1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 2 00:00:27,726 --> 00:00:32,245 MATURE JENNIFER: When autumn starts to dampen into winter, 3 00:00:32,246 --> 00:00:35,913 should we say, "The nights are getting dark"? 4 00:00:37,726 --> 00:00:41,165 Should we thrust our hands into our pockets 5 00:00:41,166 --> 00:00:43,250 and anticipate the chill? 6 00:00:44,246 --> 00:00:48,324 Or should we say, "Light the fire, draw close, 7 00:00:48,326 --> 00:00:51,576 "it will not be as cold as you imagine"? 8 00:00:54,926 --> 00:00:56,965 Anyone care to join me in a cuppa? 9 00:00:56,966 --> 00:00:59,205 I'd love to, but I've got a bus to catch. 10 00:00:59,206 --> 00:01:01,084 Moi aussi, I'm afraid. 11 00:01:01,086 --> 00:01:04,245 I've got six minutes. You couldn't just pop those fairy cakes 12 00:01:04,246 --> 00:01:06,925 in that tin for me, could you? They're for my grandma. 13 00:01:06,926 --> 00:01:09,205 Have you got far to go to see her? 14 00:01:09,206 --> 00:01:13,125 - No, not really. - What are you going to do this afternoon, Kevin? 15 00:01:13,126 --> 00:01:17,245 I'm on call so, with a bit of luck, I'll get to watch the sport. 16 00:01:17,246 --> 00:01:19,965 With Nurse Crane, if there's any wrestling on. Shh! 17 00:01:19,966 --> 00:01:25,633 Kevin, no-one's supposed to know about Nurse Crane and the wrestling. 18 00:01:31,486 --> 00:01:34,925 All I'm saying, Mrs Bevan, is that if you want to get 19 00:01:34,926 --> 00:01:37,485 the full bouffant effect with this veil, 20 00:01:37,486 --> 00:01:40,885 then you're going to have to go with plain tulle, and plenty of it. 21 00:01:40,886 --> 00:01:43,445 But I had my heart set on guipure lace 22 00:01:43,446 --> 00:01:45,525 to match the edging on the sleeves. 23 00:01:45,526 --> 00:01:48,965 I haven't agreed to guipure lace on the sleeves or anywhere else, Mum. 24 00:01:48,966 --> 00:01:51,325 I haven't even decided if I'm having sleeves. 25 00:01:51,326 --> 00:01:53,845 Well, you'd better decide, and quickly. 26 00:01:53,846 --> 00:01:57,645 I thought we had months to plan all this, not weeks. I like this one. 27 00:01:57,646 --> 00:01:59,764 It's too fitted, Petra. 28 00:01:59,766 --> 00:02:02,725 You'll need a bouquet the size of a bin lid. 29 00:02:02,726 --> 00:02:05,205 I'll have a look and see if we've got something 30 00:02:05,206 --> 00:02:07,166 a bit more empire line. 31 00:02:13,206 --> 00:02:15,540 My nerves are like cat meat. 32 00:02:16,246 --> 00:02:19,365 Look, she's not the first and she won't be the last. 33 00:02:19,366 --> 00:02:22,783 Have you thought of adding a chiffon cape? 34 00:02:24,246 --> 00:02:26,485 We won't be much longer, I promise you. 35 00:02:26,486 --> 00:02:29,245 I just don't want to miss out on viewing that flat. 36 00:02:29,246 --> 00:02:31,925 Private rentals are like gold dust or hen's teeth 37 00:02:31,926 --> 00:02:34,176 or rocking-horse droppings. 38 00:02:36,446 --> 00:02:39,196 Everything's going to be perfect. 39 00:02:50,726 --> 00:02:53,525 Valerie Dyer visiting Elspeth Mary Dyer. 40 00:02:53,526 --> 00:02:55,776 She's in the hospital wing. 41 00:02:57,486 --> 00:03:00,820 They told me I'd have privileges in here. 42 00:03:01,246 --> 00:03:04,365 I was hoping to get my proper girdle back. 43 00:03:04,366 --> 00:03:07,125 You are in here because you're clearly not well, Gran. 44 00:03:07,126 --> 00:03:08,965 I'm acting up, ain't I? 45 00:03:08,966 --> 00:03:11,485 That dressing gown's hanging off you. 46 00:03:11,486 --> 00:03:13,646 It's the food in here. 47 00:03:19,326 --> 00:03:22,006 I'll share them with Sandra. 48 00:03:23,046 --> 00:03:25,713 She slit her wrists on Thursday. 49 00:03:26,486 --> 00:03:29,736 She could do with a bit of a pick-me-up. 50 00:03:36,006 --> 00:03:38,840 COMMENTATOR: Down on the top rope. 51 00:03:39,446 --> 00:03:40,886 Grown men! 52 00:03:41,966 --> 00:03:45,685 Grown men rolling around in what amounts to their vest and pants. 53 00:03:45,686 --> 00:03:47,685 Maybe you can knit them something. 54 00:03:47,686 --> 00:03:49,166 Cheeky! 55 00:03:50,486 --> 00:03:53,245 Last time I was here, my grandmother had a choking fit. 56 00:03:53,246 --> 00:03:56,085 Since then, it looks to me as though she's lost a stone. 57 00:03:56,086 --> 00:03:58,805 She hasn't choked while she's been in the infirmary. 58 00:03:58,806 --> 00:04:01,725 She was admitted with heartburn and general malaise. 59 00:04:01,726 --> 00:04:04,965 But we aren't too worried because she tells us she's eating well. 60 00:04:04,966 --> 00:04:08,125 - Do you sit with her during meals? - Might I remind you where we are? 61 00:04:08,126 --> 00:04:10,525 This isn't a convalescent home for gentlefolk. 62 00:04:10,526 --> 00:04:14,776 Elsie will be returned to her normal cell on Monday. 63 00:04:17,766 --> 00:04:19,766 DOOR CREAKS OPEN 64 00:04:27,406 --> 00:04:28,724 Come in. 65 00:04:28,726 --> 00:04:30,166 Hello, Sister. 66 00:04:32,926 --> 00:04:35,965 It's very kind of you to see me, Dr Knightly-Grimes. 67 00:04:35,966 --> 00:04:37,925 Yes. Sorry, I can't offer you a chair, 68 00:04:37,926 --> 00:04:39,605 with things being as they are. 69 00:04:39,606 --> 00:04:42,685 All this rebuilding and reorganisation 70 00:04:42,686 --> 00:04:45,204 has a lot to answer for. 71 00:04:45,206 --> 00:04:47,804 And a lot to offer, of course. 72 00:04:47,806 --> 00:04:51,245 I'll have to take your word for that, given that your department 73 00:04:51,246 --> 00:04:53,805 has just cut the Nonnatus House budget by 50%. 74 00:04:53,806 --> 00:04:55,805 Yes. You have been notified? 75 00:04:55,806 --> 00:04:57,724 By letter this morning. 76 00:04:57,726 --> 00:05:00,365 I'd be obliged if you might tell me why. 77 00:05:00,366 --> 00:05:03,965 With the expansion of the St Cuthbert's maternity wards, 78 00:05:03,966 --> 00:05:08,285 the work of your order is clearly going to decline in importance. 79 00:05:08,286 --> 00:05:10,724 It hasn't declined yet. 80 00:05:10,726 --> 00:05:13,445 And whilst the department is being rebuilt, 81 00:05:13,446 --> 00:05:16,684 we have 30 extra clinic patients. 82 00:05:16,686 --> 00:05:19,525 You're also under threat of demolition. 83 00:05:19,526 --> 00:05:23,724 Until that happens, Nonnatus House is efficient, 84 00:05:23,726 --> 00:05:27,485 central to the district and extremely well staffed and equipped. 85 00:05:27,486 --> 00:05:32,364 There is however the problem of your running costs. 86 00:05:32,366 --> 00:05:35,964 We've only ever paid a peppercorn rent. 87 00:05:35,966 --> 00:05:39,405 The council have been very generous in that regard. 88 00:05:39,406 --> 00:05:43,925 You haven't been notified by the Department of Estates and Housing? 89 00:05:43,926 --> 00:05:45,966 No, I have not. 90 00:05:47,806 --> 00:05:50,223 Ah. That is most unfortunate. 91 00:05:52,726 --> 00:05:56,485 If we finish on time this afternoon, I need to pop into Violet Buckle's 92 00:05:56,486 --> 00:05:59,445 and get some wool for Dr McNulty's new jumper. 93 00:05:59,446 --> 00:06:00,804 Ooh. 94 00:06:00,806 --> 00:06:03,890 Do you reckon kingfisher or navy blue? 95 00:06:04,966 --> 00:06:10,845 I'd like to say kingfisher, but he'd probably find it a bit of a stretch. 96 00:06:10,846 --> 00:06:13,565 I just wish we could pep him up a bit. 97 00:06:13,566 --> 00:06:16,845 Get him started on some sort of proper life. 98 00:06:16,846 --> 00:06:19,964 I think he needs a girlfriend, 99 00:06:19,966 --> 00:06:22,885 which in turn requires more than a new jumper. 