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MATURE JENNIFER: All doors
are opened at Christmas.

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All desires are made known.

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Children list them in their letters.

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Those older just make lists.

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That one?

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There is always a goal to be
reached, a gift to be given.

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Something to seek out,
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or pursue.

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ALL: Almighty God.

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Give us grace that we may cast away
the works of darkness

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and put upon us the armour of light,

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now in the time
of this mortal life...

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We want SO much.

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Looking good, Fred! Sparkling!

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And there are things
that we must always do.

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We need more Beanos.
The Beano is better than the Dandy.

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Well, you write that on your list,
because you are the Comic Advisor.

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Any more thoughts about the turkeys?

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This is a high-class newsagent
and tobacconist's, Fred Buckle,

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not a general stores with
a sideline dealing dodgy poultry.

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The turkeys ain't dodgy.

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I'm getting them from a farmer
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Nothing of uncertain provenance
is coming through that door.

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You can flog them out of the back
of your van if you so desire.

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Close the door, Reggie, love -
it's nippy out there.

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There's a polar bear!

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The circus is coming!

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With a polar bear!

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Excuse me, gentlemen.
Is there going to be a parade?

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And will it be passing by my shop,
and when?

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Is everything all right in there?

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Is something amiss?

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for absolutely ages.

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It's either Lucille
or Sister Monica Joan.

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No, Sister Monica Joan went straight
to the parlour after chapel.

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She's waiting for Doctor Who
to start.

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Lucille?
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I've seen a few cases of the trots
on the district rounds.

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LUCILLE: I haven't got the trots!

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I've had a new hairdo,
and I don't like it.

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By the time Trixie's
given it the once-over

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and a squirt of lacquer,

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Cyril will be eating
out of your hand.

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I've seen this time and time again
with a revised bouffant.

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Trauma, followed by tears,

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followed by a dawning conviction
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Where are Valerie's things?

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She's only gone to the maternity
home. Why on earth would she take

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her heated rollers there?
Nurse Dyer begged

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for my discretion,
and indeed my silence.

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She came to me
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soon after her grandmother
had passed away,

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asking to hand in her resignation.

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The poor lass has had one heartbreak
after the other.

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She wasn't in a frame of mind
to make any sort of decision.

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She was not.

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And where is she now?

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At London Airport.

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Well, she did rather look as though
a holiday might perk her up.

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She refused leave of absence,

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insisting that she needed
to keep busy,

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so I have arranged for her to go
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In that case, she has not left us.

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She has merely been transposed
to another of our spheres.

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How long has she gone for?

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There's no way of telling.

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I did not press for
any sort of promise. Well...

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when she runs out of hair lacquer.

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Why would she do that, Cyril?

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Why would she just pack up her home,
her job, her whole life,

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and go running away halfway across
the world? WE did it.

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We said goodbye to people.

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Did Valerie have no love for anyone?

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Did she not know
what her running off would do?

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I think she did.

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And she was afraid of causing pain.

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People who are hurting like that,

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they lash out, or they hide away.

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She mean a hundred things
to a hundred people.

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Not just me.

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She would have liked my new hair,
too.

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What new hair?

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I think it's very fine indeed.

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AMBULANCE BELL RINGS

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like this once every Preston Guild,

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but you certainly won't forget it
in a hurry.

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Meanwhile, Mrs Turner's
just arrived, with a cake tin.

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Oh, Dr Turner!
The very gentleman.

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Squad racing in through those doors,

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but when they race out again
without the mother's notes,

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it's slightly less impressive.

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Now, if you need my assistance,
my price is a mince pie.

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I've done a dozen with flaky
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And I'll take the notes to
St Cuthbert's Maternity by hand.

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Come on, Teddy.

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Come on.

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And if you could make it clear

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that the oversight was
on the part of the ambulance crew,

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I'd be grateful. Thank you.

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It's Gloria.

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Er, Gloria Venables.

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We were in here together when, erm,
you were having this little fellow,

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I think? Oh, Gloria!

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You remember Shelagh,
don't you, Tony?

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well, when we both had problems.

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Nice to see you.

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I always wondered how you got on.

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Oh, well, not too well, at first.
Erm, I lost that one, as you know.

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And then three more.

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I'm so sorry.

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Don't be.

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Did you have cervical cerclage,
Gloria?

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They took the stitch out
last Friday.

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I'm just here for a check-up
and then

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I'll be back when I go into labour.

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Do you remember what you told me
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"Next year,
or the year after that..."

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"..it'll be a lovely sunny day
and I'll be down the market,

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"pushing a pram.
And somewhere near the flower stall

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"I'll look up and see you..."
"..pushing a pram."

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and pass the time of day."

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We've managed almost all of it.

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Except perhaps the sunshine
and the flowers.

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Good luck, Gloria.

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So, we managed to steal
a march on Mother Nature

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by putting in that stitch.

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call the shots.

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What if something goes wrong?

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Goes wrong in what way?

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Well, when it's being born,
or after it's been born.

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It's taken us a long time
to get to this point.

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And at this point, your wife is
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She's carried an apparently
healthy baby to term.

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And just like any other mother,
she simply has to go home

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and think beautiful thoughts
until her time comes.

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I can't think beautiful thoughts,
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I can only think of terrible,
terrifying things.

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I really do urge you
to take her home, Father.

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When the day arrives, you bring her
back here, hand her over - job done.

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What does he mean,
"hand me over, job done"?

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Look, we'll manage.
I promise you.

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No, you can't promise me anything.

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And I don't know
any of those midwives -

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I haven't seen the same one twice.

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Gentlemen, gentlemen,
have a Quality Street.

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Oh, here they are!

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CIRCUS MUSIC PLAYS, CHEERING

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Roll up and book your tickets
for the Christmas Show!

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Book your tickets now!

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DOG BARKS

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HORN TOOTS

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Where's the polar bear?

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You can't put a price
on showmanship.

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What are you doing stuck back there?
You're missing all the details.

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I'm not keen on clowns.

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HORN TOOTS

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Oh...

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Lloyd George cards. They don't seem
to be particularly capacious.

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We have a lot of chronic invalids
on our books.

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Not to mention
some noteworthy hypochondriacs.

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I recommend
a single stout elastic band

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Two for the hypochondriacs.

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DOOR OPENS

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Mrs Turner?

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Gloria! Whatever's the matter?

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The thing is, if you decide to
transfer to our practice,

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you can also switch your antenatal
care away from St Cuthbert's

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You may still be advised
to choose hospital delivery,

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but we'd care for you and the baby
once you come home, too.

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Well, that would be better,
wouldn't it? Oh, MUCH better.

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Well, we always say the best
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is the care she believes in.
And you've had so many losses,

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it's no wonder
your faith has been shaken.

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I never got further than
six months before.

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And they were all born too soon
to breathe.

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not to think of them as babies.

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I, er, don't like to talk about it.

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DOG BARKS

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DOOR BURSTS OPEN

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Go on, then.

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I'm afraid animals are not permitted
on these premises,

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for reasons of hygiene
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Armande is a professional
entertainer.

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You can't treat him
as if he were just livestock.

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Perhaps one of your children
could remove him from the premises,

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since you appear to have several.

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Only two of them are mine.

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BICYCLE BELL RINGS

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It is not centrally affixed.

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I have an unerring eye
for median precision.

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Kindly oblige me, Sister,
and descend.

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Sister Monica Joan,
you are not going up that ladder.

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it looks perfectly fine to me.

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DOORBELL RINGS

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I'll get it. It'll be the postman.

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There you go, Miss.
Thank you.

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SHE GASPS

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A Portofino postmark. Ah!

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Ooh-hoo!

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And every year,
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that I love my godmother dearly
for who she is

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and the lovely experiences
we have shared.

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And not just because she sends me
a dress allowance every Christmas!

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TRIXIE GIGGLES

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TRIXIE GASPS
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She hasn't sent me
a dress allowance.

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She's paid for me
to join a Marriage Bureau,

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so that I don't end up,
and I quote,

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"on the shelf".

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We have delivered babies in caravans
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How long is the circus
going to be here?

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Well, we're meant to be heading
to Paris in the New Year.

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It may well end up with France on
its passport as its place of birth.

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Were you born somewhere exotic?

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Scunthorpe.

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as far as I know -

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my dad never took the circus
back there again.

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My mother died
when she was having me.

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Oh, no, I'm sorry.

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My dad goes into a panic
every time I fall pregnant,

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happens to me.

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But you are doing very well.
You can assure him of that.

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I do. Constantly.

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And you've quite a trim tummy,
I have to say.

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Well, I was doing ten shows a week
up until two months ago.

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I spend half my life on a trapeze.

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I shall be vexed if I hear of you
going anywhere near a trapeze

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until well after Baby has arrived.

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Oh, you never know.
Might shake something loose!

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You're not on the shelf, Trixie.
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Or men have been choosy.

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It's not necessarily YOUR fault.

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My godmother's implying
that it IS my fault.

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She's simply implying that
you need to take a fresh approach.

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Some of us,
when faced with an obstacle in life,

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our primary port of call.

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Others go to a rather smart agency
in Mayfair

250
00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:34,560
and ask to be introduced
to some nice chaps.

251
00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:39,720
SHE SIGHS

252
00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:52,200
She's written me off as a failure

253
00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:56,120
without taking into account any
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254
00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:58,320
or my personal achievements.

255
00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:00,800
Do you know what she did
for a living?

256
00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:03,440
Croupier? She was a hand model.

257
00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:05,960
She used to hold bottles
of hand cream

258
00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:08,880
and washing-up liquid
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259
00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:11,000
I'm opening the Petticoat Tails.

260
00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,800
I suspect we may need two each.

261
00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:16,840
We can't eat the Petticoat Tails -
they've been put away for Christmas.

262
00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:19,960
Sister Monica Joan?

263
00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:24,040
We're about to have
some tea and shortbread.

264
00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:27,000
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265
00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:31,800
Argh!

266
00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:36,000
GROANING

267
00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:40,640
SISTER MONICA JOAN GROANS

268
00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:53,840
Sister, how did you fall?

269
00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:57,400
Did you lose consciousness?

270
00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:00,040
I only know I don't know.

271
00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:04,200
We need pillows and a blanket
and an ambulance!

272
00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:09,840
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it's much smarter.

273
00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:13,760
And with those new specs, no-one can
say that you don't look the part.

274
00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:15,400
You mean like a shopkeeper?

275
00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:18,080
We need to be on a much firmer
footing before we can

276
00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:19,760
take on an assistant.

277
00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:23,800
<font color="
the paper trade.

278
00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:26,440
We sold three Beanos yesterday.

279
00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:29,880
Oh! Now, you should take a leaf
out of Reggie's book.

280
00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:34,120
I'd rather be at the circus.
I really want to see the polar bear.

281
00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:37,960
Oh, now, it's a busy time of year
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282
00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:42,000
That bear is gonna be
run off its feet - same as me.

283
00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:43,920
I'd better get back
round the corner,

284
00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:46,760
because the elastic salesman's
coming at half past.

285
00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:51,600
Right.

286
00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:55,520
The minute that clock
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287
00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:57,160
we are going down to the big top

288
00:16:57,160 --> 00:16:58,960
to see if they need any papers
delivered.

289
00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:02,960
And I believe the appropriate term
for such an exercise

290
00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:04,640
is "market research".

291
00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:09,600
No! I require no assistance.

292
00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:11,760
SHE GROANS

293
00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:13,520
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294
00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:18,240
I'm sorry. We cannot rule out
the possibility of a broken hip.

