1 00:00:27,820 --> 00:00:34,760 Once upon a time, the season that is new today was old and closed and packed 2 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:38,500 away. Advent had erupted into Christmas. 3 00:00:38,940 --> 00:00:45,620 Darkness retreated in the face of light, and the wheel of the year kept turning. 4 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:53,500 But once again we gather as the sky grows cold, and leaves have 5 00:00:53,500 --> 00:00:55,860 tumbled, the fresh snow falls. 6 00:00:57,450 --> 00:01:00,650 Pages turn as new doors open. 7 00:01:01,610 --> 00:01:04,330 Time and time and time again. 8 00:01:05,050 --> 00:01:07,210 Merry Christmas, Fred. Merry Christmas. 9 00:01:10,310 --> 00:01:15,630 Medical supplies packed and labelled and ready for hand delivery to the branch 10 00:01:15,630 --> 00:01:17,230 house. A biscuits clinic? 11 00:01:17,630 --> 00:01:19,650 You think you should write on it in Chinese? 12 00:01:20,070 --> 00:01:21,870 Hong Kong is a British colony. 13 00:01:22,210 --> 00:01:25,290 I'm quite sure everyone is competent in our mother tongue. 14 00:01:26,540 --> 00:01:29,240 I detect a want of enthusiasm in your visit. 15 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:36,560 When adventure beckons, you should embrace the call. This trip is a 16 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:41,480 opportunity for Violet to see her son. And the sisters at the clinic will be so 17 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:42,880 grateful for these supplies. 18 00:01:43,320 --> 00:01:46,760 I'll just be glad of a chance to run an errand, if I'm honest with you, Sister 19 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:50,660 Julian. There's talk of cocktail parties. 20 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:22,900 The lines represent the edges of the lorry. 21 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:26,160 You too, Teddy. 22 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:29,320 We don't want you falling off the float and getting run over. 23 00:02:29,820 --> 00:02:33,100 Do you think they're going to need bigger roles for their mouths, Mrs 24 00:02:33,780 --> 00:02:36,080 I'm worried that they're going to be deprived of oxygen. 25 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:41,740 Oh, please, please, don't anyone stop singing on my account. 26 00:02:42,220 --> 00:02:44,460 Hello, Diane. 27 00:02:52,430 --> 00:02:58,670 Oh, now, Pack, what do we say when a very important lady like Mrs Buckle, our 28 00:02:58,670 --> 00:03:01,170 mayor, is kind enough to come and visit us? 29 00:03:01,630 --> 00:03:04,870 Good evening, Mrs Buckle. 30 00:03:05,390 --> 00:03:09,230 Thank you, Pack. Now, off you pop and work on your knots. 31 00:03:09,610 --> 00:03:11,310 It's all set out on the table. 32 00:03:11,710 --> 00:03:14,270 One piece of cord between two. 33 00:03:15,790 --> 00:03:19,290 I've bought a dozen pairs of brown tights for the reindeer. 34 00:03:19,650 --> 00:03:22,090 I managed to get them on a special order. 35 00:03:22,430 --> 00:03:26,670 You'll not get lads of this age to wear tights, Mrs. Buckle. Well, you'll have 36 00:03:26,670 --> 00:03:31,330 to tell them that it's in a good course. I mean, the whole Christmas carnival is 37 00:03:31,330 --> 00:03:32,330 in a good course. 38 00:03:32,670 --> 00:03:39,010 Um, elastic, black felt squares, um, sleigh bells, 39 00:03:39,290 --> 00:03:41,670 and WD -40. 40 00:03:42,070 --> 00:03:44,350 What's that for, to oil the sled runners? 41 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:48,380 Fred needs to do the paper shop bell before we leave. 42 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:50,140 Mrs. Buckle, go. 43 00:03:50,940 --> 00:03:52,440 Go to Hong Kong. 44 00:03:52,820 --> 00:03:55,700 And do not give the Christmas carnival the second thought. 45 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:02,840 Mrs. 46 00:04:07,500 --> 00:04:09,360 Buckle! I'm sorry. 47 00:04:09,940 --> 00:04:14,000 I'm sorry, Mrs. Turner. I'm not quite sure which way is up this evening. 48 00:04:14,750 --> 00:04:18,410 I wondered if you could take a tiny parcel to Hong Kong for me. 49 00:04:18,910 --> 00:04:22,010 It's a letter and some photographs for May's mother. 50 00:04:23,350 --> 00:04:25,550 We haven't heard from her for over a year. 51 00:04:26,090 --> 00:04:29,910 But the sisters say they still see her from time to time with her little boy. 52 00:04:30,130 --> 00:04:35,830 Of course I'll take it. It must all be such a worry. I used to fret about my 53 00:04:35,830 --> 00:04:40,090 Derek when he was in the Navy, but now he's in the Hong Kong police. 54 00:04:41,010 --> 00:04:42,570 They have to wear guns. 55 00:04:42,850 --> 00:04:43,850 It was terrible. 56 00:04:44,910 --> 00:04:50,030 It makes me know you'll be back by Christmas with wonderful memories. 57 00:04:50,570 --> 00:04:55,290 And we've got Reggie coming home. I'm already hoping that it will be nothing 58 00:04:55,290 --> 00:04:56,290 him. 59 00:04:58,250 --> 00:05:03,150 Whoever guesses the mystery ingredient in this year's chutney gets to eat the 60 00:05:03,150 --> 00:05:04,490 first mince pie and make a wish. 61 00:05:04,830 --> 00:05:08,230 I'm getting definite top notes of tamarind. 62 00:05:09,290 --> 00:05:13,110 Have you been on another cooking course? No, Matthew took her to Antigua for 63 00:05:13,110 --> 00:05:14,110 their wedding anniversary. 64 00:05:14,940 --> 00:05:15,940 It's mango. 65 00:05:20,300 --> 00:05:22,740 It's good to hear you're moving back to London, love. 66 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:25,360 Matthew has to stay in New York until autumn. 67 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:28,540 And John's starting pre -prep at Easter. 68 00:05:29,140 --> 00:05:30,780 I need to get him home and settled. 69 00:05:31,900 --> 00:05:36,100 Sister Julianne, I will be free for midwifery duty should you be short 70 00:05:36,300 --> 00:05:40,760 We very seldom are at present. Things have been remarkably quiet. 71 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:45,400 I have offered her a receptionist role at my new osteopathy practice on Harley 72 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:46,760 Street, but no dice, apparently. 73 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:48,540 You're only there four hours a week. 74 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:53,380 Nevertheless, his couch sees a constant parade of celebrities, by all accounts. 75 00:05:54,300 --> 00:05:58,000 Celebrities? Coming to with their crooked necks. I hope you're going to 76 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,720 names. Professional discretion is my watchword. 77 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:02,480 Have a mince pie. 78 00:06:13,930 --> 00:06:18,050 The party was running late and I didn't want to disappoint the kiddies. Get in 79 00:06:18,050 --> 00:06:18,669 the cab. 80 00:06:18,670 --> 00:06:20,710 You can change out if you've got costume on the way. 81 00:06:59,670 --> 00:07:03,090 Please, let me knock my hanky and put it on my head vibe. 82 00:07:03,430 --> 00:07:08,850 No, we'll get you a nice, smart Panama hat as soon as we've left these parcels 83 00:07:08,850 --> 00:07:09,850 with the sisters. 84 00:07:11,130 --> 00:07:14,990 We're looking for a sign that says Hibiscus Street. 85 00:07:15,590 --> 00:07:19,790 Derek says it should be written in Chinese as well as English. 86 00:07:32,140 --> 00:07:33,180 There it is. 87 00:07:38,580 --> 00:07:39,140 Stay 88 00:07:39,140 --> 00:07:50,720 back, 89 00:07:50,860 --> 00:07:53,720 please. The building is collapsed. Please stay back. 90 00:08:16,490 --> 00:08:17,490 There must be fatalities. 