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00:27There are challenges
00:29That are eternal
00:31How do we stand
00:33And face our fears
00:34And how do we let go
00:36We forge on
00:39Because we must
00:41With weapons
00:42As fragile as courage
00:44As simple as work
00:46Or as precious as compassion
00:49For our fellow human beings
00:51These are the threads
00:54That bind
00:55The very warp
00:57And weft of days
00:59The things we think
01:00We will remember
01:02Then move on from
01:03And forget
01:09You poor child
01:12I'm pretty sure
01:13That's it for now
01:14Go and get ready
01:15I'll cover for you
01:20Mum, what's going to happen
01:22When they close the maternity home?
01:24I wish there was a simple answer, me
01:27The truth is
01:28Nobody knows
01:29Will we have to move house?
01:32No
01:33This is our home
01:34And that's not going to change
01:36Because Daddy will still have his surgery
01:40I promise you, sweetheart
01:42Everything will be alright
01:45Angela needs to do everything together
01:47Now we don't even get the same bus
01:49She'll be home tonight
01:51Just as she always is
01:53And Timothy's back in London
01:55Living at St Cuthbert's
01:57So that's good, isn't it?
02:00I know
02:01New things are always hard
02:08Nurse Crane's been held up
02:09At the maternity home
02:10She's asked me to give out morning orders
02:12Sister Catherine
02:13Are you happy to be on first call this afternoon?
02:16Of course
02:16I was top of the call board myself
02:18But I know I'm meeting
02:19Halfway across London
02:20Good morning, all
02:22Rosalind Laddette Ice
02:24She's just sorting out a fresh beer
02:25Well, I hope she's eaten a hearty breakfast
02:27She's going to be cycling all over Poplar today
02:37See you later
02:38Six o'clock
02:40And don't be late
02:45Come in
02:54And it is
02:57Wakey, wakey
02:58Rise and shine
02:59Shine for my favourite slugger bed
03:02I bring grapefruit tea
03:05And a French toast chaser
03:07Oh, I overslept again
03:09You're keeping not dissimilar hours
03:11To Princess Margaret
03:12Although, I am told
03:14Her cooling tray has nothing on it
03:16But black coffee and an orange juice
03:17She probably wakes up with a hangover
03:19I've never had a hangover
03:23Are you getting a bad back
03:24Sleeping on the sofa?
03:26I did think of sending for an osteopath
03:29Then I remembered I am one
03:31Well, I've slept like a log every night since I came here
03:34It's like I'm getting over an illness
03:36You look to me as though you are recuperating nicely
03:40Apart from the faintest suggestion of a few split ends
03:43Dare I make you a little appointmentette at the salon on the corner?
03:47The hairdressers?
03:48Oh, no, I really don't think I can go to the hairdressers
03:51Not with my hair in this state
03:56In a moment, we'll be inviting the ladies and gentlemen of the press inside
04:00To view the magnificent Ground Four extension
04:04Funded by the Bathroom Grant Scheme
04:06But first, I'd like to ask Mrs. Rhoda Mullocks
04:10Who's here today with her daughter Susan and son Paddy
04:14To say a few words about how she and her family have benefited
04:18From this council initiative
04:21This has been a really fortunate development for us
04:25As many of you know, Susan was affected by thalidomide
04:29And we were struggling a bit more than most
04:32With the old outside toilet and tin bath
04:35Hello, Mum
04:36For those of you who don't know
04:38This is my second eldest, Perry
04:40He's at Technical College
04:43My grandma was actually born in this house
04:47And the addition of the bathroom
04:49Has brought us bang into the middle of the 20th century
04:53And what do you have to say, Susan?
04:55It's fantastic
04:57That's the thing
04:58In you go, members of the press
05:01Straight through to the back of the house
05:02Oh, and Mrs. Mullick's sanitary wear
05:05Is in a new colour
05:06Called Pampers Beige
05:08So you might want to caption your photographs accordingly
05:11Come on, love
05:17Let's bump you up
05:25I can't believe we're under notice of closure
05:28Yet we've still got a cohort of junior doctors
05:31Coming in for district obstetrics
05:33And all the more unsettling
05:35Because my own son's one of the doctors
05:37He was such a little boy when he came into my life
05:41You were younger than he is now
05:43When your path first crossed with mine
05:46And look at us now
05:47Shutting up shop to all intents and purposes
05:51Where do you think we'll be
05:52This time next year?
