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00:00I'm pretty sure that's it for now.
00:02Go and get ready. I'll cover for you.
00:08Mum, what's going to happen when we close the maternity home?
00:12I wish there was a simple answer, May.
00:15The truth is, nobody knows.
00:18Will we have to move house?
00:20No. This is our home, and that's not going to change,
00:24because Daddy will still have his surgery.
00:28I promise you, sweetheart, everything will be all right.
00:33Angela needs to do everything together.
00:35Now we don't even get the same bus.
00:38She'll be home tonight, just as she always is.
00:42And Timothy's back in London, living at St Cuthbert's.
00:45So that's good, isn't it?
00:48I know.
00:49New things are always hard.
00:56Nurse Crane's been held up at the maternity home.
00:58She's asked me to give out morning orders.
01:00Sister Catherine, are you happy to be on first call this afternoon?
01:04Of course.
01:04I was top of the call board myself,
01:06but I know I'm meeting halfway across London.
01:09Good morning, all.
01:10Rosalind Ladadette Ice. She's just sodding out a fresh beer.
01:14Well, I hope she's eaten a hearty breakfast.
01:16She's going to be cycling all over Poplar today.
01:18I'm happy.
01:25See you later.
01:276 o'clock.
01:28And don't be late.
01:34Come in.
01:42and it is wakey wakey rise and shine for my favorite slugger bed i bring grapefruit tea
01:53and french toast chaser i overslept again you're keeping not dissimilar hours to princess margaret
02:00although i am told her cooling tray has nothing on it but black coffee and an orange juice
02:05she probably wakes up with a hangover i've never had a hangover are you getting a bad back sleeping
02:13on the sofa i did think of sending for an osteopath then i remembered i am one well i've slept
02:20like a
02:20log every night since i came here it's like i'm getting over an illness you look to me as though
02:25you are recuperating nicely apart from the faintest suggestion of a few split ends dare i make you a
02:32little appointmentette at the salon on the corner the hairdressers oh no i really don't think i can
02:38go to the hairdressers not with my hair in this state
02:44in a moment we'll be inviting the ladies and gentlemen of the press inside
02:48to view the magnificent ground floor extension funded by the bathroom grant scheme but first
02:55i'd like to ask mrs roda mullocks who's here today with her daughter susan and son paddy
03:02to say a few words about how she and her family have benefited from this council initiative
03:09this has been a really fortunate development for us as many of you know susan was affected by
03:16thalidomide and we were struggling a bit more than most with the old outside toilet and tin bath
03:23hello mum for those of you who don't know this is my second eldest perry he's a technical college
03:31my grandma was actually born in this house and the addition of the bathroom has brought us bang into
03:38the middle of the 20th century what do you have to say susan it's fantastic
03:46in you go members of the press straight through to the back of the house oh and mrs mullick's sanitary
03:52wear is in a new color called pampers beige so you might want to caption your photographs accordingly
04:02come on love let's bump you up
04:13i can't believe we're under notice of closure yet we've still got a cohort of junior doctors coming
04:19in for district obstetrics and all the more unsettling because my own son's one of the doctors
04:25we were such a little boy when he came into my life you were younger than he is now when
04:32your path
04:32first crossed with mine and look at us now shutting up shop to all intents and purposes
04:38where do you think we'll be this time next year possibly in a better place than this
04:45possibly in a worse one but not here
04:50sheila the council are not going to give nonata's house any more money
04:57we'll have to see what god thinks and what the order proposes
05:04hurry up please gentlemen the mother is feeling the urge to push
05:08and mr parry wants all junior doctors to be in guns
05:14i'm sorry dr turner but i have begged for an extraordinary meeting of the board of health
05:19and dr threatwood says we have to wait until the next one's scheduled on friday
05:25they might announce more closures at that one
05:27there are half a dozen other maternity homes just waiting for the axe to fall
05:32which doesn't give the board the right to treat you or nonata's house like a canary down the mine
05:38meanwhile i fear the fact that our gp practice is remaining open has confused matters
05:44i mean i'd expected some degree of local uproar but no one has so much has started a petition
