1 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:38,240 MATURE JENNIFER WORTH: Some seeds are more predictable than others. 2 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:42,080 We plant them and they send up shoots. 3 00:00:43,160 --> 00:00:45,440 Well done, May. 4 00:00:45,480 --> 00:00:48,840 We water them and then we watch them grow. 5 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:52,920 They reward us with abundance, with joy, with pleasure 6 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:55,160 in the rhythms of life itself. 7 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:57,960 Go on, then. 8 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,560 Water them and they will flourish. 9 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:03,560 Nurture them and they will thrive. 10 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:05,400 I'll show you! 11 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:07,240 Warrgh! 12 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:11,600 Love and light and rain and air are all they need. 13 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:14,120 I'll show you. 14 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:32,160 Take a seat, Mrs Arthur. 15 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:38,800 Good afternoon, Miss Higgins. How nice to see you again. 16 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:42,320 Dr McNulty, you weren't expected until tomorrow. 17 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:45,280 Well, my train got in at two o'clock, and Tuesday clinics being what they are, 18 00:01:45,320 --> 00:01:47,280 I thought an extra pair of hands might not go amiss. 19 00:01:47,320 --> 00:01:48,520 Well, I don't think 20 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:51,440 - Dr Turner will have time to... - Dr McNulty! Welcome. 21 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:55,760 Just passing, or is there a white coat in one of those bags? 22 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:57,920 MISS HIGGINS: You'll have to move that luggage. 23 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:02,640 Yes, Miss Higgins. 24 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:03,800 Hmm. 25 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:09,120 I'm pleased to report a very healthy mother. Won't be long now. 26 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:12,240 I think you might even go into labour this week. 27 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:16,920 Oh, good. Cos I want it to be Thursday. 28 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:21,040 It was my dad's birthday... and his dad's and... 29 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:25,120 just got my heart set on this one coming on 12th August too. 30 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:27,640 Can you do something? 31 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:32,840 I've heard you sometimes give people castor oil to bring it on. 32 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:37,480 Only if they're very overdue, and according to your records, you're not. 33 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:40,480 Well, I'd like a second opinion, please. 34 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:42,560 I'd like to see Nurse Dyer. 35 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:45,320 Nurse Dyer may be a relative, Maureen, 36 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:48,880 but she's also a professional midwife and she won't tell you anything different. 37 00:02:48,920 --> 00:02:49,920 Hmm. 38 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:53,720 (CHILDREN SHOUT) 39 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:58,080 - Oh, goodness, what a lovely welcome! - Hello, you two. 40 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:00,040 May's a bit worried that you'd got lost. 41 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,160 Oh, dear, I'm sorry we're a little late. 42 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:05,720 - Look what we've got for pudding. - Ah! 43 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:09,120 - Raspberry ripple! - BOTH: Yeah! 44 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:12,440 I'd better get it in the fridge before it melts. 45 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:14,120 Thank you for baby-sitting. 46 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:15,640 There were a few telephone calls. 47 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:17,480 One of them was from the Hong Kong Adoption Project. 48 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:19,680 Oh, that's good. What did they say? 49 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:21,920 They just asked you to telephone them back. 50 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:24,440 It's too late now. I'll do it tomorrow. 51 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:26,520 Might be the date for May's adoption hearing. 52 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:31,600 We are delighted to have you with us again, Dr McNulty. 53 00:03:31,640 --> 00:03:34,480 We've even broken out the lemon barley water in your honour. 54 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:37,200 I hope you'll be comfortable enough upstairs. 55 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:41,440 - I'm sorry it's the attic room. - The attic room is perfect, Sister. 56 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:43,640 Thank you for having me at such short notice. 57 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:46,560 The lodgings I'd secured turned out to be earmarked for demolition 58 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:48,040 in a couple of weeks. 59 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:51,640 Rather a common occurrence in Poplar these days. 60 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:56,120 But not here, you'll be relieved to know. 61 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:59,400 We shall probably still be here in the year 2000! 62 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:01,440 (LAUGHTER) 63 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:03,520 SISTER JULIENNE: No, we won't. 64 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:06,720 Neither will Nonnatus House. 65 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:11,160 At some point in the next year, we will be forced out, 66 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:14,720 and the building knocked down. 67 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:16,880 How long have you known about this? 68 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:18,280 Since January. 69 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:22,920 I had decided not to break the news until I had received firm notice of the date. 70 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:25,200 Having heard nothing, I... 71 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,960 I see no point in keeping it a secret any longer. 72 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:34,840 However, I appreciate Sister Hilda's...efforts. 73 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:38,640 I can only plead my vow of obedience. 74 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:41,160 Shall we say grace? 75 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:51,680 I've been thinking about Angela. 76 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:56,040 I know we were going to wait until she was older to talk to her about being adopted, 77 00:04:56,080 --> 00:05:00,160 but when everything's had to be so open with May, 78 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:04,800 it doesn't seem fair that one of them has more information than the other. 79 00:05:04,840 --> 00:05:06,800 No, it doesn't. 80 00:05:06,840 --> 00:05:10,080 I think we should talk to her soon. 81 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:11,880 Do you think she'll understand? 82 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:14,280 She's such a happy little thing. 83 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:16,760 It would be awful to upset her. 84 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:20,120 She's seen what the word "adoption" means for May. 85 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:25,280 That she's loved. That we'll always be her family. 86 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:29,240 And you know how they like to be the same. 87 00:05:29,280 --> 00:05:30,320 Hmm. 88 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:34,400 It's all well and good for the Sisters - 89 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:36,920 they've got the motherhouse to go to. 90 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:38,800 But this is our home. 91 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:42,920 Cream Line Toffees from a grateful patient! 92 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:44,120 I think we'd best tuck in. 93 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:47,720 Other lodgings won't be easy to come by, 94 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:51,880 even if we could afford the rent, which we can't if we're all out of work. 95 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:56,240 TRIXIE: Perhaps the Sisters will just move and carry on. 96 00:05:56,280 --> 00:05:59,720 They moved here when the old Nonnatus was knocked down, 97 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:02,200 and things continued much the same... 98 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:07,800 ...apart from maybe a few more rats. 99 00:06:07,840 --> 00:06:09,720 And a few less babies! 100 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:14,160 The Pill's winning every popularity contest going, 101 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:18,160 and the council's putting as much money into family planning as it is midwifery. 102 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:20,720 What if they stop supporting the Order? 103 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:22,960 Then the Order can't afford to carry on. 104 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:29,480 At least we'll be in the same boat as everyone else round here. 105 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:34,080 Everyone's up to their eyes in rubble, and nobody knows what the future holds. 