1 00:00:33,146 --> 00:00:36,344 MATURE JENNIFER: Familiarity need not breed contempt. 2 00:00:36,752 --> 00:00:39,763 A new adventure or a special dress 3 00:00:39,764 --> 00:00:44,198 can render the mundane bright, and the accustomed novel. 4 00:00:46,739 --> 00:00:51,675 Sometimes, we simply see each other through fresh eyes. 5 00:00:51,700 --> 00:00:53,031 DOORBELL RINGS 6 00:00:53,732 --> 00:00:55,692 And there's joy in it. 7 00:00:58,263 --> 00:01:02,279 I cannot comprehend how you can fail to build on your experience. 8 00:01:02,712 --> 00:01:05,172 You've been here for over six months. 9 00:01:05,423 --> 00:01:09,183 You should have delivered numberless babies in that time 10 00:01:09,208 --> 00:01:10,871 without any supervision. 11 00:01:10,896 --> 00:01:13,672 Well, I think Nurse Crane just wanted me to be sure of everything. 12 00:01:13,949 --> 00:01:17,633 One can never be sure of everything in childbirth, 13 00:01:17,862 --> 00:01:20,490 it doesn't matter whether you're in Poplar or Peking. 14 00:01:20,740 --> 00:01:24,511 There may be only so many ways a baby can emerge into the world, 15 00:01:24,745 --> 00:01:28,103 but they have a peerless ability to surprise us. 16 00:01:28,364 --> 00:01:29,964 Nurse Crane says that I'm not really... 17 00:01:29,989 --> 00:01:33,004 Until Nurse Crane says she's coming home from hospital, 18 00:01:33,029 --> 00:01:36,465 I think you'll find that I'm in charge of the rota. 19 00:01:36,490 --> 00:01:40,251 From tomorrow morning, your name will be on the call board. 20 00:01:40,922 --> 00:01:43,281 I'm going to put it there myself. 21 00:01:46,382 --> 00:01:49,673 Goodness me, we weren't expecting a mannequin parade. 22 00:01:49,698 --> 00:01:51,568 Well, we thought we ought to make an effort. 23 00:01:51,593 --> 00:01:54,376 Mrs Turner's been planning her canapés for weeks. 24 00:01:54,475 --> 00:01:56,029 She's doing hard-boiled eggs 25 00:01:56,054 --> 00:02:00,022 stuffed with kipper mousse and cheese, and pineapple on sticks. 26 00:02:00,047 --> 00:02:01,723 That all sounds very modern. 27 00:02:01,724 --> 00:02:04,743 The Brook Advisory Centre's very modern, 28 00:02:04,744 --> 00:02:08,402 and if a range of canapés helps to rally support for a branch 29 00:02:08,427 --> 00:02:11,844 in our borough, I happen to think that's all to the good. 30 00:02:12,426 --> 00:02:14,482 Well, I hope you all have a very pleasant evening, 31 00:02:14,909 --> 00:02:17,460 and that you'll listen to other points of view. 32 00:02:18,026 --> 00:02:19,410 But of course, Sister. 33 00:02:23,943 --> 00:02:26,752 I see someone's up after their bedtime. 34 00:02:26,936 --> 00:02:29,707 They insisted on saying hello before bed. 35 00:02:29,708 --> 00:02:31,912 But I think they just wanted a chance to be nosy. 36 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:33,788 Hello, young lady. 37 00:02:33,839 --> 00:02:37,829 Have you gotten even bigger since I saw you last? 38 00:02:37,854 --> 00:02:40,563 In fact, you're all positively gigantic! 39 00:02:40,724 --> 00:02:43,291 I suggest you stop feeding them immediately. 40 00:02:43,316 --> 00:02:44,731 You might be right. 41 00:02:44,732 --> 00:02:46,934 You can have a handful of peanuts each 42 00:02:46,959 --> 00:02:49,017 and then it's up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire. 43 00:02:49,734 --> 00:02:52,107 Violet, I am so pleased that you could come. 44 00:02:52,617 --> 00:02:55,353 I think I'd better be Councillor Buckle this evening, 45 00:02:55,378 --> 00:02:56,525 all things considered. 46 00:02:56,550 --> 00:02:57,716 Of course. 47 00:02:57,847 --> 00:02:59,541 Can I tempt you to a glass of wine? 48 00:02:59,566 --> 00:03:01,711 Oh, just a small dry sherry, thank you, 49 00:03:01,712 --> 00:03:03,728 as I'm on official business. 50 00:03:04,082 --> 00:03:05,142 - Please. - Thank you. 51 00:03:06,601 --> 00:03:11,633 We believe that a Brook Advisory Centre would be a boon to Poplar. 52 00:03:12,084 --> 00:03:15,762 The central London branch already gives access to contraception 53 00:03:16,012 --> 00:03:19,022 and confidential advice to anyone who requires it, 54 00:03:19,308 --> 00:03:22,937 including, very importantly, unmarried women. 55 00:03:23,249 --> 00:03:27,691 But the reality is that single women are most in need of those services. 56 00:03:27,692 --> 00:03:29,739 They're the ones whose lives are turned upside down 57 00:03:29,740 --> 00:03:31,759 by unwanted pregnancies. 58 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:34,435 And unfortunately, those women often take 59 00:03:34,460 --> 00:03:37,355 desperate measures when they find themselves in that predicament. 60 00:03:38,497 --> 00:03:40,485 How much would all this cost? 61 00:03:41,389 --> 00:03:44,393 The Brook Foundation would fund it at the outset. 62 00:03:44,642 --> 00:03:47,941 But we would need the council to provide the running costs. 63 00:03:48,626 --> 00:03:52,067 It will be money well spent for the women of Poplar. 64 00:03:53,542 --> 00:03:56,072 The problem is, we don't just look after women, 65 00:03:56,097 --> 00:03:57,699 we have to think about everyone - 66 00:03:57,700 --> 00:04:00,776 men, women, children, handicapped. 67 00:04:01,075 --> 00:04:05,772 If we give you money, then we have to take it away from someone else, 68 00:04:06,047 --> 00:04:07,516 and that can't be right. 69 00:04:08,068 --> 00:04:09,871 Can it, Mother Mildred? 70 00:04:10,590 --> 00:04:12,634 I have yet to form an opinion. 71 00:04:12,887 --> 00:04:18,796 I came here tonight to listen, mark, learn and inwardly digest. 72 00:04:19,692 --> 00:04:22,201 I mean information and not canapés. 73 00:04:23,687 --> 00:04:25,865 TV: And so these swimmers steady for the start 74 00:04:25,890 --> 00:04:27,703 of this 100 metres freestyle. 75 00:04:27,704 --> 00:04:30,720 STARTING GUN FIRES And they're away beautifully. 76 00:04:31,780 --> 00:04:34,707 An excellent start there from McGregor, 77 00:04:34,708 --> 00:04:36,478 the "Falkirk Flyer" as he's known... 78 00:04:36,806 --> 00:04:39,589 The harvest cross was the first corn dolly I learned to make. 79 00:04:39,964 --> 00:04:43,102 I've made one every harvest festival since. 80 00:04:43,550 --> 00:04:45,112 Certainly very intricate. 81 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:48,428 Well, they're supposed to be potent fertility symbols. 82 00:04:49,173 --> 00:04:51,927 Then perhaps we should prepare for busy times. 83 00:04:51,952 --> 00:04:53,583 Oh! 84 00:04:53,639 --> 00:04:57,916 Swim, plough the waters, like Poseidon's hippocampi! 85 00:04:58,274 --> 00:05:00,695 Gold shall be your reward! 86 00:05:00,696 --> 00:05:02,735 The finals of the men's 100 metre swim. 87 00:05:02,736 --> 00:05:06,573 This young man carries Olympic hopes for our nation. 88 00:05:06,790 --> 00:05:10,536 So far, gold has evaded our British team. 89 00:05:10,889 --> 00:05:13,767 TV: But as he heads there, 90 00:05:13,768 --> 00:05:17,166 it's gold for Schollander, quite easily, silver for Bob McGregor... 91 00:05:17,191 --> 00:05:20,008 And evades us yet again. 92 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,701 He got the silver. It's still a medal. 93 00:05:24,819 --> 00:05:25,907 It'll have to suffice. 94 00:05:33,214 --> 00:05:36,136 If I were a betting woman, I'd put a shilling on 95 00:05:36,161 --> 00:05:39,430 your having your first solo delivery before the week is out. 96 00:05:39,716 --> 00:05:41,172 You sound very convinced. 97 00:05:41,197 --> 00:05:43,507 I said a shilling, not a half crown! 98 00:05:44,153 --> 00:05:46,531 Babies come along when they feel inclined. 99 00:05:46,556 --> 00:05:49,359 We can only prepare, we can never predict. 100 00:05:56,716 --> 00:05:58,699 Thank you very much, Mrs Jones. 101 00:05:58,700 --> 00:06:00,700 Hello, would you like to come with me? 102 00:06:09,070 --> 00:06:10,351 Are those for Nurse Crane? 103 00:06:10,664 --> 00:06:11,751 Yes. 104 00:06:11,752 --> 00:06:14,240 Would you mind passing this on to her as well? 105 00:06:15,224 --> 00:06:18,285 It would seem that Nurse Crane has quite the fan club. 106 00:06:18,601 --> 00:06:20,154 I'll deliver them this evening. 107 00:06:20,535 --> 00:06:21,837 I'm sure she'll appreciate that. 108 00:06:25,645 --> 00:06:26,819 SHE SIGHS 109 00:06:27,028 --> 00:06:28,348 That came from your boots. 110 00:06:28,373 --> 00:06:31,055 You sound like you've got the weight of the world on your shoulders. 