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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.
05:12She tapped aside, she gave up.
05:19In one, in two, two.
05:22Somebody in two.
05:23Somebody in 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.
06:07It's a decision about work.
06:21And work is my other addiction.
06:24Is there a doctor in here?
06:27Anyone?
06:28I'm a nurse.
06:29That'll do.
06:30It's a concussion.
06:31If you're staging sporting events, you're legally obliged to have medical help on the premises.
06:38Don't know nothing about, no legal obligations.
06:40Um, this is her, Harmony Savage.
06:44Hello, Harmony.
06:45I'm a nurse.
06:46I'm sorry you've been hurt.
06:48Occupationalised.
06:49Did you lose consciousness, or 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.
07:00I've got to go back out.
07:01Finish your job.
07:02Whoa, whoa, 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.
07:14If you can't be absolutely sure that you weren't knocked out, I really think you ought to go to the casualty department.
07:22I'm going to go home to bed.
07:26Oh, 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.
07:42But, however briefly.
07:44Any better ideas?
07:48I know it was false alarm to that heap, but...
07:51It made me think how real all this is.
07:57How we've made a proper grown-up life.
08:02You do go on.
08:04It's like being the baby of the family gave you a great big chip on your shoulder.
08:09No, it wasn't that.
08:10It was being the one who was no good at all the things the others did.
08:15It's not your fault you won't cut out for the tiling trade.
08:19Besides, I'd rather have a bit of soft scoop than a hundred yards of mosaic flooring.
08:27Come on, lights out.
08:29What's that?
08:30Oh, nothing.
08:32Tony, there's blood on your singlet.
08:33What is it?
08:35Show me.
08:41Ooh.
08:42How 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.
08:53Out, get it.
09:08Wrestling 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.
09:20It would be even more wonderful if it were legal.
09:23There's a whole ladies' circuit up north, just as legitimate as the men's,
09:25but in London, we're outlaws.
09:28I 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.
09:55So 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, but 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 are you keeping?
10:40I'm keeping on.
10:41If a little more desiccated, with every week the passes,
10:48perhaps 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.
11:11Oh, I like it when the seasons start to turn, though.
11:15That 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, thou seest the twilight of such day
11:41As after sunset fadeth in the west
11:45Which by and by, like 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?
12:17Time, Mr. Buckle
12:21Its passage and its sheer
12:25Weary
12:26Accumination
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, I've got mouths to feed
13:56Mine and my little boys
13:58I'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
14:21Oh, I'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?
14:37I'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?
14:56I'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? Do you want to give up?
15:21Are you sure?
15:32The referees can't do that
15:34No
15:36Yes
15:37Hey, hey, is that a close miss?
15:39No
15:40No
15:40The winner is
15:49Demolition Debbie
15:51No
15:52No
15:53No
15:54No
15:55No
15:56No
15:57No
15:58No
15:59No
16:00No
16:01No
16:02No
16:03No
16:04No
16:05No
16:10Are you feeling sick?
