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00:00Ah, nice to see you putting that fall behind you, Mr. Bucknell.
00:06You're doing very well on those no crutches.
00:08I'm recovering at a rate of knots.
00:10Can I interest you in yoga lessons?
00:12Is that how you did it?
00:14My son's running, Joel.
00:16He's inside, putting up a poster, hot off the plane from a year in India.
00:20Oh, of course, I remember him leaving.
00:23Joel, welcome home. I've been wondering where your wanderings took you.
00:28Well, I started out in Bombay, and then I worked my way right up to Ladakh, near Tibet.
00:32And then I went to an ashram in Baranasi for a few months.
00:34Baranasi, on the banks of the Ganges.
00:36And now I'm back on the banks of the Thames. There's no place like home.
00:40Take a leaflet. Yoga and meditation.
00:44I'm a very busy woman, but I shall.
00:47I haven't got a clue how this is supposed to work.
00:51The colours have all got to be mixed up for the Easter egg hunt,
00:54but they've got to be all separated out first.
00:58Can I hear one?
01:00Oh, go on.
01:01Better check to see how they've gone stale.
01:03Rocha!
01:08I pressed ganged Cyril into putting up the bunting.
01:12That isn't very public-spirited.
01:15Taking chocolate out of the mouths of children.
01:18It's so delicious.
01:21Fair days pay for a fair day's work.
01:24Hmm.
01:27Right now.
01:27I'll see you.
01:40Mrs. Estelle Glennon?
01:43Mrs. Hope Glennon?
01:45It must be rather fun being pregnant at the same time as your sister-in-law.
01:54Yes.
01:55Two more for the clan.
01:56Grandchild 10 and grandchild 11 for the Glennons.
02:00Family in Belfast are laying bets on which is born first and what the weights will be.
02:03Well, it may well be quite a close-run thing.
02:05Two dates, eight days apart.
02:07Do you have family over here as well?
02:10Hope's husband's working as a welder at the Barbican site.
02:12My Michael's doing the same, but on an oil rig.
02:15So they took me in to live with them.
02:17It's just us in London, really.
02:21So, four years since your first baby.
02:25And this one's going to be my last.
02:27Unless I get another boy and then I might try again for a wee girl.
02:30We've got a pill to help you choose how many.
02:33We've no control over anything else.
02:34You'd think science would have it all sorted, but now...
02:37Well, I'll have it soon.
02:40Do you think?
02:40The head's definitely engaged.
02:43With a second baby, that is usually the sign that things are about to get moving.
02:47I was thinking of taking castor on.
02:49Or going all modern and having a curry.
02:51My advice, Mrs Glennon, is to leave well alone.
02:55Chances are all you'll do is upset your tummy.
02:58And if labour gets going anyway, you're in for a dismal combination of events.
03:02Good things come to those who wait, eh?
03:05Well, you come into the maternity home.
03:07As soon as things start moving, we'll look after you.
03:12The shoemaker and his wife never saw the little elves again.
03:18But from that time, good luck was always with them.
03:23They were rich and happy for the rest of their lives.
03:27And that is the end of the story.
03:35I could listen to you read all day.
03:38You've got ever such a nice voice.
03:40I have to try to tell him the story through my tone of voice.
03:45But we're still not sure how much English he understands.
03:48Well, kiddies are kiddies, aren't they?
03:51All they really understand is how much they're loved.
03:54And in here, if someone's coming at him with a needle.
03:59I keep telling myself cancer treatment would bewilder him if he spoke fluent English.
04:05But perhaps the more he could comprehend, the more frightening it would be.
04:09You have to hand it to the National Health, though.
04:11All the nurses keep saying there's a real chance he could be cured.
04:15Yes, they do.
04:17The new chemotherapy is such a huge advance on what went before.
04:21Fingers crossed, eh?
04:21I always loved a community event, even as a child.
04:38Every day was a community event when I was growing up.
04:40My parents were in a boarding school for boys.
04:43Rosalind, your mother's on the telephone.
04:45Speak of the devil.
04:46Well, you must take in as much fluid as you can, Harry.
04:51Once the head goes on, you won't be able to drink for hours.
04:56I won't be able to visit the bathroom either.
04:58Oh, this is also true.
05:00Grandma, please explain to me again about the Easter Bunny.
05:03It's a mythical creature of pagan origin, which goes from house to house delivering sweet treats to children.
05:10So it's not Christian, then?
05:13It's best we don't quiz the connection too closely.
05:17Think I prefer Christmas.
05:18Welcome, everyone, to the Easter Egg Hunt.
05:33The rules are very simple.
05:39Everyone taking part will be given a basket, and there are more than 200 chocolate eggs hidden nearby, each wrapped in different coloured foil.
05:48The aim is to find six eggs, one pink, one blue, one green, one yellow, one purple, and one orange.
05:59And the winners are the first child in each age group to find all six.
06:04You can search anywhere within the boundaries marked by the carrot bunting.
