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00:26Which flavor lives online?
00:29Longest in the memory. Is it the bitter or the sweet? The sour surprise of a thing we did not
00:36ask for? Or the warmth of expectations met? The pattern of the years embraces both, the honeyed and the harsh.
00:46I've passed!
00:48In the dark days before the spring begins, we can't foretell what will distinguish the summer when it comes, or
00:57who we will be when the snows return.
01:01For now, we cling to ritual. This is where we once were. This is where we are now. This is
01:08where, if the fates are willing, we will be again.
01:12I can't tell you what a joy it is to have a pancake with sugar and lemon again.
01:17What do they eat them with in America?
01:19Maple syrup. And sometimes, bacon.
01:23That continent is a cauldron of all perversities.
01:27I think it sounds quite delicious.
01:30We could experiment with spam and treacle we have both in the cupboard.
01:34If that is how you would like to celebrate passing your exams, you have only to say.
01:40It's wonderful news, lass.
01:42Welcome to our profession.
01:50Wonderful work. That's wonderful work, Mancine.
01:54You forget how much it ruddy has.
01:56Oh, Steve. Steve.
01:59Stevenson!
02:01I'm leaving.
02:03When you do the solicitor's office, they don't like the pine disinfectant in the toilet.
02:08You have to use the lemon!
02:10I'm supposed to be doing her cleaning shift fire.
02:12Do you have to leave now, Mr. Drummond?
02:15This baby's about to be born.
02:23Oh, Reggie, love, you've even sliced the lemons.
02:26Aren't you good?
02:27I thought it would speed things up.
02:29Well, no-one ought to be kept waiting on pancake day.
02:33Oh, good on you.
02:35You've been practising your new money.
02:38It's easier than old money.
02:40Now, that is what the government told us when they said that we were going decimal.
02:45Although, two weeks in, I don't think they've convinced a single shopkeeper.
03:06You have a little girl, Maxine.
03:09Another girl?
03:10We got another girl.
03:12I thought you wanted a boy.
03:13What?
03:15Never.
03:16Never, ever.
03:22Oh.
03:31Can I kiss her?
03:34Go on.
03:37I'll kiss you first.
03:54Razzleine!
03:55Oh, I didn't knock.
03:57I thought it was too late.
03:58The pancake batter's been standing all evening.
04:01I was listening for the sound of your bike wheel.
04:05Cyril, I'm in my uniform.
04:07And you're in your slippers.
04:11Good delivery.
04:12Actually, it was inspiring.
04:17Oh, good girls.
04:20Bang on time.
04:22Oh, that's nice, isn't it, Christopher?
04:25Lovely kisses to start the day.
04:30He's getting better from having his kidney removed, isn't he?
04:33Yes.
04:34And we'll find out when he starts his chemotherapy soon.
04:38Girls, don't forget the rota for wiping round the sink in the downstairs bathroom.
04:43We need to be extra careful of germs.
04:47All Teddy ever does is feed the rabbit.
04:50That's...
04:50Because chores need to be assigned to people I can trust.
04:54Patrick, are you up yet?
04:57The coffee's on.
05:00I'm on district duty for the rest of the week.
05:02We need a thorough review of all our diabetic patients.
05:06Sister Catherine, in honour of your first day as a fully qualified midwife,
05:11I have assigned you the antenatal round.
05:15Entirely solo, unsupervised and independent.
05:19I hope you've eaten a hearty breakfast, honey.
05:22You'll be riding that bike for miles.
05:24I've just added Thelma Cutler 8 Loman Street to your list.
05:28That poor lady who was sick on the floor in clinic.
05:31Six months are long and her nausea is intractable.
05:34It's rare, but I think the poor lass might be stuck with it for the duration.
06:00District nurse!
06:02Sir, Mr Kingsley, I found this little scamp halfway down the stairs to the street.
06:10Come here.
06:11Oh, Terrence!
06:13Ha, ha, ha!
06:14If you keep doing this, I'm going to get you a collar and lead, huh?
06:17Mr Kingsley, it's February.
06:20It's cold.
06:21He needs more on than one sock and a vest.
06:26What is that child doing up at the window?
06:30Ah, she likes looking down, seeing what's going on.
06:34Edna!
06:36I actually came from Dr Turner's practice
06:40to make sure that everything was up to date with your diabetes medication.
06:44We haven't seen you for a while.
06:46No, I'm under the hospital.
06:47I'm a serious case.
06:48Edna!
06:53Hello, nurse.
06:54Mrs Kingsley, I didn't know you were expecting a gun.
06:59Do you have any clothes for these children?
07:02Loads.
07:04Just need to sort the washing out.
07:18Hello, midwife's calling.
07:20It's on the latch.
07:27Poor love.
07:29There's nothing to bring up.
07:30It's just bile.
07:32Oh, I'm not crying.