111 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:32,520 That's what it feels like. 112 00:06:33,584 --> 00:06:35,009 Is this about last night? 113 00:06:36,502 --> 00:06:39,486 I stood for the council because I considered myself 114 00:06:39,511 --> 00:06:41,595 to be one of life's problem-solvers. 115 00:06:42,372 --> 00:06:43,532 I'd agree with that. 116 00:06:44,497 --> 00:06:46,537 I knew I'd be taking responsibility for potholes 117 00:06:47,072 --> 00:06:50,775 and Dicky street lights, but not the moral well-being 118 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:52,724 of the young women of Poplar. 119 00:06:53,944 --> 00:06:58,106 They were right, Dr Turner and Trixie, they could do a lot of good. 120 00:07:00,692 --> 00:07:02,852 - I just wish that... - They could do it a bit cheaper. 121 00:07:02,924 --> 00:07:04,235 Exactly. 122 00:07:15,708 --> 00:07:17,700 - Mrs Pugh? - Mrs Blakemore? 123 00:07:27,505 --> 00:07:28,525 All right. 124 00:07:28,550 --> 00:07:29,570 Oh. 125 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:31,546 Thank you. Sorry. 126 00:07:32,086 --> 00:07:34,533 When's this little beggar going to put in an appearance, then? 127 00:07:34,558 --> 00:07:35,963 Not long, Mrs Blakemore. 128 00:07:35,988 --> 00:07:38,955 That's... That's music to my ears. 129 00:07:39,712 --> 00:07:42,606 I've had everything ready at home for, well, for weeks. 130 00:07:42,722 --> 00:07:44,786 And you seem very calm about it. 131 00:07:45,088 --> 00:07:47,127 I worried myself silly over the first one, 132 00:07:47,152 --> 00:07:48,518 my sisters didn't help. 133 00:07:48,543 --> 00:07:50,912 Full of horror stories they were about their babies, 134 00:07:50,946 --> 00:07:53,878 - but come my big day... - Oh, as simple as that. 135 00:07:54,177 --> 00:07:57,189 Well, Eric said I made a right racket last time. 136 00:07:57,214 --> 00:07:58,986 Could hear me down the docks, apparently! 137 00:08:00,323 --> 00:08:01,635 Just come around this way. 138 00:08:05,347 --> 00:08:07,203 The first few months were a trial. 139 00:08:07,744 --> 00:08:09,755 If it hadn't been for my neighbour, Connie... 140 00:08:11,067 --> 00:08:13,699 I didn't know a soul when I moved here with my Vince. 141 00:08:13,700 --> 00:08:15,055 It must've been pretty lonely. 142 00:08:17,744 --> 00:08:20,105 I'm so relieved to have my get-up-and-go back, 143 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:22,273 cos things were getting a bit desperate. 144 00:08:22,716 --> 00:08:24,743 And my Vince is not at all domesticated, 145 00:08:24,744 --> 00:08:27,280 and with him spending all his time down the dog track... 146 00:08:28,483 --> 00:08:30,362 Oh, he's a bookie. He's not a gambler. 147 00:08:31,849 --> 00:08:33,438 He just takes their money. 148 00:08:33,708 --> 00:08:35,600 Well, I'm glad to hear you're feeling better. 149 00:08:38,158 --> 00:08:39,998 Was there something else, Mrs Pugh? 150 00:08:41,087 --> 00:08:42,555 It's my waterworks. 151 00:08:44,260 --> 00:08:47,340 When I go for a wee, and I've been needing to go a lot... 152 00:08:48,627 --> 00:08:51,229 Anyway, it burns, and this morning I noticed 153 00:08:51,254 --> 00:08:55,593 a smell, like, down there. And not a nice one. 154 00:08:55,854 --> 00:08:57,313 It's probably nothing to worry about, 155 00:08:57,338 --> 00:08:58,627 but let's make absolutely sure. 156 00:08:58,652 --> 00:09:00,293 We'll start with a urine sample, shall we? 157 00:09:04,716 --> 00:09:07,022 This is a serious matter. 158 00:09:07,085 --> 00:09:09,735 The pride of the nation is at stake. 159 00:09:09,736 --> 00:09:10,908 Is it? 160 00:09:11,459 --> 00:09:13,487 The future will be upon us, 161 00:09:13,748 --> 00:09:16,336 measured in increments of four years. 162 00:09:19,740 --> 00:09:23,779 His proportions were far from ideal for track and field anyway. 163 00:09:24,752 --> 00:09:27,105 Athletes must be ectomorphs. 164 00:09:27,735 --> 00:09:31,894 Slender, and bred for speed, like a whippet. 165 00:09:31,919 --> 00:09:34,419 Elizabeth, these children are not dogs. 166 00:09:34,536 --> 00:09:37,086 Perhaps a little young to be considering the Olympics. 167 00:09:37,153 --> 00:09:41,483 Our Antipodean friends encourage athleticism at a very young age, 168 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:45,731 and the Soviets seemingly from conception. 169 00:09:45,732 --> 00:09:48,132 Yes, but I'm not sure you should be taking childcare advice 170 00:09:48,157 --> 00:09:49,452 from the gulags. 171 00:09:49,638 --> 00:09:51,826 Let them play, Sister. 172 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:01,345 Stand by your beds. 173 00:10:02,026 --> 00:10:03,729 They reckon it could be any minute. 174 00:10:06,932 --> 00:10:08,622 You better get some dinner on, then. 175 00:10:10,484 --> 00:10:13,238 Or me and the lad could take a walk down the chippy. 176 00:10:13,764 --> 00:10:16,209 Yes! Hey? 177 00:10:16,234 --> 00:10:17,841 I'll go and do some bread and butter. 178 00:10:18,605 --> 00:10:19,872 Do you want some chips, love? 179 00:10:19,897 --> 00:10:22,341 No, thanks, I've already got something special planned. 180 00:10:22,435 --> 00:10:23,515 Ohh. 181 00:10:27,740 --> 00:10:30,910 I do wish Councillor Buckle had been a bit more forthcoming about funds. 182 00:10:30,935 --> 00:10:34,590 If you think she's wrong then you must change her mind. 183 00:10:34,724 --> 00:10:35,775 I intend to. 184 00:10:35,776 --> 00:10:39,089 I just, simply don't know how. 185 00:10:39,401 --> 00:10:41,393 Use your initiative! 186 00:10:41,418 --> 00:10:44,254 Use your resources, use Sister Julienne. 187 00:10:44,343 --> 00:10:48,695 She knows more about this district and its travails 188 00:10:48,696 --> 00:10:50,121 than anyone else in this room. 189 00:10:53,287 --> 00:10:57,403 Whilst I admire the enthusiasm being shown for this project, 190 00:10:57,970 --> 00:11:00,989 - I don't necessarily share it. - And nor do I. 191 00:11:01,046 --> 00:11:04,313 But you told Nurse Franklin that she should listen 192 00:11:04,338 --> 00:11:07,712 to opposing points of view, and so should we. 193 00:11:13,598 --> 00:11:15,549 May I leave the table early, Mother Mildred? 194 00:11:15,574 --> 00:11:18,622 - My gran's expecting me this evening. - Very nice. 195 00:11:20,736 --> 00:11:23,541 Tell me, what do you think 196 00:11:23,937 --> 00:11:25,326 your grandmother would have thought 197 00:11:25,351 --> 00:11:27,319 of a proposal like Brook? 198 00:11:29,059 --> 00:11:32,209 Uh... When she was about the age you are now. 199 00:11:34,728 --> 00:11:36,981 I should think she'd have danced in the streets. 200 00:11:39,740 --> 00:11:42,586 She once told me her first memory was being held up 201 00:11:42,611 --> 00:11:44,242 to kiss her mother in her coffin. 202 00:11:44,724 --> 00:11:46,551 She'd died giving birth to her ninth child. 203 00:11:46,576 --> 00:11:48,780 And her second memory... 204 00:11:49,047 --> 00:11:52,581 ..was of her dad taking his belt to her older sister, who'd come home 205 00:11:52,606 --> 00:11:54,736 in the family way and wasn't married. 206 00:11:55,748 --> 00:11:58,129 When he hit her in the face, the buckle broke her tooth. 207 00:12:02,238 --> 00:12:06,362 I'm sorry, it was the way things were, where I come from. 208 00:12:11,001 --> 00:12:13,136 And where we work... now. 209 00:12:17,231 --> 00:12:18,630 SHE TUTS 210 00:12:25,247 --> 00:12:26,735 Oh, Miss Higgins? 211 00:12:26,736 --> 00:12:29,166 I wasn't expecting visitors this evening. 212 00:12:29,191 --> 00:12:30,423 Nurse Crane. 213 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:31,967 I trust you're well? 214 00:12:32,708 --> 00:12:35,906 I understand my progress is quite satisfactory. 215 00:12:36,295 --> 00:12:38,978 I'll pass that on to your well-wishers. 216 00:12:40,181 --> 00:12:43,897 We've had quite a volume of enquiries about you at the surgery. 217 00:12:44,074 --> 00:12:46,905 Even Sergeant Woolf has been enquiring. 218 00:12:47,424 --> 00:12:48,508 Has he now? 219 00:12:49,064 --> 00:12:51,535 Oh, I've put a little something in here, too. 220 00:12:51,732 --> 00:12:54,158 It's a book of verses by Patience Strong. 221 00:12:54,736 --> 00:12:58,165 Her simple words have brought me great comfort over the years, 222 00:12:58,716 --> 00:13:01,413 although knowing that so many people have you in their thoughts 223 00:13:01,438 --> 00:13:03,687 must be, quite gladdening. 224 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:06,764 It is. 225 00:13:08,732 --> 00:13:10,227 Thank you, Miss Higgins. 