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When a rather unusual van arrives in the village, the driver, a well-known rugby player, creates a real stir and it looks like the doctor's luck is changing for the better. However, Richard Sharpe, the mine manager, is furious and does his best to turn the locals against the doctor and his X-ray van – although his wife, Sylvia Sharpe, is rather taken with the new driver. Meanwhile, Gina gets some shocking news and the crucial green leather diary belonging to Dr Elwyn goes missing...
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00:00If there is a health problem at the mine, I'm sure the call board is aware of it.
00:13I don't think they are. And if they aren't, then we've got to tell them about sharks.
00:17Elwin was obsessed with lung disease as if nothing else matters.
00:21There's a simple way of finding out how big the problem is. Chest x-rays.
00:25I told you to get Elwin's diary for me.
00:29I couldn't find it.
00:32I'm afraid it could be very serious.
00:34You could end up in Borstal Dunn.
00:36This is all your fault.
00:38It does.
00:39You could have saved my dad if you weren't so interested in my stepmom.
00:59You could have saved my dad if you weren't so interested in my stepmom.
01:04You could have saved my dad if you weren't so interested in my stepmom.
01:09You could have saved my dad if you weren't so interested in my stepmom.
01:14You're Rhys Stephens.
01:16I know.
01:18You're brilliant.
01:20Can I?
01:21My dad says you might be as good as Cliff Morgan one day.
01:24Well, I hope your dad's right.
01:26What are you doing here?
01:28My X-ray van.
01:30You don't know how to get to Travelling, do you?
01:31Yeah.
01:33Can you show me?
01:35Stick your bike in the back and you can ride up front in the cab with me.
01:51What do you want?
01:53I came to see your mother.
01:55She's not my mum.
01:56How is she?
01:59My dad's dead.
01:59How do you think she is?
02:02May I see her?
02:04Why not?
02:06That's the only reason you ever came here.
02:26I'm sorry I haven't come round to see you since the funeral.
02:31I wasn't sure of the right moment and I didn't want to intrude.
02:34No, no.
02:35I'm glad you came.
02:37It's nice to see a friendly face.
02:41Everyone else who's dropped round tells me they're sorry about Gareth,
02:44but really they're just watching me.
02:46Everything I say, I do.
02:49Well, that's Travelling for you.
02:51I've always wondered, Prem, what made you decide to come to Wales?
03:00Why not?
03:02Land of Dylan Thomas, Lawrence of Arabia, Richard Burton.
03:08Richard Burton, yeah?
03:09I love films.
03:10I never missed one with Cary Grant or David Niven or Dirk Borgard.
03:16Oh, Matter of Life and Death.
03:17David Niven, I love that film.
03:19He plays a fighter pilot who falls in love with a radio operator.
03:22Even though they've only spoken on the radio for a few seconds before he's killed.
03:25And no one can understand why they've fallen in love so quickly.
03:28And her love brings him back to life.
03:32That film makes me cry every time.
03:34I'm the same with Dumble.
03:37Oh, don't laugh.
03:39It's really, really sad in the middle.
03:41I can't believe he took the lawn into his own hands.
04:05Why does it matter what the Indian doctor does?
04:07You're the boss, Dickie.
04:08It matters a great deal.
04:09Well, as soon as your promotion comes through,
04:12we'll never have to think about these stupid little people
04:14and their stupid little problems ever again.
04:16That's the point, Sylvia.
04:18I might not get the promotion.
04:21Of course you will.
04:22Why wouldn't you?
04:23Let's just say there are some things the cardboard doesn't need to know.
04:29What's that got to do with the x-rays?
04:31I'm sure Sharma doesn't even know what he's doing.
04:34Do they even have x-rays in India?
04:36I don't know why I bother sometimes.
04:41I've got something for you.
04:46I've done some more work on Elwyn's diary.
04:48You didn't need to.
04:49No, no, it was good.
04:50I took my mind off things.
04:52I was right about Sharp.
04:53What do you mean?
04:54According to Elwyn,
04:55Sharp has been breaking every safety regulation there is
04:57and has been for years.
04:59The coldest in the mine is worse than anyone ever remembers.
05:02Someone's got to stop him.
05:05And you still think it should be me?
05:08Well, you're a doctor, Prem.
05:09People will listen to you.
05:11Not sure about that.
05:13Anyway, we need proof.
05:14That's just hearsay.
05:16So what, we just give up?
05:18No.
05:19If there is a health problem in the village,
05:21then it's my responsibility.
05:24First, we have to find out exactly how many miners have got lung disease
05:27and how bad it is.
