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00:00Sometimes, bacon.
00:02That continent is the cauldron of all perversities.
00:06I think it sounds quite delicious.
00:09We could experiment with spam and treacle.
00:12We have both in the cupboard.
00:14If that is how you would like to celebrate passing your exams,
00:17you have only to say...
00:19It's wonderful news, lass.
00:21Welcome to our profession.
00:23Wonderful work. That's wonderful work, Mancine.
00:32You forget how much it already has.
00:34Oh, Steve. Steve.
00:37Stevenson!
00:40I'm leaving.
00:42When you do the solicitor's office,
00:44they don't like the pine disinfectant in the toilet.
00:47You have to use the lemon!
00:49I'm supposed to be doing her cleaning shift fire.
00:51Do you have to leave now, Mr Drummond?
00:54This baby's about to be born.
01:02Oh, Reggie, love, you've even sliced the lemons.
01:05Aren't you good?
01:06I thought it would speed things up.
01:08Well, no-one ought to be kept waiting on pancake day.
01:12Oh, good on you.
01:14You've been practising your new money.
01:17It's easier than old money.
01:19Now, that is what the government told us
01:22when they said that we were going decimal.
01:24Although, two weeks in,
01:26I don't think they've convinced a single shopkeeper.
01:30You have a little girl, Maxi.
01:47Another girl. We've got another girl.
01:49I thought you wanted a boy.
01:52What?
01:53Never.
01:54Never, ever.
01:55Never, ever.
01:59Oh, no!
02:01Oh, no!
02:02Oh, no!
02:03Oh, no!
02:08Oh, God!
02:09Oh, God!
02:10Oh, God!
02:11You love me!
02:12Can I kiss her?
02:13Go on.
02:14I'll kiss you first.
02:16I'll kiss you first.
02:17I'll kiss her!
02:18No!
02:19Oh!
02:20Oh, God!
02:21Oh!
02:22Oh!
02:23Oh!
02:24Oh!
02:25Oh!
02:26Oh!
02:27Oh!
02:28Oh!
02:33Oh!
02:34Oh, I didn't knock. I thought it was too late.
02:37The pancake batter's been standing our evening.
02:39I was listening for the sound of your bike wheel.
02:44Cyril, I'm in my uniform and you're in your slippers.
02:50Good delivery?
02:51Actually, it was inspiring.
02:56Oh, good girls, bang on time.
03:00Oh, that's nice, isn't it, Christopher?
03:04Lovely kisses to start the day.
03:09He's getting better from having his kidney removed, isn't he?
03:12Yes, and we'll find out when he starts his chemotherapy soon.
03:17Girls, don't forget the rota.
03:19We're wiping round the sink in the downstairs bathroom.
03:22We need to be extra careful of germs.
03:25All Teddy ever does is feed the rabbit.
03:28That's because chores need to be assigned to people I can trust.
03:33Patrick, are you up yet?
03:36The coffee's on.
03:38I'm on district duty for the rest of the week.
03:41We need a thorough review of all our diabetic patients.
03:44Sister Catherine, in honour of your first day as a fully qualified midwife, I have assigned you the antenatal round.
03:53Entirely solo, unsupervised and independent.
03:57I hope you've eaten a hearty breakfast, honey.
04:00You'll be riding a bike for miles.
04:03I've just added Thelma Cutler at 8 Lowman Street to your list.
04:06That poor lady who was sick on the floor in clinic.
04:09Six months along and her nausea is intractable.
04:12It's rare, but I think the poor lass might be stuck with it for the duration.
04:17District nurse!
04:40District nurse!
04:41Mr Kingsley, I found this little scamp halfway down the stairs to the street.
04:49Come here.
04:50Oh, Terence!
04:53If you keep doing this, I'm going to get you a collar and lead, huh?
04:57Mr Kingsley, it's February.
04:59It's cold.
05:00He needs more on than one sock and a vest.
05:05What is that child doing up at the window?
05:09Ah, she likes looking down.
05:11Seeing what's going on.
05:13Edna!
05:15They actually came from Dr Turner's practice
05:19to make sure that everything was up to date with your diabetes medication.
05:23We haven't seen you for a while.
05:25No, I'm under the hospital.
05:26In a serious case.
05:27Edna!
05:28Hello, nurse.
05:29Mrs Kingsley, I didn't know you were expecting a gun.
05:34Do you have any clothes for these children?
05:39Loads.
05:40Justin's sort the washing out.
05:44Hello?
05:45Midwife's calling.
05:46It's on the latch.
05:47Poor love.
05:48There's nothing to bring up.
05:49It's just bail.
05:50I'm not crying.
05:51It's just...
05:52Oh, eyes watering.
05:53I'm not crying.
05:54You don't have to be brave all the time, Thelma.
05:55Sometimes it's all right to say this is hard.
05:56I'm not crying.
05:57I'm not crying.
05:58I'm not crying.
05:59You don't have to be brave all the time, Thelma.
06:00Sometimes it's all right to say this is hard.
06:01It's hard.
06:02It's hard.
06:03I remember flushing my contraceptive pills down the toilet.
06:05When we decided to start trying for a baby.
06:06I'm not crying.
06:07I'm not crying.
06:08You don't have to be brave all the time, Thelma.
06:23Sometimes it's all right to say this is hard.
06:26It's hard.
06:27I remember flushing my contraceptive pills down the toilet when we decided to start trying
06:32for a baby.
06:33I feel like I've done nothing but stare down that toilet ever since.
06:38A bed and a washing up bowl are probably better.
06:43I've got another three parts of this.
06:57Lass, you need to attend clinic.
07:00And you need to get your home ready for the new arrival.