226 00:13:20,081 --> 00:13:22,972 Oh, give over! You make me crazy. 227 00:13:22,997 --> 00:13:24,573 I thought you were feeling better. 228 00:13:24,598 --> 00:13:25,634 Yeah, I am. 229 00:13:26,092 --> 00:13:27,748 I've even made us a special dinner. 230 00:13:27,924 --> 00:13:28,925 Corned beef pie. 231 00:13:28,950 --> 00:13:30,760 Oh, you're spoiling me. 232 00:13:30,992 --> 00:13:33,570 Then I thought we might have an early night. 233 00:13:36,744 --> 00:13:38,747 I didn't think you were working tonight, Vince. 234 00:13:38,748 --> 00:13:41,407 There's a couple of tasty races on tonight. 235 00:13:41,432 --> 00:13:45,504 Big crowds with loose pockets, and a little one on the way. 236 00:13:46,107 --> 00:13:47,252 I'll wait up. 237 00:13:47,990 --> 00:13:49,018 It'll be late. 238 00:13:49,043 --> 00:13:50,324 I'll wait up. 239 00:13:50,773 --> 00:13:54,788 MUSIC: It's For You by Cilla Black 240 00:13:55,422 --> 00:14:00,028 ♪ I'd say some day 241 00:14:00,053 --> 00:14:04,263 ♪ I'm bound to give my heart away 242 00:14:04,288 --> 00:14:08,398 ♪ When I do 243 00:14:08,423 --> 00:14:10,450 ♪ It's for 244 00:14:10,475 --> 00:14:13,703 ♪ Your love, true love 245 00:14:13,704 --> 00:14:17,938 ♪ Seems to be all I'm thinking of 246 00:14:17,963 --> 00:14:22,126 ♪ If it's true 247 00:14:22,151 --> 00:14:24,783 ♪ It's for you 248 00:14:24,784 --> 00:14:28,699 ♪ They said that love was a lie 249 00:14:28,700 --> 00:14:31,707 ♪ Told me that I should never try to find 250 00:14:31,708 --> 00:14:33,759 ♪ Somebody who'd be kind 251 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:35,787 ♪ Kind to only me 252 00:14:35,788 --> 00:14:39,711 ♪ So I just tell they're right 253 00:14:39,712 --> 00:14:40,743 ♪ Who wants a fight? 254 00:14:40,744 --> 00:14:42,755 ♪ Tell them I quite agree 255 00:14:42,756 --> 00:14:45,691 ♪ Nobody'd love me 256 00:14:45,692 --> 00:14:49,695 ♪ It's for you. ♪ 257 00:14:49,696 --> 00:14:51,768 ENGINE REVS 258 00:14:55,590 --> 00:14:56,816 TAP ON WINDOW 259 00:14:59,498 --> 00:15:01,691 I'm not nicking it, I'm just keeping it ticking over 260 00:15:01,716 --> 00:15:03,050 until Nurse Crane gets back. 261 00:15:03,075 --> 00:15:05,210 Do we know when that might be? 262 00:15:06,106 --> 00:15:08,231 Well, you'd best ask the fount of all wisdom. 263 00:15:08,315 --> 00:15:09,592 Ah, Mother Mildred! 264 00:15:09,732 --> 00:15:11,986 I was just enquiring after Nurse Crane. 265 00:15:12,374 --> 00:15:14,414 Wondering whether a visit might be welcome. 266 00:15:14,768 --> 00:15:16,788 - From whom? - Well, from me. 267 00:15:17,061 --> 00:15:19,546 Nurse Crane requires complete rest. 268 00:15:19,571 --> 00:15:22,352 I expect she'll receive you when she returns. 269 00:15:22,641 --> 00:15:25,905 In the meantime, might you be able to forward her this? 270 00:15:26,107 --> 00:15:29,440 It's a written report detailing the activities of the Cub Scouts 271 00:15:29,465 --> 00:15:30,919 undertaken in her absence. 272 00:15:31,319 --> 00:15:33,533 I said complete rest. 273 00:15:37,888 --> 00:15:40,443 She's a one-woman Siegfried Line. 274 00:15:41,934 --> 00:15:43,404 I'll make sure she gets it. 275 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:44,764 Thank you. 276 00:15:47,194 --> 00:15:48,727 Ah, Nurse Franklin! 277 00:15:49,394 --> 00:15:51,170 Can I help you with anything, Dr Turner? 278 00:15:51,195 --> 00:15:54,172 Yes, I've had Heather Pugh's results back. 279 00:15:54,638 --> 00:15:56,958 I wonder if you're able to come on a home visit? 280 00:15:57,212 --> 00:15:58,216 Yes, of course. 281 00:16:01,004 --> 00:16:05,736 Mrs Pugh, I'm afraid you've tested positive for gonorrhoea. 282 00:16:07,089 --> 00:16:08,345 You mean the clap? 283 00:16:09,912 --> 00:16:11,110 Is it serious? 284 00:16:11,285 --> 00:16:12,855 It's perfectly treatable, 285 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:16,312 but the problem is with how the disease is contracted. 286 00:16:17,553 --> 00:16:19,976 It's sexually transmitted. 287 00:16:23,843 --> 00:16:25,831 Then your tests are wrong. 288 00:16:26,756 --> 00:16:28,983 My Vince is the only man I've ever been with. 289 00:16:29,332 --> 00:16:31,356 And I made him wait till our wedding night. 290 00:16:31,752 --> 00:16:33,635 He will also need to be tested. 291 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:34,776 What, Vince? 292 00:16:35,246 --> 00:16:37,949 No, he wouldn't. We love each other. 293 00:16:37,974 --> 00:16:40,077 Right now, your baby is our priority. 294 00:16:41,027 --> 00:16:44,545 Gonorrhoea can cause a serious eye infection in newborns. 295 00:16:44,925 --> 00:16:47,000 There is a risk of permanent damage. 296 00:16:47,087 --> 00:16:49,852 But we're also worried about you going into labour early, 297 00:16:50,193 --> 00:16:52,245 so we'd like to look after you at the maternity home 298 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:55,479 - and start your treatment. - I don't understand. 299 00:16:55,504 --> 00:16:57,361 Maybe I could help you pack some things. 300 00:16:59,578 --> 00:17:01,308 Evening, Doctor, Nurse. 301 00:17:03,989 --> 00:17:05,249 Everything all right? 302 00:17:05,274 --> 00:17:07,688 Vince, you have to hear this. They've got it so wrong. 303 00:17:07,713 --> 00:17:08,717 What is it? 304 00:17:08,742 --> 00:17:10,597 Well, they think that you've given me the clap. 305 00:17:11,122 --> 00:17:12,633 That can't be right, can it? 306 00:17:12,862 --> 00:17:14,936 Cos you'd never go with another woman, would you? 307 00:17:17,801 --> 00:17:18,805 Vince? 308 00:17:27,421 --> 00:17:28,825 You all right, darling? 309 00:17:29,091 --> 00:17:30,797 She hasn't started already, has she? 310 00:17:31,056 --> 00:17:32,072 Bit early. 311 00:17:32,140 --> 00:17:33,709 We're just going to keep an eye on her. 312 00:18:09,093 --> 00:18:11,125 It's lovely to see you, kid. 313 00:18:12,382 --> 00:18:13,752 Brought you some clean things. 314 00:18:13,845 --> 00:18:14,849 Good girl. 315 00:18:16,170 --> 00:18:19,913 And, this, from Sergeant Woolf. 316 00:18:23,039 --> 00:18:24,931 He seems very worried about you. 317 00:18:25,983 --> 00:18:29,736 There's no need to be drawing any fanciful conclusions from that. 318 00:18:31,128 --> 00:18:33,184 He's your secret admirer, isn't he? 319 00:18:33,627 --> 00:18:36,587 - The one you told me about. - Now, what have I just said? 320 00:18:41,764 --> 00:18:46,261 I had hoped it would be a case of out of sight, out of mind. 321 00:18:47,146 --> 00:18:48,617 Haven't you heard? 322 00:18:48,756 --> 00:18:50,764 Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 323 00:18:57,322 --> 00:19:00,346 Please tell your wife, Mr Eden, that a midwife is on her way, 324 00:19:00,748 --> 00:19:02,160 and please don't panic. 325 00:19:05,772 --> 00:19:08,747 Mrs Eden is having contractions in the street. 326 00:19:08,748 --> 00:19:10,404 I'm first on call. On my way. 327 00:19:11,776 --> 00:19:15,242 Meaning the next call, is yours. 328 00:19:15,267 --> 00:19:18,338 Yes, Sister, so I am aware. 329 00:19:19,448 --> 00:19:21,082 You're more than ready. 330 00:19:26,768 --> 00:19:29,626 I take it that this is not your first infection? 331 00:19:30,011 --> 00:19:32,678 It's the clap. We've all had a dose. 332 00:19:32,829 --> 00:19:34,758 I can assure you that's not the case. 333 00:19:35,752 --> 00:19:37,806 I will be treating you with penicillin. 334 00:19:38,197 --> 00:19:41,094 You need to abstain from sexual contact 335 00:19:41,602 --> 00:19:43,777 until the infection is completely gone 336 00:19:44,286 --> 00:19:46,046 or, at the very least, use a sheath. 337 00:19:46,098 --> 00:19:47,135 Understood. 338 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:50,932 I am eager to prevent the infection spreading any further, 339 00:19:51,232 --> 00:19:54,343 and whilst I appreciate that speaking to someone with whom 340 00:19:54,368 --> 00:19:56,588 you've had an extramarital affair might be difficult... 341 00:19:56,613 --> 00:19:58,617 No, it wasn't an affair! 342 00:19:59,242 --> 00:20:00,445 I love my wife. 343 00:20:01,123 --> 00:20:03,438 Whatever the nature of the romantic liaison... 344 00:20:03,463 --> 00:20:05,852 It wasn't that either, it wasn't romantic, it was... 345 00:20:07,615 --> 00:20:08,843 It was business. 346 00:20:10,552 --> 00:20:11,748 I paid for it. 347 00:20:13,515 --> 00:20:16,178 I will still need to speak with the woman in question. 