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(Rowdy chatter and whooping)
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What's all the racket for?
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War's over, brother.
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Peace broke out.
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That's nice.
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We just won a war, Prime Minister,
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and now it appears we've lost
its greatest heroine.
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Lost track of her, ma'am, for the time being.
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Well, where is she?
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l understand the Lord Mayor
was arranging a parade.
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The Royal Fusiliers.
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She was last seen entering a convent of nuns
in Bermondsey.
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Nuns?
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- Catholic Nuns?
- Yes, ma'am.
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Are we still in England?
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l thought you knew the family.
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l do.
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Highly respected people.
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And yet their daughter...
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l would say she was always...unusual, ma'am.
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(Blast of whistle)
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All aboard!
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(Train whistle toots)
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(War cries)
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(Bird caws)
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(Shouting)
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(Shouts)
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Aarrghh!
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(Birdsong)
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Miss Florence!
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Hello, Watson.
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Help! Help!
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Help!
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Piano introduction
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One dark lonely night
on Crimea's dread shore
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There was bloodshed and fighting
the morning before
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The dead and the dying lay bleeding around
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Some crying for help...
- Help!
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(Laughter)
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..but none could be found
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What we need is a miracle
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A blooming, human miracle
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We need someone to help us where we lie
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To make us well
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Cos we don't want to die
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So what we need is a miracle
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A miracle down here right now
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(Light applause)
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Then God sent his angel to succour the brave
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Ten thousand she saved
from an untimely grave
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The wounded they love her,
as it can be seen
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She's the soldier's preserver
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They call her their queen...
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Hello, Queenie!
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What we got was a miracle!
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A blooming, human miracle!
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We got a lady when all else did fail
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Who made us well,
O, bless Miss Nightingale!
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What we got was a miracle
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A miracle down here, right now!
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(Cheering and applause)
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- Rest, rest, and more rest.
- Thank you, Doctor, we'll see to it.
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Do you know what they're calling her?
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The soldier's preserver.
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- Who calls her that?
- All sorts, ma'am. lt's from a song.
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Really?
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A song about Florence?
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- Oh, my poor, brave, little girl.
- Come, come, my dear.
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FLORENCE: My beloved mother and father,
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how they fought to keep me at home,
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fought all my plans and dreams for myself.
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But now that l'm a national heroine,
how proud they are.
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They even call me brave.
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Brave?
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Brave? For doing my duty?
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The soldiers, they were the brave ones.
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Lying there strapped down
while their shattered legs were hacked off
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and no chloroform for the lower ranks!
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l'm still in a rage about it.
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Still there.
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The tree.
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The little bench.
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The garden where all my troubles first began.
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But then, if Scripture is to be believed,
isn't a garden where all our troubles first began?
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l was so young.
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l was innocent.
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No thoughts of war or disease.
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My only struggle how to escape from a life
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that was poisoning me with vanity
and social expectations.
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But one day something happened
that changed me forever.
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l remember...sunlight so bright, too bright,
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then a voice.
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Really, a voice. l was being asked...
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No, l was being told, in no uncertain terms,
that my life belonged to God,
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that he had work for me to do.
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Yes, Lord, let me think of thy will,
only of thy will.
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Let me serve you, you alone.
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But how could l?
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l had to admit God's message
was sadly lacking in details.
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What exactly was l to do?
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All l knew was that l was being stifled,
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no food for my head, no food for my heart,
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slowly dying on a diet of triviality.
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l prayed, ''God, show me a way out,
teach me, tell me.''
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And yet...when he did at last,
and l answered the call...
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..oh, the things l saw.
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No rest for me now, then...
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not till the truth is told to all.
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Listen to this.
An American has written a poem about the war.
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Everyone's writing poems about the war, dear.
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Well, this one's all the rage, apparently.
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''Whene'er a noble deed is wrought,
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Whene'er is spoken a noble thought,
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Lo, in that house of misery,
a Lady with a lamp l see
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She passes through the glimmering gloom
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And flits and flits from room to room''
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''Flits''?
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l doubt if our Florence
has ever flitted in her life!
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Well, Mr Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
thinks she does, so who are we to argue?
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- Oh.
- Are you all right?
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Florence, what are you doing downstairs?
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Please. Stop.
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lf anyone asks me any more questions,
l'll buy a revolver and shoot them!
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Well, anyone except the Queen.
What are they saying now?
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Mr Longfellow has written a poem about you.
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An entire army murdered
and what's being done about it?
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Absolutely nothing!
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Well, we shall have to see about that!
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- l need some air.
- Florence! No! Not outside!
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- You'll catch your death of cold!
- At least wear a coat!
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My dear papa...always the sceptic,
never sure about anything.
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Though years ago when l was struggling
to discover God's will for me,
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he did at least try to understand my pain,
and help me.
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Flo?
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l wish...
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(Sighs) lf only...
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lf only l could be satisfied
with a life that satisfies you.
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l can't be.
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But you make it so hard for yourself.
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When l heard my call,
l didn't hear it would be easy.
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Your call.
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Papa, you've never believed in it,
not for a minute.
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Have you?
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- Well, l...
- l thought not.
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You don't know what struggle is.
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And so we continued to observe
our uneasy truce.
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Deuced if l see how Turkey can stand up
for itself any more.
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My mother played hostess to the powerful
and well connected,
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and l, the dutiful daughter, attended.
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The men talked politics,
the women talked husbands.
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l hear the Bible is forbidden all over Russia.
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One frequent guest was Sidney Herbert,
a rising star in Parliament.
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He sympathised with my hopes and dreams.
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ln years to come,
l would often turn to him for help.
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Back then, though, my thoughts
were all taken up with matters of the heart.
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Yes, l read that speech of yours, Sidney.
Exciting stuff.
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Might there not be a case for compromise?
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- After all, the Ottoman Empire...
- What's your point, sir?
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My point is that the ''sick man of Europe''
may be past curing.
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lsn't the real point that the Czar is a brutal tyrant,
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and we have to stand up to tyranny
wherever we find it?
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Even at home!
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(Scoffs)
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Quite so.
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Nicely put.
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l do believe we're in a drift to war.
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l was talking to Palmerston
the other day at our club about it.
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He's full bore at facing down the Russkis.
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- A bit behind time but...
- What's that?
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Young Monckton-Milnes.
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He's become quite a regular visitor.
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Useful, actually.
You can set your watch by him.
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He's not that young.
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He's practically middle-aged.
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Do you know what happened
on this day five years ago?
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No. Should l?
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We'd all been invited to the Bonham Carters.
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Your sister recited a poem.
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You played the piano.
Something new by Mr Chopin.
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- Badly, l'm sure.
- Yes, rather badly, l'm afraid.
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And because of my poor performance,
that day must go down in history?
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Oh, dear.
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No.
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On that day we talked for the first time -
really talked, l mean.
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And you said something l've never forgotten -
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that if only people knew what a young girl
is thinking while she is playing the piano,
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or busy embroidering. Do you remember?
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lf only people knew she was actually imagining
extraordinary adventures.
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With someone by her side
whom she had chosen
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as her loving and loved companion in life.
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Yes. lt's true.
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l did say that.
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Florence...
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..you must know by now
that everything you believe in,
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everything you hold dear,
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l do too.
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- Richard, l...
- Look at me.
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Please.
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Do you think today...the two of them, perhaps?
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Well? Florence?
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Nothing.
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What do you mean, nothing?
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He proposed.
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l said no.
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Florence!
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No. Wait!
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Do you realise what you've done?
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Yes.
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Saved myself from a life of slavery!
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Oh, my goodness, Florence, how could you?
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l just couldn't. ls that so hard to believe?
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You have kept that man dangling for five years!
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He understood, he understood perfectly.
Better than you.
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You did the same thing with the Nicholson boy
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and now our families rarely speak
to one another!
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- Would you kindly excuse me, please.
- Look at this!
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Look at it!
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Can any reasonable person want all this?
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The linen! The china! The 56 pots of jam!
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Well, if one is to entertain properly...
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And to be treated like a piece of furniture,
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nailed to an existence where you talk about
nothing but who's coming to dinner!
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- What's happened?
- She said no.
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- To Richard?
- Yes, she called it slavery.
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Slavery!
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But, Flo, you know you could have done
anything you liked with the poor man.
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Look at Mama,
and the way she manages our dear Papa.
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- Half the time he has no idea what's...
- Yes, Parthe, that will be quite enough.
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Florence, you know l never asked you
to be anyone's slave.
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l have been very indulgent.
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l'm sure my mother never considered
what l thought.
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The least you can do in common courtesy
is to listen to me.
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l'll go out and l'll find work.
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- Oh, my dear young lady...
- l will.
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Think of me as your son, your vagabond son.
l won't cost you a penny.
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lsn't that good? Marriage is expensive.
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- lmagine the savings.
- l know what you have in mind.
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This absurd notion of becoming a nurse,
which l will never agree to.
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That is God's way for me.
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Oh, don't bring God into this again!
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lt has nothing to do with him and you know it!
