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00:27There are challenges
00:29that are eternal.
00:31How do we stand
00:33and face our fears
00:35and how do we let go?
00:37We forge on
00:39because we must
00:41with weapons
00:42as fragile as courage,
00:45as simple as work
00:46or as precious as compassion
00:49for our fellow human beings.
00:53These are the threads
00:54that bind the very warp
00:57and weft of days.
00:59The things we think
01:00we will remember
01:02then move on from
01:03and forget.
01:10You poor child.
01:12I'm pretty sure
01:13that's it for now.
01:14Go and get ready.
01:16I'll cover for you.
01:20Mum,
01:21what's going to happen
01:22when they close the maternity home?
01:24I wish there was
01:25a simple answer, May.
01:27The truth is,
01:28nobody knows.
01:30Will we have to move house?
01:32No.
01:33This is our home
01:34and that's not going to change
01:36because Daddy will still
01:37have his surgery.
01:40I promise you, sweetheart,
01:42everything will be all right.
01:45Angela needs to do
01:46everything together.
01:48Now we don't even get
01:49the same bus.
01:50She'll be home tonight
01:51just as she always is.
01:54And Timothy's back in London
01:55living at St Cuthbert's.
01:57That's good, isn't it?
02:00I know.
02:01New things are always hard.
02:08Now, as Crane's been held up
02:09at the maternity home,
02:10she's asked me to give out
02:11morning orders.
02:12Sister Catherine,
02:13are you happy to be
02:14on first call this afternoon?
02:16Of course.
02:17I was top of the call board myself,
02:18but I know I'm meeting
02:19halfway across London.
02:21Good morning, all.
02:23Rosalind Ladadette Ice.
02:24She's just sodding out
02:25a fresh beer.
02:26Well, I hope she's eaten
02:27a hearty breakfast.
02:28She's going to be cycling
02:29all over Poplar today.
02:37See you later.
02:39Six o'clock!
02:40And don't be late!
02:46Come in.
02:55And it is
02:57wakey, wakey, rise and shine
03:00for my favourite slugger bed.
03:02I bring grapefruit tea
03:05and French toast chaser.
03:08Have I overslept again?
03:09You're keeping
03:10not dissimilar hours
03:11to Princess Margaret.
03:13Although, I am told,
03:14her cooling tray
03:15has nothing on it
03:16but black coffee
03:17and an orange juice.
03:18She probably wakes up
03:19with a hangover.
03:20I've never had a hangover.
03:23Are you getting a bad back
03:25sleeping on the sofa?
03:26I did think of sending
03:27for an osteopath.
03:29Then I remembered I am one.
03:31Well, I've slept like a log
03:32every night since I came here.
03:34It's like I'm getting over an illness.
03:36You look to me
03:37as though you are recuperating nicely.
03:40Apart from
03:41the faintest suggestion
03:42of a few split ends,
03:44dare I make you
03:44a little appointmentette
03:46at the salon on the corner?
03:47The hairdressers.
03:48Oh, no,
03:49I really don't think
03:49I can go to the hairdressers.
03:51Not with my hair in this state.
03:56In a moment,
03:58we'll be inviting
03:58the ladies and gentlemen
03:59of the press inside
04:01to view the magnificent
04:02Ground Four extension
04:04funded by the
04:05Bathroom Grant scheme.
04:06But first,
04:08I'd like to ask
04:09Mrs. Rhoda Mullocks,
04:10who's here today
04:11with her daughter Susan
04:13and son Paddy,
04:14to say a few words
04:15about how she and her family
04:17have benefited
04:18from this council initiative.
04:21This has been
04:22a really fortunate
04:24development for us.
04:25As many of you know,
04:27Susan was affected
04:28by thalidomide.
04:29And we were struggling
04:31a bit more than most
04:32with the old
04:32outside toilet
04:33and tin bath.
04:35Hello, Mum.
04:37For those of you
04:37who don't know,
04:38this is my second eldest,
04:40Perry.
04:41He's at Technical College.
04:43My grandma
04:44was actually born
04:46in this house.
04:47And the addition
04:48of the bathroom
04:49has brought us
04:50bang into the middle
04:51of the 20th century.
04:53What do you have
04:54to say, Susan?
04:55It's fantastic.
04:57That's great.
04:59In you go,
05:00members of the press,
05:01straight through
05:01to the back
05:02of the house.
05:03Oh, and Mrs. Mullick's
05:04sanitary wear
05:05is in a new colour
05:06called Pampers Beige.
05:08So you might want
05:09to caption
05:10your photographs
05:10accordingly.
05:12Oh!
05:15Come on, love.
05:17Let's bump you up.
05:26I can't believe
05:27we're under notice
05:27of closure,
05:28yet we've still got
05:29a cohort
05:30of junior doctors
05:31coming in
05:32for district obstetrics.
05:33And all the more
05:34unsettling
05:35because my own son
05:36is one of the doctors.
05:38Oh, he was such
05:38a little boy
05:39when he came
05:40into my life.
05:41You were younger
05:42than he is now
05:43when your path
05:45first crossed
05:45with mine.
05:46And look at us now.
05:48Shutting up shop
05:49to all intents
05:49and purposes.
05:51Where do you think
05:52we'll be
05:52this time next year?
05:54Possibly in a
05:55better place
05:56than this.
05:58Possibly
05:58in a worse one.
06:00But not here?
06:02Sheila,
06:03the council
06:04are not going
06:05to give
06:06Nonata's house
06:07any more money.
06:09We'll have to see
06:10what God thinks
06:12and what the order
06:13proposes.
06:16Hurry up,
06:17please, gentlemen.
06:18The mother
06:18is feeling
06:19the urge
06:19to push
06:20and Mr. Parry
06:21wants all junior
06:22doctors
06:23to be in guns.
06:26I'm sorry,
06:27Dr. Turner,
06:27but I have begged
06:29for an extraordinary
06:30meeting of the
06:30Board of Health
06:31and Dr. Threepwood
06:33says we have
06:33to wait
06:34until the next
06:35one's scheduled
06:36on Friday.
06:37They might announce
06:38more closures
06:39at that one.
06:40There are half a dozen
06:41other maternity homes
06:42just waiting
06:43for the axe to fall.
06:44Which doesn't
06:45give the Board
06:45the right to treat
06:46you or Nonata's house
06:48like a canary
06:49down the mine.
06:50Meanwhile,
06:51I fear
06:52the fact that
06:53our GP practice
06:53is remaining open
06:55has confused matters.
06:56I had expected
06:58some degree
06:58of local uproar,
06:59but no one
07:00has so much
07:00has started
07:01a petition.
07:02The system
07:02we're heading into
07:03is going to be
07:04so big
07:05it dwarfs
07:06people's comprehension.
