1 00:00:32,740 --> 00:00:36,210 'No-one knows where the soul resides. 2 00:00:36,260 --> 00:00:38,770 'Does it inhabit the heart? 3 00:00:38,820 --> 00:00:41,050 'The brain? 4 00:00:41,100 --> 00:00:43,640 'Where in the body does it hide? 5 00:00:44,380 --> 00:00:49,660 'How is it clothed... and how might we protect it? 6 00:00:52,180 --> 00:00:54,010 'Exposed to the light, 7 00:00:54,060 --> 00:00:56,660 'the soul seems a fragile thing... 8 00:00:57,260 --> 00:01:00,290 '.. too vulnerable for scrutiny... 9 00:01:00,340 --> 00:01:03,170 'too delicate to live.' 10 00:01:03,220 --> 00:01:06,010 You've stopped fighting the treatment. 11 00:01:06,060 --> 00:01:08,220 I'm too tired. 12 00:01:24,900 --> 00:01:26,620 Sister... 13 00:01:29,980 --> 00:01:33,370 I thought we agreed we weren't going to do this again? 14 00:01:33,420 --> 00:01:37,660 Come on, let's get you home. 15 00:02:25,420 --> 00:02:27,010 Warqad? 16 00:02:27,060 --> 00:02:28,490 English. 17 00:02:28,540 --> 00:02:30,500 - Post. - Good. 18 00:02:32,460 --> 00:02:34,500 Post? 19 00:02:41,340 --> 00:02:43,490 Let me stay, please. 20 00:02:43,540 --> 00:02:46,620 I don't have to go back, I can stay in England with you. 21 00:02:51,660 --> 00:02:55,580 Time to go home to Somaliland, for the baby. 22 00:03:04,260 --> 00:03:06,850 Ooh! 23 00:03:06,900 --> 00:03:09,450 The baby? 24 00:03:09,500 --> 00:03:11,650 I get help. 25 00:03:11,700 --> 00:03:13,620 Ooh! 26 00:03:15,660 --> 00:03:17,450 Thank you. 27 00:03:17,500 --> 00:03:20,330 Dad, I don't like the look of this row between the Russians 28 00:03:20,380 --> 00:03:21,770 and the Americans. 29 00:03:21,820 --> 00:03:23,250 Neither do I, son. 30 00:03:23,300 --> 00:03:24,690 Bacon and eggs coming up. 31 00:03:24,740 --> 00:03:26,330 Nothing in front of your mother. 32 00:03:26,380 --> 00:03:28,850 She doesn't need anything else to worry about. 33 00:03:28,900 --> 00:03:32,570 Ah, thank you! Ooh, it looks delicious. 34 00:03:32,620 --> 00:03:34,690 Be even better with some tomato ketchup. 35 00:03:34,740 --> 00:03:36,250 I'm afraid it's been packed. 36 00:03:36,300 --> 00:03:37,930 We don't move for ten days! 37 00:03:37,980 --> 00:03:40,490 Yes, and there's so much to do! 38 00:03:40,540 --> 00:03:42,690 I've looked out a box for each of you. 39 00:03:42,740 --> 00:03:46,690 Go through your possessions and root out anything that you no longer use. 40 00:03:46,740 --> 00:03:50,450 I've already filled a box with items belonging to myself and Angela. 41 00:03:50,500 --> 00:03:52,890 Why do Dad and I have one large box each, 42 00:03:52,940 --> 00:03:55,570 while you and Angela have one small box between you? 43 00:03:55,620 --> 00:03:58,980 Because Angela and I don't have a tendency towards hoarding. 44 00:04:04,660 --> 00:04:07,450 Hello, Fred. Found her, then? 45 00:04:07,500 --> 00:04:09,930 No prizes for guessing where. 46 00:04:09,980 --> 00:04:11,370 Is she all right? 47 00:04:11,420 --> 00:04:12,930 A bit chilled. 48 00:04:12,980 --> 00:04:16,220 Let's get you warmed up and inside with some tea and cake. 49 00:04:17,940 --> 00:04:20,140 I am no Marie Antoinette. 50 00:04:21,500 --> 00:04:25,300 I will not eat cake while my sister moulders in the asylum. 51 00:04:27,140 --> 00:04:31,460 I will not eat at all until I am assured she is unharmed. 52 00:04:40,220 --> 00:04:43,490 Whatever the pain was, it wasn't contractions. 53 00:04:43,540 --> 00:04:45,490 Practice ones maybe. 54 00:04:45,540 --> 00:04:47,290 And you've had nothing since? 55 00:04:47,340 --> 00:04:50,410 Nothing. I am well again, 56 00:04:50,460 --> 00:04:53,250 but perhaps not well enough to go on a boat. 57 00:04:53,300 --> 00:04:54,970 Who said anything about a boat? 58 00:04:55,020 --> 00:04:58,930 My wife leaves in two weeks, so the baby can be born in Somaliland. 59 00:04:58,980 --> 00:05:01,610 A fast boat, is it? 60 00:05:01,660 --> 00:05:04,090 I know you think you're only seven months along, Mrs Farah, 61 00:05:04,140 --> 00:05:07,290 but actually you're more like nine. 62 00:05:07,340 --> 00:05:09,490 This baby is coming any day. 63 00:05:09,540 --> 00:05:12,050 I will be at sea. I leave tomorrow. 64 00:05:12,100 --> 00:05:15,530 - My wife knows no-one here. - It will be fine. 65 00:05:15,580 --> 00:05:18,850 I have good neighbours and my sister, Deka. 66 00:05:18,900 --> 00:05:20,810 And now you've got us as well. 67 00:05:20,860 --> 00:05:23,090 You come down to the clinic with me this afternoon, 68 00:05:23,140 --> 00:05:26,010 we'll do all our checks and get you booked in. 69 00:05:26,060 --> 00:05:29,700 Don't worry, Mr Farah, your wife will be in good hands. 70 00:05:33,260 --> 00:05:36,050 'It shall be the policy of this nation 71 00:05:36,100 --> 00:05:39,410 'to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba 72 00:05:39,460 --> 00:05:42,290 'against any nation in the Western Hemisphere 73 00:05:42,340 --> 00:05:46,690 'as an attack by the Soviet Union on the United States, 74 00:05:46,740 --> 00:05:49,290 'requiring a full retaliatory response...' 75 00:05:49,340 --> 00:05:51,690 That's quite enough of that, thank you very much. 76 00:05:51,740 --> 00:05:53,730 You can't turn off President Kennedy! 77 00:05:53,780 --> 00:05:56,050 He's got the future of the Free World in his hands! 78 00:05:56,100 --> 00:05:58,770 If he was truly concerned about the future of the Free World, 79 00:05:58,820 --> 00:06:01,090 he wouldn't be making such inflammatory remarks. 80 00:06:01,140 --> 00:06:05,050 If we're all heading for oblivion, we need to be prepared. 81 00:06:05,100 --> 00:06:06,690 There you are, Nurse Franklin. 82 00:06:06,740 --> 00:06:08,930 There's a gentleman on the telephone asking for you, 83 00:06:08,980 --> 00:06:11,570 a Mr Christopher Dockerill? 84 00:06:11,620 --> 00:06:14,450 Thank you, but I can't possibly speak to him at the moment. 85 00:06:14,500 --> 00:06:15,730 Oh, why's that? 86 00:06:15,780 --> 00:06:18,130 I'm in the middle of an inventory of the cupboards. 87 00:06:18,180 --> 00:06:20,970 With Armageddon looming, it seems wise to line-up our supplies. 88 00:06:21,020 --> 00:06:23,820 I'll tell him that you're unavailable. 89 00:06:40,100 --> 00:06:42,250 You, you've brought me back to the wrong place. 90 00:06:42,300 --> 00:06:44,610 Don't worry, everyone's always a little bit fuzzy 91 00:06:44,660 --> 00:06:46,330 when they come back from shock treatment. 92 00:06:46,380 --> 00:06:47,930 I was by myself before. 93 00:06:47,980 --> 00:06:50,210 Doctor's transferred you to a general ward. 94 00:06:50,260 --> 00:06:53,410 No more shock treatment -- thinks you're on the mend! 95 00:06:53,460 --> 00:06:55,850 Will I be discharged now? Will I be sent home? 96 00:06:55,900 --> 00:06:57,530 One step at a time. 97 00:06:57,580 --> 00:07:01,170 First thing you need is a nap to shake off that grogginess 98 00:07:01,220 --> 00:07:03,660 and then a nice bath, hm? 99 00:07:19,340 --> 00:07:22,810 Afternoon, Mrs Turner. I'm sorry I'm late, but this is Mrs Farah. 100 00:07:22,860 --> 00:07:25,450 She's due any day, but hasn't been to the clinic yet. 101 00:07:25,500 --> 00:07:26,610 Of course. 102 00:07:26,660 --> 00:07:29,130 Let's see if we can jump you up the queue, Mrs Farah. 103 00:07:29,180 --> 00:07:32,490 It can take a while to get through everything on a first appointment. 104 00:07:32,540 --> 00:07:33,890 Cubicle two is free. 105 00:07:33,940 --> 00:07:35,650 No, it isn't. Puffy ankles. 