1 00:00:24,399 --> 00:00:29,538 MATURE JENNIFER: Miracles, like angels, are not rare. 2 00:00:30,998 --> 00:00:33,519 Neither do they always fall into our lives 3 00:00:33,519 --> 00:00:37,788 as if cast down from heaven to surprise us. 4 00:00:37,788 --> 00:00:43,098 Some, like Christmas, simply offer up their magic. 5 00:00:43,098 --> 00:00:46,828 But some come in response to prayer, 6 00:00:46,828 --> 00:00:48,948 or effort, or extended longing. 7 00:00:48,948 --> 00:00:51,428 CHILDREN LAUGH 8 00:00:54,649 --> 00:00:56,538 GROANING 9 00:00:56,538 --> 00:01:01,148 And time and time again, we learn that miracles 10 00:01:01,148 --> 00:01:04,708 are something that we labour for and make. 11 00:01:04,708 --> 00:01:06,298 BABY CRIES 12 00:01:06,298 --> 00:01:08,108 Oh! 13 00:01:09,788 --> 00:01:11,178 See what you did? 14 00:01:16,358 --> 00:01:17,708 Oh... 15 00:01:17,708 --> 00:01:19,348 SHE SOBS 16 00:01:19,348 --> 00:01:22,998 Maxine, do you want to come and look at Mummy's new baby? 17 00:01:22,998 --> 00:01:25,028 MOTHER LAUGHS 18 00:01:25,028 --> 00:01:28,018 I told her Father Christmas would be bringing her a present. 19 00:01:28,018 --> 00:01:30,438 I reckon she'd rather have a bike. 20 00:01:33,389 --> 00:01:35,988 Now, careful. I don't want this scratched 21 00:01:35,988 --> 00:01:38,308 within an hour of taking ownership. 22 00:01:38,308 --> 00:01:42,028 I drove nigh on 50,000 miles in Old Faithful. 23 00:01:42,028 --> 00:01:44,108 By the end, it showed. 24 00:01:50,578 --> 00:01:52,158 There! 25 00:01:52,158 --> 00:01:53,718 It's perfect. 26 00:01:53,718 --> 00:01:56,468 It has the most glancing relationship 27 00:01:56,468 --> 00:01:58,068 with the perpendicular. 28 00:01:58,068 --> 00:02:00,178 Maybe it grew at that angle! 29 00:02:00,178 --> 00:02:02,269 In the wild. What do you reckon, Fred? 30 00:02:02,269 --> 00:02:05,218 MUFFLED: I reckon some of this soot's been up this chimney 31 00:02:05,218 --> 00:02:07,228 since the Queen Mum was a kiddie. 32 00:02:07,228 --> 00:02:10,818 Mr Aylward. What a magnificent specimen! 33 00:02:10,818 --> 00:02:13,428 Thank you. Oh, you're most welcome, Sister. 34 00:02:13,428 --> 00:02:15,438 Is it quite straight? 35 00:02:20,598 --> 00:02:25,588 There are four defaulters on the first two pages. 36 00:02:25,588 --> 00:02:29,348 This is not how a Christmas club is supposed to work, Fred. 37 00:02:29,348 --> 00:02:31,908 They are supposed to pay in every week 38 00:02:31,908 --> 00:02:34,098 and then they get all the goodies at the end. 39 00:02:34,098 --> 00:02:35,718 I don't know what's gone wrong with the Smiths, 40 00:02:35,718 --> 00:02:37,668 but the other three were all caught up in the train crash. 41 00:02:37,668 --> 00:02:39,259 Well, why didn't you say? 42 00:02:40,308 --> 00:02:42,028 They can have all the works. 43 00:02:42,028 --> 00:02:44,389 Nothing's felt right since that accident. 44 00:02:44,389 --> 00:02:46,948 It's not that people have lost money 45 00:02:46,948 --> 00:02:49,399 or even family. It's like... 46 00:02:51,068 --> 00:02:53,068 ...we've all lost a bit of heart. 47 00:02:54,468 --> 00:02:56,428 Or who we are. 48 00:02:58,078 --> 00:03:00,958 So Sister Hilda isn't coming back at all? 49 00:03:00,958 --> 00:03:03,108 You heard Mother Mildred. 50 00:03:03,108 --> 00:03:07,259 She is of the view that we can do very well without her. 51 00:03:07,259 --> 00:03:09,588 She hasn't even iced the Christmas cake. 52 00:03:09,588 --> 00:03:12,158 Or marzipanned it, come to that. 53 00:03:12,158 --> 00:03:13,588 I know. 54 00:03:13,588 --> 00:03:14,838 I'll do it. 55 00:03:14,838 --> 00:03:16,978 I've got my cookery O- Level. 56 00:03:16,978 --> 00:03:19,188 Thank you. 57 00:03:19,188 --> 00:03:20,738 We'll manage. 58 00:03:23,108 --> 00:03:25,658 59 00:03:25,658 --> 00:03:31,828 and thou alone. 60 00:03:31,828 --> 00:03:35,338 Amen. Amen. Amen. Praise the Lord. Praise God. 61 00:03:35,338 --> 00:03:38,509 Brothers and sisters, may we all keep the meaning 62 00:03:38,509 --> 00:03:40,548 of the season within our hearts 63 00:03:40,548 --> 00:03:43,078 as we watch and wait for the arrival 64 00:03:43,078 --> 00:03:44,618 of the child Jesus Christ. 65 00:03:44,618 --> 00:03:47,108 Pastor, before you lead us any further, 66 00:03:47,108 --> 00:03:51,188 let us welcome Nurse Robinson home from her day of work 67 00:03:51,188 --> 00:03:53,628 and ask how the labouring mother fared. 68 00:03:53,628 --> 00:03:55,748 She was strong, she was courageous 69 00:03:55,748 --> 00:03:58,178 and she delivered the most beautiful little boy. 70 00:03:58,178 --> 00:03:59,878 Amen. Praise the Lord. 71 00:03:59,878 --> 00:04:02,618 A boy, in this, the holiest of seasons. 72 00:04:08,618 --> 00:04:11,668 Welcome home, Nurse Franklin. 73 00:04:11,668 --> 00:04:14,468 Oh! It's so good to be back. 74 00:04:16,259 --> 00:04:19,548 And for everything to be just as it was. 75 00:04:19,548 --> 00:04:22,028 We have much to be grateful for. 76 00:04:22,028 --> 00:04:23,988 But whatever kept you, lass? 77 00:04:23,988 --> 00:04:26,519 We've been watching the clock for an hour or more. 78 00:04:26,519 --> 00:04:28,148 Er... 79 00:04:28,148 --> 00:04:31,828 ...we ran out of petrol just outside of Heathrow. 80 00:04:31,828 --> 00:04:35,668 It falls to the wanderer 81 00:04:35,668 --> 00:04:38,978 to place a wreath upon our threshold. 82 00:04:46,628 --> 00:04:48,068 Ta-da! 83 00:04:59,269 --> 00:05:00,958 DOOR CLANGS SHUT 84 00:05:00,958 --> 00:05:04,238 Two cardigans, grey, two dresses, beige, 85 00:05:04,238 --> 00:05:07,058 prison- issue hose, shoes and undergarments 86 00:05:07,058 --> 00:05:08,878 all present and correct. 87 00:05:08,878 --> 00:05:11,318 They let me out early for good behaviour. 88 00:05:11,318 --> 00:05:14,068 Opposite of what got you in here. 89 00:05:14,068 --> 00:05:16,748 I've served my time now. 90 00:05:16,748 --> 00:05:19,468 Well, three month of it, anyway. 91 00:05:21,038 --> 00:05:23,318 It says here you're going back to live with your fiance. 92 00:05:23,318 --> 00:05:25,898 Yeah. He's coming to meet me. 93 00:05:25,898 --> 00:05:27,308 Right! 94 00:05:28,338 --> 00:05:29,678 Off you pop. 95 00:05:49,598 --> 00:05:51,038 DOOR SLAMS 96 00:05:51,038 --> 00:05:52,269 SHE GASPS 97 00:06:03,708 --> 00:06:06,058 Nancy, have you never heard Coco Chanel's adage 98 00:06:06,058 --> 00:06:08,038 "elegance is refusal"? 99 00:06:08,038 --> 00:06:10,068 What's that supposed to mean? 100 00:06:10,068 --> 00:06:13,038 Refusal to indulge in every passing trend. 101 00:06:13,038 --> 00:06:15,308 Refusal to over-accessorize. 102 00:06:15,308 --> 00:06:18,878 Refusal to buy more clothes than you have room for! 103 00:06:18,878 --> 00:06:22,318 Now, if that's not the kettle calling the pot black, 104 00:06:22,318 --> 00:06:23,838 then I don't know what is. 105 00:06:23,838 --> 00:06:26,598 I had a complex roster of fashion requirements 106 00:06:26,598 --> 00:06:29,598 in Portofino and had to transition between seasons. 107 00:06:29,598 --> 00:06:31,548 My clothes aren't just clothes. 108 00:06:31,548 --> 00:06:32,958 They're assets. 109 00:06:32,958 --> 00:06:35,118 And mine aren't just clothes. 110 00:06:35,118 --> 00:06:36,788 They're bargains. 111 00:06:36,788 --> 00:06:40,068 Can you not just hang some stuff on one of the picture rails? 112 00:06:40,068 --> 00:06:41,698 SHE GIGGLES 113 00:06:44,318 --> 00:06:47,318 I'm going to ask Sister julienne to provide us with 114 00:06:47,318 --> 00:06:49,878 a second wardrobe and an additional chest of drawers. 115 00:06:49,878 --> 00:06:52,198 KNOCK AT DOOR Three points of order. 116 00:06:52,198 --> 00:06:54,108 All rounds, maternity and district, 117 00:06:54,108 --> 00:06:55,698 are curtailed this morning. 118 00:06:55,698 --> 00:06:58,748 A working luncheon of sandwiches is planned, 119 00:06:58,748 --> 00:07:02,788 and I have finally obtained the keys to the Florence Dean Hall, 120 00:07:02,788 --> 00:07:06,788 where we will meet at 12.30 precisely to set up for clinic. 121 00:07:09,678 --> 00:07:12,038 QUIET CONVERSATION 122 00:07:36,279 --> 00:07:40,108 123 00:07:40,108 --> 00:07:41,828 Good afternoon, ladies. 124 00:07:44,058 --> 00:07:46,708 Hand your urine in to the counter on your left. 125 00:07:48,399 --> 00:07:50,828 I need your opinion of this mincemeat 126 00:07:50,828 --> 00:07:54,058 when you have a moment. I threw caution to the wind 127 00:07:54,058 --> 00:07:56,628 and put a dash of Drambuie in it. 128 00:07:56,628 --> 00:07:57,838 Mum? 129 00:07:57,838 --> 00:08:00,988 "Mrs Turner" when in clinic, please, Timothy. 130 00:08:00,988 --> 00:08:05,428 Which one is Gravely, Joyce, 3rd of the 3rd '38? 131 00:08:05,428 --> 00:08:07,878 She must be near dead of diabetes. 132 00:08:07,878 --> 00:08:09,558 What did she bring the urine in? 133 00:08:11,948 --> 00:08:14,149 A rose hip syrup bottle. 134 00:08:17,598 --> 00:08:21,758 Oh, Mrs Turner! I was hoping I'd see you. 135 00:08:21,758 --> 00:08:24,678 We're so pleased to have you back with us. 136 00:08:24,678 --> 00:08:27,428 I'll see to Mrs Mullucks myself. Of course. 137 00:08:27,428 --> 00:08:31,468 It's not felt real, having a fourth at the age of 40, but... 138 00:08:31,468 --> 00:08:35,828 ... now I'm back with the sisters, I know it is. 139 00:08:35,828 --> 00:08:38,598 Everything seems to be in perfect order. 140 00:08:38,598 --> 00:08:40,038 Oh, it is. 141 00:08:40,038 --> 00:08:42,718 Every arm, leg, finger and toe. 142 00:08:42,718 --> 00:08:45,188 The hospital gave me an X- ray. 143 00:08:45,188 --> 00:08:47,788 When did they give you an X- ray? 144 00:08:47,788 --> 00:08:49,758 Er, last week. 145 00:08:49,758 --> 00:08:53,279 They said I needed extra reassurance. 146 00:08:53,279 --> 00:08:56,118 Not one mother of a thalidomide child 147 00:08:56,118 --> 00:08:58,708 has ever gone on to have another affected baby. 148 00:08:58,708 --> 00:09:01,118 That drug will never hurt anyone again. 149 00:09:01,118 --> 00:09:05,198 St Cuthbert's said... I couldn't know for sure! 150 00:09:05,198 --> 00:09:07,438 HE SIGHS 151 00:09:08,698 --> 00:09:10,758 All the toys are in a bit of a mess today. 152 00:09:10,758 --> 00:09:13,149 It's the first time we've been in this hall. 153 00:09:13,149 --> 00:09:15,399 I like the doll's house. 154 00:09:15,399 --> 00:09:17,718 I don't actually know where that is, 155 00:09:17,718 --> 00:09:21,279 but we've got dolls and quite a few teddies we can play with. 156 00:09:21,279 --> 00:09:22,748 SHE SIGHS 157 00:09:22,748 --> 00:09:24,318 I'm hot. 158 00:09:24,318 --> 00:09:25,598 Let's get that coat off you. 159 00:09:44,279 --> 00:09:46,428 Rhoda, I really think the maternity home 160 00:09:46,428 --> 00:09:48,149 would be the best place for you 161 00:09:48,149 --> 00:09:51,409 to have this baby, simply because of your age. 162 00:09:51,409 --> 00:09:54,838 But if I have the baby in my own bed, 163 00:09:54,838 --> 00:09:57,078 then I won't have to worry about Susan. 164 00:09:57,078 --> 00:09:59,678 Anyway, my eldest two are teenagers now. 165 00:09:59,678 --> 00:10:01,998 They don't wear you out the same as the little ones. 166 00:10:01,998 --> 00:10:05,688 It's all systems go for the Sunday School Nativity in our house. 167 00:10:05,688 --> 00:10:08,118 Two angels and a camel. 168 00:10:08,118 --> 00:10:10,279 The camel has nearly broken me. 169 00:10:10,279 --> 00:10:12,318 When I asked Mrs Avis about it, 170 00:10:12,318 --> 00:10:14,508 she said the parts hadn't been assigned yet. 171 00:10:14,508 --> 00:10:15,868 Why would she say that? 172 00:10:15,868 --> 00:10:18,788 The children have been practising since November. 173 00:10:18,788 --> 00:10:20,428 On Sundays? 174 00:10:20,428 --> 00:10:22,708 Susan's there every Sunday. 175 00:10:22,708 --> 00:10:25,508 Angela and May said she just watches. 176 00:10:26,758 --> 00:10:29,678 Oh, Rhoda. I thought you knew. 177 00:10:42,588 --> 00:10:44,118 DOG BARKS 178 00:10:46,948 --> 00:10:48,358 Can I help you? 179 00:10:48,358 --> 00:10:51,118 My fiance lives here. 180 00:10:51,118 --> 00:10:53,868 Not any more he doesn't. We've been here two weeks. 181 00:10:53,868 --> 00:10:55,758 His name's Andreas Jorgensen. 