16:11This is not good, honey
16:13But we're going to do a test
16:15I'll help you
16:17I don't want anyone to know
16:18They won't
16:19My name is Higgins
16:21my name is against have the samples gone off to the laboratory yeah they will be dispatched very
16:29shortly but if you wish to add any to the list I'm afraid you must see to the paperwork yourself
16:35nurse good morning Gwen dr. Turner remembered an iodine preparation he thought might help with
16:56your skin condition I told him I'd drop it off have you been in another fight yes and I didn't
17:04win that one either it's called stay old chap I overslept again they don't like going in late
17:15because gets told off I imagine you're exhausted after a match I'm always exhausted but I'm my
17:21mom aren't I and it's just me I weren't tired I mean I was slacking I'm a stepmother to a little
17:29boy of Carl's age it certainly keeps one on one's toes I hope he talks like you do you've got a
17:35lovely way of putting things can I make you a cuppa a cuppa would actually be extremely welcome but I
17:43should be making you one I'm sorry I'll have to get out
17:49that's all I've got this time I'll give you the full amount next week
18:04I've heard that before and more than once I am not a charity
18:10now there ain't nothing in here but feathers I'm officially skinned do you keep your money in a
18:22cushion cover I don't trust banks at least it's where I know my money is even when I got none
18:27sorry I've called me dizzy Mr. Bianchi I'm Mr. Penn Warden I'll be removing this cyst for you
18:39do you mind if I take a look
18:41don't want to go hacking away on the wrong side
18:52could just drain this but I'm leaning on the side of getting the whole thing out
19:03your bloods may come back perfectly normal but I strongly suspect that if you'd have almost passed
19:14out 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
19:25you need to be in better condition than this
19:28you're on your own with your kiddie
19:30no but I was very much on my own for a long time before he and his father came into my life
19:38I know what it feels like to be fighting an invisible opponent
19:42I fight visible ones and all
19:44and I've no doubt you're extremely good at it but you need someone more than a wrestling promoter in your
19:50corner let us help find out what's causing your malaise
19:54nurse clifford's gone out to the cinema but nurse island says we can have the box her new slippers came in
20:02could there be a more perfect showcase for nature's bounty oh we can do a lot with ribbon and
20:09crimp paper and that's before we start tying bows around marrows oh these lamentable scissors they
20:15they wouldn't cut butter should I see if I can find a sharper pair
20:18what we really need is sister Veronica and her magic pinking shears how long has she gone to the
20:25mother house for a lengthy retreat I 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
21:04what's sister Monica Joan I was hoping it was something that could be treated
21:12but chronic kidney disease is just something that takes old people gently but kindly
21:19but it takes them how long has she been ill with this I suspect not long
21:26how long does she have the same unless we can persuade her to accept what treatment there is
21:38she'll progress to end-stage renal failure fairly quickly
21:42till that day comes we'll just have to love her as we always have but a bit more carefully
21:56you look happy today is a happy day
22:02I 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
22:15the board of health requested a meeting I told them your diary was full but they were most insistent
22:22it's in your diary for Friday thank you I anticipate the usual fun and games
22:28I 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 call in on him today
22:41we told you the truth sister Veronica is on retreat
22:46you told us she had gone on retreat to the mother house she would need her cross in the mother house
22:51she would need her shoes our sister needed our discretion and I gave that willingly and with love
22:58I'm sorry if you feel that you should have been informed
23:00I'm sorry if I have been arrogant in thinking I deserved an explanation
23:09I can't tell you everything too much of it is personal to her
23:13but I can say she is struggling with her vows and has been given leave of absence for a while
23:20she's staying at the Oliver Christian Retreat Centre at Gravesend
23:25alone
23:27without anyone she knows or any friends to support her
23:34sister
23:36out of all of us
23:38sister Veronica emits the most love
23:40she needs the most love
23:43she does not know what she needs or wants
23:46and that is why she has had to go away
23:49hello Neil
23:55have you come to see Tina?
23:59Mr Bianchi
24:00we've come to see you
24:01I can't have breast cancer
24:06it's a women's disease
24:10we know all about that because his mum died of it
24:13I know
24:16she was a lovely lady
24:19and even in the five years since she passed away we've learned so much about it
24:26I can't have it
24:28I'm a man
24:31it is rare in men
24:33especially for someone of your age
24:35but it's not unheard of
24:37everyone has breast tissue Tony
24:40men and women
24:41we have less of it
24:44but it only takes a couple of cells to go rogue
24:48and a tumour can start to develop
24:51I have had some specialist training
24:55and there are new treatments
24:57and new approaches to surgery
24:59should I have done something sooner when I first felt the lump?
25:11we are going to focus on the future now Tony
25:14and we are going to be with you every step of the way
25:18I don't care whereabouts in your body it is
25:24you've got the big C we have to face up to it
25:27we can face up to it together
25:29without telling people
25:32what is that going to achieve Tony?
25:36you need help
25:37you need love
25:39Tina
25:41I need
25:43dignity
25:46you need to feel like a man
25:49there's a bike for sale
25:53maybe for your birthday
25:59eh?
26:01if you win your next fight
26:02yes?
