32,532 --> 00:25:34,742
I knew Him at once...

390
00:25:35,922 --> 00:25:39,912
...from the love in his glance.

391
00:25:41,662 --> 00:25:44,121
He came...

392
00:25:44,122 --> 00:25:47,701
He looked...

393
00:25:47,702 --> 00:25:49,662
...and He departed.

394
00:25:52,302 --> 00:25:56,551
In that case,
we will accept His blessing

395
00:25:56,552 --> 00:25:59,662
and go to seek Him in another place.

396
00:26:05,162 --> 00:26:08,170
Love has been a key element
in Call The Midwife.

397
00:26:09,202 --> 00:26:11,871
The turmoil, excitement and quiet
comfort

398
00:26:11,872 --> 00:26:14,742
of relationships have all
played out here.

399
00:26:15,852 --> 00:26:20,362
Falling in love with
Dr Turner in series two

400
00:26:20,363 --> 00:26:24,561
and, you know, that dilemma,
leaving the order.

401
00:26:24,562 --> 00:26:27,362
I'll never forget being told

402
00:26:27,363 --> 00:26:29,381
what was planned in that series,

403
00:26:29,382 --> 00:26:34,301
because it just felt like such
a gift of a story line and

404
00:26:34,302 --> 00:26:37,781
suddenly the job was even more

405
00:26:37,782 --> 00:26:40,201
greater than I thought
it was going to be.

406
00:26:40,202 --> 00:26:42,951
So all of that series
and those moments

407
00:26:42,952 --> 00:26:45,281
I'm really fond of, looking back.

408
00:26:45,282 --> 00:26:46,631
Dad!

409
00:26:46,632 --> 00:26:50,280
There's a woman in the wrong clothes
and I think it's her!

410
00:27:15,602 --> 00:27:18,671
What if it had started raining?

411
00:27:18,672 --> 00:27:20,461
What if you'd got lost?

412
00:27:20,462 --> 00:27:21,711
I was lost.

413
00:27:21,712 --> 00:27:23,942
I got the wrong bus.

414
00:27:31,212 --> 00:27:33,982
I was on the right road.
Yes.

415
00:27:37,062 --> 00:27:40,390
I know you so little,
but I couldn't be more certain.

416
00:27:41,562 --> 00:27:43,502
I am completely certain.

417
00:27:45,282 --> 00:27:47,261
I don't even know your name.

418
00:27:47,262 --> 00:27:49,011
Shelagh.

419
00:27:49,012 --> 00:27:50,172
Patrick.

420
00:27:52,093 --> 00:27:54,421
There.

421
00:27:54,422 --> 00:27:55,942
We've made a start.

422
00:28:00,782 --> 00:28:03,132
I can't, Jimmy!

423
00:28:12,312 --> 00:28:16,572
I believe in the films, they say,
"Your place or mine?"

424
00:28:18,132 --> 00:28:20,011
I'd live in a ditch
if it was with you.

425
00:28:20,012 --> 00:28:22,031
Will you just let me love you

426
00:28:22,032 --> 00:28:24,363
and accept this blade of grass?

427
00:28:25,363 --> 00:28:27,431
Yes, I will.

428
00:28:27,432 --> 00:28:30,422
Barbara Gilbert, will you marry me?

429
00:28:31,442 --> 00:28:32,772
Oh!

430
00:28:37,602 --> 00:28:39,871
If I may quote a poem.

431
00:28:39,872 --> 00:28:43,791
"For love of you, the air, it hurts,

432
00:28:43,792 --> 00:28:47,672
"and my heart, and my hat,
they hurt me.

433
00:28:49,312 --> 00:28:53,861
"Who would buy it from me,
this ribbon I am holding,

434
00:28:53,862 --> 00:28:59,193
"and this sadness of cotton, white,
for making handkerchiefs with?

435
00:29:00,352 --> 00:29:05,422
"Ay, the pain it costs me
to love you as I love you.”

436
00:29:07,122 --> 00:29:10,122
Not my words
but those of Garcia Lorca.

437
00:29:11,272 --> 00:29:15,711
I'm not one for Spanish poetry,
give me Tennyson any day,

438
00:29:15,712 --> 00:29:19,641
but... I find his words move me.

439
00:29:19,642 --> 00:29:21,842
And if I may...

440
00:29:23,073 --> 00:29:28,255
...the pain it costs, to love...

441
00:29:28,256 --> 00:29:31,276
I believe it is always worth it.

442
00:29:32,446 --> 00:29:34,396
And wherever I go next...

443
00:29:35,886 --> 00:29:37,566
...you're coming with me.

444
00:29:39,446 --> 00:29:41,626
I love you, Nurse Anderson.

445
00:29:45,123 --> 00:29:47,832
Over ten years of powerful drama...

446
00:29:47,833 --> 00:29:49,122
Hello, bambino.

447
00:29:49,123 --> 00:29:52,922
...particular scenes touch us
in a special way.