106 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:36,000 Just going to have to carry on. 107 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:51,320 My dad used to enter the horticultural show every summer bank holiday. 108 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:53,400 He always thought he was going to win something. 109 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:55,120 Never ever did. 110 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:58,040 Bit like Fred, really. 111 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:01,080 You know, we should go along if it's a nice day. 112 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:02,560 There's always a lot of good home bakes. 113 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:05,360 - Hey, I bet Cyril would like it. - I expect he would. 114 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:07,080 But he'll probably be busy. 115 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:11,680 Well, all the more reason for us to arrange a nice day out. 116 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:12,880 Hmm! 117 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:19,680 - Ready for blastoff? - Yes, sir. 118 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:31,360 Mrs Hamid and young Master Rizwan to Dr Turner, please. 119 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:32,400 Come along. 120 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:34,200 MISS HIGGINS: Mr Prentice? 121 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:37,160 - Yep. - You're with Dr McNulty. 122 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:40,840 - Hello, Mr Prentice, I'm... - Cor blimey! 123 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:42,200 It's like policemen, innit? 124 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:45,560 Just kidding. Come on, son, you show me where to go. 125 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,000 - BOTH: Dad! - Watch the road! 126 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:52,120 Hello, monsters! (GROWLS) 127 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:53,920 Come on. Come on. 128 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:58,400 All right, love? 129 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:01,240 I thought you were in Limehouse today? 130 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:02,560 Church in Limehouse next. 131 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:06,560 You want me to put in a good word about your due date while I'm there? 132 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:09,960 If you like. I think my plan's got a better chance of working. 133 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:11,720 Castor oil. 134 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:14,120 - Oh, you're so cheeky. - I know. 135 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:15,760 It's why you love me. 136 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:17,400 Come here. (KISSES) 137 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:18,640 Get off! 138 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:20,920 - Dad's got work. Come on. - Go on, you two. 139 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:22,280 - Look after your mum. - Come on. 140 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:23,880 Let's go. Come on. 141 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:25,720 - Look after her. - They will. 142 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:27,760 Can you get on the pavement, please? 143 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:29,200 (PHONE RINGS) 144 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:34,480 - Turner residence. - It's Miss Williams. 145 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:36,920 Oh, hello, Miss Williams. I was just about to call you. 146 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:39,800 - Do we have a hearing date? - There's been a slight complication. 147 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:41,920 Oh. What sort of complication? 148 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:44,240 I don't want to worry you unduly, Mrs Turner, 149 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:46,440 as it probably won't affect things long term. 150 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:48,200 But a woman has contacted the office 151 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:51,320 who seems to have quite a credible claim to being May's mother. 152 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:53,160 What? 153 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:57,320 We were told that person became deceased more than two years ago. 154 00:08:57,360 --> 00:09:00,440 As were we all, but it would appear that she's alive and well. 155 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:06,240 Apparently her drug addiction is now behind her and she's working as an amah, 156 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:09,120 caring for the children of a British Forces family. 157 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:11,040 They're here in London on furlough. 158 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:12,080 Miss Tang. 159 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:14,240 Miss Tang, could you wait in the corridor for a moment? 160 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:17,840 - She's with you now? - Sorry, yes. 161 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:19,920 She's back again today. Look, 162 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:22,520 I really don't think she means to disrupt the adoption, 163 00:09:22,560 --> 00:09:26,920 but she has asked to meet you and your husband, and... 164 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:29,560 ...she would like to see her daughter. 165 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:33,120 Mrs Turner, are you still there? 166 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:37,080 FRED: Oh, no! (TUTS) 167 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:39,280 Hold this, son. 168 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:44,160 Cancelled?! 169 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:47,160 (SIGHS) Come on, son. Let's sort this out. 170 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:52,800 Oh, Patrick. Thank goodness. 171 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:56,400 I'm so sorry I wasn't here. 172 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:58,840 - Have you heard anything else? - No. 173 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:02,600 She said it won't affect the adoption, 174 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:05,560 but if there's been a mistake, I don't see how it can't. 175 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:10,320 All the children on the project were supposed to be orphans. 176 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:12,520 I can't bear the thought of losing her. 177 00:10:12,560 --> 00:10:15,440 - I know. (SOBS) - Come here. 178 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:22,080 The East End's always had such a great tradition of gardening 179 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:24,880 and now so much of it's been built over, I just... 180 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:28,920 You know, well, I mean, I just thought it was important to try and keep it going. 181 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:33,960 I don't disagree, love, but if you're going to have a horticultural show, 182 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:37,080 then you've got to have some horticulture to go in it. 183 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:40,640 You could have exhibition gardens. 184 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:44,360 That's a good idea, Reggie. 185 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:45,680 (KISSES) 186 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:46,960 But a bit too ambitious. 187 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:49,680 I'm sorry, Fred, love, but... 188 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:53,040 (CLEARS HER THROAT) ...this time it really is up to you. 189 00:10:56,560 --> 00:10:58,080 Ugh! 190 00:10:58,120 --> 00:10:59,120 Oh! 191 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:00,280 That's horrible. 192 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:03,080 Do you want a fag to put away the taste? 193 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:04,840 No. Water. 194 00:11:12,680 --> 00:11:15,600 So...how long does it take, then? 195 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:21,160 - You know, to work? - Dunno. Why? You excited? 196 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:26,040 Of course. Zzzt! Another little Bryant. Be lovely. 197 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:30,960 Yeah. And it's going to be tomorrow, Charlie. I can feel it. 198 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:32,000 (GROWLS SOFTLY) 199 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:34,440 I always hated that Dad never got to see the kids, 200 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:38,560 and this one coming on his birthday - be like a connection, won't it? 201 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:41,840 A special family thing right back to Grandad. 202 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:43,120 Yeah. 203 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:44,920 Love you. 204 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:46,760 You too. 205 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:49,560 - (GROANS) - What? 206 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:51,840 - Has it happened? - No. 207 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:53,280 Pregnancy wind. 208 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:54,800 Sorry, love. 209 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:57,160 (EXHALES) Right. 210 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:02,400 Ah! That was Maureen Bryant's husband. 