1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:01,220 (Transcribed by TurboScribe.ai. Go Unlimited to remove this message.) I'll slice. 2 00:00:09,770 --> 00:00:11,770 Are you going to the surgery? 3 00:00:12,310 --> 00:00:13,410 You have the flu. 4 00:00:13,950 --> 00:00:15,670 I've woken up feeling fine. 5 00:00:16,170 --> 00:00:17,770 Look, have you seen my car keys? 6 00:00:18,190 --> 00:00:20,030 I've got a list of cases as long 7 00:00:20,030 --> 00:00:21,030 as your arm this morning. 8 00:00:21,090 --> 00:00:22,470 Can you use a spare set? 9 00:00:23,570 --> 00:00:25,990 Timothy took the spare set up to Edinburgh 10 00:00:25,990 --> 00:00:26,670 by accident. 11 00:00:27,710 --> 00:00:30,110 I put mine on the table when I 12 00:00:30,110 --> 00:00:30,570 came in. 13 00:00:31,290 --> 00:00:32,570 I'm going to have to go. 14 00:00:33,470 --> 00:00:35,750 I'll have to find another means of transport. 15 00:00:36,110 --> 00:00:37,890 You go, I'll keep on looking. 16 00:00:38,950 --> 00:00:40,630 Can you post this on the way? 17 00:00:41,090 --> 00:00:43,170 It's the children's parcel for Blue Peter. 18 00:00:52,500 --> 00:00:54,080 I need to go and see Pete. 19 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:55,980 I don't care if the hospital say that 20 00:00:55,980 --> 00:00:56,980 he's turning a corner. 21 00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:58,360 I need to go and see him. 22 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:01,160 Not until you've shaken off this flu. 23 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:04,160 Think of this as the beginning of a 24 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:05,020 plan of action. 25 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:07,440 First and foremost, we must get the whole 26 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:10,000 family signed up with our local GP practice 27 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,280 for care and seek, most of all. 28 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,600 When she was born, they said that I'd 29 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:16,460 never rear her. 30 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:18,240 I was only 16. 31 00:01:19,300 --> 00:01:22,020 But I done all right, didn't I? 32 00:01:22,260 --> 00:01:22,860 Do this. 33 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:25,560 I take my hat off to you. 34 00:01:30,740 --> 00:01:32,260 I had a show of a small pain. 35 00:01:32,940 --> 00:01:34,320 Great big clump of it. 36 00:01:35,820 --> 00:01:37,560 Have you been having any pains? 37 00:01:38,100 --> 00:01:38,500 Oh, a few. 38 00:01:46,300 --> 00:01:48,040 It doesn't look to me as though you've 39 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:49,160 come to any harm, Reggie. 40 00:01:50,300 --> 00:01:52,220 Sometimes in life, things go wrong. 41 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:53,920 But we survive. 42 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:56,080 And all we can do is learn from 43 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:56,300 them. 44 00:01:57,420 --> 00:02:00,120 I've learned not to get on the wrong 45 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:00,620 bus. 46 00:02:03,460 --> 00:02:05,240 How are you feeling about it all now? 47 00:02:05,940 --> 00:02:06,380 Sad. 48 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:08,520 Because I was hungry. 49 00:02:09,419 --> 00:02:11,200 Well, you've already made up for that with 50 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:12,820 half a tin of shortbread Santas. 51 00:02:12,820 --> 00:02:13,600 Oh. 52 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:17,820 Some people are hungry all the time. 53 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:21,100 It hurts your stomach and your heart. 54 00:02:21,900 --> 00:02:22,940 And it's Christmas. 55 00:02:31,250 --> 00:02:32,190 You're not a salesman. 56 00:02:33,570 --> 00:02:35,150 Do you need to speak to a midwife? 57 00:02:36,130 --> 00:02:37,990 I think I just need to speak to 58 00:02:37,990 --> 00:02:39,670 anyone who's free to come and help me 59 00:02:39,670 --> 00:02:40,450 to home delivery. 60 00:02:41,470 --> 00:02:44,470 The mother's circumstances are absolutely pitiful. 61 00:02:44,470 --> 00:02:44,570 Oh. 62 00:02:59,470 --> 00:02:59,970 Hello. 