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00:00Once upon a time, the season that is new today
00:27was old and closed and packed away.
00:31Advent had erupted into Christmas.
00:34Darkness retreated in the face of light
00:37and the wheel of the year kept turning.
00:42But once again we gather as the sky grows cold.
00:47The leaves have tumbled.
00:49The fresh snow falls.
00:52Pages turn as new doors open.
00:57Time and time and time again.
01:00Merry Christmas, friend.
01:01Merry Christmas.
01:05Medical supplies packed and labelled
01:08and ready for hand delivery to the brunch house.
01:11A biscuit's clinic?
01:13Do you think you should write on it in Chinese?
01:15Hong Kong is a British colony.
01:17I'm quite sure everyone is competent in our mother tongue.
01:21I detect a want of enthusiasm in your visit.
01:24When adventure beckons, you should embrace the couple.
01:29This trip is a wonderful opportunity for Violet to see her son.
01:34And the sisters at the clinic will be so grateful for these supplies.
01:38I'll just be glad of a chance to run an errand,
01:41if I'm honest with you, sister Julian.
01:42And then there's talk of cocktail parties.
01:47We're all a pair of nose rainders
01:50Had a pair of shiny nose
01:53And if you ever saw it
01:57You will even say it blows
02:00Kevin, I've told you before
02:10Stay inside the lines
02:13The lines represent the edges of the lorry
02:18You too, Teddy
02:21We don't want you falling off the float and getting run over
02:24Do you think they're going to need bigger roles for their mouths, Mrs Turner?
02:29I'm worried that they're going to be deprived of oxygen
02:31Oh, please, please
02:34Don't anyone stop singing on my account
02:37Hello, Diane
02:39Oh, now, Pack
02:49What do we say when a very important lady
02:52Like Mrs Buckle, our mayor
02:54Is kind enough to come and visit us?
02:57Good evening, Mrs Buckle
03:00Thank you, Pack
03:01Now, off you pop and work on your knots
03:04It's all set out on the tables
03:06One piece of cord between two
03:09I've bought a dozen pairs of brown tights for the reindeer
03:14I managed to get them on a special order
03:17You'll not get lads of this age to wear tights, Mrs Buckle
03:21Well, you'll have to tell them that it's in a good course
03:23I mean, the whole Christmas carnival is in a good course
03:27Elastic
03:29Black felt squares
03:32Sleigh bells
03:34And WD-40
03:37What's that for?
03:38To oil the sled runners?
03:39Fred needs to do the paper shop bell before we leave
03:43Mrs Buckle
03:44Go
03:45Go to Hong Kong
03:47And do not give the Christmas carnival a second thought
03:51Mrs Buckle
04:03I'm sorry
04:04I'm sorry, Mrs Turner
04:06I'm not quite sure which way is up this evening
04:09I wondered if you could take a tiny parcel to Hong Kong for me
04:13It's a letter and some photographs for May's mother
04:17We haven't heard from her for over a year
04:20But the sisters say they still see her from time to time with her little boy
04:25Of course I'll take it
04:26It must all be such a worry
04:29I used to fret about my Derek when he was in the Navy
04:33But now he's in the Hong Kong police
04:35They have to wear guns
04:38It's his turn
04:39It makes me nervous
04:41You'll be back by Christmas with wonderful memories
04:45And we've got Reggie coming home
04:47I'm already hoping that it will be snowy for him
04:50Whoever guesses the mystery ingredient in this year's chutney
04:57Gets to eat the first mince pie and make a wish
04:59I'm getting definite top notes
05:02Of tamarind
05:03Have you been on another cooking course?
05:06No, Matthew took her to Antigua for their wedding anniversary
05:09It's mango
05:11It's good to hear you're moving back to London, lass
05:18Matthew has to stay in New York until autumn
05:20And Jonty's starting pre-prep at Easter
05:23I needed to get him home and settled
05:26Sister Julianne, I will be free for midwifery duty
05:30Should you be short-staffed
05:31We very seldom are at present
05:34Things have been remarkably quiet
05:36I have offered her a receptionist role
05:38At my new osteopathy practice on Harley Street
05:40But no dice, apparently
05:42You're only there four hours a week
05:43Nevertheless, his couch sees a constant parade of celebrities
05:47By all accounts
05:48Celebrities!
05:50Coming to you with their crooked necks
05:51I hope you're going to name names
05:53Professional discretion is my watchword
05:56Have a mince pie
05:57Fred!
06:06Have you seen the time?
06:07We're going to miss the plane
06:09The party was running late
06:10And I didn't want to disappoint the kiddies
06:12Get in the cap
06:13You can change out who's got costume on the way
06:16We'll be seen the same Wednesday
06:16Oh yeah
06:23Eden
06:27Oh, wow
06:29Toid
06:29Come on
06:30Ed
06:34Oh, yeah
06:38Oh, yeah
06:39Oh, yeah
06:40And I didn't want him
06:41Please, let me knock my hanky and put it on my head, Vi.
06:58No, we'll get you a nice, smart Panama hat as soon as we've left these parcels with the sisters.
07:06We're looking for a sign that says Hibiscus Street.
07:11Derek says it should be written in Chinese as well as English.
07:27There it is.
07:28The burning has collapsed.
07:29Stay back, please.
07:30The burning has collapsed.
07:31Please stay back.
07:32The burning has collapsed.
07:33Please stay back.
07:34The burning has collapsed.
07:35Stay back, please.
