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00:00A harvest marks a moment of arrival. Something fresh has been prized from the earth. Something
00:11new has been given or begun. And we marvel at what has been delivered, not thinking yet
00:18of all that is to come or must again be worked for. This is the moment to wrap up in ribbons,
00:26a time to savour without sowing seeds of doubt.
00:43Can I help you, honey? She's about to have the baby. We think. I just keep getting this.
00:48Oh, here it comes again. We'll get you inside in a moment.
00:51The blood samples were sent in two weeks ago. Sister Monica Joan, OSRN, also known as Antonia
01:02Kevill, miss. Very well. We shall do the tests again. The level of disregard for the comfort
01:11and convenience of an elderly patient is unforgivable. I don't know what that ice cream van's doing.
01:19Mrs. Bianchi's having some strong peers. We're going to get her settled and take a look at her.
01:24Oh, they're lasting a minute each. And how often are they coming?
01:30Well, I don't know. Am I meant to write them all down?
01:33Is that by any chance your ice cream van parked outside, Mr. Bianchi?
01:37Yes, it is. I only got in last summer. Best ice cream in Poplar. Guaranteed.
01:41I'm sure it is. But at the present moment, we're more interested in delivering babies than
01:47ice cream. Would you mind turning off the music?
01:51Oh, sorry.
02:00What do you want me to do with these, then?
02:01I'll take the rum of beans. We can have those with the chops I've planned. Everything else
02:09can go to the Harvest Festival.
02:11What? But even the marrows? They would have won first prize in the agricultural show if
02:16I'd have been ready in time.
02:18They're bigger than toddlers' legs, Fred. And I haven't the time to be stuffing them
02:22with mince and making a white sauce.
02:27I'll take them to the nurse's house, then.
02:29The children will march from there to the church in a procession. Your produce will be
02:35widely admired.
02:39You're not in labour just yet, honey. These are just what we call Braxton Hicks contractions.
02:44It's your body rehearsing for the routine.
02:46I feel a bit of a fool now. And it's taking Tony away from his van. That van's our whole livelihood
02:52now I've stopped working.
02:54Have I missed it?
02:55Oh, it's all right. Yes, I have.
02:57It was a false alarm.
03:01Good job we never told no one. I'll get me leg pulled something rotten.
03:09Is there anything you need taking to the post office, sister?
03:12Thank you. I'm rather more concerned about a letter I took to the post office two weeks ago.
03:17The one you wrote to the Board of Health?
03:18Yes. Telling them we would close Nanata's house if we were no longer allowed to work
03:24as Christian missionaries. I expected a response from them at the very least.
03:30It's entirely likely that they're playing games, keeping you waiting because you kept them waiting.
03:35One would hope they were above such pettiness when there is so much at stake.
03:39Come on, let's go, Mateo.
03:46Come on, this way.
03:50Idiot! You took her in too early.
03:52Hey, bro, you coming to football tonight?
03:54I don't know, Mateo.
03:56I'm not really in the mood.
03:57You stop coming to football, you stop coming swimming.
04:00You need to make the most of your freedom while you've got it.
04:04Come on, let's go.
04:04You got everything?
04:06Yes, good.
04:06See you, baby brother.
04:07You got the bag?
04:09Come on, let's go.
04:11I do not have unlimited quantities of corpucular matter in my veins.
04:16Sister, you're a nurse.
04:18You know as well as I do that blood replenishes itself.
04:23And we need to get to the bottom of what ails you.
04:26We all know what ails me.
04:29I am merely ancient and presumed frail as a consequence.
04:36Sister, I have five minutes before I leave on my rounds.
04:40Would you like me to move the television into your room?
04:42Do you suppose I'm at the point of expiry?
04:46There is no reason to treat me as an invalid,
04:50as the analysis of my blood will testify.
04:54Ladies and gentlemen,
05:00the doors to tonight's wrestling in the main hall will open in five minutes.
05:09She tapped to side, she gave up.
05:19In one, in two, two, two, two, three, two.
05:23I've learned so much about deferment since I gave up drink.
05:31I've learned you can bear anything if you pretend it's forever.
