1 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:34,710 'A world was moving from a time of limits, of austerity, 2 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:38,350 'into one which promised endless reinvention. 3 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:40,910 'We could change the homes we lived in, 4 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:42,870 'and the clothes we wore. 5 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:46,910 'We could fly across the world, investigate new planets, 6 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:50,440 'begin to crack our own genetic code. 7 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:56,950 'But, no matter what science sought, our challenge remained the same -- 8 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,390 'to accept what it meant to be human. 9 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:04,520 'To embrace our strengths, our weaknesses, our dreams.' 10 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:12,080 Walk, don't run. 11 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,400 Another letter from Hong Kong. 12 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:20,110 Don't you think you should open it? 13 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:23,390 And be late for clinic, incurring the wrath of Sister Ursula? 14 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:25,190 Have you lost your marbles, Busby? 15 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:28,470 - Two minutes, Pats, to read the letter. That's all. - In which time, 16 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:32,720 I could have taken a patient's temperature or blood pressure. 17 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:36,310 I spoke with the Mother House. 18 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:39,100 Sister Mary Cynthia recuperates well. 19 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:44,030 Oh, I had planned to telephone myself. 20 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:46,020 Now there's no need. 21 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:47,990 Shall we make this the last? 22 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:49,510 I beg your pardon? 23 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:52,470 None of us can truly spare the time for arranging them. 24 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:54,260 Don't you agree? 25 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:07,880 Sweeties! 26 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:22,000 Pink ticket, number 16, please. Mrs Reed. 27 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:24,980 We're coming, Nurse. 28 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:37,430 You go on, love. You've got work. I'll manage from here. 29 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:39,820 She's in good hands, Mr Reed. 30 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:48,140 Your pocket. 31 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:54,270 Unlike your sisters, I won't indulge you. 32 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:57,400 Bonbons. Now. 33 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:16,590 We don't appear to have your full notes. Where were you before? 34 00:03:16,640 --> 00:03:20,670 We were Whitechapel, Nurse. Dr Treneman on Alderman Row. 35 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:22,470 And this is your first pregnancy? 36 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:24,460 It is. My only baby. 37 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,240 Let's see how baby's getting on. Cold hands, I'm afraid. 38 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:35,750 That's all feeling jolly good. 39 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:38,390 Now, let's have a listen to baby's heartbeat. Then blood pressure, 40 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:41,230 urine sample, and we'll book you in for a home visit. 41 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:45,270 Oh, I shan't be at home. I'm to go to St Cuthbert's for my caesarean. 42 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:47,150 We'll want to see you regularly now, 43 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:49,710 and, well, it'll save you the journey. 44 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:52,750 Never dared hope for such treatment. 45 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:55,910 I think perhaps because I'm smaller, 46 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:58,830 people think the hopes are not so great. 47 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:05,110 That's it, you're getting it now, just got to keep working it. 48 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:07,110 Imagine you're in the ring with Henry Cooper. 49 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:09,110 I'm picturing the rent man, Mum. 50 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:11,360 - Hello, love! - George! 51 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:14,270 I'll get flour all over you. 52 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:17,710 Ah, that's no worse than what's been on me today -- coal, grain and sugar. 53 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:18,910 It's a good one today. 54 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:21,110 Same tomorrow -- big ships coming in all week. 55 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:23,470 - Oh! - I did well with this one, didn't I, Mum? 56 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:25,270 You both done well. 57 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:28,320 Come on then, Mister. We're waiting for you. 58 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:36,110 But pregnancy for a woman with achondroplasia is quite risky. 59 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:38,390 How can Mrs Reed not be aware of that? 60 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:39,630 I don't know, Doctor. 61 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:42,710 But she's definitely been booked in for a caesarean so, well, someone 62 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:45,270 must have discussed the potential problems of a vaginal birth. 63 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:47,350 The size of the pelvis is an obvious one, 64 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:50,830 - but there are others, and she should be aware of them. - It's normally 65 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:54,630 wonderful seeing a mother brimming over with excitement. 66 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:56,950 In this case, it unsettles me. 67 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,270 Let me do a bit of digging. 68 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:02,430 Once we've seen the notes, we'll know what she knows, 69 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:04,950 and then we can work out the best way to help. 70 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:06,470 All right. 71 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:11,230 How's your father? 72 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:16,310 Pats, what did the letter say? 73 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:17,830 I haven't had the chance to read it. 74 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:20,880 - Then read it now. - I'm trying to sleep. 75 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:25,350 Besides, if I ignore it, then it might all go away. 76 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:28,190 Why do you always make light of everything? 77 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:32,000 I know what the letter will say -- "Come home." 78 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:36,670 And that will mean leaving you. 79 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:39,840 So, I'd prefer to leave it unread. 80 00:05:45,840 --> 00:05:48,990 Mrs Reed's notes from Dr Treneman's surgery. 81 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:50,670 Thank you. 82 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:52,710 You look a bit better, Shelagh. 83 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:55,470 With luck, it will pass in a couple of weeks. 84 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:57,950 A year ago, I would have offered you Distaval. 85 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,390 A year ago, I would probably have taken it. 86 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:04,790 When I think about those poor babies born without arms or legs, 87 00:06:04,840 --> 00:06:06,310 because of thalidomide... 88 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:08,700 I think about them every day. 89 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:14,320 But I think about this too, and how miraculous it is. 90 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:18,120 How lucky we are. 91 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:24,470 We ought to start telling people, really. 92 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:27,270 I'd want the children to know first. 