07:36The burning has collapsed.
07:37Please stay back.
07:39The burning has collapsed.
07:40Please stay back.
07:41The burning has collapsed.
07:42Please stay back.
07:43The burning has collapsed.
07:44The burning has collapsed.
07:45Stay back, please.
07:46The burning has collapsed.
07:47Please stay back.
07:48There must be fatalities.
08:13I'm sorry to intercept you, sister, but Mrs. Buckle has just telephoned from Hong Kong.
08:26It's about the branch house.
08:30How on earth can an entire building just collapse?
08:33I've never heard of anything so colonial.
08:35There were rumours that the ground in that area was unstable.
08:38But whatever the cause, it's the consequences that are truly shocking.
08:44Sister Alice and Sister David were both killed.
08:46Oh, no.
08:47Along with the doctor who worked with them.
08:49Some of the children in the nursery did not survive.
08:52Meanwhile, the maternity ward has been destroyed.
08:56The sisters are homeless.
08:57And the people who depend upon them are scattered across Kowloon.
09:01Once they have overcome this, they will need somewhere to live and carry on their work.
09:06Now, they need a doctor.
09:08They need nurses and they need midwives.
09:11In short, sister, they need us.
09:18I keep thinking we should be making Christmas trees for the carnival, not palm trees.
09:23The theme of the float is a Caribbean Christmas.
09:26There's going to be a steel band playing carols and a gospel choir.
09:31Are these the palm trees?
09:38Mm-hmm.
09:39I'm starting to think we should be making jacarandas.
09:42So, what's this letter you want to talk to me about?
09:46If ten days on the ground in Hong Kong means that we can get them through this crisis,
09:54I am more than happy to put a locum in the surgery.
09:57And, Sister Veronica, you must go.
09:59You were three years at that ranch house.
10:01You're the only one with even a glancing knowledge of the way things work out there.
10:05I will go wherever I'm told.
10:07I will do whatever I'm told.
10:09Very well.
10:10Dr. Turner will go, as will Nurse Crane, Sister Veronica, and myself.
10:17So, this man, this Mr. Fisher, who writes with an educated hand from an address in Belgravia,
10:24wants to rent this flat with immediate effect?
10:27For a period of time that he is unable to specify.
10:31For an amount that we are free to name.
10:33You'll call me ruthless if you want to.
10:36But, Pastor Robinson, what I make of it is money for the church.
10:42Running a church is always going to cost somebody something.
10:45I'll find somewhere else to lay my head for a week or two.
10:48The truth is, I'm more worried about me missing you over there
10:51than I am about me being missed over here.
10:54You were vital to everything when we were in South Africa.
10:57And I came home with Teddy on the way.
10:59Look, Timothy is quite old enough to hold the fort if you came to Hong Kong.
11:07He's home on study leave for a month.
11:09Patrick, I'm needed here.
11:15That's the last box, Miss Higgins.
11:21Dr. Elise Watkiss is our first choice for locum cover.
11:25She's young, but has excellent GP experience.
11:27I will attend to the necessary paper work.
11:30Timothy, you might call the pharmacy regarding the export forms whilst I see to this.
11:35Yes, Miss Higgins.
11:36The posters have turned out an absolute treat.
11:39I found a photo that must have been taken years ago.
11:42And you'll never guess what.
11:43You can see it clear as day now it's blown up life-size.
11:47What's that?
11:47Mom, look.
11:50Oh, it's me as a baby.
11:54Before we even knew her, I would recognize her anywhere.
12:00Come on, ladies.
12:01Dig as deep as you can.
12:02Merry Christmas.
12:04Thank you very much.
12:06Every penny counts.
12:07Don't be shy.
12:08Some of these clothes are ours, Mum.
12:18Yes.
12:18I went up into the loft and there were bags full of woolies that went back years.
12:24This was mine.
12:25I remember this.
12:27You had it when you first arrived from China.
12:29Would you rather we didn't send it off?
12:35The radio reporter says, ready when you are.
12:41Ten-year-old May Turner has a special reason for helping with the appeal today.
12:44Can you tell the listeners what it is, May?
12:47I was born there.
12:50A photograph of May, aged 12 months and held safely in the arms of a Nonnatus nun,
12:56features on posters for the rescue mission.
12:58As the Nonnatus sisters are popular, headies to help.
13:02Do you have a message for people listening, May?
13:05Please give all you can.
13:15Because...
13:16Some of the children there have nothing.
13:25Sister Hilda will be joining the Nonnatus party.
13:28Heathrow.
13:29At least that's only one plane we have to meet, Fred.
13:33Derek, you're eating the lime marmalade.
13:37I'm not going to lie to you.
13:38I've laid awake at night dreaming of this stuff.
13:41Thanks for bringing it.
13:42And the mustard.
13:43Proper taste at home.
13:44It's even got English written on the tin.
13:47Fred and I were wondering about popping over to Kowloon to see if there's anything we can take the poor sisters.
13:53Mum, Kowloon isn't the East End.
13:56Nobody pops over there.
13:58And not to that bit of it, anyway.
14:00Hibiscus Street's about as dodgy as it gets.
14:02Drugs, prostitution, smuggling.
14:04Makes you wonder why the sisters are so keen to stay there.
14:08Well, it's the same as popular, isn't it?
14:10Bad things happen.
14:11Good people sort it out.
14:12Best people in the world couldn't sort Triad out.
14:14What is Triad, Derek?
14:17Organised crime.
