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Call.The.Midwife S15E02

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00:00Thank you for listening.
00:31Life seldom unfolds exactly as we wish it.
00:36There are shocks and disappointments.
00:40Unwelcome revelations bring a light we can't deny.
00:45There are new things and we fear them.
00:49There are hard things and they must be done.
00:52Sometimes we have no choice and sometimes choice is imposed upon us.
01:01And the questions pound like hammers.
01:06What lies beyond this?
01:09Where will we decide to go?
01:14Ah, nice to see you putting that fall behind you, Mr. Bucknell.
01:18You're doing very well on those no crutches.
01:19I'm recovering at a rate of knots.
01:22Can I interest you in yoga lessons?
01:24Is that how you did it?
01:26My son's running, Joel.
01:28He's inside, putting up a poster, hot off the plane from a year in India.
01:32Oh, of course I remember him leaving.
01:35Joel, welcome home.
01:37I've been wondering where your wanderings took you.
01:39Well, I started out in Bombay and then I worked my way right up to Ladakh, near Tibet.
01:44And then I went to an ashram in Baranasi for a few months.
01:45Baranasi on the banks of the Ganges.
01:48And now I'm back on the banks of the Thames.
01:50There's no place like I am.
01:52Take a leaflet.
01:54Yoga and meditation.
01:55I'm a very busy woman, but I shall.
01:59I haven't got a clue how this is supposed to work.
02:03The colours have all got to be mixed up for the Easter egg hunt.
02:06But they've got to be all separated out first.
02:10Can I hear one?
02:12Oh, go on.
02:13Better check to see the halibon's tail.
02:15Brace ya.
02:20I press ganged Cyril into putting up the bunting.
02:24That isn't very public-spirited.
02:27Taking chocolate out of the mouths of children.
02:30It's outrageous.
02:33Fair days pay for a fair day's work.
02:35Hmm.
02:38Right.
02:39Mrs. Estelle Glennon?
02:55Mrs. Hope Glennon?
02:56It must be rather fun being pregnant at the same time as your sister-in-law.
03:06Yes.
03:07Two more for the clan.
03:08Grandchild 10 and grandchild 11 for the Glennons.
03:11Family in Belfast are laying bets on which is born first and what the weights will be.
03:15Well, it may well be quite a close-run thing.
03:17Two dates, eight days apart.
03:19Do you have family over here as well?
03:22Hope's husband's working as a welder at the Barbican site.
03:24My Michael's doing the same but on an oil rig.
03:27So they took me in to live with them.
03:29It's just us in London, really.
03:30So, four years since your first baby.
03:37And this one's going to be my last.
03:39Unless I get another boy and then I might try again for a wee girl.
03:42We've got a pill to help you choose how many.
03:44We've no control over anything else.
03:46You'd think science would have it all sorted, but now...
03:49We'll have it soon, do you think?
03:52The head's definitely engaged.
03:55With a second baby, that is usually the sign that things are about to get moving.
03:59I was thinking of taking castor oil, or going all modern and having a curry.
04:03My advice, Mrs Glennon, is to leave well alone.
04:07Chances are all you'll do is upset your tummy.
04:09And if labour gets going anyway, you're in for a dismal combination of events.
04:15Good things come to those who wait, eh?
04:17Well, you come into the maternity home.
04:19As soon as things start moving, we'll look after you.
04:22The shoemaker and his wife never saw the little elves again.
04:29But from that time, good luck was always with them.
04:35They were rich and happy for the rest of their lives.
04:39And that is the end of the story.
04:47I could listen to you read all day.
04:50You've got ever such a nice voice.
04:52I have to try to tell him the story through my tone of voice.
04:56But we're still not sure how much English he understands.
04:59Well, kiddies are kiddies, aren't they?
05:03All they really understand is how much they're loved.
05:07And in here, if someone's coming at him with a needle...
05:10I keep telling myself cancer treatment would bewilder him if he spoke fluent English.
05:17But perhaps the more he could comprehend, the more frightening it would be.
05:21You have to hand it to the National Health, though.
05:23All the nurses keep saying there's a real chance he could be cured.
05:26Yes, they do.
05:29The new chemotherapy is such a huge advance on what went before.
05:32Fingers crossed, eh?
05:46I always loved a community event, even as a child.
05:50Every day was a community event when I was growing up.
05:52My parents ran a boarding school for boys.
05:54Rosalind, your mother's on the telephone.
05:57Speak of the devil.
06:00You must take in as much fluid as you can, Harry.
06:03Once the head goes on, you won't be able to drink for hours.
06:08I won't be able to visit the bathroom either.
06:10Oh, this is also true.
06:12Grandma, please explain to me again about the Easter Bunny.
06:15It's a mythical creature of pagan origin,
06:17which goes from house to house delivering sweet treats to children.
06:21So it's not Christian, then?
06:25It's best we don't quiz the connection too closely.
06:29Think I prefer Christmas.
06:30Welcome, everyone, to the Easter Egg Hunt!
06:46Yay!
06:46The rules are very simple.
06:51Everyone taking part will be given a basket,
06:54and there are more than 200 chocolate eggs hidden nearby,
06:59each wrapped in different coloured foil.
07:01The aim is to find six eggs,
07:04one pink, one blue, one green,
07:07one yellow, one purple,
07:08and one orange.
07:11And the winners are the first child in each age group
07:14to find all six.
07:16Yeah!
07:17You can search anywhere within the boundaries
07:20marked by the carrot bunting.
07:22And if you're little and need a helper,
07:25then look out for the people wearing an Easter Egg batch.
07:29The bell, if you would please, Reggie.
07:32You may begin!
07:39And meanwhile, there is tea and cinnamon cake for the grown-ups,
07:43and if you'd like a hot crust bun,
07:45just ask the Easter Bunny.
07:48I couldn't believe it when my mother said
07:49she and my father were coming to visit.
07:51I've lived here for two years,
07:52and they haven't been once.
07:54Better late than never, I suppose.
07:55They talk about being progressive
07:57and voting for the Liberal Party,
07:59but I always have to go to Leicestershire to visit them,
08:01or meet them in a smart tea room in London
08:03if they happen to be in town.
08:05So if they're now going to go to the trouble
08:07of trekking all the way to Poplar,
08:09all the more reason to make them welcome.
08:11Oh, gosh.
08:13I'm not being very honour thy father and thy mother, am I?
08:17You should ask Violet if we can leave the bunting up.
08:22I'm going to welcome them with open arms.
08:25I've told them so much about you,
08:27and they do seem keen to meet.
08:29Have they never said anything about where I'm from?
08:31They've said you must be very enterprising
08:34to have come all the way from British Guyana.
08:47Seems like five minutes since you was in the Cubs.
08:51Oh, we're doing very well.
08:53We've got a pink one, a blue one,
08:55and a green one already.
08:58What other colours do we need, Donna?
08:59Yellow.
09:00That's right.
09:02And look, there's one over there,
09:04on top of the dustbin.
09:06What a funny place to put it.
09:07I'll lift you up, but you must try not to touch the bin lid.
09:25Harry!
09:27Harry!
09:28What is the matter?
09:29Well, I think that there's a dog in its death throes.
09:32There's form round his mouth.
09:36I've seen dogs like this in the street and deli.
09:39Stay there.
09:40I'm going for assistance.
09:45Police, ambulance or fire?
09:47Police, urgently to St. Wilbur's School, Hendy Street.
09:50Everybody back!
09:59Everybody back!
10:05The Easter egg hunt is suspended.
10:08That means stopped, Mandy.
10:10I know.
10:11Come over with me.
10:18Nobody crosses this line.
10:20First of all, the civil defence.
10:22Establish and control the crisis area.
10:27Heavens to murder, Troy.
10:29We've enough to contend with without children getting knocked down.
10:35What would he say?
10:39If we had to come away, how can it be safe for Daddy?
10:42Let's go inside, honey.
10:45Vet reports for a rabid dog, sir.
10:48It's a dead dog now.
10:50Uh, Dr. Turner.
10:51I'm on the police surgeon road trip.
10:52Sir.
10:54It'll have to be taken for a post-mortem, and this whole area needs to be cleansed.
10:58It has to be dealt with according to the rabies protocol.
11:03Mandy Psegh.
11:04I'm on the police officer.
11:06No.
11:06No.
11:06I'm on the police.
11:07I'm on the police.
11:08I'm on the police.
11:10Turner Everton Wheatley yes John Muscatelli as soon as the police give us
11:24permission Baloo and I will walk with you to St Oswald's Hall where you can be
11:28collected by your parents should I be serving butterfly cakes or kennel meat
11:40this feels awfully close to home dr. Turner you read about rabies happening in
11:47places like Germany that the squirrels get it there but it can spread from
11:52Germany to France to England there was that case in Surrey last year the rabid
11:58dog that ran amok days after it came out of quarantine I'll never forget seeing
12:02the news watching them rounding up people's pets the results of the tests
12:07on the body won't be through for at least two days but we have to find a way of
12:12keeping people calm
12:17cushions already if you turn around you can reverse into the chair not the
12:22occupational therapist show Joe I do not need instructions and I do not need a
12:28cushion the only good thing about your mother not being with us anymore is that
12:32I'm able to jettison their excessive soft furnishings she liked keeping things
12:38cozy down she liked a lot of things she liked Easter as it happened and kiddies
12:45would have broken her heart seeing that party stopped it needed to be stopped have
12:50you any idea how much damage a rabid dog can do I've seen that man foaming up the
12:54mouth on the public information films that upset your mother no end you're missing
13:01that aren't you dad
13:06what do you think
13:10should I make a cup of tea
13:18Chad if you walk out with a man for nigh on five months without introducing him to your parents
13:33you're going to get nervous when that day rolls wrong I knew my relationship
13:38with Cyril was going to be serious right from the very start didn't we all I've
13:44known all my life that there are people with opinions I had opinions too to begin
13:50with if that major scared of this then I'm sorry have you changed your mind Joyce I
13:59I think the world at large is starting to change if only a little bit and you two are happy I
14:09really really want my parents to see that I don't think anyone could miss it
14:29I thought I'd come in early but I had no idea how close to us that dog was until just now
14:39have there been any developments overnight the Ministry of Agriculture seems to be in charge of
14:44the response agriculture and I'm a health visitor not a farmer they say everyone has to sit tight
14:50until we know for certain that the animal was rabid what do they mean by sit tight are we all supposed
14:56to stay in door the school's been closed the children were meant to be going back today meanwhile
15:01Mrs Buckle has called a public meeting in an attempt to quell panic she won't be told it's as
15:06likely to fan the flames of hysteria as it is to damp them down now not as house midwife speaking
15:15this is Estelle Glennon is that nursery award it is are you in labour Estelle no but I think it's
15:22hope's turn well there you go now no mrs. Kelly we do not offer the rabies vaccine at this surgery
15:37yes I can make a note of the fact that your children were at Easter egg hunt thank you for calling
15:43how may I help you ladies I think I'm in labour nurse the award said she'd meet us here
15:49don't come near her don't come near her she's been scratched by a cat
15:53I am beginning to resent the success of the government anti-rabies campaign
16:02it's made everyone think they're going to die from infected animal saliva if it carries on like
16:08this you're going to have to appeal for calm through a megaphone I'll take one to the public
16:13meeting in the meantime you've just ascended my 12 o'clock you'll be pleased to hear it's a simple
16:20case of bunions
16:21dad I can do that you're interrupting my method you've got collapsed vertebra I haven't got
16:36collapsed dignity I'm trying to help dad the best way you can help me is to get out of the house and
16:42find a way to make a living nobody wants yoga or meditation classes I'm not that keen on them myself
16:48your mum would cry her eyes out she saw the way you drifted good afternoon district nurse
16:57you come to give me my rabies jab have you got any symptoms because if you have it's too late for
17:03the vaccine
17:04things are starting to get going
17:15not very much in the way of dilation but there is a little bit of water leaking so I think we'll be
17:23keeping you in I'll be back in two shakes of lamb's tail
17:25I can't see any gas
17:28they said there'd be gas
17:31it'll be in the delivery room won't it
17:33I only needed one whiff of it last time and they say the second one's easier
17:37which isn't to say the first is terrible if it was I wouldn't be doing it again would I
17:46that was a nasty old precious eye you had there quite deep
17:52they said I was way too long laying on my back in hospital
17:56I think this new soreness is because the belt on your trousers is pressing down on it
18:01I caught him rubbing it with disinfectant saying that it's a thing
18:03out
18:07he will not stop fussing over me
18:11yeah rich
18:13well I feel sorry for the doctor but the police didn't kill him
18:18he was poorly and they passed away
18:22but it's sad to die by the pence
18:25Fred have you got any disinfectant
18:30I saw a nasty little mongrel sniffing around my laundry at steps
18:35well from that shelf there
18:37and uh ten pence off if you buy the bleach as well
18:41repeat
18:43all dogs must be kept on leave
18:45all cats must be kept indoors
18:47it's going to get worse than this if they build that channel tunnel
18:51Mrs. Turner you do look tired
19:03how's the little man doing
19:06the first cycle of treatment is now underway
19:09no vomiting or diarrhea so far
19:13but he's not quite himself
19:15I have permission from sister Julian to come in the evenings
19:24if that would help you to get back to your own children
19:27oh it would
19:28he needs so much love
19:30and there are so few people that he trusts
19:34I don't want any more gas it's made me sick twice now
19:40I can see what's happening
19:45this cheeky monkey's decided to lie on its back
19:50so its spine's pressing against yours
19:52is that bad?
19:52well it's a little easier when they're lying face down with their head correctly tucked in
19:58but you've got a bit of a non-conformist here
20:00I'm telling you nurse
20:01the one thing his baby isn't is a protestant
20:04thank you sister Veronica
20:17that concludes the first part of our presentation
20:20this is right
20:21thank you for the slideshow
20:23why didn't it mention the improperly regulated pet shops
20:28you can buy monkeys on the commercial road
20:34because we are here tonight to try to allay your fears
20:40I used to be a steeplejack
20:42I was always running into bats
20:44can you get it from bats?
20:46bats can carry various diseases
20:49including rabies
20:51even in this country
20:53you must always seek medical help if you've been bitten by a bat
20:57the body is ready to push now Hope
21:06but we need you to slow everything down
21:08slow it down
21:10down
21:11down
21:12Hope
21:14Hope all is well
21:16we're going to use this pain now
21:18and we're going to make it work for us
21:20allow me to remind you all of the facts
21:36we currently do not have any confirmed cases of rabies in Poplar
21:41nor do we have anyone presenting with symptoms of rabies
21:46but the slides didn't make it clear what the symptoms are
21:48yeah
21:49that's right
21:50that's right
21:51that's right
21:52they're not at us
21:59sister Julianne speaking
22:00hello sister
22:01could you possibly send reinforcements over to the maternity home
22:05early symptoms can look a bit like ordinary flu
22:08with fever, nausea, aches and pains
22:12all very easy to dismiss
22:15but once the virus starts affecting the nervous system
22:19things become more distinct
22:21muscle spasms
22:23anxiety
22:24confusion
22:25paralysis
22:27seizures
22:29and thirst
22:31coupled with a
22:33a violent fear of drinking fluids
22:35even water
22:37it's horrible
22:42I know
22:43that's why we have to take such care
22:46do we have to take such care
22:47do we have to take such care
22:49ahhhh
22:52ahhhh
22:54ahhhh
22:54ahhhh
22:55ahhhh
22:57ahhhh
22:58ahhhh
23:00ahhhh
23:01ahhhh
23:01ahhhh
23:02no
23:02ahhhh
23:03ahhhh
23:04ahhhh
23:05no
23:05I can't
23:06ahhh
23:07ahhhh
23:07ahhhh
23:08no
23:09no
23:09no
23:10no
23:10no
23:11ahhhh
23:11ahhhh
23:12AHHHH
23:13Hope
23:13with the next contraction
23:14we need one long
23:15Strong brave push that could well give us baby's head and the worst will be
23:27Success
23:29We have the top of baby's head with us, and I can see the most
23:34perfect
23:36pair of eyebrows
23:39Don't hope see how strong you are
23:42When I finally get it out, I will know whether to kiss it or give it a piece of my mind
23:49Bear down, Hope
23:51Bear down, down
23:53Come on, Hope, you can do it
24:01That was a most magnificent push, Hope, but baby doesn't seem to have read the rule book
24:09What's wrong?
24:10All will be well
24:12But we need to work on getting baby's shoulder out
24:17Dr. Tanner is only around the corner
24:19We will work on the next massive push while nurse Aylward nips to the telephone
24:35What's happened it's nothing to be alarmed about
24:40We can only remind you that analysis of the dog's remains is still ongoing
24:53We simply have to be vigilant until the results come in
24:57Don't wait for the pain this time, Hope, just keep pushing
25:08Sister Julianne's going to work internally to dislodge your baby's shoulder
25:18We're going to get baby out
25:20We're going to get baby out
25:21Just breathe deeply
25:22And push whenever we ask
25:24Now
25:26No!
25:27No!
25:27No!
25:28No!
25:28No!
25:29No!
25:29No!
25:30No!
25:30No!
25:31No!
25:31No!
25:32No!
25:32No!
25:33No!
25:33No!
25:34No!
25:35No!
25:36No!
25:37No!
25:38No!
25:39No!
25:40No!
25:41No!
25:53No!
25:54Keep pushing, push as hard as you can, don't stop.
26:12Well done, it's out.
26:24It's out.
26:45Large baby, shoulder dysstocia.
26:54That's the point.
27:03Well done.
27:04I may have broken his collarbone.
27:07You've saved his life.
27:24Good morning, Nunata's house.
27:37Good morning, Nunata's house.
27:50My sister's been regaling me with tales of slavering hounds.
27:54Are you still alive?
27:55When I last looked, yes.
27:56I haven't forgotten our conversation in the park.
28:01Nor have I.
28:03I just want you to know that the offer of a listening ear still stands.
28:07The offer of my friendship still stands.
28:09You sound like Humphrey Bogart.
28:11All you have to do is whistle.
28:13It was actually Lauren Bacall who said that to Humphrey Bogart, but I shall take it as a compliment.
28:22I do appreciate the things you said.
28:25You're really very kind.
28:34Will his arm be hurting him?
28:35I broke my toe once and it was agony.
28:37Baby's bones are very soft.
28:39And Doctor will be keeping an eye on him.
28:41In case he's restless and needs something for the pain.
28:45Wait till I tell him what he put us all through.
28:50It'll make a good tale once he's old enough to listen.
28:54Now, I need to take a look at your stitches.
28:57But if they're playing the game, we'll treat you to a little session with the heat lamp.
29:01What happened to your style?
29:03Your sister-in-law, I believe she popped off home when she heard the good news.
29:08To give you a time to rest.
29:11No.
29:12That's not what we agreed.
29:14She was going to be the first to hold him.
29:16Something's wrong if she didn't do that.
29:22It's rather delightful that your journey to matrimony started here.
29:27I ought to put up a plaque.
29:29There was a lot of sadness at the beginning, Mr. Scarisbrick.
29:32Even though there was happiness in the end.
29:34Yes, of course.
29:36Now, Lady Elwood, to what do I owe the pleasure of your visit?
29:40You are looking really remarkably well.
29:42I'm not expecting a baby as it happens.
29:44I'm hoping for professional insight into maternity care in Britain in 1971.
29:49Oh, are you tired of the medical landscape in Poplar?
29:52I'm as impressed as ever by what's accomplished at Nunata's house.
29:57But my eyes have been opened by living in New York.
30:00Yeah, well I've made more than one study over there myself.
30:03It's like a different world.
30:04Certainly a different country.
30:06I learned a great deal by simply visiting American hospitals.
30:09And now I want to see if I might apply that knowledge within a British context.
30:13Well, you are of course most welcome to spend some time here observing.
30:20A little bird tells me you're planning on retiring very soon.
30:23Ah yes, the golf club beckons.
30:27And selling the clinic.
30:28And selling the clinic.
30:29And selling the clinic.
30:30It's nice to see the balloons up.
30:58it's nice to see the balloons up one down and one to go they're for Anthony
31:04really are you sure hope's going to be all right
31:08she's doing very nicely and the pediatrician from St. Cuthbert's is going
31:13to call in and check on baby's collarbone did you know they had chosen the name
31:18Niall but hope's all right her main concern at the moment is you
31:28and I think I share it
31:33will be a relief to be out of the surgery for an hour even if we barely have time
31:37for a sandwich the public meeting did no good whatsoever so the phone is still
31:42ringing continually
31:45what was that you need dog biscuits not custard creams to get her in the shed and
31:57hey that's what matters be careful Fred Fred have you sent for the police they're
32:02supposed to be on their way shall I go and ring them again
32:04it's in the shed sergeant tottering on its pins a bit and drooling we'll take a look but toxicology came back on the one that died on Easter Monday may I ask what was the conclusion was negative for
32:11rabies looks like a rat poison so the crisis is over indeed it is madam must have been drooling over the custard
32:16creams
32:23well all's well that ends well and there you have it an object lesson in anticlimax and British understatement it would have been
32:30different in India at home the fear is always real yes
32:37and there you have it an object lesson in anticlimax and British understatement it would have been different in India at home the fear is always real yes
32:45me and hope we were terrified that somehow our men would get mixed up with the republican army that we wouldn't know but they'd be in the
32:52danger
32:59or causing danger
33:02they wanted to get out from early on
33:04is that why you all left
33:06it would have been different in India
33:07it would have been different in India
33:09at home the fear is always real
33:11yes
33:12me and hope
33:15we were terrified that somehow our men would get mixed up with the republican army
33:18they wanted to get out from early on
33:20is that why you all left Belfast
33:23they lost their jobs in the shipyard anyway
33:26Catholics did
33:27and men need to work
33:29but women need family
33:30so we stuck together
33:31and it's a wonderful thing to see Estelle
33:33a bond like yours is something to be envied
33:37I thought at first that it wouldn't touch us
33:39there was so much talk for so long
33:42there were demonstrations and they turned into riots
33:46but you can keep away from them
33:51but you can't keep away from bombs
33:53they hide them
33:55and then they set them off in places where they'll do most damage
33:59places like banks
34:01Estelle
34:03were you caught up in a bomb blast?
34:05in a bank
34:06in a bank
34:08Estelle
34:09Estelle
34:11try to stay calm
34:13you're safe here
34:14here
34:15you're safe now
34:17this will stop you taking in too much oxygen
34:21there was the screaming
34:23and when I heard hope
34:24when I heard hope it was the same
34:26screaming
34:27screaming
34:28you're safe now
34:30when this is over
34:32I'm going to walk you to the surgery
34:34to see the doctor
34:35to see the doctor
34:43afternoon
34:44what's all this about a whiffing sink
34:48I'll have that with the in-laws coming round
34:50thanks for it
34:51I was up till midnight repainting all the skirting boards
34:53I don't know what's got into me
34:55I love gritting to you
34:59I brought you some pot plants
35:01and I brought my plunger
35:05I heard my mother giving birth more than once
35:08but it was the last one where she screamed
35:10and screamed
35:14there were no more babies after that because
35:17it killed her
35:18nobody ever told me why she died
35:24I just
35:26remember the mattress being burned because it was
35:29covered in blood
35:31even 20 years ago
35:33death in childbirth was very very rare
35:36now it's rarer still
35:39one thing I can promise you
35:41is that your mother didn't die of pain
35:44and we are going to make sure that you feel as little pain as possible
35:49I can't do it
35:51yes you can
35:53and we will help you
35:56Sister Juniang is one of the most soothing and resourceful midwives I know
36:02but in New York Estelle would have been simply booked in for an epidural
36:06and a calm controlled or completely painless birth would follow
36:10I've read about epidural anesthesia
36:13I've been to lectures
36:15I've never seen one performed because they don't offer it at St Cuthbert
36:19which is extremely backward in my view
36:21at the Lady Emily you can have one for 20 pounds
36:2420 pounds?
36:26if you saw the difference it makes you'd think it was cheap at the price
36:30have you been to the Lady Emily recently?
36:33yes
36:34yes
36:36I can connect you to Mr. Scarsbrick if you'd like
36:40not such a good day today
36:43he's needed some antiemetics
36:46a parcel with a wee hat arrived from his mother in Hong Kong this morning
36:57but you wouldn't even let me try it on him
36:59he'll settle down
37:01he's a lucky little fellow in some ways
37:04so many mothers looking after him
37:10you go Mrs. Turner
37:12back to your other children
37:14I'll hold the fort
37:15I'm heading down the black sail
37:25do you want to come?
37:27no thanks
37:29I'm not feeling great
37:31and I'm writing letters for a couple of factory jobs
37:33factory jobs?
37:35and I'm also planning a haircut
37:40I've had enough adventures to last me a lifetime Dad
37:42just let me come home
37:46children are having a picnic tea upstairs
37:50sausage rolls and crisps
37:52I'm assuming that's because the grown-ups are discussing
37:56odyssey
37:58yes
38:00sister
38:02I am trying to move things on with regard to epidural provision at St. Cuthbert's
38:06do you think that's wise?
38:09we'd never be able to offer it for home births
38:11and even at the maternity home
38:13it requires an anaesthetist
38:15it does
38:17but we can refer patients to deliver in hospital in the GP unit
38:22some mothers like Gastel Glennon would really benefit
38:26so I have arranged to see an epidural block being performed tomorrow
38:32at the Lady Emily clinic
38:35we do know the order's dealings with them to an abrupt end
38:40they were performing abortions there
38:42when such a thing was still illegal
38:44but I have something I need to tell you too
38:49also about policy
38:51for the animal you love and couldn't leave behind
38:55and for you or someone like you
38:58death in a manner that is beyond description
39:01whichever way you look at it
39:03rabies means death
39:04sister Julianne this is terrible
39:19why didn't you tell us sooner?
39:22I needed time to consider the order's position
39:26and I still do
39:28does it make it easier or harder that the National Health have made their intentions so clear?
39:32but there must be a chance that they'll keep funding the Nartas house when they take control from the council
39:38not if we insist on retaining our religious clothing
39:41sister
39:43if you close down in Potlars so must we
39:47our practice is enmeshed with yours
39:51I know
39:54and there's so much work to do
39:56if we don't agree to the new terms
40:03we will receive no more funds from the end of this year
40:07I've told them I will give my decision at the end of August
40:10on the feast of St. Raymond Linnatus?
40:13yes
40:15and in the meantime
40:17we go on
40:19ah Lady Awe with Dr. Turner
40:29glad you could join us
40:31Mrs. Duchenne is a most delightful lady
40:34and so very accommodating
40:40how are we feeling Mrs. Duchenne?
40:41hi
40:43yes
40:49where's Joel today?
40:50is he out looking for work?
40:51no he's not
40:53he's off colour and lying down
40:56it's like he's lost all his sparks since he's come home
40:58I don't know why he doesn't want to keep on adventuring
41:01do you think maybe he's just a homebody?
41:03he doesn't have to be
41:04not in the modern world
41:06I had to be a steeplejerk because my uncle was
41:09spent my life mending chimneys
41:11once, just once
41:13I was at the top of this church spire
41:16pulling up my weather vane
41:18you could see for miles
41:20and all I saw was all the places I would never go
41:24Joel certainly grabbed the opportunities he had with both hands
41:28no one else round here had a kid who went to an ashram
41:31it's the kind of thing the Beatles did
41:32and I was proud of him
41:36did you tell him that?
41:38what?
41:39did you tell him you were proud?
41:41oh no
41:42we're not soft like that
41:45it's one thing to read about it
41:48and it's quite another to say it in action
41:52it shouldn't just be for people who can afford to pay
41:56should it?
41:57no
41:58I'm going to talk to St. Cuthbert's
42:00when you go you'll be a king
42:04never do a thing
42:094 and 20 blackbirds sing along
42:13royal gifts they all will bring
42:16when you are a king
42:19everywhere you go
42:21people bowing low
42:24carriages to take you anywhere
42:26people have a touch a thing
42:30when you are a king
42:32shoot black on your face
42:34you're really a disgrace
42:36mommy smiles and all the while
42:37because she loves you she will worry so
42:40and if you're good you know
42:41that when you grow you'll be a king
42:43never do a thing
42:44you're really a disgrace
42:46mommy smiles and all the while
42:48because she loves you she will worry so
42:51and if you're good you'll know
42:54that when you grow you'll be a king
42:57never do a thing
43:004 and 20 blackbirds sing along
43:02royal gifts they all will bring
43:05royal gifts they all will bring
43:08when you are a king
43:10everywhere you go
43:12people bowing low
43:15carriages to take you anywhere
43:18feet won't ever touch a thing
43:21when you are a king
43:23when you are a king
43:24when you are a king
43:27when you are a king
43:30never do a thing
43:334 and 20 blackbirds sing along
43:36royal gifts they all will bring
43:39when you are a king
43:42everywhere you go
43:44people bowing low
43:47when you are a king
43:51I appreciate Mrs. Glennon is a special case
43:56you could always persuade her to switch entirely into our care
44:00I am not convinced that that would do her any good at all
44:04she needs a lot of care and a lot of attention
44:07epidural anesthesia requires the same
44:09which is why we've yet to introduce the practice
44:12Philip St. Cuthbert's is a good hospital
44:15it's even an innovative hospital
44:17I have respect for innovative things
44:21I am saying this in the kindest and most respectful way possible Patrick
44:26but you are a dying breed
44:29I know I am
44:31and I don't know if my way of delivering babies
44:35has much time left at all
44:37do you think the national health is going to close you down?
44:39there is a big shake up coming
44:41and when it does
44:42I want to know that the women who would otherwise have been in my care
44:47are going to be looked after properly
44:49that they are going to trade what we can give them for something that might just
44:54might be even better
44:56and that starts with us doesn't it?
44:58it will end with you two
45:00Joel!
45:01I thought you said you'd come down for something to eat
45:04I've opened a tin of ox tail
45:18greetings Mr. Bagnall
45:20I've come from the surgery with a new prescription for your ointment
45:22Dad!
45:24I can't move my legs
45:25he's at a temperature
45:28Joel!
45:29I don't know what's wrong
45:37it's alright my friend
45:38I will fetch help for you
45:40first let me get you some water
45:48then Mr. Parry called this morning
45:51and it's a yes
45:52we have two anaesthetists already raring to go
45:56and applying pressure from their end
45:58and he's content to have Estelle Lennon have epidural pain relief in the GP supervised unit
46:04yes
46:06Mr. Parry will be there too
46:08in fact it's going to be a fairly crowded room
46:10Estelle is one of the most anxious and distressed women I've ever seen
46:14and if it helps her
46:17I have no reservations
46:18but what are the implications for you
46:22and for our practice
46:24it might put me out of business
46:26but it might give this place a fighting chance of working in tandem with the National Health
46:31by delivering more babies in hospital regardless of what they ask
46:34that might be the way ahead
46:36for all sorts of reasons
46:38Dr. Turner
46:40I'm afraid a very urgent call has just come in
46:43hello darling
46:48lovely to see you
46:50mummy
46:51how do you do?
46:52lovely to meet you
46:53hello darling
46:54good afternoon Mrs. Clifford
46:55terribly good if you'd come and meet us
46:57Josephine has far more of our faith in this A to Z book than I do
47:00well the underground was quite challenging enough
47:04three tube lines
47:06we're staying with friends in Hampstead
47:08Hampstead is a tricky journey from popular
47:10Cyril comes to pick me up from women's liberation meetings if they finish late
47:14well very gallant of it
47:16although I expect you to intervene if she starts wearing dungarees
47:18and you've no memory of being bitten or scratched by anything while you were in India
47:35bitten and scratched
47:37by a cat and a shrimp
47:40but I've been fine
47:41how long ago did this happen Jill?
47:44weeks
47:45well
47:46must be something else then
47:51it can take up to three months for rabies symptoms to appear Jill
47:56have you been worrying about this?
48:00we are going to call an ambulance
48:03to take you directly to the London hospital of tropical medicine
48:07they'll know what to do
48:09tell me
48:15in this social work line
48:18do you do any work with maladjusted boys?
48:21it's increasing all the time
48:23the council have just opened a special educational unit for them
48:26which we're really hoping will pave the way for change
48:29we've taken a few of the odder types into our own school
48:31but we seem to have sorted them all out with um
48:35plenty of fresh air and a bit of discipline
48:41oh
48:43this is a first class Madeira
48:45Cyril made it
48:47oh
48:49full marks dear
48:51and now er
48:52Rosalyn tells us that she's getting confirmed
48:55did you have a hand in that?
48:57we're different denominations
48:59but it gives us a common interest
49:01I'll show you the chaplain in an artist's house when I take you over to meet my colleagues
49:05it was joining them for prayers that got me thinking
49:08well we always said that Rosalyn could make up her own mind about being confirmed
49:13and some of our friends were quite shocked
49:15but we have always been, um, progressive thinkers
49:25more tea, Mrs. Clifford?
49:27yes, please
49:29and expect Earl Grey
49:33as soon as you feel your first contraction
49:36you must contact Ninata's house
49:38and you and I will travel together by ambulance
49:41Dr. Turner will meet us at the hospital
49:42this
49:45epidural
49:46you say it's brand new
49:48newish
49:49it's catching on all over the country
49:50and I won't feel anything
49:52no being
49:53none
49:54nothing at all
49:55between your tummy and your toes
49:57everything is going to be
49:59as calm
50:01and controlled
50:02and as comfortable as we can make it for you
50:06oh darling
50:08I'm so proud of you
50:09we never entirely thought you'd be able to knuckle down to nursing
50:13but, um, well you've proved us all wrong
50:16ignore your mother, she's such a wet blanket
50:19I never had any doubts
50:21at all
50:23and Sister Julienne
50:25really was absolutely delightful
50:27you see why I love Ninata's house
50:29oh yes, it's very quaint
50:32and
50:33and
50:34what about Cyril?
50:36charming
50:38hmm
50:39yes, he's, um
50:40charming
50:41oppressive
50:42even
50:44but really he's, uh
50:45not the chap for you, is he?
50:51he is the chap for me, actually
50:53that's why we're going out together
50:56he is
50:57in the middle of a divorce
50:58this is the modern world
51:01he is also black
51:03and you're going to have to look beyond that
51:05we haven't said one word
51:07about him being black
51:08and I think that is to our credit
51:10frankly
51:12you don't have to say anything
51:14I saw it the moment you met
51:16he is a perfectly decent
51:18respectable man
51:20we just, uh
51:22don't want you to have any regrets
51:23that is all
51:25now
51:27can we have a kiss
51:28before we part
51:30hmm?
51:31or don't send us back to Hampstead in the doldrums
51:32the doldrums
51:33yes
51:50Yes?
52:08It's early for coffee, isn't it?
52:10Nurse Aylward telephoned to say Estelle Glennon is en route to St Cuthbert's by ambulance with labour pains.
52:16Can you tell Mr Parry I am on my way?
52:18Of course.
52:19Doctor, I also received a call from the London Hospital of Tropical Medicine.
52:24About Joe Bagnell?
52:25Lysavirus rabies has been confirmed and the paralysis is spreading very rapidly.
52:37I keep thinking of all the times I've looked at him through windows.
52:42I looked at him through a window on the day that he was born, at the hospital.
52:46And I used to wave at him through the front room window when I was coming home from work, when he was just a little nipper.
52:55The consultant said you can go inside and sit with him.
53:01And his mum and me, we washed him through the glass at the airport when he flew off on his big adventure.
53:07Go to him, Mr. Bagnell.
53:10The food I have brought you will keep.
53:12I will leave it here.
53:12Thanks.
53:15There's things I need to tell him.
53:18While he's still alive to hear.
53:20Well done, Estelle.
53:38Well done.
53:39Any moment now, you should feel the pain relief starting to take effect.
53:44It's already passing through that tiny tube.
53:48Blood pressure's stable.
53:50The fun starts now, Estelle.
53:52I can feel the pain stopping.
53:55It's like everything inside my body is going quiet.
53:58That's what we want.
53:59Rosalind, I know their reaction wasn't what you wanted.
54:10And I hoped it would be better to me.
54:12But you didn't expect it to be, did you?
54:16No.
54:17I did not.
54:19To them, I was always going to be too different.
54:24Well, I'm different too now.
54:30And if they can't accept that, if they can't accept you,
54:35they're going to have to accept that their place in my life has now become much smaller.
54:40Please don't cut them off.
54:42Nobody should ever cut their parents off.
54:46However much hurt they have caused, however ignorant they have been.
54:50It's hard.
54:52But Cyril...
54:54You've had it harder.
54:56You've had to put up with prejudice ever since you've been here.
55:03Hold my hand.
55:14I want everyone to see.
55:16This is a really strong contraction.
55:23Push now.
55:24Push as hard as you can.
55:26That's beautiful, Estelle.
55:27Keep going.
55:28Keep going.
55:29How are you feeling, Estelle?
55:30I think I'm excited, but peaceful.
55:40Contraction.
55:41Right, Estelle.
55:43We're doing this together now.
55:44I'm pulling.
55:45You're pushing.
55:46Come on.
55:48Come on.
55:49Are we doing it?
55:50Are we doing it?
55:50Are we doing it?
55:50Are we doing it?
55:51Are we doing it?
55:54Yes.
55:55Yes, you are.
55:56Oh, Don, Estelle.
56:12It's a girl.
56:12Hello.
56:25Hello.
56:31It's quite something, isn't it, sister?
56:33it is the future and the future's going to hold so many things you're beautiful
56:40choice is too often a privilege not granted we must take what is given and surrender what god
56:57takes but pain is never all there is there is endurance and resilience there is tenderness
57:06and strength all these gifts force through like sunlight often at a cost but then welcomed all
57:18them all we cannot dictate the weather only our response to it and we must turn to face the
57:29elements embracing all that comes what's all this are we having a jumbled sale daddy it's for our
57:39time capsule i'm sorry i didn't catch your name i'll get the bolusher why have you been talking
57:43to the lady emily that clinic is run for the benefit of the rich not the needy is there no one who could
57:47pop in with a nightdress and some toiletries i'm doing this on my own nurse no i cannot go to the
57:52doctor why not because i do not leave this house can you keep a secret that's a question for dawn
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