1 00:00:31,014 --> 00:00:33,172 "A place for everything, 2 00:00:33,173 --> 00:00:38,233 "and everything in its place," or so the proverb exhorts us. 3 00:00:38,407 --> 00:00:43,207 But life does not always pay attention to our rules. 4 00:00:43,499 --> 00:00:47,012 The world is inclined to shift and change, 5 00:00:47,013 --> 00:00:49,881 according to its fancy or its will. 6 00:00:49,882 --> 00:00:51,911 Turning habit on its head, 7 00:00:51,912 --> 00:00:54,527 offending the established order. 8 00:00:56,414 --> 00:01:01,756 We survey the chaos of the landscape and despair. 9 00:01:02,278 --> 00:01:05,138 How can this ever be rectified? 10 00:01:07,100 --> 00:01:11,468 And what are we to do with the detritus? 11 00:01:17,112 --> 00:01:18,488 Blimey! 12 00:01:18,833 --> 00:01:20,588 - It's a big one! - Mm. 13 00:01:20,588 --> 00:01:22,847 It'll be carrots morning, noon and night! 14 00:01:25,847 --> 00:01:26,800 Ugh! 15 00:01:26,801 --> 00:01:29,088 Scram, you... so-and-so. 16 00:01:31,047 --> 00:01:32,488 Good morning, ladies. 17 00:01:32,742 --> 00:01:35,022 How does it feel to be guardian of the Rolodex? 18 00:01:35,047 --> 00:01:37,606 Rather wonderful. Although I do hope 19 00:01:37,607 --> 00:01:39,803 Nurse Crane's having a delightful Devonshire break. 20 00:01:40,047 --> 00:01:41,647 Now, today I will be leading 21 00:01:41,648 --> 00:01:44,408 the early ambulation seminar at St Cuthbert's. 22 00:01:44,409 --> 00:01:47,076 I shall be teaching our colleagues to encourage new mothers 23 00:01:47,077 --> 00:01:50,008 to be up and out of their beds soon after delivery. 24 00:01:50,237 --> 00:01:52,786 Nurse Highland will be representing Nonnatus House. 25 00:01:53,007 --> 00:01:56,046 So the advice is to no longer rest in bed for ten days? 26 00:01:56,047 --> 00:01:58,306 That is correct. It's a new way of thinking. 27 00:01:58,307 --> 00:02:00,887 Sister Julienne has already given her approval. 28 00:02:00,887 --> 00:02:02,649 Sister Catherine and Nurse Clifford, 29 00:02:02,674 --> 00:02:04,406 you'll be at the maternity home today. 30 00:02:05,367 --> 00:02:08,785 May I ask, is there any news on the offending rubbish pile? 31 00:02:09,053 --> 00:02:10,397 It's an outrage. 32 00:02:10,397 --> 00:02:12,452 It is, but the binmen just want 33 00:02:12,477 --> 00:02:14,528 what's rightfully owed to them for their hard work. 34 00:02:14,529 --> 00:02:16,686 55%, I heard! 35 00:02:16,687 --> 00:02:19,191 Leaving the whole of Poplar diseased in their wake. 36 00:02:20,127 --> 00:02:22,886 Sometimes people's only route to change is to withdraw labour. 37 00:02:22,887 --> 00:02:26,215 I mean, it can't be an easy decision for these binmen to make. 38 00:02:26,487 --> 00:02:28,662 We should remember how moved we were 39 00:02:28,687 --> 00:02:30,800 when our pay rise was finally awarded. 40 00:02:31,167 --> 00:02:33,446 We don't generally see patients in this building, 41 00:02:33,447 --> 00:02:35,463 but we do maintain a clinical room, 42 00:02:35,488 --> 00:02:40,064 and the midwives have to cross that court a dozen times a day. 43 00:02:40,089 --> 00:02:41,328 If I ruled the world, 44 00:02:41,329 --> 00:02:44,187 we'd have everyone walking through troughs of disinfectant 45 00:02:44,225 --> 00:02:46,015 like they had to during foot-and-mouth. 46 00:02:46,102 --> 00:02:48,339 It's too close to the school. 47 00:02:48,467 --> 00:02:50,107 That's my first objection. 48 00:02:50,478 --> 00:02:53,004 Well, it's also too close to the market 49 00:02:53,005 --> 00:02:55,113 and to shops where food is sold. 50 00:02:55,150 --> 00:02:57,072 I'm just glad you're back on the Board of Health, 51 00:02:57,073 --> 00:02:59,666 so you can discuss our fears with the council. 52 00:02:59,721 --> 00:03:01,619 It's certainly good timing. 53 00:03:02,302 --> 00:03:05,336 But how much it will help still remains to be seen. 54 00:03:08,306 --> 00:03:09,217 Oh! 55 00:03:09,926 --> 00:03:10,985 Ugh. 56 00:03:10,986 --> 00:03:12,546 I came out without my hankie! 57 00:03:12,717 --> 00:03:13,906 Take mine. 58 00:03:13,906 --> 00:03:16,000 Oh! Thank you. 59 00:03:23,767 --> 00:03:26,132 Thank you all for your questions, 60 00:03:26,157 --> 00:03:28,782 and for taking such a keen interest in the principles of 61 00:03:28,807 --> 00:03:30,954 early ambulation after childbirth. 62 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:32,986 Now, notebooks down 63 00:03:33,169 --> 00:03:35,161 and everybody on their feet, please. 64 00:03:35,367 --> 00:03:37,703 Come along, chaps, don't be bashful. 65 00:03:37,728 --> 00:03:39,928 Nobody likes an embarrassed obstetrician. 66 00:03:40,556 --> 00:03:42,975 Nurse Highland, would you take the lead 67 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:44,639 walking anticlockwise around the room, 68 00:03:44,706 --> 00:03:46,866 keeping up a nice, steady pace? 69 00:03:49,897 --> 00:03:51,919 Never mind the furniture! 70 00:03:51,944 --> 00:03:54,579 These exercises will be performed by new mothers 71 00:03:54,604 --> 00:03:56,222 in their homes and maternity wards, 72 00:03:56,223 --> 00:03:58,527 not in empty gymnasiums! 73 00:03:58,528 --> 00:04:00,266 Now, as you progress, 74 00:04:00,266 --> 00:04:03,028 take note of the effect it's having on your bodies. 75 00:04:03,244 --> 00:04:04,363 Any observations? 76 00:04:04,364 --> 00:04:06,757 Er, it's raising my heart rate. 77 00:04:06,758 --> 00:04:07,966 Oh! 78 00:04:09,170 --> 00:04:10,754 And giving me bruises on my shins! 79 00:04:10,755 --> 00:04:14,404 Now, before we move on to the leg and foot exercises, 80 00:04:14,724 --> 00:04:16,921 perhaps someone could provide us with a recap 81 00:04:16,921 --> 00:04:20,594 of the benefits of gentle exercise during the postpartum period. 82 00:04:22,832 --> 00:04:25,315 Perhaps Nurse Highland can enlighten us. 83 00:04:25,524 --> 00:04:27,523 Er, it promotes rapid resumption 84 00:04:27,524 --> 00:04:29,882 of normal bladder and bowel functions, 85 00:04:29,907 --> 00:04:31,295 plus better drainage 86 00:04:31,296 --> 00:04:33,803 and speedier involution of the uterus. 87 00:04:33,804 --> 00:04:36,564 Also, fewer respiratory complications occur. 88 00:04:36,884 --> 00:04:37,984 Mm-hm. 89 00:04:37,985 --> 00:04:41,529 Now, I'd like you all to lie down on the floor, please. 90 00:04:42,518 --> 00:04:43,714 Come along! 91 00:04:44,020 --> 00:04:46,296 If your white coats get dirty then you can 92 00:04:46,297 --> 00:04:47,863 put them in the wash. 93 00:04:50,484 --> 00:04:53,803 Bernie Midgely. Bun in the oven, just about done. 94 00:04:53,804 --> 00:04:56,604 And I'm not talking about these rum babas. 95 00:04:56,765 --> 00:04:59,324 I brought you all a few treats from our bakery. 96 00:04:59,325 --> 00:05:00,600 How kind! 97 00:05:00,601 --> 00:05:03,965 I must confess I have a soft spot for a rum baba. 98 00:05:03,990 --> 00:05:06,883 I'd have put you down for a custard slice type. 99 00:05:07,130 --> 00:05:08,283 Bruce! 100 00:05:09,444 --> 00:05:12,083 What's wrong with ya? It's only a flight of stairs! 101 00:05:12,084 --> 00:05:14,203 This case weighs a ton! 102 00:05:14,204 --> 00:05:15,563 I'm in here for ten days! 103 00:05:15,564 --> 00:05:18,180 And I don't want to end up wearing my knickers twice. 104 00:05:18,724 --> 00:05:20,944 Oh! All right, all right. 105 00:05:20,945 --> 00:05:22,630 All right, now. 106 00:05:22,657 --> 00:05:25,254 This is number three now. You can do this standing on your head. 107 00:05:25,964 --> 00:05:28,412 Oh, that'd be a sight worth seeing! 108 00:05:28,437 --> 00:05:30,444 I will escort you to the ward. 109 00:05:30,469 --> 00:05:32,712 Er, I'm afraid smoking is not permitted there. 110 00:05:32,737 --> 00:05:33,703 Oh. 111 00:05:37,210 --> 00:05:41,056 And as we're outside visiting hours, neither are husbands. 112 00:05:41,204 --> 00:05:43,523 Unless you intend to be present at the birth? 113 00:05:43,524 --> 00:05:44,584 No. 114 00:05:44,585 --> 00:05:47,763 My phone number's printed on the outside of the cake box. 115 00:05:47,764 --> 00:05:50,987 We will communicate news at the first opportunity. 116 00:05:58,152 --> 00:06:01,203 Following on from the somewhat equivocal success 117 00:06:01,204 --> 00:06:03,163 of the measles vaccination programme, 118 00:06:03,164 --> 00:06:07,124 the next item on the agenda is the refuse workers' strike. 119 00:06:07,453 --> 00:06:08,603 Turner. 120 00:06:09,087 --> 00:06:13,643 If I could draw the committee's attention to the council policy 121 00:06:13,644 --> 00:06:17,668 of siting rubbish dumps in largely residential areas. 122 00:06:17,964 --> 00:06:21,069 It is a serious risk to public health. 