05:54Possibly in a
05:55A better place than this
05:58Possibly
05:58And a worse one
06:00But not here
06:02Sheila
06:03The council are not going to give
06:06Nonata's house any more money
06:09We'll have to see what God thinks
06:12And what the order proposes
06:16Hurry up, please, gentlemen
06:17The mother is feeling the urge to push
06:20And Mr Parry wants all junior doctors to be in guns
06:26I'm sorry, Dr Turner
06:27But I have begged for an extraordinary meeting of the Board of Health
06:31And Dr Threatwood says we have to wait until the next one's scheduled on Friday
06:37They might announce more closures at that one
06:39There are half a dozen other maternity homes just waiting for the axe to fall
06:44Which doesn't give the Board the right to treat you or Nonata's house like a canary down the mine
06:50Meanwhile, I fear the fact that our GP practice is remaining open has confused matters
06:56I had expected some degree of local uproar
06:59But no one has so much as started a petition
07:01The system we're heading into is going to be so big it dwarfs people's comprehension
07:07Then, by the time they realise what's afoot
07:10Their voices will seem too tiny to be heard
07:14Well, my voice isn't too tiny to be heard
07:24Now, Mother, let's concentrate on the task in hand
07:28Less noise equals more effective bearing down
07:31I'd do better without a ruddy audience
07:33Come, come
07:35Just keep reminding yourself you're making very satisfactory progress
07:39Now, whilst this contraction ends and Mother has ceased her exertions
07:44Would one of the gentlemen present like to step up and describe what he can see?
07:49Ah, Dr Turner Jr
07:54Rule one of obstetrics
07:55There is often something liquid on the floor
08:03The fetal scalp is not visible at the introitus during the pause between contractions, sir
08:08The presenting part is the vertex in a cephalic presentation
08:14The head is beginning to distend the perineum
08:16If a crowning has not yet occurred
08:20And?
08:22Boy or girl
08:25It's reassuring to know your expertise knows its limits
08:37Now, Lady Aylward
08:40Matron of the Lady Emily Clinic for Women and Babies does have rather a ring to it
08:45Yes, it does
08:46And I'd like to accept
08:48With caveats
08:49You know I'll grant you any caveat you desire
08:53I can't commence until the new year
08:56I have to give him my notice to Nonata's house
08:59They're not in the best shape at the present time
09:09Had I to feel this bell much longer
09:11I would have been in need of embrogation from my elbow
09:16As well as assistance to the laboratory
09:19This means the diuretics are working
09:24And helping to cleanse your body of all the excess fluid
09:29I am not in want of a biology lesson
09:33Merely your age
09:35It might be more convenient if you set up a commode for you
09:39I have always pride
09:41Dignity above convenience
09:47I've spent the whole of my career in the East End
09:52Which equates to almost all of my adult life
09:54You would have served less time for murder
09:58I don't see it that way, Mr. Scarrisbrick
10:00It wasn't a sentence
10:02It was, and still is, a privilege
10:06And now our maternity home is closing down
10:10And the domestic delivery of babies
10:12Could end up virtually outlawed
10:15Thank you, Peel Report
10:16I don't want to work in hospitals
10:19I want to get to know the women I'm caring for
10:22I want them to feel safe
10:24As though birth is a miraculous but normal part of life
10:29Soon I won't be able to provide that
10:30And in my view, that's a terrible loss
10:36I'm simply grateful we're able to offer an alternative
10:40To those who can afford to pay
10:44Nevertheless, we have new adventures to look forward to
10:47In due course, I'll have something else to put to you
10:50But not today
10:52We have quite enough to celebrate
10:54Perhaps you'll allow me to take you out to dinner
10:57Perhaps
10:59In a week or two
11:03Oh, good evening
11:04Is that the Gazette?
11:06Oh, Miss Leverett
11:07Glad I caught you
11:08Could you put me through to Mr. Reynolds
11:11On features?
11:13Paddy, what noise?
11:14Darls
11:14A sheep, mate
11:17Mum
11:20I'm going to have to take Susan to the surgery tomorrow, Bernie
11:22That blister looks like it's become infected
11:24We can't have that, can we?
11:26Eh?
11:27What's the matter?
11:28My beautiful mate
11:29It hurts when I put the legs on
11:32Doesn't it?
11:34If I take a first thing, can you drop Paddy at nursery?
11:37No, no, I can't
11:38I've got a funeral
11:39At ten o'clock
11:40And you stand
11:41Mr. Albion wants us lined up at the hearse by nine
11:44Sometime through the day you took that undertaking job
11:47Well, it's a steady line of work
11:50You're drinking more of that milk and magnesium than you ever did when you were pregnant
11:54Listen, you're not trying to tell me we've got some news, are you?
11:56Chance would be a fine thing
11:59God, our almighty Father
12:02We ask today for a blessing
12:03To add to all the blessings you have given us
12:06And as we thank you for leading us to one another
12:10And for letting us love one another
12:13Enfold us as my hands, enfold hers
12:15And protect us as her body protects our child
12:18Amen
12:20Amen
12:28Oh, gosh
12:30It is beautiful, isn't it?
12:34I've always loved pearls
12:36The idea that inside all that sheen there's a tiny speck of sand
12:47The heart of a pearl is so much stronger than we think
12:53I didn't even know we kept Sherry on the premises
12:56When a house is a home to a lot of young women
12:59It's always wise to be prepared for a celebration
13:02I managed to grab some twiglets and smokey bacon crisps
13:05While Fred sends his congratulations
13:07This is turning into quite the shindig
13:12Have you given any consideration to a date yet?
