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Call the Midwife S14E10 Christmas Specials 2025
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00:00My last was a stillborn.
00:02No!
00:03The baby left to be found.
00:06It's not safe.
00:08Give me the key.
00:21We don't get snow in the Caribbean, but nothing's ever perfect.
00:26I don't think it could be more perfect.
00:30Keys?
00:33Money.
00:35I'm afraid it really is that simple.
00:38Who let it simple?
00:41We have paid a deposit on that rental.
00:44You mistake our intentions, sir.
00:47We are a religious order, and we've come here to do good, not harm.
00:54We're doing women's work.
00:56I'm surprised it's of any interest at all to men.
00:59With guns or without.
01:01The other sister said they were doing Jesus' work.
01:04Jesus' work belongs to the DEVIL!
01:07Give him the keys!
01:09Give him the keys!
01:28Wait, wait, wait!
01:29Wait!
01:30No!
01:31Get off!
01:32Get off!
01:33Get off!
01:35It took your money, all of it.
01:56Do not be kind to me.
01:58You were at least as frightened as we were of that man.
02:01And I suspect you have been so for a great deal longer.
02:06Has he been here before, Mrs. Ma?
02:09Many times.
02:11I pay him to keep my business safe.
02:14I think you need to pay someone to keep you safe from him.
02:17Mrs. Ma, what has happened here tonight is not acceptable.
02:21If we have brought trouble to your door, that is not acceptable either.
02:26And we will move on as soon as we are able.
02:31We keep holding her clothes while I check her temperature.
02:38Do you think she's opioid addicted, sister?
02:42You've more experience of that than me.
02:45It's a different type of crime.
02:51I think she's cold and hungry.
02:55Feels the want of her mother's arms around her.
02:57Babies are not ignorant creatures.
03:07Ladies?
03:08Nurse Clifford and I were wondering, since everything's now running smoothly,
03:13whether we might be permitted to have a little seasonal gathering here at Nanata's house?
03:18I love the idea of a seasonal gathering, but it's sadly not up to me to give permission.
03:27It would really just be ourselves, plus a few of our friends from nursing and hospital circles.
03:34Will there be popular music playing and will there be dancing?
03:38And the presence of young men?
03:40Well, Cyril will be coming, and we thought we'd invite Harry Chopra and Timothy.
03:49I consider myself persuaded.
03:52Life is short.
03:55And Christmas, as we are so frequently reminded, comes but once a year.
04:00Good morning.
04:05I'm looking for Queenie.
04:08Queenie, I know it's hard to talk about what went wrong with the baby that you lost.
04:16But not talking might make it harder.
04:20In a different way.
04:22I think this windowlene has dried.
04:27If you pass me a rag, I can get ahead with it.
04:30They said I wasn't to see it.
04:42Even though I heard it cry.
04:45Queenie, if you heard your baby cry, it wasn't stillborn.
04:51It was a girl.
04:53They told me that.
04:56I said I wanted her baptized.
04:58But they said that the priest came too late.
05:07If you don't feel like eating, then you must try and keep up for liquids.
05:11Soup would be particularly good.
05:13Soup?
05:13I never cared much for soup.
05:17When I was a child, soup was a sign that ends were not meeting.
05:21But now, soup is a sign that I am meeting my end.
05:26You don't have to joke about this, Mr. Fisher.
05:30Not unless you want to.
05:32Nothing really matters now but your comfort.
05:35And there are things we can do with regard to that.
05:38Even though there are things that we can't change.
05:41Isn't that right, nurse?
05:43That's absolutely right.
05:46What would you most like to happen over the next few weeks, Mr. Fisher?
05:50I came here because I wanted to come home.
05:54But I failed to allow for the fact that home is where your family are.
05:58Or were.
06:01Mine are all gone, so...
06:04Ghosts are good companions for the heart.
06:09But they're not company.
06:12Are you saying you don't want to be alone?
06:14I asked the midwife what happened to the baby.
06:27All she would say was she had the biggest eyes.
06:30And she said biggest like it was a compliment.
06:35She was kindly.
06:38Two other nurses came in and washed me.
06:42Torin.
06:43I was dirty.
06:44I heard one of them say...
06:48That my baby had no head.
06:55But they knew they were lying because...
06:57The kindly midwife...
07:00Said that she had the biggest eyes.
07:03I wish I could tell you what happened to your daughter.
07:07But I can tell you the truth.
07:11That she was loved.