106 00:07:35,700 --> 00:07:39,930 - I've just asked Doctor to take a look. - Cubicle one, then. 107 00:07:39,980 --> 00:07:41,970 Are we collecting for jumble? 108 00:07:42,020 --> 00:07:45,090 I'm having a clear-out in advance of our house move. 109 00:07:45,140 --> 00:07:47,610 I thought we could make use of these things in the waiting area. 110 00:07:47,660 --> 00:07:48,850 Oh, yes? 111 00:07:48,900 --> 00:07:51,530 Dr Turner is going to set about the doll with the Swarfega 112 00:07:51,580 --> 00:07:53,210 when he has a spare moment. 113 00:07:53,260 --> 00:07:56,730 But I thought my old magazines might provide light relief for our ladies. 114 00:07:56,780 --> 00:07:58,930 They have some very useful fashion features. 115 00:07:58,980 --> 00:08:01,530 I've never needed an editorial to instruct me on 116 00:08:01,580 --> 00:08:05,140 how to put myself together, and I've never had any complaints. 117 00:08:07,740 --> 00:08:10,010 I've come across a few sailors from Somaliland, 118 00:08:10,060 --> 00:08:11,610 but not many of their wives. 119 00:08:11,660 --> 00:08:13,370 Most prefer to stay in Africa, 120 00:08:13,420 --> 00:08:16,370 but my husband is more handsome than theirs. 121 00:08:16,420 --> 00:08:18,850 Sorry to interrupt, I've bought Mrs Farah's notes card. 122 00:08:18,900 --> 00:08:20,490 Lovely, thanks. 123 00:08:20,540 --> 00:08:24,540 Now, Mrs Farah, I'll just have a little check down below. 124 00:08:25,300 --> 00:08:27,170 I'll be very gentle, 125 00:08:27,220 --> 00:08:29,970 but it will be easier if you can try to relax. 126 00:08:30,020 --> 00:08:31,960 Easy for her to say. 127 00:08:33,460 --> 00:08:35,050 Is this your first baby? 128 00:08:35,100 --> 00:08:37,500 Yes, I've been married a year. 129 00:08:44,140 --> 00:08:46,300 Can I help, Nurse Dyer? 130 00:08:57,620 --> 00:09:00,450 Mrs Farah, do you mind me asking, 131 00:09:00,500 --> 00:09:04,010 have you had any... surgery down there? 132 00:09:04,060 --> 00:09:06,690 Only what is usual. 133 00:09:06,740 --> 00:09:08,450 Usual? 134 00:09:08,500 --> 00:09:10,370 When I was a child. 135 00:09:11,100 --> 00:09:13,300 It was done to all of us. 136 00:09:14,460 --> 00:09:16,660 Is there something wrong? 137 00:09:22,060 --> 00:09:24,650 There's nothing there but a scar from front to back. 138 00:09:24,700 --> 00:09:26,090 Are you sure? 139 00:09:26,140 --> 00:09:29,650 Mrs Farah has as much visible genitalia as that doll. 140 00:09:29,700 --> 00:09:32,730 It's like she's been... sealed up. 141 00:09:32,780 --> 00:09:37,210 But how did she get pregnant? How does she urinate, menstruate...? 142 00:09:37,260 --> 00:09:40,770 Whoever stitched the scar left a small hole. 143 00:09:40,820 --> 00:09:44,170 The strangest thing about it is that she seems to think 144 00:09:44,220 --> 00:09:46,410 the "arrangement" is quite normal. 145 00:09:46,460 --> 00:09:49,490 I can't think of a medical reason for it. 146 00:09:49,540 --> 00:09:51,650 We'll need to refer her to St Cuthbert's. 147 00:09:51,700 --> 00:09:53,050 I should say so. 148 00:09:53,100 --> 00:09:55,810 After seeing her anatomy I can scarcely imagine how baby got in, 149 00:09:55,860 --> 00:09:58,860 never mind how he's going to get back out. 150 00:10:04,540 --> 00:10:06,340 Thank you. 151 00:10:11,500 --> 00:10:14,090 Excuse me? These aren't my clothes. 152 00:10:14,140 --> 00:10:16,530 I wear a habit, a cap and a veil! 153 00:10:16,580 --> 00:10:18,130 What's the matter now? 154 00:10:18,180 --> 00:10:19,810 I need my own clothes, Nurse. 155 00:10:19,860 --> 00:10:23,530 They're a sign of my commitment to seek God with my whole being! 156 00:10:23,580 --> 00:10:26,520 - They're a sign of who I am. - Come on. 157 00:10:30,580 --> 00:10:33,890 I deem it shrewd to be suspicious of men on the doorstep 158 00:10:33,940 --> 00:10:37,330 who are not the trembling husbands of expectant wives. 159 00:10:37,380 --> 00:10:39,410 I was hoping to see Nurse Franklin. 160 00:10:39,460 --> 00:10:41,210 We went out for dinner recently, 161 00:10:41,260 --> 00:10:44,530 and I was rather hoping we might repeat the experience. 162 00:10:44,580 --> 00:10:47,730 You present no credentials. 163 00:10:47,780 --> 00:10:51,090 How can I be confident your purpose is sincere? 164 00:10:51,140 --> 00:10:53,690 I met Nurse Franklin through our work at the clinic. 165 00:10:53,740 --> 00:10:55,490 I'm a dentist at St Cuthbert's. 166 00:10:55,540 --> 00:10:58,490 Do you stop the teeth of your patients with mercury? 167 00:10:58,540 --> 00:11:02,250 I... I use a dental amalgam. 168 00:11:02,300 --> 00:11:06,050 It's basically a blend of silver, tin, copper and mercury. 169 00:11:06,100 --> 00:11:08,250 And it has people running mad! 170 00:11:08,300 --> 00:11:12,610 Asylums are filled with the victims of your poison! 171 00:11:12,660 --> 00:11:16,010 Good afternoon. Oh, Mr Dockerill, how very pleasant. 172 00:11:16,060 --> 00:11:20,340 - May I help you? - He has designs upon Nurse Franklin. 173 00:11:21,460 --> 00:11:23,010 I'm very glad to hear it. 174 00:11:23,060 --> 00:11:26,370 - Although I'm afraid she's not at home. - Ah. 175 00:11:26,420 --> 00:11:29,570 Gangway, please, Sister, let the young man step inside. 176 00:11:29,620 --> 00:11:32,360 And we'll put these flowers in water. 177 00:11:41,260 --> 00:11:43,770 I went and had a rummage in the laundry room. 178 00:11:43,820 --> 00:11:45,490 Thank you. 179 00:11:45,540 --> 00:11:47,850 Oh, I loved these clothes. 180 00:11:47,900 --> 00:11:51,570 From the minute I put them on they felt like friends to me. 181 00:11:51,620 --> 00:11:55,610 And when I was ill, I was a stranger to myself. 182 00:11:55,660 --> 00:11:59,560 Even though I clung to them there was no comfort there. 183 00:12:00,540 --> 00:12:03,650 I think things might be different now. 184 00:12:03,700 --> 00:12:06,450 I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make a fuss. 185 00:12:06,500 --> 00:12:11,290 But all the time I was ill, I fell short in my commitment to God, 186 00:12:11,340 --> 00:12:15,460 so now that I'm better it's important that I do things properly. 187 00:12:17,020 --> 00:12:19,970 Why does she sit there? 188 00:12:20,020 --> 00:12:22,290 She's waiting for her son to collect her. 189 00:12:22,340 --> 00:12:25,690 She doesn't remember from one day to the next that he never turns up. 190 00:12:25,740 --> 00:12:27,850 Lobotomies are like that. 191 00:12:27,900 --> 00:12:29,970 They drill into the brain to get rid of the illness, 192 00:12:30,020 --> 00:12:32,290 but sometimes there's not a lot left. 193 00:12:32,340 --> 00:12:34,210 I'll pray for her. 194 00:12:40,020 --> 00:12:42,290 How was Mrs Nolan's delivery? 195 00:12:42,340 --> 00:12:43,450 No complications -- 196 00:12:43,500 --> 00:12:47,530 another not-so-little boy weighing nine pounds four. 197 00:12:47,580 --> 00:12:50,120 Ooh, she can certainly grow them. 198 00:12:50,820 --> 00:12:53,170 Oh, you had a gentleman caller at the door. 199 00:12:53,220 --> 00:12:57,250 It was that rather fetching dentist, with a bunch of flowers, no less. 200 00:12:57,300 --> 00:12:59,770 Sister Monica Joan had engaged him in a debate on 201 00:12:59,820 --> 00:13:02,770 the merits and demerits of mercury fillings. 202 00:13:02,820 --> 00:13:05,570 At least, she was debating, he just looked scared. 203 00:13:05,620 --> 00:13:07,210 Oh, dear. 204 00:13:07,260 --> 00:13:10,930 I smoothed things over, and we had quite a pleasant conversation. 