14:18It's invisible and it's everywhere.
14:20I got used to Tim not being here because he's at medical school.
14:27What I can't get used to is him not being here because he's in the pub.
14:33Mum and Dad.
14:36You should be in bed, Tillie Mint.
14:39We've been talking.
14:40It's very late.
14:42We've all been talking.
14:43And we all want you to go to Hong Kong, Mum.
14:46Do you?
14:48Yes.
14:48And I want you to take this.
14:55And that was confirmation that you can refer any health visitor business over to Miss Haynes at the Stepney Clinic.
15:08If I say so myself, the plan is impregnable.
15:11You, meanwhile, are the only one I trust with my Rolodex.
15:14I will guard it with my life.
15:15And Nurse Aylwood considers herself on call at any time should you require her support with any administration.
15:23I'm also available for midwifery duty.
15:25You only have to pick up the phone.
15:27It's most unlikely that it will come to that.
15:29This is a mercy mission.
15:36It's also a mercy dash and we'll be home soon.
15:39By the time we all gather here again, we will have left our friends in Hong Kong in a place of hope and of comfort and of joy.
15:51Thank you, all of you, for helping us to help them.
15:56I am reminded of spit fires streaming overhead to skies and fights.
16:24half known
16:25but undetermined
16:27we'll all be home by Christmas
16:31that was our motto
16:34in a different
16:36wall
16:36I still don't like the idea of you
16:47living in a bed seat
16:49like you'd just come off the boat
16:50it's a better bed seat than I had in those days
16:54it's got fitted carpets
16:55and hot water
16:56hold your studs
16:59get your studs
17:00come on
17:01oh
17:06you I take it a pastor C.A. Robinson
17:25of the shining tabernacle church of God
17:28and you must be Mr. Fisher
17:30please come in
17:32we got rid of the electric meter
17:38to stop the lights going out
17:40when people were testifying
17:40and this is the bedroom
17:44we put up thick curtains
17:56so the trains won't bother you in the night
17:58well the trains won't bother me
18:02at any time of day
18:03let's go
18:08let's go
18:10let's go
18:19I thought you'd be saying lords in your room, Sister Monica Joan.
18:44In Hong Kong, they will be saying the Afternoon Office, and the sum does not vary, no matter
18:56from which corner of the globe we offer up our praise.
19:01I shall raise my voice with yours and theirs.
19:07He is coming even from the north, who hath made heaven and earth.
19:15Even though someone I thought to be human, and he that he will fear not sleep.
19:26He is coming from the north, who is coming from the north, who is coming from the north.
19:45He is coming from the north, who is coming from the north, who is coming from the north.
20:02Do you think this, Dr Turner?
20:05You just have to keep your nerve.
20:08I haven't lost my nerve, Fred.
20:10I have lost sight of the van containing all of the medical supplies and the donations.
20:15I told the driver at the airport, I said they were to follow immediately behind us.
20:20I wonder what you were saying.
20:22You sounded commendably forceful.
20:24We just have to hope you said what you thought you said.
20:27If we have any problems whatsoever, my Derek has told me which police station to go to,
20:33and to use his name.
20:35That's one of our sisters.
20:50Sister Eve!
20:55I greet you in Lord Jesus Christ's name.
21:02We greet you likewise.
21:12There is much to be considered.
21:17Seven day.
21:19I have them upstairs.
21:21Sick nun.
21:22Sick children.
21:23And we could not be more grateful.
21:27Say that term Cantonese.
21:30I know.
21:32Not important.
21:33Trouble.
21:34I know also.
21:35You have trouble.
21:36Come.
21:37Help.
21:38We can't all be living here.
21:52Onward.
21:53I can hear the child crying.
21:57I can hear the child crying.
22:04I believe Sister Simon will need to go to hospital and have her wrist reset under anaesthetic.
22:10And I suspect Sister Prudence has a broken collarbone.
22:11We're going to have to stand them all down and send them for hospital treatment.
22:23When did the diarrhea start?
22:24When did the diarrhea start?
22:25Before the cough arriveder?
22:26Doctor, I know what ails me.
22:27I have tuberculosis.
22:28Are you sure?
22:29Or do you simply fear it?
22:30Miliary tuberculosis.
22:31The worst kind.
22:32Tuberculosis is so very contagious.
22:33It has spread from my lungs throughout my body.
22:35I have little time left to live.
22:36When were you diagnosed?
22:37The day the clinic collapsed.
22:40I was told by our doctor, Dr. Li.
22:41I took myself out for a while.
22:42I was told by our doctor.
22:43Dr. Li.
22:44I took myself out for a while.
22:45I know what ails me.
22:46I know what ails me.
22:47I have tuberculosis.
22:48I have tuberculosis.
22:49Are you sure?
22:50Or do you simply fear it?
22:51Miliary tuberculosis.
22:52The worst kind.
22:53Tuberculosis is so very contagious.
22:54It has spread from my lungs throughout my body.
22:57I have little time left to live.
23:00When were you diagnosed?
23:01The day the clinic collapsed.
23:04I was told by our doctor, Dr. Li.
23:07I took myself out for a walk whilst she arranged for me to go to a sanatorium.
23:14And when I returned, there was no clinic.
23:19And no doctor.
23:22And no bed in a sanatorium.
23:27And no choice but to carry on handling the children.
23:31You're kind, nurse.
23:46Just doing my job, love.
23:48At least the main treatment for preeclampsia is bed rest.