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l will not allow you to disgrace yourself...
emptying slop buckets,
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living at the beck and call of lechers and drunks!
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Have you any idea what goes on in hospitals?
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No woman of character would ever...
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Yes, dear?
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Fanny, my love, the Colonel's just leaving.
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What shall l say to him?
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Tell him there's no tyranny like
the petty tyranny of a good English family!
254
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She said no to Richard.
255
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Why does she have to spoil everything?
256
00:18:05,025 --> 00:18:07,664
You have to speak to that girl, Wen.
257
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Yes.
258
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FLORENCE: After that, everything changed.
259
00:18:11,945 --> 00:18:15,062
Dismayed but resigned, my parents gave in
260
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and l set about acquiring the largest
hospital experience man or woman ever had.
261
00:18:21,465 --> 00:18:25,981
ln truth, l lost Richard, but l gained my freedom.
262
00:18:28,905 --> 00:18:32,614
And yet, l confess if l were to see him again,
even now...
263
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l don't understand it,
l'm ashamed to understand it,
264
00:18:36,945 --> 00:18:41,780
but not one day has passed
without my thinking of him.
265
00:18:44,385 --> 00:18:46,023
(Knock at door)
266
00:18:46,065 --> 00:18:48,579
Flo... Are you all right?
267
00:18:49,665 --> 00:18:51,098
lt's nothing.
268
00:18:51,145 --> 00:18:54,182
l'm over it - the Crimean fever, l mean.
l was quite ill.
269
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Guess who's here.
270
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Sidney!
271
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He just arrived from Westminster.
272
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- He has news!
- Really?
273
00:19:01,385 --> 00:19:04,218
l knew he'd get the government to see sense.
274
00:19:06,265 --> 00:19:07,664
FLORENCE: Nothing?
275
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- Nothing at all?
- My dear,
276
00:19:10,465 --> 00:19:14,253
the British public has had quite enough
of the ''Crimean Catastrophe''.
277
00:19:14,305 --> 00:19:15,897
lt's over.
278
00:19:17,545 --> 00:19:22,494
No, no, it's only just begun -
the catastrophe, l mean - with our silence.
279
00:19:24,065 --> 00:19:26,181
You must help me, Sidney, you absolutely must.
280
00:19:26,225 --> 00:19:28,580
You always have.
You can do it again. l know you can.
281
00:19:28,625 --> 00:19:32,095
Otherwise these last two years
will have been for nothing.
282
00:19:32,145 --> 00:19:35,501
Florence, l'm no longer Minister at War.
283
00:19:35,545 --> 00:19:39,424
Just a plain old humble Member of Parliament,
making occasional speeches.
284
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Oh!
285
00:19:40,825 --> 00:19:43,862
Very fine ''occasional'' speeches, Sidney,
if l may say so.
286
00:19:45,225 --> 00:19:46,897
l brought you this.
287
00:19:47,785 --> 00:19:51,573
You don't have to bring me presents.
Just tell me justice will be done.
288
00:19:51,625 --> 00:19:52,899
May l see?
289
00:19:52,945 --> 00:19:55,857
Sir John Hall, that miserable excuse
for a military surgeon.
290
00:19:55,905 --> 00:19:58,544
Has he been court-martialled,
stripped of his command?
291
00:19:58,585 --> 00:19:59,859
No.
292
00:19:59,905 --> 00:20:03,341
Entered a monastery perhaps,
to do some well-deserved penance?
293
00:20:03,385 --> 00:20:05,137
Not quite.
294
00:20:05,185 --> 00:20:07,255
Black-balled from his club at least?
295
00:20:07,305 --> 00:20:09,739
He's been given a KCB.
296
00:20:09,785 --> 00:20:12,299
A KCB?
297
00:20:12,345 --> 00:20:15,064
Which stands for Knight of
the Crimean Burial grounds, l suppose.
298
00:20:15,105 --> 00:20:16,857
- Flo!
- (Gasps)
299
00:20:18,225 --> 00:20:20,455
What a beautiful brooch!
300
00:20:21,145 --> 00:20:22,578
A bit overdone, isn't it?
301
00:20:22,625 --> 00:20:24,536
But see who it is from!
302
00:20:26,825 --> 00:20:30,261
''ln appreciation of her service - Victoria Reg...''
303
00:20:31,305 --> 00:20:33,865
Her Majesty will be in Balmoral next week.
304
00:20:34,825 --> 00:20:39,341
She wants to meet you and to talk.
l believe she may even be inclined to listen.
305
00:20:39,385 --> 00:20:41,899
Now, this is important, Florence.
306
00:20:42,905 --> 00:20:45,544
The Queen is very interested
in the fate of the army.
307
00:20:45,585 --> 00:20:51,182
You must remember she thinks of it as her army,
that's the way to engage her interest.
308
00:20:51,225 --> 00:20:52,704
Do you follow me?
309
00:20:52,745 --> 00:20:54,975
Do try to be tactful, Florence.
310
00:20:55,025 --> 00:20:57,744
Don't say anything that might upset Her Majesty.
311
00:20:57,785 --> 00:21:02,336
Nothing about maggots and wounds
and frostbite and limbs falling off.
312
00:21:02,385 --> 00:21:04,023
Please.
313
00:21:05,465 --> 00:21:07,660
(Music starting and applause)
314
00:21:11,665 --> 00:21:13,656
You're off to see the queen today!
315
00:21:13,705 --> 00:21:17,618
Oh, do be careful what you say,
or you will quickly be excused
316
00:21:17,665 --> 00:21:21,624
Her Majesty is not amused
by stories set to shock and scare
317
00:21:21,665 --> 00:21:23,974
So listen to Mother and please beware!
318
00:21:27,505 --> 00:21:29,735
We don't want to hear about maggots...
- Maggots!
319
00:21:29,785 --> 00:21:31,741
We'd rather not learn about lice...
- No lice!
320
00:21:31,785 --> 00:21:35,061
Just make everything pretty,
and jolly and happy and nice
321
00:21:35,105 --> 00:21:37,380
- Nice!
We don't want to hear a soldier swear
322
00:21:37,425 --> 00:21:39,256
Or listen to moaning and screams
323
00:21:39,305 --> 00:21:41,136
We don't want to hear a single cough...
324
00:21:41,185 --> 00:21:43,176
(Men cough)
325
00:21:43,225 --> 00:21:47,059
To bother Her Majesty's dreams
WOMEN: Sweet dreams
326
00:21:47,945 --> 00:21:51,779
Be sure never to tell her
about all the blood and the gore
327
00:21:51,825 --> 00:21:55,864
Surely you know it's not right or polite
to make a queen faint on the floor
328
00:21:55,905 --> 00:21:59,659
She's happy to hear of daring deeds
by soldier, colonel or toff
329
00:21:59,705 --> 00:22:01,855
But never, not ever, no, never discuss...
330
00:22:01,905 --> 00:22:03,577
The fingers that keep falling off!
331
00:22:03,625 --> 00:22:05,297
The hands that keep falling off!
332
00:22:05,345 --> 00:22:07,301
The legs that keep falling off!
333
00:22:07,345 --> 00:22:09,301
The heads that keep falling off!
334
00:22:09,345 --> 00:22:11,256
Cos everything keeps falling off!
335
00:22:11,305 --> 00:22:12,420
(Cheering)
336
00:22:14,385 --> 00:22:16,262
Attention!
337
00:22:21,985 --> 00:22:23,862
May l offer you some tea, dear?
338
00:22:25,105 --> 00:22:26,743
Thank you, ma'am.
339
00:22:33,905 --> 00:22:36,339
- Please continue.
- Yes, ma'am.
340
00:22:37,465 --> 00:22:39,137
We...
341
00:22:40,545 --> 00:22:45,983
We lost 1 0,000 men in six months,
mostly through gross incompetence,
342
00:22:46,025 --> 00:22:50,496
and l came home to find that many of
the officers responsible have been promoted,
343
00:22:50,545 --> 00:22:52,934
given honours, medals, titles.
344
00:22:52,985 --> 00:22:57,422
Crimes were committed, terrible suffering
inflicted that could easily have been avoided...
345
00:22:57,465 --> 00:23:02,095
Yes, Miss Nightingale, but what exactly
entitles you to be the judge of that?
346
00:23:02,145 --> 00:23:06,855
l studied and visited all the hospitals in London,
Dublin, Edinburgh, Paris, Rome and Berlin.
347
00:23:06,905 --> 00:23:09,624
l was twice in training
with the Protestant Deaconesses
348
00:23:09,665 --> 00:23:11,815
at the Kaiserswerth lnstitute in Germany,
349
00:23:11,865 --> 00:23:15,175
l spent one year as Superintendent
of a Harley Street nursing home.
350
00:23:15,225 --> 00:23:18,456
l personally scrubbed the floors of sickrooms,
emptied bedpans.
351
00:23:18,505 --> 00:23:21,099
l nursed cholera patients
whose bodies were a mass of...
352
00:23:21,145 --> 00:23:22,624
Thank you.
353
00:23:24,585 --> 00:23:27,179
And your parents permitted all of this?