448
00:29:52,923 --> 00:29:54,963
I'm your dad.

449
00:29:54,964 --> 00:29:57,762
I thought it was a wonderful scene
when the nuns

450
00:29:57,763 --> 00:30:02,432
went through the trunk load of
dresses that they had had for their

451
00:30:02,433 --> 00:30:05,402
marriage to Christ,

452
00:30:05,403 --> 00:30:09,352
and gave a revelation as to who
they were and what they'd felt

453
00:30:09,353 --> 00:30:10,853
and their commitment.

454
00:30:10,854 --> 00:30:12,083
...Until I had blisters.

455
00:30:12,084 --> 00:30:14,124
And this one's mine.

456
00:30:14,125 --> 00:30:16,043
It was almost thrown out

457
00:30:16,044 --> 00:30:18,703
because there was silver
embroidery on the sleeves.

458
00:30:18,704 --> 00:30:21,863
In the end, I had to unpick
every stitch.

459
00:30:21,864 --> 00:30:23,583
I felt rather sorry for the bride

460
00:30:23,584 --> 00:30:25,124
that donated it.

461
00:30:25,125 --> 00:30:28,973
I was quite sad when I was told
I'd be making my vows in my habit.

462
00:30:28,974 --> 00:30:32,393
I hadn't realised the order had
given up the custom until then.

463
00:30:32,394 --> 00:30:36,963
Sister, the expression on your face
was worth a thousand frills

464
00:30:36,964 --> 00:30:38,404
and folderols.

465
00:30:39,444 --> 00:30:43,733
I don't mind telling you, I felt
like an absolute sideshow in my big

466
00:30:43,734 --> 00:30:45,114
white frock.

467
00:30:45,115 --> 00:30:47,273
I'm sure you looked lovely.

468
00:30:47,274 --> 00:30:49,994
It was just a load of nonsense!

469
00:30:49,995 --> 00:30:53,523
I'd never had any dreams
of a wedding day.

470
00:30:53,524 --> 00:30:57,273
When Sister Evangelina died and
the coffin is at the entrance

471
00:30:57,274 --> 00:31:02,603
to Nonnatus House and Sister Monica
Joan brings out her shoes

472
00:31:02,604 --> 00:31:06,603
and puts them on the coffin lid,
I thought

473
00:31:06,604 --> 00:31:11,203
that was the most brilliant
thought on Heidi's part,

474
00:31:11,204 --> 00:31:16,132
because it was so emotive.
It sums up the character.

475
00:31:44,107 --> 00:31:49,585
I think my favourite story was
the one where we rescued

476
00:31:49,586 --> 00:31:53,075
a young mother from an abusive
husband.

477
00:31:53,076 --> 00:31:54,525
Her mother was also a bully,

478
00:31:54,526 --> 00:31:56,565
so she was having a very bad time.

479
00:31:56,566 --> 00:31:59,085
She had a little son as well
as the baby.

480
00:31:59,086 --> 00:32:03,836
Mickey... Mickey, run and bang on
the door. Bang on it.

481
00:32:05,232 --> 00:32:07,391
Help! Help!

482
00:32:07,392 --> 00:32:09,841
Come inside.

483
00:32:09,842 --> 00:32:11,311
Come inside, where we can help you.

484
00:32:11,312 --> 00:32:13,481
We got her away.

485
00:32:13,482 --> 00:32:16,671
There was a lovely scene at the end
of them getting on the bus, going

486
00:32:16,672 --> 00:32:18,571
off to a better home life

487
00:32:18,572 --> 00:32:21,001
and the little boy holding his
balloon as he went off

488
00:32:21,002 --> 00:32:22,231
and waving bye—bye.

489
00:32:22,232 --> 00:32:24,651
Yes, I liked that story.
Bye! Thank you!

490
00:32:24,652 --> 00:32:25,812
Bye!

491
00:32:35,744 --> 00:32:40,163
One make—up that I really did enjoy
doing was a few series ago now,

492
00:32:40,164 --> 00:32:42,105
but it was on Sister Cynthia.

493
00:32:43,054 --> 00:32:47,150
And she'd unfortunately, in the
story line, been badly beaten up.

494
00:32:50,245 --> 00:32:52,643
We didn't really go overboard
with it,

495
00:32:52,644 --> 00:32:56,693
so it wasn't absolutely
excruciating to look at her,

496
00:32:56,694 --> 00:33:01,130
but it was enough to make her look
really vulnerable and frail.

497
00:33:05,780 --> 00:33:12,151
It's very important that we create
just the right support.

498
00:33:12,152 --> 00:33:15,342
I think it can really help an actor.

499
00:33:20,233 --> 00:33:22,872
Sister. What happened?

500
00:33:27,262 --> 00:33:28,973
I wasn't raped.

501
00:33:30,872 --> 00:33:33,421
Before you ask me,
I can say that, I wasn't raped.

