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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.
27:28I may have broken his collarbone.
27:29I may have broken his collarbone.
27:29I may have broken his collarbone.
27:30I may have broken his collarbone.
27:31I may have broken his collarbone.
27:34I may have broken his collarbone.
27:39I may have broken his collarbone.
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.
28:05I 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 and 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, we'll treat you to a little session with the heat lamp.
29:02Well, what happened to Estelle?
29:05Your 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.
29:14She was going to be the first to hold him.
29:17Something's wrong if she didn't do that.
29:22It'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. Scarisbrick.
29:33Even though there was happiness in the end.
29:35Yes, of course.
29:37Now, Lady Elwood, to what do I owe the pleasure of your visit?
29:41You are looking really remarkably well.
29:43I'm not expecting a baby as it happens.
29:46I'm hoping for professional insight into maternity care in Britain in 1971.
29:50Oh, are you tired of the medical landscape in Poplar?
29:54I'm as impressed as ever by what's accomplished at Nunata's house.
29:58But 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 by simply visiting American hospitals.
30:10And now I want to see if I might apply that knowledge within a British context.
30:15Well, you are, of course, most welcome to spend some time here observing.
30:21A little bird tells me you'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 the balloons up.
31:01One down and 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 Cuthbert's is going to call in and check on baby's collarbone.
31:17Did you know they had chosen the name Niall?
31:21But Hope's all right.
31:23Her main concern at the moment is you.
31:28And I think I share it.
31:34We'll be a relief to be out of the surgery for an hour, even if we barely have time for
31:38a sandwich.
31:39The public meeting did no good whatsoever.
31:42The phone is still ringing continually.
31:48What was that?
31:49Stay back, stay back.
31:51Come on.
31:53You need dog biscuits, not custard creams.
31:57They're getting her in the shed, aren't they?
31:58That's what matters.
31:59Be careful, Fred.
32:00Fred, have 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 and drooling.
32:28Well, take a look.
32:29But toxicology came back on the one that died on Easter Monday.
32:32Well, may I ask, what was the conclusion?
32:33It was negative for rabies.
32:35Looks like it ate rat poison.
32:37So the crisis is over?
32:39Indeed it is, madam.
32:40Must have been drooling over the custard creams.
32:44Well, all's well that ends.
32:46Well...
32:47And there you have it.
32:48An object lesson in anti-climax and a British understatement.
32:53It would have been different in India.
32:55At home, the fear is always real.
32:58Yes.
33:08Me and Hope, we were terrified that somehow our men would get mixed up with the Republican
33:13Army.
33:14That we wouldn't know if they'd be in danger.
33:17Or causing danger.
33:19But they wanted to get out from early on.
33:21Is that why you all left Belfast?
33:25They lost their jobs in 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 to see, Estelle.
33:35A bond like yours is something to be envied.
33:38I thought at first that it wouldn't touch us.
33:41There was so much talk for so long.
33:44There were demonstrations and they turned into riots.
33:48But you can keep away from them.
33:51But you can't keep away from bombs.
33:54They hide them.
33:56And then they set them off in places where they'll do most damage.
34:00Places like banks.
34:02Estelle.
34:03Were you caught up in 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 taking in too much oxygen.
34:22There was the screaming.
34:24And when I heard hope, when I heard hope, it was the same.
34:27Screaming.
34:29Stay.
34:29You're safe now.
34:31When this is over, I'm going to walk you to the surgery to see the doctor.
35:01I heard my mother giving birth more than once.
35:08But it was the last one where she screamed and screamed.
35:14There were no more babies after that because it killed her.
35:23Nobody ever told me why she died.
35:26I just remember the mattress being burned because it was covered in blood.
35:31Even 20 years ago, death in childbirth was very, very rare.
35:37Now it's rarer still.
35:40One thing I can promise you is that your mother didn't die of pain.
35:45And we are going to make sure that you feel as little pain as possible.
35:50I can't do it.
35:52But, yes, you can.
35:54And we will help you.
35:58Sister Juniang is one of the most soothing and resourceful midwives I know.
36:03But in New York, Estelle would have been simply booked in for an epidural.
36:07And a calm, controlled or completely painless birth would follow.
36:11I've read about epidural anaesthesia.
36:14I've been to lectures.
36:16I've never seen one performed because they don't offer it at St Cuthbert's.
36:20Which is extremely backward in my view.
36:22At the Lady Emily, you can have one for ÂŁ20.
36:25ÂŁ20?
36:27If you saw the difference it makes, you'd think it was cheap at the price.
36:31Have you been to the Lady Emily recently?
36:35Yes.