295
00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:21,920
The patient can only be moved
with the greatest of care.

296
00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:25,680
Sister, I think there might be
a Thomas's splint in the store room.

297
00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:27,680
Good.

298
00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:31,040
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Come on, Sister.

299
00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:32,840
I'll show you what to do.

300
00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:45,600
WHIMPERING AND GROANING

301
00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:50,960
I will not leave her.

302
00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:53,800
Only God knows
what He has now begun,

303
00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:55,720
or where He might end it.

304
00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:04,880
I'm going to see a tiger!

305
00:18:19,120 --> 00:18:21,080
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306
00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:23,080
Watch where you're walking,
sweetheart.

307
00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:24,800
The horses have just come past.

308
00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:26,160
Can I help you?

309
00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:27,200
Er, Fred Buckle,

310
00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:30,720
of the Buckles' newsagent
and tobacconist, Wick Street.

311
00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:32,600
I'm Jacquetta Percival.

312
00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:36,200
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but this is our family business.

313
00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:39,960
Well, my young colleague and I
were wondering

314
00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:42,800
if you might be in need
of a daily delivery?

315
00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:45,040
Not half. I'll have the Mirror

316
00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:47,640
and 20 Henley tipped,
Monday to Saturday,

317
00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:50,320
<font color="
on a Sunday morning.

318
00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:53,040
No-one ever delivers
to caravan dwellers!

319
00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:55,720
We aim to please. Don't we, Reggie?

320
00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:58,080
I hope you're going to come
and see the show.

321
00:18:58,080 --> 00:18:59,760
Where's the polar bear?

322
00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:00,840
Oh.

323
00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:02,320
Snowy?

324
00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:04,920
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325
00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:08,280
He's gone to a convalescent home
in the North Pole

326
00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:10,080
till he feels better. Oh.

327
00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:11,760
I'll tell you what.

328
00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:14,960
Why don't I ask the ringmaster
if he'll sign a souvenir photo?

329
00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:17,600
And you can help me feed the horses,
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330
00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:19,720
Would you like that, Reggie?

331
00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:21,280
Follow me.

332
00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:22,440
Oh, Dad...!

333
00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:38,800
I would not object
to being served tea.

334
00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:40,920
You aren't permitted anything,

335
00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:43,920
in case they decide
that you need an operation.

336
00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:47,240
<font color="
about your X-rays.

337
00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:50,360
It is an unnatural business,

338
00:19:50,360 --> 00:19:55,560
to have one's inner framework
exposed to the casual observer.

339
00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:59,120
The soul itself
might be made visible.

340
00:19:59,120 --> 00:20:02,840
He made no mention
of any...spiritual discovery.

341
00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:05,560
<font color="
were both intact,

342
00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:08,920
which is miraculous
in someone of your age.

343
00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:13,000
You speak of me
as though I am an ancient crone,

344
00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:18,440
who cannot expect to survive
a simple stumble down the stairs!

345
00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:22,000
But you have sustained a nasty
<font color="

346
00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,800
and broken both your tibia
and your fibula.

347
00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:28,200
You will not, I fear,
be home in time for Christmas,

348
00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:30,200
or any time soon thereafter.

349
00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:35,120
That's right,
keep your fingers straight,

350
00:20:35,120 --> 00:20:37,880
so that Titania doesn't get them
<font color="

351
00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:41,120
Have you ever looked after horses?

352
00:20:41,120 --> 00:20:42,840
I've looked after a donkey.

353
00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:47,920
Oh! Boys, why don't you take Reggie
round the back and show him Pablo?

354
00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:49,960
He does tricks, you'll love him.

355
00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:52,880
Come on, Reggie. Come on.

356
00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:57,120
SWEEPS UP GLASS

357
00:20:57,120 --> 00:21:00,520
<font color="
your pain and your incapacitation.

358
00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:03,240
But after 60 years
in the religious life,

359
00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:05,920
you are well practised
in forbearance.

360
00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:07,920
You must draw upon that strength.

361
00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:15,200
Or as my nanny used to say, what
<font color="

362
00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:19,280
And age cannot be cured.

363
00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:22,640
It mauls and withers one.

364
00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:27,880
It rubs one out, day after day,

365
00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:32,640
like an Indian rubber
on a faded pencil sketch.

366
00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:35,280
We are supposed to tolerate it...

367
00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:38,360
..and I cannot.

368
00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:41,320
I'm tolerating it.

369
00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:48,360
<font color="
in every facet of existence.

370
00:21:48,360 --> 00:21:50,600
That does not mean that I am young.

371
00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:53,120
I work, too, and it exhausts me.

372
00:21:53,120 --> 00:21:55,800
I have people to serve,
and it humbles me.

373
00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:59,800
I have Nonnatus House to save,
and it scares me.

374
00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:04,680
What can I do,
<font color="

375
00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:06,840
Pray.

376
00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:09,080
Pray that money can be found.

377
00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:11,000
Pray that the council will relent.

378
00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:14,360
Pray that this time next year,
we are still in Poplar

379
00:22:14,360 --> 00:22:17,640
and not putting up the shutters
at Nonnatus House.

380
00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:21,200
How, pray, can I pray here,

381
00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:26,120
<font color="

382
00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:35,280
Thanks for this, Mr Percival.

383
00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:38,760
What's your lad's name? Reggie.
Erm, if you could sign it

384
00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:41,480
from Snowy as well,
he'd be over the moon.

385
00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:44,280
You are aware that Snowy
isn't really at a convalescent home

386
00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:47,720
<font color="
I had an educated guess.

387
00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:50,320
I keep him up there.
Second shelf down.

388
00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:51,840
A bit of him, anyway.

389
00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:55,160
Between the Whitaker's Almanack
and the Russian dictionary.

390
00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:56,840
I'd have put him in an urn,

391
00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:59,960
but the public are more observant
<font color="

392
00:22:59,960 --> 00:23:03,680
And here,
he can still be in the midst of it.

393
00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:06,800
Snowy was never a back room
sort of act.

394
00:23:09,360 --> 00:23:12,200
LOUD EXPLOSION

395
00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,320
SCREAMING

396
00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,320
What was that?! Fire!

397
00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:23,320
A gas canister exploded.

398
00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:30,520
<font color="

399
00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:36,240
Evacuate the stables!

400
00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:43,160
Reggie?

401
00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:46,120
Reggie! Reggie?

402
00:23:46,120 --> 00:23:48,320
Has anyone seen my boy?

403
00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:51,560
Reggie?

404
00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:53,720
Reggie! Jacquetta,
don't go any further.

405
00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:55,520
We can't do nothing. Do you hear me?

406
00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:58,720
<font color="
Where are the boys?

407
00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:00,000
Nicky!

408
00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:01,840
Nicky. Reggie! Paul!

409
00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:03,840
Nicky! Reggie?

410
00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:07,320
Boys!

411
00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:13,680
Boys! Nicky!

412
00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:16,200
Reggie!

413
00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:19,480
<font color="

414
00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:46,000
I told them - stay calm.
Oh, Reggie.

415
00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,600
I told them it will be all right.

416
00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:50,760
And it IS all right, Reg.

417
00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:53,680
It is.

418
00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:55,400
Well done.

419
00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:01,080
You missed grace, Nurse Franklin.

420
00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:05,240
As it happens, I missed it
<font color="

421
00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:08,440
I telephoned the Marriage Bureau
and spoke to a lady called

422
00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:11,840
Miss Bathurst, and asked to be
introduced to some nice chaps.

423
00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:14,480
Well, that's a bit of an about-turn.

424
00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:16,680
Well, I decided
it was the best chance

425
00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:19,320
<font color="
to our lives.

426
00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:22,200
There's nothing normal about asking
a strange woman to help you

427
00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:24,200
get acquainted with strange men.

428
00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:26,040
Lucille, everything is relative.

429
00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:28,680
Nonnatus has barely escaped the axe,

430
00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:32,440
Valerie's in South Africa, Sister
<font color="

431
00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:34,960
..and Christmas dinner
looks set to be a wash-out.

432
00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:36,480
That's not true!

433
00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:38,920
Sister Hilda and I
are organising it.

434
00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:41,920
I've been doing the invitations
with my stencil set.

435
00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:45,520
We shall be having three courses,
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436
00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:48,720
and the Turner children,
for those who deem little faces

437
00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:51,840
round the table to be a vital part
of the proceedings.

438
00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:55,000
Nevertheless, if I don't go through
with this dating game,

439
00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:56,840
I will not get my dress allowance.

440
00:25:56,840 --> 00:25:59,760
<font color="

441
00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:03,440
it really will be
the end of the world as we know it.

442
00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:06,080
Move it! Come on.

443
00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:15,720
BARKING

444
00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:15,720
What the...?

445
00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:18,480
Ooh...

446
00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:18,480
DOG BARKS

447
00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:25,720
You can bunk down in the cab
of the truck, Kel.

448
00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:27,320
<font color="

449
00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:31,000
I don't hold with theatrical types
in the general way.

450
00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,400
They keep strange hours and leave
greasepaint on me pillowslips.

451
00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,080
She takes her greasepaint off
with cold cream.

452
00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:38,720
And we pay cash.

453
00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:43,760
<font color="
seven, and it's extra for the dog.

454
00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:46,200
Is she in here? Is she all right?

455
00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:49,880
COUGHING

456
00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:49,880
I'm more all right than YOU.

457
00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:52,480
My daughter needs looking at
by a medical professional.

458
00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:53,560
COUGHS

459
00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:56,600
Well, cough, Reggie.

460
00:26:57,840 --> 00:26:59,760
<font color="

461
00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:01,520
Sounds clear enough,

462
00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:03,320
which is a miracle.

463
00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:05,440
Reggie was a hero today.

464
00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:07,880
Yeah, only because you took him
somewhere dangerous.

465
00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:09,440
He could have come to
no end of grief.

466
00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:12,400
He could come to grief anywhere.
<font color="

467
00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:15,200
I've got her a lovely bundle
of magazines,

468
00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:17,000
including the People's Friend.

469
00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,600
She'd rather have a Mars bar.

470
00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:26,280
Here, Reggie, would you rather have
a Mars Bar, or...

471
00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:30,400
..this?

472
00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:32,640
<font color="

473
00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:36,840
Reggie did a man's job today -
he can have a man's drink, on me.

474
00:27:44,360 --> 00:27:46,280
CHILDREN PLAYING

475
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:54,320
Everything's exactly as it
ought to be,

476
00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:56,680
in spite of this afternoon's
adventures.

477
00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:58,720
<font color="

478
00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:00,640
If that's him I can hear coughing,

479
00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:03,360
I shall be telling him
to book in at the surgery.

480
00:28:03,360 --> 00:28:06,520
It's the smoke, or the smoking.

481
00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:08,240
Back under those covers, please.

482
00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:11,280
You've had a day and half of it,
and you need rest.

483
00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:13,720
<font color="

484
00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:15,720
I've got to get things straight.

485
00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:18,200
We lost everything we had
in that caravan.

486
00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:20,520
And what I've grabbed from the store
makes no sense.

487
00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:24,400
The boys are dressed like Cherokee
Indians, and all I've got is

488
00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:27,800
<font color="
which I can currently get my leg in.

489
00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:29,560
Can I see?

490
00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:32,280
You can see if they're fit
to cut down to baby clothes.

491
00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:35,320
SHE GASPS

492
00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:37,480
Just look at that!

493
00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:40,480
I could make out
I'm admiring the workmanship.