13:16I went to the register office this morning
13:18And filled in all the forms
13:20It's going to be in three weeks' time
13:24Three weeks?
13:29And what of your parents?
13:31Are they as delighted as we?
13:33They don't know yet
13:35They've been away on the school trip to Bruges
13:38So I'm going to call them tomorrow night
13:42They are educated
13:43And they are inhabitants of the modern world
13:49Congratulations
13:50Congratulations
13:51Congratulations
13:53Congratulations
13:58I've stopped short of going the full bit else as soon
14:02And giving you a geometric bob
14:05But I think that's taken the curse off
14:08Farewell Splatoon
14:11I've never had eggs rubbed in my hair before
14:13It felt quite nice
14:14Trixie put me on to the protein rinse when I decided to go long
14:18But Beryl
14:21Now that you've had a rest
14:22We need to talk about the future
14:26The Order want my answer in three weeks
14:28And what are you going to do with those three weeks?
14:31Are you just going to sit them out indoors
14:33In the hope that clarity will come floating through the window?
14:37Or are you going to try to live a little?
14:39I think I'm living quite a lot
14:42Just being here
14:43Beryl
14:44You know that's not true
14:48Today
14:50Whilst I'm out
14:53Manipulating the vertebrae of London's jet set
14:57I want you to make a list
14:59Of every single thing you wish to do
15:02Before you tell the sisters
15:03Whether you're going to leave or stay
15:05To what end Geoffrey?
15:08It may help you decide
15:11Which sacrifice is bearable
15:17What do you mean Mayor turns midwife?
15:20You can't deliver babies Mrs. Buckle
15:23You're not qualified
15:25I'm not intending to deliver them
15:27The idea is that I follow you and the other ladies round Poplar
15:32As you go about your work
15:34Lending a hand
15:35You know as and when appropriate
15:37I'm getting photographed by the Gazette
15:40The Gazette feels that it will draw attention
15:42To the destruction of midwifery services
15:45As we know it
15:48That I can't deny
15:51But so far we've left the news to seep out slowly
15:55So we don't cause alarm
15:57Nurse Craig
15:58In my opinion
16:00We need to cause alarm
16:02To save the maternity home
16:04If people protest
16:05It might make a difference
16:14How often do you wear the artificial legs?
16:16Every day
16:17They make them wear them at school
16:19There's three other Thalidomide kids
16:20And the teacher says
16:21They all have to set an example to each other
16:24What do you think about it all Susan?
16:26I don't really like them very much
16:28The other kids
16:30The legs
16:31They're heavy and they hurt
16:33And they don't look like proper legs
16:35You're probably ready for a bigger set
16:37She's growing like a weed
16:40While I'm here Dr Turner
16:41I want mine some more milk of magnesium
16:45Rhoda
16:46You really need to get that gallbladder removed
16:49You've been at the top of the waiting list twice
16:51I could cancel the operation both times
16:53I'm too busy Doctor
16:55Belinda's away at university
16:57And I'm busier than ever
16:59With Paddy and Susan to look after
17:02I can look after myself
17:04Susan you know that's not true
17:06And the campaign for compensations
17:08Had so many ups and downs
17:09I'll write you a prescription
17:12It's cheaper than buying it over the counter
17:14But promise me
17:15The next time your name comes up
17:17You'll get the operation done
17:21They don't complain like this in male surgical
17:26He's hungry
17:28Sorry mate
17:30We don't run to bar snacks
17:33The infant stomach
17:35Is a small fusiform organ
17:38Situated in the upper abdomen
17:41The capacity of approximately 30 millilitres
17:48Anatomically it's comprised of the cardia
17:52The fundus
17:54The body
17:55And the pilaris
17:57And the gastrum acuso
18:00Is capable of sedating hydrochloric acid
18:02What do you think you are doing with that infant?
