1 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,680 MUSIC: "Secretly" by Jimmie Rodgers 2 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:37,320 SHE SIGHS 3 00:00:45,160 --> 00:00:47,120 4 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:51,640 5 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:53,960 6 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:57,760 7 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,160 8 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:03,480 9 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:06,160 10 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:10,560 11 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:13,520 MATURE JENNY: 'As nurses and midwives, 12 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:15,800 'we were adept of silence. 13 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:18,680 'We shared much with those we cared for 14 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:21,200 'and saw more than we could ever say.' 15 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:22,920 KNOCK ON DOOR 16 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:26,520 'But we had secrets and burdens of our own. 17 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:28,360 'Who could we turn to 18 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:31,120 'when our hearts were full? 19 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:33,680 'Who could reassure us when we were afraid?' 20 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:40,640 Where are you off to, Sister Monica Joan? 21 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:42,960 I am going to chapel, 22 00:01:42,960 --> 00:01:46,760 as I do numerous times a day, every day. 23 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:49,040 Routine is man's saviour, Fred. 24 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:51,920 It's just that you're not wearing your habit, Sister Monica Joan. 25 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:53,160 I most certainly am! 26 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:00,800 Not a thread. 27 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:04,920 Easily done. 28 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:07,080 No. 29 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:11,840 I would never make my pilgrimage to chapel without... 30 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:19,520 Would you not breathe a word? 31 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:21,720 There would be utterances. 32 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:23,640 Of course. 33 00:02:23,640 --> 00:02:25,160 Thank you, Fred. 34 00:03:01,640 --> 00:03:05,360 That'll be the fourth time today, Miss Masterson. 35 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:07,440 You must be drinking too much tea in the morning. 36 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:08,840 I'm sorry, Mrs Flynn. 37 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:10,800 Go. I don't want a puddle. 38 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:12,120 Thank you. 39 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:19,240 60 seconds. One alligator, two alligator, three alligator... 40 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:31,040 SHE SIGHS 41 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:14,200 Comfortable there, Mrs Tate? 42 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:19,480 I bet you didn't think you'd get that cape finished before baby came. 43 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:21,560 Oh, Nurse, you'd think I'd know the difference 44 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:23,640 between a false alarm and the real thing by now. 45 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:25,760 I've only done it five times before. 46 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:27,760 SHE COUGHS 47 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:29,920 That's a nasty cough. 48 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:33,000 Had it for ages. It'll pass. 49 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,680 SHE COUGHS 50 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:41,400 I'm going to fetch Doctor. 51 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:57,200 BELL TINKLES 52 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:23,120 Mrs Tate is my third case this week. 53 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:26,440 Which says to me, we have a new epidemic on our hands. 54 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:29,720 Doctor, TB has never been choosy. 55 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:32,200 It's everywhere in Poplar. Always has been. 56 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:34,880 Not this bad. Not in my time. 57 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:38,400 Sister, I'm getting there too late. 58 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:40,440 You can't know they have the disease. 59 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:43,240 Unless they are screened. Early. 60 00:05:44,280 --> 00:05:46,640 The Mass X-ray Programme? 61 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:49,080 It's coming, but who knows when? 62 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:52,360 We need that van now. 63 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:55,080 Heavens, we are the most over-populated corner of London! 64 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:58,520 Indeed. And these are the cases we can see. 65 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:01,280 I've asked to see the board, 66 00:06:01,280 --> 00:06:04,240 and I shall try to make a case for a van to come to Poplar 67 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:06,000 as a matter of urgency. 68 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:09,560 You have the full support of Nonnatus House, Doctor. 69 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:11,120 Whatever you need. 70 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:12,680 It's worth a try. 71 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:27,920 Got my letter, then? 72 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:29,720 You a slow reader or something? 73 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:31,080 I came as soon as I could. 74 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:40,520 Prepare yourself. 75 00:06:54,280 --> 00:06:56,080 HE MURMURS 76 00:06:58,840 --> 00:07:00,240 Terry? 77 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:01,920 It's Julia, Dad. 78 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:03,160 Who? 79 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:06,760 Julia. 80 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:08,120 Your daughter. 81 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:11,240 Well, well, well. 82 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:14,440 Heard you were under the weather. 83 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:17,040 Illness always flushes out the guilty. 84 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:19,280 I wanted to see you. 85 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:20,400 Like your mother. 86 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:23,560 Hopeless liar. 87 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:25,240 What's the doctor said? 88 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:26,400 No doctors. 89 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:29,920 You still working in that pub? 90 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:32,040 No. I went to college. 91 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:33,920 I got a job at a typing pool. 92 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:35,840 Typing pool? 93 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:38,040 Downhill all the way, then. 94 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:40,760 Something like that. 95 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:45,840 You need to see a doctor, Dad. 96 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:47,280 You need proper care. 97 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:49,640 Don't you come in here, all Miss La-De-Bloody-Da, 98 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:52,360 after six years of nothing, and tell me what I need. 99 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:54,560 I thought it was five. It's six. 100 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:57,240 Six. 101 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:01,320 You'll be wanting to get off. 102 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:18,080 You're outrageous! 103 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:19,600 SHE CHUCKLES 104 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:22,640 They're wildly uncomfortable, but I don't care a jot. 105 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:25,640 Where on earth did you get those? 106 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:26,840 SHE CHUCKLES 107 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:31,080 Dolcis. Do they make me walk like Marilyn Monroe? 108 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:33,160 You'd have to chop a bit of that heel off. 109 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:35,120 Is that how she does it?? 110 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:36,520 Quarter of an inch. 111 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:39,280 I read it in Woman's Realm. Helps with the wiggle. 