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Call the Midwife - Season 15 - Episode 07 English Subtitles
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00:27There are challenges
00:29That are eternal
00:31How do we stand
00:33And face our fears
00:35And how do we let go
00:36We forge on
00:39Because we must
00:41With weapons
00:42As fragile as courage
00:44As simple as work
00:46Or as precious as compassion
00:49For our fellow human beings
00:51These are the threads
00:54That bind
00:55The very warp
00:57And weft of days
00:59The things we think
01:00We will remember
01:02Then move on from
01:03And forget
01:10You poor child
01:12I'm pretty sure
01:13That's it for now
01:14Go and get ready
01:15I'll cover for you
01:20Mum, what's going to happen
01:22When we close the maternity home?
01:24I wish there was a simple answer, May
01:27The truth is
01:28Nobody knows
01:29Will we have to move house?
01:32No
01:33This is our home
01:34And that's not going to change
01:36Because Daddy will still have his surgery
01:40I promise you, sweetheart
01:42Everything will be alright
01:45Angela needs to do everything together
01:47Now we don't even get the same bus
01:49She'll be home tonight
01:51Just as she always is
01:53And Timothy's back in London
01:55Living at St Cuthbert's
01:57That's good, isn't it?
02:00I know
02:01New things are always hard
02:08Nurse Crane's been held up
02:09At the maternity home
02:10She's asked me to give out morning orders
02:12Sister Catherine
02:13Are you happy to be on first call this afternoon?
02:16Of course
02:16I was top of the call board myself
02:18But I know I'm meeting
02:19Halfway across London
02:20Good morning, all
02:22Rosalind Laddette Ice
02:24She's just sorting out a fresh beer
02:25Well, I hope she's eaten a hearty breakfast
02:27She's going to be cycling all over Poplar today
02:37See you later
02:38Six o'clock
02:40And don't be late
02:46Come in
02:54And it is
02:57Wakey, wakey
02:58Rise and shine
03:00Shine for my favourite slugger bed
03:02I bring grapefruit tea
03:05And French toast chaser
03:07Oh, I overslept again
03:09You're keeping not dissimilar hours
03:12To Princess Margaret
03:13Although, I am told
03:14Her cooling tray has nothing on it
03:16But black coffee and an orange juice
03:18She probably wakes up with a hangover
03:20I've never had a hangover
03:23Are you getting a bad back sleeping on the sofa?
03:26I did think of sending for an osteopath
03:29Then I remembered I am one
03:31Well, I've slept like a log every night since I came here
03:34It's like I'm getting over an illness
03:36You look to me as though you are recuperating nicely
03:40Apart from the faintest suggestion of a few split ends
03:43Dare I make you a little appointmentette at the salon on the corner?
03:47The hairdressers
03:48Oh, no, I really don't think I can go to the hairdressers
03:51Not with my hair in this state
03:56In a moment, we'll be inviting the ladies and gentlemen of the press inside
04:01To view the magnificent Ground Four extension
04:04Funded by the Bathroom Grant Scheme
04:06But first, I'd like to ask Mrs. Rhoda Mullocks
04:10Who's here today with her daughter Susan and son Paddy
04:14To say a few words about how she and her family have benefited
04:18From this council initiative
04:21This has been a really fortunate development for us
04:25As many of you know, Susan was affected by thalidomide
04:29And we were struggling a bit more than most
04:32With the old outside toilet and tin bath
04:35Hello, Mum
04:36For those of you who don't know, this is my second eldest, Perry
04:40He's at Technical College
04:43My grandma was actually born in this house
04:47And the addition of the bathroom has brought us bang into the middle of the 20th century
04:53And what do you have to say, Susan?
04:55It's fantastic
04:59In you go, members of the press
05:01Straight through to the back of the house
05:03Oh, and Mrs. Mullock's sanitary wear is in a new colour
05:06Called Pampers Beige
05:08So you might want to caption your photographs accordingly
05:15Come on, love
05:17Let's bump you up
05:25I can't believe we're under notice of closure
05:28Yet we've still got a cohort of junior doctors coming in for district obstetrics
05:33And all the more unsettling because my own son's one of the doctors
05:37Oh, he was such a little boy when he came into my life
05:41You were younger than he is now
05:43When your path first crossed with mine
05:46And look at us now
05:47Shutting up shop to all intents and purposes
05:51Where do you think we'll be this time next year?