348 00:20:18,127 --> 00:20:19,133 PHONE RINGS 349 00:20:19,158 --> 00:20:24,467 Once you're able to work unaided, I am rendered surplus to requirements, 350 00:20:24,492 --> 00:20:27,807 I will go home to the mother house when you're able to prove yourself 351 00:20:27,832 --> 00:20:29,025 as a member of staff. 352 00:20:29,967 --> 00:20:32,463 Nonnatus House, midwife speaking. 353 00:20:34,003 --> 00:20:37,106 Go home to your wife and tell her help is on the way. 354 00:20:39,983 --> 00:20:43,980 Mrs Constance Blakemore, second baby, 355 00:20:44,238 --> 00:20:46,254 no complications noted. 356 00:20:46,862 --> 00:20:48,550 Just the job for you. 357 00:20:48,704 --> 00:20:49,784 I hope so. 358 00:20:50,044 --> 00:20:51,715 Well, chop chop, child! 359 00:20:55,752 --> 00:20:58,780 Don't forget your most essential instruments... 360 00:21:01,736 --> 00:21:03,873 ..courage and humility. 361 00:21:04,162 --> 00:21:07,708 If you leaven one with the other, you cannot fail. 362 00:21:20,946 --> 00:21:22,612 Can you manage, Sister? 363 00:21:22,952 --> 00:21:25,701 I'm managing perfectly well, thank you. 364 00:21:27,406 --> 00:21:30,132 Why are you telling me this? It's disgusting! 365 00:21:30,157 --> 00:21:33,755 Because I need you to understand it's got nothing to do with you! 366 00:21:33,756 --> 00:21:35,296 I thought we'd a good time together. 367 00:21:35,655 --> 00:21:38,667 It was only for a couple of months when I wasn't feeling my best. 368 00:21:38,752 --> 00:21:41,198 I don't think you're meant to be in here, are you? 369 00:21:41,223 --> 00:21:43,866 Please, Sister, just get him out. If you'd kindly leave. 370 00:21:43,891 --> 00:21:45,946 I'll never do it again, I swear. 371 00:21:45,971 --> 00:21:47,553 I love YOU, Heather. 372 00:21:47,578 --> 00:21:48,605 Please speak to her! 373 00:21:48,630 --> 00:21:50,594 Mr Pugh, I'm asking you to leave. 374 00:22:00,058 --> 00:22:01,226 She's waiting for you. 375 00:22:02,599 --> 00:22:05,180 Good, that's good. 376 00:22:06,732 --> 00:22:08,079 I suppose I'd better go up. 377 00:22:08,410 --> 00:22:10,357 I've taken the lad over to my mother's. I'll.. 378 00:22:10,382 --> 00:22:12,200 I'll just go and make sure he's all right. 379 00:22:12,568 --> 00:22:15,109 Connie made a right racket last time. I didn't want him scared. 380 00:22:15,134 --> 00:22:17,748 No, no, we definitely don't want that. 381 00:22:17,773 --> 00:22:20,435 Don't worry, I'll be straight back to boil the kettle and all that. 382 00:22:20,460 --> 00:22:21,943 You make yourself at home. 383 00:22:31,499 --> 00:22:34,044 I had hoped we'd get a little more warning. 384 00:22:34,752 --> 00:22:38,214 A week's notice isn't very much to prepare me and the children. 385 00:22:39,071 --> 00:22:40,249 And ourselves. 386 00:22:47,342 --> 00:22:49,322 We'll just play a couple of games 387 00:22:49,347 --> 00:22:51,597 and I'll buy you some chips on the way home. 388 00:22:51,622 --> 00:22:53,719 What's this? Bribery and corruption? 389 00:22:53,744 --> 00:22:55,065 Bingo with my gran. 390 00:22:55,090 --> 00:22:57,422 I'm just trying to drum up some support. 391 00:22:58,837 --> 00:23:03,241 I'm sorry, Val, but I do have a previous engagement this evening. 392 00:23:03,266 --> 00:23:05,391 That would explain why Cyril is in the hall. 393 00:23:05,416 --> 00:23:06,472 Already? 394 00:23:06,967 --> 00:23:08,242 How do I look? 395 00:23:09,085 --> 00:23:10,173 Too good for bingo. 396 00:23:17,378 --> 00:23:21,112 So... what are you doing tonight, Trix? 397 00:23:24,185 --> 00:23:28,189 When the master of ceremonies in the bingo hall calls out 398 00:23:28,214 --> 00:23:34,042 "the Lord is my Shepherd", he is in fact referring to the number 23. 399 00:23:34,144 --> 00:23:36,144 Miss Anderson! 400 00:23:38,173 --> 00:23:41,394 May I say you're looking especially elegant this evening? 401 00:23:41,748 --> 00:23:44,720 Thank you, Cyril. You look very nice too. 402 00:23:45,410 --> 00:23:47,201 You'll have to excuse us now, Sister. 403 00:23:47,226 --> 00:23:48,981 We don't want to be late for Cliff Richard. 404 00:23:49,006 --> 00:23:50,778 Oh, actually, we can't be late 405 00:23:50,803 --> 00:23:52,464 because the cinema is closed tonight. 406 00:23:52,604 --> 00:23:54,751 I just walked past and there's a sign up saying 407 00:23:54,752 --> 00:23:56,030 that a projector's broken. 408 00:23:56,193 --> 00:23:59,090 Oh, no! And we're all dressed up. 409 00:23:59,749 --> 00:24:01,898 I could fetch the bike and take us to the social club. 410 00:24:01,922 --> 00:24:03,484 No, I don't think so. 411 00:24:03,509 --> 00:24:07,259 An evening replete with delights awaits you, 412 00:24:07,284 --> 00:24:10,690 should you choose to join your companions at the bingo. 413 00:24:11,128 --> 00:24:12,512 I hadn't thought of that. 414 00:24:12,748 --> 00:24:14,670 We can wait for the others and go with them. 415 00:24:14,695 --> 00:24:17,089 Wouldn't you rather a nice walk by the river? 416 00:24:20,118 --> 00:24:24,163 I think he fears the element of mathematics. 417 00:24:25,412 --> 00:24:29,962 You are an engineer - numbers should not daunt you. 418 00:24:30,175 --> 00:24:35,179 The phrase "legs eleven" is almost self-explanatory. 419 00:24:36,313 --> 00:24:39,234 Right, so that's done. 420 00:24:39,259 --> 00:24:40,977 Um, next? 421 00:24:41,553 --> 00:24:44,232 Well, I'm going to shave you, Mrs Blackmore, 422 00:24:44,461 --> 00:24:47,099 - if that's all right with you? - You're in charge, Sister. 423 00:24:48,141 --> 00:24:51,282 Yes, I suppose I am, really. Good. 424 00:24:51,307 --> 00:24:55,870 Um, now shave, and then I'll prepare you an enema. 425 00:24:55,895 --> 00:24:57,354 Oh, no need for that. 426 00:24:57,549 --> 00:24:59,525 Mother Nature's beaten you to it. 427 00:25:00,748 --> 00:25:01,938 Oh! 428 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:09,408 Who's got room for some raspberry ripple? 429 00:25:11,567 --> 00:25:14,098 It's a good job I bought two blocks. 430 00:25:15,012 --> 00:25:19,122 Um, before we have pudding, we need to talk to you all. 431 00:25:19,443 --> 00:25:21,499 We have had some news today. 432 00:25:21,524 --> 00:25:22,706 Good news. 433 00:25:23,289 --> 00:25:27,014 May is finally going to be joining her new family. 434 00:25:28,867 --> 00:25:29,979 When? 435 00:25:30,756 --> 00:25:31,787 Soon. 436 00:25:32,608 --> 00:25:36,005 The Tunnocks have been waiting a long time for May to join them. 437 00:25:36,030 --> 00:25:37,304 And how's that good news? 438 00:25:37,334 --> 00:25:43,465 Timothy, I know that makes us all a little sad, but we should be happy 439 00:25:43,490 --> 00:25:44,731 that May is going to be with 440 00:25:44,756 --> 00:25:47,624 her new mummy and daddy and her sister in her new home. 441 00:25:47,649 --> 00:25:49,139 She's already got a new home! 442 00:25:49,724 --> 00:25:52,656 You knew that May was only staying with us until Mr Tunnock 443 00:25:52,681 --> 00:25:53,685 was feeling better. 444 00:25:57,278 --> 00:26:01,894 So, what about that raspberry-ripple ice cream? 445 00:26:08,051 --> 00:26:10,418 Oh, gosh! Not sure I've got the concentration for this. 446 00:26:10,443 --> 00:26:12,945 Eyes down for your first game, ladies... 447 00:26:13,253 --> 00:26:14,799 ..and gentlemen. 448 00:26:15,768 --> 00:26:20,647 Starting with buckle my shoe, 32. 449 00:26:20,672 --> 00:26:22,686 Oh! Perfect. 450 00:26:22,748 --> 00:26:23,895 She's a natural. 451 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:25,743 I think she just heard the word shoe, Gran. 452 00:26:25,744 --> 00:26:28,949 And now we have, legs eleven. 453 00:26:29,355 --> 00:26:31,506 Oh, I know that one! Give me your pen. 454 00:26:34,748 --> 00:26:35,751 Hey what's wrong? 455 00:26:35,752 --> 00:26:37,259 Oh, these chairs! 456 00:26:37,923 --> 00:26:39,465 Hope's more forgiving. 457 00:26:39,980 --> 00:26:41,353 I had to bring in a cushion. 458 00:26:41,378 --> 00:26:43,986 And it's Burlington Bertie. 459 00:26:44,011 --> 00:26:45,119 Is it your boil again? 460 00:26:45,144 --> 00:26:46,385 - Shh! - Number 30. 461 00:26:46,410 --> 00:26:47,414 Eyes down. 462 00:26:52,538 --> 00:26:55,850 Well, that was the quietest bedtime we've had in a while. 463 00:26:55,875 --> 00:26:57,663 They didn't even want a story. 464 00:26:57,940 --> 00:26:59,483 Have you been called out? 465 00:26:59,508 --> 00:27:03,002 I'm going to see Mr Pugh's preferred establishment, 466 00:27:03,507 --> 00:27:06,190 and I thought I'd better visit during business hours. 467 00:27:09,768 --> 00:27:11,341 Will we ever see her again? 