07:03Got it ready for the last arrival.
07:05Still got the cotton bottles and everything.
07:07Yeah.
07:08Hair brushed.
07:09Lippy on.
07:10That better?
07:11Sometimes getting dressed and ready to face the day is half the battle.
07:21It felt like a battle since we lost our eldest.
07:24You've had a lot to come back from, Edna.
07:28What I would advise is...
07:29I don't need advice from someone at the ark.
07:33The father's not doing his daily urine tests and that flap reeks to high heaven.
07:43An army of lice on all four kiddies and the eldest should have been in school.
07:48Faye Marie, born November 1965.
07:51And there was that little boy who died when they were at a different practice.
07:55I'm afraid we've missed St Cuthbert's Diabetic Clinic for this week, Doctor.
07:59Would you like to assess Mr Kingsley yourself?
08:01Yes, as soon as possible.
08:03I haven't seen Faye or Nicky for two years.
08:06And there are gaps in their record before that.
08:09We'd better tell social services.
08:12Go on through.
08:14They're all in there.
08:15Oh, come on in, nurse.
08:17We're just having a women's lib meeting.
08:18You don't mind me getting on with things while I'm feeding, do you?
08:21Oh, no, not at all.
08:22But once baby's finished on the breast, I will need to examine you.
08:25Fair enough.
08:26Take a pew.
08:27Go on.
08:28You can join us.
08:30It doesn't matter if we're supported or derided on the Women's March through London.
08:35The most important thing is that we are seen and we are heard.
08:39Does derided mean made fun of?
08:41Yes, but it can also mean dismissed or belittled.
08:44Women have been put down since time immemorial and we aren't going to put up with it anymore.
08:48We want to get that on a placard.
08:50You might have to make it a bit shorter.
08:53And the point me and all the other women on the Cleaners Association want to make,
08:57placards or no placards, is that we want equal rights, equal status and equal pay.
09:04Which is why we are all going to be marching shoulder to shoulder through London.
09:11Thelma seems to be living on bits of toast and boiled sweets, Doctor.
09:16And she can scarcely keep those down.
09:18If she ends up clinically dehydrated, we'll send her to St Cuthberts.
09:23I've not seen many cases of true hyperemesis.
09:27But every time, it's the lowest I've ever seen a pregnant woman brought.
09:32Mentally as well as physically.
09:34There's not really any medication for it, is there?
09:37Not after thalidomide.
09:38There will never be any medication for it after thalidomide.
09:41A political meeting at the bedside of a newly delivered mother.
09:47I'm amazed she had the energy.
09:49It was as though all the women were getting energy from each other.
09:52I've never seen anything like it.
09:54They even gave her some homework.
09:56Show them your book, child.
09:58The Female Eunuch by Germaine Brier.
10:01What a very striking cover.
10:05What I want to know is, where do they come from?
10:08All these educated ladies campaigning side by side with cleaners from the East End.
10:14I think mostly hamstered.
10:16Although there's no doubt the movement's spreading.
10:18Women of all classes have always been involved in women's advancement.
10:22My granny used to finish a factory shift in Paisley and go out campaigning.
10:27Will you come on the march with Joyce and I, Phyllis?
10:34Perhaps I should come to the meeting.
10:37I've no objection to finding out more.
10:40I think that's extremely public-spirited.
10:42The sisters and I look forward to hearing all about it.
10:57You forgot the knit lotion.
11:01I'm sorry.
11:02I must have got distracted putting a new diabetes kit together for Mr Kingsley.
11:06I deal with him myself, but I've two new cases of Venus also.
11:10And I think the family as a whole might respond better to a younger person.
11:16So, the projected budget details are in the blue folder, but we're still missing the sign returns from the Board of Health.
11:26I'm afraid you've drawn a dreadfully short straw.
11:29I have assigned myself nursery duties in the maternity home for delicious little newborns, including twins.
11:37I'll be down at feeding time.
11:38And we agreed that secular staff make better inroads with the council.
11:42Go.
11:43Lead me to get on.
11:53Honey?
11:54I'm the nurse.
11:55Are your mum and dad at home?
11:56The form is secret.
11:58There is nothing to fear from completing it.
12:01What are you doing with those pills?
12:03These are saccharine tablets.
12:06I have a pudding in your tea.
12:08What are you doing with them, child?
12:16Is that all you have to eat?
12:28Your daughter should be at school.
12:30And all of your children are hungry.
12:32They need to be deloused, but first, they need to be fed.
12:35Who gave you leave to come in here and start shouting odds, eh?
12:39My wife has been diagnosed with depression.
12:42I'm going to go to the corner shop and buy a loaf, some margarine and some jam.
12:47And when I get back, we're going to discuss a plan of action.
12:49I'm calling on behalf of Nunata's house, Hendy Street, with regard to our projected budget from June of this year.
13:00Please hold for a moment.
13:01Of course.
13:03Would that be my friend, Lady Aylward?
13:06Yes.
13:08I wasn't expecting to be put through to you, Dr Threpwood.
13:11I asked to be connected directly, should you call.
13:14I feel I should forewarn you of certain developments.
13:18Now?
13:19It would be expedient to meet within the week.
13:26Come on.
13:27Nurse Hyland.
13:30Mr Kingsley refused to cooperate with their diabetes protocols.
13:34And I'm taking the children to the cleansing station.
13:36There's no way of heating water in that flat.
13:39And I think the youngest has scabies.
13:41As well as lice.
13:42I'd better take a look at them.
13:44Come on.
13:45Oh, yeah.
13:47I know.
13:53This belly aches worse than the sickness, sister.
13:56If I could just go.
13:57Go properly.