05:29How?
05:31Simple.
05:32Just x-rays.
05:33We get every miner x-rayed.
05:35You know what these men are like about their health.
05:37We'll never get them to a hospital.
05:40We don't need to.
05:45I've got to stop him.
05:47I've worked too hard and too long for this promotion.
05:50And you deserve it, Dickie.
05:54I do.
05:56Everything is going to be so much better when we move.
06:00You just need to relax and stop worrying all the time.
06:03That's probably all it is.
06:05What?
06:06You know why you can't...
06:07Stop it.
06:09It's irritating.
06:10When we get to Nottingham, will you please see a doctor?
06:16What for?
06:17I want a baby, Dickie.
06:19I'm not getting any younger.
06:20Oh, for Pete's sake, will you stop going on about babies?
06:24More important things on my mind.
06:35Dr. Shama is here.
06:40That's Rhys Stephens.
06:42Who?
06:43Rhys Stephens fly-off for Cardiff in Wales.
06:46Rugby, he's famous.
06:47Oh, right.
06:49Dr. Shama?
06:50Hello.
06:50Rhys Stephens.
06:51Is the runner right there?
06:52I'm Gina.
06:54Pleased to meet you, Rhys Stephens.
06:56I know, I saw you play in Cardiff against England.
06:58You were amazing.
07:00Not that amazing.
07:01We lost.
07:02I know, that was awful.
07:04I still can't believe it.
07:06What are you doing in Trevelyn?
07:07Well, I'm with the X-ray run.
07:10Oh, yeah, of course, the X-ray.
07:11Well, we were just talking about that, actually.
07:13I'm Dr. Shama's receptionist.
07:16Assistant, really.
07:18He never told me it would be you.
07:21Well, it is.
07:21I know.
07:22Well, anyway, Mr. Sharp, the colliery manager, has given us permission to set up outside
07:30the mine.
07:31The easier we make it for the miners, the more X-rays we'll get.
07:35Right.
07:35Well, give me directions.
07:36I'll get crack in.
07:37I could show them the way.
07:39You sure we don't mind?
07:41Is that all right?
07:43It's fine.
07:44Come on, then.
07:46You okay to get in?
07:47Yeah.
07:48Cheers, Dan.
07:48The X-ray van's arrived.
07:56Where have you been?
07:58I had to check in on Mrs. Evans.
08:01You seem to be spending a lot of time with her.
08:04Because of the diary.
08:06If we want to get to the bottom of the miners' health problems, then we have to translate
08:09the diary.
08:10I can't do that without her.
08:12You know, the other night, why did her son say you were too interested in his stepmother
08:17to care about his father?
08:21Carmine, his father had just died.
08:22He was upset.
08:24Besides, he's a teenager.
08:25He doesn't know what he's saying half the time.
08:27And that's all it is?
08:29I'm needed at the X-ray van.
08:30I'll see you later.
08:54No, no.
08:55I thank you.
08:56I never found this place on my own.
08:59You sure you'll be all right getting back?
09:00I don't have to give back.
09:02Not straight away.
09:04Really?
09:05I can have a set-up if you want.
09:07There's not much to it, but yeah, why not?
09:10You're the first famous person I've ever met.
09:13I'm not really famous.
09:15You are.
09:16All right, maybe a little bit.
09:23Are you hungry?
09:24They've got a canteen inside.
09:26No, I'm okay, Tara.
09:28Not even a cup of tea and a custard cream?
09:31I don't do, thanks.
09:32Just a cup of tea, then.
09:33All right, I'll have a cup of tea.
09:35But only a few who have one with me.
09:37Okay.
09:40All right, well, I did a lot of boys that, laden, bud.
09:42Yeah, hello.
09:43All right, see.
09:43I don't want anyone going near that van.
09:47Understand?
09:48Not one miner gets his chest x-rayed.
09:50What am I supposed to tell them?
09:51Tell them it was my idea.
09:53Oh, that wouldn't be against it.
09:54Exactly.
09:55Tell them it makes the difference between the mine staying open and shutting.
09:58There's a hundred years of coal left in this pit.
10:01It's not how much coal there is, it's how much it costs to get it out, Griffiths.
10:04If those x-rays turn out badly, it's the perfect excuse for the coal board to shut it down.
10:09They'll probably buy your Indian doctor friend a champagne dinner.
10:12They wouldn't shut the pit just because of that.
10:15Do you want to take a chance on it?
10:16We're talking about men's lives.
10:18No!
10:20We're talking about their livelihoods.