05:49the system we're heading into is going to be so big it dwarfs people's comprehension
05:54then by the time they realize what's afoot their voices will seem too tiny to be heard
06:02well my voice isn't too tiny to be heard
06:12now mother let's concentrate on the task in hand
06:16less noise equals more effective bearing down
06:19i'd do better without a ruddy audience
06:21come come just keep reminding yourself you're making very satisfactory progress
06:27now once this contraction ends and mother has ceased her exertions
06:32would one of the gentleman present like to step up and describe what he can see
06:37ah dr turner junior
06:42rule one of obstetrics there is often something liquid on the floor
06:50the fetal scalp is not visible at the introitus during the pause between contractions sir
06:56the presenting part is the vertex in a cephalic presentation
07:02the head is beginning to distend the perineum that the crowning has not yet occurred
07:09and boy or girl
07:13it's reassuring to know your expertise knows its limits
07:25now lady alewood matron of the lady emily clinic for women and babies does have rather a ring to it
07:33yes it does and i'd like to accept with caveats
07:37you know i'll grant you any caveat you desire
07:41i can't commence until the new year i have to give him my notice to nanata's house
07:47they're not in the best shape at the present time
07:56had i to feel this bell much longer i would have been in need of embrocation from my elbow
08:04as well as assistance to the laboratory
08:07this means the diuretics are working
08:12and helping to cleanse your body of all the excess fluid
08:17i am not in want of a biology lesson
08:21merely your age
08:23it might be more convenient if we set up a commode for you
08:27i have always pried dignity above commemions
08:35i've spent the whole of my career in the east end
08:40which equates to almost all of my adult life
08:42you would have served less time for murder
08:45i don't see it that way mr scarisbrick
08:48it wasn't a sentence
08:50it was and still is a privilege
08:54and now our maternity home is closing down
08:58and the domestic delivery of babies could end up virtually outlawed
09:03thank you peel report
09:04i don't want to work in hospitals
09:07i want to get to know the women i'm caring for
09:10i want them to feel safe
09:12as though birth is a miraculous but normal part of life
09:17soon i won't be able to provide that
09:18and in my view that's a terrible loss
09:24i'm simply grateful we're able to offer an alternative
09:28to those who can afford to pay
09:31nevertheless
09:32we have new adventures to look forward to
09:35in due course i'll have something else to put to you
09:38but not today
09:40we have quite enough to celebrate
09:42perhaps you'll allow me to take you out to dinner
09:45perhaps
09:47in a week or two
09:51oh good evening is that the cassette
09:53oh miss leverett glad they caught you could you put me through to mr reynolds on features
10:00paddy what noise
10:02paddy what noise does a sheep make
10:07i'm gonna have to take susan to the surgery tomorrow bernie
10:10that blister looks like it's become infected
10:12you can't have that can we
10:14hey
10:15what's the matter how beautiful
10:18it hurts when i put the legs on
10:21does it
10:22if i take her first thing can you drop paddy at nursery
10:25oh no i can't i've got a funeral
10:27at ten o'clock at an east hand mr albion wants us lined up at the hearse by nine
10:32sometime through the day you took that undertaking job
10:35well it's just a steady line of work
10:38you're drinking more of that milk and magnesia than you ever did when you were pregnant
10:42you're not trying to tell me we got some news are you
10:44chance will be a fine thing
10:47god our almighty father
10:50we ask today for a blessing
10:51to add to all the blessings you have given us
10:54and as we thank you for leading us to one another
10:57and for letting us love one another
11:00and fold us as my hands and fold hers
11:03and protect us as her body protects our child
11:06amen
11:08amen
11:16oh gosh
11:18it is beautiful isn't it
11:22i've always loved pearls
11:25the idea that inside all that sheen there's a tiny speck of sand
11:35the heart of a pearl is so much stronger than we think
11:41i didn't even know we kept sherry on the premises
11:44when a house is a home to a lot of young women
11:47it's always wise to be prepared for a celebration
11:50i managed to grab some twiglets and smoky bacon crisps
11:53well fred sends his congratulations
11:55this is turning into quite a shindig
12:00have you given any consideration to a date yet
12:03i went to the registry office this morning and filled in all the forms