13:59You know what I mean.
14:01If you're dehydrated, that might well lead to constipation.
14:03But I'll have a feel of your tummy, just to make sure things are as they should be.
14:07I'll be back.
14:15I am putting in a complaint as soon as I get back to the surgery.
14:19That cleansing station needs to be open at all times, not on request or by appointment.
14:24I've never seen a family in a worse state than this.
14:27I've thought that so many times.
14:28May I come in?
14:32Have your bowels moved at all, Thelma?
14:34I'm going to get you back to bed with a hot water bottle, then I'm calling Dr Turner.
14:51There's nothing you can give me.
14:55Don't waste his time.
14:57The surgery is three minutes walk away.
15:00And we won't be wasting his time if we ask him to pop round and rule out early labour.
15:05We need to take care of you, Thelma.
15:08And your baby.
15:09I wish there was no baby sometimes.
15:13We're going to have to get them taken into care.
15:30It may take a few days to implement, but this is a clear case of neglect.
15:37I think it's worse than neglect.
15:40There's bruises on the backs of the children.
15:43And I need you to look between Nicky's toes.
15:46I think there's a cigarette burn there.
15:48There's a cigarette burn there.
15:49There's a cigarette burn there.
15:50There you go.
15:51There's a cigarette burn there, but I'm going to get away.
15:52I'm going to take a second back.
15:53I think I've done that.
15:54Nooo!
16:03Something's moving into the toilet.
16:06Can I see you?
16:08Was it the baby?
16:14Yes, sweetheart, it was.
16:15Don't look.
16:27Sweetheart, we need to get you up.
16:38It's all right, Thelma. I'm with you.
16:41I'm going to leave you, but only for a moment.
16:46I need to fetch my bag.
16:47I'm afraid I always fear the worst when Dr. Threatwood starts taking an interest in our
17:17fortunes.
17:18All I could do was arrange to meet him at his office next week.
17:22Baby, 28 weeks gestation delivered into the toilet.
17:25Still breathing.
17:26Dr. Turner.
17:28Dr. Turner.
17:29He wants breathing.
17:30What's happened?
17:31Premature baby, six months gestation.
17:34Get the flying squad.
17:35Sweetie, whose baby is it?
17:37Thelma Cutler, 8 Lutman Street.
17:40Colonel Wethro.
17:41Yes, the infant is still showing signs of life.
17:47The centre is still damaged.
17:50The skin, the skin is like tissue paper.
17:55We've lost respiration.
17:58Come on, come on, little warrior.
18:01It's all right, Thelma.
18:09Everything's going to be all right.
18:12Where did his discovery go?
18:14She took your baby to the mortality home, Thelma.
18:17Because he was dead?
18:19No.
18:21Because it's alive.
18:24Is it a boy or a girl?
18:26I don't know.
18:30We're taking it to Imperial Hospital.
18:32It's the only place in London with any expertise when they're this early.
18:35And this small.
18:37We haven't weighed him.
18:39Weight was the least of our concerns.
18:41Fingers crossed it survives the journey across town.
18:44Blue lights all the way.
18:45It is a little boy.
18:48I wouldn't generally advise taking the bull by the horns in such a way in Nurse Highland.
19:11But in this case, it's as well you did.
19:14It's the indifference that angers me.
19:16The indifference and the laziness, as well as the cruelty.
19:21Life is more of a struggle for some people than it is for others.
19:25We're fortunate.
19:27Our struggle is only with our feelings.
19:42Good afternoon, Mr. Gator.
19:43Have you got my kids?
19:44Your children are all here.
19:46They have been receiving hygiene treatment.
19:48We're taking them home.
19:49I suggest you come inside and speak to Sister Veronica.
19:52As a health visitor, she is the best person to advise.
19:55As their father, I'm best placed to advise the lot of you.
19:59You do not have the right to enter private premises in this manner.
20:03And you do not have the right to abduct my children.
20:05Edna.
20:06Edna.
20:07Edna.
20:08Edna.
20:09Nurse Highland brought your children here because they were in desperate need of bathing, and
20:15now we have found bruises that will have to be explained.
20:18You'll have to prove they weren't inflicted here.
20:20Huh?
20:21I know the way your sort operate, and we know our rights.
20:26Edna.
20:26And thank you, Eleanor, for reminding us that women are not just discriminated against
20:41in the professional field, they are also discriminated against at home.
20:59The time has come for us to declare our self-respect and to claim a full identity, and to get equal
21:07pay for equal work.
21:09Yes, yes, yes.
21:10Thank you so much.
21:14Before we move on to discussing the logistics of the march, Maxine will highlight the things
21:19we're going to do to publicise it.
21:21Namely, the one-day strike on Saturday, and the exhibition of bra burning.
21:24First, I'd like to open the meeting to the floor, in case anyone has anything to say.
21:29I would like to say two things.
21:32Thank you very much to the Women's Liberation Movement, and it's high time.
21:37It's very, very high time.
21:42I would like to say thank you, too, to the women who welcomed me round this table tonight,
21:47to the women who showed me that this fight is necessary, and to the women who I will stand
21:52with when we shout this from the rooftops.
21:54Yes, I didn't know!
22:08Enter.
22:11You need not concern yourself with your attire.
22:15The Lord gave you those tresses, and if they are his delight, they do not offend me.