123 00:06:21,844 --> 00:06:24,243 I, in turn, feel that the committee should 124 00:06:24,244 --> 00:06:26,724 draw this matter to the attention of Mrs Buckle, 125 00:06:26,990 --> 00:06:29,363 who in her current capacity as mayor 126 00:06:29,364 --> 00:06:33,584 has a degree of jurisdiction over civic insurrection. 127 00:06:34,220 --> 00:06:36,543 The workers have the right 128 00:06:36,543 --> 00:06:39,863 to strike for improved pay and conditions. 129 00:06:39,864 --> 00:06:43,822 Mrs Buckle, if there was a trade union for GPs, 130 00:06:43,823 --> 00:06:45,483 I would join it myself. 131 00:06:45,799 --> 00:06:48,883 But, with respect, the children at St Wilbur's 132 00:06:48,884 --> 00:06:51,283 have the right not to have a disease-ridden dump 133 00:06:51,284 --> 00:06:53,332 within yards of their school gate! 134 00:06:53,456 --> 00:06:57,980 Dr Turner, everyone wants this resolved as soon as possible. 135 00:06:57,981 --> 00:07:00,833 Sentiments shared by the mother of the six-year-old twins 136 00:07:00,834 --> 00:07:04,364 with diarrhoea and vomiting I was called out to this morning. 137 00:07:05,443 --> 00:07:09,536 There are refuse disposal sites all over Tower Hamlets. 138 00:07:10,843 --> 00:07:14,309 These cases are going to multiply and worsen, 139 00:07:14,747 --> 00:07:17,789 and other diseases will creep into the mix. 140 00:07:18,751 --> 00:07:22,108 I suggest we make Dr Turner's shrewd assessment 141 00:07:22,108 --> 00:07:23,570 a matter of record. 142 00:07:23,570 --> 00:07:26,344 Would somebody please propose and second? 143 00:07:26,556 --> 00:07:27,871 - Yes. - Brysedale. 144 00:07:27,950 --> 00:07:29,325 Chaudry. Thank you. 145 00:07:29,875 --> 00:07:32,142 Let us see if our concern 146 00:07:32,142 --> 00:07:35,650 will prompt any action on the mayor's part. 147 00:07:37,282 --> 00:07:39,244 Right, time to get you up onto the bed. 148 00:07:39,245 --> 00:07:40,612 Oh, you're having a laugh. 149 00:07:40,613 --> 00:07:42,523 Don't worry, we'll give you a hand. 150 00:07:42,524 --> 00:07:44,483 I reckon you'll need a crane. 151 00:07:44,750 --> 00:07:45,790 All right. 152 00:08:03,130 --> 00:08:05,528 I'm so sorry, Dr Turner. 153 00:08:05,528 --> 00:08:07,125 I do want you to know 154 00:08:07,126 --> 00:08:10,564 I fully appreciate how unacceptable 155 00:08:10,565 --> 00:08:12,812 this situation with the refuse is. 156 00:08:12,837 --> 00:08:15,928 I suppose we're both just trying to do our jobs. 157 00:08:16,934 --> 00:08:18,986 And I suppose the sooner you do yours, 158 00:08:18,987 --> 00:08:20,746 the sooner I can do mine. 159 00:08:21,124 --> 00:08:23,123 I just wish I could impress upon you 160 00:08:23,124 --> 00:08:26,766 how slowly the wheels of bureaucracy turn. 161 00:08:27,084 --> 00:08:30,863 Even getting the minutes of council meetings signed off 162 00:08:30,863 --> 00:08:32,415 takes an age. 163 00:08:32,510 --> 00:08:35,828 They say time and tide wait for no man. 164 00:08:36,524 --> 00:08:38,684 But neither does disease. 165 00:08:38,924 --> 00:08:43,730 And meanwhile, the dustmen are driving a very hard bargain! 166 00:08:46,183 --> 00:08:48,138 Would you like a lift, Violet? 167 00:08:49,308 --> 00:08:50,649 Thank you. 168 00:08:50,924 --> 00:08:52,364 I'd appreciate that. 169 00:08:56,509 --> 00:08:58,061 This is novel. 170 00:08:59,008 --> 00:09:02,812 I have not seen a midden in our midst since I was young. 171 00:09:03,697 --> 00:09:06,729 Just as well disinfectant's been invented. 172 00:09:11,284 --> 00:09:12,844 Can I have a go? 173 00:09:12,869 --> 00:09:15,900 No, no. This is industrial strength, this is! 174 00:09:16,123 --> 00:09:17,523 It's disgusting. 175 00:09:17,684 --> 00:09:19,029 Oh, come this way! 176 00:09:19,414 --> 00:09:24,149 Mr Buckle will assist you with deposition, if required. 177 00:09:24,404 --> 00:09:25,724 Thank you. 178 00:09:29,750 --> 00:09:31,144 Are there any rats? 179 00:09:31,712 --> 00:09:33,204 I think not. 180 00:09:33,756 --> 00:09:37,320 But if there were, they are all God's creatures 181 00:09:37,610 --> 00:09:39,661 and we must treat them as such. 182 00:09:41,146 --> 00:09:43,823 Sister Monica Joan? Come away! 183 00:09:44,437 --> 00:09:47,774 You shriek as if a doodlebug had landed. 184 00:09:48,185 --> 00:09:51,025 If a doodlebug had landed, you'd be dead. 185 00:09:51,444 --> 00:09:53,284 And it's time for compline. 186 00:10:03,437 --> 00:10:05,033 Well done! 187 00:10:05,326 --> 00:10:07,983 Well done. Baby's head has just arrived. 188 00:10:12,257 --> 00:10:13,970 What? What's the matter? 189 00:10:14,288 --> 00:10:16,776 I'm just slipping the umbilical cord out of the way. 190 00:10:17,015 --> 00:10:18,934 Baby was wearing it like a necklace. 191 00:10:19,091 --> 00:10:21,206 Now, with this next contraction, 192 00:10:21,231 --> 00:10:24,524 I need you to push down again, as hard as you can. 193 00:10:24,958 --> 00:10:26,296 You know the drill. 194 00:10:30,876 --> 00:10:31,992 Keep going. 195 00:10:33,459 --> 00:10:34,691 Keep going. 196 00:10:35,036 --> 00:10:35,946 Keep going! 197 00:10:37,153 --> 00:10:39,568 Wonderful work. Wonderful! 198 00:10:43,583 --> 00:10:44,989 You have a little girl. 199 00:10:55,496 --> 00:10:57,572 Two minutes past eight. 200 00:10:59,583 --> 00:11:02,131 She is the sweetest little thing. 201 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:03,943 Oh! 202 00:11:14,423 --> 00:11:16,263 Oh, hello. 203 00:11:19,082 --> 00:11:22,376 Sugar and spice and all things nice! 204 00:11:24,423 --> 00:11:25,696 Aww. 205 00:11:25,697 --> 00:11:29,369 Oh, I hope she improves before her father sees her. 206 00:11:43,298 --> 00:11:46,411 You've got the right idea, Tony. I wouldn't mind a go of that. 207 00:11:48,216 --> 00:11:50,872 There's rubbish on the war memorial. 208 00:11:50,873 --> 00:11:53,341 Put it down, Reggie, you haven't got your gloves on. 209 00:11:53,902 --> 00:11:55,724 On the war memorial. 210 00:11:55,724 --> 00:11:57,386 Absolute sacrilege. 211 00:12:04,343 --> 00:12:05,711 Oh! 212 00:12:05,712 --> 00:12:07,882 This is positively the final straw. 213 00:12:08,245 --> 00:12:09,261 Get out! 214 00:12:11,026 --> 00:12:14,413 Oh! Where on earth is Cyril's cat when he's needed? 215 00:12:14,414 --> 00:12:15,823 In fairness, I did see him 216 00:12:15,823 --> 00:12:17,479 with a dead one in his mouth last night. 217 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:19,726 He's not going to kill many on his own. 218 00:12:20,081 --> 00:12:22,186 We'll make a start on the morning list. 219 00:12:22,186 --> 00:12:24,368 You go and sanitise your saddlebag. 220 00:12:24,368 --> 00:12:26,903 I think you should check yours before you go sailing off. 221 00:12:26,904 --> 00:12:28,643 He might have started a trend. 222 00:12:40,003 --> 00:12:41,459 It's a good job I popped by 223 00:12:41,460 --> 00:12:44,386 with those meals-on-wheels forms, Mr Butler. 224 00:12:44,387 --> 00:12:47,067 I was expecting a lively conversation 225 00:12:47,068 --> 00:12:49,853 about toad-in-the-hole versus hotpot, 226 00:12:49,854 --> 00:12:52,906 not all this, having to get Doctor. 227 00:12:52,907 --> 00:12:55,235 I tried banging on the floor. 228 00:12:56,190 --> 00:12:58,841 But the neighbours didn't hear. 229 00:12:59,863 --> 00:13:02,120 May I take a look in your eyes, please? 230 00:13:06,829 --> 00:13:07,798 Hmm. 231 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:11,355 You have got a nasty infection of some kind, 232 00:13:11,783 --> 00:13:13,818 there's no doubt about that. 233 00:13:14,390 --> 00:13:18,278 Possibly because the rubbish outside is attracting vermin. 234 00:13:19,189 --> 00:13:21,094 We've always had rats. 235 00:13:22,252 --> 00:13:25,349 But they used to keep themselves to themselves 236 00:13:25,863 --> 00:13:27,176 till now. 237 00:13:27,303 --> 00:13:29,769 That rubbish dump is like a holiday camp for them. 238 00:13:29,983 --> 00:13:31,335 They're having the time of their lives 239 00:13:31,336 --> 00:13:33,115 and bringing all their relatives. 240 00:13:36,130 --> 00:13:37,525 Ambulance, now. 241 00:13:37,751 --> 00:13:40,982 No need to worry about rats in the bags any more, 242 00:13:40,983 --> 00:13:44,088 Sister Julienne, because we're storing the bikes in here 243 00:13:44,089 --> 00:13:46,064 from now on, and I have it on great authority 244 00:13:46,065 --> 00:13:47,888 that rats can't climb the stairs. 245 00:13:49,197 --> 00:13:51,903 I shall be putting traps down regardless. 246 00:13:52,623 --> 00:13:55,653 I hope they'll be of the humane variety. 247 00:13:56,150 --> 00:13:57,582 I can assure you, 248 00:13:57,583 --> 00:13:59,028 they will not. 249 00:14:00,693 --> 00:14:04,285 Right, ladies, shoulders back and extremities at the ready. 250 00:14:04,709 --> 00:14:08,249 Nurse Highland has had the benefit of private tuition from myself, 251 00:14:08,249 --> 00:14:10,332 so if in doubt, follow her example. 