06:10And if you're little and need a helper, then look out for the people wearing an Easter Egg bunch.
06:17The bell, if you would, please, Reggie.
06:20You may begin.
06:27Oh, and meanwhile, there is tea and signal cake for the grown-ups.
06:31And if you'd like a hot crust bun, just ask the Easter Bunny.
06:35I couldn't believe it when my mother said she and my father were coming to visit.
06:39I've lived here for two years, and they haven't been once.
06:42Better late than never, I suppose.
06:44They talk about being progressive and voting for the Liberal Party.
06:47But I always have to go to Leicestershire to visit them.
06:49Or meet them in a smart tea room in London if they happen to be in town.
06:53So if they're now going to go to the trouble of trekking all the way to Poplar,
06:58all the more reason to make them welcome.
06:59Oh, gosh.
07:01I'm not being very honour thy father and thy mother, am I?
07:05You should ask Violet if we can leave the bunting up.
07:10I'm going to welcome them with open arms.
07:13I've told them so much about you, and they do seem keen to meet.
07:17Have they never said anything about where I'm from?
07:20They've said you must be very enterprising to have come all the way from British Guyana.
07:29It seems like five minutes since you was in the Cubs.
07:39Oh, we're doing very well.
07:41We've got a pink one, a blue one, and a green one already.
07:46What other colours do we need, Donna?
07:47Yellow.
07:48That's right.
07:50And look, there's one over there on top of the dustbin.
07:54What a funny place to put it.
07:55I'll lift you up, but you must try not to touch the bin lid.
08:13Harry!
08:15Harry!
08:16What is the matter?
08:17Well, I think there's a dog in its death throes.
08:22There's foam round his mouth.
08:23I've seen dogs like this in the street in Delhi.
08:26Stay there.
08:28I'm going for assistance.
08:32Police, ambulance or fire?
08:35Police, urgently to St. Wilbur's School, Hendy Street.
08:44Everybody back!
08:47Everybody back!
08:49The Easter Egg Hunt is suspended.
08:56That means stopped, Mandy.
08:57Oh, I know.
08:59Come over with me.
09:06Nobody crosses this line.
09:08First of all, the civil defence.
09:10Establish and control the crisis area.
09:12Heavens to murder, Troy, with enough to contend with without children getting knocked down.
09:23What would this say?
09:27If we had to come our way, how can it be safe for Daddy?
09:30Let's go inside, Annie.
09:34Vet reports for a rabid dog, sir.
09:35Sir, it's a dead dog now.
09:38Dr. Turner, I'm on the police surgeon road to it.
09:40Sir.
09:42It'll have to be taken for a post-mortem, and this whole area needs to be cleansed.
09:48It has to be dealt with according to the rabies protocol.
09:51Mandy Singh.
09:52Kevin Rendergast.
09:57Teddy Turner.
10:05Everton Wheatley.
10:06Yes.
10:08John Muscatelli.
10:10As soon as the police give us permission, Baloo and I will walk with you to St. Oswald's
10:16Hall where you can be collected by your parents.
10:18Should I be serving butterfly cakes or kennel meat?
10:29This feels awfully close to home, Dr. Turner.
10:34You read about rabies happening in places like Germany that the squirrels get it there.
10:38It can spread from Germany to France to England.
10:43There was that case in Surrey last year.
10:45The rabid dog that ran amok days after it came out of quarantine.
10:49I'll never forget seeing the news, watching them rounding up people's pets.
10:54The results of the tests on the body won't be through for at least two days.
10:59But we have to find a way of keeping people calm.
11:06Cushions all ready.
11:06If you turn around, you can reverse into the chair like the occupational therapist show,
11:11Joe.
11:12I do not need instructions and I do not need a cushion.
11:17The only good thing about your mother not being with us anymore is that I am able to jettison
11:21her excessive soft furnishings.
11:24She liked keeping things cosy, Dad.
11:27She liked a lot of things.
11:30She liked Easter, as it happened, and kiddies.
11:33It would have broken her heart seeing that party stopped.
11:36It needed to be stopped.
11:38Have you any idea how much damage a rabid dog can do?
11:41I've seen that man foaming at the mouth on the public information films.
11:45That upset your mother no end.
11:46You're missing that, aren't you, Dad?
11:55What do you think?
12:05Shall I make a cup of tea?
12:15Jazz.
12:16If you walk out with a man for nigh on five months without introducing him to your parents,
12:21you're going to get nervous when that day rolls wrong.
12:25I knew my relationship with Cyril was going to be serious right from the very start.
12:30Didn't we all?
12:32I've known all my life that they are people with opinions.
12:36I had opinions too, to begin with.
12:39If that made you scared of theirs, then I'm sorry.
12:43Have you changed your mind, Joyce?
12:45I think the world at large is starting to change, if only a little bit.
12:56And you two are happy.
12:57I really, really want my parents to see that.
13:00I don't think anyone could miss it.
13:02Goodbye.
13:17Goodbye.
13:17I thought I'd come in early, but I had no idea how close to us that dog was until just now.