354
00:23:27,945 --> 00:23:29,060
They...
355
00:23:30,785 --> 00:23:36,974
They came to understand that l had a calling,
that this has truly been God's will for me.
356
00:23:38,065 --> 00:23:40,295
l see.
357
00:23:46,025 --> 00:23:50,894
And what is it you suggest we do about
these...crimes, as you call them?
358
00:23:50,945 --> 00:23:53,505
A Royal Commission, ma'am.
359
00:23:54,545 --> 00:23:56,536
A Royal Commission?
360
00:23:56,585 --> 00:23:59,497
Nothing less than a Royal Commission
will bring out the truth.
361
00:23:59,545 --> 00:24:01,979
lt's our sacred duty to the Crimean dead.
362
00:24:02,025 --> 00:24:03,299
And if l may, Your Majesty,
363
00:24:03,345 --> 00:24:08,499
it is also a heaven-sent opportunity to reform
the entire hospital system of the nation,
364
00:24:08,545 --> 00:24:10,456
not just of the army...
365
00:24:11,985 --> 00:24:15,455
Beg your pardon, ma'am, of your army.
366
00:24:20,065 --> 00:24:23,660
Forgive me, ma'am,
it has been a lifelong dream of mine.
367
00:24:25,985 --> 00:24:28,021
We shall...think about it.
368
00:24:47,585 --> 00:24:49,416
Remarkable woman.
369
00:24:49,465 --> 00:24:51,899
l wish we had her at the War Office.
370
00:24:51,945 --> 00:24:55,062
l'll convey that sentiment to the Minister, ma'am.
371
00:24:55,105 --> 00:24:56,458
Good.
372
00:24:56,505 --> 00:24:58,097
Oh, and as to that Commission.
373
00:24:58,145 --> 00:25:01,182
Yes, ma'am, l doubt whether
it's in the best interests of...
374
00:25:01,225 --> 00:25:03,375
May l finish?
375
00:25:04,385 --> 00:25:06,216
Ma'am.
376
00:25:06,265 --> 00:25:10,224
We do want our brave soldiers
to receive the very best care.
377
00:25:11,265 --> 00:25:13,381
Please see to it.
378
00:25:14,545 --> 00:25:16,376
The Commission?
379
00:25:17,105 --> 00:25:19,539
The Commission, Prime Minister.
380
00:25:27,985 --> 00:25:29,623
A difficult meeting.
381
00:25:29,665 --> 00:25:33,578
l'm afraid the Queen was somewhat taken aback
by your proposal.
382
00:25:33,625 --> 00:25:36,264
- Oh.
- Yes, a Royal Commission.
383
00:25:36,305 --> 00:25:39,775
That could have consequences, ramifications.
384
00:25:39,825 --> 00:25:42,703
- Well, l had hoped...
- And you were quite forceful.
385
00:25:42,745 --> 00:25:44,019
l'm sorry, but...
386
00:25:44,065 --> 00:25:47,501
However, l did prevail upon Her Majesty
to change her mind
387
00:25:47,545 --> 00:25:53,256
and she has graciously agreed to allow the
Commission go forward under my supervision.
388
00:25:53,305 --> 00:25:55,421
Thank you, my lord, thank you very much.
389
00:25:55,465 --> 00:25:58,263
Yes, l remember one evening at the Verneys'
390
00:25:58,305 --> 00:26:02,583
you were very eloquent
on the subject of nursing and so forth.
391
00:26:02,625 --> 00:26:04,536
A worthy cause.
392
00:26:04,585 --> 00:26:07,145
- Now, one minor detail.
- Of course.
393
00:26:07,185 --> 00:26:14,182
l would like you to submit your evidence to me
in the form of a report, a confidential report.
394
00:26:14,225 --> 00:26:17,854
There are...susceptibilities to be considered.
395
00:26:18,545 --> 00:26:20,661
- Are we agreed?
- Yes.
396
00:26:21,905 --> 00:26:23,258
Agreed!
397
00:26:23,305 --> 00:26:24,579
Good.
398
00:26:25,305 --> 00:26:27,421
Give my regards to your charming mother.
399
00:26:27,465 --> 00:26:30,855
l hope to have the pleasure of seeing you
at the Devonshires' next weekend.
400
00:26:30,905 --> 00:26:33,624
Oh, l'm afraid you won't see me.
l'll be writing my report.
401
00:26:33,665 --> 00:26:34,780
Excellent.
402
00:26:35,585 --> 00:26:37,177
To work, then.
403
00:26:47,585 --> 00:26:49,576
(Muffled voices)
404
00:26:50,465 --> 00:26:53,821
The suite, ma'am.
The room, ready and waiting for you.
405
00:26:53,865 --> 00:26:56,299
Er...please if there's anything
that you need...
406
00:26:56,345 --> 00:26:58,301
Thank you.
407
00:27:00,145 --> 00:27:02,022
They want a report from me, do they?
408
00:27:02,065 --> 00:27:03,737
Then they shall have it.
409
00:27:03,785 --> 00:27:05,855
This room shall be my War Office.
410
00:27:06,625 --> 00:27:09,185
My family always stay here
when we come to London.
411
00:27:09,225 --> 00:27:11,864
The fine old Burlington Hotel.
412
00:27:11,905 --> 00:27:14,260
This room is ample,
413
00:27:14,305 --> 00:27:17,661
and compared with my lodgings in the Crimea,
utter luxury.
414
00:27:18,865 --> 00:27:23,177
But how could l sleep in comfort when so many
of my children lie in unmarked graves?
415
00:27:24,185 --> 00:27:30,579
l call them ''my children'', those ordinary soldiers
who died in pain and silence, uncomplaining.
416
00:27:31,305 --> 00:27:35,014
Though the officers called them brutes,
the scum of the earth.
417
00:27:35,065 --> 00:27:37,101
My children!
418
00:27:39,785 --> 00:27:41,423
What a tale l have to tell!
419
00:27:43,105 --> 00:27:46,859
How eager and proud they all were
when they first set out.
420
00:27:46,905 --> 00:27:50,693
The very names of those regiments
made our hearts beat faster.
421
00:27:50,745 --> 00:27:54,579
The Royal Dragoons,
the Grenadier Guards, the 93rds,
422
00:27:54,625 --> 00:27:58,618
the lnniskillings, the Coldstream Guards,
the Royal Fusiliers.
423
00:27:58,665 --> 00:28:03,420
Off they went with their brand-new rifles
and pretty sparkling uniforms...
424
00:28:04,545 --> 00:28:06,661
..off to teach the Russian bear a lesson.
425
00:28:06,705 --> 00:28:09,299
The finest army in the world, we thought.
426
00:28:09,345 --> 00:28:11,415
lnvincible, we thought.
427
00:28:12,825 --> 00:28:14,941
Back home in a month...
428
00:28:15,665 --> 00:28:17,656
..we thought!
429
00:28:18,385 --> 00:28:24,654
Come on, everybody, let's hear it for
our brave British boys in British uniform!
430
00:28:24,705 --> 00:28:26,980
(Applause)
Trumpet fanfare
431
00:28:27,705 --> 00:28:30,173
l don't believe it! ls it?
432
00:28:30,225 --> 00:28:32,056
Oh, no, it isn't!
433
00:28:32,105 --> 00:28:34,414
AUDlENCE: Oh, yes it is!
434
00:28:34,465 --> 00:28:36,183
You're right!
435
00:28:36,225 --> 00:28:41,822
lt's our lightning, frightening, fighting,
Light Brigade!
436
00:28:41,865 --> 00:28:43,856
(Applause)
437
00:28:49,465 --> 00:28:50,580
Bravo!
438
00:28:52,345 --> 00:28:55,621
Oh, we're the glorious Light Brigade!
439
00:28:56,225 --> 00:28:59,183
The put-the-Russkis-to-flight brigade
440
00:28:59,745 --> 00:29:01,383
For glory, Queen and country too
441
00:29:01,425 --> 00:29:03,939
We draw our steel and shout haroo!
442
00:29:05,385 --> 00:29:08,775
The lightning, frightening, fighting
Light Brigade
443
00:29:08,825 --> 00:29:12,340
Who never, not ever,
no, never have been afraid
444
00:29:14,385 --> 00:29:17,536
Oh, we're the glorious Light Brigade!
445
00:29:18,305 --> 00:29:21,024
The put-the-Russkis-to-flight brigade
446
00:29:21,585 --> 00:29:23,496
You've never seen soldiers like us before
447
00:29:23,545 --> 00:29:26,457
Who boldly charge as the cannons roar
448
00:29:27,225 --> 00:29:30,661
The lightning, frightening, fighting
Light Brigade
449
00:29:30,705 --> 00:29:32,502
Who never, not ever, no...
450
00:29:32,545 --> 00:29:34,217
(Explosions)
451
00:29:49,905 --> 00:29:51,941
(Screaming)
452
00:30:07,225 --> 00:30:11,776
An army that had spent more time on
the parade ground than on the battlefield,
453
00:30:11,825 --> 00:30:16,945
commanded by a dear old gentleman whose last
taste of action was Waterloo, 40 years before.
