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00:00Sugar and lemon again.
00:01What do they eat them with in America?
00:03Maple syrup.
00:04And sometimes, bacon.
00:07That continent is a cauldron of all perversities.
00:11I think it sounds quite delicious.
00:14We could experiment with spam and treacle we have both in the cupboard.
00:18If that is how you would like to celebrate passing your exams, you have only to say.
00:24It's wonderful news, lass.
00:26Welcome to our profession.
00:30Wonderful work.
00:35That's wonderful work, Mancine.
00:37You forget how much it already has.
00:40Oh, Steve.
00:41Steve.
00:43Stevenson!
00:45I'm leaving.
00:46When you do the solicitor's office, they don't like the pine disinfectant in the toilet.
00:52You have to use the lemon!
00:54I'm supposed to be doing her cleaning shit fire.
00:56Do you have to leave now, Mr Drummond?
00:58This baby's about to be born!
01:06Oh, Reggie, love!
01:08You've even sliced the lemons.
01:10Aren't you good?
01:11I thought it would speed things up.
01:13Well, no-one ought to be kept waiting on pancake day.
01:15Oh, good on you.
01:18You've been practising your new money.
01:22It's easier than olden money.
01:24Now, that is what the government told us when they said that we were going decimal.
01:29Although, two weeks in, I don't think they've convinced a single shopkeeper.
01:34You have a little girl, Maxie.
01:52Another girl?
01:54We got another girl.
01:56I thought you wanted a boy.
01:57What?
01:59Never.
02:00Never, ever.
02:13Can I kiss her?
02:18Go on.
02:19I'll kiss you first.
02:38Razzleine!
02:39Oh, I didn't knock.
02:41I thought it was too late.
02:42The pancake batter's been standing all evening.
02:45I was listening for the sound of your bike wheel.
02:49Cyril, I'm in my uniform.
02:51And you're in your slippers.
02:55Good delivery.
02:56Actually, it was inspiring.
03:01Oh, good girls bang on time.
03:05Oh, that's nice, isn't it, Christopher?
03:09Lovely kisses to start the day.
03:14He's getting better from having his kidney removed, isn't he?
03:17Yes.
03:18And we'll find out when he starts his chemotherapy soon.
03:22Girls, don't forget the rota for wiping round the sink in the downstairs bathroom.
03:27We need to be extra careful of germs.
03:31All Teddy ever does is feed the rabbit.
03:33That's because chores need to be assigned to people I can trust.
03:38Patrick, are you up yet?
03:41The coffee's on.
03:43Brendan.
03:44I'm on district duty for the rest of the week.
03:46We need a thorough review of all our diabetic patients.
03:50Sister Catherine, in honour of your first day as a fully qualified midwife,
03:54I have assigned you the antenatal round.
03:58Entirely solo, unsupervised and independent.
04:03I hope you've eaten a hearty breakfast, honey.
04:06You'll be riding that bike for miles.
04:08I've just added Thelma Cutler at 8 Lowman Street to your list.
04:11That poor lady who was sick on the floor in clinic.
04:15Six months along and her nausea is intractable.
04:18It's rare, but I think the poor lass might be stuck with it for the duration.
04:22District nurse.
04:46Mr Kingsley, I found this little scamp halfway down the stairs to the street.
04:54Come here.
04:55Oh, Terence.
04:57If you keep doing this, I'm going to get you a collar and lead, huh?
05:01Mr Kingsley, it's February.
05:04It's cold.
05:05He needs more on than one sock and a vest.
05:08What is that child doing up at the window?
05:14She likes looking down, seeing what's going on.
05:18Edna!
05:20I actually came from Dr Turner's practice
05:23to make sure that everything was up to date with your diabetes medication.
05:28We haven't seen you for a while.
05:29No, I'm under the hospital.
05:31I'm a serious case.
05:32Edna!
05:33Hello, nurse.
05:38Mrs Kingsley, I didn't know you were expecting a gun.
05:42Do you have any clothes for these children?
05:46Loads.
05:48Just need to sort the washing out.
05:49Hello, midwife's calling.
06:04It's on the latch.
06:11Poor love.
06:12There's nothing to bring up.
06:14It's just bile.
06:16I'm not calling.
06:17It's just...
06:18Oh, it's watering.
06:19I'm not crying.
06:24You don't have to be brave all the time, Thelma.
06:28Sometimes it's all right to say this is hard.
06:30And it's hard.
06:32I remember flushing my contraceptive pills down the toilet
06:35when we decided to start trying for a baby.
06:40I feel like I've done nothing but stare down that toilet ever since.
06:45Bed and a washing-up bowl are probably better.
06:47I've got another three bags of this.
06:58Yeah.
07:00Yeah.
07:01I've got the office.