63 00:03:00,970 --> 00:03:01,470 Hello. 64 00:03:02,430 --> 00:03:04,550 Would I be able to speak to nurse 65 00:03:04,550 --> 00:03:05,670 Nancy Corrigan, please? 66 00:03:05,870 --> 00:03:07,930 Are those flowers because you're a grateful patient? 67 00:03:09,190 --> 00:03:09,830 Sort of. 68 00:03:10,330 --> 00:03:11,670 She's about to go back to work for 69 00:03:11,670 --> 00:03:12,270 the afternoon. 70 00:03:12,830 --> 00:03:13,110 Mummy! 71 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:18,100 Mummy! 72 00:03:18,980 --> 00:03:20,200 A man brought you flowers. 73 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:25,920 So I see. 74 00:03:33,290 --> 00:03:35,750 Nancy, please come and have a cup of 75 00:03:35,750 --> 00:03:36,590 coffee with me. 76 00:03:37,030 --> 00:03:37,750 I'm working. 77 00:03:39,030 --> 00:03:40,430 And like I said in the first place, 78 00:03:40,970 --> 00:03:42,430 Christmas is a very busy time. 79 00:04:00,100 --> 00:04:01,820 Angela, what are you three up to? 80 00:04:02,180 --> 00:04:04,460 What postbox did you put the Blue Peter 81 00:04:04,460 --> 00:04:05,320 parcel in? 82 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:06,580 Why do you want to know? 83 00:04:07,060 --> 00:04:09,220 May I put my best stinky car in 84 00:04:09,220 --> 00:04:09,340 it? 85 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:10,280 It was an accident. 86 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:12,460 And your car keys. 87 00:04:12,900 --> 00:04:14,480 That was an accident too. 88 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:22,080 Oi! 89 00:04:22,860 --> 00:04:24,220 Just a cup of coffee, Nancy. 90 00:04:24,900 --> 00:04:26,500 And if you don't want coffee, I'll take 91 00:04:26,500 --> 00:04:27,180 you for an ice cream. 92 00:04:27,220 --> 00:04:27,640 Ice cream? 93 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:28,560 It's flame of December. 94 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:30,620 Nancy, sooner or later, I am going to 95 00:04:30,620 --> 00:04:31,360 tell you that I love you. 96 00:04:31,840 --> 00:04:33,260 I thought I might as well give advance 97 00:04:33,260 --> 00:04:33,600 notice. 98 00:04:33,740 --> 00:04:35,440 In the grand tradition of warning me of 99 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:36,480 romantic developments. 100 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:38,640 I thought it might change your mind about 101 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:40,660 the coffee stroke ice cream situation. 102 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:45,860 Tell your man to pull over and I'll 103 00:04:45,860 --> 00:04:46,220 stop. 104 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:48,140 Pull over, mate. 105 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:57,960 Pastor Robinson has arrived and Sister Monica Jones 106 00:04:57,960 --> 00:04:59,180 has the chapels ready. 107 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:01,840 I'm afraid I shall have to leave immediately 108 00:05:01,840 --> 00:05:02,440 afterwards. 109 00:05:03,180 --> 00:05:04,480 I have an appointment with the Board of 110 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:04,760 Health. 111 00:05:08,700 --> 00:05:10,420 My bottom's cold. 112 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:11,720 I hate Blue Peter. 113 00:05:12,180 --> 00:05:14,300 Mum gets cross when we say hate. 114 00:05:15,100 --> 00:05:17,340 Not as cross as Dad got about the 115 00:05:17,340 --> 00:05:18,100 car keys. 116 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:19,860 What time is the postman coming? 117 00:05:28,530 --> 00:05:44,260 You are 118 00:05:44,260 --> 00:05:45,780 welcome in our home. 119 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:48,360 Which has been your mother's. 120 00:05:49,280 --> 00:05:49,720 Also. 121 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:05,980 Thank you for your kindness. 122 00:06:14,010 --> 00:06:14,870 Come on, lad. 123 00:06:18,890 --> 00:06:19,670 We're proud. 124 00:06:27,020 --> 00:06:31,880 How long does it take for a baby 125 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:32,540 to be born? 126 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:34,180 Nobody knows, sweetie. 