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00:00I don't remember it, of course, but I'll remember this.
00:04It is special, and it deserves celebration, so may God bless you and keep you always.
00:10This is your Bible, Cyril. It's the one you bought from British Guyana.
00:15It came with me on my journey, so it's only right you have it at the start of yours.
00:24Go straight to Mrs. Kovach with these aides.
00:27Occupational therapy kept her waiting long enough.
00:30How long has she had multiple sclerosis?
00:32Five years, according to her notes.
00:35I'll read them before I set off.
00:37You're not setting off anywhere till I'm sure you fix that box to your bicycle correctly.
00:42Nurse Clifford is perfectly capable of managing the straps.
00:47With respect, Nurse Crane, it was you who encouraged me to go on the Prevention of Accidents course.
00:54Nurse Crane, before you get started, the roster may need recalibrating.
01:00Sir Cuthbert's have called, and they are short-staffed yet again.
01:04They have asked if one of our midwives might be seconded to maternity.
01:07Is that usual?
01:08More usual than it ought to be.
01:10Is this Sister Brooks asking again?
01:12Sister Marcus, I'm not sure we're familiar with her.
01:16I wondered if you might oblige, Nurse Highland.
01:19I know you enjoy hospital work.
01:21I would only go if Nurse Crane is agreeable.
01:23I'm agreeable enough.
01:25As long as you get in there and apprise them their shortcomings vis-à-vis early discharge
01:30and the incorrect management of sutures.
01:35Nurse, I will tell Sister Marcus to expect you.
01:42Oh, isn't he looking absolutely champion?
01:48He's getting so bonny.
01:50Oh, it's so lovely to be at this quieter point in his chemotherapy cycle.
01:54We're on our way to feed the ducks at the river, but have forgotten to bring the bread.
01:58I don't suppose you'd mind watching him for a moment while I pop into the shop?
02:01Oh, it would be an absolute pleasure.
02:06Oh, hello.
02:09Sister Marcus, I'm Nurse Highland.
02:12The only thing better than being punctual is being early.
02:16A maternity ward must run like clockwork or it doesn't run at all.
02:21Babies do tend to turn up when they want to.
02:24Indeed.
02:25But we have two ladies booked in for induction tomorrow that at least we can prepare for.
02:31Our senior midwives are all on the delivery ward this morning.
02:34I need you to supervise Mr. Perry's antenatal clinic.
02:37Of course, Sister Marcus.
02:39I always enjoy clinic work on the district.
02:41This is nothing like the district.
02:48Good morning.
02:49I'm here to see Mrs. Vera Kovac.
02:52Please do come in.
02:56Nurse Clifford.
02:57Pleasure to meet you.
02:59This is my husband, László.
03:01We fled Hungary together during the revolution and he's been by my side ever since.
03:07He comes home every day at lunchtime to take me for a walk.
03:12But I'm too exhausted today.
03:14Tomorrow will be better.
03:16And if it isn't, I will carry you in my arms down the road just so you can see the
03:21sun.
03:22Look after her, please, Nurse.
03:24She's my treasure.
03:25I absolutely shall.
03:30Service.
03:31Service.
03:40I'm sorry I didn't catch your name.
03:42Agata Bolasza, my cousin who came from Hungary to help me round the house.
03:46I always say God sent her.
03:55I've been here an hour.
03:56My urine's not even been tested yet.
03:58We're very stressed out today so we can only have one urine sample at a time.
04:01Well then, I'll test it myself.
04:04Come on, girls.
04:05Who else is sick of waiting?
04:07Come on.
04:07Do it ourselves.
04:08Go.
04:15All right, ladies.
04:16Stop what you're doing and take a seat.
04:19One more peep out to any of you and you'll go to the bottom of today's list.
04:25Now, I know you've been waiting a long time, so I'm going to send for the tea trolley.
04:31How does that sound?
04:33Tea and biscuits all round, free of charge.
04:43It is so frustrating not to be able to do the small things.
04:48You start to feel like half a person and you worry other people see you like that too.
04:55Your husband certainly doesn't.
04:57He seems utterly devoted.
05:01This hand does seem a little stiff still.
05:05I'll refer you back to the physiotherapist.
05:09Mrs. Kovach, what's this?
05:12I lost my grip on a cup of tea.
05:16I couldn't really feel it at the time.
05:19That's possibly because of your condition.
05:21It's showing signs of infection.
05:24We'll need to dress it every day.
05:31Well, pop onto the couch for me, Mrs. Hudson.
05:34Miss, but I'd generally just go by Eileen.
05:39You gave a good account of yourself out there, nurse.
05:41I was raised to take no nonsense.