454
00:30:17,865 --> 00:30:21,574
This force, incredibly,
due to the heroism of the common soldier,
455
00:30:21,625 --> 00:30:23,695
won three battles against huge odds.
456
00:30:24,905 --> 00:30:26,577
But the cost.
457
00:30:26,625 --> 00:30:28,616
And those blundering generals.
458
00:30:29,705 --> 00:30:31,263
l know this much.
459
00:30:31,305 --> 00:30:35,218
lf any woman had managed her kitchen
the way our generals managed that campaign
460
00:30:35,265 --> 00:30:39,338
she and her entire family would have been
reduced to the poorhouse in weeks.
461
00:30:39,385 --> 00:30:43,822
As it was, the British Army was reduced to
a regiment of living skeletons,
462
00:30:43,865 --> 00:30:46,015
dressed in rags, crawling with vermin.
463
00:30:46,065 --> 00:30:49,375
And if they were wounded or got sick,
worse was waiting -
464
00:30:51,065 --> 00:30:56,617
a death house in the shape of
the military hospital at Scutari.
465
00:31:00,305 --> 00:31:02,296
(Water drips)
466
00:31:02,345 --> 00:31:04,495
(Explosion booms)
467
00:31:04,545 --> 00:31:07,617
The casualties mounted
and the death rate soared.
468
00:31:08,385 --> 00:31:10,580
Thousands died of disease and neglect.
469
00:31:11,465 --> 00:31:14,059
But the soldiers were writing home,
470
00:31:14,105 --> 00:31:16,903
and The London Times sent out
its best reporter.
471
00:31:16,945 --> 00:31:21,382
Before long, the appalling truth was known
in every English parlour.
472
00:31:22,585 --> 00:31:27,659
Only then did we begin to understand the full
horror of what our men were going through.
473
00:31:28,625 --> 00:31:30,616
Listen to this.
474
00:31:30,665 --> 00:31:33,702
''lt is with feelings of anger and surprise
475
00:31:33,745 --> 00:31:36,862
that the public will learn that no preparations
have been made
476
00:31:36,905 --> 00:31:38,975
to care for our wounded in the Crimea.
477
00:31:40,585 --> 00:31:45,705
Not only are there not sufficient surgeons,
there is not even linen to make bandages.
478
00:31:45,745 --> 00:31:51,103
Arriving at the hospital, they lie in their
own waste, covered by a single blanket,
479
00:31:51,545 --> 00:31:55,663
eating meat raw, stiff with salt
or rotten with maggots.
480
00:31:55,705 --> 00:31:57,696
Not over breakfast, dear, please.
481
00:31:57,745 --> 00:31:59,736
Let me see.
482
00:32:02,305 --> 00:32:04,136
Excuse me, Papa.
483
00:32:04,185 --> 00:32:06,460
At last l knew what l must do.
484
00:32:06,505 --> 00:32:08,621
All my training could now be put to use.
485
00:32:08,665 --> 00:32:10,656
But l needed an ally.
486
00:32:10,705 --> 00:32:15,495
So l wrote to my dear friend, Sidney Herbert,
now a powerful member of the war cabinet.
487
00:32:16,385 --> 00:32:19,900
As it happened, a letter from him
crossed with mine in the post.
488
00:32:21,585 --> 00:32:23,337
HERBERT: Dear Miss Nightingale,
489
00:32:23,385 --> 00:32:27,697
l have recently been receiving letters from ladies
offering to go out to the Crimea
490
00:32:27,745 --> 00:32:30,213
and give medical care to our injured troops.
491
00:32:31,585 --> 00:32:36,454
l know of only one person in England capable of
organising and directing such a scheme.
492
00:32:36,905 --> 00:32:38,304
Yourself.
493
00:32:38,345 --> 00:32:42,736
l suggest that you start interviewing
likely candidates as soon as possible.
494
00:32:45,025 --> 00:32:49,143
Well, l wrote back immediately.
''Dear Mr Herbert, l have already begun.''
495
00:32:49,185 --> 00:32:51,176
Which was only partly untrue.
496
00:32:51,225 --> 00:32:56,094
l started the next day, only to discover
that while many called themselves nurses
497
00:32:56,145 --> 00:32:58,136
few were fit to be chosen.
498
00:33:01,705 --> 00:33:04,503
And why do you feel yourself qualified?
499
00:33:04,545 --> 00:33:09,938
Well, when l read about it in the newspapers,
l cried buckets,
500
00:33:10,745 --> 00:33:12,736
(Sniffs) and buckets,
501
00:33:12,785 --> 00:33:14,503
and buckets.
502
00:33:14,545 --> 00:33:17,582
Well, l just thought of those poor, poor boys,
503
00:33:17,625 --> 00:33:20,185
how they must miss a woman's touch.
504
00:33:20,225 --> 00:33:22,216
Pardon?
505
00:33:22,265 --> 00:33:26,053
Well, l never did mind hard work
and l'm not easily shocked.
506
00:33:26,745 --> 00:33:28,736
l just do my best and carry on.
507
00:33:29,705 --> 00:33:32,173
Well, l won't deny,
the money will come in useful.
508
00:33:32,225 --> 00:33:33,817
l take it we do get paid?
509
00:33:33,865 --> 00:33:35,378
Good. How much?
510
00:33:35,425 --> 00:33:37,222
How old?
511
00:33:37,265 --> 00:33:39,779
Um...just turned 1 7...
512
00:33:40,385 --> 00:33:42,421
..l think.
513
00:33:42,465 --> 00:33:45,298
lt's my back. And my knees.
514
00:33:45,345 --> 00:33:47,654
They're not what they used to be, you know.
515
00:33:47,705 --> 00:33:51,778
At our convent in Bermondsey
we see every kind of disease and deformity.
516
00:33:53,065 --> 00:33:55,374
You are a Catholic order, l believe?
517
00:33:56,225 --> 00:33:58,898
We make it our business to save the body first.
518
00:33:58,945 --> 00:34:01,903
Then and only then do we attend to the soul,
519
00:34:01,945 --> 00:34:04,140
if that's what concerns you.
520
00:34:06,025 --> 00:34:08,334
We leave in a week.
How many can you bring?
521
00:34:09,545 --> 00:34:11,536
- (Cheering)
- Bravo!
522
00:34:18,865 --> 00:34:20,856
(Booing and hissing)
523
00:34:23,945 --> 00:34:25,856
War ain't no place for a woman
524
00:34:25,905 --> 00:34:27,623
lt's only a place for a man
525
00:34:27,665 --> 00:34:31,943
This foe we fight from morn till night
and beat him when we can
526
00:34:31,985 --> 00:34:35,898
So don't come near to interfere
with the British battle plan
527
00:34:35,945 --> 00:34:37,856
War ain't no place for a woman
528
00:34:37,905 --> 00:34:40,180
lt's only a place for a man
Quite clear
529
00:34:40,225 --> 00:34:42,216
lt's only a place for a man
530
00:34:45,785 --> 00:34:47,616
lf war's no place for a woman
531
00:34:47,665 --> 00:34:49,974
lt's hardly a place for a man
532
00:34:50,025 --> 00:34:53,700
We'll ride the wave and try to save
as many as we can
533
00:34:53,745 --> 00:34:55,736
We're Nightingale
And nurses
534
00:34:55,785 --> 00:34:57,457
You'll thank us and not curse us
535
00:34:57,505 --> 00:34:59,655
We'll rescue you from pain and fear
536
00:34:59,705 --> 00:35:01,696
We'll bring you comfort and good cheer
537
00:35:01,745 --> 00:35:04,213
We've come to hold your hand
538
00:35:06,545 --> 00:35:08,536
War ain't no place for a woman
539
00:35:08,585 --> 00:35:10,382
lt's really a masculine game
540
00:35:10,425 --> 00:35:14,054
So when some females move in,
it's simply not the same
541
00:35:14,105 --> 00:35:17,734
Just when the fun is starting,
you come with your ribbons and curls
542
00:35:17,785 --> 00:35:21,539
Our only need's to do great deeds
and not be hobbled but utterly freed
543
00:35:21,585 --> 00:35:25,578
From a gaggle of twittering,
dithering, simpering, whimpering...
544
00:35:25,625 --> 00:35:29,174
Girls!
545
00:35:45,265 --> 00:35:48,257
We landed in Turkey
just as autumn gave way to winter.
546
00:35:48,745 --> 00:35:52,863
My final choice of nurses were a mixed brigade,
requiring much drilling.
547
00:35:53,305 --> 00:35:55,296
Some experienced, some less so.
548
00:35:55,825 --> 00:35:59,898
Some happy just to be paid,
some there out of pure charity and love of God.
549
00:36:01,305 --> 00:36:03,296
Follow me. Step lively.
550
00:36:03,785 --> 00:36:05,776
Mind where you put your feet.
551
00:36:10,505 --> 00:36:12,700
We had expected chaos
552
00:36:12,745 --> 00:36:16,055
but nothing had prepared us
for those barracks at Scutari.