211 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:04,040 She seems to be getting her wish. 212 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:06,800 Waters broke this morning at 6.20. 213 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:07,960 Righto. 214 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:12,920 Seems very convenient. 215 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:15,640 You don't suppose she dosed up on castor oil herself, do you? 216 00:12:15,680 --> 00:12:19,720 Well, if she has, she'll be discovering the consequences. 217 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:28,880 No. 218 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:50,320 - Hello. Where's your mum? - Over there. 219 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:00,280 Oi. 220 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:10,720 Come on. 221 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:16,040 Oh, my God. I think my baby's going to be born in that privy. 222 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:19,280 No, it won't. You're about 30 minutes between contractions. 223 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:20,920 You've got ages yet. 224 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:23,080 I didn't think castor oil was going to do this! 225 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:25,720 Well, what else was it going to do? It's castor oil! 226 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:29,320 - Will the baby be all right? - Yeah. 227 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:30,960 Course it will. 228 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:34,600 Oh, I just really, really want it to be today. 229 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:35,840 I know. 230 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:37,840 The Glorious Twelfth. 231 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:43,360 Thing is, Mo, your baby's going to do what it feels like. 232 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:48,000 And your dad would be proud of you whatever. 233 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:54,640 On behalf of the Order, I cannot tell you how sorry I am that this has happened. 234 00:13:54,680 --> 00:13:57,000 However the original mistake was made, 235 00:13:57,040 --> 00:14:00,360 your family would never have been involved were it not for our actions. 236 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:03,600 Involvement isn't something we regret, Sister Julienne. 237 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:07,040 Poor May. This is going to be incredibly confusing for her. 238 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:09,000 We haven't told her yet. 239 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:11,880 We thought it best to find out a little more 240 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:14,160 about Miss Tang and her intentions first. 241 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:15,800 I think that's wise. 242 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:19,320 It may be that Miss Tang wants nothing more than reassurance 243 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:21,840 that May is well and happy. 244 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:25,640 Hello there, Mr Buckle. 245 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:28,080 Oh, hello, Sister. 246 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:31,440 Goodness, everything all right? You look a bit glum. 247 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:36,680 You ever felt like you've bitten off more than you can chew, Sister? 248 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:39,560 Oh, quite frequently. 249 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:51,000 I usually find that spreading the load around a bit is the answer. 250 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:53,480 I'm sure we can find you some volunteers. 251 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:56,640 Don't worry! 252 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:00,920 (SIGHS) 253 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:12,000 I'm ready for the ward round if you are, Sister. 254 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:13,840 Yes. Just coming, Doctor. 255 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:15,920 Is that aspirin? Are you unwell? 256 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:18,160 No, no, nothing to worry about. 257 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:21,680 Dr McNulty. 258 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:28,160 This is sputum. And yet I found it in the box for blood samples, 259 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:31,840 which would cause a great deal of confusion at the laboratory. 260 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:33,960 I'm sorry, Miss Higgins, it won't happen again. 261 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:37,320 Very well, but if Dr Turner is to leave you unsupervised, 262 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:40,760 you must be au fait with the systems. 263 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:48,120 Don't worry. Her bark's worse than her bite. 264 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:50,640 I'm not sure she realises I'm an adult. 265 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:52,680 It'll get better, I promise. 266 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:58,840 FRED: It's not that I've got no entries, it's just that, 267 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:01,240 well, I ain't got many, and I've only got three weeks. 268 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:05,360 Don't be despondent, Mr Buckle. Inspiration will descend. 269 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:08,240 TRIXIE: Well, I can certainly provide some floral decorations. 270 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:10,360 My godmother will be delighted 271 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:13,120 if my Constance Spry training comes in useful at last! 272 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:15,320 You can teach us, Trixie, and we can all have a go. 273 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:16,560 Mmm. 274 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:20,640 What we need is something that will really grab attention. 275 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:23,160 Make people want to be part of it. 276 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:24,760 Like exhibition gardens. 277 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:26,840 The Chelsea Flower Show. 278 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:30,240 - I saw it in a magazine. - What do you mean, Reggie? 279 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:33,240 Different gardens for different people. 280 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:36,560 Hang on. Maybe we could do something like that with the Cubs. 281 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:39,640 Get them involved. Have a campfire party. 282 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:42,880 The boys are always in the market for a good feed and a singsong! 283 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:46,200 And I'm sure Miss Nadine's dance school could do something. 284 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:50,360 Maybe country dancing, and I can make 'em some peasant dresses? 285 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:54,960 Country dancing in an English garden! 286 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:57,320 You're a genius, Reggie. 287 00:16:57,360 --> 00:17:00,040 Oh, thank you so much. 288 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:04,080 Oh, I feel so much better already. 289 00:17:04,120 --> 00:17:06,080 And the best is yet to come. 290 00:17:06,120 --> 00:17:07,920 St Raymond Nonnatus. 291 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:09,160 Sorry, Sister? 292 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:13,360 Well, as you are aware, Mr Buckle, St Raymond Nonnatus 293 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:15,400 is the patron saint of midwives, 294 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:18,960 and his feast day is the day after bank holiday. 295 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:24,520 We could make a magnificent garden for St Raymond Nonnatus in celebration! 296 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:28,040 It will elicit blessings on the whole event. 297 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:30,520 That's a wonderful idea, Sister. 298 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:34,280 And I shall create it myself. 299 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:40,640 Mmm. 300 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:43,000 Hmm. 301 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:45,640 (KNOCK ON DOOR) 302 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:47,640 Come in. 303 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:50,840 Mr Bryant again. I think she's definitely ready for us this time. 304 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:55,600 Oh, third baby? She might just do it, hmm? 305 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:58,800 - (MO GROANS) - You're doing so well. 306 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:03,400 - (STRAINS) - Fantastic work. 307 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:06,280 Yeah, that's the stuff. 308 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:07,320 You've got it. 309 00:18:08,360 --> 00:18:09,480 Ooh! 310 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:12,880 (MO WAILS) 311 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:17,920 - (GROANS) - Don't worry, my darling. 312 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:19,720 Baby's on its way. 313 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:23,160 What time is it? Are we going to make it? 314 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:26,800 Can you pant for me, Mo? 315 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:28,680 (PANTS STEADILY) 316 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:31,800 - (PANTS DEEPLY) - That's it. Good. 317 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:34,600 Just keep breathing, precious. You are so nearly there. 