07:33It's just...
07:34Oh, it's watering.
07:38I'm not crying.
07:40You don't have to be brave all the time, Thelma.
07:44Sometimes it's all right to say this is hard.
07:47And it is hard.
07:48I remember flushing my contraceptive pills down the toilet
07:51when we decided to start trying for a baby.
07:56I feel like I've done nothing but stare down that toilet ever since.
08:01Bed and a washing-up bowl are probably better.
08:12I've got another three bags of this.
08:18Lus, you need to attend clinic, and you need to get your home ready for the new arrival.
08:24Got it ready for the last arrival.
08:26Still got the cotton bottles and everything.
08:30Yeah.
08:32Hair.
08:33Hair brushed.
08:33Lippy on.
08:35That better?
08:38Sometimes getting dressed and ready to face the day is half the battle.
08:42Felt like a battle since we lost our oldest.
08:47You've had a lot to come back from, Edna.
08:49What I would advise is...
08:51I don't need advice from someone at the Ark.
08:58The father's not doing his daily urine tests,
09:01and that flat reeks to high heaven.
09:04An army of lice on all four kiddies,
09:07and the eldest should have been in school.
09:09Faye Marie, born November 1965.
09:12And there was that little boy who died when they were at a different practice.
09:17I'm afraid we've missed St. Cuthbert's Diabetic Clinic for this week, Doctor.
09:20Would you like to assess Mr. Kingsley yourself?
09:22Yes, as soon as possible.
09:24I haven't seen Faye or Nicky for two years.
09:27And there were gaps in their record before that.
09:31We'd better tell social services.
09:34Go on through.
09:35They're all in there.
09:36Oh, come on in, nurse.
09:38We're just having a women's lib meeting.
09:40You don't mind me getting on with things while I'm feeding, do you?
09:42Oh, no, not at all.
09:44But once baby's finished on the breast, I will need to examine you.
09:47Fair enough.
09:47Take a pew.
09:49Go on.
09:50You can join us.
09:52It doesn't matter if we're supported or derided on the women's march through London.
09:56The most important thing is that we are seen and we are heard.
10:00Does derided mean made fun of?
10:02Yes, but it can also mean dismissed or belittled.
10:05Women have been put down since time immemorial,
10:07and we aren't going to put up with it anymore.
10:09We want to get that on a placard.
10:12You might have to make it a bit shorter.
10:14And the point me and all the other women on the Cleaners Association want to make,
10:19placards or no placards,
10:21is that we want equal rights, equal status and equal pay.
10:25Which is why we are all going to be marching shoulder to shoulder through London.
10:32Thelma seems to be living on bits of toast and boiled sweets, Doctor.
10:37And she can scarcely keep those down.
10:39If she ends up clinically dehydrated, we'll send her to St Cuthbert's.
10:44I've not seen many cases of true hyperemesis, but every time, it's the lowest I've ever seen a pregnant woman
10:52brought, mentally as well as physically.
10:55There's not really any medication for it, is there?
10:58Not after thalidomide.
10:59There will never be any medication for it after thalidomide.
11:05A political meeting at the bedside of a newly delivered mother.
11:09I'm amazed she had the energy.
11:11It was as though all the women were getting energy from each other.
11:14I've never seen anything like it.
11:16They even gave her some homework.
11:18Show them your book, child.
11:19The Female Eunuch by Jermaine Greer.
11:24What a very striking cover.
11:27What I want to know is, where do they come from?
11:30All these educated ladies campaigning side by side with cleaners from the East End.
11:35I think mostly hamstered, although there's no doubt the movement's spreading.
11:39Women of all classes have always been involved in women's advancement.
11:43My granny used to finish a factory shift in Paisley and go out campaigning.
11:50Will you come on the march with Joyce and I, Phyllis?
11:55Perhaps I should come to the meeting.
11:58I've no objection to finding out more.
12:01I think that's extremely public-spirited.
12:04The sisters and I look forward to hearing all about it.
12:21You forgot the knit lotion.
12:23I'm sorry.
12:24I must have got distracted putting a new diabetes kit together for Mr Kingsley.
12:27I deal with him myself, but I've two new cases of Venus also.
12:32And I think the family as a whole might respond better to a younger person.
12:40So, the projected budget details are in the blue folder, but we're still missing the sign returns from the Board
12:47of Health.
12:47I'm afraid you've drawn a dreadfully short straw.
12:50I have assigned myself nursery duties in the maternity home for delicious little newborns, including twins.
12:58I'll be down at feeding time, and we agreed that secular staff make better inroads with the council.
13:03Go.
13:04Lead me to get on.
13:14Honey, I'm the nurse.
13:16Are your mum and dad at home?
13:17The form is secret.
13:19There is nothing to fear from completing it.
13:21When it's content to be destroyed...
13:22What are you doing with those pills?
13:25These are saccharine tablets.
