1 00:00:25,771 --> 00:00:28,971 How on earth can an entire building just collapse? 2 00:00:28,971 --> 00:00:31,611 Esther Tang gave us the greatest gift we've ever had 3 00:00:31,611 --> 00:00:33,491 and we can't abandon her. 4 00:00:33,491 --> 00:00:35,531 So, I've come home to die. 5 00:00:35,531 --> 00:00:37,651 My last was a stillborn. 6 00:00:37,651 --> 00:00:39,251 No... 7 00:00:39,251 --> 00:00:41,291 It's a baby! Left to be found. 8 00:00:42,491 --> 00:00:44,211 It's not safe! 9 00:00:44,211 --> 00:00:45,891 Give me the key. 10 00:00:56,851 --> 00:00:59,851 We don't get snow in the Caribbean, but... 11 00:00:59,851 --> 00:01:01,291 ..nothing's ever perfect. 12 00:01:01,291 --> 00:01:03,491 I don't think it could be more perfect. 13 00:01:07,371 --> 00:01:08,571 Keys. 14 00:01:08,571 --> 00:01:10,171 Money. 15 00:01:10,171 --> 00:01:13,931 I'm afraid it really is that simple. 16 00:01:13,931 --> 00:01:15,371 Bullet is simple? 17 00:01:16,651 --> 00:01:19,811 We have paid a deposit on that rental. 18 00:01:19,811 --> 00:01:22,571 You mistake our intention, sir. 19 00:01:22,571 --> 00:01:24,691 We are a religious order. 20 00:01:24,691 --> 00:01:27,611 And we've come here to do good, not harm. 21 00:01:30,091 --> 00:01:32,011 We're doing women's work. 22 00:01:32,011 --> 00:01:34,891 I'm surprised it's of any interest at all to men. 23 00:01:34,891 --> 00:01:36,771 With guns or without. 24 00:01:36,771 --> 00:01:40,451 The other sister said they were doing Jesus' work. 25 00:01:40,451 --> 00:01:43,891 And Jesus' work belongs to devil! 26 00:01:43,891 --> 00:01:45,091 Give him the keys. 27 00:02:03,571 --> 00:02:05,491 Wait! Wait! Wait! 28 00:02:05,491 --> 00:02:06,891 Wait! Stop! 29 00:02:06,891 --> 00:02:07,931 Get up... 30 00:02:27,571 --> 00:02:29,211 He take your money. 31 00:02:29,211 --> 00:02:30,251 All of it. 32 00:02:31,851 --> 00:02:33,851 Do not be kind to me. 33 00:02:33,851 --> 00:02:37,331 You were at least as frightened as we were of that man. 34 00:02:37,331 --> 00:02:41,691 And I suspect you have been so for a great deal longer. 35 00:02:41,691 --> 00:02:44,891 Has he been here before, Mrs Ma? 36 00:02:44,891 --> 00:02:46,771 Many time. 37 00:02:46,771 --> 00:02:49,931 I pay him to keep my business safe. 38 00:02:49,931 --> 00:02:52,771 I think you need to pay someone to keep YOU safe from HIM. 39 00:02:52,771 --> 00:02:54,571 Mrs Ma, what has happened 40 00:02:54,571 --> 00:02:56,931 here tonight is not acceptable. 41 00:02:56,931 --> 00:03:02,211 If we have brought trouble to your door, that is not acceptable either. 42 00:03:02,211 --> 00:03:05,051 And we will move on as soon as we are able. 43 00:03:08,971 --> 00:03:12,851 You keep holding her close, while I check her temperature. 44 00:03:14,731 --> 00:03:17,731 Do you think she's opioid addicted, Sister? 45 00:03:17,731 --> 00:03:20,011 You've more experience of that than me. 46 00:03:21,731 --> 00:03:23,371 It's a different type of cry. 47 00:03:27,051 --> 00:03:30,371 I think she's cold and hungry. 48 00:03:30,371 --> 00:03:32,811 Feels the want of her mother's arms around her. 49 00:03:35,331 --> 00:03:37,571 Babies are not ignorant creatures. 50 00:03:42,571 --> 00:03:46,051 Ladies, Nurse Clifford and I were wondering, 51 00:03:46,051 --> 00:03:48,731 since everything's now running smoothly, 52 00:03:48,731 --> 00:03:52,131 whether we might be permitted to have a little seasonal 53 00:03:52,131 --> 00:03:54,011 gathering, here at Nonnatus House? 54 00:03:54,011 --> 00:03:56,451 I love the idea of a seasonal gathering. 55 00:03:56,451 --> 00:03:59,691 But it's certainly not up to me to give permission. 56 00:04:02,811 --> 00:04:06,531 It would really just be ourselves, 57 00:04:06,531 --> 00:04:09,931 plus a few of our friends from nursing and hospital circles. 58 00:04:09,931 --> 00:04:12,091 Will there be popular music playing? 59 00:04:12,091 --> 00:04:16,891 And will there be dancing and the presence of young men? 60 00:04:16,891 --> 00:04:19,771 Well... Cyril will be coming. 61 00:04:19,771 --> 00:04:24,731 And we thought we'd invite Harry Chopra and Timothy. 62 00:04:24,731 --> 00:04:26,771 I consider myself persuaded. 63 00:04:28,331 --> 00:04:29,771 Life is short. 64 00:04:31,131 --> 00:04:34,691 And Christmas, as we are so frequently reminded, 65 00:04:34,691 --> 00:04:36,251 comes but once a year. 66 00:04:39,451 --> 00:04:42,291 - Morning. I'm looking for Queenie. - She's in her caravan. 67 00:04:44,131 --> 00:04:45,291 Queenie, 68 00:04:45,291 --> 00:04:49,051 I know it's hard to talk about what went wrong with the baby 69 00:04:49,051 --> 00:04:50,251 that you lost. 70 00:04:51,691 --> 00:04:57,131 But not talking might make it harder, in a different way. 71 00:05:00,931 --> 00:05:03,251 I think this Windolene has dried. 72 00:05:03,251 --> 00:05:06,051 If you pass me a rag, I can get ahead with it. 73 00:05:14,091 --> 00:05:15,931 They said I wasn't to see it. 74 00:05:18,571 --> 00:05:21,411 Even though I heard it cry. 75 00:05:21,411 --> 00:05:24,571 Queenie, if you heard your baby cry, 76 00:05:24,571 --> 00:05:26,491 it wasn't stillborn. 77 00:05:26,491 --> 00:05:30,731 It was a girl. They told me that. 78 00:05:32,091 --> 00:05:34,171 I said I wanted her baptised. 79 00:05:35,691 --> 00:05:38,451 But they said that the priest came too late. 80 00:05:43,251 --> 00:05:45,491 If you don't feel like eating, then you must try 81 00:05:45,491 --> 00:05:48,331 and keep up your liquids. Soup would be particularly good. 82 00:05:48,331 --> 00:05:52,571 Soup? I never cared much for soup. 83 00:05:52,571 --> 00:05:56,371 When I was a child, soup was a sign that ends were not meeting, 84 00:05:56,371 --> 00:06:01,931 but now soup is a sign that I am meeting MY end. 85 00:06:03,091 --> 00:06:05,851 You don't have to joke about this, Mr Fischer. 86 00:06:05,851 --> 00:06:07,051 Not unless you want to. 87 00:06:08,331 --> 00:06:10,491 Nothing really matters now but your comfort. 88 00:06:10,491 --> 00:06:13,171 And there are things we can do with regard to that, 89 00:06:13,171 --> 00:06:16,691 even though there are things that we can't... change. 90 00:06:18,011 --> 00:06:20,651 - Isn't that right, Nurse? - That's absolutely right. 91 00:06:21,931 --> 00:06:26,331 What would you most like to happen over the next few weeks, Mr Fischer? 92 00:06:26,331 --> 00:06:29,851 I came here because I wanted to come home. 93 00:06:29,851 --> 00:06:31,971 But I failed to allow for the fact that home 94 00:06:31,971 --> 00:06:33,451 is where your family are... 95 00:06:34,451 --> 00:06:36,411 ..or were. 96 00:06:36,411 --> 00:06:38,731 Mine are all gone, so... 97 00:06:40,491 --> 00:06:42,931 ..ghosts are good companions for the heart. 98 00:06:45,091 --> 00:06:47,731 But they are not company. 99 00:06:47,731 --> 00:06:50,251 Are you saying you don't want to be alone? 100 00:06:50,251 --> 00:06:51,291 Yes. 101 00:06:59,051 --> 00:07:01,371 I asked the midwife what happened to the baby. 102 00:07:02,971 --> 00:07:05,971 All she would say was, "She had the biggest eyes." 103 00:07:05,971 --> 00:07:08,971 And she said "biggest" like it was a compliment. 104 00:07:10,971 --> 00:07:12,251 She was kindly. 105 00:07:13,971 --> 00:07:17,011 Two other nurses came in and washed me. 106 00:07:17,011 --> 00:07:20,571 Two of them, like I was dirty. 107 00:07:20,571 --> 00:07:22,371 I heard one of them say... 108 00:07:23,851 --> 00:07:26,891 ..that my baby had no head. 109 00:07:30,611 --> 00:07:32,251 But I knew they were lying, 110 00:07:32,251 --> 00:07:34,811 because the kindly midwife 111 00:07:34,811 --> 00:07:38,091 said that she had the biggest eyes. 112 00:07:39,171 --> 00:07:41,891 I wish I could tell you what happened to your daughter. 