07:03to attend clinic and you need to get your home ready for the new arrival. Got it ready
07:09for the last arrival, still got the cotton bottles and everything. Yeah, hair brushed,
07:17lippy on. That better? Sometimes getting dressed and ready to face the day is half the battle.
07:25Felt like a battle since we lost our oldest. You've had a lot to come back from, Edna.
07:33What I would advise is... I don't need advice from someone at the Ark.
07:41The father's not doing his daily urine tests and that flap reeks to high heaven. An army of lice on
07:49all four kiddies and the eldest should have been in school. Faye Marie, born November 1965. And there
07:57was that little boy who died when they were at a different practice. I'm afraid we've missed St
08:02Cuthbert's Diabetic Clinic for this week, Doctor. Would you like to assess Mr Kingsley yourself?
08:06Yes, as soon as possible. I haven't seen Faye or Nicky for two years. And there are gaps in
08:12their record before that. We'd better tell social services. Go on through. They're all in there.
08:19Oh, come on in, nurse. We're just having a women's lib meeting. You don't mind me getting on with things
08:25while I'm feeding, do you? Oh, no, not at all. But once baby's finished
08:28on the breast, I will need to examine you. Fair enough. Take a pew. Go on. You can join us.
08:36It doesn't matter if we're supported or derided on the women's march through London. The most important
08:41thing is that we are seen and we are heard. Does derided mean made fun of? Yes, but it can also mean
08:47dismissed or belittled. Women have been put down since time immemorial and we aren't going to put up with it
08:52anymore. We want to get that on a placard. You might have to make it a bit shorter.
08:58And the point me and all the other women on the Cleaners Association want to make,
09:02placards or no placards, is that we want equal rights, equal status and equal pay. Which is why
09:10we are all going to be marching shoulder to shoulder through London.
09:16Thelma seems to be living on bits of toast and boiled sweets, Doctor,
09:21and she can scarcely keep those down. If she ends up clinically dehydrated,
09:25we'll send her to St Cuthbert's. I've not seen many cases of true hyperemesis,
09:32but every time it's the lowest I've ever seen a pregnant woman brought, mentally as well as
09:38physically. There's not really any medication for it, is there? Not after thalidomide.
09:43There will never be any medication for it after thalidomide.
09:49A political meeting at the bedside of a newly delivered mother. I'm amazed she had the energy.
09:55It was as though all the women were getting energy from each other. I've never seen anything like it.
10:00They even gave us some homework. Show them your book, child.
10:04The Female Eunuch by Germaine Brier. What a very striking cover. What I want to know is,
10:12where do they come from? All these educated ladies campaigning side by side with cleaners from the
10:18East End. I think mostly hamstered, although there's no doubt the movement's spreading. Women of all
10:24classes have always been involved in women's advancement. My granny used to finish a factory
10:29shift in Paisley and go out campaigning. Will you come on the march with Joyce and I, Phyllis?
10:39Perhaps I should come to the meeting. I've no objection to finding out more. I think that's
10:45extremely public-spirited. The sisters and I look forward to hearing all about it.
10:54You forgot the knit lotion. I'm sorry. I must have got distracted putting a new diabetes kit together
11:10for Mr. Kingsley. I deal with him myself, but I've two new cases of Venus also. And I think the family
11:17as a whole might respond better to a younger person. Thank you.
11:25So, the projected budget details are in the blue folder, but we're still missing the sign returns
11:30from the Board of Health. I'm afraid you've drawn a dreadfully short straw. I have assigned myself
11:35nursery duties in the maternity home for delicious little newborns, including twins.
11:42I'll be down at feeding time, and we agreed that secular staff make better inroads with the council.
11:47Go. Leave me to get on.
11:57Honey, I'm the nurse. Are your mum and dad at home?
12:01The form is secret. There is nothing to fear
12:04from completing. What are you doing with those pills? These are saccharine tablets. I've
12:11put them in your tea. What are you doing with them, child?
12:15Is that all you have to eat?
12:22Your daughter should be at school, and all of your children are hungry. They need to be deloused,
12:38but first they need to be fed. Who gave you leave to come in here and start shouting odds,
12:43huh? My wife has been diagnosed with depression. I'm going to go to the corner shop and buy a loaf,
12:49some margarine and some jam. And when I get back, we're going to discuss our plan of action.
12:58I'm calling on behalf of Nunata's house, Hendy Street, with regard to our projected budget from
13:03June of this year. Please hold for a moment. Of course.
13:06Would that be my friend, Lady Aylward? Yes. I wasn't expecting to be put through to you,
13:15Dr Threpwood. I asked to be connected directly, should you call. I feel I should forewarn you of
13:21certain developments. Now? It would be expedient to meet within the week.
13:30Come in. Nurse Hyland.
13:32Mr. Kingsey refused to cooperate with their diabetes protocols, and I'm taking the children to the
13:40cleansing station. There's no way of heating water in that flat, and I think the youngest has scabies,
13:46as well as lice. I'd better take a look at them. Come on.