182 00:10:55,758 --> 00:10:59,428 Mm. There's a letter came, and another one he left. 183 00:10:59,428 --> 00:11:01,508 Er, you may as well take them. 184 00:11:01,508 --> 00:11:04,548 I don't want debt collectors coming around. Er, wait. 185 00:11:04,548 --> 00:11:06,279 BABY CRIES 186 00:11:06,279 --> 00:11:07,958 DOG BARKS 187 00:11:07,958 --> 00:11:10,558 Here. I'm sorry, I'll have to go. 188 00:11:10,558 --> 00:11:12,198 The baby's mithering the dog. 189 00:11:12,198 --> 00:11:13,858 BARKING 190 00:11:40,279 --> 00:11:43,198 I saw Dr Turner's eldest in clinic today. 191 00:11:43,198 --> 00:11:45,358 He's a medical student there. 192 00:11:45,358 --> 00:11:46,998 Do you think they might let me help, Mum? 193 00:11:46,998 --> 00:11:49,208 It'll all add up when I apply for nursing school. 194 00:11:50,558 --> 00:11:52,348 You two, wait here. 195 00:11:52,348 --> 00:11:54,128 Mrs Avis! 196 00:11:54,128 --> 00:11:57,318 Oh, afternoon, Mrs Mullucks. I'm afraid I can't stop. 197 00:11:57,318 --> 00:11:59,768 I've got to get this material dropped off urgently. 198 00:11:59,768 --> 00:12:02,409 We've had two false starts with the Three Wise Men. 199 00:12:02,409 --> 00:12:04,788 I waited and waited to find out 200 00:12:04,788 --> 00:12:07,279 what Susan was going to be doing in the Nativity. 201 00:12:07,279 --> 00:12:10,788 Susan joins in very nicely with the other children 202 00:12:10,788 --> 00:12:12,718 when we're doing our Scripture. 203 00:12:12,718 --> 00:12:14,358 But it's not safe having her on the stage. 204 00:12:14,358 --> 00:12:15,868 Not safe for who? 205 00:12:15,868 --> 00:12:19,308 Well, she might fall over or get knocked down. 206 00:12:19,308 --> 00:12:20,928 We're thinking about her safety. 207 00:12:20,928 --> 00:12:25,848 You're thinking about what other people might think, Mrs Avis. 208 00:12:25,848 --> 00:12:28,758 What it might look like to have her there on that stage, 209 00:12:28,758 --> 00:12:30,918 in that play, in the photographs 210 00:12:30,918 --> 00:12:32,279 like everybody else. 211 00:12:32,279 --> 00:12:35,409 Susan isn't like everybody else, Mrs Mullucks. 212 00:12:35,409 --> 00:12:39,718 You've no idea how much she wants to be. 213 00:12:47,758 --> 00:12:49,308 Oh. 214 00:12:49,308 --> 00:12:52,228 Mrs Mullucks forgot her milk tokens, 215 00:12:52,228 --> 00:12:54,948 and Susan's entitled to free orange juice. 216 00:12:54,948 --> 00:12:57,208 She's also entitled to an apology. 217 00:12:57,208 --> 00:12:59,029 From whom? 218 00:12:59,029 --> 00:13:01,788 From the scientists that created thalidomide, 219 00:13:01,788 --> 00:13:03,848 from the drug companies that sold it. 220 00:13:03,848 --> 00:13:06,318 Those pills took her limbs, Miss Higgins. 221 00:13:07,409 --> 00:13:10,358 I believe some infants didn't survive at all. 222 00:13:12,958 --> 00:13:15,159 When I had polio... 223 00:13:15,159 --> 00:13:17,518 ...the doctors were so powerful. 224 00:13:17,518 --> 00:13:19,558 I thought all medicine was good. 225 00:13:21,768 --> 00:13:25,409 But what happened to Susan in the womb is obscene. 226 00:13:25,409 --> 00:13:28,788 Now I'm going to be a doctor. 227 00:13:28,788 --> 00:13:30,488 I feel ashamed. 228 00:13:33,918 --> 00:13:35,588 As a colleague, 229 00:13:35,588 --> 00:13:38,198 I don't disagree with a word you've said. 230 00:13:40,198 --> 00:13:43,648 But as someone older and wiser... 231 00:13:44,848 --> 00:13:48,128 ... I beg you never to say that to your father. 232 00:13:51,029 --> 00:13:53,668 Poplar needs a treat, Violet. 233 00:13:53,668 --> 00:13:56,478 Something that will bring everyone together. 234 00:13:56,478 --> 00:14:00,758 Well, there is the small matter of Christmas on the horizon. 235 00:14:00,758 --> 00:14:02,448 We need something else. 236 00:14:02,448 --> 00:14:04,149 Something that will help raise money 237 00:14:04,149 --> 00:14:06,149 for the people affected by the train crash. 238 00:14:06,149 --> 00:14:08,029 What do you suggest? 239 00:14:10,488 --> 00:14:12,228 We book Florrie Hall... 240 00:14:13,388 --> 00:14:15,798 ...and organise a talent show. 241 00:14:15,798 --> 00:14:18,568 A talent show? Yes! 242 00:14:18,568 --> 00:14:21,128 With singing, dancing, magicians. 243 00:14:21,128 --> 00:14:23,358 And maybe someone will have a budgie act! 244 00:14:23,358 --> 00:14:25,388 Knife-throwing... Yeah! 245 00:14:25,388 --> 00:14:26,768 Knife-throwing? 246 00:14:26,768 --> 00:14:29,648 The police would shut us down before curtain up. 247 00:14:29,648 --> 00:14:31,838 I can see it now. 248 00:14:31,838 --> 00:14:34,228 Lights, music. 249 00:14:34,228 --> 00:14:39,208 AS HUGHIE GREEN: Ladies and gentlemen, Poplartunity Knocks! 250 00:14:42,918 --> 00:14:45,289 SHE SHIVERS 251 00:14:45,289 --> 00:14:47,558 FRED: And then what we do is, 252 00:14:47,558 --> 00:14:51,029 we turn the stage into a giant television set, 253 00:14:51,029 --> 00:14:53,289 put a frame around it, and knobs, 254 00:14:53,289 --> 00:14:55,078 so that you can turn the sound up and down. 255 00:14:55,078 --> 00:14:57,568 The actual sound? 256 00:14:57,568 --> 00:15:00,368 The actual sound of people performing? 257 00:15:00,368 --> 00:15:02,808 I dunno. I just... Excuse me? 258 00:15:02,808 --> 00:15:05,638 Yes, dear? How can I help? 259 00:15:05,638 --> 00:15:08,948 I'd like to write down some particulars from the window, 260 00:15:08,948 --> 00:15:11,848 but I haven't got a pad or a pen- 261 00:15:15,848 --> 00:15:17,598 Thanks, flower. 262 00:15:19,488 --> 00:15:21,728 You'd better get back to your job. 263 00:15:22,948 --> 00:15:24,388 Your coat's not warm. 264 00:15:26,438 --> 00:15:29,078 Last time I had this on, it were a summer's day. 265 00:15:36,149 --> 00:15:39,289 But let's just say, 266 00:15:39,289 --> 00:15:42,159 for once I think you're onto something... 267 00:15:44,598 --> 00:15:47,518 Spotlights. Spotlights. 268 00:15:47,518 --> 00:15:51,198 A microphone. A microphone. 269 00:15:51,198 --> 00:15:53,198 Live band. 270 00:15:53,198 --> 00:15:55,388 BELL DINGS A live... 271 00:16:01,438 --> 00:16:02,918 Hello? 272 00:16:04,029 --> 00:16:05,518 You all right, Reggie? 273 00:16:06,848 --> 00:16:10,238 I was looking for someone who was cold. 274 00:16:12,638 --> 00:16:14,228 Oh! 275 00:16:14,228 --> 00:16:16,289 SHE GASPS 276 00:16:16,289 --> 00:16:19,388 This really was the most remarkably nippy work 277 00:16:19,388 --> 00:16:20,588 by Sister julienne. 278 00:16:20,588 --> 00:16:23,558 A new wardrobe and a new chest of drawers in a single afternoon. 279 00:16:23,558 --> 00:16:25,918 That's all your fancy man's doing. 280 00:16:25,918 --> 00:16:27,758 You mean Matthew? 281 00:16:27,758 --> 00:16:30,149 Yeah, he makes sure the Order always has a cash fund 282 00:16:30,149 --> 00:16:31,368 for emergency purchases. 283 00:16:31,368 --> 00:16:33,029 He never said. 284 00:16:33,029 --> 00:16:36,468 But then I suppose there's a lot of things he never says... 285 00:16:36,468 --> 00:16:38,388 ...or doesn't show. 286 00:16:38,388 --> 00:16:39,668 Like what? 287 00:16:39,668 --> 00:16:42,718 His sensitivities, 288 00:16:42,718 --> 00:16:45,308 his sense of fun. 289 00:16:45,308 --> 00:16:47,448 Yeah, I'd say he's quite good at concealing that. 290 00:16:47,448 --> 00:16:49,958 I suppose it shouldn't matter if I know it's there, 291 00:16:49,958 --> 00:16:51,928 but I ... I just... 292 00:16:51,928 --> 00:16:54,528 I wish he'd let the world see. 293 00:16:56,008 --> 00:16:57,528 It's his only flaw. 294 00:16:57,528 --> 00:16:58,638 Come on. 295 00:16:58,638 --> 00:17:01,128 THEY GRUNT 296 00:17:03,828 --> 00:17:05,928 SNIFFING 297 00:17:05,928 --> 00:17:07,998 Are you crying? 298 00:17:07,998 --> 00:17:11,238 No, love. Chopping onions for the tea. 299 00:17:14,169 --> 00:17:15,648 Evening, all. 300 00:17:15,648 --> 00:17:17,678 Where's my beautiful? 301 00:17:17,678 --> 00:17:18,748 Hey? 302 00:17:19,958 --> 00:17:21,448 Hey? 303 00:17:21,448 --> 00:17:23,039 Mwah! 304 00:17:23,039 --> 00:17:25,078 And my gorgeous. 305 00:17:25,078 --> 00:17:27,438 And my surprise of a... Give over, Bernie. 306 00:17:27,438 --> 00:17:29,039 SHE SNIFFS 307 00:17:31,438 --> 00:17:33,948 You been down the Hand and Shears? 308 00:17:33,948 --> 00:17:36,598 There's nothing doing down the warehouse 309 00:17:36,598 --> 00:17:39,448 and we're all getting laid off tomorrow, so... 310 00:17:39,448 --> 00:17:42,289 There's not been a ship in that dock all this week. 311 00:17:44,118 --> 00:17:49,958 Look, Susan, why don't you go into the lounge and play, yeah? 312 00:17:49,958 --> 00:17:52,159 I'll come in in a minute. 313 00:17:54,008 --> 00:17:55,888 See how fast you can go. 314 00:17:55,888 --> 00:17:56,958 Go on. 315 00:18:01,838 --> 00:18:04,678 So, the Hand and Shears. 316 00:18:04,678 --> 00:18:06,608 Did you see your mate? 317 00:18:06,608 --> 00:18:09,728 Immaculate. Never used. 318 00:18:09,728 --> 00:18:13,808 One... luxury doll's house, ours for a favourable price. 319 00:18:13,808 --> 00:18:16,248 Picking it up in a couple of days. 320 00:18:17,438 --> 00:18:20,468 Best thing in the world, making that one smile. Bernie... 321 00:18:20,468 --> 00:18:24,728 ...you've had another letter about the thalidomide compensation, 322 00:18:24,728 --> 00:18:26,878 pushing for the families to settle. 323 00:18:26,878 --> 00:18:28,958 Well, you know my view. We should settle right now. 324 00:18:28,958 --> 00:18:30,598 Susan needs all the help she can get. 325 00:18:30,598 --> 00:18:32,518 And she'll need that help her whole life. 326 00:18:32,518 --> 00:18:35,478 What they're offering is nothing in the scheme of things. 327 00:18:35,478 --> 00:18:40,238 It's thousands. The other parents, the ones who know about money, 328 00:18:40,238 --> 00:18:42,958 say we should stick together, hold out for more, 329 00:18:42,958 --> 00:18:44,448 however long it takes. 330 00:18:44,448 --> 00:18:47,398 The parents who know about money, they've got money, haven't they? 331 00:18:47,398 --> 00:18:50,029 What they don't know is what it's like for families like ours. 332 00:18:51,088 --> 00:18:54,448 Us falling out about it ain't going to help matters. 333 00:18:56,518 --> 00:18:57,768 Nancy! 334 00:18:58,998 --> 00:19:01,598 Is this something to do with Matthew and his charity fund? 335 00:19:01,598 --> 00:19:04,358 No, I bought it for Colette for Christmas. 336 00:19:04,358 --> 00:19:06,468 He says it's to go upstairs. 337 00:19:06,468 --> 00:19:08,518 I thought me and her could sit on the bed 338 00:19:08,518 --> 00:19:10,958 and watch it together when she comes to visit. 339 00:19:10,958 --> 00:19:13,408 It'll be good practice for when we get a place of our own. 340 00:19:13,408 --> 00:19:15,838 Shall I take it up, then? Absolutely not! 341 00:19:15,838 --> 00:19:18,118 There's no space left in that room. 342 00:19:18,118 --> 00:19:22,878 My chamber, meanwhile, is a great deal more commodious. 343 00:19:22,878 --> 00:19:26,518 And also, it is on the ground floor. 344 00:19:33,308 --> 00:19:35,528 This is only £2.10. 345 00:19:35,528 --> 00:19:37,728 You said £1 a week for the room, 346 00:19:37,728 --> 00:19:39,678 and that you'd only let me have it for a fortnight. 347 00:19:39,678 --> 00:19:42,518 I've added a premium on account of you being female. 348 00:19:42,518 --> 00:19:45,718 Women put more pressure on the facilities. 349 00:19:45,718 --> 00:19:47,328 When you due? 350 00:19:47,328 --> 00:19:49,169 Not till Easter. 351 00:19:49,169 --> 00:19:51,108 You'll have to be gone before you have it. 352 00:19:51,108 --> 00:19:54,198 I'm not having no babies on my premises. 353 00:19:54,198 --> 00:19:57,169 Nurses, social workers, authorities, 354 00:19:57,169 --> 00:20:00,558 all up and down my stairs asking questions. 355 00:20:00,558 --> 00:20:03,638 You're self-contained. You've got your own electric meter. 356 00:20:05,049 --> 00:20:06,278 The bath's down the hall, 357 00:20:06,278 --> 00:20:08,208 but you'll have to go use the outside lav. 358 00:20:12,368 --> 00:20:16,808 We've got Miss Nadine's Dancing School doing a tap routine 359 00:20:16,808 --> 00:20:20,888 and the Stevedores Glee Club singing In A Monastery Garden. 360 00:20:20,888 --> 00:20:22,558 Move over Beatlemania. 361 00:20:22,558 --> 00:20:23,888 I think it's very touching that 362 00:20:23,888 --> 00:20:26,008 so many poplar organisations want to be involved. 363 00:20:26,008 --> 00:20:28,328 My church choir will do something, I'm sure. 364 00:20:28,328 --> 00:20:30,198 I'll telephone Mrs Wallace. 365 00:20:30,198 --> 00:20:32,008 And it's high time that my keep-fit ladies 366 00:20:32,008 --> 00:20:33,909 got back into their leotards and fishnets. 367 00:20:33,909 --> 00:20:36,838 Oh! I've got a backlog in fishnets. 