100 00:06:22,886 --> 00:06:26,205 I think he just needs to concentrate on his job. 101 00:06:26,206 --> 00:06:29,485 Have you never heard the expression "all work and no play"? 102 00:06:29,486 --> 00:06:32,245 We ought to send him to that discotheque 103 00:06:32,246 --> 00:06:35,765 the junior doctors are having at St Cuthbert's. 104 00:06:35,766 --> 00:06:40,016 I saw a poster when I was dropping some samples off. 105 00:06:40,366 --> 00:06:43,485 But how can you be expected to pay the full commercial rent 106 00:06:43,486 --> 00:06:46,005 when the council have just halved the budget? 107 00:06:46,006 --> 00:06:47,924 I asked him that. 108 00:06:47,926 --> 00:06:49,885 He replied, "If you do not pay, 109 00:06:49,886 --> 00:06:52,125 "you will have to surrender the premises." 110 00:06:52,126 --> 00:06:55,245 Did you ask him where the Sisters and the staff would sleep? Yes. 111 00:06:55,246 --> 00:06:59,163 He said, "That problem will soon be irrelevant." 112 00:06:59,366 --> 00:07:01,724 It's not irrelevant to us. 113 00:07:01,726 --> 00:07:04,925 We can't run the maternity home without the order. 114 00:07:04,926 --> 00:07:06,843 You may have no choice. 115 00:07:08,926 --> 00:07:10,604 And that's it? 116 00:07:10,606 --> 00:07:15,245 Nonnatus House settles for half the budget and 20 times the rent? 117 00:07:15,246 --> 00:07:18,746 That is the situation we find ourselves in. 118 00:07:19,606 --> 00:07:22,606 And I fear we may have to accept it. 119 00:07:29,966 --> 00:07:33,725 Eddie's in lodgings and he won't move in with my mum. 120 00:07:33,726 --> 00:07:36,725 If we could just find a flat to rent, we'd be in clover. 121 00:07:36,726 --> 00:07:39,285 He's in the house clearance line, so I'll have my pick 122 00:07:39,286 --> 00:07:41,244 of all the furniture. 123 00:07:41,246 --> 00:07:45,925 Some of it does smell of old people but there's quite a bit of Formica. 124 00:07:45,926 --> 00:07:48,885 Precious, are you absolutely sure about your dates? 125 00:07:48,886 --> 00:07:51,845 - Dates? - The date of your last monthly period. 126 00:07:51,846 --> 00:07:54,205 You'd be three months, according to that, 127 00:07:54,206 --> 00:07:56,165 but I'm making you nearer to four. 128 00:07:56,166 --> 00:07:57,844 Oh. 129 00:07:57,846 --> 00:08:00,244 Well, you're the expert. 130 00:08:00,246 --> 00:08:03,245 - When am I going to feel it kicking? - Not just yet. 131 00:08:03,246 --> 00:08:06,125 And when you do, it won't feel like a footballer. 132 00:08:06,126 --> 00:08:10,445 I've been told it's more like a bird brushing inside you with its wings. 133 00:08:10,446 --> 00:08:12,086 Like a bird? 134 00:08:13,126 --> 00:08:15,086 I like that. 135 00:08:19,446 --> 00:08:20,886 Good afternoon. 136 00:08:21,966 --> 00:08:25,885 - Bernice Medlar? - I believe you usually attend St Cuthbert's. 137 00:08:25,886 --> 00:08:28,525 Yes, but I don't use the name Bernice any more. 138 00:08:28,526 --> 00:08:30,364 People call me Bonnie. 139 00:08:30,366 --> 00:08:35,033 We generally keep to formal terms in clinic, Miss Medlar. 140 00:08:37,726 --> 00:08:41,125 Valerie, I've just come from St Cuthbert's and I saw your grandma 141 00:08:41,126 --> 00:08:45,043 being brought in from the prison on a stretcher. 142 00:08:46,726 --> 00:08:49,925 I noticed you've opted out of wearing a brassiere. 143 00:08:49,926 --> 00:08:52,485 Do you have any discomfort in your bosoms? 144 00:08:52,486 --> 00:08:55,965 I never had much to put in a bra before, so I didn't bother. 145 00:08:55,966 --> 00:08:58,885 Now they just seem to stand up on their own. 146 00:08:58,886 --> 00:09:01,485 That's what they say in the books, isn't it? 147 00:09:01,486 --> 00:09:04,285 Pregnancy is a positive state of health. 148 00:09:04,286 --> 00:09:07,245 Have you been doing a lot of reading? Yes. 149 00:09:07,246 --> 00:09:09,965 And I just got an LP out of the library 150 00:09:09,966 --> 00:09:13,965 that's a sound recording of a woman giving birth. 151 00:09:13,966 --> 00:09:16,805 They don't tell you much at St Cuthbert's. 152 00:09:16,806 --> 00:09:20,125 And they don't have much time to answer questions, either. 153 00:09:20,126 --> 00:09:22,644 Or time at all, I'll warrant. 154 00:09:22,646 --> 00:09:26,645 It is a bit of sausage factory, and I'm a vegetarian. 155 00:09:26,646 --> 00:09:28,244 Snap. 156 00:09:28,246 --> 00:09:31,405 They gave me a leaflet saying eat more liver. 157 00:09:31,406 --> 00:09:35,823 I might give you one saying eat more eggs and spinach. 158 00:09:36,686 --> 00:09:38,446 You're not anaemic. 159 00:09:39,526 --> 00:09:43,685 That said, your ankles do seem a little puffy to me, Mrs Medlar. 160 00:09:43,686 --> 00:09:47,725 Does your job keep you on your feet a lot? I work in a record shop. 161 00:09:47,726 --> 00:09:50,205 Have done ever since I came to London. 162 00:09:50,206 --> 00:09:51,964 And it's Miss. 163 00:09:51,966 --> 00:09:53,484 I gathered that. 164 00:09:53,486 --> 00:09:55,925 That's why I thought you might still be working. 165 00:09:55,926 --> 00:09:57,645 I do have a boyfriend 166 00:09:57,646 --> 00:10:00,485 but we haven't got round to getting the piece of paper yet. 167 00:10:00,486 --> 00:10:05,570 It doesn't matter to us. We don't see why we should be forced. 168 00:10:05,966 --> 00:10:10,365 I don't care what the nurse said, I can definitely feel it moving. 169 00:10:10,366 --> 00:10:12,445 Like that. No, that's not it. 170 00:10:12,446 --> 00:10:15,244 Since when were you the expert?! 171 00:10:15,246 --> 00:10:19,163 The nurse said it feels like the brush of wings. 172 00:10:20,246 --> 00:10:23,725 I've done you Wensleydale on toast and a bit of Instant Whip. 173 00:10:23,726 --> 00:10:26,245 You're not going short of calcium on my watch. 174 00:10:26,246 --> 00:10:29,525 You want anything? I can open you a tin of mince. 175 00:10:29,526 --> 00:10:35,026 I don't need you spoiling me, Ada. You concentrate on spoiling her. 176 00:10:52,006 --> 00:10:54,965 They're making out I've got digestive trouble. 177 00:10:54,966 --> 00:10:58,245 I said to them I was only sick when I was in the work room 178 00:10:58,246 --> 00:11:00,685 because it's not ventilated properly. 179 00:11:00,686 --> 00:11:02,444 Oh, Gran, I... 180 00:11:02,446 --> 00:11:04,166 Now... 181 00:11:06,206 --> 00:11:08,644 Don't you go crying, my girl. 182 00:11:08,646 --> 00:11:10,886 Not in all that eye black. 183 00:11:20,206 --> 00:11:22,365 Gran, they've left your notes here. 184 00:11:22,366 --> 00:11:25,606 I call that careless and inconsiderate. 185 00:11:26,966 --> 00:11:29,685 You vomited blood in the work room, Gran. 186 00:11:29,686 --> 00:11:32,520 Is that what they said? It says... 187 00:11:32,766 --> 00:11:34,964 ...you're acutely anaemic. 188 00:11:34,966 --> 00:11:38,685 It says you've had an X-ray and a barium meal. 189 00:11:38,686 --> 00:11:40,326 It says... 190 00:11:45,966 --> 00:11:50,005 It says you've got cancer of the oesophagus, Gran. 191 00:11:50,006 --> 00:11:51,684 Those doctors! 192 00:11:51,686 --> 00:11:53,806 They don't know anything. 193 00:11:55,446 --> 00:11:57,046 They do. 194 00:11:59,646 --> 00:12:01,246 And so do I. 195 00:12:03,086 --> 00:12:05,805 MOTHER ON RECORDING: I think there's one coming up now. 196 00:12:05,806 --> 00:12:08,085 - DOCTOR: It's starting up, is it? - Yes. 197 00:12:08,086 --> 00:12:10,204 MOTHER BREATHES CALMLY 198 00:12:10,206 --> 00:12:11,804 That's right. 