36:37I can connect you to Mr. Scarrisbrick if you'd like.
36:42Not such a good day to day.
36:44He's needed some antiemetics.
36:53A parcel with a wee hat arrived from his mother in Hong Kong this morning.
36:58But you wouldn't even let me try it on him.
37:00I'll settle down.
37:02He's a lucky little fellow in some ways.
37:05So many mothers looking after him.
37:11You go, Mrs. Turner.
37:13Back to your other children.
37:15I'll hold the fort.
37:23I'm heading down the black sail.
37:26Do you want to come?
37:28No, thanks.
37:29I'm not feeling great.
37:30And I'm writing letters for a couple of factory jobs.
37:34Factory jobs?
37:36And I'm also planning a haircut.
37:40I've had enough adventures to last me a lifetime, Dad.
37:45Just let me come home.
37:48Children are having a picnic tea upstairs.
37:51Sausage rolls and crisps.
37:53I'm assuming that's because the grown-ups are discussing...
37:58Odyssey.
37:59Yes.
38:02Sister, I am trying to move things on with regard to epidural provision at St Cuthbert's.
38:08Do you think that's wise?
38:09We'd never be able to offer it for home births, and even at the maternity home.
38:14It requires an anaesthetist.
38:16It does.
38:17But we can refer patients to deliver in hospital, in the GP unit.
38:22But some mothers, like Gastel Glennon, would really benefit.
38:27So, I have arranged to see an epidural block being performed tomorrow.
38:33At the Lady Emily clinic.
38:36We do know the Order's dealings with them to an abrupt end.
38:41They were performing abortions there, when such a thing was still illegal.
38:46But I have something I need to tell you, too.
38:51Also about policy.
38:53For the animal you love and couldn't leave behind.
38:56And for you, or someone like you, death in a manner that is beyond description.
39:02Whichever way you look at it, rabies means death.
39:17Sister Julianne, this is terrible.
39:20Why didn't you tell us sooner?
39:22I needed time to consider the Order's position.
39:27And I still do.
39:29Does it make it easier or harder that the National Health have made their intentions so clear?
39:34But there must be a chance that they'll keep funding the Nartas House when they take control from the Council.
39:39Not if we insist on retaining our religious clothing.
39:44Sister, if you close down in Potlars, so must we.
39:48Our practice is enmeshed with yours.
39:52I know.
39:55And there's so much work to do.
40:01If we don't agree to the new terms,
40:04we will receive no more funds from the end of this year.
40:08I've told them I will give my decision at the end of August.
40:11On the feast of St. Raymond Linnatus?
40:14Yes.
40:16And in the meantime,
40:18we go on.
40:28Ah, Lady Aylward, Dr. Turner.
40:30Glad you could join us.
40:31Mrs. Duchenne is a most delightful lady.
40:34So very accommodating.
40:40How are we feeling, Mrs. 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 and lying down.
40:56It's like he's lost all his sparks since he's come home.
40:59I don't know why he doesn't want to keep on adventuring.
41:01Do you think maybe he's just a homebody?
41:03He doesn't have to be.
41:04Not in the modern world.
41:06I had to be a steeplejerk because my uncle was.
41:09Spent my life mending chimneys.
41:12Once.
41:12Just once.
41:14I was at the top of this church spire.
41:16Pulling up a weathervane.
41:18You could see for miles.
41:21And all I saw was all the places I would never go.
41:25Joel certainly grabbed the opportunities he had with both hands.
41:29No one else round here had a kid who went to an ashram.
41:31It's the kind of thing the Beatles did.
41:35And I was proud of him.
41:36Did you tell him that?
41:38What?
41:39Did you tell him you were proud?
41:41Oh, no.
41:43We're not soft like that.
41:46It's one thing to read about it.
41:49It's quite another to see it in action.
41:53It shouldn't just be for people who can afford to pay, should it?
41:57No.
41:59I'm going to talk to St. Cuthbert's.
42:03I'm going to talk to St. Cuthbert's.
42:04I'm going to talk to St. Cuthbert's.
42:05When you grow, you'll be a king.
42:08Never do a thing.
42:114 and 20 blackbass sing-along.