252 00:14:10,332 --> 00:14:13,903 We will begin by gently rotating the left foot 253 00:14:13,903 --> 00:14:15,861 in a clockwise direction. 254 00:14:18,256 --> 00:14:21,336 Oh, other way, honey - that's anticlockwise! 255 00:14:21,823 --> 00:14:23,656 I never could tell the time! 256 00:14:23,657 --> 00:14:26,425 So, this is meant to stop our ankles swelling? 257 00:14:26,425 --> 00:14:27,642 Precisely. 258 00:14:28,195 --> 00:14:30,741 Full rotations, Nurse Highland. No short-cuts! 259 00:14:31,123 --> 00:14:34,656 Now, please do remember, this is not purely about these exercises. 260 00:14:34,657 --> 00:14:37,022 We very much encourage you to... 261 00:14:37,023 --> 00:14:38,902 ...take short walks to the nursery, 262 00:14:38,903 --> 00:14:41,853 go to the bathroom unassisted and above all else, 263 00:14:41,854 --> 00:14:44,208 avoid excessive rest in bed. 264 00:14:50,503 --> 00:14:53,291 Mrs Midgely, why don't you walk Baby to the nursery 265 00:14:53,292 --> 00:14:54,801 and settle her to sleep in there? 266 00:14:54,802 --> 00:14:56,525 No. It'll disturb her. 267 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:59,746 Where are those nice nurses from yesterday? 268 00:15:00,255 --> 00:15:02,615 Off spreading their wings on house calls. 269 00:15:07,140 --> 00:15:09,753 Don't even try making your way to that bike shed. 270 00:15:09,754 --> 00:15:11,795 You'd need a machete to get through that rubbish. 271 00:15:12,066 --> 00:15:14,700 - Shall I just park up here? - No, give it here. 272 00:15:14,701 --> 00:15:17,631 We're storing them inside while the rats are on the rampage. 273 00:15:17,989 --> 00:15:19,143 Thank you. 274 00:15:21,089 --> 00:15:23,558 Have you checked Baby's nappy? 275 00:15:23,558 --> 00:15:25,645 Yes. It's not that. 276 00:15:25,646 --> 00:15:27,944 I've been through all this, twice over. 277 00:15:27,945 --> 00:15:30,502 I know you have, and you're doing really well. 278 00:15:31,568 --> 00:15:33,631 What about a little walk around? 279 00:15:33,631 --> 00:15:36,002 It might do you and Baby some good, you know, 280 00:15:36,003 --> 00:15:38,096 perhaps help to settle her? 281 00:15:38,097 --> 00:15:39,383 I'm all right here. 282 00:15:39,935 --> 00:15:41,461 I could come with you. 283 00:15:41,462 --> 00:15:42,416 No. 284 00:15:42,727 --> 00:15:44,623 I don't need you watching over me, 285 00:15:44,623 --> 00:15:45,995 criticising me. 286 00:15:46,303 --> 00:15:48,785 Honey, I wasn't criticising. 287 00:15:49,066 --> 00:15:51,114 I'm sorry if you thought I was. 288 00:15:51,115 --> 00:15:52,810 I was just trying to help. 289 00:15:52,943 --> 00:15:54,315 Course you were. 290 00:15:54,316 --> 00:15:55,729 And, please, 291 00:15:56,103 --> 00:15:57,702 don't call me honey. 292 00:16:07,250 --> 00:16:08,610 Hello, Nigel. 293 00:16:16,943 --> 00:16:18,347 Sorry. 294 00:16:18,703 --> 00:16:20,303 That clearly didn't suit. 295 00:16:23,401 --> 00:16:25,775 Oh, ladies, you are being diligent! 296 00:16:26,267 --> 00:16:28,640 You can keep this up when you get home tomorrow. 297 00:16:28,751 --> 00:16:31,364 Settle back in bed now, it's feeding time. 298 00:16:32,367 --> 00:16:35,786 I brought little Rebecca in first as she seems quite peckish. 299 00:16:35,921 --> 00:16:37,606 We'll fetch the others in a moment. 300 00:16:37,631 --> 00:16:39,223 Can't you feed mine, Nurse? 301 00:16:39,248 --> 00:16:40,759 I'm so tired. 302 00:16:40,837 --> 00:16:43,883 I can't see any harm in you catching up with some rest. 303 00:16:45,597 --> 00:16:46,834 You are lucky! 304 00:16:47,147 --> 00:16:49,323 This, I cannot ask of others. 305 00:16:49,397 --> 00:16:51,757 Well, you do things differently, don't ya? 306 00:17:01,996 --> 00:17:03,864 Is that a rum baba? 307 00:17:05,577 --> 00:17:09,599 I've often stopped to admire them in the cake-shop window. 308 00:17:09,797 --> 00:17:11,556 May I be of assistance? 309 00:17:11,557 --> 00:17:14,882 I need to book in Baby Edwards to see Doctor. 310 00:17:14,997 --> 00:17:17,764 St Cuthbert's sent him home with undiagnosed tongue-tie. 311 00:17:17,765 --> 00:17:19,917 Not feeding and not gaining weight. 312 00:17:20,077 --> 00:17:22,089 I don't suppose we could get him in today? 313 00:17:22,114 --> 00:17:23,741 Surgery is full. 314 00:17:24,210 --> 00:17:27,613 I can create a space at ten past five. 315 00:17:27,638 --> 00:17:29,615 Thank you. I'm in your debt. 316 00:17:30,212 --> 00:17:32,861 In which case, I would appreciate a favour. 317 00:17:33,132 --> 00:17:35,420 It involves assistance with the Cubs. 318 00:17:35,713 --> 00:17:36,853 I see. 319 00:17:37,410 --> 00:17:39,841 I assured Nurse Crane we would complete 320 00:17:39,841 --> 00:17:42,835 all elements of the Bronze and Silver Arrow badges 321 00:17:42,836 --> 00:17:44,807 before she returned from Devonshire, 322 00:17:44,832 --> 00:17:47,614 and I fear that we are going to fail her. 323 00:17:47,863 --> 00:17:49,235 What's the stumbling block? 324 00:17:49,235 --> 00:17:51,598 It's a section called Know Your Area... 325 00:17:51,623 --> 00:17:55,608 I've just telephoned St Cuthbert's to enquire about Albert Butler. 326 00:17:55,608 --> 00:17:57,177 That nice old man? 327 00:17:57,566 --> 00:17:58,861 He died last night. 328 00:17:59,705 --> 00:18:01,116 Weil's disease, 329 00:18:01,502 --> 00:18:04,412 which is spread by rats and in contaminated water. 330 00:18:04,684 --> 00:18:07,176 I wondered how long it would be before that rubbish dump 331 00:18:07,176 --> 00:18:08,830 claimed somebody's life. 332 00:18:08,831 --> 00:18:10,232 The first fatality. 333 00:18:10,257 --> 00:18:12,137 I'm worried it won't be the last. 334 00:18:16,369 --> 00:18:18,066 Mum! Mum! 335 00:18:18,067 --> 00:18:19,506 What is it, Reggie? 336 00:18:20,291 --> 00:18:22,294 I need more toilet paper. 337 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:24,193 Oh, love. 338 00:18:24,544 --> 00:18:26,236 I heard you getting up in the night 339 00:18:26,236 --> 00:18:28,436 but I didn't realise you were poorly. 340 00:18:28,436 --> 00:18:29,951 Have you been sick as well? 341 00:18:29,951 --> 00:18:33,086 It's the other end that's gone wrong. 342 00:18:33,773 --> 00:18:35,616 I need to feed Nigel. 343 00:18:35,847 --> 00:18:37,699 Well, never mind about Nigel. 344 00:18:37,911 --> 00:18:42,131 I'm going to get you some flat pop and some kaolin and morphine. 345 00:18:42,474 --> 00:18:44,403 And more toilet paper? 346 00:18:44,754 --> 00:18:45,858 Mm. 347 00:18:46,125 --> 00:18:48,717 I'm discharging myself with immediate effect. 348 00:18:48,718 --> 00:18:50,666 Mrs Midgely, this is most irregular. 349 00:18:50,667 --> 00:18:52,180 I'll tell you what's irregular. 350 00:18:52,181 --> 00:18:54,018 The amount of shut-eye I get in there. 351 00:18:54,019 --> 00:18:56,876 I can hardly string an hour's sleep, there's that much going on. 352 00:18:56,877 --> 00:18:59,558 Mrs Midgely! What are you doing dressed? 353 00:18:59,559 --> 00:19:02,917 Mrs Midgely has announced her intention of returning home. 354 00:19:02,917 --> 00:19:04,637 But that won't do at all. 355 00:19:04,638 --> 00:19:07,638 Baby is barely two days old, and you need our care. 356 00:19:07,639 --> 00:19:09,549 Meanwhile, I've got a nine-year-old 357 00:19:09,574 --> 00:19:12,458 and a six-year-old to care for and a bakery to run. 358 00:19:12,458 --> 00:19:15,441 Now, I'm going to put a coat and a hat on my baby, 359 00:19:15,441 --> 00:19:17,638 and I'd like you to telephone my husband. 360 00:19:21,678 --> 00:19:22,707 Nigel? 361 00:19:24,557 --> 00:19:27,298 Whatever's the matter, you poor little thing? 362 00:19:28,528 --> 00:19:29,852 Oh, that's handy. 363 00:19:29,852 --> 00:19:33,099 Violet just called me to tell me to give him his pilchards. 364 00:19:33,100 --> 00:19:35,335 Come on, Nigel. Room service awaits. 365 00:19:35,793 --> 00:19:38,130 Fred, I don't think he's very well. 366 00:19:42,993 --> 00:19:45,002 I'd stick with the good old-fashioned 367 00:19:45,003 --> 00:19:48,237 tummy-bug remedies until further notice, Violet. 368 00:19:48,238 --> 00:19:50,912 I honestly don't think it's anything more sinister 369 00:19:50,913 --> 00:19:52,182 in Reggie's case. 370 00:19:52,182 --> 00:19:55,853 Well, thank you for casting your eye over him, all the same. 371 00:19:55,854 --> 00:19:57,482 Well, I was passing. 372 00:19:57,483 --> 00:19:59,790 With the news that somebody has died 373 00:19:59,790 --> 00:20:03,513 as a direct consequence of that monstrosity around the corner. 374 00:20:03,566 --> 00:20:07,294 Which is itself a direct consequence of the binmen's strike. 375 00:20:07,982 --> 00:20:10,442 I'm not a fool, Dr Turner. 