05:54Possibly in a better place than this
05:58Possibly in a worse one
06:00But not here
06:02Sheila
06:03The council are not going to give Nonata's house any more money
06:09We'll have to see what God thinks
06:12And what the order proposes
06:16Hurry up, please, gentlemen
06:18The mother is feeling the urge to push
06:20And Mr. Parry wants all junior doctors to be in guns
06:26I'm sorry, Dr. Turner
06:27But I have begged for an extraordinary meeting of the Board of Health
06:31And Dr. Threatwood says we have to wait until the next one's scheduled on Friday
06:37They might announce more closures at that one
06:39There are half a dozen other maternity homes just waiting for the axe to fall
06:44Which doesn't give the Board the right to treat you or Nonata's house like a canary down the mine
06:50Meanwhile, I fear the fact that our GP practice is remaining open has confused matters
06:56I mean, I'd expected some degree of local uproar
06:59But no one has so much as started a petition
07:01The system we're heading into is going to be so big it dwarfs people's comprehension
07:07Then, by the time they realise what's afoot
07:10Their voices will seem too tiny to be heard
07:13Well, my voice isn't too tiny to be heard
07:24Now, Mother, let's concentrate on the task in hand
07:28Less noise equals more effective bearing down
07:31I'd do better without a ruddy audience
07:34Come, come
07:35Just keep reminding yourself you're making very satisfactory progress
07:40Now, whilst this contraction ends
07:42And Mother has ceased her exertions
07:44Would one of the gentlemen present like to step up
07:47And describe what he can see
07:49Ah, Dr. Turner Jr
07:54Rule one of obstetrics
07:55There is often something liquid on the floor
08:03The fetal scalp is not visible at the introitus
08:06During the pause between contractions, sir
08:09The presenting part is the vertex in a cephalic presentation
08:14The head is beginning to distend the perineum
08:17The crowning has not yet occurred
08:20And?
08:22Boy or girl?
08:25It's reassuring to know your expertise knows its limits
08:37Now, Lady Aylward
08:40Matron of the Lady Emily Clinic for Women and Babies
08:43Does have rather a ring to it
08:45Yes, it does
08:46And I'd like to accept
08:48With caveats
08:49You know I'll grant you any caveat you desire
08:53I can't commence until the new year
08:56I have to give him my notice to Nonata's house
08:59They're not in the best shape at the present time
09:09Had I to feel this bell much longer
09:11I would have been in need of embrogation from my elbow
09:16As well as assistance to the laboratory
09:19This means the diuretics are working
09:24And helping to cleanse your body of all the excess fluid
09:30I am not in want of a biology lesson
09:34Merely your age
09:36It might be more convenient if you set up a commode for you
09:39I have always pried dignity
09:42Above convenience
09:47I've spent the whole of my career in the East End
09:52Which equates to almost all of my adult life
09:55You would have served less time for murder
09:57I don't see it that way, Mr. Scarsbrick
10:00It wasn't a sentence
10:02It was and still is a privilege
10:06And now our maternity home is closing down
10:10And the domestic delivery of babies could end up virtually outlawed
10:15Thank you, Peel report
10:16I don't want to work in hospitals
10:19I want to get to know the women I'm caring for
10:22I want them to feel safe
10:24As their birth is a miraculous but normal part of life
10:29Soon I won't be able to provide that
10:30And in my view that's a terrible loss
10:36I'm simply grateful we're able to offer an alternative
10:40To those who can afford to pay
10:43Nevertheless
10:44We have new adventures to look forward to
10:47In due course I'll have something else to put to you
10:50But not today
10:52We have quite enough to celebrate
10:54Perhaps you'll allow me to take you out to dinner
10:57Perhaps
10:59In a week or two
11:03Oh, good evening
11:04Is that the cassette?
11:06Oh, Miss Leverett
11:07Glad I caught you
11:08Could you put me through to Mr. Reynolds
11:11On features?
11:13Paddy, what noise?
11:14Dive
11:15Sheep, mate
11:20I'm going to have to take Susan to the surgery tomorrow, Bernie
11:22That blister looks like it's become infected
11:25We can't have that, can we?
11:27Eh?
11:28What's the matter?
11:29How beautiful, eh?
11:30It hurts when I put the legs on
11:33Doesn't it?
11:34If I take her first thing
11:36Can you drop Paddy at nursery?
11:37Oh, no, I can't
11:38I've got a funeral
11:39At ten o'clock
11:40Out in East Ham
11:41Mr. Albion wants us lined up at the hearse by nine
11:44Sometime drew the day you took that undertaking job
11:47Well, it's a steady line of work
11:50You're drinking more of that milk and magnesia
11:52Than you ever did when you were pregnant
11:54You're not trying to tell me we got some news, are you?
11:56Chance would be a fine thing
11:59God, our almighty father
12:02We ask today for a blessing
12:03To add to all the blessings you have given us
12:06And as we thank you for leading us to one another
12:10And for letting us love one another
12:13Enfold us as my hands, enfold hers
12:15And protect us as her body protects our child
12:18Amen
12:20Amen
12:28Oh, gosh
12:30It is beautiful, isn't it?
12:34I've always loved pearls
12:37The idea that inside all that sheen
12:39There's a tiny speck of sand
12:47The heart of a pearl is so much stronger than we think
12:54I didn't even know we kept Sherry on the premises
12:56When a house is a home to a lot of young women
12:59It's always wise to be prepared for a celebration
13:02I managed to grab some twiglets
13:04And smoky bacon crisps
13:06While Fred sends his congratulations
13:07This is turning into quite a shindig
13:12Have you given any consideration to a date yet?
