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