553
00:36:17,385 --> 00:36:18,579
(Coughing)
554
00:36:20,025 --> 00:36:22,016
(Man screams)
555
00:36:24,745 --> 00:36:29,341
Here, just across
a narrow strip of water from Constantinople,
556
00:36:29,385 --> 00:36:34,459
the British High Command had established
the nearest thing l'd ever seen to hell on Earth.
557
00:36:36,425 --> 00:36:40,941
lt was, in fact, the main hospital
for receiving the casualties from the Crimea.
558
00:36:44,105 --> 00:36:45,982
lt was there l met Sir John Hall,
559
00:36:46,545 --> 00:36:49,662
Chief Medical Officer for
the British Army in the East.
560
00:36:50,985 --> 00:36:53,453
No chloroform for the lower ranks, Mr Davis.
561
00:36:54,185 --> 00:36:56,096
Let us hear the man bawl lustily.
562
00:36:56,145 --> 00:36:58,454
At least then we'll know he's still alive.
563
00:36:59,705 --> 00:37:01,696
Fine. Carry on.
564
00:37:02,145 --> 00:37:03,134
Sir?
565
00:37:07,225 --> 00:37:09,216
Ah, Miss Nightingale.
566
00:37:09,265 --> 00:37:11,176
l'd heard you were coming.
567
00:37:11,225 --> 00:37:14,422
And from what l've seen so far,
not a moment too soon.
568
00:37:14,465 --> 00:37:16,456
Maybe so, and maybe not.
569
00:37:17,065 --> 00:37:21,343
As l read the instructions from your friend,
the Right Honourable Sidney Herbert,
570
00:37:21,385 --> 00:37:24,183
you are under the clear direction
of the medical staff here.
571
00:37:24,225 --> 00:37:28,218
That means neither you nor any of your...''ladies''
572
00:37:28,265 --> 00:37:32,975
will do anything without the express
written permission of a military doctor.
573
00:37:33,025 --> 00:37:35,016
ln other words, Miss Nightingale,
574
00:37:35,105 --> 00:37:38,700
here, in my hospital,
you are in charge of nothing,
575
00:37:38,745 --> 00:37:41,384
with the exception of your personal laundry.
576
00:37:41,425 --> 00:37:43,416
Am l clear?
577
00:37:47,505 --> 00:37:49,814
But do let us know when you need help.
578
00:37:50,785 --> 00:37:52,776
See to them.
579
00:37:54,185 --> 00:37:57,257
- Do we have to give them rations, sir?
- Certainly not.
580
00:37:57,305 --> 00:37:59,296
This way.
581
00:38:09,705 --> 00:38:13,220
The quarters we were herded into
were squalid and cramped,
582
00:38:14,065 --> 00:38:19,059
alive with vermin,
the air heavy with the stench of fever and death.
583
00:38:22,825 --> 00:38:24,497
(Nurse cries out)
584
00:38:26,545 --> 00:38:29,218
Oh, so that's where he went.
Been missing for a day or two.
585
00:38:29,265 --> 00:38:33,417
Sorry about that, ladies.
We'll have it removed forthwith.
586
00:38:35,385 --> 00:38:37,853
First, the strongest of you to the wash tubs.
587
00:38:37,905 --> 00:38:42,421
Everyone else, let us have these floors swept,
the windows cleaned, that stove working.
588
00:38:42,465 --> 00:38:45,741
- Where are the brooms?
- Brooms? That's a joke.
589
00:38:45,785 --> 00:38:48,458
Find brooms.
lf you can't find them, make them.
590
00:38:51,705 --> 00:38:53,696
That night we went to bed in the dark.
591
00:38:54,625 --> 00:38:57,503
The next day we cleaned out our new home
and then...
592
00:38:58,345 --> 00:39:00,336
nothing.
593
00:39:00,585 --> 00:39:03,895
lt was as if we had been sealed up
in our dingy little corner,
594
00:39:03,945 --> 00:39:06,823
frozen out by Sir John Hall and his doctors.
595
00:39:07,905 --> 00:39:09,896
Deliberately forgotten.
596
00:39:11,705 --> 00:39:14,902
Was this why we had travelled
all across Europe?
597
00:39:14,945 --> 00:39:18,824
We knew how much we were needed
and we knew the difference we could make.
598
00:39:18,865 --> 00:39:22,141
This was the cruellest trial of all.
599
00:39:26,385 --> 00:39:32,699
To wait, to have to listen to the screams of
the sick and dying was almost past endurance.
600
00:39:33,585 --> 00:39:35,303
But l knew those gentlemen officers.
601
00:39:35,345 --> 00:39:37,461
They saw us as twittering society do-gooders
602
00:39:37,505 --> 00:39:40,542
in search of a fevered brow to mop
or a manly hand to hold
603
00:39:40,585 --> 00:39:42,576
as a brave soldier slipped off to his maker.
604
00:39:42,625 --> 00:39:44,422
Bless our dear little hearts.
605
00:39:44,465 --> 00:39:47,855
They certainly did not want
some well connected female nuisance
606
00:39:47,905 --> 00:39:50,214
giving instructions to their orderlies.
607
00:39:50,745 --> 00:39:55,261
But l'd grown up with ministers of the realm
and titled bigwigs sitting at our dinner table.
608
00:39:55,305 --> 00:39:57,580
l knew the little games. l knew the rules.
609
00:39:58,345 --> 00:40:00,336
And l knew how to win.
610
00:40:00,385 --> 00:40:02,945
So...we waited.
611
00:40:05,825 --> 00:40:07,816
(Coughing and spluttering)
612
00:40:19,745 --> 00:40:21,463
- Yes, what is it?
- Big battle.
613
00:40:21,505 --> 00:40:24,224
lnkerman. Casualties, they're coming in. A lot!
614
00:40:24,785 --> 00:40:27,458
- Sir John says can you...?
- Ladies! Follow me.
615
00:40:39,625 --> 00:40:41,616
(Soldier screaming)
616
00:40:59,745 --> 00:41:01,064
The three of you...
617
00:41:01,105 --> 00:41:02,982
That was the moment of ''victory''.
618
00:41:03,025 --> 00:41:07,655
We were liberated, set free to do
what we had trained for and had come to do.
619
00:41:09,785 --> 00:41:12,583
But after victory comes counterattack,
620
00:41:12,625 --> 00:41:16,300
in the shape of a system
seemingly designed to create confusion.
621
00:41:16,345 --> 00:41:20,384
The officials in charge of supplies,
l soon discovered, were masters of red tape,
622
00:41:20,425 --> 00:41:22,416
experts in obfuscation and delay.
623
00:41:24,705 --> 00:41:26,696
l was clearly marked out as the enemy.
624
00:41:26,745 --> 00:41:30,215
l needed allies,
and l knew of only two sources l could rely on.
625
00:41:30,825 --> 00:41:33,897
the Good Lord,
who never left me through all my trials,
626
00:41:33,945 --> 00:41:38,416
and his chief angel of mercy,
my old friend Sidney Herbert.
627
00:41:38,465 --> 00:41:41,377
Dear Mr Herbert, the supply officers
628
00:41:41,425 --> 00:41:46,294
fix their attention on the correctness of their
book-keeping as the primary object of life.
629
00:41:46,345 --> 00:41:51,260
Last week we had run out of bread, soap,
carrots, poultices and many other necessities.
630
00:41:52,465 --> 00:41:57,300
l went to the supply officer and asked him,
was he expecting these things from England?
631
00:41:57,345 --> 00:41:58,698
''No, '' he said.
632
00:41:58,745 --> 00:42:00,701
''Are you doing anything
about purchasing them?''
633
00:42:00,745 --> 00:42:03,179
''No, '' he said.
''Can they be had in the local town?''
634
00:42:03,225 --> 00:42:06,501
''lf they can, l don't know how to get them, ''
was his answer.
635
00:42:07,065 --> 00:42:10,740
So, Mr Herbert, l went out myself
and l bought them with my own money.
636
00:42:10,785 --> 00:42:16,303
ln short, l am now a general dealer
in socks, shirts, knives and forks, tin baths...
637
00:42:16,345 --> 00:42:18,734
The meat is not cooked, the water is not boiled.
638
00:42:18,785 --> 00:42:20,662
The cooking is done by drunken soldiers.
639
00:42:20,705 --> 00:42:24,175
l must refer again
to the deficiency of knives and forks here.
640
00:42:24,465 --> 00:42:26,535
The men tear their food like animals.
641
00:42:26,985 --> 00:42:30,580
Will you send us 1,000 mops, 3,000 tin plates...
642
00:42:30,945 --> 00:42:34,301
l go about making the orderlies
empty huge tubs of human waste.
643
00:42:34,345 --> 00:42:38,099
The mortality is frightful. 30 in the last 24 hours.
644
00:42:38,145 --> 00:42:40,136
Christmas Day, 1 854.
645
00:42:40,945 --> 00:42:45,860
The state of the troops
who return here is frost-bitten, starved, ragged.