22:22I have prepared you a beverage
22:37out of concern for the day
22:40you have endured
22:41but
22:43I find I have left it in the kitchen
22:46I'm happy just to have your company
22:48it was a terrible day
22:53I have seen its like
22:55many times
22:57an infant lost
23:00or maimed
23:02or
23:03not shaped well
23:05I keep turning it over and over again
23:11in my mind
23:11did I do all I should have done
23:16did I do anything to make things worse
23:20I recall that unabating voice
23:23the doubt that pursues you home
23:27and seeks to be your bedfiller
23:30but say this to yourself
23:35tonight
23:37a child breathes
23:40tonight
23:41a mother lives
23:42tomorrow
23:46you will resume your tasks
23:49what is my task now
23:52the child is born
23:55it has arrived
23:57but the mother is still on the journey
24:01and you must bring her home
24:04I've never once doubted the importance of female solidarity
24:11but for women of my age it went unspoken
24:15if we'd had a motto it would have been deeds not words
24:19but we had a war to be getting on with
24:21but even in the war
24:23too many women were forced into limiting roles
24:26because of damaging stereotypes
24:27that's why burning bras are so important
24:30it's about the rejection of frivolity
24:32a good bra
24:34is a very practical item
24:36and not frivolous at all
24:39Trixie tell me you're not going to be joining in with all that carry-on
24:42well perhaps not with my current bras
24:44I bought them at a New York lingerie department
24:46but definitely something from my back catalogue
24:49you were quite quiet in the meeting Joyce
24:54didn't you enjoy it?
24:57I go quiet when I think
24:58and I was doing a lot of thinking
25:00so was I
25:01I kept thinking
25:03my husband had the power
25:05to run our finances into the ground
25:07without telling me
25:08my husband beat me so badly
25:10I left him without telling him
25:12but what I learned tonight
25:14is that
25:14it's not what men have done to us that matters
25:17it's what we do as women going forward
25:20left I can't argue with
25:22and that's it
25:33we're ready for your outing
25:35shoes on
25:36coats at the ready
25:37and I've got your washing up bowl
25:39I don't need it Kev
25:41I haven't been sick since yesterday
25:42I keep trying to picture the baby
25:45I never even saw his face
25:48the sooner we get you to the hospital
25:50the sooner you can have a proper look
25:52you'll feel better then
25:54I promise you
25:55I can't believe the ideas
26:03women's lib are coming up with
26:04a one day strike
26:06we'll draw attention to the march
26:08at a local level
26:09and give women who can't attend
26:11the chance to demonstrate their views
26:12they tried it last year in America
26:14women withdrew their labour
26:15right across the country
26:16no cooking
26:17no ironing
26:18no childcare
26:18and there were no reports
26:20of any deaths
26:21prescriptions
26:23signed by Dr. Turner
26:25all present and correct
26:27oh thank you
26:28we're very low on pethidine
26:29and Mrs. Kumar's penicillin
26:31was becoming urgent
26:32it's good of you
26:33when you're so busy
26:35well I might be a lady of leisure
26:36tomorrow if I join in
26:38with this strike
26:38will you be participating
26:40no Mrs. Turner
26:42I've decided to forego the pleasure
26:44why is that?
26:46because I come from a generation of women
26:49that got on with it
26:50no histrionics
26:52no sloganeering
26:53and our foundation garments
26:55stayed intact
26:56baby weighed in at exactly
27:04two pounds and a half an hour
27:05we've had a couple of two pounds
27:07do very well this past year
27:08the doctors here are very skilled
27:10learning all the time
27:12what's with the blade paint?
27:15I think those are the
27:16transistorised monitors
27:17there's one attached
27:19to every incubator
27:20if a baby stops breathing
27:22or there's a problem
27:23with the heartbeat
27:23an alarm goes off
27:24that's correct
27:26here he is
27:28baby cutler
27:29we can update the labels
27:31once you've picked
27:32a Christian name
27:32we like James
27:34don't we?
27:36James Kevin
27:37I know James Paul
27:37look at him
27:40he's beautiful
27:41he's gorgeous
27:44baby smith has collapsed
27:47she needs a chair
27:51I can't look at him
27:55sorry
27:55it's alright
27:57you only gave birth yesterday
28:00but did I give birth?
28:03it was nothing that felt like a contraction
28:04I didn't even realise
28:07that I pushed
28:07my body just
28:09let go of him
28:13I failed
28:15you didn't feel
28:17you were valiant
28:20throughout your whole pregnancy
28:21it wasn't even a whole pregnancy
28:23I didn't even look like a baby
28:27it's my fault
28:31it's my fault
28:33because I said
28:34that I wish
28:34that there was one
28:35but baby James
28:38is doing well
28:39oh
28:43Lady Aylwood
28:45what an unexpected pleasure
28:46are you looking for anything
28:48in particular?
28:49yes
28:49support for the
28:51women's liberation march
28:52on March the 6th
28:53women's lib
28:55would you want me
28:56as Violet Buckle
28:57haberdasher
28:58or me in my
28:59mayoral robes?
29:01either
29:01or both
29:02Violet Buckle
29:03haberdasher
29:04is a
29:05highly successful
29:06businesswoman
29:06and the mayor
29:08of Tower Hamlets
29:09is a
29:09trailblazing
29:11female politician
29:12I never thought of myself
29:14as liberated
29:15probably because
29:17you've been too busy
29:17it's not necessarily
29:19men holding
29:20women back
29:21Violet
29:21but if we don't stand
29:22shoulder to shoulder
29:23with each other
29:24we're never going to realise
29:25just how strong we are
29:27I'll come
29:28but only as myself
29:30the alderman might object
29:32if I wear the mayoral chain
29:34what happened to your moped?
29:43it fell foul of budgetary cots
29:45do you need to brief me
29:47on anything
29:48before we head in?