13:16I went to the register office this morning
13:18And filled in all the forms
13:20It's going to be in three weeks' time
13:24Three weeks?
13:29And what of your parents?
13:31Are they as delighted as we?
13:33They don't know yet
13:36They've been away on the school trip to Bruges
13:38So I'm going to call them tomorrow night
13:42They are educated
13:44And they are inhabitants of the modern world
13:49Congratulations
13:50Congratulations
13:51Congratulations
13:58I've stopped short of going the full bit else soon
14:02And giving you a geometric bob
14:05But I think that's taken the curse off
14:08Farewell Splatoon
14:11I've never had eggs rubbed in my hair before
14:13It felt quite nice
14:14Trixie put me on to the protein rinse
14:17When I decided to go long
14:19But, Beryl
14:21Now that you've had a rest
14:22We need to talk about the future
14:26The Order want my answer in three weeks
14:28And what are you going to do with those three weeks?
14:31Are you just going to sit them out indoors
14:33In the hope that clarity will come floating through the window?
14:37Or are you going to try to live a little?
14:40I think I'm living quite a lot just being here
14:43Beryl
14:45You know that's not true
14:48Today
14:51Whilst I'm out
14:53Manipulating the vertebrae of London's jet set
14:57I want you to make a list
14:59Of every single thing you wish to do
15:02Before you tell the sisters
15:03Whether you're going to leave or stay
15:05To what end, Geoffrey?
15:08It may help you decide
15:11Which sacrifice is bearable
15:17What do you mean, Mayor turns midwife?
15:20You can't deliver babies, Mrs. Buckle
15:23You're not qualified
15:25I'm not intending to deliver them
15:27The idea is that I follow you
15:30And the other ladies around Poplar
15:32As you go about your work
15:34Lending a hand, you know
15:35As and when appropriate
15:37And getting photographed by the Gazette
15:40The Gazette feels that it will draw attention
15:42To the destruction of midwifery services
15:46As we know it
15:48That I can't deny
15:51But so far we've left the news to seep out slowly
15:55So we don't cause alarm
15:57Nurse Craig
15:58In my opinion
16:00We need to cause alarm
16:02To save the maternity home
16:04If people protest
16:06It might make a difference
16:14How often do you wear the artificial legs?
16:17Every day
16:17They make them wear them at school
16:18There's three other Thalidomide kids
16:21And the teacher says
16:21They all have to set an example to each other
16:24What do you think about it all, Susan?
16:26I don't really like them very much
16:28The other kids
16:30The legs
16:31They're heavy and they hurt
16:33And they don't look like proper legs
16:35You're probably ready for a bigger set
16:37She's growing like a weed
16:39And while I'm here, Dr. Turner
16:42I won't mind some more milk of magnesium
16:45Rhoda, you really need to get that gallbladder removed
16:49You've been at the top of the waiting list twice
16:51And cancelled the operation both times
16:53I'm too busy, Doctor
16:56Belinda's away at university
16:57And I'm busier than ever
16:59With Paddy and Susan to look after
17:02I can look after myself
17:04Susan, you know that's not true
17:06And the campaign for compensation's had so many ups and downs
17:09I'll write you a prescription
17:11It's cheaper than buying it over the counter
17:14But promise me
17:15The next time your name comes up
17:17You'll get the operation done
17:21They don't complain like this in male surgical
17:26He's hungry
17:28Oh, sorry mate
17:30We don't run to bar snacks
17:33The infant stomach is a small fusiform organ
17:38Situated in the upper abdomen
17:41With the capacity of approximately 30 milliliters
17:48Anatomically, it's comprised of the cardia
17:52The fundus
17:54The body
17:55And the pilaris
17:58And the gastric macuso
18:00Is capable of sedating hydrochloric acid
18:02What do you think you are doing with that infant?
18:06I was comforting him
18:07His cry was quite high-pitched
18:09So we might have colic
18:11And he stopped the moment you picked him up?