368 00:20:36,838 --> 00:20:39,458 The Cubs are already rehearsing for the Gang Show, 369 00:20:39,458 --> 00:20:41,968 and we've a decent Great War medley coming up to 370 00:20:41,968 --> 00:20:43,188 a rolling boil. 371 00:20:43,188 --> 00:20:45,728 As long as Miss Higgins doesn't get her recorder out, we'll be laughing. 372 00:20:45,728 --> 00:20:47,448 GIGGLING 373 00:21:07,248 --> 00:21:11,088 I told Sister Frances I'd do it, save her a job. 374 00:21:11,088 --> 00:21:13,368 But when I went in the shed, the rats had got there first, 375 00:21:13,368 --> 00:21:15,398 and what they haven't chewed, they've wee'd on. 376 00:21:15,398 --> 00:21:16,678 Or worse. 377 00:21:16,678 --> 00:21:20,478 Yeah. I think there is in fact some sort of... 378 00:21:20,478 --> 00:21:22,448 ...dropping stuck to Joseph. 379 00:21:22,448 --> 00:21:24,528 Well, flick it off with your finger! 380 00:21:24,528 --> 00:21:25,808 Urgh. 381 00:21:28,528 --> 00:21:30,078 Nancy... Nancy. 382 00:21:30,078 --> 00:21:33,919 May I ask a favour of you? It's to do with Trixie. 383 00:21:35,988 --> 00:21:38,118 WHISPERING: I need to know her ring size. 384 00:21:38,118 --> 00:21:39,478 What? 385 00:21:39,478 --> 00:21:41,888 You need to know her ring size? 386 00:21:41,888 --> 00:21:45,808 Well, I can't propose in the correct romantic fashion 387 00:21:45,808 --> 00:21:48,558 if I don't have the appropriate piece of jewellery to hand. 388 00:21:48,558 --> 00:21:50,728 No pun intended. 389 00:21:50,728 --> 00:21:52,838 I don't want to find I can't get it on her. 390 00:21:52,838 --> 00:21:56,548 And if...she says yes... 391 00:21:56,548 --> 00:21:57,998 She will say yes. 392 00:21:57,998 --> 00:22:00,358 Well, probably. 393 00:22:01,758 --> 00:22:03,838 Yeah. Well, look, I mean, 394 00:22:03,838 --> 00:22:06,458 could you rifle through her jewellery box, 395 00:22:06,458 --> 00:22:10,049 try to find out if she's a size I or a K 396 00:22:10,049 --> 00:22:12,728 or an M, or however they calculate these things, 397 00:22:12,728 --> 00:22:14,838 and without her guessing or finding out? 398 00:22:14,838 --> 00:22:16,568 Well, you have my word. 399 00:22:16,568 --> 00:22:21,358 And in the meantime, I have something I want to ask you. 400 00:22:21,358 --> 00:22:24,328 FLOWERPOT MEN BABBLE 401 00:22:24,328 --> 00:22:25,848 Hello! 402 00:22:27,248 --> 00:22:28,888 'And there they both were...' 403 00:22:28,888 --> 00:22:30,838 You watch your programme. 404 00:22:30,838 --> 00:22:32,808 I'll go and see your mum and dad. 405 00:22:32,808 --> 00:22:34,398 All right. 406 00:22:34,398 --> 00:22:37,478 SHE GIGGLES 407 00:22:40,248 --> 00:22:43,248 I'll get her reading books out in a minute. 408 00:22:43,248 --> 00:22:45,768 She's too old for Watch With Mother, really, 409 00:22:45,768 --> 00:22:49,448 but she had such a screaming fit over her artificial legs. 410 00:22:49,448 --> 00:22:51,328 Shouldn't Susan be at school today? 411 00:22:51,328 --> 00:22:52,888 It's an hour on the bus, and it's freezing, so... 412 00:22:52,888 --> 00:22:54,768 And besides, when she gets there, 413 00:22:54,768 --> 00:22:56,888 it's all just playing with Plasticine. 414 00:22:56,888 --> 00:22:59,808 She's a bright kid, Dr Turner. 415 00:23:01,169 --> 00:23:04,768 The other children, most of 'em ain't got working brains. 416 00:23:04,768 --> 00:23:06,898 It's not ideal. 417 00:23:06,898 --> 00:23:08,358 It's criminal. 418 00:23:09,718 --> 00:23:13,278 The other day, when Rhoda rang the Education Office, they said 419 00:23:13,278 --> 00:23:16,398 that Susan has no legal entitlement 420 00:23:16,398 --> 00:23:19,488 to any education because she's handicapped. 421 00:23:19,488 --> 00:23:22,888 I am going to speak to them and get that put in writing. 422 00:23:22,888 --> 00:23:24,608 But what good's that going to do? 423 00:23:24,608 --> 00:23:26,808 It gives us something to fight! 424 00:23:26,808 --> 00:23:29,338 And you've been fighting for Susan 425 00:23:29,338 --> 00:23:31,278 since the day she was born, Dr Turner. 426 00:23:31,278 --> 00:23:33,408 You walked the floors with her all night, 427 00:23:33,408 --> 00:23:35,088 and I'll never forget that. 428 00:23:35,088 --> 00:23:37,278 Every baby deserves and gets 429 00:23:37,278 --> 00:23:39,838 the very best care we can give them. 430 00:23:39,838 --> 00:23:40,929 HE SIGHS 431 00:23:40,929 --> 00:23:43,458 Including the one you're having now, Rhoda. 432 00:23:45,288 --> 00:23:48,608 I really need you to take these iron tablets. 433 00:23:48,608 --> 00:23:52,128 Your blood tests show that you're mildly anaemic. 434 00:23:52,128 --> 00:23:53,688 No. 435 00:23:54,888 --> 00:23:56,888 No. And we're agreed on this. 436 00:23:56,888 --> 00:23:58,608 Nothing that comes out of a chemist's shop 437 00:23:58,608 --> 00:24:00,818 is going inside her body while she's expecting. 438 00:24:02,328 --> 00:24:03,838 Rhoda... 439 00:24:03,838 --> 00:24:06,818 ...you don't have to punish yourself like this. 440 00:24:06,818 --> 00:24:07,968 Yes, I do. 441 00:24:10,698 --> 00:24:13,688 I think it's absolutely lovely that you want to help out 442 00:24:13,688 --> 00:24:15,558 with the talent show, Reggie. 443 00:24:15,558 --> 00:24:18,438 You made everyone teas on the night of the crash, 444 00:24:18,438 --> 00:24:21,919 and working backstage is just carrying on like that. 445 00:24:21,919 --> 00:24:24,248 I don't want to be backstage. 446 00:24:25,688 --> 00:24:27,998 I want to be on stage. 447 00:24:27,998 --> 00:24:30,638 Did you reckon Nurse Crane would let you join in 448 00:24:30,638 --> 00:24:32,888 with the Cubs? I'm not a Cub. 449 00:24:32,888 --> 00:24:35,078 I want to play my guitar. 450 00:24:36,438 --> 00:24:39,039 Well, you haven't been learning for very long, Reggie. 451 00:24:39,039 --> 00:24:41,198 Anyway, you've left it at home at the Village 452 00:24:41,198 --> 00:24:42,258 for Christmas. 453 00:24:42,258 --> 00:24:43,888 They could post it. 454 00:24:45,648 --> 00:24:48,998 If you don't know your National Insurance number, I'm afraid 455 00:24:48,998 --> 00:24:50,778 I can't be of any assistance. 456 00:24:50,778 --> 00:24:52,208 Where would it be written down? 457 00:24:52,208 --> 00:24:55,898 On a wage slip. From your previous employer, 458 00:24:55,898 --> 00:24:57,408 if you're no longer working. 459 00:24:57,408 --> 00:24:59,278 I've never had a wage slip. 460 00:24:59,278 --> 00:25:02,888 I've always worked for cash. And I'm not of no fixed abode. 461 00:25:02,888 --> 00:25:04,488 I do have an address. 462 00:25:04,488 --> 00:25:07,338 I thought if you have an address, you can get help with housing. 463 00:25:07,338 --> 00:25:10,538 If you have an address, you don't need help with housing, surely. 464 00:25:10,538 --> 00:25:13,408 Well, I need help to get things for the baby. 465 00:25:15,049 --> 00:25:17,278 I heard about something called maternity money? 466 00:25:17,278 --> 00:25:21,358 If you are referring to government maternity grant... 467 00:25:22,848 --> 00:25:25,848 ...it is possible to make an application. 468 00:25:34,059 --> 00:25:35,888 KNOCK ON DOOR 469 00:25:37,128 --> 00:25:39,198 One red cardigan, one set of hair bobbles, 470 00:25:39,198 --> 00:25:41,848 both retrieved from the parlour table. 471 00:25:43,248 --> 00:25:45,799 What are you doing in Trixie's jewellery box? 472 00:25:45,799 --> 00:25:49,328 I'm trying to work out her ring size. 473 00:25:49,328 --> 00:25:52,008 I think I'm going to have to smuggle one to a jeweller's. 474 00:25:52,008 --> 00:25:54,278 Why do you want to know her ring size? 475 00:25:55,448 --> 00:25:57,248 Don't you dare tell a soul... 476 00:25:57,248 --> 00:25:59,328 ...or I'll get boiled alive. 477 00:26:08,169 --> 00:26:11,258 Before I hand over a significant amount 478 00:26:11,258 --> 00:26:14,438 of welfare- related paperwork, 479 00:26:14,438 --> 00:26:17,059 might I enquire 480 00:26:17,059 --> 00:26:21,008 as to whether you are, in fact, a British citizen? 481 00:26:21,008 --> 00:26:24,888 My father was an American. An American GI, 482 00:26:24,888 --> 00:26:28,799 but my mother was English. I was born in Bradford. 483 00:26:28,799 --> 00:26:31,929 Well, you will be required to provide evidence of that. 484 00:26:35,258 --> 00:26:37,138 Oh! Good afternoon, Nurse Crane. 485 00:26:37,138 --> 00:26:38,838 How very timely. 486 00:26:38,838 --> 00:26:41,848 Dr Turner has just gone in to Mrs Mohammed. 487 00:26:41,848 --> 00:26:43,648 Forceps were required. 488 00:26:44,978 --> 00:26:46,998 I should make a start with the ulcer clinic 489 00:26:46,998 --> 00:26:48,618 while he's otherwise engaged. 490 00:26:48,618 --> 00:26:52,078 Meanwhile, on a more frivolous note, 491 00:26:52,078 --> 00:26:54,648 I shall require your assistance 492 00:26:54,648 --> 00:26:57,086 with my performance at the talent show. 493 00:26:58,246 --> 00:27:00,887 Your performance at the talent show? 494 00:27:00,887 --> 00:27:03,476 Well, I will be playing my recorder, 495 00:27:03,476 --> 00:27:05,956 but I have devised an entertainment 496 00:27:05,956 --> 00:27:08,316 about the history of the woodwind instrument. 497 00:27:08,316 --> 00:27:10,096 With a twist. 498 00:27:10,096 --> 00:27:12,966 And the twist... is you. 499 00:27:16,476 --> 00:27:19,806 With all the Poplartunity Knocks committee members 500 00:27:19,806 --> 00:27:21,536 present and correct, 501 00:27:21,536 --> 00:27:23,757 including Lucille, stage manager, 502 00:27:23,757 --> 00:27:25,676 Cyril, set designer, 503 00:27:25,676 --> 00:27:28,646 and Timothy Turner, musical director, 504 00:27:28,646 --> 00:27:30,676 there are no apologies to receive. 505 00:27:30,676 --> 00:27:32,116 So agenda item one... 506 00:27:32,116 --> 00:27:33,316 Can we start with item five? 507 00:27:33,316 --> 00:27:35,096 I'm item five. 508 00:27:35,096 --> 00:27:37,846 Most of the acts that I've got applied need all the musical help 509 00:27:37,846 --> 00:27:39,836 they can get. How do you know? 510 00:27:39,836 --> 00:27:42,086 Cos I've heard most of them sing down the pub. 511 00:27:42,086 --> 00:27:46,576 Fred, are you saying that nobody in the talent show 512 00:27:46,576 --> 00:27:48,046 has got any talent? 513 00:27:48,046 --> 00:27:50,606 If we want this to be like Opportunity Knocks, 514 00:27:50,606 --> 00:27:52,286 we're going to need to run it like Opportunity Knocks 515 00:27:52,286 --> 00:27:53,836 and have auditions. 516 00:27:53,836 --> 00:27:55,396 I've put a five-piece band together 517 00:27:55,396 --> 00:27:57,326 and some of the acts will need to rehearse with them. 518 00:27:57,326 --> 00:28:00,176 Er, excuse me? Did we agree we're going on to item five? 519 00:28:00,176 --> 00:28:03,246 Because item two is scenery, and if I'm going to turn that stage 520 00:28:03,246 --> 00:28:05,376 into a television, I need to get to planning. 521 00:28:05,376 --> 00:28:07,536 Do we have an exact date for this event yet? 522 00:28:07,536 --> 00:28:10,316 Well, I have made enquiries 523 00:28:10,316 --> 00:28:14,566 and the hall is booked for December 30th. 524 00:28:14,566 --> 00:28:17,326 Oh, I know exactly how I'm going to do it. 525 00:28:17,326 --> 00:28:20,126 The frame of the stage is going to be made of plywood, 526 00:28:20,126 --> 00:28:21,646 so I can round the corners off 527 00:28:21,646 --> 00:28:24,326 and make it look the exact shape of a screen! 528 00:28:24,326 --> 00:28:26,046 THEY LAUGH 529 00:28:26,046 --> 00:28:28,036 I have to figure out how I'm going to do the, um... 530 00:28:28,036 --> 00:28:29,726 ...Clapometer. 531 00:28:32,556 --> 00:28:34,206 Cyril, it's snowing! 532 00:28:34,206 --> 00:28:36,736 Will you just look at that? 533 00:28:36,736 --> 00:28:39,887 Every winter, every time it snows, 534 00:28:39,887 --> 00:28:42,017 it's going to remind me of our wedding. 535 00:28:42,017 --> 00:28:44,887 And it's going to remind me to buy you some flowers. 536 00:29:02,486 --> 00:29:04,476 Yeah. Here we go. 537 00:29:06,326 --> 00:29:08,656 Oh, is that cold? 538 00:29:11,836 --> 00:29:13,757 You've got snow on you. 539 00:29:16,646 --> 00:29:19,646 I'm going to show you a snowflake through a magnifying glass. 540 00:29:19,646 --> 00:29:21,736 Cos you never see two the same. 541 00:29:21,736 --> 00:29:23,326 Did you know that? 542 00:29:23,326 --> 00:29:25,887 Every single one is different. 543 00:29:25,887 --> 00:29:28,017 What's a magnifying glass? 