502
00:33:33,422 --> 00:33:35,871
You were viciously attacked.

503
00:33:35,872 --> 00:33:37,341
Just now the details don't matter.

504
00:33:37,342 --> 00:33:40,142
I don't want you to come near me,
I just...

505
00:33:40,502 --> 00:33:43,168
...don't want anybody to
touch me at all.

506
00:33:45,052 --> 00:33:46,785
I'll call Sergeant Noakes.

507
00:33:47,983 --> 00:33:50,472
Bryony was so brilliant
in that part.

508
00:33:51,472 --> 00:33:52,632
Thank you.

509
00:33:54,262 --> 00:33:58,621
There was a little bit of prosthetic
on her eye, but not too much,

510
00:33:58,622 --> 00:34:01,252
but I think it really worked
actually.

511
00:34:07,983 --> 00:34:11,942
There is a time for us
to mortify our flesh.

512
00:34:15,113 --> 00:34:18,541
And a time to cherish it...

513
00:34:18,542 --> 00:34:20,983
...and marvel at its strength.

514
00:34:26,912 --> 00:34:29,701
My entrance,
coming in and the big freeze,

515
00:34:29,702 --> 00:34:33,381
trudging through the fake snow,
meeting Val

516
00:34:33,382 --> 00:34:35,102
and the rest of the cast,

517
00:34:35,103 --> 00:34:37,702
that's probably my favourite moment.

518
00:34:40,672 --> 00:34:42,492
Ah!

519
00:34:57,142 --> 00:35:00,061
Come in! Quick, out of the snow!

520
00:35:00,062 --> 00:35:03,262
Do you need to see a midwife?
I am a midwife.

521
00:35:05,262 --> 00:35:08,381
I'm Nurse Anderson.
L—Lucille Anderson.

522
00:35:08,382 --> 00:35:10,581
Ah! Course you are!

523
00:35:10,582 --> 00:35:12,781
And I just fell over.

524
00:35:12,782 --> 00:35:16,112
Oh! I'm sorry we're in the middle
of a power cut.

525
00:35:16,113 --> 00:35:19,061
I'm sorry I'm late.
I've been travelling for two days.

526
00:35:19,062 --> 00:35:20,951
Have you bought a suitcase
or anything?

527
00:35:20,952 --> 00:35:22,862
I bought two but I had to leave
them behind

528
00:35:22,863 --> 00:35:24,831
when we were forced to
evacuate the train.

529
00:35:24,832 --> 00:35:26,302
Oh!

530
00:35:29,182 --> 00:35:30,621
A poetess?!

531
00:35:30,622 --> 00:35:32,701
Oh!

532
00:35:32,702 --> 00:35:35,471
One dabbles, Sergeant Woolf.

533
00:35:35,472 --> 00:35:39,551
I'd had a romantic liaison
with Sergeant Woolf

534
00:35:39,552 --> 00:35:44,141
and I'd allowed myself to get a
bit silly and romantic about it all.

535
00:35:44,142 --> 00:35:48,472
I feel it would be unfair of me
to continue with our relationship.

536
00:35:54,032 --> 00:35:59,341
It ended badly and tragically and I
felt embarrassed and silly about it.

537
00:35:59,342 --> 00:36:01,711
Nurse Crane offered

538
00:36:01,712 --> 00:36:03,112
a hand of friendship

539
00:36:03,113 --> 00:36:07,581
and we had a little scene where
we sat in the allotments.

540
00:36:07,582 --> 00:36:09,791
And it was a very special moment,

541
00:36:09,792 --> 00:36:11,992
because I think it was the first
time Miss Higgins had

542
00:36:11,993 --> 00:36:17,491
actually allowed herself to
let down her defences and realise

543
00:36:17,492 --> 00:36:22,351
there was someone there who was
offering some sort of friendship

544
00:36:22,352 --> 00:36:25,141
and she could really speak openly,

545
00:36:25,142 --> 00:36:28,854
and I found that that was quite
an important moment for me.

546
00:36:29,522 --> 00:36:34,445
I... fear I have made myself look
rather foolish.

547
00:36:34,446 --> 00:36:36,365
Not in the least.

548
00:36:36,366 --> 00:36:40,036
One becomes so starved
of companionship.

549
00:36:43,146 --> 00:36:46,602
I let myself imagine it was
something more than it was.

550
00:36:47,706 --> 00:36:50,465
You've been disappointed in love,

551
00:36:50,466 --> 00:36:53,858
it doesn't mean there wasn't love
there to begin with.

552
00:36:58,066 --> 00:37:00,225
I have many favourite moments
but one that

553
00:37:00,226 --> 00:37:01,705
sticks in my head is when

554
00:37:01,706 --> 00:37:05,536
Cyril picks up Lucille in the
motorbike and the side car.

555
00:37:07,746 --> 00:37:09,475
I just fixed it up.