10:22You don't care about this pit or the men who work in it.
10:26All you want to do is to get out of here.
10:28I am getting out of here.
10:30What?
10:30I'm being promoted, Griffiths.
10:32You make sure that none of your men so much as sit foot in that x-ray van and I'll be out of your hair forever.
10:39I can't ask them to do that.
10:41I'd rather think you can.
10:44Or perhaps I'll tell them about the money you've stopped.
10:51All right.
10:52But this will be the last thing I ever do for you.
11:00Not quite.
11:05I also want Dr. Elwyn's diary.
11:11Good afternoon, Doctor.
11:21Mr. Sharp.
11:23I see your x-ray van has arrived.
11:25Yes.
11:26I still think you're going to regret it.
11:28But I suppose you have to do what you think is best.
11:31Indeed.
11:32I hope you can get my men to cooperate.
11:34Get a tricky bunch.
11:35Well, I'll do my best.
11:37Oh, I'd be meaning to ask you about the diary you mentioned.
11:42Would you mind if I had a look?
11:44I'm afraid I don't have it.
11:46Well, I'm sure if you ask your lady friend nicely, she'll give it back to you.
11:51I beg your pardon?
11:52Oh, come on, Doctor.
11:53We're both men of the world.
11:55I don't know what you mean.
11:56This is a village.
11:59People talk.
12:02Cheerio.
12:03What's inside there is no different from what was in them Cuban missiles.
12:27It's all radiation, one way or another.
12:30It shouldn't be allowed.
12:31You mark my words.
12:32If that thing goes up, there won't be much left of the village.
12:35Gina, come on.
12:37Get in the picture.
12:39Everybody venture.
12:49Tom.
12:49Tom.
12:49Tom.
12:49Tom.
12:50Tom.
12:50Tom.
12:50Tom.
12:50Tom.
12:51Tom.
13:01Tom.
13:02Tom.
13:03Tom.
13:03Tom.
13:05Tom.
13:05Tom.
13:07Sorry.
13:11Well, you've attracted quite a crowd.
13:15It happens sometimes.
13:17Lots of pretty girls.
13:22Radiographers aren't usually as popular as this in India.
13:25It's not because of that, are you?
13:27I'm just teasing.
13:28You play rugby, I know.
13:29Gina told me.
13:32So, had many takers for your x-rays?
13:36None.
13:38None at all.
13:41Probably all down the pub.
13:44Right.
13:46Well, maybe I'll drop in there.
13:49See if I can't drum up some business.
13:52Rhys!
13:54Right.
13:59I was so sorry to hear about your trouble.
14:23Such a lovely, gentle man, Garrus.
14:26Yes.
14:28Yes.
14:30Always helping other people.
14:35Yes.
14:37And so unlucky, poor man.
14:40With his wife dying, Tom being left without a mother.
14:42And now this?
14:45Mm-hmm.
14:47It's always the good ones that suffer.
14:49Still, at least he had you.
14:56That's something, I suppose.
14:59Yes.
15:00Yes.
15:00Mr. Stephens?
15:20Yeah?
15:21Richard Chubb, my manager.
15:24This is my car park.
15:25You're clogging up with your van.
15:27I'm sorry, I thought it all had been arranged.
15:31Only teasing.
15:33We're delighted to have you here.
15:35Absolutely thrilled.
15:36This is my wife, Sylvia.
15:38Pleased to meet you.
15:39Nice frock.
15:41It's new.
15:43The cobalt are very keen on this sort of thing.
15:45And so, of course, am I.
15:47Have you had many takers yet?
15:49No.
15:50None, actually.
15:51Really.
15:51Well, I expect things will liven up when the men come off shift.
15:55So, this is what all the fuss is about.
15:58My husband says he played rugby.
16:00Yeah.
16:01And you're famous.
16:03Well, I wouldn't say that.
16:06Amazing.
16:07You can fit a whole X-ray unit into one of these.
16:12Would you like to have a look?
16:13Would you mind?
16:16Incredible.
16:16Technology nowadays.
16:21Oh, thank you.
16:33Have you heard about the X-ray van?
16:36Yes, the doctor told me.
16:37Dr. Sharma?
16:39Yes.
16:40You went to see the doctor?
16:42No, he came here.
16:44Really?
16:44You're not ill, are you?
16:48No.
16:49He was paying his respects.
16:51Oh.
16:54I wouldn't have thought he'd been in the village long enough to know anyone that well.
16:58Mind you, I suppose with your Gareth being ill, you've spent a lot of time with our Indian doctor.
17:06Such a lovely man.