113 00:07:43,171 --> 00:07:46,691 But I can tell you the truth - 114 00:07:46,691 --> 00:07:48,411 that she was loved. 115 00:07:50,811 --> 00:07:54,611 Loving's not the same as being baptised, though, is it? 116 00:07:54,611 --> 00:07:56,091 I believe it's very similar. 117 00:08:08,811 --> 00:08:10,731 More hot water. 118 00:08:10,731 --> 00:08:13,011 Now, you have to give her a name. 119 00:08:13,011 --> 00:08:15,251 Chinese and English. 120 00:08:15,251 --> 00:08:16,811 What your name? 121 00:08:16,811 --> 00:08:18,611 I'm afraid it's not very with it. 122 00:08:18,611 --> 00:08:20,251 It's Phyllis. 123 00:08:20,251 --> 00:08:22,611 It is too hard say. 124 00:08:22,611 --> 00:08:25,331 We sisters all have two names too. 125 00:08:25,331 --> 00:08:28,091 The one we were born with and the one we took 126 00:08:28,091 --> 00:08:30,651 - when we gave our lives to Jesus. - What yours? 127 00:08:30,651 --> 00:08:31,851 Pamela. 128 00:08:31,851 --> 00:08:34,891 Semi-classical, with rather a nice ring to it? 129 00:08:36,371 --> 00:08:37,491 Oh. 130 00:08:37,491 --> 00:08:41,211 Sister Julienne was baptised Louise. 131 00:08:41,211 --> 00:08:43,771 I know two bar girl call Louise. 132 00:08:44,971 --> 00:08:46,411 You born name? 133 00:08:46,411 --> 00:08:47,811 Er, Beryl. 134 00:08:47,811 --> 00:08:49,251 Beryl Borrows. 135 00:08:49,251 --> 00:08:51,611 Although the surname isn't relevant. 136 00:08:51,611 --> 00:08:53,771 Beryl's a precious stone, isn't it? 137 00:08:54,891 --> 00:08:57,091 And we can't say this one isn't a little gem. 138 00:08:58,211 --> 00:08:59,971 Beryl it is. 139 00:09:05,931 --> 00:09:07,811 Dr Turner's surgery. 140 00:09:07,811 --> 00:09:10,811 Oh. Miss Higgins? I've been offered half a dozen shifts 141 00:09:10,811 --> 00:09:12,851 - on Male Surgical! - At St Cuthbert's? 142 00:09:12,851 --> 00:09:16,811 Yes. I'll be supernumerary, but it's under Mr Borelli. 143 00:09:16,811 --> 00:09:20,451 Oh, Mr Borelli is held in the very highest regard. 144 00:09:22,011 --> 00:09:24,691 Oh, I assume, however, that, if you take up this chance, 145 00:09:24,691 --> 00:09:28,091 it may threaten the stability and security of the children's routine? 146 00:09:28,091 --> 00:09:30,051 It could be devastating. 147 00:09:32,451 --> 00:09:36,091 Queenie's had no complications at all in this pregnancy, 148 00:09:36,091 --> 00:09:39,491 apart from mild anaemia, despite her age 149 00:09:39,491 --> 00:09:42,171 and despite the fact that it's her ninth. 150 00:09:42,171 --> 00:09:45,771 But she is desperately anxious. 151 00:09:45,771 --> 00:09:48,691 Well, does she think the same disaster might be visited again? 152 00:09:48,691 --> 00:09:50,771 How can I tell her it won't, 153 00:09:50,771 --> 00:09:52,731 if I don't know what happened either? 154 00:09:56,891 --> 00:09:59,131 Oh! That's clever. 155 00:09:59,131 --> 00:10:02,771 It is a better use of this contraption than the plucking up 156 00:10:02,771 --> 00:10:06,371 and putting on of shoes, which is supposedly its purpose. 157 00:10:07,971 --> 00:10:10,051 Sister Monica Joan, 158 00:10:10,051 --> 00:10:12,411 I wondered if I might ask for your help. 159 00:10:18,291 --> 00:10:19,891 Is good? 160 00:10:19,891 --> 00:10:22,051 Certainly stable. 161 00:10:22,051 --> 00:10:23,731 You're doing well, lass. 162 00:10:23,731 --> 00:10:27,251 - What is lass? - Oh, it means girl. 163 00:10:28,331 --> 00:10:31,091 It's what we call a term of endearment. 164 00:10:32,131 --> 00:10:34,171 It's a way of being kind. 165 00:10:34,171 --> 00:10:37,451 My mother used to say, "Nui, nui." 166 00:10:37,451 --> 00:10:40,331 Where is your mother, Yuechan? 167 00:10:40,331 --> 00:10:42,931 In our village in Guangdong... 168 00:10:44,371 --> 00:10:47,651 ..if she still alive. 169 00:10:47,651 --> 00:10:51,371 Could you write to her? A letter? 170 00:10:53,611 --> 00:10:55,331 She not know how to read. 171 00:10:58,811 --> 00:11:00,451 I not know what to say. 172 00:11:03,851 --> 00:11:08,171 How I come here, how I have a baby. 173 00:11:10,931 --> 00:11:15,051 We need you to stay well and happy 174 00:11:15,051 --> 00:11:17,371 until this baby comes. 175 00:11:20,651 --> 00:11:22,611 I'll be your mother until then. 176 00:11:33,131 --> 00:11:35,171 Hibiscus Street isn't part of my division, 177 00:11:35,171 --> 00:11:37,931 but it's notorious even within Kowloon. 178 00:11:37,931 --> 00:11:41,011 There are four branches of Triad active in Hong Kong 179 00:11:41,011 --> 00:11:44,891 and they run everything - gambling, prostitution, drugs, 180 00:11:44,891 --> 00:11:46,251 the whole nine yards. 181 00:11:46,251 --> 00:11:49,411 Which is why our work there is so essential. 182 00:11:49,411 --> 00:11:52,451 The old clinic came under a branch run by a crook who calls 183 00:11:52,451 --> 00:11:54,291 himself the Cormorant. 184 00:11:54,291 --> 00:11:57,211 - The Cormorant? - He's a Liverpool Chinese. 185 00:11:57,211 --> 00:12:00,131 Born there, deported here during the war. 186 00:12:00,131 --> 00:12:01,371 Never went back. 187 00:12:01,371 --> 00:12:04,331 And why should he? He's made a decent living over here. 188 00:12:04,331 --> 00:12:08,091 Runs a nightclub called the Crimson Lantern and other rackets. 189 00:12:08,091 --> 00:12:11,491 How comes you know all this but crime's still running rampant? 190 00:12:11,491 --> 00:12:14,731 Knowing what Triad are doing doesn't mean we can stop them. 191 00:12:14,731 --> 00:12:17,651 We don't want to put you in a difficult position, Derek, 192 00:12:17,651 --> 00:12:20,971 but the sisters need advice. 193 00:12:20,971 --> 00:12:23,651 My advice is they should look for premises 194 00:12:23,651 --> 00:12:25,891 outside the Cormorant's area. 195 00:12:25,891 --> 00:12:29,091 They've done something to offend him and he won't let it go. 196 00:12:51,571 --> 00:12:52,611 Oh, Esther. 197 00:13:04,571 --> 00:13:06,851 Oh! Where did you appear from? 198 00:13:06,851 --> 00:13:10,211 I've seen entrances onstage like that, 199 00:13:10,211 --> 00:13:13,491 but generally they involve a... a trap door. 200 00:13:13,491 --> 00:13:15,571 The landlord provided the key. 201 00:13:15,571 --> 00:13:19,371 And the district nurse hung it on a string inside the letterbox. 202 00:13:19,371 --> 00:13:21,331 Ah. 203 00:13:21,331 --> 00:13:23,811 What year were you born? 204 00:13:25,211 --> 00:13:26,691 Ah! 205 00:13:26,691 --> 00:13:30,931 Then you cannot be the child I delivered in this chamber. 206 00:13:30,931 --> 00:13:34,411 I did not arrive in Poplar until 1903. 207 00:13:34,411 --> 00:13:38,891 My brother Sammy, he was born in 1903. 208 00:13:38,891 --> 00:13:40,531 The others came after him. 209 00:13:41,611 --> 00:13:42,931 Then... 210 00:13:44,371 --> 00:13:48,211 ..you must be the child with the large, round eyes, 211 00:13:48,211 --> 00:13:53,371 that sat on the bed and watched as I bathed his infant sibling. 212 00:13:53,371 --> 00:13:54,531 Huh. 213 00:13:54,531 --> 00:13:58,051 You had a remarkable gaze, even then. 214 00:13:58,051 --> 00:14:00,051 Yes, I remember that. 215 00:14:01,331 --> 00:14:02,891 And I hope I remember you. 216 00:14:04,371 --> 00:14:07,931 I am most grateful for your assistance. Good day. 217 00:14:10,611 --> 00:14:12,651 - Harry. - Yes, Auntie? 218 00:14:12,651 --> 00:14:14,051 Miss Higgins. 219 00:14:14,051 --> 00:14:16,691 Thank you. Just while we're in the surgery. 