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00:00Thank you for listening.
00:31Life seldom unfolds exactly as we wish it.
00:37There are shocks and disappointments.
00:40Unwelcome revelations bring a light we can't deny.
00:46There are new things and we fear them.
00:50There are hard things and they must be done.
00:54Sometimes we have no choice and sometimes choice is imposed.
01:00Upon us and the questions pound like hammers.
01:06What lies beyond this?
01:09Where will we decide to go?
01:15Ah, nice to see you putting that fall behind you, Mr. Bucknall.
01:18You're doing very well on those no crutches.
01:20I'm recovering at a rate of knots.
01:22Can I interest you in yoga lessons?
01:25Is that how you did it?
01:27My son's running, Joel.
01:29He's inside putting up a poster, hot off the plane from a year in India.
01:33Oh, of course I remember him leaving.
01:36Joel, welcome home.
01:38I've been wondering where your wanderings took you.
01:40Well, I started out in Bombay and then I worked my way right up to Ladakh, near Tibet.
01:44And then I went to an ashram in Baranasi for a few months.
01:47Baranasi on the banks of the Ganges.
01:49And now I'm back on the banks of the Thames.
01:51There's no place like home.
01:53Take a leaflet.
01:54Yoga and meditation.
01:56I'm a very busy woman, but I shall.
02:00I haven't got a clue how this is supposed to work.
02:03The colours have all got to be mixed up for the Easter egg hunt.
02:07But they've got to be all separated out first.
02:10Can I hear one?
02:12Oh, come on.
02:14Better check to see how they've gone stale.
02:16Rocha.
02:20I pressed ganged Cyril into putting up the bunting.
02:25That isn't very public-spirited.
02:28Taking chocolate out of the mouths of children.
02:31It's outrageous.
02:33Fair days pay for a fair day's work.
02:35Fair days pay for a fair day's work.
02:36Hmm.
02:39Right.
02:40Okay.
02:52Mrs. Estelle Glennon?
02:56Mrs. Hope Glennon?
03:03It must be rather fun being pregnant at the same time as your sister-in-law.
03:07Yes.
03:08Two more for the clan.
03:09Grandchild 10 and grandchild 11 for the Glennons.
03:12Family in Belfast are laying bets on which is born first and what the weights will be.
03:15Well, it may well be quite a close-run thing.
03:18Due dates eight days apart.
03:20Do you have family over here as well?
03:22Hope's husband's working as a welder at the Barbican site.
03:25My Michael's doing the same but on an oil rig.
03:27So they took me in to live with them.
03:29It's just us in London, really.
03:34So, four years since your first baby.
03:37And this one's going to be my last.
03:39Unless I get another boy and then I might try again for a wee girl.
03:42We've got a pill to help you choose how many.
03:45We've no control over anything else.
03:47You'd think science would have it all sorted, but now...
03:51..well, I'll have it soon.
03:52Do you think...?
03:53The head's definitely engaged.
03:55With a second baby, that is usually the sign that things are about to get moving.
03:59I was thinking of taking castor oil.
04:01Or going all modern and having a curry.
04:04My advice, Mrs Glennon, is to leave well alone.
04:07Chances are all you'll do is upset your tummy.
04:10And if labour gets going anyway, you're in for a dismal combination of events.
04:15Good things come to those who wait, eh?
04:17Well, you come into the maternity home.
04:20As soon as things start moving, we'll look after you.
04:24The shoemaker and his wife never saw the little elves again.
04:30But from that time, good luck was always with them.
04:35They were rich and happy for the rest of their lives.
04:43That is the end of the story.
04:48I could listen to you read all day.
04:50You've got ever such a nice voice.
04:53I have to try to tell him the story through my tone of voice.
04:57But we're still not sure how much English he understands.
05:01Well, kiddies are kiddies, aren't they?
05:04All they really understand is how much they're loved.
05:08And in here, if someone's coming at him with a needle.
05:12I keep telling myself, cancer treatment would bewilder him if he spoke fluent English.
05:17But perhaps the more he could comprehend, the more frightening it would be.
05:21You have to hand it to the National Health, though.
05:24All the nurses keep saying there's a real chance he could be cured.
05:27Yes, they do.
05:29The new chemotherapy is such a huge advance on what went before.
05:33Fingers crossed, eh?
05:47I always loved a community event, even as a child.
05:50Every day was a community event when I was growing up.
05:53My parents were in a boarding school for boys.
05:55Rosalind, your mother's on the telephone.
05:58Speak of the devil.
06:01You must take in as much fluid as you can, Harry.
06:04Once the head goes on, you won't be able to drink for hours.
06:08I won't be able to visit the bathroom, either.
06:11Oh, this is also true.
06:13Grandma, please explain to me again about the Easter Bunny.
06:16It's a mythical creature of pagan origin,
06:18which goes from house to house delivering sweet treats to children.
06:22So it's not Christian, then?
06:26It's best we don't quiz the connection too closely.
06:30Think I prefer Christmas.
06:42Welcome, everyone, to the Easter Egg Hunt.
06:46Yay!
06:49The rules are very simple.
06:51Everyone taking part will be given a basket,
06:55and there are more than 200 chocolate eggs hidden nearby,
06:59each wrapped in different coloured foil.
07:01The aim is to find six eggs,
07:04one pink, one blue, one green,
07:07one yellow, one purple, and one orange.
07:11And the winners are the first child in each age group
07:15to find all six.
07:18You can search anywhere within the boundaries marked by the carrot bunting.
07:23And if you're little and need a helper,
07:25then look out for the people wearing an Easter Egg batch.