05:43So was I.
05:44Number one rule in life.
05:45I was told, give as good as you get and never back down.
05:49As long as you do it with a smile.
05:51Only three weeks until your due date.
05:53How are preparations going for baby's arrival?
05:56I don't normally ask that.
05:58I'm on a budget, but I have been knitting.
06:01And have there been any changes since your last appointment?
06:06Yes, nurse.
06:08I, uh, went to the lab just after I got here.
06:15Is this fresh blood?
06:18Yeah.
06:24I've just been in the stock room
06:26and none of those old papers has been cleared out.
06:29I've heard these old comics.
06:31They're great.
06:33Reggie, the whole point of a spring clean is to make space.
06:38They can't stay here.
06:40You'll have to think of something else.
06:46I shall arrange for Miss Hudson to have a soft tissue X-ray
06:49and she must be admitted to the ward.
06:51You mean stay in?
06:53How long for?
06:54Well, let's see what the X-ray tells us,
06:56but we should assume for the remainder of the pregnancy.
07:02There's something wrong with the baby, isn't there?
07:05Honey, let's not jump to conclusions.
07:07I can't stay in.
07:08I haven't got anything with me.
07:10Is there no-one who could pop in
07:11with a nightdress and some toiletries?
07:13I'm doing this on my own, nurse.
07:16The hospital has guns.
07:18I'll make sure you're kitted out.
07:30Oh, I didn't mean to wake you.
07:32I found some of Nurse Clifford's favorite tulips on the market
07:35and I wanted to give her a surprise.
07:37Young love was ever thus.
07:40I'm also hoping to ask her for help with a sermon.
07:48I've been asked to be a guest preacher at St. Ozwell's
07:52and it's a different style to my own church.
07:56As a Pentecostalist, do you wait for the Holy Spirit to move you?
08:03Yes, usually.
08:05Oh.
08:07I have yearned for some Anglican clergy to do likewise.
08:12I have been given a text from Paul to start me off.
08:16For we walk by faith, not by sight.
08:20That is from the Corinthians.
08:22I would offer my assistance,
08:25but it is the voice of the fresh, nascent faith that you should heed.
08:32Age has attenuated me.
08:35You are the wisest soul I know.
08:38I'm going to leave you to get to hand with your rest.
08:41Rest is for the dissolute.
08:44I am merely closing my eyes
08:46in pursuit of mental clarity.
08:56Good morning.
08:58I thought I was doing well being half an hour early.
09:01I have been here half an hour already.
09:04I always try to get ahead with rosters and notes
09:07before my shift begins
09:09so I can concentrate on our patients.
09:12I think of it as oiling the machine.
09:17Is there anything you could assign to me?
09:19I'm here to help.
09:21I aim to become a one-sister too one day.
09:25I'm glad you used the word one day.
09:27I've been here 15 years
09:29and I was passed over for promotion four times.
09:33What made the difference in the end?
09:36Being exceptionally good at my job
09:39and persevering.
09:41If you want to succeed Nurse Highland
09:43you will have to work harder than everyone else.
09:47Getting earlier than everyone else.
09:50And oil that machine better than anyone else.
09:55Can you do that?
09:57I can try.
09:58And I will try.
10:01I'm trying already.
10:02I know.
10:04But make no mistake.
10:06They are looking for reasons
10:07not to promote women like us.
10:12Whatever else you do
10:14do not stick your head above the parapet.
10:19Say ouch if I hurt you.
10:23Burns can be very painful.
10:25No, you have a very gentle touch, Nurse.
10:27Well, one way and another
10:29I change a lot of dressings.
10:31And I handle a lot of babies.
10:36Watching a child come into the world
10:38must be a most magical thing.
10:42I hope for so long to have my own child.
10:49But life is sweet in so many other ways.
10:54Soft tissue x-ray of the uterus
10:56reveals great free placenta previa
10:58with the placenta lying completely over the os when closed
11:03and up to three fingers dilation.
11:05Is that bad?
11:08It's not optimal.
11:10And it's due to the risk of hemorrhage.
11:12We'll perform with the caesarean section
11:13as soon as you reach 38 weeks.
11:15Bed rest in the meantime.
11:16And I will see you daily.
11:21The caesarean section.
11:23They cut you open.
11:24It takes months to recover.
11:25I can't have that, Nurse.
11:26I know it's not what you want.
11:28But you're in the best place.
11:30Mr. Parr is going to look after you
11:32and so am I.
11:42Agatha?
11:51Why were you eating from the bin?
11:54I was not eating.
11:56You are mistaken.
11:57I have a tea cake in my bag.
12:00Would you like it?