318 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:39,440 You can do this, Mo. One more now. Slowly, slowly. 319 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:42,040 (STRAINS) 320 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:47,480 That's it, Maureen. Head's on its way. 321 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:50,160 One for me now. 322 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:56,960 - (STRAINS) - Well done, Mo. 323 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:58,680 Baby's head's in my hand. 324 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:00,080 Just keep it gentle. 325 00:19:00,120 --> 00:19:02,040 All right? 326 00:19:04,120 --> 00:19:05,560 (STRAINS) 327 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:09,240 - Well done, Mo. - (BABY CRIES) 328 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:14,800 Congratulations, Maureen. 329 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:18,040 You have a lovely baby boy. 330 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,280 Oh, can I see him? 331 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:39,920 Yeah. Lovely boy. 332 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:41,680 Oh! 333 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:47,840 Hello, sweetheart. Oh, look how tiny you are. 334 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:50,920 I thought you were going to be a right little bruiser after all that! 335 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:55,280 He is absolutely beautiful. And do you know what? 336 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:57,880 You did it, Mo! You did it, girl! 337 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:00,480 Born the same day as your dad and your grandad! 338 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:02,840 You are not supposed to be in here yet, Charlie Bryant. 339 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:06,040 Sorry, Val. I mean, Nurse. 340 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:07,240 Seeing as you are... 341 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:10,240 ...do you want to come and meet your son? 342 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:12,440 Yes! 343 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:14,760 Oooh! (CHUCKLES) 344 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:25,080 He's absolutely perfect. 345 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:40,200 I would be more than happy to help you organise this garden, Sister. 346 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:43,840 It does seem rather a large undertaking for one person alone. 347 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:45,880 But I am not alone, Sister. 348 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:48,880 Never fear. 349 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:52,440 St Raymond and I have the situation well in hand. 350 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:03,800 - You're up early. - So are you. 351 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:05,600 I'm a bit nervous. 352 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:08,280 So am I, and I'm not even meeting her. 353 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:09,920 I wish nobody was! 354 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:11,440 Oh, Tim... 355 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:13,920 It must be awful for her too. 356 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:15,480 I know. 357 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:17,600 I thought you chose photographs last night. 358 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:20,360 I did. But I'm not sure they're the right ones. 359 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:23,440 I want to reassure Miss Tang that May is happy. 360 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:26,240 But if she looks too happy, is that insensitive? 361 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:31,080 No-one else's family seems to be this complicated. 362 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:34,200 I like that we're complicated. 363 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:39,320 Pleased to meet you. 364 00:21:39,360 --> 00:21:41,880 Please sit down. 365 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:44,520 Miss Tang is now using an English Christian name, 366 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:46,520 - aren't you, dear? - Esther. 367 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:48,360 I've explained that we were all under the impression 368 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:50,240 that she had passed away. 369 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:52,480 I nearly did. 370 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:55,440 I did not live a good life for many years. 371 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:57,520 But it is different now. 372 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:01,720 How is my...? 373 00:22:04,120 --> 00:22:05,640 How is May? 374 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:09,360 She's absolutely lovely, Miss Tang. 375 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:14,080 I have some photographs... if you would like to see. 376 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:17,560 So big! 377 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:20,040 So pretty. 378 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:23,360 She looks like you. 379 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:25,320 - She go to school? - Yes. 380 00:22:25,360 --> 00:22:29,040 She likes counting, and she's learning to read. 381 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:32,000 She looks very happy in the photographs, doesn't she? 382 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:33,680 Yes. 383 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:41,360 This is... They're very nice. 384 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:44,040 No, please. We brought them for you. 385 00:22:45,120 --> 00:22:48,200 Thank you. This is very kind. 386 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:54,760 But I would also like to see her not in picture. 387 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:57,760 Please...can I see my daughter? 388 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:01,560 Well, what we have to do today is decide just what is in May's best interests. 389 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:03,560 But she will miss me. 390 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:05,720 A daughter must want to see her mother. 391 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:10,120 Please. 392 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:12,480 I am only in England for a few weeks. 393 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:14,440 This could be the last chance I ever have. 394 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:23,120 He hasn't got the hang of feeding yet. 395 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:25,240 Not like my other two greedy monsters. 396 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:28,840 I'm sure he will, but we'll keep an eye on it, 397 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:32,080 and if he struggles, we can always try a bottle to top him up. 398 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:36,160 He seems a contented little chap, anyway. 399 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:38,120 Yeah. Yes. 400 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:41,800 Warren's lovely, isn't he? 401 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:44,440 (SIGHS) She was nice, wasn't she? 402 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:47,840 Yes. Very. 403 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:52,400 Do you think we did the right thing? Agreeing? 404 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:55,800 I don't doubt for a moment that we've done the right thing by Esther. 405 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:00,840 I just hope it's also the right thing by May. 406 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:06,120 These are the papers of consent. 407 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,800 You need to sign them to agree to May's adoption by the Turners. 408 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:16,680 Like we talked about the other day. 409 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:19,120 So that May will have the security of a... 410 00:24:20,360 --> 00:24:22,280 ...permanent family and home. 411 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:25,720 I cannot read them. 412 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:29,880 Well, if you like, I could go through them with you now? 413 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:35,680 I must go back to work. 414 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:39,760 (DOOR OPENS) 415 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:46,200 (SLURRED) The Hanging Gardens of Babylon...via Poplar. 416 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:48,800 Fred Buckle! Have you been drinking? 417 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:51,600 Only in the line of duty, ma'am. 418 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:56,320 We had quite a few signed up in the Black Sail. Hm? 419 00:24:56,360 --> 00:24:59,040 But Reggie is a genius. 420 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:01,040 Well, we knew that! 421 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:03,440 - We went up to the new flats, didn't we? - Yeah. 422 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:05,960 Yeah. And guess what? 423 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:07,960 It's a hotbed of competition! 424 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,840 We had loads of entries 425 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:17,440 for our as-of-today brand-new horticultural categories - 426 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:20,680 Best Hanging Basket, Best Window Box 427 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:24,160 and Best Horticultural Use of a Flat Balcony. 