23:54Both these ladies have had that rudimentary though the beds may be.
23:59Once we've unpacked, I'll ask them to oblige me with some samples and get the dipsticks out.
24:07This is infected.
24:09I don't think it's been properly cleaned.
24:11Is it any wonder with them all huddled up here without even the barest essentials?
24:16Not to mention ignoring their own injuries.
24:19If you ask me, the sisters work miracles enough just keeping everyone alive.
24:27And now it's our turn.
24:30This place reminds me of a cash and carry.
24:32There must be a gross of tin bamboo shoots in this box.
24:37And enough soy sauce to float about with it.
24:40Do you reckon Mrs Ma would mind if we move stuff about?
24:44We'll have to ask her, Fred.
24:46I know she's a Christian convert and she has been very accommodating,
24:50but these are her premises.
24:53I need the labelled crates and medical supplies, Fred.
24:56We have to run urgent TB tests on everyone.
24:58Over here, Doc.
25:00Excellent.
25:01No.
25:06No, no, no, no.
25:09These have been forced open.
25:15It's all gone.
25:18Is that the new Vista Sanatorium?
25:21Ngoy, I have a very sick lady who requires urgent admission.
25:26Koy Hu Ben.
25:28Ngoy Sai.
25:29You have been charity itself, Mrs Ma.
25:31At our home.
25:32You took the sisters in and gave them food and shelter.
25:35Only to your rescue.
25:37You are rescue.
25:38Now you're all gone.
25:40But we have nowhere else to go.
25:43We will find a new clinic.
25:45We will find a new convent.
25:47We cannot do that today.
25:48We cannot do that today.
25:50It's not safe.
25:51Why is it not safe?
25:58You stay.
25:59Stay now.
26:00But go soon.
26:02And use back door.
26:03Knock front.
26:04The night is house.
26:05The night is house.
26:06Mid-Wolf speaking.
26:07Can I bring my wife to the maternity home, please?
26:08Of course, sir.
26:09What name is it?
26:10She says what name?
26:11Diane Mary Edgar.
26:12Diane Mary Edgar.
26:13I made myself a cup of coffee, Miss Higgins. Do you want?
26:16Uh, thank you.
26:17I generally keep myself in check until elevens is.
26:18Um.
26:19Your white coat should be hanging on the back of the door of the consulting room.
26:20Would you like me to fetch it?
26:21It's fine.
26:22I don't need it yet.
26:23Oh, sorry.
26:24How are you, Mrs?
26:25I'm sorry.
26:26Sorry, sorry.
26:27I'm sorry.
26:28I'm sorry.
26:29I'm sorry.
26:30I'm sorry.
26:31You're sorry.
26:32I'm sorry.
26:33I'm sorry.
26:34I'm sorry.
26:35I'm sorry.
26:36But I have to go.
26:37I have to go.
26:38Yes.
26:39I have to go.
26:40I have to go.
26:41I have to go.
26:42Who's?
26:43I have to go.
26:44Don't go.
26:45it yet. We've got bad coughs
26:47coming in at half past nine, in ten past
26:48ten, and at eleven, all in the over
26:50fifty age group. Have these patients
26:53been referred to the East London Chest Clinic?
26:55I'm sure they have, if Dr.
26:57Turner considers that appropriate.
26:58Excellent. I'll have
27:00a quick rummage through their notes, just to make sure.
27:03The files are through here, aren't they? They are,
27:04indeed. No fluids in the
27:06filing room, if you'd be so kind.
27:08Perfect work.
27:22You certainly know what you're doing.
27:24Oh, I feel terrible about bringing those reindeer
27:26heads. I'd have never got them finished,
27:28otherwise.
27:30Good morning. May I help you?
27:32My name's Queenie Forsythe. My daughter's in
27:34childbed. We arrived last night.
27:38That's six massive
27:40pushes I've done now.
27:42It's not budging, nurse.
27:45Let's get you back
27:46on the bed, and then I can examine
27:48you. We'll soon have a better idea
27:50of your progress. I'm telling you now
27:52there hasn't been any.
27:54This one's not playing the same game as my
27:56others.
27:56Oh, God!
27:58Oh, God!
28:00Oh, God!
28:02Oh, God!
28:04Oh, God!
28:06Good gracious! It's like the first day of the
28:18sales in here.
28:20Can we open one of those windows and let in a bit of air?
28:23How long have you been feeling that you need to push,
28:25child?
28:26I don't know!
28:27Every time they yell at me to push,
28:30I try!
28:31Five hours.
28:32Five hours she's been at it.
28:33Okay, honey.
28:36Until we know what's what,
28:37you must not push.
28:39Do you hear me?
28:40You must not push.
28:42I am not a bossy woman,
28:43but I am being bossy now.
28:48How much did your other babies weigh, Diane?
28:50Seven pound six and eight pound nine.
28:53Darren was like giving birth to a sofa.
28:55This one feels like a ruddy three-piece suite
28:57and a coffee table.
28:58I think baby might be on the bonny side,
29:02but I don't think he's read the book
29:04that tells him how to line up nicely for delivery.
29:07Doctor,
29:08could you pop across and speak to Dr. Watkins?
29:11It's R-O-T.
29:16A right occipitotransverse.
29:19And quite a big baby.
29:21But my dad, Dr. Turner,
29:23always attends
29:24in the event of any transverse position.
29:26Well, I'd better come through then.
29:30That poor girl started pushing
29:31long, long before she was ready.