494
00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:46,880
<font color="
sequins that gives me goose bumps.

495
00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:49,880
That's all in a day's work,
as far as I'm concerned.

496
00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:51,520
Always has been.

497
00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:14,320
You left your bag
in the clinical room.

498
00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:17,520
Are you going to meet a matchmaker,
<font color="

499
00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:20,440
I should never have said
I'd be in Mayfair by 4:30.

500
00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:23,240
It means I have to go straight
from clinic, wearing an outfit

501
00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:24,880
that represents my personality.

502
00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:26,880
Why don't you go in your uniform?

503
00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:29,160
I hardly think boil-washable cotton

504
00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:32,760
<font color="
the essential moi, Lucille.

505
00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:34,440
I don't want you going in black.

506
00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:37,680
You're looking for love,
not attending your own funeral.

507
00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:41,320
Good afternoon, ladies.

508
00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:45,840
Until further notice, I'd like you
to keep all the St Cuthbert's ladies

509
00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:48,680
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via a separate desk.

510
00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:50,760
Is there a reason for that?

511
00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:52,200
I'm conducting a review.

512
00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:56,240
I also want every mother to fill in
one of these questionnaires,

513
00:29:56,240 --> 00:30:00,320
which Mrs Turner has typed up
and printed off on the Roneo.

514
00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:08,560
<font color="
arrival at the surgery this morning.

515
00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:10,640
I popped by and did it last night.

516
00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:13,000
As requested by Sister Julienne.

517
00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:17,920
"Are you satisfied with the care
you are receiving from this clinic?

518
00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:22,800
"1) Extremely. 2) Fairly. 3) No."

519
00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:26,120
<font color="
a suggestions box

520
00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:28,080
in a prominent position.

521
00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:30,040
Suggestions box.

522
00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:34,200
The phrase that springs to mind
is "never kick a hornet's nest".

523
00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:49,840
Hello, Doctor.
Have you come to see my dad?

524
00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:51,560
I'm under orders from Nurse Crane.

525
00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:53,520
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526
00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:57,240
I did not send for you
and I do not require your services.

527
00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:01,400
I've got a circus to get
back on its feet after a fire.

528
00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:05,440
Yeah...
And I am in excellent health.

529
00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:07,880
And you are also being
extremely rude.

530
00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:09,480
<font color="

531
00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:12,440
If he were one of my boys,
I'd give him a clip round the ear.

532
00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:15,000
I do understand you're busy,
Mr Percival.

533
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:18,000
I'm on a tight schedule myself.

534
00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:21,320
And if you barged into
one of my clinics in a top hat,

535
00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:25,760
<font color="
I'd roll out the red carpet.

536
00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:29,120
So how about we put
your daughter's mind at rest,

537
00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:31,480
then we can both get on
with our day?

538
00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:45,040
I'll do that.

539
00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:47,080
Hello, Reggie!

540
00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:50,680
Every living creature
<font color="

541
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:56,280
All that's required is the ability
to do something...unexpected.

542
00:31:57,560 --> 00:32:00,040
There's more to everything alive
than meets the eye.

543
00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:04,240
Isn't there?

544
00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:08,120
I don't know how you're doing this.
Doing what?

545
00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:12,120
<font color="
with only one functioning lung

546
00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:14,960
and another that's slowly filling up
with fluid.

547
00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:18,800
Not to mention the side-effects
of the radiation treatment.

548
00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:22,400
I manage,
so my daughter doesn't have to know.

549
00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:27,280
How can you tell
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550
00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:30,520
I can see the burns
across your back.

551
00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:34,040
And I've diagnosed
enough lung cancer in my time.

552
00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:37,840
There's something here, now.

553
00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:46,120
An enlarged lymph node.

554
00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:50,440
It generally means that the cancer
is starting to spread.

555
00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:54,480
<font color="

556
00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:57,480
I would rather talk
about the quality of the life

557
00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:00,600
that remains to you.
Over the next few months,

558
00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:04,960
I can arrange for oxygen straight
away, along with pain relief.

559
00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:08,600
And there's a procedure you can have
<font color="

560
00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:11,400
and make you much more comfortable.
No operations,

561
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:13,480
no staying in hospital overnight.

562
00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:17,360
Even I couldn't fib my way
around that.

563
00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:20,520
You know the best thing you can do,
even now?

564
00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:24,000
Give up smoking.
<font color="

565
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:25,480
We all smoke.

566
00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:27,280
I make 'em smoke.

567
00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:29,680
Not that the clowns
need much persuading.

568
00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:38,760
How have you managed to keep this
from your daughter?

569
00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:42,480
When I go for treatment, I tell her
I'm out researching new acts.

570
00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:47,160
<font color="
with these budgies.

571
00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:51,240
And they're hopeless.

572
00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:57,760
Mrs Meadows.

573
00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:08,600
That reading's up, isn't it?

574
00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:10,160
Only a little.

575
00:34:10,160 --> 00:34:13,800
And I think that's probably
because you're feeling anxious.

576
00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:16,960
When I was having Teddy,
<font color="

577
00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:21,560
I once wrote a list of things to do
on a relaxation leaflet.

578
00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:23,120
What sort of things?

579
00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:24,600
Buy nappies.

580
00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:26,280
Wash nappies.

581
00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:28,800
Dry, air, fold and put away nappies.

582
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:30,200
Buy feeding brassiere.

583
00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:31,520
Buy baby soap.

584
00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:33,400
<font color="

585
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:34,680
Clean pram.

586
00:34:34,680 --> 00:34:36,680
You know the sort of thing,
I'm sure.

587
00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:39,240
I'm not sure I do.

588
00:34:39,240 --> 00:34:41,160
Oh, Glory.

589
00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:45,160
Are you telling me you've made no
preparations for this baby at all?

590
00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:48,760
I prepared for the first one,
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591
00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:51,560
I ended up selling everything
through the small ads.

592
00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:55,640
People would come to the house
to collect things.

593
00:34:56,760 --> 00:35:01,080
The woman who came for the pram,
she already had a baby in her arms.

594
00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:04,280
I don't want to talk about it.

595
00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:05,760
You don't have to.

596
00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:08,280
<font color="

597
00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:12,520
And by Christmas, you'll be holding
a baby of your own.

598
00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:27,120
You ought to be getting home.

599
00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:30,080
You only came to drop my paper
and my fags off!

600
00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:32,840
Can I come back tomorrow?
If you want to.

601
00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:34,960
<font color="

602
00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:36,840
And Snowy might come back?

603
00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:38,520
He may well do.

604
00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:40,400
THEY CHUCKLE

605
00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:02,640
Ah, and Daddy was a bank manager.

606
00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:04,240
City or provincial?

607
00:36:04,240 --> 00:36:07,040
He was mostly posted
to the London outskirts.

608
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:09,080
Twickenham, principally.
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609
00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:11,680
So, to summarise.

610
00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:16,880
I am most favourably impressed
with your dress sense, diction,

611
00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:20,800
poise, silhouette,
and general sense of polish.

612
00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:24,640
I do have certain reservations
regarding your address

613
00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:27,520
and your profession.

614
00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:30,640
<font color="
object to my living in Poplar?

615
00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:33,600
They may be bemused
by you living in a convent.

616
00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:36,440
Especially as you object
to drinking alcohol.

617
00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:40,400
I object to being EXPECTED
to drink alcohol.

618
00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:42,040
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619
00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:44,120
And if a gentleman
isn't content to meet

620
00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:47,000
over tea and smoked salmon
sandwiches, then I'm afraid

621
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:49,040
I don't consider him
to be a gentleman,

622
00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:52,200
and therefore
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623
00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:53,760
Sign here.

624
00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:56,520
We will see what we can do.

625
00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:04,120
Lucille?

626
00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:08,360
You usually call me Nurse Anderson
when I'm in my uniform.

627
00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:10,400
Are you on an urgent call?

628
00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:12,480
Only a routine district round.

629
00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:16,360
Our church is going to be
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630
00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:20,360
Mrs Theodore's
been wanting to go live with her son

631
00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:22,360
in Dudley for some time.

632
00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:25,040
But the church
only takes place in her house.

633
00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:27,320
Her house isn't the church itself.

634
00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:31,120
Not one person
in our whole congregation

635
00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:35,840
<font color="
or a tiny shared flat to live in.

636
00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:38,920
We have nowhere to go,
and nowhere to grow, either.

637
00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:45,560
It hurts because some of our
congregation have been here years,

638
00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:49,200
and worship in a rented house
is all they have.

639
00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:51,440
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640
00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:55,160
It's only a courtesy title, but...
They mean it, Cyril.

641
00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:58,320
Just as you mean it,
when you preach.

642
00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:00,000
What if I can't do it, Lucille?

643
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:03,400
What if I can't lead them
to a better place?

644
00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:09,360
You used to think
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645
00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:13,880
but a way opened up, from your heart
to that mouth of yours.

646
00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:19,880
A way will open up for this too,
if the Almighty intends it.

647
00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:25,280
I wish I could send you to ask
the Almighty what He's planning.

648
00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:27,800
You'll get it straight out of Him.

649
00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:31,440
<font color="
is it? Bossy like a grandma?

650
00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:32,880
Maybe.

651
00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:35,800
Maybe just bossy like a nurse.

652
00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:39,720
And you know what this nurse says?
Hmm?

653
00:38:39,720 --> 00:38:43,280
Next wage packet you get,
you buy yourself a pair of gloves.

654
00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:45,520
You're in England now!

655
00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:49,080
<font color="
on my district round with frostbite.

656
00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:52,840
Get your roasted chestnuts here!

657
00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:54,120
How much for a bag?

658
00:38:57,320 --> 00:38:59,960
Mrs Buckle has agreed
to stay open later.

659
00:38:59,960 --> 00:39:04,760
Will it just be us?
Just us, Mrs Buckle, and this list.

660
00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:12,560
<font color="
you a double D, feeding-wise.

661
00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:15,080
White or Carnation Beige?

662
00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:17,560
I'll go for Carnation Beige.

663
00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:20,520
I'd suggest six
of these little vests.

664
00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:23,320
The interlock type will be best
for a winter baby.

665
00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:26,120
Will six be enough?

666
00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:28,360
<font color="
go for the full dozen.

667
00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:33,720
Six. With two dozen napkins,
three pairs of plastic pants,

668
00:39:33,720 --> 00:39:37,040
and six of the brushed-cotton
nighties - that's sleepwear

669
00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:39,440
and the underneaths
completely taken care of.

670
00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:42,960
<font color="
No, of course we don't.

671
00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:45,280
We've got quite a lot done
for one day.

672
00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:49,160
It's, uh, all so real,
all of a sudden.

673
00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:56,920
I'm glad you accepted the invitation
to Christmas dinner at Nonnatus.

674
00:39:56,920 --> 00:40:00,080
Oh, I'm sure it will be
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675
00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:03,400
As long as the meal itself
doesn't challenge my digestion.

676
00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:05,880
There's always
a proper family atmosphere

677
00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:07,600
round the table, I grant you.

678
00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:12,200
But the smell of turkey grease
does cling to the proceedings.

679
00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:16,840
Even my individual nut roast
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680
00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:18,400
I shall bring liver salts

681
00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:20,880
and remind myself
that were I not there,

682
00:40:20,880 --> 00:40:24,840
I'd be spending the day alone
after attending morning service

683
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:26,640
at my Spiritualist Church.

684
00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:30,840
Oh, it does rather leech
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685
00:40:30,840 --> 00:40:33,960
waiting for ghosts to come through
from the other side.

