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00:00Thank you for listening.
00:30A harvest marks a moment of arrival. Something fresh has been prized from the earth. Something new has been given
00:40or begun. And we marvel at what has been delivered, not thinking yet of all that is to come, or
00:48must again be worked for.
00:51This is the moment to wrap up in ribbons. A time to savour without sowing seeds of doubt.
01:10Whoa! Can I help you, honey?
01:12She's about to have the baby.
01:14We think. I just keep getting this. Oh, here it comes again.
01:17We'll get you inside in a moment.
01:22The blood samples were sent in two weeks ago. Sister Monica Joan, OSRN, also known as Antonia Kevill. Miss.
01:32Very well. We shall do the tests again.
01:36The level of disregard for the comfort and convenience of an elderly patient is unforgivable.
01:44Oh, I don't know what that ice cream van's doing.
01:48Mrs. Bianchi's having some strong peers. We're going to get her settled and take a look at her.
01:52Oh, they're lasting a minute each.
01:54And how often are they coming?
01:57Well, I don't know. Am I meant to write them all down?
02:00Is that, by any chance, your ice cream van parked outside, Mr. Bianchi?
02:04Yes, it is. I only got it last summer. Best ice cream in Poplar. Guaranteed.
02:09I'm sure it is, but at the present moment, we're more interested in delivering babies than ice cream.
02:15Would you mind turning off the music?
02:18Oh, I'm sorry.
02:27What do you want me to do with these, then?
02:32I'll take the run of beans. We can have those with the chops I've planned.
02:36Everything else can go to the harvest festival.
02:39What? Even the marrows?
02:41They would have won first prize in the multicultural show if I'd have been ready in time.
02:45They're bigger than toddlers' legs, Fred.
02:48And I haven't the time to be stuffing them with mince and making a white sauce.
02:55I'll take them to the nurse's house, then.
02:57The children will march from there to the church in a procession.
03:01Your produce will be widely admired.
03:06You're not in labour just yet, honey.
03:08These are just what we call Braxton Hicks contractions.
03:11It's your buddy rehearsing for the real team.
03:13I feel a bit of a fool now.
03:16And it's taking Tony away from his van.
03:18That van's our whole livelihood now I've stopped working.
03:21Have I missed it?
03:22It's all right. You'll see if.
03:24It was a false alarm.
03:29Good job you never told no one.
03:31I'll get me leg pulled something rotten.
03:37Is there anything you need taking to the post office, sister?
03:40I'm rather more concerned about a letter I took to the post office two weeks ago.
03:44The one you wrote to the Board of Health?
03:46Yes.
03:47Telling them we would close Nanata's house if we were no longer allowed to work as Christian missionaries.
03:54I expected a response from them at the very least.
03:57It's entirely likely that they're playing games.
03:59Keeping you waiting because you kept them waiting.
04:03One would hope they were above such pettiness when there is so much at stake.
04:07Come on, let's go.
04:10Come on, let's go.
04:12Come on, let's go.
04:13Come on, let's go.
04:14Come on, let's go.
04:15Come on, this way.
04:17Idiot.
04:18You took her in too early.
04:19Hey, bro, you coming to football tonight?
04:22I don't know, Matteo.
04:23I'm not really in the mood.
04:25You stop coming to football, you stop coming swimming.
04:27You need to make the most of your freedom while you've got it.
04:31Come on, let's go.
04:32You got everything?
04:33Let's go.
04:34See you, baby brother.
04:38I do not have unlimited quantities of corpucular matter in my veins.
04:44Sister, you're a nurse.
04:45You know as well as I do that blood replenishes itself.
04:50And we need to get to the bottom of what ails you.
04:54We all know what ails me.
04:56I am merely ancient and presumed frail as a consequence.
05:03Sister, I have five minutes before I leave on my rounds.
05:07Would you like me to move the television into your room?
05:10Do you suppose I'm at the point of expiry?
05:13There is no reason to treat me as an invalid,
05:17as the analysis of my blood will testify.
05:26Ladies and gentlemen,
05:27the doors to tonight's wrestling in the main hall will open in five minutes.
05:39Do you have to decide to give up?
05:53I've learned so much about deferment since I gave up drink.
05:58I've learned you can bear anything if you pretend it's forever.
06:03I can postpone.
06:05I can wait.
06:07But putting things off until tomorrow doesn't always work.
06:11Because what if tomorrow never comes?
06:17I've been postponing a decision for a long time now.
06:43It's not a decision about drink.
06:46It's a decision about work.
06:50And work is my other addiction.
06:53Is there a doctor in here?
06:54Anyone?
06:56I'm a nurse.
06:57That'll do.
06:57It's a concussion.
07:01You're staging sporting events.
07:03You're legally obliged to have medical help on the premises.
07:06I don't know nothing about no legal obligations.
07:08This is her, Harmony Savage.
07:11Hello, Harmony.
07:12I'm a nurse.
07:14I'm sorry you've been hurt.
07:16Occupationalisered.
07:17Did you lose consciousness or did you remain aware of your surroundings?
07:21I never went out.