468 00:27:11,756 --> 00:27:12,757 May? 469 00:27:13,279 --> 00:27:14,283 I don't know. 470 00:27:16,752 --> 00:27:19,599 That will depend on her new family, I suppose. 471 00:27:19,953 --> 00:27:21,402 But if they say we can? 472 00:27:21,949 --> 00:27:23,958 Then of course we will. 473 00:27:24,547 --> 00:27:25,808 Oh, Timothy! 474 00:27:28,748 --> 00:27:31,751 Being a foster family is about showing children 475 00:27:31,752 --> 00:27:34,533 how a normal family life can be until they move on 476 00:27:34,558 --> 00:27:36,002 to their permanent families. 477 00:27:37,350 --> 00:27:41,031 May's turned into such a happy and confident little girl 478 00:27:41,056 --> 00:27:43,276 - since living with us. - I know, Mum. 479 00:27:44,521 --> 00:27:46,222 I just worry about Angela. 480 00:27:46,598 --> 00:27:48,051 She won't understand. 481 00:27:49,327 --> 00:27:52,517 Young children are more robust than we give them credit for. 482 00:27:56,985 --> 00:27:58,303 Is there something wrong? 483 00:27:58,468 --> 00:28:01,731 Oh, I'm sorry, no, nothing's amiss. 484 00:28:01,756 --> 00:28:04,727 I just want to make sure everything goes swimmingly for you, 485 00:28:04,728 --> 00:28:05,783 like with your son. 486 00:28:05,784 --> 00:28:07,046 You're all right, love. 487 00:28:07,415 --> 00:28:09,203 Can't you do whatever you have to do? 488 00:28:10,708 --> 00:28:12,244 Oh, here we go again! 489 00:28:19,605 --> 00:28:20,839 Oh! 490 00:28:21,184 --> 00:28:25,152 SHE MOANS 491 00:28:31,123 --> 00:28:33,617 The thing is, it's not about what I need to do. 492 00:28:34,220 --> 00:28:36,833 It's about making sure that you can do what you need to do. 493 00:28:36,858 --> 00:28:38,248 I don't catch your drift. 494 00:28:38,865 --> 00:28:43,253 Well, you did say you were quite loud during your last delivery. 495 00:28:43,278 --> 00:28:46,005 It's just that, last time, Eric said I put the fear of Go... 496 00:28:46,132 --> 00:28:47,723 ..God into him. 497 00:28:47,748 --> 00:28:50,020 Well, I've already got that. 498 00:28:52,712 --> 00:28:55,703 That's it, Mrs Blakemore. Give it all you've got! 499 00:28:55,704 --> 00:28:58,700 SHE SCREAMS 500 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:09,289 5 and 8, 58. 501 00:29:16,484 --> 00:29:17,795 5 and 6... 502 00:29:17,820 --> 00:29:19,816 BOTH: Was she worth it? 503 00:29:20,478 --> 00:29:21,902 76. 504 00:29:21,927 --> 00:29:22,931 House! 505 00:29:23,881 --> 00:29:24,885 House! 506 00:29:27,094 --> 00:29:28,420 Beginner's luck! 507 00:29:29,050 --> 00:29:32,944 Tell him - winners get the teas, three sugars in mine, 508 00:29:32,969 --> 00:29:34,736 and I'll have a ginger nut. 509 00:29:38,231 --> 00:29:39,275 Oh, Gran. 510 00:29:43,752 --> 00:29:47,484 Can't take these - you won them fair and square. 511 00:29:47,509 --> 00:29:50,566 I'm not sure Valerie's grandmother would agree. 512 00:29:50,591 --> 00:29:51,592 True. 513 00:29:52,137 --> 00:29:54,732 Winning the raffle did add insult to injury. 514 00:29:57,079 --> 00:30:00,031 She had her heart set on that cake. Mm-hm! 515 00:30:00,717 --> 00:30:01,721 My luck was in. 516 00:30:02,764 --> 00:30:04,598 It has been for a couple of weeks. 517 00:30:12,021 --> 00:30:13,505 It'll be boiled in a minute. 518 00:30:14,209 --> 00:30:15,918 There's biscuits in the tin. 519 00:30:15,943 --> 00:30:18,694 I would have preferred a slice of Madeira. 520 00:30:20,454 --> 00:30:21,498 Oh, Gran! 521 00:30:21,654 --> 00:30:23,296 Only joking. 522 00:30:23,744 --> 00:30:25,011 You've got lovely friends... 523 00:30:26,646 --> 00:30:29,610 That's it, you're going to see Dr Turner in the morning. 524 00:30:29,635 --> 00:30:32,655 It's nothing a warm flannel won't sort out. 525 00:30:35,046 --> 00:30:36,624 Oh, if it'll make you happy. 526 00:30:37,436 --> 00:30:40,776 You always were a bossy little madam, weren't you? 527 00:30:41,006 --> 00:30:43,687 Yeah. I wonder who I got that from! 528 00:30:51,350 --> 00:30:54,844 Dr Turner, I wasn't expecting a house call. 529 00:30:54,869 --> 00:30:57,106 I'm here in a professional capacity. 530 00:30:57,688 --> 00:30:59,405 I think it's best I come in. 531 00:31:02,236 --> 00:31:04,032 They say you forget the pain, don't they? 532 00:31:04,057 --> 00:31:06,195 But I'm sure it hurts more than last time. 533 00:31:06,565 --> 00:31:08,402 It's not just round the front this time. 534 00:31:08,752 --> 00:31:10,349 Oh, my backside! 535 00:31:11,186 --> 00:31:14,132 You've got pain in your rectum? Yeah, I'd say. 536 00:31:14,162 --> 00:31:15,877 It's not the usual pain, either. 537 00:31:16,521 --> 00:31:18,059 Oh, it's sharp! 538 00:31:18,351 --> 00:31:23,108 I see. I think perhaps we should get you on your hands and knees. 539 00:31:23,133 --> 00:31:26,982 All right, but first I think you need to turn a knob 540 00:31:27,007 --> 00:31:28,493 on that thing to get it started. 541 00:31:28,756 --> 00:31:31,692 So I do. Silly me! 542 00:31:32,081 --> 00:31:33,137 Ooh! 543 00:31:36,393 --> 00:31:39,774 You'll need to come to the surgery tomorrow for your second injection, 544 00:31:40,748 --> 00:31:41,929 and in the meantime... 545 00:31:42,023 --> 00:31:44,223 Closed for business, I know. 546 00:31:44,248 --> 00:31:46,465 And please think about what I said. 547 00:31:47,241 --> 00:31:49,144 There are ways to protect yourself. 548 00:31:49,173 --> 00:31:51,161 The customers just won't wear 'em. 549 00:31:51,971 --> 00:31:54,560 Sorry, love, not working tonight. 550 00:31:56,828 --> 00:31:59,320 Mr Pugh? I think we should talk! 551 00:31:59,345 --> 00:32:00,933 Yeah, well, I don't, so leave me alone. 552 00:32:00,957 --> 00:32:04,275 Not until you understand how damaging this behaviour can be, 553 00:32:04,731 --> 00:32:05,751 and not just to you. 554 00:32:05,752 --> 00:32:08,238 Of course I flaming understand! I'm not stupid. 555 00:32:08,368 --> 00:32:10,539 - Then tell me why you're here. - I don't know! 556 00:32:11,185 --> 00:32:13,098 Look, I didn't even mean to! 557 00:32:13,603 --> 00:32:15,377 I didn't know what else to do with myself, 558 00:32:15,402 --> 00:32:16,607 not with my Heather gone. 559 00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:19,587 This is exactly the behaviour that caused your separation 560 00:32:19,612 --> 00:32:20,856 in the first place! 561 00:32:21,085 --> 00:32:22,429 Don't you think I know that? 562 00:32:27,549 --> 00:32:30,952 Mrs Blakemore, I think I've found the problem. 563 00:32:31,159 --> 00:32:33,549 We have what's called a compound presentation here. 564 00:32:33,574 --> 00:32:36,314 - What does that mean? - Baby's trying to come out elbow first, 565 00:32:37,076 --> 00:32:40,148 which explains the pain and why things are taking a little bit 566 00:32:40,173 --> 00:32:41,257 longer than expected. 567 00:32:42,096 --> 00:32:43,841 It's very unusual. 568 00:32:44,138 --> 00:32:45,899 But you have seen it before? 569 00:32:46,288 --> 00:32:51,066 I've read about them a lot, but I've never seen one in real life. 570 00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:53,049 But don't worry, Mrs Blakemore, 571 00:32:53,074 --> 00:32:55,587 I'm going to ask your husband to telephone for another midwife. 572 00:32:55,612 --> 00:32:58,623 No, let's not mess about, love! You've got me this far. 573 00:32:58,648 --> 00:33:00,670 A second pair of hands will come in useful. 574 00:33:00,764 --> 00:33:03,000 I think you're going to need a little bit of extra help, 575 00:33:03,025 --> 00:33:04,112 to get baby out. 576 00:33:05,247 --> 00:33:08,708 GROANING 577 00:33:11,989 --> 00:33:13,838 It's not long now, Mrs Blakemore. 578 00:33:14,353 --> 00:33:15,805 Little breaths again. 579 00:33:27,516 --> 00:33:29,847 I'm just making a little cut to help baby out. 580 00:33:32,752 --> 00:33:33,755 Here we go. 581 00:33:33,756 --> 00:33:35,747 SHE MOANS 582 00:33:35,748 --> 00:33:37,700 Push, push! 583 00:33:38,331 --> 00:33:40,985 Here comes baby, gentle, gentle! 584 00:33:43,768 --> 00:33:46,827 Here comes the little one. Oh, Mrs Blakemore! 585 00:33:46,857 --> 00:33:47,867 Here's baby. 586 00:33:49,416 --> 00:33:50,486 A little girl! 587 00:33:51,764 --> 00:33:54,191 Is she all right? Have I hurt her? 588 00:33:54,577 --> 00:33:55,875 She's absolutely perfect. 589 00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:03,035 Well done, Mum! 590 00:34:07,728 --> 00:34:12,752 You took your own time... my girl... didn't you? 591 00:34:15,752 --> 00:34:17,223 Well done, you, Sister! 