686
00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:41,920
Do you know what I dread, above
and beyond any item on the menu?

687
00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:46,000
That sense that I'm the maiden aunt,
perched on a chair

688
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:49,400
with a glass of sherry,
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689
00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:50,680
Indeed.

690
00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:55,240
And feigning delight when presented
with another box of bath cubes.

691
00:40:55,240 --> 00:40:58,880
Oh, I could have built the Great
Wall of China out of bath cubes.

692
00:40:59,960 --> 00:41:02,920
Go on, Millicent.
If you could have anything

693
00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:05,880
<font color="
dinner, what would it be?

694
00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:10,000
I hardly dare tell you.
It's almost too disgraceful.

695
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:12,400
If I had my way,

696
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:16,320
I'd have a nice plain plate
of baked beans on toast,

697
00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:19,480
and a milk stout in a lady's glass.

698
00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:22,120
<font color="
at all.

699
00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:24,360
I'd go straight to the sweet,

700
00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:29,120
and it would be
a simply enormous bowl of trifle,

701
00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:32,000
washed down
with a Harvey Wallbanger.

702
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:33,560
A Harvey what?

703
00:41:33,560 --> 00:41:36,920
It's an orange-coloured cocktail
<font color="

704
00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:39,400
generally embellished
with a small umbrella.

705
00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:43,760
In 1926, I had one,
at a Charleston contest.

706
00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:46,280
It's lingered in my memory
ever since.

707
00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:50,640
Leopold Morries.

708
00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:52,360
58.

709
00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:55,840
Solvent,
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710
00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:59,280
A strong interest
in Victorian taxidermy.

711
00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:01,200
Moderate pulmonary problems

712
00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:04,600
which are well controlled
by medication, in the main.

713
00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:08,680
I shudder to think what decrepitude
those last three syllables imply!

714
00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:12,840
<font color="
Cyril? Hmm?

715
00:42:14,680 --> 00:42:17,560
Er, I think
you are a good-looking lady.

716
00:42:17,560 --> 00:42:20,520
You'll be a fool
to tie yourself down to an old man

717
00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:24,160
who'd rather look at dead animals
than take you dancing.

718
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:29,920
<font color="
under anyone called Leopold.

719
00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:32,160
This one is called John.

720
00:42:32,160 --> 00:42:35,880
He is a recently widowed teacher
with three little girls.

721
00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:38,480
He isn't looking for romance -
he's looking for a nanny.

722
00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:40,040
Sister Hilda!

723
00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:43,000
<font color="
on the Christmas dinner plans.

724
00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:44,840
Indeed we are.

725
00:42:44,840 --> 00:42:48,960
Item number six on the agenda -
pudding for the Turner children,

726
00:42:48,960 --> 00:42:51,040
marshmallow snowmen...

727
00:42:48,960 --> 00:42:51,040
PHONE RINGS

728
00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:54,040
The Turners aren't coming.
Mrs Turner telephoned.

729
00:42:54,040 --> 00:42:55,920
<font color="

730
00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:58,640
around the festive board
than people.

731
00:42:58,640 --> 00:43:01,840
I refer you to my earlier remarks
about a wash-out.

732
00:43:06,840 --> 00:43:08,320
This is Nonnatus House.

733
00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:10,960
I'm afraid that I am not a midwife.

734
00:43:10,960 --> 00:43:14,320
What fresh cataclysm has befallen
that...

735
00:43:14,320 --> 00:43:16,440
<font color="

736
00:43:16,440 --> 00:43:19,880
Sister Monica Joan?
You haven't managed to escape yet?

737
00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:23,360
The infirmary authorities
have conspired against me.

738
00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:26,440
I thought Sister Julienne was coming
to visit you this evening?

739
00:43:26,440 --> 00:43:30,240
She has departed,
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740
00:43:30,240 --> 00:43:37,000
except a mound of indifferent grapes
and a conversational desert.

741
00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:39,400
How about Lucille and I
come and see you?

742
00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:42,520
And bring some tangerines
and a bit of black bun?

743
00:43:42,520 --> 00:43:46,000
If you so wish, I have no objection.

744
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:49,800
But I advise
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745
00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:53,760
for I intend to be discharged
by Christmas.

746
00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:55,640
Say goodbye, Sister.

747
00:43:55,640 --> 00:43:57,480
We've a procedure to attend to.

748
00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:03,160
What are you doing
with the telephone?

749
00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:06,440
Nobody else was going to answer it.
And it was Sister Monica Joan.

750
00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:08,920
<font color="

751
00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:12,000
Nonnatus House.
You are speaking to a midwife.

752
00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:13,840
Can somebody come out
and look at my wife?

753
00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:16,160
She's upstairs
at the Black Sail pub.

754
00:44:16,160 --> 00:44:18,200
And tell them to bring
extra newspaper.

755
00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:19,880
It's a brand-new mattress.

756
00:44:21,520 --> 00:44:24,320
<font color="
having our Christmas dinner

757
00:44:24,320 --> 00:44:25,760
at Nonnatus House.

758
00:44:25,760 --> 00:44:28,000
They'd always let me
carry the pudding in.

759
00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:32,080
It would be nice to go again,
though, sort of for old time's sake.

760
00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:35,160
We need to be doing things
<font color="

761
00:44:36,240 --> 00:44:40,960
To honour the family we've created
and the life we have now.

762
00:44:40,960 --> 00:44:44,360
Besides, there was so much upset
with May's mother last summer,

763
00:44:44,360 --> 00:44:47,640
it would be good to remind her
how secure things are.

764
00:44:47,640 --> 00:44:51,840
Two bicycles, all wrapped up and
<font color="

765
00:44:51,840 --> 00:44:54,960
Mummy?
Can I come for a drink of water?

766
00:44:54,960 --> 00:44:56,840
Stay where you are!

767
00:44:56,840 --> 00:44:59,040
Mummy's going to bring you one up.

768
00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:01,560
I don't like the look
of the turkeys at the butcher's.

769
00:45:01,560 --> 00:45:03,400
We'll order ours from Fred Buckle.

770
00:45:07,560 --> 00:45:10,200
<font color="

771
00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:12,000
It's fully box-sprung.

772
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:13,760
Church Times.

773
00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:15,600
Financial Times.

774
00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:17,000
Titbits.

775
00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:18,520
Nothing but the best.

776
00:45:18,520 --> 00:45:20,400
We are not leaving this room

777
00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:23,080
until I am content you are giving
her the very best of care.

778
00:45:23,080 --> 00:45:25,560
<font color="
in a minute,

779
00:45:25,560 --> 00:45:28,000
which I beg to inform you
is not a spectator sport.

780
00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:29,480
She hasn't eaten since breakfast.

781
00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:31,880
Should I nip out and fetch us all
some pie and mash?

782
00:45:31,880 --> 00:45:34,080
No banqueting in the delivery room.

783
00:45:34,080 --> 00:45:36,040
And no fathers.

784
00:45:36,040 --> 00:45:38,080
<font color="

785
00:45:38,080 --> 00:45:41,560
and get them fed, watered
and out of your wife's way.

786
00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:44,280
That includes you. I'm HER father,
not the baby's.

787
00:45:44,280 --> 00:45:46,840
Out. Now.

788
00:45:46,840 --> 00:45:48,560
Come on, boys, out you go.

789
00:45:48,560 --> 00:45:50,160
Come on. Quick smart.

790
00:45:51,480 --> 00:45:53,080
<font color="

791
00:45:55,800 --> 00:45:58,080
And...relax.

792
00:45:58,080 --> 00:46:00,680
Just because you work in a circus

793
00:46:00,680 --> 00:46:03,080
doesn't mean you have to give birth
in one.

794
00:46:05,680 --> 00:46:08,800
It's not too late to add
the ichthyologist to the list.

795
00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:11,280
I have an aversion to fish,
Miss Bathurst,

796
00:46:11,280 --> 00:46:13,320
<font color="

797
00:46:13,320 --> 00:46:15,120
And no facial hair.

798
00:46:15,120 --> 00:46:17,320
Meanwhile, I've planned
my accessories

799
00:46:17,320 --> 00:46:19,960
to reflect multiple moods
as I deem appropriate.

800
00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:23,440
Pearls for restraint,
a scarf for pizazz

801
00:46:23,440 --> 00:46:26,520
and evening gloves
<font color="

802
00:46:26,520 --> 00:46:28,480
What's the mink stole for?

803
00:46:28,480 --> 00:46:31,960
Mink is mink. There doesn't have
to be a reason for it.

804
00:46:31,960 --> 00:46:34,040
Did I tell you one of them's German?

805
00:46:34,040 --> 00:46:36,200
I brought a dictionary,
just in case.

806
00:46:38,400 --> 00:46:40,760
QUIET GROANING

807
00:46:40,760 --> 00:46:42,680
That's the ticket.

808
00:46:42,680 --> 00:46:45,080
<font color="

809
00:46:45,080 --> 00:46:48,000
Save all that energy
for when you want to push.

810
00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:50,240
I don't yet.

811
00:46:50,240 --> 00:46:53,240
I'm happy standing here,
just getting closer and closer.

812
00:46:55,600 --> 00:46:58,440
I've never had a mantelpiece
to lean on before.

813
00:46:58,440 --> 00:47:02,240
I've always lived in caravans -
<font color="

814
00:47:04,360 --> 00:47:06,520
I'm tired this time round, though.

815
00:47:10,480 --> 00:47:12,400
Oh, this is so nice.

816
00:47:12,400 --> 00:47:14,200
And you're so lovely.

817
00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:18,760
SHE PANTS AND GROANS

818
00:47:18,760 --> 00:47:22,360
MUSIC: Santa Baby
by Eartha Kitt

819
00:47:24,720 --> 00:47:26,760
Good evening, how are you?

820
00:47:31,080 --> 00:47:32,920


821
00:47:32,920 --> 00:47:38,280
<font color="
under the tree for me

822
00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:42,200


823
00:47:42,200 --> 00:47:44,160


824
00:47:44,160 --> 00:47:48,080


825
00:47:53,840 --> 00:47:55,720


826
00:47:55,720 --> 00:48:01,160


827
00:48:02,480 --> 00:48:05,240


828
00:48:05,240 --> 00:48:07,040


829
00:48:07,040 --> 00:48:10,640
<font color="
tonight...

830
00:48:12,240 --> 00:48:15,040
MUSIC DROWNING SPEECH

831
00:48:16,400 --> 00:48:18,680
Babies. Babies.

832
00:48:18,680 --> 00:48:21,320


833
00:48:21,320 --> 00:48:26,560

that I haven't kissed...

834
00:48:26,560 --> 00:48:29,440
I understand that you're
a private nurse.

835
00:48:29,440 --> 00:48:32,920
<font color="

836
00:48:32,920 --> 00:48:37,640

my Christmas list.

837
00:48:40,960 --> 00:48:44,440
I'm not getting anywhere.
I'm just not. Nonsense!

838
00:48:44,440 --> 00:48:48,000
You're going to grab that next pain
and ride it like a wave.

839
00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:49,440
Jacquetta.

840
00:48:49,440 --> 00:48:53,120
<font color="
very well thus far.

841
00:48:53,120 --> 00:48:55,360
But you were tired when you started,

842
00:48:55,360 --> 00:48:59,520
and you need all your energy
to push this baby out.

843
00:48:59,520 --> 00:49:01,560
Let's get her semi-recumbent.