29:50the gap in their records
29:51is because they were
29:52out of the area
29:53when their son died
29:54I've telephoned Gwynage
29:55but we still don't know
29:56what happened
29:57it's nice to see
30:01the children eating
30:01a cooked meal
30:02at lunchtime Edna
30:03while Faye gets
30:04a hot dinner at school
30:05and I want you to see
30:06I'm not incompetent
30:07social services
30:08are not your enemy
30:09we're here to help
30:11especially with the children
30:12you were meant to help
30:14when Martin died
30:15hmm?
30:17fat lot of you
30:18she were then
30:18Ian
30:20Ian do you want to tell us
30:20what happened to Martin?
30:22he had a fit
30:23that's all
30:24babies have fits
30:25all the time
30:26Martin wasn't a baby
30:27he was four and a half
30:29you're just setting a trap
30:31nobody's setting a trap
30:32but we do need to understand
30:33why there are injuries
30:34on your children
30:35then look at how
30:36we can help you get back
30:37on your feet as a family
30:38we've heard that before
30:40when they took the kids
30:41away from us
30:42after Martin died
30:43it took us six months
30:44to get them back
30:45you
30:47are not having them
30:49this time
30:49blessed are
30:57the midnight riders
30:59for in the shadow
31:02of God
31:03they sleep
31:05blessed are
31:11the huddled hikers
31:14staring out
31:16at falling rain
31:18wondering at
31:20the retribution
31:22their personal
31:24acquaintance
31:27with pain
31:29blessed are
31:34the blood relations
31:36of the young ones
31:39who have died
31:41who had not
31:43the time
31:44or patience
31:45to carry on
31:48this earthly ride
31:52rain will come
31:57and winds will blow
31:59while deer die
32:02in the mountains snow
32:04birds will be
32:06ticking away
32:10like a little clock
32:11just the way
32:12I like to hear it
32:13you have obviously
32:14been doing everything
32:15right
32:15not many people
32:17say that sort of
32:18thing to me
32:18Edna
32:19doctor and I
32:21were wondering
32:21if you'd like to
32:22come and have a look
32:22at the ward
32:23and deliver your own
32:24work
32:24oh we thought
32:24you'd like to
32:25mull over having
32:25the baby with us
32:26instead of at
32:27St Cuthbert's
32:28I've decided
32:29against St Cuthbert's
32:30now
32:30I'm having a home
32:32birth
32:32this is your
32:33sixth pregnancy
32:34Edna
32:35and you just tell me
32:36I've been doing
32:36everything right
32:37I'm not spending
32:38one night away
32:39from our kids
32:40this will be a
32:40home birth
32:41so you best get
32:42that in your reds
32:44I used to work
32:53as a paediatric nurse
32:54sister
32:54and I know
32:56the quest to heal
32:57can cause terrible
32:58suffering
32:59baby James was born
33:00at 28 weeks
33:01he is considered
33:02viable
33:03but what does
33:04viable mean
33:05does it mean
33:06he'll go home
33:07as a happy
33:08healthy baby
33:08or
33:09could he be
33:10brain damaged
33:11and blind
33:12we're working
33:13to regulate
33:13the amount
33:14of oxygen
33:14these babies
33:15receive
33:15now we know
33:16too much
33:16can affect
33:17their eyesight
33:18sister Wilmot
33:19do you share
33:21that information
33:21with the parents
33:22we tell the parents
33:24what they need
33:25to know
33:25when they have
33:25to make decisions
33:26James's mother
33:29is in no fit
33:30state to make
33:31any decision
33:31she struggles
33:33to even believe
33:34he is her child
33:35and without
33:37that bond
33:37how can she
33:39choose what's
33:39right
33:40sometimes the
33:41parents don't
33:42choose
33:42sometimes the
33:44problems overwhelm
33:45the babies
33:45and they simply
33:46declare themselves
33:46we can't help
33:48them all
33:48but you can
33:50help the mothers
33:51or at least
33:53you could help
33:54me to help
33:55this one
33:55I'm sorry
33:59Mr. Robinson
33:59sister Veronica
34:00has left
34:01for her district
34:02visits
34:02the Kingsley
34:03family's case
34:04notes have
34:05come through
34:05I have more
34:06details on the
34:07death of Martin
34:08good
34:08I don't like
34:09having a child
34:10merely marked
34:11as deceased
34:11in our records
34:12it seems to
34:14speak of
34:15want of care
34:16Martin died
34:17of oxygen
34:19deprivation
34:20from a seizure
34:21that was only
34:22witnessed by
34:22his parents
34:23the post-mortem
34:24noted old
34:26bruises
34:26on his upper
34:27arms and back
34:28and a cigarette
34:29burn was found
34:30between his toes
34:31were the parents
34:32ever charged
34:33no they were not
34:34there was thought
34:36to be insufficient
34:36evidence of child
34:37battery or neglect
34:38and the police
34:39fell back on a
34:39compassionate approach
34:40will surveillance
34:42of the family
34:42increase now
34:43it's ten past
34:45five on a Friday
34:45but yes
34:47it will
34:49hands through
34:51the portholes
34:51like that
34:53excellent
34:54and then just
34:56clean this little
34:56face with the
34:56damp cotton wool
34:57what if you're sore
35:00with that big
35:00blaster on it
35:01I swear he's smiling
35:04it's like his lips
35:06just turned up
35:06a little bit
35:07at the corners
35:07stand back
35:10you stop breathing
35:11that's the three
35:21of us
35:22often ready
35:23for our big adventure
35:24sister Veronica
35:25will collect
35:26Christopher
35:26she's going to read
35:28to him from some