07:07Then,
07:08by the time
07:09they realise
07:09what's afoot,
07:10their voices
07:11will seem
07:11too tiny
07:12to be heard.
07:13Well,
07:15my voice
07:16isn't too tiny
07:17to be heard.
07:24now,
07:25mother,
07:26let's concentrate
07:27on the task
07:28in hand.
07:28Less noise
07:29equals more
07:30effective bearing
07:31down.
07:31I'd do better
07:32without a ruddy
07:33audience.
07:34Come,
07:35come.
07:35Just keep reminding
07:36yourself you're making
07:37very satisfactory
07:38progress.
07:40Now,
07:40once this contraction
07:41ends and mother
07:42has ceased
07:43her exertions,
07:45would one of the
07:45gentlemen present
07:46like to step up
07:47and describe
07:48what he can see?
07:50Ah,
07:50Dr. Turner Jr.
07:54Rule one of
07:55obstetrics.
07:56There is often
07:56something liquid
07:57on the floor.
08:03The fetal scalp
08:04is not visible
08:05at the introitus
08:06during the pause
08:07between contractions,
08:08sir.
08:09The presenting part
08:10is the vertex
08:11in a cephalic
08:12presentation.
08:14The head is
08:15beginning to
08:15distend the perineum.
08:17The crowning
08:17has not yet
08:18occurred.
08:20And?
08:22Boy or girl?
08:25It's reassuring
08:26to know your expertise
08:27knows its limits.
08:37Now,
08:38Lady Aylward,
08:40matron of the
08:41Lady Emily Clinic
08:42for women and babies
08:43does have rather
08:44a ring to it.
08:45Yes,
08:46it does.
08:47And I'd like to accept
08:48with caveats.
08:50You know I'll grant
08:51you any caveat
08:52you desire.
08:53I can't commence
08:55until the new year.
08:56I have to give him
08:57my notice
08:57to Nonata's house.
08:59They're not in
09:00the best shape
09:01at the present time.
09:09Had I to feel
09:10this bell much longer,
09:12I would have been
09:12in need of
09:13embrocation
09:14from my elbow
09:16as well as
09:17assistance
09:18to the laboratory.
09:19this means
09:20the diuretics
09:21are working
09:24and helping
09:25to cleanse
09:26your body
09:26of all
09:27the excess
09:28fluid.
09:30I am not
09:31in want
09:31of a
09:32biology lesson
09:33merely
09:35your age.
09:36It might be
09:37more convenient
09:37if you set up
09:38a commode
09:38for you.
09:39I have
09:40always
09:41bright
09:41dignity
09:42above
09:43convenience.
09:47I've spent
09:48the whole
09:49of my
09:49career
09:49in the
09:50East End
09:52which equates
09:53to almost
09:53all of my
09:54adult life.
09:55You would have
09:56served less
09:56time for murder.
09:58I don't see it
09:59that way,
09:59Mr. Scarrisbrick.
10:00It wasn't a
10:01sentence.
10:02It was
10:03and
10:04still is
10:05a privilege.
10:06And now
10:07our maternity home
10:08is closing down
10:10and the
10:11domestic
10:11delivery of
10:12babies
10:12could end up
10:13virtually
10:14outlawed.
10:15Thank you,
10:15Peel Report.
10:16I don't want
10:17to work in
10:17hospitals.
10:19I want to get
10:20to know the
10:20women I'm
10:21caring for.
10:22I want them
10:23to feel safe
10:24as though
10:25birth is a
10:25miraculous but
10:26normal part
10:27of life.
10:29Soon I won't
10:29be able to
10:30provide that
10:30and in my
10:32view that's
10:33a terrible
10:35loss.
10:36I'm simply
10:37grateful we're
10:37able to offer
10:38an alternative.
10:40to those who
10:41can afford
10:41to pay.
10:43Nevertheless,
10:44we have new
10:45adventures to
10:46look forward
10:46to.
10:47In due course,
10:48I'll have
10:49something else
10:49to put to
10:50you, but
10:50not today.
10:52We have
10:53quite enough
10:53to celebrate.
10:54Perhaps
10:55you'll allow
10:55me to take
10:56you out
10:56to dinner?
10:57Perhaps.
10:59In a week
10:59or two.
11:03Oh,
11:04good evening.
11:04Is that
11:05the Gazette?
11:05Oh,
11:06Miss Leverett,
11:07glad I caught
11:08you.
11:09Could you
11:09put me
11:10through to
11:10Mr.
11:10Reynolds on
11:11features?
11:13Paddy,
11:13what noise?
11:14Does?
11:15A sheet
11:16make.
11:17Mum!
11:20I'm going to
11:20have to take
11:21Susan to the
11:21surgery tomorrow,
11:22Bernie.
11:23That blister
11:23looks like it's
11:24become infected.
11:25You can't have that,
11:26can we?
11:26Eh?
11:27What's the matter?
11:29How beautiful,
11:29eh?
11:30It hurts when I put
11:31the legs on.
11:33Doesn't it?
11:34If I take a
11:35first thing,
11:36can you drop
11:36Paddy at
11:36nursery?
11:37No,
11:38no,
11:38I can't.
11:38I've got a
11:39funeral at
11:40ten o'clock
11:40out in East
11:41town.
11:41Mr. Albion
11:42wants us
11:42lined up at
11:43the hearse by
11:43nine.
11:44Sometime
11:45through the
11:45day you
11:45took that
11:46undertaking
11:46job.
11:47Well,
11:48it's a steady
11:48line of work.
11:50You're drinking
11:50more of that
11:51milk and
11:51magnesia than
11:52you ever did
11:53when you were
11:53pregnant.
11:54You're not
11:54trying to tell
11:54me we've got
11:55some news,
11:55are you?
11:56Chance would be a
11:57fine thing.
11:59God, our
12:00almighty
12:01Father, we
12:02ask today for
12:03a blessing to
12:04add to all the
12:05blessings you
12:05have given us.
12:06And as we
12:07thank you for
12:08leading us to
12:08one another and
12:10for letting us
12:11love one another
12:13and fold us as
12:14my hands and
12:14fold hers and
12:15protect us as
12:16her body protects
12:17our child.
12:18Amen.
12:20Amen.
12:29Oh gosh, it is
12:31beautiful, isn't
12:32it?
12:34I've always loved
12:36pearls.
12:37The idea that
12:38inside all that
12:39sheen there's a
12:40tiny speck of
12:41sand.
12:47The heart of a
12:48pearl is so much
12:49stronger than we
12:50think.
12:54I didn't even
12:55know we kept
12:55Sherry on the
12:56premises.
12:56When a house is
12:58a home to a
12:59lot of young
12:59women, it's
13:00always wise to
13:01be prepared for
13:01a celebration.
13:02I managed to
13:03grab some
13:03twiglets and
13:04smoky bacon
13:05crisps.