844
00:49:01,560 --> 00:49:03,720
Come on, there's a good girl.

845
00:49:03,720 --> 00:49:06,920
We can try the gas and air again
<font color="

846
00:49:06,920 --> 00:49:09,040
Feel like my arms and legs
are made of lead.

847
00:49:09,040 --> 00:49:11,720
Oh, you don't need arms and legs
for a good, effective labour.

848
00:49:11,720 --> 00:49:14,280
It's like I've got no strength.

849
00:49:20,920 --> 00:49:23,640
Long, calm breaths, now.

850
00:49:40,360 --> 00:49:42,720
JACQUETTA MOANS

851
00:49:47,400 --> 00:49:50,800
Her pulse is 130 and her
<font color="

852
00:49:50,800 --> 00:49:52,360
Shall I send for Doctor?

853
00:49:52,360 --> 00:49:55,680
Tell him elective forceps,
but we do need him quickly.

854
00:50:04,160 --> 00:50:08,440
And tell him we'll need more gas
and air, if he would be so kind.

855
00:50:08,440 --> 00:50:10,440
HUB

856
00:50:10,440 --> 00:50:13,120
Give us a kiss, Sister.

857
00:50:13,120 --> 00:50:15,200
Put me out me misery.

858
00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:18,720
<font color="
if you don't let me pass.

859
00:50:18,720 --> 00:50:20,480
Whoa!

860
00:50:20,480 --> 00:50:24,720
What's the matter?
Why does she need the doctor?

861
00:50:28,600 --> 00:50:31,480
You're going to push,
but I'm going to pull.

862
00:50:31,480 --> 00:50:35,560
The thing to remember, Jacquetta,
is that Baby's in a good position.

863
00:50:35,560 --> 00:50:39,040
<font color="
to help get him out.

864
00:50:39,040 --> 00:50:40,760
You're on the home straight now.

865
00:50:42,160 --> 00:50:43,600
Ready with the first blade.

866
00:50:49,080 --> 00:50:50,720
And the second blade.

867
00:50:55,440 --> 00:50:57,520
Push now. Come on, pet.

868
00:50:58,600 --> 00:50:59,920
Push.

869
00:51:03,880 --> 00:51:06,440
SHE WAILS AND SOBS

870
00:51:07,680 --> 00:51:12,160
Try to keep working WITH me,
<font color="

871
00:51:12,160 --> 00:51:15,360
I think she's had
a touch too much gas.

872
00:51:15,360 --> 00:51:17,120
Contraction.

873
00:51:18,120 --> 00:51:20,160
Come on, lass, you hang on to me.

874
00:51:24,160 --> 00:51:25,800
Head.

875
00:51:41,000 --> 00:51:42,680
Clamp.

876
00:51:42,680 --> 00:51:44,640
And we have some meconium.

877
00:52:03,320 --> 00:52:05,680
Is it a boy or a girl?

878
00:52:05,680 --> 00:52:07,400
It's a boy.

879
00:52:26,880 --> 00:52:29,160
<font color="

880
00:52:29,160 --> 00:52:31,560
THEY EXHALE THEN CHUCKLE

881
00:52:46,360 --> 00:52:52,480

No crib for a bed

882
00:52:52,480 --> 00:52:55,400


883
00:52:55,400 --> 00:52:58,840


884
00:52:58,840 --> 00:53:01,200
CHEERING

885
00:53:09,480 --> 00:53:12,400
Any chance of a proper
circus christening this time?

886
00:53:12,400 --> 00:53:14,280
Out of a top hat,
<font color="

887
00:53:14,280 --> 00:53:17,360
Is that the tradition?
As old as the big top itself.

888
00:53:17,360 --> 00:53:20,400
You did it to me,
you're not doing it to my kids.

889
00:53:23,320 --> 00:53:28,520
All I ever wanted was peace, quiet,
a bay window and a privet hedge.

890
00:53:35,200 --> 00:53:39,280
Perhaps you would be so kind
<font color="

891
00:53:39,280 --> 00:53:42,120
and inform him
that his son has arrived.

892
00:53:42,120 --> 00:53:44,520
Promise me
you won't leave Jacquetta alone?

893
00:53:44,520 --> 00:53:47,800
JACQUETTA PANTS AND GASPS

894
00:53:47,800 --> 00:53:49,680
Are you in pain, Jacquetta?

895
00:53:53,280 --> 00:53:55,520
Your hands are cold, lass.

896
00:53:55,520 --> 00:53:58,800
We're just going to look you over,
<font color="

897
00:53:58,800 --> 00:54:01,880
and make sure that everything
is as it ought to be.

898
00:54:04,320 --> 00:54:05,960
Check her pulse.

899
00:54:12,600 --> 00:54:14,480
Pulse is up. 150.

900
00:54:16,160 --> 00:54:18,560
You've had your orders, Mr Percival.

901
00:54:19,640 --> 00:54:20,840
Out!

902
00:54:20,840 --> 00:54:22,920
She's cyanosed.

903
00:54:22,920 --> 00:54:24,840
Her lips are going blue.

904
00:54:24,840 --> 00:54:27,520
Orders revised.
<font color="

905
00:54:27,520 --> 00:54:32,000
Tell them we've a newly delivered
mother who is having a heart attack.

906
00:54:33,520 --> 00:54:36,120
I thought she was haemorrhaging.
Run!

907
00:54:40,640 --> 00:54:42,400
Pulse up again.

908
00:54:42,400 --> 00:54:44,240
It's all right, he's fine.

909
00:54:44,240 --> 00:54:46,040
Air...

910
00:54:46,040 --> 00:54:48,760
No...air.

911
00:54:49,960 --> 00:54:52,080
<font color="

912
00:55:01,840 --> 00:55:04,000
Jacquetta, lass? She's fading.

913
00:55:05,640 --> 00:55:07,480
Your work's not done.

914
00:55:07,480 --> 00:55:08,960
Listen.

915
00:55:08,960 --> 00:55:11,160
Baby needs you, Jacquetta.

916
00:55:11,160 --> 00:55:14,200
Listen, that's your little boy.

917
00:55:17,280 --> 00:55:18,680
Hold.

918
00:55:20,920 --> 00:55:22,440
Yes.

919
00:55:25,000 --> 00:55:29,120
He's coming, lass.
<font color="

920
00:55:37,160 --> 00:55:39,800
Here he is.

921
00:55:39,800 --> 00:55:41,560
Here's your baby.

922
00:55:48,720 --> 00:55:50,560
That's it, lass.

923
00:55:50,560 --> 00:55:53,400
You take your strength from him.

924
00:55:57,240 --> 00:56:00,440
PHONE RINGS

925
00:56:04,040 --> 00:56:07,160
Mrs Turner, it's my Gloria -
she's not doing so well.

926
00:56:08,320 --> 00:56:11,240
She won't stop crying, Mrs Turner,
<font color="

927
00:56:11,240 --> 00:56:13,880
Firstly, you must call me Shelagh.

928
00:56:13,880 --> 00:56:16,080
And secondly, your timing's perfect.

929
00:56:16,080 --> 00:56:17,880
My husband's just come home.

930
00:56:23,080 --> 00:56:25,040
Hubby's meeting us at St Cuthbert's.

931
00:56:25,040 --> 00:56:27,040
Are you sure you don't want
to go with her?

932
00:56:27,040 --> 00:56:28,720
She's in the best of hands.

933
00:56:28,720 --> 00:56:31,520
<font color="
that needs some looking after.

934
00:56:34,720 --> 00:56:36,840
Everything is completely normal.

935
00:56:36,840 --> 00:56:39,160
But I'm not having it yet?

936
00:56:39,160 --> 00:56:42,000
There's no change in your cervix
to indicate labour.

937
00:56:42,000 --> 00:56:45,480
It says "incompetent cervix"
in all my notes - you've seen them.

938
00:56:45,480 --> 00:56:47,200
<font color="

939
00:56:47,200 --> 00:56:48,960
What we're going to do is this.

940
00:56:48,960 --> 00:56:52,440
Keep you in here, with regular
checks from our midwives,

941
00:56:52,440 --> 00:56:54,160
until you go into labour.

942
00:56:57,600 --> 00:56:59,440
Are you awake?

943
00:56:59,440 --> 00:57:03,000
An enquiry that cannot be answered
in the negative.

944
00:57:03,960 --> 00:57:07,800
I have my breviary, and thought
<font color="

945
00:57:07,800 --> 00:57:11,360
I would rather you read through
the Christmas edition

946
00:57:11,360 --> 00:57:12,680
of the Radio Times.

947
00:57:12,680 --> 00:57:15,840
But you don't have a television
in here.

948
00:57:15,840 --> 00:57:19,880
There is a television
in the parlour at Nonnatus House.

949
00:57:19,880 --> 00:57:21,840
Sister...

950
00:57:23,320 --> 00:57:27,000
<font color="
false encouragement.

951
00:57:27,000 --> 00:57:30,280
You're going to be in hospital
for a number of weeks.

952
00:57:30,280 --> 00:57:32,280
Quite apart from anything else,

953
00:57:32,280 --> 00:57:35,640
you're not going to be able to
manage stairs for months to come.

954
00:57:38,080 --> 00:57:39,920
Do you need to ring for a bedpan?

955
00:57:39,920 --> 00:57:43,480
<font color="
an indignity once.

956
00:57:43,480 --> 00:57:46,440
Now I should embrace it
with good grace?

957
00:57:49,000 --> 00:57:52,680
A catheter? Oh, you poor pet.

958
00:57:52,680 --> 00:57:56,040
It tethers me
more than the cast upon my leg.

959
00:57:57,480 --> 00:58:00,840
I am as racked and pinioned
as a game bird,

960
00:58:00,840 --> 00:58:04,720
<font color="
I cannot take flight.

961
00:58:12,720 --> 00:58:16,640
Jacquetta's where she needs to be,
with doctors who can help her.

962
00:58:16,640 --> 00:58:20,760
You concentrate on your own
wellbeing for a moment.

963
00:58:20,760 --> 00:58:22,880
I keep thinking,

964
00:58:22,880 --> 00:58:24,720
is it my fault?

965
00:58:24,720 --> 00:58:27,960
Did I work her too hard?
<font color="

966
00:58:27,960 --> 00:58:30,800
to live a life that's killing her
because I loved it?

967
00:58:30,800 --> 00:58:36,040
In my line of work, Mr Percival, I
meet a very wide variety of people,

968
00:58:36,040 --> 00:58:40,080
and they have a very wide variety
of aspirations.

969
00:58:40,080 --> 00:58:42,320
<font color="
that suits us all.

970
00:58:42,320 --> 00:58:44,360
I don't hold with dreams.

971
00:58:44,360 --> 00:58:46,240
They get in the way of action.

972
00:58:46,240 --> 00:58:52,880
Hmm. Be that as it may, Mr Percival,
dreams can be lovely things to have.

973
00:58:52,880 --> 00:58:56,760
Jacquetta wants her own mantelpiece.

974
00:58:57,760 --> 00:59:01,200
I would have relished
<font color="

975
00:59:01,200 --> 00:59:05,120
There are so many things
that must feel like flying.

976
00:59:07,520 --> 00:59:10,720
I once tried to work Snowy
into the high-wire act.

977
00:59:10,720 --> 00:59:12,440
He wouldn't co-operate.

978
00:59:12,440 --> 00:59:16,160
More fool Snowy,
that's all I have to say.

979
00:59:16,160 --> 00:59:18,320
Come on,

980
00:59:18,320 --> 00:59:21,440
<font color="
what it's done to offend.