07:30The bell, if you would, please, Reggie.
07:37You may begin!
07:39And meanwhile, there is tea and signal cake for the grown-ups,
07:43and if you'd like a hot crust bun,
07:46just ask the Easter Bunny.
07:48I couldn't believe it when my mother said
07:50she and my father were coming to visit.
07:52I've lived here for two years, and they haven't been once.
07:54Better late than never, I suppose.
07:56They talk about being progressive
07:57and voting for the Liberal Party,
07:59but I always have to go to Leicestershire to visit them,
08:02or meet them in a smart tea room in London
08:04if they happen to be in Pound.
08:06So if they're now going to go to the trouble
08:07of trekking all the way to Poplar,
08:10all the more reason to make them welcome?
08:12Oh, gosh.
08:14I'm not being very honoured thy father and thy mother, am I?
08:18You should ask Violet if we can leave the bunting up.
08:23I'm going to welcome them with open arms.
08:26I've told them so much about you,
08:27and they do seem keen to meet.
08:29Have they never said anything about where I'm from?
08:33They've said you must be very enterprising
08:35to have come all the way from British Guyana.
08:47It seems like five minutes since you was in the cups.
08:51Oh, we're doing very well.
08:54We've got a pink one, a blue one, and a green one already.
08:58What other colours do we need, Donna?
09:00Yellow.
09:01That's right.
09:03And look, there's one over there on top of the dustbin.
09:06What a funny place to put it.
09:16I'll lift you up, but you must try not to touch the bin lid.
09:26Harry!
09:27Harry!
09:28What is the matter?
09:29Well, I think there's a dog in its death throes.
09:35There's foam round his mouth.
09:36I've seen dogs like this in the street in Delhi.
09:39Stay there.
09:40I'm going for assistance.
09:45Police, ambulance, or fire?
09:48Police, urgently to St. Wilbur's School, Hendy Street.
09:57Everybody back!
10:00Everybody back!
10:05The Easter Egg Hunt is suspended.
10:09That means stopped, Mandy.
10:10I know.
10:12Come over with me.
10:18Nobody crosses this line.
10:21First of all, the Civil Defence.
10:23Establish and control the crisis area.
10:28Heaven's done murder, Troy.
10:30We've enough to contend with without children getting knocked down.
10:35What would this mean?
10:40If we had to come away, how can it be safe for Daddy?
10:43Let's go inside, Annie.
10:46Vet reports for a rabid dog, sir.
10:48It's a dead dog now.
10:50Dr. Turner.
10:51I'm on the police surgeon road.
10:53Sir, it'll have to be taken for a post-mortem, and this whole area needs to be cleansed.
11:00It has to be dealt with according to the rabies protocol.
11:04Mandy Hussain.
11:05Kevin Rendergast.
11:09Teddy Turner.
11:17Everton Wheatley.
11:19Yes.
11:20John Muscatelli.
11:23As soon as the police give us permission, Baloo and I will walk with you to St. Oswald's
11:28Hall, where you can be collected by your parents.
11:32Should I be serving butterfly cakes or kennel meat?
11:42This feels awfully close to home, Dr. Turner.
11:46You read about rabies happening in places like Germany, that the squirrels get it there.
11:51That it can spread.
11:52From Germany to France to England.
11:56There was that case in Surrey last year.
11:58The rabid dog that ran amok days after it came out of quarantine.
12:02I'll never forget seeing the news, watching them rounding up people's pets.
12:06The results of the tests on the body won't be through for at least two days.
12:11But we have to find a way of keeping people calm.
12:18Cushions all ready.
12:20If you turn around, you can reverse into the chair like the occupational therapist showed you.
12:24I do not need instructions and I do not need a cushion.
12:29The only good thing about your mother not being with us anymore is that I am able to jettison her
12:34excessive soft furnishings.
12:37She liked keeping things cosy, Dad.
12:40She liked a lot of things.
12:43She liked Easter, as it happened, and kiddies.
12:46It would have broken her heart seeing that party stopped.
12:48It needed to be stopped.
12:50Have you any idea how much damage a rabid dog can do?
12:53I've seen that man foaming at the mouth on the public information films.
12:57That upset your mother no end.
13:01You're missing her, aren't you, Dad?
13:08What do you think?
13:17Shall I make a cup of tea?
13:28Chai, if you walk out with a man for nigh on five months without introducing him to your parents,
13:34you're going to get nervous when that day rolls wrong.
13:38I knew my relationship with Cyril was going to be serious right from the very start.
13:42Didn't we all?
13:44I've known all my life that they are people with opinions.
13:49I had opinions too, to begin with.
13:52If that made you scared of theirs, then I'm sorry.
13:56Have you changed your mind, Joyce?
14:01I think the world at large is starting to change, if only a little bit.
14:08And you two are happy.
14:10I really, really want my parents to see that.
14:13I don't think anyone could miss it.
14:29Goodbye.
14:35I thought I'd come in early, but I had no idea how close to us that dog was until just
14:40now.
14:41Have there been any developments overnight?
14:42The Ministry of Agriculture seems to be in charge of the response.
14:46Agriculture.
14:47And I'm a health visitor, not a farmer.
14:49They say everyone has to sit tight until we know for certain that the animal was rabid.
14:53But what do they mean by sit tight?
14:56Are we all supposed to stay indoors?
14:57The school's been closed.
14:59The children were meant to be going back today.
15:01Meanwhile, Mrs Buckle has called a public meeting in an attempt to quell panic.
15:06She won't be told it's as likely to fan the flames of hysteria as it is to damp them down.