112 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:40,400 SHE CHUCKLES 113 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:41,920 Right. Where's Fred? 114 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:44,360 You can't chop the heel off a brand new pair of shoes! 115 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:47,200 Fred! If it's good enough for Marilyn...! 116 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:48,800 Somebody call? 117 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:52,720 Can you lop a quarter of an inch off that heel, Fred? 118 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:54,040 You'd be wrecking them! 119 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:56,240 Well, it's all in the name of an improved wiggle. 120 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:58,120 They're brand spanking new! 121 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:00,000 SHE SIGHS 122 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:02,200 All right, you win. 123 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:04,880 I don't know how you can walk in those things. 124 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:07,520 I'd feel a bit vertiginous myself. 125 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:09,840 Ah, Fred does hate heights. 126 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:11,440 THEY CHUCKLE 127 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:35,520 Oi. Knock, knock. Why haven't you ordered gin? 128 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:37,440 It's August, Terry. 129 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:41,520 Think. Women drink twice as much when their kids are off school. 130 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:43,880 Crawling all over them. 131 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:45,680 HE GASPS 132 00:09:45,680 --> 00:09:47,280 Good job I'm hanging on, innit? 133 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:49,880 HE GASPS 134 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:52,000 Keeping an eye on my castle... 135 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:53,480 Terry, get down here, will you?! 136 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:55,760 There's someone here for the Master. 137 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:57,640 Don't you go running off. 138 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:00,160 HE CHUCKLES 139 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:03,160 HE GASPS 140 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:05,680 Follow me. 141 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:16,640 Good evening, Mr Masterson. 142 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:19,120 I will not have doctors in my pub! 143 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:21,560 Lost your blinkin' memory, have you? 144 00:10:21,560 --> 00:10:24,120 Who called you? I did. 145 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:25,720 I told her, sir. 146 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:28,920 She needs the inside and the outside of her head examining. 147 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:30,480 Your wrist, please? 148 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:32,400 Too tired. 149 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:37,720 Your pulse is fast. 150 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:40,080 I'd just like to examine your neck. 151 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:41,880 Just tip your head to the right. 152 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:44,920 What are you looking at? 153 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:46,280 That's it. 154 00:10:50,560 --> 00:10:52,600 And your legs? 155 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:54,240 Swollen. 156 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:55,920 Could you lean forward a little? 157 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:00,240 I need to check your back. 158 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:02,880 Lean right forward if you can manage. 159 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:09,520 We need to get this sore dressed. 160 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:12,160 Are you comfortable here? At the pub? 161 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:13,480 Perfectly. 162 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:15,120 What? Doctor, he can't stay here. 163 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:16,560 I disagree. 164 00:11:16,560 --> 00:11:17,880 To move him now might have 165 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:19,600 a detrimental effect. 166 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:23,280 But he needs to be in hospital. No! You need me to be in hospital. 167 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:25,360 So then you can get out of there. 168 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:29,560 Miss Masterson, your father needs somebody here. 169 00:11:29,560 --> 00:11:31,240 He needs constant care. 170 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:34,320 I can stay tonight. 171 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:41,560 A nurse will be with you tomorrow. 172 00:11:41,560 --> 00:11:46,280 Miss Masterson, your father may need you for more than one night. 173 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:48,360 It's not possible. 174 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:50,480 I was only planning to be here for an hour. 175 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:52,800 I have a job. A life. 176 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:54,560 I certainly will be leaving tomorrow. 177 00:11:54,560 --> 00:11:56,040 He'll do very well without me. 178 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:57,640 Let me be clear. 179 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:02,760 I believe his heart attack two years ago caused irreversible damage. 180 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:06,400 Had he attended his appointments or been open to advice, 181 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:09,280 we may have been able to slow down this process. 182 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:11,080 What process? 183 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:13,600 The care that I am offering is palliative care. 184 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:16,320 His heart is failing. 185 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:19,240 Your father is dying. 186 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:23,640 I see. 187 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:29,200 As I said, I can stay tonight. 188 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:30,480 Thank you for coming. 189 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:36,120 Who's pinched all the clamps? 190 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:37,960 Sorry, not guilty. 191 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:41,640 Well, they must have grown legs and marched off by themselves. 192 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:45,040 I am covering appointments for Sister Julienne this morning. 193 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:47,720 And shall be making a trip to County Hall with Doctor Turner. 194 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:51,160 Cynthia, could you take another maternity pack to the Skevingtons 195 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:54,160 as their pet mouse appears to have nibbled their last one? Yes, Sister. 196 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:57,920 Nurse Lee, it's said Mr Masterson has a slight manner about him. 197 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:01,360 But I know you can manage the tricky ones without help. 198 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:03,960 Thank you. Toughening up, I hope. 199 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:05,400 You've learnt much, Nurse. 200 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:07,320 You should be proud of yourself. 201 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:10,760 Clamp thief! 202 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:24,280 Sister Bernadette. 203 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:25,720 Doctor Turner. 204 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:30,160 I... I was expecting Sister Julienne. 205 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:33,040 Sister Julienne has been called out. I am covering for her. 206 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:34,360 I see. 207 00:13:35,560 --> 00:13:37,840 I'm sorry I'm a little late. 208 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:40,280 I couldn't find a decent tie. 209 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:43,920 That tie seems perfectly...appropriate. 210 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:45,960 Thank you. 211 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:48,320 I do appreciate your support today. 212 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:52,000 I am here as a favour to Sister Julienne. That is all. 213 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:53,240 Of course. 214 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:04,920 CAR ENGINE STARTS 215 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:08,520 The nurse is here, Dad. 216 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:14,160 Mr Masterson, I'm Nurse Lee. 217 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:15,920 I'm here to give you an injection, 218 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:18,960 and to keep an eye on your legs, and check the sore on your shoulder. 