17:10Shame about him and his wife.
17:12Some people are saying he's found himself a fancy woman.
17:17That's ridiculous.
17:18Oh, that's what I keep saying, but you know what people are like.
17:22Still, lucky girl.
17:26Whoever she is.
17:27He kissed me, Tom.
17:34I know, I saw.
17:35He was just fooling around for a photograph.
17:37It didn't even mean anything.
17:38That's not what it looked like.
17:39Oh, I was just excited, that's all.
17:41He's famous.
17:43Maybe I should go away and come back when I'm famous.
17:45No, I don't want you to go away.
17:46I don't even care if you're famous.
17:48You don't care if I'm famous?
17:49No.
17:49Yeah, and you're twisting everything, Tom.
17:53You're the one who's twisting things.
17:55Look, if I made you jealous, I'm sorry.
17:57You didn't make me jealous.
17:58But I don't...
17:59We're not married, Gina.
18:01If you want to go off with someone else, then you can.
18:03But I love you, Tom.
18:04People say that all the time.
18:08It doesn't mean anything.
18:17I heard they were having some problems with the film.
18:21Have they ironed all that out yet?
18:23A lot depends on the skill of the technician.
18:25Some are better than others.
18:27Yes, well, I'm sure we're all in good hands with you.
18:30No matter how long you've been doing this.
18:33Where are you staying?
18:34Well, you know, we sleep in the van.
18:36It saves money.
18:37Oh, you poor thing.
18:38What do you do for dinner?
18:40I've got a camping stove in the back.
18:42Oh, how awful.
18:43Well, at least that is Nicky dinner.
18:44Dicky?
18:45Absolutely, our pleasure.
18:47Well, I wouldn't say no to a home-cooked meal.
18:49What would you like?
18:50Anything.
18:52Surprise me.
18:53All right.
18:54I will.
19:02Oi, come on, lads.
19:04Glad you speak.
19:05He doesn't understand.
19:07Give him a chance to explain.
19:09We owe him that.
19:10Look, dog.
19:11A friend of mine got an x-ray once.
19:13First, they told him he had a bit of dust.
19:15A year later, he went back and they said he had none.
19:17That's not possible with this kind of lung disease.
19:20Once you've got it, you could never get rid of it.
19:21So maybe he didn't have it in the first place?
19:23Well, it's possible that there could have been a problem with the x-ray film or the technician
19:28maybe.
19:28You see, you can't trust these x-rays.
19:31If they get it wrong, then I'll be moved to surface work and I lose half my pay.
19:35And my wife's expecting a baby.
19:37What happens to your wife and baby if you get sick?
19:40Once it gets into your lungs, unless you stop breathing coal dust, it'll only get worse.
19:43There's a lot that can kill you down the pit.
19:46The dust is bad, but there's much worse.
19:49Best just to get on with it.
19:50I understand, really, but I...
19:52Have you ever been down a mine?
19:54No offense, doc.
19:55You have no idea what we're talking about.
19:57The most important thing is that the pit stays open.
20:02More important than your lives.
20:05You're not from around here, doctor.
20:07You don't know what happens to a village when a pit shuts down.
20:11We need these jobs, doctor.
20:12I wish I never posed for that stupid picture.
20:23And that's all it was.
20:24That's the reason he got so angry.
20:28He kissed me.
20:29Who?
20:30The rugby player?
20:31It didn't mean anything.
20:33Did you tell Tom it didn't mean anything?
20:35I can't.
20:36He won't listen to me.
20:37And then, to top everything off, I think he broke up with me.
20:40Give it a few days and he probably won't even remember.
20:44Do you really think so?
20:46Men are always saying things they don't mean when they're angry.
20:48They can't help it.
20:49Oh, I hope I get over this bug before the fight.
20:59I'm going to be no good running a food store throwing up all the time.
21:02How long has this been going on?
21:04Days.
21:04Every morning, just as I get up, it's awful.
21:08You're not late, are you?
21:09No, it's only just gone three.
21:12No, late this month.
21:14No, I'm never late.
21:17I'm always in at quarter to nine every morning.
21:20No, Gina, not late for work.
21:22Late for, you know.
21:29We all know the coal board is looking for an excuse to shut down the pit.
21:33What I want to know is what does he get out of it?
21:35I don't get anything.
21:36If we don't let him take any of his x-rays in the first place, then he can't fix the results.
21:41I won't fix the results.
21:43They'll be...
21:43We should boycott the x-rays.
21:45Tell Sharp to stuff it.
21:47This has nothing to do with Sharp or the coal board.
