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Call.The.Midwife.Season 15 Episode 8 (2026)
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00:03Sometimes, our new beginnings have been year and fall.
00:09We have chosen them.
00:12Others lie in wait and burst upon us like bad weather or unwelcome beasts.
00:22Little wonder that we cling to what is certain.
00:26Home, the hearth, the family, born or found.
00:32Places where no storms land and we think no winds can blow.
00:40What's happening with the father in all this?
00:43Is there any prospect of marriage?
00:45I've asked her that and she wouldn't answer.
00:47How could you be so stupid, Belinda?
00:50You had the world at your feet.
00:54University.
00:55Once you gave up on the idea of nursing, you were going to be a history teacher.
01:00I can still be a history teacher.
01:02Who's going to give you a job?
01:04You'll be an unmarried mother.
01:05Rhoda, the world's changing.
01:07Not fast enough.
01:10People keep saying the world's changing for people like Susan and I don't see any evidence of it.
01:14This isn't about Susan. Mum.
01:20Lady Aylwood.
01:21Would you consider entering into partnership with me?
01:26Partnership?
01:26I intend to semi-retire and I thought that 40% ownership of the Lady Emily might appeal with the
01:35backing of the Aylwood Estate, of course.
01:37I'm afraid I don't have access to the Aylwood Estate capital, Mr. Scarrisbrick, and neither does my husband.
01:44Everything is under the control of my mother-in-law, Lavinia.
01:47Ah, of course, dear, difficult Lavinia. I remember her from our dancing days.
01:54Nevertheless, I would like you to at least consider the offer.
01:58Perhaps you could put your wiles to work.
02:04Hey, look, you've got to calm down, all right?
02:07And you've got to sit down and then we can work things out.
02:11Look, if there is one thing that we're really good at as a family, it is working our problem.
02:15I didn't do this as part of the family, Dad. I did it on my own.
02:19And you have fun, did you?
02:20It was fun-tastic.
02:22While it lasted.
02:29Hey.
02:31This isn't your fault.
02:34Hey?
02:35How beautiful.
02:44Oh, Peril!
02:46Oh, I thought we had mice, which aren't unheard of even in the best managed mansion flats.
02:51I was feeling the heat.
02:53I think it's that continental quilt.
02:56I don't think they'll catch on over here.
02:58The winters aren't cold enough.
03:00I'll swap you with his candlewick.
03:02Tomorrow.
03:03No.
03:10Sister, if you don't want to take the diuretics anymore, I accept that.
03:18You're not going to dissuade me?
03:21No.
03:24I tried to.
03:26Out of love.
03:29As we discussed.
03:31And now I will stop.
03:34Out of respect.
03:42Good morning.
03:43Good morning.
03:46Rosalyn.
03:47I went on an early morning excursion to a number of news stations.
03:51And bought bridal magazines in all of them.
03:54I've no time to get anything made.
03:55There are superb ready to wear options these days.
03:58And every boutique worth knowing will be listed in the small ads.
04:01I've never even decided if I'm going to wear white.
04:03And the weather's going to be cold.
04:05It's a wedding dress.
04:06Why would you not want white?
04:08There are wonderful options in lace that would look divine with a long sleeve.
04:13Delicate, virginal, and no one will see your goosebumps.
04:17I've just had two very interesting phone calls.
04:20First St Cuspert's telling me that Mrs Rhoda Mollocks is pressing for an early discharge after a cholecystectomy.
04:27She's not going to be very well at all.
04:29Should I add her to the district nursing list?
04:31Thank you, Nurse Clifford.
04:32But then I had Mrs Mollocks ring to say that their elder daughter is expecting and in need of our
04:38attention.
04:39I'll put Mrs Turner onto this.
04:41She knows the family well.
04:44Nurse Crane, I'm afraid I'd need to speak to you about Sister Monica Joan.
04:51There isn't a GP on this earth that would force a determined woman of 90-odd to take medication if
04:57she doesn't want to.
04:58All it will do is make her more unhappy.
05:00She's almost cheery this morning.
05:03If anything, you'd think she was on the mend.
05:06Well, don't bother her with any urine or blood tests for now.
05:10The symptoms will speak for themselves.
05:12Thank you, Doctor.
05:14I'll keep you informed as things unfold.
05:20Dr Turner, I have just received the most infuriating communication from Central Supplies asking you for the return of every
05:27item of council-owned equipment in our possession.