544 00:29:28,017 --> 00:29:31,566 It's a little magic window on a stick 545 00:29:31,566 --> 00:29:33,276 that you look through. 546 00:29:33,276 --> 00:29:35,836 It shows you how beautiful things are. 547 00:29:42,836 --> 00:29:45,046 You doing business? 548 00:29:45,046 --> 00:29:46,767 Yeah. A quid. 549 00:29:49,656 --> 00:29:51,176 CHILDREN SQUEAL 550 00:29:51,176 --> 00:29:53,646 LOW CONVERSATION 551 00:30:00,406 --> 00:30:01,446 Mummy! 552 00:30:04,176 --> 00:30:05,556 You call that a snowball? 553 00:30:05,556 --> 00:30:08,366 Come on, girls. Three against one and we might just beat her. 554 00:30:08,366 --> 00:30:10,606 SQUEALING 555 00:30:13,246 --> 00:30:17,366 Nurse Crane, I need Sister Frances to help me look over 556 00:30:17,366 --> 00:30:20,326 the Christmas altar cloth. Have you seen her? 557 00:30:20,326 --> 00:30:21,566 No. 558 00:30:21,566 --> 00:30:24,836 Neither have I seen the identical twins she must have 559 00:30:24,836 --> 00:30:27,916 if she's to fulfil all the positions on this roster. 560 00:30:27,916 --> 00:30:32,046 She was down for twice the usual number of house calls. 561 00:30:32,046 --> 00:30:34,887 I suppose we are fortunate that she is so available. 562 00:30:34,887 --> 00:30:38,456 Unlike her secular colleagues, she never takes time off. 563 00:30:38,456 --> 00:30:41,086 At least, unlike her secular colleagues, 564 00:30:41,086 --> 00:30:43,406 she isn't likely to go running off and getting married. 565 00:30:43,406 --> 00:30:45,256 Who's getting married now? 566 00:31:03,637 --> 00:31:05,046 TV: '...Deirdre Curtis. 567 00:31:05,046 --> 00:31:07,736 'Deirdre lives in Billingshurst in Sussex' 568 00:31:07,736 --> 00:31:12,166 and it's a snowman table decoration, and there it is. 569 00:31:12,166 --> 00:31:13,897 The base of it, 570 00:31:13,897 --> 00:31:17,166 or the sort of main part of it, is a jar, 571 00:31:17,166 --> 00:31:21,406 and cotton wool is covering it all the way round. Then the... 572 00:31:21,406 --> 00:31:23,526 Come on, Susan. Left leg. 573 00:31:24,856 --> 00:31:27,046 Right leg. Swivel from your tummy, 574 00:31:27,046 --> 00:31:29,696 like the physiotherapist showed you, OK? 575 00:31:29,696 --> 00:31:31,897 Mm- hm. That's it, that's it! 576 00:31:31,897 --> 00:31:33,486 I'm too high up. 577 00:31:33,486 --> 00:31:35,456 You've got to practise with these new legs, 578 00:31:35,456 --> 00:31:37,276 and, no, you're not. They're just making you the same 579 00:31:37,276 --> 00:31:39,046 as the other children. DOOR OPENS 580 00:31:39,046 --> 00:31:41,446 Mum ! Hello, love. 581 00:31:41,446 --> 00:31:44,376 Did you get good marks? Top in woodwork again. 582 00:31:44,376 --> 00:31:46,647 Ooh! Can I go out and play? 583 00:31:46,647 --> 00:31:48,116 How old are you? 584 00:31:48,116 --> 00:31:50,686 Go on. Tea will be at five. 585 00:31:50,686 --> 00:31:52,316 Can I go? No. 586 00:31:52,316 --> 00:31:53,846 I want you to try again. 587 00:32:00,046 --> 00:32:01,556 Watching! 588 00:32:07,767 --> 00:32:10,406 All I need is a costume now. 589 00:32:10,406 --> 00:32:12,406 Well, I was thinking, 590 00:32:12,406 --> 00:32:14,406 what about a nice dinner jacket and a bow tie? 591 00:32:14,406 --> 00:32:17,356 Old men wear bow ties. 592 00:32:18,647 --> 00:32:20,536 Hello there. 593 00:32:20,536 --> 00:32:21,846 Hello again. 594 00:32:23,096 --> 00:32:24,336 Is that yours? 595 00:32:24,336 --> 00:32:26,647 I'm in Poplartunity Knocks. 596 00:32:28,126 --> 00:32:30,566 Reggie, why don't you take this upstairs 597 00:32:30,566 --> 00:32:32,736 and then I can serve this young lady? 598 00:32:32,736 --> 00:32:34,336 Just a couple more minutes, Susan, 599 00:32:34,336 --> 00:32:35,767 then you can take them off. 600 00:32:37,366 --> 00:32:40,176 LAUGHTER 601 00:32:40,176 --> 00:32:41,647 Oh! 602 00:32:47,056 --> 00:32:50,416 My advice would be to start with the basics. 603 00:32:50,416 --> 00:32:53,526 So a shawl, some vests, some nighties 604 00:32:53,526 --> 00:32:55,406 and a dozen terry nappies. 605 00:32:55,406 --> 00:32:56,897 I can knit. 606 00:32:56,897 --> 00:32:59,446 Maybe I should buy some wool and needles. 607 00:32:59,446 --> 00:33:01,916 Of course. And I will throw in 608 00:33:01,916 --> 00:33:04,416 a complimentary pattern. 609 00:33:14,816 --> 00:33:17,406 Careful. You know how wobbly you are. 610 00:33:17,406 --> 00:33:19,897 All right, one step. There we go. 611 00:33:21,096 --> 00:33:23,326 Just step here. There we go. 612 00:33:25,136 --> 00:33:28,046 All right? I want to play. 613 00:33:29,176 --> 00:33:30,536 Please? 614 00:33:31,816 --> 00:33:33,206 Stay there, Susan. 615 00:33:39,526 --> 00:33:41,366 Perry, help me! 616 00:33:41,366 --> 00:33:42,716 SQUEALS Susan! 617 00:33:47,976 --> 00:33:49,206 Perry! 618 00:33:49,206 --> 00:33:50,526 Perry... 619 00:33:52,466 --> 00:33:53,836 What the hell's going on? 620 00:33:53,836 --> 00:33:55,206 It wasn't his fault. 621 00:34:07,566 --> 00:34:08,767 Any news? 622 00:34:08,767 --> 00:34:10,826 I feel like I'm in the French Resistance. 623 00:34:10,826 --> 00:34:12,566 All I need is a beret and a belted mac. 624 00:34:13,566 --> 00:34:14,777 She's a K and a half. 625 00:34:15,926 --> 00:34:18,436 And now we have other work to do. 626 00:34:18,436 --> 00:34:20,696 OFF- KEY TRUMPET 627 00:34:23,206 --> 00:34:25,206 BANGING 628 00:34:30,416 --> 00:34:33,336 It's a novelty. Colourful costume. 629 00:34:33,336 --> 00:34:34,986 She's got charisma? 630 00:34:34,986 --> 00:34:36,526 She's out of tune, Fred. 631 00:34:36,526 --> 00:34:38,446 OFF-KEY TRUMPET CONTINUES 632 00:34:38,446 --> 00:34:39,846 BANGING 633 00:34:41,777 --> 00:34:42,976 BALLOON POPS 634 00:34:42,976 --> 00:34:44,696 Next. 635 00:34:44,696 --> 00:34:46,566 MELANCHOLY TUNE 636 00:34:48,536 --> 00:34:51,616 I'm looking for spangles. 637 00:34:51,616 --> 00:34:53,176 Showmanship. 638 00:34:54,446 --> 00:34:57,176 This is like Dracula's night off. 639 00:35:01,996 --> 00:35:03,346 Next. 640 00:35:03,346 --> 00:35:06,206 THRASHING GUITAR MUSIC 641 00:35:13,246 --> 00:35:14,936 She's got a very good... 642 00:35:14,936 --> 00:35:16,536 ...sense of rhythm. 643 00:35:17,777 --> 00:35:19,926 We'll never get this past Lucille and Violet 644 00:35:19,926 --> 00:35:21,496 in a million years. 645 00:35:22,647 --> 00:35:25,086 BANGING 646 00:35:25,086 --> 00:35:27,416 Cyril! Cyril! 647 00:35:27,416 --> 00:35:29,136 This lady's an artiste. 648 00:35:29,136 --> 00:35:31,486 Try and show a bit of sensitivity. 649 00:35:37,606 --> 00:35:40,206 CHRISTMAS MUSIC 650 00:35:40,206 --> 00:35:43,486 The biggest challenge is going to be the sleeves. 651 00:35:43,486 --> 00:35:46,246 Snowmen don't have sleeves. They don't even have arms. 652 00:35:46,246 --> 00:35:49,546 Don't they just have twigs sticking out of their sides? 653 00:35:49,546 --> 00:35:53,166 I'd have thought the biggest problem was going to be the carrot nose. 654 00:35:53,166 --> 00:35:55,576 Can I go to bed now? 655 00:35:57,616 --> 00:35:59,416 Don't wake the others. 656 00:36:08,416 --> 00:36:09,616 Rhoda. 657 00:36:14,156 --> 00:36:16,517 She's had stitches on her head, Dr Turner. 658 00:36:16,517 --> 00:36:17,926 I know. 659 00:36:17,926 --> 00:36:20,566 The night sister told me when she telephoned. 660 00:36:23,416 --> 00:36:25,767 Visiting hours are long over. 661 00:36:25,767 --> 00:36:27,926 I turned my back on her for one minute! 662 00:36:27,926 --> 00:36:31,286 Rhoda, all children have accidents. 663 00:36:31,286 --> 00:36:36,136 And all expectant mothers need to steer clear of stress. 664 00:36:36,136 --> 00:36:38,856 Now, this isn't good for your baby. 665 00:36:40,166 --> 00:36:42,777 You need to let me drive you home, 666 00:36:42,777 --> 00:36:45,936 and everything else can be worked out in the morning. 667 00:36:50,136 --> 00:36:51,576 SHE GROANS 668 00:36:54,496 --> 00:36:57,006 Sh... 669 00:36:59,576 --> 00:37:01,806 You don't want to be born yet. 670 00:37:03,696 --> 00:37:05,136 You're just restless. 671 00:37:07,086 --> 00:37:09,166 Come back to bed with me, 672 00:37:09,166 --> 00:37:11,286 we'll keep each other warm. 673 00:37:13,647 --> 00:37:15,936 I can still smell the beer on you from here. 674 00:37:15,936 --> 00:37:19,576 If you have the time and the money to go down the Hand and Shears, 675 00:37:19,576 --> 00:37:21,166 where's this doll's house? 676 00:37:21,166 --> 00:37:23,006 My friend didn't know I was going to be there. 677 00:37:23,006 --> 00:37:24,886 You're always ruddy there! 678 00:37:26,216 --> 00:37:29,527 I made Susan a little push with a hook 679 00:37:29,527 --> 00:37:31,496 so she can move the furniture about. 680 00:37:32,616 --> 00:37:35,086 I want to try it out, see if it works. 681 00:37:35,086 --> 00:37:37,886 Oh, that's very thoughtful of you, I'm sure. 682 00:37:37,886 --> 00:37:39,787 It's the thing he came top for in woodwork, Mum. 683 00:37:39,787 --> 00:37:43,086 How I was I supposed to know that? No, because you never asked him, 684 00:37:43,086 --> 00:37:45,256 just like you never ask anybody anything... 685 00:37:45,256 --> 00:37:46,856 ... unless it's to do with Susan! 686 00:37:46,856 --> 00:37:48,496 Apologise to your mum right now! 687 00:37:48,496 --> 00:37:49,926 Why? You never do. 688 00:37:49,926 --> 00:37:51,626 FOOTSTEPS 689 00:37:52,777 --> 00:37:54,096 DOOR SLAMS 690 00:37:55,706 --> 00:38:01,016 Rhoda, Baby's ticking over very nicely indeed. 691 00:38:01,016 --> 00:38:04,787 But we're really quiet in the maternity home just now, 692 00:38:04,787 --> 00:38:06,566 so Dr Turner wants you to come in 693 00:38:06,566 --> 00:38:08,496 for a night or two of bed rest. 694 00:38:08,496 --> 00:38:10,886 Wh-What about Susan? 695 00:38:10,886 --> 00:38:13,846 Susan is being beautifully looked after. 696 00:38:14,976 --> 00:38:18,886 A break will help you to cope much better when the baby comes. 697 00:38:18,886 --> 00:38:20,537 And it is coming, innit? 698 00:38:21,856 --> 00:38:23,527 Just like Christmas. 699 00:38:23,527 --> 00:38:25,006 Yes. 700 00:38:28,946 --> 00:38:30,286 We're going to help Santa Claus 701 00:38:30,286 --> 00:38:31,986 give out presents to sick children. 702 00:38:31,986 --> 00:38:34,736 Do you not think you ought to wear some nice bright colours? 703 00:38:34,736 --> 00:38:38,446 Lucille, I've been poring over photos of Princess Alexandra. 704 00:38:38,446 --> 00:38:41,336 She gives presents to sick children all the time, 705 00:38:41,336 --> 00:38:44,366 and she always looks elegant, poised and restrained. 706 00:38:44,366 --> 00:38:47,576 Why do you want to look like Princess Alexandra? 707 00:38:47,576 --> 00:38:49,166 I shall be distributing gifts 708 00:38:49,166 --> 00:38:51,806 with a notable local businessman and philanthropist. 709 00:38:51,806 --> 00:38:54,806 I need to look polished and dignified. 710 00:38:56,866 --> 00:38:59,537 'And does it not seem hard to you 711 00:38:59,537 --> 00:39:02,936 'when all the sky is clear and blue 712 00:39:04,576 --> 00:39:06,936 'And I should like so much to play.. 713 00:39:08,657 --> 00:39:10,527 '..To have to go to bed by day?' 714 00:39:15,166 --> 00:39:16,886 That's sad. 715 00:39:18,896 --> 00:39:20,527 Do you want to read a comic instead? 716 00:39:22,086 --> 00:39:24,606 Yeah. We love Susan, don't we, Katie? 717 00:39:24,606 --> 00:39:26,816 Such a little sweetheart with her blue eyes, isn't she? 718 00:39:26,816 --> 00:39:28,866 Oh, thank you. 719 00:39:28,866 --> 00:39:31,016 Shame about her arms and legs, though, eh? 720 00:39:44,096 --> 00:39:45,156 Enter. 721 00:39:46,946 --> 00:39:50,936 You asked me to pop in if I was passing by. 722 00:39:50,936 --> 00:39:52,336 Is it about the dry rot? 723 00:39:52,336 --> 00:39:53,527 Er, no. 724 00:39:53,527 --> 00:39:55,726 It's about Nurse Franklin. 725 00:39:56,936 --> 00:39:59,726 I feel it necessary to issue a word of warning. 726 00:40:01,056 --> 00:40:02,296 Warning? 727 00:40:02,296 --> 00:40:04,696 No-one could fail to see the depth of feeling between you, 728 00:40:04,696 --> 00:40:08,226 Mr Aylward, and no-one can fail to be delighted by it. 729 00:40:08,226 --> 00:40:10,376 Might I ... 730 00:40:10,376 --> 00:40:13,706 ...ask if you intend to propose marriage? 731 00:40:14,866 --> 00:40:16,416 Erm... 732 00:40:16,416 --> 00:40:17,657 Yes. 733 00:40:17,657 --> 00:40:20,576 Yes, of course you can ask. 734 00:40:20,576 --> 00:40:24,456 And my...my answer, as far as that goes, 735 00:40:24,456 --> 00:40:29,576 is also in the affirmative. 