91 00:08:23,370 --> 00:08:29,270 I'm sorry to intercept you, sister, but Mrs. Buckle has just telephoned from 92 00:08:29,270 --> 00:08:30,270 Hong Kong. 93 00:08:30,450 --> 00:08:32,130 It's about the branch house. 94 00:08:34,850 --> 00:08:37,690 How in a sudden an entire building just collapsed? 95 00:08:38,030 --> 00:08:39,890 I've never heard of anything so colonial. 96 00:08:40,169 --> 00:08:43,409 There were rumours that the ground in that area was unstable. 97 00:08:43,950 --> 00:08:45,190 But whatever the cause... 98 00:08:46,380 --> 00:08:48,180 consequences that are truly shocking. 99 00:08:48,560 --> 00:08:53,180 Sister Alice and Sister David were both killed, along with the doctor who worked 100 00:08:53,180 --> 00:08:56,920 with them. Some of the children in the nursery did not survive. 101 00:08:57,220 --> 00:09:02,800 Meanwhile, the maternity ward has been destroyed, the sisters are homeless, and 102 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:05,900 the people who depend upon them are scattered across Kowloon. 103 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:10,300 Once they have overcome this, they will need somewhere to live and carry on 104 00:09:10,300 --> 00:09:12,840 their work. Now, they need a doctor. 105 00:09:13,100 --> 00:09:14,220 They need nurses. 106 00:09:14,860 --> 00:09:15,920 And they need midwives. 107 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:18,960 In short, sister, they need us. 108 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:27,200 I keep thinking we should be making Christmas trees for the carnival, not 109 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:31,060 trees. The theme of the float is a Caribbean Christmas. 110 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:35,600 There's going to be a steel band playing carols and a gospel choir. 111 00:09:36,180 --> 00:09:42,540 I need the palm trees. 112 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:43,800 Mm -hm. 113 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:46,780 I'm starting to think we should be making jacarandas. 114 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:51,440 So, what's this letter you want to talk to me about? 115 00:09:54,100 --> 00:09:58,000 If ten days on the ground in Hong Kong means that we can get them through this 116 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,280 crisis, I am more than happy to put a locum in the surgery. 117 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:03,660 And, Sister Veronica, you must go. 118 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:07,640 You were three years at that branch house. You're the only one with even a 119 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:11,780 glancing knowledge of the way things work out there. I will go wherever I'm 120 00:10:11,780 --> 00:10:13,700 told. I will do whatever I'm told. 121 00:10:14,300 --> 00:10:20,040 Very well. Dr. Turner will go, as will Nurse Crane, Miss Veronica, and myself. 122 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:27,480 So this man, this Mr. Fisher, who writes with an educated hand from an address 123 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:32,120 in Belgravia, wants to rent this flat with immediate effect. 124 00:10:32,420 --> 00:10:38,020 For a period of time that he is unable to specify for an amount that we are 125 00:10:38,020 --> 00:10:38,979 to name. 126 00:10:38,980 --> 00:10:42,560 Well, call me ruthless if you want to, but, Pastor Robinson... 127 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:46,600 What I make of it is money for the church. 128 00:10:46,940 --> 00:10:49,360 Running a church is always going to cost somebody something. 129 00:10:49,860 --> 00:10:52,260 I'll find somewhere else to lay my head for all you go to. 130 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:57,180 The truth is, I'm more worried about me missing you over there than I am about 131 00:10:57,180 --> 00:10:58,480 me being missed over here. 132 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:02,240 You were vital to everything when we were in South Africa. 133 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:04,380 And I came home with Teddy on the way. 134 00:11:05,700 --> 00:11:10,760 Look, Timothy is quite old enough to hold the fort if you came to Hong Kong. 135 00:11:12,250 --> 00:11:14,050 He's home on study leave for a month. 136 00:11:14,510 --> 00:11:16,250 Patrick, I'm needed here. 137 00:11:20,370 --> 00:11:22,030 The last box, Miss Higgins. 138 00:11:24,870 --> 00:11:25,870 Dr. 139 00:11:26,310 --> 00:11:29,250 Elise Watkiss is our first choice for locum cover. 140 00:11:29,470 --> 00:11:33,610 She's young but has excellent GP experience. I will attend to the 141 00:11:33,610 --> 00:11:34,610 paperwork. 142 00:11:34,870 --> 00:11:38,830 Timothy, you might call the pharmacy regarding the export performance whilst 143 00:11:38,830 --> 00:11:39,549 do this. 144 00:11:39,550 --> 00:11:40,550 Yes, Miss Higgins. 145 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:43,820 The posters have turned out an absolute treat. 146 00:11:44,060 --> 00:11:47,680 I found a photo that must have been taken years ago, and you'll never guess 147 00:11:47,680 --> 00:11:51,700 what. You can see it clear as day now it's blown up like a wave. 148 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:54,720 Well, look. 149 00:11:54,980 --> 00:11:57,760 Oh, it's me as a baby. 150 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:03,500 Before we even knew her, I would recognize her anywhere. 151 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:05,880 Come on, ladies. 152 00:12:06,140 --> 00:12:07,420 Dig as deep as you can. 153 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:08,740 Merry Christmas. 154 00:12:09,260 --> 00:12:10,260 Thank you very much. 155 00:12:10,970 --> 00:12:11,990 Every penny counts. 156 00:12:12,210 --> 00:12:13,210 Don't be sad. 157 00:12:21,110 --> 00:12:22,790 Some of these clothes are ours, Mum. 158 00:12:23,050 --> 00:12:27,490 I went up into the loft and there were bags full of woolly that went back 159 00:12:29,130 --> 00:12:30,130 This was mine. 160 00:12:30,350 --> 00:12:31,570 I remember this. 161 00:12:32,010 --> 00:12:34,390 You had it when you first arrived from China. 162 00:12:37,470 --> 00:12:39,270 Would you rather we didn't send it all? 163 00:12:40,099 --> 00:12:43,260 The radio reporter says, ready when you are. 164 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:48,820 Ten -year -old May Turner has a special reason for helping with the appeal 165 00:12:48,820 --> 00:12:51,080 today. Can you tell the listeners what it is, May? 166 00:12:52,580 --> 00:12:53,880 I was born there. 167 00:12:55,400 --> 00:13:00,720 A photograph of May, aged 12 months and held safely in the arms of an anarchist 168 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:03,220 nun, features on posters for the rescue mission. 169 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:05,860 As an anarchist, this is a popular head east to help. 170 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:08,600 Do you have a message for people listening, May? 171 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:15,300 Please give all you can. 172 00:13:18,580 --> 00:13:25,140 Because... some of the children there have nothing. 173 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:35,100 Sister Hilda will be joining the nanar party at Heathrow. At least that's only 174 00:13:35,100 --> 00:13:36,900 one plane we have to meet, Fred. 175 00:13:37,780 --> 00:13:41,180 Derek, you're eating the lime marmalade. 