93 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:31,310 Angela's too little to understand, but Timothy's a teenage boy. 94 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:33,190 He'll certainly understand! 95 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:34,990 Oh, Patrick! 96 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:45,980 Nonnatus House. Midwife speaking. 97 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:03,260 Sister Winifred -- Mrs Marsh is in labour. 98 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:08,710 I can't say this situation doesn't worry me. 99 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:11,870 And both parents are dwarves, so there's a high chance this baby will 100 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:13,670 be born with the same condition. 101 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:15,710 It could still be healthy. 102 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:18,350 - And it would be so loved. - I know. 103 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:20,190 And if the genetics work out differently, 104 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:22,350 it could actually be of normal size. 105 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:24,270 - Really? - Well, it's possible. 106 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:27,630 But it's also possible the baby will be stillborn, 107 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:29,750 or only live for hours. 108 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:33,630 And we have no way of knowing which way the dice will fall. 109 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:36,750 In which case, we must prepare Mrs Reed for every scenario. 110 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:38,190 Even the saddest. 111 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:40,310 I'll do that. 112 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:41,830 I have to. 113 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:44,390 But she's so happy! 114 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:46,790 The thought of anything going wrong will break her heart. 115 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:48,350 She already knows. 116 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:50,870 Her previous GP told her. 117 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:54,200 He also told her that she should terminate the pregnancy. 118 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:05,270 Here, Val! They're saying it's going to be today. The baby. 119 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:08,070 Make sure you pop by later, there'll be a drink on the bar for you. 120 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:10,460 All the luck to you, George. 121 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:16,950 Oh, Jessie, you're nearly there. 122 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:18,430 OK, Jessie. 123 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:23,070 Let's just take some slow breaths. Slow your breathing right down. 124 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:24,910 We're very close now. 125 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:28,880 Now, just one very gentle push, and we should see baby's head. 126 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:35,080 Perfect, absolutely perfect. And pant for me. 127 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:40,270 That's it, that's it. 128 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:42,790 Now another push for the shoulders. 129 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:46,590 I know you're exhausted, but I know you have the strength, Jessie. 130 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:49,440 Dig deep for it now and push for baby. 131 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:55,750 Well done! Well done! Baby's coming! 132 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:57,800 Ah, hear that, Jessie? 133 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:02,360 It's a little boy, Jessie. 134 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:26,960 Hello, my little one. 135 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:32,520 George and me agreed Bobby for a boy, after Dad. 136 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:53,150 George Marsh? 137 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:55,510 Are you ready for your smallpox vaccination? 138 00:09:55,560 --> 00:09:57,190 Here, ain't you got something smaller? 139 00:09:57,240 --> 00:09:59,350 Oh, George, don't be a baby. 140 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:01,830 Talking of which -- I hear your wife's in labour. 141 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:04,030 Ow! Here, that was crafty. 142 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:06,220 It's called distraction. 143 00:10:06,680 --> 00:10:09,680 Off you go. And good luck to you and Jessie. 144 00:10:10,680 --> 00:10:12,870 Arthur Pilbury? 145 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:14,470 Hello. 146 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:17,820 If you'd roll your sleeve up and relax your arm. 147 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:25,560 Mrs Reed, we have your notes from Dr Treneman. 148 00:10:34,680 --> 00:10:38,630 We know you understand the risks associated with your pregnancy. 149 00:10:38,680 --> 00:10:42,070 All I want is to be able to help with what may lie ahead. 150 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:44,470 I wanted this baby for so long. 151 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:47,990 No-one ever thought I'd be able to fall, never mind carry. 152 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:51,640 They were wrong, Nurse. Why can't they be wrong now? 153 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:54,990 I so very, very much hope that they are. 154 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:57,950 But I have a duty to care for you as much as for baby, 155 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,040 and part of that's trying to prepare you. 156 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:05,190 I can feel my baby. 157 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:08,310 He kicks and wriggles when we sing to him. 158 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:10,760 He's my little miracle, Nurse. 159 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:14,470 Don't ask me to give up, because I won't. 160 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:15,920 I can't. 161 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:40,540 Here, I got it, Arthur. You rest now. 162 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:44,980 I don't have the lungs for this game no more. 163 00:11:57,560 --> 00:11:59,400 Oh! 164 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:21,830 Telephone for an ambulance and the fire brigade. Hurry! 165 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:24,270 Nurse, over here. Nurse, help this man. 166 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:26,550 Fetch fresh water and blankets. 167 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:28,430 We've only got the piped river water, Nurse. 168 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:30,350 I need clean water. 169 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:34,230 Go to the pub, fetch water. Fill the kegs. Hurry. 170 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:36,590 Well, don't just stand there -- go with him. 171 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:40,150 Valerie Dyer. I'm a nurse. Queen Alexandra's. Army Corps. 172 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:41,190 Tell me what you need. 173 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:43,310 We need to get these men away from the building 174 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:45,710 and check them for smoke damage and burns. 175 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:48,560 I need everyone away from the building! 176 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:58,670 All right, now, deep breaths, nice and easy. Let's get you sat down. 177 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:00,630 Come and sit down. 178 00:13:00,680 --> 00:13:02,870 Pump. Get the water in there now. 179 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:06,220 Through the grates, through the doors, flood it. 180 00:13:08,680 --> 00:13:10,150 Can't breathe. 181 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:15,070 It's the smoke. Try not to panic. Slow, deep breaths. 182 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:17,390 Arthur Pilbury and George Marsh -- they're still in there. 183 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:19,470 Oh, Lord, no. 184 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:20,590 I'm coming with you. 185 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:22,270 Look, the fire's only just out. 186 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:24,870 The bloody wiring must've caused this. It'll still be dangerous. 187 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:26,150 I'm coming with you. 188 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:27,600 So am I. 189 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:30,310 Here! 190 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:31,910 There! 