42:14Royal gifts they 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 never touch a thing
42:32When you are a king
42:41Shoot black on your face
42:44You're really a disgrace
42:46Mommy smiles all the while
42:49Because she loves you
42:50She will worry so
42:52And if you're good you'll know
42:54That when you grow you'll be a king
42:58Never do a thing
43:00Four and twenty blackbirds sing along
43:04Royal gifts they 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
43:22When you are a king
43:27When you are a king
43:31Never do a thing
43:33Four and twenty blackbirds sing along
43:37Royal gifts they all will bring
43:39When you are a king
43:43When you are a king
43:44Everywhere you go
43:46People bowing low
43:48When you are a king
43:53I appreciate Mrs. Glennon is a special case
43:56You could always persuade us to switch entirely into our care
44:00I am not convinced that that would do her any good at all
44:04She needs a lot of care and a lot of attention
44:07Epidural anesthesia requires the same
44:09Which is why we've yet to introduce the practice
44:12Philip
44:13St. Catharines is a good hospital
44:15It's even an innovative hospital
44:19I have respect for innovative things
44:22I'm saying this in the kindest and most respectful way possible Patrick
44:26But
44:29You're a dying breed
44:30I know I am
44:33And I don't know if my way of delivering babies
44:37Has much time left at all
44:38Do you think the National Health is going to close you down?
44:40There's a big shake-up coming
44:42And when it does
44:43I want to know
44:44That the women who would otherwise have been in my care
44:47Are going to be looked after properly
44:50That they are going to trade what we can give them
44:53For something that might just
44:55Might be even better
44:56And that starts with us doesn't it?
44:58It will end with you two
45:00Joel
45:02I thought you said you'd come down for something to eat
45:06I've opened a tin of oxtail
45:19Greetings Mr. Bagnall
45:20I have come from the surgery
45:21With a new prescription for your ointment
45:23Dad!
45:24I can't move my legs
45:27He's at a temperature
45:29Joel!
45:30I don't know what's wrong
45:38It's all right 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
45:53We had two anaesthetists already raring to go
45:57And applying pressure from their end
45:58And he's content to have Estelle Glennon have
46:02Epidural pain relief in the GP supervised unit
46:05Yes
46:06Mr. Parry will be there too
46:08In fact it's going to be a fairly crowded room
46:11Estelle is one of the most anxious and distressed women I've ever seen
46:16And if it helps her
46:17I have no reservations
46:20But what are the implications for you
46:22And for our practice?
46:25It might put me out of business
46:27But it might give this place a fighting chance
46:30Of working in tandem with the National Health
46:32By delivering more babies in 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 has 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
46:55It's terribly good if you'd come and meet us
46:58Josephine has far more of our faith in this A to Z book than I do
47:02Well the underground was quite challenging enough
47:04Three tube lines
47:06We're staying with friends in Hampstead
47:09Hampstead is a tricky journey from Poplar
47:12Cyril comes to pick me up from women's liberation meetings if they finish late
47:15I'm very gallant on her
47:16Although I expect you to intervene if she starts wearing dungarees
47:30And you've no memory of being bitten or scratched by anything while you were an idiot
47:35Bitten and scratched
47:38By a cat at a shrimp
47:41But I've been fine
47:42How long ago did this happen Jill?
47:45Weeks
47:45Well
47:47Must be something else then
47:52It can take up to three months for 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 to the London Hospital of Tropical Medicine
48:08They'll know what to do
48:14Tell me
48:17In this social work line
48:19Do you do any work with maladjusted boys?
48:22It's increasing all the time
48:23The council have just opened a special educational unit for them
48:27Which we're really hoping will pave the way for change
48:30We've taken a few of the odder types into our own school
48:33But we seem to have sorted them all out
48:35With plenty of fresh air
48:37And a bit of discipline
48:42Well
48:43This is a first class material
48:47Cyril made it
48:48Oh
48:49Full marks dear
48:52And now Rosalind tells us that she's getting confirmed
48:55Did 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 chaplain in an artist's house
49:04When I take you over to meet my colleagues
49:06It was joining them for prayers that got me thinking
49:09Well we always said that Rosalind could make up her own mind
49:12About being confirmed
49:14And some of our friends were quite shocked
49:17But we have always been progressive thinkers
49:26More tea Mrs. Clifford
49:28Yes please
49:30And expect Earl Grey
49:34As soon as you feel your first contraction
49:37You must contact Nanata's house
49:39And you and I will travel together by ambulance
49:41Dr. Turner will meet us at the hospital
49:45This epidural
49:46You say it's brand new
49:49Newish
49:49It's catching on all over the country
49:51And I won't feel anything
49:52You'll be in
49:54None
49:54Nothing at all
49:55Between your tummy and your toes
49:58Everything is going to be
50:00As calm
50:01And controlled
50:02And as comfortable as we can make it for you
50:07Oh darling
50:08I'm so proud of you
50:10We never entirely thought you'd be able to knuckle down to nursing
50:14But um
50:14Well you've 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 absolutely delightful
50:27Can you see why I love Nanata's house?