736 00:40:29,576 --> 00:40:31,296 Oh! 737 00:40:31,296 --> 00:40:35,576 Of course, you know Nurse Franklin was once previously engaged. 738 00:40:35,576 --> 00:40:39,777 Yes, some time ago, to a clergyman? 739 00:40:39,777 --> 00:40:41,946 God had other plans. 740 00:40:41,946 --> 00:40:44,226 I think quite rightly. 741 00:40:44,226 --> 00:40:47,216 But there is something you should be aware of. 742 00:40:47,216 --> 00:40:48,866 Really? 743 00:40:48,866 --> 00:40:52,456 She was extremely disappointed in the ring. 744 00:40:52,456 --> 00:40:55,726 It was a family heirloom on her fiance's side, 745 00:40:55,726 --> 00:40:57,606 but it came as quite a shock. 746 00:40:57,606 --> 00:40:59,136 Gosh. 747 00:40:59,136 --> 00:41:01,616 My mother always said to me, 748 00:41:01,616 --> 00:41:05,226 " Never let a man surprise you with jewellery." 749 00:41:05,226 --> 00:41:08,416 The advice wasn't pertinent in my case. 750 00:41:08,416 --> 00:41:09,826 HE LAUGHS NERVOUSLY 751 00:41:09,826 --> 00:41:12,246 But do confer with Nurse Franklin before 752 00:41:12,246 --> 00:41:14,456 making any rash purchases. 753 00:41:14,456 --> 00:41:17,066 Of course. Of course. 754 00:41:37,856 --> 00:41:39,667 Merry Christmas, young lady. 755 00:41:39,667 --> 00:41:40,966 There you are. 756 00:41:40,966 --> 00:41:43,046 Happy Christmas, oh- ho- ho! 757 00:41:43,046 --> 00:41:45,506 A merry Christmas! 758 00:41:45,506 --> 00:41:47,136 Merry Christmas. 759 00:41:47,136 --> 00:41:49,686 Father Christmas, let's see who we have here. 760 00:41:49,686 --> 00:41:53,696 Oh, that is Susan Mullucks from Jubilee Place. 761 00:41:53,696 --> 00:41:56,026 Acting like a little tearaway! 762 00:41:56,026 --> 00:41:57,246 HE CHUCKLES 763 00:41:57,246 --> 00:41:59,576 Merry Christmas! 764 00:42:01,296 --> 00:42:02,856 CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS 765 00:42:04,056 --> 00:42:07,376 What are you doing running around in your smalls? 766 00:42:07,376 --> 00:42:09,616 I run a respectable establishment. 767 00:42:09,616 --> 00:42:10,936 I'm not well. 768 00:42:10,936 --> 00:42:12,966 I need a hot-water bottle for my stomach. 769 00:42:12,966 --> 00:42:15,296 That sprog's not coming, is it? No! 770 00:42:15,296 --> 00:42:17,016 I told you I'm not due yet. 771 00:42:18,417 --> 00:42:20,256 You said Easter! 772 00:42:20,256 --> 00:42:22,056 I may not be a churchgoing woman, 773 00:42:22,056 --> 00:42:25,886 but I know the difference between Easter and flaming Christmas! 774 00:42:25,886 --> 00:42:27,866 I want you gone now! 775 00:42:27,866 --> 00:42:30,616 Here's a refund on your second week's rent. 776 00:42:30,616 --> 00:42:33,046 But I'm having a baby! Not in here, you're not. 777 00:42:33,046 --> 00:42:36,576 That front door is barred to anyone representing the authorities. 778 00:42:36,576 --> 00:42:38,816 I've got nothing to do with the authorities! 779 00:42:38,816 --> 00:42:40,866 You will do if you don't shift. 780 00:42:40,866 --> 00:42:42,736 This house has been condemned. 781 00:42:42,736 --> 00:42:45,576 If the welfare find out you've got a kid, they'll take it off you. 782 00:42:45,576 --> 00:42:47,726 Now go and get yourself an ambulance! 783 00:42:53,657 --> 00:42:55,046 Wait! 784 00:42:55,046 --> 00:42:56,657 Help me! 785 00:43:03,787 --> 00:43:06,896 Do you want me to say that you wrote this? 786 00:43:06,896 --> 00:43:08,576 Oh, no. 787 00:43:08,576 --> 00:43:10,886 Oh, no. That would be rather self-aggrandising. 788 00:43:12,326 --> 00:43:14,527 I've asked Mr Buckle to put it in the programme. 789 00:43:18,506 --> 00:43:19,966 SHE CLEARS HER THROAT 790 00:43:21,576 --> 00:43:24,766 "Now let us take you by the hand 791 00:43:24,766 --> 00:43:28,146 "into the far and distant land, 792 00:43:28,146 --> 00:43:32,296 "of history, when knights of old 793 00:43:32,296 --> 00:43:35,586 "approached their lady, 794 00:43:35,586 --> 00:43:37,866 "feeling bold. 795 00:43:37,866 --> 00:43:42,246 "First they bowed and then implored her, 796 00:43:42,246 --> 00:43:46,386 "'Listen to my sweet recorder'". 797 00:43:46,386 --> 00:43:51,056 SHE PLAYS SCARBOROUGH FAIR 798 00:43:55,386 --> 00:43:58,326 Please, open the door. 799 00:43:59,866 --> 00:44:01,776 Go away! Please! 800 00:44:01,776 --> 00:44:03,537 Go on! Please! Hop it! 801 00:44:06,736 --> 00:44:10,456 "Hark to the bass so sweet and low. 802 00:44:10,456 --> 00:44:14,336 "Think of it played in frost and snow..." 803 00:44:14,336 --> 00:44:18,667 Millicent, is this meant to be you playing or me reading? 804 00:44:18,667 --> 00:44:21,936 Reciting. What? Reciting. 805 00:44:21,936 --> 00:44:24,896 Well, you're going to have to learn it off by heart. 806 00:44:40,496 --> 00:44:43,126 SHE GASPS AND WHIMPERS 807 00:45:16,136 --> 00:45:18,016 I'm just of the view 808 00:45:18,016 --> 00:45:21,226 that before we move on to the stanza beginning... 809 00:45:22,746 --> 00:45:26,106 ..."Now we enter the age of Baroque..." 810 00:45:26,106 --> 00:45:29,226 ...we need to stop and think about this 811 00:45:29,226 --> 00:45:31,746 from the point of view of a paying audience. 812 00:45:31,746 --> 00:45:33,496 Of course. 813 00:45:33,496 --> 00:45:37,136 And I think you need to project your voice a little more. 814 00:45:37,136 --> 00:45:40,906 Stage presence is everything. 815 00:45:41,936 --> 00:45:44,126 Help me! 816 00:45:44,126 --> 00:45:46,667 Phyllis, did you hear that? 817 00:45:46,667 --> 00:45:48,056 Yes. 818 00:45:48,056 --> 00:45:50,016 Help me! Oh! 819 00:45:50,016 --> 00:45:52,586 SHE SOBS 820 00:45:58,056 --> 00:45:59,696 Hello? 821 00:46:00,896 --> 00:46:03,056 Help me! 822 00:46:03,056 --> 00:46:05,176 Over there! Help me! 823 00:46:14,657 --> 00:46:16,386 Oh, you poor lass. 824 00:46:16,386 --> 00:46:18,026 Poor lass! 825 00:46:21,586 --> 00:46:24,976 Listen, my friend and I are going to help you. 826 00:46:24,976 --> 00:46:29,306 We're going to start by taking you somewhere warm and safe. 827 00:46:29,306 --> 00:46:32,346 She must have been assaulted. I'll send for the police. 828 00:46:33,537 --> 00:46:36,386 I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 829 00:46:36,386 --> 00:46:41,616 You have absolutely nothing whatsoever to apologise for. 830 00:46:41,616 --> 00:46:44,126 I do! I'm having a baby! 831 00:46:44,126 --> 00:46:45,976 SHE SOBS 832 00:46:47,106 --> 00:46:49,176 There's loads of stuff in here. 833 00:46:49,176 --> 00:46:50,906 All the bedding, all the nappies. 834 00:46:50,906 --> 00:46:53,626 It's like Mum knew there was going to be another baby all along. 835 00:46:53,626 --> 00:46:56,136 If one more person asks me 836 00:46:56,136 --> 00:46:58,106 if we think this one's going to be all right, 837 00:46:58,106 --> 00:46:59,417 I'll swing for 'em, I swear. 838 00:47:00,706 --> 00:47:02,056 I'm sick of fending them off 839 00:47:02,056 --> 00:47:04,176 and I'm sick of people telling me that they were 840 00:47:04,176 --> 00:47:06,456 offered them pills and that they didn't take 'em. 841 00:47:06,456 --> 00:47:08,026 Do you think that's true? 842 00:47:08,026 --> 00:47:10,417 Well, if it is, perry, what does it say about your mum and me, eh? 843 00:47:10,417 --> 00:47:13,667 And Susan, what's she going to say when she's old enough to understand? 844 00:47:13,667 --> 00:47:17,126 Dad, go and fetch the doll's house. And come straight home. 845 00:47:17,126 --> 00:47:18,976 SHE STRAINS 846 00:47:20,537 --> 00:47:22,136 All is well, Cindy. 847 00:47:22,136 --> 00:47:24,616 You are warm and you are safe. 848 00:47:24,616 --> 00:47:27,976 Sister Julienne was preparing to go into compline, 849 00:47:27,976 --> 00:47:30,026 but she asked to be kept informed. 850 00:47:30,026 --> 00:47:31,856 Where will you send me now? 851 00:47:31,856 --> 00:47:34,667 I don't think we'll be sending you anywhere. 852 00:47:34,667 --> 00:47:36,746 I'm still confident an ambulance 853 00:47:36,746 --> 00:47:38,206 would reach us very swiftly. 854 00:47:38,206 --> 00:47:39,896 Not swiftly enough. 855 00:47:39,896 --> 00:47:43,547 I can't do it. I can't. I don't know what to do! 856 00:47:43,547 --> 00:47:46,466 I know this is your first baby, but it isn't mine. 857 00:47:46,466 --> 00:47:49,256 Can you think of something you once did 858 00:47:49,256 --> 00:47:51,576 for the very first time 859 00:47:51,576 --> 00:47:54,336 and you had no idea how to start? 860 00:47:54,336 --> 00:47:55,776 I don't know. 861 00:47:57,056 --> 00:47:58,376 I think... 862 00:47:58,376 --> 00:48:01,547 I think I can remember learning to knit when I were little. 863 00:48:01,547 --> 00:48:02,936 Who taught you? 864 00:48:02,936 --> 00:48:04,856 My mum. 865 00:48:04,856 --> 00:48:07,056 I can remember her voice 866 00:48:07,056 --> 00:48:09,216 talking me through the stitches. 867 00:48:09,216 --> 00:48:13,096 In, over, through, off. 868 00:48:13,096 --> 00:48:16,026 And that's what I'm going to do. 869 00:48:16,026 --> 00:48:18,186 I'm going to talk you through it. 870 00:48:19,297 --> 00:48:21,256 Do you remember Mummy? 871 00:48:21,256 --> 00:48:22,576 Mm? 872 00:48:24,336 --> 00:48:25,906 Poor love. 873 00:48:27,826 --> 00:48:29,616 And poor you. 874 00:48:29,616 --> 00:48:31,266 But it doesn't matter. 875 00:48:32,826 --> 00:48:35,126 Because she'll love you always. 876 00:48:36,667 --> 00:48:38,297 SHE STRAINS 877 00:48:41,677 --> 00:48:43,096 The head is out. 878 00:48:43,096 --> 00:48:45,256 Breathe. 879 00:48:45,256 --> 00:48:46,906 Push down for the shoulders. 880 00:48:46,906 --> 00:48:48,297 SHE GROANS 881 00:48:52,746 --> 00:48:54,746 And we have a baby! 882 00:48:54,746 --> 00:48:56,936 BABY CRIES 883 00:48:58,386 --> 00:49:00,706 A clean towel, if you would be so kind, Millicent. 884 00:49:06,216 --> 00:49:09,266 And Mother may like a sip of water in a moment. 885 00:49:10,476 --> 00:49:12,386 A little girl, Cindy. 886 00:49:23,176 --> 00:49:26,417 We have a very courageous mother here, Sister. 887 00:49:26,417 --> 00:49:28,656 And a beautiful baby. 888 00:49:28,656 --> 00:49:31,036 God love you all. 889 00:49:31,036 --> 00:49:34,106 If you had crowns, you'd look like the Three Wise Men. 890 00:49:34,106 --> 00:49:37,496 THEY CHUCKLE 891 00:49:37,496 --> 00:49:41,476 DRUNKENLY: of Christmas 892 00:49:41,476 --> 00:49:44,216 893 00:49:48,396 --> 00:49:53,776 894 00:49:57,576 --> 00:49:59,136 CHEERFUL SHOUTING 895 00:50:02,706 --> 00:50:04,826 Let's go! Oh, come on! 896 00:50:04,826 --> 00:50:06,936 Lads, lads, here y'are! 897 00:50:06,936 --> 00:50:08,216 Hey. 898 00:50:08,216 --> 00:50:10,417 Oh, like the hon. 899 00:50:10,417 --> 00:50:12,186 HE LAUGHS 900 00:50:19,786 --> 00:50:21,986 I just came down for a biscuit. 901 00:50:21,986 --> 00:50:24,866 I'd say, "What in the name of Jesus are you doing?", 902 00:50:24,866 --> 00:50:26,756 but that doesn't look like a very religious act. 903 00:50:26,756 --> 00:50:29,066 I've got to do the marzipan tonight, 904 00:50:29,066 --> 00:50:32,136 otherwise it won't dry out in time for me to do the icing. 905 00:50:32,136 --> 00:50:35,016 There'll be yellow stains seeping through the snow scene. 906 00:50:35,016 --> 00:50:37,066 Sister, how do you do it? 907 00:50:37,066 --> 00:50:39,946 Do what? Keep on going. 908 00:50:39,946 --> 00:50:43,336 Keep on being a nurse and a midwife and a nun. 909 00:50:43,336 --> 00:50:44,826 And not just one nun, but two, 910 00:50:44,826 --> 00:50:47,936 because you're filling in for Sister Hilda, and you're 911 00:50:47,936 --> 00:50:50,626 picking up the slack for Sister Julienne and the other one. 912 00:50:50,626 --> 00:50:54,906 Well, I could shrug and say that God gives me the job 913 00:50:54,906 --> 00:50:56,626 and the strength to do it. 914 00:50:58,266 --> 00:50:59,746 But... 915 00:50:59,746 --> 00:51:03,376 ... I made a rule for myself when I was still a postulant. 916 00:51:04,656 --> 00:51:06,116 Find the beauty. 917 00:51:07,116 --> 00:51:08,586 And that's what I'm doing now. 918 00:51:08,586 --> 00:51:10,816 You're decorating a cake in the middle of the night. 919 00:51:10,816 --> 00:51:12,496 Yes. 920 00:51:12,496 --> 00:51:15,066 And it'll probably be on the sideboard for a week 921 00:51:15,066 --> 00:51:17,506 being blamed for everybody's heartburn. 922 00:51:17,506 --> 00:51:20,936 But people will come together around it. That's its beauty. 