646
00:42:46,305 --> 00:42:48,261
No wonder they die in their hundreds.
647
00:42:48,305 --> 00:42:50,421
No washing has been performed for the men,
648
00:42:50,465 --> 00:42:53,775
neither of body linen nor of bed linen
except by ourselves.
649
00:42:54,425 --> 00:42:56,893
The consequences of this are fever, cholera.
650
00:42:56,945 --> 00:42:58,936
l shall endure.
651
00:42:58,985 --> 00:43:01,055
l shall not break my heart of disappointment
652
00:43:01,105 --> 00:43:04,415
at the total inefficiency
of the hospital system here.
653
00:43:04,465 --> 00:43:06,456
l shall bear it willingly.
654
00:43:06,505 --> 00:43:10,020
l was called to do this work
and l will fight on for God and for the right,
655
00:43:10,065 --> 00:43:12,056
for they are worth fighting for.
656
00:43:12,705 --> 00:43:14,696
l now see clearly what must be done.
657
00:43:15,625 --> 00:43:19,698
lf these conditions are happening here,
they are happening elsewhere.
658
00:43:20,425 --> 00:43:24,338
l have written a plan for the systematic
re-organisation of these hospitals.
659
00:43:24,385 --> 00:43:28,697
Please make sure, Mr Herbert, that
it reaches the highest levels of the government.
660
00:43:28,745 --> 00:43:32,624
l have more and more reason to believe
that these hospitals are the kingdom of hell,
661
00:43:32,665 --> 00:43:35,054
but l fervently believe they can be made into...
662
00:43:35,105 --> 00:43:37,096
The kingdom of heaven.
663
00:43:42,745 --> 00:43:44,701
Get some sleep.
664
00:43:44,745 --> 00:43:46,861
l don't know how your body keeps going.
665
00:43:47,345 --> 00:43:50,143
- Why doesn't this silly thing...?
- Here, let me.
666
00:43:55,065 --> 00:43:57,056
Thank you, Reverend Mother.
667
00:43:58,105 --> 00:44:01,859
And my body is strong. lt's my spirit.
668
00:44:01,905 --> 00:44:03,896
l get so discouraged.
669
00:44:05,065 --> 00:44:07,738
How could even Jesus not be?
How did he persist?
670
00:44:08,385 --> 00:44:10,341
He was the love of God incarnate.
671
00:44:10,385 --> 00:44:12,580
He could love the good even in the worst.
672
00:44:13,225 --> 00:44:17,218
Could Jesus love Sir John Hall
when he forbids the men chloroform?
673
00:44:17,265 --> 00:44:21,656
lf Sir John Hall sins,
l believe the sacrifice of Jesus can redeem it.
674
00:44:23,465 --> 00:44:25,933
Sometimes l think l expect too much from God.
675
00:44:26,985 --> 00:44:31,297
Well, he is God Almighty, Florence,
and not your private secretary.
676
00:44:33,345 --> 00:44:35,415
l suppose not.
677
00:44:35,465 --> 00:44:38,138
lf he were, l'd say,
''Send more bedpans, Lord.''
678
00:44:40,145 --> 00:44:41,817
You can't get around it, Florence.
679
00:44:41,865 --> 00:44:44,857
God is in charge, not you.
680
00:44:44,905 --> 00:44:46,702
(Bell rings)
681
00:44:46,745 --> 00:44:48,736
Time for rounds.
682
00:44:54,505 --> 00:44:56,018
They love you, you know...
683
00:44:57,945 --> 00:44:59,936
those soldiers.
684
00:45:01,585 --> 00:45:03,576
Then l am most blessed.
685
00:45:14,865 --> 00:45:17,823
Spring came,
and so did the government inspectors,
686
00:45:18,305 --> 00:45:21,615
sent out after Sidney Herbert
''spoke to the right people''.
687
00:45:21,665 --> 00:45:25,135
Gradually we began to have something that
looked more like a real hospital,
688
00:45:25,185 --> 00:45:28,780
staffed by nurses
who were disciplined and professional.
689
00:45:28,825 --> 00:45:32,704
But those poor fellows
who died in front of our eyes that first winter,
690
00:45:32,745 --> 00:45:36,454
they will not let me rest
until l tell the world of all they suffered.
691
00:45:36,505 --> 00:45:38,336
(Knocking)
- Who is it?
692
00:45:38,385 --> 00:45:40,774
- Dr Farr.
- Just a moment.
693
00:45:41,905 --> 00:45:43,861
The wonderful Doctor Farr,
694
00:45:43,905 --> 00:45:46,021
a member of my unofficial war cabinet.
695
00:45:46,385 --> 00:45:51,413
He brings me such charming gifts -
sets of figures all neatly tabulated.
696
00:45:54,185 --> 00:45:56,619
- Pardon me, do l intrude?
- No, Dr Farr, come in.
697
00:45:56,665 --> 00:45:59,020
- No work today, Miss Nightingale?
- Yes, of course.
698
00:45:59,065 --> 00:46:02,296
l have to go out, but l'll be back in an hour.
What have you got for me?
699
00:46:02,345 --> 00:46:05,143
Some very interesting comparative death rates.
700
00:46:05,185 --> 00:46:09,383
Excellent. Will you write up a precis for me?
We'll look it over when l get back.
701
00:46:10,065 --> 00:46:13,535
- Meanwhile you can wish me luck.
- Luck? Why? Where are you going?
702
00:46:13,585 --> 00:46:15,576
lnto battle.
703
00:46:20,825 --> 00:46:24,374
l know what you're thinking.
''Here comes that bothering woman again.''
704
00:46:24,425 --> 00:46:28,703
Oh, no, not at all.
A delightful interlude in my all too humdrum day.
705
00:46:28,745 --> 00:46:31,384
Then, like all good interludes, l shall be brief.
706
00:46:31,425 --> 00:46:33,416
l come on behalf of the Crimean dead.
707
00:46:33,465 --> 00:46:35,456
Ah, yes, the Royal Commission.
708
00:46:35,505 --> 00:46:39,100
Which still has not met, and has not even
received your signature, Prime Minister.
709
00:46:39,145 --> 00:46:42,137
lndeed, yes, well,
you must understand there are...
710
00:46:42,185 --> 00:46:44,904
- How shall l put it?
- l know. Susceptibilities?
711
00:46:45,185 --> 00:46:48,734
Tell me, my lord,
in all candour, do you mean to shelve it?
712
00:46:48,785 --> 00:46:51,094
- Shelve it?
- To silence me. To shut me up?
713
00:46:51,625 --> 00:46:56,096
Miss Nightingale, you must understand,
this is the start of the grouse-shooting season.
714
00:46:56,145 --> 00:46:58,136
Yes, of course, those poor birds.
715
00:46:59,345 --> 00:47:02,257
The point is, my dear,
all the important people are leaving town.
716
00:47:02,305 --> 00:47:05,615
l understand.
Then perhaps with so many people at leisure,
717
00:47:05,705 --> 00:47:09,220
now would be a good time to publish
my own narrative of the Crimean campaign.
718
00:47:09,265 --> 00:47:14,259
l believe - correct me if l am wrong -
we agreed your report would be confidential.
719
00:47:14,305 --> 00:47:15,897
lndeed we did.
720
00:47:15,945 --> 00:47:19,460
And once it is fully commissioned
and l hand it over to you, it will be.
721
00:47:19,505 --> 00:47:22,258
Until that happy moment,
l believe l have complete liberty
722
00:47:22,305 --> 00:47:25,661
and Mr Russell of the Times
has already expressed such an interest
723
00:47:25,705 --> 00:47:28,822
in a first-hand account of
my Crimean experiences.
724
00:47:31,985 --> 00:47:33,976
Good day, my lord.
725
00:47:38,345 --> 00:47:40,540
Ah. How went the battle?
726
00:47:40,585 --> 00:47:42,576
- l think we won.
- Brilliant!
727
00:47:44,665 --> 00:47:47,657
By the way,
you might want to look at my precis.
728
00:47:47,705 --> 00:47:49,821
The mortality rates in each regiment...
729
00:47:49,865 --> 00:47:53,255
- Wonderful. Let me see.
- You're sure you're not too tired?
730
00:47:53,305 --> 00:47:55,819
l'm never tired when l see a column of numbers.
731
00:47:59,505 --> 00:48:03,100
- Are you sure these figures are correct?
- Yes, of course.
732
00:48:03,145 --> 00:48:05,181
Then we must go over them. Every one.
733
00:48:05,225 --> 00:48:08,422
Pass me that book.
And the figures you gave me yesterday.
734
00:48:21,065 --> 00:48:23,056
So there's no doubt.
735
00:48:25,465 --> 00:48:28,855
Statistics tell us facts,
736
00:48:29,505 --> 00:48:31,097
not who is to blame for them.
737
00:48:31,145 --> 00:48:33,340
- l am to blame.
- l'm sure you did your best.
738
00:48:33,385 --> 00:48:34,659
lt was not enough!
739
00:48:34,705 --> 00:48:36,184
(Knock)
740
00:48:37,145 --> 00:48:39,420
Dr Farr. Florence.