13:06Fred sends
13:07his congratulations.
13:08This is turning
13:09into quite the
13:10shindig.
13:12Have you given
13:13any consideration
13:14to a date yet?
13:16I went to the
13:17register office
13:18this morning and
13:19filled in all the
13:19forms.
13:20It's going to be
13:21in three weeks
13:22time.
13:24Three weeks?
13:29And what of
13:30your parents?
13:31Are they as
13:32delighted as we?
13:33They don't know
13:34yet.
13:36They've been away
13:36on the school
13:37trip to Bruges,
13:38so I'm going to
13:39call them
13:39tomorrow night.
13:42They are educated
13:44and they are
13:45inhabitants of the
13:46modern world.
13:49Congratulations.
13:58I've stopped
13:59short of going
14:00the full
14:01bit Elsa soon
14:02and giving you
14:04a geometric
14:04bob, but
14:06I think that's
14:07taken the curse
14:08off.
14:08Farewell,
14:09Splatoon.
14:11I've never had
14:12eggs rubbed in
14:13my hair before.
14:13It felt quite
14:14nice.
14:14Trixie put me
14:15on to the
14:16protein rinse
14:17when I decided
14:17to go long.
14:19But,
14:19Beryl,
14:21now that you've
14:21had a rest,
14:22we need to
14:23talk about
14:23the future.
14:26The Order
14:26won my answer
14:27in three weeks.
14:28And what are
14:29you going to
14:29do with those
14:30three weeks?
14:31Are you just
14:32going to sit
14:32them out
14:33indoors in the
14:34hope that
14:34clarity will
14:35come floating
14:36through the
14:36window?
14:37Or are you
14:38going to try
14:39to live a
14:39little?
14:39I think
14:41I'm living
14:41quite a lot
14:42just being
14:43here.
14:44Beryl,
14:45you know
14:45that's not
14:45true.
14:48Today,
14:51whilst I'm
14:52out,
14:53manipulating
14:54the vertebrae
14:55of London's
14:56jet set,
14:57I want you
14:58to make a
14:59list of
15:00every single
15:01thing you
15:01wish to do
15:02before you
15:02tell the
15:03sisters whether
15:03you're going
15:04to leave
15:04or stay.
15:06To what
15:07end,
15:07Geoffrey?
15:08It may
15:09help you
15:09decide
15:11which
15:11sacrifice
15:12is
15:13bearable.
15:17What do
15:18you mean
15:18mayor turns
15:19midwife?
15:20You can't
15:21deliver babies,
15:22Mrs. Buckle.
15:23You're not
15:23qualified.
15:25I'm not
15:26intending
15:26to deliver
15:27them.
15:28The idea
15:29is that I
15:29follow you
15:30and the
15:31other ladies
15:31round Poplar
15:32as you
15:33go about
15:33your work,
15:34lending a
15:34hand,
15:35you know,
15:35as and
15:36when
15:36appropriate.
15:38I'm getting
15:38photographed
15:39by the
15:39Gazette.
15:40The Gazette
15:41feels that
15:41it will
15:41draw attention
15:42to the
15:43destruction
15:44of
15:44midwifery
15:45services
15:46as we
15:46know it.
15:48That I
15:49can't deny.
15:51But so
15:52far we've
15:53left the
15:53news to
15:54seep out
15:55slowly so
15:56we don't
15:56cause
15:57alarm.
15:58Nurse
15:58Crane,
15:59in my
15:59opinion,
16:00we need
16:01to cause
16:02alarm to
16:02save the
16:03maternity
16:04home.
16:04If people
16:05protest,
16:06it might
16:07make a
16:07difference.
16:14How often
16:15do you
16:15wear the
16:15artificial
16:16legs?
16:16Every day.
16:17They make
16:18them wear
16:18them at
16:18school.
16:19There's
16:19three other
16:20thalidomide
16:20kids and
16:21the teacher
16:21says they
16:21all have
16:22to set
16:22an example
16:22to each
16:23other.
16:24What do
16:24you think
16:25about it
16:25all,
16:25Susan?
16:26I don't
16:26really like
16:27them very
16:27much.
16:28The
16:28other
16:29kids?
16:30The
16:30legs.
16:31They're
16:32heavy and
16:33they hurt
16:33and they
16:34don't look
16:34like proper
16:34legs.
16:35You're
16:36probably ready
16:36for a
16:37bigger set.
16:37She's
16:38grown like
16:38a weed.
16:40While I'm
16:41here,
16:41Dr.
16:41Turner,
16:42I want
16:42mine
16:43some more
16:43milk of
16:44magnesium.
16:45Rhoda,
16:46you really
16:47need to
16:47get that
16:48gallbladder
16:48removed.
16:49You've
16:49been at
16:50the top
16:50of the
16:50waiting
16:51list
16:51twice
16:51and
16:51cancelled
16:52the
16:52operation
16:53both
16:53times.
16:53I'm
16:54too
16:54busy,
16:54Doctor.
16:56Belinda's
16:56away at
16:56university
16:57and I'm
16:58busier than
16:59ever with
17:00Paddy
17:00and Susan
17:01to look
17:02after.
17:02I can
17:03look
17:03after
17:03myself.
17:04Susan,
17:05you know
17:05that's
17:05not
17:05true.
17:06And the
17:07campaign
17:07for
17:07compensations
17:08had so
17:08many
17:09ups
17:09and
17:09downs.
17:10I'll
17:10write
17:10you a
17:11prescription.
17:12It's
17:12cheaper
17:13than
17:13buying
17:13it
17:13over
17:13the
17:13counter
17:14but
17:14promise
17:14me
17:15the
17:15next
17:15time
17:16your
17:16name
17:16comes
17:16up
17:17you'll
17:17get
17:17the
17:17operation
17:18done.
17:21They
17:21don't
17:21complain
17:22like
17:22this
17:22in
17:22male
17:22surgical.
17:26He's
17:27hungry.
17:29sorry
17:30mate
17:30we
17:30don't
17:30run
17:30to
17:30bar
17:31snacks.
17:33The
17:34infant
17:35stomach
17:35is a
17:36small
17:37fusiform
17:38organ
17:38situated
17:40in the
17:40upper
17:40abdomen
17:42the
17:42capacity
17:43of
17:43approximately
17:4430
17:45milliliters.
17:48Anatomically
17:49it's
17:50comprised
17:50of
17:51the
17:51cardia
17:52the
17:53fundus
17:54the
17:55body
17:55and
17:56the
17:56pilaris
17:57and
17:58the
17:59gastric
17:59acuso
18:00is
18:00capable
18:01of
18:01hydrochloric
18:02acid.
18:02What
18:02do
18:03you
18:03think
18:03you
18:03are
18:03doing
18:04with
18:04that
18:04infant?
18:05I
18:06was
18:06comforting
18:06him.