13:27Have you put them in your tea?
13:29What are you doing with them, child?
13:37Is that all you have to eat?
13:49Your daughter should be at school, and all of your children are hungry.
13:53They need to be deloused, but first, they need to be fed.
13:56Who gave you leave to come in here and start shouting odds, eh?
14:00My wife has been diagnosed with depression.
14:03I'm going to go to the corner shop and buy a loaf, some margarine and some jam.
14:07And when I get back, we're going to discuss a plan of action.
14:14I'm calling on behalf of Nunata's house, Hendy Street,
14:17with regard to our projected budget from June of this year.
14:20Please hold for a moment.
14:22Of course.
14:24Would that be my friend, Lady Aylward?
14:27Yes.
14:29I wasn't expecting to be put through to you, Dr Threpwood.
14:32I asked to be connected directly, should you call.
14:35I feel I should forewarn you of certain developments.
14:39Now?
14:40It would be expedient to meet within the week.
14:46Come on.
14:47Nurse Hyland.
14:50Mr Kingsley refused to cooperate with their diabetes protocols,
14:54and I'm taking the children to the cleansing station.
14:57There's no way of heating water in that flat,
15:00and I think the youngest has scabies, as well as lice.
15:03I'd better take a look at them.
15:05Come on.
15:06Where?
15:08I know.
15:14This belly aches worse than the sickness, sister.
15:16If I could just go.
15:18Go properly.
15:20You know what I mean.
15:21If you're dehydrated, that might well lead to constipation.
15:24But I'll have a feel of your tummy,
15:26just to make sure things are as they should be.
15:28I'll be back.
15:36I am putting in a complaint as soon as I get back to the surgery.
15:40That cleansing station needs to be open at all times,
15:42not on request or by appointment.
15:45I've never seen a family in a worse day than this.
15:47I've thought that so many times.
15:53May I come in?
15:55Yeah.
16:00Have your bowels moved at all, Thelma?
16:08I'm going to get you back to bed with a hot water bottle,
16:12then I'm calling Dr Turner.
16:15There's nothing he can give me.
16:17Don't waste his time.
16:18The surgery's three minutes walk away,
16:20and we won't be wasting his time
16:22if we ask him to pop round and rule out early labour.
16:26We need to take care of you, Thelma, and your baby.
16:33I wish there was no baby sometimes.
16:50We're going to have to get them taken into care.
16:53It may take a few days to implement,
16:55but this is a clear case of neglect.
16:58I think it's worse than neglect.
17:01There's bruises on the backs of the children,
17:04and I need you to look between Nicky's toes.
17:07I think there's a cigarette burn there.
17:25Something's moving to the toilet.
17:27Can I see you?
17:31What's the baby?
17:34Yes, sweetheart, it was.
17:42Don't look.
17:48Sweetheart, we need to get you up.
17:50Yeah.
18:00It's all right, Thelma.
18:01I'm with you.
18:05I'm going to leave you, but only for a moment.
18:07I need to fetch my bag.
18:34I'm afraid I always fear the worst when Dr. Threepwood starts taking an interest in our fault.
18:38All I could do was arrange to meet him at his office next week.
18:43Baby, 28 weeks gestation delivered into the toilet.
18:46Still breathing.
18:47Dr. Turner?
18:49Dr. Turner?
18:50He was breathing.
18:51What's happened?
18:52I'm a mature baby, six months gestation.
18:55Get the flying squad.
18:57Sweetie, whose baby is it?
18:58Thelma Cutler, 8 Lutman Street.
19:02Can I wear throw?
19:03Yes.
19:04The infant is still showing signs of life.
19:08The center is still damaged.
19:11The skin.
19:13The skin is like tissue paper.
19:16We've lost respiration.
19:20Come on.
19:21Come on, little warrior.
19:29It's all right, Thelma.
19:31Everything's going to be all right.
19:33Where did his discovery go?
19:35She took your baby to the maternity home, Thelma.
19:39Because he was dead?
19:40No.
19:42Because it's alive.
19:45Is it a boy or a girl?
19:48I don't know.
19:51We're taking it to Imperial Hospital.
19:53It's the only place in London with any expertise when they're this early.
19:57And this small.
19:58We haven't weighed him.
20:00The weight was the least of our consent.
20:02Fingers crossed it survives the journey across town.
20:05Blue lights all the way.
20:07It's...
20:08It's a little boy.
20:27I wouldn't generally advise taking the bull by the horns in such a way in East Highland.
20:32But in this case, it's as well you did.
20:35It's the indifference that angers me.
20:38The indifference and the laziness.
20:40As well as the cruelty.
20:42Life is more of a struggle for some people than it is for others.
20:46We're fortunate.
20:47Our struggle is only with our feelings.
21:03Good afternoon, Mr. Kingsley.
21:04Have you got my kids?
21:05Your children are all here.
21:07They have been receiving hygiene treatment.
21:09We're taking them home.
21:10I suggest you come inside and speak to Sister Veronica.
21:14As a health visitor, she is the best person to advise.
21:16As a father, I'm best placed to advise the lawyer.
21:20You do not have the right to enter private premises in this manner.
21:24And you do not have the right to abduct my children.
21:28Edna.
21:30Edna.
21:31Nurse Highland brought your children here because they were in desperate need of bathing.
21:36And now we have found bruises that will have to be explained.
21:39You'll have to prove they weren't inflicted here.
21:41Huh?
21:42I know the way your sort operate and we know our rights.
21:47Edna.
21:56Come on.
21:59Ed.
22:01Come.
22:05Come on.
22:11And thank you, Eleanor, for reminding us that women are not just discriminated against
22:16in the professional field, they are also discriminated against at home.
22:22The time has come for us to declare our self-respect and to claim a full identity and to get
22:28equal
22:29pay for equal work.
22:35Before we move on to discussing the logistics of the march, Maxine will highlight the things
22:40we're going to do to publicise it.
22:42Namely the one-day strike on Saturday and the exhibition of bra burning.
22:46First, I'd like to open the meeting to the floor in case anyone has anything to say.
22:50I would like to say two things.
22:53Thank you very much to the Women's Liberation Movement and it's high time.
23:03I would like to say thank you too.
23:05To the women who welcomed me around this table tonight.
23:08To the women who showed me that this fight is necessary.
23:11And to the women who I will stand with when we shout this from the rooftops.
23:29Enter.
23:32You need not concern yourself with your attire.
23:36The Lord gave you those tresses and if they are his delight, they do not offend me.
23:56I have prepared you a beverage out of concern for the day you have endured but I find I have
24:06left it in the kitchen. I'm happy just to have your company. It was a terrible day.
24:15I have seen its like many times. An infant lost or maimed or not shaped well.
24:29I keep turning it over and over again in my mind. Did I do all I should have done? Did
24:39I do anything
24:40to make things worse? I recall that unabating voice. The doubt that pursues you home and seeks to be your
24:51bedfiller. But say this to yourself. Tonight a child breathes. Tonight a mother lives.
25:07Tomorrow you will resume your tasks. What is my task now? The child is born. It has arrived.
25:20But the mother is still on the journey. And you must bring her home.
25:29I've never once doubted the importance of female solidarity. But for women of my age it went
25:36unspoken. If we'd had a motto it would have been deeds not words. But we had a war to be
25:42getting
25:42on with. But even in the war too many women were forced into limiting roles because of damaging
25:48stereotypes. That's why burning bras is so important. It's about the rejection of frivolity.
25:54A good bra is a very practical item and not frivolous at all. Trixie tell me you're not going to
26:02be
26:02joining in with all that carry on. Well perhaps not with my current bras. I bought them at a New
26:06York
26:07lingerie department. But definitely something from my back catalogue. You were quite quiet in the
26:15meeting Joyce. Didn't you enjoy it? I go quiet when I think. And I was doing a lot of thinking.
26:22So was I. I kept thinking my husband had the power to run our finances into the ground without telling
26:29me. My husband beat me so badly I left him without telling him. But what I learned tonight is that
26:36it's not what men have done to us that matters. It's what we do as women going forward.
26:42Left a calm to argue with.
26:53And that's it. We're ready for your outing. Shoes on, coats at the ready and I've got your washing up
27:00bowl.
27:01I don't need it Kev. I haven't been sick since yesterday. I keep trying to picture the baby.
27:08I never even saw his face. The sooner we get you to the hospital, the sooner you can have a
27:13proper look.
27:14You'll feel better then, I promise you.
27:22I can't believe the ideas women's liver coming up with. A one day strike.
27:28We'll draw attention to the march at a local level and give women who can't attend the chance to
27:32demonstrate their views.
27:34They tried it last year in America. Women withdrew their labour right across the country.
27:38No cooking, no ironing, no childcare.
27:40And there were no reports of any deaths.
27:45Prescriptions signed by Dr. Turner, all present and correct.
27:48Oh, thank you. We're very low on pethidine. And Mrs. Kumar's penicillin was becoming urgent.
27:53It's good of you when you're so busy.
27:56Well, I might be a lady of leisure tomorrow if I join him with this strike.
28:00Will you be participating?
28:02No, Mrs. Turner. I've decided to forego the pleasure.
28:06Why is that?
28:08Because I come from a generation of women that got on with it.
28:12No histrionics, no sloganeering, and our foundation garments stayed intact.
28:24Baby weighed in at exactly two pounds and a half an hour.
28:27We've had a couple of two pounds do very well this past year.
28:29The doctors here are very skilled, learning all the time.
28:34What's with the blade paint?
28:36I think those are the transistorised monitors.
28:39There's one attached to every incubator.
28:41If a baby stops breathing or there's a problem with the heartbeat, an alarm goes off.
28:46That's correct.
28:48Here he is. Baby Cutler.
28:51We can update the labels once you've picked a Christian name.
28:55Oh, we liked James, didn't we?
28:57James Kevin or James Paul.
29:01Look at him, Thelma. He's beautiful.
29:04He's gorgeous.
29:07Baby Smith has collapsed.
29:12She needs a chair.
29:15I can't look at him. I'm sorry.
29:17It's all right, Thelma.
29:19You only gave birth yesterday.
29:22When did I give birth?
29:24It was nothing that felt like a contraction.
29:27I didn't even realise that I pushed.
29:30My body just...
29:33...let go of him.
29:36I failed.
29:37You didn't fail.
29:40You were valiant throughout your whole pregnancy.
29:43I wasn't even a whole pregnancy.
29:47I didn't even look like a baby.
29:51It's my fault.
29:54It's my fault because I said that I wish that there was one.
29:58But baby James is doing well.
30:04Oh, Lady Aylwood, what an unexpected pleasure.
30:08Are you looking for anything in particular?
30:10Yes.
30:11Support for the Women's Liberation March on March the 6th.
30:15Oh, women's lib.
30:16Would you want me as Violet Buckle haberdasher
30:19or me in my mayoral robes?
30:22Either or both.
30:24Violet Buckle haberdasher is a highly successful businesswoman
30:28and the mayor of Tower Hamlets
30:30is a trailblazing female politician.
30:33I never thought of myself as liberated.
30:37Probably because you've been too busy.
30:39It's not necessarily men holding women back, Violet.
30:43But if we don't stand shoulder to shoulder with each other,
30:45we're never going to realise just how strong we are.
30:49I'll come, but only as myself.
30:51The alderman might object if I wear the mayoral chain.
31:03What happened to your moped?
31:04It fell foul of budgetary cuts.
31:07Do you need to brief me on anything before we head in?
31:11The gap in their records is because they were out of the area
31:14when their son died.
31:16I've telephoned Gwynedge, but we still don't know what happened.
31:21It's nice to see the children eating a cooked meal at lunchtime, Edna.
31:25Well, Faye gets a hot dinner at school
31:27and I want you to see I'm not incompetent.
31:29Social services are not your enemy.
31:31We're here to help.
31:33Especially with the children.
31:35You were meant to help when Martin died.
31:37Hmm?
31:38Fat lot of you she were then.
31:41Ian, do you want to tell us what happened to Martin?
31:43He had a fit.
31:45That's all.
31:46Babies have fits all the time.
31:47Martin wasn't a baby.
31:49He was four and a half.
31:51You're just setting a trap.
31:52Nobody's setting a trap.
31:53But we do need to understand why there are injuries on your children.
31:57Then look at how we can help you get back on your feet as a family.
32:00We've heard that before.
32:02When they took the kids away from us.
32:03After Martin died.
32:05It took us six months to get them back.
32:09You are not having them this time.
32:16Blessed are the midnight riders
32:21For in the shadow of God they sleep
32:30Blessed are the huddled hikers
32:35Staring out a falling rain
32:39Wondering at the retribution
32:43And their personal acquaintance with pain
32:53Blessed are the blood relations
32:57Of the young ones who have died
33:02Who had not the time or patience
33:07To carry on this earthly ride
33:17Rain will come and winds will blow
33:20Wild deer die in the mountain snow
33:25Birds will beat it half a day
33:30Ticking away like a little clock
33:32Just the way I like to hear it
33:34You have obviously been doing everything right
33:37Not many people say that sort of thing to me
33:40Edna
33:41Doctor and I were wondering
33:42If you'd like to come and have a look at the ward
33:44And deliver your own work
33:45Oh we thought you'd like to mull over having the baby with us
33:48Instead of at St Cuthbert's
33:50I've decided against St Cuthbert's now
33:52I'm having a home birth
33:54This is your sixth pregnancy Edna
33:56And you just tell me I've been doing everything right
33:58I'm not spending one night away from our kids
34:01This will be a home birth
34:02So you best get that in your reds
34:12I used to work as a paediatric nurse
34:15Sister
34:16And I know the quest to heal can cause terrible suffering
34:20Baby James was born at 28 weeks
34:22He is considered viable
34:24But what does viable mean?
34:27Does it mean he'll go home as a happy healthy baby?
34:30Or could he be brain damaged and blind?
34:34We're working to regulate the amount of oxygen these babies receive
34:36Now we know too much can affect their eyesight
34:40Sister Wilmot
34:41Do you share that information with the parents?
34:44We tell the parents what they need to know when they have to make decisions
34:49James' mother is in no fit state to make any decision
34:54She struggles to even believe he is her child
34:56And without that bond
34:59How can she choose what's right?