592 00:34:19,045 --> 00:34:20,524 We don't need back-up. 593 00:34:21,425 --> 00:34:25,393 We did it on our own. Just the three of us. 594 00:34:28,732 --> 00:34:30,165 BICYCLE BELL RINGS 595 00:34:38,445 --> 00:34:41,185 Warmest congratulations, Sister Frances. 596 00:34:41,752 --> 00:34:46,148 You have earned an extra egg and an additional slice of bacon. 597 00:34:46,173 --> 00:34:47,880 You must be exhausted. Come and sit down. 598 00:34:47,905 --> 00:34:50,588 I can't. I've not finished my work yet. 599 00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:53,764 Oh! 600 00:34:57,279 --> 00:35:03,661 Thank you, God, for not leaving me alone when I was on my own. 601 00:35:04,887 --> 00:35:05,957 Thank you. 602 00:35:07,569 --> 00:35:08,573 Amen. 603 00:35:12,768 --> 00:35:14,744 Time for your injection, sweetie. 604 00:35:17,158 --> 00:35:18,526 Back to bed, ladies! 605 00:35:18,897 --> 00:35:21,664 - Talk of the ward, am I? - Not at all. 606 00:35:22,180 --> 00:35:23,973 I know what it's like around here for gossip. 607 00:35:24,454 --> 00:35:27,384 What do you think me and Connie talk about all day? The price of cheese? 608 00:35:28,888 --> 00:35:30,265 Maybe it's just my turn. 609 00:35:32,461 --> 00:35:34,180 Maybe I'm getting what I deserve. 610 00:35:34,501 --> 00:35:37,066 I don't think that's true, not for a second. 611 00:35:37,264 --> 00:35:39,505 I thought I was doing everything I was supposed to, 612 00:35:40,334 --> 00:35:41,859 in the house and in bed. 613 00:35:44,210 --> 00:35:47,438 "Worth the wait." That's what he said to me 614 00:35:48,037 --> 00:35:50,740 when I wouldn't, before we were married. 615 00:35:52,898 --> 00:35:54,541 Obviously, I wasn't worth the wait. 616 00:35:56,027 --> 00:35:57,602 I wasn't worth anything at all, 617 00:35:58,924 --> 00:36:01,600 because he had me at home but still he'd rather pay. 618 00:36:08,572 --> 00:36:11,600 You must have really been in pain with this, Mrs Dyer. 619 00:36:11,906 --> 00:36:13,167 I've had worse. 620 00:36:13,764 --> 00:36:14,859 It's only a boil. 621 00:36:15,584 --> 00:36:18,168 It's actually a cluster of several boils, 622 00:36:18,193 --> 00:36:20,094 commonly known as a carbuncle. 623 00:36:20,307 --> 00:36:22,117 Even the name sounds horrible. 624 00:36:22,433 --> 00:36:24,930 A course of antibiotics ought to see it off, 625 00:36:25,212 --> 00:36:31,947 but... I, am going to take a quick swab... 626 00:36:32,498 --> 00:36:35,285 ..and test to see if it's being caused 627 00:36:35,310 --> 00:36:39,346 by Staphylococcus aureus or Streptococcus pyogenes, 628 00:36:39,555 --> 00:36:40,855 or anything else. 629 00:36:41,111 --> 00:36:44,123 I'd rather tell people I had something like that 630 00:36:44,148 --> 00:36:45,696 than a carbuncle. 631 00:36:46,147 --> 00:36:49,715 I like medical names - they're more elegant. 632 00:36:49,740 --> 00:36:52,374 Well, whatever the cause, you'll need to keep this area 633 00:36:52,399 --> 00:36:54,645 and your hands scrupulously clean. 634 00:36:55,178 --> 00:36:57,823 I'll arrange for you to have your dressing changed every day 635 00:36:57,848 --> 00:36:59,788 when you have your penicillin injection. 636 00:37:00,025 --> 00:37:01,915 My Val can do all of that. 637 00:37:02,394 --> 00:37:03,887 It's best you come here. 638 00:37:04,394 --> 00:37:06,426 I need to make sure you're behaving yourself! 639 00:37:12,278 --> 00:37:14,262 Looking around. 640 00:37:15,631 --> 00:37:16,884 Here she is! 641 00:37:17,025 --> 00:37:20,231 The woman of the hour! Come in, Sister, have a drink. 642 00:37:20,256 --> 00:37:22,165 Not whilst I'm still on duty, Mr Blakemore. 643 00:37:24,270 --> 00:37:27,290 It really is a little too soon for Mrs Blakemore to be having visitors. 644 00:37:27,405 --> 00:37:29,751 Oh, Connie doesn't mind, she's having a lie-down. 645 00:37:29,953 --> 00:37:31,698 Could sleep through a hurricane, that one. 646 00:37:32,549 --> 00:37:34,557 Sorry, I'm going to need this little one. 647 00:37:50,736 --> 00:37:53,732 Mrs Blakemore, whatever is the matter? 648 00:37:55,692 --> 00:37:57,021 I wish I knew. 649 00:38:04,494 --> 00:38:07,891 Oh, no! Oh, not now! 650 00:38:10,132 --> 00:38:11,374 Nurse! 651 00:38:12,404 --> 00:38:14,360 I've never been one for tears. 652 00:38:15,283 --> 00:38:19,303 Once I started, I couldn't stop. I'm so tired. 653 00:38:20,902 --> 00:38:23,261 I can't settle her. 654 00:38:23,752 --> 00:38:26,728 She's still bruised because of the way she was born. 655 00:38:27,597 --> 00:38:30,617 But not as bruised as you, Mrs Blakemore. 656 00:38:31,356 --> 00:38:33,252 Remember, you've had stitches. 657 00:38:33,277 --> 00:38:35,187 You shouldn't even have been out of bed. 658 00:38:42,764 --> 00:38:44,357 It's time for everyone to leave. 659 00:38:45,153 --> 00:38:47,028 Auntie Jean's only just got here! 660 00:38:47,053 --> 00:38:50,057 Mr Blakemore, your wife's just been through a difficult birth! 661 00:38:50,082 --> 00:38:51,559 Connie loves having her house full. 662 00:38:51,584 --> 00:38:53,572 Then why is she crying in the bedroom? 663 00:38:55,441 --> 00:38:59,908 Now, please, everybody, Connie needs to be left in peace. 664 00:39:04,142 --> 00:39:05,146 Thank you. 665 00:39:09,869 --> 00:39:12,231 If the baby's decided it's time, there's not a lot we can do 666 00:39:12,256 --> 00:39:14,480 about it, which is why we brought you here, 667 00:39:14,505 --> 00:39:16,354 where you and the baby will get the best care. 668 00:39:16,881 --> 00:39:18,151 What about Vince? 669 00:39:18,744 --> 00:39:19,898 What about him, sweetie? 670 00:39:19,923 --> 00:39:21,223 Do you think he should know? 671 00:39:21,768 --> 00:39:22,885 That it's happening? 672 00:39:22,910 --> 00:39:24,739 Only if it's what you want. 673 00:39:24,740 --> 00:39:26,503 I don't know what I want. 674 00:39:26,997 --> 00:39:29,057 We talked about what today would be like, 675 00:39:29,756 --> 00:39:32,616 the day we became parents, and it wasn't like this. 676 00:39:33,450 --> 00:39:35,292 We'll see if we can get word to him. 677 00:39:51,330 --> 00:39:52,584 How's Heather doing? 678 00:39:54,605 --> 00:39:56,348 She's still at the maternity home. 679 00:39:56,674 --> 00:39:57,680 Um... 680 00:40:00,997 --> 00:40:02,930 ..would you see that she gets these? 681 00:40:03,270 --> 00:40:05,558 We take it in turn to buy 'em. 682 00:40:05,936 --> 00:40:07,454 She likes the recipes. 683 00:40:14,736 --> 00:40:19,494 May I say this feels like quite an honour, Sister. 684 00:40:20,307 --> 00:40:23,054 I thought I was going to get one of the junior nurses. 685 00:40:23,079 --> 00:40:24,720 The privilege is all mine, Mrs Dyer. 686 00:40:25,728 --> 00:40:28,958 Did the doctor find out what germ caused this? 687 00:40:29,135 --> 00:40:32,972 According to your notes, it seems to be Streptococcus pyogenes. 688 00:40:33,272 --> 00:40:36,651 We used to dread these infections before antibiotics. 689 00:40:36,956 --> 00:40:39,784 If they were picked up by women after childbirth, 690 00:40:40,782 --> 00:40:41,881 they would die. 691 00:40:44,275 --> 00:40:46,929 That's all finished. You can adjust your clothing. 692 00:40:48,337 --> 00:40:49,337 Oh. 693 00:40:51,281 --> 00:40:54,896 You've got a superior touch. Hardly felt a thing. 694 00:40:55,848 --> 00:40:58,478 I hope my Val turns out to be as good as you. 695 00:40:59,307 --> 00:41:01,548 Valerie is an excellent midwife 696 00:41:01,850 --> 00:41:04,322 and a thoroughly nice young woman. 697 00:41:04,347 --> 00:41:07,844 You can't go wrong when you've got a sharp brain and warm heart. 698 00:41:07,869 --> 00:41:09,183 She's got both. 699 00:41:09,720 --> 00:41:11,958 When she said about going off to nursing, 700 00:41:11,983 --> 00:41:15,758 I said to myself, "You watch her go, Else. 701 00:41:16,270 --> 00:41:19,456 "She'll do everything you never did." 702 00:41:20,211 --> 00:41:22,153 Did you have aspirations to be a nurse? 703 00:41:22,328 --> 00:41:24,731 It weren't for the likes of me in them days. 704 00:41:25,243 --> 00:41:28,335 Being a nurse was something ladies did. 705 00:41:29,117 --> 00:41:31,968 Anyway, I left school at 12. 706 00:41:32,359 --> 00:41:34,048 I'd never have had the learning. 707 00:41:45,628 --> 00:41:48,680 Mr Pugh, your wife is in labour, and she's asking for you. 708 00:41:49,448 --> 00:41:51,545 So if you would like to put on a shirt... 709 00:41:52,425 --> 00:41:55,282 No! I'm the last thing she needs. The last thing anybody needs. 710 00:41:55,670 --> 00:41:57,313 You saw that for yourself the other night. 