18:05I was comforting him
18:07His cry was quite high pitched
18:09So we might have colic
18:11And he stopped
18:12The moment you picked him up
18:14Yes sister
18:15He just didn't seem very happy
18:18A well managed baby
18:19Is a contented baby
18:21Doctors do not care for babies
18:25They diagnose them
18:26And they treat them
18:28And junior doctors
18:30Are on this ward
18:31To learn
18:34Sorry sister
18:36Oh
18:38I don't know what's gone on here
18:39This one's covered in lipstick
18:41And there's a whiff of whiskey
18:47Now you don't get a belt or badges
18:49Because you're not a nurse
18:50Your hair must be off your collar
18:53There's to be no coloured eyeshadow
18:55And I shall be inspecting your fingernails
18:58Not that we'd let you too near the business end
19:02I'm just so used to seeing you do everything
19:05The caring and the medicine
19:07Were mixed up
19:08In a perfect world
19:10The caring and the medicine
19:12Would always be mixed up
19:13And in obstetrics most of all
19:16Obstetrics and hospital
19:18Just seems like another branch of surgery
19:20There's so many rules and protocols
19:22You'll be doing your rotation
19:24On the district soon enough
19:25You'll probably wish
19:26There were more rules then
19:28Just wish the maternity home
19:30Wasn't closing
19:30The maternity home
19:32Was an innovation once
19:34Practice evolves all the time
19:36And as a doctor
19:38You have to lean into it
19:40Or medicine won't grow
19:43Sometimes change is for the better
19:46I mean look at us tonight
19:48Putting on fireworks for the children
19:50Just like we always have
19:51But timing them
19:53So Angela and May
19:54Don't miss their pop music programme
19:56If you're talking about the Partridge family
19:58That is not change for the better
20:06Looks like the Sunday Times
20:08Is coming out on our side again
20:09Like the manufacturers
20:11Latest compensation offer
20:13They're manufacturers
20:14They want their book
20:15Frightened
20:16Three million quarter
20:18For four hundred children
20:19Arms missing
20:20Legs missing
20:20Some deaf client
20:22I've heard the campaign leaders
20:23Say the kids deserve twenty
20:25Million
20:26I've never seen numbers that big
20:28Until we started this campaign
20:30And they'll never be big enough
20:31Money can't buy what that girl
20:32Will never have
20:37Susan what's the matter
20:39She's screaming at David Cassidy
20:42He's a pop star
20:43You have to scream when you see his picture
20:55It's better than their T-Rex fella Belinda likes
21:04Susan's going to grow up soon
21:06Isn't she
21:08I think it's happening already
21:15Right
21:16Nurse Clifford
21:17I'm assigning you to
21:18Juice and milk tokens
21:19That way you can show off
21:21Your engagement ring
21:22Thank you Nurse Crane
21:23Are you ready with the petitions
21:25Miss Higgins
21:26I have personally typed up
21:28Four copies
21:30To be presented to the board
21:31And they will be circulated
21:32While clinic is in progress
21:37Mrs Buckle
21:38And a gentleman of the press
21:40Unless I'm mistaken
21:41You are most welcome
21:49I've drawn up a list
21:51Of suitable poses
21:52But first
21:54You'll need to help me with the hat
21:58I'm telling you now
21:59You'll not last long
22:00In a slingback conkshow
22:08You may enter
22:12I brought you some crescent, sister
22:15They're still coming up lovely on the allotment
22:21There was an earwig in the last bouquet
22:24I watched him climb from petal to petal
22:28For an hour
22:29It was so like being out in nature
22:32That I almost fancied
22:34I felt sunlight on my face
22:37Would you like us to get you into the garden, sister?
22:40I could light the brazier
22:41You could have a blanket on your knees
22:42I think you mistake me
22:44For one elderly and frail
22:48Never
22:53I'm sorry to confess it
22:59But I do not think my feet will carry me
23:06Sit with me for a while
23:12That's right
23:13Give me the joy
23:15Give me the excitement
23:20Trouble with this is
23:22We do our most important work
23:25When people aren't smiling
23:34Do you reckon Sister Monica
23:36Transfading, sister?
23:38She's certainly weakening
23:40And the worst thing is
23:42She knows it
23:45She must be getting scared
23:48Not of death
23:50But
23:52Letting go of life
23:55And life means so much more than
23:57Breath and a heartbeat
24:01It's
24:03Independence
24:04And company
24:06And joy
24:09Even nuns take pleasure in things
24:12And with every day that passes
24:14She's
24:15Denied a little more
24:20Maybe it's time to move the telly to the bedroom
24:24That said
24:25I don't even think the TV will perk her up
24:29As I need a test card after time
24:33We need to get her outside
24:37Why aren't you and Sarah making this call together?
24:41Because
24:41In case you've forgotten
24:42My parents haven't spoken to him
24:44Since the day I introduced them
24:46Which was also the day they said
24:48He wasn't the man for me
24:50I think I need to break the ice
24:53Honey
24:53You're going to need a pickaxe
24:55My mother and father aren't bad people, Joyce
24:58They're just very blinkered
25:01And my marriage is their chance
25:03To see things a different way
25:06You're a good child, child
25:18My name's Bernie
25:20I'm an alcoholic
25:23I used to be a warehouse man
25:26Before they closed the docks
25:27I was good at it
25:30Things on shelves
25:32Things in boxes
25:35Lists to tick
25:38I was in control
25:39I was in control
25:40And then I lost my job
25:42And I have to have a reason
25:44To get up every morning
25:45To get dressed
25:46Go out
25:48Or else the drink comes creeping in
25:50So when Mr Albion
25:52So when Mr Albion offered me a job
25:54I thought
25:55Yeah, things in boxes
25:59That feels familiar
26:01I didn't know that I would find my calling
26:05That it would make me more human
26:07That it could make me feel so much
26:09And you don't feel much of anything
26:11At all
26:13Apart from safe
26:14In a warehouse
26:21Rosalind!