15:34No, Mrs Kelly, we do not offer the rabies vaccine at this surgery.
15:40Yes, I can make a note to the fact that your children were at the hospital.
15:42The Easter egg hunt. Thank you for calling.
15:46How may I help you, ladies?
15:47I think I'm in labour.
15:48The nurse said she'd meet us here.
15:50Don't come near her. Don't come near her. She's been scratched by a cat.
15:59I am beginning to resent the success of the government anti-rabies campaign.
16:04It's made everyone think they're going to die from infected animals, Salida.
16:08If it carries on like this, you're going to have to appeal for calm through a megaphone.
16:12I'll take one to the public meeting.
16:14In the meantime, we've just ascended my 12 o'clock.
16:19You'll be pleased to hear it's a simple case of bunions.
16:31Dad, I can do that.
16:32You're interrupting my method.
16:34You've got collapsed vertebra.
16:36I haven't got collapsed dignity.
16:38I'm trying to help Dad.
16:39The best way you can help me is to get out of the house and find a way to make
16:44a living.
16:44Nobody wants yoga or meditation classes.
16:47I'm not that keen on them myself.
16:51Your mum would cry her eyes out if she saw the way you drifted.
16:56Good afternoon, district nurse.
16:58You come to give me my rabies, jab?
17:01Have you got any symptoms?
17:02Because if you have, it's too late for the vaccine.
17:14Things are starting to get going.
17:19Not very much in the way of dilation, but there is a little bit of water leaking, so I think
17:23we'll be keeping you in.
17:24I'll be back in two shakes of lamb's tail.
17:28I can't see any gas.
17:30They said there'd be gas.
17:32It'll be in the delivery room, won't it?
17:34I only needed one whiff of it last time, and they say the second one's easier.
17:42Which isn't to say the first is terrible.
17:44If it was, I wouldn't be doing it again, would I?
17:49That was a nasty old precious saw you had there.
17:52Quite deep.
17:53They said I was way too long laying on my back in hospital.
17:57I think this new soreness is because the belt on your trousers is pressing down on it.
18:02I caught him rubbing it with disinfectant, saying that it stings.
18:04Out!
18:07He will not stop fussing over me.
18:13Yeah, I feel sorry for the dog too, but the police didn't kill him.
18:20He was poorly, and he passed away.
18:23But it's sad to die by the pence.
18:28Fred, have you got any disinfectant?
18:31I saw a nasty little mongrel sniffing around my laundry at steps.
18:36All the front of that shelf there, and ten pence off if you buy the bleach as well.
18:43All dogs must be kept on leave.
18:46All cats must be kept in...
18:48It's going to get worse than this if they build that channel tunnel.
19:01Oh, Mrs. Turner, you do look tired.
19:05How's the little man doing?
19:07The first cycle of treatment is now underway.
19:10No vomiting or diarrhea so far, but he's not quite himself.
19:21I have permission from Sister Julianne to come in the evenings,
19:25if that would help you to get back to your own children.
19:27Oh, it would.
19:29He needs so much love.
19:32And there are so few people that he trusts.
19:37I don't want any more gas. It's made me sick twice now.
19:45I can see what's happening.
19:48This cheeky monkey's decided to lie on its back,
19:50so its spine's pressing against yours.
19:52Is that bad?
19:53Well, it's a little easier when they're lying face down
19:56with their head correctly tucked in,
19:58but you've got a bit of a non-conformist here.
20:01I'm telling you, nurse, the one thing this baby isn't is a Protestant.
20:16Thank you, Sister Veronica.
20:18That concludes the first part of our presentation.
20:21This is right.
20:22Thank you for the slideshow.
20:25Why didn't it mention the improperly regulated pet shops?
20:29You can buy monkeys on the commercial road.
20:35Because we are here tonight to try to allay your fears.
20:41I used to be a steeplejack.
20:43I was always running into bats.
20:45Can you get it from bats?
20:47Bats can carry various diseases, including rabies,
20:52even in this country.
20:54You must always seek medical help if you've been bitten by a bat.
21:04The body is ready to push now, Hope.
21:06But we need you to slow everything down.
21:09Slow it down.
21:11Down.
21:12Down.
21:13Hope.
21:15Hope, all is well.
21:17We're going to use this pain now,
21:19and we're going to make it work for us.
21:24Hope.
21:32Allow me to remind you all of the facts.
21:37We currently do not have any confirmed cases of rabies in Poplar,
21:42nor do we have anyone presenting with symptoms of rabies.
21:46The slides didn't make it clear what the symptoms are.
21:49Yeah, he's right.
21:50He's right.
21:51He's right.
21:57He's right.
21:59They're not his house.
22:00Sister Julianne speaking.
22:02Hello, sister.
22:03Could you possibly send reinforcements over to the maternity home?
22:06Early symptoms can look a bit like ordinary flu,
22:10with fever, nausea, aches and pains.
22:14All very easy to dismiss.
22:15But once the virus starts affecting the nervous system,
22:21things become more distinct.
22:23Muscle spasms.
22:24Anxiety.
22:26Confusion.
22:28Paralysis.
22:29Seizures.
22:31And thirst.
22:33Coupled with a violent fear of drinking fluids.
22:37Even water.
22:41It's horrible.
22:43I know.
22:45Well, that's why we have to take such care.
23:02Help me.
23:04Oh, no.
23:06I can't.
23:08No, no, no, no, no, no.
23:13Hope, with the next contraction,
23:15we need one long, strong, brave push
23:18that could well give us baby's head,
23:20and the worst will be over.
23:22Ah!
23:25Ah!
23:28Success.