219 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:21,720 Oh, goody gumdrops. 220 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:25,000 I'll be coming in every morning, early, to get you clean, 221 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:26,720 tidy and comfortable. 222 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:28,000 I'll leave you to it. 223 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:30,320 Oh, you don't have to. Do stay if you want to. 224 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:31,520 She doesn't. 225 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:37,040 Have you got children, Nurse? 226 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:39,120 No, I haven't. 227 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:41,040 Lucky old you. 228 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:42,920 SHE SIGHS 229 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:44,640 I'm sure you don't mean that. 230 00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:46,120 Children are everything. 231 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:49,600 You don't know, do you, Nurse? 232 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:51,440 I lost all my children... 233 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:52,520 Dad! 234 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:53,600 ..to TB. 235 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:58,600 But you still have your daughter? 236 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:03,240 Yes... God chose carefully that day. 237 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:05,680 Left me with an icy cold wind. 238 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:12,720 DOOR CLOSES 239 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:28,920 Surely the two of you must be close? 240 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:32,160 How little you know, Nurse. 241 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:35,480 I lost my wife. 242 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:37,840 My five sons. 243 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:41,520 One, then another, then another. 244 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:42,840 Good Lord. 245 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:49,840 It was my youngest, Elizabeth, so happy, so tiny. 246 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:55,680 On her fourth birthday, she just started coughing and... 247 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:58,000 HE GASPS 248 00:15:58,000 --> 00:15:59,280 ..slipped away. 249 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:04,600 Julia and I were left quite alone. 250 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:08,840 How dreadful for you both. 251 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:12,920 She kept the light on for me, kept me sane. 252 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:17,160 And she left, just went suddenly. 253 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:22,840 Wanted to make a life for herself, away from this pub. 254 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:24,320 HE GASPS 255 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:25,920 That girl thinks of herself. 256 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:27,600 That is all. 257 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:29,080 I'm sure that's not true. 258 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:30,520 Oh, it is, Nurse. 259 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:33,960 Even now, she can't wait to get out that door! 260 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:36,760 HE GASPS 261 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:38,040 DOOR CLOSES 262 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:42,080 Miss Masterson, are you leaving? 263 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:43,760 He'll manage without me. 264 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:46,000 From what Mr Masterson told me, 265 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:48,520 I would understand if you wanted to run. 266 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:49,880 I can't stay in this pub. 267 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:58,000 You're all he has left. 268 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:01,240 He's your father 269 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:02,840 and he's still here. 270 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:07,920 SHE SIGHS 271 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:09,720 You all right? You look faint. 272 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:11,480 I'm not the patient, Nurse Lee. 273 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:18,760 Miss Masterson, forgive me for asking... 274 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:22,960 Are you expecting a child? 275 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:28,480 Am I wrong? 276 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:36,400 The office will lay me off if I'm discovered. 277 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:38,840 I can't afford not to work. 278 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:40,760 I certainly didn't want him knowing. 279 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:48,560 How far gone are you? 280 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:51,320 Eight months. 281 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:54,080 Eight months? You're tiny. 282 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:55,480 It must be the girdle. 283 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:58,640 The baby will be totally restricted! It's terribly dangerous. 284 00:18:00,360 --> 00:18:02,080 Is there a fiance? 285 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:03,520 No. 286 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:06,600 I was hoping my wedding bouquet might have been a bit bigger than most, 287 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:08,680 but...it happens, doesn't it? 288 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:11,000 I was about to tell Frank about the baby, 289 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:13,600 when he told me he was marrying his sweetheart. 290 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:15,960 It's funny. I thought I was his sweetheart. 291 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:21,720 Can you lie down on the bed, please? 292 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:23,200 Nurse, I had to wear it. 293 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:25,600 I need my job. 294 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:30,760 I understand. I do. 295 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:32,600 But this can't go back on. 296 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:33,600 Promise? 297 00:18:47,360 --> 00:18:49,640 Sir, with respect, 298 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:53,120 we need an X-ray van in Poplar now. 299 00:18:53,120 --> 00:18:56,680 While the disease remains undetected, patients will die. 300 00:18:56,680 --> 00:19:00,200 Patients do die sometimes, Dr Turner. 301 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:02,680 I would say that was an occupational hazard. 302 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:08,200 Sir, I have just diagnosed a heavily pregnant patient with advanced TB. 303 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:09,760 She has five children. 304 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:14,040 She might well die, because I didn't know she was ill. 305 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:19,920 You know that TB need no longer be a death sentence. 306 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:21,760 We can treat it. 307 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:23,360 But we have to get in early 308 00:19:23,360 --> 00:19:25,560 so people have the chance to recover. 309 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:30,080 We don't seem to be making much ground here, do we? 310 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:32,040 We are stating, plainly, 311 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:36,000 that this is a highly complex, logistical programme. 312 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,080 The vans ARE coming to London. 313 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:39,400 Where to? 314 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:41,440 Mayfair? Chelsea? 315 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:44,200 What, pray, are you suggesting? 316 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:45,760 Have you ever been to Poplar? 317 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:47,920 No. 318 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:50,600 In Poplar, we might have up to a dozen people 319 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:53,840 living in one small house or tenement flat. 320 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:57,600 When conditions are over-crowded and unventilated, 321 00:19:57,600 --> 00:19:59,760 infection spreads with ease. 322 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:03,680 Meanwhile, someone who is infected unwittingly takes the disease 323 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:07,480 to an over-crowded production line and transmits it to his colleagues. 