26:26And a little while back
26:30We had to take care of
26:32A family who'd come to grief
26:34In their own home
26:36Carbon monoxide
26:40It took a mum
26:40It took a dad
26:41It took a little girl
26:46And the little girl
26:47Was the same age
26:48As my youngest daughter
26:51Even their names
26:52Were nearly the same
26:53Suzanne
26:54Instead of Susan
26:59And her hair
27:04I had to wash and brush
27:07Her hair
27:14But it was when I was washing her feet
27:16That I thought
27:17These
27:21Perfect
27:23Little feet
27:26Will never go dancing
27:31And we all found out it wasn't hard
27:35It was a hard job
27:38But I can't put
27:40Those feelings on the shelf
27:44That keeps things safe
27:48Because my Susan's feet
27:52They'll never go dancing either
27:56Her hands
27:58Never wear a wedding ring
27:59Never hold a child
28:06And I love her so much
28:10Every imperfection she has
28:11Is beautiful to me
28:14There are days I think
28:15I just live to see her laughing
28:20And sometimes
28:23Sometimes
28:24When
28:27When I stop
28:27To look at her
28:41But I know
28:43That I am not
28:44At ease
28:49With
28:52With what was done
28:54To her
28:59Because sometimes
29:01I
29:05Sometimes I compare her
29:06To the dead
29:14Rosalind
29:16A telephone call
29:18We could have made together
29:19Telling you
29:20We couldn't deliver
29:21Every person
29:21Was never going to end
29:23In happiness
29:23For anyone involved
29:25I suppose I just
29:27Thought that
29:28The niceness
29:30I'd always seen in them
29:32The general decency
29:34They'd always show
29:35Would
29:36Somehow come out
29:37On top
29:40But it didn't
29:43What did they say
29:44About the baby?
29:46Nothing
29:49Because I didn't
29:50Tell them
29:52Rosalind
29:53The baby is more
29:54Important than the wedding
29:55I know that
29:56I just
29:58It's agony enough
30:00Having them reject
30:01The man I love
30:03I'm not going to give them
30:04The chance to reject
30:05Our child
30:12One
30:13Buy a new dress
30:14Oh
30:15Beryl
30:16Well that's a bit basic
30:18I have put
30:19Not in navy blue
30:20In brackets
30:22I'll add
30:23Mustn't go with a wimple
30:25And lace-ups
30:26I could see you
30:28In tiger print chiffon
30:29No
30:30I don't think animal print
30:31Ever really works
30:32If you're bigger
30:33Than the actual animal
30:34The only member
30:35Of the feline species
30:36You outrank
30:37In the size department
30:38Is
30:39Tabby cat
30:40The door is wide open
30:42For tiger print
30:43And indeed
30:45Leopard
30:46Two
30:48Drink wine
30:49While making crepes
30:51Weed and air
30:51Like the galloping gourmet
30:53Well I can put a line
30:54Through that one
30:54After tonight
30:55And we'll get the scorch marks
30:56Off the frying pan
30:57Eventually
30:58Three
30:59Oh
31:01Earn some money
31:03How am I going to earn money
31:06Sing hymns in the street
31:07And put a hat down
31:09I need a secretary
31:10You could be the Miss Higgins
31:12Of Harley Street
31:13I don't have a felt hat
31:15Or a petrifying manor
31:17No no no
31:18It makes perfect sense
31:19I hire space
31:20In three sets of consulting rooms
31:22And I'm always missing calls
31:23But do say yes
31:25Only if you forgive me
31:27For the frying pan
31:28I'll do more than forgive you
31:29I will buy you a felt hat
31:31And an ocelot two piece
31:43Oh hell's bells
31:44Oh that
31:50What's the matter
31:51The pain
31:52What
31:53The pain
31:54I can't stop being sick
31:57I've woken up Paddy now
31:59He's got nursery in the morning
32:01I'm going to call 999
32:02Oh
32:03Oh
32:04Oh
32:07Thank you for attending this seminar today gentlemen
32:10This practice was established in 1947
32:14Under the auspices of the then new National Health Service
32:19And the maternity home was opened in 1958
32:22Is it true that it's due to close down?
32:26Yes
32:27In a word
32:29Do you have any questions relating to your training?
32:33Do we have to ride bikes?
32:35Proficiency in cycling is considered an advantage
32:42Evolution gave you two hands Dr Drinkwater
32:45Can we see one on each handlebar please?
32:48Now gentlemen
32:50If you would all oblige me by signalling as if you were turning left
32:58That's the other left Dr Turner Jr
33:04Sorry
33:06He was like that as a little lad
33:08I had him in cubs
33:13Any oil left in that can Fred?