13:49Where? I know.
13:52This belly aches worse than the sickness, sister. If I could just go. Go properly. You know what I mean.
14:04If you're dehydrated, that might well lead to constipation. But I'll have a feel of your tummy,
14:09just to make sure things are as they should be. I'll be back.
14:13I am putting in a complaint as soon as I get back to the surgery. That cleansing station needs to be
14:25open at all times, not on request or by appointment. I've never seen a family in a worse state than this.
14:31I've thought that so many times.
14:37May I come in?
14:44Have your bowels moved at all, Selma?
14:46I'm going to get you back to bed with a hot water bottle. Then I'm calling Dr. Turner.
14:59There's nothing you can give me. Don't waste his time.
15:01The surgery is three minutes walk away, and we won't be wasting his time if we ask him to pop
15:07round and rule out early labour. We need to take care of you, Selma, and your baby.
15:13I wish there was no baby sometimes.
15:34We're going to have to get them taken into care. It may take a few days to implement, but
15:39this is a clear case of neglect. I think it's worse than neglect.
15:44There's bruises on the backs of the children, and I need you to look between Nikki's toes.
15:51I think there's a cigarette burn there.
15:53something's moving to the toilet. Can I see you?
16:11What's the baby?
16:18Yes, sweetheart, it was.
16:26Don't look.
16:32Sweetheart, we need to get you up.
16:33It's all right, Selma. I'm with you.
16:49I'm going to leave you, but only for a moment. I need to fetch my bag.
17:00I'm afraid I always fear the worst when Dr. Threepwood starts taking an interest in our fortunes.
17:05All I could do was arrange to meet him at his office next week.
17:11Baby, 28 weeks gestation delivered into the toilet.
17:16I'm afraid I always fear the worst when Dr. Threepwood starts taking an interest in our fortunes.
17:20All I could do was arrange to meet him at his office next week.
17:27Baby, 28 weeks gestation delivered into the toilet. Still breathing.
17:31Dr. Turner? Dr. Turner?
17:33He was breathing.
17:35What's happened?
17:36Premature baby, six months gestation.
17:39Get the flying squad.
17:40Sweetie, whose baby is it?
17:42Thelma Cutler, 8 Lombard Street.
17:44Colonel Wathrow.
17:47Yes. The infant is still showing signs of life.
17:52The centre is still searched.
17:55The skin. The skin is like tissue paper.
18:00We've lost respiration.
18:04Come on. Come on, little warrior.
18:06It's all right, Thelma. Everything's going to be all right.
18:17Where did his discovery go?
18:19She took your baby to the maternity home, Thelma.
18:23Because he was dead?
18:23No. Because it's alive.
18:29Is it a boy or a girl?
18:31I don't know.
18:32We're taking it to Imperial Hospital.
18:37It's the only place in London with any expertise when they're this early.
18:41And this small.
18:42We haven't weighed him.
18:44Weight was the least of our consent.
18:46Fingers crossed it survives the journey across town.
18:48Blue lights all the way.
18:50It is a little boy.
19:02I wouldn't generally advise taking the bull by the horns in such a way in Nurse Highland.
19:16But in this case, it's as well you did.
19:18It's the indifference that angers me.
19:21The indifference and the laziness.
19:23As well as the cruelty.
19:25Life is more of a struggle for some people than it is for others.
19:30We're fortunate.
19:32Our struggle is only with our feelings.
19:47Good afternoon, Mr Kingsley.
19:48Have you got my kids?
19:49Your children are all here.
19:51They have been receiving hygiene treatment.
19:53We're taking them home.
19:54I suggest you come inside and speak to Sister Veronica.
19:57As a health visitor, she is the best person to advise.
20:00As a father, I'm best placed to advise the lawyer.
20:04You do not have the right to enter private premises in this manner.
20:08And you do not have the right to abduct my children.
20:12Edna.
20:13Edna.
20:15Nurse Highland brought your children here because they were in desperate need of bathing.
20:19And now we have found bruises that will have to be explained.
20:23You'll have to prove they weren't inflicted here.
20:25Huh?
20:26I know the way your sort operate and we know our rights.
20:30Edna.
20:40Come on.
20:43Ed.
20:45Come.
20:45And thank you, Eleanor, for reminding us that women are not just discriminated against
21:00in the professional field.
21:01They are also discriminated against at home.
21:06The time has come for us to declare our self-respect and to claim a full identity.
21:11And to get equal pay for equal work.
21:14Yeah.
21:15Yeah.
21:15Equal work.
21:19Before we move on to discussing the logistics of the march,
21:22Maxine will highlight the things we're going to do to publicise it.
21:26Namely, the one-day strike on Saturday and the exhibition of bra burning.
21:30First, I'd like to open the meeting to the floor in case anyone has anything to say.