220 00:14:16,691 --> 00:14:19,251 Now, take Dr Watkiss her coffee. 221 00:14:19,251 --> 00:14:22,931 Then I need you to go to the records office for me. 222 00:14:26,731 --> 00:14:27,771 All right. 223 00:14:30,251 --> 00:14:34,531 And that was our kindly supporter at the British Army base, informing 224 00:14:34,531 --> 00:14:39,331 us that Sister Prudence also tested positive for tuberculosis. 225 00:14:39,331 --> 00:14:41,771 And so have two of the children. 226 00:14:41,771 --> 00:14:43,931 This is a really vicious strain. 227 00:14:43,931 --> 00:14:46,691 Thank goodness we've all been vaccinated. 228 00:14:46,691 --> 00:14:49,531 We will have to get them transferred to the sanatorium, 229 00:14:49,531 --> 00:14:52,611 then fumigate their room, as well as Sister Edith's. 230 00:14:52,611 --> 00:14:53,771 Patrick. 231 00:14:53,771 --> 00:14:55,531 There's something you need to see. 232 00:14:57,931 --> 00:14:59,091 Hello, Teddy, dear. 233 00:15:07,291 --> 00:15:09,651 Teddy, whatever happened to the Christmas tree? 234 00:15:09,651 --> 00:15:11,811 Petula knocked it down. 235 00:15:11,811 --> 00:15:13,571 Where are the girls? 236 00:15:13,571 --> 00:15:15,811 In their bedroom, 237 00:15:15,811 --> 00:15:17,811 playing with nail varnish. 238 00:15:17,811 --> 00:15:20,851 Nail varnish? Angela and May Turner! 239 00:15:24,851 --> 00:15:27,091 Hello, Miss Higgins. 240 00:15:27,091 --> 00:15:30,771 I have brought savoury mince and a peach blancmange. 241 00:15:30,771 --> 00:15:32,011 You will come and eat it. 242 00:15:33,011 --> 00:15:37,051 After which, we will re-erect the Christmas tree, 243 00:15:37,051 --> 00:15:40,891 erase all evidence of these manicures 244 00:15:40,891 --> 00:15:45,371 and discuss a plan for the remainder of your parents' absence. 245 00:15:48,411 --> 00:15:49,691 There are photographs 246 00:15:49,691 --> 00:15:53,491 and letters in this bag that we sent to Esther from England. 247 00:15:53,491 --> 00:15:57,091 There are also what look to be her personal belongings - 248 00:15:57,091 --> 00:15:59,291 there's a comb and lipstick 249 00:15:59,291 --> 00:16:02,251 and underclothes and a child's shoe. 250 00:16:02,251 --> 00:16:07,291 Mrs Ma, Esther is a very, very important person to our family. 251 00:16:09,971 --> 00:16:12,531 This is her daughter, May, 252 00:16:12,531 --> 00:16:14,771 who is our daughter now. 253 00:16:14,771 --> 00:16:16,971 - You make good life for this girl. - But... 254 00:16:18,131 --> 00:16:20,731 ..Esther has another child now. 255 00:16:20,731 --> 00:16:22,091 A little boy. 256 00:16:25,211 --> 00:16:27,891 A little boy who is missing his shoe. 257 00:16:27,891 --> 00:16:30,411 And possibly missing his mother. 258 00:16:30,411 --> 00:16:33,571 Mrs Ma, we don't even know if they're together any more. 259 00:16:35,411 --> 00:16:39,011 Sister Edith know. You ask Sister Edith. 260 00:16:50,611 --> 00:16:56,491 Mrs Forsyth, the midwife who attended your little girl's birth 261 00:16:56,491 --> 00:17:01,611 took great care to record her birth and her death in the proper way. 262 00:17:01,611 --> 00:17:03,651 I said she was kindly. 263 00:17:03,651 --> 00:17:07,451 And it seems that your daughter was born with a condition 264 00:17:07,451 --> 00:17:08,851 called anencephaly. 265 00:17:10,571 --> 00:17:14,931 The top of her head hadn't developed in the womb as it should have done 266 00:17:14,931 --> 00:17:18,171 and her brain would have been very badly affected. 267 00:17:18,171 --> 00:17:20,931 - Would it have hurt her? - No. 268 00:17:20,931 --> 00:17:22,331 I heard her crying. 269 00:17:22,331 --> 00:17:24,971 All babies cry, Queenie. 270 00:17:24,971 --> 00:17:27,211 It's a sign of life. 271 00:17:28,771 --> 00:17:33,531 And it's beautiful, even if that life doesn't last very long. 272 00:17:37,571 --> 00:17:41,251 - Was it something I did? - No, Queenie. 273 00:17:41,251 --> 00:17:42,691 It wasn't. 274 00:17:42,691 --> 00:17:44,491 I can promise you that. 275 00:17:44,491 --> 00:17:48,131 All I want is to hold a live child in my arms... 276 00:17:49,371 --> 00:17:51,491 ..and to tell it that it's mine. 277 00:17:58,931 --> 00:18:01,571 That other child's name is Christopher. 278 00:18:01,571 --> 00:18:03,971 She will protect him with her life. 279 00:18:05,011 --> 00:18:08,331 His father wants to take him from her. 280 00:18:08,331 --> 00:18:10,611 And his father is a criminal. 281 00:18:10,611 --> 00:18:13,651 - A gangster? - Of the worst kind. 282 00:18:15,531 --> 00:18:18,931 He has offspring by numerous women, 283 00:18:18,931 --> 00:18:23,051 but Christopher is his only son. 284 00:18:23,051 --> 00:18:26,771 What has Esther done to make him turn on her like this? 285 00:18:26,771 --> 00:18:30,691 Every time she conceived, she came to us. 286 00:18:30,691 --> 00:18:33,171 Aghast that this had happened again. 287 00:18:33,171 --> 00:18:37,891 But all she ever wanted was love. 288 00:18:39,211 --> 00:18:41,011 It happens the world over. 289 00:18:41,011 --> 00:18:42,851 I've seen it time and time again. 290 00:18:42,851 --> 00:18:44,331 No. 291 00:18:44,331 --> 00:18:47,291 You have not seen a man like this. 292 00:18:48,971 --> 00:18:50,731 They call him the Cormorant. 293 00:18:52,651 --> 00:18:57,891 He has ordered her and her child to be hunted down like dogs. 294 00:18:57,891 --> 00:19:02,331 At one point, we persuaded Mrs Ma to hide her. 295 00:19:02,331 --> 00:19:05,691 But, Sister Edith, it's as though they have both vanished. 296 00:19:07,291 --> 00:19:14,291 There is one place she thought that no-one could ever find her. 297 00:19:14,291 --> 00:19:16,611 Will you tell me where it is? 298 00:19:16,611 --> 00:19:18,451 I must. 299 00:19:18,451 --> 00:19:22,491 Or when I die, the waters will close over her. 300 00:19:25,131 --> 00:19:26,811 What does that say? 301 00:19:26,811 --> 00:19:30,651 I think those two pictograms together mean for auction. 302 00:19:30,651 --> 00:19:32,851 We won't be going down that route. 303 00:19:32,851 --> 00:19:34,851 You won't be going down the rental route 304 00:19:34,851 --> 00:19:36,651 or the purchase route either, Sister. 305 00:19:36,651 --> 00:19:39,411 That gang have taken every penny you possess! 306 00:19:39,411 --> 00:19:41,291 We're quite accustomed to poverty. 307 00:19:41,291 --> 00:19:44,931 Yes. We gave up money when we gave up men. 308 00:19:44,931 --> 00:19:46,411 What about this one? 309 00:19:46,411 --> 00:19:47,931 It says dancing girls. 310 00:19:47,931 --> 00:19:51,091 You've dropped off Property and drifted into Nightclubs. 311 00:19:51,091 --> 00:19:53,291 Oh, yes. 312 00:19:53,291 --> 00:19:54,531 Oh, I can read this one. 313 00:19:54,531 --> 00:19:55,571 It says police. 314 00:19:57,171 --> 00:19:58,891 Ha! 315 00:20:16,051 --> 00:20:19,891 We've got no apartment number, no floor number. 316 00:20:19,891 --> 00:20:22,211 We just have to keep on going. 317 00:20:22,211 --> 00:20:23,451 Keep on looking. 318 00:20:24,571 --> 00:20:26,811 How can she even survive like this? 319 00:20:38,291 --> 00:20:39,971 I want to find her. 320 00:20:39,971 --> 00:20:41,691 I just don't want to find her here. 321 00:20:59,011 --> 00:21:00,051 Esther? 322 00:21:01,451 --> 00:21:02,491 Esther? 323 00:21:05,331 --> 00:21:06,731 Esther. 324 00:21:06,731 --> 00:21:09,411 Can we talk to you? 325 00:21:09,411 --> 00:21:11,051 I have Mrs Turner with me. 326 00:21:29,171 --> 00:21:30,371 Hello, you. 327 00:21:30,371 --> 00:21:31,651 You must be Christopher. 328 00:21:33,091 --> 00:21:34,611 I've been waiting to meet you. 329 00:21:40,651 --> 00:21:42,451 Do you keep forgetting that it's Advent? 