556
00:37:09,476 --> 00:37:11,942
You're the first person
to ride in it.

557
00:37:12,746 --> 00:37:15,755
And how do I get in?
Just climb in.

558
00:37:15,756 --> 00:37:17,436
There's nothing to it.

559
00:37:21,286 --> 00:37:22,726
Come on, let's go.

560
00:37:26,186 --> 00:37:28,215
It just lit that kind of excitement

561
00:37:28,216 --> 00:37:31,016
about this new relationship
that's forming.

562
00:37:45,746 --> 00:37:48,986
And he hasn't rode this bike again,
so definitely that,

563
00:37:48,987 --> 00:37:51,996
that was a memorable moment for me.

564
00:37:51,997 --> 00:37:55,915
What makes me feel so happy
in fittings is when that

565
00:37:55,916 --> 00:37:58,106
actor actually feels
the characters that

566
00:37:58,107 --> 00:38:01,499
they're playing and you can just
see it in their face.

567
00:38:03,706 --> 00:38:07,162
Beautiful. You know, I know that
I've done my job then.

568
00:38:07,466 --> 00:38:10,795
A favourite outfit would be
Trixie's return.

569
00:38:10,796 --> 00:38:11,945
Taxi!

570
00:38:11,946 --> 00:38:14,776
Everybody watches what
Trixie's wearing.

571
00:38:16,747 --> 00:38:19,505
So there was quite
a lot of pressure

572
00:38:19,506 --> 00:38:21,185
to make sure we had an outfit

573
00:38:21,186 --> 00:38:23,305
that was eye—catching.

574
00:38:23,306 --> 00:38:25,585
Nurse Franklin. Trixie, you look
wonderful!

575
00:38:25,586 --> 00:38:28,856
I dare say you'll be wanting
a decent cup of tea!

576
00:38:28,857 --> 00:38:31,665
Yes! And if it comes with cake,
yes, please!

577
00:38:31,666 --> 00:38:34,185
The good thing with Trixie
is that we do have the, er,

578
00:38:34,186 --> 00:38:36,866
the rich aunt from Portofino, so
we do have a little bit of

579
00:38:36,867 --> 00:38:40,375
artistic licence on giving her
a wardrobe that's slightly more

580
00:38:40,376 --> 00:38:42,385
sophisticated and glamorous than

581
00:38:42,386 --> 00:38:45,355
perhaps would be for a normal
midwife's wage.

582
00:38:45,356 --> 00:38:47,656
Oh!

583
00:38:51,296 --> 00:38:54,986
Family bonds are especially
important here.

584
00:38:54,987 --> 00:38:58,435
They are the beating
heart of the drama.

585
00:38:58,436 --> 00:39:00,866
People write in all the time
saying how much

586
00:39:00,867 --> 00:39:03,905
they enjoy watching functioning,
growing families.

587
00:39:03,906 --> 00:39:05,786
Are you sad, Dad?

588
00:39:07,546 --> 00:39:09,946
How could I be sad
when I've got you?

589
00:39:20,096 --> 00:39:25,585
There's only t—two things that
I want now...

590
00:39:25,586 --> 00:39:28,466
...a minister of religion...

591
00:39:29,706 --> 00:39:33,426
...and to see you in your
Nonnatus uniform again.

592
00:39:35,376 --> 00:39:36,867
I'm happy.

593
00:39:38,266 --> 00:39:42,585
Well, that's a good thing,
isn't it, to be happy?

594
00:39:42,586 --> 00:39:46,226
Not if my mum's angry.

595
00:39:47,556 --> 00:39:49,075
Why would she be angry?

596
00:39:49,076 --> 00:39:51,656
Because she's not here.

597
00:39:52,946 --> 00:39:54,725
Oh, Reggie!

598
00:39:54,726 --> 00:39:59,095
Your mum would be delighted.

599
00:39:59,096 --> 00:40:02,946
All she ever wanted
was for you to be happy.

600
00:40:04,867 --> 00:40:08,067
And Fred and I are going to make
sure that you are.

601
00:40:10,436 --> 00:40:12,946
Don't worry, Auntie Vi.

602
00:40:17,556 --> 00:40:19,586
I'm not sad, I'm happy.

603
00:40:45,566 --> 00:40:47,076
Put this on.

604
00:40:48,026 --> 00:40:49,296
It's Mater's.

605
00:41:04,386 --> 00:41:05,786
I love you.

606
00:41:15,716 --> 00:41:18,635
The family, to the Turners,

607
00:41:18,636 --> 00:41:20,535
it should feel like home.

608
00:41:22,997 --> 00:41:25,305
I sent you a Dundee
so it would last.

609
00:41:25,306 --> 00:41:26,825
We have Tim,

610
00:41:26,826 --> 00:41:28,175
a widower's son,

611
00:41:28,176 --> 00:41:29,435
and we have Angela,

612
00:41:29,436 --> 00:41:33,876
we have May, we have baby Teddy,
we have a number of rabbits.