127 00:06:34,620 --> 00:06:35,640 That's all part of the fun. 128 00:06:36,700 --> 00:06:38,600 But all the time, all the way through 129 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:40,180 it, we know we're all going to get 130 00:06:40,180 --> 00:06:41,060 a present at the end. 131 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:42,280 What sort of present? 132 00:06:43,180 --> 00:06:43,820 Well, a baby. 133 00:06:44,660 --> 00:06:45,620 What do you want most? 134 00:06:45,620 --> 00:06:47,180 A little brother or a little sister? 135 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:50,640 A sister, because we've only got girls clothes. 136 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:57,280 I did not know Gertie during her time 137 00:06:57,280 --> 00:06:57,900 on Earth. 138 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:01,560 But I had the privilege of being with 139 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,260 her after she departed it. 140 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:07,360 And in doing so, I met a woman 141 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:17,140 who was dignified and principled and steadfast. 142 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:21,620 Therefore, I respect and mourn her. 143 00:07:25,250 --> 00:07:28,010 I wish our paths had crossed sooner. 144 00:07:28,790 --> 00:07:30,570 This might have been a different tale. 145 00:07:40,250 --> 00:07:42,290 I will remember this day. 146 00:07:45,290 --> 00:07:47,730 I will remember it like I remember her 147 00:07:47,730 --> 00:07:52,270 peeling potatoes with a wedding ring shining in 148 00:07:52,270 --> 00:07:53,110 the muddy water. 149 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:59,540 And her tearing a strip off the teacher 150 00:07:59,540 --> 00:08:01,160 when I get caned at school. 151 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:04,520 And crying when I took coal home to 152 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:07,660 her because it was midwinter and we had 153 00:08:07,660 --> 00:08:08,220 no fire. 154 00:08:09,220 --> 00:08:13,000 I thought then she was crying because she 155 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:13,520 was happy. 156 00:08:15,580 --> 00:08:17,800 Now, I think she knew I nicked it. 157 00:08:19,220 --> 00:08:22,040 Put me all warm for a while. 158 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:29,700 Loving my mother was the only decent thing 159 00:08:29,700 --> 00:08:30,580 I ever did. 160 00:08:32,659 --> 00:08:34,720 And I did it from further and further 161 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:35,100 away. 162 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:42,159 We used to joke that we'd forget each 163 00:08:42,159 --> 00:08:42,900 other's names. 164 00:08:43,420 --> 00:08:44,520 But we never did. 165 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:48,660 I never will. 166 00:08:59,330 --> 00:09:02,830 I'm glad you found good people in the 167 00:09:02,830 --> 00:09:03,390 end, Ma. 168 00:09:05,730 --> 00:09:07,220 You deserve them. 169 00:09:21,310 --> 00:09:21,830 Kiss you. 170 00:09:33,650 --> 00:09:35,730 Please, please, can I have gas with the 171 00:09:35,730 --> 00:09:36,370 next one? 172 00:09:37,550 --> 00:09:39,710 Gas doesn't go well with a candle, sweetie. 173 00:09:40,210 --> 00:09:42,110 And you're doing wonderfully well without it. 174 00:09:42,490 --> 00:09:44,970 We need you to concentrate now, Dilys, and 175 00:09:44,970 --> 00:09:46,330 push as hard as you can. 176 00:09:47,230 --> 00:09:50,070 The baby's slipping back a little between contractions. 177 00:09:50,970 --> 00:09:52,610 I think we might have to ask Gravity 178 00:09:52,610 --> 00:09:53,590 for a helping hand. 179 00:09:53,930 --> 00:09:55,750 Gravity's what they talk about in space. 180 00:09:56,230 --> 00:09:57,610 I'm not a ruddy astronaut. 181 00:09:58,590 --> 00:09:59,890 You won't be doing this on your own, 182 00:10:00,230 --> 00:10:00,330 Dilys. 183 00:10:01,150 --> 00:10:02,170 I'll cover the floor. 184 00:10:10,030 --> 00:10:13,830 As you can see, we are now in 185 00:10:13,830 --> 00:10:16,910 full possession of the deeds of Nanata's house. 186 00:10:21,590 --> 00:10:22,350 And? 187 00:10:23,170 --> 00:10:25,210 And this marks the end of our relationship 188 00:10:25,210 --> 00:10:29,290 with a really quite remarkable and very generous 189 00:10:29,290 --> 00:10:29,830 benefactor. 