12:02Yeah.
12:04I thought I might fancy a snack.
12:06I'm not hungry.
12:08I'm hungry.
12:10I'm hungry.
12:14Agatha, have you hurt your arm?
12:16No, it is nothing.
12:19Please, you must go now.
12:21I'm afraid I won't leave
12:22until you let me look at it.
12:30You have a burn that's turning septic.
12:33You must come to the doctor
12:34and get it treated.
12:36No, I cannot go to the doctor.
12:38Agatha!
12:40Why not?
12:43Agatha, I want you!
12:45Because I do not leave this house.
12:53I have your iron pills, Mr. Hudson.
12:55Twice a day on Mr. Parry's orders.
12:57He certainly gives plenty of them.
12:59I hate using bedpans.
13:00I can't get any sleep.
13:02This hospital night,
13:03he's rubbing my neck red raw.
13:06Oh.
13:18I'm sorry.
13:20My auntie Maura always said
13:22big girls don't cry.
13:24I'm scared girls cry.
13:26Tired ones too.
13:28You've had a tough couple of days.
13:32I was feeling all gung-ho and can-do
13:35about bringing up a baby on me own
13:37and now I'm just lying here
13:39thinking about it.
13:41I'm terrified.
13:45Who's auntie Maura?
13:47Will she be on hand to her?
13:52She brought me up after my mum passed away.
13:56Never had any children of her own.
13:58Didn't have a mother of my own.
14:02So you filled each other's gaps.
14:04I was raised by my grandmother.
14:07I understand how it works.
14:09Do you understand how it can not work?
14:13You were each other's everything.
14:16Then you grew up and wanted more.
14:23I'd only got half of what I hoped for.
14:26A baby.
14:27No wedding ring.
14:30She wanted me to go away to have it
14:32and then give it up.
14:34I said no.
14:35You were entitled to say no.
14:38She called me a tart.
14:40I wouldn't mind.
14:42Only she works at a club called Ostrichogogo.
14:45I have strippers.
14:50She swore she'd never speak to me again.
14:55We'd have to hear that.
15:02Hello, Christopher.
15:07Did y'all have a lovely time together?
15:10Souvenirs of what we were like
15:11and of what the programme was like.
15:12We're watching Blue Peter.
15:15And when Blue Peter in 29 years' time comes out here,
15:19they'll be able to dig up this box
15:20and see exactly what we were like
15:21and what we were doing here today.
15:23A time capsule.
15:25We should make it our own.
15:27Mum, do you have any spare time capsules we could use?
15:31We could bury them in the garden.
15:33Oh, here they are.
15:36Oh, tell you what, Reg.
15:41Spring cleaning ain't for the faint-hearted.
15:44I reckon we've earned a shandy down at the Hand and Shears.
15:47I can't.
15:49I'm busy.
15:51In what?
15:53Making it home capsule.
15:58I saw Agatha eating out of the bin, Miss Higgins.
16:01And not only was that burn extremely infected,
16:04she says she's not allowed to leave the house.
16:06I have nothing under her surname, Alessa.
16:09And she's not registered at the Kovach's address.
16:12Without an address, I can't locate her local hospital number.
16:15She may not have one,
16:17but she needs medical attention, Miss Higgins.
16:20Can we register her with this practice
16:23and arrange a home visit?
16:26I can set her up as a temporary patient,
16:28using the Kovach's address.
16:31But if her relatives are mistreating her,
16:34as you describe,
16:35you may need to think carefully before you intervene,
16:38lest it render her situation even worse.
16:41I don't think it could be much worse.
16:44Sister,
16:46Eileen Hudson's blood pressure seems a little high.
16:49What's the reading?
16:50130 over 90.
16:52I believe anxiety is to blame.
16:54She's distressed about her family situation
16:57and worried about bringing up her child alone.
17:00It's good to take note of these things,
17:02but this is a very busy ward,
17:05and we have to focus on the medical issues.
17:07We always have time for a few kind words,
17:10but we don't have time for emotional involvement.
17:18Would you do that for a while?
17:20It would go absolutely spare.
17:22Reginald Jackson!
17:25I need a tin for my time capsule.
17:30Well, that is all well and good,
17:32but did it have to be my button tin?
17:36You said we needed to make more space.
17:43I don't think I've ever known dinner to be so quiet.
17:47They're writing lists of things to put into their time capsule.
17:51They're making more just like on Blue Peter.
17:53It's captured their imagination ever so much.
17:56Daddy,
17:57do you think there will be doctors in year 2000?
17:59Of course there will,
18:01but there'll be robots,
18:03and they'll use rocket launches to fly to their appointments.