613
00:41:33,877 --> 00:41:36,385
Well done, Timothy.

614
00:41:36,386 --> 00:41:39,545
To have a family at the centre of a
drama like this, a family that grows

615
00:41:39,546 --> 00:41:41,746
like other families who watch the
programme...

616
00:41:41,747 --> 00:41:44,756
Oh! You've grown a whole inch!

617
00:41:44,757 --> 00:41:50,105
...that is more true to more people
out there than, say,

618
00:41:50,106 --> 00:41:51,585
a serial killer drama

619
00:41:51,586 --> 00:41:55,815
or, you know, a spy mystery
that you can have a hundred of.

620
00:41:55,816 --> 00:41:58,515
This is more of a real thing.

621
00:41:58,516 --> 00:42:00,645
We just have to check if you're

622
00:42:00,646 --> 00:42:02,596
tall enough to drink beer.

623
00:42:03,877 --> 00:42:05,305
Oh!

624
00:42:05,306 --> 00:42:06,666
It seems you are.

625
00:42:12,946 --> 00:42:18,025
The Bishop said that BBC Television
want to film a carol service

626
00:42:18,026 --> 00:42:22,736
in an ordinary London church
and broadcast it on Christmas Day.

627
00:42:22,737 --> 00:42:26,025
Filming, Mr Hereward? In a church?

628
00:42:26,026 --> 00:42:30,316
My sentiments exactly.
Is nothing sacred?!

629
00:42:31,726 --> 00:42:35,516
Call The Midwife deals with births,
marriages and deaths.

630
00:42:39,356 --> 00:42:41,795
All major life events that have
traditionally

631
00:42:41,796 --> 00:42:43,476
been mediated by faith.

632
00:42:47,026 --> 00:42:49,835
And grant that this day
we fall into no sin,

633
00:42:49,836 --> 00:42:52,555
neither run into any kind of danger.

634
00:42:52,556 --> 00:42:55,105
That all our doings,

635
00:42:55,106 --> 00:43:00,075
in order by thy governance,
may be righteous in thy sight.

636
00:43:00,076 --> 00:43:02,665
Everyone always says I sound
like I'm from a different time

637
00:43:02,666 --> 00:43:04,515
and so it fits perfectly for this,

638
00:43:04,516 --> 00:43:07,416
so it's nice to have a little sing,
actually.

639
00:43:10,186 --> 00:43:13,155
It's very soothing doing
those psalms.

640
00:43:13,156 --> 00:43:15,675
There's something that comes over
you when you're doing it,

641
00:43:15,676 --> 00:43:17,075
it's a really nice thing

642
00:43:17,076 --> 00:43:20,660
to do with the other nuns
when we get to do those scenes.

643
00:43:35,306 --> 00:43:40,825
I would be a little bit fed up with
you if I was the man upstairs.

644
00:43:40,826 --> 00:43:44,826
The man upstairs
knows my reasoning.

645
00:43:45,877 --> 00:43:49,686
In which case, he also knows
you're scared.

646
00:43:54,516 --> 00:44:00,757
Yea though I walk through
the valley of the shadow...

647
00:44:08,246 --> 00:44:12,345
Yea though I walk through
the valley of the shadow of death,

648
00:44:12,346 --> 00:44:17,525
I will fear no evil,
for thou art with me,

649
00:44:17,526 --> 00:44:21,086
thy rod and thy staff,
they comfort me.

650
00:44:22,036 --> 00:44:29,115
♪ I once was lost

651
00:44:29,116 --> 00:44:36,555
♪ But now I'm found

652
00:44:36,556 --> 00:44:40,355
♪ Was blind

653
00:44:40,356 --> 00:44:46,646
♪ But now I see. ♪

654
00:44:48,126 --> 00:44:52,597
We are, none of us, cast adrift
if we have faith.

655
00:44:55,717 --> 00:45:00,125
Our location, Poplar, has developed
through each series.

656
00:45:00,126 --> 00:45:01,435
Morning, Reverend.

657
00:45:01,436 --> 00:45:04,355
Over ten years,
housing and fashions change.

658
00:45:04,356 --> 00:45:06,665
We're all girls together, aren't we?

659
00:45:06,666 --> 00:45:08,645
The abiding element

660
00:45:08,646 --> 00:45:10,666
has been a sense of community.

661
00:45:16,996 --> 00:45:18,926
Smile for Mother Mildred.

662
00:45:19,866 --> 00:45:24,025
All islands are like this.
All islands have a boundary

663
00:45:24,026 --> 00:45:26,035
and you live your life within it,

664
00:45:26,036 --> 00:45:30,385
and you love it or you break out
and make a life elsewhere.

665
00:45:30,386 --> 00:45:35,075
And on every island in the world,
no matter how magnificent,

666
00:45:35,076 --> 00:45:38,788
there are those who cannot leave
and those who cannot stay.

667
00:45:39,386 --> 00:45:42,119
And I was one of those who
could not stay.

668
00:45:43,356 --> 00:45:45,755
We have always helped our neighbours
where we can

669
00:45:45,756 --> 00:45:48,355
and the people in this district
are our neighbours not

670
00:45:48,356 --> 00:45:50,837
objects of charity or pity.

671
00:45:52,646 --> 00:45:55,395
So, why do you think
they chose to come to you?

672
00:45:55,396 --> 00:45:58,946
Because they want to stay in
the community.

673
00:46:00,236 --> 00:46:03,115
They want the midwives who saw them
through their pregnancy

674
00:46:03,116 --> 00:46:05,916
and they want their families
close at hand.

675
00:46:07,206 --> 00:46:10,005
Without the maternity home,
many of our patients would have the

676
00:46:10,006 --> 00:46:16,155
choice between giving birth in damp
overcrowded housing or a bus ride,

677
00:46:16,156 --> 00:46:20,380
while in labour, to a hospital
where their children couldn't visit.

678
00:46:21,876 --> 00:46:25,076
Personally, I don't think that's
any choice at all.

679
00:46:27,206 --> 00:46:30,755
Babies are not statistics
at Nonnatus House.

680
00:46:30,756 --> 00:46:33,965
We know when they are wanted
or unwanted,

681
00:46:33,966 --> 00:46:36,666
whether they are cherished
or deprived.

682
00:46:38,607 --> 00:46:42,726
We see when they're in with a chance
in life or stand no chance at all.

683
00:46:42,727 --> 00:46:46,727
We value every infant
and every mother equally.

684
00:46:48,436 --> 00:46:52,155
We are part of their world and they
are part of ours because that is

685
00:46:52,156 --> 00:46:55,745
what happens when you enter
people's homes.

686
00:46:55,746 --> 00:46:58,155
Beautiful bunch, eh?

687
00:46:58,156 --> 00:47:03,385
The power of the stories
lies in their essential truth.

688
00:47:03,386 --> 00:47:07,436
Joined the Great War and...
and never come home.

689
00:47:09,036 --> 00:47:12,005
And my Sally. Yeah.

690
00:47:12,006 --> 00:47:13,716
Circumstances change

691
00:47:13,717 --> 00:47:17,557
but people are much the same
from one generation to the next.

692
00:47:19,436 --> 00:47:21,236
I'm sorry.
Don't be.

693
00:47:22,646 --> 00:47:26,116
I love them. They loved me.

694
00:47:28,806 --> 00:47:32,805
One of my own personal favourites
is a story

695
00:47:32,806 --> 00:47:35,995
of a couple called the Gelins,
who lived in Poplar,

696
00:47:35,996 --> 00:47:40,155
and Mrs Gelin was dying and there is
one particular scene where

697
00:47:40,156 --> 00:47:44,835
he tells his wife how much he loves
her, how much he misses her

698
00:47:44,836 --> 00:47:49,835
and how much he wishes he had told
her all these things.

699
00:47:49,836 --> 00:47:51,755
And every time I see that scene,

700
00:47:51,756 --> 00:47:56,235
it makes me cry because it
reminds me of my own parents

701
00:47:56,236 --> 00:47:58,436
and how they felt for each other.

702
00:48:02,086 --> 00:48:05,246
If I never said I was
grateful to you...

703
00:48:06,597 --> 00:48:08,446
...I say it now.

704
00:48:09,727 --> 00:48:14,727
If I never said I was proud
of the home that you kept...

705
00:48:15,756 --> 00:48:17,607
...I say it now.

706
00:48:21,477 --> 00:48:25,645
If I didn't tell you that you
were beautiful

707
00:48:25,646 --> 00:48:29,195
when your face grew lined...

708
00:48:29,196 --> 00:48:33,375
when you didn't have a new blouse
from one summer's end to the next,

709
00:48:33,376 --> 00:48:35,876
I say it now.

710
00:48:36,986 --> 00:48:39,852
And if I didn't tell you that
I loved you...

711
00:48:42,286 --> 00:48:44,016
...I say it now.

712
00:48:52,646 --> 00:48:55,565
Missing you,

713
00:48:55,566 --> 00:48:57,456
I will talk about tomorrow.

714
00:49:12,166 --> 00:49:16,365
Even though our stories took place
perhaps 70,

715
00:49:16,366 --> 00:49:18,195
60, 70 years ago,

716
00:49:18,196 --> 00:49:20,266
they're still true today.

717
00:49:28,566 --> 00:49:33,115
Because it's honest and because
it deals with periods of time,

718
00:49:33,116 --> 00:49:35,385
very particular periods of time,

719
00:49:35,386 --> 00:49:39,505
one's able to see the effect
of the changes in society.

720
00:49:51,946 --> 00:49:55,505
My own sense is that people in a way
don't change that much

721
00:49:55,506 --> 00:49:59,015
emotionally, but our lives are run
by what happens around us,

722
00:49:59,016 --> 00:50:01,015
which we felt very much with Covid.

723
00:50:01,016 --> 00:50:05,395
I mean, we've all had to adapt to
a very different way of life

724
00:50:05,396 --> 00:50:09,885
and I think it's a wonderful
opportunity doing this

725
00:50:09,886 --> 00:50:12,895
to address all of those things, all
of those problems, the frailties,

726
00:50:12,896 --> 00:50:16,805
the vulnerability, the humour,
the resilience of people.

727
00:50:16,806 --> 00:50:19,607
This way, Doctor.
He's just round here.

728
00:50:21,806 --> 00:50:24,385
We need an ambulance right away.

729
00:50:24,386 --> 00:50:26,195
And bring something
to keep him warm.

730
00:50:26,196 --> 00:50:28,395
Every year, when I start to plan my
stories,

731
00:50:28,396 --> 00:50:30,155
I go into medical archives.

732
00:50:30,156 --> 00:50:32,586
One of the things
I find very interesting is

733
00:50:32,587 --> 00:50:35,895
when I started writing Call The
Midwife, we would have TB stories,

734
00:50:35,896 --> 00:50:37,935
we would have polio stories.

735
00:50:37,936 --> 00:50:41,505
Now I can't tell polio stories
and I can't tell TB stories,

736
00:50:41,506 --> 00:50:45,385
because they did not exist at that
time, they were being stamped out.

737
00:50:45,386 --> 00:50:46,676
Timer's on!

738
00:50:56,076 --> 00:50:57,515
The Christmas special

739
00:50:57,516 --> 00:51:02,745
is, as always with Heidi,
she creates a really

740
00:51:02,746 --> 00:51:05,667
exciting and different story.

741
00:51:05,668 --> 00:51:09,117
And it's also very measured in terms
of bringing in all

742
00:51:09,118 --> 00:51:11,378
of the characters because in a way,
it's an introduction

743
00:51:11,379 --> 00:51:13,937
each year to the series, so that you

744
00:51:13,938 --> 00:51:15,417
remember where everybody is

745
00:51:15,418 --> 00:51:18,318
and what they're about
and what they're doing.

746
00:51:28,588 --> 00:51:30,337
So we are in the Turners' house

747
00:51:30,338 --> 00:51:33,997
and it's our most contemporary set.

748
00:51:33,998 --> 00:51:36,588
Very '60s,
the kitchen and furniture.

749
00:51:38,748 --> 00:51:41,467
We're celebrating Christmas
here at the moment and the important

750
00:51:41,468 --> 00:51:45,937
thing about Christmas is
the decorations the children do.

751
00:51:45,938 --> 00:51:48,917
Last year they made
Father Christmases,

752
00:51:48,918 --> 00:51:53,187
so they will recognise
things that they did last year,

753
00:51:53,188 --> 00:51:55,677
which I think gives the charm

754
00:51:55,678 --> 00:51:58,409
and the reality
to their Christmas tree.

755
00:52:02,685 --> 00:52:04,365
Happy Christmas, Nurse.

756
00:52:04,366 --> 00:52:06,845
Liqueur chocolates! How decadent!

757
00:52:08,665 --> 00:52:10,495
And a urine sample.

758
00:52:11,586 --> 00:52:15,676
Sister Monica Joan has arranged
the figurines in what she calls,

759
00:52:15,677 --> 00:52:18,676
"conversational groupings".

760
00:52:18,677 --> 00:52:20,637
What, in the name of goodness,

761
00:52:20,638 --> 00:52:24,087
is the Angel Gabriel going to
say to the ass?!

762
00:52:26,727 --> 00:52:30,876
'62 going into '63,
there's something that obviously

763
00:52:30,877 --> 00:52:32,756
presented itself to us
straight away

764
00:52:32,757 --> 00:52:35,476
and that was something
known as the Big Freeze.

765
00:52:35,477 --> 00:52:36,666
Ooh!

766
00:52:36,667 --> 00:52:40,446
Fred! A long time since we've seen
anything like this!

767
00:52:40,447 --> 00:52:43,596
Morning, Nurse Crane,
or should I say, er,

768
00:52:43,597 --> 00:52:45,517
baby, it's cold outside.

769
00:52:45,518 --> 00:52:48,476
It was quite astonishing with
icicles hanging off the roof

770
00:52:48,477 --> 00:52:50,746
and it affected a lot of things,
people's travel,

771
00:52:50,747 --> 00:52:52,726
the milk floats didn't arrive,

772
00:52:52,727 --> 00:52:54,846
people aren't getting heat at home.

773
00:52:54,847 --> 00:52:57,919
That'll teach you to snub
complimentary thermals.

774
00:52:59,337 --> 00:53:02,155
Babies being born again
without electricity -

775
00:53:02,156 --> 00:53:04,426
all the problems that that brings.