376 00:20:10,514 --> 00:20:12,843 I do know that this debacle 377 00:20:12,844 --> 00:20:14,971 probably caused Reggie's gippy tum. 378 00:20:15,352 --> 00:20:17,551 Because of my position, 379 00:20:17,928 --> 00:20:20,936 I've been trying to take a dispassionate view. 380 00:20:20,937 --> 00:20:23,629 But once people start dying 381 00:20:23,629 --> 00:20:27,143 or even getting knocked off their feet with the trots... 382 00:20:27,144 --> 00:20:29,678 Dispassion gets a bit harder to maintain. 383 00:20:30,353 --> 00:20:32,125 Enough is enough! 384 00:20:32,605 --> 00:20:34,888 I'm taking up the cudgels. 385 00:20:40,002 --> 00:20:42,815 I hope I'm not developing an allergy to cats, Nigel. 386 00:20:43,431 --> 00:20:45,550 We've been good friends until now. 387 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:53,687 That's right, little chap. 388 00:20:54,140 --> 00:20:56,166 Sleep's the best medicine for you. 389 00:20:58,740 --> 00:20:59,756 Rosalind? 390 00:20:59,794 --> 00:21:01,192 Fred let me in. 391 00:21:01,192 --> 00:21:02,610 I found Nigel ill on the street 392 00:21:02,611 --> 00:21:04,012 and I didn't want to leave him on his own. 393 00:21:04,012 --> 00:21:04,950 Oh! 394 00:21:07,689 --> 00:21:09,717 Hello, my friend. 395 00:21:09,718 --> 00:21:10,936 What's the matter? 396 00:21:11,331 --> 00:21:12,685 He keeps trembling, 397 00:21:12,686 --> 00:21:15,115 and I can't convince him to eat or drink anything. 398 00:21:15,186 --> 00:21:17,505 - He feels cold. - Hmm. 399 00:21:17,530 --> 00:21:20,024 Do you want to try some pilchards from a fork, 400 00:21:20,056 --> 00:21:22,108 that special way you like them? 401 00:21:28,306 --> 00:21:29,946 Thank you for looking after him. 402 00:21:31,380 --> 00:21:33,220 I think it's you he wants. 403 00:21:36,315 --> 00:21:40,784 Today, rather than working in our usual sixes, 404 00:21:40,809 --> 00:21:42,155 we're joining forces 405 00:21:42,156 --> 00:21:43,897 - as a team... - Ow! 406 00:21:43,897 --> 00:21:45,442 I saw that, Abdul! 407 00:21:46,549 --> 00:21:49,413 Those of you working towards your Arrow badges, 408 00:21:49,438 --> 00:21:52,397 this part will involve going about the local area 409 00:21:52,398 --> 00:21:56,344 and noting places of interest and history in our community. 410 00:21:56,638 --> 00:21:59,759 When we return, you will each report back 411 00:21:59,759 --> 00:22:04,016 three facts about the site that interested you most. 412 00:22:04,071 --> 00:22:05,190 Are you ready? 413 00:22:05,191 --> 00:22:06,963 Yeah! 414 00:22:06,963 --> 00:22:09,690 And here comes Baloo! So we're all set. 415 00:22:10,327 --> 00:22:12,454 I'm terribly sorry, pack, 416 00:22:13,071 --> 00:22:14,931 but there's been a change of plan. 417 00:22:14,932 --> 00:22:17,467 Tonight's session will be in the hall... 418 00:22:17,571 --> 00:22:19,115 Aww! 419 00:22:19,115 --> 00:22:21,941 ..as the refuse site makes it too dangerous 420 00:22:21,942 --> 00:22:24,221 for us to venture out in Poplar. 421 00:22:24,222 --> 00:22:26,550 But the rubbish dump's exciting! 422 00:22:26,551 --> 00:22:28,122 Precisely. 423 00:22:28,123 --> 00:22:32,222 Instead, we will have to use the directories and map 424 00:22:32,223 --> 00:22:35,942 and... our trusty A-Z. 425 00:22:47,617 --> 00:22:48,966 Goodnight, Cyril. 426 00:22:49,271 --> 00:22:50,434 Goodnight. 427 00:22:54,313 --> 00:22:56,351 - First! - No, I did. 428 00:22:56,724 --> 00:22:58,725 There is plenty to go around. 429 00:22:58,726 --> 00:23:01,638 This is no way to achieve your badges. 430 00:23:01,638 --> 00:23:03,977 This is... This is boring! 431 00:23:09,726 --> 00:23:11,437 Can I have butter on this? 432 00:23:11,726 --> 00:23:14,443 No, dry toast is all you're getting 433 00:23:14,443 --> 00:23:17,709 until we're sure we've got this tummy bug on the run. 434 00:23:20,910 --> 00:23:22,043 Oh! 435 00:23:22,945 --> 00:23:24,682 You're looking perkier. 436 00:23:29,015 --> 00:23:30,429 What's this, homework? 437 00:23:30,495 --> 00:23:32,414 Ammunition for the next meeting. 438 00:23:32,415 --> 00:23:36,312 Thank goodness for Miss Higgins and her intelligence network! 439 00:23:36,495 --> 00:23:40,052 Diarrhoea and vomiting are not notifiable diseases, 440 00:23:40,053 --> 00:23:42,553 so they've been going under the radar. 441 00:23:42,946 --> 00:23:46,476 In the past week, there have been 24 cases 442 00:23:46,477 --> 00:23:48,864 in just three GP surgeries. 443 00:23:48,889 --> 00:23:52,228 Better go down the cash-and-carry and stock up on bog roll! 444 00:23:53,044 --> 00:23:56,024 I don't think so. That would be profiteering. 445 00:23:57,083 --> 00:23:59,698 Just when you thought life couldn't get any more exciting... 446 00:24:00,981 --> 00:24:03,176 ..I found some mini swiss rolls in the cupboard 447 00:24:03,177 --> 00:24:04,614 and rustled up some Horlicks. 448 00:24:04,615 --> 00:24:05,852 Oh, gosh. 449 00:24:06,055 --> 00:24:07,454 Thank you. 450 00:24:07,455 --> 00:24:09,308 I've just realised I didn't eat anything this evening. 451 00:24:09,309 --> 00:24:11,868 Maybe that's why your face is pale as paper. 452 00:24:12,818 --> 00:24:15,437 She has big dark rings round her eyes as well. 453 00:24:15,695 --> 00:24:17,483 I'm not liking this at all. 454 00:24:18,063 --> 00:24:20,605 I must confess, I've got a dreadful headache. 455 00:24:26,262 --> 00:24:27,862 I'm fetching you some aspirin. 456 00:24:28,462 --> 00:24:30,728 You get some food and drink inside her. 457 00:24:32,055 --> 00:24:33,898 I'm running a fever, aren't I? 458 00:24:34,272 --> 00:24:36,070 Yes, sweetie, you are. 459 00:24:38,448 --> 00:24:39,925 Come on, my friend. 460 00:24:40,291 --> 00:24:41,454 Just try. 461 00:24:42,318 --> 00:24:44,064 Please, just try? 462 00:24:53,615 --> 00:24:55,811 In the morning, I'm going to take you to the vet. 463 00:24:56,615 --> 00:24:59,821 I don't even know where the vet is because you were never sick before. 464 00:25:01,382 --> 00:25:03,641 You're always full of life and adventure, 465 00:25:03,895 --> 00:25:06,439 marauding your way all over Poplar. 466 00:25:06,855 --> 00:25:09,024 Coming home and telling me all about it. 467 00:25:09,415 --> 00:25:11,087 What mice you killed. 468 00:25:11,495 --> 00:25:13,419 What walls you walked along. 469 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:17,453 We need to get you back on your feet. 470 00:25:18,365 --> 00:25:21,791 I need to see you sitting on your step in the sunshine, 471 00:25:22,055 --> 00:25:23,388 waiting for me. 472 00:25:26,895 --> 00:25:28,789 I need you to last till the morning... 473 00:25:29,215 --> 00:25:30,999 ..so I can take you to the vet. 474 00:25:40,301 --> 00:25:41,881 Come on! 475 00:25:41,882 --> 00:25:44,199 Come on, she's not going to wait for you. 476 00:25:44,199 --> 00:25:45,499 Sh. 477 00:25:46,055 --> 00:25:48,187 Oh, not that one! That's one of the old ones! 478 00:25:49,714 --> 00:25:51,495 Sh, sh, sh, sh. 479 00:25:51,495 --> 00:25:54,853 If you wanted to be waited on hand, foot and finger, 480 00:25:54,854 --> 00:25:56,814 you should have stayed at the maternity home. 481 00:25:57,015 --> 00:25:59,324 I told you, they changed the rules. 482 00:25:59,495 --> 00:26:02,978 I was run ragged doing exercises every five minutes. 483 00:26:03,602 --> 00:26:06,136 I've got to get the bread on and the boys to school. 484 00:26:06,137 --> 00:26:07,694 - Come on, lads. - Sh, sh, sh. 485 00:26:11,688 --> 00:26:13,423 Oooh! 486 00:26:13,423 --> 00:26:15,135 There we go. 487 00:26:23,394 --> 00:26:25,074 Don't leave me, Nigel. 488 00:26:27,175 --> 00:26:29,975 Oh, no, my poor little man. 489 00:26:31,095 --> 00:26:32,815 Oh, my poor friend. 490 00:26:37,175 --> 00:26:38,415 My friend... 491 00:26:53,155 --> 00:26:54,279 Oh! 492 00:26:55,095 --> 00:26:57,294 You shouldn't be out of bed, child. 493 00:26:57,295 --> 00:26:59,950 I don't think I can get back there on my own. 494 00:26:59,951 --> 00:27:02,735 Don't even try it. I'm going to help you. 495 00:27:13,375 --> 00:27:15,849 I tried taking my pulse earlier, 496 00:27:16,055 --> 00:27:18,566 but it really wasn't very reassuring. 497 00:27:18,567 --> 00:27:21,125 It's time for you to be the patient now, 498 00:27:21,126 --> 00:27:22,997 and let others look after you. 499 00:27:23,276 --> 00:27:25,295 I think I know what this is. 500 00:27:25,295 --> 00:27:27,456 But I want it confirmed in hospital. 501 00:27:28,495 --> 00:27:29,735 Hospital? 502 00:27:30,928 --> 00:27:32,208 I'll come with you. 503 00:27:33,495 --> 00:27:35,507 In the ambulance if necessary. 504 00:27:36,928 --> 00:27:39,328 The sooner we get you there the better, I think. 505 00:27:52,975 --> 00:27:54,247 Thank you, Fred. 506 00:27:54,843 --> 00:27:56,770 It'll be nice knowing he's nearby. 507 00:27:58,362 --> 00:28:01,331 I imagine you want to say a little prayer. 508 00:28:01,332 --> 00:28:04,338 I'll stand back and when you've finished, I'll cover him up. 509 00:28:07,510 --> 00:28:10,673 You know, I'm not generally sentimental about animals, but... 510 00:28:11,566 --> 00:28:13,546 ..I'm going to miss his little face. 511 00:28:13,546 --> 00:28:15,931 We were strays together. 