205 00:13:10,980 --> 00:13:12,650 In the course of which he revealed 206 00:13:12,700 --> 00:13:14,970 that you'd rebuffed him several times. 207 00:13:15,020 --> 00:13:17,450 A lady doesn't like to look too keen, 208 00:13:17,500 --> 00:13:20,690 especially when the man drives a sports car. 209 00:13:20,740 --> 00:13:23,010 There's looking too keen, Trixie, 210 00:13:23,060 --> 00:13:26,860 and there's cutting off your nose to spite your face. 211 00:13:27,140 --> 00:13:28,930 Oh, Phyllis! 212 00:13:28,980 --> 00:13:32,130 I've spent a lot of time wanting to be with someone, 213 00:13:32,180 --> 00:13:35,770 now I have the opportunity I'm not sure I have the gumption. 214 00:13:35,820 --> 00:13:40,850 Failure isn't fatal, but hesitation can be. 215 00:13:40,900 --> 00:13:43,100 Give yourself a chance. 216 00:13:44,980 --> 00:13:46,850 And him. 217 00:13:46,900 --> 00:13:48,770 I put the flowers in the scullery. 218 00:13:48,820 --> 00:13:52,420 A man can look such a fool, walking away with a bouquet. 219 00:14:02,660 --> 00:14:05,610 Sister, please get back into bed. 220 00:14:05,660 --> 00:14:08,330 I have to say my offices at a set time every day. 221 00:14:08,380 --> 00:14:09,970 Lauds is meant to be said on waking. 222 00:14:10,020 --> 00:14:11,610 And I'm meant to keep all of you in bed 223 00:14:11,660 --> 00:14:14,610 until I've been round with the teeth tray and commode. 224 00:14:14,660 --> 00:14:16,530 Thanks. And say one for me. 225 00:14:16,580 --> 00:14:19,570 My Bible's gone! Someone's taken it! 226 00:14:19,620 --> 00:14:22,370 - Things do go missing if you aren't careful. - I need it. 227 00:14:22,420 --> 00:14:24,730 I need it so that I can study for my life vows. 228 00:14:24,780 --> 00:14:27,660 If it's gone, it's gone. Come on. 229 00:14:42,460 --> 00:14:46,370 Nurse Franklin, you've got Mrs Dempsey and Mrs Brackman. 230 00:14:46,420 --> 00:14:49,970 - Nurse Gilbert, Mrs Davies, Mrs... - Ah, sorry to interrupt. 231 00:14:50,020 --> 00:14:52,290 I spoke to Mr Kenley at St Cuthbert's. 232 00:14:52,340 --> 00:14:55,050 He'll see Mrs Farah tomorrow at 11 o'clock. 233 00:14:55,100 --> 00:14:58,170 If you could let her know about the appointment. 234 00:14:58,220 --> 00:15:00,810 And I wondered if one of you might accompany her 235 00:15:00,860 --> 00:15:02,730 in case there are any issues. 236 00:15:02,780 --> 00:15:04,970 - I can go. - Thank you. 237 00:15:05,020 --> 00:15:08,570 Did Mr Kenley have any idea what happened to her? 238 00:15:08,620 --> 00:15:13,290 He thinks it might be something called pharaonic circumcision, 239 00:15:13,340 --> 00:15:17,530 which includes, amongst other things, the removal of the clitoris. 240 00:15:17,580 --> 00:15:22,770 Apparently it's a practice common in parts of Africa and the Middle East. 241 00:15:22,820 --> 00:15:26,530 So why haven't we encountered it before in our Muslim mothers? 242 00:15:26,580 --> 00:15:29,090 I've not seen it in any of our Sylheti ladies. 243 00:15:29,140 --> 00:15:31,250 I asked the same question. 244 00:15:31,300 --> 00:15:33,890 Apparently, the practice predates Islam, 245 00:15:33,940 --> 00:15:37,450 and prevalence varies depending on geography. 246 00:15:37,500 --> 00:15:39,500 I'll leave you to it. 247 00:15:40,700 --> 00:15:44,530 Ooh, makes me shudder just thinking about it. 248 00:15:44,580 --> 00:15:47,730 How can anyone think removing genitalia is a good idea? 249 00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:51,450 It's not so long ago that their removal was practised 250 00:15:51,500 --> 00:15:55,730 in this country. It was deployed to treat all manner of maladies, 251 00:15:55,780 --> 00:15:58,700 - primarily of the female mind. - Ugh. 252 00:16:01,380 --> 00:16:04,320 Is anybody going to empty that autoclave? 253 00:16:07,860 --> 00:16:10,450 The morning's post brings good news. 254 00:16:10,500 --> 00:16:14,740 Sister Mary Cynthia has been moved to a general ward, so we may visit. 255 00:16:17,380 --> 00:16:20,370 You trick me so I will break my fast? 256 00:16:20,420 --> 00:16:22,130 See for yourself. 257 00:16:22,180 --> 00:16:24,780 It's from the Sister at Linchmere. 258 00:16:37,340 --> 00:16:40,010 So how are you doing getting ready for baby? 259 00:16:40,060 --> 00:16:43,850 I have nappies. A gift from my neighbour. 260 00:16:43,900 --> 00:16:47,330 And Looyaan says he will bring things after his voyage. 261 00:16:47,380 --> 00:16:51,050 We have a cupboard full of donated items at Nonnatus House. 262 00:16:51,100 --> 00:16:53,450 I'm sure we can find what you need in the meantime. 263 00:16:53,500 --> 00:16:55,770 Then all we have to worry about is keeping that baby inside 264 00:16:55,820 --> 00:16:58,490 till Mr Kenley's had a look at you. 265 00:16:59,540 --> 00:17:02,330 Oi! Out of there, thank you! 266 00:17:02,380 --> 00:17:03,930 I've washed my hands. 267 00:17:03,980 --> 00:17:05,050 Go to school! 268 00:17:05,100 --> 00:17:06,490 I'm going to be a nurse. 269 00:17:06,540 --> 00:17:08,700 - ~ - Go! 270 00:17:12,340 --> 00:17:15,140 Your sister would make a lovely nurse. 271 00:17:16,500 --> 00:17:18,090 So this is normal? 272 00:17:18,140 --> 00:17:20,210 To go to the hospital? 273 00:17:21,580 --> 00:17:24,610 Every case is different. I'll be there with you. 274 00:17:24,660 --> 00:17:27,260 But I am more different than most? 275 00:17:29,460 --> 00:17:33,490 When it comes to childbirth, every woman is completely different. 276 00:17:33,540 --> 00:17:37,370 There really is no such thing as normal or not normal. 277 00:17:37,420 --> 00:17:41,010 Does that make sense? Or has the sun gone to my head? 278 00:17:41,060 --> 00:17:44,210 There is no sun in England in October. 279 00:17:44,260 --> 00:17:47,580 There you go, then. She must be talking sense. 280 00:17:53,860 --> 00:17:56,730 Oh, I'm beginning to wonder if this Cuban crisis will ever be over. 281 00:17:56,780 --> 00:17:59,810 - It does feel never-ending. - I'm home. 282 00:17:59,860 --> 00:18:01,610 Oh, I was starting to worry. 283 00:18:01,660 --> 00:18:03,610 I walked the long way back, past the new house. 284 00:18:03,660 --> 00:18:05,330 I didn't know it was just around the corner 285 00:18:05,380 --> 00:18:06,570 from where Susan Parkin lives. 286 00:18:06,620 --> 00:18:08,450 That's not a name we've heard before. 287 00:18:08,500 --> 00:18:11,090 She goes to St Lawrence's. She's in my chemistry club. 288 00:18:11,140 --> 00:18:13,570 And soon she'll be at your bus stop every morning. 289 00:18:13,620 --> 00:18:17,010 - That might cause something of a "reaction." - Honestly. 290 00:18:17,060 --> 00:18:20,700 I can't even mention a name without you jumping to conclusions. 291 00:18:28,460 --> 00:18:30,660 This is the ward, Sister. 292 00:18:34,620 --> 00:18:36,570 Oh, you came! 293 00:18:36,620 --> 00:18:38,650 It is you. 294 00:18:38,700 --> 00:18:47,130 Lost to us no longer, but here before us, perfect and complete. 295 00:18:47,180 --> 00:18:49,290 Well, I'm still in one piece. 296 00:18:49,340 --> 00:18:51,650 I wish we'd found you sooner. 297 00:18:51,700 --> 00:18:54,610 I'm sorry I didn't look harder. 298 00:18:54,660 --> 00:19:00,290 And we will make amends for every week you've spent away from us, 299 00:19:00,340 --> 00:19:03,410 for every day you spent beyond the reach of love. 300 00:19:03,460 --> 00:19:06,770 She has never been beyond the reach of love. 301 00:19:06,820 --> 00:19:10,900 For all love is His, and He is everywhere. 