18:07His
18:08cry
18:08was
18:08quite
18:08high
18:09pitched
18:09so
18:09we
18:09might
18:09have
18:09colic.
18:11And
18:12he
18:12stopped
18:12the
18:13moment
18:13you
18:13picked
18:13him
18:14up?
18:14Yes
18:15sister
18:15he
18:16just
18:17didn't
18:17seem
18:17very
18:17happy.
18:18A
18:18well
18:18managed
18:19baby
18:19is
18:20a
18:20contented
18:21baby.
18:22Doctors
18:23do
18:23not
18:23care
18:24for
18:24babies.
18:25They
18:26diagnose
18:26them
18:26and
18:27they
18:27treat
18:28them.
18:29And
18:29junior
18:29doctors
18:30are
18:30on
18:31this
18:31ward
18:31to
18:32learn.
18:34Sorry
18:35sister.
18:36Oh
18:37I don't
18:38know what's
18:39gone on
18:39here.
18:39this one's
18:40covered in
18:40lipstick
18:41and there's
18:41a whiff
18:42of whiskey.
18:43Oh
18:47now you
18:48don't get a
18:48belt or
18:49badges
18:49because you're
18:50not a
18:50nurse.
18:51Your hair
18:52must be
18:52off your
18:52collar.
18:53There's
18:54to be
18:54no
18:54coloured
18:54eyeshadow
18:55and I
18:56shall be
18:56inspecting
18:57your
18:57fingernails.
18:58Not that
18:59we'd let
18:59you
18:59too near
18:59the
18:59business
19:00end.
19:02I'm
19:03just so
19:03used to
19:03seeing you
19:04do
19:04everything.
19:05The
19:06caring
19:06and the
19:07medicine
19:07are mixed
19:08up.
19:09In a
19:10perfect world
19:10the caring
19:11and the
19:12medicine
19:12would always
19:13be mixed
19:13up.
19:14And in
19:15obstetrics
19:15most of
19:16all.
19:17Obstetrics
19:17and hospital
19:18just seems
19:18like another
19:19branch of
19:19surgery.
19:20There's so
19:21many rules
19:21and protocols.
19:23You'll be
19:23doing your
19:23rotation on
19:24the district
19:24soon enough.
19:25You'll
19:26probably wish
19:26there were
19:27more rules
19:27then.
19:28Just wish
19:29the maternity
19:30home wasn't
19:30closing.
19:31The maternity
19:32home was an
19:32innovation
19:33once.
19:34practice
19:35evolves
19:35all the
19:36time.
19:37And as
19:37a doctor
19:38you have
19:39to lean
19:39into it
19:40or medicine
19:41won't
19:41grow.
19:43Sometimes
19:44change is
19:45for the
19:45better.
19:46I mean
19:47look at
19:47us tonight
19:48putting on
19:49fireworks for
19:49the children
19:50just like
19:50we always
19:51have but
19:52timing them
19:53so Angela
19:54and May
19:54don't miss
19:55their pop
19:55music
19:55programme.
19:56If you're
19:57talking about
19:57the Partridge
19:58family that
19:58is not
19:59change for
19:59the better.
20:06looks like
20:07the Sunday
20:07Times has
20:08come out
20:09on our
20:09side again
20:10like the
20:10manufacturer's
20:11latest
20:11compensation
20:12offer.
20:13The
20:14manufacturers
20:14they want
20:15their book
20:15flying out.
20:17Three million
20:17quarter for
20:18400 children
20:19arms missing
20:20legs missing
20:20some deaf
20:21blind.
20:22I've heard
20:22the campaign
20:23leaders say
20:24the kids
20:24deserve 20.
20:25Million.
20:26I've never
20:27seen numbers
20:28that big
20:28until we
20:29started this
20:29campaign.
20:30they'll never
20:30be big enough
20:31money can't
20:32buy what
20:32that girl
20:32will never
20:33have.
20:37Susan
20:37what's
20:37the matter?
20:39She's
20:40screaming at
20:40David Cassidy.
20:42He's a pop
20:42star.
20:43You have to
20:44scream when
20:44you see his
20:44picture.
20:51David
20:52Cassidy.
20:53I want to
20:54scream every
20:55time I see
20:55his haircut.
20:56It's better
20:56than their
20:57T-Rex
20:58fella
20:58Belinda
20:59lights.
21:04Susan's
21:04going to
21:05grow up
21:05soon.
21:07Ain't
21:07she?
21:08I think
21:09it's
21:09happening
21:09already.
21:15Right.
21:16Nurse Clifford,
21:17I'm assigning
21:17you to
21:18juice and
21:18milk tokens.
21:19That way
21:20you can
21:20show off
21:21your
21:21engagement
21:21ring.
21:22Thank
21:22you.
21:23Nurse Crane.
21:23Are you
21:24ready with
21:25the petitions,
21:25Miss Higgins?
21:26I have
21:27personally
21:27typed up
21:28four copies
21:30to be
21:30presented to
21:31the board
21:31and they
21:32will be
21:32circulated
21:32while
21:33clinic is
21:33in progress.
21:37Mrs.
21:37Buckle
21:38and a
21:39gentleman of
21:40the press
21:40unless
21:41I'm
21:41mistaken
21:41you
21:42are
21:42most
21:42welcome.
21:49I've
21:49drawn up
21:50a list
21:51of
21:51suitable
21:52poses
21:52but
21:53first
21:54you'll
21:54need
21:54to help
21:55me with
21:55the hat.
21:58I'm telling you now
21:59you'll
21:59not last
22:00long
22:00in a
22:01slingback
22:01corkshore.
22:08You may
22:09enter.
22:12I bought
22:13you some
22:13crescent
22:14sister.
22:15They're still
22:15coming up
22:16lovely on
22:16the allotment.
22:21There was
22:22an earwig
22:22in the last
22:23bouquet.
22:24I watched
22:25him climb
22:26from petal
22:27to petal
22:28for an
22:28hour.
22:29It was
22:30so like
22:30being out
22:31in nature
22:31that I
22:33almost
22:33fancied
22:34I felt
22:35sunlight
22:35on my
22:36face.
22:37Would you
22:38like us
22:38to get
22:38you into
22:39the garden
22:39sister?
22:40I could
22:40light the
22:41brazier
22:41you could
22:41have a
22:42blanket
22:42on your
22:42knees.
22:43I think
22:43you mistake
22:44me for
22:44one elderly
22:46and frail.
22:48Never.
22:53I'm
22:54sorry
22:54to confess
22:55it.
22:59but I
22:59do not
23:00think
23:00my feet
23:01will
23:01carry me.
23:06Sit
23:06with me
23:07for a
23:07while.
23:12That's right.
23:13Give me the joy.
23:15Give me the
23:16excitement.