05:35I can postpone.
05:38I can wait.
05:40But putting things off until tomorrow doesn't always work.
05:43Because what if tomorrow never comes?
05:49I've been postponing a decision for a long time now.
05:55It's not a decision about drink.
06:17It's a decision about work.
06:22And work is my other addiction.
06:25Is there a doctor in here?
06:27Anyone?
06:28I'm a nurse.
06:29That'll do.
06:30It's a concussion.
06:31You're staging sporting events.
06:35You're legally obliged to have medical help on the premises.
06:38Don't know nothing about.
06:39No legal obligations.
06:41And this is her, Harmony Savage.
06:44Hello, Harmony.
06:45I'm a nurse.
06:46I'm sorry you've been hurt.
06:48Occupationalised.
06:50Did you lose consciousness?
06:51Or did you remain aware of your surroundings?
06:53I never went out.
06:54I was just putting on a bit of a show.
06:57Punters like it.
07:00I've got to go back out.
07:01Finish your job.
07:02Whoa, whoa.
07:02You were out cold.
07:04I did the count, but it's over.
07:07Brenda the butcher won fair and square.
07:12You'll have gone to give out the prize money.
07:15If you can't be absolutely sure that you weren't knocked out,
07:19I really think you ought to go to the casualty department.
07:22I'm going to go home to bed.
07:24Oh, hello, sweetie.
07:31Who's this?
07:32Carl, my boy.
07:34He comes to all my fights.
07:36Come on.
07:38Let's pack up and get you in the van.
07:40You really must not drive after blacking out.
07:43However briefly.
07:44Any better ideas?
07:48I know it was a false alarm to that heap, but...
07:52It made me think how real all this is.
07:57How we've made a proper grown-up life.
08:00You do go on.
08:04It's like being the baby of the family gave you a great big chip on your shoulder.
08:08No, it wasn't that.
08:11It was being the one who is no good at all the things the others did.
08:15It's not your fault you won't cut out for the tiling trade.
08:18Besides, I'd rather have a bit of soft scoop than a hundred yards of mosaic flooring.
08:27Come on, like that.
08:29What's that?
08:30Oh, nothing.
08:32Tony, there's blood on your singlet.
08:34What is it?
08:35Show me.
08:36Oh, how long have you had this?
08:44Oh, wow.
08:48I'll put the plaster on it.
08:50You will not.
08:52In the morning, I'm ringing the doctor.
09:03Out, okay.
09:03Wrestling was all I knew, even as a little girl.
09:12My double's burnt savage.
09:13Lamb of pamphlet.
09:15God rest him.
09:16I used to watch him every time he fought.
09:18It's rather wonderful that you followed in his footsteps.
09:21It'd be even more wonderful if it were legal.
09:23There's a whole ladies' circuit up north, just as legitimate as a men's,
09:25but in London, we're outlaws.
09:27I really would like you to be seen by a doctor, if at all possible, Harmony.
09:32Oh, my real name's Gwen.
09:35Thanks for seeing us home.
09:37Come on, little him.
09:38I've given up doing sports and everything.
09:55It's so unsightly.
09:58I'll probably just bang it.
10:00It looks like a sebaceous cyst to me.
10:08Antibiotics will take the edge off it,
10:09but I think it needs to be removed.
10:12Well, I've got a baby to any day.
10:15All the more reason to get it out of the way.
10:18I'll call St Cuthbert's myself.
10:19Now, that is the bird's song I can easily identify.
10:35The lesser spotted buckle.
10:38Ah, sister, how you keeping?
10:40I'm keeping on.
10:43If a little more desiccated with every week the passes.
10:47Perhaps I should not linger,
10:51lest you sweep me up with all the other dead leaves.
10:56I've got a bag of doughnuts in my shed.
10:59Would they cheer you up a bit?
11:00Are they jam-filled?
11:01No, they're the ones with the holes in.
11:03Then I will forego them.
11:05Do you detect a chill in the breeze today?
11:09I reckon I felt the first nip.
11:12I like it when the seasons start to turn, though.