176 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:42,840 I'm not going to lie to you. 177 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:45,700 I've laid awake at night dreaming of this stuff. 178 00:13:46,020 --> 00:13:49,080 Thanks for bringing it. And the mustard. Proper taste of home. 179 00:13:49,340 --> 00:13:52,000 It's even got English written on the tin. 180 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:56,600 Fred and I were wondering about popping over to Kowloon to see if there's 181 00:13:56,600 --> 00:14:00,460 anything we can take for poor sisters. Mum, Kowloon isn't the East End. 182 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:03,840 Nobody pops over there. And not to that bit of it, anyway. 183 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:06,720 Hibiscus juice is about as dodgy as it gets. 184 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:12,480 Drugs? Prostitution, smuggling. Makes you wonder why the sisters are so keen 185 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:13,419 stay there. 186 00:14:13,420 --> 00:14:17,200 Well, it's famous popular, isn't it? Bad things happen, good people sort it out. 187 00:14:17,300 --> 00:14:19,380 Best people in the world couldn't sort triad out. 188 00:14:19,580 --> 00:14:21,300 What is triad, Derek? 189 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:22,920 Organised crime. 190 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:25,500 It's invisible and it's everywhere. 191 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:31,380 Got used to him not being here because he's at medical school. 192 00:14:32,140 --> 00:14:35,380 What I can't get used to is him not being here because he's in the pub. 193 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:39,020 Mum and Dad. 194 00:14:41,100 --> 00:14:43,660 You should be in bed, Tilly Mint. 195 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:46,180 We've been talking. It's very late. 196 00:14:46,660 --> 00:14:47,720 We've all been talking. 197 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:50,540 And we all want you to go to Hong Kong, Mum. 198 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:52,480 Do you? 199 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:53,760 Yes. 200 00:14:54,060 --> 00:14:56,000 And I want you to take this. 201 00:15:06,380 --> 00:15:10,780 And that was confirmation that you can refer any health visitor business over 202 00:15:10,780 --> 00:15:12,420 Miss Haynes at the Stepney Clinic. 203 00:15:12,660 --> 00:15:17,740 If I say so myself, the plan is impregnable. You, meanwhile, are the 204 00:15:17,740 --> 00:15:20,580 trust with my Rolodex. I will guard it with my life. 205 00:15:20,860 --> 00:15:26,060 And Nurse Elwood considers herself on call at any time should you require her 206 00:15:26,060 --> 00:15:27,340 support with any administration. 207 00:15:27,900 --> 00:15:29,620 I'm also available for midwifery duty. 208 00:15:29,820 --> 00:15:31,520 You only have to pick up the phone. Thank you. 209 00:15:31,740 --> 00:15:33,720 It's most unlikely that it will come to that. 210 00:15:39,180 --> 00:15:40,320 This is a mercy mission. 211 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:43,560 It's also a mercy dash, and we'll be home soon. 212 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:49,920 By the time we all gather here again, we will have left our friends in Hong Kong 213 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:56,080 in a place of hope and of comfort and of joy. 214 00:15:57,340 --> 00:16:01,440 Thank you, all of you, for helping us to help them. 215 00:16:21,580 --> 00:16:28,440 I am reminded of Spitfire streaming overhead, disguised in fights, 216 00:16:28,860 --> 00:16:32,020 half -known but undetermined. 217 00:16:34,460 --> 00:16:36,100 They'll all be home by Christmas. 218 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:41,180 That was our motto in a different war. 219 00:16:51,050 --> 00:16:53,690 I still don't like the idea of you living in a bedsit. 220 00:16:53,930 --> 00:16:55,470 Like you've just come off the boat. 221 00:16:56,630 --> 00:16:58,670 It's a better bedsit than I had in those days. 222 00:16:58,930 --> 00:17:01,270 It's got fitted carpets and hot water. 223 00:17:27,819 --> 00:17:32,840 You, I take it, are Pastor T .A. Robinson of the Shining Tabernacle 224 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:35,020 God? And you must be Mr. Fisher. 225 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:37,640 Please, come in. 226 00:17:41,700 --> 00:17:45,480 We got rid of the electric meter to stop the lights going out when people were 227 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:46,480 testifying. 228 00:17:46,740 --> 00:17:48,560 And this is the bedroom. 229 00:17:59,690 --> 00:18:03,570 We put up thick curtains so the trains won't bother you in the night. 230 00:18:05,270 --> 00:18:08,050 Oh, the trains won't bother me at any time of day. 231 00:18:46,250 --> 00:18:49,010 I thought you'd be saying lords in your room, Sister Monica Jones. 232 00:18:52,590 --> 00:18:56,310 In Hong Kong, they will be saying the afternoon office. 233 00:18:57,870 --> 00:19:03,850 And the sum does not vary, no matter from which corner of the globe we offer 234 00:19:03,850 --> 00:19:04,850 our praise. 235 00:19:05,530 --> 00:19:08,650 I shall raise my voice with yours. 236 00:19:10,510 --> 00:19:11,510 And... 237 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:12,200 The big news, Dr Turner, you just have to keep your nerve. 238 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:17,460 I haven't lost my nerve, Fred. I have lost sight of the van containing all of 239 00:20:17,460 --> 00:20:19,280 the medical supplies and the donations. 240 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:24,240 I told the driver at the airport I said they were to follow immediately behind 241 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:26,200 us. I wonder what you were saying. 242 00:20:26,420 --> 00:20:31,180 You sounded commendably forceful. We just have to hope you said what you 243 00:20:31,180 --> 00:20:32,139 you said. 244 00:20:32,140 --> 00:20:37,500 If we have any problems whatsoever, my Derek has told me which police station 245 00:20:37,500 --> 00:20:39,240 go to and to use his name. 246 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:51,680 That's one of our sisters. 247 00:20:57,840 --> 00:20:58,840 It's Teresa! 248 00:21:03,980 --> 00:21:07,360 I greet you in the Lord Jesus Christ's name. 249 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:08,640 We greet you likewise. 250 00:21:12,540 --> 00:21:18,380 There is much to be considered. 251 00:21:22,380 --> 00:21:24,980 Seventy. I have them upstairs. 252 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:28,080 Sick nuns, sick children. 253 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:30,080 And we could not be more grateful. 254 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:31,320 Thank you. 255 00:21:31,620 --> 00:21:33,140 Let's see that time come to me. 256 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:37,160 Thank you. I know. Thank you. Not important. 257 00:21:37,500 --> 00:21:41,940 Trouble. I know also. You have trouble. Come. 258 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:43,040 They 259 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:54,920 can't 260 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:55,920 all be living here. 261 00:22:00,120 --> 00:22:01,160 On what? 262 00:22:01,580 --> 00:22:02,880 I can hear the child crying. 263 00:22:22,060 --> 00:22:26,620 I believe Sister Simon will need to go to hospital and have her wrist reset 264 00:22:26,620 --> 00:22:27,680 under anaesthetic. 265 00:22:28,020 --> 00:22:29,100 And I suspect... 