18:06No, they won't.
18:07They'll just beam themselves everywhere like they do in Star Trek.
18:11Well, I hope we'll still have some humans as doctors in the future.
18:15Why?
18:16Well, because people often keep quiet about what's bothering them.
18:20You need human ears to hear that.
18:36Poplar, 7982, who's speaking, please?
18:44Eileen, is that you?
18:48Well, if it is, there is nothing I've got to say to you.
19:03Oh, goodness.
19:07You'll be in Australia if you carry on like that.
19:10Are you by any chance doing a Blue Peter time capsule?
19:14What are you going to bury?
19:15I'm putting comics in.
19:19People will always want funny things to read.
19:22You can do one with a Bible.
19:24I suppose I could.
19:26It wouldn't be very original, though.
19:28Or have many jokes in.
19:36This girl's lovely.
19:38Is it a hospital one?
19:39I found it at an artist's house.
19:41It's been freshly laundered.
19:43Did you have some breakfast this morning?
19:45They brought it around ever so early.
19:47Soggy cornflakes.
19:48I couldn't face it.
19:49I can't say I blame you.
19:50I'll find you a couple of rounds of toast.
19:52Did I hear the word toast?
19:54None for you, I'm afraid.
19:56You're having an operation this afternoon.
19:59Why?
20:00Has something else gone wrong?
20:02Mr. Parry's unhappy with your blood pressure.
20:23Farrah is not here.
20:25I know.
20:26I saw them leave for their midday walk.
20:28I've come to dress the burn on your arm.
20:30Farrah must not know.
20:31It will make her angry.
20:33You not receiving the care you need
20:35makes me angry, Agatha.
20:36But also, if you can tell me how this happened,
20:39it might help us to decide what we should do.
20:45Farrah threw the water at me from the kettle.
20:55She hurt me.
20:57She hurt me all the time.
21:02One minute I'm scared, the next I'm excited.
21:06Let's go with excited.
21:08I'll be right in the room with you, honey.
21:17Agatha, can you tell me why Vera would do this to you?
21:24She wants me to have a baby.
21:26Why does she want you to have a baby?
21:29Not for me, for her.
21:32She cannot, so I must.
21:35But when I bleed, she hits me.
21:39So you aren't pregnant now?
21:42I wish, yes, so he will stop.
21:46But I think no.
21:49So he keeps on.
21:52He?
21:53Who is he?
21:55Laszlo.
21:59They say I belong to them, that all is permitted.
22:02None of this is permitted.
22:05This is rape.
22:07Have you ever tried to run away?
22:10I have no papers.
22:13They took my passport and...
22:16I have no money.
22:18Because they don't pay you?
22:22Agatha, have you ever asked anyone for help?
22:26I think that I am asking that.
22:39Go on your tractor, please.
22:49PP rising.
23:02There we go.
23:04Time, please.
23:06Two minutes past two.
23:22Perfect.
23:22And now we turn our attention to the delivery of our erstwhile adversary, the Proceptor.
23:29Ogometrian, if you'd be so kind.
23:42Agatha needs every kind of help, Cyril.
23:44I can put her on the Linatus books as an antinatal patient.
23:47But we have to find her somewhere safe to live now.
23:50Before she is injured again, before she is raped again, and before she actually gets pregnant.
23:55Resalind, you have to slow down.
23:57I'll open a file on her straight away, but these things have to be done properly.
24:01Can you get her into the women's hostel tonight?
24:03It's full.
24:04It's been full for two weeks.
24:07I'm going to tell her to go there anyway.
24:23Agatha, I will be quick, but I need you to listen.
24:26Agatha!
24:28This is the address of a women's hostel.
24:30They will take you in, and you will be safe.
24:38Sorry, ladies.
24:39I just took a jug of lemon barley out to Reggie.
24:42He's been digging like a navvy all afternoon.
24:45Every child at the Knit Clinic was talking about time capsules.
24:50They're even doing one at John Tess School.
24:51The headmaster has contacts at the Raw Mint,
24:53and it's going to include samples of every current banknote.
24:57It's fascinating to try to think that far ahead.
25:00I'll be 55 in the year 2000.
25:04I was 55 in the general strike.
25:09During the abdication.
25:12My recollections fade, but it matters not to God.
25:18For whom a thousand years is but a day.
25:22I wonder how many babies will have been born in Poplar
25:25by the time they dig these capsules up.
25:28And who will be delivering them
25:30if Narnata's house isn't here anymore?
25:32That's an interesting assumption, I say.
25:34I suggest we refrain from speculation at present.
25:39Sister Veronica, would you like to lead us in the grace?
25:47Oh, what's all this?