23:30We have the top of baby's head with us,
23:33and I can see the most perfect metal
23:36pair of eyebrows.
23:39Well done, Hope.
23:41See how strong you are.
23:43When I finally get it out,
23:45I will know whether to kiss it
23:47or give it a piece of my mind.
23:50Bear down, Hope.
23:52Bear down.
23:53Down.
23:54Come on, Hope.
23:55You can do it.
24:02That was a most magnificent push, Hope.
24:05But baby doesn't seem to have read the rule book.
24:10What's wrong?
24:11All will be well,
24:13but we need to work on getting baby's shoulder out.
24:17Dr. Tanner is only around the corner.
24:20We will work on the next massive push
24:24while Nurse Aylward nips to the telephone.
24:27Oh!
24:29Oh!
24:31Oh!
24:32Oh!
24:32Oh!
24:36Oh!
24:37What's happened?
24:38There's nothing to be alarmed about.
24:46We can only remind you
24:49that analysis of the dog's remains
24:52is still ongoing.
24:54We simply have to be vigilant
24:56until the results come in.
25:05Don't wait for the pain this time, Hope.
25:08Just keep pushing.
25:15Sister Julianne's going to work internally
25:17to dislodge your baby's shoulder.
25:19We're going to get baby out.
25:21Just breathe deeply
25:22and push whenever we ask.
25:27Now.
25:27Get out!
25:35Baby's arm is lateral
25:37to its body.
25:52Push now.
25:54Push.
25:55Help.
25:58Keep pushing.
25:59Push as hard as you can.
26:01Don't stop.
26:12Well done.
26:15It's out.
26:19It's out.
26:45Large baby.
26:46Shoulder dystocia.
27:04I may have broken his collarbone.
27:07I may have broken his collarbone.
27:08You've saved his life.
27:12I may have broken his collarbone.
27:13Watch thosejciezs.
27:24Now let's go.
27:25Let's go.
27:27Let's go.
27:27Let's go.
27:28Let's move.
27:29Let's go.
27:30Let's go.
27:30We've parceled.
27:31And let's go.
27:31This will happen.
27:31Let's go.
27:32Let's go.
27:35Let's go.
27:49Good morning, Nanata's house.
27:51My sister's been regaling me with tales of slavering hounds.
27:55Are you still alive?
27:56When I last looked, yes.
27:58I haven't forgotten our conversation in the park.
28:03Nor have I.
28:04I just want you to know that the offer of a listening ear still stands.
28:09The offer of my friendship still stands.
28:11You sound like Humphrey Bogart.
28:13All you have to do is whistle.
28:17It was actually Lauren Bacall who said that to Humphrey Bogart,
28:20but I shall take it as a compliment.
28:23I do appreciate the things you said.
28:26You're really very kind.
28:35Will his arm be hurting him?
28:36I broke my toe once and it was agony.
28:39Baby's bones are very soft.
28:41And Doctor will be keeping an eye on him.
28:43In case he's restless and needs something for the pain.
28:48Wait till I tell him what he put us all through.
28:52It'll make a good tale once he's old enough to listen.
28:56Now, I need to take a look at your stitches.
28:58But if they're playing the game,
29:00we'll treat you to a little session with the heat lamp.
29:03What happened to Estelle?
29:04Your sister-in-law?
29:06I believe she popped off home when she heard the good news.
29:10To give you time to rest.
29:12No.
29:13That's not what we agreed.
29:15She was going to be the first to hold him.
29:17Something's wrong if she didn't do that.
29:23It's rather delightful that your journey to matrimony started here.
29:27I ought to put up a plaque.
29:30There was a lot of sadness at the beginning, Mr. Scarrisbrick,
29:33even though there was happiness in the end.
29:35Yes, of course.
29:37Now, Lady Elwood,
29:38to what do I owe the pleasure of your visit?
29:40You are looking really remarkably well.
29:43I'm not expecting a baby, as it happens.
29:46I'm hoping for professional insight
29:48into maternity care in Britain in 1971.
29:50Oh, are you tired of the medical landscape in Poplar?
29:54I'm as impressed as ever
29:55by what's accomplished at Nunata's house.
29:59But my eyes have been opened by living in New York.
30:02Yeah, well, I've made more than one study over there myself.
30:04It's like a different world.
30:05Certainly a different country.
30:07I learned a great deal
30:08by simply visiting American hospitals.
30:10And now I want to see
30:12if I might apply that knowledge
30:13within a British context.
30:15Well, you are, of course, most welcome
30:17to spend some time here observing.
30:21A little bird tells me
30:22you're planning on retiring very soon.
30:25Ah, yes.
30:26The golf club beckons.
30:29And selling the clinic.
30:59It's nice to see
31:00the balloons up.
31:01One down
31:02and one to go.
31:04They're for Anthony, really.
31:07Are you sure Hope's going to be all right?
31:09She's doing very nicely.
31:12And the paediatrician from St. Cuffman's
31:14is going to call in
31:14and check on baby's collarbone.
31:17Did you know
31:18they'd chosen the name Niall?
31:21But Hope's all right.
31:23Her main concern
31:24at the moment
31:25is you.
31:28And I think I share it.
31:34We'll be a relief
31:35to be out of the surgery
31:36for an hour
31:36even if we barely have time
31:38for a sandwich.
31:39The public meeting
31:40did no good whatsoever.
31:42The phone is still ringing continually.
31:48What was that?
31:49Stay back.
31:50Stay back.
31:51Come on.
31:53You need dog biscuits
31:54not custard creams.
31:57They're getting her in the shed
31:58ain't they?
31:58That's what matters.