324 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:12,040 And even if they re-infected just 20 fellow workers a year, 325 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:14,520 which would be a very conservative estimate, 326 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:18,280 that means 20 whole families exposed to the disease. 327 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:19,760 Including children! 328 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:22,360 So, while you plan your "highly complex programme", 329 00:20:22,360 --> 00:20:24,920 the disease is travelling. 330 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:26,480 We can fight it, 331 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:28,600 but we do need that van now. 332 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:29,960 Right. 333 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:34,880 Doctor Turner and Sister Bernadette have made their point. 334 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:37,600 We shall have to give this some consideration. 335 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:46,560 Congratulations, Dr Turner. You were really quite tremendous. 336 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:47,600 As were you, Sister. 337 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:00,520 I wish I had been there. It sounds terribly dramatic. 338 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:03,520 Doctor Turner sounds like he was quite the hero. 339 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:04,720 Quite. 340 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:07,240 I'm deeply grateful to you for stepping in, Sister. 341 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:09,120 You more than deserve the last Scotch egg. 342 00:21:09,120 --> 00:21:10,320 DOORBELL RINGS 343 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:11,720 Be a fat lot of work. 344 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:14,440 We're already stretched to full pelt as it is. 345 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:19,040 If anyone is not prepared to work, let them not eat. 346 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:21,080 'Good evening. This way, Doctor. Thank you.' 347 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:24,920 When you speak of the sun, so it shines. 348 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:29,000 I'm sorry to interrupt, but felt I must come at once. 349 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,720 They are sending a van to Poplar a week next Tuesday. 350 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:32,960 ALL: Oh! 351 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:34,680 That is truly marvellous news. 352 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:36,040 Wonderful! 353 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:38,640 And so, the gamma-rays enter our galaxy. 354 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:39,960 Hang on a giddy minute. 355 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:42,600 They're sending a van on the day of the Antenatal Clinic? 356 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:44,400 Indeed. Not wholly convenient. 357 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:47,160 Yes. Well, we shall just have to manage. 358 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:48,960 I'd like to know how. 359 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:52,520 Sister Evangelina could control the masses. 360 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:55,920 She has a voice somewhat reminiscent of a... 361 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:57,560 foghorn! 362 00:21:57,560 --> 00:21:59,240 THEY CHUCKLE 363 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:00,280 BICYCLE BELL TINKLES 364 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:03,160 Right, Mr Masterson. 365 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:05,680 We're going to see if any of this fluid is reducing today. 366 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:09,120 Ooh, you spoil me, Nurse Lee. 367 00:22:09,120 --> 00:22:10,480 HE CHUCKLES 368 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:13,880 I'll leave you to it. 369 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:15,200 There she goes again. 370 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:19,280 Little Miss Selfish with her own fish to fry... 371 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:23,120 Just stop. Stop. I can't stand it. 372 00:22:23,120 --> 00:22:26,000 My family died too! Remember? 373 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:27,320 I couldn't stay here. 374 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:28,680 So selfish. 375 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:30,160 No, I'm not. 376 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:31,800 I couldn't stand being near you! 377 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:33,920 Could we have some calm, please? 378 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:39,160 Good. 379 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:42,440 Now, Miss Masterson, I'm going to teach you 380 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:44,760 how to give your father some lymphatic massage. 381 00:22:47,120 --> 00:22:49,480 It will help with the build-up of fluid, 382 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:51,520 and take the pressure off his heart. 383 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:56,840 So, if I'm not here, you can help relieve him. 384 00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:57,920 And lift... 385 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:00,760 No, I don't think I should. 386 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:02,080 It will really help. 387 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:03,800 I'd prefer if you did it, Nurse. 388 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:06,960 Oh, for goodness' sake! You're both as bad as each other! Now, come on. 389 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:12,120 It'll be over before you know it. 390 00:23:28,120 --> 00:23:29,840 Now, Miss Masterson, 391 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:34,280 would you place your hands on your father's ankle, like this? 392 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:38,560 Go on. 393 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:45,520 And push up towards the knee. 394 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:48,360 Bottom to top. 395 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:52,240 Firmer than that. 396 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:53,560 Hopeless. 397 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:55,840 Mr Masterson, could you refrain from speaking 398 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:58,120 while we do our work, please? Thank you. 399 00:23:59,880 --> 00:24:01,040 Off you go. 400 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:05,360 Grasp the ankle 401 00:24:05,360 --> 00:24:08,400 and push up firmly towards the knee. 402 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:12,280 And again. 403 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:13,520 Keep going. 404 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:15,000 SHE SIGHS 405 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:16,120 And again. 406 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:20,120 Good, now the other one. 407 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:28,880 Do the same again, firm movements. 408 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:34,440 That's it. 409 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:38,280 Good. And rest. 410 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:41,840 Now, that wasn't so bad, was it? 411 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:42,960 Excuse me. 412 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:47,760 I won't let her leave. 413 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:56,120 You did that on purpose, didn't you? 414 00:24:57,560 --> 00:24:59,040 I don't know what you mean. 415 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:04,840 About that baby of yours, 416 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:07,600 I'd like you to come for an antenatal appointment. 417 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:08,960 I can't. 418 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:11,080 That baby is coming out 419 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:15,040 and the sooner you come to terms with that, the better. 420 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:17,040 This isn't how I wanted it to be. 421 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:18,440 I wanted to come back one day, 422 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:20,840 show him that I'd made something of myself. 423 00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:22,960 Make him proud. 424 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:25,040 I haven't got a hope in hell of that now. 425 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:27,200 Maybe he will feel some shame. 426 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:32,680 But this would be his first grandchild. 427 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:36,560 That's quite a legacy to give a dying man. 428 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:44,560 There's an Antenatal and Baby Clinic tomorrow at the Parish Hall. 429 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:45,560 Come. 430 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:55,440 She'd better come. Otherwise, I'll pop her in a wheelbarrow 431 00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:56,880 and push her down there myself. 