302 00:19:15,820 --> 00:19:19,610 We're going to try to secure your discharge, but if there's anything 303 00:19:19,660 --> 00:19:24,050 we can do to improve things for you until then, you must tell us. 304 00:19:24,100 --> 00:19:27,820 There are just so many patients and so few nurses. 305 00:19:29,940 --> 00:19:32,210 Go on. 306 00:19:32,260 --> 00:19:37,330 Well, it's so full of noise and chaos that somebody took my Bible, 307 00:19:37,380 --> 00:19:39,530 I didn't even see it go. 308 00:19:39,580 --> 00:19:42,890 That is a-a-an unconscionable act! 309 00:19:42,940 --> 00:19:47,130 I found silence so hard when I first joined the Order -- 310 00:19:47,180 --> 00:19:49,940 I didn't think I could ever crave it. 311 00:19:55,020 --> 00:19:56,780 Port! 312 00:19:58,660 --> 00:20:00,410 Starboard! 313 00:20:00,460 --> 00:20:02,540 Up periscope! 314 00:20:04,020 --> 00:20:05,690 Crow's nest! 315 00:20:05,740 --> 00:20:10,220 Crashing in on my Cubs without warning. Oh, no, you don't! 316 00:20:11,260 --> 00:20:14,090 We're setting up for a Civil Defence meeting here. 317 00:20:14,140 --> 00:20:18,090 These boys come to Cubs to learn useful things by having fun 318 00:20:18,140 --> 00:20:21,250 and that does not include you scaring the life out of them 319 00:20:21,300 --> 00:20:24,410 with posters illustrating the perils of the nuclear winter. 320 00:20:24,460 --> 00:20:27,650 - Am I clear? Pack, pack, pack. - Pack. 321 00:20:27,700 --> 00:20:30,440 Right, lads, let's just wait outside. 322 00:20:31,660 --> 00:20:33,660 Terry! 323 00:20:36,740 --> 00:20:41,330 Linchmere is not an appropriate environment for Sister Mary Cynthia. 324 00:20:41,380 --> 00:20:43,850 We have to secure her discharge. 325 00:20:43,900 --> 00:20:48,450 Her original detention order would've expired after 28 days. 326 00:20:48,500 --> 00:20:52,810 Although reactive depression has a good prognosis in the long term, 327 00:20:52,860 --> 00:20:55,170 it's quite a journey to full recovery. 328 00:20:55,220 --> 00:20:57,330 She will still need care. 329 00:20:57,380 --> 00:21:01,050 Care we can provide at Nonnatus House, surely? 330 00:21:01,100 --> 00:21:04,090 Would you like me to call the hospital? 331 00:21:04,140 --> 00:21:08,610 I could talk to her psychiatrist in my capacity as her GP. 332 00:21:08,660 --> 00:21:12,650 I'll come to you if I may, if I need your help, 333 00:21:12,700 --> 00:21:16,400 but I'd like to do as much as I possibly can myself. 334 00:21:16,700 --> 00:21:20,770 It's one way of showing her how much she is valued... 335 00:21:20,820 --> 00:21:23,160 and my way of making amends. 336 00:21:25,020 --> 00:21:28,610 And release the clutch and pull smoothly away. 337 00:21:28,660 --> 00:21:30,730 That is not the clutch. 338 00:21:31,740 --> 00:21:34,410 You said it was ABC! Accelerator, brake, clutch! 339 00:21:34,460 --> 00:21:36,930 It is, but in reverse order. 340 00:21:36,980 --> 00:21:40,530 Why does everything about driving have to be so complicated?! 341 00:21:40,580 --> 00:21:42,770 Right, let's keep it simple. 342 00:21:42,820 --> 00:21:44,210 Emergency stops. 343 00:21:44,260 --> 00:21:46,770 You're going to drive along and when you're least expecting it, 344 00:21:46,820 --> 00:21:48,210 I will shout "Stop," 345 00:21:48,260 --> 00:21:51,330 and you will bring the car to a safe but speedy halt. 346 00:21:51,380 --> 00:21:55,370 - Oh, dear! - Right. 347 00:21:55,420 --> 00:21:57,210 Find anything suitable? 348 00:21:57,260 --> 00:21:59,810 There's enough in here to keep baby Farah in matinee jackets 349 00:21:59,860 --> 00:22:01,930 till he starts school. 350 00:22:04,700 --> 00:22:07,300 - I won't ask. - Best not. 351 00:22:10,580 --> 00:22:12,930 I'm surprised she didn't pull up a chair beside you. 352 00:22:12,980 --> 00:22:15,250 Actually, I feel much more confident 353 00:22:15,300 --> 00:22:17,890 when she isn't scrutinising my every move. 354 00:22:17,940 --> 00:22:21,060 - I'm sailing along here. - Stop! - Ah! 355 00:22:31,020 --> 00:22:33,570 Scar tissue simply doesn't stretch. 356 00:22:33,620 --> 00:22:38,130 Aside from the need to widen the exit by cutting, 357 00:22:38,180 --> 00:22:40,570 we'll need to protect the pelvic floor from damage. 358 00:22:40,620 --> 00:22:44,850 Out of interest, Mrs Farah, did you suffer from urinary infections 359 00:22:44,900 --> 00:22:47,460 or leakage of stale urine? 360 00:22:50,660 --> 00:22:52,810 I'll speak to a colleague and get a second opinion, 361 00:22:52,860 --> 00:22:54,690 but we're looking at a hospital delivery 362 00:22:54,740 --> 00:22:56,730 with an elective episiotomy. 363 00:22:56,780 --> 00:23:00,450 Mrs Farah needs to present at hospital the minute labour starts. 364 00:23:00,500 --> 00:23:04,220 - I'll see she understands. - Thank you. Goodbye, Mrs Farah. 365 00:23:08,060 --> 00:23:09,540 Well done. 366 00:23:10,820 --> 00:23:13,850 I could murder a hot sweet tea and a biscuit. 367 00:23:13,900 --> 00:23:15,770 Why don't you take a minute to yourself 368 00:23:15,820 --> 00:23:18,360 and I'll see what I can arrange. 369 00:24:02,540 --> 00:24:05,010 She will find contentment here. 370 00:24:08,460 --> 00:24:11,760 Here you are. You'll feel better after this... 371 00:24:29,700 --> 00:24:31,740 They never come. 372 00:24:36,620 --> 00:24:40,100 We have a visitor. Come to take one of our ladies away. 373 00:24:43,820 --> 00:24:45,620 This way, Sister. 374 00:24:46,740 --> 00:24:49,300 That's my Bible, Mrs Archibald. 375 00:24:52,940 --> 00:24:54,810 I want you to have it. 376 00:24:54,860 --> 00:24:56,730 Let it comfort you. 377 00:25:13,340 --> 00:25:15,210 Hello! 378 00:25:15,260 --> 00:25:17,260 Mrs Farah? You there? 379 00:25:18,740 --> 00:25:20,210 Mrs Farah? 380 00:25:57,700 --> 00:26:00,210 In a few days' time, when you feel able, 381 00:26:00,260 --> 00:26:04,170 you may wish to join us in our devotion, or at mealtimes. 382 00:26:04,220 --> 00:26:08,890 But for now you must rest and replenish your spirit. 383 00:26:08,940 --> 00:26:12,240 It's replenished already simply by being here. 384 00:26:14,660 --> 00:26:19,220 Oh, these have seen better days. 385 00:26:20,220 --> 00:26:22,420 I'll get you fresh things. 386 00:26:48,860 --> 00:26:50,370 Everything all right, Deka? 387 00:26:50,420 --> 00:26:53,370 Nadifa sent me out so she can have some peace. 388 00:26:53,420 --> 00:26:54,810 Well, I could use you. 389 00:26:54,860 --> 00:26:56,650 We've got some things for baby at Nonnatus, 390 00:26:56,700 --> 00:26:58,330 if you want to come and fetch them. 391 00:26:58,380 --> 00:27:00,290 Then can I see inside your bag? 392 00:27:00,340 --> 00:27:02,610 God loves a trier. Come on. 393 00:27:05,860 --> 00:27:07,970 But that's a special soap. 394 00:27:08,020 --> 00:27:09,770 Are you sure? 395 00:27:09,820 --> 00:27:12,690 I think Sister Mary Cynthia would be perfectly satisfied 396 00:27:12,740 --> 00:27:14,530 with something simpler. 397 00:27:14,580 --> 00:27:16,050 I want her to have it. 398 00:27:16,100 --> 00:27:19,290 I imagine she had nothing but carbolic in Linchmere. 399 00:27:19,340 --> 00:27:21,890 I'm sorry not to let you give it to her yourself. 400 00:27:21,940 --> 00:27:26,090 I'm afraid she needs complete rest. May I give her your regards? 401 00:27:26,140 --> 00:27:29,820 Of course you may, but I'd rather you gave her my love. 402 00:27:37,060 --> 00:27:39,400 These are frightening times. 403 00:27:44,940 --> 00:27:47,290 Why do we need to paint our windows? 404 00:27:47,340 --> 00:27:49,450 Well, the idea of the white paint is 405 00:27:49,500 --> 00:27:52,170 it deflects the heat from the initial blast. 