35:28Cantonese story books
35:30oh that's great
35:31Teddy and me are going
35:32to do an air fix model
35:33but we're on strike
35:35Patrick
35:35in preparation for the
35:37women's march
35:38next Saturday
35:38and I'm all for it
35:40some of the newspaper
35:41coverage has been
35:42really thought provoking
35:43but daddy
35:45you need to do the
35:46ironing and washing
35:47I was in the army
35:49ironing holds
35:50no fears
35:51have you left us
35:53a casserole
35:53or something
35:54that's not how
35:55women's strike
35:56works
35:57what's this fire
36:03it's a list
36:05it's a list
36:05of everything
36:06that I usually do
36:07on a Saturday
36:07and Sunday
36:08in order to keep
36:09this household
36:09on the straight
36:10and narrow
36:10but it starts
36:11with run a
36:12haberdasher shop
36:13and then
36:14it says
36:15batch bake
36:16and then it says
36:17clean all the shoes
36:19and then it says
36:20and my handbags
36:21I mean how do you
36:22fit all this
36:23in an afternoon
36:23you've got more
36:24handbags
36:25than the Queen Mum
36:26I do your shoes
36:28then I do my shoes
36:30and my bags
36:31while the batch
36:31bake's in the oven
36:32why do you think
36:34I close the shop
36:35at four o'clock
36:36at weekends
36:36a home and a family
36:38do not run themselves
36:40Fred Buckle
36:41but I can't run
36:42the haberdasheries
36:43I don't know
36:44the names of all
36:44the different types
36:45of elastic
36:46and people come
36:48in and ask
36:48for
36:48female things
36:51I'll stick
36:52with the paper shop
36:53Cyril's running
36:54the paper shop
36:55he's strongly
36:57in support
36:58of feminist ideals
36:59I'm sorry we're having
37:07to do this here
37:08I do need to ask you
37:10a few questions
37:11about bleeding
37:11and what goes on
37:13in the bathroom
37:14but we can do that
37:16before Kevin gets
37:17back with the tea
37:17Kevin keeps pushing me
37:21to agree to give James
37:22a tracheal to me
37:23I have the consultant
37:25said it's for the best
37:27they've said it's best
37:29for his chance
37:30of survival
37:30how do we know
37:32it's the best thing
37:33for him
37:33a tracheotomy
37:35will prevent James
37:37from suffering
37:37so many collapses
37:38Thilma
37:39they'll cut into his throat
37:42from the outside
37:43and stick a plastic
37:44nozzle in
37:45they'll have to breathe
37:46through his neck
37:47how's that better
37:50why is it better
37:52to just keep him
37:54surviving
37:54even if he may never see
37:57even if his brain
37:58is going to be damaged
37:59we don't know
38:00any of those things
38:01are going to happen
38:02Thilma
38:02and we don't know
38:03that they won't
38:04you know more than me
38:07sister Catherine
38:08but when it comes
38:10to a baby like James
38:11nobody knows anything
38:14keep it up
38:26there's probably
38:27a cub badge
38:28for potato peeling
38:29it's taking you
38:31an hour
38:32to do two shares
38:34Trixie
38:44you made it
38:45yes
38:45Jaunty's nanny
38:47said she'd go on strike
38:48next week instead
38:48we worked out between us
38:50compromise is power
38:51are you sure that's right
38:53when I have arguments
38:54I like to win them
38:55oh Mrs. Turner
38:56you are quite the dark horse
38:58whoever invented
39:04I did new pence
39:04once hanging
39:06I've had to charge
39:08people in decimal
39:08for things that I'm
39:09measuring in yards
39:10and that's before
39:11you start talking
39:11about two prior wool
39:12and press studs
39:13oh Flamin' Nora
39:17Flamin' scones
39:25being a man is terrible
39:26being a man is terrible
39:28what happened
39:41she fell out the window
39:43where are parents
39:45I don't know
39:46do you know
39:47do you know the child
39:48sir
39:48yes
39:49I'm a social worker
39:51excuse me love
39:55you haven't got such a thing
39:57as a compact mirror
39:58have you
39:59I'm sorry
40:00it's not a thing
40:01I generally carry around
40:03I suppose not
40:04I've got five minutes
40:05before a photographer arrives
40:07me and my Nina
40:08are going to be in the papers
40:09we're taking her home
40:1114 months we've been in here
40:1314 months
40:15she must have been in the wars
40:17not half
40:18born at 28 weeks
40:20bowel surgery
40:21tracheotomy
40:22they thought she had a brain bleed
40:23now all we're waiting for
40:26is a set of ankle splints
40:27and we're off
40:27is my lippy all right
40:29for the photograph
40:30it's a bit smudged
40:33here
40:33Tal
40:36I owe you a favour
40:38I told the consultant
40:45you'll need a statement
40:46but he confirmed
40:48that Faye has
40:49a fractured femur
40:50and collarbone
40:51and concussion
40:52the police really don't copy too
40:54they also found
40:56she had catastrophically
40:58low blood sugar
40:58she seems to have swallowed
41:00prescription drugs
41:01or been fed them
41:03why would anyone
41:03feed a child
41:04prescription drugs
41:05because low blood sugar
41:06makes a child
41:07dozy and compliant
41:08I don't know
41:10it's the honest answer
41:12just as I don't know
41:14how anyone
41:15blessed
41:16blessed with such
41:17beautiful children
41:19could treat them
41:19with such hideous contempt
41:21Millicent
41:31do you think
41:32I'm barking up
41:33the wrong tree
41:34resisting all this
41:35women's lib talk
41:37well
41:38not everyone
41:39is in support
41:40I've heard quite a number