330 00:21:42,451 --> 00:21:45,771 Yes. And it's not even the absence of cold that I marvel at. 331 00:21:45,771 --> 00:21:49,731 It's the absence, the absolute erasure of weariness. 332 00:21:49,731 --> 00:21:53,571 - Do you feel it too? - I've never felt such energy in years. 333 00:21:53,571 --> 00:21:56,731 You have to let us get you out of here, 334 00:21:56,731 --> 00:22:00,931 to somewhere where you can be nursed and given food and shelter. 335 00:22:00,931 --> 00:22:02,611 I don't go out. 336 00:22:02,611 --> 00:22:04,171 I stay here. 337 00:22:04,171 --> 00:22:05,291 I always stay here. 338 00:22:07,451 --> 00:22:10,211 The altar in the corner is beautiful, Esther. 339 00:22:10,211 --> 00:22:12,451 I pray always for you. 340 00:22:12,451 --> 00:22:14,331 And for the souls of my parents. 341 00:22:15,371 --> 00:22:16,931 They had no sons. 342 00:22:16,931 --> 00:22:20,451 Christopher's father wants him very much, doesn't he? 343 00:22:20,451 --> 00:22:22,291 He will give him a wicked life, 344 00:22:22,291 --> 00:22:23,851 make his child a criminal. 345 00:22:27,011 --> 00:22:28,571 Sisters, 346 00:22:28,571 --> 00:22:30,731 I don't doubt your sincerity. 347 00:22:30,731 --> 00:22:32,371 And I do accept that you 348 00:22:32,371 --> 00:22:37,011 and your associates have been targeted by local... undesirables. 349 00:22:37,011 --> 00:22:39,531 Triad. Let's a call a spade a spade, shall we? 350 00:22:39,531 --> 00:22:42,091 We have been targeted by Triad. 351 00:22:42,091 --> 00:22:45,291 The Order of St Raymond Nonnatus have given shelter to 352 00:22:45,291 --> 00:22:47,131 abandoned babies, provided medicine 353 00:22:47,131 --> 00:22:50,291 and alternative employment to street girls. 354 00:22:50,291 --> 00:22:55,371 And persuaded addicts to turn their backs on heroin. 355 00:22:55,371 --> 00:22:58,291 That, according to Mrs Ma, is our crime. 356 00:22:59,571 --> 00:23:03,411 A young man enslaved to drugs is at the mercy of his masters. 357 00:23:03,411 --> 00:23:06,131 He will do whatever he is asked to do, 358 00:23:06,131 --> 00:23:10,171 in exchange for the one thing that will give his body peace. 359 00:23:10,171 --> 00:23:13,811 But if he is freed from addiction, if he finds there is a better 360 00:23:13,811 --> 00:23:18,011 way to live, he will turn his back on crime itself. 361 00:23:18,011 --> 00:23:20,291 They become free men. 362 00:23:20,291 --> 00:23:23,131 And, sometimes, police informants. 363 00:23:24,131 --> 00:23:26,091 I'm not going to deny that. 364 00:23:26,091 --> 00:23:29,811 Then you cannot deny the fact that we are doing you a service. 365 00:23:29,811 --> 00:23:33,451 And in so doing, warrant your protection. 366 00:23:33,451 --> 00:23:35,651 And how do you propose that we provide that? 367 00:23:37,131 --> 00:23:41,411 Properties vacant. Third column across, fourth paragraph down. 368 00:23:41,411 --> 00:23:45,531 This was an annexe of the old training school. 369 00:23:45,531 --> 00:23:47,891 No longer in use. Standing empty. 370 00:23:47,891 --> 00:23:51,731 And, crucially, still in police possession. 371 00:23:55,811 --> 00:23:57,811 I can't believe we're leaving them. 372 00:23:57,811 --> 00:23:59,691 We are coming back tomorrow. 373 00:23:59,691 --> 00:24:02,811 With food. They're both sick, Shelagh. 374 00:24:02,811 --> 00:24:06,091 But I need to run some tests on the little boy. 375 00:24:06,091 --> 00:24:08,451 There's something very, very wrong with him. 376 00:24:17,531 --> 00:24:19,131 Mind your fingers! 377 00:24:19,131 --> 00:24:20,931 Everything's under control! 378 00:24:20,931 --> 00:24:22,251 Whoa! 379 00:24:22,251 --> 00:24:24,571 I need tasters. Joyce? 380 00:24:24,571 --> 00:24:28,371 You can pronounce judgment on the whisky cream punch. 381 00:24:28,371 --> 00:24:29,731 Sis... 382 00:24:29,731 --> 00:24:32,731 ..I want your opinion on the coconut frappe. 383 00:24:32,731 --> 00:24:35,331 That's going to give my snowballs a run for their money! 384 00:24:35,331 --> 00:24:38,171 I know. It slips down like a tart's stocking, doesn't it? 385 00:24:38,171 --> 00:24:39,251 Sis? 386 00:24:39,251 --> 00:24:40,531 It's divine. 387 00:24:40,531 --> 00:24:43,731 Call me a miracle worker. It's mainly condensed milk. 388 00:24:43,731 --> 00:24:46,291 Oh, Geoffrey, that's going to make it very calorific. 389 00:24:46,291 --> 00:24:49,851 It's Christmas. I have personally declared an amnesty on slenderising. 390 00:24:54,851 --> 00:24:56,731 Nonnatus House, midwife speaking. 391 00:24:56,731 --> 00:24:57,851 Hi, Trixie. 392 00:24:57,851 --> 00:25:00,131 I've just been observing a bowel anastomosis. 393 00:25:00,131 --> 00:25:02,131 - That's nice. - I asked around the canteen. 394 00:25:02,131 --> 00:25:04,011 I've drummed up a few more for the party. 395 00:25:04,011 --> 00:25:07,731 And Miss Higgins is staying the night with the children. 396 00:25:07,731 --> 00:25:09,371 Everyone's bringing a bottle. 397 00:25:14,011 --> 00:25:15,651 Nonnatus House, midwife speaking. 398 00:25:15,651 --> 00:25:18,251 Nurse Aylward. Are you able to come to the maternity home? 399 00:25:18,251 --> 00:25:20,291 Queenie Forsyth has just arrived. 400 00:25:23,891 --> 00:25:26,091 Hello, Mum. 401 00:25:26,091 --> 00:25:28,051 Busy again? 402 00:25:29,531 --> 00:25:33,731 I've managed to persuade Hong Kong Rotary Club to offer a modest 403 00:25:33,731 --> 00:25:36,971 grant to the sisters to set up a new clinic. 404 00:25:36,971 --> 00:25:40,931 I'm trying to work out if it will stretch. 405 00:25:40,931 --> 00:25:44,211 Chin up. Sun's over the yard arm. 406 00:25:44,211 --> 00:25:45,931 Derek. Gin and Tonic? 407 00:25:45,931 --> 00:25:47,931 - Madam. - Thank you, Grace. 408 00:25:47,931 --> 00:25:49,891 I'm not sure. I wouldn't normally imbibe 409 00:25:49,891 --> 00:25:51,731 when I've got the ready reckoner out. 410 00:25:51,731 --> 00:25:54,011 Mum, please, take a break. 411 00:25:54,011 --> 00:25:56,451 Please, stop doing stuff. Stop doing sums. 412 00:25:56,451 --> 00:25:57,851 It's all I can ever remember, 413 00:25:57,851 --> 00:26:00,491 you with your head in a column of figures. 414 00:26:00,491 --> 00:26:03,571 - It's who I am, Derek. - I know. 415 00:26:03,571 --> 00:26:05,411 But I'd love it not to be. 416 00:26:05,411 --> 00:26:07,211 Just for half an hour. 417 00:26:07,211 --> 00:26:09,931 Just while we have a drink together, in the sun. 418 00:26:09,931 --> 00:26:13,651 Shall we do something together tomorrow? 419 00:26:13,651 --> 00:26:14,691 All right. 420 00:26:25,291 --> 00:26:26,331 Very good. 421 00:26:38,931 --> 00:26:44,011 Esther, I think Christopher may have a problem with his kidneys. 422 00:26:44,011 --> 00:26:47,491 I need to take him to a hospital. 423 00:26:47,491 --> 00:26:48,931 No. 424 00:26:48,931 --> 00:26:50,771 We stay here. 425 00:26:50,771 --> 00:26:54,651 Will you let Doctor examine you now, Esther? 426 00:26:54,651 --> 00:26:57,011 We can talk about Christopher after that. 427 00:27:00,771 --> 00:27:02,171 Esther. 428 00:27:03,291 --> 00:27:06,691 You have breast milk soaking through your clothing. 429 00:27:06,691 --> 00:27:09,611 You don't still feed Christopher, do you? 430 00:27:09,611 --> 00:27:10,651 No. 431 00:27:12,971 --> 00:27:15,251 There is no baby. 432 00:27:15,251 --> 00:27:16,571 Not here. 433 00:27:16,571 --> 00:27:19,491 Have you given birth to another child, Esther? 434 00:27:21,011 --> 00:27:23,131 If there is another baby, 435 00:27:23,131 --> 00:27:25,571 will you tell us where it is? 436 00:27:28,411 --> 00:27:31,091 I leave my daughter where she will be safe. 437 00:27:33,651 --> 00:27:35,811 I leave her with sisters. 