266 00:22:29,610 --> 00:22:31,830 Mr. Prudence has a broken collarbone. 267 00:22:32,570 --> 00:22:35,870 We're going to have to stand them all down and send them for hospital 268 00:22:39,190 --> 00:22:41,170 When did the diarrhea start? 269 00:22:41,390 --> 00:22:47,770 Before the cough or after? Doctor, I know what ails me. I have tuberculosis. 270 00:22:48,430 --> 00:22:51,670 Are you sure? Would you simply fear it? 271 00:22:52,510 --> 00:22:54,890 Milliary tuberculosis. The worst kind. 272 00:22:55,820 --> 00:22:57,540 The tuberculosis is very contagious. 273 00:22:57,860 --> 00:23:00,740 It has spread from my lungs throughout my body. 274 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:04,240 I have little time left to live. 275 00:23:04,580 --> 00:23:05,580 When were you diagnosed? 276 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:08,600 The day the clinic collapsed. 277 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:11,300 I was told by our doctor, Dr. 278 00:23:11,500 --> 00:23:12,500 Lee. 279 00:23:12,700 --> 00:23:19,080 I took myself out for a walk while she arranged for me to go to a sanatorium. 280 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:23,480 And when I returned, there was no clinic. 281 00:23:26,060 --> 00:23:27,060 And no doctor. 282 00:23:29,540 --> 00:23:31,560 No bed in the sedatorium. 283 00:23:32,100 --> 00:23:35,540 And no choice but to carry on handling the children. 284 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:43,960 Your 285 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:50,360 kindness. 286 00:23:50,860 --> 00:23:52,700 Just doing my job, love. 287 00:23:55,150 --> 00:23:58,390 At least the mainstream of a pre -eclampsia is bed rest. 288 00:23:58,870 --> 00:24:00,810 Both these ladies have had that. 289 00:24:01,530 --> 00:24:03,130 Rudimentary though the beds may be. 290 00:24:03,570 --> 00:24:08,570 Once we've unpacked, I'll ask them to oblige me with some samples and get the 291 00:24:08,570 --> 00:24:09,570 dipsticks out. 292 00:24:12,150 --> 00:24:13,270 This is infected. 293 00:24:13,470 --> 00:24:15,390 I don't think it's been properly cleaned. 294 00:24:15,790 --> 00:24:19,970 Is it any wonder? With them all huddled up here without even the barest 295 00:24:19,970 --> 00:24:23,030 essentials. Not to mention ignoring their own injuries. 296 00:24:24,110 --> 00:24:29,710 If you ask me, the sisters worked miracles enough just keeping everyone 297 00:24:31,550 --> 00:24:33,130 And now it's our turn. 298 00:24:34,510 --> 00:24:36,770 This place reminds me of a cash and carry. 299 00:24:37,150 --> 00:24:43,390 There must be a gross of tin bamboo shoots in this box and enough soy sauce 300 00:24:43,390 --> 00:24:44,470 float about it. 301 00:24:44,790 --> 00:24:47,950 Do you reckon Mrs Marr would mind if we moved stuff about? 302 00:24:48,450 --> 00:24:50,250 We'll have to ask her, Fred. 303 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:55,880 I know she's a Christian convert and she has been very accommodating, but these 304 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:56,880 are her premises. 305 00:24:57,520 --> 00:25:02,200 I need the labelled crates and medical supplies, Fred. We have to run urgent TB 306 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:03,200 tests on everyone. 307 00:25:03,460 --> 00:25:04,460 Over here, Doc. 308 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:06,120 Excellent. Excellent. 309 00:25:08,740 --> 00:25:09,740 No. 310 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:12,520 No, no, no, no. 311 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:15,400 These have been forced open. 312 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:25,020 Is that the new Vista sanatorium? 313 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:30,560 I have a very sick lady who requires urgent admission. 314 00:25:32,360 --> 00:25:38,820 You have been charity itself, Mrs. Marr. You took the sisters in and gave them 315 00:25:38,820 --> 00:25:40,060 food and shelter. 316 00:25:40,340 --> 00:25:41,380 Only to your rescue. 317 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:44,360 You are rescue. Now you're all go. 318 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:46,880 But we have nowhere else to go. 319 00:25:47,420 --> 00:25:50,260 We will find a new clinic. We will... 320 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:53,100 Find a new convent. But we cannot do that today. 321 00:25:54,420 --> 00:25:57,340 It's not safe. Why is it not safe? 322 00:26:02,360 --> 00:26:03,360 You stay. 323 00:26:03,900 --> 00:26:04,900 Stay now. 324 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:06,000 But go through. 325 00:26:06,620 --> 00:26:08,380 And use that door, not run. 326 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:17,020 The night is home. 327 00:26:17,260 --> 00:26:18,260 Midwife speaking. 328 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:21,520 Can I bring my wife to the Masonic home, please? Of course, sir. 329 00:26:22,340 --> 00:26:23,540 What name is it? 330 00:26:24,580 --> 00:26:25,580 She says what name? 331 00:26:26,700 --> 00:26:27,840 Diane Mary Edgar! 332 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:30,720 Diane Mary Edgar. 333 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:36,680 I made myself a cup of coffee, Miss Higgins. 334 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:37,839 Do you want one? 335 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:41,440 Thank you. I generally keep myself in check until elevensies. 336 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:47,140 You're quite... coat should be hanging on the back of the door of the 337 00:26:47,140 --> 00:26:50,040 room. Would you like me to fetch it? It's fine. I don't need it yet. 338 00:26:50,620 --> 00:26:54,860 We've got bad coughs coming in at half past nine and ten past ten and at 339 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:56,440 all in the over -50 age group. 340 00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:59,300 Have these patients been referred to the East London Chest Clinic? 341 00:26:59,900 --> 00:27:02,980 I'm sure they have, if Dr Turner considers that appropriate. 342 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:04,400 Excellent. 343 00:27:05,220 --> 00:27:07,420 I'll have a quick rummage through her notes just to make sure. 344 00:27:07,740 --> 00:27:09,720 The files are through here, aren't they? They are indeed. 345 00:27:10,120 --> 00:27:12,820 No fluids in the filing room, if you'd be so kind. 346 00:27:25,580 --> 00:27:26,580 Perfect work. 347 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:28,560 You certainly know what you're doing. 348 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:31,680 Oh, I feel terrible about bringing those reindeer in. 349 00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:33,400 I'd have never gotten finished otherwise. 350 00:27:34,860 --> 00:27:35,860 Good morning. 351 00:27:35,940 --> 00:27:40,440 May I help you? My name's Queenie Forsyte. My daughter's in childbed. We 352 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:41,440 last night. 353 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:46,360 That's six massive pushes I've done now. 354 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:48,480 It's not budging, nurse. 355 00:27:50,120 --> 00:27:53,420 Let's get you back on the bed, and then I can examine you. 356 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:55,620 We'll soon have a better idea of your progress. 357 00:27:55,900 --> 00:27:57,960 I'm telling you now, there hasn't been any. 358 00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:01,180 This one's not playing the same game as my others. 