12:08it's going to be in three weeks time
12:12three weeks
12:17and what of your parents
12:19are they as delighted as we
12:21they don't know yet
12:23they've been away on the school trip to bruges
12:25so i'm going to call them tomorrow night
12:30they are educated
12:31and they are inhabitants of the modern world
12:37congratulations
12:38congratulations
12:46i've stopped short of going the full bit else soon
12:50and giving you a geometric bob
12:52but i think that's taken the curse off
12:56farewell splitter
12:59i've never had eggs rubbed in my hair before
13:01it felt quite nice
13:02trixie put me onto the protein rinse
13:05when i decided to go long
13:06but beryl
13:09now that you've had a rest
13:10we need to talk about the future
13:13the order want my answer in three weeks
13:16and what are you going to do
13:17with those three weeks
13:19are you just going to sit them out indoors
13:21in the hope that clarity will come floating through the window
13:25or are you going to try to live a little
13:27i think i'm living quite a lot just being here
13:32beryl
13:32you know that's not true
13:36today
13:38whilst i'm out
13:41manipulating the vertebrae of london's jet set
13:44i want you to make a list
13:47of every single thing you wish to do
13:50before you tell the sisters
13:51whether you're going to leave or stay
13:53to what end jeffrey
13:56it may help you decide
13:59which sacrifice is bearable
14:04what do you mean mayor turns midwife
14:08you can't deliver babies mrs brockle
14:11you're not qualified
14:13i'm not intending to deliver them
14:15the idea is that i follow you and the other ladies round poplar
14:20as you go about your work
14:22lending a hand
14:23you know as and when appropriate
14:25i'm guessing photographed by the gazette
14:28the gazette feels that it will draw attention to the destruction of midwifery services as we know it
14:35that i can't deny
14:39but so far we've left the news to seep out slowly so we don't cause alarm
14:45nurse crane in my opinion we need to cause alarm to save the maternity home if people protest it might
14:55make a difference
15:02how often do you wear the artificial legs
15:04how often do you wear the artificial legs
15:05every day they make them wear them at school
15:07there's three other thalidomide kids and the teacher says they all have to set an example to each other
15:12what do you think about it all susan
15:14i don't really like them very much
15:16the other kids
15:18the legs
15:19they're heavy and they hurt
15:21and they don't look like proper legs
15:23you're probably ready for a bigger set
15:25she's growing like a weed
15:26um while i'm here dr turner
15:29i want mine some more milk of magnesia
15:33rhoda you really need to get that gallbladder removed
15:37you've been at the top of the waiting list twice
15:39and cancel the operation both times
15:41i'm too busy doctor
15:43belinda's away at university
15:45and i'm busier than ever
15:47with paddy and susan to look after
15:50i can look after myself
15:52susan you know that's not true
15:54and the campaign for compensations had so many ups and downs
15:57i'll write you a prescription
15:59it's cheaper than buying it over the counter
16:02but promise me
16:03the next time your name comes up you'll get the operation done
16:08they don't complain like this in male surgical
16:14he's hungry
16:15oh sorry mate
16:18we don't run to bar snacks
16:21the infant stomach
16:23is a small fusiform organ
16:26situated in the upper abdomen
16:29the capacity of approximately 30 milliliters
16:36anatomically it's comprised of the cardia
16:40the fundus
16:42the body
16:43and the pillars
16:45and the gastric marcuso
16:48is capable of selecting hydrochloric acid
16:50what do you think you are doing with that infant
16:53i was comforting him
16:55his cry was quite high pitched
16:57so we might have colic
16:59and he stopped the moment you picked him up
17:02yes sister
17:03he just didn't seem very happy
17:05a well-managed baby
17:07is a contented baby
17:09doctors do not care for babies
17:12they diagnose them
17:14and they treat them
17:16and junior doctors are on this ward
17:19to learn
17:22sorry sister
17:25oh
17:26i don't know what's gone on here
17:27this one's covered in lipstick
17:29and there's a whiff of whiskey
17:30oh
17:35now you don't get a belt or badges
17:37because you're not a nurse
17:38your hair must be off your collar
17:41there's to be no coloured eyeshadow
17:43and i shall be inspecting your fingernails
17:46not that we'd let you talk near the business end
17:50i'm just so used to seeing you do everything
17:53the caring and the medicine
17:55were mixed up
17:57in a perfect world
17:58the caring and the medicine