199 00:12:11,806 --> 00:12:13,886 She isn't scared. 200 00:12:15,686 --> 00:12:17,685 She isn't scared at all. 201 00:12:17,686 --> 00:12:19,924 MOTHER BREATHES CALMLY 202 00:12:19,926 --> 00:12:21,646 Can you hear her? 203 00:12:22,926 --> 00:12:24,926 She knows she can do it. 204 00:12:27,206 --> 00:12:29,166 I know I can do it. 205 00:12:30,206 --> 00:12:31,964 And I know... 206 00:12:31,966 --> 00:12:35,133 ...I don't have to do it in a hospital. 207 00:12:36,046 --> 00:12:37,246 Eddie? 208 00:12:41,686 --> 00:12:43,886 Eddie, it's kicking. 209 00:12:44,966 --> 00:12:48,883 Put your hand on my stomach like you usually do. 210 00:12:54,606 --> 00:12:57,684 MUSIC: I Know A Place by Petula Clark 211 00:12:57,686 --> 00:13:00,406 Then swing from the elbows. 212 00:13:02,206 --> 00:13:04,485 Left to right or right to left? 213 00:13:04,486 --> 00:13:07,685 Do you think you might fare better if you traded those Oxford things 214 00:13:07,686 --> 00:13:09,245 for some plimsolls? 215 00:13:09,246 --> 00:13:12,205 It might give him more bounce on the ball of his foot. 216 00:13:12,206 --> 00:13:15,456 Nobody wears plimsolls to a discotheque. 217 00:13:18,166 --> 00:13:21,725 Kevin, the warden from the men's night shelter telephoned. 218 00:13:21,726 --> 00:13:25,810 They've had a death, and it needs to be certified. 219 00:13:27,926 --> 00:13:29,646 MUSIC STOPS 220 00:13:32,926 --> 00:13:34,886 Was he a meths drinker? 221 00:13:52,926 --> 00:13:54,806 I'm sorry, mate. 222 00:14:13,206 --> 00:14:15,956 I'm sorry. I'll be finished soon. 223 00:14:45,726 --> 00:14:50,325 I'm afraid surgery has concluded for the morning. Is something amiss? 224 00:14:50,326 --> 00:14:52,125 Only at St Cuthbert's. 225 00:14:52,126 --> 00:14:54,205 I've been under them so far, 226 00:14:54,206 --> 00:14:57,725 but yesterday I had an appointment at the clinic in the Institute 227 00:14:57,726 --> 00:15:00,525 and I just want to be looked after by you now. 228 00:15:00,526 --> 00:15:03,245 What a resounding endorsement of our practice. 229 00:15:03,246 --> 00:15:06,085 I will however need the details on your Co-op card 230 00:15:06,086 --> 00:15:08,170 as soon as is convenient. 231 00:15:09,966 --> 00:15:12,685 Can I see the midwife with the curly perm? 232 00:15:12,686 --> 00:15:14,684 Just to say hello. 233 00:15:14,686 --> 00:15:18,405 She's on duty here today. I shall take you through. 234 00:15:18,406 --> 00:15:21,240 I have no intention of using this. 235 00:15:21,566 --> 00:15:23,965 I had wondered about having it at home. 236 00:15:23,966 --> 00:15:26,725 The baby's father could be there then, couldn't he? 237 00:15:26,726 --> 00:15:30,445 Fathers have attended births here too before today. 238 00:15:30,446 --> 00:15:32,044 All I would say is, 239 00:15:32,046 --> 00:15:35,245 men in the delivery room are a lot like gas and air - 240 00:15:35,246 --> 00:15:39,205 when it comes to the crunch, you might change your opinion. 241 00:15:39,206 --> 00:15:40,646 I won't. 242 00:15:41,686 --> 00:15:44,124 Eddie was a Barnardo's boy. 243 00:15:44,126 --> 00:15:46,406 He never had any family. 244 00:15:47,446 --> 00:15:49,844 He doesn't let people in 245 00:15:49,846 --> 00:15:52,925 and I thought, if he's there when the baby arrives, 246 00:15:52,926 --> 00:15:55,684 then he'll have to let it in. 247 00:15:55,686 --> 00:15:57,406 Won't he? 248 00:15:58,486 --> 00:16:01,965 Do you think he might derive some benefit from relaxation classes? 249 00:16:01,966 --> 00:16:05,845 We offer them down at the Institute for mothers and fathers. 250 00:16:05,846 --> 00:16:09,005 - Do you teach them? - Sister Hilda is at the helm, 251 00:16:09,006 --> 00:16:13,423 and people have assured me her voice is very soothing. 252 00:16:23,966 --> 00:16:26,965 And they can let her out just like that? 253 00:16:26,966 --> 00:16:29,405 She's inside for doing illegal abortions. 254 00:16:29,406 --> 00:16:31,484 As I understand it, 255 00:16:31,486 --> 00:16:36,403 your grandmother was already under consideration for parole. 256 00:16:36,566 --> 00:16:39,485 I'd like to think that her age came into play with that. 257 00:16:39,486 --> 00:16:43,205 She was almost the oldest prisoner there at 80. 258 00:16:43,206 --> 00:16:44,646 80? 259 00:16:45,686 --> 00:16:47,603 She told me she was 75. 260 00:16:48,646 --> 00:16:51,365 But it's more likely to be that the prison infirmary 261 00:16:51,366 --> 00:16:55,725 has no room for her, and the jail itself can't release a wardress 262 00:16:55,726 --> 00:16:59,893 to sit with her in St Cuthbert's for several weeks. 263 00:17:00,446 --> 00:17:02,445 Is that how long she's got? 264 00:17:02,446 --> 00:17:03,766 Just weeks? 265 00:17:04,806 --> 00:17:06,924 I haven't seen her yet, 266 00:17:06,926 --> 00:17:09,646 but I will when she comes home. 267 00:17:10,686 --> 00:17:12,845 Dr Turner, she can't come home. 268 00:17:12,846 --> 00:17:15,325 There'll be an inch of dust in her old flat. 269 00:17:15,326 --> 00:17:18,605 The landlord couldn't re-let it cos the whole of Shadforth Buildings 270 00:17:18,606 --> 00:17:21,245 - has been condemned. - We will help you to clean it. 271 00:17:21,246 --> 00:17:23,805 If she is to be discharged into your care, 272 00:17:23,806 --> 00:17:26,925 home might be the most comfortable place for her. 273 00:17:26,926 --> 00:17:30,343 What do you mean, discharged into my care? 274 00:17:30,886 --> 00:17:34,205 Your grandmother has named you as her next of kin 275 00:17:34,206 --> 00:17:36,956 on all the Home Office documents. 276 00:18:02,486 --> 00:18:04,965 I don't really know why I came in here. 277 00:18:04,966 --> 00:18:08,765 I don't believe in the things it does. I've tried. 278 00:18:08,766 --> 00:18:10,444 I know. 279 00:18:10,446 --> 00:18:13,363 But it will do those things anyway. 280 00:18:13,966 --> 00:18:17,484 It will shelter and it will strengthen 281 00:18:17,486 --> 00:18:19,646 and it will calm. 282 00:18:21,486 --> 00:18:25,320 There's going to be nothing left standing soon. 283 00:18:25,726 --> 00:18:28,885 Every landmark I ever knew seems to be falling down. 284 00:18:28,886 --> 00:18:30,206 I know. 285 00:18:33,926 --> 00:18:35,805 She's going to need morphine. 286 00:18:35,806 --> 00:18:38,205 We need to get it ordered from the pharmacy. 287 00:18:38,206 --> 00:18:40,605 Val, that's not for you to worry about. 288 00:18:40,606 --> 00:18:43,485 And a new mattress and hopefully a pulley. 289 00:18:43,486 --> 00:18:46,205 She'll need glycerine swabs for her mouth. 290 00:18:46,206 --> 00:18:48,724 We can see to all of that. 291 00:18:48,726 --> 00:18:51,893 We are going to nurse your grandmother. 292 00:18:52,206 --> 00:18:54,873 You simply have to care for her. 293 00:18:55,486 --> 00:18:57,445 I'm going to give you leave of absence 294 00:18:57,446 --> 00:19:00,196 for as long as her journey takes. 295 00:19:12,446 --> 00:19:14,280 It's a bacon sandwich. 296 00:19:15,206 --> 00:19:17,845 You said the pigs die screaming. 297 00:19:17,846 --> 00:19:20,525 I thought I would do something that would make you happy. 298 00:19:20,526 --> 00:19:22,485 If we don't take care of each other, 299 00:19:22,486 --> 00:19:24,645 how are we going to take care of a child? 300 00:19:24,646 --> 00:19:27,646 We need to start somewhere, don't we? 301 00:19:28,246 --> 00:19:33,496 How about relaxation classes with the other mums and dads to be? 302 00:19:35,206 --> 00:19:38,040 Well, that won't kill us, will it? 303 00:19:42,926 --> 00:19:45,426 False alarm for Hilda Lettins. 