33:18They're going to operate tomorrow
33:19Take the whole thing out
33:21I know
33:22And the nurse says that it's worse because it's an emergency
33:26Dr Turner's not getting on at you for the good of his health
33:29It's for yours
33:30And you ignored him
33:31I've got too much to do
33:33Now you've got too much to do
33:36I'll cope
33:37Your sister's going to come and pick up Paddy
33:40Are you this?
33:42I'll have to give her a list
33:44What about Susan?
33:52It's not the most luxurious mode of transport
33:56But with a couple of cushions
33:58It'll be just the job for taking you out in the fresh air
34:03By fresh air?
34:04Do you mean in public?
34:08Sister
34:09You need stimulation
34:11And you're capable of embracing it
34:15Why then
34:16Did you bring that infernal television into my chamber?
34:20It is the equivalent
34:22Of putting straw down in the street
34:25So a moribund patient will not be disturbed
34:28But the carriage wheels
34:29You make all these gestures
34:32Because you think I am not long for this world
34:36Can you not see that all of these gestures are because we love you?
34:42I have neither the time or the temper to engage in violent sentiment
34:48Love is not violent, sister
34:51Love is patient
34:53And love is kind
34:55And sometimes love pushes us to places where we do not wish to go
34:59I thereby refer you to my feelings regarding that conveyance
35:11She was as mule-ish as I have ever seen her and I came as close to losing patience as
35:16I ever have
35:17When I was in formation
35:19Mother Albert used to say that our greatest trials would always come from within our family circle
35:26I've had flesh and blood sisters as well as sisters in Christ
35:30The thing is you don't have to forgive the flesh and blood ones
35:33You can just roll around on the floor and smack each other and forget
35:38That sounds quite appealing
35:45Sister Catherine, I'm afraid I have to increase your nursing duties
35:51Mother Mildred has asked me to go to the mother house to discuss plans for our missionary work
35:56You've always said we are missionaries here
35:59And there's a whole world in need of healing
36:03Let us see what is proposed
36:14Belinda
36:16Hello, love
36:17Yeah, we need you to come home
36:20Help look after Susan
36:22Did mum say that's what she wants?
36:24No, she wants you to prioritise your studies
36:27It's me, I'm asking you
36:28Then I'm doing what mum wants
36:29I wouldn't be at university if she hadn't worked so hard to help me
36:33I owe it to her
36:34To work hard and make the most of the opportunity
36:35But what about Susan?
36:37I can't, Dad
36:39I just can't
36:42You don't have to stay here for this, Rosalina
36:46From now on we share all the hard things
36:53So, Pastor Robinson, Rosalina
36:58What's all this?
37:00We wanted to talk to you about the engagement
37:02And the wedding
37:03This is the wedding that's taking place in three weeks' time
37:06Less than three weeks now
37:10And you think I don't have eyes in my head
37:12There's a look to young mothers
37:15Even before their bodies tell the tale
37:19Have you guessed, Mrs. Willis?
37:21I have
37:23I must have said some terrifying things
37:26In your imagination
37:29Yes
37:31Then let that be your punishment
37:33Now make me a cup of tea
37:42I beg your pardon
37:45I never promised you a rose garden
37:49Along with the sunshine
37:53There's gotta be a little rain sometimes
37:57When you take your gotta give
37:59So live, let live, or let go
38:02Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, I beg your pardon
38:07I never promised you a rose garden
38:11I can promise you things like big diamond rings
38:16But you don't find roses growing on stocks so close
38:21So you better think it over
38:26Well, you're sweet talk and you could make it come true
38:30I will give you the world right now on a silver platter
38:36But what would it matter?
38:41This newspaper story certainly made a splash.
38:45Will it make any difference, do you suppose?
38:47My dad went along with it, but I don't think he's very optimistic.
38:53I keep feeling as though I should be helping you.
38:55You're a junior doctor now, not a student.
38:58No donkey work allowed.
39:03There's some sort of spring sticking out of this saddle and into my backside, Joyce.
39:09District work is all about determination in the face of challenge.
39:13And if you can't get on board with that, you're not getting your red card again.
39:21I think for the pair of them, Mrs. Wallace, nothing takes a shine of a wedding like parental disapproval.
39:27It was always going to be under our shadow because of Pastor Robinson's divorce.
39:32But he deserves as much happiness as any other man.
39:35Now his mistakes are behind him.
39:37I don't think his marriage to Lucille was a mistake, Mrs. Wallace.
39:42It was never a union without love.
39:44What it was, was a union without luck.
39:47Perhaps matters would have turned out differently if they'd been able to have a child.
39:52A baby is always a blessing.
39:56And now we must look to the future.
40:01Let us say nothing further.
40:06Meanwhile, hastily arranged though it may be, this is Rosalind's first wedding.
40:12How do we make it special for them?
40:15How do we make up for the fact that her parents have treated them so coldly?
40:20It's simple enough, Nurse Crean.
40:22We show them love.
40:26Nurse.
40:27Nurse.
40:28My wife is on the second floor.
40:30I will take you to her.
40:32That's okay, honey.