35:02Sometimes the parents don't choose
35:04Sometimes the problems overwhelm the babies
35:06And they simply declare themselves
35:08We can't help them all
35:11But you can help the mothers
35:13Or at least
35:14You could help me to help this one
35:19I'm sorry Mr. Robinson
35:21Sister Veronica has left for her district visits
35:23The Kingsley family's case notes have come through
35:26I have more details on the death of Martin
35:29Good
35:29I don't like having a child
35:31Merely marked as deceased in our records
35:34It seems to speak of want of care
35:38Martin died of oxygen deprivation
35:41From a seizure that was only witnessed by his parents
35:45The post-mortem noted old bruises
35:48On his upper arms and back
35:50And a cigarette burn was found between his toes
35:52Were the parents ever charged?
35:54No, they were not
35:56There was thought to be insufficient evidence of child battery or neglect
35:59And the police fell back on a compassionate approach
36:02Will surveillance of the family increase now?
36:05It's ten past five on a Friday
36:08But yes
36:09It will
36:11Hands through the portholes
36:13Like that
36:14Excellent
36:16And then just clean the little face with the damp cotton wool
36:20I'm worried if you're sore with that big plaster on it
36:24I swear he's smiling
36:26It's like his lips just turned up a little bit at the corners
36:31Stand back, you stop breathing
36:42That's the three of us
36:43Often ready for our big adventure
36:45Sister Veronica will collect Christopher
36:48She's going to read to him from some Cantonese storybooks
36:51Oh, that's great
36:52Teddy and me are going to do an airfix model
36:54But we're on strike, Patrick
36:56In preparation for the Women's March next Saturday
37:00And I'm all for it
37:01Some of the newspaper coverage has been really thought-provoking
37:05But, Daddy, you need to do the ironing and washing
37:08I was in the army
37:11Ironing holds no fears
37:13Have you left us a casserole or something?
37:16That's not how women's strike works
37:24What's this fire?
37:25It's a list
37:26It's a list of everything that I usually do on a Saturday and Sunday
37:29In order to keep this household on the straight and narrow
37:32But it starts with run a haberdasher shop
37:35And then it says batch bake
37:37And then it says clean all the shoes
37:40And then it says and my handbags
37:42I mean, how do you fit all this in an afternoon?
37:45You've got more handbags than the Queen Mum
37:48I do your shoes
37:50Then I do my shoes
37:51And my bags
37:52While the batch bake's in the oven
37:54Why do you think I close the shop at four o'clock at weekends?
37:58A home and a family
37:59Do not run themselves, Fred Buckle
38:02But I can't run the haberdasheries
38:04I don't know the names of all the different types of elastic
38:08And people come in and ask for, um, female things
38:13I'll stick with the paper shop
38:15Cyril's running the paper shop
38:16He's strongly in support of feminist ideals
38:27I'm sorry we're having to do this here
38:30I do need to ask you a few questions about bleeding
38:33And what goes on in the bathroom
38:36But we can do that before Kevin gets back with the tea
38:41Kevin keeps pushing me to agree to give James a tracheotomy
38:46I have the consultant said it's for the best
38:50They've said it's best for his chance of survival
38:53How do we know it's the best thing for him?
38:56A tracheotomy will prevent James from suffering so many collapses, Thilma
39:02They'll cut into his throat from the outside
39:05And stick a plastic nozzle in
39:07They'll have to breathe through his neck
39:10How's that better?
39:13Why is it better to just keep him surviving?
39:17Even if he may never see
39:18Even if his brain is going to be damaged
39:21We don't know any of those things are going to happen, Thilma
39:24And we don't know that they won't
39:28You know more than me, Sister Catherine
39:30But when it comes to a baby like James
39:34Nobody knows anything
39:42Hey, keep it up
39:48There's probably a cub badge for potato peeling
39:51It's taking you an hour to do two shirts
40:04Trixie, you made it
40:06Yes, John to his nanny said she'd go on strike next week instead
40:10We worked out between us
40:12Compromise is power
40:13Are you sure that's right?
40:14When I have arguments, I like to win them
40:16Oh, Mrs. Turner, you are quite the dark horse
40:23You ever invented new pence
40:26Once hanging
40:28I've had to charge people in decimal
40:30For things that I'm measuring in yards
40:31And that's before you start talking about
40:33Two-ply wool and press tuts
40:36Oh, Flamin' Nora
40:45Flamin' scones
40:48Being a man is terrible
41:01What the?
41:02She fell out the window
41:05Where are Paris?
41:07I don't know
41:08Do you know the child, sir?
41:10Yes
41:11I'm a social worker
41:15Excuse me, love
41:17You haven't got such a thing as a compact mirror, have you?