191 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:34,360 HELP! HELP! 192 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:39,030 It's all right, George. We're here now. 193 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:42,150 It's Mrs Turner. I'm here with Miss Dyer. 194 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:44,550 You know me, George, Val from the pub. 195 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:47,230 Val. Val, what's happened to me? 196 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:50,520 Let him go now, George. Let me try to help Arthur. 197 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:55,990 Arthur? Arthur, can you hear me? 198 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:59,230 All right there, George. We'll get you out as soon as we can. 199 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:02,990 Me eyes. Me eyes, w... what's wrong with them? 200 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:05,150 Don't touch them, George. 201 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:07,550 - You got fresh water? - There's none down here. 202 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:09,110 Help me, I... I can't see. 203 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:11,710 This man needs clean water, and he needs it now. 204 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:14,030 It's just a warehouse. We're not equipped. 205 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:16,880 Here's a Thermos. There's water in it. 206 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:25,200 Come on, Arthur, breathe. 207 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:31,110 Lean back, I've got you. 208 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:35,150 - I got you! - Breathe, Arthur, breathe. - Lean back into me. 209 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:36,670 That's it. 210 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:46,230 - All right. - Come on, Arthur. 211 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:50,110 I can't see. I can't see nothing. 212 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:52,710 - You're going to be fine, George. - W... why can't I see? 213 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:55,110 The doctor will be here soon. 214 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:58,750 Here! Your Jessie might have had her baby by now. 215 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:00,550 We've got a book running at the Black Sail -- 216 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:02,070 we all reckon it's going to be a girl. 217 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:04,790 - Do you? - Yeah, most definitely. 218 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:06,990 Or a boy. 219 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:08,430 Each way, then! 220 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:10,830 Each way. That's the stuff. 221 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:12,590 Arthur, come on, breathe. 222 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:14,380 Don't leave me. 223 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:17,310 Leave my best customer? 224 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:21,630 I'm right here, George. 225 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:23,420 I'm right here. 226 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:46,430 This isn't too deep. 227 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:49,430 But you must have been in shock, if you didn't feel it. 228 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:52,990 All I could think of was trying to help those men. 229 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:55,830 There was nothing of any use at all there! 230 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:58,110 No first aid-box, no water, nothing. 231 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:01,030 At least there was us. And our training. 232 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:05,590 Wait till I tell my mum I've been in here! 233 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:08,590 When I was little, me and my sisters used to watch the Nonnatuns 234 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:10,950 arriving on their bikes with the big black bags on the back. 235 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:13,750 And then we'd hear that Mrs Mahoney, or Mrs Blewitt, 236 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:16,670 or Cousin Peg had had a little boy or girl. 237 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:19,760 We thought you brought the baby in the bag! 238 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:25,350 Yes, they keep them in that cupboard over there. 239 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:28,750 Where have you been nursing since you left the Army, Miss Dyer? 240 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:30,510 I haven't. 241 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:32,030 I wanted to come home, 242 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:36,350 and home's quite a nice place to be while I decide what's next. 243 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:38,950 I'm not that good at sitting with my feet up, though. 244 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:42,030 That's how I came to be pulling pints in my auntie's pub today. 245 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:44,710 It's extremely fortunate that you were. 246 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:46,360 It was awful. 247 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:49,390 You think you'd get used to the sound of men yelling, 248 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:51,480 but you never do. 249 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:02,580 I'm so sorry, Mrs Marsh. 250 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:05,310 His sight, it... 251 00:17:05,360 --> 00:17:07,700 It will come back, won't it? 252 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:12,070 George has deep burns to his eyes. 253 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:17,390 I fell in love with those eyes. 254 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:20,630 It's too much for her, Dr Turner. 255 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:22,790 You know, she's only just had the baby. 256 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:24,870 Can you give her something to help her? 257 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:26,510 Mum, no, I don't want to take nothing. 258 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:28,590 I just want to know -- will he see again? 259 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:30,910 We have to be very patient. 260 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:36,000 We have to wait for the swelling to come down, and then we'll know more. 261 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:41,670 He's been living for Bobby. 262 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:47,280 You'll pull him through, won't you? He's got to see you. 263 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:50,500 He's got to. 264 00:17:56,560 --> 00:18:01,510 .. bless, O Father, thy gifts to our use, 265 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:05,430 and us to thy service, 266 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:08,830 for Christ's sake. Amen. 267 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:10,390 Amen. 268 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:14,200 It has been a turbulent day. Let us restore ourselves. 269 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:19,870 I had meant to broach this at a later date, 270 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:23,160 but it appears an opportune moment to do so now. 271 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:28,150 During my time here, I have been struck by the lengths you go to 272 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:30,880 for your patients, above and beyond. 273 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:35,190 No request is too great a trouble. 274 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:38,800 You are ceaseless in your well-meaning involvement. 275 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:45,070 But you are encouraging dependencies which cannot be supported. 276 00:18:45,120 --> 00:18:47,950 We have more patients and less staff, and we must see ourselves 277 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:50,600 as resources to be used sparingly. 278 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:56,520 You are midwives and nurses, not maids and nannies. 279 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:02,070 We are whatever is needed. 280 00:19:02,120 --> 00:19:05,390 But don't you see? You will now be what is needed most -- 281 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:09,160 providers of efficient health care and midwifery services. 282 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:13,920 "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." 283 00:19:15,360 --> 00:19:17,470 Just as our approach must change, 284 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:21,070 so must our way of organising Nonnatus House. 