40:33Let us park these bicycles and we'll head straight out.
40:36This is young Dr. Turner, by the way.
40:39Uh, doctor, yes?
40:40He'll be working under my supervision.
40:53Do you have running water, Mr. Das?
40:55We have only one room.
40:56We use this stack.
41:05Oh, yes, Island.
41:07It's Mrs. O'Day, isn't it?
41:09Yeah.
41:09I remember you're from the clinic.
41:11You couldn't come and look at my little Barry, could you?
41:13He don't seem right.
41:14I'm on my way to a lady in labour.
41:17What's the matter with him?
41:18It's like a cold and a bit of a cough.
41:20Please.
41:21I can hear crying out.
41:23Have you taken him to the surgery?
41:25I haven't got the bus fare.
41:27I don't get my money till tomorrow.
41:28Please.
41:30I'll pop down later, honey, when I get the chance.
41:38I'll have to run or the chippy will be closed.
41:40Do you want cod or haddock?
41:42Cod.
41:43And get haddock for Dad.
41:44He's hungry when he comes in from picking up dead bodies.
41:48I'll be back in ten.
41:52Perry!
41:53Perry!
41:53My Jackie magazine's still in the bedroom!
42:23My husband cannot touch me now, even though he wishes to.
42:29Are you Hindu, Mrs. Starrs?
42:31Yes.
42:33And we are Bengali.
42:35We could not stay in our own country anymore.
42:38Don't worry about where you've come from.
42:39The only thing that matters tonight is what's going to happen in this room.
42:43I should not be here.
42:45No man should be here.
42:47Unless he is a doctor.
42:49But I have nowhere else to go and I do not want to leave her.
42:53We could rig up a screen.
42:55I can go out onto the landing and requisition a bit of washing line.
42:59You'll get cracking, but I need you back quickly.
43:02Or this won't count towards your rotation.
43:05Shut up.
43:07Shh.
43:07Shh.
43:08Shh.
43:36Mom.
43:37Mom.
43:38Mom.
43:50Now, with this next pain,
43:52I'm going to need a really long, strong push from you, Ranjane.
43:56I am too tired.
43:57You're stronger than you know,
43:59and you've come further than you think already.
44:01Mm-hmm. This one talk's a good talk.
44:04Let's see if we can prove him right.
44:10Help! Help!
44:13It's excellent, Ranjane. It's excellent.
44:17Check for a descendant of the head.
44:24It's crawling.
44:28Baby's head has been born, Ranjane.
44:32It's resting right here in my hand.
44:36Help! We need the nurse!
44:42Do you mind?
44:43A lady is having a baby in here.
44:45A kid stopped breathing!
44:59Just rest, Ranjane.
45:01Just rest.
45:05We'll talk you through the next bit.
45:07Help!
45:08I'm sorry!
45:11What's all this, young man?
45:14You OK?
45:15What happened?
45:17Did he choke on something?
45:19It was just like he was just choking on the air,
45:21and then he just stopped.
45:24What's he got blue?
45:25Larry, what's...
45:26Somebody call an ambulance!
45:30You're dead!
45:30Oh, no...
45:38Ah...
45:38This is just your baby turning, Ranjane.
45:41Everything's OK.
45:48Larry, Larry, please, Larry.
45:51Is he breathing?
45:52Is he breathing?
45:53It was...
45:58Oh, he's not working.
45:59He's got him up, look.
46:01He's got him up.
46:02Did somebody call an ambulance?
46:07I'm almost there.
46:09This is it, Ranjini.
46:19And you have a little girl.
46:36I'm not going to stop
46:37until the ambulance gets here.
46:51Where is the midwife?
47:10Ranjini, I'm going to have to give you an injection.
47:34He's got him.
47:38He'll need to go to the hospital and be checked.
48:00I suppose many house calls end up with two ambulances arriving.
48:04Wow. The baby seems to have had croup and they do bounce back from that.
48:10And Ranjini will be alright after a blood transfusion.
48:13I froze for a moment.
48:16But then it was like my heart rate shot up and my brain kicked in.
48:21That would be the adrenaline.
48:24I wonder if anyone's ever done blood tests on doctors immediately after a crisis situation.
48:29That might make an interesting research paper.
48:31Yes.
48:38Belinda, I can't show you the bruises your sister has all down her back.
48:42But I'm telling you, you have to come home.
48:45You said I was to throw everything I've got at university.
48:48You said it was something you never had.
48:49This isn't about you. And it isn't about me. This is about Susan.
48:55Rola, this will be a shame really necessary.
48:57Everything is always about Susan.
49:00And I know you love her as much as us.
49:04There are essentially two ways of approaching makeup.
49:07One can purely use it to disguise nature's shortcomings or push things a little further and deploy it as a
49:13sort of costume.
49:14You mean like a disguise?
49:15No. People hide behind disguises.
49:19Bold lips and defined eyes can bring out our inner confidence.