31:59Be careful, Fred.
32:00Fred?
32:01Have you sent for the police?
32:02They're supposed to be on their way.
32:04Should I go and ring them again?
32:23It's in the shed, Sergeant.
32:25Tuttering on its pins a bit
32:26and drooling.
32:28Well, take a look.
32:29But toxicology came back
32:30on the one that died
32:31on Easter Monday.
32:32Well, may I ask
32:32what was the conclusion?
32:33It was negative
32:34for rabies.
32:35Looks like it ate rat poison.
32:37So the crisis is over?
32:39Indeed it is, madam.
32:40Must have been drooling
32:41over the custard creams.
32:44Well, all's well that ends.
32:46Well...
32:47And there you have it.
32:48An object lesson
32:50in anticlimax
32:51and a British understatement.
32:53It would have been
32:54different in India.
32:55At home,
32:56the fear is always real.
32:58Yes.
33:08Me and Hope,
33:09we were terrified that
33:11somehow our men
33:12would get mixed up
33:12with the Republican army.
33:14That we wouldn't know
33:15if they'd be in danger
33:16or causing danger.
33:19But they wanted to get out
33:20from early on.
33:21Is that why you all
33:22left Belfast?
33:25They lost their jobs
33:26in the shipyard anyway.
33:27Catholics did.
33:29And men need to work.
33:30But women need family.
33:32So we stuck together.
33:33And it's a wonderful thing
33:34to see, Estelle.
33:35A bond like yours
33:36is something to be envied.
33:38I thought at first
33:39that it wouldn't touch us.
33:41There was so much talk
33:42for so long.
33:44There were demonstrations
33:45and they turned into riots.
33:48But you can keep away from them.
33:51You can't keep away from bombs.
33:54They hide them.
33:56And then they set them off
33:57in places where they'll
33:58do most damage.
34:00place us like banks.
34:02Estelle.
34:04Were you caught up
34:04in a bomb blast?
34:06In a bank.
34:07In a bank.
34:09Estelle.
34:10Estelle.
34:11Try to stay calm.
34:13You're safe here.
34:16You're safe now.
34:18This will stop you
34:20taking in too much oxygen.
34:22There was the screaming.
34:24And when I heard hope,
34:26when I heard hope,
34:27it was the same.
34:27Screaming.
34:29Stay.
34:29You're safe now.
34:31When this is over,
34:34I'm going to walk you
34:35to the surgery
34:35to see the doctor.
34:44after the noon.
34:45What's all this about
34:46a whiffing sink?
34:49Can't have that
34:50with the in-laws
34:50coming round.
34:51Thanks, Fred.
34:52I was up till midnight
34:53repainting all the
34:54skirting boards.
34:54because I don't know
34:55what's got into me.
34:56Love gritting to you.
35:00I brought you some pot plants.
35:02And I brought my plunger.
35:05I heard my mother
35:06giving birth more than once.
35:08But it was the last one
35:10where she screamed
35:10and screamed.
35:14there were no more babies
35:16after that
35:16because
35:18it killed her.
35:23Nobody ever told me
35:24why she died.
35:26I just
35:27remember the mattress
35:28being burned
35:29because it was
35:30covered in blood.
35:31Even 20 years ago,
35:34death in childbirth
35:35was very, very rare.
35:37Now, it's rarer still.
35:40One thing I can promise you
35:42is that your mother
35:43didn't die of pain.
35:45And we are going to make sure
35:47that you feel
35:48as little pain as possible.
35:50I can't do it.
35:52Yes, you can.
35:54And we will help you.
35:58Sister Juniang
35:59is one of the most
35:59soothing and
36:01resourceful midwives
36:02I know.
36:03But in New York,
36:04Estelle would have been
36:05simply booked in
36:06for an epidural.
36:07And a calm,
36:08controlled
36:09or completely
36:09painless birth
36:10would follow.
36:11I've read about
36:12epidural anaesthesia.
36:14I've been to lectures.
36:16I've never seen
36:17one performed
36:18because they don't
36:18offer it at St Cuthbert's.
36:20Which is extremely
36:21backward in my view.
36:22At the Lady Emily,
36:23you can have one
36:24for £20.
36:25£20?
36:27If you saw
36:28the difference it makes,
36:29you'd think it was
36:30cheap at the price.
36:31Have you been to
36:32the Lady Emily recently?
36:35Yes.
36:37I can connect you
36:39to Mr. Scarrowsbrick
36:40if you'd like.
36:42Not such a good day today.
36:44He's needed
36:45some anti-emetics.
36:53A parcel with a wee hat
36:55arrived from his mother
36:56in Hong Kong this morning.
36:58But you wouldn't even
36:59let me try it on him.
37:00I'll settle down.
37:02He's a lucky little fellow
37:03in some ways.
37:05so many mothers
37:07looking after him.
37:11You go,
37:12Mrs. Turner.
37:13Back to your other children.
37:15I'll hold the fort.
37:23I'm heading down the black sale.
37:26Do you want to come?
37:28No, thanks.
37:29I'm not feeling great.
37:30And I'm writing letters
37:32for a couple of factory jobs.
37:34Factory jobs?
37:36And I'm also planning
37:37a haircut.
37:41I've had enough adventures
37:42to last me a lifetime, Dad.
37:45Just let me come home.
37:48Children are having
37:49a picnic tea upstairs.
37:51Sausage rolls and crisps.
37:53I'm assuming that's because
37:55the grown-ups are discussing
37:58policy.
37:59Yes.
38:01Sister,
38:03I am trying to move things on
38:05with regard to epidural provision
38:07at St. Cuthbert's.