18:14Yes, sister
18:15He just didn't seem very happy
18:18A well-managed baby
18:20Is a contented baby
18:22Doctors do not care for babies
18:25They diagnose them
18:26And they treat them
18:28And junior doctors are on this ward
18:31To learn
18:34Sorry, sister
18:37Ooh
18:37I don't know what's gone on here
18:39This one's covered in lipstick
18:41And there's a whiff of whiskey
18:47Now, you don't get a belt or badges
18:49Because you're not a nurse
18:50Your hair must be off your collar
18:53There's to be no coloured eyeshadow
18:55And I shall be inspecting your fingernails
18:58Not that we'd let you two near the business end
19:02I'm just so used to seeing you do everything
19:05The caring and the medicine were mixed up
19:09In a perfect world, the caring and the medicine would always be mixed up
19:14And in obstetrics, most of all
19:16Obstetrics and hospital just seems like another branch of surgery
19:20There's so many rules and protocols
19:22You'll be doing your rotation on the district soon enough
19:25You'll probably wish there were more rules then
19:28Just wish the maternity home wasn't closing
19:30The maternity home was an innovation once
19:35Practice evolves all the time
19:36And as a doctor, you have to lean into it
19:40Or medicine won't grow
19:43Sometimes change is for the better
19:46I mean, look at us tonight
19:48Putting on fireworks for the children
19:50Just like we always have
19:51But timing them so Angela and May
19:54Don't miss their pop music programme
19:56If you're talking about the Partridge family
19:58That is not change for the better
20:06Looks like the Sunday Times has come out on our side again
20:10Like the manufacturer's latest compensation offer
20:13And manufacturers, they want their book thrown out
20:17Three million quid for four hundred children
20:19Arms missing, legs missing, some deaf blind
20:22I've heard the campaign leaders say the kids deserve twenty
20:25Million?
20:27I've never seen numbers that big until we started this campaign
20:30And they'll never be big enough
20:31Money can't buy what that girl will never have
20:37Susan, what's the matter?
20:39She's screaming at David Cassidy
20:42He's a pop star
20:43You have to scream when you see his picture
20:52David Cassidy
20:53I want to scream every time I see his hair cut
20:56It's better than their T-Rex fella Belinda Lights
21:04That Susan's going to grow up soon
21:07Isn't she?
21:08I think it's happening already
21:15Right, Nurse Clifford
21:17I'm assigning you to juice and milk tokens
21:19That way you can show off your engagement ring
21:22Thank you Nurse Crane
21:23Are you ready with the petitions, Miss Higgins?
21:26I have personally typed up four copies to be presented to the board
21:31And they will be circulated while clinic is in progress
21:37Mrs Buckle
21:38And a gentleman of the press, unless I'm mistaken
21:41You are most welcome
21:49I've drawn up a list of suitable poses
21:52But first you'll need to help me with the hat
21:58I'm telling you now
21:59You'll not last long in a sling-back car show
22:08You may enter
22:12I brought you some crescent, sister
22:15They're still coming up lovely on the allotment
22:21There was an earwig in the last bouquet
22:24I watched him climb from petal to petal for an hour
22:29It was so like being out in nature
22:32That I almost fancied I felt sunlight on my face
22:37Would you like us to get you into the garden, sister?
22:40I could light the brazier
22:41You could have a blanket on your knees
22:42I think you mistake me for one elderly and frail
22:48Never?
22:53I'm sorry to confess it
22:58But I do not think my feet will carry me
23:06Sit with me for a while
23:12That's right, give me the joy
23:15Give me the excitement
23:20Trouble with this is
23:22We do our most important work
23:25When people aren't smiling
23:34Do you reckon Sister Monica turns a fight you didn't, sister?
23:38She's certainly weakening
23:40And the worst thing is
23:42She knows it
23:45She must be getting scared
23:48Not of death
23:50But
23:52Letting go of life
23:54And life means so much more than
23:58Breath and a heartbeat
24:03It's independence
24:04And company
24:06And joy
24:09Even nuns take pleasure in things
24:11And with every day that passes
24:14She's denied a little more
24:21Maybe it's time to move the telly to her bedroom
24:24That said
24:25I don't even think the TV will perk her up
24:29It's only the test card after time
24:33We need to get her outside
24:37Why aren't you and Sarah making this call together?