432 00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:58,480 Ow! Sorry! 433 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:00,400 You could leave my hair in pins for a week 434 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,800 and it would still be poker-straight. 435 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:04,880 I'm destined never to curl. 436 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:09,040 But, at least, you'll have a scalp, Cynthia. I presently do not. 437 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:10,960 Heaven knows what Mr Masterson will say 438 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:12,400 when he finds out she's pregnant. 439 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:16,880 In a fix and unmarried, she'll certainly be the talk of the pub. 440 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:19,040 Do you think there'll be an awful scene? 441 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:22,120 I bet he loves her really. Love without question. 442 00:26:22,120 --> 00:26:23,840 That's what makes the world go round. 443 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:25,320 Ow! 444 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:27,520 Sorry, Trixie. Beauty is pain! 445 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:30,280 Just wait until I do your hair, Jenny Lee! 446 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:32,240 Death by hairpins! 447 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:33,640 SHE LAUGHS 448 00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:37,680 Won't catch me going anywhere near that X-ray van. 449 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:39,400 Rotten for baby's health, apparently. 450 00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:41,240 Rumours are not to be believed. 451 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:44,480 X-rays are extremely low-risk to an established pregnancy. 452 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:46,840 Indeed, you are putting your child at greater risk 453 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:48,440 by not having the X-ray. 454 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:52,440 Oh, dear. 455 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:55,320 I fear we may need to up our game a little. Indeed. 456 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:00,520 Miss Masterson! 457 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:02,760 Welcome. You look well. 458 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:04,400 I feel like a trolleybus. 459 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:05,920 This way. 460 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:09,440 Julia, are you sure you're only eight months? 461 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:12,400 I'd put you more at nine. Your baby feels low. 462 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:14,160 It was Christmas Eve. 463 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:16,160 I'm not going to forget that in a hurry. 464 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:19,280 Too much port and ginger with Frank down The Cock And Bull. 465 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:20,840 It couldn't have been earlier? 466 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:22,480 No, I don't think so... 467 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:28,720 Oh! 468 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:31,240 Frank took me to a bonfire night. 469 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:33,880 Bloody Catherine wheels were popping in the field behind us. 470 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:35,080 Fireworks. 471 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:38,000 No more fireworks now. 472 00:27:41,120 --> 00:27:42,840 Any day now, then. 473 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:51,920 Nurse Lee? 474 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:53,600 Yes? 475 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:55,720 I hope you don't mind me asking, 476 00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:58,840 does your father...approve of you? 477 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:02,640 I think so. 478 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:06,440 He was a little testy when I moved to Poplar, 479 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:08,480 but he's getting used to the idea. 480 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:12,240 I often think about what it would be like to have a proper father. 481 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:13,760 One that cares. 482 00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:16,840 Miss Masterson, he lost everything apart from you. 483 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:23,120 So I would say that, to him, you are most precious. 484 00:28:23,120 --> 00:28:24,760 Most precious indeed. 485 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:35,600 Dad? 486 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:38,880 Brought you some porridge. 487 00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:41,560 You can get rid of that flower for a start. 488 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:43,360 It'll only get knocked over. 489 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:50,840 I remember you shovelling porridge in when I was little. 490 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:53,680 Sitting at the bar. All over that account book. 491 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:58,600 You counting out the bottles on the abacus. 492 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:00,320 HE GASPS 493 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:02,480 You were good. 494 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:04,240 Well trained. 495 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:06,760 Got to keep an eye on the accounts. 496 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:07,920 Trust nobody. 497 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:11,040 Apart from family, maybe. 498 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:15,440 Oh, God, don't look at me like that. 499 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:16,880 What? 500 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:18,320 SHE SIGHS 501 00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:20,680 Dad... 502 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:22,280 You think I haven't noticed? 503 00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:26,680 You got anyone? 504 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:27,800 He went. 505 00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:30,280 I'll knock his bleedin' block off. 506 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:32,720 I'm so sorry, Dad. 507 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:33,920 I'm sorry. 508 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:37,640 I'm sorry it was only me left. 509 00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:43,640 I'm sorry I wasn't Mum or Elizabeth or the boys. 510 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:45,360 It was me. 511 00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:48,680 I'm sorry for being the one who didn't die. 512 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:51,160 What consolation could I ever possibly be? 513 00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:53,480 Julia... 514 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:55,480 It's just... 515 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:59,080 I needed you...and you went. 516 00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:00,680 And I needed my dad. 517 00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:02,720 I lost six of my babies. 518 00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:04,200 I lost them too. 519 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:09,200 I have a broken heart, love. 520 00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:10,640 I do. 521 00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:13,040 HE GASPS 522 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:15,520 What have I done to you? Dad... 523 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:18,760 HE GASPS 524 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:21,200 We're very alike, you and me. 525 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:24,920 I saw that in you, very early on. 526 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:29,240 Stubborn, strong... 527 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:30,960 Never one to back down. 528 00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:36,680 When's your little one due? 529 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:39,120 Any day. 530 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:43,120 D'you know what you're going to do? 531 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:49,200 You could stay here. 532 00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:52,440 Please stay. 533 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:55,840 Have the baby here. 534 00:30:57,560 --> 00:31:00,320 I should like to be able to hold my grandchild. 535 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:04,120 I'd like that very much. 536 00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:05,120 All right. 