07:12Lovin's not the same as being baptized, though.
07:18Is it?
07:19I believe it's very similar.
07:20More hot water.
07:35Now you have to give her name.
07:37Chinese and English.
07:39What's your name?
07:40I'm afraid it's not very with it.
07:42I'm afraid it's not very with it.
07:43It's Phyllis.
07:44It is too hot to say.
07:47We sisters all have two names, too.
07:50The one we were born with...
07:50...and the one we took when we gave our lives to Jesus.
07:53What yours?
07:54Pamela.
07:55Semi-classical.
07:56With rather a nice ring to it.
07:58Hmm.
07:59Hmm.
08:00Hmm.
08:01Whatever.
08:02Sister Julienne was baptized Louise.
08:04Louise?
08:05I know two bar girls called Louise.
08:09You a born name?
08:10Er...
08:11Beryl.
08:12Beryl Burroughs.
08:13Although the surname isn't relevant.
08:15Beryl's a precious stone, isn't it?
08:18And we can't say this one isn't a little gem.
08:22Beryl?
08:23It is.
08:24Ha ha ha.
08:26Ha ha ha.
08:28Dr Turner's surgery?
08:31Oh, Miss Higgins.
08:32I've been offered half-a-dozen shifts on male surgical.
08:35At St. Cuthbert's?
08:36Er, yes.
08:37I'll be supernumerary, but it's under Mr. Beryl.
08:40Oh.
08:41Mr. Beryl is held in the very highest regard.
08:45Oh, I assume...
08:46However, that if you take up this chance,
08:48it may threaten the stability and security of the children's routine.
08:52It could be devastating.
08:53devastating. Queenie's had no complications at all in this pregnancy apart from mild anemia
09:02despite her age and despite the fact that it's her ninth but she is desperately anxious. Well does
09:10she think the same disaster might be visited again? How can I tell her it won't if I don't
09:16know what happened either. Oh that's clever. It is a better use for this contraption than the
09:26plucking up and putting on of shoes which is supposedly its purpose. Sister Honoka Jo I wondered
09:35if I might ask for your help. It's good. Certainly stable. You're doing well lass. What is lass?
09:49Oh it means girl. It's what we call a term of endearment. A way of being kind. My mother used
10:00to say lo lo. Where is your mother Yu Chan? In our village in Guangdong. If she's still alive. Could
10:12you write to her? A letter? She does not know how to read. I don't know what to say. I can't
10:29come here. I have a baby. We need you to stay well and happy until this baby comes. I'll be your
10:46mother in somewhere.
10:58Hibiscus Street isn't part of my division but it's notorious even within Kowloon. There are four
11:03branches of Triad active in Hong Kong and they run everything. Gambling, prostitution, drugs, the whole
11:10nine yards. Which is why our work there is so essential. The old clinic came under a branch run
11:16by a crook who calls himself the Cormorant. The Cormorant? He's a Liverpool Chinese. Born there and
11:22deported here during the war. Never went back. Why should he? He's made a decent living over here. Runs a
11:29nightclub called the Crimson Lantern and other rackets. How comes you know all this but crime's still running
11:35rampant. Knowing what Triad are doing doesn't mean we can stop them. We don't want to put you in a
11:40difficult position Derek but the sisters need advice. My advice is they should look for premises
11:48outside the Cormorant's area. They've done something to offend him and he won't let it go.
12:05Oh Esther.
12:29Oh, where did you appear from? I've seen entrances on stage like that.
12:34That generally they involve a trap door. The landlord provided the key and the district nurse
12:41hung it on a string inside the letterbox. What year were you born? 1897.
12:51Then you cannot be the child I delivered in this chamber. I did not arrive in Poplar until 1903.
12:58My brother Sammy. He was born in 1903 and the others came after him.
13:05Then you must be the child with the large round eyes that sat on the bed and watched as I bathed this
13:16infant sibling. You had a remarkable gaze even then. Yes, I remember that. And I hope I remember you.
13:27I am most grateful for your assistance. Good day.
13:35Harry. Yes, auntie. Miss Higgins.
13:38Thank you. Just while we're in the surgery. Now, take Dr Watkins her coffee. Then I need you to go to the
13:46records office for me.
13:47All right.
13:55And that was our kindly supporter at the British Army base, informing us that Sister Prudence also tested
14:01positive for tuberculosis. And so have two of the children.
14:06This is a really vicious strain. Thank goodness we've all been vaccinated. We will have to get them
14:12transferred to the sanatorium and fumigate their room as well as Sister Edith's.