25:49Are we having a jumble sale?
25:50Daddy, it's for our time capsule.
25:53I've had to remove a sachet of angel delight
25:55and a box of chocolate fingers
25:57that somehow made their way into the capsule.
25:59We might be hungry in the year 2000.
26:03I think we should take a photo of us all together
26:05when we bury it.
26:06And one all together when we dig it up.
26:09We won't be together in the year 2000.
26:12Christopher won't be in England anymore, will he?
26:15That's right.
26:17As soon as he's better, he's going home to mummy in Hong Kong.
26:23Her BP has stabilised and her blood loss is normal.
26:28That can be the last of the 30-minute observations.
26:31Hourly checks from now on.
26:39Baloo and I have had an idea about something to put in the 13th Poplar time capsule.
26:44But what suggestions do you have, Pat?
26:48We should bury a car because in the year 2000 it will all be spaceships.
26:55Thank you, Neil.
26:56But I think we may struggle to get a car into a biscuit tin.
27:01What we thought was that we would include a selection of Cub Scout badges
27:07and each of you can write a letter about one of the badges
27:10and what you did to earn it.
27:13Hands up who thinks that's a good idea.
27:17Thank you, Andrew.
27:19Your hand went up first so you get first pick of the badges.
27:23Now, are there any questions?
27:26My teeth just come out.
27:28Can I put that in?
27:29Can I put your money in?
27:31Can I put that in?
27:35How much longer will you feel?
27:38She's young.
27:39And she's healthy.
27:41She's not like me.
27:43She should have conceived by now.
27:45It will happen soon.
27:47I will make sure of it.
28:02Where are you going with those?
28:04Don't start to soak them.
28:06Do that.
28:07And then come to me.
28:27Agatha, come to me.
28:39Agatha, come to me.
28:40Agatha, come to me.
28:40I was just coming to do your observations.
28:42I didn't know you were awake.
28:44Are you in a lot of pain?
28:46I don't know where my baby is.
28:48I thought we'd be in a cop.
28:50I would've seen my work out now.
28:53Didn't they get it out?
28:56Honey, you've just had an operation, so you're not thinking straight just yet.
29:00You have a beautiful little girl, and she's up in the nursery, giving you some peace and
29:05quiet.
29:06Girl, I need to see you in the nursery, honey, baby.
29:12After I've checked you over, I'm going up to the nursery, and I'll bring her down in a
29:17bassinet.
29:18Only for five minutes, mind.
29:21I just need to see that she's real.
29:29We are full, but we will always find a corner somewhere, if you're under Ninata's house.
29:36This whole store's not so bad, you know, love.
29:42I wouldn't usually ask to speak with you so late at night, but I find I'm unable to take
29:47my sisters into my confidence as much as I would like.
29:50They know some things, but not all.
29:54I understand.
29:56But since Easter, when the board gave us their ultimatum...
29:59Since Lent, when I told them I would make a decision at the time of our choosing.
30:04Well, I've been talking to the Lady Emily about how they're financed, and it's extremely
30:09interesting.
30:10Why have you been talking to the Lady Emily?
30:11That clinic is run for the benefit of the rich, not the needy.
30:15Our mission lies with the poor.
30:25Lent's house, Sister Julian.
30:28I'm afraid Nurse Clifford is not here.
30:31We do have another midwife on duty, who will come and see Agatha.
30:38Here she is, excited as anything to meet her mommy.
30:45Eileen!
30:50Uncle.
31:09I need help.
31:11We have a major postpartum hemorrhage.
31:22We've got a little girl who needs you, Eileen.
31:31Can you hear her, Eileen?
31:33She needs you.
31:35She needs her mother.
31:39What is this baby doing here?
31:41We can't get the bleeding to stop.
31:43It's too substantial.
31:44I'll call Mr. Parry.
31:45She needs her uterus back in.
31:47We have to get her to theater.
31:51You must have been terrified to run out of the house without even a handbag or your purse.
31:56I have no handbag and no purse, and I am afraid now this is not a good place.
32:00But it is a safe place, and sometimes that's the only thing that matters.
32:04Although I grant you, it isn't the Ritz.
32:10Agatha, the wardress, the lady at the door, thought you might be expecting a baby if you
32:16were sent here by Ninata's house.
32:18No.
32:19I think no.
32:21I don't want a baby.
32:22I don't want anything.
32:29Please, Agatha.
32:31Will you let me examine you?
32:36I am your friend.
32:45All will be well.
32:47You didn't have to wait to receive the news.
32:52I wanted to.
32:57Rosalyn?
32:58Hello, Trixie.
32:59I was just coming back from kitchen duty at the men's shelter.