21:50Then why is the x-ray van parked up right outside the pit?
21:53And why is Sharp telling us all to get x-rayed?
21:55I don't know.
21:56Maybe you do and you're just not saying.
21:57No.
21:58What are you getting out of this?
21:59Nothing.
22:00He's lying.
22:01Say to you on, Doc.
22:04Ask him why my dad died.
22:06Go on, ask him.
22:20Why did my dad die after the hospital told him he had a year to live?
22:26Tom, he had a heart attack.
22:27It could have happened at any time.
22:29It didn't, though, did it?
22:31It happened when you were looking after him.
22:35Tom had everything I could for your father, but I couldn't cure him.
22:39No, you couldn't.
22:46You want to trust him?
22:50I wish he'd never touch my dad.
22:51I am on your side.
22:58He's lying.
22:59His house is paid for by the coal board.
23:01Him as sharp as thick as thieves.
23:02No.
23:03I saw him coming out of Sharp's house the other night.
23:05No.
23:05Yes, but I went to speak to him about...
23:07The boy's right.
23:08Can't trust a word he says.
23:09They're all the same.
23:11You've got this all wrong.
23:13Stop, Doctor.
23:14Don't.
23:15There's no point.
23:17When he first came here, I was all for you.
23:20We all were.
23:21But we need someone to look out for us.
23:25Minors.
23:26The last thing we want around here...
23:30is a company doctor.
23:36So you didn't have anyone volunteer for an x-ray?
23:40No.
23:41No one at all?
23:43No one.
23:44Well, I'm sorry you've had a wasted day.
23:48I'll have a word with my men tomorrow.
23:50See if we can't rustle you up a few bodies.
23:53Oh, no.
23:54I've had enough.
23:56Got to be up early.
23:57Oh, don't be silly.
23:59Big lad like you.
24:00I bet you could drink all night and still get up in the morning.
24:04You'll be surprised.
24:05And with my luck, everyone will turn up first thing all at once in the morning.
24:09I wouldn't count on it.
24:10I've been here five years and believe me, it's been an uphill struggle trying to drag
24:15these people into the 20th century.
24:19They can be very awkward.
24:22Excuse me.
24:23He can be such a bore when he starts going on about the mine.
24:32They're all I got.
24:33All the managers.
24:34Really?
24:36Drag me mad.
24:38No.
24:40No?
24:42All right.
24:43Go on.
24:44As long as I can have some more of your pudding.
24:47Did you like it?
24:48Like it?
24:49I loved it.
24:50You're a cracking cook, Mrs. Sharp.
24:53Call me Sylvia.
24:57I knew it wouldn't be easy to convince them, but I didn't expect them to turn on me like
25:03that.
25:04You're not one of them, Prem.
25:09Most of my patients are minors.
25:11Or they're families.
25:13Without patients, I don't have a practice.
25:15Why did they call you a company, Doctor?
25:19They think I'm working for Sharp.
25:21Or the call board.
25:22That's ridiculous.
25:23Did Sharp tell them that?
25:25I don't know.
25:26Maybe.
25:27He's been lying to everyone for years.
25:29At least that's what it says in Elwin's diary.
25:30I just can't get anyone to listen to me.
25:36What do you expect?
25:38We don't fit in here.
25:39We never will.
25:40Morning, Ries.
26:00Rough night, was it?
26:01Got you then and away, did you?
26:02Come on.
26:04Strapping young lad like you.
26:05I bet you're fighting the girls off.
26:07What was last night?
26:08You haven't got her inside of him.
26:10No.
26:11I just wasn't expecting anyone this early.
26:13Give me a couple of minutes, set up, and be ready.
26:17What?
26:19What's wrong?
26:21You tell him.
26:21I can't.
26:22You.
26:23What?
26:24I don't know how to say this, Ries, but...
26:27You see, we think what you're doing for the miners is brilliant.
26:30A great man like you to come all the way up here, that means a lot.
26:33It's just...
26:34You're not worried about the x-rays, are you?
26:36It's nothing, really.
26:37All you have to do is...
26:38No, no, it's nothing like that.
26:40The thing is, we're not here for the x-rays.
26:42No.
26:42We can't have them.
26:44It's nothing against you, mind.
26:45Nothing personal.
26:46Absolutely not.
26:47We think you're amazing.
26:48I saw you play against Tlanetley.
26:50Best game I ever saw.
26:52A penalty in the last minute.
26:53Bloody brilliant.
26:55So, if you aren't here for the x-rays, why are you here?
27:01With, um, sort of a picket.