406 00:27:52,220 --> 00:27:55,330 And obviously, you need to paint them on the outside. 407 00:27:55,380 --> 00:27:58,530 President Kennedy will fix things before it comes to that. 408 00:27:58,580 --> 00:28:01,810 - He could charm the birds out of the trees. - Hm. 409 00:28:01,860 --> 00:28:07,530 Unfortunately, Khrushchev isn't a bird, he's a bear, 410 00:28:07,580 --> 00:28:10,530 and bears don't like to back down. 411 00:28:10,580 --> 00:28:12,530 You really think we need to be worried? 412 00:28:12,580 --> 00:28:14,770 There is cause for concern. 413 00:28:14,820 --> 00:28:16,890 It's not looking good. 414 00:28:17,700 --> 00:28:21,090 It's too horrible to think about, so you'll forgive me if I don't. 415 00:28:21,140 --> 00:28:23,130 I need to go and do a check on Mrs Greene. 416 00:28:23,180 --> 00:28:25,530 And don't forget, spread the word. 417 00:28:25,580 --> 00:28:28,650 You tell one woman to paint her windows, 418 00:28:28,700 --> 00:28:31,930 she tells five of her pals, and before you know it, 419 00:28:31,980 --> 00:28:35,460 every family in Poplar is prepared for a nuclear attack. 420 00:28:41,060 --> 00:28:45,290 This is my Bunsen burner, essential kit for testing urine. 421 00:28:45,340 --> 00:28:47,450 What might I be testing it for? 422 00:28:47,500 --> 00:28:50,850 - Protein? - You are a quick study. 423 00:28:50,900 --> 00:28:53,250 I heard we'd acquired a new midwife. 424 00:28:53,300 --> 00:28:56,250 We finalised the selection of items for Mrs Farah's baby. 425 00:28:56,300 --> 00:28:59,380 Ah, come on, then, gather it all up. I'll walk you home. 426 00:29:00,860 --> 00:29:03,530 I hope she's not been making a nuisance of herself. 427 00:29:03,580 --> 00:29:07,010 I rather like her. She reminds me of myself at her age. 428 00:29:07,060 --> 00:29:10,250 I was desperate for every bit of medical knowledge going. 429 00:29:10,300 --> 00:29:13,050 I was particularly interested in venereal disease. 430 00:29:13,100 --> 00:29:16,380 Hm. Useful to know. All set? 431 00:29:29,100 --> 00:29:32,270 We can show your sister what we've got for baby. 432 00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:33,660 Nadifa. 433 00:29:35,140 --> 00:29:37,570 Oh, no! 434 00:29:37,620 --> 00:29:42,050 Don't push, Nadifa, you mustn't push. 435 00:29:42,100 --> 00:29:43,890 Let me see. 436 00:29:43,940 --> 00:29:46,860 ~ 437 00:29:47,900 --> 00:29:49,890 Something about a knife. 438 00:29:49,940 --> 00:29:53,100 Can you tell your neighbour to telephone an ambulance? 439 00:29:55,020 --> 00:29:58,450 Nadifa, I need to take a look at what's happening. 440 00:29:58,500 --> 00:30:00,250 Can you open your legs for me? 441 00:30:00,300 --> 00:30:03,460 ~ 442 00:30:05,180 --> 00:30:10,380 Nadifa, I know what's in your head feels real, but it's a memory. 443 00:30:11,780 --> 00:30:14,490 Look around you -- you're in London. 444 00:30:14,540 --> 00:30:16,810 You're all grown up and you've got a lovely husband 445 00:30:16,860 --> 00:30:19,490 and you're about to have a lovely baby. 446 00:30:19,540 --> 00:30:23,090 Look at me. Look at me! 447 00:30:23,140 --> 00:30:25,210 I'm going to help you. 448 00:30:28,580 --> 00:30:30,220 No knife. 449 00:30:35,420 --> 00:30:37,340 No knife. 450 00:30:39,860 --> 00:30:41,610 I spoke to your neighbour. 451 00:30:41,660 --> 00:30:44,820 She's going to look after you, so you're not on your own. 452 00:30:50,100 --> 00:30:54,940 We need to slow baby down, so pant with me. Pant. Pant. Pant. 453 00:30:56,940 --> 00:30:59,980 That's it, that's it -- keep it up. 454 00:31:02,460 --> 00:31:04,180 Oh, no! 455 00:31:05,500 --> 00:31:07,140 Right. 456 00:31:10,340 --> 00:31:12,340 Pull over right away. 457 00:31:13,420 --> 00:31:16,370 You're doing so well, but I'm going to level with you, Nadifa. 458 00:31:16,420 --> 00:31:19,530 All the panting in the world isn't going to stop this baby coming. 459 00:31:19,580 --> 00:31:22,420 Don't push with this contraction. 460 00:31:25,500 --> 00:31:27,100 Keep panting. 461 00:31:28,620 --> 00:31:32,120 Take a breather for a second before the next one. 462 00:31:34,980 --> 00:31:37,570 On the next contraction, when I give you the nod, 463 00:31:37,620 --> 00:31:42,490 I want you to push and I'm going to help baby out, but not with a knife. 464 00:31:42,540 --> 00:31:44,290 - Yes? - Yes. 465 00:31:44,340 --> 00:31:45,930 There's no way for baby to get out, 466 00:31:45,980 --> 00:31:49,170 so I'm going to make an opening with my special scissors. 467 00:31:49,220 --> 00:31:51,220 Stay with me, Nadifa. 468 00:31:53,980 --> 00:31:55,690 Contraction coming? 469 00:31:55,740 --> 00:31:58,410 OK. So give me some of that panting. 470 00:32:05,900 --> 00:32:07,850 And a little push. 471 00:32:11,260 --> 00:32:13,660 That's the worst over, Nadifa. 472 00:32:15,060 --> 00:32:16,860 And another push. 473 00:32:19,220 --> 00:32:21,180 Head's born. 474 00:32:23,420 --> 00:32:25,410 Nearly there. 475 00:32:37,820 --> 00:32:39,660 One baby! 476 00:32:46,380 --> 00:32:48,450 Meet your little girl. 477 00:33:00,220 --> 00:33:02,100 Let's go. 478 00:33:13,780 --> 00:33:16,320 I longed for this baby, Patrick. 479 00:33:17,580 --> 00:33:20,140 Longed for it, prayed for it. 480 00:33:22,420 --> 00:33:24,730 And now I'm wondering why my prayers were answered 481 00:33:24,780 --> 00:33:28,940 because I don't know what sort of a world we're bringing it into. 482 00:33:30,500 --> 00:33:33,140 And what about Timothy and Angela? 483 00:33:34,540 --> 00:33:39,980 You know, President Kennedy has a son and a daughter, just like us. 484 00:33:41,940 --> 00:33:46,290 And for all we know, his wife could be pregnant too. 485 00:33:46,340 --> 00:33:49,090 We just have to hope that he thinks like a father, 486 00:33:49,140 --> 00:33:51,280 as well as a politician. 487 00:33:53,860 --> 00:33:55,860 We just have to hope. 488 00:33:57,460 --> 00:34:00,000 And we're good at that, Shelagh. 489 00:34:06,700 --> 00:34:10,330 Mrs Farah. Our circumcised lady. Planned episiotomy, 490 00:34:10,380 --> 00:34:14,010 but the baby was coming so I had to do it myself in the ambulance. 491 00:34:14,060 --> 00:34:17,260 - She has still torn quite badly. - Thank you. 492 00:34:18,860 --> 00:34:21,730 Valerie, are you all right? What's happened? 493 00:34:21,780 --> 00:34:24,050 She was in labour, on her own, for hours. 494 00:34:24,100 --> 00:34:25,890 Was the delivery very bad? 495 00:34:25,940 --> 00:34:28,480 The baby was tearing its way out. 496 00:34:29,860 --> 00:34:32,460 Come on. Let's get you cleaned up. 497 00:34:43,420 --> 00:34:46,890 I think perhaps it's time to close those books for the evening. 498 00:34:46,940 --> 00:34:49,650 I have to keep going over things. 499 00:34:49,700 --> 00:34:52,370 As soon as I think I've understood one element of doctrine, 500 00:34:52,420 --> 00:34:55,330 I-I read a conflicting account and I'm lost again. 501 00:34:55,380 --> 00:34:57,770 Well, there is such a thing as being too widely read, 502 00:34:57,820 --> 00:34:59,410 particularly when it comes to some of 503 00:34:59,460 --> 00:35:01,210 the more arcane areas of theology. 504 00:35:01,260 --> 00:35:02,890 No! I have more to do. 505 00:35:02,940 --> 00:35:06,240 And you can do it tomorrow when you're rested. 506 00:35:08,140 --> 00:35:12,850 Remember, taking your vows isn't about what's in those books, 507 00:35:12,900 --> 00:35:14,650 it's about what's in your heart. 