07:21I was just putting on a bit of a show.
07:25Punters like it.
07:27I've got to go back out to finish your job.
07:29Whoa, whoa.
07:30You were out cold.
07:31I did the count.
07:32Look, it's over.
07:34Brenda the butcher won fair and square.
07:39They'll have gone to give out the prize money.
07:42If you can't be absolutely sure that you weren't knocked out, I really think you ought to go to the
07:48casualty department.
07:50I'm going to go home to bed.
07:53Oh, hello, sweetie.
07:58Who's this?
07:59Carl, my boy.
08:01He comes to all my fights.
08:04Come on.
08:05Let's pack up and get you in the van.
08:07You really must not drive after blacking out, however briefly.
08:12Any better, I did.
08:15I like it was a false alarm to that heap, but...
08:20It made me think how real all this is.
08:25How we've made a proper grown-up life.
08:29You do go on.
08:32It's like being the baby of the family gave you a great big chip on your shoulder.
08:36No, it wasn't that.
08:38It was being the one who is no good at all the things the others did.
08:43It's not your fault you won't cut out for the tiling trade.
08:48Besides, I'd rather have a bit of soft scoop than a hundred yards of mosaic flooring.
08:54Come on, lights up.
08:56What's that?
08:57Oh, nothing.
08:59Tony, there's blood on your singlet.
09:02What is it? Show me.
09:09Oh, how long have you had this?
09:12Oh, wow.
09:15I'll put the plaster on it.
09:17You will not.
09:19In the morning, I'm ringing the doctor.
09:21Oh, no.
09:30Out with kit.
09:36Wrestling was all I knew.
09:37Even as a little girl.
09:39My dad was Bert Savage.
09:41Lamb of pamphlet.
09:42God rest him.
09:44I used to watch him every time he fought.
09:45It's rather wonderful that you followed in his footsteps.
09:48It'd be even more wonderful if it were legal.
09:50There's a whole ladies' circuit up north, just as legitimate as a men's,
09:53but in London, we're outlaws.
09:55I really would like you to be seen by a doctor if at all possible, Harmony.
09:59Oh, my real name's Gwen.
10:02Thanks for seeing us home.
10:05Come on, little in.
10:18I've given up to any sports and everything.
10:22It's so unsightly.
10:26I'll probably just bang it.
10:31It looks like a sebaceous cyst to me.
10:35Antibiotics will take the edge off it, but I think it needs to be removed.
10:39Oh, I've got a baby to any day.
10:42All the more reason to get it out of the way.
10:44I'll call St. Cuthbert's myself.
10:57Now, that is the bird's song I can easily identify.
11:02The lesser spotted buckle.
11:05Oh, sister, how are you keeping?
11:07I'm keeping on.
11:10If a little more desiccated with every week that passes.
11:16Perhaps I should not linger,
11:19lest you sweep me up with all the other dead leaves.
11:23I've got a bag of doughnuts in my shed.
11:26Would they cheer you up a bit?
11:27Are they jam-filled?
11:29No, they're the ones with the holes in.
11:31Then I will forego them.
11:32Do you detect a chill in the breeze today?
11:36I reckon I felt the first nip.
11:39I like it when the seasons start to turn, though.
11:43That time of year, the maced in me behold
11:46when yellow leaves, or none or few,
11:50do hang upon those boughs that shake with cold.
11:56Bare ruined choirs,
11:59where late the sweet birds sang,
12:04In me thou seest the twilight of such day
12:08as after sunset fadeth in the west,
12:13which by and by, like night,
12:16doth take away their second self
12:21that seals up all in rest.
12:40Sister Monica Tone,
12:43what's brought this on?
12:47Time, Mr. Buckle.
12:50It's passage and its sheer, weary accumulation.
12:58Would you like a cup of tea?
13:00If you will sit and take one with me.
13:13Well, Miss Savage,
13:14I'm not seeing anything that needs further tests.
13:18Any other bumps or bruises you'd like me to look at?
13:20I've got a rash,
13:22keeps coming up sort of on the back of my shoulder.
13:25If you just slip your blouse off, dear,
13:28I don't believe I've ever met a lady wrestler before.
13:32I imagine it's quite physically taxing.
13:36I call over sometimes, fight or no fight.
13:48I think I know what this is.
13:51It's a skin virus called herpes gladiatorum.
13:55Gladiator, like in Spartacus?
13:58I love a bit of Kirk Douglas.
13:59Don't we hope.
14:01I'm afraid this comes from grazing your skin
14:04on grubby canvas in the ring.
14:06Your best bet is to wash it daily with medicated soap
14:09and bathe the blisters in salt water.
14:12Can I do that with my hips and my knees?
14:14Do you have a rash there as well?
14:16No, we just hurt all the time.
14:19Miss Savage,
14:19are you able to take a break from your work for a while?
14:22No.
14:22I've got mouths to feed.
14:24Mine and my little boys.
14:32I've been looking forward to this moment all day.
14:34I popped on the market
14:36and bought myself a new pair of slippers for the winter.