304 00:19:47,206 --> 00:19:49,885 Are you heading out for the evening? 305 00:19:49,886 --> 00:19:53,485 Sister Julienne and I are going to beard Councillor Buckle in her den 306 00:19:53,486 --> 00:19:56,205 at her evening surgery to see what, if anything, 307 00:19:56,206 --> 00:19:59,206 can be done about these budget cuts. 308 00:20:00,126 --> 00:20:02,205 Did you take any pethidine with you? 309 00:20:02,206 --> 00:20:03,806 Only the usual. 310 00:20:04,886 --> 00:20:07,205 You best put it straight back in the cupboard. 311 00:20:07,206 --> 00:20:09,373 We seem to be running low. 312 00:20:10,326 --> 00:20:12,326 KNOCK ON DOOR 313 00:20:19,926 --> 00:20:21,724 SHE SQUEALS 314 00:20:21,726 --> 00:20:25,205 We're collecting some dress material for the Bevan wedding. 315 00:20:25,206 --> 00:20:27,245 The councillor is at her surgery, 316 00:20:27,246 --> 00:20:29,725 so payment requested at your convenience. 317 00:20:29,726 --> 00:20:33,005 - The till is closed for the night. - Can I please take a little peek? 318 00:20:33,006 --> 00:20:34,646 Oh, go on. 319 00:20:38,926 --> 00:20:40,444 Oh! 320 00:20:40,446 --> 00:20:42,524 Mum, this isn't it. 321 00:20:42,526 --> 00:20:44,964 She's ordered pink. 322 00:20:44,966 --> 00:20:49,383 I am going to sort this out with Mrs Buckle right now. 323 00:20:50,966 --> 00:20:53,966 Think of the waves coming into shore. 324 00:20:55,206 --> 00:20:56,886 Small waves. 325 00:20:58,246 --> 00:21:02,844 Even the GLC doesn't have a bottomless pit of money, 326 00:21:02,846 --> 00:21:07,965 and what money there is has to be spent where the need is greatest. 327 00:21:07,966 --> 00:21:12,053 Naturally, we're very grateful for the support we do receive, but... 328 00:21:12,054 --> 00:21:15,005 Apologies, Sister, but if I may interject. 329 00:21:15,006 --> 00:21:17,885 What are you meant to be grateful for? 330 00:21:17,886 --> 00:21:22,245 The civilian midwives may get paid the going rate, but the nuns don't. 331 00:21:22,246 --> 00:21:26,245 They put the barest minimum into their own coffers 332 00:21:26,246 --> 00:21:30,885 and one way and another, the rest is all spent on the patients. 333 00:21:30,886 --> 00:21:34,725 The GLC are doing very nicely indeed out of the arrangement, 334 00:21:34,726 --> 00:21:38,393 so you needn't plead poverty on their behalf. 335 00:21:38,726 --> 00:21:41,125 If she spent less time meddling in politics 336 00:21:41,126 --> 00:21:44,325 and more time doing what people pay her for, we'd all be better off. 337 00:21:44,326 --> 00:21:46,645 I still don't think we should interrupt her. 338 00:21:46,646 --> 00:21:49,205 You are being married in white, not shocking pink. 339 00:21:49,206 --> 00:21:53,484 Small, shallow waves licking at the sand 340 00:21:53,486 --> 00:21:57,844 and looking like lace on a pretty underslip. 341 00:21:57,846 --> 00:22:00,166 The waves cannot harm you. 342 00:22:01,246 --> 00:22:04,445 Father in the mustard top, you're looking frightfully tense. 343 00:22:04,446 --> 00:22:07,113 Drop those shoulders, drop them. 344 00:22:08,286 --> 00:22:10,685 Just breathe like I do, Eddie. 345 00:22:10,686 --> 00:22:12,406 Copy me. 346 00:22:18,926 --> 00:22:22,725 There does seem to be a certain disquiet regarding the fact 347 00:22:22,726 --> 00:22:26,205 that you are a very visibly religious organisation 348 00:22:26,206 --> 00:22:28,245 and it isn't thought to be... 349 00:22:28,246 --> 00:22:32,245 ...appropriate when there is money being put towards 350 00:22:32,246 --> 00:22:35,746 contraceptive clinics and venereal disease. 351 00:22:44,086 --> 00:22:46,484 And think of the waves. 352 00:22:46,486 --> 00:22:48,485 There's a panel meeting due. 353 00:22:48,486 --> 00:22:51,445 I could see if they would agree to you putting forward 354 00:22:51,446 --> 00:22:53,685 a defence of your position. 355 00:22:53,686 --> 00:22:55,204 ADA: Oi! 356 00:22:55,206 --> 00:22:57,205 EDDIE: Are you all right? 357 00:22:57,206 --> 00:22:58,684 ADA SHRIEKS 358 00:22:58,686 --> 00:23:02,936 You can't fight in here. This is a relaxation class. 359 00:23:03,806 --> 00:23:05,406 Who is she? 360 00:23:06,446 --> 00:23:08,006 Eddie. 361 00:23:09,046 --> 00:23:10,646 Who are you? 362 00:23:11,686 --> 00:23:13,206 His fiancee. 363 00:23:14,686 --> 00:23:16,406 I'm pregnant. 364 00:23:17,446 --> 00:23:19,166 So am I. 365 00:23:24,266 --> 00:23:25,165 Careful. 366 00:23:25,166 --> 00:23:27,486 HORN BEEPS 367 00:23:33,486 --> 00:23:37,205 Would it be deemed tactless if I resume my class? 368 00:23:37,206 --> 00:23:41,873 I think we all need to lie down and listen to Acker Bilk. 369 00:23:43,206 --> 00:23:44,724 Two sugars. 370 00:23:44,726 --> 00:23:48,893 And I am so sorry about the wedding-dress material. 371 00:23:53,846 --> 00:23:55,924 I'm worried about Eddie. 372 00:23:55,926 --> 00:23:58,204 You're worried about him? 373 00:23:58,206 --> 00:24:00,524 He's scared, Nurse. 374 00:24:00,526 --> 00:24:02,610 Scared of what he's done. 375 00:24:03,286 --> 00:24:05,203 Scared of what I'll do. 376 00:24:07,246 --> 00:24:10,364 And do you know what scares him most? 377 00:24:10,366 --> 00:24:12,406 Hurting other people. 378 00:24:14,246 --> 00:24:18,163 There's so much I don't know about him. Clearly. 379 00:24:18,286 --> 00:24:20,166 But I do know that. 380 00:24:21,206 --> 00:24:23,125 Thank you for this, Fred. 381 00:24:23,126 --> 00:24:25,960 Us East Enders, we stick together. 382 00:24:30,486 --> 00:24:34,245 They couldn't find my good girdle till I was almost out the door, 383 00:24:34,246 --> 00:24:39,080 then they put it in a carrier bag, like 5lb of King Eddies. 384 00:24:42,486 --> 00:24:46,070 We'll sort you out when we get you home, eh? 385 00:24:53,926 --> 00:24:56,760 There was a rota for these stairs. 386 00:24:58,686 --> 00:25:01,444 We did it turn and turn around. 387 00:25:01,446 --> 00:25:03,964 It's all right, Gran. 388 00:25:03,966 --> 00:25:07,633 - And just catch your breath. - There we are. 389 00:25:07,926 --> 00:25:09,924 Oh, oh. Oh. 390 00:25:09,926 --> 00:25:11,486 Agh! 391 00:25:12,606 --> 00:25:14,886 Absolutely filthy! 392 00:25:16,726 --> 00:25:20,166 I'm going to take my brush to this. 393 00:25:25,566 --> 00:25:27,486 Agh, agh. 394 00:25:29,806 --> 00:25:32,484 I have not had one wink of sleep 395 00:25:32,486 --> 00:25:34,965 and I didn't even have my rollers in. 396 00:25:34,966 --> 00:25:38,005 He's going to have to turn his back on that floozy or else 397 00:25:38,006 --> 00:25:40,885 you're going to be a jilted bride and an unmarried mother. 398 00:25:40,886 --> 00:25:43,125 Or married to a man I'll never trust again, 399 00:25:43,126 --> 00:25:48,925 - and possibly for no good reason. - How do you mean, for no good reason? 400 00:25:48,926 --> 00:25:50,843 I've had some bleeding. 401 00:25:52,766 --> 00:25:55,245 Oh, Dr McNulty, just the gentleman. 402 00:25:55,246 --> 00:25:57,925 Please be advised that we will be refreshing the rules 403 00:25:57,926 --> 00:25:59,805 relating to the drug cupboard. 404 00:25:59,806 --> 00:26:02,165 I usually set my bag up in Nonnatus House. 405 00:26:02,166 --> 00:26:05,485 Nurse Crane has noticed some small discrepancies, as have I. 406 00:26:05,486 --> 00:26:07,845 We will be synchronising our routines. 