285 00:19:21,120 --> 00:19:24,150 There is to be no fat on the lamb. 286 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:28,830 We are to become a hub of energy and activity, 287 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:31,980 fit for the challenges of the modern world. 288 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:36,550 Those who do not earn their place must find another, 289 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:39,700 or there will be professional consequences. 290 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:45,030 And Nurse Gilbert, second call. 291 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:48,030 Up and at 'em, ladies. We've a full day ahead of us. 292 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:50,430 I would like to take Mrs Marsh to see her husband, 293 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:54,230 if he's up to visitors, but it would mean my swapping with Mrs Henderson. 294 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:56,990 That's fine. I can take care of Mrs Henderson. 295 00:19:57,040 --> 00:20:00,230 It's been made more than clear that we should provide only care 296 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:05,070 that is strictly necessary, and then within an appointment. 297 00:20:05,120 --> 00:20:08,710 I'm afraid your request strays into the land of extra-curricular. 298 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:11,350 And travel visas there have been cancelled. 299 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:14,190 Mr Marsh has been through a terrible trauma. 300 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:17,350 I'm quite sure that a visit from his wife is exactly what's needed, 301 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:20,340 to lift his spirits with news of his son. 302 00:20:21,120 --> 00:20:24,760 We can still maintain compassion, even with efficiency. 303 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:29,230 I'm not sure I heard you correctly, Sister Winifred. 304 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:31,620 I'm a trifle deaf these days. 305 00:20:37,360 --> 00:20:39,100 Midwife calling. 306 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:44,950 Mrs Reed. How are we today? 307 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:48,470 Oh, you know, still breathless, and I feel ever so big now. 308 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:53,110 I'll make us coffee, and while I do, I'd like you to look through these. 309 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:56,840 A little light reading. We recommend it for all our mothers-to-be. 310 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:01,510 But... 311 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:04,800 Nurse Mount, you made it sound as if I shouldn't hope. 312 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:09,030 We can offer no promises, 313 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:11,550 nothing to outweigh those with greater knowledge, 314 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:14,590 but at this moment, you are an expectant mother. 315 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:18,720 I think in all my talk of duty, perhaps I forgot to speak of joy. 316 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:29,470 I keep thinking how much worse this could have been. 317 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:33,230 You're such a catastrophist! But you're also a doctor, 318 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:36,790 and you know what it's like when help is needed -- you just jump in. 319 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:39,190 He would have got even more involved than you, Mum! 320 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:41,630 Probably ended up fried to a crisp. 321 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:43,080 Patrick? 322 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:45,870 Now? 323 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:48,750 Best done when we're all together as a family. 324 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:51,750 Mum, the fact that your biscuit intake has rocketed, 325 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:54,390 you turn green at the mention of sardines, and Dad won't even 326 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:57,910 let you pick up a teapot, leads me to only one conclusion, 327 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:01,230 as does the embarrassed looks on your faces. 328 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:04,880 Angela and I are getting a baby sister or brother, aren't we? 329 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:08,630 Yes. 330 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:10,070 Yes, we are. 331 00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:13,520 Good. And I don't want to know any other details. 332 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:27,420 - Mr Marsh, please. - He's just over there. 333 00:22:31,120 --> 00:22:32,670 George! 334 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:33,790 Jessie? 335 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:36,510 I'm here. I'm here, love. I'm here. 336 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:40,800 We got a son. 337 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:43,990 Bobby. 338 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:46,030 He's the spit of you already. 339 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:47,710 He's so beautiful. 340 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:49,270 Look, talk to the doctors, will you? 341 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:51,030 Cos the nurses ain't making no sense to me. 342 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:54,360 They're saying they don't know if me sight will come back. 343 00:22:56,280 --> 00:23:00,270 Mr Marsh, I'm Sister Winifred from Nonnatus House. 344 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:03,350 I had the honour of delivering your beautiful little boy. 345 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,190 Well, when am I going to see again? 346 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:07,710 The doctors have said that once the swelling has gone down, 347 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:09,630 they'll be in a better position to understand. 348 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:12,910 That's not telling me nothing. Am I going to be blind? 349 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:15,670 Your eyes must be given the chance to heal. 350 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:19,590 George, we got a baby boy. Just think of him. 351 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:22,310 Without me sight, I've got nothing. 352 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:30,510 Still can't get your plaster wet, Mum? 353 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:33,270 I believe the authorities look unfavourably on child labour. 354 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:36,150 Oh, didn't I say? I'm a slow healer. 355 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:39,510 I've been thinking -- if the baby's another girl, I might move out. 356 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:43,310 I might come with you. If I stay, I'll be outnumbered. 357 00:23:43,360 --> 00:23:45,630 It's from the Coroner's Court. 358 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:48,190 There's to be an inquest into the death of Arthur Pilbury. 359 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:50,780 They want me to act as a witness. 360 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:56,790 I'm glad they're investigating. 361 00:23:56,840 --> 00:24:00,440 Always good to make these things a matter of record. 362 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:03,990 There's no need be nervous, Shelagh. 363 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:06,070 I suppose not. 364 00:24:06,120 --> 00:24:09,430 Perhaps I can make the coroner see what should be done for the future. 365 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:11,220 That's my girl. 366 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:18,710 They want George to speak up at court for Arthur. 367 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:21,470 Oh, well, that could spur him on, don't you think? 368 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:23,030 I can't say, Mum. 369 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:25,070 They was always close, him and Arthur. 370 00:24:25,120 --> 00:24:26,920 He gets so tired. 371 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:29,980 We're still early days, ain't we? 372 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:34,430 I wish I could bring something in for you. 373 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:35,910 I feel I'm just making it harder. 374 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:39,720 None of that talk now. We couldn't manage without you. 375 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:43,950 We'll just have to bake more bread. 376 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:47,230 George will be back on his feet, and it'll be like normal. 