11:14That time of year the maest in me behold
11:19When yellow leaves, or none or few
11:22Do hang upon those boughs that shake with cold
11:27Bare ruined choirs
11:31Where late the sweet birds sang
11:35In me
11:37Thou seest the twilight of such day
11:41As after sunset fadeth in the west
11:45Which by and by
11:47Like night doth take away
11:51Their second self
11:52That seals up all in rest
11:57Sister Monica Tone
12:14What's brought this on?
12:19Time, Mr. Buckle
12:21Its passage and its sheer
12:25Weary
12:26Accumulation
12:28Would you like a cup of tea?
12:33If you will sit and take one with me
12:35Well, Miss Savage
12:46I'm not seeing anything that needs further tests
12:49Any other bumps or bruises you'd like me to look at?
12:53I've got a rash
12:54Keeps coming up sort of on the back of my shoulder
12:56If you just slip your blouse off, dear
13:01I don't believe I've ever met a lady wrestler before
13:04I imagine it's quite physically taxing
13:08I call over sometimes
13:10Fight or no fight
13:11I think I know what this is
13:23It's a skin virus called herpes gladiatorum
13:27Gladiator like in Spartacus
13:29I love a bit of Kirk Douglas
13:31Don't we all
13:32I'm afraid this comes from grazing your skin on grubby canvas in the ring
13:38Your best bet is to wash it daily with medicated soap
13:42And bathe the blisters in salt water
13:44Can I do that with my hips and my knees?
13:47Do you have a rash there as well?
13:48No, we just hurt all the time
13:50Miss Savage, are you able to take a break from your work for a while?
13:54No
13:55I've got mouths to feed
13:56Mine and my little boys
14:04I've been looking forward to this moment all day
14:07I popped to the market and bought myself a new pair of slippers for the winter
14:11I never knew you could love a bit of sheepskin on your feet till I came to live in England
14:19Me neither
14:21I'm sorry, child
14:24You're all wrapped up in something?
14:28I'm trying to work out exactly when I started taking a pill
14:31Calculated against the number of actual pills you have to take before it protects you
14:36And why is that?
14:38I've never missed a single one
14:40I'm wondering if it's thrown my hormones out of whack
14:44I mean, it can do that, can't it?
14:46Child, the whole point of the pill is to throw your hormones out of whack
14:50That's how it stops you getting pregnant
14:52Are you late?
14:55I've been late before
14:57And things just sort of corrected themselves
15:02That would have been before you had a boyfriend
15:06Do you think you need to do a test?
15:11No
15:11Not yet
15:13Do you want to attack?
15:20Do you want to give up?
15:21No
15:21You're short
15:21No
15:22No
15:23No
15:23No
15:24No
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16:04No
16:06are you feeling sick this is not good honey but we're going to do a test i'll help you
16:18i don't want anyone to know they won't
16:20my name is against have the samples gone off to the laboratory yeah they will be dispatched
16:29very shortly but if you wish to add any to the list i'm afraid you must see to the paperwork
16:34yourself
16:50nurse good morning gwen dr tanner remembered an iodine preparation he thought might help with your skin
16:56condition i told him i'd drop it off have you been in another fight yes and i didn't win
17:04that one either
17:11new school stay old chap i overslept again they don't like going in lakes gets told off
17:17i imagine you're exhausted after a match i'm always exhausted but i'm a mum aren't i and it's just me
17:24i weren't tired and then i was slacking i'm a stepmother to a little boy of carl's age that
17:30certainly keeps one on one's toes i hope he talks like you do you've got a lovely way of putting
17:35things i'm gonna make you a cuppa a cuppa would actually be extremely welcome but i should be
17:43making you one
17:48i'm sorry i'll i'll have to get out
17:49that's all i've got this time i'll give you the full amount next week i've heard that before and more
18:07than once i am not a charity
18:16now there ain't nothing in here but feathers
18:19i'm officially skin do you keep your money in a cushion cover i don't trust banks
18:23at least that's where i know my money is even when i've got none sorry i've called dizzy
18:35mr bianchi i'm mr pen warden i'll be removing this cyst for you do you mind if i take a look
18:41don't want to go hacking away on the wrong side
18:58could just drain this but i'm leaning on the side of getting the whole thing out