741
00:48:39,905 --> 00:48:42,817
My dear young girl,
do you realise what you just did?
742
00:48:44,145 --> 00:48:47,057
The papers for the Royal Commission
will be signed tomorrow.
743
00:48:47,105 --> 00:48:49,778
l have it on the best authority. Well done, Flo.
744
00:48:50,825 --> 00:48:52,781
And guess who will be chairman!
745
00:48:53,465 --> 00:48:55,660
(Cork pops)
746
00:48:58,825 --> 00:49:00,816
What?
747
00:49:02,385 --> 00:49:04,376
What?
748
00:49:16,425 --> 00:49:20,054
My poor men who endured so patiently.
749
00:49:21,865 --> 00:49:23,856
l have been such a bad mother to you.
750
00:49:26,265 --> 00:49:28,256
God.
751
00:49:29,025 --> 00:49:32,574
God, why have you forsaken me?
752
00:49:36,985 --> 00:49:38,976
Flo?
753
00:49:46,305 --> 00:49:48,216
Guilty? How can you say that?
754
00:49:48,265 --> 00:49:50,256
Because l am. Guilty as charged.
755
00:49:50,305 --> 00:49:53,741
Nonsense, my dear, there's absolutely no proof.
756
00:49:54,225 --> 00:49:56,216
No proof?
757
00:49:56,265 --> 00:50:01,817
Scutari, last January,
mortality from disease 576 per 1 ,000.
758
00:50:02,625 --> 00:50:06,698
At the front, same four weeks,
mortality from disease only 1 7 per 1 ,000.
759
00:50:07,065 --> 00:50:12,537
At Scutari, a 25% greater chance of death
from diseases of the stomach and bowels.
760
00:50:12,585 --> 00:50:14,655
Flo, please, these are just figures.
761
00:50:14,705 --> 00:50:16,696
Just figures!
762
00:50:16,745 --> 00:50:18,337
l murdered those men!
763
00:50:18,385 --> 00:50:21,457
Come, come, everybody knows you saved lives.
764
00:50:22,065 --> 00:50:26,058
All that soup you made,
all the knives and forks you procured.
765
00:50:26,105 --> 00:50:28,096
Soup. Forks.
766
00:50:31,265 --> 00:50:33,779
That first winter, a nurse came to me and said,
767
00:50:34,425 --> 00:50:37,622
''There are some beds the men won't lie in.
They call them bad-luck beds.
768
00:50:37,665 --> 00:50:40,623
Whoever goes to sleep in them
doesn't wake up again.''
769
00:50:40,665 --> 00:50:43,816
''Nonsense,'' l said.
''Wash the sheets, dress the wounds,
770
00:50:43,865 --> 00:50:45,935
feed the men and they'll get better.''
771
00:50:47,305 --> 00:50:49,296
lt turned out they were right.
772
00:50:49,345 --> 00:50:52,223
The whole hospital
was built over a lake of sewage.
773
00:50:52,265 --> 00:50:54,335
Which of course was then cleaned out.
774
00:50:54,785 --> 00:50:56,776
- Too late.
- Why?
775
00:50:57,385 --> 00:50:59,535
Me.
776
00:50:59,585 --> 00:51:03,134
lgnorance.
Exhaustion from my fights with doctors.
777
00:51:03,185 --> 00:51:06,575
Arrogance. l was God's own handmaid, wasn't l,
so of course l knew best.
778
00:51:06,625 --> 00:51:09,344
But you had absolutely no authority.
779
00:51:10,465 --> 00:51:13,741
No, but l had Sidney Herbert in London,
at the centre of power.
780
00:51:13,785 --> 00:51:17,778
l wrote to him every week
and not once did l ask for help with sanitation.
781
00:51:19,905 --> 00:51:21,896
l asked for pillows.
782
00:51:23,465 --> 00:51:28,016
lt took a Government Commission,
four months later, to flush out the sewers.
783
00:51:28,905 --> 00:51:33,979
Do you know what they found when they dug up
the channel that brought us our drinking water?
784
00:51:35,425 --> 00:51:37,416
A dead horse.
785
00:51:38,945 --> 00:51:42,176
And all the time l was saying,
''Send your patients here.
786
00:51:42,225 --> 00:51:45,740
We'll take care of them. We're professionals.
We're nurses.''
787
00:51:47,105 --> 00:51:49,221
They should never have listened to me.
788
00:51:49,945 --> 00:51:51,936
They should have stayed away.
789
00:51:51,985 --> 00:51:54,135
Oh, my poor children!
790
00:51:54,185 --> 00:51:55,220
lt's over.
791
00:51:56,785 --> 00:51:58,776
You did your duty.
792
00:51:59,545 --> 00:52:01,456
Nothing more to be done now.
793
00:52:02,545 --> 00:52:04,536
- Yes, there is.
- What?
794
00:52:05,265 --> 00:52:07,256
Tell the truth.
795
00:52:07,505 --> 00:52:12,135
lf that means l'm to be crucified with other
murderers like Sir John Hall on each side of me,
796
00:52:12,185 --> 00:52:14,415
isn't that the traditional way?
797
00:52:14,945 --> 00:52:17,254
And what exactly would that achieve? Flo!
798
00:52:17,905 --> 00:52:21,534
Flo, please, child, think carefully.
799
00:52:23,265 --> 00:52:26,575
Martyrs seldom leave anything behind them
but their ashes.
800
00:52:28,505 --> 00:52:31,656
Better a useless martyr
than a cowardly deserter.
801
00:52:46,225 --> 00:52:48,216
(Knocking)
802
00:52:54,505 --> 00:52:56,496
l trust you slept well.
803
00:52:57,745 --> 00:52:59,736
ls it morning?
804
00:53:01,025 --> 00:53:03,937
Yes.
And Lord Palmerston is expecting your report.
805
00:53:03,985 --> 00:53:05,976
- Oh.
- ls that it?
806
00:53:06,905 --> 00:53:08,896
- Yes.
- All done?
807
00:53:09,265 --> 00:53:11,256
lt is finished.
808
00:53:11,345 --> 00:53:13,336
Let it go.
809
00:53:21,545 --> 00:53:24,742
l trust you found Miss Nightingale's report
of use, your lordship.
810
00:53:24,785 --> 00:53:27,060
Extraordinary. Most valuable.
811
00:53:27,105 --> 00:53:29,300
So you will present it to the Commission?
812
00:53:29,345 --> 00:53:32,860
Florence, one must consider the public mood.
813
00:53:32,905 --> 00:53:35,783
Exactly. The nation wants to move on.
814
00:53:37,065 --> 00:53:41,104
And let us not forget, our Queen,
nay, the whole of Her Majesty's government,
815
00:53:41,145 --> 00:53:42,703
are dedicated to reform.
816
00:53:42,745 --> 00:53:45,737
But for reform, we must look to the future.
817
00:53:45,785 --> 00:53:48,936
And not fight old battles, Florence.
818
00:53:49,585 --> 00:53:51,860
Well put, Sidney.
819
00:53:53,425 --> 00:53:55,336
lf l were to publish my own report?
820
00:53:55,385 --> 00:53:58,502
Ah, but there is that Confidentiality Clause.
821
00:53:59,705 --> 00:54:04,733
Besides, the public would not stand for the loss
of one of their greatest heroines.
822
00:54:05,585 --> 00:54:10,056
lt would set back the cause for those
very reforms you - and our gracious Queen -
823
00:54:10,745 --> 00:54:12,736
so earnestly desire.
824
00:54:13,625 --> 00:54:15,616
You do look tired, Florence.
825
00:54:16,545 --> 00:54:19,343
So much work, it drains the system.
826
00:54:20,505 --> 00:54:25,704
After two years fretting about the health of our
army, isn't it time you took care of your own?
827
00:54:30,905 --> 00:54:33,863
What we need is a miracle
828
00:54:34,545 --> 00:54:38,424
A miracle down here right now
829
00:54:39,425 --> 00:54:44,624
Then God sent his angel to succour the brave
830
00:54:44,985 --> 00:54:50,617
Ten thousand she saved
from an untimely grave
831
00:54:50,665 --> 00:54:53,418
The wounded, they love her
832
00:54:53,465 --> 00:54:56,377
As it can be seen
833
00:54:56,425 --> 00:54:58,416
She's the soldier's preserver
834
00:54:58,985 --> 00:55:01,624
They call her their queen
835
00:55:01,665 --> 00:55:03,656
Hello, Queenie!
836
00:55:04,705 --> 00:55:07,822
What we got was a miracle
837
00:55:08,865 --> 00:55:11,857
A blooming, human miracle
838
00:55:12,865 --> 00:55:16,778
We got a lady when all else did fail...
839
00:55:18,545 --> 00:55:20,934
- What's going on?
- What's happened?
840
00:55:20,985 --> 00:55:23,658
Not to worry, ladies and gentlemen.
841
00:55:23,705 --> 00:55:27,254
She will be fine.
There's attendants round her now.