407 00:26:07,846 --> 00:26:09,844 Please help me. 408 00:26:09,846 --> 00:26:13,930 I've got the worst headache I've ever had. Doctor? 409 00:26:15,246 --> 00:26:19,413 How much staining did you see on your underclothes? 410 00:26:19,966 --> 00:26:22,245 But there was nothing on the toilet paper? 411 00:26:22,246 --> 00:26:24,205 It was like it had already stopped. 412 00:26:24,206 --> 00:26:25,886 KNOCK ON DOOR 413 00:26:31,966 --> 00:26:34,285 She needs to be in hospital, do you hear me? 414 00:26:34,286 --> 00:26:36,605 I'm taking Petra to the maternity home 415 00:26:36,606 --> 00:26:39,606 so Doctor can put our minds at ease. 416 00:26:42,686 --> 00:26:44,605 Will I have to stay here? 417 00:26:44,606 --> 00:26:46,965 Will I not be able to have a home birth? 418 00:26:46,966 --> 00:26:49,245 We'll just have to see how things go. 419 00:26:49,246 --> 00:26:52,725 Like Dr McNulty said, your blood pressure is on the high side 420 00:26:52,726 --> 00:26:55,445 and we need to check your urine at regular intervals 421 00:26:55,446 --> 00:26:57,365 in case anything goes awry. 422 00:26:57,366 --> 00:27:00,164 But is it all right now? Yes. 423 00:27:00,166 --> 00:27:04,583 We're just of the opinion that you need looking after. 424 00:27:06,966 --> 00:27:10,050 What have you done with this mattress? 425 00:27:10,566 --> 00:27:15,365 It's giving me a pain right in the middle of my shoulder blades. 426 00:27:15,366 --> 00:27:18,565 That's a symptom of the cancer, Gran. Dr Turner says you can have 427 00:27:18,566 --> 00:27:21,125 a spoonful of liquid morphine whenever you need it. 428 00:27:21,126 --> 00:27:23,405 I had that at St Cuthbert's. It made me sick. 429 00:27:23,406 --> 00:27:24,966 KNOCK ON DOOR 430 00:27:26,006 --> 00:27:27,444 Elsie? 431 00:27:27,446 --> 00:27:28,924 Auntie Flo. 432 00:27:28,926 --> 00:27:32,924 I've, erm, brought you a couple of trotters 433 00:27:32,926 --> 00:27:35,204 and a vanilla slice. 434 00:27:35,206 --> 00:27:37,605 Get rid of her. I don't want any visitors. 435 00:27:37,606 --> 00:27:40,245 It's time to stop laying the law down, Else. 436 00:27:40,246 --> 00:27:44,445 You've got family queueing up all over Poplar wanting to see you. 437 00:27:44,446 --> 00:27:47,204 I don't want anyone 438 00:27:47,206 --> 00:27:49,604 across this threshold, 439 00:27:49,606 --> 00:27:51,764 except my Val. 440 00:27:51,766 --> 00:27:53,406 Come on. 441 00:28:04,446 --> 00:28:06,925 The Board of Health have invited us to address them 442 00:28:06,926 --> 00:28:08,725 at their next committee meeting. 443 00:28:08,726 --> 00:28:12,085 I wish I could say they were rolling out the red carpet but they aren't. 444 00:28:12,086 --> 00:28:13,885 You can have one speaker 445 00:28:13,886 --> 00:28:17,005 and the slot is for no more than five minutes. Oh! 446 00:28:17,006 --> 00:28:21,965 Best veil and wimple for you on the night, then, Sister Julienne. 447 00:28:21,966 --> 00:28:27,300 No, someone else must speak, and it cannot be one of the Sisters. 448 00:28:27,766 --> 00:28:30,965 In which case, might I suggest that a petition is in order? 449 00:28:30,966 --> 00:28:33,245 I'm sure we'd get hundreds of signatures. 450 00:28:33,246 --> 00:28:35,485 How long will it take you to get it organised? 451 00:28:35,486 --> 00:28:38,486 Because the meeting is in three days. 452 00:28:43,686 --> 00:28:46,685 At three months plus, any miscarriage 453 00:28:46,686 --> 00:28:49,165 would be traumatic and carry risks. 454 00:28:49,166 --> 00:28:51,525 I wouldn't want to send her home. 455 00:28:51,526 --> 00:28:53,244 That said, 456 00:28:53,246 --> 00:28:56,365 a bit of peace and quiet might yet keep things on track. 457 00:28:56,366 --> 00:28:59,045 There's no peace and no quiet at home with her mother, 458 00:28:59,046 --> 00:29:01,485 - I'm telling you now. - The side room's free. 459 00:29:01,486 --> 00:29:07,070 Let's keep her in there until we can get her a bed in St Cuthbert's. 460 00:29:08,926 --> 00:29:10,845 Slip your shoes back on. 461 00:29:10,846 --> 00:29:13,885 We're going to move you to somewhere a little more private. 462 00:29:13,886 --> 00:29:17,765 No more hopping in and out of bed. You ring the bell if you need to. 463 00:29:17,766 --> 00:29:19,684 Oh, no. 464 00:29:19,686 --> 00:29:21,445 What's she doing here? 465 00:29:21,446 --> 00:29:24,780 This hasn't been properly managed at all. 466 00:29:25,126 --> 00:29:28,005 It's been managed with my patient's best interest in mind, 467 00:29:28,006 --> 00:29:29,965 as I'm sure it has with yours. 468 00:29:29,966 --> 00:29:33,045 I don't want to be here and I don't want to be here looking at her. 469 00:29:33,046 --> 00:29:35,245 You're not the only lady in need of care. 470 00:29:35,246 --> 00:29:38,125 Miss Bevan has her own concerns and her own requirements. 471 00:29:38,126 --> 00:29:40,405 It's a shame she hasn't got her own boyfriend. 472 00:29:40,406 --> 00:29:43,165 Eddie and me were courting for two years. We're engaged. 473 00:29:43,166 --> 00:29:44,924 You thought you were. 474 00:29:44,926 --> 00:29:49,205 This is a maternity ward, and you are expectant mothers not fishwives. 475 00:29:49,206 --> 00:29:53,724 I advise you both to concentrate on keeping well 476 00:29:53,726 --> 00:29:57,893 and to put your personal circumstances to one side. 477 00:29:58,406 --> 00:30:00,526 Where's my girl? Oh! 478 00:30:01,566 --> 00:30:03,166 Hello, love. 479 00:30:07,166 --> 00:30:08,646 Agh! 480 00:30:34,206 --> 00:30:36,725 Her blood pressure's slightly low, 481 00:30:36,726 --> 00:30:40,965 otherwise her principal problem at the present time is pain, 482 00:30:40,966 --> 00:30:43,725 but I can't persuade her to take anything for it. 483 00:30:43,726 --> 00:30:48,925 Every time she grimaces, every time she groans in her sleep, I think... 484 00:30:48,926 --> 00:30:50,646 ...this is my fault. 485 00:30:51,726 --> 00:30:54,565 I helped send her to prison, and prison made her ill. 486 00:30:54,566 --> 00:30:58,324 Valerie, we went to the police together 487 00:30:58,326 --> 00:31:03,085 and we did what was right then, and you're doing what's right now. 488 00:31:03,086 --> 00:31:06,503 I don't feel as though I'm doing anything. 489 00:31:07,206 --> 00:31:08,886 You're loving her. 490 00:31:09,926 --> 00:31:12,843 That's the only medicine she wants. 491 00:31:13,126 --> 00:31:14,646 SHE SIGHS 492 00:31:18,686 --> 00:31:20,526 DOOR OPENS 493 00:31:25,846 --> 00:31:27,566 You're improving. 494 00:31:30,486 --> 00:31:33,885 At least this time you managed to stay on the premises. 495 00:31:33,886 --> 00:31:36,204 Where am I going to run to? 496 00:31:36,206 --> 00:31:38,204 There's only her. 497 00:31:38,206 --> 00:31:39,924 And her. 498 00:31:39,926 --> 00:31:41,724 There's only them. 499 00:31:41,726 --> 00:31:46,245 I understand you're not oversupplied with family, Mr Tannerman. 500 00:31:46,246 --> 00:31:48,684 I can remember my mum. 501 00:31:48,686 --> 00:31:53,205 I can remember sitting, listening to the gramophone with her. 502 00:31:53,206 --> 00:31:55,646 I thought that, with Petra... 503 00:31:56,726 --> 00:31:59,445 ...I could have that kind of life again 504 00:31:59,446 --> 00:32:02,085 and a home like that again with her. 505 00:32:02,086 --> 00:32:04,503 Gas fire and a record-player. 506 00:32:05,486 --> 00:32:07,404 And what about Bonnie? 507 00:32:07,406 --> 00:32:08,846 Bonnie? 