14:43I never knew you could love a bit of sheepskin on your feet
14:46till I came to live in England.
14:48Me neither.
14:50Oh, I'm sorry, child.
14:52You're all wrapped up in something?
14:55I'm trying to work out exactly when I started taking a pill,
14:59calculated against the number of actual pills you have to take before it protects you.
15:04And why is that?
15:05I've never missed a single one.
15:09I'm wondering if it's thrown my hormones out of whack.
15:12I mean, it can do that, can't it?
15:14Child, the whole point of the pill is to throw your hormones out of whack.
15:18That's how it stops you getting pregnant.
15:21Are you late?
15:24I've been late before
15:27and things just sort of corrected themselves.
15:31That would have been before you had a boyfriend.
15:35Do you think you need to do a test?
15:38No.
15:40Not yet.
15:47Do you want to attack?
15:47Do you want to give out?
15:48No.
15:48He's short.
16:00Reverish can't do that.
16:04Hey.
16:04Yes.
16:05Hey.
16:05Is that a close message?
16:07No.
16:14The winner is Demolition Debbie!
16:37Are you feeling sick?
16:40This is not good, honey.
16:42But we're going to do a test.
16:44I'll help you.
16:45I don't want anyone to know.
16:47They won't.
16:52My name is Higgins.
16:53Have the samples gone off to the laboratory, yeah?
16:55They will be dispatched very shortly,
16:57but if you wish to add any to the list,
17:00I'm afraid you must see to the paperwork yourself.
17:11I don't want anyone to know.
17:18Nurse?
17:19Good morning, Gwen.
17:19And Dr. Turner remembered an iodine preparation
17:22he thought might help with your skin condition.
17:24I told him I'd drop it off.
17:27Have you been in another fight?
17:30Yes, and I didn't win that one either.
17:38It's called stay, old chap.
17:40I overslept again.
17:41I don't like going in late because it gets told off.
17:44I imagine you're exhausted after a match.
17:46I'm always exhausted, but I'm a mum, aren't I?
17:50And it's just me.
17:52If I weren't tired, it would mean I was slacking.
17:55I'm a stepmother to a little boy of Carl's age
17:58that certainly keeps one on one's toes.
18:01I hope he talks like you do.
18:02You've got a lovely way of putting things.
18:05Can I make you a cuppa?
18:07A cuppa would actually be extremely welcome,
18:10but I should be making you one.
18:15I'm sorry, I'll have to get out.
18:29That's all I've got this time.
18:30I'll give you the full amount next week.
18:33I've heard that before, and more than once.
18:36I am not a charity!
18:44No, I ain't nothing in here but feathers.
18:47I'm officially skinned.
18:48Do you keep your money in a cushion cover?
18:50I don't trust banks.
18:52At least that's where I know my money is.
18:54Even when I've got none.
18:57Sorry, I've gone dizzy.
19:02Mr. Bianchi, I'm Mr. Penn Warden.
19:05I'll be removing this cyst for you.
19:07Do you mind if I take a look?
19:17Don't want to go hacking away on the wrong side.
19:26Could just drain this,
19:27but I'm leaning on the side of getting the whole thing out.
19:36Your bloods may come back perfectly normal,
19:39but I strongly suspect that if you'd have almost passed out
19:42in front of Dr. Turner, he'd want to check your iron levels.
19:45Maybe I just need a tonic.
19:47Maybe you do.
19:49I just think that as another woman
19:50who's often had to stand on her own two feet,
19:53you need to be in better condition than this.
19:57You're on your own with your kitty.
20:00No, but I was very much on my own for a long time
20:03before he and his father came into my life.
20:06I know what it feels like to be fighting an invisible opponent.
20:10I've fought invisible ones and all.
20:12And I've no doubt you're extremely good at it,
20:15but you need someone more than a wrestling promoter in your corner.
20:19Let us help find out what's causing your malaise.
20:23Nurse Clifford's gone out to the cinema,
20:25but Nurse Hyland says we can have the box.
20:28Her new slippers came in.
20:29Could there be a more perfect showcase for nature's bounty?
20:33Oh, we can do a lot with ribbon and crypt paper.
20:37And that's before we start tying bows around marrows.
20:40Oh, these lamentable scissors.
20:42They wouldn't cut butter.
20:44Shall I see if I can find a sharper pair?
20:46What we really need is Sister Veronica and her magic pinking shears.
20:52How long has she gone to the Mother House for?
20:55A lengthy retreat.
20:57I wasn't allowed to ask.
20:59It's her private spiritual business.
21:02Do you suppose she took her pinking shears?
21:05I would settle for her implements if we can't have her.
21:33What was Sister Monica Joan?
21:37I was hoping it was something that could be treated.
21:41But chronic kidney disease is just...
21:43Something that takes old people gently but kindly.
21:48But it takes them.
21:50How long has she been ill with this?
21:52I suspect not long.
21:56How long does she have?
21:59The same.
22:02Unless we can persuade her to accept what treatment there is,
22:06she'll progress to end-stage renal failure fairly quickly.
22:12Till that day comes,
22:14we'll just have to love her as we always have.