19:02your bloods may come back perfectly normal but i strongly suspect that if you'd have almost
19:14passed out in front of dr turner he'd want to check your iron levels maybe i just need a tonic
19:19maybe you do i just think that as another woman who's often had to stand on her own two feet
19:26you need to be in better condition than this you're on your own with your kitty no
19:33but i was very much on my own for a long time before he and his father came into my life
19:39i know what it feels like to be fighting an invisible opponent i thought visible ones and all
19:45and i've no doubt you're extremely good at it but you need someone more than a wrestling
19:49promoter in your corner let us help find out what's causing your malaise
19:56nurse clifford's gone out to the cinema but nurse island says we can have the box her new slippers came
20:01in could there be a more perfect showcase for nature's bounty oh we can do a lot with ribbon
20:09and crypt paper and that's before we start tying bows around marrows oh these lamentable scissors
20:15they they wouldn't cut butter should i see if i can find a sharper pair what we really need is sister
20:21veronica and her magic pinking shears how long has she gone to the mother house for a lengthy retreat
20:30i wasn't allowed to ask it's her private spiritual business
20:34do you suppose she took her pinking shears i would settle for her implements if we can't have her
20:50i was hoping it was something that could be treated but chronic kidney disease is just something that
21:17takes old people gently but kindly but it takes them how long has she been ill with this
21:25i suspect not long how long does she have the same
21:34unless we can persuade her to accept what treatment there is
21:37she'll progress to end stage renal failure fairly quickly
21:44till that day comes we'll just have to love her as we always have but a bit more carefully
21:52you look happy today is a happy day
22:04i got a letter from the solicitor the decree absolute i'm officially a single man
22:09everything we do now is ours our choice to make
22:17the board of health requested a meeting i told them your diary was full but they were most insistent
22:23it's in your diary for friday thank you i anticipate the usual fun and games
22:29i need to see anthony bianchi i've just had his histopathology results through from the hospital
22:35should i make an appointment for him no i'll i'll call in on him today
22:43we told you the truth sister veronica is on retreat you told us she had gone on retreat to the
22:48mother house she would need her cross in the mother house she would need her shoes our sister needed
22:55our discretion and i gave that willingly and with love i'm sorry if you feel that you should have been
23:00informed i'm sorry if i have been arrogant in thinking i deserved an explanation i can't tell you
23:11everything too much of it is personal to her but i can say she is struggling with her vows and has been
23:18given leave of absence for a while she's staying at the oliver christian retreat center at gravesend
23:25alone without anyone she knows or any friends to support her sister out of all of us sister veronica
23:39emits the most love she needs the most love she does not know what she needs or wants
23:47and that is why she has had to go away
23:54morning have you come to see tina mr bianchi we've come to see you
24:05i can't have breast cancer
24:09it's a women's disease we know all about that because his mum died of it
24:13i know she was a lovely lady and even in the five years since she passed away we've learned so much
24:25about it i can't have it i'm a man it is rare in men especially for someone of your age
24:36but it's not unheard of everyone has breast tissue tony men and women we have less of it but it only
24:46takes a couple of cells to go rogue and a tumor can start to develop i have had some specialist
24:54training and there are new treatments and new approaches to surgery
25:07should i done something sooner when i first felt the lump we are going to focus on the future now tony
25:13and we are going to be with you every step of the way
25:21i don't care whereabouts in your body it is you've got the big sea we have to face up to it
25:28we can face up to it together without telling people what is that going to achieve tony you need help
25:37you need love tina i need dignity i need to feel like a man
25:52there's a bike for sale
25:53maybe for your birthday hey if you're in your next fight