923 00:51:23,696 --> 00:51:27,066 And where there is beauty, there is God. 924 00:51:27,066 --> 00:51:29,297 Yeah. I believe you believe that. 925 00:51:31,186 --> 00:51:33,626 It's funny to think you weren't a nun once. 926 00:51:33,626 --> 00:51:35,936 That you had a different name. 927 00:51:35,936 --> 00:51:38,287 Me and Colette play a game where we try and guess what it is. 928 00:51:38,287 --> 00:51:40,466 I'll tell you, if you get it right. 929 00:51:45,297 --> 00:51:49,146 How long can I stay here for? Ten days is quite usual. 930 00:51:49,146 --> 00:51:52,496 Neither you nor Baby are going anywhere just yet. 931 00:51:52,496 --> 00:51:53,736 Hello! 932 00:51:55,427 --> 00:51:57,146 Nursery for you. 933 00:51:58,986 --> 00:52:01,376 Then you can get some sleep. 934 00:52:01,376 --> 00:52:03,346 BABY CRIES Come on. 935 00:52:03,346 --> 00:52:04,866 Here we go. 936 00:52:08,936 --> 00:52:11,427 Hey... Nurse? 937 00:52:11,427 --> 00:52:13,297 I hardly got a wink of sleep. 938 00:52:13,297 --> 00:52:15,096 I often have slow labours, 939 00:52:15,096 --> 00:52:17,866 but I'm starting to think there's something kicking off. 940 00:52:17,866 --> 00:52:19,346 Right you are, Rhoda. 941 00:52:31,016 --> 00:52:33,297 Mrs Mullucks is in labour. 942 00:52:33,297 --> 00:52:35,896 I need to call Nonnatus House 943 00:52:35,896 --> 00:52:37,946 and then get word to her husband. 944 00:52:37,946 --> 00:52:40,466 I, meanwhile, have been to Cindy's lodging house 945 00:52:40,466 --> 00:52:42,307 and retrieved her belongings. 946 00:52:42,307 --> 00:52:43,656 Is that all the poor lass owns? 947 00:52:43,656 --> 00:52:47,186 These, the clothes in which she came to us, 948 00:52:47,186 --> 00:52:50,096 and her name. The latter seems to be the only thing 949 00:52:50,096 --> 00:52:52,026 she hasn't lost along the way. 950 00:52:52,026 --> 00:52:55,786 Her entire life appears to be an abject failure 951 00:52:55,786 --> 00:52:57,506 of the thing that matters most. 952 00:52:57,506 --> 00:52:58,946 Love? 953 00:52:58,946 --> 00:53:00,386 No. 954 00:53:00,386 --> 00:53:01,736 Administration. 955 00:53:03,066 --> 00:53:04,736 THUDDING 956 00:53:04,736 --> 00:53:05,936 Dad's up. 957 00:53:11,266 --> 00:53:12,936 Dad? 958 00:53:12,936 --> 00:53:15,496 Where did you put Susan's doll's house? 959 00:53:17,906 --> 00:53:19,266 HE SIGHS 960 00:53:24,626 --> 00:53:27,016 We need to find your birth certificate, 961 00:53:27,016 --> 00:53:28,746 your National Health number, 962 00:53:28,746 --> 00:53:30,856 and your National Insurance number, 963 00:53:30,856 --> 00:53:33,456 and from these, the rest will follow, 964 00:53:33,456 --> 00:53:36,986 including an application for Supplementary Allowance. 965 00:53:36,986 --> 00:53:39,156 I can't do forms. 966 00:53:39,156 --> 00:53:40,866 They all end up full of blanks. 967 00:53:40,866 --> 00:53:43,636 They begin full of blanks. 968 00:53:43,636 --> 00:53:44,856 Correctly completed, 969 00:53:44,856 --> 00:53:48,266 they become both record and representation of our lives. 970 00:53:48,266 --> 00:53:50,146 What if I don't want my life recorded? 971 00:53:50,146 --> 00:53:52,466 My dear, it already is. 972 00:53:52,466 --> 00:53:54,866 It's simply a matter of knowing where to look. 973 00:54:01,586 --> 00:54:04,196 You said there was a string of coloured lights. Dad! 974 00:54:04,196 --> 00:54:06,346 Do you think you might have left it 975 00:54:06,346 --> 00:54:08,626 somewhere round here? I don't remember, Perry! 976 00:54:12,226 --> 00:54:14,307 I put it on a dustbin. 977 00:54:14,307 --> 00:54:15,906 Where, Dad? 978 00:54:18,706 --> 00:54:20,066 There. 979 00:54:25,547 --> 00:54:27,456 CLATTERING 980 00:54:46,226 --> 00:54:48,856 Is that supposed to make it better? 981 00:54:53,177 --> 00:54:56,187 Almost the first thing I can remember is 982 00:54:56,187 --> 00:54:58,466 when they took my mum away to the mental hospital. 983 00:55:00,506 --> 00:55:02,506 Policewoman stayed the night with me. 984 00:55:03,866 --> 00:55:06,557 She gave me a pen to play with. 985 00:55:06,557 --> 00:55:08,536 It were one of those Biros 986 00:55:08,536 --> 00:55:11,226 with the button that you can click up and down. 987 00:55:12,427 --> 00:55:14,456 I'd never seen anything like that before. 988 00:55:15,736 --> 00:55:18,307 And she opened up a paper bag 989 00:55:18,307 --> 00:55:20,216 for me to draw on, 990 00:55:20,216 --> 00:55:22,066 or write. 991 00:55:23,276 --> 00:55:24,716 And I wrote... 992 00:55:24,716 --> 00:55:28,466 ...Cindy Louise Dalvert. 993 00:55:28,466 --> 00:55:31,936 Cindy being your given name, not an abbreviation? 994 00:55:31,936 --> 00:55:33,307 Yeah. 995 00:55:34,736 --> 00:55:39,146 Then I wrote Balaclava Buildings, 996 00:55:39,146 --> 00:55:41,466 Greenleaf Street, 997 00:55:41,466 --> 00:55:44,536 Manningham, Bradford, 998 00:55:44,536 --> 00:55:46,996 Yorkshire, England, 999 00:55:46,996 --> 00:55:48,626 Great Britain, The Earth, 1000 00:55:48,626 --> 00:55:50,146 The Universe. 1001 00:55:51,226 --> 00:55:52,946 I had to keep on asking the policewoman 1002 00:55:52,946 --> 00:55:54,437 how to spell the words, but... 1003 00:55:55,706 --> 00:55:57,916 ...as long as I kept my head down and only thought 1004 00:55:57,916 --> 00:56:02,156 about my address, the world stopped spinning. 1005 00:56:04,427 --> 00:56:06,356 Next morning, when it were light, 1006 00:56:06,356 --> 00:56:08,236 she drove me to the council home. 1007 00:56:09,866 --> 00:56:11,946 She let me keep the pen. 1008 00:56:11,946 --> 00:56:14,456 Sometimes one has to express kindness 1009 00:56:14,456 --> 00:56:15,906 in the only way one can. 1010 00:56:19,656 --> 00:56:21,096 SHE SIGHS 1011 00:56:21,096 --> 00:56:23,346 I lived in so many addresses after that. 1012 00:56:25,656 --> 00:56:28,256 Don't take this the wrong way, but... 1013 00:56:28,256 --> 00:56:30,146 ...when's Mrs Turner coming? 1014 00:56:30,146 --> 00:56:31,866 She'll be here any minute now. 1015 00:56:31,866 --> 00:56:33,516 We've got plenty of... Mr Mullucks! 1016 00:56:33,516 --> 00:56:35,396 You can't just go barging into the delivery room. 1017 00:56:35,396 --> 00:56:37,216 I just want to see my wife. 1018 00:56:37,216 --> 00:56:39,026 Bernie! Get out! 1019 00:56:45,026 --> 00:56:46,866 Black, with two sugars. 1020 00:56:49,346 --> 00:56:51,006 CROCKERY RATTLES 1021 00:56:55,456 --> 00:56:57,516 I don't suppose you've got anything medicinal? 1022 00:56:58,866 --> 00:57:00,076 To put in it? A... 1023 00:57:01,076 --> 00:57:03,356 ...nip, something like that? 1024 00:57:03,356 --> 00:57:06,826 No, but I can... I can find some paracetamol 1025 00:57:06,826 --> 00:57:08,437 if your head's aching. 1026 00:57:09,466 --> 00:57:10,506 It aches. 1027 00:57:12,256 --> 00:57:13,586 Every day. 1028 00:57:15,187 --> 00:57:17,746 Does drinking alcohol help with that? 1029 00:57:17,746 --> 00:57:18,956 Every day. 1030 00:57:26,666 --> 00:57:30,437 Mr Mullucks, we don't know each other particularly well, 1031 00:57:30,437 --> 00:57:33,866 but I think just at this moment, 1032 00:57:33,866 --> 00:57:35,466 I know what you're feeling. 1033 00:57:36,666 --> 00:57:38,716 And what you're thinking. 1034 00:57:40,516 --> 00:57:42,906 You're thinking that you're utterly alone. 1035 00:57:42,906 --> 00:57:44,356 And you're not. 1036 00:57:44,356 --> 00:57:46,307 I promise you that. 1037 00:57:47,986 --> 00:57:49,427 I can show you that. 1038 00:57:50,816 --> 00:57:52,256 I can take you somewhere 1039 00:57:52,256 --> 00:57:54,876 where you'll never feel alone in this again. 1040 00:57:55,906 --> 00:57:58,096 But you have to ask. 1041 00:58:18,076 --> 00:58:19,466 What's this? 1042 00:58:20,716 --> 00:58:22,187 Alcohol-free champagne? 1043 00:58:22,187 --> 00:58:23,796 I'm so glad you're here. 1044 00:58:23,796 --> 00:58:26,106 Mr Mullucks needs to go straight home. 1045 00:58:32,256 --> 00:58:33,596 I don't want this. 1046 00:58:34,596 --> 00:58:36,896 This is normal labour, Rhoda. 1047 00:58:36,896 --> 00:58:39,716 You've coped before and you'll cope again. 1048 00:58:41,076 --> 00:58:43,187 I mean, I don't want this baby! 1049 00:58:43,187 --> 00:58:45,197 Rhoda, sweetheart. 1050 00:58:45,197 --> 00:58:47,146 You don't mean that. 1051 00:58:47,146 --> 00:58:51,466 You can't mean that! You mean can't as in it's impossible, or... 1052 00:58:51,466 --> 00:58:54,466 ...can't like that's not allowed? 1053 00:58:56,026 --> 00:58:58,596 It's neither of those things. 1054 00:58:58,596 --> 00:59:01,826 If that is how you feel, I respect that. 1055 00:59:01,826 --> 00:59:04,437 And the thing that might help most is 1056 00:59:04,437 --> 00:59:06,626 if you try to tell me why. 1057 00:59:07,796 --> 00:59:09,546 I feel like... 1058 00:59:09,546 --> 00:59:11,616 ... I'm betraying Susan. 1059 00:59:14,546 --> 00:59:18,746 She asks for nothing, but she needs so much. 1060 00:59:20,226 --> 00:59:23,546 And now there'll be another child, another mouth, 1061 00:59:23,546 --> 00:59:25,556 another body clinging to me. 1062 00:59:25,556 --> 00:59:28,256 And I don't know how I'm going to manage! 1063 00:59:28,256 --> 00:59:32,906 You will manage, Rhoda, because good mothers do. 1064 00:59:32,906 --> 00:59:37,786 And you are the best, most generous, 1065 00:59:37,786 --> 00:59:40,976 most resilient and most resourceful mother 1066 00:59:40,976 --> 00:59:42,546 I have ever seen. 1067 00:59:42,546 --> 00:59:45,986 Look, it's hard, Mrs Turner, 1068 00:59:45,986 --> 00:59:50,156 and it's going to get hard for Susan. 1069 00:59:50,156 --> 00:59:52,876 She's going to get her nose pushed out of joint, 1070 00:59:52,876 --> 00:59:54,146 that's for certain. 1071 00:59:54,146 --> 00:59:57,177 It happens to children all the time. 1072 00:59:58,396 --> 01:00:00,746 They learn to share 1073 01:00:00,746 --> 01:00:04,106 and they learn to budge up and make room. 1074 01:00:04,106 --> 01:00:06,906 And one way and another, 1075 01:00:06,906 --> 01:00:09,986 we learn that the most miraculous organ 1076 01:00:09,986 --> 01:00:12,756 in a mother's body is her heart. 1077 01:00:12,756 --> 01:00:15,746 Because it never stops growing. 1078 01:00:18,596 --> 01:00:20,026 You promise? 1079 01:00:20,026 --> 01:00:21,876 I promise. 1080 01:00:33,876 --> 01:00:36,317 EMOTIONALLY: This is what drink does. 1081 01:00:36,317 --> 01:00:39,676 It batters down everything that matters. 1082 01:00:39,676 --> 01:00:43,386 The children were trying to mend it with Air fix glue, 1083 01:00:43,386 --> 01:00:45,276 but it's completely destroyed. 1084 01:00:46,876 --> 01:00:49,346 If it can't be repaired, 1085 01:00:49,346 --> 01:00:52,346 can it be replaced? How? 1086 01:00:52,346 --> 01:00:55,956 The shops are already shut, and tomorrow it's Christmas Eve. 1087 01:00:58,706 --> 01:01:00,806 You're not getting the forceps. 1088 01:01:00,806 --> 01:01:02,626 I don't want the forceps! 1089 01:01:02,626 --> 01:01:05,586 I'm just looking for things to do. 1090 01:01:05,586 --> 01:01:07,626 I'm feeling like a bit of a spare part. 1091 01:01:07,626 --> 01:01:09,796 SHE GROANS 1092 01:01:09,796 --> 01:01:13,476 That's the head, Rhoda! Go with it! Push! 1093 01:01:13,476 --> 01:01:15,976 SHE SQUEALS Come on, you can do it! 1094 01:01:15,976 --> 01:01:17,966 SHE WAILS 1095 01:01:19,706 --> 01:01:22,506 BABY CRIES 1096 01:01:29,586 --> 01:01:32,036 It looks like you have another son, Rhoda. 1097 01:01:33,696 --> 01:01:36,386 Born at two minutes past midnight 1098 01:01:36,386 --> 01:01:38,266 on Christmas Eve morning. 1099 01:01:38,266 --> 01:01:39,896 Oh, it's a boy! 1100 01:01:41,596 --> 01:01:44,236 Oh, then I've done it girl, boy, girl, boy. 1101 01:01:44,236 --> 01:01:46,106 It all fits together, doesn't it? 1102 01:01:46,106 --> 01:01:48,236 He's beautiful. 1103 01:01:48,236 --> 01:01:49,866 Aww! 1104 01:01:56,956 --> 01:01:58,266 Oh, gosh. 1105 01:02:03,396 --> 01:02:04,906 Oh, and he's mine. 1106 01:02:07,546 --> 01:02:08,676 Oh, he's mine! 1107 01:02:15,886 --> 01:02:18,346 Oh! Oh, oh... 1108 01:02:18,346 --> 01:02:21,236 Oh, it's one of them afterpains. 1109 01:02:21,236 --> 01:02:23,187 I think it might be the placenta coming. 1110 01:02:23,187 --> 01:02:25,057 Dr Turner? 1111 01:02:25,057 --> 01:02:28,596 Will you take him, walk around with him in your arms? 1112 01:02:28,596 --> 01:02:30,346 You're good at that. 1113 01:02:30,346 --> 01:02:32,036 BABY CRIES 1114 01:02:35,626 --> 01:02:38,036 I hope you don't think this is a liberty, Dr Turner, 1115 01:02:38,036 --> 01:02:41,156 but... I'd like to call him Patrick. 1116 01:02:49,317 --> 01:02:51,916 Oh, hello! Hello! 