22:17But a bit more carefully.
22:25You look happy.
22:28Today is a happy day.
22:31I got a letter from the solicitor.
22:33The decree absolute.
22:35I'm officially a single man.
22:39Everything we do now is ours.
22:42Our choice to make.
22:44The Board of Health requested a meeting.
22:46I told them your diary was full,
22:48but they were most insistent
22:49that it's in your diary for Friday.
22:53I anticipate the usual fun and games.
22:57I need to see Anthony Bianchi.
23:00I've just had his histopathology results through from the hospital.
23:03Should I make an appointment for him?
23:06No.
23:07I'll call in on him today.
23:10We told you the truth.
23:12Sister Veronica is on retreat.
23:14You told us she had gone on retreat to the mother house.
23:17She would need her cross in the mother house.
23:19She would need her shoes.
23:21Our sister needed our discretion,
23:23and I gave that willingly and with love.
23:25I'm sorry if you feel that you should have been informed.
23:31I'm sorry if I have been arrogant
23:34in thinking I deserved an explanation.
23:38I can't tell you everything.
23:39Too much of it is personal to her.
23:41But I can say she is struggling with her vows
23:44and has been given leave of absence for a while.
23:48She's staying at the Oliver Christian Retreat Centre
23:51at Gravesend.
23:54Alone.
23:56Without anyone she knows
23:58or any friends to support her.
24:02Sister,
24:04out of all of us,
24:05Sister Veronica emits the most love.
24:09She needs the most love.
24:11She does not know what she needs or wants.
24:14And that is why she has had to go away.
24:21Morning.
24:24Have you come to see Tina?
24:26Mr Bianchi,
24:27we've come to see you.
24:32I can't have breast cancer.
24:36It's a women's disease.
24:38We know all about that
24:39because his mum died of it.
24:42I know.
24:45She was a lovely lady.
24:47And even in the five years
24:50since she passed away
24:51we've learned so much about it.
24:54I can't have it.
24:58I'm a man.
24:59It is rare in men,
25:01especially for someone of your age.
25:03But it's not unheard of.
25:05Everyone has breast tissue, Tony.
25:08Men and women.
25:10We have less of it.
25:12But
25:12it only takes a couple of cells
25:15to go rogue.
25:16And a tumour can start to develop.
25:19I have had some
25:21specialist training
25:22and there are new treatments
25:24and new approaches to surgery.
25:35should I have done something sooner
25:36when I first felt the lump?
25:38We are going to focus
25:40on the future now, Tony.
25:42And we are going to be with you
25:44every step of the way.
25:48I don't care whereabouts
25:50in your body it is.
25:52You've got the big C.
25:53We have to face up to it.
25:54We can face up to it together
25:58without telling people.
26:00What is that going to achieve, Tony?
26:03You need help.
26:05You need love.
26:08Tina.
26:10I need
26:12dignity.
26:15I need to feel like a man.
26:19There's a bike for sale.
26:25Maybe for your birthday, eh?
26:28If you win your next fight.
26:33Yes.
26:38Yes?
26:40Doctor.
26:42Gwen Savage's records
26:43arrive from her previous practice.
26:45She's been suffering with tiredness
26:47and joint pain for five years.
26:50Did the blood test we did
26:51show anything?
26:52Nothing at all conclusive.
26:55Just markers
26:56for minor inflammation,
26:59slightly low white blood count.
27:01Could the pain relate
27:02to the wrestling?
27:03I saw her in the ring
27:04and it's incredibly physical.
27:06But an impact injury
27:07would be on one side,
27:08not both.
27:11It's as though
27:12we're missing something.
27:14I never liked that.
27:17They said those Braxton Hicks pains
27:19was my body tuning up
27:20for the baby to be born.
27:21I got used to them,
27:23but they've got worse
27:24since I found out
27:25Tony isn't well.
27:26You've an immense amount
27:27to contend with
27:28at the moment.
27:29But baby's head
27:30is engaged, Tina.
27:32I really don't think
27:33you'll have very long
27:33to wait.
27:36Oh, this reading
27:38is just a little bit
27:39higher than I'd like.
27:41We can't have anything
27:42else go wrong.
27:43Nothing's going to go wrong.
27:45But I do want you
27:46to come over
27:47to the maternity home
27:48with me
27:49so Dr. Turner
27:50can take a look at you.
28:05Any chance of a 99?
28:07I've an elderly friend
28:08might like a bit
28:08of a pick-ne-up.
28:11What's the matter, pal?
28:16Brian?
28:20You ain't put me down
28:21for a single match.
28:24I can't afford
28:25to promote wrestlers
28:25who keep losing.
28:26I can raise my game.
28:28My dad used to say,
28:30aim up,
28:30things will look up.
28:32Your dad was one
28:33of the best who ever was.
28:34The Lamb of Panther
28:35was revered.
28:38Look, all I can offer
28:39you right now
28:39is the adult fixtures.
28:41Oh, no, no.
28:42Adult fixtures
28:43is one step away
28:44from stripping, Brian.
28:45I keep it clean.