13:28Have there been any developments overnight?
13:30The Ministry of Agriculture seems to be in charge of the response.
13:33Agriculture.
13:34And I'm a health visitor, not a farmer.
13:37They say everyone has to sit tight until we know for certain that the animal was rabid.
13:41But what do they mean by sit tight?
13:43Are we all supposed to stay indoors?
13:45The school's been closed.
13:46The children were meant to be going back today.
13:48Meanwhile, Mrs Buckle has called a public meeting in an attempt to quell panic.
13:53She won't be told it's as likely to fan the flames of hysteria as it is to damp them down.
14:02Nanata's house, midwife speaking.
14:04This is Estelle Glennon.
14:05Is that Nurse Eilward?
14:07It is.
14:08Are you in labour, Estelle?
14:09No.
14:09But I think it's Hope's turn.
14:18Well, there you go, Nan.
14:22No, Mrs Kelly, we do not offer the rabies vaccine at this surgery.
14:27Yes, I can make a note of the fact that your children were at the Easter egg hunt.
14:30Thank you for calling.
14:33How may I help you, ladies?
14:34I think I'm in labour.
14:36Nurse Eilward said she'd meet us here.
14:38Don't come near her.
14:39Don't come near her.
14:40She's been scratched by a cat.
14:46I am beginning to resent the success of the government anti-rabies campaign.
14:51It's made everyone think they're going to die from infected animal saliva.
14:55If it carries on like this, you're going to have to appeal for calm through a megaphone.
15:00I'll take one to the public meeting.
15:01In the meantime, we've just ascended my 12 o'clock.
15:07You'll be pleased to hear it's a simple case of bunions.
15:09Dad, I can do that.
15:20You're interrupting my method.
15:22You've got collapsed vertebrae.
15:23I haven't got collapsed dignity.
15:25I'm trying to help, Dad.
15:26Dad, the best way you can help me is to get out of the house and find a way to make a living.
15:32Nobody wants yoga or meditation classes.
15:35I'm not that keen on them myself.
15:36Your mum would cry her eyes out.
15:40She saw the way you drifted.
15:43Good afternoon, district nurse.
15:46You come to give me my rabies, jab.
15:48Have you got any symptoms?
15:50Because if you have, it's too late for the vaccine.
15:52Things are starting to get going.
16:07Not very much in the way of dilation, but there is a little bit of water leaking, so I think we'll be keeping you in.
16:12I'll be back in two shakes of lamb's tail.
16:15I can't see any gas.
16:18They said there'd be gas.
16:20It'll be in the delivery room, won't it?
16:22I only needed one whiff of it last time, and they say the second one's easier.
16:29Which isn't to say the first is terrible.
16:32If it was, I wouldn't be doing it again, would I?
16:36That was a nasty old precious saw you had there.
16:39Quite deep.
16:41They said I was way too long laying on my back in hospital.
16:45I think this new sawness is because the belt on your trousers is pressing down on it.
16:49I caught him rubbing it with disinfectant, saying that it stings.
16:51Out!
16:55He will not stop fussing over me.
16:58Yeah, I feel sorry for the dog too, but the police didn't kill him.
17:07He was poorly, and he passed away.
17:10But it's sad that you died by the pence.
17:15Fred?
17:15Have you got any disinfectant?
17:18No.
17:19I saw a nasty little mongrel sniffing around my laundry at steps.
17:23Well, from that shelf there, and ten pence off if you buy the bleach as well.
17:29It's going to get worse than this if they build that channel tonight.
17:39Oh, Mrs. Turner, you do look tired.
17:51How's the little man doing?
17:54The first cycle of treatment is now under way.
17:57No vomiting or diarrhea so far, but he's not quite himself.
18:03I have permission from Sister Julianne to come in the evenings, if that would help you to get back to your own children.
18:15Oh, he would.
18:17He needs so much love, and there are so few people that he trusts.
18:25I don't want any more gas. It's made me sick twice now.
18:28I can see what's happening.
18:34This cheeky monkey's decided to lie on its back, so its spine's pressing against yours.
18:40Is that bad?
18:41Well, it's a little easier when they're lying face down with their head correctly tucked in.
18:45But you've got a bit of a non-conformist here.
18:48I'm telling you, nurse, the one thing this baby isn't is a Protestant.
18:51Thank you, Sister Veronica. That concludes the first part of our presentation.
19:10Thank you for the slideshow.
19:12Why didn't it mention the improperly regulated pet shops?
19:17You can't buy monkeys on the commercial road.
19:22Because we are here tonight to try to allay your fears.
19:29I used to be a steeplejack. I was always running into bats. Can you get it from bats?
19:35Bats can carry various diseases, including rabies, even in this country.
19:42You must always seek medical help if you've been bitten by a bat.
19:51The body is ready to push now, Hope.
19:54But we need you to slow everything down.
19:57Slow it down.
19:58Down.
19:59Down.
20:00Down.
20:00Down.
20:00Hope.