508 00:35:14,700 --> 00:35:17,130 Your love for God and his for you. 509 00:35:17,180 --> 00:35:21,370 Without that, none of your studies mean anything at all. 510 00:35:21,420 --> 00:35:24,050 If God loves me, and He wants me to do this, 511 00:35:24,100 --> 00:35:26,530 why is He making it so hard? 512 00:35:26,580 --> 00:35:29,250 You must sleep. 513 00:35:29,300 --> 00:35:31,770 Sleep. 514 00:35:31,820 --> 00:35:35,320 And in the morning things will seem much clearer. 515 00:35:38,020 --> 00:35:42,220 ♪ Have I not remembered thee in my bed 516 00:35:44,380 --> 00:35:48,060 ♪ And thought upon thee when I was waking? 517 00:35:49,460 --> 00:35:53,010 ♪ Because thou hast been my helper 518 00:35:53,060 --> 00:35:59,180 ♪ Therefore under the shadow of thy wings... ♪ 519 00:36:06,980 --> 00:36:09,970 I see someone's recovered from her ordeal. 520 00:36:10,020 --> 00:36:11,890 Faduma has. 521 00:36:11,940 --> 00:36:14,610 It might take me a bit longer. 522 00:36:14,660 --> 00:36:17,730 Yes. Give it time. 523 00:36:17,780 --> 00:36:19,370 Thank you. 524 00:36:19,420 --> 00:36:20,970 There's no need to thank me. 525 00:36:21,020 --> 00:36:24,210 I, I was just doing what I was trained to do. 526 00:36:24,260 --> 00:36:29,260 When I was cut before, they tied my legs together until I healed. 527 00:36:31,580 --> 00:36:33,810 I was only a child. 528 00:36:33,860 --> 00:36:36,610 Perhaps I was too old when it happened. 529 00:36:36,660 --> 00:36:40,810 My older sister was very young when it happened to her. 530 00:36:40,860 --> 00:36:42,930 She remembers nothing. 531 00:36:44,020 --> 00:36:47,090 I think perhaps it's better that way. 532 00:36:47,140 --> 00:36:53,090 This is different, Nadifa. Mr Kenley didn't cut you, he repaired you. 533 00:36:53,140 --> 00:36:57,610 - And nobody here's going to tie your legs together. - Repaired me? 534 00:36:57,660 --> 00:37:00,690 You were badly torn during your delivery, Nadifa. 535 00:37:00,740 --> 00:37:02,690 But what has he done? 536 00:37:02,740 --> 00:37:04,650 How has he stitched me? 537 00:37:04,700 --> 00:37:07,240 - I don't know... - He is a man! 538 00:37:08,340 --> 00:37:10,850 How would he know how I should be sewn? 539 00:37:10,900 --> 00:37:14,060 I'll talk to someone. I'll see what I can find out. 540 00:37:36,580 --> 00:37:39,980 Your breakfast tray lies neglected in your room. 541 00:37:41,380 --> 00:37:46,340 The rats may thank you for the gesture, but your health will not. 542 00:37:49,900 --> 00:37:51,780 I try so hard. 543 00:37:53,860 --> 00:37:57,340 It's as though there's a thick mist in my brain. I can't study. 544 00:37:59,460 --> 00:38:01,580 I can't even pray. 545 00:38:04,700 --> 00:38:07,810 It's like shouting in whispers, I'm not sure God can hear me, 546 00:38:07,860 --> 00:38:09,690 and I'm sure I can't hear him. 547 00:38:09,740 --> 00:38:11,770 That is static interference. 548 00:38:11,820 --> 00:38:13,410 It will quiet soon. 549 00:38:13,460 --> 00:38:17,090 No, it's been like this for months, 550 00:38:17,140 --> 00:38:22,090 ever since I became ill. I just made excuses in the hospital. 551 00:38:22,140 --> 00:38:26,570 I couldn't pray because I didn't have my Bible, or a chapel, 552 00:38:26,620 --> 00:38:31,340 or silence. And here, I have all these things. 553 00:38:33,460 --> 00:38:35,400 And there's nothing. 554 00:38:38,500 --> 00:38:42,380 It is no bad thing to be lost in a fog, all at sea. 555 00:38:44,100 --> 00:38:49,370 When land comes into view again, you will appreciate it with a keenness 556 00:38:49,420 --> 00:38:53,900 that is denied to those who know nothing but the safety of the shore. 557 00:39:01,620 --> 00:39:04,610 It's her body, Delia. It's what she knew. 558 00:39:04,660 --> 00:39:06,290 Probably what her husband wanted. 559 00:39:06,340 --> 00:39:08,730 And what about what she wants? 560 00:39:08,780 --> 00:39:11,330 All I can say is, 561 00:39:11,380 --> 00:39:14,010 Mr Kenley said he couldn't make good a procedure 562 00:39:14,060 --> 00:39:16,410 that never should've been done in the first place. 563 00:39:16,460 --> 00:39:18,730 And no-one's even told her? 564 00:39:20,100 --> 00:39:21,490 Not yet. 565 00:39:21,540 --> 00:39:23,380 Nurse Busby! 566 00:39:36,860 --> 00:39:39,210 I'm just on my way to a Civil Defence meeting. 567 00:39:39,260 --> 00:39:40,450 What's the latest? 568 00:39:40,500 --> 00:39:42,090 It's hard to tell with no volume, 569 00:39:42,140 --> 00:39:45,450 but the jist seems to be that if the USSR doesn't accept Kennedy's deal, 570 00:39:45,500 --> 00:39:49,170 then we're all going to hell in a hand cart! 571 00:39:49,220 --> 00:39:51,810 I really don't think this is the time for levity, Barbara. 572 00:39:51,860 --> 00:39:56,620 Sorry. Came out wrong. I think I'm just trying to be brave. 573 00:39:58,340 --> 00:40:01,620 There's nothing wrong with that in the middle of all this. 574 00:40:04,260 --> 00:40:05,770 Where are you going, Trixie? 575 00:40:05,820 --> 00:40:07,820 To make a phone call. 576 00:40:23,180 --> 00:40:25,970 May I suggest we spend the evening in the chapel, 577 00:40:26,020 --> 00:40:30,050 praying for a peaceful resolution to this conflict. 578 00:40:43,100 --> 00:40:45,840 May I speak to Christopher Dockerill? 579 00:40:46,860 --> 00:40:50,290 Hello. It's Trixie. 580 00:40:50,340 --> 00:40:52,730 I hope you don't think I'm being forward, 581 00:40:52,780 --> 00:40:55,770 but I find myself unexpectedly free this evening. 582 00:40:55,820 --> 00:40:57,330 '.. for the larger 583 00:40:57,380 --> 00:40:59,410 'intermediate range ballistic missile. 584 00:40:59,460 --> 00:41:03,010 'This is capable of hitting any major city from Hudson Bay 585 00:41:03,060 --> 00:41:04,930 'to Lima, Peru...' 586 00:41:08,260 --> 00:41:11,530 ♪ If he asks if you're all alone 587 00:41:11,580 --> 00:41:13,770 ♪ Can he take you home? 588 00:41:13,820 --> 00:41:15,930 ♪ You must tell him no 589 00:41:15,980 --> 00:41:19,810 ♪ Cos don't forget who's taking you home 590 00:41:19,860 --> 00:41:22,660 ♪ And in whose arms you're going to be 591 00:41:23,180 --> 00:41:28,130 ♪ So, darling, save the last dance for me... ♪ 592 00:41:28,180 --> 00:41:31,490 '.. is to transform Cuba into a considerable and significant 593 00:41:31,540 --> 00:41:34,090 'strategic base which could add quite substantially 594 00:41:34,140 --> 00:41:36,680 'to Russia's rocket capability.' 595 00:41:55,580 --> 00:41:59,570 Terrible to think this could all be blown away tomorrow. 596 00:41:59,620 --> 00:42:03,210 You'd think the world would've learned by now. 597 00:42:03,260 --> 00:42:06,170 We've had two wars already this century. 598 00:42:06,220 --> 00:42:08,330 More than that. 599 00:42:08,380 --> 00:42:12,770 I fought in Korea, thanks to National Service. 600 00:42:12,820 --> 00:42:16,330 My father never recovered from the things he saw in battle. 601 00:42:16,380 --> 00:42:19,450 He suffered terrible shellshock all of his life. 602 00:42:19,500 --> 00:42:22,250 Warfare's bad enough when you're in the middle of it. 603 00:42:22,300 --> 00:42:25,530 To have to keep replaying it in your mind... 604 00:42:25,580 --> 00:42:29,130 - Sorry. I'm sounding morbid. - I don't mind. 605 00:42:29,180 --> 00:42:32,090 No, if the world's about to be blown to smithereens, 606 00:42:32,140 --> 00:42:33,850 you deserve to be shown a good time. 607 00:42:33,900 --> 00:42:37,370 London is your oyster. You choose. We can do anything you like. 608 00:42:37,420 --> 00:42:39,820 Dine. Dance. Make merry. 