711 00:41:57,338 --> 00:41:59,670 What I saw is a man who needs help. 712 00:42:06,744 --> 00:42:09,051 It started when I was on National Service. 713 00:42:10,413 --> 00:42:12,012 They sent me to Berlin. 714 00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:15,397 I'd barely been past the end of my street before. 715 00:42:17,088 --> 00:42:18,110 I was miserable. 716 00:42:18,724 --> 00:42:20,199 I took it out on everyone else. 717 00:42:20,728 --> 00:42:22,117 I kept getting in fights. 718 00:42:22,395 --> 00:42:23,995 The next time I threw a punch, 719 00:42:24,052 --> 00:42:25,757 it was going to be the glasshouse for me. 720 00:42:28,107 --> 00:42:32,552 Luckily, I had a sergeant who knew I just needed to er, 721 00:42:34,345 --> 00:42:35,608 let off some steam. 722 00:42:37,008 --> 00:42:38,715 He took you to a brothel? 723 00:42:40,463 --> 00:42:41,491 It worked. 724 00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:44,666 I settled down and I did my time. 725 00:42:45,642 --> 00:42:49,507 But when I came home... I couldn't stop. 726 00:42:52,039 --> 00:42:53,185 Until I met Heather. 727 00:42:54,122 --> 00:42:55,574 So what changed? 728 00:42:56,432 --> 00:42:58,390 It started when she got pregnant. 729 00:42:59,724 --> 00:43:03,441 Self-destructive behaviour is not an unusual reaction 730 00:43:03,466 --> 00:43:04,980 to high-stress situations. 731 00:43:05,178 --> 00:43:07,542 Drink, gambling, narcotics, 732 00:43:07,567 --> 00:43:09,430 I've seen them all used in that manner. 733 00:43:11,027 --> 00:43:13,475 I think your visits to prostitutes are the same. 734 00:43:14,175 --> 00:43:16,092 I've everything a man could want. 735 00:43:16,518 --> 00:43:18,955 I've got a beautiful wife and a baby on the way. 736 00:43:18,980 --> 00:43:21,019 Becoming a father is wonderful, 737 00:43:22,221 --> 00:43:24,334 but it's also the biggest responsibility 738 00:43:24,359 --> 00:43:25,755 you will ever have to shoulder. 739 00:43:25,756 --> 00:43:28,422 And I've buckled under the pressure before it's even born. 740 00:43:28,447 --> 00:43:32,868 That may be, but you have got the chance to rebuild. 741 00:43:37,182 --> 00:43:38,363 Is he here? 742 00:43:38,612 --> 00:43:41,790 He's right outside, Mrs Pugh, and that's where he'll stay, 743 00:43:41,815 --> 00:43:43,191 unless you say otherwise. 744 00:43:43,628 --> 00:43:45,851 Let's concentrate on the job in hand, shall we? 745 00:43:49,074 --> 00:43:50,736 That's good, Mrs Pugh. 746 00:43:51,878 --> 00:43:53,788 Now slow down a little. 747 00:43:54,297 --> 00:43:55,603 Gently does it. 748 00:43:56,537 --> 00:43:58,028 And just breathe for me. 749 00:44:01,123 --> 00:44:04,026 Baby's head's been born. Very nearly there. 750 00:44:08,078 --> 00:44:09,281 That's it. 751 00:44:09,985 --> 00:44:11,986 Now just another push, Mrs Pugh. 752 00:44:15,050 --> 00:44:16,788 There we go. 753 00:44:17,413 --> 00:44:18,756 A little girl. 754 00:44:19,300 --> 00:44:20,342 BABY CRIES 755 00:44:20,367 --> 00:44:21,423 Well done, sweetie. 756 00:44:25,265 --> 00:44:26,489 How are her eyes? 757 00:44:26,768 --> 00:44:28,353 Has she caught it from me? 758 00:44:28,637 --> 00:44:29,647 Let's find out. 759 00:44:51,050 --> 00:44:52,899 No obvious signs of infection. 760 00:44:55,880 --> 00:44:57,711 I still think we should start treatment. 761 00:45:01,455 --> 00:45:02,459 Ssh. 762 00:45:11,752 --> 00:45:13,830 Quick, it's the Ann Packer race. 763 00:45:15,391 --> 00:45:17,239 Run, Miss Packer, 764 00:45:17,264 --> 00:45:20,539 you are Artemis, goddess of the chase. 765 00:45:22,052 --> 00:45:25,276 - Give it some welly, love! - Oh, she's got herself boxed in! 766 00:45:25,301 --> 00:45:26,509 Come on, Ann! 767 00:45:26,700 --> 00:45:28,732 PHONE RINGS 768 00:45:34,692 --> 00:45:36,448 Nonnatus House, midwife speaking. 769 00:45:36,700 --> 00:45:39,587 Hello, I need to speak to Nurse Dyer. 770 00:45:39,617 --> 00:45:41,101 Tell her it's Auntie Flo. 771 00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:42,732 Valerie! 772 00:45:48,308 --> 00:45:50,468 It's your Aunt Flo, it sounds urgent. 773 00:45:51,036 --> 00:45:53,844 - Flo? - Val? I need you down the pub. 774 00:45:53,933 --> 00:45:56,865 Bring your nurse's bag and come round the back. 775 00:45:56,890 --> 00:45:58,369 Your gran's here with me. 776 00:46:05,353 --> 00:46:08,461 Weird that someone's gone into labour in between two kegs of mild. 777 00:46:09,410 --> 00:46:12,129 I don't know. It sounds like there's been some sort of accident. Hm. 778 00:46:12,414 --> 00:46:13,678 Perhaps I should come with you. 779 00:46:15,137 --> 00:46:16,719 She might just do it. 780 00:46:16,744 --> 00:46:19,820 Look at her go! Go on, darling! Ha-ha! 781 00:46:19,845 --> 00:46:20,845 Yes! 782 00:46:25,366 --> 00:46:27,345 Auntie Flo, what's happened? 783 00:46:28,066 --> 00:46:30,808 I didn't send for two of you, I sent for her. 784 00:46:30,833 --> 00:46:33,302 It sounded urgent - we thought you might need reinforcements. 785 00:46:33,327 --> 00:46:35,780 You'd better get upstairs. Go on! 786 00:46:39,175 --> 00:46:42,536 There you are, darling, I told you it was on its way. 787 00:46:46,179 --> 00:46:47,857 What sort of help does she need, Gran? 788 00:46:49,275 --> 00:46:52,188 Help stopping the bleeding, help cleaning her up. 789 00:46:52,708 --> 00:46:54,500 Help if the baby comes away. 790 00:47:00,166 --> 00:47:02,761 I take it that that was in fact the object of this enterprise? 791 00:47:02,786 --> 00:47:05,141 - Yes. It was... - Gran. 792 00:47:05,744 --> 00:47:07,756 Gran, has someone been doing an abortion? 793 00:47:09,248 --> 00:47:10,252 Yes. 794 00:47:12,229 --> 00:47:13,416 Me. 795 00:47:20,748 --> 00:47:25,323 You know it goes on all over, just like everybody else does. 796 00:47:25,700 --> 00:47:28,679 She ain't never had this happen before, not once. 797 00:47:29,241 --> 00:47:30,469 You wanted towels. 798 00:47:30,494 --> 00:47:33,382 Don't you dare bring these filthy articles anywhere near my patient. 799 00:47:33,407 --> 00:47:35,918 Throw them on the floor, please, so I don't slip in this mess. 800 00:47:36,327 --> 00:47:40,186 Thank you. Can you put some gloves on, Nurse Dyer, in case I need you 801 00:47:40,211 --> 00:47:41,640 to prepare some ergometrine? 802 00:47:42,506 --> 00:47:44,297 Sweetheart, can you tell me your name? 803 00:47:44,322 --> 00:47:45,350 It's Teresa. 804 00:47:45,947 --> 00:47:48,217 I'm just going to take a little look down below, Teresa. 805 00:47:49,098 --> 00:47:51,203 I send them home to bed usually. 806 00:47:51,748 --> 00:47:53,871 They lose it at night, by the next day. 807 00:47:53,896 --> 00:47:55,492 Move your knees apart for me. 808 00:48:00,044 --> 00:48:02,522 - I've never seen anything like this. - Good girl. 809 00:48:03,537 --> 00:48:04,836 We're going to sort this out. 810 00:48:04,861 --> 00:48:08,383 I reckon there was already something wrong with her. 811 00:48:08,924 --> 00:48:11,171 It's the haemorrhage she's having now that concerns me. 812 00:48:11,196 --> 00:48:13,880 - Did you use instruments? - Yes. 813 00:48:18,110 --> 00:48:19,174 Thank you. 814 00:48:20,075 --> 00:48:22,971 Nurse Dyer, I need sterile pads 815 00:48:23,106 --> 00:48:24,776 and I need you to call for an ambulance. 816 00:48:25,070 --> 00:48:27,708 I can't do that. You know I can't. 817 00:48:27,983 --> 00:48:29,457 It's why we sent for 'er. 818 00:48:31,716 --> 00:48:35,640 You can and you will, because if either Nurse Dyer or I 819 00:48:35,665 --> 00:48:37,546 have to leave this poor girl's side to do it, 820 00:48:37,571 --> 00:48:40,359 we'll be coming back here with a police officer, won't we? 821 00:48:41,302 --> 00:48:42,335 Yes. 822 00:48:43,189 --> 00:48:45,584 I don't want my mum and dad to know. 823 00:48:45,609 --> 00:48:48,727 I promise, Teresa, right now, nobody in this room is thinking 824 00:48:48,728 --> 00:48:49,995 about anyone but you. 825 00:48:53,732 --> 00:48:58,794 Oh, Mother Mildred, can I help you? 826 00:48:58,819 --> 00:49:01,957 I'm struggling with a recalcitrant shoelace. 827 00:49:02,046 --> 00:49:04,400 You may assist me, if you wish. 828 00:49:07,140 --> 00:49:09,180 Is that your suitcase, Mother? 829 00:49:13,981 --> 00:49:16,288 I arrived without fanfare, 830 00:49:16,927 --> 00:49:18,721 I leave the same way. 831 00:49:19,972 --> 00:49:21,340 But why now? 832 00:49:21,992 --> 00:49:24,186 Remember what I told you, child. 