20:02Hope all is well.
20:05We're going to use this pain now, and we're going to make it work for us.
20:08Allow me to remind you all of the facts.
20:24We currently do not have any confirmed cases of rabies in Poplar, nor do we have anyone presenting with symptoms of rabies.
20:34The slides didn't make it clear what the symptoms are.
20:36Yeah, he's right, he's right, he's right, he's right.
20:47They're not his house.
20:48Sister Julianne speaking.
20:49Hello, sister. Could you possibly send reinforcements over to the maternity home?
20:54Early symptoms can look a bit like ordinary flu, with fever, nausea, aches and pains, all very easy to dismiss.
21:04But once the virus starts affecting the nervous system, things become more distinct.
21:10Muscle spasms, anxiety, confusion, paralysis, seizures and thirst, coupled with a violent fear of drinking fluids, even water.
21:29It's horrible.
21:31I know.
21:32That's why we have to take such care.
21:40Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.
22:01Hope, with the next contraction, we need one long, strong, brave push that could well give us baby's head, and the worst will be ever.
22:08Success.
22:18We have the top of baby's head, yes, and I can see the most perfect little pair of eyebrows.
22:27Well done, Hope. See how strong you are.
22:30When I finally get it out, I will know whether to kiss it or give it a piece of my mind.
22:36No!
22:37Bear down, Hope. Bear down. Down.
22:41Come on, Hope. You can do it.
22:43Come on.
22:44That was the most magnificent push, Hope. But baby doesn't seem to have read the rule book.
22:58What's wrong?
22:58All will be well, but we need to work on getting baby's shoulder out.
23:05Dr. Tanner is only around the corner.
23:07Dr. Tanner, we will work on the next massive push, while Nurse Aylward nips to the telephone.
23:14What's happened? There's nothing to be alarmed about.
23:27We can only remind you that analysis of the dog's remains is still ongoing.
23:42We simply have to be vigilant until the results come in.
23:45Don't wait for the pain this time, Hope. Just keep pushing.
24:03Sister Julianne's going to work internally to dislodge your baby's shoulder.
24:06We're going to get baby out. Just breathe deeply, and push whenever we ask.
24:14Now.
24:15No!
24:23Baby's arm is lateral to its body.
24:26Baby's arm is lateral to its body.
24:40Push now.
24:42Push.
24:42Help.
24:46Keep pushing.
24:47Push as hard as you can. Don't stop.
24:49Please.
24:50Baby's arm is lateral to its body.
24:56It paranormal to everyone.
25:00Well done.
25:03It's out.
25:26Large baby. Shoulder dystocia.
25:42It's all for me.
25:51Well done.
25:53I may have broken his collarbone.
25:56He saved his life.
26:26Good morning, Nanata's house.
26:38My sister's been regaling me with tales of slavering hounds.
26:43Are you still alive?
26:44When I last looked, yes.
26:46I haven't forgotten our conversation in the park.
26:51Nor have I.
26:52I just want you to know that the offer of a listening ear still stands.
26:56The offer of my friendship still stands.
26:59You sound like Humphrey Bogart.
27:00All you have to do is whistle.
27:02It was actually Lauren Bacall who said that to Humphrey Bogart, but I shall take it as a compliment.
27:11I do appreciate the things you said.
27:14You're really very kind.
27:15Will his arm be hurting him?
27:24I broke my toe once and it was agony.
27:26Baby's bones are very soft.
27:29And Doctor will be keeping an eye on him.
27:30In case he's restless and needs something for the pain.
27:35Wait till I tell him what he put us all through.
27:37It'll make a good tale once he's old enough to listen.
27:43Now I need to take a look at your stitches.
27:46But if they're playing the game, we'll treat you to a little session with the heat lamp.
27:50What happened to Estelle?
27:52Your sister-in-law?
27:53I believe she popped off home when she heard the good news.
27:58To give you a time to rest.
27:59No.
28:00That's not what we agreed.
28:02She was going to be the first to hold him.
28:04Something's wrong if she didn't do that.
28:07It was rather delightful that your journey to matrimony started here.
28:15I ought to put up a plaque.
28:17There was a lot of sadness at the beginning, Mr. Scarisbrick.
28:21Even though there was happiness in the end.
28:23Yes, of course.
28:24Now, Lady Elwood, to what do I owe the pleasure of your visit?
28:28You are looking really remarkably well.
28:31I'm not expecting a baby as it happens.
28:33I'm hoping for professional insight into maternity care in Britain in 1971.
28:38Oh, are you tired of the medical landscape in Poplar?
28:41I'm as impressed as ever by what's accomplished at Nunata's house.
28:46But my eyes have been opened by living in New York.
28:49Yeah.
28:49Well, I've made more than one study over there myself.
28:52It's like a different world.
28:53Suddenly a different country.
28:54I learned a great deal by simply visiting American hospitals.
28:57And now I want to see if I might apply that knowledge within a British context.
29:02Well, you are, of course, most welcome to spend some time here observing.