377 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:50,380 Only better, cos we've got this little one. 378 00:24:56,680 --> 00:25:00,150 It's like a jumping bean. I call it the morning shuffle. 379 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:01,950 Now, you're sure you're managing? 380 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,110 Your lungs are probably quite restricted by now. 381 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:06,230 - I'm breathless all right. - We can ask for a home help. 382 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:09,510 No, I've got Derek. He's a whizz in a pinny. 383 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:11,630 Well, don't be brave and struggle on. 384 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:15,080 It's no struggle, Nurse. Not this little miracle. 385 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:17,070 How's our patient? 386 00:25:17,120 --> 00:25:19,720 Your wife is a model mother-to-be. 387 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:27,860 Would you like to hear baby? 388 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:00,900 Sorry, do excuse me. 389 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:20,790 My word -- back up to your birth weight in just a week. 390 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:22,710 Bravo, little one. 391 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:30,440 There's still no change, with George? 392 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:34,990 He says it's like being buried alive. 393 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:37,790 You mustn't give up. 394 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:39,670 It's not me who's given up. 395 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:44,520 This is the dark before the dawn, but there is always a dawn. 396 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:51,990 I think someone might have been listening to me "upstairs." 397 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:53,350 Shall I top up the meter? 398 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:55,430 No. We can manage. 399 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:56,670 Jessie? 400 00:26:56,720 --> 00:27:00,240 We're just a bit short, that's all, without George's wage. 401 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:08,960 One wonders what is left to clean. 402 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:11,950 You startled me. 403 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:13,950 Indeed. 404 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:18,160 For you are close to what magicians call a hypnotic state. 405 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:21,550 It really is just cleaning. 406 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:29,950 Sister Monica Joan, is there something I can help you with? 407 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,870 I've committed a crime -- I read your letter. 408 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:36,070 There comes a time when even the songbird 409 00:27:36,120 --> 00:27:41,150 must return to its nest to hear the tune its parents sang. 410 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:42,740 He's dying. 411 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:45,790 I can't make him better. 412 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,180 You can ease him on his way. 413 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:55,510 I'm good at my job. 414 00:27:56,360 --> 00:27:58,100 Very good at it. 415 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:01,750 I know how to look after my patients. 416 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:04,520 All of this -- Nonnatus, Poplar. 417 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:08,310 Terribly good at all of it. 418 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:10,790 But losing someone? 419 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:13,030 Nope. 420 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:16,710 Not good at that at all. 421 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:19,230 We only fail when we do not try. 422 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:31,590 Now, are you sure you don't want me to wait with you? 423 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:36,240 Derek, I'll be fine. Go! Finish adapting the pram. 424 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:42,320 Sorry, after you. 425 00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:59,120 Here we are, Mr Marsh -- what a lovely welcome party for you. 426 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:03,260 Hello, George, love. 427 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:05,510 Jess. 428 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:10,120 There's someone else here for you, George. Bobby's here. 429 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:14,150 This is your daddy. 430 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:15,910 No. No, not like this. 431 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:17,710 He shouldn't be in a place like this. 432 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:18,950 Get him out of here! 433 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:20,750 What, you want to torture me a bit more, do you? 434 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:23,470 I brought him cos he's your son, and I thought he'd give you hope. 435 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:27,200 I can't see him, Jess! He's a stranger to me. 436 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:32,070 You think that's how I want him to know me? 437 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:35,110 I won't be a father like this, Jessie. Not like this. 438 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:37,830 And I want to be a mother like this? 439 00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:42,150 On my own, unable to sleep at night for worrying 440 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:45,230 if you're suffering, if you're frightened. 441 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:46,630 I don't want it this way, 442 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:49,310 but my God, I'll make the best of it if I have to. 443 00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:53,320 Cos you're alive, and I'll take you deaf, broke, or blind. 444 00:29:57,160 --> 00:30:01,360 You know how much this meant to me today, bringing Bobby to you? 445 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:06,110 Bye, love. 446 00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:11,840 Don't you know me yet? 447 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:15,660 I love the bones of you. 448 00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:19,680 The very heart of you, George. 449 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,200 As I was saying, ladies... 450 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:43,900 Ladies? 451 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:47,830 If we might continue. 452 00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:50,590 For nearly nine months, you've each been providing 453 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:52,550 full bed and board for baby. 454 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:55,710 Excuse me, Nurse Gilbert, might I be excused to the little girls' room? 455 00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:57,880 Oh, of course. 456 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:02,910 As I was saying, birth is a little like bank holiday weather -- 457 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:05,830 you're never quite sure what you'll get. 458 00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:17,480 Sister? Are you going on a picnic? 459 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:23,070 I'm not saying I wouldn't be tempted by a jam sandwich, 460 00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:24,910 or a pickled onion one, 461 00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:29,360 but Mrs Marsh is struggling without her husband's wage. 462 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:32,620 This is for her. 463 00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:40,430 There's a packet of Rich Tea on the lower shelf, tucked away. 464 00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:44,270 Biscuits are always welcome in a crisis -- people drink so much tea. 465 00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:47,960 Sisters. We must husband our resources carefully. 466 00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:52,230 Who is to say that greater troubles will not come tomorrow? 467 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:56,230 Sister Ursula, we have always helped our neighbours where we can. 468 00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:58,310 And the people in this district ARE our neighbours, 469 00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:00,830 not objects of charity or pity. 470 00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:06,990 They are the first to give to us when they have flowers, 471 00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:09,670 or fruit, or vegetables to spare. 472 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:10,750 Be that as it may, 473 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:15,830 we cannot create the expectation of personal support at every turn. 474 00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:19,150 We are here to nurse our patients, not to nanny them. 475 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:20,230 Yes, Sister. 476 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:23,680 I do not wish to be forced to discipline anyone... 477 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:27,870 .. and I'm sure Sister Winifred will not waste her time again 478 00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:31,120 by accompanying patients on visits to the hospital. 479 00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:36,470 Jessie Marsh has just had a baby. 480 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:40,550 Her mother has arthritis. There was no-one else who could take her. 481 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:44,510 This is a close-knit community. Somebody else could have been found, 482 00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:47,660 and you could have continued with your duties. 483 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:56,440 No matter what she says, this isn't the way we do things. 484 00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:01,960 No, it is not. 485 00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:13,550 Hello, Fred. Have you any spare carrots or maybe some potatoes? 486 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:17,070 That's a very personal question, but, yes. 487 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:20,880 We're collecting for a patient. Discreetly collecting. 488 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:27,270 You look fatigued. 489 00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:30,230 I rather needed some air. 490 00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:32,950 This is the Anschluss of Nonnatus, 491 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:37,240 and we must simply sit it out and wait for Churchill. 492 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:42,790 Now, of course, at the hospital, 493 00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:46,110 Nurse will provide you with sanitary napkins, 494 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:49,030 breastpads, and clothes for baby. 495 00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:51,880 He's got nothing to be showing off for. 496 00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:59,030 But your case must contain all that you will need for lying in. 497 00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:01,870 And of course, not only your outfit for coming home, 498 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:04,520 but also baby's travelling outfit. 499 00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:09,830 Do we have any seamstresses or tailors in our ranks today? 500 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:13,390 I'm a seamstress. I make all my clothes, and my husband's. 501 00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:15,670 Well, I'm no expert in the world of couture, 502 00:34:15,720 --> 00:34:18,110 seeing as I wear my uniform most days, 503 00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:21,390 but am I right that the correct outfit is as important 504 00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:23,670 as the event one is wearing it to? 505 00:34:23,720 --> 00:34:25,430 I should say so. 506 00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:28,670 Well, there you have it, from one who knows. 507 00:34:28,720 --> 00:34:30,390 Did you make your dress? 508 00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:32,270 Oh, I'd love to have something in that colour, 509 00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:34,070 after the baby, of course. 510 00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:35,510 Are you on the telephone? 511 00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:37,440 I am. Poplar 232. 512 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:46,550 What's all this? 513 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:48,390 We had a little extra in our harvest, 514 00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:50,870 and none of us could bear it going to waste. 515 00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:52,150 We don't need charity. 516 00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:53,830 We do, love. 517 00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:56,980 It's not forever, and there's no shame in it. 518 00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:03,390 Just to tide us over, then. 519 00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:10,510 They were such a lovely bunch, Derek. 520 00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:14,480 I'd so love to have them here one day -- perhaps for a coffee morning. 521 00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:18,550 Probably wouldn't want to come, would they? 522 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:20,870 It would be a trek for them. 523 00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:22,790 You're not finishing the pram first? 524 00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:26,740 The pram doesn't earn me money. Repairing the clock does. 525 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,310 Derek, we need the pram ready. 526 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:30,960 No, we don't! 527 00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:34,670 We're in cloud-cuckoo-land. 528 00:35:34,720 --> 00:35:37,870 I'm scared if you go into that hospital, then you won't come out. 529 00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:39,660 Neither of you. 530 00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:48,830 Shelagh, don't make yourself ill with anxiety about this. 531 00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:51,950 I'm just afraid I won't remember everything. 532 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:54,470 Things moved so fast during the accident. 533 00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:57,960 Your nerve didn't fail you then, and it won't fail you today. 534 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:20,540 Hold the line, Mrs Reed. 535 00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:24,230 Yes, I've got your details here. 536 00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:27,510 I will telephone the hospital and an ambulance will collect you, 537 00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:30,500 and your surgery will be brought forward. 538 00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:34,520 Stay perfectly calm. There's nothing to be upset about. 539 00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:43,270 Hello, Mrs Turner. You look nice. 540 00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:45,110 Oh, thank you. 541 00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:47,030 Nervous, but nice. 542 00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:51,550 I didn't know what to wear. I only ever gave evidence once before, 543 00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:55,200 but it was an Army inquiry, so I just wore a uniform. 544 00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:03,110 I'm glad I had shoes and a blouse to fuss about. 545 00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:06,230 It took my mind off things -- all the questions they might ask, 546 00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:07,750 and all the answers I wanted to give 547 00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:09,830 were going round and round inside my head. 548 00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:11,110 Mine too. 549 00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:13,310 You just want to get it right, don't you? 550 00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:15,470 For the sake of the victims. 551 00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:16,590 Yes. 552 00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:19,590 George Marsh and Arthur Pilbury deserve better. 553 00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:23,390 They weren't soldiers going into battle -- they were men doing a job. 554 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:25,780 And it could've been avoided. 555 00:37:26,240 --> 00:37:28,110 Mrs Shelagh Turner. 556 00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:32,600 Your turn. Do your best for them. 557 00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:41,470 Mrs Berry -- a boy! 558 00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:45,030 Oh, thank the Lord, she was two weeks overdue. 559 00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:48,670 And Mrs Reed -- oh, poor thing, early labour. 560 00:37:48,720 --> 00:37:50,670 I'm sorry, did you say Mrs Reed? 561 00:37:50,720 --> 00:37:52,990 It seems her surgery's been brought forward. 562 00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:54,630 I'll go to her at once. 563 00:37:54,680 --> 00:37:55,750 Nurse Mount... 564 00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:57,470 I'm not letting her go through this alone. 565 00:37:57,520 --> 00:38:00,510 Sister Ursula has been perfectly clear -- there will be consequences. 