512 00:28:16,685 --> 00:28:19,096 He had no-one and I had no-one when we met. 513 00:28:20,032 --> 00:28:22,223 He wasn't too keen on the flat being a church 514 00:28:22,224 --> 00:28:24,373 and I wasn't too keen on the smell of pilchards 515 00:28:24,373 --> 00:28:25,628 but, er... 516 00:28:25,945 --> 00:28:27,678 But we made a home together. 517 00:28:28,927 --> 00:28:31,791 I used to wonder what he would do if Lucille came back. 518 00:28:32,341 --> 00:28:34,495 I suppose that's immaterial now. 519 00:28:35,043 --> 00:28:37,097 She is never coming back. 520 00:28:38,529 --> 00:28:40,295 I hoped for so long. 521 00:28:41,615 --> 00:28:43,482 I prayed for even longer. 522 00:28:43,815 --> 00:28:45,980 Even after she asked for a divorce. 523 00:28:46,255 --> 00:28:48,643 - I see. - I prayed because I... 524 00:28:48,775 --> 00:28:50,304 ..didn't know what to say. 525 00:28:50,682 --> 00:28:53,175 Whether I should fight on or just give in. 526 00:28:55,248 --> 00:28:58,808 And in the end, it wasn't God that gave me the answer. 527 00:29:00,068 --> 00:29:01,948 It was Nigel. 528 00:29:03,395 --> 00:29:04,875 How did he do that? 529 00:29:05,995 --> 00:29:07,235 I'll tell you one day. 530 00:29:11,915 --> 00:29:15,075 But I am going to get a divorce. 531 00:29:26,248 --> 00:29:27,590 Hold up! 532 00:29:27,591 --> 00:29:30,227 There's an ambulance pulling up at Nonnatus House. 533 00:29:31,146 --> 00:29:33,496 Could there be something wrong with Sister Monica Joan? 534 00:29:34,095 --> 00:29:36,657 Pick any flowers you want. I'll report back. 535 00:29:38,855 --> 00:29:40,239 Stop it. 536 00:29:40,874 --> 00:29:42,135 This way. 537 00:29:45,877 --> 00:29:47,420 Midwife calling! 538 00:29:48,504 --> 00:29:50,144 Good morning, Mrs Midgely. 539 00:29:51,330 --> 00:29:53,450 I was hoping I'd see you again. 540 00:29:53,642 --> 00:29:55,649 Sister Catherine will take a look at Baby 541 00:29:55,650 --> 00:29:57,683 and I will cast my eye over you. 542 00:29:57,683 --> 00:29:59,713 Once you've put that cigarette out. 543 00:29:59,983 --> 00:30:02,982 This is my house. We play by my rules. 544 00:30:02,982 --> 00:30:05,118 Apart from when I'm examining you. 545 00:30:05,118 --> 00:30:07,762 And while I do that, you have to play by mine. 546 00:30:14,918 --> 00:30:17,942 And what about your nipples? Are they sore? 547 00:30:18,154 --> 00:30:20,421 Well, I would have said if they were, wouldn't I? 548 00:30:21,929 --> 00:30:24,254 It is my job to check, Mrs Midgely. 549 00:30:24,255 --> 00:30:26,286 Sore nipples can be very painful 550 00:30:26,286 --> 00:30:28,118 and we wouldn't want you experiencing 551 00:30:28,118 --> 00:30:29,652 any unnecessary discomfort. 552 00:30:29,653 --> 00:30:31,220 I said they're fine! 553 00:30:31,918 --> 00:30:34,756 Umbilicus is clean and free from infection. 554 00:30:35,770 --> 00:30:39,143 Oh, dear, little one! 555 00:30:39,143 --> 00:30:41,854 Perhaps getting out of this room, 556 00:30:41,855 --> 00:30:44,976 walking Baby around the flat, might do you both some good? 557 00:30:44,977 --> 00:30:47,894 We don't need to walk around. We need to rest. 558 00:30:47,988 --> 00:30:50,178 It worked with the boys, it'll work with her. 559 00:30:50,319 --> 00:30:52,060 Well, every baby's different. 560 00:30:52,405 --> 00:30:55,797 And I have to say, I agree with Nurse Highland, you know. 561 00:30:55,914 --> 00:30:58,487 Lying in bed all day, it won't do you any good. 562 00:30:58,488 --> 00:31:00,685 She's a bad influence on you. 563 00:31:01,008 --> 00:31:02,847 Give me my baby and get out! 564 00:31:02,847 --> 00:31:05,334 I haven't completed your examination, Mrs Midgely. 565 00:31:05,335 --> 00:31:06,747 Yes, you have. 566 00:31:07,405 --> 00:31:08,358 Go! 567 00:31:14,769 --> 00:31:16,711 Sh, sh, sh. 568 00:31:17,884 --> 00:31:19,377 Excuse me, madam. 569 00:31:19,614 --> 00:31:21,206 I'm from Thames Radio, London. 570 00:31:21,206 --> 00:31:23,974 May I ask for your opinion on the dustmen's strike? 571 00:31:24,164 --> 00:31:26,042 You certainly may. 572 00:31:27,099 --> 00:31:31,228 I, along with many others, am living in a state of siege. 573 00:31:31,850 --> 00:31:33,760 I cannot open my windows, 574 00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:35,963 I am unable to have my milk delivered, 575 00:31:36,423 --> 00:31:40,689 I'm spraying eau de cologne about as if it were tap water. 576 00:31:41,122 --> 00:31:44,082 I am now about to walk to my work 577 00:31:44,083 --> 00:31:46,562 in a hard-pressed doctor's surgery 578 00:31:46,563 --> 00:31:50,844 because that eyesore prevents me from moving my car. 579 00:31:53,070 --> 00:31:55,736 Perhaps while she is at the doctor's surgery, 580 00:31:55,981 --> 00:31:58,343 she may locate her backbone. 581 00:31:58,344 --> 00:31:59,471 Pardon me? 582 00:31:59,763 --> 00:32:03,118 This is merely a transient inconvenience. 583 00:32:04,731 --> 00:32:09,016 What has become of the population's moral fibre? 584 00:32:09,739 --> 00:32:11,237 Radio Thames, London. 585 00:32:11,832 --> 00:32:13,611 Would you care to elaborate, madam? 586 00:32:14,144 --> 00:32:15,236 Yes. 587 00:32:15,825 --> 00:32:18,043 Yes, I would. 588 00:32:21,146 --> 00:32:23,725 Should I write down that she threw us out in my notes? 589 00:32:23,725 --> 00:32:25,785 It happens. The usual phrase is, 590 00:32:25,786 --> 00:32:28,066 "Mother declined attention at this visit." 591 00:32:28,624 --> 00:32:30,308 That's a polite way of putting it. 592 00:32:30,561 --> 00:32:32,627 I thought she was very rude to you. 593 00:32:38,584 --> 00:32:42,322 It would appear that I can confirm the GP's 594 00:32:42,323 --> 00:32:44,353 suspicion of Weil's disease. 595 00:32:45,296 --> 00:32:47,415 The blood tests are also showing 596 00:32:47,415 --> 00:32:49,446 some compromised kidney function. 597 00:32:51,184 --> 00:32:52,890 It's all right, Rosalind. 598 00:32:52,890 --> 00:32:54,304 Now they know what it is, 599 00:32:54,305 --> 00:32:56,438 they can concentrate on bringing the fever down. 600 00:32:56,809 --> 00:32:58,986 Penicillin is the treatment of choice. 601 00:32:59,212 --> 00:33:01,484 Intravenous, in this case. 602 00:33:01,484 --> 00:33:03,115 If we don't get the infection on the run 603 00:33:03,115 --> 00:33:04,644 in the next 24 hours, 604 00:33:05,319 --> 00:33:09,095 well, we're entering very difficult territory. 605 00:33:12,272 --> 00:33:13,464 Trixie? 606 00:33:13,869 --> 00:33:15,353 Will you pray with me? 607 00:33:15,707 --> 00:33:16,803 Oh, sweetie. 608 00:33:17,035 --> 00:33:20,193 There are so many people so much better at that than me! 609 00:33:20,193 --> 00:33:21,498 Please. 610 00:33:23,124 --> 00:33:25,640 I can't get the words straight in my head. 611 00:33:29,550 --> 00:33:32,224 You close your eyes, and I'll close mine. 612 00:33:39,975 --> 00:33:42,663 I bet she got full marks off the midwives. 613 00:33:42,664 --> 00:33:45,131 I wouldn't know. I sent them packing. 614 00:33:45,515 --> 00:33:46,591 What for? 615 00:33:46,686 --> 00:33:49,161 Cos I can't stand that West Indian! 616 00:33:49,162 --> 00:33:52,236 She thinks she's everybody. Keeps telling me what to do. 617 00:33:52,236 --> 00:33:54,315 - Well, she's wasting her time there. - Yeah. 618 00:33:56,068 --> 00:33:58,867 How about I bring you a cup of tea and a cream horn? 619 00:33:58,868 --> 00:34:03,788 Oh, that's the best medicine in the world. 620 00:34:04,957 --> 00:34:06,751 Who needs the National Health? 621 00:34:21,388 --> 00:34:22,908 How is Nurse Clifford? 622 00:34:23,099 --> 00:34:24,908 She has Weil's disease. 623 00:34:26,225 --> 00:34:28,133 She's obviously extremely poorly. 624 00:34:28,215 --> 00:34:30,064 It's a matter of watch and wait 625 00:34:30,089 --> 00:34:32,474 and see if the penicillin works. 626 00:34:32,577 --> 00:34:34,148 Can I go to see her? 627 00:34:34,307 --> 00:34:37,045 I mean, she must need a toothbrush and some nightclothes. 628 00:34:38,056 --> 00:34:39,669 They asked me to leave. 629 00:34:40,461 --> 00:34:42,330 She's considered to be critical. 630 00:34:51,688 --> 00:34:52,888 Doctor? 631 00:34:55,296 --> 00:34:57,916 C-c-can I see my notes? 632 00:34:58,159 --> 00:34:59,560 Not just now. 633 00:35:00,497 --> 00:35:02,661 I need to know if I'm getting worse. 634 00:35:04,348 --> 00:35:05,736 I feel worse. 635 00:35:05,737 --> 00:35:07,484 We're going to change your treatment. 636 00:35:07,884 --> 00:35:09,971 To see if that'll turn things around. 637 00:35:19,159 --> 00:35:20,342 Bruce? 638 00:35:21,005 --> 00:35:22,384 Where's the baby? 639 00:35:23,923 --> 00:35:25,129 Oh... 640 00:35:27,134 --> 00:35:29,409 Oh! Oh! 641 00:35:34,481 --> 00:35:37,480 Maybe Nurse Clifford got it off of Nigel. 