18:00would always be mixed up
18:02and in obstetrics most of all
18:04obstetrics and hospital
18:06just seems like another branch of surgery
18:08there's so many rules and protocols
18:10you'll be doing your rotation on the district soon enough
18:13you'll probably wish there were more rules then
18:16just wish the maternity home wasn't closing
18:18the maternity home was an innovation once
18:22practice evolves all the time
18:24and as a doctor you have to lean into it
18:27or medicine won't grow
18:31sometimes change is for the better
18:34i mean look at us tonight
18:36putting on fireworks for the children
18:38just like we always have
18:40but timing them so angela and may
18:42don't miss their pop music program
18:44if you're talking about the partridge family
18:46that is not a change for the better
18:54looks like the sunday times has come out on our side again
18:57like the manufacturer's latest compensation offer
19:01the manufacturers they want their book
19:03thrown at them
19:04three million quid for four hundred children
19:07arms missing legs missing
19:08some deaf blind
19:10i've heard the campaign leaders say
19:12the kids deserve twenty
19:13million
19:14i've never seen numbers that big
19:16until we started this campaign
19:18and they'll never be big enough
19:19money can't buy what that girl will never have
19:25so what's the matter
19:27she's screaming at david cassidy
19:29he's a pop star
19:31you have to scream when you see his picture
19:40david cassidy
19:41i want to scream every time i see his hair cut
19:44it's better than that t-rex fella belinda likes
19:51that susan's gonna grow up soon
19:54isn't she
19:56i think it's happening already
20:03right nurse clifford
20:04i'm assigning you to juice and milk tokens
20:07that way you can show off your engagement ring
20:09thank you nurse crane
20:11are you ready with the petitions miss higgins
20:14i have personally typed up
20:16four copies
20:17to be presented to the board
20:19and they will be circulated while clinic is in progress
20:24mrs buckle
20:26and a gentleman of the press
20:28unless i'm mistaken
20:29you are most welcome
20:37i've drawn up a list of suitable poses
20:40but first you'll need to help me with the hat
20:46i'm telling you now
20:47you'll not last long in a slingback car show
20:56you may enter
21:00i brought you some crescent sister
21:03they're still coming up lovely on the allotment
21:09there was an earwig in the last bouquet
21:11i watched him climb from petal to petal
21:16for an hour
21:17it was so like being out in nature
21:20that i almost fancied i felt sunlight on my face
21:24would you like us to get you into the garden sister
21:27i could light the brazier
21:29you could have a blanket on your knees
21:30i think you mistake me for one elderly and frail
21:36never
21:41i'm sorry to confess it
21:47but i do not think my feet will carry me
21:54sit with me for a while
22:00that's right give me the joy
22:03give me the excitement
22:07trouble with this is
22:09we do our most important work when people aren't smiling
22:22um do you reckon sister monica turns far you didn't sister
22:26she's certainly weakening
22:28and the worst thing is
22:30she knows it
22:33she must be getting scared
22:36not of death but letting go of life
22:42and life means so much more than breath and a heartbeat
22:50it's independence
22:52and company
22:54and joy
22:57even nuns take pleasure in things
22:59and with every day that passes
23:02she's
23:03denied a little more
23:08maybe it's time to move the telly to a bedroom
23:12that said
23:13i don't even think the tv will perk her up
23:17i decided to test card after time
23:21we need to get her outside
23:25why aren't you and sir making this call together
23:28because
23:29in case you've forgotten
23:30my parents haven't spoken to him since the day i introduced them
23:34which was also the day they said he wasn't the man for me
23:38i think i need to break the ice
23:41honey
23:41you're going to need a pickaxe
23:43my mother and father aren't bad people joyce
23:47they're just very blinkered
23:49and my marriage is their child's to see things a different way
23:54you're a good child child
24:06my name's bernie
24:08i'm an alcoholic
24:11i used to be a warehouse man
24:14before they closed the docks
24:15i was good at it
24:18things on shelves
24:20things in boxes
24:22lists
24:23to take
24:26i was in control
24:27and then i lost my job
24:30and i have to have a reason
24:32to get up every morning
24:33to get dressed
24:34go out
24:36or else the drink comes creeping in
24:38so when mr albion offered me a job
24:42i thought
24:43yeah things in boxes
24:47that feels familiar
24:49i didn't know that i would find my calling