438 00:27:35,811 --> 00:27:38,331 On step of the restaurant. 439 00:27:38,331 --> 00:27:39,531 In a box. 440 00:27:42,651 --> 00:27:43,691 Ah! 441 00:27:45,291 --> 00:27:48,371 Two copies of the Pickwick Papers. 442 00:27:48,371 --> 00:27:52,011 One from the Poplar Public Library. 443 00:27:53,771 --> 00:27:56,531 - The other from mine own shelves. - Oh. 444 00:27:58,091 --> 00:28:02,011 I am driven from my hearth by the frivolities of youth. 445 00:28:02,011 --> 00:28:05,051 Oh, I have fond memories of the frivolities of youth. 446 00:28:07,091 --> 00:28:11,291 The appreciation of such pleasures passed me by. 447 00:28:11,291 --> 00:28:12,371 Any regrets? 448 00:28:13,451 --> 00:28:16,131 That is between myself and the Almighty. 449 00:28:23,571 --> 00:28:25,891 We can take you back with us, Esther. 450 00:28:25,891 --> 00:28:27,771 We can reunite you with your baby. 451 00:28:27,771 --> 00:28:29,611 I cannot go back to Hibiscus Street. 452 00:28:29,611 --> 00:28:31,771 My daughter is safe there. My son is not. 453 00:28:31,771 --> 00:28:36,531 Esther, have you had to choose one child over the other? 454 00:28:36,531 --> 00:28:38,691 My son's father only want him. 455 00:28:38,691 --> 00:28:40,411 He will kill for him. 456 00:28:40,411 --> 00:28:44,651 Is this man, the Cormorant, your little girl's father too? 457 00:28:44,651 --> 00:28:46,211 I made new life. 458 00:28:46,211 --> 00:28:48,251 I thought it was a better one. 459 00:28:48,251 --> 00:28:49,291 A better man. 460 00:28:51,971 --> 00:28:53,131 I was wrong. 461 00:29:04,171 --> 00:29:06,131 You're a better mover than I expected! 462 00:29:19,731 --> 00:29:22,211 When do you think is a good time to start party games? 463 00:29:22,211 --> 00:29:24,411 I don't think it's ever a good time to start party games. 464 00:29:24,411 --> 00:29:27,251 Oh, Cyril, this house is full of nooks and crannies. 465 00:29:27,251 --> 00:29:29,771 It's just crying out for a game of Sardines. 466 00:29:41,451 --> 00:29:44,811 I've tucked Marie and baby Luke up for the night in the side ward. 467 00:29:44,811 --> 00:29:46,291 Both fast asleep already. 468 00:29:51,491 --> 00:29:54,811 Nurse Aylward, could you listen to baby's heartbeat for me? 469 00:29:54,811 --> 00:29:56,331 What's wrong with its heartbeat? 470 00:29:56,331 --> 00:29:59,251 Nothing's wrong, Queenie. We just like to keep an eye on things. 471 00:29:59,251 --> 00:30:01,371 I want to go home. I'm not good here. 472 00:30:01,371 --> 00:30:03,691 I can't do it in here. Holy Mary, Mother of God! 473 00:30:03,691 --> 00:30:05,091 I can't do it! 474 00:30:05,091 --> 00:30:07,891 Sweetheart. This is where you need to stay as calm as you can 475 00:30:07,891 --> 00:30:09,691 and save as much strength as you can. 476 00:30:09,691 --> 00:30:13,571 You're going to be able to start pushing this baby out soon. 477 00:30:13,571 --> 00:30:15,531 The heartbeat's dropping and she's exhausted. 478 00:30:15,531 --> 00:30:17,051 We need to get her to hospital. 479 00:30:19,811 --> 00:30:22,491 Sardines! Sardines! Sardines! Sardines! 480 00:30:22,491 --> 00:30:24,771 Sardines! Sardines! Sardines! Sardines! 481 00:30:24,771 --> 00:30:26,691 Sardines! Sardines! Sardines! Sardines! 482 00:30:26,691 --> 00:30:29,771 Fan out and disperse as soon as you get to the landing. 483 00:30:29,771 --> 00:30:32,131 All of the lights will be turned off! 484 00:30:32,131 --> 00:30:36,011 20 minutes doesn't count as rapid transfer in my book, I'm afraid. 485 00:30:36,011 --> 00:30:38,291 The practice doctor is not answering her telephone 486 00:30:38,291 --> 00:30:40,211 and the Flying Squad are not available. 487 00:30:40,211 --> 00:30:43,691 We need an ambulance as soon as possible! 488 00:30:43,691 --> 00:30:45,611 I hoped I'd find you. 489 00:30:51,571 --> 00:30:55,571 Now THIS is a good party game. 490 00:30:55,571 --> 00:30:56,971 It's bedlam out there. 491 00:30:56,971 --> 00:30:59,891 There are three medical students in the airing cupboard. 492 00:31:01,331 --> 00:31:04,171 Why don't we just go to your bedsitter for a bit? 493 00:31:04,171 --> 00:31:07,091 This is all getting so raucous. 494 00:31:07,091 --> 00:31:09,171 As long as we don't do anything... 495 00:31:09,171 --> 00:31:10,211 ..improper. 496 00:31:11,371 --> 00:31:13,531 We never do anything improper. 497 00:31:13,531 --> 00:31:18,131 The rules of the studio couch are very firmly established. 498 00:31:19,891 --> 00:31:23,211 If you haven't got the strength to push, just pant, Queenie! 499 00:31:27,931 --> 00:31:30,211 The ambulance is on its way. 500 00:31:30,211 --> 00:31:32,171 Queenie, would you like us to wake Marie? 501 00:31:32,171 --> 00:31:34,051 And she could come and hold your hand. 502 00:31:34,051 --> 00:31:36,371 No! I'd be after worrying about her. 503 00:31:36,371 --> 00:31:39,171 I've seven children alive and living in the world. 504 00:31:39,171 --> 00:31:43,531 But the only one I can think about now is the one inside of me. 505 00:31:43,531 --> 00:31:46,371 I need to hold it in my arms. 506 00:31:49,291 --> 00:31:52,291 We've had half an hour of second-stage contractions 507 00:31:52,291 --> 00:31:54,971 and there's been no descent of the head. 508 00:31:54,971 --> 00:31:58,051 I'm going to deliver this baby now, by forceps. 509 00:31:59,411 --> 00:32:01,131 But only doctors deliver by forceps. 510 00:32:01,131 --> 00:32:04,331 Sister, we don't have the luxury of making that distinction! 511 00:32:04,331 --> 00:32:06,291 This baby's heartbeat isn't picking up and, 512 00:32:06,291 --> 00:32:08,091 if we delay, we're going to lose it! 513 00:32:12,971 --> 00:32:15,331 I'm not sure I know what the rules of this game are. 514 00:32:15,331 --> 00:32:18,651 I mean, we are sat in a cupboard with no drinks 515 00:32:18,651 --> 00:32:20,371 and there's no room for dancing. 516 00:32:21,851 --> 00:32:24,291 So, we have to all wait to be discovered. 517 00:32:24,291 --> 00:32:27,611 And then, the next person who discovers us has to squeeze in. 518 00:32:27,611 --> 00:32:29,531 And the next one and the next one and the... 519 00:32:29,531 --> 00:32:30,811 Right. 520 00:32:32,491 --> 00:32:33,531 Found you! 521 00:32:37,691 --> 00:32:39,491 What do we do now? 522 00:32:39,491 --> 00:32:41,811 We wait, apparently. 523 00:32:44,891 --> 00:32:48,131 Well, to misquote Captain Oates, I'm coming in... 524 00:32:52,891 --> 00:32:54,331 ..and I may be some time. 525 00:32:55,811 --> 00:32:58,611 Oh, can I smell old clothes? 526 00:32:58,611 --> 00:33:00,291 - Mm-hm. - Yes. 527 00:33:00,291 --> 00:33:03,611 My whole childhood's flashing before my eyes in here. 528 00:33:03,611 --> 00:33:06,211 I can see the jumper I wore in grammar school. 529 00:33:07,691 --> 00:33:09,651 Oh, I see nurses' uniforms... 530 00:33:10,651 --> 00:33:12,211 ..and a nun's habit. 531 00:33:13,251 --> 00:33:14,891 Ow! 532 00:33:14,891 --> 00:33:16,451 Sweetie, I know you are tired. 533 00:33:16,451 --> 00:33:19,611 But three women are stronger than one on her own. 534 00:33:19,611 --> 00:33:23,731 We're going to work together to get this baby out and in your arms. 535 00:33:25,811 --> 00:33:27,651 - Ah... - Together, Queenie. 536 00:33:27,651 --> 00:33:30,171 Do you hear that? We're all going to join forces. 537 00:33:36,451 --> 00:33:38,851 Will you tell me when you... when you can see its head? 538 00:33:41,531 --> 00:33:45,051 Geoffrey Franklin, Timothy Turner, Harry Chopra - 539 00:33:45,051 --> 00:33:48,771 - what are you doing in my bedroom? - Good things come to those who wait. 540 00:33:48,771 --> 00:33:50,091 Geoffrey! 