642 00:35:37,481 --> 00:35:40,474 That cat had a rat in his mouth every time I saw him. 643 00:35:41,161 --> 00:35:43,280 That was Mr Midgely on the telephone. 644 00:35:43,281 --> 00:35:45,728 His wife isn't feeling very well. 645 00:35:45,921 --> 00:35:50,600 Nurse Highland, would you please add her to your rounds this morning? 646 00:35:50,601 --> 00:35:51,921 Of course, Sister. 647 00:35:52,153 --> 00:35:54,561 Would you like me to observe, Sister Julienne? 648 00:35:54,561 --> 00:35:56,440 No, thank you, Sister. 649 00:35:56,441 --> 00:35:59,641 You will be required at the maternity home today. 650 00:36:07,327 --> 00:36:10,287 I wondered if I might please enquire about Nurse Clifford? 651 00:36:11,841 --> 00:36:14,041 Rosalind's very ill, Cyril. 652 00:36:14,591 --> 00:36:17,357 Are you able to tell me what it is that ails her? 653 00:36:18,020 --> 00:36:20,035 Yes, I know she's your friend. 654 00:36:20,597 --> 00:36:22,000 But I think it might be sensible 655 00:36:22,001 --> 00:36:23,721 for you to pay a visit to Dr Turner. 656 00:36:29,681 --> 00:36:31,320 Your West Indian chum's back. 657 00:36:31,321 --> 00:36:33,841 Oh, for crying out loud! 658 00:36:34,164 --> 00:36:35,602 She's in a right state. 659 00:36:35,603 --> 00:36:38,554 She says her leg's agony and she's burning up. 660 00:36:38,721 --> 00:36:41,651 Mrs Midgely, may I take a look at your leg, please? 661 00:36:41,676 --> 00:36:42,669 No! 662 00:36:43,481 --> 00:36:45,211 Can't you get one of the other nurses? 663 00:36:45,651 --> 00:36:46,647 No. 664 00:36:50,137 --> 00:36:53,041 Mrs Midgely, I can see from here your calf is red 665 00:36:53,041 --> 00:36:54,440 and you're in a lot of pain. 666 00:36:54,441 --> 00:36:56,440 I think you might be quite unwell. 667 00:36:56,441 --> 00:36:58,082 I am unwell! 668 00:36:58,361 --> 00:37:00,486 And shall I tell you why? 669 00:37:00,985 --> 00:37:03,317 I haven't been right since you were ordering me 670 00:37:03,342 --> 00:37:05,575 out of my bed at that maternity home! 671 00:37:05,761 --> 00:37:08,448 I never wanted a black person touching me then 672 00:37:08,448 --> 00:37:11,121 and I sure as hell don't want one touching me now. 673 00:37:13,041 --> 00:37:14,373 Come on, Bernie. 674 00:37:15,947 --> 00:37:19,164 I will ask Dr Turner to visit as a matter of urgency. 675 00:37:19,841 --> 00:37:22,625 And arrange for another midwife to see to the baby. 676 00:37:37,328 --> 00:37:38,601 Yeah, Miss Higgins? 677 00:37:38,894 --> 00:37:41,782 This is Nurse Highland. Please can you send Dr Turner 678 00:37:41,807 --> 00:37:44,207 to Bernadette Midgely as soon as possible? 679 00:37:44,287 --> 00:37:45,382 I think she might have 680 00:37:45,383 --> 00:37:47,721 a deep vein thrombosis in her leg and... 681 00:37:47,872 --> 00:37:50,018 ..she refuses to let me examine her. 682 00:37:50,121 --> 00:37:53,973 Refuses to let you examine her? On what grounds? 683 00:37:54,163 --> 00:37:56,081 For now, that does not matter. 684 00:37:56,081 --> 00:37:59,010 Please, just send him as soon as you can. 685 00:37:59,778 --> 00:38:01,038 I understand. 686 00:38:01,361 --> 00:38:02,401 OK. 687 00:38:04,668 --> 00:38:08,108 ♪ God sends us snow in winter 688 00:38:08,136 --> 00:38:10,859 ♪ The warmth to swell the grain 689 00:38:11,001 --> 00:38:14,201 ♪ The breezes and the sunshine 690 00:38:14,226 --> 00:38:16,465 ♪ And soft refreshing rain... ♪ 691 00:38:16,466 --> 00:38:20,234 Would you cease your warbling about some rustic idyll? 692 00:38:20,235 --> 00:38:23,190 There are far more important matters afoot. 693 00:38:23,821 --> 00:38:26,835 And now to the matter of the refuse strike in Tower Hamlets. 694 00:38:27,262 --> 00:38:29,786 I'm standing next to the largest collection site 695 00:38:29,787 --> 00:38:31,596 in Poplar with Sister Monica Joan 696 00:38:31,597 --> 00:38:33,821 of the Order of St Raymond Nonnatus. 697 00:38:34,279 --> 00:38:36,581 Sister, what do you make of all this? 698 00:38:36,906 --> 00:38:38,105 It's you! 699 00:38:38,106 --> 00:38:39,757 Indeed, 'tis I. 700 00:38:39,758 --> 00:38:40,792 But... 701 00:38:40,793 --> 00:38:42,255 I am of the view 702 00:38:42,255 --> 00:38:45,365 that the local population is demonstrating 703 00:38:45,366 --> 00:38:48,295 an absolute absence of backbone. 704 00:38:49,743 --> 00:38:53,846 This tip is unsightly and malodourous, 705 00:38:54,217 --> 00:38:58,795 and it is inconvenient, but it can be endured. 706 00:38:59,085 --> 00:39:01,990 Just as we endured the Great War. 707 00:39:01,990 --> 00:39:06,264 This is a minor chapter in our history. 708 00:39:06,709 --> 00:39:09,956 It will pass, as all things do. 709 00:39:09,956 --> 00:39:11,533 Thank you, Sister. 710 00:39:13,452 --> 00:39:15,365 I wonder, Sister, 711 00:39:15,366 --> 00:39:18,265 might I ask for a little of your time? 712 00:39:18,428 --> 00:39:23,415 Time I have in abundance and in superfluity. 713 00:39:23,941 --> 00:39:25,586 Take what you wish. 714 00:39:26,135 --> 00:39:30,346 My only desire is that you use it well. 715 00:39:41,392 --> 00:39:43,246 I'm sorry about your cat. 716 00:39:44,008 --> 00:39:45,639 He was a good friend. 717 00:39:45,906 --> 00:39:48,789 And I'm sure he did not intend to go around spreading disease. 718 00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:51,286 Any flu-like symptoms, 719 00:39:51,286 --> 00:39:54,821 diarrhoea, jaundice, you come straight to the surgery, 720 00:39:54,946 --> 00:39:57,298 or telephone if it's out of hours. 721 00:39:57,792 --> 00:40:01,032 But if a few days pass, you may well have escaped it. 722 00:40:01,726 --> 00:40:03,607 What are the chances of recovery 723 00:40:03,607 --> 00:40:05,231 for those who do not escape it? 724 00:40:05,621 --> 00:40:09,916 It very much depends upon their age, general condition 725 00:40:10,226 --> 00:40:12,709 and how quickly they're treated. 726 00:40:12,820 --> 00:40:14,186 Can it be fatal? 727 00:40:14,986 --> 00:40:17,626 I don't think you have anything to worry about. 728 00:40:21,812 --> 00:40:23,625 It's like the whole of Poplar's 729 00:40:23,626 --> 00:40:25,364 become a dumping ground - 730 00:40:25,728 --> 00:40:28,145 somewhere where everything no-one wants to think about 731 00:40:28,146 --> 00:40:29,946 gets... chucked. 732 00:40:30,892 --> 00:40:33,907 I ought to be able to sort this out, Fred. 733 00:40:33,908 --> 00:40:35,503 Or the council should. 734 00:40:35,503 --> 00:40:37,021 Maybe you can't. 735 00:40:37,306 --> 00:40:38,706 Maybe they can't. 736 00:40:39,505 --> 00:40:41,821 Maybe the answer is higher up the... 737 00:40:42,127 --> 00:40:43,393 ..what do you call it? 738 00:40:43,394 --> 00:40:44,641 The food chain. 739 00:40:44,642 --> 00:40:47,514 In the Army, we used to call it the chain of command. 740 00:40:47,692 --> 00:40:51,980 I may lack power, but I'm not short on humility. 741 00:40:52,989 --> 00:40:55,946 Well, it's never too late to get a new perspective. 742 00:40:57,875 --> 00:41:01,314 I'm taking this to the head of the GLC! 743 00:41:05,539 --> 00:41:06,818 Oh! You're awake. 744 00:41:08,593 --> 00:41:10,789 You've been asleep a long time. 745 00:41:11,026 --> 00:41:12,659 Is that good or bad? 746 00:41:14,214 --> 00:41:15,956 Let's see what this says. 747 00:41:18,958 --> 00:41:21,221 I need to make a telephone call. 748 00:41:22,185 --> 00:41:23,873 I'm not keen on this. 749 00:41:25,658 --> 00:41:29,301 Mrs Midgely, would you breathe in for me? 750 00:41:31,706 --> 00:41:33,441 And out again. 751 00:41:36,312 --> 00:41:37,684 Does that hurt? 752 00:41:37,685 --> 00:41:41,217 Oh, I don't know. It feels like everything hurts. 753 00:41:41,217 --> 00:41:43,060 It... it's mostly my leg. 754 00:41:43,061 --> 00:41:46,295 The pain in your leg seems to be caused by a blood clot. 755 00:41:46,566 --> 00:41:50,367 I'm sending you straight to hospital, in an ambulance. 756 00:41:50,650 --> 00:41:52,985 This is all that flaming midwife's fault. 757 00:41:53,620 --> 00:41:56,070 She never looked after me properly. 758 00:41:56,429 --> 00:41:59,262 The trainee midwife? Sister Catherine? 759 00:41:59,346 --> 00:42:01,715 No! The West Indian. 760 00:42:02,230 --> 00:42:03,566 Nurse Highland? 761 00:42:03,567 --> 00:42:05,685 She's supposed to be qualified. 762 00:42:06,572 --> 00:42:09,476 If I'd died, it would have been her fault! 763 00:42:09,866 --> 00:42:11,136 Do you hear me? 764 00:42:16,589 --> 00:42:19,136 Nonnatus House. Sister Julienne speaking. 765 00:42:19,161 --> 00:42:20,497 Sister Julienne. 766 00:42:20,626 --> 00:42:22,242 I'm so sorry to be absent 767 00:42:22,242 --> 00:42:24,101 when we're already short-staffed. 