24:41Because
24:41In case you've forgotten
24:43My parents haven't spoken to him since the day I introduced them
24:46Which was also the day they said he wasn't the man for me
24:50I think I need to break the ice
24:53Honey
24:53You're going to need a pickaxe
24:56My mother and father aren't bad people, Joyce
24:59They're just very blinkered
25:02And my marriage is their chance to see things a different way
25:06You're a good child, child
25:19My name's Bernie
25:20I'm an alcoholic
25:23I used to be a warehouse man
25:26Before they closed the docks
25:27I was good at it
25:30Things
25:31On shelves
25:32Things in boxes
25:35Lists
25:35To tick
25:38I was in control
25:40And then I lost my job
25:42And I have to have a reason
25:44To get up every morning
25:45To get dressed
25:46Go out
25:48Or else the drink comes creeping in
25:50So when Mr Albion offered me a job
25:54I thought
25:55Yeah, things in boxes
25:59That feels familiar
26:01I didn't know that I would find my calling
26:05That it would make me more human
26:07That it could make me feel so much
26:10And you don't feel much of anything
26:11At all
26:13Apart from safe
26:15In a warehouse
26:21Rosalind
26:26A little while back
26:31We had to take care of
26:32A family who'd come to grief in their own home
26:36Carbon monoxide
26:40It took a mum, it took a dad, it took a little girl
26:46And the little girl
26:47Was the same age as my youngest daughter
26:52Even their names were nearly the same
26:53Suzanne instead of Susan
26:59And her hair
27:04I had to wash and brush
27:07Her hair
27:14But it was when I was washing her feet
27:16That I thought
27:17These
27:21Perfect
27:23Little feet
27:26Will never go dancing
27:31And we all found out it wasn't hard
27:35It was a hard job
27:38But I can't put
27:40Those feelings on the shelf
27:44That keeps things safe
27:48Because my Susan's feet
27:52They'll never go dancing either
27:56Her hands
27:58Never wear a wedding ring
28:00Never hold a child
28:06And I love her so much
28:10Every imperfection she has
28:11Is beautiful to me
28:14There are days I think
28:15I just live to see her laughing
28:20And sometimes
28:24Sometimes
28:25When
28:26When I stop
28:28To look at her
28:33I'll stop
28:41But I know
28:43I am not
28:44At ease
28:49With
28:50With what was done
28:53To her
28:58Because sometimes
29:00I
29:04Sometimes I compare her
29:07To the dead
29:14Rosalind
29:15Rosalind
29:16A telephone call
29:18We could have made together
29:20Telling you
29:20We couldn't deliver
29:21In person
29:22Was never going to end
29:23In happiness
29:23For anyone involved
29:25I suppose
29:26I just
29:27Thought
29:28That
29:28The niceness
29:30I'd always seen in them
29:32The general decency
29:34They'd always shown
29:35Would somehow
29:37Come out on top
29:41But it didn't
29:43What did they say
29:44About the baby
29:46Nothing
29:49Because
29:49I didn't
29:50Tell them
29:52Rosalind
29:53The baby
29:54Is more important
29:55Than the wedding
29:55I know that
29:56I just
29:58It's agony
29:59Enough
30:00Having them reject
30:01The man I love
30:03I'm not going to
30:04Give them the chance
30:05To reject our child
30:12One
30:13Buy a new dress
30:14Oh
30:15Beryl
30:16Well that's a bit basic
30:18I have put
30:19Not in navy blue
30:20In brackets
30:22I'll add
30:23Mustn't go with a wimple
30:25And lace ups
30:26I could see you
30:28In tiger print
30:29Chiffon
30:30No I don't think
30:31Animal print
30:31Ever really works
30:32If you're bigger
30:33Than the actual
30:34Animal print
30:34The only member
30:35Of the feline species
30:36You outrank
30:37In the size department
30:38Is
30:39Tabby cat
30:40The door is wide open
30:42For tiger print
30:43And indeed
30:44Leopard
30:46Two
30:48Drink wine
30:49While making crepes
30:51Weed and air
30:52Like the galloping gourmet
30:53Well I can put a line
30:54Through that one
30:54After tonight
30:55And we'll get the scorch marks
30:56Off the frying pan
30:57Eventually
30:58Three
30:59Oh
31:01Earn some money
31:03How am I going to earn money
31:06Sing hymns in the street
31:07And put a hat down
31:09I need a secretary
31:10You could be the miss higgins
31:12Of harley street
31:13I don't have a felt hat
31:16Or a petrifying manner
31:17No no no
31:18It makes perfect sense
31:19I hire space
31:20In three sets of consulting rooms
31:22And I'm always missing calls
31:23But do say yes
31:26Only if you forgive me
31:27For the frying pan
31:28I'll do more than forgive you
31:29I will buy you a felt hat
31:31And an ocelot two piece
31:43Oh hell's hell
31:44Soda
31:50What's the matter
31:51The pain
31:52What
31:53The pain
31:54I can't stop being sick
31:57I've woken up Paddy now
31:59He's got nursery in the morning
32:01I'm going to call 999
32:07Thank you for attending this seminar today gentlemen
32:10This practice was established in 1947
32:14Under the auspices of the then new National Health Service
32:19And the maternity home was opened in 1958
32:22Is it true that it's due to close down?
32:27Yes
32:27In a word
32:29Do you have any questions relating
32:32To your training?
32:33Do we have to ride bikes?
32:35Proficiency in cycling
32:37Is considered an advantage
32:42Evolution gave you two hands
32:44Dr Drinkwater
32:46Can we see one on each handlebar
32:48Please
32:49Now gentlemen
32:50If you would all oblige me
32:52By signalling
32:53As if you were turning
32:55Left
32:59That's the other left
33:00Dr Turner Jr
33:04Sorry
33:06He was like that as a little lad
33:08I had him in council
33:13Any oil left in that can Fred?
33:18They're going to operate tomorrow
33:19Take the whole thing out
33:21I know
33:22And the nurse says that it's worse because it's an emergency
33:26Dr Turner's not getting on at you for the good of his health
33:29It's for yours
33:30And you ignored him
33:31I've got too much to do
33:33Now you've got too much to do
33:35I'll cope
33:38Your sister's going to come and pick up Paddy
33:40Travis?
33:42I'll have to give her a list
33:44What about Susan?