26:11doctor
26:13when Savage's records arrived from her previous practice
26:17she's been suffering with tiredness and joint pain for five years
26:21did the blood test we did show anything?
26:25nothing at all conclusive
26:26just markers for minor inflammation
26:30slightly low white blood count
26:33could the pain relate to the wrestling?
26:36I saw her in the ring and it's incredibly physical
26:38but an impact injury would be on one side not both
26:41it's as though I'm missing something
26:46I never liked that
26:48they said those Braxton Hicks pains was my body tuning up for the baby to be born
26:54I got used to them
26:55but they've got worse since I found out Tony isn't well
26:58you've an immense amount to contend with at the moment
27:01but baby's head is engaged Tina
27:04I 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
27:13we can't have anything else go wrong
27:15nothing's going to go wrong
27:17but I do want you to come over to the maternity home with me
27:21so Dr. Turner can take a look at you
27:24any chance of a 99?
27:39I've an elderly friend might like a bit of a pick-the-up
27:42what's the matter pal?
27:44Brian
27:49you won't put me down for a single match
27:55I can't afford to promote wrestlers who keep losing
27:59but I can raise my game
28:00my dad used to say
28:02aim up
28:03things will look up
28:04your dad was one of the best there ever was
28:06the Lamb of Panther was revered
28:09look all I can offer you right now is the adult fixtures
28:13oh no no
28:15adult fixtures is one step away from stripping Brian
28:17I keep it clean
28:18it's a place down Deptford where they roll about in jelly
28:21girls earn 30 quid about
28:2430 quid?
28:25I pay 20
28:26bring your own bikini
28:31usually Tina reads stuff for me but
28:43I don't want to worry all this
28:45there's going to be further surgery
28:47and
28:49a radiography
28:52assessment
28:53we're going to have to stop working
28:58it won't be for long
29:00you've got a family to support you
29:02I've only just proved to him that I'm a man
29:05I'm making a go of the van
29:07earning my own living
29:08and now I've got a woman's disease
29:11and I can't provide
29:13I'm telling them nothing
29:17I don't like leaving you on your own Tony
29:21don't like leaving you on your own Tony
29:26don't be daft
29:28I'm fine
29:28hey look
29:35got my appointment through already
29:40nothing to be done till then
29:42it's you and the baby we need to think about now
29:59all right
30:02just promise me
30:04you'll tell your brothers
30:06I promise
30:09you'll need to take these diuretics first thing in the morning
30:18as you don't want to be up all hours of the night
30:21we can bring the commode into your room
30:23the commode will not be entertained
30:26you may come to revise that opinion
30:28your tone is brisk
30:31given that my days are numbered
30:33everybody's days are numbered sister
30:38mine as well as yours
30:41one way and another
30:42but you may be going on for quite a long time
30:51possibly feeling slightly better than you have done
30:54given that we know what ails you now
30:57maybe I do not care to go on for
31:01quite a long time
31:04let's see how we do shall we
31:07with these diuretics
31:09call
31:27call
31:37we'll proceed with a full mastectomy of your right breast
31:50we'll remove the breast tissue
31:53along with the lymph nodes
31:54and the pectoralis major muscle
31:56I don't want to do this
32:01I promise you scarring will be minimal
32:03and at least you won't be having to deal with foam rubber falsies
32:06he's like my lady patients
32:07come on car where are you
32:17can I help you
32:30I'm car salvage's mum
32:31is he here
32:32because if he's not
32:33car savage
32:34I've just checked every member of his class for head lace
32:37including him
32:37oh thank god
32:39thank god
32:40do you want to go in and speak with him
32:42Gwen what's happened
32:44I couldn't wake up this morning
32:45car took himself to school
32:47it's the worst I've ever felt
32:50what's this on your face Gwen
32:52it's like this all the time
32:53I cover it with pan stick usually
32:56you waiting for your wife
33:15my husband says he can't stand the smell of this place
33:19drops me at the door
33:20and waits in the pub
33:21Mr. Bianchi
33:24is this ever itchy
33:29or sore
33:30no
33:31and it's never all blisters like the one on my back
33:33it's more like a sunburn
33:35you've been covering it up with pan stick
33:37because it's such a strange sheet
33:39like a butterfly
33:41that herpes gladiatorum on your back
33:45was a complete red herring
33:47this is what leads us to your diagnosis
33:50have you ever heard of a condition called lupus
33:53nobody in your family's ever had it
33:56or mentioned it
33:58no
33:58do you think that's what I've got
34:00this rash is so distinctive
34:02I'd put money on it as a diagnosis
34:05how long will it take to get rid of it
34:06it's going to be about management
34:10rather than cure
34:11but I promise you
34:13we can get you feeling better
34:14I can't be cured
34:16but I need to win matches again
34:19Gwen
34:20you are too unwell to fight
34:22Tony
34:26thank god
34:27I've been worried sick
34:28had it go at the hospital
34:30it was all fine
34:31your doctor's very pleased with me
34:34oh
34:35really
34:36so um
34:37what happens next
34:38what treatment have they given you
34:40so many pills
34:41I'll be rattling
34:42important thing
34:46is that you
34:47are getting some rest
34:48not worrying yourself silly
34:50I'm not now
34:51I've heard your voice
34:52I love your voice
34:54I hardly ever get to talk on the phone
34:56because we're together all the time
35:00and we'll be together again
35:02soon
35:03Tony
35:21Tony
35:24we're going down the pub
35:25we're coming
35:25Tony
35:27Beryl Burrows
35:50as I live and breathe
35:51do tell me you're en route
35:58to a harvest festival
35:59with that dreary swag
36:01because at the very least
36:02it would provoke a degree
36:03of fellow feeling in me
36:05I'm on potato peeling duty
36:07there's a rota in the retreat
36:09stop
36:10stop
36:10before you completely
36:11break my heart
36:13come here almost every day
36:15sometimes I have an eclair
36:18when the fancy takes me
36:20I have a queen split
36:21you get a cherry
36:23on a queen split
36:23and there's this little
36:25burst of flavour
36:26when you bite it
36:27tell me you've eaten
36:29fish and chips in the street too
36:30in broad daylight
36:31wise
36:32although sometimes
36:35it feels as though
36:36it's the things
36:37I don't do
36:38that tell me more
36:39about 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
36:51what I ought to be praying for
36:52but I can't
36:54and do you know why
36:56it's not different enough
36:58to the convent Beryl
36:59and all the snatched patisserie
37:02in the world
37:03can't disguise the fact
37:04that you are still living
37:05the same sort of half-life
37:06trapped underneath
37:08a similar
37:09godly
37:10bell jar
37:12and how do you propose
37:13to change that
37:14come and stay with me
37:16Geoffrey
37:16I am still technically
37:20a nun
37:21I can't live with a man
37:23you could lodge
37:25with a kindly
37:26confirmed bachelor
37:28you've missed
37:34two appointments
37:35at the hospital
37:36Tony
37:37do you have anyone
37:39to talk to
37:40your brothers
37:41perhaps
37:42I can't
37:44not have it been
37:47you know
37:47breast cancer
37:49it's so humiliating
37:51I can hear him now
37:53your typical Tony
37:56Dr. Turner and I delivered a baby
38:01at the maternity home last week
38:03and the mother asked
38:04if the older brother
38:05could come in and meet him
38:07we placed the baby
38:09in his little arms
38:11and he was awestruck
38:12this was his brother
38:15this was his brother
38:17he promised right then and there
38:20to teach him everything he knew
38:22all his best fighting moves
38:24a cap 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
38:39brothers look after each other
38:41Tony
38:42I've seen it with my own boys
38:45right now she'll be moaning about me
38:49she'll be looking after Taylor
38:52Dr. Turner says she can come home
38:55if you're feeling up to it
38:57of course I'm feeling up to it
38:59I'm feeling up to it
39:29let me know
39:32it's not funny
39:34I'm feeling 또
39:34I'm feeling up to it
39:35so it's my
39:39I'm feeling up
39:39because they're trying
39:40and know
39:43fine
39:44and the觉
39:44people
39:45сразу
39:45missed
39:46address
39:47that
39:50so
39:53ст
39:54about
39:56see
39:56the
39:56happy
39:56I will
39:57be
39:57every
39:58night
39:59You stay in the dressing room tonight, promise?