609 00:42:41,100 --> 00:42:46,130 I'd think I'd quite like to sit here with you... 610 00:42:46,180 --> 00:42:51,140 doing not much at all and just see what happens. 611 00:42:56,500 --> 00:42:58,940 What if this happens? 612 00:43:28,460 --> 00:43:31,660 Did the electric shock treatment help at all? 613 00:43:32,460 --> 00:43:34,860 It was... cleansing. 614 00:43:36,980 --> 00:43:39,520 Things were clearer for a while. 615 00:43:40,500 --> 00:43:43,730 I thought I'd carry on getting better here, and I'm not. 616 00:43:43,780 --> 00:43:47,420 - Failed at Linchmere. Failed here. - You haven't failed. 617 00:43:48,820 --> 00:43:53,250 You, you're succeeding just by putting one foot 618 00:43:53,300 --> 00:43:55,730 in front of the other, 619 00:43:55,780 --> 00:44:01,050 carrying on along this scary, rocky, lonely road. 620 00:44:01,100 --> 00:44:04,860 - It is lonely, Doctor. It's so, so lonely. - I know. 621 00:44:07,260 --> 00:44:09,930 I was once as lonely as you are now. 622 00:44:14,180 --> 00:44:18,100 It was after the war... and because of it. 623 00:44:20,700 --> 00:44:24,620 But I was sent somewhere where people walked beside me. 624 00:44:25,980 --> 00:44:28,650 And things got better after that. 625 00:44:28,700 --> 00:44:31,700 Just at this moment, I can't imagine that. 626 00:44:32,740 --> 00:44:34,810 But I want it so much. 627 00:44:35,580 --> 00:44:37,930 And how can I want something I can't imagine? 628 00:44:37,980 --> 00:44:39,810 It doesn't make sense! 629 00:44:39,860 --> 00:44:42,290 There's just no room in my head for it. 630 00:44:42,340 --> 00:44:44,540 Let me see what I can do. 631 00:45:08,700 --> 00:45:10,810 I wanted to come to your room. 632 00:45:10,860 --> 00:45:13,010 I wanted to talk to you. 633 00:45:13,060 --> 00:45:15,610 I wanted to know that you were all right, 634 00:45:15,660 --> 00:45:18,850 but I couldn't because of the way things are. 635 00:45:18,900 --> 00:45:22,180 I don't really know how anything is at the moment, Trixie. 636 00:45:23,220 --> 00:45:25,370 Then I'm just going to say one thing 637 00:45:25,420 --> 00:45:28,890 and you can dismiss it as platitude if you prefer, 638 00:45:28,940 --> 00:45:33,010 but I generally find that if you can summon the courage to sit through 639 00:45:33,060 --> 00:45:37,050 the bleakest day, then in the end, the weather will change. 640 00:45:37,100 --> 00:45:39,410 You just have to hope that when the sun comes out you aren't 641 00:45:39,460 --> 00:45:43,770 wearing wellington boots and a sou'wester, because... 642 00:45:43,820 --> 00:45:47,660 there's nothing worse than being wrongly dressed for an occasion. 643 00:45:51,420 --> 00:45:55,780 Thank you for the soap and the message you sent with it. 644 00:46:10,260 --> 00:46:11,770 Well done. 645 00:46:11,820 --> 00:46:13,530 You're healing beautifully. 646 00:46:13,580 --> 00:46:15,410 I will never be mended. 647 00:46:15,460 --> 00:46:17,260 What do you mean? 648 00:46:19,580 --> 00:46:22,320 Deka, take the baby to the next room. 649 00:46:28,300 --> 00:46:31,170 The surgeon -- he left me all wrong. 650 00:46:31,220 --> 00:46:34,220 I must be stitched so my husband is happy. 651 00:46:36,860 --> 00:46:39,290 But the damage you have -- 652 00:46:39,340 --> 00:46:42,170 it wouldn't have happened if you hadn't been circumcised. 653 00:46:42,220 --> 00:46:46,020 That was the problem, not what Mr Kenley did, nor me. 654 00:46:46,300 --> 00:46:49,810 There's lots of things we can do to help you feel better. 655 00:46:49,860 --> 00:46:53,340 In time, it will become normal. 656 00:46:54,780 --> 00:46:58,620 There is no normal. Not any more. 657 00:47:02,780 --> 00:47:05,890 Mr Spencer's van is looking very full! 658 00:47:05,940 --> 00:47:08,810 Oh, not another box! Where did that come from? 659 00:47:08,860 --> 00:47:11,060 The cupboard in the eaves. 660 00:47:12,060 --> 00:47:14,690 Angela's baby things. 661 00:47:14,740 --> 00:47:17,650 Her bath. Her cot. 662 00:47:17,700 --> 00:47:19,530 I asked you to get rid of all this 663 00:47:19,580 --> 00:47:22,450 when we thought our family was complete. 664 00:47:23,060 --> 00:47:25,610 Maybe I never gave up hope. 665 00:47:25,660 --> 00:47:29,260 Just as I haven't that the Russians will back down. 666 00:47:31,180 --> 00:47:33,770 I've checked every other room. They're all empty. 667 00:47:33,820 --> 00:47:37,370 - We're not leaving anything behind. - Thank you, Timothy. 668 00:47:37,420 --> 00:47:40,460 I'll tell Mr Spencer there's one more box. 669 00:47:47,140 --> 00:47:49,940 - Lots of memories. - Yes. 670 00:47:51,100 --> 00:47:53,690 They don't belong to the house. 671 00:47:53,740 --> 00:47:55,330 They're ours. 672 00:47:55,380 --> 00:47:57,500 They come with us. 673 00:48:14,220 --> 00:48:16,810 There's something about hovering on the brink of a nuclear war 674 00:48:16,860 --> 00:48:18,490 that rather blunts the appetite. 675 00:48:18,540 --> 00:48:20,170 Honestly, I'd tuck in. 676 00:48:20,220 --> 00:48:22,650 If Khrushchev gets his way, the only vegetables we'll see 677 00:48:22,700 --> 00:48:25,210 for a long time will be out of a tin. 678 00:48:25,260 --> 00:48:28,530 - Mrs Whitten. - Breech? - No. Baby turned. 679 00:48:28,580 --> 00:48:31,370 So you never told us about your date! 680 00:48:31,420 --> 00:48:33,490 A lady never tells. 681 00:48:33,540 --> 00:48:35,130 But since you ask. 682 00:48:35,180 --> 00:48:37,570 I thought if we're all going to die anyway, 683 00:48:37,620 --> 00:48:40,160 I might as well let him kiss me. 684 00:48:40,700 --> 00:48:42,490 Evening, all. 685 00:48:42,540 --> 00:48:43,810 Mr Buckle. 686 00:48:43,860 --> 00:48:46,610 - Is there news from Cuba? - The best news. 687 00:48:46,660 --> 00:48:49,450 The Russians have agreed America's terms. 688 00:48:49,500 --> 00:48:51,450 Kennedy has stood down his weapons. 689 00:48:51,500 --> 00:48:54,380 - It's over? - Yes. Yes, it is. 690 00:48:57,220 --> 00:48:58,850 We live to see another day. 691 00:48:58,900 --> 00:49:00,650 Is it on the radio? 692 00:49:00,700 --> 00:49:03,010 I want to hear this for myself. 693 00:49:03,060 --> 00:49:05,170 What a relief! I'm so very happy. 694 00:49:05,220 --> 00:49:07,730 Still glad you let your dentist kiss you? 695 00:49:07,780 --> 00:49:09,170 Win-win, I say. 696 00:49:09,220 --> 00:49:11,610 We did not pray in vain. 697 00:49:11,660 --> 00:49:13,850 You certainly did not. 698 00:49:13,900 --> 00:49:17,820 And now we're off a war footing, we can resume your driving lessons. 699 00:49:25,340 --> 00:49:27,930 Did you speak to someone? What's the hold up? 700 00:49:27,980 --> 00:49:31,330 Mr Spencer misread the address you wrote down for him. 701 00:49:31,380 --> 00:49:35,290 The van and all our worldly possessions have gone to Kent! 702 00:49:35,340 --> 00:49:38,450 And they say it's doctors who have poor handwriting. 703 00:49:38,500 --> 00:49:41,930 Patrick, I feel like an absolute fool. 704 00:49:41,980 --> 00:49:43,610 Then we're a fine pair. 705 00:49:43,660 --> 00:49:45,530 While I was at the phone box, 706 00:49:45,580 --> 00:49:49,410 I also rang the Electricity Board to ask why we've not been connected. 707 00:49:49,460 --> 00:49:52,810 It transpires I gave them the wrong connection date. 708 00:49:52,860 --> 00:49:56,180 We have no electricity until tomorrow afternoon. 709 00:50:04,900 --> 00:50:08,290 Dr Turner has recommended a hospital near Birmingham. 710 00:50:08,340 --> 00:50:11,250 It's called Northfield. 