842
00:55:27,305 --> 00:55:30,024
Stay where you are. She will be all right.
843
00:55:30,065 --> 00:55:32,181
She's faced worse things than this.
844
00:55:32,225 --> 00:55:35,456
She'll be all right.
Please keep your seats.
845
00:55:35,505 --> 00:55:38,702
Keep your seats.
Look! She's coming round already.
846
00:55:39,465 --> 00:55:42,298
Rule Britannia
847
00:55:42,545 --> 00:55:46,333
Britannia rules the waves
848
00:55:46,505 --> 00:55:53,024
Britons never, never never shall be slaves
849
00:55:53,345 --> 00:55:56,018
Rule Britannia
850
00:55:56,185 --> 00:55:59,734
Britannia rules the waves
851
00:56:00,225 --> 00:56:06,778
Britons never, never, never shall be slaves
852
00:56:07,105 --> 00:56:09,903
Rule Britannia
853
00:56:10,185 --> 00:56:13,734
Britannia rules the waves
854
00:56:14,265 --> 00:56:21,853
Britons never, never, never shall be slaves
855
00:56:29,465 --> 00:56:31,774
That is heartening news, Prime Minister.
856
00:56:32,705 --> 00:56:34,696
Yes, ma'am, thank you.
857
00:56:35,065 --> 00:56:38,978
And when does this Commission of ours
expect to start hearing evidence?
858
00:56:39,025 --> 00:56:41,255
Next week, l believe.
859
00:56:41,305 --> 00:56:43,580
And will Miss Nightingale appear before it?
860
00:56:44,745 --> 00:56:49,865
Ah, no. lt was decided to submit her evidence
in writing, through me.
861
00:56:49,905 --> 00:56:51,896
l see.
862
00:56:52,785 --> 00:56:54,776
And how is the dear girl?
863
00:56:55,465 --> 00:56:58,855
Somewhat indisposed, ma'am,
after her Herculean efforts.
864
00:56:58,905 --> 00:57:01,817
l believe she's taking the waters in Malvern Spa.
865
00:57:02,265 --> 00:57:04,381
Tell her we wish her a speedy recovery.
866
00:57:04,865 --> 00:57:08,255
l'll convey that sentiment to her father
when l see him next.
867
00:57:09,345 --> 00:57:11,256
- Excuse me.
- Mr Nightingale.
868
00:57:11,305 --> 00:57:12,863
Excuse me, please.
869
00:57:12,905 --> 00:57:15,214
She gave strict instructions
not to be disturbed.
870
00:57:15,265 --> 00:57:17,620
- Where is my daughter?
- Especially by her family.
871
00:57:17,665 --> 00:57:19,337
l have to see my daughter.
872
00:57:22,945 --> 00:57:25,254
l've been told she hasn't eaten for a week.
873
00:57:25,745 --> 00:57:28,213
We can't exactly force her to eat.
874
00:57:32,265 --> 00:57:36,463
- You didn't even call a doctor.
- l'm sure she's fine, sir.
875
00:57:36,505 --> 00:57:37,824
Mr Nightingale!
876
00:57:37,865 --> 00:57:40,459
(Knocking)
- Florence?
877
00:57:46,225 --> 00:57:48,216
Florence!
878
00:58:01,985 --> 00:58:03,976
Flo?
879
00:58:12,865 --> 00:58:15,379
l'm aware that we need to talk.
880
00:58:17,305 --> 00:58:19,375
We haven't always done that, have we?
881
00:58:21,665 --> 00:58:27,854
l'm also aware that there've been times in my life
when l've been too distant.
882
00:58:29,585 --> 00:58:31,576
Too much in my books, my thoughts.
883
00:58:33,705 --> 00:58:35,696
But you know l always loved you.
884
00:58:37,785 --> 00:58:39,776
Don't you?
885
00:58:45,985 --> 00:58:47,976
Yes, Papa.
886
00:58:49,385 --> 00:58:51,455
Yes, l do.
887
00:58:54,025 --> 00:58:59,019
And yet, in a way,
l feel l was always a little afraid of you.
888
00:59:01,505 --> 00:59:05,293
You, of me?
889
00:59:06,305 --> 00:59:12,221
Well, you were... are so independent,
so headstrong.
890
00:59:13,425 --> 00:59:17,054
Well, l had to be, didn't l?
891
00:59:19,665 --> 00:59:21,656
Yes.
892
00:59:23,305 --> 00:59:28,299
Of course, you know, l had ambitions, too.
893
00:59:30,425 --> 00:59:32,381
Politics.
894
00:59:32,865 --> 00:59:36,301
''William Edward Nightingale, MP.''
895
00:59:37,105 --> 00:59:39,619
l thought that had a nice ring to it.
896
00:59:40,425 --> 00:59:45,021
Better than ''good old Wen, decent chap,
but not much good at getting the vote out''.
897
00:59:46,025 --> 00:59:48,016
Well, it wasn't to be.
898
00:59:48,945 --> 00:59:50,936
l've been left behind in the race,
899
00:59:51,665 --> 00:59:53,656
a lot of races.
900
00:59:54,305 --> 00:59:56,296
Whereas you, on the other hand...
901
00:59:58,465 --> 01:00:00,456
Papa,
902
01:00:00,505 --> 01:00:06,375
l'm sure if there's a House of Commons
in the next life, you'll be a Member.
903
01:00:18,705 --> 01:00:24,541
Perhaps my real calling in life
was to be your teacher when you were little.
904
01:00:27,665 --> 01:00:31,624
Except, you see,
one can be wrong about one's calling.
905
01:00:31,665 --> 01:00:35,499
Oh, Flo, be patient with yourself.
906
01:00:36,665 --> 01:00:39,657
Haven't l always said
that the world needs pioneers?
907
01:00:40,505 --> 01:00:42,177
Yes. Many times.
908
01:00:42,225 --> 01:00:45,854
And you are just such a pioneer.
909
01:00:47,345 --> 01:00:51,941
But if you're a pioneer
and you lead others into a swamp, into death,
910
01:00:53,465 --> 01:00:55,501
how can you not blame yourself?
911
01:00:58,105 --> 01:01:00,016
What if it's all part of a plan?
912
01:01:02,065 --> 01:01:04,056
What is?
913
01:01:04,105 --> 01:01:06,096
The mistakes.
914
01:01:09,105 --> 01:01:11,380
So when God called me,
915
01:01:13,465 --> 01:01:15,456
he called me to make mistakes?
916
01:01:16,025 --> 01:01:18,220
But you don't believe in my call, do you?
917
01:01:19,265 --> 01:01:22,735
l believe in you, my little genius.
918
01:01:23,385 --> 01:01:25,580
No.
919
01:01:25,705 --> 01:01:28,981
You think the call was just my own voice,
don't you?
920
01:01:29,025 --> 01:01:31,016
Nothing more.
921
01:01:31,465 --> 01:01:33,456
Well, l think once l did.
922
01:01:33,505 --> 01:01:36,019
But now l...
923
01:01:36,665 --> 01:01:38,257
What?
924
01:01:38,745 --> 01:01:41,384
- Does it matter?
- lt matters to me.
925
01:01:42,425 --> 01:01:45,861
- What l think?
- Yes, Father.
926
01:01:48,105 --> 01:01:50,096
Then l think that you are human.
927
01:01:50,825 --> 01:01:52,816
And that God is God.
928
01:01:53,545 --> 01:01:55,740
He teaches us all through our mistakes.
929
01:01:55,785 --> 01:02:00,063
And all we common mortals can do
is work through trial and error.
930
01:02:02,545 --> 01:02:04,536
And for my errors l'm now on trial.
931
01:02:05,305 --> 01:02:07,500
And what about Jesus?
932
01:02:08,305 --> 01:02:09,897
What do you mean?
933
01:02:11,185 --> 01:02:15,463
l heard you in the church,
when you were praying,
934
01:02:15,505 --> 01:02:17,496
when you thought you were alone.
935
01:02:18,625 --> 01:02:21,344
''My God, why hast thou forsaken me?''
936
01:02:22,185 --> 01:02:24,176
l meant,
937
01:02:25,905 --> 01:02:29,022
l once felt so close to God
938
01:02:29,065 --> 01:02:31,056
- and now...
- l know.
939
01:02:32,185 --> 01:02:35,814
And l meant that you're
not the first to feel that despair.
940
01:02:38,185 --> 01:02:44,863
And yet, when you look back on it,
that suffering led to great good.
941
01:02:46,305 --> 01:02:48,773
- But l'm not Christ.
- Precisely.
942
01:02:50,225 --> 01:02:53,535
Flo, let God be the judge.
943
01:02:55,225 --> 01:02:57,785
He is in charge, not you.
944
01:03:18,545 --> 01:03:20,536
Come on.
945
01:03:45,305 --> 01:03:47,296
Well, my dear, what now?
946
01:03:48,265 --> 01:03:51,496
Do you know, if l had my health,
947
01:03:51,545 --> 01:03:55,424
l think l should like to see what's going on
in our English hospitals.
948
01:03:56,424 --> 01:04:06,424
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