833 00:49:25,335 --> 00:49:28,895 Because now... I can. 834 00:49:36,454 --> 00:49:38,343 Still no signs of infection. 835 00:49:40,553 --> 00:49:44,735 But, we will continue the drops 836 00:49:44,736 --> 00:49:46,372 just to be on the safe side. 837 00:49:47,026 --> 00:49:50,033 Infection's not always obvious so soon after birth. 838 00:49:50,760 --> 00:49:52,264 Is Vince still here? 839 00:49:54,239 --> 00:49:56,649 He is. Would you like to see him? 840 00:49:56,888 --> 00:50:02,527 I don't know. I thought I did, but I can't just forget what he did, 841 00:50:02,710 --> 00:50:04,347 and I can't pretend it didn't happen. 842 00:50:04,372 --> 00:50:06,358 And neither should you, Mrs Pugh. 843 00:50:07,942 --> 00:50:09,978 Maybe it would help to talk about it. 844 00:50:10,003 --> 00:50:11,891 And how are we supposed to do that? 845 00:50:12,196 --> 00:50:15,912 I'd be happy to refer you to the National Marriage Guidance Council. 846 00:50:16,078 --> 00:50:18,395 It's a service where you and your husband 847 00:50:18,420 --> 00:50:21,041 can discuss your relationship with a counsellor - 848 00:50:21,424 --> 00:50:23,997 someone who can help you talk about what happened. 849 00:50:25,306 --> 00:50:28,338 If, you're both ready to be honest with each other. 850 00:50:28,724 --> 00:50:30,320 And do you think Vince is ready? 851 00:50:31,316 --> 00:50:32,434 I do. 852 00:50:54,230 --> 00:50:57,764 I'm cold. There will be another blanket in the ambulance, sweetie. 853 00:50:57,965 --> 00:51:00,074 It's Pullman service all the way now. 854 00:51:00,756 --> 00:51:03,400 I'm not leaving her. I think she might miscarry en route. 855 00:51:07,027 --> 00:51:09,661 Back stairs, if you'd oblige me. 856 00:51:13,160 --> 00:51:14,685 Why did you send for me? 857 00:51:15,728 --> 00:51:18,743 You've had training, and we was in trouble. 858 00:51:18,744 --> 00:51:20,680 Well, you're in worse trouble now! 859 00:51:21,423 --> 00:51:23,898 What you did in here was criminal. 860 00:51:23,923 --> 00:51:26,082 And I don't just mean because it was against the law. 861 00:51:32,382 --> 00:51:34,410 Mrs Pugh, may we? 862 00:51:38,760 --> 00:51:41,704 Oh, my God, look at her. 863 00:51:42,981 --> 00:51:44,106 She's perfect. 864 00:51:45,885 --> 00:51:46,925 She's perfect. 865 00:51:48,080 --> 00:51:49,897 Heather, I'm sorry. 866 00:51:50,617 --> 00:51:51,625 Please. 867 00:51:53,102 --> 00:51:56,887 So, here's how it's going to be when we come home. 868 00:51:57,392 --> 00:51:58,780 No more doing nights. 869 00:51:59,228 --> 00:52:01,751 I want you home at a decent hour from now on. 870 00:52:01,752 --> 00:52:03,741 But I'll 'ave to stop working at the dogs. 871 00:52:03,766 --> 00:52:06,188 I want you where I can see you, Vincent Pugh. 872 00:52:06,595 --> 00:52:09,727 Every single night. And if I ever hear of you... 873 00:52:09,728 --> 00:52:11,016 Oh, you won't, I promise. 874 00:52:11,936 --> 00:52:14,956 Because the doctor says there are people we can talk to about it. 875 00:52:15,450 --> 00:52:17,062 He says it might help. 876 00:52:18,508 --> 00:52:20,891 What, us? Talk about... 877 00:52:22,036 --> 00:52:25,162 - ..the thing we don't talk about? - Yes, Vince, that. 878 00:52:25,950 --> 00:52:28,513 And the other thing we don't talk about, which is us. 879 00:52:29,013 --> 00:52:30,693 I'll do whatever it takes. 880 00:52:32,612 --> 00:52:36,465 And I want to call her Agnes - after my mum. 881 00:52:48,200 --> 00:52:50,043 What are you all gawping at? 882 00:52:56,205 --> 00:53:00,494 Did it not occur to you - I might get into trouble, Gran? 883 00:53:01,177 --> 00:53:04,913 I could even lose my job, because you dragged me into this. 884 00:53:06,878 --> 00:53:11,480 No-one's going to tell on you. Not me, not Flo. 885 00:53:12,486 --> 00:53:13,951 - You're family. - Oh! 886 00:53:14,764 --> 00:53:16,892 Even if you do forget where you're from 887 00:53:17,456 --> 00:53:19,501 and whose side you ought to be on. 888 00:53:21,423 --> 00:53:23,149 You haven't seen the things I've seen. 889 00:53:25,899 --> 00:53:29,157 You haven't seen little boys left motherless, 890 00:53:30,855 --> 00:53:33,114 young women shaking with fever, 891 00:53:33,139 --> 00:53:36,355 passing clots of rotten matter into a toilet bowl. 892 00:53:36,380 --> 00:53:37,759 You're in my way. 893 00:53:37,760 --> 00:53:41,739 You, haven't seen patients crying in my clinic 894 00:53:41,740 --> 00:53:43,353 because they're married now. 895 00:53:44,728 --> 00:53:47,736 They're married and it's safe, 896 00:53:48,828 --> 00:53:50,716 but they can't hang onto a pregnancy 897 00:53:51,376 --> 00:53:55,703 because they have been so badly lacerated by something 898 00:53:55,704 --> 00:53:59,426 someone like you keeps in her sideboard drawer 899 00:53:59,451 --> 00:54:00,466 or underneath her sink. 900 00:54:00,491 --> 00:54:03,465 Are you saying that what I see don't matter? 901 00:54:03,850 --> 00:54:06,650 I see them crying, I see it all the time. 902 00:54:07,623 --> 00:54:13,029 The girls who are trying to feed five kids on a tin of corned beef. 903 00:54:14,298 --> 00:54:17,273 Or worse - with black eyes, covered in pan stick, 904 00:54:17,748 --> 00:54:21,316 and a husband who drinks a skinful every night. 905 00:54:21,341 --> 00:54:26,748 I bet I can match you tear for bloody tear! 906 00:54:27,752 --> 00:54:29,889 And you know what, Nurse Dyer? 907 00:54:30,744 --> 00:54:32,772 I send them home smiling. 908 00:54:34,289 --> 00:54:36,301 You hurt people, Gran. 909 00:54:38,119 --> 00:54:41,488 You hurt them. You put things inside them, 910 00:54:41,513 --> 00:54:44,433 inside parts of the body that you can't even name. 911 00:54:44,458 --> 00:54:49,437 But I do it because they ask me to, beg me to. 912 00:54:50,070 --> 00:54:51,154 Pay you to. 913 00:54:58,149 --> 00:55:00,605 I don't charge as much as others. 914 00:55:01,449 --> 00:55:03,073 Most ask £10. 915 00:55:03,629 --> 00:55:07,545 Even Guinness gives it a whiff of Harley Street. 916 00:55:07,570 --> 00:55:08,594 Oh. 917 00:55:08,736 --> 00:55:11,981 This is not Harley Street, Gran. Look at it. 918 00:55:12,467 --> 00:55:15,716 Look at this room! It's filthy. Look at your hands. 919 00:55:16,023 --> 00:55:19,729 I know what's clean and what's not clean. 920 00:55:19,754 --> 00:55:20,888 You are covered in boils. 921 00:55:20,913 --> 00:55:23,398 I wouldn't give you a job making flamin' sandwiches! 922 00:55:24,463 --> 00:55:27,071 You don't really need low-paid work, do you, 923 00:55:28,039 --> 00:55:29,769 with your oven full of banknotes. 924 00:55:31,720 --> 00:55:33,768 £7 is what I charge. 925 00:55:45,992 --> 00:55:47,881 And that's how much it matters. 926 00:55:52,558 --> 00:55:54,070 Now do you believe me? 927 00:55:56,696 --> 00:55:59,638 I believe you're burning the evidence before the police get here. 928 00:56:00,195 --> 00:56:03,470 The police won't come unless someone calls them. 929 00:56:10,310 --> 00:56:12,217 People go to prison for what you've done. 930 00:56:13,869 --> 00:56:16,410 There's abortionists in Holloway serving eight years. 931 00:56:18,016 --> 00:56:19,040 I know. 932 00:56:23,071 --> 00:56:25,787 TV: And so Ann Packer of Great Britain 933 00:56:25,788 --> 00:56:28,707 receives the gold medal for the 800... 934 00:56:28,708 --> 00:56:30,845 MATURE JENNIFER: We can never foretell 935 00:56:30,870 --> 00:56:33,004 when our fortunes will turn 936 00:56:33,708 --> 00:56:36,386 or when the story will change. 937 00:56:40,217 --> 00:56:43,282 Sometimes, we see each other through fresh eyes, 938 00:56:43,399 --> 00:56:44,936 and there's no joy at all. 939 00:56:46,526 --> 00:56:48,526 We see what was concealed 940 00:56:48,708 --> 00:56:49,975 and what is shameful. 941 00:56:50,430 --> 00:56:51,865 We see what is true. 942 00:56:53,875 --> 00:56:56,871 And nothing familiar remains. 943 00:57:04,922 --> 00:57:07,451 We're going to have to report what happened. 944 00:57:07,476 --> 00:57:09,759 It's the sort of thing that makes your blood run cold. 945 00:57:10,113 --> 00:57:13,092 I'm launching a fund-raising drive and the first event 946 00:57:13,117 --> 00:57:14,951 is going to be the Ballroom of Hope. 947 00:57:15,196 --> 00:57:17,289 There's a new patient for the district round. 948 00:57:17,638 --> 00:57:19,686 They said that the treatment hadn't worked. 949 00:57:20,147 --> 00:57:21,409 Reggie's not himself. 950 00:57:21,744 --> 00:57:24,329 It's normally so lovely when he's at home. 951 00:57:24,353 --> 00:57:26,540 Synced and corrected by Pindiu - www.addic7ed.com -