23:19trouble with this is we do our most important work when people aren't smiling.
23:35Do you reckon Sister Monica turns a far you didn't sister?
23:38She's certainly weakening and the worst thing is she knows it.
23:45She must be getting scared.
23:48Not of death but letting go of life and life means so much more than breath and a heartbeat.
24:02It's independence and company and joy.
24:09Even nuns take pleasure in things.
24:12And with every day that passes she's denied a little more.
24:21Maybe it's time to move the telly to her bedroom.
24:24That said,
24:25I don't even think the TV will perk her up.
24:29There's only the test card after time.
24:33We need to get her outside.
24:37But why aren't you and Sarah making this call together?
24:41Because,
24:41in case you've forgotten,
24:43my parents haven't spoken to him since the day I introduced them.
24:46Which was also the day they said he wasn't the man for me.
24:50I think I need to break the ice.
24:53Honey,
24:54you're going to need a pickaxe.
24:56My mother and father aren't bad people, Joyce.
24:59They're just very
25:00blinkered.
25:02And my marriage is their chance to see things a different way.
25:06You're a good child, child.
25:19My name's Bernie.
25:20I'm an alcoholic.
25:23I used to be a warehouse man.
25:26Before they closed the docks.
25:28I was good at it.
25:30Things on shelves,
25:32things in boxes.
25:34Lists
25:35to tick.
25:38I was in control.
25:39And then I lost my job.
25:42And I have to have a reason
25:44to get up every morning,
25:45to get dressed,
25:46go out,
25:48or else the drink comes creeping in.
25:50So when Mr Albion offered me a job,
25:54I thought,
25:55yeah,
25:56things in boxes.
25:59That feels familiar.
26:01I didn't know that I would find my calling.
26:05That it would make me more human.
26:08That it could make me feel so much.
26:10And you don't feel much of anything
26:11at all.
26:13Apart from safe.
26:15In a warehouse.
26:26A little while back,
26:30we had to take care of
26:32a family who'd come to grief
26:34in their own home.
26:36Carbon monoxide.
26:40It took a mum,
26:41it took a dad,
26:41it took a little girl.
26:46And the little girl
26:47was the same age
26:48as my youngest daughter.
26:52Even their names
26:52were nearly the same.
26:53Suzanne,
26:54instead of Susan.
26:59And her hair.
27:04I had to wash and brush
27:07her hair.
27:14But it was when I was
27:15washing her feet
27:16that I thought
27:17these
27:21perfect
27:23little feet
27:26will never go dancing.
27:31We all found that one hard.
27:35It was a hard job.
27:38But I can't put
27:40those feelings
27:41on the shelf
27:44that keeps things safe.
27:48Because my Susan's feet,
27:52they'll never go dancing either.
27:56Her hands
27:58never wear a wedding ring,
28:00never hold a child.
28:06And I love her so much.
28:10Every imperfection she has
28:11is beautiful to me.
28:14There are days I think
28:15I just live to see her laughing.
28:20And sometimes,
28:24sometimes,
28:25when,
28:27when I stop
28:28to look at her,
28:33I'll stop.
28:42But I know
28:43that I am not
28:44at ease
28:51with...
28:52with what was done
28:53to her.
28:59Because sometimes,
29:02I...
29:04sometimes I compare her
29:07to the dead.
29:14Rosalind,
29:16a telephone call
29:18he couldn't make
29:18together,
29:19telling you
29:20he couldn't deliver
29:21in person
29:22was never going
29:22to end in happiness
29:23for anyone involved.
29:26I suppose I just
29:27thought that
29:28the niceness
29:30I'd always seen
29:31in them,
29:32the general decency
29:34they'd always show
29:35would somehow
29:37come out on top.
29:40but it didn't.
29:43What did they say
29:44about the baby?
29:46Nothing.
29:49Because I didn't
29:50tell them.
29:52Rosalind,
29:53the baby is more
29:54important than the wedding.
29:55I know that.
29:57I just...
29:58It's agony enough
30:00having them reject
30:01the man I love.
30:03I'm not going to give them
30:04the chance
30:05to reject our child.
30:12one.
30:13Buy a new dress.
30:15Oh,
30:15Beryl.
30:16Well,
30:17that's a bit basic.
30:18I have put
30:19not in navy blue
30:20in brackets.
30:22I'll add
30:23mustn't go
30:24with a wimple
30:25and lace-ups.
30:26I could see you
30:28in tiger print
30:29chiffon.
30:30No,
30:30I don't think
30:31animal print
30:31ever really works
30:32if you're bigger
30:33than the actual animal.
30:34The only member
30:35of the feline
30:36species you outrank
30:37in the size department
30:38is tabby cat.
30:40The door is wide open
30:42for tiger print
30:43and indeed
30:44leopard.
30:46Two.
30:48Drink wine
30:49while making
30:50crepes
30:51we dinner
30:51like the galloping gourmet.
30:53Well,
30:53I can put a line
30:54through that one
30:54after tonight.
30:55And we'll get
30:55the scorch marks
30:56off the frying pan
30:57eventually.
30:58Three.
30:59Oh.
31:01Earn some money.
31:03How am I
31:04going to earn money?
31:06Sing hymns in the street
31:07and put a hat down.
31:09I need a secretary.
31:11You could be
31:12the Miss Higgins
31:12of Harley Street.
31:14I don't have
31:15a felt hat
31:15or a petrifying manor.
31:17No, no, no.
31:18It makes perfect sense.
31:19I hire space
31:20in three sets
31:21of consulting rooms
31:22and I'm always
31:22missing calls.
31:24But do say yes.
31:26Only if you
31:26forgive me
31:27for the frying pan.
31:28I'll do more
31:28than forgive you.
31:29I will buy you
31:29a felt hat
31:30and an ocelot
31:32two-piece.
31:38Oh, hell's bells,
31:45Rhoda.
31:50What's the matter?
31:51The pain.
31:53What?
31:53The pain.
31:55I can't stop
31:56being sick.
31:57I've woken up
31:58Paddy now.
31:59He's got nursery
32:00in the morning.
32:01I'm going to call
32:02999.
32:07Thank you for attending
32:08this seminar today,
32:10gentlemen.
32:11This practice
32:12was established
32:13in 1947
32:14under the auspices
32:16of the then-new
32:17National Health Service
32:19and the maternity home
32:21was opened
32:21in 1958.
32:23Is it true
32:24that it's due
32:24to close down?
32:27Yes,
32:28in a word.
32:29Do you have
32:30any questions
32:31relating
32:32to your training?
32:33Do we have
32:34to ride bikes?
32:35Proficiency
32:36in cycling
32:37is considered
32:37an advantage.
32:42Evolution gave you
32:44two hands,
32:45Dr Drinkwater.
32:46Can we see
32:47one on each
32:47handlebar,
32:48please?