26:11yes doctor when savages records arrive from her previous practice she's been suffering with
26:19tiredness and joint pain for five years did the blood test we did show anything nothing at all
26:26conclusive just markers for minor inflammation slightly low white blood count could the pain
26:34relate to the wrestling i saw in the ring and it's incredibly physical but an impact injury would be on
26:40one side not both it's as though i'm missing something i never liked that they said those braxton
26:50hicks pains was my body tuning up for the baby to be born i got used to them but they've got worse
26:57since i found out tony isn't well you've an immense amount to contend with at the moment
27:02but baby's head is engaged tina i really don't think you'll have very long to wait
27:06oh this reading is just a little bit higher than i'd like we can't have anything else go wrong
27:16nothing is going to go wrong but i do want you to come over to the maternity home with me
27:22so dr turner could take a look at you
27:36any chance of a 99 i've an elderly friend might like a bit of a pick the up
27:43what's the matter pal
27:49brian
27:53you ain't put me down for a single match
27:56i can't afford to promote wrestlers who keep losing but i can raise my game
28:00my dad used to say aim up things will look up your dad was one of the best who ever was the lamb of
28:07panther was revered
28:10look all i can offer you right now is the adult fixtures oh no no adult fixtures is one step away
28:16from stripping brian i keep it clean it's a place down deptford where they roll about in jelly
28:22girls earn 30 quid about 30 quid i pay 20
28:30bring your own bikini
28:40usually tina reads stuff for me but i don't want to worry all this
28:45there's going to be further surgery and a radiography assessment
28:57we're gonna have to stop working
28:59won't be for long
29:01you've got a family to support you
29:03i've only just proved to him that i'm a man
29:06i'm making a go of the van earning my own living
29:08and now i've got a woman's disease they can't provide it
29:16i'm telling them nothing
29:24jeffrey franklin mr franklin it's sister catherine from nanata's house
29:30it's about sister veronica and i'm calling you in confidence
29:36i see
29:39i don't like leaving you on your own tony
29:42don't be daft
29:45i'm fine
29:48look
29:51got my appointment through already
29:54nothing to be done till then
29:57it's you and the baby we need to think about now
29:59all right
30:03just promise me you'll tell your brothers
30:09i promise
30:15you'll need to take these diuretics first thing in the morning as you don't want to be up all hours of the
30:20night we can bring the commode into your room the commode will not be entertained you may come to
30:27revise that opinion
30:29your tone is brisk
30:32given that my days are numbered
30:36everybody's days are numbered sister
30:39mine as well as yours one way and another
30:42but you may be going on for quite a long time possibly feeling slightly better than you have done
30:55given that we know what ails you now
30:57maybe i do not care to go on for
31:03quite a long time
31:05let's see how we do shall we
31:08with these diuretics
31:17um
31:26karl
31:36karl
31:47we'll proceed with a full mastectomy of your right breast we'll remove the
31:52breast tissue along with the lymph nodes and the pectoralis major muscle I don't
32:00want to do this I promise you scarring will be minimal and at least you won't
32:05be having to deal with foam rubber falsies like my lady patients
32:09come on where are you
32:17help you I'm Carl Savage's mum is here because if he's not Carl Savage I've just checked every
32:36member of his class for headlace including him oh thank god thank god do you want to go in and
32:42speak with him Gwen what's happened I couldn't wake up this morning Carl took himself to school
32:47it's the worst I've ever felt what's this on your face Gwen it's like this all the time
32:53I'll cover it with pan stick usually
33:06you waiting for your wife my husband says he can't stand the smell of this place
33:19drops me at the door and waits in the pub
33:21Mr. Bianchi
33:24is this ever itchy or sore
33:30no and it's never all blisters like the one on my back it's more like a sunburn you've been
33:36covering it up with pan stick because it's such a strange shape like a butterfly that herpes
33:44gladiatorum on your back was a complete red herring this is what leads us to your diagnosis