50:30Oh yes
50:30It's very quaint
50:33And what about Cyril?
50:37Charming
50:39Yes he's charming
50:42Impressive
50:42Even
50:45But really he's not the chap for you is he?
50:52He is the chap for me actually
50:54That's why we're going out together
50:57He is in the middle of a divorce
50:59This is the modern world
51:02He is also black
51:04And you're going to have to look beyond that
51:06We haven't said one word about him being black
51:09And I think that is to our credit
51:11Frankly
51:13You don't have to say anything
51:15I saw it the moment you met
51:17He is a perfectly decent
51:19Respectable man
51:21We just
51:23Don't want you to have any regrets
51:24That is all
51:26Now
51:27Can we have a kiss
51:29Before we part?
51:30Hmm?
51:32Or go send us back to Hampstead in the doldrums?
52:01Yes?
52:09It's early for coffee isn't it?
52:11Nurse Ailwood telephoned to say Estelle Glennon is en route to St Cuthbert's by ambulance with labour pains
52:16Can you tell Mr Parry I am on my way?
52:19Of course
52:19Doctor
52:20I also received a call from the London Hospital of Tropical Medicine
52:24About Joel Bagnell?
52:26Lysavirus rabies has been confirmed
52:28And the paralysis is spreading very rapidly
52:38I keep thinking of all the times I've looked at him through windows
52:43I looked at him through a window on the day that he was born
52:46At the hospital
52:50And I used to wave at him through the front room window
52:52When I was coming home from work
52:54When he was just a little nipper
52:58The consultant said you can go inside and sit with him
53:02And his mum and me
53:04We washed him through the glass at the airport
53:06When he flew off on his big adventure
53:08Go to him, Mr Bagnell
53:10The food I have brought you will keep
53:12I will leave it here
53:13Thanks
53:16There's things I need to tell him
53:19While he's still alive to hear
53:37Well done, Estelle
53:39Well done
53:40Any moment now
53:42You should feel the pain relief starting to take effect
53:44It's already passing through that tiny tube
53:49Blood pressure stable
53:51The fun starts now, Estelle
53:52I can feel the pain stopping
53:56It's like everything inside my body is going quiet
53:58That's what we want
54:07Rosalind, I know their reaction wasn't what you wanted
54:10And I hoped it would be better to
54:12But you didn't expect it to be
54:14Did you?
54:16No
54:18I did not
54:20To them
54:21I was always going to be
54:23Too different
54:27Well, I'm different too now
54:29And if they can't accept that
54:33If they can't accept you
54:36They're going to have to accept that their place in my life has now become much smaller
54:41Please don't cut them off
54:43Nobody should ever cut their parents off
54:46However much hurt they have caused, however ignorant they have been
54:51It's hard
54:52It's hard
54:53But Cyril
54:54You've had it harder
54:57You've had to put up with prejudice
54:58Ever since you've been here
55:04Hold my hand
55:15I want everyone to see it
55:21I want everyone to see
55:22This is a really strong contraction
55:23Push now
55:24Push as hard as you can
55:26That's beautiful, Estelle
55:28Keep going
55:29Keep going
55:30How are you feeling, Estelle?
55:32I think I'm excited
55:34But peaceful
55:41Contraction
55:42Right, Estelle
55:43We're doing this together 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
55:57Yes, you are
56:02Oh, stop, Estelle
56:12It's a go
56:26Hello
56:31It's quite something, isn't it, sister?
56:34It is the future
56:36And the future's going to hold so many things
56:39You're beautiful
56:49Choice is too often a privilege not granted
56:53We must take what is given
56:56And surrender
56:57What God takes
56:59But pain is never all there is
57:02There is endurance and resilience
57:05There is tenderness and strength
57:09All these gifts
57:11Forced through like sunlight
57:15Often at a cost
57:17But then welcomed all the more
57:22We're home
57:23We cannot dictate the weather
57:25Only our response to it
57:27And we must turn
57:29To face the elements
57:32Embracing all that comes
57:36What's all this?
57:37Are we having a jumble sale?
57:39Daddy, it's for our time capsule
57:40I'm sorry, I didn't catch your name
57:41Agatha Bollasho
57:43Why have you been talking to the Lady Emily?
57:45That clinic is run for the benefit of the rich
57:47Not the needy
57:47Is there no one who could pop in?
57:49With a nightdress and some toiletries
57:50I'm doing this on my own, nurse
57:52No, I cannot go to the doctor
57:53Why not?
57:54Because I do not leave this house
57:56With a no one who could pop in?
58:15For the doctor
58:16I know what's all this time
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