508 00:32:09,926 --> 00:32:12,926 Like nothing I've ever known or seen. 509 00:32:13,566 --> 00:32:16,204 And I realised there were... 510 00:32:16,206 --> 00:32:19,244 ...other ways of being happy, 511 00:32:19,246 --> 00:32:22,996 except she'd just call it other ways of being. 512 00:32:23,366 --> 00:32:24,966 Then events... 513 00:32:26,006 --> 00:32:28,256 ...got ahead of themselves. 514 00:32:29,446 --> 00:32:31,780 And I don't know what to do. 515 00:32:36,966 --> 00:32:40,550 I think you've done enough for one lifetime. 516 00:32:42,086 --> 00:32:46,724 Those young women have minds and opinions of their own 517 00:32:46,726 --> 00:32:49,765 and you can't ask them what they want now. 518 00:32:49,766 --> 00:32:53,766 You are going to have to wait till they decide... 519 00:32:53,886 --> 00:32:57,553 ...for the sake of the babies you've created. 520 00:33:02,206 --> 00:33:05,040 I'll go and put these in a vase... 521 00:33:05,686 --> 00:33:07,166 ...or two. 522 00:33:11,006 --> 00:33:15,923 Sister Monica Joan, I was expecting Dr McNulty, but not you. 523 00:33:16,006 --> 00:33:18,525 She won't have any visitors, Sister. 524 00:33:18,526 --> 00:33:22,110 My presence will be as silent as a prayer... 525 00:33:22,486 --> 00:33:26,646 ...and I suspect of somewhat greater comfort. 526 00:33:34,166 --> 00:33:36,166 ELSIE MURMURS 527 00:33:42,806 --> 00:33:45,140 Have you noticed any change? 528 00:33:46,206 --> 00:33:49,646 She vomited blood again this morning. 529 00:33:53,446 --> 00:33:54,886 Any pain? 530 00:33:55,926 --> 00:33:57,926 I reckon she's in agony. 531 00:34:04,966 --> 00:34:08,133 I've written her up for the good stuff. 532 00:34:08,766 --> 00:34:10,850 Please just take it away. 533 00:34:11,726 --> 00:34:15,476 Even having it in the flat will cause a fight. 534 00:34:19,046 --> 00:34:22,046 She was here the night you were born. 535 00:34:22,966 --> 00:34:24,964 I recollect her. 536 00:34:24,966 --> 00:34:30,050 Boiling water and handing me a towel she'd warmed by the fire. 537 00:34:30,286 --> 00:34:34,036 Her delight at the delivery of new life was... 538 00:34:34,726 --> 00:34:38,893 ...unusually vivid, as though it was a balm to her. 539 00:34:42,686 --> 00:34:45,353 We know now why that might be... 540 00:34:46,926 --> 00:34:49,406 ...and we must let it pass... 541 00:34:53,006 --> 00:34:54,646 ...as she will. 542 00:34:59,526 --> 00:35:02,965 Ladies on district duty, I want a petition signature 543 00:35:02,966 --> 00:35:07,325 in exchange for every ulcer bandage, every insulin injection, 544 00:35:07,326 --> 00:35:12,245 every dressing and every cold compress applied to a case of piles. 545 00:35:12,246 --> 00:35:14,885 What do we do when we've finished our house calls? 546 00:35:14,886 --> 00:35:17,970 Well, then we start knocking on doors! 547 00:35:20,926 --> 00:35:24,924 ? More than the greatest love 548 00:35:24,926 --> 00:35:29,406 ? The world has known 549 00:35:30,446 --> 00:35:32,684 ? This is the love 550 00:35:32,686 --> 00:35:37,886 ? I'll give to you alone 551 00:35:39,206 --> 00:35:43,204 ? More than the simple words 552 00:35:43,206 --> 00:35:47,086 ? I try to say 553 00:35:48,126 --> 00:35:52,844 ? I only live to love you 554 00:35:52,846 --> 00:35:55,766 ? More each day 555 00:35:57,206 --> 00:36:00,684 ? More than you'll ever know 556 00:36:00,686 --> 00:36:05,684 ? My arms long to hold you so 557 00:36:05,686 --> 00:36:10,444 ? My life will be in your keeping 558 00:36:10,446 --> 00:36:14,644 ? Waking, sleeping, laughing... ? 559 00:36:14,646 --> 00:36:20,246 A casual calculation suggests we have well over 600 signatures. 560 00:36:21,286 --> 00:36:23,285 I wish it wasn't just names. 561 00:36:23,286 --> 00:36:26,703 Names don't really say very much, do they? 562 00:36:27,046 --> 00:36:29,046 People are so much more. 563 00:36:44,486 --> 00:36:47,736 I heard footsteps and I knew it was you. 564 00:36:48,486 --> 00:36:51,153 We're the only patients in here. 565 00:36:52,486 --> 00:36:56,205 Shouldn't you be in bed, too? They said you had high blood pressure. 566 00:36:56,206 --> 00:36:57,884 Oh, it's gone down. 567 00:36:57,886 --> 00:37:00,286 Baby's wriggling nicely. 568 00:37:05,926 --> 00:37:07,406 I'm sorry. 569 00:37:09,166 --> 00:37:10,486 Listen... 570 00:37:11,566 --> 00:37:15,245 ...I grew up watching women brawling in the street, 571 00:37:15,246 --> 00:37:17,965 pulling their hair, ripping sleeves off, 572 00:37:17,966 --> 00:37:20,966 and it was always, always over a man. 573 00:37:21,966 --> 00:37:25,883 It made them like savages - less than they were. 574 00:37:26,686 --> 00:37:28,486 I love Eddie. 575 00:37:31,926 --> 00:37:34,843 I'm not going to fight you for him. 576 00:37:45,926 --> 00:37:49,565 The key point is, which one of us will speak tomorrow? 577 00:37:49,566 --> 00:37:53,205 We already know the habit's persona non grata. 578 00:37:53,206 --> 00:37:54,964 PHONE RINGS 579 00:37:54,966 --> 00:37:59,045 I actually don't think it matters who addresses the Board of Health. 580 00:37:59,046 --> 00:38:02,005 We aren't going there to represent ourselves or the order, 581 00:38:02,006 --> 00:38:05,045 we're going to remind the great phalanx of men sitting there 582 00:38:05,046 --> 00:38:07,725 why the people of this borough need our care. 583 00:38:07,726 --> 00:38:11,765 You know, Trixie, you've got a good, emphatic tone of voice. 584 00:38:11,766 --> 00:38:15,485 The board might listen, so it's got to be you. 585 00:38:15,486 --> 00:38:18,245 Even the most emphatic tone of voice on Earth 586 00:38:18,246 --> 00:38:21,525 isn't going to make a mere petition change their minds. 587 00:38:21,526 --> 00:38:24,525 I'm swapping us round, Sister Hilda. 588 00:38:24,526 --> 00:38:27,565 My little bohemian lady seems to have gone into labour. 589 00:38:27,566 --> 00:38:29,166 No. 590 00:38:34,686 --> 00:38:38,244 Gran, you've been prescribed pethidine. 591 00:38:38,246 --> 00:38:41,245 It is appropriate and it is necessary. 592 00:38:41,246 --> 00:38:43,884 You do not have to be in pain. 593 00:38:43,886 --> 00:38:48,765 Those poor girls never got anything for their pain, did they? 594 00:38:48,766 --> 00:38:50,444 Not from me. 595 00:38:50,446 --> 00:38:52,244 Not from anybody. 596 00:38:52,246 --> 00:38:55,205 - Oh, Gran... - They just gritted their teeth. 597 00:38:55,206 --> 00:38:58,124 And that's just what I'm doing now. 598 00:38:58,126 --> 00:39:00,166 SHE WHEEZES 599 00:39:01,366 --> 00:39:03,366 ICE-CREAM VAN JINGLE 600 00:39:06,726 --> 00:39:10,205 You want to run out and get us a couple of 99s? 601 00:39:10,206 --> 00:39:12,444 Money's in my purse. 602 00:39:12,446 --> 00:39:13,724 No. 603 00:39:13,726 --> 00:39:15,724 It's not blood money. 604 00:39:15,726 --> 00:39:18,726 I earned it in the prison work room. 605 00:39:21,286 --> 00:39:23,046 It's November. 606 00:39:31,486 --> 00:39:33,166 BONNIE GROANS 607 00:39:35,206 --> 00:39:37,324 I don't want gas. 608 00:39:37,326 --> 00:39:40,205 I don't, but this is... this is terrible. 609 00:39:40,206 --> 00:39:41,764 Bonnie, 610 00:39:41,766 --> 00:39:44,204 your body knows the way, 611 00:39:44,206 --> 00:39:46,564 and you know that. 612 00:39:46,566 --> 00:39:48,646 All is well. 613 00:39:52,206 --> 00:39:53,884 BONNIE GROANS 614 00:39:53,886 --> 00:39:56,364 Is this what she wants? 615 00:39:56,366 --> 00:39:58,450 She asked for you, Eddie. 616 00:39:59,886 --> 00:40:01,844 I'm scared. 