28:46It's a place down
28:47Deptford
28:48where they roll
28:48about in jelly.
28:50Girls earn 30 quid about.
28:5130 quid?
28:53I pay 20.
28:57Bring your own bikini.
29:08Usually Tina reads
29:09stuff for me,
29:10but I don't want
29:11to worry you with this.
29:13There's going to be
29:13further surgery
29:17and a radiography
29:20assessment.
29:24I'm going to have
29:25to stop working.
29:27Won't be for long.
29:28You've got a family
29:29to support you.
29:31I've only just proved
29:32to them that I'm a man.
29:34I'm making a go
29:35of the van,
29:35earning my own living.
29:37And now I've got
29:38a woman's disease.
29:39They can't provide.
29:43I'm telling them nothing.
29:52Geoffrey Franklin?
29:53Mr. Franklin,
29:54it's Sister Catherine
29:56from the Nutter's house.
29:58it's about
29:58Sister Veronica
30:00and
30:01I'm calling you
30:02in confidence.
30:05I see.
30:06I don't like
30:07leaving you on your own,
30:08Tony.
30:10Don't be daft.
30:12I'm fine.
30:14Hey,
30:16look,
30:18I've got my appointment
30:19through already.
30:21Nothing to be done
30:22until then.
30:24She and the baby
30:25we need to think
30:25about now.
30:29Well, I...
30:30just promise me
30:32you'll tell your brothers.
30:36I promise.
30:43You'll need to take
30:43these diuretics
30:44first thing in the morning
30:46as you don't want to be up
30:47all hours of the night.
30:48We can bring the commode
30:50into your room.
30:51The commode
30:52will not be entertained.
30:54You may come to revise
30:55that opinion.
30:57Your tone is brisk,
30:59given that my days
31:00are numbered.
31:04Everybody's days
31:05are numbered,
31:05Sister.
31:07Mine as well as yours,
31:09one way and another.
31:15But you may be going on
31:16for quite a long time,
31:19possibly feeling slightly
31:20better than you have done,
31:22given that we know
31:23what ails you now.
31:26Maybe I do not care
31:28to go on for
31:30quite a long time.
31:32Let's see how we do,
31:34shall we?
31:35With these diuretics.
31:53Carl?
32:03Carl?
32:15We'll proceed
32:16with a full mastectomy
32:17of your right breast.
32:19We'll remove the breast
32:20tissue,
32:21along with the lymph nodes
32:22and the pectoralis
32:23major muscle.
32:27I don't want to do this.
32:29I promise you,
32:29scarring will be minimal,
32:31and at least you won't
32:32be having to deal
32:33with foam rubber falsies
32:34like my lady patients.
32:43Come on, Carl,
32:44where are you?
32:56Can I help you?
32:57I'm Carl Savage's mum.
32:59Is he here?
33:00Because if he's not...
33:01Carl Savage?
33:02I've just checked
33:03every member of his
33:04class for head lace,
33:04including him.
33:05Oh, thank God.
33:07Oh, thank God.
33:08Do you want to go in
33:09and speak with him?
33:10Gwen, what's happened?
33:12I couldn't wake up
33:13this morning.
33:14Carl took himself
33:14to school.
33:16It's the worst
33:17I've ever felt.
33:18What's this on your face,
33:19Gwen?
33:20It's like this all the time.
33:21I cover it with
33:22pan stick, usually.
33:41You waiting for your wife?
33:43My husband says
33:44he can't stand
33:45the smell of this place.
33:47Drops me at the door
33:48and waits in the pub.
33:51Mr. Bianchi?
33:55Is this ever itchy
33:56or sore?
33:58No.
33:59And it's never all blisters
34:00like the one on my back.
34:01It's more like a sunburn.
34:03You've been covering it up
34:04with pan stick
34:05because it's such
34:05a strange shape.
34:07Like a butterfly.
34:10That herpes gladiatorum
34:12on your back
34:13was a complete red herring.
34:15This is what leads us
34:16to your diagnosis.
34:18Have you ever heard
34:19of a condition called lupus?
34:22Nobody in your family
34:23has ever had it
34:24or mentioned it?
34:25No.
34:26Do you think
34:27that's what I've got?
34:28This rash is so distinctive.
34:31I'd put money on it
34:32as a diagnosis.
34:33How long will it take
34:33to get rid of it?
34:35It's going to be about
34:36management
34:37rather than cure.
34:39But I promise you
34:40we can get you
34:41feeling better.
34:42I can't be cured.
34:44But I need to win
34:46matches again.
34:47Gwen,
34:47you are too unwell
34:49to fight.
34:53Tony,
34:54thank God
34:55I've been worried sick.
34:56How'd it go
34:57at the hospital?
34:58It was all fine.
35:00Your doctor's
35:01very pleased with me.
35:02Oh,
35:03really?
35:04So,
35:05what happens next?
35:06What treatment
35:07are they giving you?
35:08So many pills
35:09I'll be rattling.
35:12The important thing
35:14is that you
35:14are getting some rest.
35:16Not worrying yourself, silly.
35:18I'm not,
35:18now I've heard your voice.