33:03Shall I make her some Horlicks?
33:05Yes.
33:07Please do.
33:15I'm sorry, Trixie.
33:16I just had to get her out of that house.
33:20Yes.
33:24I'm sorry, Trixie.
33:28I just had to get her out of that house.
33:31I think it was very necessary.
33:33But you took sore responsibility in a situation which could have become extremely dangerous.
33:38It was already extremely dangerous.
33:41And it's even more so now.
33:43Agatha is expecting a baby.
33:47She said she was having periods.
33:48When I questioned her, there seems to have been nothing but light spotting for some time.
33:54And the fundal height suggests she's about three months.
33:59What if the Kovachers find out and try to get her back?
34:03It makes everything worse, doesn't it?
34:06Yes, it does.
34:09You're a good nurse, Rosalyn.
34:11And a good woman.
34:12But please don't make any more bold moves without speaking to someone more senior first.
34:18Lord, let me know mine end
34:21And the number of my days
34:25That I may be certified
34:27How long I have to live
34:32Behold, the wisdom's been my days
34:34As it were a small long
34:38And my age is even as nothing
34:41In respect of thee
34:44You have a very rare blood type, Miss Hudson
34:47AB negative
34:48You've now had all the hospital had in store
34:51And we're awaiting supplies
34:52Does there have to be special blood, can I?
34:56Can I just have the normal kind?
34:58They tried a substitute group overnight, honey
35:00But your body wasn't having it
35:02Sometimes a family member will have the same blood type
35:05If we test them, they might be able to donate immediately
35:07And solely for you
35:09I've got no family
35:15Come on now, no squabbling
35:19I never realised burying a time capture would be such a feat of diplomacy
35:23I saw less complicated maps in Alamein
35:26I've just about squeezed them all in
35:29Have you room for one more?
35:31I've had a wee idea
35:33I don't reckon there's a single corner left
35:35Unless
35:37You take Regisole
35:38There's nothing going in there
35:40Apart from fresh air
35:41And old soil
35:42Has he lost interest?
35:44No
35:44He's gone off the idea
35:46Of burying his comics
35:50We'll send off a urine sample
35:52But you do seem to be about three months pregnant
35:57Don't make me go back to that house
35:59Nobody is making you go back to that house, sweetie
36:01No
36:02But we are going to have to get you sleeping somewhere clean and comfortable
36:06And eating properly
36:09I eat for the baby, yes?
36:11For the baby
36:12And for yourself
36:14I want to do blood tests
36:16And weigh you
36:17I think you may be very malnourished
36:21That's no good for either of you
36:24Laszlo and Vera
36:25Do not know there is a child
36:27And you're under no obligation to tell them
36:30But Laszlo is the father
36:31And Vera wants to be the mother
36:33If we move you here
36:34To our maternity home
36:37We don't need to concern ourselves with what they want
36:40And with your permission
36:42I am going to the police
36:43No, not police
36:45Laszlo and Vera say I will go to jail
36:47Because I am illegal
36:48I have no papers
36:50You have no papers
36:51Because they stole them from you
36:55Meanwhile
36:56You've been tortured
36:58Imprisoned
37:00Starved
37:00And raped
37:02Agatha
37:03You are not the one who's committed a crime
37:26Thank you, Mr. Parry
37:32Sister
37:34Eileen's pulse is becoming weak and thready
37:37We've just been told that national supplies of AB blood are extremely low
37:42There may be none available for days
37:44And she has no family we can ask
37:47Because I took time to get to know her
37:48I can tell you she does have family
37:51She has an aunt
37:52Whom I think I can find
37:55We do not have the time for you to go on a wild goose chase
37:58Sister
38:00I'm sticking my head above the parapet
38:07And if it helps our patient
38:10I'm not stopping you
38:14I will
38:15Thank you very much
38:19It was as expected
38:21The police, I am afraid to say
38:24Had no interest in the terrible sexual abuse Agatha suffered
38:27The officer called it a bit of he said, she said
38:33It's such a woeful dereliction of duty
38:37However, they were interested in the theft of Agatha's passport
38:41They're going round to the Kovacs this afternoon
38:58We're not hiring
39:00But the uniform could come in useful
39:03I'm not here for that
39:06I understand you have a niece called Eileen
39:11I have one
39:13She made it very clear she's going to go her own way in life
39:16I'm no longer interested in anything she has to say
39:19Eileen has had the baby
39:21And she is very, very sick
39:27I'm only just why I'm high
39:29That's all
39:31I only just to be respectable
39:34You don't have to make amends with her
39:36You don't even have to see her
39:38She desperately needs a blood transfusion
39:40And there's a possibility you might be a match
39:49This is all rather novel
39:52I had hoped to surprise you
39:54And then realised if it wasn't advertised
39:56We wouldn't have anything to put in it
39:59So many of our mothers have brought little things along
40:02Just because of word of mouth
40:04Dozens of nappy pins
40:06Pink and blue
40:07And quite a few name bracelets from the maternity home
40:11During the war
40:13We used to write the baby's names on sticking plaster
40:17Taped across their back
40:18I don't think that sounds hygienic
40:20But all these souvenirs are lovely
40:27I had a prolapse cord with Claire
40:30She would have died if it hadn't been for Nanata's house
40:32Thank you
40:34That is just perfect
40:42Good afternoon, Mrs. Kovach
40:43I've come to collect Agatha's belongings
40:46Where is she?