27:05We didn't want to be.
27:06Absolutely not.
27:07But we drew straws and...
27:09A picket.
27:11To enforce the boycott.
27:14Boycott?
27:14Of your x-ray van?
27:16No offense, Reese, really.
27:17But it's our livelihoods at stake.
27:20Right.
27:22We got tea, mate.
27:24Want to see a cuppa?
27:25Oh, yes, please.
27:27Put some chairs inside.
27:28No.
27:28Can't do that.
27:30Never crossed a picket line in my life.
27:31You could bring them out, mind.
27:34Sharma is only doing this whole x-ray business because Sharp told him to.
27:46And he calls himself a doctor?
27:48Oh, he's a disgrace.
27:49Well, he's Indian.
27:50What do you expect?
27:51Well, I expect him to do his job properly.
27:54Well, he can't, can he?
27:55Because he's too busy smarming up to Sharp.
27:57Oh, you can't trust those people.
27:59They don't care who they step on.
28:02What we need is a proper doctor.
28:05My husband is a proper doctor.
28:08He's a better doctor than you or anybody else in this village has ever seen.
28:13He could have been a surgeon.
28:15Well, maybe he should have been then because he's not much of a doctor.
28:21You have no idea how lucky you are that he's here at all.
28:25But you wouldn't because you're all too ignorant to see what a remarkable, honest, decent man he is.
28:33Oh.
28:34Well, pardon us.
28:37Who do you think you are?
28:39Coming here was the worst mistake we ever made.
28:42Well, why don't you go back to where you came from then?
28:46You won't be missed.
28:56I'll have the results for you in 24 hours.
28:58The test might come back negative.
29:05It won't.
29:06I'm pregnant.
29:07I know I am.
29:08Even if you are pregnant, it's not the end of the world.
29:11It is.
29:13It is.
29:14Gina, you're a very capable young lady.
29:22I can't think of many people who could manage this surgery the way you do.
29:26And if you can cope with that, you can cope with anything.
29:28My nan will kill me.
29:31I'm sure she'll be fine.
29:33No, you don't understand.
29:34That's why she kicked my mum out of the house, because she got pregnant with me.
29:39Oh.
29:43Is there anyone else you could go to?
29:45No.
29:47What about the father?
29:48I think we split up yesterday.
29:51Have you told him?
29:53No.
29:55He's so hard to talk to about anything.
29:57Well, you really should talk to someone.
30:01Don't keep it to yourself.
30:03Who?
30:06Well, I'm always here.
30:07If you're worried about anything at all, you can always come to me.
30:13If I am pregnant,
30:15is there something you could do?
30:19You know, make it go away?
30:22Gina, no.
30:23I'm sorry.
30:24And it's against the law.
30:27Gina,
30:32promise me you won't do anything rash.
30:43Rhys?
30:45Oh, Mr. Sharp.
30:46What a lovely surprise.
30:48You ran off so quickly last night,
30:49I didn't get a chance to say goodbye properly.
30:51Sorry.
30:52That's all right.
30:53I knew you would,
30:54as soon as Dickie started going on about his stupid machines.
30:57Oh, it wasn't that.
30:58If he tells me about the white heat of techno,
31:00what's it, one more time,
31:01I think I'll scream.
31:03I was just nervous about leaving the van.
31:05I had a great time, honestly.
31:07Did you really?
31:08Yeah.
31:09It was fun.
31:11And you're a great cook, Mrs. Sharp.
31:12Sylvia.
31:14I was just on my way to the shops.
31:16If you'd tell me what you like,
31:17I could do you something really special for tonight.
31:19I won't be here tonight.
31:21I'm booked over in Aber Bargoid.
31:23Got to shoot off as soon as I'm done.
31:25Oh, you have to go.
31:27I wish I didn't have to.
31:29Well, can't you stay the night
31:30and go to Aber Bargoid in the morning?
31:32No.
31:32Do me there tonight.
31:33Nothing I can do.
31:34You could come over now.
31:36I could make you lunch.
31:38It's only 11.
31:39It's just a short walk.
31:41I've really got to get back to the van.
31:44I could come to you then.
31:45What would you like?
31:48Anything's fine.
31:50See you later then.
31:55The miners are boycotting the screening programme.
31:58How could they possibly think
31:59that Dr. Sharma would do something
32:00just because Sharp told him to?
32:02I can see why the men are worried.
32:04If the pit shuts down,
32:05there'd be no work.
32:06Why would the pit shut down?
32:07It's too small, Megan.
32:09It's the same all over the valleys.
