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00:02A harvest marks a moment of arrival.
00:06Something fresh has been prized from the earth.
00:10Something new has been given or begun.
00:13And we marvel at what has been delivered, not thinking yet of all that is to come, or
00:19must again be worked for.
00:22This is the moment to wrap up in ribbons, a time to savor, without sowing the seeds
00:29of doubt.
00:41Whoa!
00:41Can I help you, honey?
00:43She's about to have the baby.
00:44We think.
00:45I just keep getting this.
00:46Oh, here it comes again.
00:47We'll get you inside in a moment.
00:51The blood samples were sent in two weeks ago.
00:54Sister Monica Joan, O.S.R.N., also known as Antonia Kevil, Miss.
01:02Very well.
01:02We shall do the tests again.
01:05The level of disregard for the comfort and convenience of an elderly patient is unforgivable.
01:10And give up.
01:13I'll tell you what that ice cream van's doing.
01:16Mrs. Bianchi's having some strong peers.
01:18We're going to get her settled and take a look at her.
01:20Oh, they're lasting a minute each.
01:22And how often are they coming?
01:25Well, I don't know.
01:27Am I meant to write them all down?
01:28Is that by any chance your ice cream van parked outside, Mr. Bianchi?
01:32Yes, it is.
01:33I only got it last summer.
01:34Best ice cream in Poplar.
01:36Guaranteed.
01:36I'm sure it is, but at the present moment we're more interested in delivering babies
01:41than ice cream.
01:42Would you mind turning off the music?
01:45Oh, sorry.
01:54What do you want me to do with these, then?
01:58I'll take the rum of beans.
02:00We can have those with the chops I've planned.
02:02Everything else can go to the harvest festival.
02:05What?
02:05But even the marrows?
02:07They would have won first prize in the multicultural show if I'd have been ready in time.
02:11They're bigger than toddlers' legs, Fred.
02:13And I haven't the time to be stuffing them with mints and making a white sauce.
02:20I'll take them to the nurse's house, then.
02:22The children will march from there to the church in a procession.
02:26Your produce will be widely admired.
02:31You're not in labor just yet, honey.
02:33These are just what we call Braxton Hicks contractions.
02:36It's your buddy rehearsing for the routine.
02:38I feel a bit of a fool now.
02:40And it's taking Tony away from his van.
02:42That van's our whole livelihood now I've stopped working.
02:45Have I missed it?
02:46It's all right.
02:47You're safe.
02:48It was a false alarm.
02:52Good job we never told no one.
02:55I'll get my leg pulled something rotten.
03:00Is there anything you need taking to the post office, sister?
03:03I'm rather more concerned about a letter I took to the post office two weeks ago.
03:07The one you wrote to the Board of Health?
03:09Yes.
03:10Telling them we would close Nanata's house if we were no longer allowed to work as Christian missionaries.
03:16I expected a response from them at the very least.
03:19It's entirely likely that they're playing games.
03:22Keeping you waiting because you kept them waiting.
03:25One would hope they were above such pettiness when there is so much at stake.
03:35Come on this way.
03:38Idiot!
03:39You took her in too early.
03:41Hey bro, you coming to football tonight?
03:43I don't know Matteo.
03:44I'm not really in the mood.
03:46You stop coming to football.
03:47You stop coming swimming.
03:48You need to make the most of your freedom while you've got it.
03:52Come on, let's go.
03:53You got everything?
03:54Yes, good.
03:54See you baby brother.
03:56You got the bag?
03:57Come on, let's go.
03:59I do not have unlimited quantities of corpucular matter in my veins.
04:04Sister, you're a nurse.
04:05You know as well as I do that blood replenishes itself.
04:10And we need to get to the bottom of what ails you.
04:13We all know what ails me.
04:15I am merely ancient and presumed frail as a consequence.
04:22Sister, I have five minutes before I leave on my rounds.
04:26Would you like me to move the television into your room?
04:28Do you suppose I'm at the point of expiry?
04:32There is no reason to treat me as an invalid,
04:36as the analysis of my blood will testify.
04:44Ladies and gentlemen,
04:45the doors to tonight's wrestling in the main hall will open in five minutes.
04:56Do you tap inside? Do you give up?
04:59No!
05:03It won!
05:04It does!
05:05Sir, throw it to your toes.
05:07Throw it to your toes.
05:09I've learned so much about deferment since I gave up drink.
05:15I've learned you can bear anything if you pretend it's forever.
05:19I can postpone.
05:21I can wait.
05:23But putting things off until tomorrow doesn't always work.
05:27Because what if tomorrow never comes?
05:32I've been postponing a decision for a long time now.
05:38Come on!
05:40Come on!
05:40Come on!
05:41Yes, yes!
05:42Come on!
05:42Come on!
05:43Come on!
05:46Come on!
05:46Enter!
05:47Enter!
05:49Get out!
05:50Bring her back!
05:50Yes!
05:52Come on!
05:53Quiet up!
05:55Harmony!
05:57It's not a decision about drink.
06:01It's a decision about work.
06:03And work is my other addiction.
06:07Is there a doctor in here?
06:08Anyone?
06:09I'm a nurse.
06:10That'll do.
06:11It's a concussion.
06:15You're staging sporting events.
06:16You're legally obliged to have medical help on the premises.
06:19I know nothing about.
06:20No legal obligations.
06:21And this is her.
06:22Harmony Savage.
06:24Hello Harmony.
06:25I'm a nurse.
06:26I'm sorry you've been hurt.
06:29Occupationalisers.
06:30Did you lose consciousness?
06:31Or did you remain aware of your surroundings?
06:33I never went out.
06:34I was just...
06:35putting on a bit of a show.
06:37Punters like.
06:39I've got to go back out.
06:40Finish your job.
06:41Whoa, whoa.
06:42You were out cold.
06:43I did the count, but it's over.
06:46Brenda the Butcher won fair and square.
06:51You'll have gone to give her the prize money.
06:54If you can't be absolutely sure that you weren't knocked out,
06:58I really think you ought to go to the casualty department.
07:01I'm going to go home to bed.
07:04Oh hello sweetie.
07:09Who's this?
07:10Carl.
07:11My boy.
07:12He comes to all my fights.
07:14Come on.
07:15Let's pack up and get you in the van.
07:18You really must not drive after blacking out.
07:20However briefly.
07:22Any better ideas.
07:25I know it was a false alarm today, but it made me think how real all this is.
07:34How we've made a proper grown up life.
07:39You do go on.
07:41It's like being the baby of the family gave you a great big chip on your shoulder.
07:45It wasn't that.
07:47It was being the one who is no good at all the things the others did.
07:51It's not your fault you won't cut out for the tiling trade.
07:56Besides, I'd rather have a bit of soft scoop than a hundred yards of mosaic flooring.
08:02Come on, lights up.
08:04What's that?
08:06Nothing.
08:07Tony, there's blood on your singlet.
08:09What is it? Show me.
08:17How long have you had this?
08:19Wow.
08:22I'll put a plaster on it.
08:24You will not.
08:26In the morning I'm ringing the doctor.
08:37Out.
08:42Wrestling was all I knew.
08:43Even as a little girl.
08:45My dad was burnt savage.
08:47Lamb of pamphlet.
08:48God rest him.
08:49I used to watch him every time he fought.
08:51It's rather wonderful that you followed in his footsteps.
08:53It would be even more wonderful if it were legal.
08:55There's a whole ladies circuit up north.
08:57Just as legitimate as the men's.
08:58But in London we're outlaws.
09:01I really would like you to be seen by a doctor if at all possible, Harmony.
09:04Oh, my real name's Gwen.
09:07Thanks for seeing us home.
09:10Come a little in.
09:22I've given up those bolts and everything.
09:26So unsightly.
09:29I probably just banged it.
09:32Oh.
09:34It looks like a sebaceous cyst to me.
09:38Antibiotics will take the edge off it, but I think it needs to be removed.
09:43I've got a baby till any day.
09:45All the more reason to get it out of the way.
09:48I'll call St Cuthbert's myself.
09:59Now that is a bird's song I can easily identify.
10:04The lesser spotted buckles.
10:07Ah, sister, how you keeping?
10:09I'm keeping on.
10:12If a little more desiccated with every week the passes.
10:17Perhaps I should not linger.
10:20Lest you sweep me up with all the other dead leaves.
10:24I've got a bag of donuts in my shed.
10:27Will they cheer you up a bit?
10:28Are they jam filled?
10:29No, they're the ones with the holes in.
10:31Then I will forego them.
10:33Do you detect a chill in the breeze today?
10:36I reckon I felt the first nip.
10:39I like it when the seasons start to turn, though.
10:43That time of year the maced in me behold
10:46When yellow leaves, or none or few
10:50Do hang upon those boughs that shake with cold
10:56Bare ruined choirs
10:59Where late the sweet birds sang
11:01In me
11:04Thou seest the twilight of such day
11:07As after sunset fadeth in the west
11:11Which by and by
11:13Like night doth take away their second self
11:19That seals up all in rest
11:37Sister Monica Joan
11:40What's put this on?
11:44Time, Mr. Buckle
11:47It's passage and it's sheer
11:50Weary
11:51Accumulation
11:54Would you like a cup of tea?
11:57If you will sit and take one with me
12:09Well, Miss Savage
12:10I'm not seeing anything that needs further tests
12:13Any other bumps or bruises you'd like me to look at?
12:16I've got a rash keeps coming up sort of on the back of my shoulder
12:20If you just slip your blouse off, dear
12:24Don't believe I've ever met a lady wrestler before
12:27Imagine it's quite physically taxing
12:30I call over sometimes, fight or no fight
12:42I think I know what this is
12:44It's a skin virus called herpes gladiatorum
12:49Like in Spartacus
12:51I love a bit of Kirk Douglas
12:53Don't be honest
12:55I'm afraid this comes from grazing your skin on grubby canvas in the ring
12:59Your best bet is to wash it daily with medicated soap
13:02And bathe the blisters in salt water
13:05Can I do that with my hips and my knees?
13:07Do you have a rash there as well?
13:09No, we just hurt all the time
13:11Miss Savage, are you able to take a break from your work for a while?
13:14No, I've got mouths to feed
13:16Mine and my little boys
13:24I've been looking forward to this moment all day
13:27I've been looking forward to this moment all day
13:27I popped on the market and bought myself a new pair of slippers for the winter
13:34I never knew you could love a bit of sheepskin on your feet till I came to live in England
13:39Me neither
13:41I'm sorry child
13:43You're all wrapped up in something?
13:46I'm trying to work out exactly when I started taking a pill
13:50Calculated against the number of actual pills you have to take before it protects you
13:54And why is that?
13:56I've never missed a single one
13:59I'm wondering if it's throwing my hormones out of whack
14:01I mean, it can do that, can't it?
14:04Child, the whole point of the pill is to throw your hormones out of whack
14:08That's how it stops you getting pregnant
14:11Are you late?
14:13I've been late before
14:16And things just sort of corrected themselves
14:20That would have been before you had a boyfriend
14:24Do you think you need to do a test?
14:27No
14:28Not yet
14:35Do you want to attack? Do you want to give out?
14:37No
14:37Are you sure?
14:39No
14:39No
14:45No
14:46No
14:46No
14:48No
14:48No
14:48No
14:51No
14:52No
14:52No
14:53It's our close rescue!
14:54No!
15:01The winner is...
15:04...Demolition Debbie!
15:24Are you feeling sick?
15:26This is not good, honey.
15:28But we're going to do a test.
15:30I'll help you.
15:31I don't want anyone to know.
15:33They won't.
15:37My name is Higgins.
15:38Have the samples gone off to the laboratory yet?
15:40They will be dispatched very shortly, but if you wish to add any to the list,
15:45I'm afraid you must see to the paperwork yourself.
16:02Nurse?
16:03Good morning, Gwen.
16:04Dr Turner remembered an iodine preparation he thought might help with your skin condition.
16:08I told him I'd drop it off.
16:10Have you been in another fight?
16:13Yes.
16:14And I didn't win that one either.
16:21It's a good day, old chap.
16:23I overslept again.
16:25I don't like going in late because it gets told off.
16:27I imagine you're exhausted after a match.
16:29I'm always exhausted, but I'm a mum, aren't I?
16:33And it's just me.
16:34I weren't tired and me and I was slacking.
16:38I'm a stepmother to a little boy of Carl's age.
16:40It certainly keeps one on one's toes.
16:43I hope he talks like you do.
16:44You've got a lovely way of putting things.
16:47Can I make you a cuppa?
16:49A cuppa would actually be extremely welcome, but I should be making you one.
16:56I'm sorry, I'll have to get out.
17:10That's all I've got this time. I'll give you the full amount next week.
17:13I've heard that before, and more than once.
17:16I am not a charity!
17:24Now I ain't nothing in here but feathers.
17:27I'm officially skinned.
17:28Do you keep your money in a cushion cover?
17:30I don't trust banks.
17:32At least it's where I know my money is.
17:33Even when I've got none.
17:36Sorry, I've gone dizzy.
17:41Mr. Bianchi, I'm Mr. Penn Warden.
17:44I'll be removing this cyst for you.
17:46Do you mind if I take a look?
17:56Don't want to go hacking away on the wrong side.
18:04Could just drain this, but I'm leaning on the side of getting the whole thing out.
18:14Your bloods may come back perfectly normal,
18:16but I strongly suspect that if you'd have almost passed out in front of Dr. Turner,
18:20he'd want to check your iron levels.
18:22Maybe I just need a tonic.
18:24Maybe you do.
18:26I just think that as another woman who's often had to stand on her own two feet,
18:30you need to be in better condition than this.
18:33You on your own with your kiddie?
18:35No.
18:37But I was very much on my own for a long time,
18:39before he and his father came into my life.
18:42I know what it feels like to be fighting an invisible opponent.
18:46I fight invisible ones and all.
18:48And I've no doubt you're extremely good at it.
18:50But you need someone more than a wrestling promoter in your corner.
18:54Let us help find out what's causing your malaise.
18:59Nurse Clifford's gone out to the cinema,
19:01but Nurse Highland says we can have the box.
19:03Her new slippers came in.
19:04Could there be a more perfect showcase for nature's bounty?
19:08Oh, we can do a lot with ribbon and crepe paper.
19:12And that's before we start tying bows round marrows.
19:14Oh, these lamentable scissors, they wouldn't cut butter.
19:18Shall I see if I can find a sharper pair?
19:21What we really need is Sister Veronica and her magic pinking shears.
19:26How long has she gone to the Mother House for?
19:28A lengthy retreat.
19:31I wasn't allowed to ask.
19:33It's her private spiritual business.
19:35Do you suppose she took her pinking shears?
19:38I would settle for her implements if we can't have her.
20:06Oh, Sister Monica Joan.
20:08I was hoping it was something that could be treated.
20:12But chronic kidney disease is just...
20:15Something that takes old people gently but kindly.
20:19But it takes them.
20:21How long has she been ill with this?
20:23I suspect not long.
20:26How long does she have?
20:29The same.
20:32Unless we can persuade her to accept what treatment there is,
20:36she'll progress to end-stage renal failure fairly quickly.
20:42Till that day comes, we'll just have to love her as we always have.
20:47But a bit more carefully.
20:55You look happy.
20:57Today is a happy day.
21:00I got a letter from the solicitor.
21:02The decree absolute?
21:04I'm officially a single man.
21:08Everything we do now is ours.
21:10Our choice to make.
21:13The Board of Health requested a meeting.
21:15I told them your diary was full, but they were most insistent.
21:18It's in your diary for Friday.
21:21I anticipate the usual fun and games.
21:25I need to see Anthony Bianchi.
21:27I've just had his histopathology results through from the hospital.
21:31Should I make an appointment for him?
21:34No.
21:34I'll call in on him today.
21:37We told you the truth.
21:39Sister Veronica is on retreat.
21:41You told us she had gone on retreat to the mother house.
21:44She would need her cross in the mother house.
21:46She would need her shoes.
21:48Our sister needed our discretion and I gave that willingly and with love.
21:52I'm sorry if you feel that you should have been informed.
21:57I'm sorry if I have been arrogant in thinking I deserved an explanation.
22:04I can't tell you everything.
22:05Too much of it is personal to her.
22:07But I can say she is struggling with her vows and has been given leave of absence for a while.
22:14She's staying at the Oliver Christian Retreat Centre at Gravesend.
22:19Alone.
22:21Without anyone she knows or any friends to support her.
22:27Sister, out of all of us, Sister Veronica emits the most love.
22:33She needs the most love.
22:35She does not know what she needs or wants.
22:38And that is why she has had to go away.
22:45Morning.
22:48Have you come to see Tina?
22:50Mr Bianchi, we've come to see you.
22:55I can't have breast cancer.
22:59It's a women's disease.
23:01We know all about that because his mum died of it.
23:05I know.
23:08She was a lovely lady.
23:10And even in the five years since she passed away, we've learned so much about it.
23:17I can't have it.
23:20I'm a man.
23:21It is rare in men, especially for someone of your age.
23:25But it's not unheard of.
23:27Everyone has breast tissue, Tony.
23:30Men and women.
23:31We have less of it.
23:33But it only takes a couple of cells to go rogue.
23:37And a tumour can start to develop.
23:40I have had some specialist training.
23:44And there are new treatments and new approaches to surgery.
23:55Should I have done something sooner when I first felt the lump?
23:58We are going to focus on the future now, Tony.
24:02And we are going to be with you every step of the way.
24:08I don't care whereabouts in your body it is.
24:11You've got the big seat. We have to face up to it.
24:14We can face up to it together.
24:17Without telling people.
24:20What is that going to achieve, Tony?
24:22You need help.
24:24You need love.
24:27Tina.
24:28I need...
24:31Dignity.
24:33I need to feel like a man.
24:37There's a bike for sale.
24:43Maybe for your birthday, eh?
24:46If you win your next flight.
24:50Yes?
24:57Doctor.
24:59Gwen Savage's records arrived from her previous practice.
25:02She's been suffering with tiredness and joint pain for five years.
25:07Did the blood test we did show anything?
25:09Nothing at all conclusive.
25:12Just markers for minor inflammation.
25:15Slightly low white blood count.
25:17Could the pain relate to the wrestling?
25:19I saw her in the ring and it's incredibly physical.
25:22But an impact injury would be on one side, not both.
25:27It's as though we're missing something.
25:30I never liked that.
25:32They said those Braxton Hicks pains was my body tuning up for the baby to be born.
25:37I got used to them, but they've got worse since I found out Tony isn't well.
25:41You've an immense amount to contend with at the moment.
25:44But baby's head is engaged, Tina.
25:47I really don't think you'll have very long to wait.
25:50Oh, this reading is just a little bit higher than I'd like.
25:55We can't have anything else go wrong.
25:57Nothing is going to go wrong.
25:59But I do want you to come over to the maternity home with me.
26:03So Dr. Turner can take a look at you.
26:19Any chance of a 99?
26:20I've an elderly friend.
26:21Might like a bit of a picnic up.
26:24What's the matter, pal?
26:29Brian!
26:32You ain't put me down for a single match.
26:36I can't afford to promote wrestlers who keep losing.
26:39I can raise my game.
26:40My dad used to say, aim up.
26:42Things will look up.
26:44Your dad was one of the best who ever was.
26:46The Lamb of Panther was revered.
26:50Look, all I can offer you right now is the adult fixtures.
26:52Oh no, no.
26:54Adult fixtures is one step away from stripping, Brian.
26:56I keep it clean.
26:58It's a place down Deptford where they roll about in jelly.
27:01Girls earn 30 quid about.
27:0230 quid?
27:04I pay 20.
27:08Bring your own bikini.
27:18Usually Tina reads stuff for me, but I don't want to worry all this.
27:23There's going to be further surgery and a radiography assessment.
27:34I'm going to have to stop working.
27:36It won't be for long.
27:38You've got a family to support you.
27:40I've only just proved to him that I'm a main.
27:43I'm making a go of the van, earning my own living.
27:46And now I've got a woman's disease.
27:48They can't provide.
27:52I'm telling them nothing.
28:00Geoffrey Franklin?
28:01Mr. Franklin, it's Sister Catherine from Nunata's house.
28:05It's about Sister Veronica.
28:08And...
28:09I'm calling you in confidence.
28:12I see.
28:14I don't like leaving you on your own, Tony.
28:17Don't be daft.
28:19I'm fine.
28:22Hey.
28:23Look.
28:25I've got my appointment through already.
28:28It'll have to be done till then.
28:31It's you and the baby we need to think about, innit?
28:35All right.
28:36Just promise me you'll tell your brothers.
28:42I promise.
28:48You'll need to take these diuretics first thing in the morning, as you don't want to be up all hours
28:53of the night.
28:54We can bring the commode into your room.
28:56The commode will not be entertained.
28:58You may come to revise that opinion.
29:02Your tone is brisk, given that my days are numbered.
29:09Everybody's days are numbered, Sister.
29:12Mine as well as yours, one way and another.
29:19But you may be going on for quite a long time.
29:23Possibly feeling slightly better than you have done.
29:26Given that we know what ails you now.
29:30Maybe I do not care to go on for quite a long time.
29:36Let's see how we do, shall we?
29:38With these diuretics.
29:55Carl?
30:05Carl?
30:17We'll proceed with a full mastectomy of your right breast.
30:20We'll remove the breast tissue, along with the lymph nodes and the pectoralis major muscle.
30:28I don't want to do this.
30:29I promise you scarring will be minimal.
30:32And at least you won't be having to deal with foam rubber falsies like my lady patients.
30:43Come on, Carl, where are they?
30:55Can I help you?
30:57I'm Carl Savage's mum.
30:58Is he here? Because if he's not...
31:00Carl Savage?
31:01I've just checked every member of his class for headlace, including him.
31:04Oh, thank God!
31:06Thank God!
31:07Do you want to go in and speak with him?
31:09Gwen? What's happened?
31:10I couldn't wake up this morning.
31:12Carl took himself to school.
31:14It's the worst I've ever felt.
31:16What's this on your face, Gwen?
31:18It's like this all the time.
31:20I cover it with pan stick, usually.
31:38You waiting for your wife?
31:41My husband says he can't stand the smell of this place.
31:44Drops me at the door and waits in the pub.
31:48Mr Bianchi?
31:51Is this ever itchy or sore?
31:54No. And it's never all blisters like the one on my back.
31:57It's more like a sunburn.
31:59You've been covering it up with pan stick because it's such a strange shape.
32:03Like a butterfly.
32:06That herpes gladiatorum on your back was a complete red herring.
32:11This is what leads us to your diagnosis.
32:14Have you ever heard of a condition called lupus?
32:17Nobody in your family has ever had it? Or mentioned it?
32:21No. Do you think that's what I've got?
32:23This rash is so distinctive.
32:26I'd put money on it as a diagnosis.
32:27How long would it take to get rid of it?
32:30It's going to be about management rather than cure.
32:34But I promise you we can get you feeling better.
32:36I can't be cured.
32:39But I need to win matches again.
32:41Gwen, you are too unwell to fight.
32:47Tony, thank God I've been worried sick.
32:50How'd it go at the hospital?
32:51It was all fine.
32:53Your doctor's very pleased with me.
32:55Oh, really?
32:58So what happens next?
32:59What treatment are they giving you?
33:01So many pills I'll be rattling.
33:05The important thing is that you are getting some rest.
33:09Not worrying yourself silly.
33:10I'm not now, I've heard your voice.
33:13I love your voice.
33:14Now I'll ever get to talk on the phone.
33:18Because we're together all the time.
33:20We'll be together again.
33:22Soon.
33:39Tony!
33:41Tony!
33:43We're going down the pub.
33:44We're coming.
33:45Tony!
33:46Tony!
34:06Feryl Burrows as I live and breathe.
34:14Do tell me you're en route to a harvest festival with that dreary swag, because at the very
34:19least it would provoke a degree of fellow feeling in me.
34:21I'm on potato peeling duty.
34:24There's a rota in the retreat house.
34:26Stop, stop, before you completely break my heart.
34:30I come here almost every day.
34:32Sometimes I have a declare, and when the fancy takes me, I have a queen split.
34:37You get a cherry on a cream split, and there's this little burst of flavour when you bite it.
34:44Tell me you've eaten fish and chips in the street, too, in broad daylight.
34:47Twice.
34:49Although sometimes it feels as though it's the things I don't do that tell me more about
34:54where I am now, or where I might go next.
34:58What don't you do?
35:00I don't pray.
35:02I came here to pray, or at least to decide what I ought to be praying for.
35:07But I can't.
35:09And do you know why?
35:11It's not different enough to the convent, Beryl.
35:14And all the snatched patisserie in the world can't disguise the fact that you are still
35:18living the same sort of half-life, trapped underneath a similar, godly, bell jar.
35:25And how do you propose to change that?
35:28Come and stay with me.
35:29Geoffrey.
35:31I am still technically a nun.
35:34I can't live with a man.
35:36You could lodge with a kindly confirmed bachelor.
35:45You've missed two appointments at the hospital, Tony.
35:49Do you have anyone to talk to?
35:52Your brothers, perhaps?
35:55I can't.
35:57Not have you been, you know, breast cancer.
36:01It's so humiliating.
36:03I can hear him now.
36:06A typical Tony.
36:10Dr. Turner and I delivered a baby at the maternity home last week.
36:14And the mother asked if the older brother could come in and meet him.
36:19We placed the baby in his little arms, and he was awestruck.
36:24This was his brother.
36:28He promised right then and there to teach him everything he knew.
36:33Older's best fighting moves.
36:34A cat gun was mentioned.
36:37And something about which jelly babies tasted best.
36:41Green ones.
36:44According to Enzo.
36:46He always gave me the green ones.
36:49Brothers look after each other, Tony.
36:52I've seen it with my own boys.
36:55Right now she'll be moaning about me.
36:59She'll be looking after Taylor.
37:01Dr. Turner says she can come home if you're feeling up to it.
37:06Of course I'm feeling up to it.
37:12Something tells me something's gonna happen tonight.
37:18I read in the papers that Gem and I people will make it tonight.
37:25Stars will be shining.
37:27My sign is aligning with love.
37:32So come on and make it.
37:34Let's take everything that we've been dreaming of.
37:39Something tells me something's gonna happen to you.
37:45The smile on my face is the smile you will wear in a moment or two.
37:52So get it together, you see, it's gonna be alright.
37:59But something tells me something's gonna happen tonight.
38:05You stay in the dressing room tonight.
38:07Promise.
38:08Promise.
38:09And if I win, you'll get that bike.
38:12My precious boy.
38:35You're keeping up with us, Peppermint's child?
38:38I'm first on call tonight and I still feel quite queasy.
38:40But it's not just in the morning.
38:43Maybe the pill itself doesn't agree with me.
38:47I popped into the surgery when no one was there to check on your results.
38:51I think we need to have a talk.
38:59I can't seem to get comfortable.
39:02My back is killing me.
39:07It's only the sheets all there.
39:13Do you think your walk was a prank?
39:15I thought it'd be more of a whoosh.
39:18Oh, I don't feel right, Tony.
39:25Joyce, what am I going to do?
39:28The pill was supposed to be foolproof.
39:30Honey, the pill was invented by man and is taken by women.
39:35It's always going to be subject to human error.
39:38I will lose my job.
39:40I will have to tell my parents and I hardly speak to them as it is because they don't approve
39:43of Cyril.
39:44What?
39:44I approve of Cyril.
39:46He's a good man and he will support you.
39:49Whatever you choose to do.
39:51Choose to do?
39:53Joyce, I'm not even going to consider an abortion.
39:57That's why it's so hard.
40:00That's why I'm going to get the sack.
40:03Dr. Cyril, you've got time before you have to tell anybody else.
40:07And I will cover for you in any way I can.
40:14You have enough of a peppermint and wash your face.
40:25Please take your seats for tonight's teeny bikini extravaganza of a fight.
40:34Nanata's house, midwife speaking.
40:36I'm ringing up about Tina Bianchi.
40:38We think she's gone into labour.
40:40I've been timing them for two minutes apart.
40:42Oh!
40:45Rosalyn?
40:46Rosalyn, come quickly!
40:4815, 20, as promised.
40:52Put on a good show for the gents, were you girls?
40:55They like a bit of hair pulling.
40:57Hair pulling's an illegal move.
41:00It's not an illegal game, though, is it, Gwen?
41:02Who's going to complain?
41:04Don't do this, Gwen.
41:05Please.
41:06What are you doing here?
41:07You're putting yourself in real danger if you fight tonight.
41:09Your body is severely weakened from lupus.
41:11And your chances of getting injured are high.
41:14And what would Carl do then?
41:15Look, if you're not going to fight, you can hand that money back right now.
41:44A midwife is on her way, and I'm going to stay with you on the end of this fall until
41:49she gets there.
41:52She keeps saying she wants to push.
41:54Tell her to blow.
41:56Tell her to blow as if she is blowing out candles.
41:58See that?
41:58Don't push.
41:59Blow.
42:00Blow.
42:03Blow.
42:04Yeah, that's it.
42:05Do it with me.
42:15You punch her.
42:16I said no punch.
42:29Don't you want to tap?
42:30Do you want to give up?
42:33Tony, I need you to describe exactly what you can see.
42:37I don't know what I can see.
42:42I think it might be the baby's head.
43:12I think it might be the baby's head.
43:16Can you hear me?
43:17Gwen?
43:19Gwen?
43:20Call for an ambulance.
43:22Quickly!
43:26Mr. Bianchi, you need to get ready to deliver this baby yourself.
43:30But you must not hang up.
43:32Do you hear me?
43:43Oh, I can see.
43:44I can see the egg.
43:46It's sort of moving around.
43:48I can see its face.
43:50Good.
43:51Now, very gently place your hands under its head.
43:54Wait for the next big contraction.
43:56And guide the body out.
43:58Don't pull.
43:58There's something blue wrapped around its neck.
44:00Is that supposed to be there?
44:01It's the cord.
44:03All you have to do is slip your finger underneath it and lift it over the baby's head.
44:07It should slide off quite easily.
44:15Have you managed to move it?
44:17It works.
44:18It's off.
44:19No.
44:20Stretch it out.
44:32He's a boy, Tia.
44:38We got a little boy.
44:57You did it, Tony.
45:00You delivered our son.
45:03Just look at you.
45:08Well, someone was in a hurry to get into the world.
45:12Wait till we tell all your uncles about this.
45:20There's you.
45:22There's my boy.
45:26You were lucky you didn't cause any more damage to your body.
45:29At least I got the rent money out of it.
45:31Gwen, the hospital are asking who will be looking after Carl whilst you're in here.
45:35They're willing to talk to social services.
45:37I bet they are.
45:38Social services will take him off me.
45:40I'm sure that isn't the case.
45:42But, Gwen, you're treading a dangerous path in London,
45:47even if your health allowed you to keep on fighting.
45:51There are alternatives.
45:53Just as there's alternatives to keeping your money in a cushion cover.
45:56And you've got to tell me what they are.
45:59Because I listen to you.
46:02You've told me you know what it is to find things hard.
46:11Another one for the footy team.
46:13A striker.
46:14My turn.
46:20Mrs. Turner's just helping Tina to freshen up.
46:23And then Master Bianchi needs to have his lunch.
46:26The nail papa did a good job on his own then, Doctor.
46:29Not many people could deliver their own son single-handed.
46:32But Tony did.
46:35This man, hmm?
46:37He's a proper man.
46:39He certainly is.
46:41And I salute him.
46:45Bravo!
46:52Lads.
46:55Something's come up.
46:59That I'm...
47:00not going to be able to do single-handed.
47:06I've got cancer.
47:24Brisk cancer.
47:25Oh, Tony.
47:28I wish mama was here.
47:44you are the best of us little brother and we will not let you go
48:17i spoke to the surgery gwen all your records will be sent to the new gp we found for you
48:21up north
48:21thanks nurse i've got to start looking after myself now haven't i she's not going to be a russer
48:28anymore i know would you like a hand putting that in the van or are you planning on peddling all
48:33the
48:33way to blackpool thanks nurse and thanks for the advice it was like a bold move taking a job in
48:43a
48:43gym training other women but it's legal in lancashire gwen and you won't be exploited
48:51it will give your body time to recover and my dad would like it good old lamb of pamphrey and
48:56his
49:23contacts
49:25oh
49:25i came home from a lunch hour want to go for a walk no i'm afraid i don't it seems
49:33you made a decent fist at moving your weekly clinic onto hospital premises
49:37yes there was some grumbling from patients about bus fares but i think we're on an even keel
49:44good because speaking scientist to scientists and to paraphrase our friend charles darwin it is not necessarily
49:52the strongest or most intelligent of any given species that survives it's the one most adaptable to change
49:58i know that and i know i can't look after my patients properly if i don't today
50:04a very good attitude to have
50:07which is why we're placing you front and center of our plans
50:12and closing you down
50:17closing us down
50:18not as a gp
50:20although you'll probably want to join forces with someone else now there are real incentives for
50:25group practices
50:27but the council are not going to renew the license for the maternity home
50:32but
50:33the license runs out in a matter of weeks
50:37it's always been renewed as a formality
50:39this is the brave new world turner
50:42there is no always anymore
50:44there isn't even an always for me
50:46the council will have to hand everything over to the national health
50:49but while you still have power you're doing this
50:53to us and to nanata's house
50:57nanata's house
50:58they were forever outliers
51:00and eccentric
51:02frettwood
51:03what is the logic in all of this
51:07how is it going to benefit the patients
51:09i knew you'd say that
51:11and it's why we chose to put you at the vanguard
51:15no matter what goes on somewhere far away in the offices of whitehall
51:18there will always be patients
51:23and you say that as though it's a problem
51:30i'm so sorry cyril
51:33you wanted to take responsibility but
51:35i was absolutely certain that
51:37nothing could be better than this magnificent wonder drug that gave me control over my own body
51:42we both agreed it was what we wanted
51:45that it would let us have other things we wanted
51:48and wanted very much
51:52we just didn't want this
51:53did we
51:56i think
51:58that it's something that has happened a little out of order
52:02but i wouldn't have taken you to bed if i didn't mean to marry you
52:06and i always meant to marry you
52:08and build a life with you
52:11and building a life with you
52:13means more than just rings and mortgages
52:17and bricks and mortar
52:21did you ever close your eyes and try to see our children
52:26i see our children every day
52:28with my eyes wide open
52:30i see them crossing the street in popular or
52:34swinging on the swing down at the wreck
52:36and i think
52:39we could have a little boy like that one
52:41or
52:42that little girl has a smile like hers
52:48i thought i would have to be patient
52:51and i'm not very good at being patient
52:55i would not say patience has been a distinguishing characteristic
53:00and now it doesn't have to be
53:07there is no good harvest if there's been no rain
53:12the earth requires it
53:14and so do we
53:15for how else does the heart grow
53:19not through relentless sunshine
53:23nor under a cloudless sky
53:26life expands
53:28not in spite of the weather
53:30but because of it
53:32thus we are nourished
53:34we take root
53:35we are taught how to endure
53:39but there are times when the soul is hungry
53:43when fruit falls to the ground
53:46and we cannot tell if it's a blessing or temptation
53:50there are times when we know nothing
53:54nothing at all
53:56not yet
53:58and so it seems that if we go down
54:01we all go down together
54:04the council have written to me confirming
54:08that the maternity home will close
54:11and assuming that we too will now cease operations
54:18do we have any say in this?
54:22a present
54:23it seems not
54:27sometimes change is for the better
54:29what do you mean mayor to midwife?
54:31we need to cause alarm
54:33and now our maternity home is closing down
54:35Susan was affected by thalidomide
54:37the council are not going to give an artist house any more money
54:40but the treatment is working
54:41it is not treatment
54:43it is merely postponing all that is to come
54:45okay
54:45two
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