40:48She's asked that we don't disclose her whereabouts
40:50The police have been here
40:52Raking through every cupboard, every drawer
40:54I imagine they were looking for her passport
40:56They found it
40:57It wasn't lost, it wasn't stolen
40:59Nor was it yours to withhold
41:01We need to know she's safe
41:04She's safe now
41:05And she's receiving medical attention
41:07She's our flesh and blood
41:09She's not too clever in the head
41:10She needs our protection
41:12I beg to differ
41:14As it happens
41:15And Agatha needs her clothes
41:19Now you can let me in
41:20Or I shall send for the police again
41:29The results of Miss Hudson's art have come back
41:32A, B, negative
41:34We have a match
41:35We do
41:36And you did the right thing
41:47You need to keep your fluids up when you're donating blood
41:52The least I could do
41:54All I ever wanted was to see her thrive
41:57And that was what upset me
41:58When she was hell-bent on being an unmarried mother
42:00I work with these sort of girls
42:03And they don't lead an enviable life
42:05I think Eileen is going to lead a good life
42:08She loves her daughter as much as you love her
42:14I'll be off now
42:17Done all I can
42:20I'm not sure that's true
42:23You did very well with your main course, I must say
42:25Dr. Turner's keen to see you put some weight on
42:28This is the best food I have had in England
42:31Wristles and cabbage
42:32Oh, sweetie, you're breaking my heart
42:35And these clothes are breaking my heart a little too
42:39But they're yours
42:41And you're entitled to them
42:42I don't want them
42:43These men of their house
42:45These men of him
42:46We can certainly arrange for them to be laundered
42:48Or burnt
42:53There's a cupboard at Nonata's house
42:54Full of lovely things
42:55Passed on from women and children
42:57For other women and children who might need them
43:01Take it all to the fire
43:03But not these
43:05This Bible came with me
43:06It stays on the journey
43:08I have a Bible that traveled around the world
43:11At home in Hungary
43:12The communists made us afraid to practice our religion
43:15I thought when I came here
43:18I could go to church and pray where there were statues
43:22I was wrong
43:24I have not been in a church since I came to this country
43:27This book was all I had
43:30At least it was something
43:33It was not enough
43:40Good evening
43:42Mr. and Mrs. Kovach
43:44I'm about to close the surgery for the evening
43:46But may I be of assistance?
43:48We are looking for my young relative
43:49Agatha Bolacha
43:51We are very concerned about her
43:53We were told she needed medical assistance
43:56There is nobody of that name registered with this practice
43:59And the only patients on the premises are our maternity cases
44:04A nurse from this practice has been to our home
44:07Ms. Higgins
44:08When does the rag and bone man come?
44:10Agatha says she doesn't want to keep any of us
44:12Agatha
44:14Agatha, where are you?
44:15Call the police
44:19Don't you dare trespass on a hospital premises in this way
44:22Get out
44:23Get out now
44:23Are you here because you're having a baby?
44:26She is here because she was starving
44:28And brutalized and required nursing
44:30Anything else is none of your business
44:31Have you been telling your stories again?
44:33She's not well
44:34You see, nurse, in the head
44:36She needs to come home
44:38Don't you, Agatha?
44:39You can't take care of a baby, Agatha
44:42If you come home, we can look after you and the child
44:46You can look after me again
44:48And we can all be happy together
44:50Like we used to be
44:52We were never happy together
44:53I was never happy at all
44:55We gave you a home
44:57Without us, you are nothing
44:59That is enough
45:01Agatha is a human being
45:03You stole her freedom for long enough
45:05But you aren't going to erase her
45:10And I am telling you to go
45:13Because I am someone
45:16I can choose
45:17I can speak
45:18Do you hear me?