35:20I love your voice.
35:22I hardly ever get
35:23to talk on the phone.
35:26Because we're together
35:27all the time.
35:28And we'll be together
35:30again,
35:30soon.
35:48Tony!
35:51Tony!
35:51We're going down the pub.
35:53We're coming.
35:54Tony!
36:16Beryl burrows
36:17as I live and breathe.
36:24Do you tell me
36:25you're en route
36:26to a harvest festival
36:27with that dreary swag?
36:29Because at the very least
36:30it would provoke a degree
36:31of fellow feeling in me.
36:32I'm on potato peeling duty.
36:35There's a rotor
36:36in the retreat house.
36:37Stop, stop.
36:38Before you completely
36:39break my heart.
36:41I come here almost every day.
36:44Sometimes I have an eclair.
36:45When the fancy takes me,
36:47I have a queen split.
36:49You get a cherry
36:50on a queen split.
36:51And there's this little
36:53burst of flavour
36:54when you bite it.
36:56Tell me you've eaten
36:57fish and chips in the street,
36:58too.
36:58In broad daylight.
36:59Twice.
37:01Although sometimes
37:02it feels as though
37:03it's the things
37:05I don't do
37:06that tell me more
37:06about where I am now
37:08or where I might go next.
37:10What don't you do?
37:13I don't pray.
37:15I came here to pray
37:16or at least to decide
37:18what I ought to be
37:19praying for.
37:21But I can't.
37:22And do you know why?
37:24It's not different enough
37:26to the convent, Beryl.
37:27And all the snatched
37:29patisserie in the world
37:30can't disguise the fact
37:31that you are still living
37:32the same sort of half-life.
37:34Trapped underneath
37:35a similar, godly,
37:38bell jar.
37:39And how do you propose
37:40to change that?
37:42Come and stay with me.
37:43Geoffrey.
37:45I am still technically
37:47a nun.
37:49I can't live with a man.
37:51You could lodge
37:52with a kindly
37:53confirmed bachelor.
38:00You've missed
38:02two appointments
38:03at the hospital, Tony.
38:05Do you have anyone
38:06to talk to?
38:07Your brothers, perhaps?
38:10I can't.
38:13Not have it been, you know,
38:15breast cancer.
38:17It's so humiliating.
38:19I can hear him now.
38:22A typical Tony.
38:26Dr. Turner and I
38:28delivered a baby
38:28at the maternity home
38:30last week.
38:31And the mother asked
38:32if the older brother
38:33could come in
38:34and meet him.
38:35We placed the baby
38:37in his little arms
38:38and he was awestruck.
38:41This was
38:42his
38:43brother.
38:45He promised
38:46right then and there
38:48to teach him
38:49everything he knew.
38:50All his best fighting moves.
38:52A cat gun
38:52was mentioned.
38:54And something about
38:55which jelly babies
38:57tasted best.
38:59Green ones.
39:02According to Enzo.
39:04Always gave me
39:05the green ones.
39:07Brothers,
39:08look after each other,
39:09Tony.
39:10I've seen it
39:11with my own boys.
39:14Right now,
39:15she'll be moaning
39:16about me.
39:18She'll be looking
39:19after Tina.
39:20Dr. Turner says
39:21she can come home
39:22if you're feeling
39:23up to it.
39:25Of course,
39:25I'm feeling up to it.
39:31Something tells me
39:33something's gonna
39:34happen tonight.
39:38I read in the papers
39:40that Gem and our people
39:42will make it tonight.
39:45Stars will be shining,
39:47my signs aligning
39:49with love.
39:52So come on and make it,
39:54let's take everything
39:56that we've been
39:57dreaming of.
40:00Something tells me
40:02something's gonna
40:03happen to you.
40:07A smile on my face
40:09is the smile you will wear
40:10in a moment or two.
40:14So get it together,
40:16you see,
40:17it's gonna be all right.
40:21Something tells me
40:23something's gonna
40:24hurt me tonight.
40:27You stay in the
40:28dressing room tonight,
40:29promise?
40:30Promise.
40:31And if I win,
40:33you'll get that bike,
40:35my precious boy.
40:59You're keeping up with
41:00those peppermints,
41:00child?
41:02I'm first on call
41:02tonight and I still
41:03feel quite queasy.
41:04But it's not just
41:05in the morning.
41:07Maybe the pill itself
41:08doesn't agree with me.
41:11I popped into the
41:12surgery when no one
41:13was there to check
41:14on your results.
41:16I think we need
41:17to have a talk.
41:23I can't seem
41:24to get comfortable.
41:27Her back is
41:28killing me.
41:32right, Tony,
41:33the sheets are wet.
41:38Do you think your
41:39walls have broken?
41:40I thought they'd be
41:41more of a whoosh.
41:44Oh,
41:45I don't feel right,
41:46Tony.
41:51Joyce,
41:52what am I going to do?
41:54The pill was supposed
41:55to be foolproof.
41:57Honey,
41:58the pill was invented
41:59by man and is taken
42:00by women.
42:01It's always going to be
42:03subject to human error.