711 00:50:11,300 --> 00:50:14,690 It's a very gentle, therapeutic community. 712 00:50:14,740 --> 00:50:17,130 Not at all like Linchmere. 713 00:50:17,180 --> 00:50:20,540 - Is that where he went? - Many years ago, yes. 714 00:50:22,380 --> 00:50:25,610 - Can I ask you for one more kindness? - Anything. 715 00:50:25,660 --> 00:50:27,290 Could you contact the Mother House 716 00:50:27,340 --> 00:50:30,450 and ask them to send me my postulant's dress? 717 00:50:30,500 --> 00:50:33,940 - Your postulant's dress? - I left Nonnatus House in it before. 718 00:50:34,940 --> 00:50:37,250 I want to leave in it again 719 00:50:37,300 --> 00:50:44,330 because once, then, I knew who I was, where I was going, 720 00:50:44,380 --> 00:50:47,130 what there was at the end of the road. 721 00:50:47,180 --> 00:50:50,120 And now I don't know any of those things. 722 00:50:52,380 --> 00:50:55,480 I want to go right back to the beginning... 723 00:50:56,580 --> 00:51:01,460 .. to where I was when everything was clean, nothing was impossible. 724 00:51:03,900 --> 00:51:06,730 And that means wearing my postulant's dress. 725 00:51:06,780 --> 00:51:09,180 I think that's very sensible. 726 00:51:18,220 --> 00:51:20,050 Goodness. 727 00:51:20,100 --> 00:51:24,130 A Melton Mowbray pork pie and a vanilla slice. 728 00:51:24,180 --> 00:51:26,090 You certainly do know how to treat a girl. 729 00:51:26,140 --> 00:51:28,650 Yes, I decided to push the boat out. 730 00:51:28,700 --> 00:51:32,740 But I do have something that might be a little more to your taste. 731 00:51:34,380 --> 00:51:37,770 I thought we should have something special to toast the new peace. 732 00:51:37,820 --> 00:51:39,770 Gosh! 733 00:51:39,820 --> 00:51:41,560 Something wrong? 734 00:51:42,300 --> 00:51:44,130 Not at all. 735 00:51:44,180 --> 00:51:47,130 Only I'm on call tonight and we're not allowed to imbibe. 736 00:51:47,180 --> 00:51:50,090 - Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't think. - Don't worry. 737 00:51:50,140 --> 00:51:54,770 I'll simply hold it up in an elegant way and pretend. Like so. 738 00:51:54,820 --> 00:51:57,820 Well, you really do look rather wonderful. 739 00:51:58,700 --> 00:52:00,660 Chin-chin! 740 00:52:05,980 --> 00:52:09,130 It was very good of Nurse Crane to lend us the Cubs' sleeping bags. 741 00:52:09,180 --> 00:52:10,810 I keep finding things in mine. 742 00:52:10,860 --> 00:52:14,130 - I think there's a woggle at the bottom. - Lucky you. 743 00:52:14,180 --> 00:52:17,450 The only thing in mine is the faint aroma of wee. 744 00:52:17,500 --> 00:52:20,610 It reminds me of when we went camping. Best holiday ever. 745 00:52:20,660 --> 00:52:24,570 Oh, don't. Keep our voices down or we'll wake Angela. 746 00:52:24,620 --> 00:52:27,810 We're very lucky though, aren't we? 747 00:52:27,860 --> 00:52:30,300 Yes. Yes, we are. 748 00:52:38,460 --> 00:52:40,660 Ready? 749 00:53:51,540 --> 00:53:54,740 - Baby's doing extremely well. - And so is Mum. 750 00:53:55,900 --> 00:53:58,930 This was donated to the toy box at the clinic, 751 00:53:58,980 --> 00:54:01,250 but I thought Deka might make use of it, 752 00:54:01,300 --> 00:54:03,730 given her interest in all things medical. 753 00:54:03,780 --> 00:54:07,050 Deka is not here. She's leaving on the boat with a chaperone. 754 00:54:07,100 --> 00:54:09,090 She's going back to Somaliland? 755 00:54:09,140 --> 00:54:11,690 Deka didn't say anything about leaving. 756 00:54:11,740 --> 00:54:15,170 She didn't know. None of us did. My mother decided it. 757 00:54:15,220 --> 00:54:18,660 There was a ticket. And... And it was time. 758 00:54:21,100 --> 00:54:23,100 She's gone to be cut. 759 00:54:27,220 --> 00:54:28,890 How could you? 760 00:54:30,020 --> 00:54:31,130 How could you let her go 761 00:54:31,180 --> 00:54:33,570 when you could've died from what they did to you?! 762 00:54:33,620 --> 00:54:35,970 You're going to live with the damage for the rest of your life. 763 00:54:36,020 --> 00:54:37,730 Do you really want the same for Deka? 764 00:54:37,780 --> 00:54:43,770 Do you really want some man to pin her down and cut and sew her closed? 765 00:54:43,820 --> 00:54:47,130 Is that what you want, Mrs Farah? 766 00:54:47,180 --> 00:54:50,810 My name is not Mrs Farah. 767 00:54:50,860 --> 00:54:54,170 In my country, a woman does not take her husband's name -- 768 00:54:54,220 --> 00:54:57,860 she is her own person called after her own family line. 769 00:54:59,020 --> 00:55:03,170 My name is Nadifa Ghedi Jama. 770 00:55:03,220 --> 00:55:06,330 And no man would dare cut me or my sisters -- 771 00:55:06,380 --> 00:55:10,530 the person who holds a knife is a woman! 772 00:55:10,580 --> 00:55:13,850 The person who calls Deka back to be cut is a woman! 773 00:55:13,900 --> 00:55:18,530 Her own mother who loves her, who wants her to be respected, 774 00:55:18,580 --> 00:55:20,770 to be clean, and to find a good husband. 775 00:55:20,820 --> 00:55:23,020 And to be those things... 776 00:55:25,340 --> 00:55:27,700 .. she must be cut. 777 00:55:29,340 --> 00:55:32,500 She will not be scared. She is braver than me. 778 00:55:47,420 --> 00:55:50,970 'Deka was escorted back to her homeland 779 00:55:51,020 --> 00:55:54,490 'where her family were waiting and she was cut, 780 00:55:54,540 --> 00:55:57,620 'like generations of women before her.' 781 00:56:01,460 --> 00:56:03,780 See you after my holiday! 782 00:56:09,660 --> 00:56:11,170 Dr Turner! 783 00:56:11,220 --> 00:56:13,250 I hoped we'd see you. 784 00:56:13,300 --> 00:56:17,130 I'm Nurse Barrington, but everyone calls me Barry. 785 00:56:17,180 --> 00:56:20,290 What would you like to be called while you're with us? 786 00:56:20,340 --> 00:56:24,180 If you don't mind, and if I'm allowed to choose... 787 00:56:25,260 --> 00:56:30,180 .. I'd just like to be called by my name, which is Cynthia. 788 00:56:34,820 --> 00:56:40,980 'There are so many secret wounds, so many types of hidden scar. 789 00:56:42,740 --> 00:56:46,370 'Nadifa, in time, decided that her own little girl 790 00:56:46,420 --> 00:56:49,210 'would not be circumcised. 791 00:56:49,260 --> 00:56:51,930 'It was a bold step and it took courage... 792 00:56:51,980 --> 00:56:54,120 'like every new journey. 793 00:56:55,780 --> 00:57:02,810 'The soul, being stronger than we think, can survive all mutilations 794 00:57:02,860 --> 00:57:07,700 'and the marks upon it make it perfect and complete.' 795 00:57:13,700 --> 00:57:15,850 They can give her artificial legs, already? 796 00:57:15,900 --> 00:57:18,610 Roehampton's working with a number of Thalidomide children. 797 00:57:18,660 --> 00:57:20,050 Just tell them, "Yes." 798 00:57:20,100 --> 00:57:21,730 This isn't funny, Valerie! 799 00:57:21,780 --> 00:57:23,930 Christopher's obviously involved with someone else! 800 00:57:23,980 --> 00:57:25,570 And I don't want 'em taking her anywhere 801 00:57:25,620 --> 00:57:27,770 where they think she's a freak that needs fixing! 802 00:57:27,820 --> 00:57:29,850 If we don't let them try and mend her, 803 00:57:29,900 --> 00:57:31,810 then her life's over before it's begun! 804 00:57:31,860 --> 00:57:33,930 Nurse Crane should stand down from duties 805 00:57:33,980 --> 00:57:35,690 until the situation is resolved. 806 00:57:35,740 --> 00:57:38,210 If you caused harm to someone else... 807 00:57:38,260 --> 00:57:40,130 would it not make you question everything 808 00:57:40,180 --> 00:57:42,020 your life has come to stand for?