541 00:33:50,091 --> 00:33:51,771 Try to bear down, Queenie. 542 00:33:51,771 --> 00:33:55,291 As soon as you feel the next contraction, bear down. 543 00:33:55,291 --> 00:33:56,331 Ah... 544 00:33:59,051 --> 00:34:00,091 Now. 545 00:34:21,131 --> 00:34:22,771 I can hear the ambulance. 546 00:34:30,731 --> 00:34:32,091 And it's out! 547 00:34:33,331 --> 00:34:34,891 No ambulance required. 548 00:34:48,611 --> 00:34:51,731 Do you hear that, Queenie? Isn't that a beautiful sound? 549 00:34:51,731 --> 00:34:54,971 Glory be, but I love you. 550 00:34:54,971 --> 00:34:58,371 You are perfect and you are complete. 551 00:35:00,211 --> 00:35:02,011 And you are mine. 552 00:35:03,051 --> 00:35:04,411 And you're crying! 553 00:35:04,411 --> 00:35:07,251 And they didn't even tell me if you're a boy or a girl! 554 00:35:07,251 --> 00:35:10,051 Oh, sorry! I forgot! 555 00:35:10,051 --> 00:35:11,091 It's a boy! 556 00:35:17,131 --> 00:35:20,131 557 00:35:20,131 --> 00:35:23,251 558 00:35:23,251 --> 00:35:26,411 559 00:35:27,811 --> 00:35:30,811 560 00:35:30,811 --> 00:35:34,531 561 00:35:34,531 --> 00:35:37,411 562 00:35:37,411 --> 00:35:40,651 563 00:35:47,571 --> 00:35:52,571 "How many old recollections and how many dormant sympathies, 564 00:35:52,571 --> 00:35:54,531 "does Christmas-time awaken? 565 00:35:54,531 --> 00:36:00,811 "Year after year, we met on that day, a merry and joyous circle. 566 00:36:00,811 --> 00:36:04,851 "Many of the hearts that throbbed so gaily then, have ceased... 567 00:36:08,571 --> 00:36:10,571 "..have ceased to beat. 568 00:36:11,731 --> 00:36:13,251 "Many of the looks that shone 569 00:36:13,251 --> 00:36:17,291 "so brightly then have ceased to glow. 570 00:36:23,371 --> 00:36:28,291 "The hands we grasped, have grown cold." 571 00:36:30,531 --> 00:36:34,091 "The eyes we sought, have hid their lustre in the grave. 572 00:36:34,091 --> 00:36:38,451 "And yet the old house, the room, the merry voices and smiling faces, 573 00:36:38,451 --> 00:36:42,091 "the jest, the laugh, crowd upon our mind at each recurrence 574 00:36:42,091 --> 00:36:47,491 "of the season, as if the last assemblage had been but yesterday. 575 00:36:47,491 --> 00:36:50,251 "Happy, happy Christmas! 576 00:36:50,251 --> 00:36:55,251 "That can win us back to the delusions of our childish days." 577 00:36:55,251 --> 00:37:00,651 That said, I'm Jewish, Sister Monica Joan. 578 00:37:00,651 --> 00:37:05,371 Well, that does not prevent us from being companions in nostalgia. 579 00:37:05,371 --> 00:37:10,011 Christmas is but one instance of a glimmer into the darkness. 580 00:37:10,011 --> 00:37:12,091 Yes. 581 00:37:12,091 --> 00:37:16,091 We have our feast of lights too, Hanukkah. 582 00:37:18,291 --> 00:37:23,171 It falls almost on the same date as Christmas this year. 583 00:37:44,971 --> 00:37:46,531 Joyce? 584 00:37:46,531 --> 00:37:47,811 Hmm? 585 00:37:47,811 --> 00:37:49,331 I'm dressed as a nurse. 586 00:37:49,331 --> 00:37:53,571 Well, if it's any consolation, you weren't the only one. 587 00:37:53,571 --> 00:37:55,451 Is there anything else I need to know? 588 00:38:02,651 --> 00:38:04,531 It's all right, honey. 589 00:38:04,531 --> 00:38:05,651 I think we're safe. 590 00:38:37,091 --> 00:38:40,171 If that unholy racket you're making is supposed to be my punishment, 591 00:38:40,171 --> 00:38:41,531 I accept it, 592 00:38:41,531 --> 00:38:44,931 as long as it's followed by strong, black coffee. 593 00:38:44,931 --> 00:38:46,491 Oh, you'll get coffee! 594 00:38:46,491 --> 00:38:48,131 And it will be accompanied by a dustpan, 595 00:38:48,131 --> 00:38:50,611 a brush and a pair of rubber gloves! 596 00:38:50,611 --> 00:38:52,451 I suppose we ought to roll up our sleeves. 597 00:38:52,451 --> 00:38:53,691 We? 598 00:38:53,691 --> 00:38:54,971 We?! 599 00:38:54,971 --> 00:38:58,771 Geoffrey, I have been up all night delivering a baby! 600 00:38:58,771 --> 00:39:02,091 And I've been wielding a bucket for this poor lamb. 601 00:39:02,091 --> 00:39:04,291 Florence Nightingale's got nothing on me. 602 00:39:08,171 --> 00:39:09,531 Good morning, Rosalind. 603 00:39:09,531 --> 00:39:11,091 Or should I say, Nurse Clifford. 604 00:39:11,091 --> 00:39:12,451 I'm sorry. 605 00:39:12,451 --> 00:39:14,451 I stayed the night at Cyril's. 606 00:39:14,451 --> 00:39:17,131 Morning orders will take place in three minutes. 607 00:39:21,451 --> 00:39:23,291 Nonnatus House, charlady speaking. 608 00:39:23,291 --> 00:39:25,651 Has no-one observed that I did not sleep 609 00:39:25,651 --> 00:39:27,931 in my accustomed bed last night? 610 00:39:27,931 --> 00:39:30,611 Sister Monica Joan, this morning that is scarcely cause for comment. 611 00:39:30,611 --> 00:39:36,171 Our charge, Mr Fischer, fell into a decline before midnight. 612 00:39:36,171 --> 00:39:38,771 I assisted him to his bed, 613 00:39:38,771 --> 00:39:42,251 then deemed it inexpedient to leave him. 614 00:39:43,891 --> 00:39:45,371 Oh... 615 00:39:45,371 --> 00:39:47,611 Oh, good morning, Harry. 616 00:39:47,611 --> 00:39:51,251 The cloud of cologne on which you enter does nothing to reassure me. 617 00:39:51,251 --> 00:39:53,291 Would you like a cup of coffee, Harry? 618 00:40:02,091 --> 00:40:06,131 Merry Christmas and thank you very much to all concerned! 619 00:40:14,891 --> 00:40:19,331 anywhere you find it 620 00:40:19,331 --> 00:40:23,171 621 00:40:25,411 --> 00:40:27,251 622 00:40:27,251 --> 00:40:30,131 623 00:40:30,131 --> 00:40:34,451 away sorrow 624 00:40:34,451 --> 00:40:38,771 the lonely road 625 00:40:40,011 --> 00:40:45,251 and all the world can see 626 00:40:45,251 --> 00:40:49,611 run away and hide... 627 00:40:53,691 --> 00:40:56,891 I was afraid both Christopher and his mother would test 628 00:40:56,891 --> 00:41:00,771 positive for TB, but I was wrong - they're clean. 629 00:41:00,771 --> 00:41:02,291 You weren't wrong about this, though. 630 00:41:02,291 --> 00:41:04,051 Unilateral renal mass. 631 00:41:04,051 --> 00:41:06,211 - Right-hand side. - Hmm. 632 00:41:06,211 --> 00:41:09,051 There isn't a scrap of fat on him. 633 00:41:09,051 --> 00:41:11,651 I could feel it on palpation. 634 00:41:11,651 --> 00:41:14,491 Soft-tissue X-ray can be quite equivocal. 635 00:41:15,531 --> 00:41:17,731 Nothing equivocal about this, though. 636 00:41:17,731 --> 00:41:19,171 Wilms' tumour. 637 00:41:19,171 --> 00:41:22,291 I haven't seen a Wilms' in general practice for nearly a decade. 638 00:41:22,291 --> 00:41:25,531 But, yes, cancer of the kidney. 639 00:41:26,771 --> 00:41:28,771 And he's two years old. 640 00:41:28,771 --> 00:41:31,211 Well, there's nothing here for him, I know that. 641 00:41:32,251 --> 00:41:33,811 But... 642 00:41:33,811 --> 00:41:37,771 ..nine months ago, we did have a REME sergeant whose daughter had it. 643 00:41:37,771 --> 00:41:40,571 We got the family sent back to the UK on compassionate grounds. 644 00:41:40,571 --> 00:41:43,171 - Did they lose her? - Far from it. 645 00:41:43,171 --> 00:41:45,371 There's a new chemotherapy being trialled 646 00:41:45,371 --> 00:41:46,931 at one of the London hospitals. 647 00:41:46,931 --> 00:41:49,531 Brutal, but spectacular. 648 00:41:49,531 --> 00:41:51,251 Is it working? 649 00:41:51,251 --> 00:41:52,291 Yes. 650 00:41:55,011 --> 00:41:56,971 I had a penny, 651 00:41:56,971 --> 00:41:59,131 a bright new penny. 652 00:41:59,131 --> 00:42:01,451 I took my penny 653 00:42:01,451 --> 00:42:03,331 to the market square. 