38:08Do you think that's wise?
38:09We'd never be able to offer it
38:10for home births
38:11and even at the maternity home.
38:14It requires an anaesthetist.
38:16It does.
38:17But we can refer patients
38:19to deliver in hospital
38:21in the GP unit.
38:23Some mothers,
38:24like Estelle Glennon,
38:25would really benefit.
38:27So,
38:28I have arranged to see
38:30an epidural block
38:31being performed tomorrow
38:33at the Lady Emily clinic.
38:36We do know
38:37the order's dealings with them
38:39to an abrupt end.
38:40They were performing
38:42abortions there
38:43when such a thing
38:44was still illegal.
38:46But I have something
38:48I need to tell you, too.
38:51Also about policy.
38:53For the animal you love
38:55and couldn't leave behind,
38:56and for you
38:57or someone like you,
38:59death in a manner
39:00that is beyond description.
39:02Whichever way you look at it,
39:04rabies means death.
39:17Sister Julianne,
39:18this is terrible.
39:20Why didn't you tell us sooner?
39:22I needed time
39:24to consider the order's position.
39:27And I still do.
39:29Does it make it easier
39:30or harder
39:31that the National Health
39:32have made their intentions
39:33so clear?
39:34But there must be a chance
39:35that they'll keep funding
39:37the Nartas house
39:37when they take control
39:38from the council.
39:39Not if we insist on retaining
39:40our religious clothing.
39:43Sister,
39:44if you close down
39:46in Potlars,
39:47so must we.
39:48Our practice
39:49is enmeshed with yours.
39:52I know.
39:55And there's so much work
39:57to do.
40:01If we don't agree
40:02to the new terms,
40:04we will receive
40:05no more funds
40:06from the end of this year.
40:08I've told them
40:09I will give my decision
40:10at the end of August.
40:11On the feast
40:12of St. Raymond Nartas?
40:14Yes.
40:16And in the meantime,
40:18we go on.
40:28Ah, Lady Aubert,
40:29Dr. Turner.
40:30Glad you could join us.
40:31Mrs. Duchenne
40:32is a most delightful lady.
40:34So very accommodating.
40:40How are we feeling,
40:42Mrs. Duchenne?
40:43Fully.
40:44Good?
40:49Where's Joel today?
40:51Is he out looking for work?
40:52No, he's not.
40:54He's off colour
40:55and lying down.
40:56It's like he's lost
40:57all his spark
40:58since he's come home.
40:59I don't know why
40:59he doesn't want to
41:00keep on adventuring.
41:01Do you think maybe
41:02he's just a homebody?
41:03He doesn't have to be.
41:04Not in the modern world.
41:06I had to be a steeplejerk
41:08because my uncle was.
41:09Spent my life
41:10mending chimneys.
41:12Once.
41:12Just once.
41:14I was at the top
41:14of this church spire
41:16pulling up a weathervane.
41:18You could see for miles.
41:21And all I saw
41:22was all the places
41:23I would never go.
41:25Joel certainly grabbed
41:26the opportunities
41:27he had with both hands.
41:29No one else round here
41:30had a kid who went
41:30to an ashram.
41:31It's the kind of thing
41:32the Beatles did.
41:35And I was proud of him.
41:36Did you tell him that?
41:38What?
41:39Did you tell him
41:40you were proud?
41:41Oh, no.
41:43We're not soft like that.
41:46It's one thing
41:47to read about it
41:48and it's quite another
41:50to say it in action.
41:53It shouldn't just be
41:54for people who can afford
41:56to pay, should it?
41:57No.
41:59I'm going to talk
42:00to St. Cuthbert's.
42:03St. Cuthbert's.
42:04When you grow
42:05you'll be a king
42:08Never do a thing
42:104 and 20 blackbass
42:13sing along
42:14Royal gifts
42:15they all will bring
42:18When you are a king
42:20Everywhere you go
42:23People bowing low
42:26Carriages to take you anywhere
42:28People have a touch
42:31a thing
42:33When you are a king
42:41Shoot black on your face
42:44You're really a disgrace
42:46Mommy smiles
42:48all the while
42:49Because she loves you
42:50She will worry so
42:52And if you're good
42:54you know
42:54That when you grow
42:55You'll be a king
42:58Never do a thing
43:004 and 20 blackbass
43:03sing along
43:04Royal gifts
43:05they all will bring
43:08When you are a king
43:10Everywhere you go
43:13People bowing low
43:16Carriages to take you anywhere
43:18People never touch a thing
43:23When you are a king
43:27When you are a king
43:29When you are a king
43:30When you are a king
43:32Never do a thing
43:334 and 20 blackbass
43:36sing along
43:37Royal gifts
43:38they all will bring
43:41When you are a king
43:43Everywhere you go
43:46People bowing low
43:49When you are a king
43:52When you are a king
43:52When you are a king
43:53I appreciate
43:54Mrs. Glennon is a special case
43:56You could always persuade us
43:58to switch entirely
43:59into our care
44:00I am not convinced
44:02that that would do her
44:03any good at all
44:04She needs a lot of care
44:06and a lot of attention
44:07Epidural anaesthesia
44:08requires the same
44:09which is why we have yet
44:11to introduce the practice
44:12Philip
44:13St. Cathbert's
44:14is a good hospital
44:15It is even an innovative hospital
44:19I have respect
44:20for innovative things
44:22I am saying this
44:24in the kindest
44:25and most respectful
44:25way possible Patrick
44:27but
44:29you are a dying breed
44:30I know I am
44:33and I don't know
44:34if my way of delivering babies
44:37has much time left at all
44:38Do you think the national health
44:39is going to close you down?