1117 01:03:18,906 --> 01:03:20,686 Where'd this come from? 1118 01:03:20,686 --> 01:03:24,236 I could say that it fell off the back of a lorry, but... 1119 01:03:24,236 --> 01:03:25,996 ... I'd be fibbing. 1120 01:03:32,036 --> 01:03:33,556 Merry Christmas. 1121 01:03:47,626 --> 01:03:49,706 CHILDREN LAUGH AND SQUEAL 1122 01:03:55,116 --> 01:03:57,036 CHILD SQUEALS Oh! 1123 01:04:10,716 --> 01:04:13,067 DOORBELL RINGS 1124 01:04:17,516 --> 01:04:19,317 Merry Christmas! 1125 01:04:19,317 --> 01:04:20,836 Come in out of the snow. 1126 01:04:25,676 --> 01:04:28,266 Is it...Gillian? 1127 01:04:28,266 --> 01:04:29,546 No. 1128 01:04:29,546 --> 01:04:31,146 Is it Amanda? 1129 01:04:31,146 --> 01:04:32,187 No. 1130 01:04:32,187 --> 01:04:36,116 Is it maybe Maureen? Or Doreen? 1131 01:04:38,756 --> 01:04:40,036 No! 1132 01:04:40,036 --> 01:04:41,426 THEY GIGGLE 1133 01:04:41,426 --> 01:04:43,356 I'm afraid there's been a call-out 1134 01:04:43,356 --> 01:04:46,116 for a woman in labour. Not a name I recognise. 1135 01:04:50,996 --> 01:04:52,187 Here. 1136 01:05:05,846 --> 01:05:07,676 Is this where your auntie lives, Yusuf? 1137 01:05:14,426 --> 01:05:18,396 WOMAN CALLS OUT 1138 01:05:22,506 --> 01:05:23,996 You must be Gulshan. 1139 01:05:25,226 --> 01:05:26,836 Don't be afraid. 1140 01:05:26,836 --> 01:05:29,197 Please don't be afraid. I'm here to help. 1141 01:05:30,836 --> 01:05:32,476 Is this your first baby? 1142 01:05:32,476 --> 01:05:34,476 Or perhaps your second? 1143 01:05:34,476 --> 01:05:36,506 Is this one or two? 1144 01:05:39,036 --> 01:05:40,916 So bad! 1145 01:05:40,916 --> 01:05:43,426 SHE WAILS 1146 01:05:45,756 --> 01:05:47,276 Gulshan... 1147 01:05:47,276 --> 01:05:49,686 Gulshan? Please don't worry. 1148 01:05:49,686 --> 01:05:51,156 OK? 1149 01:05:51,156 --> 01:05:55,266 We are going to make this...beautiful. 1150 01:05:55,266 --> 01:05:57,966 Go on, Susan, love. Hold the baby. 1151 01:05:57,966 --> 01:06:00,476 That's it. You're a big sister now. 1152 01:06:04,986 --> 01:06:06,636 Oh... 1153 01:06:08,506 --> 01:06:10,716 We're all changing, Bernie. 1154 01:06:10,716 --> 01:06:12,786 You've got to change, too. 1155 01:06:17,836 --> 01:06:19,586 SISTER FRANCES: Shabbash. 1156 01:06:19,586 --> 01:06:22,036 I said there'd be no time to get you to the hospital. 1157 01:06:23,586 --> 01:06:26,226 Hey. Hey, come here. 1158 01:06:26,226 --> 01:06:28,226 Can you feel that? 1159 01:06:28,226 --> 01:06:30,556 That's Baby's head. 1160 01:06:30,556 --> 01:06:32,676 OK. OK. 1161 01:06:32,676 --> 01:06:34,476 Baby's coming now. Baby's coming. 1162 01:06:34,476 --> 01:06:37,716 Just breathe. Just breathe. It's OK. 1163 01:06:37,716 --> 01:06:40,226 GASPING BREATH Just breathe for me. 1164 01:06:40,226 --> 01:06:41,996 Just breathe, and here we go. 1165 01:06:41,996 --> 01:06:44,146 BABY CRIES 1166 01:06:51,327 --> 01:06:52,836 He's perfect. 1167 01:06:55,356 --> 01:06:57,406 INTRO MUSIC ON TV 1168 01:07:01,636 --> 01:07:04,836 And now, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, 1169 01:07:04,836 --> 01:07:07,077 'we present for your entertainment 1170 01:07:07,077 --> 01:07:09,067 Aladdin And His Wonderful Lamp. 1171 01:07:14,756 --> 01:07:16,116 Gulshan? 1172 01:07:16,116 --> 01:07:19,087 I'm just going to pull very gently on the cord 1173 01:07:19,087 --> 01:07:21,476 to see if the afterbirth has come away. 1174 01:07:27,226 --> 01:07:29,556 BABY CRIES 1175 01:07:31,586 --> 01:07:33,197 LAUGHTER 1176 01:07:33,197 --> 01:07:34,756 PHONE RINGS 1177 01:07:35,796 --> 01:07:37,356 Lucille? 1178 01:07:37,356 --> 01:07:39,306 The delivery was straightforward, 1179 01:07:39,306 --> 01:07:41,146 but the placenta hasn't separated. 1180 01:07:41,146 --> 01:07:42,836 Did you give her Syntometrine? 1181 01:07:42,836 --> 01:07:46,916 Yes! Yes, but then the cord just snapped right off. 1182 01:07:46,916 --> 01:07:49,486 I tried doing the Crede's manoeuvre on my own, 1183 01:07:49,486 --> 01:07:51,276 but we need to try again, the two of us. 1184 01:07:51,276 --> 01:07:53,067 I'll get there as soon as I can. 1185 01:07:56,126 --> 01:07:57,316 Argh! 1186 01:08:05,046 --> 01:08:07,306 SHE GROANS IN PAIN 1187 01:08:19,346 --> 01:08:21,947 Oh, Lord, in thee have I trusted. 1188 01:08:23,077 --> 01:08:25,996 Please never let me be confounded. 1189 01:08:34,207 --> 01:08:36,077 SHE SIGHS 1190 01:08:44,986 --> 01:08:46,366 Penny for them. 1191 01:08:47,386 --> 01:08:49,306 Have you ever had that feeling 1192 01:08:49,306 --> 01:08:52,636 that somehow, in spite of everything in the world 1193 01:08:52,636 --> 01:08:56,276 that's...fractured or imperfect 1194 01:08:56,276 --> 01:08:58,197 or out of joint... 1195 01:08:59,716 --> 01:09:01,766 ...you're exactly where you belong? 1196 01:09:03,006 --> 01:09:04,226 Yeah. 1197 01:09:07,396 --> 01:09:08,957 He's in the hallway now. 1198 01:09:08,957 --> 01:09:11,197 I was trying not to look, but I could see the ring box 1199 01:09:11,197 --> 01:09:13,676 in his trouser pocket all through tea! 1200 01:09:15,386 --> 01:09:16,766 Oh, no! No! 1201 01:09:16,766 --> 01:09:18,646 You can't go down there. 1202 01:09:18,646 --> 01:09:20,077 Sorry. 1203 01:09:21,586 --> 01:09:25,786 I used to look at the map of the East End 1204 01:09:25,786 --> 01:09:28,556 on my father's office wall. 1205 01:09:28,556 --> 01:09:30,386 It had all the pins stuck in it 1206 01:09:30,386 --> 01:09:32,776 which meant that we owned this tenement 1207 01:09:32,776 --> 01:09:35,197 and th-that warehouse, and it... 1208 01:09:35,197 --> 01:09:38,947 It was just the geography of money. 1209 01:09:41,236 --> 01:09:44,026 I never guessed I'd look at it... 1210 01:09:44,026 --> 01:09:47,586 ...and think that those streets, 1211 01:09:47,586 --> 01:09:49,846 those buildings... 1212 01:09:51,276 --> 01:09:53,276 ...that is where my life is. 1213 01:09:54,486 --> 01:09:56,366 And is it? 1214 01:10:00,006 --> 01:10:02,756 Trixie, I'm not a man that's never known love. 1215 01:10:03,957 --> 01:10:06,366 But here... 1216 01:10:09,636 --> 01:10:11,156 ... I see what love is. 1217 01:10:12,306 --> 01:10:15,756 In all its hardship and its glory. 1218 01:10:16,876 --> 01:10:18,286 I see it too. 1219 01:10:19,366 --> 01:10:20,746 I ... 1220 01:10:20,746 --> 01:10:25,516 I want to go on seeing it together, and... 1221 01:10:25,516 --> 01:10:27,106 ...through your eyes. 1222 01:10:28,996 --> 01:10:30,306 Trixie... 1223 01:10:30,306 --> 01:10:34,156 Oh, Mr Aylward ! I'm so sorry, but Jonty's just been very, very sick. 1224 01:10:34,156 --> 01:10:35,957 It's mostly selection box, 1225 01:10:35,957 --> 01:10:38,316 but it's all over Sister Monica Joan. 1226 01:10:41,476 --> 01:10:43,236 TRIXIE CHUCKLES 1227 01:10:51,396 --> 01:10:53,806 We're going to do the Crede's manoeuvre. 1228 01:10:53,806 --> 01:10:56,506 I'll work internally, and you take the abdomen. 1229 01:10:56,506 --> 01:10:59,516 That way, you only need to use your good hand. 1230 01:10:59,516 --> 01:11:01,396 I'm sorry, precious. 1231 01:11:01,396 --> 01:11:03,746 My hand might be a little bit cold. 1232 01:11:03,746 --> 01:11:05,436 SHE TRANSLATES FOR HER 1233 01:11:05,436 --> 01:11:06,916 All is well. 1234 01:11:06,916 --> 01:11:08,077 Ready? 1235 01:11:08,077 --> 01:11:09,316 Mmm. 1236 01:11:10,516 --> 01:11:12,516 Prepare to apply pressure. 1237 01:11:13,726 --> 01:11:15,087 It's all right. 1238 01:11:15,087 --> 01:11:17,316 MOTHER CRIES OUT 1239 01:11:17,316 --> 01:11:20,286 Am I pushing hard enough? Have you managed to get hold of it? 1240 01:11:20,286 --> 01:11:21,356 Yes. 1241 01:11:21,356 --> 01:11:24,586 The placenta has separated. I can feel it beyond the cervix. 1242 01:11:24,586 --> 01:11:25,926 It's coming. 1243 01:11:31,476 --> 01:11:33,726 A second injection of Syntometrine, 1244 01:11:33,726 --> 01:11:36,207 then I'll check to ensure it's complete. 1245 01:11:36,207 --> 01:11:39,236 Gulshan can't stay here. It's filthy, 1246 01:11:39,236 --> 01:11:41,077 and she doesn't have adequate support 1247 01:11:41,077 --> 01:11:42,596 and she needs to go to hospital. 1248 01:11:42,596 --> 01:11:44,236 I've already sent for an ambulance 1249 01:11:44,236 --> 01:11:45,836 and there'll be room in it for two. 1250 01:11:45,836 --> 01:11:47,646 I think you've broken your shoulder. 1251 01:11:49,276 --> 01:11:52,006 I'd like to speak to Nurse Franklin, please. 1252 01:11:52,006 --> 01:11:54,386 Of course. Come in. 1253 01:12:01,526 --> 01:12:03,286 Did I have an operation? 1254 01:12:07,006 --> 01:12:10,156 You sustained a nasty double fracture - 1255 01:12:10,156 --> 01:12:13,316 the top end of the humerus and the clavicle. 1256 01:12:13,316 --> 01:12:16,166 The bones had to be reset under general anaesthetic. 1257 01:12:17,726 --> 01:12:19,646 The Order is in the wars, isn't it? 1258 01:12:20,957 --> 01:12:23,156 First you with your ribs. 1259 01:12:23,156 --> 01:12:25,466 And as soon as you're better, it's my turn. 1260 01:12:27,077 --> 01:12:29,996 Oh, you wonder what God wants from it. 1261 01:12:29,996 --> 01:12:31,827 I think God wants the Order 1262 01:12:31,827 --> 01:12:34,156 to take better care of its sisters. 1263 01:12:34,156 --> 01:12:37,246 Not work them like mules, 1264 01:12:37,246 --> 01:12:40,646 not assume that where there's the will, 1265 01:12:40,646 --> 01:12:42,756 there's limitless strength. 1266 01:12:42,756 --> 01:12:44,396 I'm all right! 1267 01:12:45,726 --> 01:12:48,156 There's plenty I can do one- handed. 1268 01:12:48,156 --> 01:12:51,006 We'll be arranging for help from an agency 1269 01:12:51,006 --> 01:12:52,926 until Mother Mildred sends someone 1270 01:12:52,926 --> 01:12:54,366 to replace Sister Hilda. 1271 01:12:54,366 --> 01:12:58,676 You are to go to Chichester until your arm heals. 1272 01:12:58,676 --> 01:13:00,916 You need rest, 1273 01:13:00,916 --> 01:13:03,926 and the privilege and discipline of prayer. 1274 01:13:03,926 --> 01:13:05,957 You mean... 1275 01:13:05,957 --> 01:13:07,806 ...just be a nun? 1276 01:13:09,026 --> 01:13:12,087 Yes, for a while. 1277 01:13:12,087 --> 01:13:16,246 It is your right, and you have earned it. 1278 01:13:18,837 --> 01:13:22,036 That's moss stitch, unless I'm mistaken. 1279 01:13:22,036 --> 01:13:24,156 You've done well, lass. 1280 01:13:26,446 --> 01:13:28,606 And so has Miss Higgins. 1281 01:13:32,526 --> 01:13:35,077 Approved for Supplementary Allowance, 1282 01:13:35,077 --> 01:13:37,006 assigned a social worker, 1283 01:13:37,006 --> 01:13:40,087 and offered a long -term place at a hostel 1284 01:13:40,087 --> 01:13:42,366 for mothers and babies on the Essex coast. 1285 01:13:42,366 --> 01:13:45,686 I pursued a connection I have at a private charity. 1286 01:13:45,686 --> 01:13:47,286 You've done all that for me? 1287 01:13:58,676 --> 01:14:00,077 HE SIGHS 1288 01:14:00,077 --> 01:14:02,106 My name is Bernie. 1289 01:14:03,967 --> 01:14:05,596 I'm an alcoholic. 1290 01:14:05,596 --> 01:14:07,316 Well done. 1291 01:14:07,316 --> 01:14:10,196 I could say that I'm here because I'm ashamed. 1292 01:14:13,436 --> 01:14:14,766 Because I'm an idiot. 1293 01:14:16,676 --> 01:14:18,116 But the friend... 1294 01:14:22,286 --> 01:14:24,366 ...who brought me here said I could talk about anything, 1295 01:14:24,366 --> 01:14:26,646 and I want to talk about love. 1296 01:14:26,646 --> 01:14:29,036 Because no-one ever does where I'm from. 1297 01:14:30,196 --> 01:14:32,726 Except if it's your wedding day or... 1298 01:14:32,726 --> 01:14:34,796 ...someone around you is dying. 1299 01:14:38,036 --> 01:14:43,406 But no-one tells you that love can... 1300 01:14:45,476 --> 01:14:46,676 ... be a knife. 1301 01:14:48,916 --> 01:14:50,886 That it can twist inside of you 1302 01:14:50,886 --> 01:14:52,916 and you can't tell no-one that you're bleeding. 1303 01:14:55,326 --> 01:14:59,646 My little girl is so beautiful to me that... 1304 01:15:00,837 --> 01:15:02,876 ... I can't describe it. 1305 01:15:06,316 --> 01:15:09,326 Thalidomide took her arms, took her legs. 1306 01:15:10,896 --> 01:15:12,906 And I want the world for her. 1307 01:15:12,906 --> 01:15:14,837 And she'll never get it. 1308 01:15:14,837 --> 01:15:16,526 She'll never have a job. 1309 01:15:21,766 --> 01:15:23,837 She'll never have a husband. 1310 01:15:23,837 --> 01:15:25,876 That's what they say. 1311 01:15:25,876 --> 01:15:28,827 And I don't know whether I drink to drown them out 1312 01:15:28,827 --> 01:15:33,156 or to stop myself from screaming. I think... 