359 00:28:06,220 --> 00:28:06,660 Oh, 360 00:28:06,660 --> 00:28:17,320 my. 361 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:19,280 Midway's calling. 362 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:24,190 Congratulations. It's like the first day of the film. here. 363 00:28:24,870 --> 00:28:27,490 Can we open one of those windows and let it a bit of air? 364 00:28:28,290 --> 00:28:30,650 How long have you been feeling that you need to push, child? 365 00:28:30,890 --> 00:28:31,890 I don't know. 366 00:28:32,730 --> 00:28:35,270 Every time they yell at me to push, I try. 367 00:28:35,730 --> 00:28:36,730 Five hours. 368 00:28:36,810 --> 00:28:38,370 Five hours she's been after. 369 00:28:39,750 --> 00:28:40,750 Okay, honey. 370 00:28:41,130 --> 00:28:44,190 Until we know what's what, you must not push. Do you hear me? 371 00:28:44,670 --> 00:28:46,350 You must not push. 372 00:28:46,930 --> 00:28:49,590 I am not a bossy woman, but I am being bossy now. 373 00:28:53,710 --> 00:28:55,410 How much did your other babies weigh, Diane? 374 00:28:55,690 --> 00:28:57,450 Seven pounds six and eight pound nine. 375 00:28:57,850 --> 00:28:59,650 Darren was like giving birth to a sofa. 376 00:29:00,070 --> 00:29:03,170 This one feels like a ruddy three -piece suite and a coffee table. 377 00:29:03,810 --> 00:29:06,750 I think baby might be on the bonny side. 378 00:29:07,330 --> 00:29:10,750 But I don't think he's read the book that tells him how to line up nicely for 379 00:29:10,750 --> 00:29:15,210 delivery. Doctor, could you pop across and speak to Dr. Watkins? 380 00:29:21,930 --> 00:29:23,970 A right occipitotransverse. 381 00:29:24,290 --> 00:29:25,570 And quite a big baby. 382 00:29:25,850 --> 00:29:31,110 But my dad, Dr. Turner, always attends in the event of any transverse position. 383 00:29:31,490 --> 00:29:33,250 Well, I'd better come through then. 384 00:29:34,990 --> 00:29:37,990 That poor girl started pushing long, long before she was ready. 385 00:29:38,310 --> 00:29:39,650 Has she damaged her cervix? 386 00:29:39,910 --> 00:29:43,930 It's not torn, but it's full swollen. I can actually see it at the entrance to 387 00:29:43,930 --> 00:29:44,930 her vagina. 388 00:29:44,990 --> 00:29:48,110 No baby's going to get through that unless we bring that swelling down. 389 00:29:49,730 --> 00:29:50,730 We need ice. 390 00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:53,820 I think I saw a refrigerator. 391 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:58,260 If we don't make this work, she'll need a caesarean section. 392 00:29:59,580 --> 00:30:00,840 Diane, don't cry. 393 00:30:01,820 --> 00:30:04,660 There are all sorts of things we can do to get things moving. 394 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:07,140 Would Dr. Turner try the bone tooth, do you think? 395 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:09,720 No. 396 00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:12,280 He always uses orthops in a transverse position. 397 00:30:15,100 --> 00:30:17,980 In which case, we'll continue with trial of labor. 398 00:30:21,710 --> 00:30:23,830 We'll transfer you to the cupboards if we get no joy. 399 00:30:29,570 --> 00:30:30,570 Timothy, 400 00:30:34,670 --> 00:30:35,670 this won't do. 401 00:30:37,150 --> 00:30:38,150 Nanauta's house. 402 00:30:38,190 --> 00:30:41,290 If you pursue midwives, they are all abroad. 403 00:30:41,650 --> 00:30:43,150 Or otherwise at large. 404 00:30:43,390 --> 00:30:44,390 There's nobody there at all. 405 00:30:45,590 --> 00:30:48,850 Nurse Clifford has a multi -parous woman in obstructed labour. 406 00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:51,540 And the locum doesn't know how to use forceps. 407 00:30:52,180 --> 00:30:55,280 Supply the details and I will provide the advice. 408 00:30:56,920 --> 00:31:01,100 You're going to be grateful to me in the long run, but I'm not going to lie to 409 00:31:01,100 --> 00:31:04,460 you and say this ice pack is the nicest thing you ever had to put underneath 410 00:31:04,460 --> 00:31:05,460 your covers. 411 00:31:08,020 --> 00:31:10,080 Are you allowed to have things like that? 412 00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:12,500 I don't get the chance very often. 413 00:31:19,060 --> 00:31:20,700 There's your right for being disrespectful. 414 00:31:25,180 --> 00:31:29,360 Diane, we need you head down and with your bottom in the air. 415 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:35,760 This position will stretch your pelvic ligaments and give the baby enough room 416 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:36,780 to adjust its head position. 417 00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:38,300 I hope you have that on good authority. 418 00:31:38,780 --> 00:31:40,980 The best authority you can possibly imagine. 419 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:45,420 Let her have a little nap. 420 00:31:46,540 --> 00:31:48,320 Is there anything else wrong with her? 421 00:31:48,810 --> 00:31:49,870 I don't think so. 422 00:31:50,170 --> 00:31:54,390 But, Queenie, women need skilled help when they're given birth. Especially 423 00:31:54,390 --> 00:31:55,329 it's their first. 424 00:31:55,330 --> 00:31:57,990 I took her to the doctor when she first knew that she'd fallen. 425 00:31:58,250 --> 00:31:59,990 We were up in the far north then. 426 00:32:00,410 --> 00:32:01,770 You should forget where you've been. 427 00:32:02,950 --> 00:32:04,610 I haven't decided where you're going. 428 00:32:06,230 --> 00:32:09,250 And besides, I went to the hospital with me last one. 429 00:32:10,130 --> 00:32:11,670 I wouldn't venture that again. 430 00:32:12,570 --> 00:32:13,570 I'll examine her. 431 00:32:13,930 --> 00:32:15,130 I hope it's worked. 432 00:32:18,220 --> 00:32:19,400 I just want to lie down. 433 00:32:19,900 --> 00:32:21,960 Baby has shifted position, Diane. 434 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:25,120 All we need to do now is make plays with gravity. 435 00:32:28,580 --> 00:32:29,840 I'm going to have to push. 436 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:31,240 That's all right, Diane. 437 00:32:31,660 --> 00:32:33,280 You give it everything you've got. 438 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:36,340 This is the bit where I'm glad I did the animal. 439 00:32:40,380 --> 00:32:46,260 I feared verbal instructions alone would not suffice. Verbal instruction has 440 00:32:46,260 --> 00:32:47,940 done more than you could imagine. possibly imagine. 441 00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:50,040 Baby's head is beginning to crown. 442 00:32:53,340 --> 00:32:58,520 The swelling has gone down, Marie, but I need you to do exactly as I say. Listen 443 00:32:58,520 --> 00:33:03,060 to Nurse Hyland. On the next one, I want you to turn on your chin and a slow, 444 00:33:03,220 --> 00:33:04,860 quiet, steady push. 445 00:33:06,540 --> 00:33:07,540 Slow. 446 00:33:08,140 --> 00:33:09,140 Slow. 447 00:33:09,380 --> 00:33:10,380 Quiet. 448 00:33:10,660 --> 00:33:11,660 Steady. 449 00:33:41,100 --> 00:33:42,200 Can you see, Mr. Monica Jones? 450 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:45,740 I can see every aspect of the miracle. 451 00:33:46,620 --> 00:33:47,920 You have a daughter. 452 00:33:54,780 --> 00:33:59,100 This stinging will end soon, Marie. Just breathe. 453 00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:00,720 Just breathe. 454 00:34:02,020 --> 00:34:03,220 And we have a head! 455 00:34:04,300 --> 00:34:05,300 Stand down, honey. 456 00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:09,440 We also have my cornea. 