190 00:10:29,830 --> 00:10:32,330 He was probably glad to be rid of 191 00:10:32,330 --> 00:10:32,590 it. 192 00:10:33,470 --> 00:10:36,390 The building is under a compulsory purchase order. 193 00:10:36,870 --> 00:10:37,910 Which is yet to be enacted. 194 00:10:39,330 --> 00:10:42,870 Meanwhile, our domiciliary and district services are more 195 00:10:42,870 --> 00:10:44,330 essential than ever. 196 00:10:44,690 --> 00:10:46,690 Have you come to ask for an increase 197 00:10:46,690 --> 00:10:47,390 in fees? 198 00:10:48,230 --> 00:10:51,670 I will next June when our arrangements are 199 00:10:51,670 --> 00:10:52,010 reviewed. 200 00:10:52,790 --> 00:10:56,910 For now, I simply need money to see 201 00:10:56,910 --> 00:11:00,630 to the wet and dry rot and our 202 00:11:00,630 --> 00:11:00,970 roof. 203 00:11:02,430 --> 00:11:06,590 The building is scarcely fit for any purpose, 204 00:11:06,930 --> 00:11:09,010 let alone as medical premises. 205 00:11:09,350 --> 00:11:10,950 Its primary purpose seems to be as a 206 00:11:10,950 --> 00:11:11,950 house of religion. 207 00:11:12,430 --> 00:11:15,050 Yes, that has been the case since 1864. 208 00:11:16,570 --> 00:11:19,290 Which is why your presence in this community 209 00:11:19,290 --> 00:11:22,850 is wholly inappropriate in 1969. 210 00:11:23,710 --> 00:11:28,910 Women don't want nuns delivering sex education, contraception, 211 00:11:29,290 --> 00:11:31,570 or treatment for venereal disease. 212 00:11:31,790 --> 00:11:33,790 And they don't want to ask them for 213 00:11:33,790 --> 00:11:34,710 abortions. 214 00:11:35,590 --> 00:11:37,610 We don't provide abortions. 215 00:11:38,910 --> 00:11:41,010 You won't be providing anything if I have 216 00:11:41,010 --> 00:11:41,510 my way. 217 00:11:42,030 --> 00:11:43,510 You can ask for as much money as 218 00:11:43,510 --> 00:11:45,510 you like when your review comes up. 219 00:11:45,610 --> 00:11:49,130 But I warn you now, we will be 220 00:11:49,130 --> 00:11:50,670 discussing other matters. 221 00:11:56,650 --> 00:11:58,850 I'm scared I'm giving you germs. 222 00:11:59,370 --> 00:12:01,210 That's the last thing you should be worrying 223 00:12:01,210 --> 00:12:01,950 about, sweetie. 224 00:12:02,110 --> 00:12:03,470 Just hang on to me and do as 225 00:12:03,470 --> 00:12:04,310 Mrs Turner says. 226 00:12:04,390 --> 00:12:06,370 This is the best thing you could possibly 227 00:12:06,370 --> 00:12:07,350 have done, Dilys. 228 00:12:07,730 --> 00:12:09,370 Baby is almost with us. 229 00:12:09,590 --> 00:12:10,210 Catch it. 230 00:12:10,810 --> 00:12:11,510 Catch it. 231 00:12:12,070 --> 00:12:13,890 Promise me you'll catch it. 232 00:12:28,030 --> 00:12:30,870 Oh, my little boy, Dilys. 233 00:12:31,530 --> 00:12:35,250 Oh, my little boy. 234 00:12:35,730 --> 00:12:38,990 After all them germs, when did I get 235 00:12:38,990 --> 00:12:39,790 so lucky? 236 00:12:51,070 --> 00:12:54,070 Me mucking up sick is funny. 237 00:12:54,530 --> 00:12:58,690 Me being useless on the dodgems is funny. 238 00:12:59,350 --> 00:13:01,650 Me telling you all about the orphanage and 239 00:13:01,650 --> 00:13:04,850 doing all the nuns' voices, I can make 240 00:13:04,850 --> 00:13:05,550 that funny too. 241 00:13:07,810 --> 00:13:11,130 But becoming a mother at 16 is the 242 00:13:11,130 --> 00:13:13,690 biggest and the most serious thing that's ever 243 00:13:13,690 --> 00:13:14,290 happened to me. 244 00:13:16,490 --> 00:13:18,150 I can never make that into a joke, 245 00:13:18,710 --> 00:13:20,330 so I didn't tell you. 246 00:13:21,970 --> 00:13:23,770 Were you scared of what I'd think? 247 00:13:23,770 --> 00:13:26,970 I was scared I'd scare you off. 248 00:13:27,130 --> 00:13:28,930 The only thing that would scare me off 249 00:13:28,930 --> 00:13:30,810 is if you expected me to keep laughing 250 00:13:30,810 --> 00:13:31,430 all the time. 251 00:13:32,550 --> 00:13:35,990 Because that wouldn't be normal or genuine or 252 00:13:35,990 --> 00:13:38,330 real. 253 00:13:43,490 --> 00:13:46,230 I want this to be real, Nancy. 254 00:13:47,610 --> 00:13:48,410 All of it. 255 00:13:50,570 --> 00:13:53,390 Everything I felt ever since I first clapped 256 00:13:53,390 --> 00:13:54,630 eyes on you and thought you were Miss 257 00:13:54,630 --> 00:13:54,910 Higgins. 258 00:13:55,830 --> 00:14:00,050 Because it's been like I'm dreaming we're on 259 00:14:00,050 --> 00:14:01,510 drugs or something. 