29:08A little bird tells me you're planning on retiring very soon.
29:12Ah, yes.
29:13The golf club beckons.
29:16And selling the clinic.
29:18It's nice to see the baby.
29:48Two balloons up, one down, and one to go.
29:52They're for Anthony, really.
29:55Are you sure Hope's going to be all right?
29:57She's doing very nicely.
29:59And the paediatrician from St Cuthbert's is going to call in and check on baby's collarbone.
30:05Did you know they had chosen the name Niall?
30:08But Hope's all right.
30:10Her main concern at the moment is you.
30:16And I think I share it.
30:21It will be a relief to be out of the surgery for an hour, even if we barely have time for a sandwich.
30:26The public meeting did no good whatsoever.
30:29The phone is still ringing continually.
30:35What was that?
30:37Stay back, stay back.
30:38Come on.
30:40You need dog biscuits, not custard creams.
30:44They're getting her in the shed, aren't they?
30:45That's what matters.
30:46Be careful, Fred.
30:47Fred, have you sent for the police?
30:50They're supposed to be on their way.
30:51Shall I go and ring them again?
31:10I've seen the shed, Sergeant.
31:12Tottering on its pins a bit and drooling.
31:15Well, take a look.
31:16But toxicology came back on the one that died on Easter Monday.
31:19Well, may I ask, what was the conclusion?
31:21It was negative for rabies.
31:23Looks like it ate rat poison.
31:25So the crisis is over?
31:26Indeed it is, madam.
31:27Must have been drooling over the custard creams.
31:32Well, all's well that ends well.
31:34And there you have it.
31:36An object lesson in anticlimax and a British understatement.
31:40It would have been different in India.
31:43At home, the fear is always real.
31:45Yes.
31:51Me and Hope, we were terrified that somehow our men would get mixed up with the Republican
32:00army.
32:01That we wouldn't know that they'd be in danger.
32:04Or causing danger.
32:07But they wanted to get out from early on.
32:09Is that why you all left Belfast?
32:11They lost their jobs in the shipyard anyway.
32:15Catholics did.
32:16And men need to work.
32:18But women need family.
32:19So we stuck together.
32:20And it's a wonderful thing to see, Estelle.
32:23A bond like yours is something to be envied.
32:25But you thought at first that it wouldn't touch us.
32:28There was so much talk for so long.
32:32There were demonstrations and they turned into riots.
32:35But you can keep away from them.
32:39You can't keep away from bombs.
32:41They hide them.
32:44And then they set them off in places where they'll do most damage.
32:48Places like banks.
32:50Estelle.
32:51Were you caught up in a bomb blast?
32:53In a bank.
32:54In a bank.
32:56Estelle.
32:57Estelle.
32:59Try to stay calm.
33:01You're safe here.
33:03You're safe now.
33:06This will stop you taking in too much oxygen.
33:10There was some screaming.
33:11And when I heard hope.
33:13When I heard hope it was the same.
33:15Screaming.
33:16Screaming.
33:17You're safe now.
33:19When this is over.
33:21I'm going to walk you to the surgery.
33:23To see the doctor.
33:24I'm going to walk you to the doctor.
33:32Afternoon.
33:33What's all this about a whiffing sink?
33:36Can't have that with the in-laws coming round.
33:38Thanks, Fred.
33:39I was up till midnight.
33:40We painted all the skirting boards.
33:42I don't know what's got into me.
33:44I love getting to you.
33:48I brought you some pot plants.
33:50And I brought my plunger.
33:51I heard my mother giving birth more than once.
33:56But it was the last one where she screamed and screamed.
34:02There were no more babies after that because it killed her.
34:06Nobody ever told me why she died.
34:13I just remember the mattress being burned because it was covered in blood.
34:19Even 20 years ago, death in childbirth was very, very rare.
34:25Now it's rarer still.
34:27One thing I can promise you is that your mother didn't die of pain.
34:32And we are going to make sure that you feel as little pain as possible.
34:37I can't do it.
34:39Yes, you can.
34:42And we will help you.
34:45Sister Juniang is one of the most soothing and resourceful midwives I know.
34:50But in New York, Estelle would have been simply booked in for an epidural.
34:54And a calm, controlled or completely painless birth would follow.
34:59I've read about epidural anaesthesia.
35:01I've been to lectures.
35:03I've never seen one performed because they don't offer it.
35:06It's in cuspids.
35:07Which is extremely backward in my view.
35:10At the Lady Emily, you can have one for £20.
35:13£20?
35:15If you saw the difference it makes, you'd think it was cheap at the price.
35:19Have you been to the Lady Emily recently?
35:23Yes.
35:25I can connect you to Mr. Scarrisbrick if you'd like.
35:30Not such a good day-to-day.
35:32He's needed some antiemetics.
35:34A parcel with a wee hat arrived from his mother in Hong Kong this morning.
35:46But you wouldn't even let me try it on him.
35:48He'll settle down.
35:50He's a lucky little fellow in some ways.