768 00:42:24,329 --> 00:42:26,587 Nurse Clifford? I'm just... 769 00:42:27,186 --> 00:42:29,703 ..pleased that you're well enough to call. 770 00:42:29,704 --> 00:42:31,828 I'm well enough to be discharged! 771 00:42:31,829 --> 00:42:33,197 I'm sure I am. 772 00:42:33,198 --> 00:42:35,406 My temperature and pulse are improving, but they say 773 00:42:35,407 --> 00:42:37,714 that I won't see the doctor again until the morning. 774 00:42:38,580 --> 00:42:40,321 You must not worry. 775 00:42:40,466 --> 00:42:43,196 You're ill. You must think of nothing... 776 00:42:43,912 --> 00:42:46,306 ..nothing but rest and recovery. 777 00:42:48,592 --> 00:42:51,930 I'm worried about Pastor Robinson's cat. 778 00:42:54,427 --> 00:42:57,975 From the Great War to the General Strike, 779 00:42:58,666 --> 00:43:02,331 to the Blitz and The Big Freeze. 780 00:43:03,269 --> 00:43:06,819 Now, what would you like to know about Poplar? 781 00:43:06,820 --> 00:43:09,299 Ooh, ooh! Is it true that the new block of flats 782 00:43:09,300 --> 00:43:11,576 - was once a bombsite? - Yes. 783 00:43:11,855 --> 00:43:14,616 And before that, it was a school. 784 00:43:14,616 --> 00:43:15,918 No! 785 00:43:15,919 --> 00:43:18,091 Were all the children all right? 786 00:43:18,306 --> 00:43:21,198 They were, as were their teachers. 787 00:43:21,634 --> 00:43:25,626 Luckily, the bomb came down during the night. 788 00:43:25,627 --> 00:43:28,121 What happened if the bomb came down in the day, though? 789 00:43:28,121 --> 00:43:30,184 Did the children get let off school? 790 00:43:30,185 --> 00:43:32,538 No, child. 791 00:43:32,909 --> 00:43:36,797 Lessons were conducted in the bomb shelter! 792 00:43:37,144 --> 00:43:41,421 As were doctor's surgeries and prayers with vicars. 793 00:43:41,422 --> 00:43:43,523 Wow! 794 00:43:45,550 --> 00:43:48,777 Bernie Midgely says she intends to make a formal complaint 795 00:43:48,778 --> 00:43:49,849 against Joyce. 796 00:43:50,270 --> 00:43:53,876 She insists that she failed to examine her properly 797 00:43:54,026 --> 00:43:56,151 and therefore missed the thrombosis. 798 00:43:56,152 --> 00:43:57,304 Never. 799 00:43:57,572 --> 00:43:59,872 Nurse Highland is one of the most assiduous, 800 00:43:59,873 --> 00:44:02,065 meticulous midwives I've ever known. 801 00:44:02,066 --> 00:44:06,608 And meanwhile Mrs Midgely smokes, is on the heavy side 802 00:44:06,633 --> 00:44:09,793 and has scarcely been out of bed since giving birth. 803 00:44:10,465 --> 00:44:14,210 According to Joyce, Mrs Midgely turned her away. 804 00:44:14,426 --> 00:44:16,282 Refused to be examined. 805 00:44:16,557 --> 00:44:19,115 And that was why she called the surgery, 806 00:44:19,115 --> 00:44:21,100 asking for an urgent house call. 807 00:44:21,306 --> 00:44:23,919 Oh, but Sister Catherine wasn't with her. 808 00:44:24,426 --> 00:44:27,402 She was needed at the Maternity Home this morning. 809 00:44:27,881 --> 00:44:31,046 It's going to be Joyce's word against Bernie Midgeley's. 810 00:44:31,047 --> 00:44:33,179 And allegations are allegations. 811 00:44:37,612 --> 00:44:38,661 Cyril! 812 00:44:39,146 --> 00:44:40,618 I brought you some grapes. 813 00:44:40,619 --> 00:44:42,015 From me and Nigel. 814 00:44:44,252 --> 00:44:45,714 Poor Nigel. 815 00:44:46,467 --> 00:44:48,177 And all the way here, 816 00:44:48,479 --> 00:44:50,872 I kept thinking I should have brought you flowers. 817 00:44:52,546 --> 00:44:53,736 Flowers? 818 00:45:02,906 --> 00:45:05,706 There aren't many vitamins in flowers. 819 00:45:06,146 --> 00:45:07,586 Grapes are full of them. 820 00:45:16,239 --> 00:45:19,281 And that is that, I'm afraid. 821 00:45:19,282 --> 00:45:21,626 Haven't you got any other stories? 822 00:45:21,626 --> 00:45:25,595 Oh, Cubs, Sister Monica Joan needs to go to her home now. 823 00:45:25,706 --> 00:45:28,055 This is not the end, though. 824 00:45:28,826 --> 00:45:32,812 You must relay what you have learned to your leaders. 825 00:45:32,813 --> 00:45:34,103 They shall. 826 00:45:34,386 --> 00:45:37,043 And I am willing to help. 827 00:45:46,081 --> 00:45:48,441 I suspect Nigel's up in heaven now, 828 00:45:48,904 --> 00:45:51,228 eating pilchards to his heart's content. 829 00:45:51,386 --> 00:45:52,803 I hope he is. 830 00:45:53,947 --> 00:45:57,689 Because in departing this life, he left me a great gift. 831 00:45:59,219 --> 00:46:01,421 I'm not saying it didn't make me cry. 832 00:46:02,054 --> 00:46:04,655 I'm not even saying it was welcome to begin with. 833 00:46:04,656 --> 00:46:05,677 Hmm. 834 00:46:06,740 --> 00:46:10,556 But then I knew I had to accept it, because it was true. 835 00:46:11,844 --> 00:46:13,085 What was true? 836 00:46:13,780 --> 00:46:15,591 That I cannot be an island. 837 00:46:16,561 --> 00:46:18,589 That I am not made to be alone. 838 00:46:20,240 --> 00:46:22,910 I could not have wept for him as I did if he... 839 00:46:24,410 --> 00:46:26,257 ..had not become my everything. 840 00:46:27,281 --> 00:46:29,376 If he had not been all I had. 841 00:46:30,227 --> 00:46:31,706 You aren't alone. 842 00:46:33,178 --> 00:46:35,922 You have friends and a church. 843 00:46:36,666 --> 00:46:37,788 And... 844 00:46:38,205 --> 00:46:40,193 ..you're married, Cyril. 845 00:46:41,346 --> 00:46:43,307 Lucille's made a life over there. 846 00:46:43,935 --> 00:46:46,965 And while I was waiting for her, I made a life over here. 847 00:46:48,697 --> 00:46:50,402 She isn't coming back. 848 00:46:52,243 --> 00:46:53,818 And we have... 849 00:46:54,906 --> 00:46:56,720 We have decided to divorce. 850 00:47:01,087 --> 00:47:03,453 Don't you have to commit adultery for that? 851 00:47:04,188 --> 00:47:05,609 Not these days. 852 00:47:06,163 --> 00:47:09,999 It can be done honourably and with decency. 853 00:47:10,534 --> 00:47:12,829 It does not need to be anybody's fault. 854 00:47:19,299 --> 00:47:21,302 I cannot know what the future holds... 855 00:47:23,065 --> 00:47:26,317 ..but I know I don't want to face it as a single man. 856 00:47:30,558 --> 00:47:32,432 You can let go of my hand if you want to. 857 00:47:34,786 --> 00:47:36,306 I don't want to. 858 00:47:55,978 --> 00:47:57,174 Thank you. 859 00:47:57,594 --> 00:47:58,700 Oh! 860 00:47:59,466 --> 00:48:01,626 One moment, sir, if you don't mind. 861 00:48:01,627 --> 00:48:03,685 We've just been joined by Dr Turner. 862 00:48:04,216 --> 00:48:06,902 I've laid out the case for the removal of the rubbish 863 00:48:06,902 --> 00:48:08,339 from a civic point of view. 864 00:48:08,339 --> 00:48:10,935 He now needs to understand the medical concerns 865 00:48:10,935 --> 00:48:12,681 from someone qualified. 866 00:48:18,742 --> 00:48:20,939 I knew something was amiss. 867 00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:23,025 She has a fever, and even though 868 00:48:23,026 --> 00:48:24,665 she wouldn't let me examine her, 869 00:48:24,666 --> 00:48:28,024 the pain she described in her leg rang terrible alarm bells. 870 00:48:28,024 --> 00:48:31,026 That was why I rang the surgery immediately. 871 00:48:32,038 --> 00:48:34,438 I wish I had just called an ambulance now. 872 00:48:34,710 --> 00:48:37,153 Do you think Mrs Midgely's judgment 873 00:48:37,178 --> 00:48:39,541 might have been affected by her fever? 874 00:48:40,747 --> 00:48:42,426 I think perhaps... 875 00:48:44,459 --> 00:48:47,242 ..it might have been affected by something else. 876 00:48:47,605 --> 00:48:49,143 Can you elaborate? 877 00:48:49,602 --> 00:48:52,390 We need all the information we can gather. 878 00:48:54,332 --> 00:48:56,950 Bernie Midgely is a character. 879 00:48:57,428 --> 00:48:59,009 She makes people laugh. 880 00:48:59,231 --> 00:49:02,223 She made instant friends out of the other midwives. 881 00:49:03,224 --> 00:49:06,164 And she did not treat me in the same way. 882 00:49:07,331 --> 00:49:09,302 I saw something similar in her attitude 883 00:49:09,302 --> 00:49:11,685 towards certain patients. 884 00:49:14,445 --> 00:49:16,797 I believe she objected to me 885 00:49:16,797 --> 00:49:18,702 because of the colour of my skin. 886 00:49:21,986 --> 00:49:25,418 Is that something you've experienced before? 887 00:49:26,419 --> 00:49:29,646 I could laugh that you have even asked me that. 888 00:49:31,462 --> 00:49:33,266 Or I could cry. 889 00:49:37,866 --> 00:49:38,936 But... 890 00:49:39,502 --> 00:49:42,458 I can only do what I always do... 891 00:49:43,754 --> 00:49:46,052 ..and try to respond with dignity. 892 00:49:49,519 --> 00:49:50,713 Yes. 893 00:49:51,146 --> 00:49:52,522 In training. 894 00:49:53,597 --> 00:49:56,238 Yes, when I started on the wards. 895 00:49:56,781 --> 00:49:58,054 Yes, when I am working 896 00:49:58,055 --> 00:50:00,523 in the district or in the maternity home. 897 00:50:02,038 --> 00:50:05,490 It is everywhere and in everything. 