24:53that it would make me more human
24:55that it could make me feel so much
24:57and you don't feel much of anything at all
25:01apart from safe
25:03in a warehouse
25:09rosaline
25:14a little while back
25:18we had to take care of
25:20a family who'd come to grief
25:21in their own home
25:23carbon monoxide
25:27it took a mum
25:28it took a dad
25:29it took a little girl
25:34and the little girl
25:35was the same age as my youngest daughter
25:39even their names were nearly the same
25:41suzanne instead of susan
25:47and her hair
25:51i had to wash and brush
25:55her hair
26:02but it was when i was washing her feet
26:04that i thought these
26:09perfect
26:11little feet
26:13will never go dancing
26:19we all found that one hard
26:22it was a hard job
26:26but i can't put
26:28those feelings on the shelf
26:32that keeps things safe
26:36because my susan's feet
26:40they'll never go dancing either
26:44her hands
26:46never wear a wedding ring
26:47never hold a child
26:54and i love her so much
26:58every imperfection she has
26:59it's beautiful to me
27:02there are days i think i'll just live to see her laughing
27:08and sometimes
27:11sometimes
27:12when
27:14when i stop
27:15to look at her
27:21i won't stop
27:30but i know
27:31i am not
27:32at ease
27:37with
27:40with what was done
27:42to her
27:47because sometimes
27:49i
27:53sometimes i compare her
27:54to the dead
28:02rosalind
28:04a telephone call
28:06we could have made together
28:07telling you
28:08we couldn't deliver
28:09every person
28:09was never going to end
28:11in happiness
28:11for anyone involved
28:13i suppose i just
28:15thought that
28:16the niceness
28:17i'd always seen in them
28:20the general decency
28:22they'd always show
28:23would
28:23somehow come out
28:25on top
28:28but it didn't
28:31what do they say
28:32what do they say
28:32about the baby
28:34nothing
28:37because
28:37i didn't
28:38tell them
28:40usalind
28:41the baby
28:42is more important
28:43than the wedding
28:43i know that
28:44i just
28:46it's agony
28:47enough
28:48having them
28:48reject the man
28:49i love
28:51i'm not going
28:52to give them
28:52the chance
28:53to reject
28:53our child
29:00one
29:01buy a new dress
29:02oh
29:03barrel
29:04well that's a bit basic
29:06i have put
29:07not in navy blue
29:08in brackets
29:10our lad
29:11mustn't go with a wimple
29:13and lace-ups
29:14i could see you
29:16in tiger print chiffon
29:17no i don't think
29:19animal print ever really
29:20works if you're bigger
29:21than the actual animal
29:22the only member
29:23of the feline species
29:24you outrank
29:25in the size department
29:26is
29:27tabby cat
29:28the door is wide open
29:30for tiger print
29:31and
29:31indeed
29:32leopard
29:34two
29:35drink wine
29:37while making
29:38crepes
29:39we dinner
29:39like the galloping gourmet
29:41well i can put a line
29:41through that one
29:42after tonight
29:43and we'll get the scorch marks
29:44off the frying pan
29:45eventually
29:45three
29:47oh
29:48earn some money
29:51how am i going to
29:52earn money
29:54sing hymns in the street
29:55and put a hat down
29:57i need a secretary
29:59you could be the miss higgins
30:00of harley street
30:02i don't have a felt hat
30:04or a petrifying manor
30:05no no no
30:06it makes perfect sense
30:07i hire space in three sets
30:09of consulting rooms
30:09and i'm always missing calls
30:11but do say yes
30:13only if you forgive me
30:15for the frying pan
30:16i'll do more than forgive you
30:17i will buy you a felt hat
30:18and an ocelot two-piece
30:42i can't stop being sick
30:44i have woken up paddy now
30:47he's got nursery in the morning
30:49i'm gonna call 999
30:54thank you for attending this seminar today gentlemen
30:58this practice was established in 1947
31:02under the auspices of the then new national health service
31:07and the maternity home was opened in 1958
31:10is it true that it's due to close down
31:15yes in a word
31:17do you have any questions relating to your training
31:21do we have to ride bikes
31:23proficiency in cycling is considered an advantage
31:30evolution gave you two hands dr drinkwater
31:33can we see one on each handlebar please
31:36now gentlemen if you would all oblige me
31:40by signalling as if you were turning left
31:46that's the other left dr turner jr
31:51oh sorry
31:54he was like that as a little lad
31:56i had him in cubs
32:00any oil left in that can fred
32:06they're gonna operate tomorrow
32:07take the whole thing out
32:09i know
32:10and the nurse says that it's worse because it's an emergency
32:14dr turner's not getting on at you for the good of his health
32:16it's for yours
32:18and you ignored him
32:19i've got too much to do
32:21now you've got too much to do
32:23i'll cope