49:24Try putting this on by yourself this time.
49:28And then I'll show you how to blot.
49:41Do you ever have to bring out your inner confidence?
49:44More frequently than you might imagine.
49:50It's jolly hot in here.
49:52Bear with me a moment.
49:54It's the excitement of seeing yourself transformed perhaps.
49:57No, I suspect it's something else.
50:01It's past now.
50:03Let's get on with your nails.
50:08And before we turn our attention to the riveting recent investigation into unlicensed butchery operations,
50:16we have item five on the agenda.
50:19The closure of Kenilworth Row maternity home.
50:22Which counts as unlicensed butchery all on its own.
50:26Thank you, Turner.
50:28Any comments from the wider committee?
50:31Yes, from me, Dr Threatford.
50:37This is what midwifery looks like in your district.
50:41And this is what local people think about your proposal.
50:46The women of Poplar know how vital and how valuable the sisters are.
50:52And you're closing them down too.
50:54This is the direction of travel dictated by the National Health.
51:00Meanwhile, Turner, rest assured that even as you progress to this next phase, we continue to learn from you.
51:07Will you be watching to see what goes wrong?
51:10Because there'll be plenty.
51:13May we move on now to item six?
51:22I will pray for you when I say the offices.
51:25You will not be as alone in the chapel as you imagine.
51:28Oh, keep the home fires burning and all of that.
51:33I will telephone from the mother house if there is anything to report.
51:39Another one!
51:41The mother was eve-like!
51:46I'm ready! I'm ready, I'm ready!
51:52Come on, shoot!
51:57I'm ready, I'm ready!
51:58No, check out!
52:04Are you happy to take your diuretics with just water or would you like me to make some hot blackcurrant?
52:12I require no beverages for I will take no pills.
52:22But the treatment is working.
52:25It is not treatment. It is merely postponing all that is to come.
52:32You would have me out in nature, but I would sooner admit nature into this room and let it take
52:43its course.
52:48Sister, I'm speaking to you nurse to nurse now. If you refuse your medication, you will progress from chronic kidney
52:58disease to end stage renal failure very rapidly.
53:06And what if that is what the Lord intends?
53:26Sister Catherine, what's this?
53:32I chose this life because I wanted certainty. There was work and a rule of life and there was faith
53:43to knit all together.
53:47But now nobody is where they ought to be and we don't know what's coming next.
53:55Sister, are you dating your vocation?
53:59No. I have made my vows and those vows are indivisible from my soul.
54:08But if I felt I could leave, I would leave.
54:14Because right now it would be easier.
54:17It would not. I can promise you that.
54:22I'm sorry.
54:26Just now. Just today.
54:31I feel so alone.
54:35I'm almost at the end of Harry's new jumper.
54:38I suppose I'll be casting on for Rosalind's baby after this.
54:42There is going to be a baby, isn't there?
54:44Of course there is.
54:45Yes.
54:46The girl's been locked in the bathroom every morning.
54:52Oh.
54:55There's so much change afoot.
55:02Phyllis, I often find people speak of change as if they're speaking about rats.
55:09As if change is something hiding underneath the house, attempting to get in and gnaw at all that we hold
55:18precious.
55:20Perhaps we would be better to compare change to the birds.
55:26Enlighten me.
55:27Well, birds do what birds will.
55:30They carry twigs in their beaks and seeds.
55:34So they build nests and sow flowers.
55:39However accidentally.
55:42Maybe you should put that in a poem.
55:51Good things can come from birds.
55:54And it's the same with change.
55:59Oh.
56:00It's Mrs Turner.
56:06Is that Belinda?
56:08Oh, I know, darling.
56:09Hello.
56:11Hi.
56:12Welcome home, love.
56:21Is that what I think it is?
56:24I'm eight months gone.
56:26I managed to hide it over the summer holidays.
56:29And then once I went back, I thought I'd be safe.
56:31I thought I wouldn't have to tell you.
56:34And then I had to come home because of Susan.
56:44What's wrong?
57:02Often a fear faced up to is a fear outgunned.
57:07And love expressed becomes love doubled and ignited.
57:13Whether we light the fire through words or deeds.
57:19There is always a way ahead.
57:24A route through the woods.
57:27A path that leads us to the place we need to be.
57:35We listen always for the voice that calls us.
57:42That sometimes love speaks loudest as we let it go.
57:50I have news to impart.
57:51Would you consider entering into partnership with me?
57:54I'll never finish with God.
57:55Thank you for your patience, ladies.
57:57May I present the breath?
57:58I would like you to summon someone from this establishment.
58:02Albion and Sons is an undertaker.
58:03And every bed, kidney bowl and set of clamps is staying on these premises
58:07until the last mother and baby go out of those doors.
58:36Until the last mother and baby go out of those doors.
58:37Doctors say that.
58:37Glaningmo over.
58:40To be continued.
58:40And the next life is new and we will not be done with millions of questions.
58:40You
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