654 00:42:03,331 --> 00:42:05,931 I wanted a rabbit, 655 00:42:05,931 --> 00:42:07,931 a little brown rabbit, 656 00:42:07,931 --> 00:42:12,171 and I looked for a rabbit most everywhere. 657 00:42:12,171 --> 00:42:14,011 For I went to the stall 658 00:42:14,011 --> 00:42:16,611 where they sold sweet lavender. 659 00:42:16,611 --> 00:42:20,571 Only a penny for a bunch of lavender. 660 00:42:20,571 --> 00:42:22,531 Have you got a rabbit? 661 00:42:22,531 --> 00:42:24,331 Cos I don't want lavender. 662 00:42:24,331 --> 00:42:25,891 They... 663 00:42:28,411 --> 00:42:30,851 They didn't... have a rabbit. 664 00:42:30,851 --> 00:42:32,251 Not anywhere there. 665 00:42:34,371 --> 00:42:37,371 You must be baby Beryl's mummy. 666 00:42:37,371 --> 00:42:39,731 Esther would like to feed Beryl. 667 00:42:39,731 --> 00:42:41,451 Sister, do you think she's hungry? 668 00:42:41,451 --> 00:42:42,971 Almost certainly. 669 00:42:42,971 --> 00:42:45,251 She is a peckish little thing. 670 00:43:03,411 --> 00:43:07,171 I can remember lying in bed and seeing 671 00:43:07,171 --> 00:43:09,811 exactly this view, 672 00:43:09,811 --> 00:43:12,811 of the snow, falling. 673 00:43:12,811 --> 00:43:16,211 There were four of us under the eiderdown. 674 00:43:16,211 --> 00:43:19,211 David, Sammy, 675 00:43:19,211 --> 00:43:22,251 Isaac and me. 676 00:43:22,251 --> 00:43:24,651 I have often pondered what it must be like 677 00:43:24,651 --> 00:43:28,771 to share a bed with others. 678 00:43:28,771 --> 00:43:30,251 It's warm. 679 00:43:34,971 --> 00:43:36,491 Knock, knock! 680 00:43:36,491 --> 00:43:40,291 Oh, it's not that Complan of yours again, is it? 681 00:43:40,291 --> 00:43:42,811 It doesn't matter how often you gussy it up with those 682 00:43:42,811 --> 00:43:46,891 paper umbrellas of yours, I'm still bored of it. 683 00:43:46,891 --> 00:43:48,971 It's actually a whiskey cream punch. 684 00:43:48,971 --> 00:43:51,731 A recipe that proved so efficacious at our Christmas party 685 00:43:51,731 --> 00:43:53,731 I'm thinking of applying for a patent. 686 00:43:53,731 --> 00:43:54,771 Is... 687 00:43:55,931 --> 00:43:57,931 Is it... 688 00:43:57,931 --> 00:44:01,371 Is it the 22nd today? 689 00:44:01,371 --> 00:44:04,171 It's the 21st, Mr Fischer. 690 00:44:04,171 --> 00:44:06,451 Oh. 691 00:44:06,451 --> 00:44:08,131 Then it's tomorrow. 692 00:44:08,131 --> 00:44:10,371 What's tomorrow, old chap? 693 00:44:10,371 --> 00:44:12,371 The first night of Hanukkah. 694 00:44:14,691 --> 00:44:16,131 The feast of lights. 695 00:44:18,651 --> 00:44:21,571 Would you like me to find a Rabbi for you, Mr Fischer? 696 00:44:23,611 --> 00:44:25,211 It wouldn't hurt. 697 00:44:31,051 --> 00:44:33,651 Can you just take a kiddie halfway round the world, Doc? 698 00:44:33,651 --> 00:44:36,011 If he needs life-saving medical treatment 699 00:44:36,011 --> 00:44:38,171 and his mother gives permission, yes. 700 00:44:39,731 --> 00:44:41,211 But you don't have to adopt him? 701 00:44:41,211 --> 00:44:43,291 No, thank God. 702 00:44:43,291 --> 00:44:45,491 It took us years to adopt May. 703 00:44:45,491 --> 00:44:49,011 Christopher won't have years, he may not even have months, 704 00:44:49,011 --> 00:44:50,171 if we don't act fast. 705 00:44:50,171 --> 00:44:52,011 It's good of the Army to donate stuff. 706 00:44:52,011 --> 00:44:54,691 I just hadn't reckoned on there being so much of it. 707 00:44:54,691 --> 00:44:56,091 We need a taxi! 708 00:44:59,531 --> 00:45:00,571 We're in luck! 709 00:45:05,691 --> 00:45:08,611 Hibiscus House, 79 Elgin Gardens, please. 710 00:45:10,531 --> 00:45:11,891 Blimey! 711 00:45:16,451 --> 00:45:19,131 You know, Mum, you've done great things. 712 00:45:19,131 --> 00:45:20,971 Here? In Hong Kong? 713 00:45:20,971 --> 00:45:23,251 Well, here and at home. 714 00:45:23,251 --> 00:45:25,931 I've only heard about you being mayor in Tower Hamlets. 715 00:45:25,931 --> 00:45:29,411 But now, I've seen you - being someone, doing something 716 00:45:29,411 --> 00:45:31,571 in a city I can barely get to grips with. 717 00:45:31,571 --> 00:45:33,691 All I've done is raise a bit of money 718 00:45:33,691 --> 00:45:37,891 and got people who CAN help talking to people who NEED help. 719 00:45:37,891 --> 00:45:41,611 It's what I do. Perhaps because it's all I can do. 720 00:45:41,611 --> 00:45:43,771 Well, that's not nothing. 721 00:45:43,771 --> 00:45:48,251 I'm sorry I needed evidence before I could respect you for it. 722 00:45:48,251 --> 00:45:50,171 There's no need to be sorry. 723 00:45:50,171 --> 00:45:52,531 For anything, ever. 724 00:45:52,531 --> 00:45:54,531 You're my son. 725 00:45:57,851 --> 00:45:59,171 Hello, Grace, dear. 726 00:46:00,171 --> 00:46:01,851 Do you need something? 727 00:46:01,851 --> 00:46:03,851 Mr Fred and the doctor are in trouble. 728 00:46:03,851 --> 00:46:06,891 - What sort of trouble? - Worse than trouble. They're in danger. 729 00:46:06,891 --> 00:46:09,131 Please, don't ask me how I know this. 730 00:46:09,131 --> 00:46:13,051 If you don't tell me, I can't act on the information. 731 00:46:13,051 --> 00:46:15,291 My husband works for the Cormorant. 732 00:46:15,291 --> 00:46:16,811 I hear talking on the phone. 733 00:46:43,411 --> 00:46:45,971 You're not taking my son to England. 734 00:46:45,971 --> 00:46:48,971 - If we don't, he will die. - You don't know that. 735 00:46:50,531 --> 00:46:52,491 You've given me no proof of that. 736 00:46:52,491 --> 00:46:55,491 Or any proof that you're even a doctor. 737 00:46:55,491 --> 00:46:59,371 I can assure you his credentials are totally bona fide. 738 00:46:59,371 --> 00:47:00,851 I'm even a Scouser. 739 00:47:02,411 --> 00:47:05,611 - What school did you go to? - Liverpool Institute. 740 00:47:05,611 --> 00:47:09,051 My father had an ironmonger's shop, in Cornwallis Street. 741 00:47:10,771 --> 00:47:12,491 I probably walked right past it. 742 00:47:15,331 --> 00:47:19,731 When war broke out, they took me to a ship to be deported. 743 00:47:19,731 --> 00:47:22,411 I had an English wife I never saw again. 744 00:47:23,571 --> 00:47:25,091 Sometimes you lose people. 745 00:47:26,331 --> 00:47:28,211 Sometimes they're stolen. 746 00:47:28,211 --> 00:47:29,251 Or you are. 747 00:47:31,651 --> 00:47:33,931 Are you a gambling man, Dr Turner? 748 00:47:33,931 --> 00:47:35,171 No. 749 00:47:35,171 --> 00:47:36,811 I am. 750 00:47:36,811 --> 00:47:39,931 If you want my son, you have to play me for him. 751 00:47:41,451 --> 00:47:46,051 How about mahjong? Or cards? 752 00:47:46,051 --> 00:47:50,291 Poker, railroad, blackjack? 753 00:47:50,291 --> 00:47:51,331 You choose. 754 00:48:01,931 --> 00:48:06,331 755 00:48:06,331 --> 00:48:09,691 756 00:48:09,691 --> 00:48:12,011 757 00:48:12,011 --> 00:48:14,491 758 00:48:14,491 --> 00:48:17,251 759 00:48:17,251 --> 00:48:22,451 760 00:48:23,971 --> 00:48:25,811 - Amen. - Amen. - Amen. 761 00:48:33,611 --> 00:48:34,651 Thank you. 762 00:48:36,851 --> 00:48:38,051 Thank you. 763 00:48:39,491 --> 00:48:41,091 Is he allowed to choose a deputy? 764 00:48:41,091 --> 00:48:44,251 - I could play on his behalf. - I don't think that would help, Fred. 765 00:48:45,771 --> 00:48:47,851 You can play as many games as you want. 766 00:48:48,971 --> 00:48:52,371 With cards, with words. 767 00:48:52,371 --> 00:48:53,891 With me. 768 00:48:53,891 --> 00:48:56,011 But if Christopher's life is lost, 769 00:48:56,011 --> 00:48:58,411 who will pray for him at your altar? 770 00:49:00,171 --> 00:49:01,531 Who will pray for you? 771 00:49:02,851 --> 00:49:04,771 Who will carry on your family line? 772 00:49:08,131 --> 00:49:09,971 You could have all of those things. 