32:25your sister's gonna come and pick up paddy
32:28davis
32:30i'll have to give her a list
32:32what about susan
32:40it's not the most luxurious mode of transport
32:43but with a couple of cushions
32:46it'll be just the job for taking you out in the fresh air
32:51by fresh air
32:52do you mean in public
32:56sister
32:57you need stimulation
32:59and you're capable of embracing it
33:03why then
33:04did you bring that infernal television into my chamber
33:07it is the equivalent
33:10of putting straw down in the street
33:13so a moribund patient will not be disturbed by the carriage wheels
33:17you make all these gestures
33:19because you think i am not long for this world
33:24can you not see that all of these gestures are because we love you
33:29i have neither the time or the temper to engage in violent sentiment
33:36love is not violent sister
33:39love is patient
33:41and love is kind
33:43and sometimes love pushes us to places where we do not wish to go
33:47i thereby refer you to my feelings regarding that conveyance
33:59she was as mulish as i have ever seen her
34:01and i came as close to losing patience as i ever have
34:05when i was in formation
34:07mother albert used to say that our greatest trials
34:11would always come from within our family circle
34:14i've had flesh and blood sisters
34:16as well as sisters in christ
34:18the thing is
34:19you don't have to forgive the flesh and blood ones
34:21you can just
34:22roll around on the floor
34:24and smack each other and forget
34:26that sounds quite appealing
34:33sister catherine
34:34i'm afraid i have to
34:35increase your nursing duties
34:39mother mildred has asked me to go to the mother house
34:41to discuss plans for our missionary work
34:44you've always said
34:46we are missionaries here
34:47and there's a whole world in need of healing
34:51let us see what is proposed
35:02belinda
35:04hello love
35:05yeah we need you to come home
35:08help look after susan
35:09did mum say that's what she wants
35:12no
35:12she wants you to prioritise your studies
35:14it's me i'm asking you
35:16then i'm doing what mum wants
35:17i
35:17i wouldn't be at university
35:19if she hadn't worked so hard to help me
35:21i owe it to her
35:22to work hard and make the most of the opportunity
35:23but what about susan
35:25i can't dad
35:27i just can't
35:30you don't have to stay here for this
35:32rosaline
35:34from now on
35:35we share all the hard things
35:41so
35:42pastor robinson
35:44rosaline
35:46what's all this
35:48we wanted to talk to you about the engagement
35:50and the wedding
35:51this is the wedding that's taking place in three weeks time
35:54less than three weeks
35:56now
35:58and you think i don't have eyes in my head
36:00there's a look
36:01to young mothers
36:03even before their bodies tell the tale
36:07have you guessed mrs willis
36:09i have
36:11i must have said some terrifying things
36:14in your imagination
36:16yes
36:18then let that be your punishment
36:21now make me a cup of tea
36:29i beg your pardon
36:32i never promised you a rose garden
36:37along with the sunshine
36:40there's gotta be a little rain sometimes
36:45but when you take you gotta give so live
36:48not live
36:49or let go
36:52i beg your pardon
36:55i never promised you a rose garden
37:00i could promise you things like big diamond rings
37:04but you don't find roses growing on stocks so close
37:09so you better think it over
37:14well it's sweet talk and you could make it come true
37:18i will give you the world right now
37:20on a silver platter
37:24but what would it matter
37:30this newspaper story certainly made a splash
37:32will it make any difference do you suppose
37:35my dad went along with it but i don't think he's very optimistic
37:40i keep feeling as though i should be helping you
37:43you're a junior doctor now
37:45not a student no donkey work allowed
37:51there's some sort of spring sticking out of this saddle
37:54and into my backside joyce
37:57district work is all about determination
37:59in the face of challenge
38:00and if you can't get on board with that
38:02you're not getting your red card again
38:09i think for the pair of them mrs wallace
38:11nothing takes a shine of a wedding
38:13like parental disapproval
38:15it was always going to be under a shadow because of pastor robinson's divorce
38:19but he deserves as much happiness as any other man
38:23now his mistakes are behind him
38:25i don't think his marriage to lucille was a mistake mrs wallace
38:29it was never a union without love
38:32what it was was a union without luck
38:35perhaps matters would have turned out differently if they'd been able to have a child
38:39a baby is always a blessing
38:44and now we must look to the future