33:52It's not the most luxurious mode of transport
33:56But with a couple of cushions
33:58It'll be just the job for taking you out in the fresh air
34:03By fresh air?
34:04Do you mean in public?
34:09Sister
34:09You need stimulation
34:11And you're capable of embracing it
34:15Why then?
34:16Did you bring that infernal television into my chamber?
34:20It is the equivalent
34:22Of putting straw down in the street
34:25So a moribund patient will not be disturbed by the carriage wheels
34:29You make all these gestures
34:32Because you think I am not long for this world
34:36Can you not see that all of these gestures are because we love you?
34:42I have neither the time or the temper to engage in violent sentiment
34:48Love is not violent, sister
34:51Love is patient
34:53And love is kind
34:55And sometimes love pushes us to places where we do not wish to go
35:00I thereby refer you to my feelings regarding that conveyance
35:11She was as mulish as I have ever seen her
35:14And I came as close to losing patience as I ever have
35:17When I was in formation
35:19Mother Albert used to say that our greatest trials
35:23Would always come from within our family circle
35:26I've had flesh and blood sisters
35:28As well as sisters in Christ
35:30The thing is
35:31You don't have to forgive the flesh and blood ones
35:34You can just roll around on the floor
35:36And smack each other and forget
35:38That sounds quite appealing
35:45Sister Catherine
35:46I'm afraid I have to increase your nursing duties
35:51Mother Mildred has asked me to go to the mother house
35:53To discuss plans for our missionary work
35:56You've always said we are missionaries here
35:59And there's a whole world in need of healing
36:03Let us see what is proposed
36:14Belinda
36:16Hello love
36:17Yeah we need you to come home
36:20Help look after Susan
36:22Did mum say that's what she wants?
36:24No
36:25She wants you to prioritise your studies
36:27It's me I'm asking you
36:28Then I'm doing what mum wants
36:29I wouldn't be at university if she hadn't worked so hard to help me
36:33I owe it to her to work hard and make the most of the opportunity
36:36But what about Susan?
36:38I can't dad
36:39I just can't
36:42You don't have to stay here for this Rosalind
36:46From now on we share all the hard things
36:54So Pastor Robinson Rosalind
36:58What's all this?
37:00We wanted to talk to you about the engagement
37:02And the wedding
37:03This is the wedding that's taking place in three weeks time
37:07Less than three weeks now
37:10And you think I don't have eyes in my head?
37:13There's a look to young mothers
37:15Even before their bodies tell the tale
37:19Have you guessed Mrs. Willis?
37:21I have
37:23I must have said some terrifying things
37:26In your imagination
37:29Yes
37:31Then let that be your punishment
37:34Now make me a cup of tea
37:42I beg your pardon
37:45I never promised you a rose garden
37:49Along with the sunshine
37:53There's gotta be a little rain sometimes
37:57But when you take you gotta give
38:00So live, not live, or let go
38:02Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, I beg your pardon
38:07I never promised you a rose garden
38:12I could promise you things like big diamond rings
38:16But you don't find roses growing on stocks so close
38:22So you better think it over
38:26Well, you're sweet talking
38:28You could make it come true
38:30I will give you the world right now
38:32On a silver platter
38:36But what would it matter
38:42This newspaper story certainly made a splash
38:44Will it make any difference, do you suppose?
38:47My dad went along with it
38:48But I don't think he's very optimistic
38:52I keep feeling as though I should be helping you
38:55You're a junior doctor now
38:57Not a student
38:58No donkey work allowed
39:03There's some sort of spring sticking out of this saddle
39:06Into my backside, Joyce
39:09District work is all about determination
39:11In the face of challenge
39:13And if you can't get on board with that
39:15You're not getting your red card again
39:21I feel for the pair of them, Mrs. Wallace
39:23Nothing takes a shine of a wedding
39:25Like parental disapproval
39:27It was always going to be under our shadow
39:29Because of Pastor Robinson's divorce
39:32But he deserves as much happiness as any other man
39:35Now his mistakes are behind him
39:37I don't think his marriage to Lucille was a mistake, Mrs. Wallace
39:41It was never a union without love
39:44What it was, was a union without luck
39:47Perhaps matters would have turned out differently
39:50If they'd been able to have a child
39:52A baby is always a blessing
39:56And now we must look to the future
40:01Let us say nothing further
40:06Meanwhile, hastily arranged though it may be
40:10This is Rosalind's first wedding
40:12How do we make it special for them?
40:15How do we make up for the fact that her parents have treated them so cold?
40:20It's simple enough, Nurse Crean
40:23We show them love
40:26Nurse
40:28Nurse, my wife is on the second floor
40:30I will take you to her
40:31That's okay, honey
40:33Let us park these bicycles and we'll head straight out
40:36This is young Dr. Turner, by the way
40:39Uh, doctor, yes
40:40He'll be working under my supervision
40:53Do you have running water, Mr. Das?