566 00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:04,110 Consequences be damned. Mrs Reed is my patient. 567 00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:07,750 If I've learned one thing from Nonnatus, from you, 568 00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:10,900 it's that we do what's right for our patient. 569 00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:14,820 Good on her. 570 00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:22,990 This woman is a primigravida with achondroplasia. 571 00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:25,790 Her pelvic abnormalities bar a vaginal delivery, 572 00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:28,270 thus a caesarean section is necessary. 573 00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:30,710 Labour has begun at 37 weeks, 574 00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:34,150 therefore we must proceed immediately and get her to theatre. 575 00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:35,800 Bring her in. 576 00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:39,110 I'm sorry about that, Mrs Reed. 577 00:38:39,160 --> 00:38:40,990 I'll be with you in the operating theatre. 578 00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:42,230 Mrs Reed? 579 00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:44,350 You only have a moment. 580 00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:46,910 I don't want to lose my baby. 581 00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:49,190 Everyone will do all they can for you and baby. 582 00:38:49,240 --> 00:38:52,230 I haven't got my case -- it was all so quick. 583 00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:55,310 The midwife said they'd telephone Derek, but he isn't here. 584 00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:57,360 Leave it all with me. 585 00:38:58,720 --> 00:39:02,360 Mr Marsh, unable to see, was in great distress. 586 00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:06,550 All the while, I attempted to revive Mr Pilbury, 587 00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:10,040 though very sadly it was too late by the time we got to the men. 588 00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:13,310 I'm so sorry, Mrs Pilbury. 589 00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:16,910 You are here to address me, Mrs Turner, nobody else. 590 00:39:16,960 --> 00:39:20,030 Thank you. We're appreciative of your time. 591 00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:22,420 Sir, if I might be permitted. 592 00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:25,270 What we found at the dock was 593 00:39:25,320 --> 00:39:28,710 a dreadful lack of anything that could have helped. 594 00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:31,390 Not even the basics of fresh running water 595 00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:33,190 for burns, or wound cleaning. 596 00:39:33,240 --> 00:39:34,390 Thank you, Mrs Turner. 597 00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:36,670 Had there been a register, we would have known where 598 00:39:36,720 --> 00:39:40,670 Arthur Pilbury was. Perhaps he could have been helped sooner. 599 00:39:40,720 --> 00:39:43,760 We are concerned only with the cause of the accident. 600 00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:49,350 Should you not be concerned with those living with its impact? 601 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:51,400 You are free to leave. 602 00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:05,080 Where is Nurse Mount? 603 00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:08,900 Where she is needed. 604 00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:22,870 I told you not to make yourself ill. 605 00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:26,630 I'm not ill! I'm just tired. 606 00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:28,510 And angry. 607 00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:29,830 Still? 608 00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:33,160 I did my best. I know that. 609 00:40:34,240 --> 00:40:36,380 And so did Valerie Dyer. 610 00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:41,640 But our best is worthless, because it won't change anything. 611 00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:54,910 Jessie? 612 00:40:54,960 --> 00:40:58,160 How are you, my love? Oh, it's good to see you. 613 00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:10,790 Mr Reed? I'm Reverend Hereward. 614 00:41:10,840 --> 00:41:14,150 Nurse Mount thought you might like some company while you wait. 615 00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:16,340 Will you bless our baby? 616 00:41:16,720 --> 00:41:19,310 Every doctor makes it sound so... inevitable. 617 00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:23,950 Well, I'll do whatever you need me to do, Mr Reed, but 618 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:28,320 I've always found that by trusting in God, nothing is inevitable. 619 00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:05,380 Feels like I can smell each tea leaf. 620 00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:13,910 It was good of you to come, Mrs Turner. 621 00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:16,550 I never thanked you, for what you did for me and Arthur that day. 622 00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:18,830 You don't need to thank me. 623 00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:22,430 They don't know yet, about me eyes, when the dressings come off, 624 00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:24,590 but they say without the water you had on you, 625 00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:27,590 well, it gives me a chance I wouldn't have had. 626 00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:29,240 Then help me. 627 00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:32,620 Come to the Coroner's Court. 628 00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:36,190 Tell them that men like you should be protected. 629 00:42:36,240 --> 00:42:38,270 Stand up like this? 630 00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:40,440 No. Never. 631 00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:45,720 Tell them what this accident has done to you, to Arthur. 632 00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:51,480 We tried, and couldn't save him, but now we need to fight for him. 633 00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:58,110 I must know -- is baby all right? 634 00:42:58,160 --> 00:43:01,640 I don't know, Pats. The paediatrician took it straight away. 635 00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:05,310 Sir? 636 00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:08,670 Do excuse me, I'm Nurse Mount, Mrs Reed's district midwife. 637 00:43:08,720 --> 00:43:12,420 I ask that I be allowed to break the news to Mrs Reed. 638 00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:25,390 Mrs Reed... 639 00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:27,380 you have a daughter. 640 00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:31,640 Yes. Yes, Penny. Your baby is well. 641 00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:37,190 But... but they said she'd suffer. 642 00:43:37,240 --> 00:43:39,990 No, no, Penny, she's... 643 00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:43,400 Forgive the term -- she's "normal" sized. 644 00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:48,760 Don't you mean "big"? 645 00:43:53,520 --> 00:43:56,460 - Congratulations, Mr Reed. - Thank you. 646 00:43:59,160 --> 00:44:00,680 Thank you. 647 00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:06,790 What if we can't manage her? 648 00:44:06,840 --> 00:44:09,110 What if she can't bear that we're dwarves? 649 00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:11,550 Mrs Reed, I'm not a mother, 650 00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:15,200 but I know what it is to be a child and to be afraid. 651 00:44:16,520 --> 00:44:19,620 I grew up in a prisoner of war camp, you see. 652 00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:21,710 Oh. 653 00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:22,990 And, through all of it, 654 00:44:23,040 --> 00:44:26,280 the only thing I was truly afraid of was losing my mother. 655 00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:31,920 The one who loved me beyond all fear and all horror. 656 00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:36,270 So do not doubt how much your child will love you, 657 00:44:36,320 --> 00:44:39,400 or how little she will see of the things that worry you. 658 00:44:41,720 --> 00:44:43,390 What happened? 659 00:44:45,080 --> 00:44:46,480 She died. 660 00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:49,560 Along with my sister. 661 00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:54,380 And your father? 662 00:44:56,720 --> 00:44:58,260 He survived. 663 00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:03,870 But I think I was so afraid of loss, I... 664 00:45:03,920 --> 00:45:06,120 I closed my heart to him. 665 00:45:24,880 --> 00:45:27,980 The Mount residence. Who is speaking, please? 666 00:45:29,640 --> 00:45:31,230 It's Patsy. 