32:49Now, gentlemen,
32:50if you would
32:51all oblige me
32:52by signalling
32:53as if you
32:54were turning
32:55left?
32:59That's the other
32:59left,
33:00Dr Turner Jr.
33:04Sorry.
33:06He was like that
33:07as a little lad.
33:08I had him in cubs.
33:13Any oil
33:14left in that
33:14can, Fred?
33:18They're going to
33:18operate tomorrow.
33:20Take the
33:21whole thing out.
33:22I know.
33:22And the nurse
33:23says that it's worse
33:24because it's an
33:25emergency.
33:26Dr Turner's not
33:27getting on at you
33:28for the good of
33:28his health.
33:29It's for yours.
33:30And you ignored him.
33:31I've got too much
33:32to do.
33:34Now you've got
33:34too much to do.
33:36I'll cope.
33:37Your sister's
33:38going to come
33:39and pick up
33:39Paddy.
33:40I have to give
33:43her a list.
33:44What about
33:45Susan?
33:52It's not
33:53the most
33:54luxurious
33:55mode of
33:55transport,
33:56but with
33:57a couple
33:58of cushions,
33:58it'll be
33:59just the job
34:00for taking
34:01you out
34:01in the fresh
34:01air.
34:03By fresh
34:04air,
34:04do you mean
34:05in public?
34:08Sister,
34:10you need
34:11stimulation
34:11and you're
34:12capable of
34:13embracing it.
34:15Why then
34:16did you bring
34:17that infernal
34:18television into
34:19my chamber?
34:20It is the
34:21equivalent
34:22of putting
34:23straw down
34:24in the street
34:25so a moribund
34:26patient will
34:27not be disturbed
34:28by the
34:28carriage wheels.
34:29You make
34:30all these
34:31gestures
34:32because you
34:33think I am
34:34not long
34:34for this
34:35world.
34:36Can you
34:37not see
34:38that all
34:39of these
34:40gestures are
34:40because we
34:41love you?
34:42I have
34:42neither the
34:43time or the
34:44temper to
34:45engage in
34:45violent
34:46sentiment.
34:48Love is
34:49not violent,
34:50sister.
34:52Love is
34:52patient and
34:54love is
34:54kind and
34:56sometimes love
34:57pushes us to
34:58places where we
34:59do not wish to
34:59go.
35:00I thereby
35:00refer you to
35:02my feelings
35:02regarding that
35:05conveyance.
35:11She was as
35:12mulish as I
35:13have ever seen
35:13her and I
35:14came as close
35:15to losing
35:16patience as I
35:16ever have.
35:17When I was
35:18in formation
35:19Mother
35:19Albert used
35:21to say that
35:21our greatest
35:22trials would
35:23always come
35:24from within
35:25our family
35:25circle.
35:26I've had
35:27flesh and
35:27blood sisters
35:28sisters as
35:29well as
35:29sisters in
35:30Christ.
35:30The thing
35:31is you
35:32don't have
35:32to forgive
35:32the flesh
35:33and blood
35:33ones.
35:34You can
35:34just roll
35:35around on
35:36the floor
35:36and smack
35:37each other
35:37and forget.
35:39That sounds
35:40quite appealing.
35:45Sister
35:45Catherine,
35:46I'm afraid I
35:47have to
35:47increase your
35:49nursing duties.
35:51Mother
35:51Mildred has
35:52asked me to
35:53go to the
35:53mother house
35:53to discuss
35:55plans for
35:55our missionary
35:56work.
35:56You've
35:57always said
35:58we are
35:59missionaries
35:59here.
36:00And there's
36:00a whole
36:01world in
36:01need of
36:02healing.
36:03Let us
36:04see what
36:04is proposed.
36:14Belinda.
36:16Hello,
36:16love.
36:18Yeah,
36:18we need you
36:18to come
36:19home.
36:20Help look
36:21after Susan.
36:22Did mum say
36:23that's what she
36:23wants?
36:24No.
36:25She wants
36:25you to
36:26prioritise
36:26your studies.
36:27It's me,
36:27I'm asking
36:27you.
36:28Then I'm
36:29doing what
36:29mum wants.
36:30I wouldn't
36:31be at
36:31university if
36:31she hadn't
36:32worked so
36:32hard to
36:33help me.
36:33I owe
36:33it to her
36:34to work
36:34hard and
36:34make the
36:35most of
36:35the
36:35opportunity.
36:36But what
36:36about Susan?
36:37I can't,
36:38dad.
36:39I just
36:40can't.
36:42You don't
36:43have to stay
36:44here for this
36:44residence.
36:47From now on,
36:48we share all
36:48the hard
36:49things.
36:53So,
36:54Pastor
36:55Robinson,
36:56Rosalind,
36:58what's all
36:59this?
37:00We wanted
37:00to talk
37:01to you
37:01about the
37:01engagement
37:02and the
37:03wedding.
37:04This is
37:04the wedding
37:04that's taking
37:05place in
37:05three weeks'
37:06time?
37:07Less than
37:07three weeks,
37:08now.
37:10And you
37:10think I
37:11don't have
37:11eyes in
37:11my head?
37:12There's a
37:13look to
37:14young mothers
37:15even before
37:16their bodies
37:17tell the
37:17tale.
37:19have you
37:20guessed,
37:20Mrs.
37:21Willis?
37:21I have.
37:23I must
37:24have said
37:24some terrifying
37:25things in
37:26your imagination.
37:28Yes.
37:30Then let
37:31that be
37:32your punishment.
37:33Now make
37:34me a cup
37:35of tea.
37:48rose garden
37:49along with
37:51the sunshine.
37:53There's
37:53gotta be
37:54a little
37:55rain
37:55sometimes.
37:57But when
37:58you take
37:59you gotta
37:59give
38:00so live
38:00and let
38:01live
38:01or let
38:02go.
38:03oh,
38:03oh,
38:04oh,
38:04baby,
38:05you're
38:05funny.
38:07I never
38:08promised
38:09you a
38:09rose garden.
38:12I could
38:13promise you
38:13things like
38:14big diamond
38:15rings,
38:16but you
38:16don't
38:17find
38:17roses
38:18growing
38:18on
38:19stocks
38:19of
38:20clover.
38:22So you
38:22better
38:23think it
38:23over.
38:26Well,
38:27it's sweet
38:27talk and
38:28you
38:28could
38:28make
38:29it
38:29come
38:29true.
38:30I
38:30will
38:31give
38:31you
38:31the
38:31world
38:32right
38:32now
38:32on a
38:33silver
38:34platter.
38:36But
38:37what
38:37would
38:37it
38:38matter?
38:42This newspaper
38:43story certainly
38:43made a splash.
38:45Will it make
38:45any difference,
38:46do you suppose?