260 00:14:01,690 --> 00:14:04,290 And you'd know all about that, being a 261 00:14:04,290 --> 00:14:05,710 pharmaceutical salesman. 262 00:14:07,330 --> 00:14:10,890 Do you think that this is all happening 263 00:14:10,890 --> 00:14:11,570 quite fast? 264 00:14:14,910 --> 00:14:18,190 Yeah, but I think it's meant to. 265 00:14:21,330 --> 00:14:22,670 Yeah, me too. 266 00:14:24,470 --> 00:14:25,850 Introduce me to your daughter. 267 00:14:26,870 --> 00:14:29,310 Let me take you both out to the 268 00:14:29,310 --> 00:14:30,090 funfair again. 269 00:14:31,050 --> 00:14:31,810 Or the pictures. 270 00:14:33,970 --> 00:14:35,150 Make it the pictures. 271 00:14:36,470 --> 00:14:37,570 That's dangerous. 272 00:15:12,890 --> 00:15:15,470 What are you playing at? 273 00:15:15,930 --> 00:15:18,570 I'm playing everything is really something else. 274 00:15:19,050 --> 00:15:20,290 And he's baby Jesus. 275 00:15:21,490 --> 00:15:23,450 He's going to look a devil in all 276 00:15:23,450 --> 00:15:23,970 that pink. 277 00:15:24,810 --> 00:15:28,750 I'm going to look a devil in all 278 00:15:28,750 --> 00:15:29,370 that pink. 279 00:15:33,350 --> 00:15:35,290 Jack was taken straight back to prison. 280 00:15:36,230 --> 00:15:37,910 I went with Gertie as far as the 281 00:15:37,910 --> 00:15:39,190 grave in the council cemetery. 282 00:15:40,150 --> 00:15:41,290 I took note of her position. 283 00:15:41,870 --> 00:15:43,030 So one day he can go and put 284 00:15:43,030 --> 00:15:43,610 flowers there. 285 00:15:44,470 --> 00:15:45,090 Or we can. 286 00:15:46,610 --> 00:15:49,310 She couldn't have flowers in here because of 287 00:15:49,310 --> 00:15:49,650 Advent. 288 00:15:51,470 --> 00:15:53,150 There's always one more thing that can be 289 00:15:53,150 --> 00:15:56,310 done to make her hurt better, isn't there? 290 00:15:58,630 --> 00:15:59,190 Always. 291 00:16:10,980 --> 00:16:12,240 Put them on the desk. 292 00:16:29,730 --> 00:16:32,010 A quick visit to the dodgems before we 293 00:16:32,010 --> 00:16:32,470 all go home. 294 00:16:37,310 --> 00:16:39,550 The Shaun sees her on her books now 295 00:16:39,550 --> 00:16:41,350 and sister Veronica's books. 296 00:16:41,910 --> 00:16:44,470 After Christmas they can apply to be rehoused. 297 00:16:44,930 --> 00:16:46,850 And how long is that going to take? 298 00:16:48,330 --> 00:16:52,170 I suppose it might help that little Karen's 299 00:16:52,170 --> 00:16:52,810 so poorly. 300 00:16:53,010 --> 00:16:55,390 But they're in for a wait. 301 00:16:56,070 --> 00:16:58,290 I'm accustomed to seeing poverty. 302 00:16:59,530 --> 00:17:02,350 But we're led to suppose that squalor is 303 00:17:02,350 --> 00:17:03,270 dying out. 304 00:17:03,430 --> 00:17:05,770 That we're poised on the brink of 1970. 305 00:17:06,250 --> 00:17:07,690 And the whole world is on the up 306 00:17:07,690 --> 00:17:08,069 and up. 307 00:17:08,069 --> 00:17:10,550 But the sad fact is the world is 308 00:17:10,550 --> 00:17:11,510 on the up and up. 309 00:17:12,050 --> 00:17:14,150 And too many people are being left behind. 310 00:17:16,930 --> 00:17:19,030 If I said I walked down Fifth Avenue 311 00:17:19,030 --> 00:17:23,150 dreaming about testing urine, I'd be fibbing. 312 00:17:24,150 --> 00:17:26,210 If I said I lie next to my 313 00:17:26,210 --> 00:17:29,570 husband at night dreaming about riding my bike 314 00:17:29,570 --> 00:17:33,050 on the cobblestones in heavy rain, I'd probably 315 00:17:33,050 --> 00:17:34,350 go to hell because I'd be lying my 316 00:17:34,350 --> 00:17:34,810 head off. 317 00:17:38,210 --> 00:17:41,010 But today wasn't a dream. 318 00:17:42,940 --> 00:17:44,990 The squalor of the room. 319 00:17:46,010 --> 00:17:47,850 The pain of the mother. 320 00:17:48,070 --> 00:17:52,950 The paraffin smell of those cheap candles were 321 00:17:52,950 --> 00:17:56,270 all completely real. 322 00:17:57,910 --> 00:18:00,310 And everything that came out of her labour 323 00:18:00,310 --> 00:18:10,350 and our work was absolutely beautiful and true. 324 00:18:12,290 --> 00:18:13,890 I can't stop wanting that. 325 00:18:14,950 --> 00:18:16,470 I don't know that I can get back 326 00:18:16,470 --> 00:18:16,870 to it. 327 00:18:18,710 --> 00:18:20,350 I belonged in that room. 328 00:18:22,630 --> 00:18:24,150 Just as I belong in this one. 329 00:18:25,950 --> 00:18:27,610 I've learned to be good at not craving 330 00:18:27,610 --> 00:18:28,870 things that hurt me. 331 00:18:31,130 --> 00:18:33,230 But I can't stop craving the things that 332 00:18:33,230 --> 00:18:34,030 make me whole. 