45:28Oh, you look as though you've had a long day
45:32The terrible way people can treat each other
45:36It still surprises me
45:38Even after all this time
45:40Oh, some things are always difficult
45:45What's all this?
45:47Teddy wanted a photo of Petula for the time capsule
45:50I knew we had one from Easter
45:53As I was looking
45:54I came across this
45:59This time between Christopher's chemotherapy sessions
46:02Has felt so precious
46:04It's all precious, isn't it?
46:07Every second we get to spend with them
46:15Well
46:16Someone certainly looks brighter
46:17They sell it out the proper blood
46:20Where'd you get it from?
46:22I asked your aunt to donate
46:24If her group proved to be the same as yours
46:27And it was
46:28And she agreed
46:30Would you like to see her?
46:32Would she come after all the things we said?
46:46Is that her?
46:48A little girl?
46:49And is that you?
46:51She's been right beside her all day
46:53The little girl needs her family
46:55Just like me and you, love
46:57I should never have said the things I said
47:00I should have backed down
47:02And so should I
47:05But I am not your mother
47:06And I never have been
47:08No
47:10You are everyone
47:12You've been my mum
47:13My dad
47:15My aunt
47:17And my best friend
47:23That's tough girls
47:25We don't let them see us cry
47:27But we do
47:31Don't let this one be scared
47:32To feel her feelings
47:52Thank you nurse
47:56Laszlo and Vera
47:57Can't hurt you anymore Agatha
47:59They have no power over you
48:01And the police have charged them
48:03With false imprisonment
48:04Then they are the ones
48:06Who will be in jail?
48:07It is very likely
48:09As your social worker
48:10I'll help to guide you
48:11Through the court case
48:13Where am I to live
48:14So that they will not find me?
48:16There is quite a large
48:17Hungarian community
48:18In Stoke-on-Trent
48:20And I've found a mother and baby home there
48:22That you might like to consider
48:24Once all your papers are in order
48:25We might also be able
48:28To get you home to Hungary
48:30If that's what you decide
48:32I decide
48:35I am not ready to decide
48:37That's alright
48:39We're here to help you
48:40When you do
48:45I found you the most gorgeous coat
48:49Are you ready for our outing?
48:53It's nice of you
48:54To let the nightless house
48:55Use your spot
49:00What if I had changed my mind?
49:03It's too late to change your mind
49:26Mother Mary
49:27She has everything in my religion
49:30Thank you for letting me see her again
49:32I always think Mary was so brave
49:35Giving birth on a dirt floor
49:37With no one to help her
49:38A mother's love is often indivisible
49:41From a mother's courage
49:51Good morning sister
49:52Early again
49:54I could set my watch by you
49:57You've done well this week
49:59Nurse Highland
50:00It's certainly been interesting
50:02Which is what I wanted
50:03I spoke to Mr. Parry
50:05And asked if he'd be agreeable
50:07To you remaining
50:08With us here for a few more weeks
50:10He was
50:12I hope you'll consider it
50:14I'd be delighted to
50:17I'll do the staffing roster
50:18You set up the clinic tests
50:20Got to keep oiling that machine
50:24Goodness me
50:26He had a brainwave
50:26Careful down those stairs
50:28It's about the time capsule
50:29We think Christopher will love it
50:33We're going to need lots and lots of paint
50:39My Huntley and Palmer's biscuit tin
50:42Should suffice for the capsule
50:48Whatever is amiss
50:49It's just
50:52This description
50:53One of the boys has written
50:57The silver arrow badge
50:59Is very special
51:00I got mine
51:03Building a campfire
51:04Our leaders
51:07Are called
51:08Arkela
51:08And Baloo
51:11They are very
51:12Very old ladies
51:14So they will be dead
51:16In the year 2000
51:17When you open this
51:21But I don't want you to forget them
51:24So this is what they look like
51:35Well
51:37As they have been so creative
51:39Perhaps we should be too
51:41What do you do?
52:10What do you do?
52:15I did not expect to be so moved by this.
52:20Whatever happens to the Order in the future, we will have always been here.
52:25And perhaps that's all that matters.
52:34Do you like it, Mummy?
52:36Oh, it's perfect.
52:39In fact, I think we should make another one.
52:43May, would you like to send one to your mum in Hong Kong?
52:46I'm sure she'd love to see it.
52:52And what else are we hoping for in the year 2000?
52:57What about a magic oven that could cook a whole dinner in five minutes?
53:03Rocket boots!
53:04Flying calves!
53:05Mandate needles of sticking in material, not people.
53:09I'm going to use cameras, bring his daughters and their sons.
53:13Amazing.
53:39I saved you a tulip.
53:42Do you still need help with your sermon?
53:44No.
53:50No.
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