32:11All the small pits are losing money.
32:13Who says?
32:14The future's in the new super pits.
32:17Did Sharp tell you that?
32:18It's no secret.
32:20Everyone knows.
32:27Gareth thought the world of you, you know.
32:32I know.
32:34He told me once that you were the only person he could trust.
32:38And he could never understand why you wouldn't stand up to Sharp.
32:47It's complicated.
32:49Tell me.
32:52It doesn't matter.
32:55He'll be gone soon.
32:58What?
32:58The coal board are moving him on.
33:00Why?
33:01What difference does it make?
33:03Let's just let him go
33:05and then we can get on with our lives.
33:07No, I won.
33:10Sorry, I can't do that.
33:12Why not?
33:15Because if what Dr. Elwin has written in this diary is right,
33:17then more men are going to die because of Sharp.
33:19Men like my Gareth.
33:24Where did you get this?
33:25It doesn't matter.
33:27And you can't tell anyone.
33:28You should read it, though,
33:31and then tell me Sharp isn't so bad.
33:33Dickie and I were so sorry to hear about your loss.
33:45We'll be leaving the village soon.
33:48Dickie's going to be promoted to area manager in Nottingham.
33:52Really?
33:53Yes, it's a big step up for him.
33:55But if there's anything we can do for you before we leave,
33:58just let us know.
33:59You've done quite enough already, thank you.
34:03I know we haven't always been the best of friends, Megham,
34:06but Dickie really does think we should put the past behind us and move on.
34:10I'm sure he does.
34:12We've always appreciated the little things you've done for us.
34:15So if you're short of money or anything,
34:17I could always find you some cleaning work to tide you over.
34:20Sir, who do you think you are, Sylvia?
34:24There's no need to be rude.
34:26I've got to go.
34:27I've got somebody inside.
34:29The doctor?
34:32No.
34:33Only I heard you were seeing each other.
34:37What do you mean, seeing each other?
34:40I don't really think that sort of thing is right,
34:43especially not between the races.
34:45But I do admire your courage.
34:47And I know how lonely it can get.
35:03Owen?
35:11Owen?
35:12Right, that's it.
35:27Where's Owen Griffiths?
35:28He was here.
35:30Is he up to mine?
35:32Is all this nonsense his idea?
35:33Don't interfere, Mrs. Evans.
35:35This is no place for a woman.
35:36Don't you dare try that on with me, Alan Jones.
35:39I work here.
35:40And I want to know what it is you think you're doing.
35:43I'm trying to close the pit down.
35:44Who is?
35:45Sharp.
35:45The cobalt.
35:46The Indian doctor.
35:47How do you know?
35:48Have you seen any reports?
35:50Anything official from the cobalt?
35:51Everyone knows.
35:53Oh, this is just a rumor.
35:55A malicious rumor.
35:56Because there's been lots of malicious rumors lately.
36:00And some of them have been very personal.
36:03I would have thought that most of you would have more sense than to believe him.
36:05But I'm obviously wrong.
36:07Because it looks like you believe anything Sharp tells you.
36:10He's got you all so terrified that the mine's about to shut.
36:12You'll even turn a blind eye to your own health.
36:14Do you think he cares if you boycott the doctor's x-rays?
36:17He needs those x-rays to shut down the mine.
36:20The mine is not going to shut down.
36:22Sharp's being promoted.
36:23Do you think the coal board rewards men for failure?
36:29And you know who's paid for that promotion to know.
36:32Men like my husband.
36:36And my uncle.
36:39And my father.
36:42Dying with their lungs clogged up with coal dust.
36:45And if you don't stand up to sharp, then most of you will go the same way.
36:49And women like me are going to have to watch you die.
36:53There's only one reason why Dr. Sharma brought that x-ray van to our village.
37:00To help you.
37:01All of you.
37:03He's not a company doctor.
37:05He's standing up to sharp.
37:07Like we all should have done years ago.
37:09And if he can't, so can we.
37:18Well, okay.
37:19Thank you for your...
37:20At this rate, I won't have any patients left.
37:27People have been ringing up and cancelling all afternoon.
37:30I'm sure it'll pass.
37:31You won't believe the things that people have been saying to me.
37:35I would.
37:37Some women were talking about you in Mrs. Davies' shop.
37:40What did they say?
37:43They were just a few stupid people.
37:45Who happened to be my patients.
37:47I can't believe how quickly this has happened.
37:50I'm just trying to help these people.
37:51Maybe they don't want to be helped.
37:55Apparently not.
37:56But if I can't help them, then what are we doing here?