457 00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:46,739 You've a little boy, Marie. 458 00:34:48,580 --> 00:34:49,580 How are you? 459 00:34:50,100 --> 00:34:51,340 All will be well, Marie. 460 00:34:51,780 --> 00:34:53,340 I promise you, all will be well. 461 00:35:01,460 --> 00:35:05,820 He must be baptized. 462 00:35:06,340 --> 00:35:10,620 Now, there'll be a chaplain at the hospital, Queenie. This is his home, and 463 00:35:10,620 --> 00:35:12,820 is not leaving his mother's arms until he is baptized. 464 00:35:19,310 --> 00:35:24,590 Dr. Watkiss's curriculum vitae stated very clearly she is fully trained in 465 00:35:24,590 --> 00:35:29,590 obstetrics. She has now revealed that in almost five years of GP practice, she 466 00:35:29,590 --> 00:35:32,390 has only delivered two babies, neither with any complications. 467 00:35:32,910 --> 00:35:34,390 That's the way it is these days. 468 00:35:34,770 --> 00:35:38,990 We're all trained in obs and gynae, but the expectation is that almost every 469 00:35:38,990 --> 00:35:40,330 baby will be born in hospital. 470 00:35:40,650 --> 00:35:45,010 Dr. Watkiss wanted to continue trial of labor, but we couldn't countermand her 471 00:35:45,010 --> 00:35:46,010 because she's more senior. 472 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:49,740 And next time we may not have Sister Monica Jones to call on. 473 00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:55,260 Any wisdom I have was hard won in the days when there might have been no 474 00:35:55,260 --> 00:35:58,460 to send for. We were wise out of necessity. 475 00:35:59,880 --> 00:36:02,940 And you are skilled in your own right. 476 00:36:04,220 --> 00:36:07,680 Nevertheless, I will not permit this to happen again. 477 00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:09,940 I am sending for Nurse Elwood. 478 00:36:14,670 --> 00:36:20,610 Lord Jesus Christ, who took little children in your arms and blessed them, 479 00:36:20,610 --> 00:36:25,310 this infant, Luke Michael, in your matchless love today and always. 480 00:36:26,050 --> 00:36:31,630 Fill his mother and father with your peace and cherish him according to thy 481 00:36:31,630 --> 00:36:32,630 will. 482 00:36:33,870 --> 00:36:34,870 Amen. 483 00:36:47,310 --> 00:36:50,050 Mae's mother was a nanny for a British service family. 484 00:36:51,090 --> 00:36:54,150 Is it worth asking if the army have any record of her? 485 00:36:55,010 --> 00:36:57,870 She would have just been cheap, casual labour. 486 00:37:00,170 --> 00:37:02,970 After she lost her job, she must have been desperate. 487 00:37:04,930 --> 00:37:08,670 And where would desperation take you in a city of this size? 488 00:37:10,090 --> 00:37:11,650 We have to find out. 489 00:37:13,010 --> 00:37:15,850 Lester Tan gave us the greatest gift we've ever had. 490 00:37:17,100 --> 00:37:18,800 And we can't abandon her. 491 00:37:20,140 --> 00:37:21,720 No, we can't. 492 00:37:29,340 --> 00:37:30,340 Mr. Hilda. 493 00:37:31,540 --> 00:37:34,460 Are you lying awake for the same reason that I'm lying awake? 494 00:37:34,820 --> 00:37:35,820 I don't know. 495 00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:42,260 Well, I'm lying awake because we've flown halfway around the world on a 496 00:37:42,260 --> 00:37:45,680 mission. And if we get thrown out of this place by Mrs. Marr... 497 00:37:46,060 --> 00:37:48,280 We're going to be in as much need of rescue as anyone else. 498 00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:54,480 The injured and the sick sisters are leaving in the morning. 499 00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:59,180 Sister Edith to the sanatorium and the other sisters to the Roman Catholic 500 00:37:59,180 --> 00:38:04,640 Hospital. We have orphans to care for and expectant mothers, any one of whom 501 00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:05,640 could have caught TB. 502 00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:10,520 And out in the street, there are prostitutes and addicts who will look to 503 00:38:10,520 --> 00:38:13,660 help. I know there are, but we will pray. 504 00:38:14,890 --> 00:38:17,510 And we will wait to see what love can do. 505 00:39:22,220 --> 00:39:25,260 I'm sorry, Miss Higgins. I've been through all of these cases and there are 506 00:39:25,260 --> 00:39:27,600 least half a dozen who should be at St Cuthbert's and not here. 507 00:39:28,060 --> 00:39:31,300 Well, Mr Parry himself expressed satisfaction with our care. 508 00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:32,600 Good afternoon, ladies. 509 00:39:33,580 --> 00:39:34,980 Dr Watkiss, I presume. 510 00:39:35,780 --> 00:39:36,780 Nurse Elwood. 511 00:39:36,900 --> 00:39:38,260 Sister Elwood, as it happens. 512 00:39:38,620 --> 00:39:42,380 I've accepted a promotion during the absence of Dr Turner, under whom I've 513 00:39:42,380 --> 00:39:44,040 worked for 16 years ever since I qualified. 514 00:39:47,340 --> 00:39:48,640 So we have... 515 00:39:48,910 --> 00:39:54,050 Three mothers over 40, two gestational diabetes, and Maureen Santaro. I know 516 00:39:54,050 --> 00:39:57,410 already. She had her first set of twins with us. The second set isn't unheard 517 00:39:57,410 --> 00:40:00,830 of. I've never handled a multiple pregnancy, sister. Well, this will be 518 00:40:00,830 --> 00:40:01,830 first time. 519 00:40:02,230 --> 00:40:05,690 Dr. Watkiss and I will call out our cubicle once, send them all to us, and 520 00:40:05,690 --> 00:40:06,690 see how we do. 521 00:40:15,130 --> 00:40:16,130 Hello? 522 00:40:19,530 --> 00:40:20,710 Have you brought Marie? 523 00:40:21,190 --> 00:40:23,090 She's still above in the hospital with the baby. 524 00:40:23,370 --> 00:40:24,910 He's after taking the antibiotics. 525 00:40:25,630 --> 00:40:26,630 She's doing grand. 526 00:40:29,230 --> 00:40:31,430 It's me that needs to see you. 527 00:40:33,190 --> 00:40:34,970 Are you expecting Queenie? 528 00:40:35,510 --> 00:40:37,650 Under this coat and having me ninth. 529 00:40:38,790 --> 00:40:41,150 You don't shout about it when you get to my age. 530 00:40:42,470 --> 00:40:46,310 But I heard what you and the other nurse was saying. 531 00:40:47,310 --> 00:40:48,990 I need skill to help. 532 00:40:49,370 --> 00:40:52,790 If you want it, we'll make sure you get it. I do want it. 533 00:40:53,650 --> 00:40:55,630 My lad would have had it for me. 534 00:40:56,410 --> 00:40:57,810 Even though I had it in hospital. 535 00:40:58,730 --> 00:41:01,210 I'm so sorry that happened to you, Queenie. 536 00:41:03,450 --> 00:41:05,510 But we're going to walk beside you now. 537 00:41:09,030 --> 00:41:10,970 I'll start by filling in your co -op card. 538 00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:24,460 A tin of carnation milk, if you please. 539 00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:31,880 Ah, and a quarter of humbugs, if you'll be so kind. 540 00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:34,720 Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. Perhaps just two ounces. 541 00:41:35,180 --> 00:41:37,800 I do not consume them in any conspicuous place. 542 00:41:38,020 --> 00:41:41,080 You don't want them turning sticky at the bottom of the bag? 543 00:41:41,460 --> 00:41:42,460 No. 544 00:41:49,700 --> 00:41:50,700 Oh! 545 00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:52,400 I thought I heard that. 546 00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:54,280 It catches. 547 00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:56,800 Doesn't it? 548 00:41:59,360 --> 00:42:03,420 I think Mr. Buckle was supposed to oil it before he went away. He must have 549 00:42:03,420 --> 00:42:04,420 forgotten. 550 00:42:04,900 --> 00:42:08,680 Then I... I thought I'd imagined it. 551 00:42:11,900 --> 00:42:15,840 It catches. 