42:04I will lose my job.
42:06I will have to tell
42:07my parents and I hardly
42:08speak to them as it is
42:09because they don't
42:10approve of Cyril.
42:11What?
42:11I approve of Cyril.
42:13He is a good man
42:14and he will support you.
42:16Whatever you choose
42:17to do.
42:18Choose to do?
42:21Joyce,
42:22I'm not even going
42:22to consider an abortion.
42:25That's why it's so hard.
42:28That's why I'm going
42:29to get the sack.
42:31Dr. Cyril,
42:32you've got time
42:33before you have to
42:34tell anybody else
42:35and I will cover for you
42:37in any way I can.
42:43You have enough
42:44of peppermint
42:44and wash your face.
42:53gentlemen,
42:54please take your seats
42:55for tonight's
42:55teeny-weeny-steamy-bikini
42:57extravaganza
42:58of her fights.
43:04Nanata Saos,
43:05midwife speaking.
43:06I'm ringing up
43:07about Tina Bianchi.
43:08We think she's
43:09gone into labour.
43:10I've been timing them,
43:11they're two minutes
43:11to park.
43:15Rosalyn?
43:17Rosalyn,
43:17come quickly.
43:1815,
43:1920,
43:20as promised.
43:22Putting a good show
43:23for the gents,
43:23were you girls?
43:25They like a bit
43:26of hair pulling.
43:28Hair pulling's
43:29an illegal move.
43:30It's not an illegal game
43:31though,
43:32is it, Gwen?
43:33Who's going to complain?
43:35Don't do this,
43:36Gwen,
43:36please.
43:37What are you doing here?
43:38You're putting yourself
43:39in real danger
43:39if you fight tonight.
43:40Your body is severely
43:41weakened from lupus
43:43and your chances
43:43of getting injured
43:44are high.
43:45And what would Carl
43:46do then?
43:46If you're not going to fight,
43:48you can hand that money
43:48back right now.
44:17A midwife is on her way.
44:19And I'm going to stay
44:20with you
44:21on the end of this phone
44:22until she gets there.
44:24She, she,
44:25she keeps saying
44:26she wants to push.
44:28Tell her to blow.
44:29Tell her to blow
44:30as if she is blowing
44:31out candles.
44:32Tina,
44:32don't push.
44:33Blow.
44:34Blow.
44:37Blow.
44:38Yeah,
44:39that's it.
44:39Do it with me.
44:46Wait,
44:47wait,
44:47wait,
44:47wait.
44:50You punch her.
44:51I said no punch.
44:52No punch.
44:58June.
45:05Do you want to tap?
45:06Do you want to give up?
45:09Tony,
45:09I need you to describe
45:11exactly what you can see.
45:12I don't know
45:13what I can see.
45:17I think it might
45:18be the baby's head.
45:19Oh,
45:28I think it might be the baby's head.
45:53Can you hear me? Gwen? Gwen? Call for an ambulance. Quickly!
46:04Mr. Bianchi, you need to get ready to deliver this baby yourself. But you must not hang up. Do you
46:10hear me?
46:22Oh, I can see. I can see the egg. It's sort of moving around. I can see its face.
46:29Good. Now very gently place your hands under its head. Wait for the next big contraction and guide the body
46:36out.
46:37Don't pull. There's something blue wrapped around its neck. Is that supposed to be there?
46:41It's the cord. All you have to do is slip your finger underneath it and lift it over the baby's
46:47head. It should slide off quite easily.
46:55Have you managed to move it? It works. It's off.
47:00No? No!
47:02Don't wanna...
47:02I'm handing it for now.
47:03No!
47:07No!
47:13NO!!
47:14NO!
47:14NO!
47:14We got a little boy, Tina.
47:20We got a little boy.
47:40You did it, Tony.
47:42You delivered our son.
47:46Just look at you.
47:51Well, someone was in a hurry to get into the world.
47:55Wait till we tell all your uncles about this.
48:03There's...
48:05There's my boy.
48:10You were lucky you didn't cause any more damage to your body.
48:13At least I got the rent money out of it.
48:16Gwen, the hospital are asking who will be looking after Carl
48:18whilst you're in here.
48:20They're willing to talk to social services.
48:21I bet they are.
48:23Social services will take him off me.
48:25I'm sure that isn't the case.
48:27But, Gwen, you're treading a dangerous path in London,
48:32even if your health allowed you to keep on fighting.
48:36There are alternatives.
48:38Just as there's alternatives to keeping your money in a cushion cover.
48:42And are you going to tell me what they are?
48:45Because I'd listen to you.
48:48You've told me you know what it is to find things hard.
48:57Another one for the footy team.
48:59A striker.
49:00My turn now.
49:01My turn.
49:02Oh, be careful.
49:07Mrs Turner's just helping Tina to freshen up.
49:10And then Master Bianchi needs to have his lunch.
49:13The Neo Papa did a good job on his own then, Doctor.
49:16Not many people could deliver their own son single-handed.
49:20But Tony did.
49:23This man, hmm?
49:25He's a proper man.