35:52So many mothers looking after him.
35:58You go, Mrs. Turner.
36:00Back to your other children.
36:02I'll hold the fort.
36:03I'm heading down the black sail.
36:14Do you want to come?
36:15No, thanks.
36:16I'm not feeling great.
36:18And I'm writing letters for a couple of factory jobs.
36:21Factory jobs?
36:22And I'm also planning a haircut.
36:28I've had enough adventures to last me a lifetime, Dad.
36:32Just let me come home.
36:35Children are having a picnic tea upstairs.
36:39Sausage rolls and crisps.
36:40I'm assuming that's because the grown-ups are discussing policy.
36:47Yes.
36:49Sister, I am trying to move things on with regard to epidural provision at St. Cuthbert's.
36:55Do you think that's wise?
36:57We'd never be able to offer it for home births and even at the maternity home.
37:02It requires an anaesthetist.
37:03It does, but we can refer patients to deliver in hospital in the GP unit.
37:11Some mothers, like Estelle Glennon, would really benefit.
37:15So I have arranged to see an epidural block being performed tomorrow at the Lady Emily clinic.
37:24We do know the Order's dealings with them to an abrupt end.
37:28They were performing abortions there when such a thing was still illegal.
37:32But I have something I need to tell you, too.
37:39Also about policy.
37:41For the animal you love and couldn't leave behind.
37:44And for you or someone like you, death in a manner that is beyond description.
37:50Whichever way you look at it, rabies means death.
37:52Sister Julianne, this is terrible.
38:07Why didn't you tell us sooner?
38:09Sister Julianne, I needed time to consider the Order's position.
38:15And I still do.
38:16Does it make it easier or harder that the National Health have made their intentions so clear?
38:22But there must be a chance that they'll keep funding the Nartas house when they take control from the council.
38:26Not if we insist on retaining our religious clothing.
38:29Sister, if you close down in Potlars, so must we.
38:36Our practice is enmeshed with yours.
38:40I know.
38:43And there's so much work to do.
38:45If we don't agree to the new terms, we will receive no more funds from the end of this year.
38:56I've told them I will give my decision at the end of August.
38:59On the feast of St. Raymond Linnatus?
39:01Yes.
39:04And in the meantime, we go on.
39:07Oh, Lady Hilda, Dr. Turner, glad you could join us.
39:19Mrs. Duchenne is a most delightful lady.
39:22And so very accommodating.
39:28How are we feeling, Mrs. Duchenne?
39:30Fine.
39:31Good?
39:37Where's Joel today?
39:38Is he out looking for work?
39:40No, he's not.
39:42He's off colour and lying down.
39:44It's like he's lost all his sparks since he's come home.
39:46I don't know why he doesn't want to keep on adventuring.
39:49Do you think maybe he's just a homebody?
39:51He doesn't have to be.
39:52Not in the modern world.
39:54I had to be a steeplejet because my uncle was.
39:57Spent my life mending chimneys.
39:59Once.
40:00Just once.
40:01I was at the top of this church spire,
40:04putting up a weathervane.
40:05You could see for miles.
40:09And all I saw was all the places I would never go.
40:12Joel certainly grabbed the opportunities he had with both hands.
40:16No one else round here had a kid who went to an ashram.
40:19It's the kind of thing the Beatles did.
40:22And I was proud of him.
40:24Did you tell him that?
40:26What?
40:27Did you tell him you were proud?
40:29Oh, no.
40:30We're not soft like that.
40:31It's one thing to read about it.
40:36It's quite another to say it in action.
40:40It shouldn't just be for people who can afford to pay, should it?
40:45No.
40:46I'm going to talk to St. Cuthbert's.
40:48St. Cuthbert's.
40:50I'm going to talk to St. Cuthbert's.
40:51I'm going to talk to St. Cuthbert's.
40:52When you grow, you'll be a king.
40:56Never do a thing.
40:594 and 20 blackbirds sing along.
41:02Royal gifts they all will bring.
41:06When you are a king, everywhere you go.
41:11People bow him low.
41:13Carriages to take you anywhere.
41:16People have a touchy thing.
41:20When you are a king.
41:29Shoe black on your face.
41:32You're really a disgrace.
41:34Mommy smiles and all the while because she loves you, she will worry so.
41:39And if you're good, you'll know that when you grow, you'll be a king.
41:46Never do a thing.
41:494 and 20 blackbirds sing along.
41:52Royal gifts they all will bring.
41:54When you are a king.
41:55When you are a king.
41:57Everywhere you go.
42:00People bow him low.
42:03Carriages to take you anywhere.
42:07Feet won't ever touch a thing.
42:10When you are a king.
42:13When you are a king.
42:17Never do a thing.
42:214 and 20 blackbirds sing along.
42:25Royal gifts they all will bring.
42:28When you are a king.
42:30Everywhere you go.
42:34People bow him low.
42:36When you are a king.
42:41I appreciate Mrs. Glennon is a special case.
42:44You could always persuade us to switch entirely into our care.
42:48I am not convinced that that would do her any good at all.
42:52She needs a lot of care and a lot of attention.
42:55Epidural anesthesia requires the same.
42:57Which is why we have yet to introduce the practice.
42:59Philip.
43:01St. Cathar's is a good hospital.
43:03It's even an innovative hospital.
43:06I have respect for innovative things.
43:10I'm saying this in the kindest and most respectful way possible Patrick.
43:15But.
43:16You are a dying breed.
43:18I know I am.
43:20And I don't know if my way of delivering babies.
43:24Has much time left at all.
43:26Do you think the National Health is going to close you down?
43:28There's a big shake up coming.
43:30And when it does.
43:31I want to know.
43:32That the women who would otherwise have been in my care.
43:35Are going to be looked after properly.
43:38That they are going to trade what we can give them.
43:40For something that might just.
43:42Might be even better.
43:44And that starts with us doesn't it?
43:46It will end with you too.
43:48Joel.
43:48I thought you said you'd come down for something to eat.
43:54A vote with a tin of oxtail.
44:06Greetings Mr. Bagnall.
44:08I have come from the surgery with a new prescription for your ointment.
44:10Dad.
44:11I can't move my legs.
44:15He's at a temperature.
44:16Joel.
44:17I don't know what's wrong.
44:25It's alright my friend.
44:26I will fetch help for you.
44:28First let me get you some water.
44:29Then Mr. Parry called this morning.
44:39And it's a yes.
44:41We had two anaesthetists already raring to go.
44:44And applying pressure from their end.
44:46And he's content to have Estelle Glennon have epidural pain relief.
44:51In the GP supervised unit.
44:53Yes.
44:54Mr. Parry will be there too.
44:56In fact it's going to be a fairly crowded room.
44:58Estelle is one of the most anxious and distressed women I've ever seen.
45:03And if it helps her.
45:06I have no reservations.
45:08But what are the implications for you.
45:10And for our practice.
45:12It might put me out of business.
45:15But it might give this place a fighting chance.
45:18Of working in tandem with the National Health.
45:20By delivering more babies in hospital.
45:22Regardless of what they ask.
45:23That might be the way ahead.
45:25For all sorts of reasons.
45:27Dr. Turner.
45:28I'm afraid a very urgent call has just come in.
45:35Hello darling.
45:36Lovely to see you.
45:38Mummy.
45:39How do you do?
45:40Lovely to meet you.
45:41Hello daddy.
45:41Good afternoon Mrs Clifford.
45:43Terribly good if you'd come and meet us.
45:45Josephine has far more of her faith in this A to Z book than I do.
45:49Well the underground was quite challenging enough.
45:52Three tube lines.
45:54We're staying with friends in Hampstead.
45:56Hampstead is a tricky journey from popular.
45:58Cyril comes to pick me up from women's liberation meetings if they finish late.
46:03I'm very gallant of her.
46:04Although I expect you to intervene if she starts wearing dungarees.
46:07And you've no memory of being bitten or scratched by anything while you were in India.
46:22Bitten and scratched.
46:25Back at an ashram.
46:28But I've been fine.
46:30How long ago did this happen Joel?
46:32Weeks.
46:33Well.
46:34Must be something else then.
46:36It can take up to three months for rabies symptoms to appear Joel.
46:45Have you been worrying about this?
46:49We are going to call an ambulance to take you directly to the London Hospital of Tropical Medicine.
46:56They all know what to do.
46:57Tell me.
47:04In this social work line, do you do any work with maladjusted boys?
47:09It's increasing all the time.
47:11The council have just opened a special educational unit for them.
47:15Which we're really hoping will pave the way for change.
47:18We've taken a few of the odder types into our own school.
47:21But we seem to have sorted them all out with plenty of fresh air and a bit of discipline.
47:27Oh.
47:31This is a first class material.
47:34Cyril made it.
47:36Oh.
47:37Full marks, dear.
47:39And now Rosalind tells us that she's getting confirmed.
47:43Did you have a hand in that?
47:45We're different denominations.
47:47But it gives us a common interest.
47:50I'll show you the chaplain in an artist's house when I take you over to meet my colleagues.
47:54It was joining them for prayers that got me thinking.
47:57Well, we always said that Rosalind could make up her own mind about being confirmed.
48:01And some of our friends were quite shocked.
48:04But we have always been, um, progressive thinkers.
48:07More tea, Mrs. Clifford.
48:16Yes, please.
48:17And expect Earl Grey.
48:22As soon as you feel your first contraction, you must contact Nanata's house.
48:27And you and I will travel together by ambulance.
48:30Dr. Turner will meet us at the hospital.
48:31This epidural, you say it's brand new.
48:36New-ish.
48:37It's catching on all over the country.
48:39And I won't feel anything.
48:40No being.
48:41None.
48:42Nothing at all.
48:43Between your tummy and your toes.
48:45Everything is going to be as calm and controlled and as comfortable as we can make it for you.
48:54Oh, darling.
48:56I'm so proud of you.
48:58We never entirely thought you'd be able to knuckle down to nursing, but, um, well, you've proved us all wrong.
49:04Ignore your mother.
49:05She's such a wet blanket.
49:07I never had any doubts at all.
49:11And Sister Julianne really was absolutely delightful.
49:16Can you see why I love Nanata's house?
49:17Oh, yes.
49:18It's very quaint.
49:21And what about Cyril?
49:24Charming.
49:25Hmm.
49:27Yes, he's, um, charming.
49:29Impressive, even.
49:31But really, he's, uh, not the chap for you, is he?
49:39He is the chap for me, actually.
49:42That's why we're going out together.
49:44He is in the middle of a divorce.
49:47This is the modern world.
49:50He is also black.
49:52And you're going to have to look beyond that.
49:54We haven't said one word about him being black, and I think that is to our credit.
49:59Frankly.
49:59You don't have to say anything.
50:03I saw it the moment you met.
50:04He is a perfectly decent, respectable man.
50:09We just, uh, don't want you to have any regrets.
50:12That is all.
50:14Now, can we have a kiss before we part?
50:18Hmm?
50:19Or go send us back to Hampstead in the doldrums?
50:21Yes.
50:32Yes?
50:56It's early for coffee, isn't it?
50:58Nurse Ayrwood telephoned to say Estelle Glennon is en route to St Cuthbert's
51:01by ambulance with labour pains.
51:04Can you tell Mr Parry I am on my way?
51:06Of course. Doctor, I also received a call from the London Hospital of Tropical Medicine.
51:12About Joel Bagnall?
51:13Lysaviris rabies has been confirmed and the paralysis is spreading very rapidly.
51:26I keep thinking of all the times I've looked at him through windows.
51:29I looked at him through a window on the day that he was born, at the hospital.
51:37And I used to wave at him through the front room window when I was coming home from work,
51:41when he was just a little nipper.
51:43The consultant said you can go inside and sit with him.
51:50And his mum and me.
51:52We washed him through the glass at the airport when he flew off on his big adventure.
51:56Go to him, Mr Bagnall.
51:58The food I have brought you will keep.
52:00I will leave it here.
52:01Thanks.
52:02There's things I need to tell him.
52:06While he's still alive to hear.
52:08Well done, Estelle.
52:24Well done.
52:26Any moment now you should feel the pain relief starting to take effect.
52:32But it's already passing through that tiny tube.
52:35Blood pressure stable.
52:37The fun starts now, Estelle.
52:40If I can feel the pain stopping.
52:42It's like everything inside my body is going quiet.
52:45That's what we want.
52:46Rosalind, I know their reaction wasn't what you wanted.
52:57And I hoped it would be better to them.
53:00But you didn't expect it to be, did you?
53:04No.
53:05I did not.
53:07To them, I was always going to be too different.
53:12Well, I'm different too now.
53:18And if they can't accept that, if they can't accept you,
53:24they're going to have to accept that their place in my life
53:26has now become much smaller.
53:28Please don't cut them off.
53:30Nobody should ever cut their parents off.
53:34However much hurt they have caused, however ignorant they have been.
53:38It's hard.
53:40But Cyril, you've had it harder.
53:45You've had to put up with prejudice ever since you've been here.
53:51Hold my hand.
54:03I want everyone to see.
54:09This is a really strong contraction.
54:11Push now.
54:12Push as hard as you can.
54:15That's beautiful, Estelle.
54:16Keep going.
54:17Keep going.
54:17How are you feeling, Estelle?
54:20I think I'm excited, but peaceful.
54:28Contraction?
54:30Right, Estelle, we're doing this together now.
54:32I'm pulling, you're pushing.
54:35Come on.
54:36Come on.
54:37Are we doing it?
54:38Are we doing it?
54:43Yes.
54:44Yes, you are.
54:50We're done, Estelle.
54:52It's a girl.
55:00It's quite something, isn't it, sister?
55:05It is the future, and the future's going to hold so many things.
55:26You're beautiful.
55:36Choice is, too often, a privilege not granted.
55:41We must take what is given and surrender what God takes.
55:46But pain is never all there is.
55:50There is endurance and resilience.
55:53There is tenderness and strength.
55:55All these gifts, forced through like sunlight,
56:02often at a cost, but then welcomed all the more.
56:07We're home.
56:11We cannot dictate the weather, only our response to it.
56:15And we must turn to face the elements, embracing all that comes.
56:24What's all this?
56:25Are we having a jumble sale?
56:26Daddy, it's for our time capsule.
56:28I'm sorry, I didn't catch your name.
56:29Agatha Bollasho.
56:30Why have you been talking to the Lady Emily?
56:32That clinic is run for the benefit of the rich, not the needy.
56:35Is there no one who could pop in with a nightdress and some toiletries?
56:38I'm doing this on my own, nurse.
56:39No, I cannot go to the doctor.
56:41Why not?
56:42Because I do not leave this house.
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