552 00:42:17,710 --> 00:42:20,530 It's all very well and good complaining that all the people who can deliver 553 00:42:20,530 --> 00:42:23,710 babies have gone to Hong Kong. I'm more concerned that all the people who can 554 00:42:23,710 --> 00:42:27,610 sew have gone to Hong Kong. You're always waving your magic wand and 555 00:42:27,610 --> 00:42:28,850 costumes, Geoffrey. 556 00:42:29,130 --> 00:42:32,430 And no one's going to see the details for a carnival. 557 00:42:32,730 --> 00:42:34,530 Everything's going to be moving past the speed. 558 00:42:34,810 --> 00:42:36,650 Well, moving past. 559 00:42:36,970 --> 00:42:38,110 I'm an ideas man. 560 00:42:38,670 --> 00:42:42,950 And a contact man. I'm not a needle and thread man. And it was not my idea to 561 00:42:42,950 --> 00:42:47,210 dress up the midwives of Nanata's house as angels complete with ostrich feather 562 00:42:47,210 --> 00:42:50,710 wings. I thought we could do it with just a bit of cotton and sticking, like 563 00:42:50,710 --> 00:42:53,610 drizzling in our Christmas tree. The palm tree. 564 00:42:54,110 --> 00:42:56,070 I heard rumors the sewing machine was out. 565 00:42:56,530 --> 00:42:59,130 Angela just tried on a spoon costume and ripped it. 566 00:43:00,810 --> 00:43:03,050 You look like you could do it at Snowball, honey. 567 00:43:03,330 --> 00:43:04,970 Do you want some maraschino cherry in it? 568 00:43:05,310 --> 00:43:06,310 I'll have two. 569 00:43:06,570 --> 00:43:10,050 What sort of wounds have they taught you to suture at medical school? 570 00:43:10,370 --> 00:43:13,970 Oh, the highlights include closure of incision after two appendectomy. 571 00:43:14,670 --> 00:43:16,490 And I did a rugby player's scalp once. 572 00:43:17,330 --> 00:43:18,330 Needle, thread. 573 00:43:18,790 --> 00:43:20,950 If you want a cocktail, you're going to have to earn it. 574 00:43:33,960 --> 00:43:37,080 This is not the way I intended my service to end. 575 00:43:38,420 --> 00:43:41,280 A patient in a sanatorium. 576 00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:47,800 You have given all you can, Sister Edith. That is enough and more. 577 00:43:48,060 --> 00:43:52,020 It was the children I lived for and loved the best. 578 00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:55,480 I remember your daughter well. 579 00:43:55,940 --> 00:43:59,740 Me? Oh, she's ten years old now. 580 00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:03,580 And so many children passed through the orphanage. 581 00:44:04,520 --> 00:44:07,960 I took medicine to her mother, Esther. 582 00:44:11,680 --> 00:44:16,820 Three months ago, she was living out on Dow Street, number 122. 583 00:44:17,100 --> 00:44:19,740 The numbers daubed on the door. 584 00:44:20,460 --> 00:44:23,160 Sister Edith, do you think she might still be there? 585 00:44:23,780 --> 00:44:27,400 She was there once, and not too long ago. 586 00:44:28,640 --> 00:44:30,440 Beyond that, I cannot say. 587 00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:53,820 The sooner we are able to move into the premises, the better it will be for the 588 00:44:53,820 --> 00:44:54,820 people in our care. 589 00:44:55,130 --> 00:44:59,910 We can even overlook the pigeon infestation for a small reduction in the 590 00:45:00,510 --> 00:45:03,370 The outpayment will be 2 ,000 Hong Kong dollars. 591 00:45:04,610 --> 00:45:09,430 The sisters had the fun for that. And there will be ongoing support from a 592 00:45:09,430 --> 00:45:14,170 number of private philanthropists, plus the Rotary Club of Hong Kong. 593 00:45:16,810 --> 00:45:17,810 Very well. 594 00:45:17,990 --> 00:45:19,590 We shall prepare the documentation. 595 00:45:20,390 --> 00:45:22,190 Thank you. 596 00:45:22,770 --> 00:45:23,770 Thank you. 597 00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:27,380 Let's hope the army can help with our medical supplies. 598 00:45:28,940 --> 00:45:32,400 The collapse of that clinic barely made the news here. And of course, we're 599 00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:34,560 delighted to assist now that we know there's a Red Commissioner. 600 00:45:34,860 --> 00:45:38,680 The sisters need all the help they can get, sir. It's not disinterest because 601 00:45:38,680 --> 00:45:41,520 buildings fall down all the time. It's avoidance. 602 00:45:41,820 --> 00:45:43,440 Because it's going to happen more and more. 603 00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:45,960 Everybody knows that and there's nothing we can do. 604 00:45:46,180 --> 00:45:47,660 Because of the overcrowding? 605 00:45:47,900 --> 00:45:50,540 Because they just keep building upwards on insecure foundations. 606 00:45:51,280 --> 00:45:53,900 One misplaced mudslide could obliterate Kowloon. 607 00:45:54,700 --> 00:45:57,000 At least we can improve on the human side of things. 608 00:45:59,340 --> 00:46:00,960 Morning, Major. Morning, Corporal. 609 00:46:01,260 --> 00:46:05,120 I'm coming with my best party manners and a begging bowl. 610 00:46:12,460 --> 00:46:19,320 It really is extraordinarily 611 00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:21,660 kind of you to accompany us, Mrs. Buckle. 612 00:46:25,640 --> 00:46:31,160 I thought it may be necessary to tell untrue, sister, and I thought if that 613 00:46:31,160 --> 00:46:33,360 the case, then better me than you. 614 00:46:33,640 --> 00:46:37,220 Mrs. Buckham, have you told untrue? No. 615 00:46:39,180 --> 00:46:44,100 I may have slightly preempted one or two realities, although I'm sure the Rotary 616 00:46:44,100 --> 00:46:50,480 Club will be only two weeks to what there's thought, once I make contact and 617 00:46:50,480 --> 00:46:51,820 explain the situation. 618 00:46:52,340 --> 00:46:55,520 I don't even ask about the... private philanthropist. 619 00:46:55,920 --> 00:46:57,200 One of them is me. 620 00:46:58,260 --> 00:47:00,080 And I'm sure there will be others. 621 00:47:16,620 --> 00:47:20,800 It's not just the TB kits and penicillin I'm grateful to the major for. 622 00:47:21,180 --> 00:47:23,700 It's use of the army labs for processing the test. 623 00:47:25,080 --> 00:47:28,480 Oh, so well and good the sisters have in faith in God. 624 00:47:29,720 --> 00:47:32,580 But I reckon the military beat him every time. 625 00:47:32,940 --> 00:47:35,220 The military is certainly better organised. 626 00:47:35,540 --> 00:47:38,620 Well, I suppose they have to be the same as the police, especially with all this 627 00:47:38,620 --> 00:47:40,440 triad malarkey. 628 00:47:41,240 --> 00:47:42,760 Just like the Kray twins. 629 00:47:43,120 --> 00:47:44,160 And then some. 630 00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:47,040 I've stitched wounds inflicted by the Kray twins. 631 00:47:48,120 --> 00:47:49,460 They never bothered us. 632 00:47:49,920 --> 00:47:51,120 Morning, artist house. 633 00:47:51,940 --> 00:47:57,340 In fact, the sisters were revered. I don't reckon the triad revered the 634 00:47:57,340 --> 00:48:00,780 here. If they did, they would help them. I think you're right. 635 00:48:01,760 --> 00:48:08,500 You know, Violet Derrick says there's somebody triad in every street that 636 00:48:08,500 --> 00:48:10,380 people have to answer to or pay. 637 00:48:11,140 --> 00:48:13,860 And Mrs. Marr is living in fear of someone. 638 00:48:24,880 --> 00:48:27,660 I'm searching for a young lady called Esther Tang. 639 00:48:28,320 --> 00:48:33,440 She used to live at this address and has a young boy about the same age as this 640 00:48:33,440 --> 00:48:34,440 little one. 641 00:48:40,520 --> 00:48:45,400 I wonder if you or your wife might know where she moved to? 642 00:48:45,700 --> 00:48:46,700 She has gone. 643 00:48:46,840 --> 00:48:47,880 She will not return. 