667 00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:35,200 Miss Mount? Oh, you are all your father asks for. 668 00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:51,000 Nurse Mount, may I have a few moments of your time? 669 00:45:53,320 --> 00:45:54,630 Of course, Sister Ursula. 670 00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:56,390 I made it clear, did I not, 671 00:45:56,440 --> 00:46:00,030 that there would be consequences should you disregard my orders? 672 00:46:00,080 --> 00:46:02,150 Yes. You made it very clear. 673 00:46:02,200 --> 00:46:06,390 And you paid no heed. I thought you more responsible than that. 674 00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:07,870 And a better nurse. 675 00:46:07,920 --> 00:46:11,270 I'm trying to be the best nurse and person I can be, Sister. 676 00:46:11,320 --> 00:46:14,520 Well, I find myself obliged to dock your wages. 677 00:46:16,160 --> 00:46:18,830 You can spare yourself the trouble. 678 00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:23,670 A refund for the time I spent with Penny Reed. 679 00:46:23,720 --> 00:46:25,830 I came to Nonnatus House precisely because 680 00:46:25,880 --> 00:46:28,990 I wanted to go above and beyond for my patients, 681 00:46:29,040 --> 00:46:31,230 to be where I was needed most. 682 00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:33,910 And right now, it seems I'm needed elsewhere. 683 00:46:33,960 --> 00:46:36,630 In Hong Kong. With my dying father. 684 00:46:56,240 --> 00:46:58,040 When will you go? 685 00:46:59,800 --> 00:47:02,900 As soon as I can get passage from Southampton. 686 00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:08,760 You've made the bravest, most caring decision that you could. 687 00:47:10,520 --> 00:47:13,030 I'm proud of you, Pats. 688 00:47:13,080 --> 00:47:15,080 How will we manage it? 689 00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:17,470 You and I? 690 00:47:19,040 --> 00:47:23,350 How will we survive the distance, and the time apart? 691 00:47:23,400 --> 00:47:25,940 We'll do what everyone else does. 692 00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:28,340 We'll write. 693 00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:30,540 We'll wait. 694 00:47:31,520 --> 00:47:33,060 We'll love. 695 00:48:00,720 --> 00:48:03,030 If Mr Marsh is not here within the next few minutes, 696 00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:05,750 we will move on to the next witness. 697 00:48:14,200 --> 00:48:16,870 Bravo, George. 698 00:48:16,920 --> 00:48:18,430 Help me up, Mrs Turner. 699 00:48:18,480 --> 00:48:20,680 The chair would be easier. 700 00:48:21,480 --> 00:48:23,220 I'm walking in. 701 00:48:38,760 --> 00:48:40,100 Jessie? 702 00:48:41,920 --> 00:48:43,320 I'm here. 703 00:48:44,680 --> 00:48:47,070 I recognised your perfume. 704 00:48:47,120 --> 00:48:49,440 Jessie, I... I'm sorry. 705 00:48:51,160 --> 00:48:53,830 See Mr Marsh is helped to the stand. 706 00:49:02,760 --> 00:49:05,070 I can't. I can't hold her. 707 00:49:05,120 --> 00:49:07,120 My arms are too short. 708 00:49:07,960 --> 00:49:11,760 You've carried this baby for nine months. You can hold her now. 709 00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:21,760 That's it. You have her safe. You have her. 710 00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:26,540 Oh, my. 711 00:49:28,240 --> 00:49:29,580 Oh, my. 712 00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:38,280 Where did you come from? So perfect, so beautiful. 713 00:49:40,480 --> 00:49:42,950 Nurse, we're observing Mrs Reed. 714 00:49:43,840 --> 00:49:46,310 Mr Simkins delivered baby yesterday... 715 00:49:46,360 --> 00:49:47,390 Not today. 716 00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:50,540 Mrs Reed is not a specimen, she's a mother. 717 00:49:51,040 --> 00:49:53,710 Let her have this moment in private. 718 00:49:54,200 --> 00:49:56,670 I'll tell Mr Simkins about this. 719 00:50:11,600 --> 00:50:13,470 Is she really ours? 720 00:50:30,240 --> 00:50:31,710 I've come from the court. 721 00:50:31,760 --> 00:50:33,390 The verdict's in? 722 00:50:33,440 --> 00:50:36,110 Arthur's death is recorded as an accident. 723 00:50:36,160 --> 00:50:38,550 Accident waiting to happen, more like. 724 00:50:38,600 --> 00:50:43,830 But the coroner is writing to the port authority, recommending that 725 00:50:43,880 --> 00:50:48,310 there should be fresh water stations on every dock, a register of men 726 00:50:48,360 --> 00:50:49,950 so their whereabouts are known, 727 00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:53,510 and there will be protective eyewear for anyone working with 728 00:50:53,560 --> 00:50:56,190 chemicals or flammable substances. 729 00:50:56,240 --> 00:50:59,340 You did it, Mrs Turner! You made them listen. 730 00:51:01,440 --> 00:51:03,110 George did it. 731 00:51:33,960 --> 00:51:35,760 This is it, then. 732 00:51:47,280 --> 00:51:48,680 Anything? 733 00:51:52,160 --> 00:51:54,080 I got nothing, Doc. 734 00:51:57,680 --> 00:51:59,950 But we got everything else. 735 00:52:10,600 --> 00:52:13,910 Well, little one, you're on fine form, 736 00:52:13,960 --> 00:52:15,710 bright eyed and gaining weight. 737 00:52:15,760 --> 00:52:18,470 I shall follow your progress from Hong Kong with interest. 738 00:52:18,520 --> 00:52:20,310 I said she'd grown. 739 00:52:20,360 --> 00:52:22,750 That's the spirit, Bella. 740 00:52:22,800 --> 00:52:24,940 What if she outgrows us? 741 00:52:26,800 --> 00:52:31,710 We never really outgrow our parents, we just think we do. 742 00:52:31,760 --> 00:52:35,430 But what if she thinks us peculiar next to all the others? 743 00:52:35,480 --> 00:52:40,550 Sometimes we have to stop wondering and worrying, 744 00:52:40,600 --> 00:52:43,800 and we simply have to do what scares us most. 745 00:52:56,840 --> 00:52:58,380 I love you. 746 00:53:03,440 --> 00:53:05,180 I can't do this. 747 00:53:06,400 --> 00:53:07,470 You have to. 748 00:53:07,520 --> 00:53:10,620 Your carriage has arrived. I'll grab your bag. 749 00:53:15,760 --> 00:53:17,990 Goodbye. Safe journey. 750 00:53:18,040 --> 00:53:21,520 - Oh, goodbye! - Thank you. 751 00:53:30,640 --> 00:53:32,380 Bye, old thing. 752 00:53:33,920 --> 00:53:35,520 (I love you.) 753 00:53:48,320 --> 00:53:49,720 Godspeed! 754 00:53:59,480 --> 00:54:02,720 That's it. Hold his head. 755 00:54:12,160 --> 00:54:14,790 You smell like home. 756 00:54:14,840 --> 00:54:17,840 He's looking at you, George. He knows you. 757 00:54:23,200 --> 00:54:25,550 I love you, little Bobby. 758 00:54:25,600 --> 00:54:29,080 This is us now, all right? And we will manage. 759 00:54:30,440 --> 00:54:32,580 And we will be grateful. 760 00:54:41,520 --> 00:54:43,470 Keeping up with your Spanish? 761 00:54:43,520 --> 00:54:45,630 I like to chip away at a little every day. 762 00:54:45,680 --> 00:54:49,430 Keeps me occupied, prevents the mind becoming rusty. 763 00:54:49,480 --> 00:54:51,680 I might take it up myself. 764 00:54:58,240 --> 00:55:00,190 If I may quote a poem. 765 00:55:00,240 --> 00:55:06,710 "For love of you, the air, it hurts, and my heart, and my hat, 766 00:55:06,760 --> 00:55:09,230 "they hurt me. 767 00:55:09,280 --> 00:55:13,910 "Who would buy it from me, this ribbon I am holding, 768 00:55:13,960 --> 00:55:19,000 "and this sadness of cotton, white, for making handkerchiefs with? 769 00:55:20,760 --> 00:55:25,400 "Ay, the pain it costs me to love you as I love you." 770 00:55:27,480 --> 00:55:30,350 Not my words, but those of Garcia Lorca. 771 00:55:31,840 --> 00:55:36,510 I'm not one for Spanish poetry -- give me Tennyson any day -- 772 00:55:36,560 --> 00:55:38,920 but I find his words move me. 773 00:55:40,760 --> 00:55:43,750 I have a volume of his poems in English, 774 00:55:43,800 --> 00:55:46,270 if you should care to borrow it. 775 00:55:48,080 --> 00:55:49,820 And, if I may... 776 00:55:51,240 --> 00:55:56,150 .. the pain it costs to love, 777 00:55:56,200 --> 00:55:58,880 I believe it is always worth it. 778 00:56:04,600 --> 00:56:06,950 I'll leave the volume by your door. 779 00:56:07,000 --> 00:56:10,240 If we might put a two-week limit on the loan, I should appreciate it. 780 00:56:15,160 --> 00:56:20,880 ♪ Love letters straight from your heart 781 00:56:26,240 --> 00:56:32,310 ♪ Keep us so near while apart... ♪ 782 00:56:32,360 --> 00:56:35,470 'However great the scale of injury or loss, 783 00:56:35,520 --> 00:56:39,950 'our frailties and pains are made bearable by others, 784 00:56:40,000 --> 00:56:44,790 'their thoughts, their deeds, their reaching out. 785 00:56:44,840 --> 00:56:52,840 'Their love and our endurance make us human and complete.' 786 00:57:01,560 --> 00:57:05,990 Welcome home, Nurse Franklin. I'm afraid I need you to man the phone. 787 00:57:06,040 --> 00:57:08,790 Me and the baby, stuck in here for 30 days, 788 00:57:08,840 --> 00:57:11,670 with me mother-in-law looking after us. 789 00:57:11,720 --> 00:57:13,430 You don't sound terribly keen. 790 00:57:13,480 --> 00:57:15,270 They're trying to close us down. 791 00:57:15,320 --> 00:57:18,630 We're to be inspected, apparently, and then they decide our fate. 792 00:57:18,680 --> 00:57:21,350 Nonnatus House will not carry slackers, Nurse Gilbert. 793 00:57:21,400 --> 00:57:23,830 I am not certain that Sister Ursula is fit 794 00:57:23,880 --> 00:57:26,800 to be making these decisions. 795 00:57:28,680 --> 00:57:30,550 What's the matter? 796 00:57:33,000 --> 00:57:40,520 ♪ Love letters straight from your heart 797 00:57:44,680 --> 00:57:50,560 ♪ I memorise every line. ♪