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00:00I don't remember it, of course, but I'll remember this.
00:04It is special, and it deserves celebration, so may God bless you and keep you always.
00:10This is your Bible, Cyril. It's the one you bought from British Guyana.
00:15It came with me on my journey, so it's only right you have it at the start of yours.
00:24Go straight to Mrs. Kovach with these aides.
00:28Occupational therapy kept her waiting long enough.
00:30How long has she had multiple sclerosis?
00:32Five years, according to her notes.
00:35I'll read them before I set off.
00:37You're not setting off anywhere till I'm sure you fix that box to your bicycle correctly.
00:43Nurse Clifford is perfectly capable of managing the straps.
00:47With respect, Nurse Crane, it was you who encouraged me to go on the prevention of accidents course.
00:53Nurse Crane, before you get started, the roster may need recalibrating.
01:00St. Cuthbert's have called, and they are short-staffed yet again.
01:04They have asked if one of our midwives might be seconded to maternity.
01:07Is that usual? More usual than it ought to be.
01:10Is this Sister Brooks asking again?
01:12Sister Marcus, I'm not sure we're familiar with her.
01:16I wondered if you might oblige, Nurse Highland.
01:19I know you enjoy hospital work.
01:21I would only go if Nurse Crane is agreeable.
01:23I'm agreeable enough.
01:25As long as you get in there and apprise them their shortcomings vis-Ã -vis early discharge
01:30and the incorrect management of sutures.
01:35I will tell Sister Marcus to expect you.
01:38Oh, isn't he looking absolutely champion?
01:48He's getting so bonny.
01:50Oh, it's so lovely to be at this quieter point in his chemotherapy cycle.
01:54We're on our way to feed the ducks at the river, but have forgotten to bring the bread.
01:58I don't suppose you'd mind watching him for a moment while I pop into the shop?
02:02It would be an absolute pleasure.
02:03Yeah.
02:04Oh.
02:06Hello.
02:08Sister Marcus, I'm Nurse Highland.
02:12The only thing better than being punctual is being early.
02:17A maternity ward must run like clockwork or it doesn't run at all.
02:21Babies do tend to turn up when they want to.
02:24Indeed.
02:25But we have two ladies booked in for induction tomorrow.
02:29That at least we can prepare for.
02:31Our senior midwives are all on the delivery ward this morning.
02:34I need you to supervise Mr. Parry's antenatal clinic.
02:37Of course, Sister Marcus.
02:39I always enjoy clinic work on the district.
02:41This is nothing like the district.
02:48Good morning.
02:49I'm here to see Mrs. Vera Kovac.
02:52Please do come in.
02:53Nice, Clifford.
02:57Pleasure to meet you.
03:00This is my husband, László.
03:02We fled Hungary together during the revolution and he's been by my side ever since.
03:08He comes home every day at lunchtime to take me for a walk.
03:11But I'm too exhausted today.
03:15Tomorrow will be better.
03:16And if it isn't, I will carry you in my arms down the road just so you can see the sun.
03:22Look after her, please, nurse.
03:25She's my treasure.
03:26I absolutely shall.
03:31Service.
03:31Service.
03:40I'm sorry I didn't catch your name.
03:42Agata Balasza.
03:43My cousin who came from Hungary to help me round the house.
03:47I always say, God sent her.
03:49I've been here an hour.
03:56My urine's not even been tested yet.
03:58We're both just half today, so we can only use one urine sample at a time.
04:01Well then, I'll test it myself.
04:04Come on, girls.
04:05Who else is sick of waiting?
04:07Come on.
04:07Do it ourselves.
04:08Go.
04:15All right, ladies.
04:17Stop what you're doing and take a seat.
04:18One more peep out to any of you, and you'll go to the bottom of today's list.
04:26Now, I know you've been waiting a long time, so I'm going to send for the tea trolley.
04:31How does that sound?
04:33Tea and biscuits all round, free of charge.
04:43It is so frustrating not to be able to do the small things.
04:48You start to feel like half a person, and you worry other people see you like that too.
04:53Your husband certainly doesn't.
04:58He seems utterly devoted.
05:01This hand does seem a little stiff still.
05:05I'll refer you back to the physiotherapist.
05:09Mrs. Kovach, what's this?
05:11I lost my grip on a cup of tea.
05:16I couldn't really feel it at the time.
05:19That's possibly because of your condition.
05:22It's showing signs of infection.
05:24We'll need to dress it every day.
05:26Well, pop onto the couch for me, Mrs. Hudson.
05:34Miss, but I'd generally just go by Eileen.
05:39You gave a good account of yourself out there, nurse.
05:41I was raised to take no nonsense.
05:43So was I.
05:44Number one rule in life.
05:45I was told, give as good as you get, and never back down.
05:48As long as you do it with a smile.
05:51Only three weeks until your due date.
05:54How are preparations going for baby's arrival?
05:56I don't normally ask that.
05:58I'm on a budget, but I have been knitting.
06:02And have there been any changes since your last appointment?
06:07Yes, nurse.
06:09I, uh, went to the lab just after I got here.
06:13Is this fresh blood?
06:18Yeah.
06:24I've just been in the stock room,
06:26and none of those old papers has been cleared out.
06:30I found these old comics.
06:32They're great.
06:34Reggie, the whole point of a spring clean is to make space.
06:39They can't stay here.
06:40You'll have to think of something else.
06:43I shall arrange for Miss Hudson to have a soft tissue x-ray,
06:49and she must be admitted to the ward.
06:51You mean stay in?
06:53How long for?
06:54Well, let's see what the x-ray tells us,
06:56but we should assume for the remainder of the pregnancy.
07:02There's something wrong with the baby, isn't there?
07:05Honey, let's not jump to conclusions.
07:07I can't stay in.
07:08I haven't got anything with me.
07:10Is there no-one who could pop in?
07:11With a nightdress and some toiletries.
07:13I'm doing this on my own, nurse.
07:17The hospital has guns.
07:19I'll make sure you're kitted out.
07:20Oh, I didn't mean to wake you.
07:32I found some of Nurse Clifford's favorite tulips on the market,
07:35and I wanted to give her a surprise.
07:37Young love was ever thus.
07:40I'm also hoping to ask her for help with a sermon.
07:42I've been asked to be a guest preacher at Centau's Wells,
07:52and it's a different style to my own church.
07:56As a Pentecostalist,
07:59do you wait for the Holy Spirit to move you?
08:02Yes, usually.
08:04Oh.
08:07I have yearned for some Anglican clergy to do likewise.
08:12I have been given a text from Paul to start me off.
08:16For we walk by faith, not by sight.
08:20That is from the Corinthians.
08:22I would offer my assistance,
08:26but it is the voice of the fresh,
08:28nascent faith that you should heed.
08:32Age has attenuated me.
08:34You are the wisest soul, I know.
08:38I'm going to leave you to get on with your rest.
08:41Rest is for the dissolute.
08:44I am merely closing my eyes
08:47in pursuit of mental clarity.
08:56Good morning.
08:58I thought I was doing well being half an hour early.
09:01I have been here half an hour already.
09:04I always try to get ahead with rosters and notes
09:08before my shift begins
09:09so I can concentrate on our patients.
09:12I think of it as oiling the machine.
09:17Is there anything you could assign to me?
09:19I'm here to help.
09:21I aim to become a world sister too one day.
09:25I'm glad you used the word one day.
09:28I've been here 15 years
09:29and I was passed over for promotion four times.
09:32What made the difference in the end?
09:35being exceptionally good at my job
09:39and persevering.
09:40If you want to succeed, nurse Highland,
09:44you will have to work harder than everyone else.
09:48Getting earlier than everyone else
09:50and oil that machine better than anyone else.
09:55Can you do that?
09:56I can try
09:58and I will try.
10:01I'm trying already.
10:02I know.
10:04But make no mistake.
10:06They are looking for reasons
10:08not to promote women like us.
10:12Whatever else you do,
10:14do not stick your head above the parapet.
10:17See, ouch, if I hurt you.
10:23Burns can be very painful.
10:25No, you have a very gentle touch, nurse.
10:28Well, one way and another,
10:29I change a lot of dressings
10:30and handle a lot of babies.
10:36Watching a child come into the world
10:38must be a most magical thing.
10:40I hoped for so long to have my own child.
10:49But life is sweet in so many other ways.
10:54Soft tissue x-ray of the uterus
10:56reveals great free placenta previa
10:58with the placenta lying completely over the os
11:02when closed
11:03and up to three fingers dilation.
11:05Is that bad?
11:08It's not optimal.
11:10And it's due to the risk of hemorrhage.
11:12We'll perform with caesarean section
11:13as soon as you reach 38 weeks.
11:15Bed rest in the meantime
11:16and I will see you daily.
11:21The caesarean section?
11:23They cut you open.
11:24It takes months to recover.
11:25I can't have that, nurse.
11:27I know it's not what you want.
11:29But you're in the best place.
11:30Mr. Parry's going to look after you
11:32and so am I.
11:40Agata?
11:50Agata?
11:51Agata?
11:52Why were you eating from the bin?
11:54I was not eating.
11:56You are mistaken.
11:58I have a tea cake in my bag.
12:00Would you like it?
12:01I thought I might fancy a snack.
12:06I'm not hungry.
12:14Agata, have you hurt your arm?
12:16No, it is nothing.
12:19Please, you must go now.
12:21I'm afraid I won't leave
12:22until you let me look at it.
12:23You have a burn
12:31that's turning septic.
12:33You must come to the doctor
12:34and get it treated.
12:36No, I cannot go to the doctor.
12:38Agata!
12:40Why not?
12:43Agata, I want you!
12:45Because I do not leave this house.
12:47I have your iron pears, Mr. Hudson.
12:56Twice a day on Mr. Parry's orders.
12:57He certainly gives plenty of them.
12:59I hate using bedpans.
13:00I can't get any sleep.
13:02In this hospital night,
13:03he's rubbing my neck red raw.
13:05I'm sorry.
13:21My Aunty Mora always said
13:22big girls don't cry.
13:24I'm scared girls cry.
13:26Tired ones too.
13:28You've had a tough couple of days.
13:30I was feeling all gung-ho
13:34and can-do
13:35about bringing up a baby
13:37on me own
13:37and now I'm just lying here
13:39thinking about it.
13:41I'm terrified.
13:45Who's Aunty Mora?
13:47Will she be on home to her?
13:52She brought me up
13:53after my mum passed away.
13:55Never had any children of her own.
13:58Didn't have a mother of my own.
14:00So you filled each other's gaps.
14:05I was raised by my grandmother.
14:07I understand how it works.
14:09Do you understand how it can not work?
14:13You were each other's everything.
14:16Then you grew up and wanted more.
14:23I'd only got half of what I hoped for.
14:26A baby.
14:27No wedding ring.
14:30She wanted me to go away
14:31to have it
14:32and then give it up.
14:34I said no.
14:36You were entitled to say no.
14:39She called me a tart.
14:41I wouldn't mind.
14:42Only she works
14:43at a club called Ostrichocogo.
14:46I have strippers.
14:46She swore she swore she'd never speak to me again.
14:53And we left her there.
15:02Hello, Christopher.
15:06Did y'all have a lovely time together?
15:09We're watching Blue Peter.
15:11We're watching Blue Peter.
15:15And when Blue Peter in 29 years time comes out here,
15:19they'll be able to dig up this box
15:20and see exactly what we were like
15:21and what we were doing here today.
15:24A time capsule.
15:25We should make our own.
15:27Mum,
15:28do you have any spare time capsules we could use?
15:31We could bury them in the garden.
15:33And here they are.
15:37Oh,
15:38tell you what, Reg.
15:41Spring cleaning
15:42ain't for the faint-hearted.
15:44I reckon
15:45we've earned a shandy
15:46down at the Hand and Shears.
15:48I can't, Dad.
15:49I'm busy.
15:51Do you want?
15:53Making it home capsule.
15:58I saw Agatha
15:59eating out of the bin,
16:00Miss Higgins.
16:01And not only was that burn extremely infected,
16:04she says she's not allowed to leave the house.
16:06I have nothing under her surname,
16:08Valassa.
16:09And she's not registered at the Kovach's address.
16:12Without an address,
16:14I can't locate her local hospital number.
16:16She may not have one,
16:17but she needs medical attention, Miss Higgins.
16:21Can we register her with this practice
16:23and arrange a home visit?
16:26I can set her up as a temporary patient
16:28using the Kovach's address.
16:31But if her relatives are mistreating her,
16:34as you describe,
16:36you may need to think carefully
16:37before you intervene,
16:38lest it render her situation even worse.
16:41I don't think it could be much worse.
16:44Sister,
16:46Eileen Hudson's blood pressure
16:47seems a little high.
16:49What's the reading?
16:50130 over 90.
16:52I believe anxiety is to blame.
16:55She's distressed about her family situation
16:57and worried about bringing up her child alone.
17:00It's good to take note of these things,
17:03but this is a very busy ward,
17:05and we have to focus on the medical issues.
17:08We always have time for a few kind words,
17:10but we don't have time for emotional involvement.
17:18Would you do that for a while?
17:20I would go absolutely spare.
17:22Reginald Jackson!
17:25I need a tin for my tongue capsule.
17:30Well, that is all well and good,
17:32but did it have to be my button tin?
17:36You said we needed to make more space.
17:44I don't think I've ever known
17:45Denon to be so quiet.
17:47They're writing lists of things
17:49to put into their time capsule.
17:51They're making more just like on Blue Peter.
17:53It's captured their imagination ever so much.
17:56Daddy,
17:57do you think there will be doctors in year 2000?
18:00Of course there will,
18:01but there'll be robots,
18:03and they'll use rocket launches
18:05to fight to their appointments.
18:06No, they won't.
18:08They'll just beam themselves everywhere
18:09like they do in Star Trek.
18:11Well, I hope we'll still have some humans
18:13as doctors in the future.
18:15Why?
18:16Well, because people often keep quiet
18:18about what's bothering them.
18:20You need human ears to hear that.
18:27Poplar, 7982.
18:38Who's speaking, please?
18:44Eileen,
18:45is that you?
18:48Well, if it is,
18:49there is nothing I've got to say to you.
18:51Oh, goodness.
19:07You'll be in Australia
19:08if you carry on like that.
19:10Are you by any chance
19:12doing a Blue Peter time capsule?
19:14What are you going to bury?
19:16I'm putting comics in.
19:17People will always want
19:21funny things to read.
19:22You can do one
19:23with a Bible.
19:25I suppose I could.
19:26It wouldn't be very original, though.
19:28Or have many jokes in.
19:36This feels lovely.
19:38Is it a hospital one?
19:39I found it at the Natter's house.
19:41It's been freshly laundered.
19:43Did you have some breakfast this morning?
19:45They brought it around ever so early.
19:47Sookie cornflakes.
19:48I couldn't face it.
19:49I can't say I blame you.
19:50I'll find you a couple of rounds of toast.
19:52Did I hear the word toast?
19:55None for you, I'm afraid.
19:56You're having operation this afternoon.
19:59Why?
20:01Has something else gone wrong?
20:02Mr. Perry's unhappy
20:04with your blood pressure.
20:05Vera is not here.
20:24I know.
20:26I saw them leave for their midday walk.
20:28I've come to dress the burn on your arm.
20:30Vera must not know it.
20:31You're not receiving the care you need makes me angry, Agatha.
20:37But also, if you can tell me how this happened,
20:40it might help us to decide what we should do.
20:45Vera threw the water at me from the kettle.
20:47She hurt me.
20:57She hurt me all the time.
21:02One minute I'm scared.
21:04The next I'm excited.
21:06Let's go with excited.
21:08I'll be right in the room with you, honey.
21:16Agatha,
21:17can you tell me why
21:19Vera would do this to you?
21:24She wants me to have a baby.
21:26Why does she want you to have a baby?
21:30Not for me, for her.
21:32She cannot, so I must.
21:33But when I bleed, she hits me.
21:40So you aren't pregnant now?
21:42I wish, yes, so he will stop.
21:46But I think, no.
21:49So he keeps on.
21:52He?
21:54Who is he?
21:55Vaslo.
21:59They say I belong to them,
22:01that all is permitted.
22:02None of this is permitted.
22:05This is rape.
22:07Have you ever tried to run away?
22:11I have no papers.
22:13They took my passport,
22:15and I have no money.
22:18Because they don't pay you?
22:23Agatha, have you ever asked anyone for help?
22:27I think that I am asking now.
22:32Go into the tractor, please.
22:41Go into the tractor, please.
22:49PP rising.
22:50PP rising.
22:50There we go.
23:04Time, please.
23:06Two minutes past two.
23:08And now we turn our attention
23:24to the delivery
23:25of our erstwhile
23:26adversary, the prosecutor.
23:29Bogometrian,
23:29if you'd be so kind.
23:30Agatha needs every kind of help, Cyril.
23:44I can put her on the Linatus books
23:46as an antenatal patient,
23:47but we have to find her somewhere safe
23:49to live now,
23:50before she's injured again,
23:52before she is raped again,
23:53and before she actually gets pregnant.
23:55Resilind, you have to slow down.
23:57I'll open a file on her straight away,
23:59but these things
24:00have to be done properly.
24:01Can you get her
24:02into the women's hostel tonight?
24:03It's full.
24:05It's been full for two weeks.
24:08I'm going to tell her
24:08to go there anyway.
24:09Agatha, I will be quick,
24:25but I need you to listen.
24:26Agatha!
24:28This is the address
24:29of a women's hostel.
24:30They will take you in
24:31and you will be safe.
24:38Sorry, ladies.
24:39I just took a jug of lemon barley
24:41after Reggie.
24:42He's been digging like a navvy
24:44all afternoon.
24:45Every child at the knit clinic
24:47was talking about time capsules.
24:50They're even doing one
24:51at John Tess School.
24:52The headmaster has contacts
24:53at the raw mint,
24:54and it's going to include
24:55samples of every current banknote.
24:58It's fascinating to try to think
24:59that far ahead.
25:01I'll be 55 in the year 2000.
25:04I was 55 in the general strike.
25:07During the abdication,
25:11my recollections fade.
25:15But it matters not to God,
25:18for whom a thousand years
25:20is but a day.
25:21I wonder how many babies
25:24will have been born in Poplar
25:25by the time they dig
25:26these capsules up.
25:28And who will be delivering them
25:30if Narnata's house
25:31isn't here anymore?
25:32That's an interesting assumption,
25:33Miss Elwood.
25:35I suggest we refrain
25:36from speculation at present.
25:39Sister Veronica,
25:40would you like to lead us
25:41in the grace?
25:42Oh, what's all this?
25:49Are we having a jumble sale?
25:51Daddy, it's for our time capsule.
25:53I've had to remove
25:54a sachet of angel delight
25:55and a box of chocolate fingers
25:57that somehow made the rain
25:58to the capsule.
25:59We might be hungry
26:00in the year 2000.
26:01I think we should take
26:04a photo of us all together
26:06when we bury it.
26:07And one all together
26:07when we dig it up.
26:09We won't be together
26:10in the year 2000.
26:12Christopher won't be
26:13in England anymore,
26:15will he?
26:16That's right.
26:17As soon as he's better,
26:18he's going home
26:19to mummy in Hong Kong.
26:23Her BP has stabilised
26:25and her blood loss is normal.
26:26That can be the last
26:29of the 30-minute observations.
26:32Hourly checks from now on.
26:39Baloo and I have had an idea
26:41about something to put
26:42in the 13th popular time capsule.
26:45But what suggestions
26:46do you have, Pat?
26:49We should bury a car
26:51because in the year 2000
26:52it will all be spaceships.
26:55Thank you, Neil,
26:56but I think we may struggle
26:58to get a car
26:59into a biscuit tin.
27:01What we thought
27:02was that we'd include
27:03a selection of Cub Scout badges
27:05and each of you
27:08can write a letter
27:09about one of the badges
27:10and what you did
27:12to earn it.
27:13Hands up.
27:14Who thinks that's
27:14a good idea?
27:17Thank you, Andrew.
27:19Your hand went up first
27:21so you get first pick
27:22of the badges.
27:23Now, are there
27:24any questions?
27:26My teeth just come out.
27:28Can I put that in?
27:30Can I put your money in?
27:31Can I put that in?
27:33Can I put your money in?
27:35How much longer
27:37really feel?
27:38She's young.
27:39And she's healthy.
27:41She's not like me.
27:43She should have conceived
27:44by now.
27:45It will happen soon.
27:47I will make sure of it.
27:49Where are you going
28:02with those?
28:04Don't start to soak them.
28:06Do that.
28:08And they'll come to me.
28:09Agatha, come to me.
28:29Eileen?
28:39Eileen?
28:40I was just coming
28:41to do your observations.
28:43I didn't know you were awake.
28:45Are you in a lot of pain?
28:46I don't know where my baby is.
28:48I thought we'd be in a car
28:50when I could see
28:50them now woke up now.
28:53Did they get her out?
28:54honey you've just had an operation so you're not thinking straight just yet
29:00you have a beautiful little girl and she's up in the nursery giving you some
29:05peace and quiet after I've checked you over I'm going up to the nursery and
29:16I'll bring her down in a bassinet only for five minutes mind I just need to see
29:22that she's real we are full but we will always find a corner somewhere if you're
29:32under an artist house so stores not so bad you know love I wouldn't usually ask
29:43to speak with you so late at night but I find I'm unable to take my sisters into
29:48my confidence as much as I would like they know some things but not all I
29:53understand but since Easter when the board gave us their ultimatum since lent
30:00when I told them I would make a decision at the time of our choosing well I've
30:05been talking to the lady Emily about how they're financed and it's extremely
30:09interesting why have you been talking to the lady Emily that clinic is run for
30:13the benefit of the rich not the needy our mission lies with the poor
30:24I'm afraid and as Clifford is not here we do have another midwife on duty who
30:34will come and see Agatha here she is excited as anything to meet her mommy
30:43I live
30:46uncle
30:51I need help
31:11we have a major postpartum hemorrhage
31:16we have a major postpartum hemorrhage
31:22we've got a little girl who needs you Eileen
31:26she needs you she needs her mother
31:36what is this baby doing here we can't get the bleeding to stop it's too substantial
31:44I'll call mr. parry she needs her uterus packing we have to get her to theater
31:49you must have been terrified to run out of the house without even a handbag or your purse
31:56I have no handbag and no purse and I'm afraid now this is not a good place
32:00but it is a safe place and sometimes that's the only thing that matters
32:03although I grant you it isn't the writs
32:09Agatha the wardress the lady at the door thought you might be expecting a baby if you were sent here
32:16by Ninata's house
32:18no I think no I don't want a baby I don't want anything
32:23please Agatha will you let me examine you
32:37I am your friend
32:40all will be well you didn't have to wait to receive the news
32:50I wanted to
32:53Rosalyn
32:58hello Trixie
33:00I was just coming back from kitchen duty at the men's shelter
33:03shall I make us some horlicks
33:05yes
33:06please do
33:08I'm sorry Trixie
33:16I just had to get her out of that house
33:19I think it was very necessary
33:33but you took sore responsibility in a situation
33:36which could have become extremely dangerous
33:38it was already extremely dangerous
33:41and it's even more so now
33:43Agatha is expecting a baby
33:45she said she was having periods
33:49when I questioned her there seems to have been nothing but light spotting for some time
33:54and the frontal height suggests she's about three months
33:57what if the Kovach's find out and try to get her back
34:02it makes everything worse doesn't it
34:05yes it does
34:07you're a good nurse Rosalyn
34:11and a good woman
34:12but please don't make any more bold moves without speaking to someone more senior first
34:17you have a very rare blood type Miss Hudson
34:22and the number of my days
34:24and the number of my days
34:26that I may be certified how long I have to live
34:32behold the whispers in my days
34:34as it were a spot long
34:37and my age is even as nothing in respect of thee
34:43you have a very rare blood type Miss Hudson
34:47AB negative
34:48you've now had all the hospital had in store
34:51and we're awaiting supplies
34:52does it have to be special blood
34:55can I just have the normal kind
34:57they tried a substitute group overnight honey
35:00but your body wasn't having it
35:02sometimes a family member will have the same blood type
35:05if we test them they might be able to donate immediately
35:08and solely for you
35:09I've got no family
35:11come on now
35:16no squabbling
35:18I never realised burying a time capture
35:21would be such a feat of diplomacy
35:23I saw less complicated maps in Alamein
35:26I've just about squeezed them all in
35:29have you room for one more?
35:32I've had a wee idea
35:33I don't reckon there's a single corner left
35:36unless
35:36you take Reggie's hole
35:38there's nothing going in there
35:40apart from fresh air and old soil
35:42has he lost interest?
35:44no
35:44he's gone off the idea of burying these comics
35:48we'll send off a urine sample
35:53but you do seem to be about three months pregnant
35:56don't make me go back to that house
35:59nobody is making you go back to that house sweetie
36:02no
36:02but we are going to have to get you sleeping somewhere clean and comfortable
36:06and eating properly
36:08I eat for the baby yes
36:10for the baby
36:12and for yourself
36:13I want to do blood tests
36:16and weigh you
36:17I think you may be very malnourished
36:20that's no good for either of you
36:22Laszlo and Vera
36:25do not know there is a child
36:27and you're under no obligation to tell them
36:30but Laszlo is the father
36:32and Vera wants to be the mother
36:33if we move you here
36:34to our maternity home
36:36we don't need to concern ourselves with what they want
36:40and with your permission
36:42I am going to the police
36:43no not police
36:45Laszlo I'm going to say I will go to jail
36:47because I am illegal
36:48I have no papers
36:50you have no papers
36:52because they stole them from you
36:54meanwhile
36:55you've been tortured
36:57imprisoned
36:59starved
37:00and raped
37:02Agatha
37:03you are not the one who's committed a crime
37:06thank you Mr. Parry
37:28sister
37:33Eileen's pulse is becoming weak
37:36and thready
37:37we've just been told that
37:38national supplies of AB blood
37:40are extremely low
37:42there may be none available for days
37:44and she has no family we can ask
37:47because I took time to get to know her
37:49I can tell you she does have family
37:51she has an aunt
37:53whom I think I can find
37:55we do not have the time for you to go on a wild goose chase
37:59sister
38:00I'm sticking my head above the parapet
38:06and if it helps our patient
38:09I'm not stopping you
38:11I will
38:15thank you very much
38:17it was as expected
38:21the police
38:23I'm afraid to say
38:24had no interest
38:25in the terrible sexual abuse
38:27Agatha suffered
38:27the officer called it
38:29a bit of he said she said
38:31such a woeful dereliction of duty
38:35however
38:37they were interested in the theft of Agatha's passport
38:40they're going round to the Kovaches this afternoon
38:44we're not hiring
39:00like the uniform could come in useful
39:02I'm not here for that
39:04I understand you have a niece called Eileen
39:08I have one
39:12she made it very clear
39:14she's going to go her own way in life
39:15I'm no longer interested in anything she has to say
39:19Eileen has had the baby
39:21and she is very very sick
39:22I want you to just weigh him high
39:28that's all
39:30I want you to just be respectable
39:33you don't have to make amends with her
39:36you don't even have to see her
39:38she desperately needs a blood transfusion
39:40and there's a possibility you might be a match
39:43this is all rather novel
39:51I had hoped to surprise you
39:54and then realised
39:55if it wasn't advertised
39:56we wouldn't have anything to put in it
39:58so many of our mothers have brought little things along
40:02just because of word of mouth
40:04dozens of nappy pins
40:06pink and blue
40:07and quite a few name bracelets
40:10from the maternity home
40:11during the war
40:13we used to write the baby's names
40:15on sticking plaster
40:16taped across their back
40:18I don't think that sounds hygienic
40:20but all these souvenirs are lovely
40:22I had a prolapse cord with Claire
40:29she would have died
40:31if it hadn't been for Nenot's house
40:32thank you
40:34that is just perfect
40:37good afternoon Mrs. Kovach
40:44I've come to collect Agatha's belongings
40:46where is she?
40:48she's asked that we don't disclose her whereabouts
40:50the police have been here
40:52raking through every cupboard
40:54every drawer
40:54I imagine they were looking for her passport
40:56they found it
40:57it wasn't lost
40:58it wasn't stolen
40:59nor was it yours to withhold
41:01we need to know she's safe
41:04she's safe now
41:05and she's receiving medical attention
41:07she's our flesh and blood
41:09she's not too clever in the head
41:10she needs our protection
41:12I beg to differ
41:14as it happens
41:15and Agatha needs her clothes
41:18now you can let me in
41:20or I shall send for the police again
41:22the results of Miss Hudson's art have come back
41:32AB negative
41:34we have a match
41:35we do
41:36and you did the right thing
41:38you need to keep your fluids up
41:48when you're donating blood
41:49the least I could do
41:54all I ever wanted was to see her thrive
41:56and that was what upset me
41:59when she was hell-bent on being an unmarried mother
42:01I work with these sort of girls
42:03and they don't lead an enviable life
42:05I think Eileen is going to lead a good life
42:08she loves her daughter as much as you love her
42:11I'll be off now
42:16done all I can
42:19I'm not sure that's true
42:21you did very well with your main course
42:25I must say
42:25Dr. Turner's keen to see you put some weight on
42:28this is the best food I have had in England
42:30wristles and cabbage
42:32oh sweetie
42:33you're breaking my heart
42:34and these clothes are breaking my heart a little too
42:38but they're yours
42:40and you're entitled to them
42:42I don't want them
42:44these men of that house
42:45these men of him
42:46we can certainly arrange for them to be laundered
42:49or burnt
42:50there's a cupboard at Nonata's house
42:54full of lovely things
42:56passed on from women and children
42:58for other women and children who might need them
43:00take it out of the fire
43:02but not these
43:04this Bible came with me
43:06it stays on the journey
43:07I have a Bible that traveled around the world
43:10at home in Hungary
43:12the communists made us afraid to practice our religion
43:15I thought when I came here
43:17I could go to church and pray where there were statues
43:21I was wrong
43:23I have not been in a church since I came to this country
43:26this book was all I had
43:29at least it was something
43:32it was not enough
43:35good evening
43:41Mr. and Mrs. Kovach
43:44I'm about to close the surgery for the evening
43:47but may I be of assistance?
43:48we are looking for my young relative
43:50Agatha Bolacha
43:51we are very concerned about her
43:53we were told she needed medical assistance
43:55there is nobody of that name registered with this practice
43:59and the only patients on the premises are our maternity cases
44:02a nurse from this practice
44:05has been to our home
44:07Ms. Higgins
44:08when does the rag and bone man come?
44:10Agatha says she doesn't want to keep any of us
44:12Agatha
44:12Agatha, where are you?
44:14call the police
44:15don't you dare trespass on a hospital premises in this way
44:22get out, get out now
44:24are you here because you're having a baby?
44:26she is here because she was starving
44:28and brutalized and required nursing
44:30anything else is none of your business
44:32Agatha, have you been telling your stories again?
44:33she is not well
44:34you see, nurse, in the head
44:36she needs to come home
44:38don't you, Agatha?
44:40you can't take care of a baby, Agatha
44:42if you come home
44:44we can look after you
44:45and the child
44:46you can look after me again
44:48and we can all be happy together
44:50like we used to be
44:52we were never happy together
44:53I was never happy at all
44:55we gave you a home
44:57without us, you are nothing
44:58that is enough
45:00Agatha is a human being
45:03you stole her freedom for long enough
45:05but you aren't going to erase her
45:07and I am telling you to go
45:12because I am someone
45:15I can choose
45:17I can speak
45:18do you hear me?
45:28oh, you look as though you've had a long day
45:30the terrible way people can treat each other
45:35it still surprises me
45:38even after all this time
45:40some things are always difficult
45:42what's all this?
45:47Teddy wanted a photo of Petula
45:49for the time capsule
45:50I knew we had one from Easter
45:52as I was looking
45:54I came across this
45:56this time between Christopher's chemotherapy sessions
46:02has felt so precious
46:03it's all precious, isn't it?
46:08every second we get to spend with him
46:10well
46:15someone certainly looks brighter
46:17they said it had the proper blood
46:19where'd you get it from?
46:22I asked your aunt to donate
46:24if her group proved to be the same as yours
46:26and it was
46:28and she agreed
46:29would you like to see her?
46:32would she come after all the things we said?
46:40is that her?
46:48a little girl?
46:50and is that you?
46:51she's been right beside her all day
46:53the little girl needs her family
46:55just like me and you, love
46:57I should never have said the things I said
47:00I should have backed down
47:01and so should I
47:03but I am not your mother
47:07and I never have been
47:08no
47:09you are everyone
47:11you've been my mum
47:14my dad
47:15my aunt
47:16and my best friend
47:19as tough girls
47:24we don't let them see us cry
47:26but we do
47:29don't let this one be scared
47:32to feel her feelings
47:33thank you nurse
47:53Laszlo and Vera
47:57can't hurt you anymore Agatha
47:59they have no power over you
48:01and the police have charged them
48:03with false imprisonment
48:04then they are the ones
48:06who will be in jail
48:07it is very likely
48:08as your social worker
48:10I'd help to guide you
48:11through the court case
48:12where am I to live
48:14so that they will not find me?
48:16there is quite a large
48:17Hungarian community
48:19in Stoke-on-Trent
48:20and I've found a mother and baby
48:22home there
48:23that you might like to consider
48:24once all your papers are in order
48:26we might also
48:27be able to get you home
48:28to Hungary
48:29if that's what you decide
48:31I decide
48:33I am not ready to decide
48:37that's alright
48:38we're here to help you
48:41when you do
48:41I found you the most gorgeous coat
48:48are you ready for our outing?
48:53it's nice of you to let the Nautos house
48:55use your spot
48:56what if I had changed my mind
49:02it's too late to change your mind
49:05Mother Mary
49:27she has everything in my religion
49:29thank you for letting me see her again
49:32I always think Mary was so brave
49:35giving birth on a dirt floor
49:37with no one to help her
49:38a mother's love is often indivisible
49:41from a mother's courage
49:43good morning sister
49:53early again
49:54I could set my watch by you
49:56you've done well this week
49:59Nurse Highland
50:00it's certainly been interesting
50:02which is what I wanted
50:03I spoke to Mr. Parry
50:05and asked if he'd be agreeable
50:07to you remaining
50:08with us here for a few more weeks
50:10he was
50:12I hope you'll consider it
50:14I'd be delighted to
50:16I'll do the staffing roster
50:19you set up the clean tests
50:21got to keep oil in that machine
50:22goodness me
50:26he had a brainwave
50:27careful down those stairs
50:28it's about the time capsule
50:29we think Christopher will love it
50:31we're going to need lots and lots of paint
50:35my Huntley and Palmer's biscuit tin
50:42should suffice for the capsule
50:44whatever is amiss
50:49it's just
50:51this description
50:54one of the boys has written
50:55the silver arrow badge
50:59is very special
51:01I got mine
51:03building a campfire
51:04our leaders
51:07are called
51:08Arkela
51:09and Baloo
51:10they are very
51:12very old ladies
51:14so they will be dead
51:16in the year 2000
51:17when you open this
51:19but I don't want you
51:22to forget them
51:23so this is what
51:25they look like
51:26well
51:36as they have been
51:38so creative
51:39perhaps we should be too
51:41but I don't want you
52:11I did not expect to be so moved by this.
52:20Whatever happens to the Order in the future,
52:23we will have always been here.
52:25And perhaps that's all that matters.
52:34Do you like it, Mummy?
52:36Oh, it's perfect.
52:38Perfect. In fact, I think we should make another one.
52:43May, would you like to send one to your mum in Hong Kong?
52:46I'm sure she'd love to see it.
52:52And what else are we hoping for in the year 2000?
52:57What about a magic oven that could cook a whole dinner in five minutes?
53:03Rocket boots!
53:04Fine calves!
53:05Mandate needles of a sticking in material, not people.
53:09Choose cameras!
53:10I saved you a tulip.
53:40Do you still need help with your sermon?
53:44No.
54:02We promise our children that there is a future.
54:06That one day, there'll be others on the grass where they play now.
54:11Looking back in wonder at the lives that went before.
54:18Every life contains some promise at the outset.
54:23Sometimes its potential is not reached.
54:28Sometimes it blossoms despite the wound and rain.
54:32We all carry seeds within us.
54:37If we're blessed, they bloom into courage.
54:41Faith, hope, and the love that finds a way.
54:46Children see nothing of that, nor do they need to.
54:52It is enough that they are laughing.
54:55Saying, this is who we were last week.
54:58Yesterday, an hour ago.
55:01A child's past to a child is already ancient history.
55:08And their future feels as far off as the moon.
55:13That is as it ought to be.
55:16Let the present nourish us.
55:19Let us turn our faces to the sun.
55:22And even as the moment fades and falls away.
55:26Let us vow.
55:28We will remember it.
55:30A newborn baby is so incredibly vulnerable.
55:37My baby!
55:38My baby!
55:39My baby!
55:40We'll find him.
55:41We've got officers searching the area already.
55:44Are you asking me to go away with you for the weekend?
55:46Yes.
55:47Chemotherapy is one of the toughest things you could put a two year old through.
55:51He doesn't have time.
56:00I am dying, but the facade is so wonderful.
56:13It will be too lovely.
56:17Every day, only have a fairer force.
56:23To keep walking away with you,
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