428 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:30,360 And me and him is gonna build the Hanging Gardens of Babylon 429 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:32,240 to show it all off! 430 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:34,800 Well, I am impressed! 431 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:36,560 Very impressed. 432 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:38,120 Well done, you two. 433 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:39,680 Thanks, Mum. 434 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:42,920 (WOMAN GROANS) 435 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:51,320 A hot water bottle in August? 436 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:56,640 What's wrong? 437 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:02,000 Sister, I know it's the Great Silence and you're not supposed to speak. 438 00:26:03,360 --> 00:26:05,240 But you're clearly in pain. 439 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:11,360 Please will you tell me what it is? 440 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:13,240 I can't. 441 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:14,640 You're a man. 442 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:17,880 - I'm a doctor. - (GROANS) 443 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:20,000 Is it period pain? 444 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,600 I feel...really stupid. 445 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:28,160 Other women have to go through the same thing every month. 446 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:30,920 Sister Frances, you're a midwife. 447 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,840 You know dysmenorrhoea isn't the same for everyone. 448 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:35,560 It can be absolutely debilitating. 449 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:39,680 I'm scared I'm going to make a mistake that affects a patient. 450 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:42,640 I know you've taken aspirin. Have you tried anything else? 451 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:45,160 Paracetamol. That didn't work either. 452 00:26:57,880 --> 00:26:59,960 What's that? 453 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,880 Pethidine. A very, very small dose. 454 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:06,240 I think you should take one. 455 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:10,160 Just to get you over the worst. 456 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:20,640 - (DOOR CLOSES) - LUCILLE: Midwife calling! 457 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:23,800 Mrs Bryant, what are you doing out of bed? 458 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:25,440 He ain't right, Nurse. 459 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:27,280 Something ain't right. 460 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:31,240 He ain't hardly feeding. And today he seems...floppy. 461 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:33,320 He ain't right, Nurse. 462 00:27:33,360 --> 00:27:35,160 Can I take him? 463 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:40,560 Come on, Warren, precious. 464 00:28:07,120 --> 00:28:08,760 Maureen... 465 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:11,960 ...why don't you go back to bed and take Warren with you? 466 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,880 I'm going to ask Dr Turner to come and check him over. 467 00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:21,280 MAUREEN: See, that ain't normal, is it? 468 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:25,600 It's all right, Maureen. Doctor will find out what's wrong. 469 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:35,800 (QUIETLY) We'll need an ambulance with an incubator. 470 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:37,040 Yes, Doctor. 471 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:39,040 What was that? What is it? 472 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:42,560 Mrs Bryant, I don't want to alarm you, 473 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:45,720 but I would like Warren to be admitted to hospital for examination. 474 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:47,360 Why? What's wrong? 475 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:50,840 I'd like them to look at a couple of things. 476 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:53,240 There's a cloudiness in his eyes, 477 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:55,840 which could mean that his vision is less than perfect. 478 00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:57,160 Oh, no. 479 00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:00,240 Do you see this blueish colour here? 480 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:05,000 And on his fingertips and his toes? 481 00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:09,080 I'm afraid it may signify some sort of problem with Warren's heart. 482 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:10,920 Oh, my God! 483 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:12,800 - (SOBS) - Now, Mrs Bryant, 484 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:15,800 we are going to get him into hospital as quickly as possible. 485 00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:18,120 - Mm... - They have experts 486 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:20,240 in paediatric medicine. 487 00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:23,400 Warren is going to be in very good hands. 488 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:38,440 (BABY CRIES) 489 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:45,280 CHILD: Esther! 490 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:50,160 (MONITOR BEEPING) 491 00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:56,720 (DOOR OPENS) 492 00:29:56,760 --> 00:29:57,880 CHARLIE: Mo! 493 00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:02,960 Have they told you anything? Can we see him? 494 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,440 They won't let us in. 495 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:08,840 Charlie, they think it's his heart. 496 00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:11,440 (SOBS) 497 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:25,360 No, nothing. Three completely healthy pregnancies. 498 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:26,880 Has something happened? 499 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:29,840 Baby Warren Bryant has been admitted to St Cuthbert's 500 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:34,120 with a suspected heart defect and possible further complications. 501 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:35,160 What? 502 00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:37,560 But he-he seemed... 503 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:40,440 I... 504 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:42,280 We checked his heart. It was normal. 505 00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:45,240 I know. Yesterday too. 506 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:47,760 We can't find any clues in Maureen's notes, 507 00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:49,840 and Kevin checked at the surgery, 508 00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:52,280 and she's hardly been to the doctor all year. 509 00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:53,800 Well, I saw her there. 510 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:56,760 We'd had that ding-dong, remember? 511 00:30:56,800 --> 00:30:59,960 And it was when I saw her at the surgery that we made amends. 512 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:04,320 But I think it was the kids poorly, not her. 513 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:05,880 Yes, that's right. 514 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:08,800 She was worried that they'd got diphtheria, but it turned out... 515 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:10,000 Oh, no... 516 00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:13,240 It turned out to be German measles. 517 00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:16,120 Rubella? 518 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:23,960 (DOORBELL RINGS) 519 00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:29,280 56,000 people! How on earth are they going to hear at the back? 520 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:32,880 What must it be like to have 56,000 women screaming at you? 521 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:35,160 A bad day at a Tuesday clinic, I should imagine. 522 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:36,280 (LAUGHTER) 523 00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:37,360 Good morning, Doctor. 524 00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:38,520 Morning. 525 00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:42,240 I've had some bad news from St Cuthbert's, I'm afraid. 526 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:44,400 - Warren? - The specialist has found 527 00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:47,760 significant congenital deformities. 528 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:51,600 The left side of his heart hasn't developed properly. 529 00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:53,400 But his heart sounded normal when we examined him. 530 00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:54,880 It would have. 531 00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:58,480 It's only after a couple of days, when the ductus arteriosus closes, 532 00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:00,240 that the heart fails. 533 00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:02,880 Neither of you missed anything at all. 534 00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:04,720 Poor little boy. 535 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:07,560 I'm afraid he's also blind, 536 00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:09,840 and there is a high likelihood of brain damage. 537 00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:15,720 All of this would be consistent with a diagnosis of congenital rubella syndrome. 