40:55We have what you want, room
40:57We use this stack
41:05Oh, Nass Island
41:07It's Mrs. O'Day, isn't it?
41:09I remember you're from the clinic
41:10You couldn't come and look at my little Barry, could you?
41:13He don't seem right
41:14I'm on my way to a lady in labour
41:17What's the matter with him?
41:18It's like a cold and a bit of a cough
41:20Please?
41:21I can hear crying out
41:23Have you taken him to the surgery?
41:25I haven't got the bus fare
41:27I don't get my money to you tomorrow
41:28Please
41:30I'll pop down later, honey
41:32When I get a chance
41:38I'll have to run
41:39Or the chippy will be closed
41:40Do you want cod or haddock?
41:42Cod
41:43And get haddock for Dad
41:44He's hungry when he comes in
41:46From picking up dead bodies
41:48I'll be back in ten
41:52Perry
41:53My Jackie magazine's still in the bedroom
42:19Thank you
42:23My husband cannot touch me now even though he wishes to
42:30Are you Hindu, Mrs. Das?
42:31Yes
42:33And we are Bengali
42:35We could not stay in our own country anymore
42:37Don't worry about where you've come from
42:39The only thing that matters tonight is what's going to happen in this room
42:43I should not be here
42:45No man should be here
42:47Unless he is a doctor
42:50But I have nowhere else to go and I do not want to leave her
42:53We could rig up a screen
42:55I can go out onto the landing and requisition a bit of washing line
42:59You get cracking
43:00But I need you back quickly
43:01Or this won't count towards your rotation
43:36But I don't want to stop
43:37Hey, dude
43:39Hey, dude
43:50Now, with this next pain, we're going to need a really long, strong push from you, Ranjini.
43:56I am too tired.
43:58You're stronger than you know, and you've come further than you think already.
44:02This one talks a good talk.
44:04Let's see if we can prove him right.
44:10Help!
44:12Help!
44:14It's excellent, Ranjini.
44:16It's excellent.
44:17I'll check for it to send her to the doctor.
44:24It's croning.
44:28The baby's head has been born, Ranjini.
44:32It's resting right here in my hand.
44:36Help!
44:37We need the nurse!
44:42Do you mind?
44:43A lady is having a baby in here.
44:45I can't stop breathing!
44:59Just rest, Ranjini.
45:01Just rest.
45:05And I'll talk you through the next bit.
45:07Help!
45:09I'm sorry!
45:11What's all this, young man?
45:14Are you OK?
45:15What?
45:16What happened?
45:17Did he choke on something?
45:19It was just like he was just choking on the air and then he just stopped!
45:24Why has he gone blue?
45:26Somebody call an ambulance!
45:39This is just your baby turning, Ranjini.
45:42Everything's OK.
45:48Mary!
45:49Mary!
45:49Please, Mary!
45:51Is he breathing?
45:52Is he breathing?
45:57Oh, he's not working!
46:00He's going full of blood!
46:01I'm going full of blood!
46:03Did somebody call an ambulance?
46:04Oh!
46:05Oh!
46:07Oh!
46:08Oh!
46:09Oh!
46:10Oh!
46:10Oh!
46:10Oh!
46:11Oh!
46:12Oh!
46:13Oh!
46:15Oh!
46:19Oh!
46:20Oh!
46:28Oh!
46:31Oh!
46:32Oh!
46:34Oh!
46:34Oh!
46:36Oh!
46:36Oh!
46:36Oh!
46:37Oh!
46:37Oh!
46:37Oh!
46:37Oh!
46:37Oh!
46:38Oh!
46:40Oh!
46:42Oh!
46:44Oh!
46:51Where is the midwife?
47:10Ranjini, I'm going to have to give you an injection.
47:35Ranjini, I'm going to go to the hospital, and be checked.
47:44Ranjini, I'm going to go to the hospital, and be checked.
47:46Ranjini, I'm going to go to the hospital.
47:54Ranjini...
48:00Don't suppose many health schools end up with two ambulances arriving.
48:04No.
48:05The baby seems to have a crew, and they do bounce back from that.
48:10And Ranjini will be alright after a blood transfusion.
48:13I froze for a moment, but then it was like my heart rate shot up and my brain kicked in.
48:21That would be the adrenaline.
48:24I wonder if anyone's ever done blood tests on doctors immediately after a crisis situation.
48:29That might make an interesting research paper.
48:31Yes.
48:38Belinda, I can't show you the bruises your sister has all down her back, but I'm telling you, you have
48:44to come home.
48:45You said I was to throw everything I've got at university.
48:48You said it was something you never had.
48:50This isn't about you, and it isn't about me.
48:53This is about Susan.
48:55Rhoda, it's going to be a shame really necessary.
48:57Everything is always about Susan.
49:00And I know you love her as much as us.
49:04There are essentially two ways of approaching makeup.
49:07One can purely use it to disguise nature's shortcomings, or push things a little further and deploy it as a
49:13sort of costume.