41:41of ladies saying
41:42I'm not a feminist
41:43but
41:44I just don't like
41:46the gimmicky way
41:47it's all been put together
41:48I would always counsel
41:49against objecting
41:50to a book
41:51because of its cover
41:52innocent
41:55you're reading
41:56the female eunuch
41:57the authoress
41:59makes a series
41:59of very sensible points
42:01notably
42:02regarding
42:03female
42:04sexuality
42:05it's a thing
42:08I spent much
42:09of my life
42:10being
42:10ashamed of
42:12I never did
42:15oddly enough
42:16it's like being
42:18a vegetarian
42:19as though I was
42:20wired to run
42:21counter to the
42:22general view
42:23but
42:27why am I being
42:28like this
42:29why am I
42:31picking holes
42:32in something
42:33the young people
42:34are full of
42:34fervour for
42:35do we
42:38perhaps fear
42:39losing our place
42:40in the scheme
42:41of things
42:41two weeks ago
42:44I was standing
42:45outside the drapers
42:46on inkerman street
42:47and there was a
42:48blouse in the window
42:49with a psychedelic
42:51pattern
42:51dual tones
42:53but
42:54it was such a
42:55beguiling design
42:56and I was looking
42:59at it
42:59and I
43:00thought
43:01I will never
43:03wear that blouse
43:04why
43:05there's no harm
43:07in breaking out
43:08a bit fashion wise
43:10phyllis
43:10phyllis
43:10there is no harm
43:12in breaking out
43:14and if we don't
43:17we'll be left behind
43:18you're not wrong
43:20psychedelic pattern
43:23or no psychedelic pattern
43:25police
43:30don't answer it
43:33mr. kingsley
43:36mrs. kingsley
43:38because of concerns
43:40about the welfare
43:41of your children
43:42a place of safety
43:43order has been issued
43:44we have come to
43:45remove them
43:46don't let them
43:47take them at ian
43:48they're our kids
43:49they're not going
43:51anywhere
43:51they're terrified
43:52mr. kingsley
43:53will force entry
43:54if you do not
43:54cooperate
43:55as well as the police
43:56I have sister
43:56veronica with me
43:57the children
43:58will be well
43:58taken care of
43:59mr. kingsley
44:02mrs. kingsley
44:05this is uncultful
44:07what i am kingsley
44:09end of mary kingsley
44:10i'm arresting you
44:11on suspicion of
44:12child neglect
44:12and cruelty
44:13this is what they
44:14wanted all along
44:16we've already lost
44:18one of our children
44:19doesn't that mean
44:21anything to you
44:22it means a very
44:24great deal
44:25mrs. kingsley
44:26and i wish
44:28that we didn't
44:30have to do this
44:31mrs. kingsley
44:36mrs. kingsley
44:37mrs. kingsley
44:43mrs. kingsley
44:49mrs. kingsley
44:51mrs. kingsley
44:55mrs. kingsley
44:56mrs. kingsley
45:02mrs. kingsley
45:03mrs. kingsley
45:05mrs. kingsley
45:06mrs. kingsley
45:07mrs. kingsley
45:09mrs. kingsley
45:09mrs. kingsley
45:10mrs. kingsley
45:12mrs. kingsley
45:16mrs. kingsley
45:18She's great with chocolate pudding.
45:20Not so good with her greens, though,
45:22but as long as it's all mushed up,
45:24she's just like any other baby, really.
45:26Do you ever feel like any other mum, Bernice?
45:29I feel like her mum.
45:31It's not so different from having any other child.
45:35You can't turn your back on them.
45:37You can't work out what they're thinking.
45:39You can't picture the future.
45:42The doctors never gave us any guarantees.
45:45No baby gets a guarantee, really.
45:48Guarantees are the things you buy in shops.
45:50And we're lucky.
45:52We get to call our babies miracles.
46:00Oi!
46:02Yes?
46:03My waters are broken.
46:05And I'm not going to hospital!
46:08Edna Kingsley is in labour,
46:10screaming blue murder
46:12and refusing to get into the ambulance.
46:14Police said she wants one of us to attend
46:16and I'm first on the court board.
46:20Whatever's gone on in the past,
46:23or is yet to come,
46:25she is still a mother.
46:28Let me know if it's a boy or a girl
46:31and I shall add it to my notes.
46:33I'll get my back.
46:43I'll get my back.
46:44I'm afraid this isn't good news, Lady Edward.
46:55And it can't be countermanded,
46:56even with all the womanly wiles at your disposal.
46:59A simple statement of facts will suffice, Dr Threatwood.
47:14Very well.
47:15By 1974, all medical service provision across the country
47:20will be taken out of council hands
47:22and given direct to the National Health.
47:24But the Order have worked hand in glove
47:26with the National Health since its inception.
47:28And this council has been the go-between.
47:30Without our future involvement,
47:32there can be no more cajolery,
47:35no more persuasion.
47:37It is over.
47:38A great deal could happen between now and 1974.
47:41The new rules will be facing from this year.
47:44And there is one I know the sisters won't accept.
47:48I know it's Edna, lass.
47:53Save your strength.
47:55I want it to be all right, nurse.
47:58We're on the home straight, I promise.
48:00There's no reason to suppose anything will be amiss.
48:03I don't mean with the baby, I mean with everything.
48:06Come on.
48:08So come up, Barley Sugar,
48:10and concentrate on what's happening here and now.
48:13They can't take a newborn off you, can they?
48:16Edna.
48:21Save your energy for this last big push.
48:24Come on now.
48:26Steady push.
48:28Steady.
48:30Steady push.
48:32You have a beautiful little daughter, Edna.
48:37FWH!
48:38Go after Edna.
48:40aż cheater, Edna.
48:43FWH!
48:44FWH!
48:45FWH!
48:46FWH!