05:30Now?
05:31Prior or immediately subsequent to the closure of your facility as appropriate.
05:37Well, the closure itself isn't appropriate.
05:40And every bed, kidney bowl and set of clamps is staying on these premises until the last mother and baby
05:47go out of those doors.
05:48We've included this entirely spurious list of items headed assumed inventory.
05:54It will be consigned to the incinerator and I shall prepare an audit of our own.
05:58The incubator never belonged to Central Supplies.
06:02It was paid for by the people of Poplar because the council wouldn't provide the funds.
06:07They are not having it.
06:10And I'm still a GP.
06:11Send in my next patient.
06:17I don't think your dates are quite right, Belinda.
06:21You feel close to turn to me.
06:23Does that mean I'm going to have it soon?
06:24Very possibly.
06:26She was here all through the summer holidays and as Rhoda keeps telling me there was nothing showing.
06:30Bernie, why don't you go to work and until Rhoda arrives in the ambulance, Belinda and I can work through
06:36some tests and I'll make inquiries about a home health.
06:40Mum will tell you she doesn't need one.
06:42And I'll tell her that without one she'll end up back in hospital.
06:46Don't worry, we'll soon get things organised for both of you.
06:51You are more than welcome.
06:53Mr Franklin will see you at four o'clock.
06:57Viola player with a wry neck and begging to be squeezed in.
07:01I have to say, I could fill your brother's diary twice over and there'd still be people weeping at the
07:06gates.
07:07I was thinking you might like to have a weekly clinic at the Lady Emily when I start as matron
07:11there.
07:12Have you told anyone at Ninata's house yet?
07:14That I'm moving.
07:17I'll speak to Sister Julia when she's back from the mother house.
07:20Are you afraid how she might react?
07:21I'm terrified.
07:23Not because she'll be angry, but because she'll be quite calm.
07:27Not because she'll be disappointed, but that she'll be accepting.
07:32But worst of all, I'm terrified she'll smile and wrap her arms around me and tell me it's all God's
07:40plan.
07:41What if it is God's plan?
07:43Then I resent it.
07:45We've spent years and years and years trying to determine and do the best for the women of Poplar.
07:55But in the end it all counts for nothing.
07:58Because some great imaginary being decided otherwise.
08:03Well, just because God is invisible doesn't make him imaginary.
08:10Rhoda, I need to take your blood pressure.
08:12And then I want you upstairs and resting in bed.
08:16Just let us hear from the Thalidomide Society in the campaign.
08:20They need dealing with.
08:21And I need to talk to Belinda.
08:24She's upstairs.
08:26I think she was feeling quite...
08:29anxious.
08:32Belinda!
08:35I need to say what all mums say, don't I?
08:41I need to say, you're not the first.
08:45And you won't be the last.
08:50It'll be alright, love.
08:53We've got through worse than this.
08:56I never got through worse than this.
09:02I wish to sit in the chair.
09:05And I find myself desirous of a pomegranate.
09:11That would be most unwise.
09:13Pomegranates are extremely high in potassium.
09:16Can I fetch you some other nice fruit from the market?
09:20I would like you to summon someone from this establishment.
09:27Albion and Sons is an undertaker's.
09:30And I will have a pomegranate.
09:34I'll never finish with God.
09:37And I'll never question Him.
09:39It's only myself I'm confused about.
09:42And what I want.
09:44And whether it's right for me to want it.
09:47I know you want a child, Meryl.
09:50But is there more to it than that?
09:53I've wanted a child.
09:55So much.
09:57It filled my every aching moment.
10:01My every waking thought.
10:03But now...
10:07I've started my menopause.
10:11I've left it all too late.
10:19I loved Susan from the moment I saw her.
10:23So did I.
10:26But I was scared.
10:28About what you'd think.
10:31You and Perry.
10:33Because I knew your lives had changed.
10:35I knew...
10:37We were all headed somewhere.
10:40That wasn't normal.
10:42Susan was normal.
10:44To us.
10:45Sometimes I only remembered she was different when I saw other people's faces.
10:49She made us more of a gang, though, didn't she?
10:52Still does.
10:54Malik's is against the world.
10:57And you were never just Belinda after she came along.
11:01You were Susan's sister.
11:03I don't want you to think I'm not proud of that.
11:06But I had to look at everything that way.
11:10And everybody looked at me that way.
11:12When I went to university, I wasn't Susan's sister.