33:50have you ever heard of a condition called lupus nobody in your family's ever had it or mentioned
33:58it no do you think that's what I've got this rash is so distinctive I'd put money on it as a
34:04diagnosis how long will it take to get rid of it it's going to be about management rather than cure
34:11but I promise you we can get you feeling better can't be cured but I need to win matches again
34:19Gwen you are too unwell to fight
34:26Tony thank god I've been worried sick
34:29how did it go at the hospital it was all fine
34:33your doctor's very pleased with me oh really
34:37so um what happens next what treatment are they giving you
34:40so many pills I'll be rattling
34:42the important thing is that you are getting some rest
34:48not worrying yourself silly
34:50I'm not now I've heard your voice
34:52I love your voice
34:54now do you ever get to talk on the phone
34:56because we're together all the time
35:00and we'll be together again
35:03soon
35:04Tony
35:21Tony we're going down the pub
35:25coming
35:25Tony
35:27beryl burrows as I live and breathe
35:51do tell me you're en route to a harvest festival with that dreary swag
36:01because at the very least it would provoke a degree of fellow feeling in me
36:05I'm on potato peeling duty
36:07there's a rotor in the retreat
36:09stop stop before you completely break my heart
36:13come here almost every day
36:15sometimes I have a neclair
36:18when the fancy takes me
36:20I have a cream split
36:21you get a cherry on a cream split
36:23and there's this little burst of flavour when you bite it
36:27tell me you've eaten fish and chips in the street too
36:30in broad daylight
36:31twice
36:32although sometimes it feels as though
36:36it's the things I don't do
36:38that tell me more about where I am now
36:40or where I might go next
36:43what don't you do
36:44I don't pray
36:46I came here to pray
36:49or at least to decide what I ought to be praying for
36:52but I can't
36:54and do you know why
36:56it's not different enough to the convent beryl
36:59and all the snatched patisserie in the world
37:03can't disguise the fact that you are still living the same sort of half-life
37:06trapped underneath a similar godly bell jar
37:12and how do you propose a change that
37:14come and stay with me
37:16Geoffrey
37:16I am still technically a nun
37:21I can't live with a man
37:23you could lodge
37:25with a kindly
37:26confirmed bachelor
37:28you've missed two appointments at the hospital Tony
37:37do you have anyone to talk to
37:40your brothers perhaps
37:42I can't
37:43I can't
37:44not have it been you know
37:47breast cancer
37:49it's so humiliating
37:51I can hear them now
37:53your typical Tony
37:56Dr. Turner and I delivered a baby at the maternity home last week
38:03and the mother asked if the older brother could come in and meet him
38:07we placed the baby in his little arms and he was awestruck
38:12this was his brother
38:17he promised right then and there to teach him everything he knew
38:22all his best fighting moves
38:24a cat gun was mentioned
38:26and something about
38:28which jelly babies tasted best
38:31green ones
38:33according to Enzo
38:36always gave me the green ones
38:38brothers look after each other Tony
38:42I've seen it with my old boys
38:45right now I shouldn't be moaning about me
38:49she'll be looking after Tina
38:52Dr. Turner says she can come home
38:54if you're feeling up to it
38:56of course I'm feeling up to it
38:58of course I'm feeling up to it
39:19you
39:49you stay in the dressing room tonight promise promise and if I win you'll get
40:06that bike my precious boy
40:19you're keeping up with those peppermints child I'm first on call tonight and I still feel quite
40:36queasy but it's not just in the morning maybe the pill itself doesn't agree with me I popped into
40:45the surgery when no one was there to check on your results I think we need to have a talk
40:50oh I can't seem to get comfortable my back is killing me
41:01Tony the sheets are wet
41:07do you think your walls have broken
41:12I thought they'd be more of a whoosh
41:15oh I don't feel right Tony
41:19Joyce what am I going to do
41:26the pill was supposed to be foolproof honey the pill was invented by man and is taken by women
41:33it's always going to be subject to human error I will lose my job I will have to tell my parents
41:40and I hardly speak to them as it is because they don't approve of Cyril
41:43what I approve of Cyril he is a good man and he will support you whatever you choose to do