14:16Patrick, there's something you need to see. Hello, Teddy, dear.
14:31Teddy, whatever happened to the Christmas tree? Petula knocked it down.
14:35What are the girls? In their bedroom, playing with nail varnish.
14:41Nail varnish. Angela and May Turner.
14:45Hello, Miss Higgins.
14:51I have brought savory mince and a peach blancmange. You will come and eat it.
14:56After which, we will re-erect the Christmas tree, erase all evidence of these manicures,
15:05and discuss a plan for the remainder of your parents' absence.
15:12There are photographs and letters in this bag that we sent to Esther from England.
15:17There are also what look to be her personal belongings. There's a comb and lipstick and underclothes,
15:25and a child's shoe. Mrs. Ma, Esther is a very, very important person to our family.
15:34This is her daughter, May, who is our daughter now.
15:38You make good life for this girl.
15:41But Esther has another child now. A little boy.
15:46A little boy who was missing his shoe.
15:52And possibly missing his mother.
15:55Mrs. Ma, we don't even know if they're together anymore.
16:00Sister Edith, no. You are Sister Edith.
16:03Mrs. Ma. Mrs. Forsyth, the midwife who attended your little girl's birth
16:21took great care to record her birth and her death in the proper way.
16:25Mrs. Ma who laid out the house to be her mother-in-law to just Ul Apa then?
16:31Mrs. Ma. She was渴張,ger.
16:31Mrs. Ma. I said she was kindly.
16:34Mrs. Ma. And it seems that your daughter was born with a condition called anencephaly.
16:36Mrs. Ma. The top of her head hadn't developed in the womb as it should have done.
16:40Mrs. Ma. And her brain would have been very badly affected.
16:40Mrs. Ma. Good it have hurt her.
16:43Mrs. Ma?
16:43No.
16:44Mrs. The soul acad.
16:45But I heard her crying. All babies cry, Queenie.
16:49It's a sign of life.
16:53And it's beautiful.
16:55Even if that life doesn't last very long.
17:01Was it something I did?
17:03No, Queenie.
17:05It wasn't.
17:07I can promise you that.
17:09What I want is to hold a life child in my arms.
17:12And to tell it that it's mine.
17:22The child's name is Christopher.
17:25She will protect him with her life.
17:29His father wants to take him from her.
17:33And his father is a criminal.
17:35A gangster?
17:36Of the worst kind.
17:38He has offspring by numerous women.
17:43But Christopher is his only son.
17:47What has Esther done to make him turn on her like this?
17:51Every time she conceived, she came to us.
17:55A gasp that this had happened again.
17:57But all she ever wanted was love.
18:02It happens the world over.
18:05I've seen it time and time again.
18:07No.
18:08You have not seen a man like this.
18:13They call him the Cormorant.
18:16He has ordered her and her child to be hunted down like dogs.
18:22At one point, we persuaded Mrs. Ma to hide her.
18:26But Sister Edith, it's as though they are both vanished.
18:31There is one place she thought that no one could ever find her.
18:39Will you tell me where it is?
18:41I must.
18:43For when I die, the waters will close over her.
18:47What does that say?
18:51I think those two pictograms together mean for auction.
18:55We won't be going down that route.
18:57We won't be going down the rental route or the purchase route either, sister.
19:01That gang have taken every penny you possess.
19:04We're quite accustomed to poverty.
19:05Yes, we gave up money when we gave up men.
19:09What about this one?
19:11It says dancing girls.
19:12You've dropped off property and drifted into nightclubs.
19:15Oh, I can read this one.
19:19It says police.
19:21Huh.
19:40We've got no apartment number, no floor number.
19:43We just have to keep on going.
19:47Keep on looking.
19:48How can she even survive like this?
20:02I want to find her.
20:04I just don't want to find her here.
20:06Yeah.
20:06Yeah.
20:06Esther?
20:29Esther?
20:30Esther?
20:30Esther?
20:31Can we talk to you?
20:32I have Mrs. Turner with me.
20:53Hello, Hugh. You must be Christopher.
20:57I'll be waiting to meet you.
21:02Do you keep forgetting that it's Advent?
21:06Yes. And it's not even the absence of cold that I marvel at.
21:09It's the absence, the absolute erasure of weariness.
21:13Do you feel it too?
21:14I've never felt such energy in years.
21:17You have to let us get you out of here.
21:20To somewhere where you can be nursed and given food and shelter.
21:24I don't go out. I stay here. I always stay here.
21:29The altar in the corner is beautiful, Esther.
21:33I pray always for you.
21:35And for the souls of my parents.
21:38They had no sons.
21:40Christopher's father wants him very much, doesn't he?
21:43He will give him a wicked life. Make his child a criminal.
21:51Sisters, I don't doubt your sincerity.
21:54And I do accept that you and your associates have been targeted by local undesirables.
22:00Triad. Let's call a spade a spade, shall we? We have been targeted by triad.
22:05The Order of St. Raymond and Artists have given shelter to abandoned babies, provided medicine and alternative employment to street girls,
22:14and persuaded addicts to turn their backs on heroin.
22:19That, according to Mrs. Ma, is our crime.
22:23A young man enslaved to drugs is at the mercy of his masters.
22:27He will do whatever he is asked to do in exchange for the one thing that will give his body peace.
22:33But if he is freed from addiction, if he finds there is a better way to live, he will turn his back on crime itself.
22:41They become free men. And, sometimes, police informants.
22:48I'm not going to deny that.
22:50Then you cannot deny the fact that we are doing you a service, and in so doing, warrants your protection.
22:57And how do you propose that we provide that?
23:01Property is vacant. Third column across, fourth paragraph down.
23:05This was an annex of the old training school.
23:09No longer in use. Standing empty. And, crucially, still in police possession.
23:19I can't believe we're leaving them.
23:21We are coming back tomorrow with food. They're both sick, Sheila.
23:26But I need to run some tests on the little boy. There's something very, very wrong with him.
23:39Mind your fingers. Everything's under control.
23:45What? I need tasters.
23:47Joyce, you can pronounce judgement on the whiskey cream punch.
23:52Sis, I want your opinion on the coconut frappe.
23:56That's going to give my snowballs a run for their money.
23:59I know. It slips down like a tart stocking, doesn't it? Sis?
24:02It's divine.
24:04Call me a miracle worker. It's mainly condensed milk.
24:07Oh, Geoffrey, that's going to make it very calorific.
24:09It's Christmas. I have personally declared an amnesty on slenderizing.
24:13Nanotis House, midwife speaking.
24:20Hi, Trixie. I've just been observing a bowel and anastomosis.
24:23That's nice.
24:24I asked you around the canteen. I've drummed up a few more for the party.
24:27And Miss Higgins is staying the night with the children.
24:29Everyone's bringing a bottle.
24:32Nanotis House, midwife speaking.
24:35Nurse Hilward, are you able to come to the maternity home?
24:37Queenie Forsyth has just arrived.
24:39Hello, Mum.
24:41Busy again?
24:43I've managed to persuade Hong Kong Rotary Club to offer a modest grant to the sisters to set up a new clinic.
25:00I'm trying to work out if it will stretch.
25:04Chin up. Sun's over the yard on.
25:07Derek, gin and tonic.
25:09Madam?
25:10Thank you, Chris.
25:11I'm not sure. I wouldn't normally imbibe when I've got the ready reckoner app.
25:15Mum, please, take a break.
25:17Please stop doing stuff. Stop doing sums.
25:20It's all I can ever remember. You with your head in a column of figures.
25:24It's who I am, Derek.
25:26I know.
25:27But I'd love it not to be.
25:29Just for half an hour.
25:31Just while we have a drink together. In the sun.
25:33Shall we do something together tomorrow?
25:36All right.
25:38All right.
25:49Very good.
25:50Esther, I think Christopher may have a problem with his kidneys. I need to take him to a hospital.
26:11No.
26:12We'll stay here.
26:13Will you let doctor examine you now, Esther? We can talk about Christopher after that.
26:24Esther.
26:26Esther.
26:27You have breast milk soaking through your clothing. You don't still feed Christopher, do you?
26:33No.
26:37There is no baby.
26:39Not here.
26:40Esther.
26:41Have you given birth to another child, Esther?
26:43If there is another baby, will you tell us where it is?
26:53I leave my daughter where she will be safe.
26:58I leave her with sisters. I'll step off the restaurant. In a box.
27:07Oh.
27:09Two copies of the Pickwick papers. One from the popular public library. The other from mine own shelves.
27:20Oh.
27:22I am driven from my heart by the frivolities of youth.
27:26Oh, I have fond memories of the frivolities of youth.
27:31The appreciation of such pleasures pass me by.
27:35Any regrets?
27:37That is between myself and the Almighty.
27:40We can take you back with us, Esther. We can reunite you with your baby.
27:52I cannot go back to Hibiscus Street. My daughter is saved and my son is not.
27:56Esther.
27:57Have you had to choose one child over the other?
28:01My son's father only want him. He will cure for him.
28:04This, this man, the cormorant, your little girl's father too.
28:09I made you life.
28:11I thought he was a better one.
28:12A better man.
28:16I was wrong.
28:17marathon.
28:18OK.
28:19I have to move it and I expected it!
28:26You all got to move it and I expected it.
28:42When do you think it's a good time to start party games?
28:45to start party games.
28:46I don't think it's ever a good time
28:48to start party games.
28:49Oh, so well.
28:50This house is full of nooks and crannies.
28:51It's just crying out for a game of sardines.
29:05I've tucked Marie and baby Luke up
29:07for the night in the side, Hort.
29:09They're both fast asleep already.
29:15Nurse Aylward,
29:16could you listen to baby's heartbeat for me?
29:19What's wrong with his heartbeat?
29:21Nothing's wrong, Queenie.
29:22We just like to keep an eye on things.
29:23I want to go home.
29:25I'm not good here.
29:26I can't do it.
29:26You're only married Mother of God.
29:28I can't do it.
29:29Sweetheart, this is where you need to stay as calm as you can
29:31and save as much strength as you can.
29:34You're going to be able to start pushing this baby out soon.
29:38The hubby's dropping and she's exhausted.
29:40We need to get her to hospital.
29:41By now to disperse as soon as you get to the landing,
29:54all of the lights will be turned off.
29:5620 minutes doesn't count as rapid transfer in my book,
29:59I'm afraid.
30:00The practice doctor is not answering her telephone
30:02and the flying squad are not available.
30:04We need an ambulance as soon as possible.
30:07I hoped I'd find you.
30:14Now this is a good part of the game.
30:19It's bedlam out there.
30:21There are three medical students in the airing cupboard.
30:25Why don't we just go to your bed setter for a bit?
30:28This is all getting so raucous.
30:31As long as we don't do anything improper.
30:35We never do anything improper.
30:38The rules of the studio couch are very firmly established.
30:42If you haven't got the strength to push,
30:46just pant, Queenie.
30:52The ambulance is on its way.
30:55Queenie, would you like us to wake Marie?
30:57And she could come and hold your hand.
30:58No, I'd be after worrying about her.
31:01I have seven children alive and living in the world.
31:04But the only one I can think about now
31:05is the one inside of me.
31:08I need to hold it in my arms.
31:13We've had half an hour of second stage contractions
31:16and there's been no descent of the head.
31:19I'm going to deliver this baby now.
31:21My forceps.
31:23The only doctors deliver my forceps.
31:25Sister, we don't have the luxury of making that distinction.
31:28This baby's heartbeat isn't picking up
31:30and if we delay, we're going to lose it.
31:37I'm not sure I know what the rules of this game are.
31:40I mean, we are sat in a cupboard with no drinks
31:43and there's no room for dancing.
31:44So we have to wait to be discovered
31:47and then the next person who discovers us
31:50has to squeeze in
31:51and the next one and the next one.
31:54Right.
31:57I found you.
32:00Oh.
32:02What do we do now?
32:04We wait, apparently.
32:05Well, to misquote Captain Oates,
32:11I'm coming in.
32:17And that may be some time.
32:20Oh.
32:21Can I smell old clothes?
32:23Yes.
32:25My whole childhood's flashing before my eyes in here.
32:28I can see the jumper I wore in grammar school.
32:30Oh, I see nurse's uniforms.
32:35And a nun's habit.
32:37Ow.
32:39Sweetie, I know you're tired.
32:41But three women are stronger than one on her own.
32:44We're going to work together
32:45to get this baby out and in your arms.
32:51Together, Queenie.
32:52Do you hear that?
32:53We're all going to join forces.
32:54Yes.
33:00Will you tell me when you can see its head?
33:06Geoffrey Franklin, Timothy Turner, Harry Chopra.
33:09What are you doing in my bedroom?
33:11Good things come to those who've waited.
33:13Geoffrey!
33:14Try to bear down, Queenie.
33:16As soon as you feel the next contraction, bear down.
33:23Now.
33:24Oh.
33:24I can hear the outputs.
33:52Oh.
33:53And it's out.
33:57No ambulance required.
34:12Do you hear that, Queenie?
34:14Isn't that a beautiful sound?
34:16Glory be, but I love you.
34:19You are great.
34:21And you are complete.
34:23And you are my boy.
34:27And you're crying.
34:29They didn't even tell me if you're a boy or a girl.
34:32Oh, sorry.
34:33I forgot.
34:34It's a boy.
34:35Baby, my baby.
34:47Baby Lord, my baby Lord.
34:47I need you, oh, I need you.
34:52Why don't you just treat me better?
34:54Break my heart in place, say.
34:58Tell me what did I do wrong?
35:02To make you stay away so long
35:05How many old recollections
35:14And how many dormant sympathies does Christmas time awaken
35:18Year after year, we met on that day
35:22A merry and joyous circle
35:25Many of the hearts that throbbed so gaily then have ceased
35:32Have ceased to beat
35:36Many of the looks that shone so brightly then have ceased to glow
35:48The hands we grasped have grown cold
35:55The eyes we sought have hid their lustre in the grave
35:58And yet the old house, the room, the merry voices and smiling faces
36:03The jest, the laugh, crowed upon our mind at each recurrence of the season
36:07As if the last assemblage had been but yesterday
36:10Happy, happy Christmas
36:14That can win us back to the delusions of our childish days
36:18That said
36:20I'm Jewish, Sister Malika Joan
36:24Well, that does not prevent us from being companions in nostalgia
36:29Christmas is but one instance of a glimmer into the darkness
36:34Yes
36:35We have our Feast of Lights too
36:39It falls
36:44Almost on the same date as Christmas as here
36:47It falls
36:48Almost on the same date as Christmas as here
36:51Yes
37:09Joyce
37:11Hm.
37:12Not dressed as a nurse
37:14If it's any consolation
37:16You weren't the only one
37:18Is there anything else you need to know?
37:20It's alright Tony, I think we're safe.
37:50If that unholy racket you're making is supposed to be my punishment, I accept it.
38:06As long as it's followed by strong black coffee.
38:09Go, you'll get coffee. And it will be accompanied by a dustpan, a brush and a pair of rubbered loves.
38:14I suppose we ought to roll up our sleeves?
38:17We? We? Geoffrey, I have been up all night delivering a baby.
38:23And I've been wielding a bucket for this poor lamb. Florence Nightingale's got nothing on me.
38:32Good morning Rosalyn, or should I say Nurse Clifford?
38:35I'm sorry, I stayed the night at Cyril's.
38:38Morning orders will take place in three minutes.
38:41Nenata's house, charlady speaking.
38:47Has no one observed that I did not sleep in my accustomed bed last night?
38:51Sister Monica Joan, this morning that is scarcely cause for comment.
38:54Our charge, Mr Fisher, fell into a decline before midnight.
38:59I assisted him to his bed, then deemed it inexpedient to leave him.
39:06Come here.
39:07Oh, good morning Harry.
39:11The cloud of cologne on which you enter does nothing to reassure me.
39:15Would you like a cup of coffee Harry?
39:17Merry Christmas, and thank you very much to all concerned.
39:30Catch your rainbow anywhere you find it, and maybe you'll find it tomorrow.
39:48Love is a rainbow to light up your life
39:53It's a strong wind that blows away sorrow
39:57When you walk along only road
40:03When you're down and all the world can see
40:08When you want to run away and call
40:18I was afraid both Christopher and his mother would test positive for TB
40:22But I was wrong
40:23They're clean
40:25You weren't wrong about this though
40:26Unilateral renal mass
40:28Right hand side
40:29There isn't a scrap of fat on him
40:33I could feel it on palpation
40:35Soft tissue x-ray can be quite equivocal
40:39Nothing equivocal about this though
40:41Wilms tumor
40:43Haven't seen a Wilms in general practice for nearly a decade
40:46But yes cancer of the kidney
40:50And he's two years old
40:52There was nothing here for him
40:54I know that
40:55But nine months ago we did have a Remy sergeant whose daughter had it
41:01We got the family sent back to the UK on compassionate grounds
41:05Did they lose her?
41:06Far from it
41:06There's a new chemotherapy being trialed at one of the London hospitals
41:11Brutal but spectacular
41:13Is it working?
41:16Yes
41:16I had a penny
41:20A bright new penny
41:23I took my penny to the market square
41:27I wanted a rabbit
41:29A little brown rabbit
41:32And I looked for a rabbit most everywhere
41:35For I went to the store
41:38For this old sweet lavender
41:40Only a penny for a bunch of lavender
41:44Have you got a rabbit?
41:46Have you got a rabbit?
41:46Because I don't want a lavender
41:48They didn't have a rabbit?
41:51They didn't have a rabbit
41:55Not anywhere there
41:56You must be baby Beryl's mummy
42:01Esther would like to feed Beryl
42:03Sister do you think she's hungry?
42:06Well certainly
42:06She is a peckish little thing
42:09I can remember lying in bed and seeing exactly this view
42:33And the snow
42:34And the snow
42:35And the snow falling
42:36There were four of us under the eidern
42:39Doing it semi with Isaac and me
42:46I have often pondered what it must be like to share a bed with others
42:52It's warm
42:54Knock knock
43:00Oh it's not the comp plan of yours again is it?
43:05No matter how often you gussy it up on this paper umbrellas of yours
43:08I'm still bored of it
43:11It's actually a whiskey cream punch
43:13A recipe that proves so efficacious at our Christmas party
43:16I'm thinking of applying for a patent
43:18Oh is it?
43:20Is it?
43:22Is it the 22nd today?
43:25It's the 21st, Mr. Fisher
43:28Then it's tomorrow
43:32What's tomorrow, old chap?
43:34The first night of Hanukkah
43:37Feast of lights
43:40Would you like me to find a rabbi for you, Mr. Fisher?
43:48It wouldn't hurt
43:49Can you just take a kitty halfway round the world, Doc?
43:58If he needs life-saving medical treatment
44:00And his mother gives permission, yes
44:02But you don't have to adopt him
44:05No, thank God
44:07It took us years to adopt me
44:09Christopher won't have years
44:11He may not even have months if we don't act fast
44:14It's good of the army to donate stuff
44:16I just hadn't reckoned on there being so much of it
44:19We need a taxi
44:20We're in luck
44:24Hibiscus house, 79 Elgin Gardens, please
44:33Blimey
44:36You know, Mum
44:41You've done great things
44:43Here, in Hong Kong
44:45Well, here and at home
44:46I've only heard about you being mayor in Tower Hamlets
44:50But now I've seen you
44:51Being someone
44:52Doing something in a city I can barely get to grips with
44:56All I've done is raise a bit of money
44:58And got people who can help
45:00Talking to people who need help
45:02It's what I do
45:03Perhaps because it's all I can do
45:06Well, that's not nothing
45:07I'm sorry
45:09I needed evidence before I could respect you for it
45:12There's no need to be sorry
45:14For anything, ever
45:16You're my son
45:18Hello, Grace, dear
45:23Do you need something?
45:26Mr. Fred and the doctor are in trouble
45:28What sort of trouble?
45:29Worse than trouble
45:30They're in danger
45:31Please, don't ask me how I know this
45:33If you don't tell me
45:34I can't act on the information
45:37My husband works for the comrade
45:39I hear talking on the phone
46:01You're not taking my son to England
46:09If we don't, he will die
46:12You don't know that
46:13You've given me no proof of that
46:16Or any proof that you're even a doctor
46:19I can assure you
46:20His credentials are totally bona fide
46:23I'm even a scouser
46:25What school did you go to?
46:27Liverpool Institute
46:29My father had an ironmonger shop in Cornwallis Street
46:33I probably walked right past it
46:37When war broke out
46:40They took me to a ship to be deported
46:43I had an English wife
46:45I never saw again
46:46Sometimes you lose people
46:49Sometimes they're stolen
46:52Or you are
46:53Are you a gambling man, Dr. Tanner?
46:58No
46:59I am
47:00If you want my son
47:02You have to play me for them
47:04How about Margell?
47:08Book cards
47:09Poker
47:11Shemir de Fer
47:12Blackjack
47:13You choose
47:15Baruch Atah Adonai
47:30Eloheinu melech haolam
47:33Asher kitshanu b'mitzvotav
47:38Ve'l tzivano l'hadliknev shel chanukah
47:47Amen
47:49Thank you
47:58Thank you
48:02Is he allowed to choose a deputy?
48:05I could play on his behalf
48:06I don't think that would help, Fred
48:08You can play as many games as you want
48:12With cards, with words
48:16With me
48:17But if Christopher's life is lost
48:20Who will pray for him at your altar?
48:24Who will pray for you?
48:26Who will carry on your family line?
48:32You could have all of those things
48:34I can find a Chinese doctor for him
48:37I could be the one
48:39That saves his life
48:41Or
48:41You could just have your pride
48:43It doesn't matter
48:45Who saves his life
48:46As long as it's saved
48:49And if it is saved
48:51I guarantee
48:53I will send him back to you
48:55I will send him back to you
48:56Let's continue this conversation elsewhere, shall we?
49:05Go
49:05Doctor
49:07Take the kiss
49:09Tell him to give him a chance
49:16Let him breathe as nature intended him to breathe
49:29There is no consolation for him now
49:36In artificial air
49:38Yeah
49:39That's her old chap
49:46Mmm
49:48Mmm
49:49Mmm
49:51Mmm
49:53Mmm
49:55Oh
49:57Oh
49:58Oh
49:59Oh
50:01Oh
50:03Oh
50:04Oh
50:06Oh
50:07it will take time to rebuild but the foundations have been laid
50:19are you happy to be staying on yes because i don't doubt our purpose here
50:28are you happy to be going home yes because i'm more convinced than ever that our work
50:36is vital wherever we are called why do you imagine we'll be called next i don't imagine
50:43but i will go and do whatever i am asked
50:47things are ticking along like clockwork doctor well done you chan pre-eclampsia isn't easy
50:57but you did everything you were told do you lie down there's no hard work good luck good luck
51:04i'm glad this baby's arriving before we leave but if it's the first baby born in the new
51:14branch house it seems to me it should be brought into the world by one of the sisters
51:19oh i'm keeping people waiting they're all just as they were when they were here
51:46when we were all at home
51:51a little girl you chan congratulation
52:02A little girl you tell me, congratulations.
52:19Look at her.
52:24Just look at her and laugh, she's gorgeous.
52:30You have been my mother, now I'm her.
52:40I give a name, Dad always bring your best to me.
52:45We all agreed that Phyllis was too hard to say.
52:48No Phyllis, less, less is easy to say, I'm happy to remember.
52:54I have seen death before, it is terrible, and it can be beautiful.
53:06I think today it was that.
53:09I have seen lovers come to fetch the dying.
53:13I have seen mothers come.
53:16But I have known no lover, I have born no child, and my parents have spurned me.
53:27I have asked myself, more often of late than in years gone by, who will come for me when
53:36my time on earth concludes?
53:38Your sisters will come for you.
53:42Those you knew in life.
53:44Those who coached you through the novitiate.
53:48Those who knelt beside you in prayer.
53:51And by the beds of everyone you served.
53:56So many sisters will come.
53:58God can't have you yet, sister.
54:01We can't spare you.
54:07We should perhaps turn our attention for the return of those we love.
54:16The Hong Kong party.
54:18Let us light at lights with a living and marvel at them while we may.
54:27Christopher, you're going to give your mummy a kiss.
54:43Please, give him all.
54:48I have a coat to put on him, as well as this cardigan.
54:52It used to belong to his sister.
54:56I like them.
55:03Bring in wops.
55:10Make sure you're smiling.
55:12No.
55:13Smile!
55:15Yes, please.
55:16Wait, wait, wait.
55:17Whoa.
55:20Hello!
55:22The little boy will get better.
55:29We're in here.
55:31There's every chance he'll get better.
55:33Till then we just have to take care of him.
55:35And be his family.
55:38Oh, they're here.
55:40I miss you.
55:43Oh, Miss Higgins, haven't they managed well?
55:47And this is Christopher.
55:49You look so sweet.
55:50Oh, baby Christopher.
55:53You look so sweet.
55:56His hair feels like mine.
56:02Christopher.
56:04Oh, my goodness.
56:06I've been dying to see your face.
56:10Christmas can start now, can't it?
56:12Yes, it can.
56:13Because I'm A.P. and you're home.
56:15Oh, my goodness.
56:20Does Christmas come at the end of the year?
56:42Or does it provide its turning point?
56:46Is it the moment where we close the door on all that has passed in the months that have preceded it?
56:54Or is it the time where we open our arms and say, come, we are ready.
57:00We will embrace it all.
57:03Christmas begins with a baby.
57:06Therefore, Christmas is all that is unknown.
57:09All we must cherish and all we must shield from the winds of fortune like a candle flame.
57:17Do not pass in on all.
57:28Do not prepare.
57:29All we must share are made.
57:31Lord, who is all that steps are 있는, is one of the best.
57:34Kylie八ier and IANG.
57:36PLEASE FALL Bough
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