981
00:59:31,680 --> 00:59:34,080
Oh, will you just look at that.

982
00:59:35,840 --> 00:59:41,840
I've spent my whole life
making people gasp, making magic.

983
00:59:41,840 --> 00:59:45,160
And then Mother Nature
goes and steals a march on me.

984
00:59:45,160 --> 00:59:48,480
It was the big top I was admiring,
<font color="

985
00:59:49,840 --> 00:59:53,760
And I'd be obliged if you didn't
tell me how you make the magic.

986
00:59:53,760 --> 00:59:56,800
It might interfere
with my imaginative process.

987
00:59:56,800 --> 00:59:58,680
Well, we can't have that.

988
00:59:58,680 --> 01:00:02,120
Imagination isn't generally
associated with

989
01:00:02,120 --> 01:00:03,640
a demeanour like mine.

990
01:00:03,640 --> 01:00:08,760
<font color="
forays into fantasy.

991
01:00:08,760 --> 01:00:11,960
I find I can give the real world
such a buffing-up.

992
01:00:13,880 --> 01:00:17,320
You want to see me on that trapeze,
in my mind's eye.

993
01:00:17,320 --> 01:00:21,360
I'm 35 years younger,
slim as a rail,

994
01:00:21,360 --> 01:00:25,200
and I've got legs as long
<font color="

995
01:00:25,200 --> 01:00:26,840
In my mind's eye,

996
01:00:26,840 --> 01:00:29,680
I'm Charlton Heston
in The Greatest Show On Earth.

997
01:00:29,680 --> 01:00:32,040
Ah!

998
01:00:29,680 --> 01:00:32,040
SHE CHUCKLES

999
01:00:36,400 --> 01:00:39,400
Go on, get inside,
before you catch your death.

1000
01:00:42,240 --> 01:00:43,880
SHE SIGHS

1001
01:00:55,520 --> 01:00:57,760
What are you doing out of bed,
<font color="

1002
01:00:57,760 --> 01:01:00,480
It's the middle of winter.
You need your slippers on.

1003
01:01:00,480 --> 01:01:02,160
I've started having pains.

1004
01:01:05,920 --> 01:01:10,640
Ah-h, Mrs Jacquetta Ellings,
elective forceps delivery by GP,

1005
01:01:10,640 --> 01:01:14,440
followed by collapse and probable
acute cardiac arrhythmia.

1006
01:01:14,440 --> 01:01:16,200
Any suggestions?

1007
01:01:18,040 --> 01:01:19,720
<font color="

1008
01:01:19,720 --> 01:01:21,600
Hypovolemic shock, sir?

1009
01:01:21,600 --> 01:01:25,600
Did I say at any point that the
mother had suffered a haemorrhage?

1010
01:01:25,600 --> 01:01:27,000
No, sir.

1011
01:01:27,000 --> 01:01:30,840
Peripartum cardiomyopathy,
or heart failure.

1012
01:01:30,840 --> 01:01:34,480
It can develop late in pregnancy, or
in the weeks immediately afterwards.

1013
01:01:34,480 --> 01:01:38,920
<font color="
You've lived to tell the tale.

1014
01:01:38,920 --> 01:01:42,520
My mother died
while she was having me.

1015
01:01:42,520 --> 01:01:44,720
Do you think that might be
what happened to her?

1016
01:01:44,720 --> 01:01:47,320
Best not to start fretting
over ancient histories.

1017
01:01:47,320 --> 01:01:51,160
<font color="
will rectify this problem.

1018
01:01:51,160 --> 01:01:54,760
And, of course,
no more of these babies.

1019
01:01:54,760 --> 01:01:57,320
We'll get you fitted
with a Dutch cap.

1020
01:01:57,320 --> 01:01:59,040
And off we go, gentlemen.

1021
01:02:07,520 --> 01:02:10,840
That's it.
Try to just breathe the pain away.

1022
01:02:10,840 --> 01:02:13,080
<font color="
for hours.

1023
01:02:13,080 --> 01:02:14,600
Can't you give her gas?

1024
01:02:14,600 --> 01:02:17,000
The gas and air machine
is in the delivery room.

1025
01:02:17,000 --> 01:02:19,960
And I'd rather wait
until your labour's more advanced.

1026
01:02:19,960 --> 01:02:21,800
Knock, knock.

1027
01:02:21,800 --> 01:02:25,840
Here we are. Hot, sweet,
<font color="

1028
01:02:25,840 --> 01:02:28,320
Well, can't he take it
out into the corridor?

1029
01:02:28,320 --> 01:02:30,800
It's not FOR him, it's for you.
Ugh...

1030
01:02:30,800 --> 01:02:32,960
I'm quite sure
there's another in the pot.

1031
01:02:38,760 --> 01:02:40,600
Get your Christmas turkeys!

1032
01:02:40,600 --> 01:02:44,280
Oven-ready turkeys. I'll pick up
<font color="

1033
01:02:44,280 --> 01:02:48,320
And a complimentary Christmas pud
while stocks last.

1034
01:02:48,320 --> 01:02:50,200
Hello, Doc, what can I do for you?

1035
01:02:50,200 --> 01:02:54,080
I am under instructions to order
a turkey big enough to feed six,

1036
01:02:54,080 --> 01:02:57,440
hot, with all the trimmings,
plus sandwiches at teatime

1037
01:02:57,440 --> 01:02:59,880
<font color="
on Boxing Day.

1038
01:02:59,880 --> 01:03:01,480
That'll be a large, then.

1039
01:03:01,480 --> 01:03:03,480
Take a free Christmas pudding.

1040
01:03:03,480 --> 01:03:07,240
In fact, take two,
cos that one looks a bit dented.

1041
01:03:09,280 --> 01:03:12,200
Are you...are you not coming to
Nonnatus House, then?

1042
01:03:12,200 --> 01:03:14,080
Not this year.

1043
01:03:14,080 --> 01:03:16,720
<font color="

1044
01:03:16,720 --> 01:03:19,800
Everyone will really miss
the kiddies.

1045
01:03:19,800 --> 01:03:21,680
Well, if that's what you want.

1046
01:03:21,680 --> 01:03:24,480
I've always been a bit
"the more, the merrier", Fred.

1047
01:03:26,000 --> 01:03:27,800
Well, you leave this with me.

1048
01:03:31,240 --> 01:03:35,200
Shelagh, we had a laugh when
<font color="

1049
01:03:35,200 --> 01:03:37,280
Yes, we did.

1050
01:03:37,280 --> 01:03:39,800
I'm having to remind myself.

1051
01:03:39,800 --> 01:03:43,040
Why? So that I can remind you.

1052
01:03:43,040 --> 01:03:46,080
So you don't think that I've always
been this miserable so-and-so

1053
01:03:46,080 --> 01:03:48,920
who can't churn a smile out when
<font color="

1054
01:03:48,920 --> 01:03:50,840
You're about to have a baby -

1055
01:03:50,840 --> 01:03:54,040
I'd advise you to forget
about basic good manners.

1056
01:03:54,040 --> 01:03:57,640
And I don't think
you're a miserable so-and-so.

1057
01:03:57,640 --> 01:04:02,440
I think you're someone whose
strength has been tested

1058
01:04:02,440 --> 01:04:04,520
too many times.

1059
01:04:04,520 --> 01:04:08,320
<font color="
can make us so afraid.

1060
01:04:08,320 --> 01:04:10,800
Were you afraid, when you had Teddy?

1061
01:04:10,800 --> 01:04:13,240
Sister Julienne delivered him.

1062
01:04:13,240 --> 01:04:15,520
So I had a friend with me,

1063
01:04:15,520 --> 01:04:17,120
just like you.

1064
01:04:17,120 --> 01:04:19,160
So then why am I so stuck?

1065
01:04:20,400 --> 01:04:22,600
Why can't I make this happen?

1066
01:04:25,960 --> 01:04:28,040
Oh, Nurse Crane.

1067
01:04:28,040 --> 01:04:30,720
<font color="
from the circus.

1068
01:04:30,720 --> 01:04:34,200
He asked if you might call in
and see him today.

1069
01:04:34,200 --> 01:04:36,320
Me personally?

1070
01:04:36,320 --> 01:04:39,120
I imagine he's having trouble
with his oxygen supply.

1071
01:04:39,120 --> 01:04:42,000
I'll squeeze him into my rounds
this afternoon.

1072
01:04:42,000 --> 01:04:46,280
<font color="
for the London Directory Of Clinics.

1073
01:04:46,280 --> 01:04:49,920
It's mostly a list
of private facilities.

1074
01:04:49,920 --> 01:04:52,960
Ah. Seek and ye shall find.

1075
01:04:57,760 --> 01:04:59,120
Hm.

1076
01:04:59,120 --> 01:05:02,320
PHONE RINGS

1077
01:05:06,640 --> 01:05:09,240
Gloria is fractionally more dilated.

1078
01:05:09,240 --> 01:05:13,000
We could move her in here now, but
<font color="

1079
01:05:13,000 --> 01:05:15,040
if she's in for a long haul.

1080
01:05:15,040 --> 01:05:18,600
I think there's something
Gloria isn't letting in.

1081
01:05:18,600 --> 01:05:22,320
Something she can't address,

1082
01:05:22,320 --> 01:05:26,080
or accept, or admit.

1083
01:05:28,000 --> 01:05:31,120
And if I'm right,
I don't know if I can bear it.

1084
01:05:37,760 --> 01:05:40,000
<font color="

1085
01:05:40,000 --> 01:05:41,360
Hey!

1086
01:05:46,400 --> 01:05:48,840
Mr Percival's in his office.

1087
01:05:48,840 --> 01:05:51,400
Reggie! What are you doing here?

1088
01:05:51,400 --> 01:05:53,360
Working.

1089
01:05:53,360 --> 01:05:56,640
Oh, I like the lad.
He makes a decent cup of tea.

1090
01:05:56,640 --> 01:06:00,120
Sometimes, in the middle of winter,
that's all that's required.

1091
01:06:00,120 --> 01:06:01,760
<font color="

1092
01:06:01,760 --> 01:06:05,120
I was under the impression
that you needed to see me

1093
01:06:05,120 --> 01:06:07,280
because you were unwell.

1094
01:06:07,280 --> 01:06:09,880
Lights, if you please.

1095
01:06:09,880 --> 01:06:11,640
CIRCUS MUSIC PLAYS

1096
01:06:11,640 --> 01:06:13,640
I thought you were starting
Boxing Day.

1097
01:06:13,640 --> 01:06:17,080
Nadia, if you could take the lady
<font color="

1098
01:06:21,840 --> 01:06:23,760
DISTANT CIRCUS MUSIC

1099
01:07:20,920 --> 01:07:22,720
Snowy.

1100
01:07:28,720 --> 01:07:32,880
R...I...P.

1101
01:07:44,600 --> 01:07:46,160
Madame.

1102
01:08:03,960 --> 01:08:08,080
I pride myself on always
being game for an adventure.

1103
01:08:08,080 --> 01:08:11,680
This isn't a mere adventure,
Nurse Crane.

1104
01:08:11,680 --> 01:08:14,560
This is the substance of dreams.

1105
01:08:21,280 --> 01:08:23,360
<font color="

1106
01:08:23,360 --> 01:08:25,600
And for the rest of your days,

1107
01:08:25,600 --> 01:08:27,880
you'll know what it is to fly.