44:40There is a big shake up coming
44:42and when it does
44:43I want to know
44:44that the women
44:45who would otherwise
44:46have been in my care
44:47are going to be
44:49looked after properly
44:50that they are going to
44:51trade what we can give them
44:53for something
44:53that might just
44:55might be even better
44:56And that starts with us
44:57doesn't it?
44:58It will end with you two
45:00Joel!
45:02I thought you said
45:03you'd come down
45:03for something to eat
45:06I've opened a tin of ox tail
45:19Greetings Mr. Bagnall
45:20I have come from the surgery
45:21with a new prescription
45:22for your ointment
45:23Dad!
45:24I can't move my legs
45:27He's at a temperature
45:29Dog!
45:30I don't know what's wrong
45:38It's alright my friend
45:39I will fetch help for you
45:40First let me get you some water
45:49Then Mr. Parry called this morning
45:52and it's a yes
45:53He had two anaesthetists
45:55already raring to go
45:57and applying pressure
45:58from their end
45:58And he's content
46:00to have Estelle Glennon
46:01have epidural pain relief
46:03in the GP supervised unit
46:05Yes
46:06Mr. Parry will be there too
46:08In fact it's going to be
46:09a fairly crowded room
46:11Estelle is one of the most
46:12anxious and distressed
46:13women I've ever seen
46:16and if it helps her
46:18I have no reservations
46:20but what are the implications
46:22for you
46:22and for our practice
46:24It might put me out of business
46:27but it might give this place
46:29a fighting chance
46:30of working in tandem
46:31with the National Health
46:32By delivering more babies
46:33in hospital
46:34regardless of what they ask
46:35that might be the way ahead
46:37for all sorts of reasons
46:40Dr. Turner
46:41I'm afraid a very urgent call
46:43has just come in
46:47Hello darling
46:49Lovely to see you
46:50Mummy
46:51How do you do?
46:52Lovely to meet you
46:53Hello daddy
46:54Good afternoon Mrs Clifford
46:55Terribly good
46:56if you'd come and meet us
46:58Josephine has far more
46:59of our faith
46:59in this A to Z book
47:01than I do
47:02Well the underground
47:03was quite challenging enough
47:04Three tube lines
47:06We're staying with friends
47:08in Hampstead
47:09Hampstead is a tricky journey
47:10from Poplar
47:12Cyril comes to pick me up
47:13from women's liberation meetings
47:14if they finish late
47:15I'm very gallant on her
47:16Although I expect you to intervene
47:18if she starts wearing dungarees
47:30And you've no men
47:32a memory of being bitten
47:33or scratched by anything
47:34while you were an idiot
47:35Bitten and scratched
47:38But I can't let that ashore
47:41But I've been fine
47:42How long ago did this happen Jill?
47:45Weeks
47:45Well
47:46Must be something else then
47:52It can take up to three months
47:54for rabies symptoms to appear Jill
47:57Have you been worrying about this?
48:01We are going to call an ambulance
48:03to take you directly
48:05to the London Hospital
48:06of Tropical Medicine
48:08They'll know what to do
48:14Tell me
48:16In this social work line
48:19do you do any work
48:20with maladjusted boys?
48:22It's increasing all the time
48:23The council have just opened
48:25a special educational unit for them
48:27which we're really hoping
48:28will pave the way for change
48:30We've taken a few of the
48:31odder types into our own school
48:33But we seem to have
48:34sorted them all out
48:35with plenty of fresh air
48:37and a bit of discipline
48:42Oh
48:43This is a first class
48:45Madeira
48:47Cyril made it
48:48Oh
48:49Full marks dear
48:52And now
48:53Rosalind tells us
48:54that she's getting confirmed
48:56Did you have a hand in that?
48:58We're different denominations
48:59but it gives us a common interest
49:02I'll show you the chapel
49:03at Ninata's house
49:04when I take you over
49:05to meet my colleagues
49:06It was joining them for prayers
49:08that got me thinking
49:09Well we always said
49:11that Rosalind could make up
49:12her own mind
49:12about being confirmed
49:14and some of our friends
49:15were quite shocked
49:17But we have always been
49:18progressive thinkers
49:26More tea, Mrs Clifford?
49:28Yes, please
49:30And expect Earl Grey
49:34As soon as you feel
49:36your first contraction
49:37you must contact
49:38Ninata's house
49:39and you and I
49:40will travel together
49:41by ambulance
49:41Dr. Turner
49:43will meet us at the hospital
49:44This
49:46epidural
49:46you say it's brand new
49:49Newish
49:49It's catching on
49:50all over the country
49:51And I won't feel anything
49:52I'll be in
49:54None
49:54Nothing at all
49:55Between your tummy
49:56and your toes
49:58Everything is going to be
50:00as calm
50:01and controlled
50:02and as comfortable
50:03as we can make it for you
50:07Oh darling
50:08I'm so proud of you
50:10We never entirely thought
50:12you'd be able to knuckle down
50:13to nursing
50:14but
50:14well you proved us all wrong
50:16Ignore your mother
50:18she's such a wet blanket
50:19I never had any doubts
50:21at all
50:22Now Sister Julienne
50:24really was
50:26absolutely delightful
50:27Can you see why
50:29I love Ninata's house?
50:30Oh yes
50:30It's very quaint
50:32And
50:33what about Cyril?
50:36Charming
50:37Hmm
50:38Yes
50:40He's
50:40charming
50:41Impressive
50:42even
50:44But really
50:45he's not the chap
50:47for you
50:47is he?
50:52He is the chap
50:53for me
50:53actually
50:54That's why
50:55we're going out together
50:57He is
50:58in the middle
50:58of a divorce
50:59This is the modern world
51:02He is also black
51:04and you're going to
51:05have to look beyond that
51:06We haven't said
51:07one word
51:08about him being black
51:09and I think
51:09that is to our credit
51:11frankly
51:13You don't have
51:14to say anything
51:15I saw it
51:16the moment you met
51:17He is a
51:17perfectly decent
51:19respectable
51:19man
51:21We just
51:23don't want you
51:23to have any regrets
51:24that is all
51:26Now
51:27can we have a kiss
51:29before we part
51:30Hmm?
51:32Or don't send us back
51:32to Hampstead
51:33in the doldrums
52:02Yes?
52:03Yes?
52:09It's early for coffee
52:10isn't it?
52:11Nurse Aylward
52:11telephoned to say
52:12Estelle Glennon
52:13is en route
52:13to St Cuthbert's
52:14by ambulance
52:15with labour pains
52:16Can you tell
52:17Mr Parry
52:18I am on my way?
52:19Of course
52:19Doctor
52:20I also received
52:22a call
52:22from the London
52:23Hospital of Tropical Medicine
52:24About Joel Bagnell?
52:26Lissovirus rabies
52:27has been confirmed
52:28and the paralysis
52:29is spreading
52:30very rapidly
52:38I keep thinking
52:39of all the times
52:40I've looked at him
52:40through windows
52:43I looked at him
52:44through a window
52:44on the day
52:44that he was born
52:46at the hospital
52:50and I used to
52:50wave at him
52:51through the front
52:51room window
52:52when I was
52:53coming down
52:53from work
52:54when he was
52:55just a little nipper
52:58The consultant said
52:59you can go inside
53:00and sit with him
53:02And his mum and me
53:04we washed him
53:05through the glass
53:05at the airport
53:06when he flew off
53:07on his big adventure
53:08Go to him
53:09Mr Bagnell
53:10The food I have brought
53:11you will keep
53:12I will leave it here
53:13Thanks
53:16There's things
53:17I need to tell him
53:19while he's still
53:20alive to hear
53:37Well done Estelle
53:39Well done
53:40Any moment now
53:42you should feel
53:42the pain relief
53:43starting to take effect
53:44It's already passing
53:46through that tiny tube
53:49Blood pressure stable
53:50The fun starts now
53:52Estelle
53:52I can feel the pain
53:54stopping
53:56It's like everything
53:56inside my body
53:57is going quiet
53:58That's what we want
54:07Rosalind
54:07I know their reaction
54:09wasn't what you wanted
54:10and I hoped it would
54:11be better to
54:12But you didn't expect
54:14it to be
54:14Did you?
54:17No
54:18I did not
54:20To them
54:21I was always going
54:22to be
54:23too different
54:27Well
54:27I'm different
54:29too now
54:30If they can't
54:31accept that
54:33If they can't
54:34accept you
54:36They're going to
54:37have to accept
54:37that their place
54:38in my life
54:39has now become
54:39much smaller
54:40Please don't
54:41cut them off
54:43Nobody should
54:44ever cut
54:44their parents off
54:46However much
54:47hurt they have caused
54:48however ignorant
54:49they have been
54:51It's hard
54:52But Cyril
54:54you've had it
54:55harder
54:57You've had to
54:58put up with
54:58prejudice
54:58ever since
54:59you've been here
55:04Hold my hand
55:15I want everyone
55:16to see
55:20This is a really
55:22strong contraction
55:23Push now
55:24Push as hard
55:25as you can
55:26That's beautiful
55:28Estelle
55:28Keep going
55:29Keep going
55:30How are you
55:30feeling Estelle?
55:31I think I'm
55:33excited
55:34but peaceful
55:41Contraction
55:42Right Estelle
55:43We're doing this
55:44together now
55:45I'm pulling
55:46You're pushing
55:46Come on
55:48Come on
55:50Are we doing it?
55:51Are we doing it?
55:55Yes
55:56Yes you are
56:01Well done Estelle
56:11It's a girl
56:13Oh no
56:31It's quite something
56:33isn't it sister
56:33It is the future
56:36And the future's
56:37going to hold
56:38so many things
56:39You're beautiful
56:48Choice is too often
56:51a privilege not granted
56:53We must take what is
56:55given and surrender
56:57what God takes
56:59But pain is never
57:01all there is
57:02There is endurance
57:04and resilience
57:05There is tenderness
57:07and strength
57:09All these gifts
57:11forced through
57:13like sunlight
57:15Often at a cost
57:17but then welcomed
57:19all the more
57:22We're home
57:23We cannot dictate
57:24the weather
57:25only our response
57:27to it
57:27and we must turn
57:29to face the elements
57:31embracing
57:32all that comes
57:36What's all this?
57:37Are we having
57:38a jumble sale?
57:39Daddy it's for our
57:39time capsule
57:40I'm sorry I didn't
57:41catch your name
57:41Agatha Bollasher
57:43Why have you been
57:43talking to the Lady
57:44Emily?
57:45That clinic is run
57:45for the benefit
57:46of the rich
57:47not the needy
57:47Is there no one
57:48who could pop in
57:49with a nightdress
57:49and some toiletries
57:50I'm doing this
57:51on my own nurse
57:52No I cannot go
57:53to the doctor
57:53Why not?
57:54Because I do not
57:55leave this house
58:19Until then
58:19Don't forgive me
58:20As long as he も
58:21Do not
58:25If you
58:25buy
58:26you To
58:26us
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