41:21I'm sorry, it's not a thing I generally carry around
41:24I suppose not
41:25I've got five minutes before a photographer arrives
41:28Me and my Nina are going to be in the papers
41:31We're taking her home
41:33Fourteen months we've been in here
41:35Fourteen months?
41:37She must have been in the wars
41:38Not half
41:39Born at 28 weeks
41:41Bowel surgery
41:43Tracheotomy
41:43They thought she had a brain bleed
41:45Now all we're waiting for is a set of ankle splints
41:48And we're off
41:49Is my lippy all right?
41:51For the photograph
41:53It's a bit smudged
41:54Here
41:56Oh
41:56Tal
41:58I owe you a favour
42:05I told the consultant you'll need a statement
42:07But he confirmed that Faye has a fractured femur
42:11And collarbone
42:12And concussion
42:13The police wouldn't have copied too
42:15They also found she had catastrophically low blood sugar
42:20She seems to have swallowed prescription drugs
42:22Or been fed them
42:24Why would anyone feed a child prescription drugs?
42:26Because low blood sugar makes a child dozy and compliant
42:31I don't know
42:32Is the honest answer
42:33Just as I don't know how anyone
42:36Blessed
42:37Blessed with such beautiful children
42:40Could treat them with such hideous contempt
42:51Millicent
42:52Do you think I'm barking up the wrong tree
42:56Resisting all this women's lib talk
42:58Well
42:59Not everyone is in support
43:01I've heard quite a number of ladies saying I'm not a feminist
43:05But
43:05I just don't like the gimmicky way it's all been put together
43:09Never
43:10I would always counsel against objecting to a book because of its cover
43:15Oh
43:15Innocent
43:17You're reading the female eunuch
43:18The authoress makes a series of very sensible points
43:22Notably
43:24Regarding female sexuality
43:28It's a thing
43:29I spent much of my life being ashamed of
43:33Hmm
43:35I never did oddly enough
43:39It's like being a vegetarian
43:41As though I was wired to run counter to the general view
43:48But
43:48Why am I being like this?
43:51Why am I picking holes in something the young people are full of fervour for?
43:58Do we perhaps fear losing our place in the scheme of things?
44:04Two weeks ago I was standing outside the drapers on Inkerman Street
44:08And there was a blouse in the window with a psychedelic pattern
44:13Dual tones
44:15Dual tones
44:15But
44:15It was such a beguiling design
44:19And I was looking at it and
44:21I
44:22I thought
44:23I will never wear that blouse
44:26Why?
44:27There's no harm in breaking out a bit fashion wise
44:31Phyllis
44:32There is no harm
44:34In breaking out
44:36And if we don't
44:38We'll be left behind
44:40You're not wrong
44:44Psychedelic pattern or no psychedelic pattern
44:51Police!
44:53Don't answer it
44:56Mr. Kingsley
44:58Mrs. Kingsley
45:00Because of concerns about the welfare of your children
45:03A place of safety order has been issued
45:05We have come to remove them
45:07Don't let them take them Ian
45:09They're our kids
45:11They're not going anywhere
45:12They're terrified
45:13Mr. Kingsley will force entry if you do not cooperate
45:16As well as the police I have Sister Veronica with me
45:18The children will be well taken care of
45:22Mr. Kingsley
45:25Mrs. Kingsley
45:27This is uncultful
45:29I
45:29I am Kingsley
45:30End of Mary Kingsley
45:31I'm arresting you
45:32On suspicion of child neglect and cruelty
45:34This is what they wanted all along
45:38We've already lost one of our children
45:41Doesn't that mean anything to you?