40:02Promise.
40:04And if I win, you'll get that bike, my precious boy.
40:29You're keeping up with those peppermints, child?
40:34I'm first on call tonight and I still feel quite queasy.
40:37But it's not just in the morning.
40:39Maybe the pill itself doesn't agree with me.
40:43I popped into the surgery when no-one was there to check on your results.
40:48I think we need to have a talk.
40:52I can't seem to get comfortable.
40:59My back is killing me.
41:05Tony, the sheets are wet.
41:11Do you think your walls are broke?
41:13I thought they'd be more of a whoosh.
41:17I don't feel right, Tony.
41:22Bye.
41:24Joyce, what am I going to do?
41:27The pill was supposed to be foolproof.
41:29Honey, the pill was invented by man and is taken by women.
41:34It's always going to be subject to human error.
41:37I will lose my job.
41:39I will have to tell my parents and I hardly speak to them as it is because they don't approve of Cyril.
41:43What? I approve of Cyril.
41:45He is a good man and he will support you.
41:48Whatever you choose to do.
41:50What do you choose to do?
41:53Joyce, I'm not even going to consider an abortion.
41:57That's why it's so hard.
42:00That's why I'm going to get the sack.
42:03Dr. Cyril, you've got time before you have to tell anybody else.
42:08And I will cover for you in any way I can.
42:15You have enough peppermint and wash your fears.
42:25Please take your seats for tonight's teeny-weeny-steamy-bikini extravaganza of advice.
42:31Lennata'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 for two minutes apart.
42:44Rosalyn?
42:45Rosalyn?
42:46Rosalyn!
42:47Come quickly!
42:4815, 20.
42:49As promised.
42:50Put on a good show for the gents with you girls?
42:52They like a bit of hair pulling.
42:53Hair pulling's an illegal move.
42:54It's not an illegal game, though, is it, Gwen?
42:55Who's going to complain?
42:56Don't do this, Gwen.
42:57Please.
42:58What are you doing here?
42:59You're putting yourself in real danger if you fight tonight.
43:00Your body is severely weakened from lupus.
43:01And your chances of getting injured are high.
43:02And what would Carl do then?
43:03Look, if you're not going to fight, you can hand that money back right now.
43:08If you're not going to fight, you can hand that money back right now.
43:38A midwife is on her way, and I'm going to stay with you on the end of this phone until she gets there.
43:57She 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.
44:08Blow.
44:09Yeah, that's it.
44:10Do it with me.
44:11Wait.
44:12Wait.
44:13Wait.
44:14Wait.
44:15Wait.
44:16Wait.
44:17Wait.
44:18Wait.
44:19You punched her.
44:20I said no punch.
44:21Dude!
44:22Oh!
44:23Oh!
44:24Oh!
44:25Oh!
44:26Oh!
44:27Oh!
44:28Oh!
44:29Oh!
44:30Oh!
44:31Oh!
44:32Oh!
44:33Oh!
44:34Oh!
44:35Oh!
44:36Oh!
44:37Oh!
44:38Oh!
44:39Oh!
44:40Oh!
44:41Oh!
44:43Tony, I need you to describe exactly what you can see.
44:45I dunno what I can see.
44:47Oh!
44:49Oh!
44:50Oh!
44:51I think it might be the baby's head!
44:52No!
45:22Can you hear me? Gwen? Gwen? Call for an ambulance. Quickly!
45:37Mr. Bianchi, you need to get ready to deliver this baby yourself. But you must not hang up. Do you hear me?
45:52Oh, I can see. I can see the egg. It's sort of moving around. I can see its face.
46:02Good. Now, very gently place your hands under its head. Wait for the next big contraction.
46:08And guide the body out. Don't pull.
46:11There's something blue wrapped around its neck. Is that supposed to be there?
46:14It's the cord. All you have to do is slip your finger underneath it and lift it over the baby's head.
46:20It should slide off quite easily.
46:28Have you managed to move it?
46:30It works. It's off.
46:46It's a boy, Tia.
46:50You've got a little boy.
46:52You did it, Tony. You delivered our son.
47:00It's lucky.
47:02Well, someone was in a hurry to get into the world.
47:04...
47:06...
47:08...
47:10...
47:12...
47:14...
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.
47:46At least I 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.
48:04Even if your health allowed you to keep on fighting.
48:08There are alternatives.
48:11Just as there's alternatives to keeping your money in a cushion cover.
48:14And are you going 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.
48:27Another one for the footy team.
48:32A striker.
48:32My turn now.
48:34My turn.
48:35Oh, careful.
48:35With that quiet.
48:36Oh, Maggie, give me.
48:38And Mrs. Turner's just helping Tina to freshen up.
48:43And then Master Bianchi needs to have his lunch.
48:46Then they'll 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.
48:55This man, hmm?
48:58He's a proper man.
49:00He certainly is.
49:01And I salute him.
49:04APPLAUSE
49:04Bravo!
49:13Let's...
49:14Something's come up...
49:19that I'm...
49:21not going to be able to do single-handed.
49:27I've got cancer.
49:29Brisket, son.
49:47Brisket, son.
49:48Oh.
49:49Tony.
49:51I wish Mama was here.
49:57No.
49:58No.
49:58You are the best of us, little brother.
50:12And we...
50:13will not let you go.
50:15I spoke to the surgery, Gwen.
50:44All 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.
51:02It's 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 pamphering his contacts.
51:24Thanks.
51:32Maybe.
51:32True.
51:32True.
51:33True.
51:33True.
51:34True.
51:35True.
51:40True.
51:41True.
51:42Oh, I came home from a lunch hour.
51:56Want to go for a walk?
51:57No.
51:58I'm afraid I don't.
52:01It seems you've made a decent fist at moving your weekly clinic onto hospital premises.
52:07Yes.
52:07There was some grumbling from patients about bus fares, but I think we're on an even keel.
52:14Good.
52:15Because 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.
52:31And 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.
52:52Although you'll probably want to join forces with someone else now.
52:55There are real incentives for group practices.
52:57But the council are not going to renew the licence for the maternity home.
53:02But 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.
53:14There 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.
53:26To us and to Nanata's house.
53:30Nanata's house.
53:32They were forever outliers.
53:34And eccentric.
53:36Threatwood, what is the logic in all of this?
53:41How is it going to benefit the patients?
53:44I knew you'd say that.
53:45And it's why we chose to put you at the vanguard.
53:48No 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.
54:04I'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?
54:32I think
54:33that 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.
54:45And build a life with you.
54:47And building a life with you
54:50means more than just rings and mortgages
54:54and bricks and mortar.
54:58Did you ever close your eyes and try to see our children?
55:01I see our children every day with my eyes wide open.
55:08I see them crossing the street in Poplar or swinging on the swing down at the wreck.
55:15And I think
55:15we could have a little boy like that one.
55:19or that little girl has a smile like hers.
55:27I thought I would have to be patient.
55:30And I'm not very good at being patient.
55:32I would not say patience has been our distinguishing characteristic.
55:38And now it doesn't have to be.
55:41There is no good harvest if there's been no rain.
55:52The earth requires it and so do we.
55:56For how else does the heart grow?
55:58For how else does the heart grow?
56:00Not through relentless sunshine, nor under a cloudless sky.
56:06Life expands, not in spite of the weather, but because of it.
56:12Thus, we are nourished, we take root, we are taught how to endure.
56:19But there are times when the soul is hungry.
56:24When fruit falls to the ground and we cannot tell if it's a blessing or temptation.
56:33There are times when we know nothing, nothing at all, not yet.
56:41And so it seems that if we go down, we all go down together.
56:47The council have written to me confirming that the maternity home will close.
56:54And assuming that we, too, will now cease operations.
57:01Do we have any say in this?
57:05A present.
57:07It seems not.
57:13Call the Midwife is back in a couple of weeks on the 1st of March.
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