38:48let us say nothing further
38:54meanwhile
38:54history arranged though it may be
38:57this is rosalind's first wedding
39:00how do we make it special for them
39:02how do we make up for the fact that her parents have treated them so cold
39:07it's simple enough nurse crean
39:10we show them love
39:14nurse
39:15nurse
39:16my wife is on the second floor
39:17i will take you to her
39:19that's okay honey
39:20let us park these bicycles and we'll head straight out
39:23this is young dr turner by the way
39:26uh doctor yes
39:28he'll be working under my supervision
39:40do you have running water mr das
39:42we have only one room
39:44we use this stack
39:53oh that's island
39:55it's mrs orday isn't it
39:57i remember you're from the clinic
39:58you couldn't come and look at my little barry could you
40:00he don't seem right
40:02i'm on my way to a lady in labour
40:05what's the matter with him
40:06it's like a cold and a bit of a cough
40:08please
40:09i can hear crying out
40:11have you taken him to the surgery
40:13i haven't got the bus fear
40:14i don't get my money till tomorrow
40:16please
40:18i'll pop down later honey
40:20when i get a chance
40:25i'll have to run
40:26or the chippy will be closed
40:28junk cod or haddock
40:30cod
40:30and get haddock for dad
40:32he's hungry when he comes in
40:33from picking up dead bodies
40:36i'll be back in ten
40:39perry
40:40my jackie magazine's still in the bedroom
41:07thank you
41:10my husband cannot touch me now
41:13even though
41:14he wishes to
41:17are you hindu mrs dars
41:19yes
41:20and we are bengali
41:23we could not stay in our own country anymore
41:25don't worry about where you've come from
41:27the only thing that matters tonight
41:29is what's going to happen in this room
41:31i should not be here
41:32no man should be here
41:34unless he is a doctor
41:37but i have nowhere else to go
41:39and i do not want to leave her
41:41we could rig up a screen
41:43i can go out onto the landing
41:44and requisition a bit of washing line
41:47you get cracking
41:48but i need you back quickly
41:49or this won't come towards your rotation
41:52i want to take actually
41:54go go go go go go go go go go go go
41:56go go go go go go
42:24Where are you from?
42:38Now, with this next pain,
42:40you're going to need a really long, strong push from you, Angelina.
42:44I am too tired.
42:45You're stronger than you know.
42:47And you've come further than you think already.
42:50This one talks a good talk.
42:52Let's see if we can prove him right.
43:00Help!
43:01It's excellent, Ranjani.
43:03It's excellent.
43:05Check for it to send her to the head.
43:12It's croning.
43:16The baby's head has been born, Ranjani.
43:20It's resting right here in my hand.
43:24Help! We need the nurse!
43:30Do you mind?
43:31A lady is having a baby in here.
43:33A kid stopped breathing!
43:47Just rest, Ranjani.
43:49Just rest.
43:53And I'll talk you through the next bit.
43:55Help! I'm sorry!
43:59What's all this, young man?
44:01You okay?
44:03What happened?
44:05Did he choke on something?
44:06It was just like he was just choking on the air!
44:09He just stopped!
44:12Why has he gone blue?
44:14Somebody call an ambulance!
44:26This is just your baby turning, Ranjani.
44:29Everything's okay.
44:36Mary, Mary, please.
44:37Mary!
44:38Is he breathing?
44:40Is he breathing?
44:41Is he breathing?
44:46Oh, he's not working!
44:47He's going public!
44:49He's going public!
44:49He's going public!
44:50Did somebody call an ambulance?
44:52Oh!
44:55You're almost there.
44:57This is it, Ranjani.
45:00Yeah!
45:07And you have a little girl.
45:11No!
45:14No!
45:15No!
45:19No!
45:20No!
45:21No!
45:22No!
45:22No!
45:23No!
45:23No!
45:23No!
45:24No!
45:25No!
45:25No!
45:25No!
45:25No!
45:29No!
45:31No!
45:34No!
45:36No!
45:38No!
45:38No!
45:39No!
45:39No!
45:39Where is the midwife?
45:41No!
45:43No!
45:54Where is the midwife?
45:57Ranjini, I'm going to have to give you an injection.
46:22Is he again?
46:26He'll need to go to the hospital and be checked.
46:47I suppose many house calls end up with two ambulances arriving.
46:51No. The baby seems to have had croup and they do bounce back from that.
46:58And Ranjini will be alright after a blood transfusion.
47:01I froze for a moment.
47:04But then it was like my heart rate shot up and my brain kicked in.
47:09That would be the adrenaline.
47:12I wonder if anyone's ever done blood tests on doctors immediately after a crisis situation.
47:17That might make an interesting research paper.
47:18Yes.
47:25I don't know.
47:29I don't know.
47:30I'm sorry.
47:44Everything is always about Sozin.
47:48And I know you love her as much as us.
47:52There are essentially two ways of approaching makeup.