11:17And when I thought I was wanted, that I was special, I was just so thrilled.
11:25I did stupid, stupid things.
11:28If that's because of anything that I did, then I was stupid too.
11:38Dr. Turner.
11:39Philip Perry.
11:41That son of yours is shaping up quite nicely.
11:44We'll make an obstetrician of him yet.
11:46I'm still hoping to make him a GP.
11:48Later this month.
11:49We're trying out some new diagnostic technology.
11:51I thought you might send some patients my way.
11:53Of course.
11:54In return for a preview.
11:57Were you taken by surprise when I requested your attendance?
12:01We genuinely look after the deceased, Sister Monica John.
12:05But it seems to me that caring for the dying matters just as much.
12:10I do not fear death.
12:13I am, however, beset by all manner of opinions.
12:17About your funeral.
12:18There are rites and rituals that are prescribed.
12:22And I embrace them.
12:24But I find I cannot rest.
12:27Lest my farewell is not managed in the way it ought to be.
12:31If you explain to me why you think that is, I can help.
12:36By working out what you should do.
12:44Fred!
12:46Fred!
12:48What's the matter, Sister?
12:50Sister Monica Joan has asked for the wheelchair.
12:53Oh, blimey.
12:54Is it still in the shed?
12:58I've been using it to transport compost.
13:02I thought she'd approve of that.
13:10No, Natta's house, Midway speaking.
13:12Sis, it's me.
13:13Um, Matthew's been trying to get hold of you.
13:15I'm on a house called Geoffrey. What's the matter?
13:17It's your ma-in-law, the other Lady Aylwood.
13:20Sis, she's had a massive heart attack.
13:22Matthew's already left for the airport.
13:24They quarrelled so badly when she took over the company.
13:27He'll be desperate to see her.
13:28I'm afraid it's too late.
13:32Sometimes I think it's a market that has changed at least.
13:36The produce always marked the changing of the seasons, even during times of war.
13:42I remember some winters, there was nothing on these vegetables except turnips and dried peas.
13:49All right, Sister. Fancy a few bananas on the house.
13:55My eyes are dimmer than once they were.
13:59It is Mr Morris, is it not?
14:03Who wants to know? The old Bill?
14:07The sisters brought all of our kids into the world, but you delivered the first one and the last.
14:16Which was a faultling breach. I recall that now.
14:20While Mildred said afterwards, don't you ever charge her for bananas again.
14:26How about a few crisps, Sister?
14:31I don't deserve such generosity.
14:35I'd let them be the judge of that.
14:44The flags beneath these wheels are worn quite smooth.
14:52One thinks about the feet that made them, sir.
14:56The brides.
14:59The mothers.
15:02The thousand infants brought to be baptized.
15:07The mourners.
15:12I see a few churches in my line of work.
15:16I always reckon this one is the best.
15:21Do you ever pray, Mr Mollocks?
15:26I have felt the inclination once or twice.
15:30I have felt the inclination once or twice.
15:34I will be buried at the mother house.
15:39But I want my requiem to take place here.
15:45I am not only leaving this earth, Mr Mollocks.
15:48I am leaving Poplar.
15:51And it is my home.
15:57Has there ever been a greater indicator of a shotgun wedding status than a hastily buttercreamed vanilla sponge?
16:06Pick your nozzle.
16:08I'll do the small rosettes.
16:10You can do the large ones.
16:11I do so wish you were able to come.
16:14I always loved to party.
16:16Almost more than anything.
16:17When I was a nun, I was always sat on the sidelines.
16:21Now not a nun.
16:23However temporarily.
16:25I'm banished.
16:27I could give a good account of myself in the Foxtrot once upon a time.
16:31Oh, I adore a Foxtrot.
16:34I also know of a lovely lounge bar where they play all the right tunes and serve resplendent cocktails.
16:41I'll take you there if you like.
16:43I'd like to be anywhere where I'm not on the fringes.
16:48This campaign is making you ill. You've got to give it to Westbro.
16:52Where's that going to get anyone?
16:54Susan is never, ever going to be independent.
16:57I think about that every day.
16:58What are you going to be if you rip your stitches out?
17:01She want me to carry you up?
17:03Yes, so I can't hear them.
17:05I think they're doing quite well, don't you?
17:27For a moment, I thought she was Sister Maud.
17:33I think I've heard of Sister Maud.
17:36But she passed away long before my time.