776
00:53:20,766 --> 00:53:23,045
Put that in with him.

777
00:53:23,046 --> 00:53:27,966
Don't seem right,
sending a bubby out into the cold.

778
00:54:03,886 --> 00:54:07,725
Help! Help! Quickly!

779
00:54:07,726 --> 00:54:11,515
He's alive! I thought
he was stillborn!

780
00:54:11,516 --> 00:54:14,915
We, as ever, at Christmas,
tell stories which are

781
00:54:14,916 --> 00:54:17,005
quite emotional
and challenging at times,

782
00:54:17,006 --> 00:54:19,486
but resolve in an incredibly

783
00:54:19,487 --> 00:54:22,046
joyful, positive, loving way.

784
00:54:24,796 --> 00:54:28,435
I can't allow that on the premises
until it's passed a fire test.

785
00:54:28,436 --> 00:54:31,366
Aluminium trees are
highly inflammable.

786
00:54:31,367 --> 00:54:34,366
Good donkey. No, you're not going
to go.

787
00:54:34,367 --> 00:54:36,646
Please.

788
00:54:38,326 --> 00:54:40,716
Look at you!

789
00:54:57,556 --> 00:54:59,606
Absent friends!

790
00:54:59,607 --> 00:55:01,236
Merry Christmas, everybody!

791
00:55:01,237 --> 00:55:03,795
The first time that we sang with

792
00:55:03,796 --> 00:55:09,185
the choir, and it was at night
and they came into the chapel,

793
00:55:09,186 --> 00:55:11,195
it wasn't their first scene

794
00:55:11,196 --> 00:55:14,356
but it was the first time we'd all
been there and it was sublime.

795
00:55:14,357 --> 00:55:17,635
We sang Hark The Herald Angels Sing

796
00:55:17,636 --> 00:55:22,125
and it was very, very uplifting.
Wonderful!

797
00:55:22,126 --> 00:55:29,045
♪ Glory to the newborn king. ♪

798
00:55:29,046 --> 00:55:30,966
Hallelujah!

799
00:55:33,716 --> 00:55:37,005
Characters are sometimes
severely tested,

800
00:55:37,006 --> 00:55:41,335
but there are moments too,
of sheer joy and abandon.

801
00:55:41,336 --> 00:55:42,486
The love and energy

802
00:55:42,487 --> 00:55:46,327
of these scenes are vital to the
success of Call The Midwife.

803
00:55:53,686 --> 00:55:55,776
Open for business.

804
00:56:55,006 --> 00:56:57,166
Did you do all of this for me?

805
00:56:59,766 --> 00:57:01,926
I do everything for you...

806
00:57:03,316 --> 00:57:05,656
...always.

807
00:57:16,406 --> 00:57:17,755
We would like to thank all of

808
00:57:17,756 --> 00:57:21,925
the actors and the thousands of crew
members who have helped us

809
00:57:21,926 --> 00:57:25,075
and supported us
over the last ten years.

810
00:57:25,076 --> 00:57:29,085
But most of all, we would like to
thank you, our audience,

811
00:57:29,086 --> 00:57:31,236
but hopefully,
we will see you very soon.

812
00:57:31,237 --> 00:57:35,295
Thank you so much for watching over
ten years and if you're new to the

813
00:57:35,296 --> 00:57:39,005
show, you've got loads of episodes
to watch, so get watching!

814
00:57:39,006 --> 00:57:41,935
Thank you for watching
but thank you for supporting us,

815
00:57:41,936 --> 00:57:45,725
because there's no way a show could
do that for ten seasons

816
00:57:45,726 --> 00:57:47,496
without that really loyal fan base.

817
00:57:47,497 --> 00:57:52,366
We love all fans of Call The Midwife
but there's an extra special

818
00:57:52,367 --> 00:57:55,725
thank you to fans who've been
with us from the beginning.

819
00:57:55,726 --> 00:57:58,165
That is why we're still here.

820
00:57:58,166 --> 00:58:00,515
It's very, very special, this show.

821
00:58:00,516 --> 00:58:02,565
It's not like any other job
I've ever done.

822
00:58:02,566 --> 00:58:05,845
We're sincere, we believe
it's something beautiful,

823
00:58:05,846 --> 00:58:07,965
that it's about life
and love and death

824
00:58:07,966 --> 00:58:10,045
and all those important things

825
00:58:10,046 --> 00:58:12,605
and we absolutely mean it.

826
00:58:12,606 --> 00:58:15,655
As long as you still want to
watch us, we will still

827
00:58:15,656 --> 00:58:18,525
try giving you the best we can,
that's all we can say.

828
00:58:18,526 --> 00:58:20,135
And thank you for watching.

829
00:58:20,136 --> 00:58:23,295
Stay with us. We've more to do!

830
00:58:55,766 --> 00:58:58,766
We are the sisters
of St Raymond Nonnatus,