898 00:50:06,460 --> 00:50:08,576 How do you survive it? 899 00:50:08,866 --> 00:50:13,065 I survive it because it is not all there is. 900 00:50:13,555 --> 00:50:16,856 Just as my skin is not all there is of me. 901 00:50:19,205 --> 00:50:20,485 Nurse Highland... 902 00:50:21,632 --> 00:50:25,710 ..I'm going to make sure this matter is fully investigated. 903 00:50:26,052 --> 00:50:27,891 On both sides. 904 00:50:39,099 --> 00:50:40,379 Bring her in. 905 00:50:42,965 --> 00:50:45,503 At least no-one's going to mount a picket line 906 00:50:45,503 --> 00:50:46,844 - against the Army. - Oh! 907 00:50:46,844 --> 00:50:50,385 They'd have had me to contend with if they as much as tried. 908 00:50:52,752 --> 00:50:54,632 Thank you for joining forces. 909 00:50:55,859 --> 00:50:57,699 I think we make a good team. 910 00:51:05,479 --> 00:51:10,297 I was inches from death because of that woman's incompetence. 911 00:51:10,666 --> 00:51:12,622 In our view, Nurse Highland 912 00:51:12,622 --> 00:51:14,966 has always been exceptionally competent. 913 00:51:15,311 --> 00:51:17,924 I am here because I need to find out 914 00:51:17,924 --> 00:51:19,721 exactly what has happened. 915 00:51:20,032 --> 00:51:24,678 What's happened is that you don't vet that lot properly. 916 00:51:24,906 --> 00:51:27,622 They tip up here from God knows where. 917 00:51:27,963 --> 00:51:31,100 You can't vouch for if they're properly qualified. 918 00:51:31,101 --> 00:51:33,827 Nurse Highland was trained in England. 919 00:51:34,066 --> 00:51:37,004 Like the majority of her compatriots. 920 00:51:37,586 --> 00:51:40,863 What I feel we must ascertain is, 921 00:51:40,986 --> 00:51:44,564 did she not even attempt to examine you? 922 00:51:44,901 --> 00:51:47,659 Or did she leave and beg the doctor 923 00:51:48,142 --> 00:51:51,085 to make an urgent house call because you... 924 00:51:51,383 --> 00:51:54,504 ..refused her care, and she was concerned? 925 00:51:55,859 --> 00:51:58,079 I know what she did. 926 00:51:59,198 --> 00:52:01,410 And I know what I'm going to do about it. 927 00:52:02,245 --> 00:52:06,048 Just so you don't think this is some idle threat... 928 00:52:07,146 --> 00:52:10,697 ..I made sure I got the full name 929 00:52:11,024 --> 00:52:15,909 and the address of the Supervisor of Midwives. 930 00:52:17,118 --> 00:52:20,247 This is a major complaint, 931 00:52:21,220 --> 00:52:23,226 and I'm going to make it properly. 932 00:52:31,218 --> 00:52:32,593 She's here! 933 00:52:33,293 --> 00:52:35,925 Nurse Clifford is returned to us. 934 00:52:50,026 --> 00:52:51,955 Straight inside now. 935 00:52:51,955 --> 00:52:53,737 I detect a nip in the air. 936 00:52:53,738 --> 00:52:56,004 I've already put a hot-water bottle in her bed. 937 00:52:56,346 --> 00:52:58,189 I'm so relieved to be home. 938 00:52:58,515 --> 00:53:01,363 You look infinitely better than when I saw you last! 939 00:53:01,666 --> 00:53:04,846 There's a definite whiff of Eau de St Cuthbert's, though. 940 00:53:04,847 --> 00:53:06,880 I think a bubble bath beckons. 941 00:53:16,692 --> 00:53:20,092 Mrs Midgely simply seemed to take a dislike 942 00:53:20,093 --> 00:53:21,521 to Nurse Highland, 943 00:53:21,522 --> 00:53:23,471 for no obvious reason. 944 00:53:23,471 --> 00:53:24,881 Or at least... 945 00:53:25,701 --> 00:53:29,670 ..no obvious reason that one would care to put a name to. 946 00:53:29,746 --> 00:53:32,175 Are you speaking of racial prejudice? 947 00:53:32,175 --> 00:53:33,235 Yes. 948 00:53:33,826 --> 00:53:36,025 I am speaking of racial prejudice. 949 00:53:36,789 --> 00:53:40,308 I didn't like it at the time and I don't like it now. 950 00:53:40,906 --> 00:53:45,370 But... I wasn't sure of Nurse Highland's point of view. 951 00:53:45,666 --> 00:53:49,406 What she perceived, or how she felt about it. 952 00:53:50,061 --> 00:53:51,770 I didn't want to make things worse 953 00:53:51,795 --> 00:53:54,255 by letting her know that I'd sensed it. 954 00:53:54,746 --> 00:53:56,146 Or seen it. 955 00:53:57,152 --> 00:53:58,834 And that's not right, is it? 956 00:54:00,728 --> 00:54:04,300 It's Mrs Midgley's behaviour that's not right. 957 00:54:05,443 --> 00:54:09,557 But we can do better. We will defend Nurse Highland 958 00:54:10,340 --> 00:54:13,630 with all our might and every tool at our disposal. 959 00:54:17,250 --> 00:54:19,209 Let me help you with your wound. 960 00:54:19,209 --> 00:54:21,022 Oh, thank you, Dr Gary. 961 00:54:21,023 --> 00:54:22,410 God bless you. 962 00:54:23,179 --> 00:54:25,033 The mood down here is low. 963 00:54:25,033 --> 00:54:26,653 Do you have any suggestions 964 00:54:26,654 --> 00:54:29,038 how to keep their spirits up, Sister? 965 00:54:29,746 --> 00:54:31,504 Gin rummy! 966 00:54:32,818 --> 00:54:34,653 Well done, Cubs! 967 00:54:42,815 --> 00:54:44,872 I smell of at least three different flowers, 968 00:54:44,873 --> 00:54:46,808 thanks to Trixie's bubble bath. 969 00:54:47,323 --> 00:54:51,461 Definitely roses, mimosa and geranium, 970 00:54:51,902 --> 00:54:53,773 probably something else as well. 971 00:54:53,773 --> 00:54:56,045 - Jasmine, maybe? - Hmm. 972 00:54:59,065 --> 00:55:00,782 - Joyce? - Mm? 973 00:55:01,709 --> 00:55:04,025 Do you want to talk about the complaint? 974 00:55:04,699 --> 00:55:05,906 No. 975 00:55:06,106 --> 00:55:08,446 I do not want to talk about the complaint. 976 00:55:09,066 --> 00:55:11,605 There's going to be weeks, even months, 977 00:55:11,606 --> 00:55:13,815 where we talk about nothing but the complaint 978 00:55:13,815 --> 00:55:15,346 and the trouble I am in. 979 00:55:17,198 --> 00:55:18,850 Tell me about something else. 980 00:55:21,332 --> 00:55:23,826 I'm going to go out with Cyril. 981 00:55:25,465 --> 00:55:26,806 To church? 982 00:55:26,807 --> 00:55:28,866 No, not to church. 983 00:55:29,550 --> 00:55:31,546 We're going to go out somewhere else. 984 00:55:33,859 --> 00:55:35,697 He's getting a divorce 985 00:55:35,697 --> 00:55:36,837 and... 986 00:55:37,139 --> 00:55:39,583 we're going to start spending some more time together. 987 00:55:41,466 --> 00:55:42,546 Don't. 988 00:55:44,706 --> 00:55:46,949 Child, please don't. 989 00:55:46,949 --> 00:55:50,900 I know it's unusual and he's still married, technically... 990 00:55:50,901 --> 00:55:53,410 It has nothing to do with him being married. 991 00:55:53,411 --> 00:55:56,529 Or being divorced, or even being a pastor, 992 00:55:56,530 --> 00:55:59,313 which I doubt makes anyone a very exciting boyfriend. 993 00:55:59,313 --> 00:56:00,545 Joyce! 994 00:56:01,069 --> 00:56:03,759 You are from different worlds. 995 00:56:04,142 --> 00:56:08,522 The people who don't like him won't like you. And vice versa. 996 00:56:08,724 --> 00:56:12,323 And they won't be afraid of showing it, or saying it. 997 00:56:14,061 --> 00:56:16,137 It's going to be so hard. 998 00:56:16,492 --> 00:56:19,386 Too hard, and I don't want that for you. 999 00:56:22,445 --> 00:56:26,382 But what if it's something we want for ourselves? 1000 00:56:31,593 --> 00:56:33,300 I've said my piece. 1001 00:56:35,203 --> 00:56:36,963 Let me dry your hair. 1002 00:56:46,004 --> 00:56:51,671 Perhaps it is not what we do with our rubbish that matters, 1003 00:56:51,696 --> 00:56:53,711 but what we do with the things 1004 00:56:53,712 --> 00:56:56,217 that we most treasure. 1005 00:56:56,586 --> 00:56:59,731 The time for cherishing is short, 1006 00:56:59,731 --> 00:57:02,850 the time for mourning often longer. 1007 00:57:02,850 --> 00:57:05,665 Lessons bloom from the dirt, 1008 00:57:05,666 --> 00:57:08,668 and the flowers must be nurtured. 1009 00:57:09,315 --> 00:57:13,382 A stem in careless hands can snap 1010 00:57:13,382 --> 00:57:15,665 and petals can be crushed. 1011 00:57:16,185 --> 00:57:21,586 But the seed and the shoot have a power all their own. 1012 00:57:22,539 --> 00:57:27,107 Water them, shield them, respect them. 1013 00:57:27,732 --> 00:57:35,052 Then love can render the fragile indestructible. 1014 00:57:36,472 --> 00:57:39,171 - Today is the big day! - You've been waiting for this 1015 00:57:39,172 --> 00:57:41,265 - for such a long time. - Nearly a year. 1016 00:57:41,265 --> 00:57:42,502 If you don't tell us the truth 1017 00:57:42,503 --> 00:57:44,341 and let us help you, Baby is not going to 1018 00:57:44,341 --> 00:57:46,163 - be all right either. - I don't want to hurt my baby! 1019 00:57:46,163 --> 00:57:48,142 My peace of mind has so many enemies. 1020 00:57:48,143 --> 00:57:49,595 Is it permissible to say that? 1021 00:57:49,595 --> 00:57:51,802 I have been given a date for a disciplinary hearing. 1022 00:57:51,803 --> 00:57:54,997 How can I trust in a process that might be as prejudiced 1023 00:57:55,022 --> 00:57:56,592 as the person who made the complaint? 1024 00:57:56,617 --> 00:57:59,518 Sub extracted from file and improved by Se7enOfNin9 for addic7ed.com