537 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:12,120 MUSIC: "When" by The Kalin Twins 538 00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:22,560 539 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:24,680 540 00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:26,800 541 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:29,880 542 00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:32,320 543 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:35,160 544 00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:37,240 545 00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:40,200 546 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:42,680 547 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:45,520 548 00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:48,040 549 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:50,760 550 00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:53,320 551 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:55,280 552 00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:58,120 553 00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:00,800 554 00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:02,120 I resign. 555 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:06,280 556 00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:17,880 Morning, Sister. 557 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:21,160 Ah, the X-ray cards. Let me help you. 558 00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:22,320 Thank you, Sister. 559 00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:25,120 Oh. I do think we've been sent rather too many. 560 00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:26,600 Oh, I don't think so. 561 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:29,560 I think we can expect great things from today. 562 00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:31,520 I'm pleased to see your optimism. 563 00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:34,520 You have a little spring back in your step again, Sister. 564 00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:36,280 I am glad. 565 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:41,080 If people come today, so many lives and future lives will be saved. 566 00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:43,000 Indeed. 567 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:44,240 Shall we? 568 00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:55,880 It's here! 569 00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:58,640 Oh, Lord! 570 00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:00,560 It's big, isn't it? 571 00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:07,280 I'll be able to see my little one inside me! 572 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:08,800 I can't wait. 573 00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:10,120 Me too. 574 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:11,840 Do you think people will come? 575 00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:14,400 Oh, I hope so. I really do. 576 00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:26,040 Bloody hell. 577 00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:33,840 Excuse me. Excuse me. 578 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:41,840 You might want to put that crossword away, Doctor. 579 00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:43,880 But I've only got one left. 580 00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:47,200 Clue is "launch". Begins with K, two words, 581 00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:48,880 second word ends with F. 582 00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:55,320 Kick off. 583 00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:06,000 Sister Monica Joan? 584 00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:10,880 Sister? Our X-ray appointment is today, remember? 585 00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:14,960 The door is quite jammed. 586 00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:26,520 Oh, my. 587 00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:30,360 'I shall not be attending any such X-ray machine...' 588 00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:31,800 I am in my Ark. 589 00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:39,360 There is no point in pushing, sir! 590 00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:41,080 I shall not topple that easily! 591 00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:43,280 I shall say it again. 592 00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:45,720 Form a queue! 593 00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:49,240 Oh! That means, one, 594 00:34:49,240 --> 00:34:51,880 and then one behind, then another one, 595 00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:54,560 that's right, and you, stay like that! 596 00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:55,960 Excuse me. Thank you. 597 00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:57,840 Have you never queued for a bus, madam? 598 00:34:57,840 --> 00:34:59,720 Good morning, Doctor. 599 00:34:59,720 --> 00:35:01,200 Sister Bernadette. 600 00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:03,080 The posters worked, then. 601 00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:05,240 Never in my wildest dreams. 602 00:35:05,240 --> 00:35:08,320 A queue does mean a queue. Please! 603 00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:10,120 All right, good morning, everyone. 604 00:35:10,120 --> 00:35:11,720 ALL: Good morning! 605 00:35:11,720 --> 00:35:14,920 Now, you will only be in the van a matter of moments. 606 00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:18,880 After we've taken your snap shot, you will be handed your X-ray, 607 00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:21,520 which you must then give to Sister Bernadette here, 608 00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:23,720 along with your name and address card. 609 00:35:23,720 --> 00:35:25,600 Are you all right there, Sister? 610 00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:28,280 Oh, yes, Doctor. I was born for days like this. Oi, you! 611 00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:29,800 Stand back, I say! 612 00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:32,880 Ah, Dr McGuinness, Sister Bernadette will be helping us today. 613 00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:35,680 Marvellous. Good to know the Lord will be with us! 614 00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:42,240 Ah, Fred, thank goodness. 615 00:35:42,240 --> 00:35:43,440 Where's Sister Julienne? 616 00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:44,760 Gone. 617 00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:47,000 Sister Monica Joan's stuck in the bathroom. 618 00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:49,120 And we're due at the X-ray van for our screening. 619 00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:57,640 Sister Monica Joan? Are you all right? 620 00:35:57,640 --> 00:35:59,920 'Tickety-boo, thank you, Fred.' 621 00:35:59,920 --> 00:36:01,240 Are you? 622 00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:07,480 I'm going to try the door. Stand back! 623 00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:09,680 Oh. 624 00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:11,280 WOOD CREAKS 625 00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:12,320 Ow! 626 00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:14,920 HE MOANS 627 00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:17,600 'All this thrashing about...' 628 00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:22,640 when I am quite comfortably settled in my Ark, Fred. 629 00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:25,000 'I am quite immovable.' 630 00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:30,320 Just get in there! Don't want to! 631 00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:32,160 Just do it! No! 632 00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:33,920 Can I help? 633 00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:36,200 You won't be able to do nothing. 634 00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:37,920 She's just doing it to show me up. 635 00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:40,840 I tell you what. 636 00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:42,600 I don't want to go in there, either. 637 00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:45,200 Shall we make a pact? 638 00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:47,080 If you go in, I'll go in. 639 00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:49,200 Good. 640 00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:52,040 May I, Doctor? 641 00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:53,120 Of course. 642 00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:13,720 Come along. 643 00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:30,400 Thank you. 644 00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:31,880 She's only little. 645 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:33,160 You're a natural. 646 00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:35,440 Please. 647 00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:43,840 I'll hold your ladder. 648 00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:47,920 Sister Monica Joan, can you hear me? 649 00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:52,400 'Hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil!' 650 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:54,760 Well, have no fear. Fred's coming up. 651 00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:56,120 We'll get you out of there. 