48:47FWH!
48:48FWH!
48:49FWH!
48:51FWH!
48:52FWH!
48:53FWH!
48:55FWH!
48:56FWH!
48:57FWH!
48:59FWH!
49:00Martyn looked just like that when he was born.
49:03You forget when we haven't got a photo of him.
49:08We never had a camera.
49:13I'm gonna give you the best life.
49:16Do you there?
49:18The best life.
49:25Hello, you.
49:27Oh, Mr. Franklin.
49:31So good of you to go out of your way.
49:34What sort of friend would I be if I didn't tip up with a cup of Rosie
49:38and the chips are down?
49:41Dr. Threepwood is right.
49:43We will not accept that diktat.
49:46But it is a diktat, Sister Julianne.
49:48You aren't going to be allowed to wear the habit anymore.
49:51My sisters and I have dressed like this since the inception of the Order.
49:54It is the outward expression of the reason why we do this.
49:59The powers that be don't give two hoots why you do this.
50:02They just want it done.
50:04If Nanata's house is to survive at all,
50:07we are all going to be national health employees.
50:09And the new rules state that we will have to dress as such
50:12or leave the system.
50:15We have never been a part of the system.
50:17We have rejoiced in that.
50:19Dr. Threepwood said he'd like your response by the end of this month.
50:23I think it ties in with the end of the financial year.
50:29Who is this man to lay down the law in this way?
50:36This decision will be driven by prayer, not by the fiscal calendar.
50:40Therefore, I will choose the appropriate date.
50:45We will tell him what we are going to do on August 31st,
50:49which happens to be the feast day of St. Raymond Nonnatus.
50:53People think I talk too much.
50:58I don't.
51:00I know.
51:02And I know you listen.
51:04I've never seen Here She Goes Again, writ large on your face.
51:08But the thing I think people don't understand about the life I chose,
51:19is so much of it is silence.
51:24I understand.
51:25It isn't about when we can't speak.
51:28It's about what we can never say.
51:34What we can never name, because that might expose us.
51:41Lay us bare.
51:43Yes.
51:45We can't afford that, can we?
51:48No.
51:50Because really, who wants the whole wide world to hear them howling?
51:56I don't think I can silence the howling anymore.
52:04What is it you want, Veronica?
52:10If we're going to drop the sister bit,
52:14I think you better call me Beryl.
52:17My real name.
52:20You can call me Geoffrey if it's not too much of a stretch.
52:23What is it you want?
52:33I want a child.
52:37I want a child of my own.
52:40To hold in my arms.
52:43And keep safe.
52:47And cherish always.
52:49I want a child before it becomes impossible.
52:59I feel like he ought to have a special little night even if he's to have an operation.
53:04I feel like his dad should have had the day off work.
53:07James' first year is going to be a long haul, Thelma.
53:10Keeping up a normal routine is going to be good for everyone.
53:14I'm good at routines.
53:16Before I fell pregnant, I used to dream I'd have all the nappies on the line every Monday.
53:21Dreams are a lovely thing to have.
53:24But sometimes we just have to dream for longer than we thought.
53:29It'll be a baby for longer too.
53:31I think I might like that.
53:42Have you come to take James for his tracheotomy?
53:45I'm his mother.
53:46What's this?
54:03Something to wear on Saturday perhaps?
54:05On your marks. Get set.
54:18You want a sausage roll?
54:20I'll have one.
54:24I'll tell you what, pal.
54:26I love our lady folk. All of them.
54:29But it's liberation, Mark.
54:31It's hard work.
54:32I went for cotton. I thought it would burn longer.
54:46I bought this one from discounted stock.
54:50Nobody's buying your nine these days.
54:52I relented.
54:54Bergdorf Goodman's finest.
54:57Girls! Where did you get that from?
55:00The charity cupboard.
55:03Provenance? Uncertain.
55:05Sisterhood takes many forms.
55:07I think we should celebrate them all.
55:09There will always be things that we cannot change.
55:21Even when there is the will and the belief that we should try.
55:25Change chooses its own seeds, sows them in its own selected soil.
55:35Our task is to alter them and not trample green shoots underfoot.
55:42In the spring of 1971, there was so much that was altered.
55:49There were endings and there were beginnings.
55:54There was uncertainty and there was confidence.
55:58There was rage and there was love.
56:03And so we marched together into all the things we did not know.
56:09Hoping and also fearing things would never be the same.
56:13You may begin!
56:17I started out in Bombay and then I worked my way right up to Ladakh.
56:22Find a way to make a living.
56:24I can't see any gas.
56:25It'll be in the delivery room, won't it?
56:27So many mothers looking after him.
56:30I'm telling you, nurse, the one thing this baby isn't is a Protestant.
56:33More tea, Mrs. Clifford.
56:34Yes, please.
56:35And expect Earl Grey.
56:41Before then, celebrate the sisterhood with access all areas.
56:44Call the midwife.
56:45Press red to watch on iPlayer now.
56:47Here next, shadows from the past continue to haunt the night manager.
56:51But just how dangerous are they?
56:53And for mystery with your drama, meet an iconic mismatched duo in Lindley.
56:57Watch the entire first series now on iPlayer.
57:04Kiss the whole series and use the same thing!
57:05In the meantime, I'll wait to see you later.
57:06Let's have a look together.
57:07To be honest, let's be honest!
57:08All right.
57:09To be honest, you'll next time.
57:10And before, let's come to my daughter.
57:11Before we leave, I'm going to take a look together.
57:13Let's have a look back.
57:15Let's go!
57:16Let's go!
57:19Let's go!
57:21Let's go!
57:25Let's go!
57:27Let's go!
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