333 00:18:37,180 --> 00:18:39,940 Having no particularly gainful employment to attend to 334 00:18:39,940 --> 00:18:43,820 between now and Christmas Day itself, I'm entirely 335 00:18:43,820 --> 00:18:46,540 happy to spearhead the whole enterprise. 336 00:18:47,100 --> 00:18:49,360 Oh, well, you're the only man I know 337 00:18:49,360 --> 00:18:50,820 who knows one end of an oven glove 338 00:18:50,820 --> 00:18:51,420 from the oven. 339 00:18:52,660 --> 00:18:55,140 And there are so many lonely people out 340 00:18:55,140 --> 00:18:55,520 there. 341 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:58,820 All the lonelier because they won't admit to 342 00:18:58,820 --> 00:18:59,120 it. 343 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:00,840 How did loneliness ever come to be a 344 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:01,680 source of shame? 345 00:19:02,140 --> 00:19:03,720 Because it's a kind of hunger. 346 00:19:04,500 --> 00:19:06,600 And one way or another, hunger is always 347 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:07,420 seen as a failure. 348 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:09,740 Not this Christmas. 349 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:12,160 And not here. 350 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:15,840 Then this is how I propose that we 351 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:16,280 proceed. 352 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:19,420 We've been offered access to five domestic kitchens. 353 00:19:19,420 --> 00:19:21,220 Nonato's house is kitchen number one. 354 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:23,820 Our esteemed mayor, Mrs. Buckle, has offered kitchen 355 00:19:23,820 --> 00:19:24,380 number two. 356 00:19:24,500 --> 00:19:26,060 Turner Residence, kitchen number three. 357 00:19:26,380 --> 00:19:28,860 Miss Higgins Cottage furnishes us with kitchen four. 358 00:19:29,060 --> 00:19:31,020 And bringing up the rear, Pastor Robinson, is 359 00:19:31,020 --> 00:19:31,860 kitchen five. 360 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:35,700 Each to roast one large donated turkey. 361 00:19:36,460 --> 00:19:37,460 A compliment to be assigned. 362 00:19:37,780 --> 00:19:40,300 And here comes Harry with the invitations, fresh 363 00:19:40,300 --> 00:19:41,720 from the ronio at the library. 364 00:19:42,220 --> 00:19:44,280 The bit where it says, please bring your 365 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:46,200 own chair hasn't come out very clearly. 366 00:19:46,860 --> 00:19:48,060 I might have to go over that in 367 00:19:48,060 --> 00:19:48,240 Ben. 368 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:49,600 We'll do it quickly. 369 00:19:49,820 --> 00:19:51,500 We need to get these out this afternoon. 370 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:52,720 Well, let me do that. 371 00:19:53,260 --> 00:19:54,660 I'll be flying back tomorrow morning. 372 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:55,780 I'm missing it in Farmville. 373 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:06,260 Your uterus is reducing nicely. 374 00:20:07,120 --> 00:20:09,060 You can take Epsom salts, if you wish, 375 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:10,940 to dry up your milk. 376 00:20:11,740 --> 00:20:13,380 Or we can try and keep things going 377 00:20:13,380 --> 00:20:15,260 until he comes home from hospital. 378 00:20:15,300 --> 00:20:17,240 I'm hoping to see another improvement in him 379 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:18,140 when we go in later. 380 00:20:18,140 --> 00:20:20,660 Have they given you any indications about his 381 00:20:20,660 --> 00:20:21,080 future? 382 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:24,120 Only that there are no guarantees. 383 00:20:25,300 --> 00:20:27,360 They said he might be disabled. 384 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:29,760 I've never heard of that before. 385 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:32,360 But they said it's the same as handicapped. 386 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:36,840 So often when newborn babies have problems, only 387 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:38,880 time can tell whether they will be permanently 388 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:39,400 injured. 