652 00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:57,520 Er... 653 00:37:57,520 --> 00:37:58,960 HE CLEARS HIS THROAT 654 00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:02,000 Just one tiny thing. I... 655 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:05,080 I have a little problem with heights. 656 00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:06,400 I see. 657 00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:12,040 Ordinarily, I'd be sympathetic, Fred. 658 00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:14,440 But today, I'm not. What? 659 00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:16,960 Come on, up you go. It won't take a minute. 660 00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:18,280 I can't! Up! 661 00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:36,240 Don't look down! 662 00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:51,560 Oh, oh! 663 00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:54,560 HE MOANS 664 00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:58,400 HE PANTS 665 00:38:59,720 --> 00:39:04,600 Sister. Noah, being warned by God about things not seen, 666 00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:08,000 prepared an Ark for the salvation of his household. 667 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:13,000 Behold, the gamma rays will bring forth a flood to this earth 668 00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:16,960 which will destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life. 669 00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:20,840 There will be no flood, Sister. 670 00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:24,720 But they did not understand the power of the atomic poison 671 00:39:24,720 --> 00:39:28,360 until the floods came and took them all away. 672 00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:33,200 Sister... 673 00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:39,280 ..I will bet on my life, you need not your Ark. 674 00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:41,280 There's not a cloud in the sky. 675 00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:43,240 All is calm. 676 00:39:43,240 --> 00:39:46,320 And I will escort you to and from the X-ray van, 677 00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:48,120 never leaving your side. 678 00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:50,000 How about that? 679 00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:53,800 Never once? 680 00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:54,800 Never. 681 00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:02,360 I appear to be in your debt, Fred. 682 00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:05,320 Shall we bring life belts? 683 00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:08,440 No need. I've got my paddle sports activity badge. 684 00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:14,120 SHE SIGHS 685 00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:16,600 My rock and my fortress. 686 00:40:18,280 --> 00:40:19,560 Thank you, Fred. 687 00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:29,680 MUSIC: "If Dreams Came True" by Pat Boone 688 00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:35,560 689 00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:41,600 690 00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:45,920 691 00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:52,600 692 00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:58,440 693 00:40:58,440 --> 00:41:03,920 694 00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:08,680 695 00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:12,640 696 00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:14,920 697 00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:17,680 698 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:23,160 HE GASPS 699 00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:37,760 SHE GASPS 700 00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:42,560 Thank you, Sister. You did wonderful work today. 701 00:41:42,560 --> 00:41:46,360 Forgive me, Doctor. My glottis is a bit ragged. 702 00:41:46,360 --> 00:41:49,560 Doctor, could I have a word? 703 00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:55,920 Thank you for coming, Nurse. 704 00:41:55,920 --> 00:41:58,440 He's so breathless. I didn't know what to do. 705 00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:07,080 His heartbeat's very fast. 706 00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:09,080 He might be taking a turn for the worse. 707 00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:10,800 No. Not yet. 708 00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:12,960 He knows about the baby. 709 00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:14,360 He asked me to stay, Nurse. 710 00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:16,080 That's wonderful. 711 00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:19,240 Right, you massage his legs. 712 00:42:19,240 --> 00:42:22,480 Anything might help to relieve the pressure on his heart. 713 00:42:30,320 --> 00:42:33,440 Today is a testament to you, Doctor Turner. 714 00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:36,800 And to you, Sister. I couldn't have done it without you. 715 00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:39,080 Everyone worked so terribly hard. 716 00:42:39,080 --> 00:42:42,840 Would you join us for a cup of celebratory Horlicks? 717 00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:45,200 I won't, thank you, Sister. 718 00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:49,520 Might I see Sister Bernadette in private? 719 00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:51,920 I have something I need to discuss with her. 720 00:42:53,720 --> 00:42:54,840 Of course. 721 00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:01,560 DOOR CLOSES 722 00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:05,040 Dr Turner. 723 00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:07,720 Sister. Oh, what a day we had! 724 00:43:07,720 --> 00:43:08,920 Indeed. 725 00:43:10,600 --> 00:43:11,840 Is all well? 726 00:43:13,240 --> 00:43:15,320 Would you mind sitting? 727 00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:16,400 Of course. 728 00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:33,360 This has my name on it. 729 00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:36,080 Yes. 730 00:43:36,080 --> 00:43:38,440 The lesions are small. 731 00:43:38,440 --> 00:43:40,280 But there is more than one. 732 00:43:41,680 --> 00:43:43,000 I see. 733 00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:46,800 How many? 734 00:43:48,080 --> 00:43:51,800 Dr McGuinness counted nine or ten, in the upper lobe. 735 00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:57,560 But, as you know, this film is basic. 736 00:43:57,560 --> 00:44:00,200 You will need a more detailed chest X-ray. 737 00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:06,000 Have you had any symptoms? 738 00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:07,560 No. 739 00:44:09,360 --> 00:44:11,560 Well, a little breathlessness, maybe. 740 00:44:13,160 --> 00:44:15,120 No cough? No. 741 00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:16,480 Nothing. 742 00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:20,880 I will need to carry out an examination. 743 00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:22,200 Yes. 744 00:45:02,120 --> 00:45:03,400 Breathe in. 745 00:45:06,520 --> 00:45:07,680 And out. 746 00:45:11,880 --> 00:45:13,240 And again. 747 00:45:47,560 --> 00:45:48,720 Crackles... 748 00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:51,160 ..on both sides. 749 00:45:53,360 --> 00:45:55,920 I've arranged an X-ray for you in the morning. 750 00:45:57,560 --> 00:46:00,520 It might be more convenient if I drive you. 751 00:46:00,520 --> 00:46:02,080 Thank you, Doctor. 752 00:46:02,080 --> 00:46:03,800 You don't need to do that. 753 00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:05,200 I'll drive you. 754 00:46:15,400 --> 00:46:17,440 His heart's a little calmer. 755 00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:18,800 He's hanging on. 756 00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:20,240 Thank you. 757 00:46:24,440 --> 00:46:25,880 Oh! 758 00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:28,680 SHE SIGHS 759 00:46:28,680 --> 00:46:29,920 HE GASPS 760 00:46:32,920 --> 00:46:36,440 I think Sister Monica Joan has a soft spot for our Fred. 761 00:46:36,440 --> 00:46:37,560 THEY CHUCKLE 762 00:46:37,560 --> 00:46:39,040 If she had a soft spot for Fred, 763 00:46:39,040 --> 00:46:41,520 I don't think she'd have wanted him up that ladder! 764 00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:44,240 Oh, poor Fred! His worst nightmare. 765 00:46:44,240 --> 00:46:47,280 Well, he got her out, which is surely the main thing. 766 00:46:50,360 --> 00:46:52,320 I have something I need to tell you. 767 00:47:04,280 --> 00:47:06,000 The milk will help you sleep. 768 00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:07,160 Thank you, Sister. 769 00:47:08,600 --> 00:47:10,960 KNOCKING ON DOOR 770 00:47:10,960 --> 00:47:14,280 Sister, I'm sorry to disturb you. 771 00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:17,680 But Nurse Lee has asked for you to come to The Masters Arms pub at once. 772 00:47:17,680 --> 00:47:20,240 Miss Masterson has gone into labour, 773 00:47:20,240 --> 00:47:23,880 and Mr Masterson has taken a turn for the worse. 774 00:47:23,880 --> 00:47:27,320 We will fetch Sister Evangelina and ask her to go in my place. 775 00:47:27,320 --> 00:47:28,440 Sister, you must go. 776 00:47:28,440 --> 00:47:30,160 I don't wish you to be alone. 