17:39She was the infirmary and she loved her deathbed more than any birthing chamber.
17:50The end of life was always more compelling to her than its commencement.
17:59Sometimes I saw her weep.
18:03She wept when she died.
18:07But religious are supposed to welcome the end when it is offered to us.
18:15I think it is offered to me now.
18:22No, Sister.
18:25You were the one who foretold it.
18:28What do you mean?
18:29At Christmas, when we saw another pass through the veil from this world to the next.
18:39I can't recall his name, but his eyes were bright like Robbins.
18:49Mr. Fisher.
18:53He was met by all who loved him.
18:59And you said the sisters would come for me.
19:04When you die?
19:07I saw Sister Maud as clearly as I see you now.
19:16And I know it has begun.
19:25I'm not convinced it's imminent.
19:27But she's asked to see the priest.
19:30I will come back tomorrow.
19:32I was already preparing to leave.
19:35As there have been discussions and a vote.
19:38And I have news to impart.
19:40Will you impart it when you get home?
19:42Yes.
19:44Please, just stay with our sister now.
19:47I won't leave her for a moment.
19:51Oh, come on, lass.
19:53We're in this together.
19:56There's going to be a wedding.
19:59That's life though, isn't it?
20:02And I didn't dare tell Sister Julianne the other thing she asked for.
20:09So, a little word told us you fancy the gin and tonic.
20:13You better drink it because we had to go to the off-license specially.
20:17I have heard the beverage mentioned so often in my lifetime.
20:22And always in such approving terms.
20:27I thought it a shame.
20:29I was so ignorant.
20:30When?
20:31We all feel like keeping your liquids up.
20:34Go on.
20:45I declare myself enamoured.
20:58I think the choice of soft drinks is very sensible the night before a wedding.
21:04I'm looking forward to the trifle.
21:06I love trifle.
21:08Phyllis had to put it back in the fridge.
21:09The custard hadn't set yet.
21:11Are you serving a bride breakfast in bed in the morning, Millicent?
21:14I most certainly am.
21:17I have also thought of an additional embellishment.
21:24Welcome back, Sister!
21:44I couldn't get to sleep last night. All I wanted was for it to be the morning.
21:47Honey, honey, you forgot your shoes and your hair dryer.
21:51Hi, Brad Paul.
21:55We put some peppermints on the tray.
22:08Saltfish, ackee and fried dumpling.
22:11You need a proper breakfast inside you today of all days.
22:16Thank you for being my witness, Mrs. Wallace.
22:18I am not your witness.
22:21God is your witness.
22:23Even if the wedding is in a registry office.
22:27Is that shirt ready, Mrs. Buckle?
22:30Well, I'm not satisfied with the right handcuff.
22:32Oh, by the way, Cyril, Fred wondered which firm you booked your taxes with.
22:38Muzzy's Mortars.
22:40Just in case there's any problems.
22:45Thank you for your patience, ladies.
22:47May I present the bride.
22:51She's in a little bit.
22:55When the wedding is in the house.
22:55Peenarts are ready.
22:56Come on.
23:00Come on.
23:02Come on.
23:02Come on.
23:14Come on.
23:15Come on.
23:16Come on.
23:20Father, Hilary is hearing her confession.
23:31Will you please repeat after me?
23:34I do solemnly declare that I know not of any lawful impediment
23:39why I, Rosalind Anne Clifford.
23:43I do solemnly declare that I know not of any lawful impediment
23:48why I, Rosalind Anne Clifford.
23:57Rosalind Anne Clifford may not be joined in matrimony
24:01to thee, Cyril Alphonse Robinson.
24:05May not be joined in matrimony to thee, Cyril Alphonse Robinson.
24:16Through this holy anointing, may the Lord, in his love and mercy,
24:20help you with the grace of the Holy Spirit.
24:22May the Lord, who frees you from sin, save you and raise you up.
24:31Amen.
24:36I marry you with this ring
24:39because you are more precious to me
24:41than all the gold the world contains.
24:47And I marry you with this ring
24:50because a circle is eternal
24:52and our love will never end.
25:00Receive, sister, this food for thy journey,
25:03the body of our Lord Jesus Christ.
25:06May he preserve thee from the malicious enemy
25:09and bring thee to everlasting life.
25:13Amen.
25:14Amen.
25:15Amen.
25:17Amen.
25:21Amen.
25:24Amen.
25:25Amen.
25:27Amen.
25:27Amen.
25:28Amen.
25:28Amen.
25:28Amen.
25:28Amen.
25:29Amen.
25:31Amen.
25:31Amen.
25:31Amen.
25:32Amen.
25:33Amen.
25:33Amen.
25:34Amen.
25:34Amen.
25:35Amen.
25:54It is quite wonderfully made.
25:58When I made my vows to Christ,
26:01we were told,
26:03a single lily must suffice.
26:07I should have liked that better.
26:11You are radiant.
26:13Even among brides.
26:17It is the child within you, I think.
26:21A pearl.
26:24Like the pearl you wear on your finger.
26:28Who told you about the child?
26:30It is supposed to be a secret.
26:33Perhaps, as the body fades,
26:36the senses grow sharper.
26:40I have a gift for your infant.
26:44You must not leave without it.
26:46A teddy bear?
26:56Oh.
26:58Is this the one like a Joan?
27:00Your child is a child of this century.
27:05It has both your features in its face.
27:10And I delighted at you.
27:16I'm waiting.
27:17What does she used to tie to the taxi?
27:19The trouble is, there is no taxi.
27:21I booked it in advance,
27:22and there's no sign of it.
27:40What's this, Fred?
27:41We thought you should have something special.
28:05Hello, love.
28:07This is Mrs. Mullocks.
28:08Could you get your mum
28:09and tell her it's about Belinda?
28:17Her hands started to go cold.
28:25I'll call Dr. Turner.
28:27He has to be kept informed.
28:37Dad, I keep thinking about Susan
28:41and her legs and her arms.
28:44I mean, the artificial ones.
28:47They just don't work.
28:50She has to be pushed and parked,
28:53like luggage or something.
28:55There's no alternative, Barry.
28:56We had a talk in college today
28:57about electric wheelchairs.
29:01Electric, like you plug it in?
29:03No.
29:04They have a built-in 100-watt motor
29:07and rear-wheel drive.
29:09Why don't you tell the society?
29:11Maybe they can fix it for Susan to try one.
29:14Well, do you reckon she could
29:16steer an electric one herself?
29:18We'd have to give it a go.
29:21Dad, she needs us
29:22to chase everything that's new.
29:25Oh, good girl, Belinda.
29:28Good girl.
29:29This one will soon be over.
29:32Oh, they just keep coming, though.
29:34That's the nature of childbirth, love.
29:38Shall I pop and get you
29:39some more painkalers?
29:41In a minute, maybe.
29:43It feels so strange
29:44with all those empty beds.
29:47You're our only patient, Belinda.
29:50And the delivery room's all set up
29:52for when you're ready to move through.
29:53Mrs Turner was saying
29:54this might be the last baby
29:57ever born here.
29:58You're lucky to get in
30:00before it closes down.
30:17Don't I get a beer?
30:18You've got crisps.
30:20We need you to listen to our presentation
30:22about why we should get a colour television.
30:25One, wildlife programmes
30:26are very educational
30:27and much more educational on colour.
30:30Two, if Christopher comes back from Hong Kong,
30:32he'll be able to watch Trump telling in colour.
30:35Three, Timothy will come home
30:37and watch things like
30:37the old grey whistle test,
30:39which, surprisingly enough,
30:40is in colour.
30:42Hang on.
30:43Hang on.
30:43Why are you doing this
30:44when your mother's out here?
30:46It's because she always says
30:46you're the soft touch
30:47and she isn't.
30:50Fly me to the moon
30:53Let me play among the stars
30:58Let me see what spring is like
31:02on Jupiter and Mars
31:06In other words
31:08Hold my hand
31:14In other words
31:18Baby, kiss me
31:20You look simply ravishing
31:23and rather appropriately.
31:26This cocktail comprising gin,
31:28lemon juice and creme de peche
31:30is known as Perfect Lady.
31:37I might yet find out
31:39what a hangover is like.
31:43Philip?
31:49How lovely to see you, Geoffrey.
31:51Is Alistair with you?
31:53Oh, propping up the bar as usual.
31:55Flattener refuses to join me
31:56on the dance floor.
31:57I do so envy you
31:59your delightful partner.
32:01Oh, this is my darling friend,
32:03Beryl.
32:03Beryl, may I present
32:05Philip Parry.
32:06How lovely to meet you.
32:08Enchanté.
32:23Fresh hot water bottle.
32:25I think I saw a shiver.
32:28You're done in, lass.
32:30I'll fetch you
32:31if things change.
32:32You go to bed.
32:34Leave the night shift to me.
32:38Something old
32:39Something new
32:42Something borrowed
32:43Something blue
32:47I still got memory
32:51To cherish
32:54Oh, please.
32:56What?
32:56Please, can't you just pull it out?
32:58It's just she seems to go limp
33:00every time she has a pain.
33:01You've got to push, love.
33:03Push.
33:05I'm going to set the back.
33:06Oh, please.
33:08Oh, please.
33:26That's it, Belinda.
33:28Push into your bottom again
33:29like you did last time.
33:31I think they're on the bed silk.
33:33Good girl, Belinda.
33:44Have things changed?
33:46They're starting to.
33:48You get dressed
33:48and I'll tell sister Julianne.
33:58I might have known you'd put in an appearance, sister, with Angelina.
34:03Some of us know when a job needs finishing.
34:07You, meanwhile, have shilly-shallied long enough.
34:11Even the Almighty's patience has worn thin.
34:15What's it like?
34:19Where I will go.
34:22It's everything we were promised.
34:26And all that you have worked for.
34:33Come on, you.
35:03And you have a daughter.
35:06Bang on, twenty past three.
35:09And you've put me out of a job, Belinda.
35:11Well done.
35:13Oh, look at her.
35:17Look at her little hands.
35:20Look at her little toes.
35:26Would you like to do something very special, Rhoda?
35:29And cut the cord?
35:40Oh, God.
35:54Oh, God.
35:56Oh, God.
35:58Oh, God.
36:00Oh, God.
36:02Oh, God.
36:03Oh, God.
36:05Oh, God.
36:06Oh, God.
36:06Oh, God.
36:07Oh, God.
36:07Oh, God.
36:07Oh, God.
36:08Oh, God.
36:09Oh, God.
36:09Oh, God.
36:10Oh, God.
36:11Oh, God.
36:11Oh, God.
36:20There is no pulse.
36:24Oh, lass.
36:33Oh.
36:36I want to say,
36:38how can a heart like her stop eating?
36:43How can a life like hers come to an end?
36:50She'd be up in the window to let her soul out.
36:55When Sister Julian gets here, there's no worry.
37:02Would you like me to pray with you until she comes?
37:08Yes.
37:16Rest eternal, grant unto her, O Lord.
37:19May her soul and the souls of all the departed,
37:22through the mercy of God, rest at peace.
37:27Amen.
37:29Amen.
37:38She really has laid down everything she wanted.
37:42And in considerable detail.
37:44Even that she wants to be wheeled to the church on a costermonger's cart?
37:49A proper poplar funeral.
37:52We will do everything she asks.
37:55Meanwhile, Mr. Malek,
37:56I believe you became a grandfather last night.
38:00I did.
38:01I did.
38:03Don't go.
38:09I'll have to sign the certificate that you can do the checks.
38:16Torch and stethoscope.
38:19That's all you need.
38:24Heartbeat first?
38:26Just as if she was still with us.
38:39I feel as though I should be talking to her.
38:43I always think that.
38:48It's okay, Sister.
38:52You're in good hands.
38:54You're in good hands.
39:05Geoffrey.
39:07It's time for me to go.
39:10Where?
39:11Back to the Order.
39:13I was always going to have to choose.
39:15And you don't want to choose this?
39:18I left because I wanted a child.
39:22This...
39:24isn't a life that could give me that.
39:26I could find you someone who can.
39:27And there are hordes of suitable men out there.
39:30They come charging down the thoroughfares of London like the Hun.
39:33And I'm a dab hand with a...
39:34with a shark net.
39:36And with a...
39:36a poison dart and a blowpipe.
39:39Geoffrey.
39:40This isn't to do with you.
39:43I've been beaten by my own biology.
39:47And I belong in the Order.
39:49I earn that life.
39:53If I go back...
39:56I can hold babies every day.
40:00I love them.
40:01Every day.
40:03And that won't hurt you?
40:06Not now.
40:09Because I know the things I dreamed of...
40:13weren't meant for me.
40:25What does a poor bear do?
40:28Well, he's one of the people who helped to carry the coffin into the church.
40:35It's considered to be an honour.
40:38Especially if the person that died asks for you.
40:40Who else did she ask?
40:43Fred, of course.
40:45And Dr Turner and Timothy.
40:47And Cyril.
40:49And Geoffrey.
40:50And she put Miss Higgins Harry down as a reserve.
40:54All the proper men.
40:56Yes.
40:58Because you're a proper man too.
41:01I will do it.
41:03And I will be proud.
41:07Beryl, you know, I'll walk you all the way to the front door if you want me to.
41:12No.
41:13You'd best not.
41:15I need to say goodbye to Beryl too.
41:19Maybe it's best if I leave her here.
41:22With me.
41:24She'll always be with you.
41:26And whenever there's chutney to be made, costumes cobbled together, or happy family times to be had again in the
41:37convent parlour,
41:40Sister Veronica will always be so pleased to see you.
41:44And there will be happy family times, won't there?
41:46Yes.
41:50Don't disappear.
41:54Don't disappear.
42:07I'm not scared of new beginnings, Sister.
42:10I've seen too many babies being born.
42:13And you will wait until we know exactly where we're going?
42:16We had a long conversation about waiting once.
42:20In the wreckage of a train.
42:24Waiting is what we do.
42:25Yes.
42:28We'll do this together.
42:33And with that, I suppose I ought to pray.
42:36I have always left that to the experts.
42:44Do you have a moment, Nurse Green?
42:46I'm having to start the paperwork to transfer all of our expectant mother's notes.
42:53It's a pleasure to postpone it.
42:55I applied for an acting sister's job at St. Cuthberts, and they've asked me to go for an interview.
43:01Oh, lass.
43:02Well done.
43:05But it's on the day of the funeral.
43:15If you do the interview at the appointed time, you should get to the church before the end.
43:21But you don't think that would be disrespectful?
43:26The reverse.
43:29We are burying a woman whose whole life was defined by her profession.
43:35She's probably up there now putting a word in for you.
43:44We are all facing loss, and we are facing change.
43:48The death of our sister and the alteration of our practice are not linked.
43:53But the sadness feels the same, because it is time itself that has brought both these things about.
44:01I notice you say alteration, Sister Julianne, and not closure.
44:07Sister Veronica, Sister Catherine, and I have decided that Ninata's house will become a house of prayer and of charity,
44:17whilst we discern our next steps.
44:19Can you say what sort of steps you might be considering?
44:23As we've already discussed with Dr. Turner, there are three potential new medical missions,
44:30all of which would involve at least a year abroad.
44:34One of them would be in the Gilbert and Ellis Islands, one of them would be in British Columbia,
44:39and one would be in a remote part of Australia.
44:44We ask for your prayers and your patience.
44:49And that as many of you as are able stay with us on this journey.
44:56All will be well.
44:59I promise you.
45:02Before the cortege moves on to the church,
45:06Sister Julianne will read a short verse.
45:09At the request of the lady we are honouring today.
45:16The poem is called The Old Astronomer Talks to His Pupil.
45:23Though my soul may set in darkness,
45:27it will rise in perfect light.
45:31I have loved the stars too fondly
45:36to be fearful of the night.
45:50Thank you, gentlemen.
46:06Nurse Highland.
46:08Sister Marcus has provided glowing references for your recent spell on our wards,
46:13but you also have excellent testimonials from your district work.
46:19Why do you want to return to a hospital environment?
46:22That's not an easy question to answer, Matron,
46:25because it presupposes that my own enjoyment is the thing that matters.
46:31What matters most is the patient.
46:33The person who needs my care.
46:35Indeed.
46:36And I feel that going forward,
46:37I can give the best of myself to them
46:40in a place that is controlled
46:41and orderly
46:43and concerned with delivering excellence.
46:45And you don't feel that you can do that on the district?
46:48Things will improve, I'm sure.
46:50But not at the present time.
46:55Sister.
46:57Sister.
47:00Step.
47:02Step.
47:04Step.
47:05Thank you, gentlemen.
47:08You see the body of our sister Monica Joan
47:10with confidence in God
47:11who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead.
47:23Thou might with me
47:27last was even time.
47:36Psalm 2.
47:40He's155, he's 159, he's 159, he is.
47:42How do you see the Lord Jesus from the dead?
47:47Having said to be great, Friday morning.
47:48Then our victory went on heaven,
47:51H師 Knock really sets 259, he's 279, he heard you temed up in the land of the night.
48:04Oh, come on, believe me.
48:14Having brought so many new lives into the world,
48:19Sister Monica Joan has gone on to a new eternal existence of her own.
48:27Words about her time on earth seem so redundant and so small.
48:35Will we ever see her like again?
48:38I cannot say.
48:41But I can say this.
48:44She was unique.
48:47And yet, what we feel as we let her go is universal.
48:56Because we have lost her.
49:00We have lost her.
49:04And today, as we gather round the emptiness that she has left behind,
49:10that space becomes not a void, but a vessel filled with love for her and from her, from ourselves and
49:26for each other.
49:29We may not know what the future holds, but we can all say our lives contained her.
49:37And that binds us for eternity.
49:48We may not know what the future holds.
49:59We may not know what the future holds.
50:01We may not know what the future holds.
50:17We may not know.
50:20We may not know what the future holds.
50:52I've been trying Victoria out since this morning.
50:56Oh, I like it.
51:07Perfect.
51:13Rob, epitome of authority and poise.
51:15Do turn around so I can see the back.
51:19You don't need to see the back, Mr. Scarisbrick.
51:22Because the back has nothing at all to do with what I'm about to tell you.
51:25Well, I'm not expecting any discussion of my offer given your unfortunate family situation.
51:30My unfortunate family situation actually has had unexpected repercussions.
51:35My husband now controls Aylward Estates, and I've been given a seat on the board.
51:40So you're interested in buying a share of the clinic?
51:44Not interested in 40%.
51:4655 would be better.
51:48That way there's no confusion.
51:50We all know who's in charge.
52:05Is that nurse Rosalind Robinson?
52:07Because she is looking at Sister Joyce Highland.
52:10You got the chance!
52:18Ah, there she is.
52:20You all ready for the big event?
52:21I have an uncomfortably full bladder.
52:24But I believe you're all going to see something quite amazing.
52:28It is quite space age.
52:37I'm sorry they won't let you in.
52:42Now, what you're about to witness is a live examination of the gravid uterus using a method known as B
52:49-mode ultrasonography.
52:50The transducer emits pulses of sound into the maternal abdomen,
52:56and the returning echoes are converted into an image in real time.
53:02No radiation, no needles, and no discomfort.
53:07Are you ready, Mother?
53:09Yes, Mr. Parry.
53:33I think an exhibition of photographs and a tea party is a delightful way to conclude the old era.
53:42Dr. Turner is greatly relieved that you're staying on as his district nurse.
53:47I think he was afraid that you might retire.
53:50Well, I'm already eligible for my pension, so I could.
53:53But why would I want to?
53:55I love my work.
53:57To give it up would be like resigning from myself.
54:00Likewise.
54:02Look, I suppose one day even dear Dr. Turner won't need us anymore.
54:09But when that comes to pass, I'm inclined to think you and I might have some new adventures.
54:16Dare I ask what you have in mind?
54:20I thought we could set up a detective agency.
54:25I could investigate people via public records,
54:30and you could use your advanced motorists' credentials to trail them.
54:37Or even give chase.
54:44You're wrong.
54:46What are we going to call ourselves?
54:48I think we should play on our spinsterly status, perhaps.
54:54The Miss Adventures Agency?
54:57Miss Alliance?
54:59Misdemeanours!
55:02I've seen cards in phone boxes from someone called Misdemeanours.
55:10The Worcester sauce.
55:13When I think how soon we run out of time
55:20Looking back at what I've done in my time
55:26My accomplishments are few
55:32But for my days of loving you
55:38If I've never gone too far in this way
55:46When I might have made my mark in this way
55:53I had better things to do
55:58I had better things to do
56:00I had my days of loving you
56:05Let the others go their way
56:12Seeking more and more
56:18Give me just one yesterday
56:25Filled with love like yours
56:31I have nothing to regret in this life
56:38I've had all worries to get in this life
56:45Once I lived a dream come true
56:51I had my days of loving you
57:01There have always been goodbyes
57:05At Nonardasus
57:07And there have always been endings
57:10Year after year
57:12There have always been some drawing down of blinds
57:17Some closing of doors
57:19Some waving away of voyages and exiles
57:24We have grieved because there was no love without pain
57:30And we survived because the love was always greater
57:39There will always be another chapter
57:42And more change
57:44The world is forever evolving
57:48And the winds are sometimes cold
57:51But it is what we carry safe within us
57:56That will stay the same
58:00Hope is the pearl inside the oyster
58:03The seed in its sacred husk
58:07Hidden in the sweet dark earth
58:10Until the spring comes
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