37:59Maybe we would have been better off in London.
38:03Well.
38:03I mean, there must be something I could do.
38:06I...
38:06I can't think straight.
38:10Why don't you go for a walk?
38:11Fresh air might do you good.
38:13I couldn't take another patient telling me how evil I am.
38:16Oh, no, let's take the car.
38:20Where?
38:21Anywhere.
38:22Doesn't matter.
38:23Just not here.
38:26Shall we?
38:31Cricket!
38:36Cricket!
38:36Cricket!
38:42I told you to get Elwyn's diary.
38:46And I'll get it.
38:47When?
38:48I don't know.
38:49It's not that easy.
38:50Megan Evans has it.
38:52Just get it.
38:54Her husband was one of my best friends.
38:57Then that should make it easier.
38:59I can't break into her house.
39:05Why not?
39:08She's a morning.
39:09Then she'll be distracted, won't she?
39:11You don't know what you're asking me to do.
39:16I'm not asking you to do anything.
39:19I'm telling you.
39:21If I give you that diary,
39:23I'll never be able to look anyone in the face again.
39:29If you don't give me that diary,
39:31then I'll make sure that everybody knows all your grubby little secrets.
39:36And the next time your son so much as sneezes,
39:39I guarantee he will end up in Borstal.
39:42Mr. Sharp.
39:52I've bought you a little treat.
39:55I thought you deserved something special before you left.
39:59Which do you prefer?
40:01Beer or wine?
40:03I bet it's beer.
40:05I shouldn't really be drinking.
40:06Dickie likes wine.
40:10Real men always prefer beer.
40:13No, really I'm fine.
40:15Well, go on.
40:15No one will know.
40:17I won't tell if you don't.
40:22I just wanted to do my job.
40:24You've done your best.
40:26And my best wasn't good enough.
40:28It's...
40:30Forget it.
40:31What?
40:32It's not worth talking about.
40:33You always do this, Prem.
40:38Drives you mad.
40:39Do what?
40:41Turn away and end a discussion.
40:43When I wanted to go to London,
40:44you didn't want to talk about it.
40:46When we wanted to get married,
40:48you wouldn't face my mother.
40:49Do you blame me?
40:51If I left it up to you,
40:52she still wouldn't be speaking to us.
40:54Not such a bad thing.
40:57It's not funny, Prem.
41:00Whenever you can't cope with something,
41:01you just make a joke or...
41:03worse.
41:07How many times have I tried
41:09to get you to talk about Rani?
41:15It's not easy, Carmine.
41:19Do you think it's easy for me?
41:24Rani died because I wasn't there to save her.
41:27I was there.
41:29And she died in my arms.
41:31You're not a doctor.
41:35I was her mother.
41:41I was dealing with meningitis cases every week.
41:43I would have recognized it if I'd been there,
41:47but I wasn't there.
41:48No, you weren't.
41:50Because you were hundreds of miles away,
41:52dealing with the biggest outbreak of TB in years.
41:55You think our child died because you weren't with her.
41:58But hundreds of parents got to keep their children because you were with them.
42:06It doesn't make it any easier.
42:16That's why we came here.
42:19For a fresh start.
42:21To get away from it all.
42:23It hasn't really worked out that way, has it?
42:31We should go.
42:33Can't we stay here just a little longer?
42:36No, I mean leave.
42:40Leave the village?
42:42And go to London?
42:43No.
42:45Go home.
42:46To India?
42:47It's the only home we've ever known, isn't it?
43:11All those things you said about me.
43:13I was just being nice.
43:15Oh, and you are nice.
43:16Very nice.
43:18Mrs. Sharpe.
43:20Sylvia!
43:24We can do anything you want.
43:26I don't want to do anything.
43:30Mrs. Sharpe?
43:32Getting at the mystery, please.
43:34She's old enough to be your mother.
43:37I've been done.
43:41Come on, Rhys.
43:42Those machines of yours still working, Rhys?
43:44Yeah.
43:45They've got a few men here who need to see you.
43:47Let's go.
44:17Dan?
44:23If you mention this ever again to anybody, you will be on the street so fast, your feet won't touch the ground.
44:35You have Dr. Elwin's diary.
44:39Dr. Sherwin?
44:41David Lewis, body freedom observer.
44:43Have you spoken on the phone?
44:44Oh, yes. Thank you for coming.
44:46This is damning stuff. If even half of this is true, then Mr. Sharp has a lot of explaining to do.
44:53Please don't go.
44:54We'll see you next time.
45:00We'll see you next time.
45:03We'll see you next time.
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