644 00:48:55,980 --> 00:48:57,460 Esther left one week ago. 645 00:48:57,780 --> 00:48:59,800 Did she say where she was going? 646 00:49:00,100 --> 00:49:02,800 She was sick and she was afraid. 647 00:49:03,480 --> 00:49:04,880 Don't look for her, please. 648 00:49:05,320 --> 00:49:07,160 Can I ask your name? 649 00:49:08,360 --> 00:49:09,360 Great. 650 00:49:10,600 --> 00:49:11,600 Don't look. 651 00:49:37,669 --> 00:49:39,350 Merry Christmas. 652 00:49:39,570 --> 00:49:41,430 Merry, merry Christmas. 653 00:49:58,480 --> 00:50:05,020 Once again, as in olden days, happy golden days of 654 00:50:05,020 --> 00:50:06,020 yore. 655 00:50:07,380 --> 00:50:13,960 Faithful friends who were dear to us, gather near to us once more. 656 00:50:19,660 --> 00:50:20,660 Joy, 657 00:50:22,320 --> 00:50:24,660 Trixie's supposed to be doing our make -up, isn't she? 658 00:50:24,960 --> 00:50:28,000 We know her. She's not the only one who knows what to do with a bit of eye 659 00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:32,240 shadow. And if she doesn't turn up on time, our float is leaving without her. 660 00:50:32,600 --> 00:50:35,140 Isn't it going to look a bit feeble with just the three of us? 661 00:50:35,700 --> 00:50:38,980 We are midwives, not the four horsemen of the apocalypse. 662 00:50:39,860 --> 00:50:40,860 Pack, pack, pack. 663 00:50:41,460 --> 00:50:47,500 You are all to visit the toilets now and come straight back here as soon as you 664 00:50:47,500 --> 00:50:48,980 have washed your hands. 665 00:50:49,600 --> 00:50:50,960 Now, Harry. 666 00:50:51,580 --> 00:50:56,640 who has arrived from university just in time to help us tonight, is now going to 667 00:50:56,640 --> 00:50:59,420 hand out cough candy to help us all with our singing. 668 00:51:03,260 --> 00:51:09,780 Promise me you'll always have me home for Christmas. 669 00:51:12,020 --> 00:51:16,840 We're going to be late, Geoffrey. If you were content with boarding a carnival 670 00:51:16,840 --> 00:51:21,640 float... wearing improperly attached angel wings, well, I can assure you I 671 00:51:21,640 --> 00:51:27,740 wasn't. Oh, for pity's sake. Putting this pram through snow is like dicing 672 00:51:27,740 --> 00:51:28,740 insanity. 673 00:51:29,080 --> 00:51:30,080 What's that? 674 00:51:30,200 --> 00:51:31,480 A walking stick. 675 00:51:33,280 --> 00:51:36,740 That's actually rather elegant. I think it's got a solid silver top. 676 00:51:37,980 --> 00:51:39,620 Oh, no, no, sis, I know this. 677 00:51:40,580 --> 00:51:42,820 This belongs to one of my Harley Street patients. 678 00:51:43,480 --> 00:51:47,060 Maurice Templemore, he was an enormous film star when the tour kit first came 679 00:51:47,060 --> 00:51:48,780 out. What's he doing here in Poplar? 680 00:51:49,360 --> 00:51:53,140 Also, if there's one thing I do know, if you find a walking stick lying on the 681 00:51:53,140 --> 00:51:56,960 ground, you're likely to find its owner nearby and lying in a similar position. 682 00:51:57,820 --> 00:51:58,820 Sir? No. 683 00:51:59,580 --> 00:52:04,080 Maurice Templemore cannot be in Poplar. I doubt he even knows where Poplar is. 684 00:52:04,180 --> 00:52:05,180 He must have been burgled. 685 00:52:05,560 --> 00:52:06,560 Sir? 686 00:52:07,480 --> 00:52:08,880 Sir? Over here. 687 00:52:14,120 --> 00:52:18,040 I'm terribly sorry. I seem to have rather overstretched myself. 688 00:52:19,260 --> 00:52:20,260 Thank you. 689 00:52:20,280 --> 00:52:21,380 Mr. Templemore. 690 00:52:22,060 --> 00:52:23,540 Please don't call me that. 691 00:52:24,020 --> 00:52:25,020 Not here. 692 00:53:24,650 --> 00:53:27,110 What are you doing in this insalubrious part of town? 693 00:53:27,650 --> 00:53:30,310 You're in the same insalubrious part of town. 694 00:53:30,810 --> 00:53:34,870 You're not well. I know that because you said so when I was sorting out your 695 00:53:34,870 --> 00:53:35,870 fibrocyte. 696 00:53:36,590 --> 00:53:40,110 A blood disorder, you told me. What kind of blood disorder? 697 00:53:41,550 --> 00:53:42,790 A malignant one. 698 00:53:44,070 --> 00:53:45,530 But I didn't tell him that. 699 00:53:48,630 --> 00:53:53,290 I was born in this flat. 700 00:53:54,060 --> 00:53:56,460 When the paper shop was a greengrocer. 701 00:53:57,160 --> 00:54:00,840 My father came all the way from Russia straight off the boats. 702 00:54:01,660 --> 00:54:07,260 All he knew was beets and turnips, and so he made a life from that. 703 00:54:07,500 --> 00:54:09,480 And you made a life out of different things entirely. 704 00:54:10,060 --> 00:54:14,640 Yes. Little Manny Fisher became Moise Templemore. 705 00:54:15,660 --> 00:54:18,660 New York, Hollywood, and then home. 706 00:54:19,500 --> 00:54:22,280 Well, London's West End. 707 00:54:23,310 --> 00:54:28,470 A fairly eastern and a life of comfortable obscurity. 708 00:54:30,850 --> 00:54:35,570 But... Everyone had gone. 709 00:54:35,830 --> 00:54:36,830 Your family had gone. 710 00:54:43,650 --> 00:54:44,930 Yeah, yeah. 711 00:54:50,700 --> 00:54:54,120 All manner of humanity that I once loved had gone. 712 00:54:54,740 --> 00:54:56,500 So I'd come home to die. 713 00:54:56,800 --> 00:54:58,760 Mr. Templemore, you live in Belgravia. 714 00:54:59,000 --> 00:55:00,000 Not anymore. 715 00:55:01,240 --> 00:55:03,320 And I'm no longer Mr. Templemore. 716 00:55:05,160 --> 00:55:06,560 There I truly was. 717 00:55:10,800 --> 00:55:12,540 He needs medical care, sir. 718 00:55:13,780 --> 00:55:15,300 And I'll arrange that in the morning. 719 00:55:16,000 --> 00:55:19,120 But at this precise moment in time, we have a carnival to catch. 720 00:55:19,540 --> 00:55:20,540 Come along. 721 00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:28,460 I used to make them... I used to make them... Oh, 722 00:55:29,160 --> 00:55:30,260 no. No. 723 00:55:31,140 --> 00:55:33,380 A baby left to be found. 724 00:55:39,460 --> 00:55:42,080 She's happened all the time at the hibiscus clinic. 725 00:55:43,300 --> 00:55:45,420 A girl. 726 00:55:46,460 --> 00:55:48,920 I've not pushed it more than two days old. 727 00:55:49,720 --> 00:55:52,280 And the cord looks to have been chewed through. 728 00:56:38,380 --> 00:56:40,460 What do you mean we can't have a house on Half Lotus Street? 729 00:56:40,740 --> 00:56:44,060 We have the keys and we have paid the deposit. 730 00:56:44,340 --> 00:56:45,400 It is not suitable. 731 00:56:46,440 --> 00:56:51,060 Extremely suitable. And we can move there immediately with the children and 732 00:56:51,060 --> 00:56:52,060 adult patients. 733 00:56:52,140 --> 00:56:55,360 The men who own the buildings say no. Give me the keys. 734 00:57:01,000 --> 00:57:06,460 If we are to return them, it can only be in exchange for the money we have paid. 735 00:57:11,440 --> 00:57:12,440 Do you think it's loose? 736 00:57:16,120 --> 00:57:22,760 Esther is a 737 00:57:22,760 --> 00:57:25,320 very, very important person to our family. 738 00:57:25,560 --> 00:57:27,520 It's as though they have both vanished. 739 00:57:27,880 --> 00:57:28,880 It's around 30. 740 00:57:29,220 --> 00:57:31,200 All the doctors deliver by four minutes. 741 00:57:31,440 --> 00:57:32,500 Everyone's bringing a bottle. 742 00:57:34,420 --> 00:57:39,100 Run by a crook who calls himself the Cormorant. A gangster of the worst kind. 743 00:57:39,320 --> 00:57:41,140 And Mr Fred and the Doctor are in trouble. 744 00:57:45,040 --> 00:57:48,520 Call the Midwife continues tomorrow evening at 8 .30 on BBC One. 745 00:57:48,840 --> 00:57:52,960 Press red now for Humphrey's ultimate surprise in the Beyond Paradise 746 00:57:52,960 --> 00:57:58,200 special on iPlayer. And stay with me on BBC One for a Saunders and Lumley 747 00:57:58,200 --> 00:58:01,040 reunion in the Amanda Land Christmas special next.