773 00:49:09,971 --> 00:49:13,091 I can find a Chinese doctor for him. 774 00:49:14,251 --> 00:49:17,011 I can be the one that saves his life! 775 00:49:17,011 --> 00:49:19,651 Or you can just have your pride. 776 00:49:19,651 --> 00:49:22,771 It doesn't matter who saves his life, 777 00:49:22,771 --> 00:49:24,411 as long as it's saved! 778 00:49:25,611 --> 00:49:28,291 And if it is saved, I guarantee 779 00:49:28,291 --> 00:49:30,691 I will send him back to you! 780 00:49:37,331 --> 00:49:42,211 Let's continue this conversation elsewhere, shall we? Go! 781 00:49:42,211 --> 00:49:43,931 Doctor. 782 00:49:43,931 --> 00:49:46,171 - Take the kid. - Yes. 783 00:49:50,731 --> 00:49:52,331 Tell them to give him a chance. 784 00:50:01,891 --> 00:50:05,131 Let him breathe as nature intended him to breathe. 785 00:50:09,731 --> 00:50:12,691 There is no consolation for him now 786 00:50:12,691 --> 00:50:14,291 in artificial air. 787 00:50:20,651 --> 00:50:21,771 Better, old chap? 788 00:50:49,411 --> 00:50:54,651 It will take time to rebuild, but the foundations have been laid. 789 00:50:56,691 --> 00:50:59,571 Are you happy to be staying on? 790 00:50:59,571 --> 00:51:01,291 Yes. 791 00:51:01,291 --> 00:51:03,691 Because I don't doubt our purpose here. 792 00:51:05,891 --> 00:51:07,771 Are you happy to be going home? 793 00:51:07,771 --> 00:51:09,331 Yes. 794 00:51:09,331 --> 00:51:12,891 Because I'm more convinced than ever that our work is vital, 795 00:51:12,891 --> 00:51:14,931 wherever we are called. 796 00:51:14,931 --> 00:51:17,931 Where do you imagine we'll be called next? 797 00:51:17,931 --> 00:51:19,931 I daren't imagine. 798 00:51:19,931 --> 00:51:23,451 But I will go and do whatever I am asked. 799 00:51:26,331 --> 00:51:29,371 Things are ticking along like clockwork, Doctor. 800 00:51:29,371 --> 00:51:30,891 Well done, Yuechan. 801 00:51:30,891 --> 00:51:34,811 Pre-eclampsia isn't easy, but you did everything you were told. 802 00:51:34,811 --> 00:51:36,931 To lie down is not hard work. 803 00:51:36,931 --> 00:51:38,451 Good lass. 804 00:51:38,451 --> 00:51:40,051 Good lass. 805 00:51:44,011 --> 00:51:47,531 I'm glad this baby's arriving before we leave. 806 00:51:47,531 --> 00:51:51,531 But if it's the first baby born in the new branch house, it seems 807 00:51:51,531 --> 00:51:55,011 to me it should be brought into the world by one of the sisters. 808 00:51:56,531 --> 00:51:57,811 Yes. 809 00:51:57,811 --> 00:51:58,891 It should. 810 00:52:09,291 --> 00:52:13,491 Oh, I am keeping people waiting. 811 00:52:15,851 --> 00:52:17,571 They're all just as they were. 812 00:52:20,291 --> 00:52:21,491 When they were here. 813 00:52:25,371 --> 00:52:27,051 When we were all at home. 814 00:52:51,331 --> 00:52:53,291 A little girl, Yuechan. 815 00:52:53,291 --> 00:52:54,891 Congratulations. 816 00:52:58,171 --> 00:52:59,211 Look at her. 817 00:53:01,371 --> 00:53:03,811 Just look at her! 818 00:53:03,811 --> 00:53:06,011 And, lass, she's gorgeous. 819 00:53:10,611 --> 00:53:12,611 You have been my mother. 820 00:53:12,611 --> 00:53:14,251 Now I'm hers. 821 00:53:15,571 --> 00:53:19,091 I give her name that always bring your face to me. 822 00:53:20,371 --> 00:53:23,491 We all agreed that Phyllis was too hard to say. 823 00:53:23,491 --> 00:53:24,971 Not Phyllis. 824 00:53:24,971 --> 00:53:28,651 Lass. Lass is easy to say. 825 00:53:28,651 --> 00:53:30,331 And happy to remember. 826 00:53:35,931 --> 00:53:37,491 I have seen death before. 827 00:53:37,491 --> 00:53:39,411 It is terrible. 828 00:53:39,411 --> 00:53:42,171 And it can be beautiful. 829 00:53:42,171 --> 00:53:44,651 I think today, it was that. 830 00:53:44,651 --> 00:53:47,931 I have seen lovers come to fetch the dying. 831 00:53:49,131 --> 00:53:50,891 I have seen mothers come... 832 00:53:52,891 --> 00:53:57,411 ..but I have known no lover, I have borne no child... 833 00:53:59,051 --> 00:54:00,931 ..and my parents spurned me. 834 00:54:01,931 --> 00:54:07,171 I have asked myself, more often of late than in years gone by... 835 00:54:09,011 --> 00:54:14,091 ..who will come for me when my time on Earth concludes? 836 00:54:14,091 --> 00:54:16,091 Your sisters will come for you. 837 00:54:17,171 --> 00:54:19,331 Those you knew in life. 838 00:54:19,331 --> 00:54:23,251 Those who coached you through the novitiate. 839 00:54:23,251 --> 00:54:26,931 Those who knelt beside you in prayer 840 00:54:26,931 --> 00:54:30,891 and by the beds of everyone you served. 841 00:54:30,891 --> 00:54:33,771 So many sisters will come. 842 00:54:33,771 --> 00:54:36,291 God can't have you yet, Sister. 843 00:54:36,291 --> 00:54:38,011 We can't spare you. 844 00:54:42,771 --> 00:54:47,091 We should perhaps turn our attention... 845 00:54:48,451 --> 00:54:51,331 ..for the return of those we love. 846 00:54:51,331 --> 00:54:53,811 The Hong Kong party? 847 00:54:53,811 --> 00:54:56,771 Let us light lights with the living 848 00:54:56,771 --> 00:54:59,451 and marvel at them while we may. 849 00:55:11,051 --> 00:55:15,131 Christopher, are you going to give your mummy a kiss? 850 00:55:18,851 --> 00:55:21,891 Please, keep him warm. 851 00:55:23,971 --> 00:55:25,771 I've a coat to put on him, 852 00:55:25,771 --> 00:55:28,011 as well as this cardigan. 853 00:55:28,011 --> 00:55:30,771 It used to belong to his sister. 854 00:55:30,771 --> 00:55:31,931 I like that. 855 00:55:38,811 --> 00:55:40,091 Bring him home soon. 856 00:55:46,531 --> 00:55:48,131 Make sure you're smiling. Look! 857 00:55:48,131 --> 00:55:49,891 Smile! 858 00:55:51,131 --> 00:55:52,251 Quick, quick, quick! 859 00:56:02,851 --> 00:56:06,371 The little boy will get better, won't he? 860 00:56:06,371 --> 00:56:09,011 There's every chance he'll get better. 861 00:56:09,011 --> 00:56:10,891 Till then, we just have to take care of him. 862 00:56:10,891 --> 00:56:12,451 And be his family. 863 00:56:14,051 --> 00:56:15,811 Oh, they're here! 864 00:56:15,811 --> 00:56:19,571 - Oh, I missed you! - Oh, Miss Higgins! 865 00:56:19,571 --> 00:56:21,531 Haven't they managed well? 866 00:56:22,531 --> 00:56:25,291 And this is Christopher. 867 00:56:25,291 --> 00:56:27,011 He looks so sweet. 868 00:56:27,011 --> 00:56:28,531 Baby Christopher. 869 00:56:29,971 --> 00:56:31,051 Isn't he small? 870 00:56:32,251 --> 00:56:33,971 His hair feels like mine. 871 00:56:40,491 --> 00:56:41,571 Oh, my goodness, 872 00:56:41,571 --> 00:56:43,891 I've been dying to see your face. 873 00:56:45,451 --> 00:56:47,531 Christmas can start now, can't it? 874 00:56:47,531 --> 00:56:48,691 Yes, it can. 875 00:56:48,691 --> 00:56:51,611 Because I've made tea and you're home. 876 00:56:51,611 --> 00:56:52,771 Ah! 877 00:57:14,971 --> 00:57:19,171 Does Christmas come at the end of the year or does it 878 00:57:19,171 --> 00:57:22,171 provide its turning point? 879 00:57:22,171 --> 00:57:26,651 Is it the moment where we close the door on all that has 880 00:57:26,651 --> 00:57:30,131 passed in the months that have preceded it? 881 00:57:30,131 --> 00:57:36,211 Or is it the time where we open our arms and say, "Come, we are ready. 882 00:57:36,211 --> 00:57:38,491 "We will embrace it all." 883 00:57:38,491 --> 00:57:41,371 Christmas begins with a baby. 884 00:57:41,371 --> 00:57:45,251 Therefore, Christmas is all that is unknown. 885 00:57:45,251 --> 00:57:47,371 All we must cherish. 886 00:57:47,371 --> 00:57:51,651 And all we must shield from the winds of fortune, 887 00:57:51,651 --> 00:57:53,171 like a candle flame. 888 00:57:54,171 --> 00:57:59,571 889 00:57:59,571 --> 00:58:03,651