617 00:40:01,846 --> 00:40:03,166 Why? 618 00:40:04,246 --> 00:40:08,045 The woman on the record, she wasn't scared. You said so. 619 00:40:08,046 --> 00:40:10,604 You can hear it in her voice 620 00:40:10,606 --> 00:40:13,646 and you're going to be just like her. 621 00:40:17,286 --> 00:40:19,286 BONNIE WAILS 622 00:40:23,086 --> 00:40:25,086 BONNIE WAILS 623 00:40:35,126 --> 00:40:35,204 Are you ready? 624 00:40:35,206 --> 00:40:36,846 Are you ready? 625 00:40:45,326 --> 00:40:46,924 BONNIE WAILS 626 00:40:46,926 --> 00:40:48,886 EDDIE: You can do this. 627 00:40:51,206 --> 00:40:53,166 Come on. That's it. 628 00:40:55,246 --> 00:40:58,663 The baby's head is resting in my hand now. 629 00:40:59,446 --> 00:41:02,030 You'll know when to push again. 630 00:41:02,686 --> 00:41:05,646 Just breathe, that's it. Good girl. 631 00:41:06,726 --> 00:41:11,685 Petra, dear, there's a bed come free for you at St Cuthbert's. 632 00:41:11,686 --> 00:41:13,364 Not yet. 633 00:41:13,366 --> 00:41:14,924 BONNIE WAILS 634 00:41:14,926 --> 00:41:17,010 Come on. You can do this. 635 00:41:18,806 --> 00:41:20,646 BABY CRIES 636 00:41:22,686 --> 00:41:25,020 The ambulance is on its way. 637 00:41:26,686 --> 00:41:28,166 I'm glad... 638 00:41:29,206 --> 00:41:31,706 ...because I'm bleeding again. 639 00:41:37,686 --> 00:41:39,406 SHE SOBS 640 00:41:40,446 --> 00:41:42,166 BABY CRIES 641 00:41:51,966 --> 00:41:54,245 Do you want to call her after your mum? 642 00:41:54,246 --> 00:41:59,080 This is a new beginning. We shouldn't give her an old name. 643 00:41:59,206 --> 00:42:01,525 But your mum was called Daisy 644 00:42:01,526 --> 00:42:03,406 and I like that. 645 00:42:12,086 --> 00:42:15,245 Sister Monica Joan, whatever are you doing? 646 00:42:15,246 --> 00:42:19,644 A memory like a firework exploded in my mind. 647 00:42:19,646 --> 00:42:23,724 I have located the repository of our past, 648 00:42:23,726 --> 00:42:26,806 thus I remembered this. 649 00:42:28,926 --> 00:42:30,444 Letters? 650 00:42:30,446 --> 00:42:32,484 Of gratitude. 651 00:42:32,486 --> 00:42:36,486 All from those we assisted in their hour of need. 652 00:42:37,486 --> 00:42:41,445 The Reverend Mother would never have allowed us to keep these, 653 00:42:41,446 --> 00:42:43,725 no matter how personal the message. 654 00:42:43,726 --> 00:42:48,205 She used to say, "A missive to one is a missive to us all. 655 00:42:48,206 --> 00:42:50,886 "Such correspondence belongs... 656 00:42:51,926 --> 00:42:53,965 "..belongs to the community." 657 00:42:53,966 --> 00:42:57,804 Therefore the community have preserved it. 658 00:42:57,806 --> 00:43:02,724 There are two ledgers here dating back to the 1920s. 659 00:43:02,726 --> 00:43:07,204 I have a dozen the same in a box in my office. 660 00:43:07,206 --> 00:43:10,885 You have spent a deal of time in prayer, I think. 661 00:43:10,886 --> 00:43:13,684 And here is his answer. 662 00:43:13,686 --> 00:43:15,686 SHE CHUCKLES 663 00:43:19,166 --> 00:43:21,166 MUSIC OVER CONVERSATION 664 00:43:45,926 --> 00:43:47,444 The medicine, 665 00:43:47,446 --> 00:43:49,646 do I have to swallow that? 666 00:43:51,206 --> 00:43:52,646 No, Gran. 667 00:43:53,726 --> 00:43:57,085 The doctor or one of the nurses will come and do it with a needle. 668 00:43:57,086 --> 00:43:58,846 Then I'll have some. 669 00:44:07,206 --> 00:44:09,873 You have served your time, Gran. 670 00:44:10,246 --> 00:44:14,166 There's only two things I want now. 671 00:44:16,206 --> 00:44:18,684 A minister of religion. 672 00:44:18,686 --> 00:44:20,724 What? You heard. 673 00:44:20,726 --> 00:44:24,310 Don't get me that rector. I can't stand him. 674 00:44:27,486 --> 00:44:31,236 And to see you in your Nonnatus uniform again. 675 00:44:33,246 --> 00:44:36,996 I was never so proud of anything in my life... 676 00:44:38,206 --> 00:44:41,206 ...than when I saw you wearing that. 677 00:45:03,846 --> 00:45:09,596 Nurse Lucille Anderson, what can I do for you so early in the morning? 678 00:45:09,606 --> 00:45:11,965 I don't have a vehicle for you to fix 679 00:45:11,966 --> 00:45:16,633 but I do have a soul that needs help on her last journey. 680 00:45:16,726 --> 00:45:18,844 I'm in my overalls. 681 00:45:18,846 --> 00:45:21,285 Should I run home and put a tie on? 682 00:45:21,286 --> 00:45:23,444 I'll leave that to you. 683 00:45:23,446 --> 00:45:25,946 You have good judgment, Cyril. 684 00:45:26,846 --> 00:45:28,606 BABY CRIES 685 00:45:31,086 --> 00:45:35,244 Dr McNulty, I'm afraid I am perplexed. 686 00:45:35,246 --> 00:45:38,205 I've had a request for a new prescription. 687 00:45:38,206 --> 00:45:40,964 Pethidine for Mrs Elsie Dyer. 688 00:45:40,966 --> 00:45:43,965 Now, Nurse Anderson says she's taken none thus far, 689 00:45:43,966 --> 00:45:46,885 but our records show that you've prescribed it for her 690 00:45:46,886 --> 00:45:52,470 - on multiple occasions. - It's the records. You need to check them. 691 00:45:53,566 --> 00:45:54,964 Dr Turner! 692 00:45:54,966 --> 00:45:56,646 Doctor, please! 693 00:45:59,166 --> 00:46:01,445 We've done what we can in preparation. 694 00:46:01,446 --> 00:46:03,166 It's time to leave. 695 00:46:04,486 --> 00:46:07,570 Does anybody else feel really nervous? 696 00:46:09,846 --> 00:46:11,846 CHEERING 697 00:46:15,046 --> 00:46:19,205 CHANTING: Mitts off our midwives! Mitts off our midwives! 698 00:46:19,206 --> 00:46:21,406 Mitts off our midwives! 699 00:46:24,966 --> 00:46:27,466 I'll check his blood pressure. 700 00:46:33,646 --> 00:46:36,166 Oh, lad, what have you done? 701 00:46:39,326 --> 00:46:43,765 You may commence when you have gathered yourself, Miss Franklin. 702 00:46:43,766 --> 00:46:47,405 I prefer to be addressed as Nurse Franklin in a professional setting, 703 00:46:47,406 --> 00:46:48,886 but thank you. 704 00:46:55,846 --> 00:46:57,484 Gentlemen, 705 00:46:57,486 --> 00:47:00,445 every year you publish a health report 706 00:47:00,446 --> 00:47:02,885 that runs to 80 or more pages, 707 00:47:02,886 --> 00:47:05,964 delineating every birth, every death, 708 00:47:05,966 --> 00:47:11,285 every epidemic, every case of notifiable illness in this borough, 709 00:47:11,286 --> 00:47:13,885 but it is all numerical information. 710 00:47:13,886 --> 00:47:15,806 No-one is ever named. 711 00:47:19,246 --> 00:47:23,245 Nevertheless, since the end of the First World War, 712 00:47:23,246 --> 00:47:25,924 the order of St Raymond Nonnatus 713 00:47:25,926 --> 00:47:30,324 has helped 117 women called Mary, 714 00:47:30,326 --> 00:47:32,884 30 women called Agnes, 715 00:47:32,886 --> 00:47:37,924 83 women called Rose or Roseanne or Rosemary. 716 00:47:37,926 --> 00:47:40,245 There have been dozens of Ediths 717 00:47:40,246 --> 00:47:43,746 and the list of surnames invokes the globe. 718 00:47:43,846 --> 00:47:47,604 Jones, Walker, Cohen, Xhang, Patel, 719 00:47:47,606 --> 00:47:52,204 O'Connor, Christopoulos, Adweh, Singh, Smith. 720 00:47:52,206 --> 00:47:54,566 There will always be Smiths. 721 00:47:56,046 --> 00:47:58,445 And every name in these ledgers 722 00:47:58,446 --> 00:48:00,606 represents a life entire. 723 00:48:01,686 --> 00:48:04,964 There are bus drivers and warehousemen 724 00:48:04,966 --> 00:48:08,245 and teachers at work in the East End today 725 00:48:08,246 --> 00:48:11,925 because a Nonnatus midwife knew how to unravel an umbilical cord 726 00:48:11,926 --> 00:48:13,965 from around a new-born's neck 727 00:48:13,966 --> 00:48:18,085 or clear an airway of meconium to stop a child choking. 