1108
01:09:06,280 --> 01:09:08,960
SHE LAUGHS

1109
01:09:20,200 --> 01:09:21,920
MUSIC SWELLS

1110
01:09:30,640 --> 01:09:33,000
Wheeeee!

1111
01:09:37,960 --> 01:09:40,240
Wheeeee!

1112
01:09:42,480 --> 01:09:45,520
I know RIP means dead.

1113
01:09:45,520 --> 01:09:50,080
Well, it doesn't mean dead, as such,
Reg...

1114
01:09:50,080 --> 01:09:53,160
<font color="

1115
01:09:53,160 --> 01:09:54,960
People lied.

1116
01:09:54,960 --> 01:09:58,600
Sometimes people lie because,

1117
01:09:58,600 --> 01:10:01,560
oh, they don't want you to be sad.

1118
01:10:01,560 --> 01:10:03,000
I'm not stupid.

1119
01:10:03,000 --> 01:10:04,880
No, you ain't.

1120
01:10:04,880 --> 01:10:08,240
Snowy died, because animals do,

1121
01:10:08,240 --> 01:10:10,680
like people do.

1122
01:10:10,680 --> 01:10:12,800
You understand all of that.

1123
01:10:12,800 --> 01:10:15,480
<font color="
you understand more than most.

1124
01:10:17,040 --> 01:10:20,840
You gave me beer
and said it was respect.

1125
01:10:20,840 --> 01:10:23,040
I want respect.

1126
01:10:24,440 --> 01:10:26,600
Oh, Reggie.

1127
01:10:26,600 --> 01:10:28,560
And beer.

1128
01:10:41,440 --> 01:10:43,520
Thank you, Mr Percival.

1129
01:10:43,520 --> 01:10:46,680
That was a very rare privilege.

1130
01:10:48,120 --> 01:10:50,400
MUFFLES COUGHS

1131
01:10:56,000 --> 01:10:59,200
<font color="
for you to trust ME.

1132
01:10:59,200 --> 01:11:03,200
I'm telephoning for an ambulance,
because you need to go to hospital.

1133
01:11:10,000 --> 01:11:11,360
Gloria.

1134
01:11:12,560 --> 01:11:15,240
You said you don't like to talk
about your other babies...

1135
01:11:15,240 --> 01:11:18,480
I don't like to talk
about my other pregnancies.

1136
01:11:18,480 --> 01:11:20,520
<font color="

1137
01:11:21,960 --> 01:11:26,160
That's a lot of not talking,
and a lot of pain.

1138
01:11:27,840 --> 01:11:32,280
Every time they sent me home,
after I'd lost another one...

1139
01:11:35,280 --> 01:11:38,920
..after they'd taken it away,
and never let me see it...

1140
01:11:40,560 --> 01:11:42,200
..they'd say the same thing.

1141
01:11:43,240 --> 01:11:44,760
The doctors.

1142
01:11:44,760 --> 01:11:46,240
<font color="

1143
01:11:46,240 --> 01:11:47,600
My mother.

1144
01:11:47,600 --> 01:11:49,200
My friends.

1145
01:11:50,360 --> 01:11:52,200
"Put it out of your mind."

1146
01:11:52,200 --> 01:11:54,320
And so I pretended that I had.

1147
01:11:55,480 --> 01:11:57,320
Even with Tony?

1148
01:12:01,840 --> 01:12:05,280
And all the time,
my mind has been full of them.

1149
01:12:06,800 --> 01:12:09,080
Everything I never saw,
I could imagine.

1150
01:12:10,280 --> 01:12:12,960
<font color="

1151
01:12:12,960 --> 01:12:15,520
I knew the colour of their eyes.

1152
01:12:15,520 --> 01:12:18,600
I knew everything.
And I still know it, all of it,

1153
01:12:18,600 --> 01:12:20,160
and all of them.

1154
01:12:22,720 --> 01:12:24,960
Because I've never let them go.

1155
01:12:30,800 --> 01:12:32,920
Mothers don't, do they?

1156
01:12:34,560 --> 01:12:36,960
Mothers let go all the time.

1157
01:12:38,800 --> 01:12:42,800
<font color="
be room for love to grow.

1158
01:12:45,360 --> 01:12:49,560
The one I lost when we were
in St Cuthbert's was a girl.

1159
01:12:49,560 --> 01:12:52,360
It was the furthest I'd ever got,
and I used to think,

1160
01:12:52,360 --> 01:12:53,960
"This one's different."

1161
01:12:55,680 --> 01:12:59,960
"This one's fierce.
<font color="

1162
01:13:01,040 --> 01:13:03,320
SHE GROANS

1163
01:13:12,680 --> 01:13:16,040
In my mind, I call her Ruth.

1164
01:13:16,040 --> 01:13:20,000
It's such a strong, plain name.

1165
01:13:20,000 --> 01:13:22,640
Tell us about her.

1166
01:13:22,640 --> 01:13:24,800
Tell us about Ruth.

1167
01:13:26,720 --> 01:13:28,560
Ruth's three now.

1168
01:13:28,560 --> 01:13:31,320
Nearly old enough
for dancing lessons.

1169
01:13:31,320 --> 01:13:35,800
<font color="
I've started tying it in bunches.

1170
01:13:36,960 --> 01:13:41,880
Oh, it's, uh, it's thick and brown
and has golden threads in it,

1171
01:13:41,880 --> 01:13:44,320
that catch the light on a sunny day.

1172
01:13:44,320 --> 01:13:48,040
And when I kiss her head,
it smells of Vosene.

1173
01:13:48,040 --> 01:13:50,720
They all smell of Vosene, my babies.

1174
01:13:52,760 --> 01:13:55,320
<font color="

1175
01:13:55,320 --> 01:13:57,360
Every one of mine is spotless.

1176
01:13:59,240 --> 01:14:02,920
The one after Ruth,
she was another girl.

1177
01:14:02,920 --> 01:14:04,760
Yeah, I called her Rebecca.

1178
01:14:06,280 --> 01:14:08,800
My first boy was Brian.

1179
01:14:10,280 --> 01:14:11,840
He'd be eight and a half now.

1180
01:14:13,720 --> 01:14:15,880
He's got rosy cheeks

1181
01:14:15,880 --> 01:14:19,960
and scabs on his elbows
<font color="

1182
01:14:19,960 --> 01:14:24,520
I have to tell him not to pick
at them but...he doesn't listen.

1183
01:14:30,760 --> 01:14:32,520
GLORIA GROANS

1184
01:14:35,200 --> 01:14:37,480
David was next.

1185
01:14:39,040 --> 01:14:43,280
But he's not like Brian, no.
He's quiet.

1186
01:14:43,280 --> 01:14:47,840
Loves the small things,
like spiders and caterpillars.

1187
01:14:47,840 --> 01:14:49,400
<font color="

1188
01:14:50,800 --> 01:14:53,680
He looks at their wings
through a magnifying glass.

1189
01:14:53,680 --> 01:14:57,240
He's always asking "Why? Why, Mum?"

1190
01:14:57,240 --> 01:14:59,480
We all know THAT feeling.

1191
01:14:59,480 --> 01:15:02,160
And then there was Peter.

1192
01:15:02,160 --> 01:15:05,520
LOUD GROANING

1193
01:15:22,680 --> 01:15:25,680
LOUD GROANING

1194
01:15:34,720 --> 01:15:37,800
Have you told us about
<font color="

1195
01:15:42,760 --> 01:15:46,000
Brian, David...

1196
01:15:47,840 --> 01:15:50,120
..Peter,

1197
01:15:50,120 --> 01:15:52,080
Ruth...

1198
01:15:53,400 --> 01:15:55,520
..Rebecca,

1199
01:15:55,520 --> 01:15:57,320
John...

1200
01:15:59,600 --> 01:16:01,440
..and Anthony?

1201
01:16:04,840 --> 01:16:07,480
Thank you, for saying their names.

1202
01:16:09,280 --> 01:16:12,200
You're fully dilated now, Gloria.

1203
01:16:12,200 --> 01:16:15,000
When you feel ready to push,
<font color="

1204
01:16:22,880 --> 01:16:26,000
SHE GROANS AND WAILS

1205
01:16:27,800 --> 01:16:31,320
This is the head coming, Gloria.
Just pant now.

1206
01:16:31,320 --> 01:16:33,160
Pant...

1207
01:16:33,160 --> 01:16:34,520
Pant.

1208
01:16:34,520 --> 01:16:36,000
Perfect.

1209
01:16:36,000 --> 01:16:38,760
Your baby's head
is resting in my hand now.

1210
01:16:41,560 --> 01:16:44,200
I swear
<font color="

1211
01:16:52,160 --> 01:16:54,720
BABY CRIES

1212
01:16:52,160 --> 01:16:54,720
What is it?

1213
01:16:54,720 --> 01:16:58,240
It's a little girl! You can hold her
the minute I've cut the cord.

1214
01:16:58,240 --> 01:17:00,000
Could you...could you do it?

1215
01:17:39,360 --> 01:17:41,480
I'm a mum, Shelagh.

1216
01:17:44,280 --> 01:17:46,800
I'm a mother.

1217
01:17:46,800 --> 01:17:50,240
You've been a mother
<font color="

1218
01:18:09,280 --> 01:18:11,200
You look better.

1219
01:18:11,200 --> 01:18:13,960
You look better
in a top hat and tail coat.

1220
01:18:19,360 --> 01:18:21,240
They're letting me out tomorrow.

1221
01:18:21,240 --> 01:18:23,440
What for? Good behaviour?

1222
01:18:23,440 --> 01:18:26,720
I'll be back in
the day after Boxing Day.

1223
01:18:26,720 --> 01:18:30,920
They're going to drain
<font color="

1224
01:18:32,440 --> 01:18:34,040
You need rest, Dad.

1225
01:18:37,720 --> 01:18:39,680
I need to close the circus down.

1226
01:18:42,000 --> 01:18:43,640
Not yet.

1227
01:18:44,960 --> 01:18:48,200
I could sew you
a sequinned ruff or something.

1228
01:18:48,200 --> 01:18:52,040
Like I did for Snowy,
when he started looking decrepit.

1229
01:18:54,680 --> 01:18:56,520
God love you, Jacquetta.

1230
01:18:59,280 --> 01:19:01,200
<font color="

1231
01:19:01,200 --> 01:19:06,840
even when all you wanted was
a bay window and a privet hedge.

1232
01:19:06,840 --> 01:19:09,600
Anyone can have a bay window
and a privet hedge.

1233
01:19:11,440 --> 01:19:12,920
You gave me...

1234
01:19:14,680 --> 01:19:16,920
..a cathedral made of canvas...

1235
01:19:18,240 --> 01:19:20,840
..and a bird's-eye view
of people gasping.

1236
01:19:22,320 --> 01:19:24,160
<font color="

1237
01:19:26,200 --> 01:19:28,160
I didn't have much else.

1238
01:19:31,840 --> 01:19:34,880
Well, it may interest you to know

1239
01:19:34,880 --> 01:19:38,560
that I have been given permission
to go out tomorrow afternoon.

1240
01:19:38,560 --> 01:19:40,560
Where to?

1241
01:19:40,560 --> 01:19:42,400
A christening.

1242
01:19:42,400 --> 01:19:44,040
In the ring.

1243
01:19:44,040 --> 01:19:45,840
Him?

1244
01:19:45,840 --> 01:19:47,680
<font color="

1245
01:19:49,240 --> 01:19:50,960
I want to do it properly, Dad.

1246
01:19:52,040 --> 01:19:54,120
I want to do it the circus way.