49:27He certainly is.
49:29And I salute him.
49:33Bravo!
49:40Let's.
49:44Something's come up.
49:47That I'm.
49:49Not going to be able to do single-handed.
49:55I've got cancer.
50:14Briskets.
50:15Briskets.
50:15Oh.
50:16Tony.
50:19I wish Mama was here.
50:23No.
50:25No.
50:29No.
50:36You are the best of us, little brother.
50:40And we...
50:41will not let you go.
51:09I spoke to the surgery, Gwen.
51:11All your records will be sent to the new GP we found for you up north.
51:14Thanks, Nurse.
51:16I've got to start looking after myself now.
51:18Haven't I?
51:19She's not going to be a wrestler anymore.
51:21I know.
51:23Would you like a hand putting that in the van?
51:25Or are you planning on pedaling all the way to Blackpool?
51:28Thanks, Nurse.
51:30Thanks, Nurse.
51:33And thanks for the advice.
51:36It was like a bold move, taking a job in a gym.
51:38Training other women.
51:41But it's legal in Lancashire, Gwen.
51:44And you won't be exploited.
51:45It will give your body time to recover.
51:48And my dad would like it.
51:50Good old lamb of pamphering his contacts.
52:20Oh, I came home from a lunch hour.
52:23Do you want to go for a walk?
52:24No.
52:26I'm afraid I don't.
52:28It seems you've made a decent fist at moving your weekly clinic onto hospital premises.
52:34Yes.
52:36There was some grumbling from patients about bus fares, but I think we're on an even keel.
52:42Good.
52:43Because speaking scientist to scientist, and to paraphrase our friend Charles Darwin,
52:48it is not necessarily the strongest or most intelligent of any given species that survives.
52:53It's the one most adaptable to change.
52:56I know that.
52:58And I know I can't look after my patients properly if I don't adapt.
53:02A very good attitude to have.
53:05Which is why we're placing you front and centre of our plans.
53:10And closing you down.
53:16Closing us down?
53:17Not as a GP.
53:19Although you'll probably want to join forces with someone else now.
53:22There are real incentives for group practices.
53:26But the council are not going to renew the licence for the maternity home.
53:32But the licence runs out in a matter of weeks.
53:37It's always been renewed as a formality.
53:39This is the brave new world, Turner. There is no always anymore.
53:44There isn't even an always for me. The council will have to hand everything over to the National Health.
53:50But why you still have power here doing this?
53:53To us and to Nanata's house?
53:57Nanata's house.
53:59They were forever outliers.
54:02And eccentric.
54:04Threatwood, what is the logic in all of this?
54:09How is it going to benefit the patients?
54:11I knew you'd say that.
54:12And it's why we chose to put you at the vanguard.
54:17No matter what goes on somewhere far away in the offices of Whitehall, there will always be patients.
54:25And you say that as though it's a problem.
54:32I'm so sorry, Cyril.
54:35You wanted to take responsibility, but I was absolutely certain that nothing could be better than this magnificent wonder drug
54:43that gave me control over my own body.
54:45We both agreed it was what we wanted.
54:48That it would let us have other things we wanted.
54:52And wanted very much.
54:55We just didn't want this, did we?
54:59I think that it's something that has happened a little out of order.
55:06But I wouldn't have taken you to bed if I didn't mean to marry you.
55:10And I always meant to marry you.
55:13And build a life with you.
55:15And building a life with you means more than just rings and mortgages and bricks and mortar.
55:25Did you ever close your eyes and try to see our children?
55:31I see our children every day with my eyes wide open.
55:36I see them crossing the street in popular or swinging on a swing down at the wreck.
55:42And I think, we could have a little boy like that one.
55:47Or that little girl has a smile like hers.
55:55I thought I'd have to be patient.
55:57And I'm not very good at being patient.
56:01I would not say patience has been our distinguishing characteristic.
56:07And now it doesn't have to be.
56:15There is no good harvest if there's been no rain.
56:19The earth requires it.
56:22And so do we.
56:24For how else does the heart grow?
56:27Not through relentless sunshine.
56:31Nor under a cloudless sky.
56:34Life expands, not in spite of the weather, but because of it.
56:41Thus, we are nourished.
56:43We take root.
56:44We are taught how to endure.
56:48But there are times when the soul is hungry.
56:53When fruit falls to the ground and we cannot tell if it's a blessing or temptation.
57:00There are times when we know nothing.
57:04Nothing at all.
57:06Not yet.
57:08And so it seems that if we go down, we all go down together.
57:14The council have written to me confirming that the maternity home will close.
57:22And assuming that we too will now cease operations.
57:29Do we have any say in this?
57:32A present.
57:34It seems not.
57:38Sometimes change is for the better.
57:40What do you mean, mayor to midwife?
57:43We need to cause alarm.
57:44And now our maternity home is closing down.
57:46Susan was affected by thalidomide.
57:49The council are not going to give Lenata's house anymore.
57:52But the treatment is working.
57:53It is not treatment.
57:55It is merely postponing all that is to come.
57:58It is magic.
58:26We need to get angry.
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