47:55One can purely use it to disguise nature's shortcomings or push things a little further and deploy it as a
48:01sort of costume.
48:02You mean like a disguise?
48:03No.
48:04People hide behind disguises.
48:07Bold lips and defined eyes can bring out our inner confidence.
48:12Try putting this on by yourself this time.
48:16And then I'll show you how to blot.
48:29Do you ever have to bring out your inner confidence?
48:32More frequently than you might imagine.
48:38It's jolly hot in here.
48:40Bear with me a moment.
48:42It's the excitement of seeing yourself transformed perhaps.
48:45No.
48:46No, I suspect it's something else.
48:49It's past now.
48:51Let's get on with your nails.
48:56And before we turn our attention to the riveting recent investigation into unlicensed butchery operations,
49:04we have item five on the agenda.
49:07The closure of Kenilworth Row maternity home.
49:10Which counts as unlicensed butchery all on its own.
49:14Thank you, Turner.
49:16Any comments from the wider committee?
49:19Yes, from me, Dr Threatford.
49:25This is what midwifery looks like in your district.
49:29And this is what local people think about your proposal.
49:34The women of Poplar know how vital and how valuable the sisters are.
49:40And you're closing them down too.
49:42This is the direction of travel dictated by the National Health.
49:48Meanwhile, Turner, rest assured that even as you progress to this next phase, we continue to learn from you.
49:55Will you be watching to see what goes wrong?
49:58Because there'll be plenty.
50:01May we move on now to item six?
50:10I will pray for you when I say the offices.
50:12You will not be as alone in the chapel as you imagine.
50:16Oh, keep the home fires burning and all of that.
50:21I will telephone from the mother house if there is anything to report.
50:28I will wait for you.
50:39Come on, shoot!
50:44I will wait for you.
50:47I will wait for you.
50:47Yes, sir!
50:52Are you happy to take your diuretics with just water or would you like me to make some hot blackcurrant?
51:00I require no beverages, for I will take no pills.
51:10But the treatment is working.
51:13It is not treatment. It is merely postponing all that is to come.
51:20You would have me out in nature, but I would sooner admit nature into this room and let it take
51:31its course.
51:36Sister, I'm speaking to you nurse to nurse now.
51:41If you refuse your medication, you will progress from chronic kidney disease to end-stage renal failure very rapidly.
51:53And what if that is what the Lord intends?
52:14Sister Catherine, what's this?
52:20I chose this life because I wanted certainty.
52:25There was work and a rule of life and there was faith to knit all together.
52:35But now nobody is where they ought to be and we don't know what's coming next.
52:43Sister, are you doubting your vocation?
52:47No.
52:48I have made my vows and those vows are indivisible from my soul.
52:55But if I felt I could leave, I would leave.
53:02Because right now it would be easier.
53:04It would not.
53:06I can promise you that.
53:13I feel so alone.
53:23I'm almost at the end of Harry's new jumper.
53:26I suppose I'll be casting on for Rosalind's baby after this.
53:30There is going to be a baby, isn't there?
53:32Of course there is.
53:33The girl's been locked in the bathroom every morning.
53:43There's so much change afoot.
53:50Phyllis, I often find people speak of change as if they're speaking about rats.
53:57As if change is something hiding underneath the house, attempting to get in and gnaw at all that we hold
54:06precious.
54:07Perhaps we would be better to compare change to the birds.
54:14Enlighten me.
54:15Well, birds do what birds will.
54:18They carry twigs in their beaks and seeds.
54:23So they build nests and sow flowers.
54:27However accidentally.
54:29Maybe you should put that in a poem.
54:39Good things can come from birds.
54:42And it's the same with change.
54:47Oh, it's Mrs Turner.
54:54Is that Belinda?
54:56Hello?
54:59Hi.
55:00Welcome home, love.
55:08Is that what I think it is?
55:12i'm eight months gone i managed to hide it over the summer holidays
55:17and then once i went back i thought i'd be safe i thought i wouldn't have to tell you
55:22and then i had to come home because of susan
55:32what's wrong
55:49often a fear faced up to is a fear outgunned
55:55and love expressed becomes love doubled and ignited
56:01whether we light the fire through words or deeds
56:07there is always a way ahead
56:11a route through the woods
56:14a path that leads us to the place we need to be
56:22we listen always for the voice that calls us
56:29but sometimes love speaks loudest
56:34as we let it go
56:36you
56:36you
56:36you
56:36You
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