389 00:20:40,140 --> 00:20:41,800 Time can tell us what it likes. 390 00:20:43,420 --> 00:20:44,700 Richard is our baby. 391 00:20:45,100 --> 00:20:46,620 And we're going to love him no matter 392 00:20:46,620 --> 00:20:47,000 what. 393 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,320 Most mothers would say exactly that. 394 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:51,680 But not all. 395 00:20:52,940 --> 00:20:54,700 I know that all too well. 396 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:57,740 And that's why there will never be anything 397 00:20:57,740 --> 00:20:59,660 wrong with my child in my eyes. 398 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:01,380 As long as he's happy. 399 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:07,920 And lo, the great poplar Christmas comestible heist 400 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:08,840 has borne fruit. 401 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:10,260 Somewhat literally. 402 00:21:10,700 --> 00:21:13,000 And in the most spectacular way. 403 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:14,760 Good. 404 00:21:15,500 --> 00:21:16,800 Yes, you'll need to be setting an extra 405 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:17,680 place at the table. 406 00:21:18,370 --> 00:21:20,360 My flight to New York has been cancelled. 407 00:21:21,180 --> 00:21:22,940 Thank you, freezing fog. 408 00:21:22,980 --> 00:21:24,420 And thank you, industrial action. 409 00:21:38,260 --> 00:21:39,290 Your turn now. 410 00:21:39,690 --> 00:21:40,890 Let's see if you can do better. 411 00:21:46,010 --> 00:21:46,850 That's enough. 412 00:21:47,470 --> 00:21:48,590 Don't try too hard. 413 00:21:49,930 --> 00:21:52,010 I'm going to refer her to a different 414 00:21:52,010 --> 00:21:53,750 specialist at Imperial Hospital. 415 00:21:54,750 --> 00:21:57,210 They've been developing a new type of surgery 416 00:21:57,210 --> 00:21:59,030 there called a pot shunt. 417 00:21:59,730 --> 00:22:02,410 The idea is to bypass the hole, even 418 00:22:02,410 --> 00:22:03,410 if it can't be closed. 419 00:22:04,010 --> 00:22:05,330 Do you think that's worth a try? 420 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:16,460 Of course you may stay for Christmas. 421 00:22:16,940 --> 00:22:18,300 To have you with us would mean a 422 00:22:18,300 --> 00:22:19,360 very great deal. 423 00:22:20,140 --> 00:22:22,120 As long as your husband can spare you. 424 00:22:22,460 --> 00:22:24,040 He has no choice but to spare me. 425 00:22:24,260 --> 00:22:25,980 But I'll be home by bedtime on Boxing 426 00:22:25,980 --> 00:22:26,200 Day. 427 00:22:27,940 --> 00:22:28,380 Home? 428 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:32,300 Well, home won't be England for another year 429 00:22:32,300 --> 00:22:32,720 or so. 430 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:36,320 The business is doing well, but getting in 431 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:36,600 the way. 432 00:22:38,300 --> 00:22:42,700 Do you intend to resume midwifery when you 433 00:22:42,700 --> 00:22:43,080 return? 434 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:45,520 I never intended to stop. 435 00:22:46,580 --> 00:22:48,680 It takes ages to get registered in America. 436 00:22:48,820 --> 00:22:50,560 We're different exams in different states. 437 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:53,580 And I'm worried my skills will decline if 438 00:22:53,580 --> 00:22:54,640 I stay away too long. 439 00:22:55,420 --> 00:22:56,900 You must come back to us. 440 00:22:57,480 --> 00:22:59,160 For a short time, at least. 441 00:22:59,540 --> 00:23:00,720 I don't want you to have to find 442 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:01,720 work for me to do. 443 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:05,100 For as long as the Order is able 444 00:23:05,100 --> 00:23:07,340 to stay in Poplar, there will be work 445 00:23:07,340 --> 00:23:08,720 for all of us to do. 446 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:11,240 We may have to present ourselves a little 447 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:11,680 differently. 448 00:23:13,300 --> 00:23:15,560 I will explain more in due course. 449 00:23:20,500 --> 00:23:22,900 You're doing a most meticulous job, Harry. 