41:50choose to do Joyce I'm not even going to consider an abortion
41:56that's why it's so hard
41:59that's why I'm going to get the sack
42:02talk to Cyril
42:04you've got time before you have to tell anybody else
42:07and I will cover for you in any way I can
42:11thank you
42:15you have enough of peppermint and wash your face
42:18please take your seats for tonight's teeny really steamy bikini extravaganza of her fights
42:31Nanata's house midwife speaking
42:38I'm ringing up about Tina Bianchi
42:40we think she got into labour
42:42I've been timing them they're two minutes apart
42:44Rosalyn
42:48Rosalyn come quickly
42:5015 20
42:52as promised
42:53put on a good show for the gents were you girls
42:56they like a bit of hair pulling
42:59hair pulling's an illegal move
43:02it's not an illegal game though is it Gwen
43:05who's going to complain
43:06don't do this Gwen
43:09please
43:09what are you doing here
43:10you're putting yourself in real danger if you fight tonight
43:13your body is severely weakened from lupus
43:15and your chances of getting injured are high
43:17and what would Carl do then
43:19if you're not going to fight you can hand that money back right now
43:22a midwife is on her way
43:52and I'm going to stay with you on the end of this phone until she gets there
43:55she keeps saying she wants to push
44:00tell her to blow
44:02tell her to blow as if she is blowing out candles
44:04Tina don't push
44:05blow
44:06blow
44:07blow
44:10yeah that's it
44:12do it with me
44:13wait wait wait
44:20you punch her
44:23I said no punch
44:24do you want to tap
44:38do you want to give up
44:39Tony
44:42I need you to describe exactly what you can see
44:45I don't know what I can see
44:46I think it might be the baby's head
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45:42Oh, do you hear me?
45:54Oh, I can see. I can see the ache.
45:57It's sort of moving around.
46:00I can see its face.
46:02Good. Now, very gently place your hands under its head.
46:06Wait for the next big contraction and guide the body out.
46:09Don't pull.
46:11There's something blue wrapped around its neck.
46:13Is that supposed to be there?
46:14It's the cord.
46:15All you have to do is slip your finger underneath it
46:17and lift it over the baby's head.
46:19It should slide off quite easily.
46:28Have you managed to move it?
46:30It works. It's off.
46:34Gently now.
46:41There's a boy, Tia.
46:47Ah, yes.
46:49We've got a little boy.
47:13You did it, Tony.
47:15You delivered our son.
47:17I'm just looking.
47:23Well, someone was in a hurry to get into the world.
47:28Wait till we tell all your uncles about this.
47:36There's you.
47:38There's my boy.
47:43You were lucky you didn't cause any more damage to your body.
47:45At least I've got the rent money out of it.
47:48Gwen, the hospital are asking who will be looking after Carl whilst you're in here.
47:52They're willing to talk to social services.
47:54I bet they are.
47:55Social services will take him off me.
47:57I'm sure that isn't the case.
48:00But, Gwen, you're treading a dangerous path in London, even if your health allowed you to keep on fighting.
48:07There are alternatives, just as there's alternatives to keeping your money in a cushion cover.
48:14And you've got to tell me what they are.
48:18Because I'd listen to you.
48:20You've told me you know what it is to find things hard.
48:22Another one for the footy team.
48:32A striker.
48:32My turn now.
48:33My turn.
48:35Oh, careful.
48:35Mrs. Turner's just helping Tina to freshen up.
48:43And then Master Bianchi needs to have his lunch.
48:46The nail papa did a good job on his own then, Doctor.
48:49Not many people could deliver their own son single-handed.
48:53But Tony did.
48:54Yeah.
48:54This man, hmm, he's a proper man.
49:00He certainly is.
49:02And I salute him.
49:04APPLAUSE
49:04Bravo!
49:06Bravo!
49:13Let's...
49:13Something's come up that I'm not going to be able to do single-handed.
49:24I've got cancer.
49:47Breast cancer.
49:47Oh.
49:48Tony.
49:51I wish Mama was here.
49:54You are the best of us, little brother.
50:12And we...
50:14will not let you go.
50:15I spoke to the surgery, Gwen.
50:43All your records will be sent to the new GP we found for you up north.
50:47Thanks, Nurse.
50:49I've got to start looking after myself now, haven't I?
50:52She's not going to be a wrestler anymore.
50:54I know.
50:55Would you like a hand putting that in the van?
50:58Or are you planning on pedalling all the way to Blackpool?
51:00Thanks, Nurse.