21:34I would like to say two things.
21:37Thank you very much to the Women's Liberation Movement and it's high time.
21:41I would like to say thank you too.
21:49To the women who welcomed me around this table tonight.
21:52To the women who showed me that this fight is necessary.
21:55And to the women who I will stand with when we shout this from the rooftops.
22:13Enter.
22:16You need not concern yourself with your attire.
22:20The Lord gave you those dresses and if they are his delight they do not offend me.
22:29I have prepared you a beverage out of concern for the day you have endured.
22:47But I find I have left it in the kitchen.
22:52I'm happy just to have your company.
22:56It was a terrible day.
22:59I have seen its like many times.
23:04An infant lost or maimed or not shaped well.
23:13I keep turning it over and over again in my mind.
23:19Did I do all I should have done?
23:21Did I do anything to make things worse?
23:25I recall that unabating voice.
23:30The doubt that pursues you home and seeks to be your bedfiller.
23:35But say this to yourself.
23:40Tonight, a child breathes.
23:44Tonight, a mother lives.
23:47Tomorrow, you will resume your tasks.
23:54But what is my task now?
23:56The child is born.
24:00It has arrived.
24:02But the mother is still on the journey.
24:06And you must bring her home.
24:09I've never once doubted the importance of female solidarity.
24:17But for women of my age, it went unspoken.
24:20If we'd had a motto, it would have been deeds, not words.
24:23If we had a war to be getting on with.
24:25But even in the war, too many women were forced into limiting roles
24:31because of damaging stereotypes.
24:33That's why burning bras is so important.
24:35It's about the rejection of frivolity.
24:38A good bra is a very practical item and not frivolous at all.
24:44Trixie, tell me you're not going to be joining in with all that carry-on.
24:47Well, perhaps not with my current bras.
24:49I bought them at a New York lingerie department.
24:52But definitely something from my back catalogue.
24:55You were quite quiet in the meeting, Joyce.
25:00Didn't you enjoy it?
25:01I go quiet when I think.
25:03And I was doing a lot of thinking.
25:05So was I.
25:06I kept thinking, my husband had the power to run our finances into the ground without telling me.
25:13My husband beat me so badly, I left him without telling him.
25:17But what I learned tonight is that it's not what men have done to us that matters.
25:22It's what we do as women going forward.
25:26Left I can't argue with.
25:37And that's it.
25:38We're ready for your outing.
25:40Shoes on, coats at the ready, and I've got your washing up bowl.
25:45I don't need it, Kev.
25:46I haven't been sick since yesterday.
25:49I keep trying to picture the baby.
25:51I never even saw his face.
25:54The sooner we get you to the hospital, the sooner you can have a proper look.
25:58You'll feel better then, I promise you.
26:06I can't believe the ideas women's liver are coming up with.
26:10A one-day strike.
26:11We'll draw attention to the march at a local level and give women who can't attend the
26:16chance to demonstrate their views.
26:17They tried it last year in America.
26:19Women withdrew their labour right across the country.
26:21No cooking, no ironing, no childcare.
26:24And there were no reports of any deaths.
26:28Prescriptions signed by Dr. Turner, all present and correct.
26:32Oh, thank you.
26:33We're very low on pethidine.
26:35And Mrs. Kumar's penicillin was becoming urgent.
26:37It's good of you when you're so busy.
26:40Well, I might be a lady of leisure tomorrow if I join in with this strike.
26:44Will you be participating?
26:46No, Mrs. Turner.
26:47I've decided to forego the pleasure.
26:50Why is that?
26:51Because I come from a generation of women that got on with it.
26:55No histrionics, no sloganeering, and our foundation garments stayed intact.
27:07Baby weighed in at exactly two pounds and a half an hour.
27:10We've had a couple of two-pounders do very well the past year.
27:13The doctors here are very skilled, learning all the time.
27:18What's with the play paint?
27:19I think those are the transistorised monitors.
27:23There's one attached to every incubator.
27:25If a baby stops breathing or there's a problem with the heartbeat, an alarm goes off.
27:30That's correct.
27:32Here he is, baby Cutler.
27:34We can update the labels once you've picked a Christian name.
27:39We liked James, didn't we?
27:41James Kevin or James Paul.
27:45Look at him, Thelma. He's beautiful.
27:48He's gorgeous.
27:51Baby Smith has collapsed.
27:56She needs a chair.
27:59I can't look at him. I'm sorry.
28:01It's all right, Thelma.
28:02You only gave birth yesterday.
28:05What did I give birth?
28:08It was nothing that felt like a contraction.
28:11I didn't even realise that I pushed.
28:14My body just...
28:17...let go of him.
28:20I failed.
28:21You didn't fail.
28:22You were valiant throughout your whole pregnancy.
28:26It wasn't even a whole pregnancy.
28:31God, it doesn't even look like a baby.
28:35It's my fault.
28:38It's my fault because I said that I wish that there was one.
28:40But baby James is doing well.
28:48Oh, Lady Aylwood.
28:50What an unexpected pleasure.
28:51Are you looking for anything in particular?
28:53Yes, support for the Women's Liberation March on March the 6th.
28:58Oh, women's lib.
29:00Would you want me as Violet Buckle Haberdasher or me in my mayoral robes?
29:06Either or both.
29:07Violet Buckle Haberdasher is a highly successful businesswoman
29:11and the mayor of Tower Hamlets is a trailblazing female politician.
29:17But I never thought of myself as liberated.
29:20Probably because you've been too busy.
29:22It's not necessarily men holding women back, Violet.
29:26But if we don't stand shoulder to shoulder with each other,
29:29we're never going to realise just how strong we are.
29:31I'll come, but only as myself.
29:35The Alderman might object if I wear the mayoral chain.
29:41What happened to your moped?
29:48It fell foul of budgetary cuts.
29:51Do you need to brief me on anything before we head in?
29:55The gap in their records is because they were out of the area when their son died.
29:59I've telephoned Gwynedge, but we still don't know what happened.
30:05It's nice to see the children eating a cooked meal at lunchtime, Edna.
30:08Well, Faye gets a hot dinner at school and I want you to see I'm not incompetent.
30:12Social services are not your enemy.
30:15We're here to help.
30:16Especially with the children.
30:18You were meant to help when Martin died.
30:21Hm?
30:22Fat lot of you she were then.
30:24Ian, do you want to tell us what happened to Martin?
30:27He had a fit.
30:29That's all. Babies have fits all the time.
30:31Martin wasn't a baby. He was four and a half.
30:34You're just setting a trap.
30:36Nobody's setting a trap.
30:37But we do need to understand why there are injuries on your children.
30:41Then look at how we can help you get back on your feet as a family.
30:44We've heard that before.
30:45When they took the kids away from us.
30:47After Martin died.
30:48Took us six months to get them back.
30:52You are not having them this time.
30:54You are not having them this time.
30:55You are not having them this time.
31:01Blessed are the midnight riders
31:05who are in the shadow of God they sleep.
31:15Blessed are the huddled hikers
31:19staring out at falling rain.
31:22Wondering at the retribution
31:27in their personal acquaintance with pain.
31:38Blessed are the blood relations
31:42of the young ones who have died.
31:46Who had not the time or patience
31:50to carry on with this earthly life.
32:01Rain will come and winds will blow
32:05while deer die in the mountain snow.
32:09Towards the beat of heaven's fall.
32:13Ticking away like a little clock.
32:16Just the way I like to hear it.
32:18You have obviously been doing everything right.
32:21Not many people say that sort of thing to me.
32:24Edna, doctor and I were wondering if you'd like to come and have a look at the ward and
32:28deliver your own work.
32:29Oh, we thought you'd like to mull over having the baby with us
32:31instead of at St Cuthbert's.
32:33I've decided against St Cuthbert's now.
32:36I'm having a home birth.
32:38This is your sixth pregnancy, Edna.
32:40And you just tell me I've been doing everything right.
32:42I'm not spending one night away from our kids.
32:45This will be a home birth, so you best get that in your reds.
32:48I used to work as a paediatric nurse, sister.
33:00And I know the quest to heal can cause terrible suffering.
33:04Baby James was born at 28 weeks.
33:06He is considered viable.
33:08But what does viable mean?
33:10Does it mean he'll go home as a happy, healthy baby?
33:14Or could he be brain damaged and blind?
33:17We're working to regulate the amount of oxygen these babies receive.
33:21And we know too much can affect their eyesight.
33:24Sister Wilmot, do you share that information with the parents?
33:28We tell the parents what they need to know when they have to make decisions.
33:33James' mother is in no fit state to make any decision.
33:37She struggles to even believe he is her child.
33:41And without that bond, how can she choose what's right?
33:45Sometimes the parents don't choose.
33:47Sometimes the problems overwhelm the babies and they simply declare themselves.
33:52We can't help them all.
33:55But you can help the mothers.
33:57Or at least, you could help me to help this one.
34:00I'm sorry, Mr. Robinson.
34:04Sister Veronica has left for her district visits.
34:08The Kingsley family's case notes have come through.
34:10I have more details on the death of Martin.
34:13Good.
34:13I don't like having a child merely marked as deceased in our records.
34:18It seems to speak of want of care.
34:21Martin died of oxygen deprivation from a seizure that was only witnessed by his parents.
34:29The post-mortem noted old bruises on his upper arms and back,
34:34and a cigarette burn was found between his toes.
34:36Were the parents ever charged?
34:38No, they were not.
34:40There was thought to be insufficient evidence of child battery or neglect,
34:43and the police fell back on a compassionate approach.
34:45Will surveillance of the family increase now?
34:49It's ten past five on a Friday.
34:52But yes, it will.
34:55Hands through the portholes.
34:57Like that.
34:58Excellent.
35:00And then just clean his little face with the damp cotton wool.
35:04Warren feels sore with that big blaster on it.
35:08I swear he's smiling.
35:10It's like his lips just turned up a little bit at the corners.
35:12Stand back, you stop breathing.
35:25That's the three of us, often ready for our big adventure.
35:29Sister Veronica will collect Christopher.
35:32She's going to read to him from some Cantonese storybooks.
35:35Oh, that's great.
35:36Teddy and me are going to do an airfix model.
35:39But we're on strike, Patrick.
35:40In preparation for the Women's March next Saturday.
35:43And I'm all for it.
35:45Some of the newspaper coverage has been really thought-provoking.
35:49But, Daddy, you need to do the ironing and washing.
35:52I was in the army.
35:54Ironing holds no fears.
35:57Have you left us a casserole or something?
35:59That's not how women's strike works.
36:02What's this, Viya?
36:09It's Hurst.
36:10It's a list of everything that I usually do on a Saturday and Sunday
36:13in order to keep this household on the straight and narrow.
36:16But it starts with, run a haberdasher shop.
36:19And then it says, batch bake.
36:21And then it says, clean all the shoes.
36:24And then it says, and my handbags.
36:26I mean, how do you fit all this in an afternoon?
36:28You've got more handbags than the Queen Mum.
36:32I do your shoes.
36:33Then I do my shoes and my bags while the batch bakes in the oven.
36:38Why do you think I close the shop at four o'clock at weekends?
36:42A home and a family do not run themselves, Fred Buckle.
36:46But I can't run the haberdasheries.
36:48I don't know the names of all the different types of elastic.
36:52And people come in and ask for, um, female things.
36:57I'll stick with the paper shop.
36:59Cyril's running the paper shop.
37:01He's strongly in support of feminist ideals.
37:04I'm sorry we're having to do this here.
37:14I do need to ask you a few questions about bleeding.
37:17And what goes on in the bathroom.
37:20But we can do that before Kevin gets back with the tea.
37:25Kevin keeps pushing me to agree to give James a tracheotomy.
37:29I have the consultant said it's for the best.
37:32They've said it's best for his chance of survival.
37:37How do we know it's the best thing for him?
37:39A tracheotomy will prevent James from suffering so many collapses, Thilma.
37:46They'll cut into his throat from the outside
37:48and stick a plastic nozzle in.
37:51They'll have to breathe through his neck.
37:54How's that better?
37:57Why is it better to just keep him surviving?
37:59Even if he may never see.
38:02Even if his brain is going to be damaged.
38:05We don't know any of those things are going to happen, Thilma.
38:07And we don't know that they won't.
38:12You know more than me, Sister Catherine.
38:14But when it comes to a baby like James,
38:18nobody knows anything.
38:19Hey, keep it up.
38:31There's probably a cub badge for potato peeling.
38:35It's taking you an hour to do two shirts.
38:39Trixie, you made it.
38:50Yes.
38:50Jaunty's nanny said she'd go on strike next week instead.
38:53We worked out between us.
38:55Compromise is power.
38:57Are you sure that's right?
38:58When I have arguments, I like to win them.
39:00Oh, Mrs. Turner, you are quite the dark horse.
39:03Who ever invented new pence, wants hanging.
39:12I've had to charge people in decimal for things that I'm measuring in yards,
39:15and that's before you start talking about two-ply wool and press studs.
39:19Oh, Flamin' Nora!
39:29Flamin' scones!
39:32Being a man is terrible.
39:45What happened?
39:46She fell out the window.
39:49Where are parents?
39:51I don't know.
39:52Do you know the child, sir?
39:53Yes.
39:54I'm a social worker.
39:59Excuse me, love.
40:01You haven't got such a thing as a compact mirror, have you?
40:05I'm sorry, it's not a thing I generally carry around.
40:08I suppose not.
40:09I've got five minutes before a photographer arrives.
40:12Me and my Nina are going to be in the papers.
40:15We're taking her home.
40:1614 months we've been in here.
40:1914 months.
40:21She must have been in the wars.
40:22Not half.
40:23Born at 28 weeks, bowel surgery, tracheotomy.
40:27They thought she had a brain bleed.
40:29Now all we're waiting for is a set of ankle splints and we're off.
40:33Is my lippy all right?
40:34For the photograph.
40:37It's a bit smudged here.
40:38Oh, Tal, I owe you a favour.
40:43I told the consultant you'll need a statement, but he confirmed that Fay has a fractured
40:54femur and collarbone and concussion.
40:57The police will need a copy too.
40:59They also found she had catastrophically low blood sugar.
41:04She seems to have swallowed prescription drugs or been fed them.
41:08Why would anyone feel a child prescription drugs?
41:10Because low blood sugar makes a child dozy and compliant.
41:13I don't know, is the honest answer.
41:18Just as I don't know how anyone, blessed, blessed with such beautiful children could
41:24treat them with such hideous contempt.
41:35Millicent, do you think I'm barking up the wrong tree,
41:39resisting all this women's lib talk?
41:42Well, not everyone is in support.
41:45I've heard quite a number of ladies saying I'm not a feminist, but...
41:50I just don't like the gimmicky way it's all been put together.
41:53I would always counsel against objecting to a book because of its cover.
42:00Innocent, you're reading the female eunuch.
42:03The authoress makes a series of very sensible points, notably regarding female sexuality.
42:12It's a thing I spent much of my life being ashamed of.
42:19I never did, oddly enough.
42:21It's like being a vegetarian, as though I was wired to run counter to the general view.
42:32But why am I being like this?
42:34Why am I picking holes in something that young people are full of fervour for?
42:42Do we, perhaps, fear losing our place in the scheme of things?
42:46Well, two weeks ago, I was standing outside the Draper's on Inkerman Street, and there was a blouse in the window with a psychedelic pattern.
42:57Dual tones, but it was such a beguiling design.
43:01And I was looking at it, and I thought, I will never wear that blouse.
43:09Why? There's no harm in breaking out a bit, fashion-wise.
43:14Phyllis, there is no harm in breaking out. And if we don't, we'll be left behind.
43:24You're not wrong. Psychedelic pattern or no psychedelic pattern.
43:30Police?
43:35Police?
43:38Don't answer it.
43:40Mr. Kingsley?
43:42Mrs. Kingsley?
43:44Because of concerns about the welfare of your children, a place of safety order has been issued.
43:50We have come to remove them.
43:51Don't let them take them, Ian.
43:53They're our kids.
43:55They're not going anywhere.
43:56They're terrified.
43:57Mr. Kingsley will force entry if you do not cooperate.
44:00As well as the police, I have Sister Veronica with me.
44:02The children will be well taken care of.
44:06Mr. Kingsley?
44:09Mrs. Kingsley?
44:11This is uncultful.
44:12I ain't Kingsley.
44:14Edna Mary Kingsley.
44:15I'm arresting you on suspicion of child neglect and cruelty.
44:19This is what they wanted all along.
44:22We've already lost one of our children.
44:25Doesn't that mean anything to you?
44:28It means a very great deal, Mrs. Kingsley.
44:32And I wish that we didn't have to do this.
44:42Mommy!
44:45Mommy!
44:51Mommy!
45:07Honestly, love, you wouldn't have given a tuppence apenny for her chances in the first few weeks in old money or new money.
45:12She's as bonny as anything now.
45:14Look at her chubby little cheeks, Phil.
45:17Mm-hmm.
45:18How's she with normal food?
45:20After all those months with the jeep up her nose?
45:22Oh, she's great with chocolate pudding.
45:25Not so good with her greens, though.
45:26But as long as it's all mushed up, she's just like any other baby, really.
45:30Do you ever feel like any other mum, Bernice?
45:34I feel like her mum.
45:36It's not so different from having any other child.
45:40You can't turn your back on them.
45:42You can't work out what they're thinking.
45:43You can't picture the future.
45:47The doctors never gave us any guarantees.
45:51Our baby gets a guarantee, really.
45:53Guarantees of the things you buy in shops.
45:55And we're lucky.
45:57We get to call our babies miracles.
46:06Oi!
46:07Yes?
46:08My waters are broken.
46:10And I'm not going to hospital!
46:14Edna Kingsley is in labour.
46:16Screaming blue murder and refusing to get into the ambulance.
46:20Police said she wants one of us to attend, and I'm first on the court board.
46:26Whatever's gone on in the past, or is yet to come, she is still a mother.
46:35Let me know if it's a boy or a girl, and I shall add it to my notes.
46:46I'll get my back.
46:49I'm afraid this isn't good news, Lady Edward, and it can't be countermanded,
46:59even with all the womanly wiles at your disposal.
47:16A simple statement of facts will suffice, Dr Threatwood.
47:19Very well.
47:20By 1974, all medical service provision across the country will be taken out of council hands and
47:28given direct to the National Health.
47:29But the Order have worked hand in glove with the National Health since its inception.
47:33And this council has been the go-between.
47:36Without our future involvement, there can be no more cajolery, no more persuasion.
47:42It is over.
47:43A great deal could happen between now and 1974.
47:47The new rules will be phased in from this year.
47:50And there is one I know the sisters won't accept.
47:57I know it's Edna, lass.
47:59Save your strength.
48:01I want it to be all right, nurse.
48:03You're on the home straight, I promise.
48:06There's no reason to suppose anything will be amiss.