538 00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:18,840 Mother was exposed to rubella in the first trimester. 539 00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:20,360 Poor Mo. 540 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:24,320 What's the prognosis, Doctor? 541 00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:26,400 Not good. 542 00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:30,120 Little Warren will live for a matter of weeks at most. 543 00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:34,440 I'm on my way to see the family now 544 00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:37,000 and I wondered if I could take Nurse Anderson with me. 545 00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:38,840 Nurse Anderson? 546 00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:41,520 Thank you. 547 00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:48,240 Oh... 548 00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:03,800 We want him home, Doctor. 549 00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:07,400 If they can't make him better... 550 00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:10,800 ...what's he doing there? 551 00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:12,080 What's the point? 552 00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:16,440 If he's here, with his family, where he's loved... 553 00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:20,040 ...it might make a difference. 554 00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:26,120 Maybe there's a chance he'll be all right. 555 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:28,720 You do hear them stories sometimes, Doctor. 556 00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:32,560 Mr and Mrs Bryant, 557 00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:36,600 I'm sure that so long as we're careful about contagion, 558 00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:40,200 I can arrange for Warren to be discharged into your care. 559 00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:44,040 We'd be more than willing to support you, 560 00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:46,160 and I don't doubt for a moment 561 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:49,480 that Warren's quality of life will be the better for it. 562 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:53,560 But it won't change the prognosis. 563 00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:58,000 I'm afraid he isn't going to get better. 564 00:33:58,040 --> 00:33:59,960 You don't know that! 565 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,400 I'm so very sorry, Mrs Bryant. 566 00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:05,040 I'm afraid I do. 567 00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:10,520 I didn't even know I had German measles! 568 00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:12,880 I wasn't poorly like the kids! 569 00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:15,920 - Symptoms can be very mild. - Not for Warren! 570 00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:19,560 No. 571 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:23,520 You know what I was thinking yesterday? That it was the castor oil. 572 00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:27,080 That it was my fault because I made such a fuss about his birthday. 573 00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:28,480 Love... 574 00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:32,400 Maureen, precious, none of this was anybody's fault. 575 00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:34,480 CHARLIE: When can we get him home, Doctor? 576 00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:37,240 If our boy ain't got long, this is where he should be. 577 00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:42,520 He's got the best mum in the world waiting to look after him. 578 00:34:43,680 --> 00:34:45,080 I'll call the hospital. 579 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:51,840 What's she doing? Can you see? 580 00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:55,200 - I really don't know. - (CLATTERING) 581 00:34:55,240 --> 00:34:57,400 You know, sometimes she replants 582 00:34:57,440 --> 00:35:00,160 the weeds that I dig out of the vegetable patch. 583 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:03,640 The club will have my guts for garters if our exhibition garden 584 00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:05,920 - is full of dandelions and nettles. - (CLATTERING) 585 00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:09,280 Can I help you there with anything, Sister? 586 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:13,400 No, thank you, Mr Buckle. I have everything I need. 587 00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:42,960 He's so lovely, ain't he? 588 00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:46,480 Yeah. 589 00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:49,600 Scared to go to sleep. 590 00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:52,400 Me too. 591 00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:58,240 I keep on thinking about all the plans we had. 592 00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:00,360 All the things he's gonna miss. 593 00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:05,680 I know, love. 594 00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:08,240 I know. 595 00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:13,480 But... 596 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:16,560 ...this is his life... 597 00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:20,040 ...here, right now, and... 598 00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:23,240 ...we've got to make the most of it. 599 00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:37,880 Someone appears to have been taking midwifery supplies 600 00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:39,840 without signing for them. 601 00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:41,240 Well, it certainly wasn't me! 602 00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:42,520 Or me. 603 00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:44,880 Hm. I have my suspicions. 604 00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:47,840 Eight soft-yarn blankets, freshly laundered. 605 00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:49,960 And don't bother denying it, Sister, 606 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,400 because I can see them sticking out from under your pillows. 607 00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:54,560 What of it? 608 00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:58,120 They are the property of the health authority! 609 00:36:58,160 --> 00:36:59,920 But I require them. 610 00:36:59,960 --> 00:37:01,200 Whatever for? 611 00:37:01,240 --> 00:37:05,360 They are necessary in the celebration of St Raymond Nonnatus - 612 00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:09,480 whose devotion to expectant mothers and midwives 613 00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:15,080 far exceeds that of the health authority by seven centuries! 614 00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:18,720 Oh, for goodness' sake! 615 00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:22,360 Just don't get any holes in them! 616 00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:36,680 Shall we go and say hello? 617 00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:39,880 Look, May. 618 00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:42,200 Do you see who this is? 619 00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:46,080 May. (SPEAKS IN CANTONESE) 620 00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:54,080 Oh, it's all right, May. 621 00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:56,280 She's just a little shy today. 622 00:37:57,320 --> 00:37:59,640 May! (SPEAKS IN CANTONESE) 623 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:05,080 PATRICK: It's-It's all right, May. 624 00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:07,040 SHELAGH: Sweetheart, it's all right. 625 00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:08,920 There's nothing to be frightened of. 626 00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:10,600 (SPEAKS IN CANTONESE) 627 00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:13,880 I'm sorry. This is too much for her today. 628 00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:15,400 We have to go. 629 00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:20,280 May! 630 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:24,560 MISS WILLIAMS: I'm sorry, Miss Tang. 631 00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:26,640 You turned my child against me! 632 00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:30,880 He doesn't manage to eat much. 633 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:34,000 I wish I could help him. 634 00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:36,200 Maybe he could comfort-suck. 635 00:38:36,240 --> 00:38:37,640 Like this. 636 00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:44,280 (CHUCKLES) 637 00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:52,680 It doesn't give him any food, of course, but...I think it's nice for him. 638 00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:04,920 Come and see what Warren's doing, you two! 639 00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:07,840 Come on, Maxine. 640 00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:09,560 Aww, Max. 641 00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:11,320 It's all right. 642 00:39:11,360 --> 00:39:14,040 Look, I feel sad too sometimes. 643 00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:16,040 But look. 644 00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:18,240 This is making Warren happy. 645 00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:21,480 So I think we should be happy too. 646 00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:24,600 We've got to show him how much fun it is to be a Bryant, eh? 647 00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:28,640 I hid the water pistols under the kitchen sink. 648 00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:30,920 Why don't you give your sister a good soaking? 