38:47My dad went
38:48along with it,
38:48but I don't
38:49think he's
38:49very optimistic.
38:53I keep
38:53feeling as though
38:54I should be
38:54helping you.
38:55You're a junior
38:56doctor now,
38:57not a student.
38:58No donkey
38:59work allowed.
39:03There's some
39:04sort of spring
39:05sticking out of this
39:05saddle and into
39:06my backside,
39:07Joyce.
39:09District work
39:10is all about
39:10determination
39:11in the face
39:12of challenge.
39:13And if you
39:13can't get
39:14on board
39:14with that,
39:15you're not
39:15getting your
39:16red card
39:16again.
39:21I feel
39:21for the
39:22pair of
39:22them,
39:22Mrs.
39:23Wallace.
39:23Nothing
39:24takes a
39:24shine of
39:25a wedding
39:25like parental
39:26disapproval.
39:27It was
39:28always going
39:28to be
39:29under our
39:29shadow
39:29because
39:29of
39:30Pastor
39:30Robinson's
39:30divorce.
39:32But
39:32he deserves
39:33as much
39:33happiness
39:33as any
39:34other man.
39:35now his
39:36mistakes
39:36are behind
39:37him.
39:37I don't
39:38think his
39:39marriage
39:39to Lucille
39:40was a
39:40mistake,
39:41Mrs.
39:41Wallace.
39:42It was
39:42never a
39:43union
39:43without
39:43love.
39:44What it
39:45was,
39:45was a
39:46union
39:46without
39:47luck.
39:48Perhaps
39:48matters
39:48would have
39:49turned out
39:49differently
39:50if they'd
39:50been able
39:51to have
39:51a child.
39:52A
39:53baby is
39:53always
39:54a blessing.
39:56And
39:57now we
39:57must look
39:58to the
39:58future.
40:01Let
40:01us say
40:02nothing
40:02further.
40:06Meanwhile,
40:07hastily
40:07arranged
40:08though
40:08it
40:08may
40:08be,
40:09this
40:10is
40:10Rosalind's
40:11first
40:11wedding.
40:12How do
40:13we make
40:13it special
40:14for them?
40:15How do
40:15we make
40:16up for
40:17the fact
40:17that her
40:17parents
40:18have
40:18treated
40:18them
40:18so cold
40:19there?
40:20It's
40:20simple
40:21enough,
40:21Nurse
40:21Crian.
40:22We
40:23show
40:23them
40:23love.
40:26Nurse.
40:27Nurse,
40:28my wife
40:29is on
40:29the
40:29second
40:29floor.
40:30I
40:31will
40:31take
40:31you
40:31to
40:31her.
40:32That's
40:32okay,
40:32honey.
40:33Let
40:33us
40:34park
40:34these
40:34bicycles
40:34and
40:35we'll
40:35head
40:35straight
40:35out.
40:36This
40:36is
40:37young
40:37Dr.
40:37Turner,
40:38by the
40:38way.
40:39Uh,
40:39doctor,
40:40yes?
40:40He'll be
40:41working
40:41under my
40:41supervision.
40:53Do you
40:53have running
40:54water,
40:54Mr. Das?
40:55We have
40:56only one
40:56room.
40:56We use
40:57this
40:57stack.
41:05Oh,
41:06that
41:06silent.
41:07It's
41:08Mrs.
41:08O'Day,
41:09isn't
41:09it?
41:09I
41:09remember
41:10you're
41:10from
41:10the
41:10clinic.
41:11You
41:11couldn't
41:11come and
41:12look at
41:12my
41:12little
41:12Barry,
41:12could
41:12you?
41:13He
41:13don't
41:14seem
41:14right.
41:14I'm
41:15on
41:15my
41:15way
41:15to
41:15a
41:15lady
41:16in
41:16labour.
41:17What's
41:17the
41:17matter
41:17with
41:18him?
41:18It's
41:19like
41:19a
41:19cold
41:19and
41:20a
41:20bit
41:20of
41:20a
41:20cough.
41:20Please,
41:22I
41:22can
41:22hear
41:22crying
41:22out.
41:23Have
41:24you
41:24taken
41:24him
41:24to
41:24the
41:25surgery?
41:27I
41:27money
41:28till
41:28tomorrow.
41:28Please.
41:30I'll pop
41:31down later
41:31honey
41:32when I
41:32get
41:32the
41:32chance.
41:38I'll
41:38have to
41:38run
41:39or the
41:39chippy
41:39will
41:39be
41:39closed.
41:40Do you
41:41want
41:41cod
41:41or
41:41haddock?
41:42Cod?
41:43And
41:43get
41:44haddock
41:44for
41:44dad.
41:44He's
41:45hungry
41:45when
41:45he
41:45comes
41:45in
41:46from
41:46picking
41:46up
41:46dead
41:46bodies.
41:48I'll
41:48be
41:48back
41:48in
41:49ten.
41:52Perry!
41:53My
41:54Jackie
41:54magazine
41:55is
41:55still
41:55in
41:55the
41:55bedroom!
42:22My husband
42:24cannot touch me now
42:25even though
42:26he wishes
42:27to.
42:30Are you
42:30Hindu,
42:31Mrs.
42:31Das?
42:31Yes.
42:33And we
42:33are Bengali.
42:35We could
42:36not stay
42:36in our own
42:37country anymore.
42:38Don't worry
42:38about where
42:39you've come
42:39from.
42:39The only
42:40thing that
42:40matters
42:41tonight
42:41is what's
42:42going to
42:42happen
42:42in this
42:43room.
42:43I
42:44should
42:44not
42:44be
42:44here.
42:45No
42:45man
42:46should
42:46be
42:46here
42:47unless
42:47he
42:48is
42:48a
42:48doctor.
42:49But I
42:50have
42:50nowhere
42:50else
42:51to
42:51go
42:51and
42:51I
42:51do
42:52not
42:52want
42:52to
42:52leave
42:52her.
42:53We
42:54could
42:54rig
42:54up
42:54a
42:54screen.
42:55I
42:55can
42:56go
42:56out
42:56onto
42:56the
42:56landing
42:56and
42:57requisition
42:57a bit
42:57of
42:58washing
42:58line.
42:59You
42:59get
43:00cracking
43:00but I
43:00need
43:01you
43:01back
43:01quickly
43:01or
43:02this
43:02won't
43:02come
43:03towards
43:03your
43:03rotation.
43:24get
43:25to
43:48now with
43:51With this next pain, we're going to need a really long, strong push from you, Ranjani.
43:56I am too tired.
43:58You're stronger than you know, and you've come further than you think already.
44:02This one talk's a good talk.
44:04Let's see if we can prove him right.
44:10Help! Help!
44:14It's excellent, Ranjani. It's excellent.
44:17Check for it to send it to the head.
44:24It's croning.
44:28The baby's head has been born, Ranjani.