1247
01:19:56,240 --> 01:19:58,640
I might have had enough, but...

1248
01:19:59,920 --> 01:20:02,080
..my boys have hardly started.

1249
01:20:03,280 --> 01:20:05,960
Maybe it wasn't my stardust
any more,

1250
01:20:05,960 --> 01:20:08,680
but who's to say
it won't be theirs?

1251
01:20:08,680 --> 01:20:10,280
<font color="

1252
01:20:12,120 --> 01:20:15,800
You're in their blood.
You always will be.

1253
01:20:17,440 --> 01:20:19,720
Just like your mother is in yours.

1254
01:20:24,280 --> 01:20:27,440
PHONE RINGS

1255
01:20:29,800 --> 01:20:31,880
Dr Turner's surgery.

1256
01:20:31,880 --> 01:20:35,120
Millicent? Yes? Phyllis!

1257
01:20:35,120 --> 01:20:38,280
I'm feeling suddenly emboldened.

1258
01:20:38,280 --> 01:20:40,360
Oh!

1259
01:20:40,360 --> 01:20:43,600
<font color="

1260
01:20:40,360 --> 01:20:43,600
SHE CHUCKLES

1261
01:20:46,280 --> 01:20:48,440
Rachel Rose.

1262
01:20:48,440 --> 01:20:50,080
I like that.

1263
01:20:50,080 --> 01:20:53,440
I wanted "R" names,
like our other two girls.

1264
01:20:53,440 --> 01:20:56,120
I wish you'd told me how much
you thought about them all.

1265
01:20:56,120 --> 01:20:58,800
I thought it might make them
less real if I did.

1266
01:20:58,800 --> 01:21:01,360
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1267
01:21:01,360 --> 01:21:04,520
Is that the Sally Army Band
playing outside? Yeah.

1268
01:21:04,520 --> 01:21:08,280
I gave them two bob on my way in
and asked them if they did requests.

1269
01:21:08,280 --> 01:21:11,400
That'll be something to tell you
when you're a big girl,

1270
01:21:11,400 --> 01:21:12,960
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1271
01:21:12,960 --> 01:21:16,520
Two inches of the white stuff
and your own brass band.

1272
01:21:16,520 --> 01:21:18,680
Yes, it will.

1273
01:21:18,680 --> 01:21:20,520
Oh, yes, it will.

1274
01:21:26,880 --> 01:21:29,720

Oh! Who's the lucky chap

1275
01:21:29,720 --> 01:21:33,080
this evening?
An Oxford-educated financier

1276
01:21:33,080 --> 01:21:34,560
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1277
01:21:34,560 --> 01:21:37,200
and investment interests
in luxury goods and perfume.

1278
01:21:37,200 --> 01:21:39,080
Oh, I hope he isn't fibbing!

1279
01:21:41,760 --> 01:21:44,120
Ah, Chant d’Aromes by Guerlain.

1280
01:21:44,120 --> 01:21:45,600
Wish me luck.

1281
01:21:53,520 --> 01:21:55,120
Sister Monica Joan?

1282
01:21:55,120 --> 01:21:57,200
I come bearing gifts.

1283
01:21:57,200 --> 01:21:59,400
And I brought you a surprise.

1284
01:22:02,720 --> 01:22:04,880
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1285
01:22:06,040 --> 01:22:07,560
Go...

1286
01:22:07,560 --> 01:22:09,280
Go!

1287
01:22:10,240 --> 01:22:13,040
I thought you would be pleased
to see Cyril, Sister.

1288
01:22:13,040 --> 01:22:15,640
I'm too ashamed.

1289
01:22:22,920 --> 01:22:26,320
Oh, precious, your catheter bag
has come adrift.

1290
01:22:28,360 --> 01:22:32,120
PIANO PLAYS
WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS

1291
01:22:43,040 --> 01:22:46,040
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for her to be catheterised.

1292
01:22:46,040 --> 01:22:48,160
It has all been done
for convenience.

1293
01:22:48,160 --> 01:22:50,840
And not, I might add, hers.
Excuse me.

1294
01:22:50,840 --> 01:22:52,400
What do you think you are doing?

1295
01:22:52,400 --> 01:22:55,760
I am attending to the comfort
and dignity of one of your patients.

1296
01:22:55,760 --> 01:22:58,960
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I would not be obliged to do

1297
01:22:58,960 --> 01:23:02,120
if that patient
was receiving proper care.

1298
01:23:02,120 --> 01:23:04,720
We need to get her back
where she belongs. We're going to.

1299
01:23:04,720 --> 01:23:07,480
And what's more, we're going
to do it before Christmas.

1300
01:23:13,880 --> 01:23:15,360
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1301
01:23:15,360 --> 01:23:18,200
If you wait half an hour,
there's an offer on sparkling wine.

1302
01:23:19,560 --> 01:23:21,200
I'd like my bill now.

1303
01:23:26,760 --> 01:23:28,840
THEY LAUGH

1304
01:23:32,480 --> 01:23:35,760
BIG BAND MUSIC PLAYS

1305
01:23:39,880 --> 01:23:41,480


1306
01:23:42,640 --> 01:23:46,160
May I do it now,
before we lay waste to the feast?

1307
01:23:46,160 --> 01:23:47,680
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1308
01:23:50,000 --> 01:23:52,560
And thus we meet,
we spinsters twain

1309
01:23:52,560 --> 01:23:55,000
To dine and to make merry

1310
01:23:55,000 --> 01:23:57,240
No politesse must we endure

1311
01:23:57,240 --> 01:24:00,800
No bath cubes and no sherry

1312
01:24:00,800 --> 01:24:03,840
Indulge we now our heart's desire

1313
01:24:03,840 --> 01:24:06,640
And for that gratifying reason

1314
01:24:06,640 --> 01:24:09,600
I propose a heartfelt toast

1315
01:24:09,600 --> 01:24:12,920
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and the yuletide season.

1316
01:24:16,960 --> 01:24:18,680
Happy Christmas.

1317
01:24:21,760 --> 01:24:23,680
We can easily make this a bedroom.

1318
01:24:23,680 --> 01:24:27,360
But Sister Monica Joan may never
recover the ability to walk

1319
01:24:27,360 --> 01:24:29,640
or climb stairs unaided, if at all.

1320
01:24:29,640 --> 01:24:33,120
For months to come,
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1321
01:24:33,120 --> 01:24:38,600
And who better to do that than us,
and here, at Nonnatus House?

1322
01:24:38,600 --> 01:24:43,840
We are skilled, we are willing,
and between us all we have the time.

1323
01:24:45,240 --> 01:24:49,080
I spend so much of my life
trying to be the voice of reason,

1324
01:24:49,080 --> 01:24:50,400
sometimes I...

1325
01:24:50,400 --> 01:24:53,120
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1326
01:25:00,400 --> 01:25:03,480

is frightful

1327
01:25:03,480 --> 01:25:06,760


1328
01:25:06,760 --> 01:25:09,600


1329
01:25:09,600 --> 01:25:13,880

let it snow

1330
01:25:13,880 --> 01:25:17,200

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1331
01:25:17,200 --> 01:25:21,280

for popping

1332
01:25:21,280 --> 01:25:24,360


1333
01:25:24,360 --> 01:25:28,920


1334
01:25:28,920 --> 01:25:31,920
MUSIC CONTINUES ON THE RADIO

1335
01:25:31,920 --> 01:25:33,920
CHILDREN SQUEAL

1336
01:25:33,920 --> 01:25:36,960
Patrick, that turkey
is supposed to be oven-ready.

1337
01:25:36,960 --> 01:25:40,360
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What was Fred playing at?!

1338
01:25:40,360 --> 01:25:42,240
SHE SCREAMS

1339
01:25:40,360 --> 01:25:42,240
Ugh!

1340
01:25:42,240 --> 01:25:44,080
It's a start.

1341
01:25:45,760 --> 01:25:48,840
I've just taken a telephone call
from a Miss Bathurst,

1342
01:25:48,840 --> 01:25:53,560
regarding your involvement with
the Albion Introduction Agency,

1343
01:25:53,560 --> 01:25:56,200
<font color="
yesterday.

1344
01:25:56,200 --> 01:25:58,640
The gentleman
was at the wrong hotel.

1345
01:26:01,240 --> 01:26:04,240
I'm starting to suspect
that when it comes to men and me,

1346
01:26:04,240 --> 01:26:07,640
they are always going to be
in the wrong hotel. Or I am.

1347
01:26:09,160 --> 01:26:13,720
One of the great maxims of my own
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1348
01:26:13,720 --> 01:26:15,160
"Seek and ye shall find."

1349
01:26:16,520 --> 01:26:20,000
One cannot stand still,
Nurse Franklin.

1350
01:26:20,000 --> 01:26:25,960
Because challenge, excitement
and a change are heading towards us

1351
01:26:25,960 --> 01:26:27,680
at some speed.

1352
01:26:27,680 --> 01:26:29,840
Are we going to close after all?

1353
01:26:29,840 --> 01:26:31,440
No.

1354
01:26:31,440 --> 01:26:34,120
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1355
01:26:34,120 --> 01:26:38,320
Early next year, I will be
revealing...further details.

1356
01:26:42,440 --> 01:26:44,480
ALL: Aww!

1357
01:26:47,200 --> 01:26:51,560
And I baptise you,
John Percival Ellings,

1358
01:26:51,560 --> 01:26:57,120
in the name of the Father,
the Son and the Holy Ghost.

1359
01:26:57,120 --> 01:27:01,520
And may His love shine upon you,
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1360
01:27:01,520 --> 01:27:04,080
CHEERING

1361
01:27:24,200 --> 01:27:25,680
Where are you going?

1362
01:27:25,680 --> 01:27:28,200
I am telephoning Nonnatus House

1363
01:27:28,200 --> 01:27:30,920
to see if they have any room
at the inn.

1364
01:27:32,040 --> 01:27:36,200
MATURE JENNIFER:
And so it is Christmas,

1365
01:27:36,200 --> 01:27:40,080
as eternally different
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1366
01:27:40,080 --> 01:27:45,080
We come together, drawn to the place
that we call home,

1367
01:27:45,080 --> 01:27:48,680
or where we are simply welcomed in.

1368
01:27:50,160 --> 01:27:52,000
We can be broken,

1369
01:27:52,000 --> 01:27:53,760
but we still belong.

1370
01:27:53,760 --> 01:27:57,240
We can be fragile,
but are valued all the more.

1371
01:27:58,360 --> 01:28:00,640
We each have our place,

1372
01:28:00,640 --> 01:28:02,840
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1373
01:28:02,840 --> 01:28:05,240
our seat at the table,

1374
01:28:05,240 --> 01:28:06,840
and our purpose.

1375
01:28:11,320 --> 01:28:15,600
The future will not be unwrapped
just yet.

1376
01:28:15,600 --> 01:28:19,320
We cannot know if it holds
the things we dream of.

1377
01:28:19,320 --> 01:28:23,840
And if only for today,
that is exactly as it ought to be.

1378
01:28:29,480 --> 01:28:33,880
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holds us in its arms.

1379
01:28:33,880 --> 01:28:39,200
We are as safe as a child once was
beneath a star

1380
01:28:39,200 --> 01:28:42,640
and swaddled in a manger.

1381
01:28:42,640 --> 01:28:46,960
There is no darkness
that is of any consequence.

1382
01:28:46,960 --> 01:28:49,000
THEY LAUGH

1383
01:28:51,760 --> 01:28:57,600
And there's not one space
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