1313 01:15:33,156 --> 01:15:34,837 ... I must... 1314 01:15:37,276 --> 01:15:40,106 ... hide in it. 1315 01:15:40,106 --> 01:15:42,646 In the glass or in the bottle. 1316 01:15:42,646 --> 01:15:45,006 But does that mean I'm hiding from her? 1317 01:15:52,077 --> 01:15:53,916 I don't want to be a coward. 1318 01:15:56,806 --> 01:15:59,806 I just want to love without it hurting. 1319 01:15:59,806 --> 01:16:02,116 I want to love like my little girl does. 1320 01:16:02,116 --> 01:16:03,686 I want to love... 1321 01:16:03,686 --> 01:16:05,556 ... like it's easy. 1322 01:16:08,726 --> 01:16:10,556 Like I don't know any better. 1323 01:16:13,726 --> 01:16:15,286 And I can never be... 1324 01:16:16,526 --> 01:16:18,176 ... innocent again. 1325 01:16:18,176 --> 01:16:19,837 But I can change. 1326 01:16:19,837 --> 01:16:21,186 I can stop. 1327 01:16:21,186 --> 01:16:22,806 If I can stop... 1328 01:16:26,676 --> 01:16:28,116 I can stop... 1329 01:16:31,316 --> 01:16:32,726 ...then I can love. 1330 01:16:42,837 --> 01:16:45,276 CHEERFUL CHATTER 1331 01:16:45,276 --> 01:16:47,325 BAND PLAYS 1332 01:16:54,835 --> 01:16:56,565 Oh... 1333 01:16:56,565 --> 01:16:59,475 That's good. That looks good! 1334 01:16:59,475 --> 01:17:01,796 Do not let yourself be distracted by the wolf whistles 1335 01:17:01,796 --> 01:17:04,085 in the audience. It's extremely important 1336 01:17:04,085 --> 01:17:05,565 you follow the beat of the music 1337 01:17:05,565 --> 01:17:07,765 at all times, and the other way. 1338 01:17:07,765 --> 01:17:09,085 Hello. 1339 01:17:09,085 --> 01:17:10,715 Hello, Susan! 1340 01:17:10,715 --> 01:17:12,515 Perfect timing. 1341 01:17:12,515 --> 01:17:14,645 VOCAL WARM- UPS 1342 01:17:18,005 --> 01:17:20,565 I still think you should have worn your lounge suit.. 1343 01:17:20,565 --> 01:17:23,485 Hughie Green always wears a lounge suit. 1344 01:17:23,485 --> 01:17:24,635 That's why I'm wearing mine. 1345 01:17:24,635 --> 01:17:26,595 AS HUGHIE GREEN: I mean that most sincerely, folks. 1346 01:17:26,595 --> 01:17:28,205 Fred, I am not getting up on that stage 1347 01:17:28,205 --> 01:17:29,555 in front of half of Poplar 1348 01:17:29,555 --> 01:17:31,806 looking like I'm preaching or I'm civil engineering. 1349 01:17:31,806 --> 01:17:33,525 Wear it. No! I want to feel like 1350 01:17:33,525 --> 01:17:34,965 I'm in show business. 1351 01:17:34,965 --> 01:17:37,515 A tuxedo is show business. FRED LAUGHS 1352 01:17:37,515 --> 01:17:40,435 Violet says Reggie's forgotten his bow tie! 1353 01:17:40,435 --> 01:17:43,125 I'm not wearing it. Reggie? 1354 01:17:43,125 --> 01:17:46,485 I think you're feeling a little bit like how me and Fred are feeling. 1355 01:17:46,485 --> 01:17:48,056 A little nervous, 1356 01:17:48,056 --> 01:17:50,695 and a little bit wondering why we said we'd do this. 1357 01:17:50,695 --> 01:17:53,245 Overtures and beginners, please. 1358 01:17:54,645 --> 01:17:56,435 BAND PLAYS 1359 01:17:59,365 --> 01:18:01,565 Hey- hey- hey! 1360 01:18:01,565 --> 01:18:02,645 Ho-ho! 1361 01:18:02,645 --> 01:18:04,955 Ladies and gentlemen, 1362 01:18:04,955 --> 01:18:07,085 Lords and lasses! 1363 01:18:07,085 --> 01:18:09,295 Welcome, one and all, 1364 01:18:09,295 --> 01:18:11,676 to this evening gala performance 1365 01:18:11,676 --> 01:18:14,926 in aid of the Train Crash Relief Fund. 1366 01:18:14,926 --> 01:18:18,005 You've bought tickets to see Nurse Nancy 1367 01:18:18,005 --> 01:18:21,035 and Matthew Sinatra! 1368 01:18:21,035 --> 01:18:23,676 Poplartunity knocks! 1369 01:18:28,955 --> 01:18:30,995 1370 01:18:30,995 --> 01:18:33,595 the time 1371 01:18:33,595 --> 01:18:37,075 with me 1372 01:18:38,595 --> 01:18:41,005 to dance 1373 01:18:41,005 --> 01:18:44,945 you won't be leaving with me 1374 01:18:47,715 --> 01:18:52,005 a quiet little place 1375 01:18:52,005 --> 01:18:54,855 1376 01:18:56,325 --> 01:18:59,715 I go and spoil it all 1377 01:18:59,715 --> 01:19:03,725 like I love you 1378 01:19:05,926 --> 01:19:09,285 Your perfume fills my head 1379 01:19:09,285 --> 01:19:13,475 And oh, the night's so blue 1380 01:19:15,445 --> 01:19:17,565 I go and spoil it all 1381 01:19:17,565 --> 01:19:22,405 like I love you 1382 01:19:23,885 --> 01:19:26,676 1383 01:19:28,485 --> 01:19:31,995 1384 01:19:33,525 --> 01:19:36,415 1385 01:19:36,415 --> 01:19:39,926 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 1386 01:19:42,796 --> 01:19:45,955 Bravo! Bravo! 1387 01:19:45,955 --> 01:19:47,885 Oh! 1388 01:19:47,885 --> 01:19:50,926 But just remember, folks, the Clapometer's just for fun. 1389 01:19:50,926 --> 01:19:53,676 It's your votes that really count. 1390 01:19:53,676 --> 01:19:55,045 MICROPHONE WHISTLES 1391 01:19:55,045 --> 01:19:58,315 SHE PLAYS A SIMPLE TUNE 1392 01:20:06,205 --> 01:20:08,806 HITS WRONG NOTE 1393 01:20:19,135 --> 01:20:22,816 SLOWLY PLAYS "THE HOLLY AND THE IVY" 1394 01:20:41,325 --> 01:20:43,525 SCATTERED APPLAUSE 1395 01:20:43,525 --> 01:20:45,565 I think the Clapometer must be broken! 1396 01:20:45,565 --> 01:20:48,005 You've broken the Clapometer! 1397 01:20:51,205 --> 01:20:54,165 Come on, Colette, give it a helping hand! 1398 01:20:55,806 --> 01:20:59,676 How about we give the two lovely ladies a cheer instead? 1399 01:20:59,676 --> 01:21:02,806 Yeah! Hip- hip... BOTH: ..hooray! 1400 01:21:02,806 --> 01:21:05,235 Five minutes till curtain up! 1401 01:21:05,235 --> 01:21:07,445 That's five minutes till curtain up. 1402 01:21:09,686 --> 01:21:11,035 Hello. 1403 01:21:12,245 --> 01:21:13,765 Reggie, isn't it? 1404 01:21:13,765 --> 01:21:17,565 I'm Cindy, and this is Melissa. 1405 01:21:17,565 --> 01:21:19,285 Nice baby. 1406 01:21:23,395 --> 01:21:26,085 Looking forward to you playing your guitar. 1407 01:21:26,085 --> 01:21:27,565 I'm not. 1408 01:21:27,565 --> 01:21:29,085 Why not? 1409 01:21:29,085 --> 01:21:32,295 Too many people, and I'm not going to do it. 1410 01:21:32,295 --> 01:21:35,215 It can be a bit overwhelming, can't it? 1411 01:21:35,215 --> 01:21:38,936 Bit much, when there's lots of strange faces. 1412 01:21:38,936 --> 01:21:40,655 Yes. 1413 01:21:40,655 --> 01:21:43,365 Sometimes all it takes 1414 01:21:43,365 --> 01:21:45,936 is knowing that there's just that one person. 1415 01:21:45,936 --> 01:21:48,605 That one person rooting for you. 1416 01:21:50,005 --> 01:21:51,885 I'll root for you. 1417 01:21:51,885 --> 01:21:55,115 You can look out and see my face, and I'll be smiling. 1418 01:21:57,285 --> 01:21:59,395 But you'll be too far away. 1419 01:22:02,755 --> 01:22:04,475 APPLAUSE AND CHEERING 1420 01:22:04,475 --> 01:22:07,645 Up next, we have a wonderful young man 1421 01:22:07,645 --> 01:22:09,885 who needs no introduction to many of you. 1422 01:22:09,885 --> 01:22:12,445 He is East End born and bred, 1423 01:22:12,445 --> 01:22:16,375 and it is my pleasure and my honour to call him a friend. 1424 01:22:16,375 --> 01:22:20,295 This evening he is going to play his guitar for us, 1425 01:22:20,295 --> 01:22:23,725 so please give him the warmest welcome. 1426 01:22:23,725 --> 01:22:28,645 Tonight, Poplartunity knocks for Reggie Jackson! 1427 01:22:30,365 --> 01:22:33,325 PLAYS AWAY IN A MANGER 1428 01:22:54,605 --> 01:22:56,965 AUDIENCE HUMS ALONG GENTLY 1429 01:23:04,125 --> 01:23:06,045 CHEERING 1430 01:23:09,816 --> 01:23:12,195 And, in a change to our advertised programme, 1431 01:23:12,195 --> 01:23:14,575 Angela, May and Teddy Turner 1432 01:23:14,575 --> 01:23:19,375 will be joined on stage for their rendition of Frosty The Snowman 1433 01:23:19,375 --> 01:23:22,655 by their friend, Susan Mullucks! 1434 01:23:26,295 --> 01:23:29,115 1435 01:23:29,115 --> 01:23:32,395 1436 01:23:32,395 --> 01:23:35,755 and a button nose 1437 01:23:35,755 --> 01:23:38,676 1438 01:23:38,676 --> 01:23:41,835 1439 01:23:41,835 --> 01:23:45,405 1440 01:23:45,405 --> 01:23:48,295 but the children know 1441 01:23:48,295 --> 01:23:51,455 1442 01:23:51,455 --> 01:23:54,605 some magic 1443 01:23:54,605 --> 01:23:58,095 they found 1444 01:23:58,095 --> 01:24:01,965 on his head 1445 01:24:01,965 --> 01:24:05,325 1446 01:24:05,325 --> 01:24:08,095 1447 01:24:08,095 --> 01:24:11,885 1448 01:24:11,885 --> 01:24:15,175 he can laugh and play 1449 01:24:15,175 --> 01:24:18,885 1450 01:24:18,885 --> 01:24:21,845 1451 01:24:21,845 --> 01:24:24,926 1452 01:24:24,926 --> 01:24:28,535 Saying don't you cry 1453 01:24:28,535 --> 01:24:32,365 some day. 1454 01:24:32,365 --> 01:24:34,325 CHEERING 1455 01:24:41,965 --> 01:24:43,475 You have it. 1456 01:24:47,655 --> 01:24:49,455 For being my friend. 1457 01:24:50,965 --> 01:24:54,035 Now, you take as much rest as you need. 1458 01:24:54,035 --> 01:24:55,566 Nursets orders. 1459 01:24:58,925 --> 01:25:00,775 You come back now. 1460 01:25:02,655 --> 01:25:03,755 Colette. 1461 01:25:03,755 --> 01:25:06,045 Do you want to know a secret? 1462 01:25:06,045 --> 01:25:07,615 Are you going to tell me your name? 1463 01:25:10,205 --> 01:25:11,816 It's Rosemary. 1464 01:25:11,816 --> 01:25:14,295 SHE GIGGLES 1465 01:25:16,015 --> 01:25:17,045 Bye. 1466 01:25:23,816 --> 01:25:25,885 HORN TOOTS 1467 01:25:34,055 --> 01:25:36,375 I love the river at New Year. 1468 01:25:36,375 --> 01:25:39,195 The first time I ever heard the bells ring 1469 01:25:39,195 --> 01:25:42,605 and the ships sound their foghorns, 1470 01:25:42,605 --> 01:25:44,765 I thought I'd never heard anything so alive. 1471 01:25:46,816 --> 01:25:51,535 For years, when I was in the grip of drink, it was... 1472 01:25:51,535 --> 01:25:54,635 It was as though the racket was inside me. 1473 01:25:54,635 --> 01:25:56,245 Trixie... 1474 01:25:56,245 --> 01:25:57,895 I love you. 1475 01:25:59,665 --> 01:26:02,925 I love you for who you are. 1476 01:26:04,015 --> 01:26:06,255 I love you for all the places that you've been 1477 01:26:06,255 --> 01:26:07,775 and come back from. 1478 01:26:07,775 --> 01:26:11,325 I love you for all the things that you've shown me... 1479 01:26:13,015 --> 01:26:15,285 ...and all the places we've yet to go. 1480 01:26:17,055 --> 01:26:19,275 So will you just come with me, Trixie? 1481 01:26:20,686 --> 01:26:22,095 Will you come with me? 1482 01:26:23,195 --> 01:26:24,566 As my wife? 1483 01:26:27,375 --> 01:26:29,395 TRIXIE GASPS 1484 01:26:29,395 --> 01:26:31,405 Oh! 1485 01:26:31,405 --> 01:26:34,686 Well, I mean, I can get you a sapphire 1486 01:26:34,686 --> 01:26:37,045 if you'd rather, or an emerald, or a ruby. 1487 01:26:37,045 --> 01:26:39,965 I don't really care about... I don't care about the diamond 1488 01:26:39,965 --> 01:26:41,915 or... I don't know what to say! 1489 01:26:41,915 --> 01:26:43,735 All I care about is you. 1490 01:26:45,375 --> 01:26:47,645 All I've ever cared about is you! 1491 01:26:47,645 --> 01:26:50,125 Oh! Wait! Trixie! Wait! Wait! 1492 01:26:50,125 --> 01:26:51,735 Trixie, be careful. 1493 01:26:51,735 --> 01:26:53,175 Careful? 1494 01:26:53,175 --> 01:26:55,556 Careful?! You just threw a diamond the size of Big Ben 1495 01:26:55,556 --> 01:26:56,775 into the Thames! 1496 01:26:56,775 --> 01:27:00,175 Well, I suppose you could say it's the ultimate London experience. 1497 01:27:00,175 --> 01:27:03,175 I know I've said it several times already, but... 1498 01:27:03,175 --> 01:27:05,485 ... I really do love you, Trixie. 1499 01:27:05,485 --> 01:27:07,605 I love you so much that I'm doing this 1500 01:27:07,605 --> 01:27:09,635 in a brand - new pair of suede shoes. 1501 01:27:09,635 --> 01:27:11,205 Oh, gosh. 1502 01:27:11,205 --> 01:27:12,415 Oh! 1503 01:27:18,055 --> 01:27:19,885 Will you marry me, Trixie? 1504 01:27:21,735 --> 01:27:22,915 Yes. 1505 01:27:22,915 --> 01:27:24,525 Yes! 1506 01:27:41,816 --> 01:27:45,535 1507 01:27:45,535 --> 01:27:49,535 be forgot... 1508 01:27:49,535 --> 01:27:51,405 MATURE JENNY: Love your miracles 1509 01:27:51,405 --> 01:27:53,735 as if they are your children. 1510 01:27:53,735 --> 01:27:56,535 Whether you make them or whether you find them, 1511 01:27:56,535 --> 01:28:00,535 cherish them, name them, hold them close. 1512 01:28:04,735 --> 01:28:07,615 There will always be others, 1513 01:28:07,615 --> 01:28:09,455 there were miracles before, 1514 01:28:09,455 --> 01:28:13,725 but each is as complete as any that preceded it, 1515 01:28:13,725 --> 01:28:17,285 as perfect as any that will ever come again. 1516 01:28:18,765 --> 01:28:24,455 And each is as fragile as a single flake of snow. 1517 01:28:56,725 --> 01:28:59,725