49:14You mean like a disguise?
49:15No.
49:16People hide behind disguises.
49:19Bold lips and defined eyes can bring out our inner confidence.
49:24Try putting this on by yourself this time.
49:29And then I'll show you how to blot.
49:41Do you ever have to bring out your inner confidence?
49:44More frequently than you might imagine.
49:50It's jolly hot in here.
49:52Bear with me a moment.
49:54It's the excitement of seeing yourself transformed, perhaps.
49:57No, I suspect it's something else.
50:01It's past now.
50:03Let's get on with your nails.
50:08And before we turn our attention to the riveting recent investigation into unlicensed butchery operations,
50:16we have item five on the agenda, the closure of Kenilworth Row Maternity Home.
50:22Which counts as unlicensed butchery all on its own.
50:26Thank you, Turner.
50:28Any comments from the wider committee?
50:30Yes, from me, Dr. Threatford.
50:37This is what midwifery looks like in your district.
50:41And this is what local people think about your proposal.
50:46The women of Poplar know how vital and how valuable the sisters are.
50:52And you're closing them down, too.
50:54This is the direction of travel dictated by the National Health.
51:00Meanwhile, Turner, rest assured that even as you progress to this next phase, we continue to learn from you.
51:07Will you be watching to see what goes wrong?
51:10Because there'll be plenty.
51:14May we move on now to item six?
51:22I will pray for you when I say the offices.
51:25You will not be as alone in the chapel as you imagine.
51:29Oh, keep the home fires burning and all of that.
51:33I will telephone from the mother house if there is anything to report.
52:03Are you happy to take your diuretics with just a minute?
52:06Just water or would you like me to make some hot blackcurrant?
52:12I require no beverages for I will take no pills.
52:22But the treatment is working.
52:25It is not treatment.
52:27It is merely postponing all that is to come.
52:32You would have me out in nature.
52:35But I would sooner admit nature into this room and let it take its course.
52:48Sister, I'm speaking to you nurse to nurse now.
52:52If you refuse your medication, you will progress from chronic kidney disease to end-stage renal failure very rapidly.
53:05And what if that is what the Lord intends?
53:26Sister Catherine, what's this?
53:32I chose this life because I wanted certainty.
53:37There was work and a rule of life and there was faith to knit all together.
53:47But now nobody is where they ought to be and we don't know what's coming next.
53:55Sister, are you doubting your vocation?
53:59No.
54:00I have made my vows and those vows are indivisible from my soul.
54:08But if I felt I could leave, I would leave.
54:14Because right now it would be easier.
54:17It would not.
54:18I can promise you that.
54:22I'm sorry.
54:24But just now, just today, I feel so alone.
54:36I'm almost at the end of Harry's new jumper.
54:38I suppose I'll be casting on for Rosalind's baby after this.
54:42There is going to be a baby, isn't there?
54:44Of course there is.
54:46The girl's been locked in the bathroom every morning.
54:54There is so much change afoot.
55:02Phyllis, I often find people speak of change as if they're speaking about rats.
55:09As if change is something hiding underneath the house, attempting to get in and gnaw at all that we hold
55:18precious.
55:19Perhaps we would be better to compare change to the birds.
55:26Enlighten me.
55:27Well, birds do what birds will.
55:30They carry twigs in their beaks and seeds.
55:34So they build nests and sow flowers.
55:39However accidentally.
55:42Maybe you should put that in the poem.
55:51Good things can come from birds.
55:54And it's the same with change.
55:59Oh, it's Mrs. Turner.
56:06Is that Belinda?
56:08Oh, hello, darling.
56:09Hello.
56:11Hi.
56:12Welcome home, love.
56:21Is that what I think it is?
56:24I'm eight months gone.
56:26I managed to hide it over the summer holidays.
56:29And then once I went back, I thought I'd be safe.
56:31I thought I wouldn't have to tell you.
56:34And then I had to come home because of Susan.
56:45What's wrong?
57:02Often, a fear faced up to is a fear outgunned.
57:06And love expressed becomes love doubled and ignited, whether we light the fire through words or deeds.
57:20There is always a way ahead, a route through the woods, a path that leads us to the place we
57:30need to be.
57:34We listen always for the voice that calls us home.
57:42But sometimes love speaks loudest as we let it go.
57:50I have news to impart.
57:51Would you consider entering into partnership with me?
57:54I'll never finish with God.
57:55Thank you for your patience, ladies.
57:57May I present the bride?
57:59I would like you to summon someone from this establishment.
58:02Albion and Sons is an undertaker.
58:04And every bed, kidney bowl, and set of clamps is staying on these premises until the last mother and baby
58:09go out of those doors.
58:39Albion and Sons is an undertaker.
58:40Albion and Sons is an undertaker.
58:40Albion and Sons is an undertaker.
58:40Albion and Sons is an undertaker.
58:40Albion and Sons is an undertaker.
58:40Albion and Sons is an undertaker.
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