450 00:23:23,120 --> 00:23:24,640 I am pretending they are teeth. 451 00:23:25,380 --> 00:23:27,420 Dentists need to develop manual dexterity. 452 00:23:29,820 --> 00:23:31,720 Thank you for introducing me to Christmas. 453 00:23:32,060 --> 00:23:34,040 We've had quite a few introductions, haven't we? 454 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:36,060 A few months ago, we hadn't even met. 455 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:37,980 But we were always family. 456 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:39,280 We just didn't know. 457 00:23:43,590 --> 00:23:44,790 What's that sound? 458 00:23:45,530 --> 00:23:47,050 It's the Christmas bells. 459 00:23:47,210 --> 00:23:48,130 It must be midnight. 460 00:23:49,350 --> 00:23:56,400 Do they do this everywhere? 461 00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:00,000 My father would have loved this. 462 00:24:01,940 --> 00:24:03,380 I love it now. 463 00:24:08,120 --> 00:24:11,560 Not everyone is where they ought to be 464 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:12,640 at Christmas. 465 00:24:14,060 --> 00:24:17,900 Children unwrap their futures and their gifts, and 466 00:24:17,900 --> 00:24:20,120 the years will whisk them all away. 467 00:24:21,380 --> 00:24:22,760 Nothing stands still. 468 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:26,060 Not time, not life on Earth or in 469 00:24:26,060 --> 00:24:26,560 the heavens. 470 00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:30,020 And so, we must give each other what 471 00:24:30,020 --> 00:24:30,820 we can. 472 00:24:31,420 --> 00:24:36,660 And whilst we may, warmth, safety, love, hope, 473 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:37,560 laughter. 474 00:24:38,020 --> 00:24:39,340 Give it all. 475 00:24:43,940 --> 00:24:45,560 The wrapping should not matter. 476 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:49,620 But if there are ribbons, make them red. 477 00:24:52,940 --> 00:24:56,560 Some dreams come true at Christmas, but not 478 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:56,920 all. 479 00:24:57,360 --> 00:24:59,560 The season can be shaped by things we 480 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:02,100 lost or lacked or yearned for. 481 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:06,220 But then, if we're lucky, remembered for the 482 00:25:06,220 --> 00:25:09,380 blessings that we found instead. 483 00:25:10,300 --> 00:25:12,360 The reaching out. 484 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:14,280 The meeting of needs. 485 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:18,440 The pulling together that makes the magic spark. 486 00:25:19,940 --> 00:25:23,480 Home will forever shift and change like the 487 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:24,900 moon or a star. 488 00:25:25,620 --> 00:25:29,840 Home circles on its axis, marking our days 489 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:31,560 and the miles we must travel. 490 00:25:31,820 --> 00:25:34,420 But its core remains constant. 491 00:25:34,420 --> 00:25:38,060 The one fixed point on our fragile human 492 00:25:38,060 --> 00:25:38,620 map. 493 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:48,210 Home is the chamber of the heart that 494 00:25:48,210 --> 00:25:50,010 we constantly revisit. 495 00:25:50,730 --> 00:25:54,810 And Christmas beats inside it year after year 496 00:25:54,810 --> 00:25:56,070 after year. 497 00:25:56,810 --> 00:26:00,470 Perennial and steadfast and enduring. 498 00:26:03,100 --> 00:26:05,400 There it is again. 499 00:26:05,860 --> 00:26:07,120 The open door. 500 00:26:07,360 --> 00:26:08,560 The extra chairs. 501 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:10,780 The nearness of each other. 502 00:26:11,180 --> 00:26:13,300 And the dark made distant. 503 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:18,300 Time will pass and much will pass away. 504 00:26:18,540 --> 00:26:20,660 But this will always be the same. 505 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:24,700 Because here at home for Christmas, we can 506 00:26:24,700 --> 00:26:28,740 relish all we share and cherish all that 507 00:26:28,740 --> 00:26:29,820 we receive. 508 00:26:30,380 --> 00:26:34,600 Find all that we love and know to 509 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:35,420 be eternal.