51:01And thanks for the advice.
51:08It was like a bold move, taking a job in a gym, training other women.
51:14But it's legal in Lancashire, Gwen.
51:16And you won't be exploited.
51:18It will give your body time to recover.
51:20And my dad would like it.
51:22Good old Lamb of Panther and his contacts.
51:24Thanks.
51:54I came home from a lunch hour. Do you want to go for a walk?
51:57No. I'm afraid I don't.
52:01It seems you've made a decent fist at moving your weekly clinic onto hospital premises.
52:07Yes. There was some grumbling from patients about bus fares, but I think we're on an even keel.
52:14Good. Because speaking scientist to scientist, and to paraphrase our friend Charles Darwin,
52:20it is not necessarily the strongest or most intelligent of any given species that survives.
52:26It's the one most adaptable to change.
52:29I know that. And I know I can't look after my patients properly if I don't adapt.
52:35A very good attitude to have.
52:38Which is why we're placing you front and centre of our plans.
52:43And closing you down.
52:48Closing us down?
52:50Not as a GP. Although you'll probably want to join forces with someone else now.
52:55There are real incentives for group practices.
52:58But the council are not going to renew the licence for the maternity home.
53:04But the licence runs out in a matter of weeks.
53:09It's always been renewed as a formality.
53:12This is the brave new world, Turner. There is no always anymore.
53:17There isn't even an always for me.
53:19The council will have to hand everything over to the National Health.
53:22But while you still have power, you're doing this.
53:25To us and to Nanata's house?
53:30Nanata's house.
53:32They were forever outliers.
53:34And eccentric.
53:37Threatwood, what is the logic in all of this?
53:40How is it going to benefit the patients?
53:43I knew you'd say that.
53:45And it's why we chose to put you at the vanguard.
53:49No matter what goes on somewhere far away in the offices of Whitehall,
53:53there will always be patients.
53:58And you say that as though it's a problem.
54:00I'm so sorry, Cyril.
54:08You wanted to take responsibility,
54:10but I was absolutely certain that nothing could be better
54:14than this magnificent wonder drug that gave me control over my own body.
54:17We both agreed it was what we wanted.
54:20That it would let us have other things we wanted.
54:24And wanted very much.
54:28We just didn't want this, did we?
54:30I think that it's something that has happened a little out of order.
54:39But I wouldn't have taken you to bed if I didn't mean to marry you.
54:42And I always meant to marry you.
54:46And build a life with you.
54:48And building a life with you
54:50means more than just rings and mortgages
54:54and bricks and mortar.
54:56Did you ever close your eyes and try to see our children?
55:04I see our children every day.
55:06With my eyes wide open.
55:08I see them crossing the street in Poplar
55:11or swinging on a swing down at the wreck.
55:15And I think...
55:16We could have a little boy like that one.
55:20Or that little girl has a smile like hers.
55:26I thought I would have to be patient.
55:30And I'm not very good at being patient.
55:34I would not say patience has been our
55:36distinguishing characteristic.
55:40And now it doesn't have to be.
55:46There is no good harvest
55:50If there's been no rain
55:52The earth requires it
55:54And so do we
55:56For how else does the heart grow?
56:00Not through relentless sunshine
56:03Nor under a cloudless sky
56:06Life expands
56:09Not in spite of the weather
56:11But because of it
56:13Thus we are nourished
56:15We take root
56:16We are taught
56:18How to endure
56:19But there are times
56:23When the soul is hungry
56:25When fruit
56:26Falls to the ground
56:28And we cannot tell
56:29If it's a blessing
56:31Or temptation
56:32There are times
56:34When we know
56:35Nothing
56:36Nothing at all
56:38Not yet
56:39And so it seems
56:42That if we go down
56:43We all go down together
56:45The council
56:48Have written to me
56:49Confirming
56:50That the maternity home
56:53Will close
56:54And assuming that
56:56We too
56:57Will now
56:58Cease operations
56:59Do we have any say in this?
57:05A present
57:06It seems not
57:08Call the midwife
57:14Is back in a couple of weeks
57:16On the 1st of March
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