44:32It's resting right here in my hand.
44:36Help! We need the nurse!
44:42Do you mind? A lady is having a baby in here.
44:45A kid's not breathing!
44:59Just rest, Ranjani. Just rest.
45:05And I'll talk you through the next bit.
45:07Help! I'm sorry!
45:11What's all this, young man?
45:14You okay?
45:15What happened? Did he choke on something?
45:18It was just like he was just choking on the air and then he just stopped!
45:24Why has he got blue?
45:26Somebody call an ambulance!
45:38This is just your baby turning, Ranjani.
45:42Everything's okay.
45:42Who are you?
45:48Viri, Viri, Viri, Viri, Viri EM!
45:51Veri!
45:51We've got 45!
45:51Is he breathing? Is he breathing?
45:57What's...
45:57What is it?
45:58He's not working? He's going full plate.
46:01Did somebody call an ambulance?
46:07You're almost there.
46:09This is it, Ranjini.
46:18And you have a little girl.
46:36I'm not going to stop until the ambulance gets here.
46:51Where is the midwife?
47:10Ranjini, I'm going to have to give you an injection.
47:38He'll need to go to the hospital and be checked.
48:00I suppose many house calls end up with two ambulances arriving.
48:04No.
48:05The baby seems to have had croup, and they do bounce back from that.
48:10And Ranjini will be all right after a blood transfusion.
48:13I froze for a moment.
48:16But then it was like my heart rate shot up and my brain kicked in.
48:21That would be the adrenaline.
48:24I wonder if anyone's ever done blood tests on doctors immediately after a crisis situation.
48:29That might make an interesting research paper.
48:31Yes.
48:38Belinda, I can't show you the bruises your sister has all down her back, but I'm telling you, you have
48:44to come home.
48:45You said I was to throw everything I've got at university.
48:48You said it was something you never had.
48:50This isn't about you, and it isn't about me.
48:53This is about Susan.
48:55Rola, this will be a shame really necessary.
48:57Everything is always about Susan.
49:00And I know you love her as much as us.
49:04There are essentially two ways of approaching make-up.
49:07One can purely use it to disguise nature's shortcomings, or push things a little further and deploy it as a
49:13sort of costume.
49:14You mean like a disguise?
49:15No.
49:16People hide behind disguises.
49:19Bold lips and defined eyes can bring out our inner confidence.
49:24Try putting this on by yourself this time.
49:29And then I'll show you how to blot.
49:41Do you ever have to bring out your inner confidence?
49:44More frequently than you might imagine.
49:50It's jolly hot in here.
49:52Bear with me a moment.
49:54It's the excitement of seeing yourself transformed, perhaps.
49:57No, I suspect it's something else.
50:01It's past now.
50:03Let's get on with your nails.
50:08And before we turn our attention to the riveting recent investigation into unlicensed butchery operations,
50:16we have item five on the agenda, the closure of Kenilworth Row Maternity Home.
50:22Which counts as unlicensed butchery all on its own.
50:26Thank you, Turner.
50:28Any comments from the wider committee?
50:31Yes, from me, Dr Threathed.
50:37This is what midwifery looks like in your district.
50:42And this is what local people think about your proposal.
50:46The women of Poplar know how vital and how valuable the sisters are.
50:52And you're closing them down, too.
50:54This is the direction of travel dictated by the National Health.
51:00Meanwhile, Turner, rest assured that even as you progress to this next phase, we continue to learn from you.
51:07Will you be watching to see what goes wrong?
51:10Because there'll be plenty.
51:14May we move on now to item six?
51:22I will pray for you when I say the offices.
51:25You will not be as alone in the chapel as you imagine.
51:28Oh, keep the home fires burning and all that.
51:33I will telephone from the mother house if there is anything to report.
52:03Are you happy to take your diuretics with Justin?
52:06Just water, or would you like me to make some hot blackcurrant?
52:12I require no beverages, for I will take no pills.
52:22But the treatment is working.
52:25It is not treatment.
52:27It is merely postponing all that is to come.
52:33You would have me out in nature.
52:36But I would sooner admit nature into this room and let it take its course.
52:49Sister, I'm speaking to you nurse to nurse now.
52:52If you refuse your medication, you will progress from chronic kidney disease to end-stage renal failure very rapidly.
53:05And what if that is what the Lord intends?
53:26Sister Catherine, what's this?
53:32I chose this life because I wanted certainty.
53:37There was work and a rule of life and there was faith to knit all together.
53:47But now nobody is where they ought to be, and we don't know what's coming next.
53:55Sister, are you dating your vocation?
53:59No, I have made my vows, and those vows are indivisible from my soul.
54:08But if I felt I could leave, I would leave.
54:14Because right now it would be easier.
54:17It would not.
54:18I can promise you that.
54:26Just now, just today, I feel so alone.
54:35I'm almost at the end of Harry's new jumper.
54:38I suppose I'll be casting on for Rosalind's baby after this.
54:42There is going to be a baby, isn't there?
54:44Of course there is.
54:46The girl's been locked in the bathroom every morning.
54:55There's so much change afoot.
55:02Phyllis, I often find people speak of change as if they're speaking about rats.
55:09As if change is something hiding underneath the house.
55:14Attempting to get in and gnaw at all that we hold precious.
55:19Perhaps we would be better to compare change to the birds.
55:26Enlighten me.
55:27Well, birds do what birds will.
55:30They carry twigs in their beaks and seeds.
55:35So they build nests and sow flowers.
55:39However accidentally.
55:42Maybe you should put that in a poem.
55:51Good things can come from birds.
55:54And it's the same with change.
55:59Oh, it's Mrs. Turner.
56:06Is that Belinda?
56:08Oh, hello, darling.
56:09Hello.
56:11Hi.
56:12Welcome home, love.
56:21Is that what I think it is?
56:24I'm eight months gone.
56:26I managed to hide it over the summer holidays.
56:29And then once I went back, I thought I'd be safe.
56:31I thought I wouldn't have to tell you.
56:34And then I had to come home because of Susan.
56:43What's wrong?
56:47What's wrong?
56:48What's wrong?
57:06outgunned and love expressed becomes love doubled and ignited whether we light the fire through
57:15words or deeds. There is always a way ahead, a route through the woods, a path that leads us
57:29to the place we need to be. We listen always for the voice that calls us. But sometimes love speaks
57:45loudest
57:46as we let it go. I have news to impart. Would you consider entering into partnership with me? I'll
57:54never finish with God. Thank you for your patience, ladies. May I present the bride? I would
57:59like you to summon someone from this establishment. Albion and Sons is an undertaker. And every bed,
58:04kidney bowl and set of clamps is staying on these premises until the last mother and baby go out
58:09of those doors.
58:34I'll never mind.
58:34.
58:34.
58:37.
58:40.
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