48:08I don't mean with the baby, I'm in with everything.
48:12Come on.
48:14So come up, Barley Sugar, and concentrate on what's happening here and now.
48:19They can't take a newborn off you, can they?
48:21Edna.
48:26Save your energy for this last big push.
48:30Come on now.
48:32Steady push.
48:34Steady, steady push.
48:40You have a beautiful little daughter, Edna.
48:44You have a beautiful furlough.
49:02Oh.
49:04Martin looked just like that when he was born.
49:05Martin looked just like that when he was born.
49:09You forget when we haven't got a photo of him.
49:13We never had a camera.
49:18I'm gonna give you the best life.
49:22Do you hear that?
49:24The best life.
49:31Hello, you.
49:35Oh, Mr. Franklin, it's so good of you to go out of your way.
49:40What sort of friend would I be if I didn't tip up with a cup of Rosie and the chips are down?
49:47Dr. Threepwood is right. We will not accept that diktat.
49:51But it is a diktat, Sister Julianne.
49:54You aren't going to be allowed to wear the habit anymore.
49:56My sisters and I have dressed like this since the inception of the Order.
50:00It is the outward expression of the reason why we do this.
50:03The powers that be don't give two hoots why you do this. They just want it done.
50:09If Nonata's house is to survive at all, we are all going to be national health employees.
50:15And the new rules state that we will have to dress as such or leave the system.
50:19We have never been a part of the system. We have rejoiced in that.
50:24Dr. Threepwood said he'd like your response by the end of this month.
50:28I think it ties in with the end of the financial year.
50:34Who is this man to lay down the law in this way?
50:40This decision will be driven by prayer, not by the fiscal calendar.
50:44We will tell him what we are going to do on August 31st, which happens to be the feast day of St. Raymond Nonnatus.
51:01People think I talk too much.
51:03I don't.
51:05I know, and I know you listen. I've never seen here she goes again writ large on your face, but
51:17the thing I think people don't understand about the life I chose is so much of it is silence.
51:28I understand.
51:31It isn't about when we can't speak, it's about what we can never say.
51:40What we can never name, because that might expose us, lay us bare.
51:49Yes.
51:50And we can't afford that, can we?
51:53No, because really, who wants the whole wide world to hear them howling?
52:02I don't think I can silence the howling anymore.
52:09What is it you want, Veronica?
52:11If we're going to drop the sister bit, I think you'd better call me Beryl, my real name.
52:26You can call me Geoffrey if it's not too much of a stretch.
52:32What is it you want?
52:38I want a child.
52:41I want a child of my own to hold in my arms and keep safe and cherish always.
52:55I want a child before it becomes impossible.
53:04I feel like he ought to have a special little night even if he's dad had an operation.
53:07I feel like his dad should have had the day off work.
53:13James' first year is going to be a long haul, Thelma.
53:17Keeping up a normal routine is going to be good for everyone.
53:19I'm good at routines.
53:22Before I felt pregnant, I used to dream I'd have all the nappies on the line every Monday.
53:28Dreams are a lovely thing to have.
53:29Sometimes we just have to dream for longer than we thought.
53:35He'll be a baby for longer too.
53:37I think I might like that.
53:48Have you come to take James for his tracheotomy?
53:50I'm his mother.
53:51What's this?
54:09Something to wear on Saturday, perhaps?
54:11On your marks.
54:22Get set.
54:23You want a sausage roll?
54:25I'll have one.
54:29I'll tell you what, pal.
54:31I love our lady folk, all of them.
54:34But it's liberation, Mark.
54:37It's hard work.
54:38I went for cotton.
54:49I thought it would burn longer.
54:52I bought this one from discounted stock.
54:55Nobody's buying your nine these days.
54:57I relented.
54:59Bergdorf Goodman's finest.
55:03Girls, where did you get that from?
55:05The charity cupboard.
55:07Provenance, uncertain.
55:10Sisterhood takes many forms.
55:12I think we should celebrate them all.
55:14There will always be things that we cannot change,
55:26even when there is the will and the belief that we should try.
55:33Change chooses its own seeds, sows them in its own selected soil.
55:39Our task is to alter them and not trample green shoots underfoot.
55:49In the spring of 1971, there was so much that was altered.
55:55There were endings and there were beginnings.
55:59There was uncertainty and there was confidence.
56:04There was rage and there was love.
56:08And so we marched together into all the things we did not know,
56:14hoping and also fearing things would never be the same.
56:19You may begin.
56:24I started out in Bombay and then I worked my way right up to Ladakh.
56:27Find a way to make a living.
56:29I can't see any gas.
56:30It'll be in the delivery room, won't it?
56:32So many mothers looking after him.
56:35I'm telling you, nurse, the one thing this baby isn't is a protestant.
56:38More tea, Mrs. Clifford.
56:40Yes, please.
56:40Some Dick's Vectile.
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