45:44It means a very great deal Mrs. Kingsley
45:47And I wish
45:49That we didn't have to do this
45:52And I wish
46:01Mommy
46:02Mommy
46:03Mommy
46:07Mommy
46:08Mommy
46:08Mommy
46:12Mommy
46:13Mommy
46:13Mommy
46:13Mommy
46:13Mommy
46:26Mommy
46:26Mommy
46:26Mommy
46:26Mommy
46:26Mommy
46:26Mommy
46:26her chances in the first few weeks in old money or new money she's as bonnie as anything now
46:31look at her chubby little cheeks fell how's she with normal food after all those months
46:37with the jeep up her nose she's great with chocolate pudding not so good with her greens
46:42though but as long as it's all mushed up she's just like any other baby really do you ever
46:47feel like any other mum bernice i feel like her mum it's not so different from having any other
46:55child you can't turn your back on them can't work out what they're thinking can't picture the future
47:03the doctors never gave us any guarantees no baby gets a guarantee really guarantees of the things
47:10you buy in shops and we're lucky we get to call our babies miracles
47:23yes my waters are broken and i'm not going to hospital edna kingsley is in labor screaming blue
47:33murder and refusing to get into the ambulance police said she wants one of us to attend
47:38and i'm first on the court board whatever's gone on in the past or is yet to come
47:48she is still a mother let me know if it's a boy or a girl and i shall add it
47:54to my notes
48:04i'll get my back
48:24i'm afraid this isn't good news lady edward and it can't be countermanded
48:29even with all the womanly wiles at your disposal a simple statement of facts will suffice dr threat
48:35wood very well by 1974 all medical service provision across the country will be taken out of council
48:43hands and given direct to the national health but the order have worked hand in glove with the national
48:48health since its inception and this council has been the go-between without our future involvement
48:54there can be no more cajolery no more persuasion it is over a great deal could happen between now
49:01and 1974. the new rules will be facing from this year and there is one i know the sisters won't
49:09accept
49:15save your strength i want it to be all right nurse you're on the home straight i promise
49:21there's no reason to suppose anything will be amiss but don't be with the baby i'm in with everything
49:28come on so come up barley sugar and concentrate on what's happening here and now they can't take a
49:36new born off you can they edna save your energy for this big push come on now steady push steady
49:51steady
49:56you have a beautiful little daughter redneck
50:04you have a beautiful little daughter redneck
50:21hey
50:22why look just like that when he was born you forget when we haven't got a photo of him we
50:30never had a camera
50:34i'm gonna give you the best life do you that the best
50:47hello you
50:51oh mr franklin it's so good of you to go out of your way
50:56what sort of friend would i be if i didn't tip up with a cup of rosie and the chips
51:01are down
51:03dr threepwood is right we will not accept that diktat but it is a diktat sister julianne
51:10you aren't going to be allowed to wear the habit anymore my sisters and i have dressed like this
51:14since the inception of the order it is the outward expression of the reason why we do this
51:20the powers that be don't give two hoots why you do this they just want it done if nanata's house
51:27is to survive at all we are all going to be national health employees and the new rules state
51:33that we will have to dress as such or leave the system we have never been a part of the
51:38system
51:39we've rejoiced in that dr threepwood said he'd like your response by the end of this month
51:45i think it ties in with the end of the financial year
51:51who is this man to lay down the law in this way
51:57this decision will be driven by prayer not by the fiscal calendar
52:01therefore i will choose the appropriate date we will tell him what we are going to do
52:09on august the 31st which happens to be the feast day of saint raymond nanatus
52:16people think i talk too much i don't i know and i know you listen i've never seen here she
52:27goes
52:28again writ large on your face but the thing i think people don't understand about the life i chose
52:41is so much of it is silence i understand it isn't about when we can't speak it's about
52:52what we can never say what we can never name because that might expose us
53:02let us bear yes we can't afford that can we no because really
53:13who wants the whole wide world to hear them howling
53:18i don't think i can silence the howling anymore
53:25what is it you want veronica
53:31if we're going to drop the sister bit
53:36i think you better call me beryl my real name
53:42you can call me jeffrey if it's not too much of a stretch
53:48what is it you want
53:54i want a child
53:59i want a child of my own
54:02to hold in my arms and keep safe and cherish always i want a child before it becomes impossible
54:20i feel like he ought to have a special little night even if he's to have an operation
54:25i feel like his dad should have had the day off work
54:29james's first year is going to be a long haul thelma
54:33keeping up a normal routine is going to be good for everyone
54:36i'm good at routines before i fell pregnant i used to dream i'd have all the nappies on the line
54:41every monday
54:44dreams are a lovely thing to have but sometimes we just have to dream for longer than we thought
54:51he'll be a baby for longer too i think i might like that
55:00thank you
55:04have you come to st james for his tracheotomy i'm his mother
55:19what's this
55:24something to wear on saturday perhaps
55:37on your marks get set you want a sausage roll i'll have one
55:45i'll tell you what pal i love our lady folk all of them but it's liberation lark it's hard work
56:04i went for cotton i thought it would burn longer
56:08i bought this one from discounted stock nobody's buying long line these days i relented bergdorf goodman's finest
56:19girls where did you get that from the charity cupboard provenance
56:25uncertain sisterhood takes many forms i think we should celebrate them all
56:38well they will always be things that we cannot change even when there is we'll and believe that we should
56:46try
56:49change chooses it's own seeds
56:52sows them in it's own selected soil
56:57our task is to alter them and not tremble green shoots underfoot
57:05in the spring of 1971 there was so much that was altered there were endings and there were
57:14beginnings there was uncertainty and there was confidence there was rage and there was love
57:24and so we marched together into all the things we did not know hoping and also fearing
57:32things would never be the same
57:38you may begin i started out in bombay and then i worked my way right up to ladak find a
57:44way to
57:44make a living i can't see any gas that'll be in the delivery room won't it so many mothers looking
57:50after him i'm telling you nurse the one thing this baby isn't is a protestant more tea mrs clifford
57:56yes please and expect all gray
58:02before then celebrate the sisterhood with access all areas call the midwife press red to watch on
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