649 00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:33,760 - Yeah! - (MAUREEN CHUCKLES) 650 00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:35,280 That's better. 651 00:39:36,240 --> 00:39:37,640 Ain't it? 652 00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:40,040 (CHILDREN GIGGLE) 653 00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:44,400 (CAR HORN BEEPS) 654 00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:48,680 - What's going on? - Shut up! 655 00:39:48,720 --> 00:39:51,240 - Just backing out. - You're blocking the road. 656 00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:52,560 (HORN BEEPS) 657 00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:55,640 Is she sleeping? 658 00:39:58,080 --> 00:40:00,480 I don't want to do this again, Shelagh. 659 00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:02,440 We can't put her through it. 660 00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:04,840 No. I know. 661 00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:08,600 I'm very sorry for Esther, and her past, but we can't change it. 662 00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:12,000 - (HORN BEEPS) - Our priority has to be May. 663 00:40:13,520 --> 00:40:15,680 - You're right. - (HORNS BEEP) 664 00:40:18,120 --> 00:40:20,920 Nurse Phyllis, why are you walking? Where's your car? 665 00:40:22,720 --> 00:40:24,880 It was in need of emergency attention. 666 00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:30,360 I've gone over it twice, Nurse Crane, 667 00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:33,520 and I can't find any reason for the noise you're describing, 668 00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:36,040 the one you call the clickety ticking sort of sound. 669 00:40:36,080 --> 00:40:37,440 How very perplexing. 670 00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:39,880 Nevertheless, thank you for your prompt attention. 671 00:40:39,920 --> 00:40:41,720 Might I furnish you with some tea? 672 00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:43,560 Ah, Sister Monica Joan brought me some. 673 00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:45,880 It's gone cold. 674 00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:47,720 (TEA SPLASHES ON GROUND) 675 00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:52,080 There was never any clickety ticking sort of sound, was there? 676 00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:54,320 I had to go along with what Nurse Crane said. 677 00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:56,720 Especially if it gave me a chance of bumping into you. 678 00:40:56,760 --> 00:40:59,240 Cyril, you can "bump into" me whenever you like! 679 00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:00,840 Whenever you've got the time. 680 00:41:00,880 --> 00:41:02,360 But...you don't have time. 681 00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:05,400 No. Because I'm always working. Like you're always working. 682 00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:07,480 We've both got jobs to do, Lucille. 683 00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:09,400 Is that the only reason why you're here? 684 00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:11,120 Because you've got a job to do? 685 00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:14,640 Lucille, I'm trying to make a life, 686 00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:16,640 a whole life, from almost nothing. 687 00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:18,360 I work and I study. 688 00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:20,600 I save money and I pray. 689 00:41:20,640 --> 00:41:23,640 And I pay for all of that whilst having to wait for the things I want. 690 00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:24,960 Meaning what? 691 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:27,240 - Meaning you. - Me? 692 00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:32,080 Well, there's no point in you waiting if I'm not going to wait for you. 693 00:41:32,120 --> 00:41:34,440 PHYLLIS: Tea for two! 694 00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:36,560 And I found some shortbread fingers going begging. 695 00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:40,080 You should have saved yourself the trouble. Cyril's busy! 696 00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:50,400 Oh... 697 00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:53,680 He's a handsome chap, isn't he, Dr McNulty? 698 00:41:53,720 --> 00:41:55,040 He certainly is. 699 00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:57,160 - (DOOR CLOSES) - Excuse me, Doctor. 700 00:41:58,320 --> 00:41:59,920 I'd better go, little man. 701 00:41:59,960 --> 00:42:01,960 Them windows won't clean themselves. 702 00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:04,040 It must be hard to tear yourself away. 703 00:42:04,080 --> 00:42:05,720 CHARLIE: Well, you don't know. 704 00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:08,840 You don't know how things'll be when you come back. 705 00:42:09,920 --> 00:42:12,040 Do you know, Doctor? Can you tell? 706 00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:14,080 I can tell... 707 00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:16,680 ...that he is very well cared for. 708 00:42:16,720 --> 00:42:20,680 I can tell that he's stable for the moment. 709 00:42:20,720 --> 00:42:23,400 I wouldn't expect that to change immediately, 710 00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:25,880 but I'm afraid I can't give you any guarantees. 711 00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:30,640 Now, you know you can call on me at any time? 712 00:42:30,680 --> 00:42:32,680 Thank you. 713 00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:38,560 PATRICK: Thank you. 714 00:42:40,240 --> 00:42:41,600 I think we should do it. 715 00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:43,240 - (DOOR OPENS) - So do I. 716 00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:45,080 (DOOR CLOSES) 717 00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:48,080 We want to hold a gathering for him. 718 00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:49,640 Just small. 719 00:42:49,680 --> 00:42:52,720 The other two kids always have parties. 720 00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:55,280 That's a lovely idea. 721 00:42:56,640 --> 00:42:58,120 (SIGHS) 722 00:42:58,160 --> 00:42:59,520 Well done. 723 00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:01,640 You learn to keep that sigh in over time. 724 00:43:01,680 --> 00:43:03,760 Does it get easier? 725 00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:06,040 It gets easier to hide. 726 00:43:06,080 --> 00:43:07,080 Usually. 727 00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:09,840 But not if somebody's going to lose a child. 728 00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:11,280 No. 729 00:43:14,560 --> 00:43:16,080 Sorry to arrive unannounced. 730 00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:18,400 Is there somewhere we can talk privately? 731 00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:23,320 Girls, why don't you give the sunflowers some water? 732 00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:25,240 BOTH: Yay! 733 00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:27,800 Just tell me. 734 00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:32,720 Esther has refused to sign the consent papers. 735 00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:34,720 She wants to take May back to Hong Kong. 736 00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:41,040 Has Esther given you any indication as to how she could support May? 737 00:43:41,080 --> 00:43:42,360 None. 738 00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:45,600 But she is absolutely determined to take her back. 739 00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:48,000 And she won't meet us or discuss it. 740 00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:51,680 SHELAGH: We know that Esther is May's mother. 741 00:43:51,720 --> 00:43:56,240 And if we thought she was truly in a position to care for her... 742 00:43:57,520 --> 00:44:00,520 ...it would...break our hearts, 743 00:44:00,560 --> 00:44:02,720 but we would accept it. 744 00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:05,800 But this? 745 00:44:05,840 --> 00:44:09,560 When I think of what May could face, I feel sick. 746 00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:11,480 Physically sick. 747 00:44:11,520 --> 00:44:13,040 My dear Shelagh... 748 00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:16,120 Sister, you said before that you wished you could help. 749 00:44:16,160 --> 00:44:18,560 But she trusted the Order once before. 750 00:44:18,600 --> 00:44:20,720 Perhaps she'd talk to you. 751 00:44:22,840 --> 00:44:24,720 - LUCILLE: Last one! - (CAMERA FILM WINDS ON) 752 00:44:24,760 --> 00:44:27,360 - Everyone together! - Come on in, Mum. 753 00:44:30,840 --> 00:44:32,120 (SHUTTER CLICKS) 754 00:44:32,160 --> 00:44:33,400 Lovely. 755 00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:35,720 Come on. 756 00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:39,400 Oh... Hello, Nurse. 757 00:44:39,440 --> 00:44:41,280 - How much was the film? - (COINS CLINK) 758 00:44:41,320 --> 00:44:44,560 I'll give you some...coins. 759 00:44:52,080 --> 00:44:53,240 Thanks. 760 00:44:55,240 --> 00:44:56,320 Right... 761 00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:10,800 Thank you for meeting me, Miss Tang. 762 00:45:10,840 --> 00:45:13,000 I won't change my mind. 763 00:45:14,240 --> 00:45:15,640 Very well. 764 00:45:18,960 --> 00:45:20,000 (TAP ON BENCH) 765 00:45:21,960 --> 00:45:24,400 They made my child afraid of me. 766 00:45:24,440 --> 00:45:26,920 Miss Tang, that's not the case. 767 00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:29,440 May is frightened because she's confused. 768 00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:32,120 Again and again she's been wrenched from everything she knows. 769 00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:34,680 Always completely without her control. 770 00:45:34,720 --> 00:45:37,280 And now she faces it once more. 771 00:45:38,760 --> 00:45:41,840 - A child should be with her mother. - I agree. 772 00:45:41,880 --> 00:45:46,440 If the mother is able to care for her, keep her safe. 773 00:45:46,480 --> 00:45:49,520 I have a job looking after English children. 774 00:45:49,560 --> 00:45:53,080 They love me. They run to me before they go to their own parents. 775 00:45:53,120 --> 00:45:54,920 I know how to keep a child safe. 776 00:45:54,960 --> 00:45:58,520 I do not doubt it for one moment, Miss Tang. 777 00:45:58,560 --> 00:46:01,000 But what will happen to that job 778 00:46:01,040 --> 00:46:03,680 once your employers know that you have a child of your own? 779 00:46:03,720 --> 00:46:05,520 There will be no job. 780 00:46:06,600 --> 00:46:09,040 And what will you do then? 781 00:46:09,080 --> 00:46:12,280 You think she's better off here with your friends, 782 00:46:12,320 --> 00:46:16,560 forgetting about her mother, her language, forgetting that she's Chinese. 783 00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:19,760 But other people won't forget. 784 00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:22,720 She will grow older and other people will look at her. 785 00:46:22,760 --> 00:46:26,920 And then they will treat her the same way like how your people always treated mine! 786 00:46:26,960 --> 00:46:29,320 Miss Tang...Esther... 787 00:46:29,360 --> 00:46:32,680 ...there is no ideal situation here. 788 00:46:32,720 --> 00:46:37,200 But the worst, the very worst, is if May ends up back in an orphanage. 789 00:46:37,240 --> 00:46:39,480 Can you be sure that won't happen? 790 00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:48,840 If I sign the paper, 791 00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:51,440 how can she know I love her?! 792 00:46:54,920 --> 00:46:59,280 How can I sign the paper to give my child away?! 793 00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:05,360 Ruby and George tried to put up their den. It was windy... 794 00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:06,800 Out for the count, eh? 795 00:47:07,880 --> 00:47:09,640 Yeah. 796 00:47:09,680 --> 00:47:12,160 - Right. Come on. - No, leave him. 797 00:47:12,200 --> 00:47:13,480 It's nice. 798 00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:15,200 Yeah, but there's hardly any room! 799 00:47:15,240 --> 00:47:18,240 Come on. It's nice to be all together. 800 00:47:19,320 --> 00:47:20,760 All right, come on. 801 00:47:36,800 --> 00:47:38,480 Night-night, little one. 802 00:48:01,840 --> 00:48:04,400 It was a lovely day, wasn't it? 803 00:48:04,440 --> 00:48:05,720 Yeah. 804 00:48:39,760 --> 00:48:41,480 (GASPS) 805 00:49:44,800 --> 00:49:46,160 (SOBS) 806 00:49:54,040 --> 00:49:57,480 TRIXIE: Perhaps Phyllis can set the Cubs on Cyril with their sizzling sticks. 807 00:49:57,520 --> 00:49:59,120 I don't want to talk about it. 808 00:49:59,160 --> 00:50:01,480 Fair enough, lass. 809 00:50:03,520 --> 00:50:07,000 What do we think? This'll be all right for country dancing, won't it? 810 00:50:07,040 --> 00:50:09,120 - Definitely. - PHYLLIS: Jolly good. 811 00:50:22,280 --> 00:50:24,200 - (DOOR OPENS) - Good morning, Sister. 812 00:50:25,640 --> 00:50:29,440 - Are you feeling better? - Oh, yes. Yes, thank you. 813 00:50:32,720 --> 00:50:35,520 I know you give May a good home. 814 00:50:35,560 --> 00:50:37,360 I know you love her. 815 00:50:37,400 --> 00:50:40,040 And I expect she love you too. 816 00:50:40,080 --> 00:50:41,600 But if I cannot take her... 817 00:50:42,720 --> 00:50:46,880 ...I am content for you to be her...foster parents. 818 00:50:47,960 --> 00:50:49,240 But I will not sign the paper. 819 00:50:49,280 --> 00:50:50,480 MISS WILLIAMS: Miss Tang... 820 00:50:50,520 --> 00:50:52,720 - She should not be brought here! - Miss Tang. 821 00:50:52,760 --> 00:50:57,000 Dr and Mrs Turner could pursue May's adoption through the court in this country 822 00:50:57,040 --> 00:51:00,040 and the decision would most likely go in their favour. 823 00:51:00,080 --> 00:51:01,360 ESTHER: I know. 824 00:51:02,520 --> 00:51:05,000 But I'm asking you not to do this! 825 00:51:08,160 --> 00:51:09,760 May needs security. 826 00:51:10,960 --> 00:51:15,400 And she needs a legal next of kin in this country. 827 00:51:15,440 --> 00:51:17,320 What if she had an accident? 828 00:51:17,360 --> 00:51:22,920 We might not be allowed to see her or make decisions about her treatment. 829 00:51:22,960 --> 00:51:24,120 This is true. 830 00:51:24,160 --> 00:51:28,280 The Hong Kong Adoption Project cannot be a child's guardian long term. 831 00:51:32,400 --> 00:51:34,840 Then be her guardian in this country. 832 00:51:37,080 --> 00:51:38,520 But not her parents. 833 00:51:44,640 --> 00:51:47,680 I've got a bit of a free evening tonight. 834 00:51:47,720 --> 00:51:49,760 I can help you with anything for the show, if you like. 835 00:51:49,800 --> 00:51:53,000 No, no, you're all right, love. 836 00:51:53,040 --> 00:51:54,600 I do believe... 837 00:51:56,120 --> 00:51:57,680 ...we're ready. 838 00:52:09,000 --> 00:52:12,480 Well, these have survived rather better than I thought they might. 839 00:52:14,040 --> 00:52:15,400 We've all survived. 840 00:52:17,360 --> 00:52:18,760 More or less. 841 00:52:18,800 --> 00:52:20,240 We have. 842 00:52:20,280 --> 00:52:21,800 We're here. 843 00:52:21,840 --> 00:52:23,320 May's here. 844 00:52:23,360 --> 00:52:24,960 All our children are here, 845 00:52:25,000 --> 00:52:26,240 and blooming. 846 00:52:27,440 --> 00:52:29,280 Not everyone can say that. 847 00:52:30,840 --> 00:52:33,080 And even if it can't be this way for ever, 848 00:52:33,120 --> 00:52:34,800 we have to make the most of it now. 849 00:52:36,040 --> 00:52:37,480 We do. 850 00:52:37,520 --> 00:52:38,800 And we will. 851 00:52:40,280 --> 00:52:42,560 We can do anything together, can't we? 852 00:52:43,720 --> 00:52:45,880 CHILDREN: Mummy! Daddy! 853 00:52:45,920 --> 00:52:47,440 SHELAGH: Watch the sunflowers! 854 00:52:47,480 --> 00:52:49,800 Come on. Let's go and wake up Tim! 855 00:52:49,840 --> 00:52:51,560 (ALL LAUGH) 856 00:52:57,560 --> 00:52:59,160 (ALL EXCLAIM) 857 00:53:05,400 --> 00:53:06,720 Trifle, anyone? 858 00:53:06,760 --> 00:53:07,760 (LAUGHTER) 859 00:53:14,480 --> 00:53:18,840 Anybody who wants to put anything else in the van, come now. Last chance. 860 00:53:22,520 --> 00:53:24,240 Mr Bryant! 861 00:53:25,440 --> 00:53:27,160 Hello. 862 00:53:30,520 --> 00:53:34,320 We got the pictures back. They're really good. 863 00:53:35,600 --> 00:53:36,760 Anyway... 864 00:53:39,680 --> 00:53:40,760 This one's for you. 865 00:53:43,800 --> 00:53:45,240 Oh... 866 00:53:48,320 --> 00:53:50,480 Thank you so much. 867 00:53:50,520 --> 00:53:52,040 Thanks. 868 00:54:04,600 --> 00:54:05,800 (BICYCLE BELL PINGS) 869 00:54:09,320 --> 00:54:10,800 Oh... 870 00:54:13,280 --> 00:54:16,360 - I am so sorry, Lucille. - I overreacted. 871 00:54:16,400 --> 00:54:19,080 No, you didn't. You were clearly upset. 872 00:54:19,120 --> 00:54:23,080 I should have been here supporting you, and not working on another car. 873 00:54:23,120 --> 00:54:25,360 LUCILLE: I'm proud of you for helping our community. 874 00:54:25,400 --> 00:54:27,880 There are more important things. 875 00:54:34,560 --> 00:54:36,120 Anyway... 876 00:54:37,280 --> 00:54:39,040 You are coming to the show? 877 00:54:39,080 --> 00:54:41,480 Wild horses wouldn't stop me. 878 00:54:41,520 --> 00:54:43,280 (BOTH LAUGH) 879 00:54:48,720 --> 00:54:50,680 ( 880 00:55:02,800 --> 00:55:05,160 Ah! 881 00:55:05,200 --> 00:55:08,040 882 00:55:08,080 --> 00:55:09,520 883 00:55:09,560 --> 00:55:12,160 to the top of the hill 884 00:55:12,200 --> 00:55:14,480 885 00:55:19,520 --> 00:55:22,160 You did it, love! It's all beautiful! 886 00:55:22,200 --> 00:55:24,200 Oh... 887 00:55:24,240 --> 00:55:25,440 Thanks, love. 888 00:55:28,240 --> 00:55:31,520 (CHUCKLES) Well... Almost all. 889 00:55:33,080 --> 00:55:38,520 Perhaps our Sister intended it as a place of peaceful contemplation. 890 00:55:40,680 --> 00:55:43,200 Sister Monica Joan, I have offered to help on numerous occasions. 891 00:55:43,240 --> 00:55:45,280 This is supposed to be a garden! 892 00:55:45,320 --> 00:55:47,240 Where are the flowers? 893 00:55:49,880 --> 00:55:51,960 The flowers of St Raymond 894 00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:55,400 are the most beautiful flowers of the day! 895 00:55:59,000 --> 00:56:00,440 (ALL LAUGH) 896 00:56:17,280 --> 00:56:20,600 MATURE JENNIFER WORTH: Flowers take many forms. 897 00:56:20,640 --> 00:56:23,120 Each one has its story 898 00:56:23,160 --> 00:56:25,360 and its roots. 899 00:56:26,360 --> 00:56:28,960 Each one unfurls 900 00:56:29,000 --> 00:56:31,080 from its bulb or its kernel, 901 00:56:31,120 --> 00:56:35,320 revealing itself and all its promise as it will. 902 00:56:36,640 --> 00:56:40,400 Each is entirely precious and unique. 903 00:56:53,000 --> 00:56:54,040 (SHUTTER CLICKS) 904 00:56:54,080 --> 00:56:57,880 Each is the best, and the only. 905 00:56:57,920 --> 00:57:00,480 Each will linger in the mind. 906 00:57:00,520 --> 00:57:04,920 Each will teach us what it is to love. 907 00:57:06,240 --> 00:57:09,920 To be torn, to nurture 908 00:57:09,960 --> 00:57:11,200 and let go. 909 00:57:11,240 --> 00:57:13,600 (CAR DOOR OPENS) 910 00:57:13,640 --> 00:57:15,160 (ENGINE STARTS) 911 00:57:21,160 --> 00:57:25,200 Not every garden blooms as we expected. 912 00:57:25,240 --> 00:57:29,960 Despite our care, not every child can thrive. 913 00:57:32,880 --> 00:57:35,120 Tears take the place of rain 914 00:57:35,160 --> 00:57:37,760 and the sunshine fails us. 915 00:57:39,960 --> 00:57:43,880 But the buds, however delicate, were perfect. 916 00:57:45,880 --> 00:57:48,160 They were real, 917 00:57:48,200 --> 00:57:52,120 and their fleeting scent will live for ever on the air. 918 00:58:15,560 --> 00:58:17,760 Have you ever looked after someone like me, Nurse? 919 00:58:17,800 --> 00:58:18,800 Do you mean blind? 920 00:58:18,840 --> 00:58:20,880 A baby needs proper care, Marion. 921 00:58:20,920 --> 00:58:22,200 I'm its mother. 922 00:58:22,240 --> 00:58:24,040 - You're not gonna send me home, are you? - Yvonne! 923 00:58:24,080 --> 00:58:25,680 Where's my wife? 924 00:58:25,720 --> 00:58:26,520 Get that baby up for adoption, 925 00:58:26,560 --> 00:58:28,120 - for its own safety. - No! 926 00:58:28,160 --> 00:58:30,760 It's my gran. I'm so worried about her, Lucille. 927 00:58:30,800 --> 00:58:33,200 SISTER JULIENNE: The welfare of the baby is paramount. 928 00:58:33,240 --> 00:58:35,520 If we have any doubt, we must express it.