29:33Has she damaged her cervix?
29:35It's not torn,
29:36but it's so swollen
29:37I can actually see it
29:38at the entrance to her vagina.
29:40No, baby's going to get through that
29:42unless we bring that swelling down.
29:45We need ice.
29:46Ice.
29:47I think I saw a refrigerator.
29:49If we don't make this work,
29:52she'll need a cesarean section.
29:54Diane, don't cry.
29:57There are all sorts of things
29:58we can do to get things moving.
30:00Would Dr. Turner
30:01try the Von Tooth's, do you think?
30:04No.
30:05He always uses forceps
30:06in a transverse position.
30:10In which case,
30:11we'll continue with trial of labour.
30:16We'll transfer you to St. Cuthbert's
30:18if we get no joy.
30:19Oh, no.
30:29Timothy, this won't do.
30:32Nenata's house.
30:33If you pursue midwives,
30:35they are all abroad.
30:37Or otherwise at large.
30:38Is there nobody there at all?
30:40Nurse Clifford
30:41has a multi-parus woman
30:43in obstructed labour.
30:44And the locum doesn't know
30:45how to use forceps.
30:46Supply the details
30:48and I will provide the advice.
30:52You're going to be grateful to me
30:53in the long run,
30:54but I'm not going to lie to you
30:56and say this ice pack
30:57is the nicest thing
30:58you ever had
30:59slip underneath your covers.
31:00Are you allowed to love things like that?
31:05I don't get the chance
31:07very often.
31:12It's freezing!
31:14Serves you right
31:15for being disrespectful.
31:16Diane, we need you
31:22head down
31:23and with your bottom
31:24in the air.
31:26This position
31:27will stretch
31:27your pelvic ligaments
31:28and give the baby
31:30enough room
31:31to adjust its head position.
31:32I hope you have that
31:33on going to foray.
31:34The best authority
31:35you can possibly imagine.
31:36Let her have a little nap.
31:42Is there anything else wrong with her?
31:44I don't think so.
31:45But Queenie,
31:46women need skilled help
31:48when they're giving birth.
31:49Especially when it's their first.
31:50Why took her to the doctor
31:51when she first knew
31:52that she'd fallen?
31:53You were up in the far north then.
31:56You should forget
31:56where you've been.
31:58I haven't decided
31:59where you're going.
31:59And besides,
32:02I went to the hospital
32:03with me last one.
32:05I wouldn't venture that again.
32:07I'll examine her.
32:09That's hope it's worked.
32:13I just want to lie down.
32:15Baby has shifted position, Diane.
32:17All we need to do now
32:19is make things with gravity.
32:23I'm going to have to push.
32:25That's all right, Diane.
32:26You give it everything you've got.
32:29This is the bit
32:30where I'm glad I did the animal.
32:35I fear verbal instructions alone
32:38would not suffice.
32:40Verbal instruction has done
32:41more than you could possibly imagine.
32:43Baby's head is beginning to crown.
32:49The swelling has gone down, Marie,
32:50but I need you to do
32:51exactly as I say.
32:53Listen to Nurse Hyland.
32:54On the next one,
32:56I want you to chill on your chest
32:57and a slow, quiet,
32:59steady push.
33:01Slow.
33:03Slow.
33:04Quiet.
33:05Steady.
33:12We've got the head.
33:16Come on.
33:17You can do it.
33:18Keep it coming.
33:20Keep it coming.
33:20Is he a boy or a girl?
33:29I'm afraid I can't tell.
33:30I've got something in my eye.
33:32I can't tell.
33:32I've got something in my eye.
33:34Can you see Sister Monica Joan?
33:38I can see every aspect
33:40of the miracle.
33:42You have a daughter.
33:43This stinging will end soon, Marie.
33:53Just breathe.
33:55Just breathe.
33:57And we have a head.
33:59Come on, honey.
34:03We also have my cornea.
34:07The midwife says
34:08we need an ambulance.
34:09Oh, God.
34:37Oh, God.
34:38Oh, God.
34:38Oh, God.
34:38You have a little boy, Marie.
34:43I'm going to hold him.
34:45All will be well, Marie.
34:47I promise you,
34:48all will be well.
34:56Oh, God.
35:00He must be baptised.
35:01Now.
35:02There will be a chaplain
35:03at the hospital, Queenie.
35:04This is his home.
35:05And he is not leaving
35:06his mother's arms
35:07until he is baptised.
35:12Well,
35:14Dr. Watkus' curriculum vitae
35:16stated very clearly
35:18she is fully trained
35:19in obstetrics.
35:21She has now revealed
35:22that in almost five years
35:23of GP practice,
35:24she has only delivered
35:25two babies,
35:26neither with any complications.
35:27That's the way it is these days.
35:30We're all trained in obs and gynae,
35:32but the expectation is
35:33that almost every baby
35:34will be born in hospital.
35:35Dr. Watkus wanted to continue
35:37trial of labour,
35:38but we couldn't countermand her
35:40because she's more senior.
35:41And next time,
35:42we may not have
35:43Sister Monica Joan to call on.
35:45Any wisdom I have
35:46was hard won
35:47in the days
35:48when there might have been
35:49no doctor to send for.
35:51We were wise
35:52out of necessity
35:53and you are skilled
35:56in your own right.
35:59Nevertheless,
36:00I will not
36:01permit this to happen again.
36:03I am sending
36:04for Nurse Elwood.
36:09Lord Jesus Christ,
36:11who took little children
36:12in your arms
36:13and blessed them,
36:15hold this infant
36:16Luke Michael
36:17in your matchless love
36:19today and always.
36:21Fill his mother and father
36:23with your peace
36:24and cherish him
36:25according to thy will.
36:29Amen.
36:31Amen.
36:40I keep thinking.
36:42May's mother was a nanny
36:43for a British service family.
36:46Is it worth asking
36:47if the army
36:48have any record of her?
36:49She would have just been
36:51cheap, casual labour.
36:55After she lost her job,
36:57she must have been desperate.
37:00And where would desperation
37:02take you in a city
37:03of this size?
37:05We have to find out.
37:08Esther Tan gave us
37:09the greatest gift
37:10we've ever had.
37:12And we can't abandon her.
37:14No, we can't.
37:24Sister Hilda?
37:26Are you lying awake
37:28for the same reason
37:28that I'm lying awake?
37:30I don't know.
37:32Well,
37:33I'm lying awake
37:34because we've flown
37:36halfway around the world
37:36on a rescue mission.
37:37And if we get thrown
37:39out of this place
37:39by Mrs. Marr,
37:41we're going to be
37:41in as much need
37:42of rescue
37:42as anyone else.
37:45The injured
37:46and the six sisters
37:48are leaving
37:49in the morning.
37:50Sister Edith
37:51to the sanatorium
37:52and the other sisters
37:53to the Roman Catholic hospital.
37:55We have orphans
37:56to care for
37:57and expectant mothers,
37:59any one of whom
37:59could have caught TB.
38:01And out in the street,
38:03there are prostitutes
38:04and addicts
38:04who will look
38:05to ask for help.
38:07I know there are,
38:08but we will pray
38:09and we will wait
38:11to see what love can do.
38:30And out in the street,
39:00I'm sorry,
39:18Miss Higgins.
39:18I've been through
39:19all of these cases
39:20and there are at least
39:20half a dozen
39:21who should be
39:21at St. Cuthbert's
39:22and not here.
39:23Well, Mr. Parry himself
39:24expressed satisfaction
39:25with our care.
39:27Good afternoon, ladies.
39:29Dr. Watkiss,
39:29I presume.
39:31Nurse Elwood.
39:32Sister Elwood,
39:33as it happens,
39:34I've accepted a promotion
39:35during the absence
39:35of Dr. Turner,
39:37under whom I've worked
39:37for 16 years
39:38ever since I qualified.
39:42So we have
39:43three mothers over 40,
39:45two gestational diabetes
39:46and Maureen Santaro,
39:48I know already.
39:49She had her first set
39:50of twins with us.
39:51Second set isn't unheard of.
39:53I've never handled
39:54a multiple pregnancy, sister.
39:55Well, this will be
39:56the first time.
39:57Dr. Watkiss and I
39:58will call ourselves
39:59cubicle one,
39:59send them all to us
40:00and we'll see how we do.
40:10Hello?
40:13Queenie!
40:14Have you brought Marie?
40:16She's still above
40:17in the hospital
40:17with the baby.
40:18He's after taking
40:19the antibiotics.
40:21She's doing grand.
40:24It's me that needs
40:26to see you.
40:26Are you expecting,
40:30Queenie?
40:30Under this coat
40:31and having me ninth.
40:34You don't shout about it
40:35when you get to my age.
40:37But I heard what you
40:39and the other nurse
40:40was saying.
40:42I need skilled help.
40:44If you want it,
40:46we'll make sure you get it.
40:47I do want it.
40:49My last was a stillborn.
40:51Even though I had it
40:52in hospital.
40:53I'm so sorry
40:55that happened
40:55to you, Queenie.
40:58But we're going
40:59to walk beside you
41:00now.
41:04I'll start by
41:05filling in your
41:05co-op card.
41:06A tin of
41:18carnation milk
41:19if you please.
41:21Ah, and
41:22a quarter of
41:24humbugs
41:25if you'll be so kind.
41:27No, no, no, no, no, no.
41:29Perhaps just two ounces.
41:30I do not consume them
41:31in any conspicuous place.
41:33You don't want them
41:34all turning sticky
41:35at the bottom of the bag.
41:36No.
41:45Oh!
41:46I thought I'd heard that.
41:48It catches.
41:51Isn't it?
41:54I think Mr. Buckle
41:56was supposed to oil it
41:57before he went away.
41:58He must have forgotten.
42:00But then I...
42:01I thought I'd
42:03imagined it.
42:10It catches.
42:13It's all very well
42:13and good complaining
42:14that all the people
42:15who can deliver babies
42:16have gone to Hong Kong.
42:17I'm more concerned
42:18that all the people
42:18who can sew
42:19have gone to Hong Kong.
42:20You're always waving
42:21your magic wand
42:22and producing costumes,
42:23Geoffrey.
42:24And no one's going
42:25to see the details.
42:26It's for a carnival.
42:27Everything's going
42:28to be moving past
42:29at speed.
42:30Well, moving past.
42:32I'm an ideas man
42:33and a contacts man.
42:35I'm not a needle
42:36and thread man
42:36and it was not my idea
42:38to dress up the midwives
42:39of Ninata's house
42:40as angels
42:41complete with
42:41ostrich feather wings.
42:43I thought we could do it
42:44with just a bit of
42:44cotton and sticking
42:45like Rosalind
42:46in our Christmas trees.
42:47They're palm trees.
42:49I heard rumors
42:50the sewing machine was out.
42:51Angela just tried
42:52on her spoon costume
42:53and ripped it.
42:54You look like
42:57you could do
42:57with a snowball, honey.
42:58Do you want
42:59some maraschino cherry
42:59in it?
43:00I'll have two.
43:01What sort of wounds
43:03have they taught you
43:03to suture
43:04at medical school?
43:05Oh, my highlights
43:06include closure
43:07of incision
43:08after two appendectomies
43:09and I did a rugby
43:11play of scalp once.
43:12Needle, thread.
43:14If you want a cocktail,
43:15you're going to have
43:15to earn it.
43:24This is not the way
43:30I intended my service
43:31to end.
43:33It's a patient
43:34in a sanatorium.
43:37You have given
43:38all you can,
43:39Sister Edith.
43:41That is enough
43:42and more.
43:43It was the children
43:44I lived for
43:45and loved the best.
43:48I remember
43:49your daughter well.
43:51May?
43:52Oh, she's 10 years old now
43:55and so many children
43:57passed through
43:58the orphanage.
44:00I took medicine
44:01to her mother, Esther.
44:07Three months ago,
44:08she was living out
44:09on Dow Street,
44:10number 122.
44:12The numbers daubed
44:13on the door.
44:16Sister Edith,
44:16do you think
44:17she might still be there?
44:19She was there once
44:20and not too long ago.
44:23Beyond that,
44:24I cannot say.
44:30Oh.
44:30The sooner we are able
44:46to move into the premises,
44:47the better it will be
44:48for the people
44:49in our care.
44:50I can even overlook
44:51the pigeon infestation
44:53for a small reduction
44:54in the rent.
44:56Down payment
44:56will be
44:572,000 Hong Kong dollars.
45:00The sisters
45:00have the funds
45:01for that
45:02and there will be
45:03ongoing support
45:04from a number
45:04of private philanthropists
45:06plus
45:07the Rotary Club
45:08of Hong Kong.
45:12Very well.
45:13We shall prepare
45:14the documentation.
45:18I'm going.
45:20Let's hope the army
45:21can help
45:21with our medical supplies.
45:24The collapse
45:24of that clinic
45:25barely made the news here.
45:26And of course,
45:27we're delighted to assist
45:28now that we know
45:29there's a res commission on.
45:30The sisters need
45:31all the help
45:31they can get, sir.
45:32It's not disinterest
45:33because buildings
45:34fall down all the time.
45:35It's avoidance
45:36because it's going
45:37to happen more and more.
45:39Everybody knows that
45:40and there's nothing
45:40we can do.
45:41Because of the overcrowding?
45:42Because they just
45:43keep building upwards
45:44on insecure foundations.
45:46One misplaced mudslide
45:48could obliterate Kowloon.
45:50At least we can improve
45:51on the human side
45:51of things.
45:54Morning, Major.
45:55Morning, Corporal.
45:56I'm coming
45:57with my best party manners
45:58and a begging bowl.
46:12Really, it's extraordinarily
46:14kind of you
46:15to accompany us,
46:16Mrs. Buckle.
46:20I thought it may be
46:22necessary to tell
46:23untruths, sister.
46:25And I thought
46:25if that was the case
46:27then better me
46:28than you.
46:29Mrs. Buckle,
46:30have you told
46:31untruths?
46:32No!
46:34I may have slightly
46:35preempted
46:36one or two realities
46:37although I'm sure
46:38the Rotary Club
46:39will be
46:40the only two leads
46:41to opt their support.
46:43Once I make contact
46:45and explain
46:46the situation.
46:47I don't even ask
46:48about the private
46:49philanthropists.
46:51One of them is me.
46:53And I'm sure
46:54there will be others.
46:55It's not just the
47:13TB kits
47:13and penicillin
47:14I'm grateful
47:15to the Major for.
47:16It's use of the
47:17Army labs
47:17for processing
47:18the tests.
47:20So well and good
47:22to sister
47:22seven faith in God.
47:23But I reckon
47:26the military
47:26beat him
47:27every time.
47:28The military
47:29is certainly
47:29better organised.
47:31Well I suppose
47:31they have to be
47:32the same as the police
47:32especially with all
47:33this triad malarkey.
47:36Just like the
47:37Kray Twins
47:38and then some.
47:39I've stitched
47:40wounds inflicted
47:41by the Kray Twins.
47:43But they never
47:44bothered us.
47:45More Nonata's house.
47:47In fact
47:48the sisters
47:48were revered.
47:50I don't reckon
47:51the triad
47:51revered the sisters
47:52here.
47:53If they did
47:54they would
47:54help them.
47:55I think you're
47:55right.
47:57You know
47:57violence
47:59there it says
48:00there's somebody
48:01triad
48:02in every street
48:03that people
48:04have to answer
48:04to or pay.
48:06And Mrs.
48:07Ma is living
48:08in fear
48:08of someone.
48:09I'm searching
48:20for a young lady
48:21called Esther Tang.
48:23She used to live
48:24at this address
48:25and has a young boy
48:27about the same age
48:28as this little one.
48:29I wonder if you
48:37or your wife
48:38might know
48:39where she moved to?
48:41She has gone.
48:42She will not return.
48:49Miss?
48:49Miss?
48:51Esther left
48:51one week ago.
48:53Did she say
48:54where she was going?
48:55She was sick
48:56and she was afraid.
48:58Don't look for her
48:59please.
49:00Can I ask your name?
49:03Grace
49:04don't look.
49:06Have yourself
49:21a merry little Christmas
49:24Let your heart
49:26be lost
49:27From now on
49:30our troubles
49:31will be out of sight
49:33Merry Christmas
49:34Merry, merry Christmas
49:36Have yourself
49:38a merry little Christmas
49:41Make the yuletide gay
49:44From now on
49:47our troubles
49:48will be miles away
49:50All your troubles
49:51will turn into bubbles
49:53Once again
49:55as in olden days
49:57Happy golden days
50:00of yore
50:02Faithful friends
50:04who are dear to us
50:05Gather near to us
50:08Once more
50:09Joyce
50:17Trixie's supposed to be
50:18doing our make-up
50:19but there's no sign of her
50:20She's not the only one
50:21who knows what to do
50:22with a bit of eye shadow
50:23And if she doesn't turn up on time
50:25our float is leaving without her
50:27Isn't it going to look a bit feeble
50:29with just the three of us?
50:30We are midwives
50:32Not the four horsemen
50:33or the apocalypse
50:34Pack, pack, pack
50:36You are all to visit the toilets
50:38now
50:39and come straight back here
50:41as soon as you have
50:43washed your hands
50:44Now Harry
50:46who has arrived from university
50:48just in time
50:49to help us tonight
50:50is now going to hand out
50:52cough candy
50:53to help us all
50:53with our singing
50:55We're going to be late
50:57Geoffrey
50:58If you were content with boarding a carnival float
51:12wearing improperly attached angel wings
51:15well I can assure you
51:16I wasn't
51:17Oh for pity's sake
51:19putting this pram
51:20through snow
51:21is like
51:21dicing with insanity
51:23What's that?
51:25Is it a walking stick?
51:27Oh
51:28It's actually rather elegant
51:30I think it's got a
51:30solid silver top
51:32Oh no no
51:34Sis
51:34I know this
51:35This belongs to one of my
51:37Harley Street patients
51:38Maurice Templemore
51:39He was an enormous film star
51:41when the Torkis first came out
51:42What's it doing here in Poplar?
51:44Also if there's one thing I do know
51:46if you find a walking stick
51:47lying on the ground
51:48you're likely to find
51:50its owner nearby
51:50and lying in a similar position
51:52Sir?
51:53No
51:54Maurice Templemore
51:55cannot be in Poplar
51:57I doubt he even knows
51:58where Poplar is
51:59he must have been burgled
52:00Sir?
52:02Sir?
52:03Are we
52:03here?
52:09I'm terribly sorry
52:10I seem to have rather
52:11overstretched myself
52:13Thank you
52:15Mr. Templemore
52:16Please don't call me that
52:18Not here
52:27Thank you
52:53Thank you
52:54Merry Christmas.
53:19What are you doing in this insalubrious part of town?
53:22You're in the same insalubrious part of town.
53:25You're not well.
53:27I know that because you said so when I was sorting out your fibrositis.
53:31A blood disorder, you told me.
53:34What kind of blood disorder?
53:36A malignant one.
53:38But I didn't tell him that.
53:42I was born in this flat when the paper shop was a greengrocer.
53:52My father came all the way from Russia straight off the boats.
53:57What he knew was beets and turnips and so he made a life from that.
54:03And you made a life out of different things entirely?
54:05Yes.
54:06Little Manny Fisher became Maurice Templemore.
54:11New York, Hollywood, and then home.
54:15Well, London's West End instead of the East End and a life of comfortable obscurity.
54:26But everyone had gone.
54:30Your family had gone.
54:35Here, here.
54:45All manner of humanity that I once loved had gone.
54:50So I'd come home to die.
54:52Mr. Templemore, you live in Belgravia.
54:54Not anymore.
54:56And I'm no longer Mr. Templemore.
55:00There I truly was.
55:06He needs medical care, sis.
55:09And I'll arrange that in the morning.
55:11But at this precise moment in time, we have a carnival to catch.
55:14Woo.
55:15Come on.
55:16I used to meet the...
55:19I used to meet the...
55:20I used to meet the...
55:21Oh, no.
55:24No.
55:25A baby.
55:26Left to be found.
55:27Oh.
55:28Oh, oh.
55:29Oh.
55:30Oh.
55:31Oh.
55:32Oh.
55:33Oh.
55:34Oh.
55:35Oh.
55:36Oh.
55:37Oh.
55:38Oh.
55:39Oh.
55:40Oh.
55:41Oh.
55:42Oh.
55:43Oh.
55:44Oh.
55:45God, in the cold, looks to have been chewed through.
55:55Oh God.
55:57Oh God.
55:59Oh my.
56:02Oh baby.
56:04Oh.
56:04Oh.
56:05Oh.
56:06It's okay.
56:09Oh my God.
56:11WIRE NATIONER.
56:13what do you mean we can't have a house on half lotus street we have the keys and we have paid
56:38the deposit it is not suitable it's extremely suitable and we can move there immediately with
56:44the children and our adult patients the man who owns the building say no give me the keys
56:50if we are to return them it can only be in exchange for the money we have paid
57:02give me the keys
57:07keys
57:11esther is a very very important person to our family it's as though they have both vanished
57:22throw it a circuit only doctors deliver my forceps everyone's bringing a bottle
57:27run by a crook who calls himself the cormorant a gangster of the worst kind mr fred and the doctor
57:35i'm trouble
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