728 00:48:18,086 --> 00:48:21,645 We know this because their mothers wrote to us. 729 00:48:21,646 --> 00:48:24,444 I suggest you read, mark, 730 00:48:24,446 --> 00:48:28,646 learn and inwardly digest. 731 00:48:34,246 --> 00:48:38,646 We know because their names are in our records. 732 00:48:40,486 --> 00:48:44,284 Babies are not statistics at Nonnatus House. 733 00:48:44,286 --> 00:48:47,485 We know when they are wanted or unwanted, 734 00:48:47,486 --> 00:48:50,653 whether they are cherished or deprived. 735 00:48:51,806 --> 00:48:56,725 We see when they're in with a chance in life or stand no chance at all. 736 00:48:56,726 --> 00:49:00,560 We value every infant and every mother equally. 737 00:49:02,006 --> 00:49:05,485 We are part of their world and they are part of ours 738 00:49:05,486 --> 00:49:10,320 because that is what happens when you enter people's homes. 739 00:49:11,766 --> 00:49:15,564 In almost 30 years of annual reports, 740 00:49:15,566 --> 00:49:18,245 you have never once mentioned the contribution 741 00:49:18,246 --> 00:49:21,485 Nonnatus House has made to people's lives in Poplar. 742 00:49:21,486 --> 00:49:25,244 You have never once called us by our name 743 00:49:25,246 --> 00:49:30,663 but do not think we won't be missed if you wipe us out completely. 744 00:49:47,446 --> 00:49:49,966 WHISPERING 745 00:50:06,686 --> 00:50:09,606 Rent reduced. Budget restored. 746 00:50:14,646 --> 00:50:17,166 For 12 months. 747 00:50:27,166 --> 00:50:28,726 I'm cold. 748 00:50:30,966 --> 00:50:33,925 Haven't we got any money for the gas? 749 00:50:33,926 --> 00:50:36,676 The gas is going full bore, Gran. 750 00:50:38,206 --> 00:50:41,040 See if this warms you up a little. 751 00:50:54,206 --> 00:50:55,646 Cold. 752 00:51:11,446 --> 00:51:13,046 I'm honoured. 753 00:51:16,966 --> 00:51:18,966 ICE-CREAM VAN JINGLE 754 00:51:24,646 --> 00:51:27,444 Go and get yourself a 99. 755 00:51:27,446 --> 00:51:29,166 No, Gran. 756 00:51:30,286 --> 00:51:31,646 Go. 757 00:51:33,246 --> 00:51:34,646 Go. 758 00:51:36,686 --> 00:51:38,646 Do you want one? 759 00:52:12,206 --> 00:52:14,956 Cyril, her breathing has changed. 760 00:52:20,846 --> 00:52:22,566 What does that mean? 761 00:52:23,606 --> 00:52:25,886 She won't wake up again. 762 00:52:30,926 --> 00:52:33,010 It's all right, precious. 763 00:52:34,726 --> 00:52:37,893 You rest and let your body do its work. 764 00:52:48,806 --> 00:52:52,924 CYRIL AND LUCILLE: ? Yes, when this flesh 765 00:52:52,926 --> 00:52:57,004 ? And heart shall fail 766 00:52:57,006 --> 00:53:04,684 ? And mortal life shall cease 767 00:53:04,686 --> 00:53:12,524 ? I shall possess within the veil 768 00:53:12,526 --> 00:53:17,444 ? A life of joy 769 00:53:17,446 --> 00:53:23,646 ? And peace... ? 770 00:53:28,686 --> 00:53:30,284 DOOR OPENS 771 00:53:30,286 --> 00:53:32,786 I treated myself to a full 99. 772 00:53:49,046 --> 00:53:54,485 - What did they say at Nonnatus House? - There's a lot of distress. 773 00:53:54,486 --> 00:53:59,070 Worry that the situation could have endangered patients. 774 00:54:00,206 --> 00:54:02,566 And concern for you. 775 00:54:03,646 --> 00:54:08,980 I know I'll have to leave Poplar because I know what trust means. 776 00:54:09,326 --> 00:54:11,765 But do you think I'll be struck off? 777 00:54:11,766 --> 00:54:15,205 Kevin, there won't be any decision until after you've spent time 778 00:54:15,206 --> 00:54:17,124 in some sort of clinic, 779 00:54:17,126 --> 00:54:20,205 when you can be sure you're clear of your physical dependency. 780 00:54:20,206 --> 00:54:21,925 KEVIN LAUGHS SCORNFULLY 781 00:54:21,926 --> 00:54:23,725 Every time I close my eyes, 782 00:54:23,726 --> 00:54:26,925 all I can see is that little baby fading and fading. 783 00:54:26,926 --> 00:54:31,510 Baby Warren? And the meths drinker dead in a doss house. 784 00:54:32,086 --> 00:54:34,765 All the things I couldn't make better. 785 00:54:34,766 --> 00:54:38,526 The world is full of fragile people, Kevin. 786 00:54:40,206 --> 00:54:43,765 And when we try to mend them, it can break us. 787 00:54:43,766 --> 00:54:45,805 Have you ever been broken? 788 00:54:45,806 --> 00:54:47,246 Yes. 789 00:54:48,686 --> 00:54:51,103 And I became a better doctor. 790 00:54:54,446 --> 00:54:56,946 There's hope for me yet, then. 791 00:55:21,846 --> 00:55:23,886 Right, this here. 792 00:55:25,926 --> 00:55:28,245 2,000 feet this will go up to. 793 00:55:28,246 --> 00:55:29,307 Right, here. 794 00:55:29,309 --> 00:55:30,405 FIREWORKS EXPLODE 795 00:55:30,406 --> 00:55:31,606 Oh! 796 00:55:35,246 --> 00:55:37,885 And if anyone spots a resemblance to certain members 797 00:55:37,886 --> 00:55:42,445 of the Board of Health, I, for one, am not going to disabuse them. 798 00:55:42,446 --> 00:55:43,886 Go on. 799 00:55:59,446 --> 00:56:01,164 What you got there? 800 00:56:01,166 --> 00:56:02,724 Toffee apples. 801 00:56:02,726 --> 00:56:05,565 A Bonfire Night tradition, apparently. 802 00:56:05,566 --> 00:56:07,325 Them set hard like concrete 803 00:56:07,326 --> 00:56:10,205 and the kitchen looks like there's been a murder. 804 00:56:10,206 --> 00:56:12,284 You are a fine woman. 805 00:56:12,286 --> 00:56:14,166 You are a fine man. 806 00:56:17,206 --> 00:56:20,540 Thank you for coming to be with Mrs Dyer. 807 00:56:22,766 --> 00:56:25,205 And thank you for letting me see... 808 00:56:25,206 --> 00:56:27,046 ...everything you are. 809 00:56:28,846 --> 00:56:31,096 I love you, Nurse Anderson. 810 00:56:44,246 --> 00:56:46,685 I lost the baby, Mrs Buckle, so... 811 00:56:46,686 --> 00:56:49,046 Oh, I'm so sorry, Petra. 812 00:56:50,486 --> 00:56:55,486 Our feelings are very complicated, but she'll always have me. 813 00:57:00,206 --> 00:57:01,924 Come on, Reggie. 814 00:57:01,926 --> 00:57:03,884 Time to go. 815 00:57:03,886 --> 00:57:06,965 MATURE JENNIFER: The seasons will always turn, 816 00:57:06,966 --> 00:57:10,685 the clouds will gather and the cold will come. 817 00:57:10,686 --> 00:57:12,964 We will survive them. 818 00:57:12,966 --> 00:57:16,604 We will grow regardless of the weather. 819 00:57:16,606 --> 00:57:20,205 We all know wonder where there has been despair. 820 00:57:20,206 --> 00:57:22,924 There will be happiness 821 00:57:22,926 --> 00:57:25,484 and we will remember it. 822 00:57:25,486 --> 00:57:29,320 There will be friendships that we won't forget. 823 00:57:29,926 --> 00:57:32,604 Love is the constant 824 00:57:32,606 --> 00:57:37,244 whereby we endure all winters and all storms. 825 00:57:37,246 --> 00:57:40,925 It is the climate in which all things can thrive. 826 00:57:40,926 --> 00:57:42,886 Reggie, come back! 827 00:57:44,846 --> 00:57:46,406 FIREWORKS WHISTLE 828 00:57:49,286 --> 00:57:51,244 Welcome the darkness, 829 00:57:51,246 --> 00:57:55,964 embrace it as a canopy from which the stars can hang, 830 00:57:55,966 --> 00:58:00,045 for there are always stars when we are where we ought to be, 831 00:58:00,046 --> 00:58:03,244 amongst the faces we love best, 832 00:58:03,246 --> 00:58:06,725 each with our place, each with our purpose, 833 00:58:06,726 --> 00:58:10,366 as fixed and familiar as the constellations. 834 00:58:11,406 --> 00:58:13,764 The darkness is beautiful, 835 00:58:13,766 --> 00:58:16,246 for how else can we shine? 836 00:58:17,305 --> 00:58:23,754 837 00:58:23,804 --> 00:58:28,354 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0