777 00:47:30,160 --> 00:47:32,440 Sister, if you continue with your work as normal, 778 00:47:32,440 --> 00:47:34,600 then nothing will be out of sorts. 779 00:47:34,600 --> 00:47:36,360 Nothing will have changed. 780 00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:39,360 As you wish. 781 00:47:47,760 --> 00:47:51,120 MURMURING 782 00:47:57,440 --> 00:47:58,680 Excuse me. Sorry. 783 00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:02,960 I thought she looked a bit pale this morning, 784 00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:04,520 but she wouldn't let me do anything. 785 00:48:04,520 --> 00:48:05,800 Just like her dad. 786 00:48:08,320 --> 00:48:10,560 FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING 787 00:48:14,680 --> 00:48:17,240 She woke with labour pains, but didn't let on. 788 00:48:17,240 --> 00:48:18,600 Her waters have broken, 789 00:48:18,600 --> 00:48:21,080 but Mr Masterson's so fragile she won't leave his side. 790 00:48:21,080 --> 00:48:22,400 Hot water's on its way! 791 00:48:22,400 --> 00:48:24,840 Thank you, Terry. End of the corridor. 792 00:48:29,960 --> 00:48:32,640 SHE GASPS 793 00:48:36,040 --> 00:48:38,840 Miss Masterson, the baby's coming. 794 00:48:38,840 --> 00:48:41,520 We need to get you settled, and monitor the baby's position. 795 00:48:41,520 --> 00:48:42,680 I'm not leaving him! 796 00:48:42,680 --> 00:48:45,720 Miss Masterson, I understand you want your father 797 00:48:45,720 --> 00:48:47,240 to meet his grandchild? 798 00:48:47,240 --> 00:48:49,000 Yes. 799 00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:50,720 Then let's get this baby out. 800 00:48:50,720 --> 00:48:53,640 I'll stay with your father, I promise he will not be alone. 801 00:48:58,280 --> 00:48:59,440 Don't you dare. 802 00:49:04,400 --> 00:49:06,760 Sister, are you all right? 803 00:49:06,760 --> 00:49:08,160 SHE SIGHS 804 00:49:08,160 --> 00:49:10,840 It has been rather a taxing day, Nurse. 805 00:49:10,840 --> 00:49:12,400 Yes, it has. 806 00:49:20,920 --> 00:49:23,440 It's hot in here. Need some air. 807 00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:28,960 It's the pub. When it's busy, it's like a furnace up here. 808 00:49:28,960 --> 00:49:30,320 We need to get you on the bed. 809 00:49:33,480 --> 00:49:34,360 All right? 810 00:49:46,760 --> 00:49:48,520 Let's get you on the bed. 811 00:49:52,720 --> 00:49:55,240 Well, you can't stay down there, 812 00:49:55,240 --> 00:49:56,480 you're having a baby, 813 00:49:56,480 --> 00:49:57,840 not sweeping the carpet. 814 00:50:03,120 --> 00:50:04,840 Let's have a listen, shall we? 815 00:50:14,320 --> 00:50:17,040 SHE GASPS 816 00:50:21,440 --> 00:50:23,400 A steady 1.30. 817 00:50:23,400 --> 00:50:25,600 That's what we like. 818 00:50:25,600 --> 00:50:27,560 You must be comfortable there. 819 00:50:33,400 --> 00:50:34,800 Do you feel any pressure? 820 00:50:41,480 --> 00:50:42,800 My word, Julia. 821 00:50:42,800 --> 00:50:43,880 SHE GASPS 822 00:50:43,880 --> 00:50:46,320 I think you're entering the second stage of labour, 823 00:50:46,320 --> 00:50:48,800 which means your baby is on its way. 824 00:50:48,800 --> 00:50:50,720 Nurse Lee, would you check on Dad? 825 00:50:50,720 --> 00:50:53,360 All right, just for you. 826 00:50:53,360 --> 00:50:55,280 But, remember, we have a job to do. 827 00:51:03,520 --> 00:51:06,280 She's quiet, but I think she's in transition. 828 00:51:06,280 --> 00:51:09,200 She's on her knees, Sister. Won't move. 829 00:51:09,200 --> 00:51:11,680 Is she comfortable? Yes. 830 00:51:11,680 --> 00:51:13,680 That is the main thing. 831 00:51:13,680 --> 00:51:15,480 How is he? 832 00:51:15,480 --> 00:51:18,040 His heartbeat is weak. He's fading. 833 00:51:19,800 --> 00:51:21,040 It's a matter of time. 834 00:51:23,360 --> 00:51:28,080 Mr Masterson, your daughter has gone into labour. 835 00:51:29,280 --> 00:51:31,280 You're about to have a grandchild. 836 00:51:34,320 --> 00:51:35,600 Thank you, Terry. 837 00:51:40,920 --> 00:51:43,000 Your father's still with us. 838 00:51:55,240 --> 00:51:57,360 Right, I know you want to push, 839 00:51:57,360 --> 00:51:58,680 but not quite yet. 840 00:51:58,680 --> 00:52:01,280 Slow and steady. 841 00:52:01,280 --> 00:52:04,880 That's it. Your baby's really hurtling out now. 842 00:52:04,880 --> 00:52:06,080 SHE GASPS 843 00:52:06,080 --> 00:52:08,160 I can see the baby's head. 844 00:52:08,160 --> 00:52:09,800 Nice deep breaths. 845 00:52:09,800 --> 00:52:13,520 Concentrate on breathing just like that. That's it. 846 00:52:16,880 --> 00:52:19,160 If you can hear me, please hang on, Sir. 847 00:52:21,840 --> 00:52:23,120 Now, then. 848 00:52:23,120 --> 00:52:24,880 I want you to push but not too hard. 849 00:52:24,880 --> 00:52:29,440 Good, deep breaths. 850 00:52:29,440 --> 00:52:32,280 Another big push, as hard as you can. 851 00:52:32,280 --> 00:52:34,520 And that lovely head will be with us. 852 00:52:34,520 --> 00:52:36,400 Keep going! 853 00:52:36,400 --> 00:52:38,400 That's it. 854 00:52:48,840 --> 00:52:51,440 All right, Julia, one more big push for me now. 855 00:52:52,920 --> 00:52:54,760 And it's here. 856 00:52:54,760 --> 00:52:56,160 SHE MOANS 857 00:52:56,160 --> 00:53:01,360 That's it, this one isn't wasting any time. That's it! 858 00:53:01,360 --> 00:53:04,600 BABY CRIES 859 00:53:04,600 --> 00:53:05,840 A little boy. 860 00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:14,600 Oh, Lord, you are having a very, very busy day. 861 00:53:21,160 --> 00:53:22,800 He's beautiful. 862 00:53:22,800 --> 00:53:24,680 BABY CRIES 863 00:53:29,800 --> 00:53:31,640 Can you take him straight to Dad? 864 00:53:37,800 --> 00:53:39,040 A boy. 865 00:53:41,240 --> 00:53:42,360 He's still breathing. 866 00:53:42,360 --> 00:53:43,960 Oh, thank goodness. 867 00:53:43,960 --> 00:53:46,160 The placenta still needs to be delivered. 868 00:53:46,160 --> 00:53:47,440 Then back you go. 869 00:53:51,960 --> 00:53:53,320 Mr Masterson? 870 00:53:55,760 --> 00:53:57,440 Mr Masterson? 871 00:53:57,440 --> 00:53:59,440 A grandson, Mr Masterson. 872 00:54:01,600 --> 00:54:03,680 A boy? 873 00:54:03,680 --> 00:54:05,120 Yes. 874 00:54:05,120 --> 00:54:07,440 He appears to be rather perfect. 875 00:54:09,160 --> 00:54:10,520 Can I hold him? 876 00:54:23,600 --> 00:54:25,720 My grandson. 877 00:54:27,880 --> 00:54:30,760 I'm just leaving, I'm afraid. 878 00:54:30,760 --> 00:54:33,520 And you've just arrived. 879 00:54:33,520 --> 00:54:36,400 We're passing, you and...you and I. 880 00:54:36,400 --> 00:54:37,600 HE CHUCKLES 881 00:54:39,800 --> 00:54:42,080 I'm very pleased to meet you. 882 00:54:46,680 --> 00:54:48,000 Dad? 883 00:54:49,360 --> 00:54:51,600 You look after your mother. 884 00:54:51,600 --> 00:54:54,560 Don't have her doing the barrels. 885 00:54:55,800 --> 00:54:59,160 That's...that's your job. 886 00:55:04,360 --> 00:55:06,160 HE CHOKES 887 00:55:06,160 --> 00:55:07,520 SHE SOBS 888 00:55:11,200 --> 00:55:13,680 SHE CRIES 889 00:55:34,800 --> 00:55:39,280 MATURE JENNY: 'The world is full of love that goes unspoken. 890 00:55:40,600 --> 00:55:43,040 'It doesn't mean that it is felt less deeply 891 00:55:43,040 --> 00:55:47,560 'or that separation leaves a cleaner wound. 892 00:55:47,560 --> 00:55:49,680 'Its beauty... 893 00:55:49,680 --> 00:55:52,560 'and its pain are in its silence.' 894 00:56:01,320 --> 00:56:04,080 CAR ENGINE STARTS UP 895 00:56:04,080 --> 00:56:07,120 MUSIC: "Your Precious Love" by Jerry Butler 896 00:56:19,960 --> 00:56:25,520 897 00:56:25,520 --> 00:56:29,440 898 00:56:29,440 --> 00:56:32,760 899 00:56:32,760 --> 00:56:37,680 900 00:56:37,680 --> 00:56:42,200 901 00:56:42,200 --> 00:56:46,200 902 00:56:46,200 --> 00:56:49,520 MATURE JENNY: 'The typed formal lines of the Master's will, 903 00:56:49,520 --> 00:56:53,560 'spoke with greater eloquence than he could do in life. 904 00:56:53,560 --> 00:56:57,680 'Drawn out during the years of his estrangement from his daughter, 905 00:56:57,680 --> 00:57:01,720 'he'd left the thing he loved most, his public house, 906 00:57:01,720 --> 00:57:06,080 'to the person he loved most, his last surviving child. 907 00:57:07,720 --> 00:57:10,720 'And so the past was laid to rest. 908 00:57:10,720 --> 00:57:13,400 'And her future made secure.' 909 00:57:16,120 --> 00:57:21,240 910 00:57:21,240 --> 00:57:25,200 911 00:57:25,200 --> 00:57:30,160 912 00:57:33,720 --> 00:57:36,880 The triple treatment can be miraculous. 913 00:57:36,880 --> 00:57:38,240 We shall see. 914 00:57:43,960 --> 00:57:45,520 Thank you, Doctor. 915 00:57:45,520 --> 00:57:48,920 You've been more than kind. 916 00:57:54,600 --> 00:57:56,920 MATURE JENNY: 'Some of us are not blessed 917 00:57:56,920 --> 00:57:59,080 'with revelations or confessions. 918 00:57:59,080 --> 00:58:03,600 'Love cannot be spoken, only shown. 919 00:58:03,600 --> 00:58:08,080 'And everything that makes the heart beat must be hushed.' 920 00:58:13,720 --> 00:58:15,600 My mother has this china. 921 00:58:15,600 --> 00:58:16,840 Mine too. 922 00:58:16,840 --> 00:58:18,160 Come here, you hag of a woman! 923 00:58:18,160 --> 00:58:19,400 You stop this instant! 924 00:58:19,400 --> 00:58:22,480 Call the bloody midwife. They don't answer. 925 00:58:22,480 --> 00:58:24,200 Ooh! 926 00:58:24,200 --> 00:58:26,320 Not too fast! You don't know the machine. 927 00:58:26,320 --> 00:58:28,520 Whatever next, nuns on skis. 928 00:58:28,520 --> 00:58:29,680 Chummy! 929 00:58:29,680 --> 00:58:31,600 MUSIC: "The Walk" by Jimmy McCracklin 930 00:58:31,600 --> 00:58:34,160 Of the Suzy-Q 931 00:58:34,160 --> 00:58:37,080 Of the Chicken too 932 00:58:37,080 --> 00:58:40,160 Of the Cha-cha-choo 933 00:58:40,160 --> 00:58:42,800 That you can do 934 00:58:42,800 --> 00:58:48,880 935 00:58:48,880 --> 00:58:52,240 936 00:58:52,240 --> 00:58:53,920 937 00:58:55,800 --> 00:58:59,120 Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd