1 00:00:29,630 --> 00:00:32,739 Hey. Good morning. 2 00:00:35,953 --> 00:00:38,896 Every day dawns anew. 3 00:00:38,897 --> 00:00:42,160 Every morning begins afresh. 4 00:00:42,161 --> 00:00:43,952 We seek to be cleaner, brighter, 5 00:00:43,953 --> 00:00:48,112 more polished versions of ourselves. 6 00:00:48,113 --> 00:00:50,672 The stains of yesterday are gone. 7 00:00:50,673 --> 00:00:53,232 Our worst indulgences erased. 8 00:00:53,233 --> 00:00:55,259 We will be better. 9 00:00:59,569 --> 00:01:01,872 We will be beyond reproach. 10 00:01:01,873 --> 00:01:05,328 We will strive to be perfect. 11 00:01:05,329 --> 00:01:06,800 Leave nothing to chance 12 00:01:06,801 --> 00:01:12,048 and believe that everything is possible. 13 00:01:16,273 --> 00:01:18,896 My mother has issued her instructions. 14 00:01:18,897 --> 00:01:20,560 I'm to go straight to Buckingham Palace 15 00:01:20,561 --> 00:01:22,352 the moment the Queen has the baby, 16 00:01:22,353 --> 00:01:24,656 and read the notice on the gate with my own eyes. 17 00:01:24,657 --> 00:01:26,645 My grandma went up to town when Princess Alexandra 18 00:01:26,646 --> 00:01:27,856 had her little boy last week. 19 00:01:27,857 --> 00:01:29,525 She took a thermos flask and everything. 20 00:01:29,526 --> 00:01:32,592 But nobody even knows when Her Majesty is due. 21 00:01:32,593 --> 00:01:34,576 The mink coats just get more voluminous every time 22 00:01:34,577 --> 00:01:35,664 she appears in public, 23 00:01:35,665 --> 00:01:37,805 but nothing so vulgar as a date is ever mentioned. 24 00:01:37,806 --> 00:01:40,272 And might I enquire as to whether Her Majesty 25 00:01:40,273 --> 00:01:42,896 is expecting to undergo her confinement attended 26 00:01:42,897 --> 00:01:45,264 by the midwives of Nonnatus House? 27 00:01:45,265 --> 00:01:46,565 No, Nurse Crane. 28 00:01:46,566 --> 00:01:48,976 Because if she isn't likely to tip up at the Institute 29 00:01:48,977 --> 00:01:52,048 waving a jam jar full of urine and wanting to know where her milk 30 00:01:52,049 --> 00:01:56,144 tokens are, I suggest we move on to the morning's task in hand. 31 00:01:56,145 --> 00:02:00,432 Namely, the preparation and deployment of these new bags. 32 00:02:00,433 --> 00:02:03,184 I've wanted a wipe-clean interior for years. 33 00:02:03,185 --> 00:02:07,664 Pray, what will become of the discarded bags? 34 00:02:07,665 --> 00:02:10,608 They do rather become an extension of one's arm. 35 00:02:10,609 --> 00:02:13,565 Fred is going to burn them down on his allotment. 36 00:02:13,566 --> 00:02:17,328 One of them was yours, Sister, before it was Sister Winifred's. 37 00:02:17,329 --> 00:02:19,632 Which means it was probably in harness the night 38 00:02:19,633 --> 00:02:21,936 that you were born, Valerie. 39 00:02:21,937 --> 00:02:24,940 Time for a change, then, I reckon. 40 00:02:31,839 --> 00:02:35,056 I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. 41 00:02:35,057 --> 00:02:40,967 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. 42 00:02:54,705 --> 00:02:58,032 Do you suppose Her Majesty has a permanent wave 43 00:02:58,033 --> 00:02:59,632 or a shampoo and set? 44 00:02:59,633 --> 00:03:02,768 Her coiffure always looks so very crisp. 45 00:03:02,769 --> 00:03:05,584 I think a permanent wave, don't you? 46 00:03:05,585 --> 00:03:08,848 The Queen always strikes me as a very efficient sort of person. 47 00:03:08,849 --> 00:03:12,112 Not one to waste time with a hairdresser every day! 48 00:03:12,113 --> 00:03:14,544 Dr Turner! The very gentleman. 49 00:03:14,545 --> 00:03:16,144 Miss Higgins. 50 00:03:16,145 --> 00:03:21,456 Your signature, if you would be so kind. 51 00:03:21,457 --> 00:03:24,272 For the stool samples. 52 00:03:24,273 --> 00:03:27,984 And then the statistics for 1963 require your attention 53 00:03:27,985 --> 00:03:30,160 before we submit them to the Board of Health. 54 00:03:30,161 --> 00:03:32,592 In the meantime, he needs a plate for his sandwich, 55 00:03:32,593 --> 00:03:37,136 and a serviette. Thank you. 56 00:03:37,137 --> 00:03:38,885 No running, Sister Frances. 57 00:03:38,886 --> 00:03:40,501 Sorry. 58 00:03:45,777 --> 00:03:50,320 Ooh, a pin has been left in the hem! 59 00:03:50,321 --> 00:03:52,688 If nothing else, that proves you're fresh 60 00:03:52,689 --> 00:03:54,125 from the workroom. 61 00:03:54,126 --> 00:03:56,045 Proof of a whole new beginning. 62 00:03:56,046 --> 00:03:57,872 I'm excited to see what happens next. 63 00:03:57,873 --> 00:04:00,005 I applaud your spirit. 64 00:04:00,006 --> 00:04:03,696 However, in the religious life, it is more important that one 65 00:04:03,697 --> 00:04:06,310 accepts what happens next. 66 00:04:10,737 --> 00:04:13,616 Nonnatus House for you. 67 00:04:13,617 --> 00:04:14,960 In Poplar? 68 00:04:14,961 --> 00:04:17,712 It's scarcely the land of milk and honey, 69 00:04:17,713 --> 00:04:20,336 and if it were, we should not be called to work there. 70 00:04:20,337 --> 00:04:23,536 Sister Hilda will serve alongside you. 71 00:04:23,537 --> 00:04:27,056 Her response to the news was less equivocal than yours. 72 00:04:27,057 --> 00:04:29,885 I'm not questioning your decision, Mother Mildred... 73 00:04:29,886 --> 00:04:31,685 I deem that wise. 74 00:04:31,686 --> 00:04:34,544 But I've only just qualified. 75 00:04:34,545 --> 00:04:37,104 And I'm questioning whether I'll be any good. 76 00:04:37,105 --> 00:04:41,264 I deem that wise, too. 77 00:04:41,265 --> 00:04:45,744 Self-doubt is a very good seed bed for progress. 78 00:04:45,745 --> 00:04:50,672 And humility, the perfect fertiliser. 79 00:04:50,673 --> 00:04:54,704 I know that all too well, for those are the qualities 80 00:04:54,705 --> 00:04:57,341 I have had to pray for. 81 00:05:06,033 --> 00:05:08,285 Right, Fred Buckle. 82 00:05:08,286 --> 00:05:10,064 You can be the first! 83 00:05:10,065 --> 00:05:12,176 Threepence a ticket. Boy or girl? 84 00:05:12,177 --> 00:05:14,165 What do you mean, boy or girl? 85 00:05:14,166 --> 00:05:16,976 Her Majesty's new baby! 86 00:05:16,977 --> 00:05:19,856 I'm running a competition, all proceeds in aid 87 00:05:19,857 --> 00:05:21,072 of the Teddy Bears' Picnic. 88 00:05:21,073 --> 00:05:23,696 We can't all be going down the woods today, 89 00:05:23,697 --> 00:05:24,725 not in this weather. 90 00:05:24,726 --> 00:05:27,152 It's freezing out! Here, feel this. 91 00:05:27,153 --> 00:05:30,864 It's an indoor event for all ages, down the Institute. 92 00:05:30,865 --> 00:05:33,040 Why do your hands smell of petrol? 93 00:05:33,041 --> 00:05:35,344 I've got the devil's own job burning those old bags. 94 00:05:35,345 --> 00:05:38,165 Well, don't you dare go polluting the atmosphere. 95 00:05:38,166 --> 00:05:40,336 Last time I was sat in on a council meeting, 96 00:05:40,337 --> 00:05:42,896 they were banging the drum about the Clean Air Act. 97 00:05:42,897 --> 00:05:45,845 Now, prince or princess? 98 00:05:45,846 --> 00:05:48,119 Threepence a ticket. 99 00:05:53,585 --> 00:05:56,405 And here we have Beryl from the office 100 00:05:56,406 --> 00:06:00,005 modelling a two-piece Courtelle skirt suit 101 00:06:00,006 --> 00:06:02,885 in the new short length. 102 00:06:02,886 --> 00:06:10,587 Wholesale prices calculated by the gross, everything drip dry. 103 00:06:13,041 --> 00:06:17,328 And now Catherine, a machinist from the first floor, 104 00:06:17,329 --> 00:06:23,216 in a very popular new Mary Quant style dress. 105 00:06:23,217 --> 00:06:25,264 Top quality Crimplene, 106 00:06:25,265 --> 00:06:31,121 also available in mustard and acid yellow! 107 00:06:44,145 --> 00:06:47,344 I felt proper proud of you in there. 108 00:06:47,345 --> 00:06:51,248 It was nice of Mr Mahmood to let me in to watch. 109 00:06:51,249 --> 00:06:55,152 He's given me time off to go see a modelling agency next week. 110 00:06:55,153 --> 00:07:00,784 - In Mayfair. - Mayfair? 111 00:07:00,785 --> 00:07:03,856 Mum and Dad would be so proud of you, Cath. 112 00:07:03,857 --> 00:07:06,288 They'd be of proud of you, too. 113 00:07:06,289 --> 00:07:11,152 Married in white, and your home's like a little palace. 114 00:07:11,153 --> 00:07:13,805 Well, it would be if I wasn't cluttering up the place. 115 00:07:13,806 --> 00:07:16,016 Cath, you aren't cluttering up the place. 116 00:07:16,017 --> 00:07:17,885 We shared a bed together when we were kids, 117 00:07:17,886 --> 00:07:20,944 and anything I've got now's yours, too. 118 00:07:20,945 --> 00:07:23,952 Thanks. I will pay you back. 119 00:07:23,953 --> 00:07:27,344 I'll send you a bill when you're rich and famous. 120 00:07:27,345 --> 00:07:33,104 Story time! 121 00:07:33,105 --> 00:07:36,752 You can read them one page of statistics, 122 00:07:36,753 --> 00:07:39,632 and then we're to go on to A Child's Garden Of Verses. 123 00:07:39,633 --> 00:07:41,765 We're seeing May's childcare officer next week, 124 00:07:41,766 --> 00:07:45,904 and poetry helps her with her English language acquisition. 125 00:07:45,905 --> 00:07:52,386 In 1963, there were no cases of paralytic poliomyelitis. 126 00:07:52,817 --> 00:07:57,680 And only three babies got opthalmia neonatorum. 127 00:07:57,681 --> 00:08:01,456 And only three grown-ups got erysipelas. 128 00:08:01,457 --> 00:08:05,808 But 23 people got zymotic enteritis 129 00:08:05,809 --> 00:08:07,925 and 63 caught dysentery. 130 00:08:09,777 --> 00:08:14,128 The old jokes are the best, Dad! 131 00:08:18,545 --> 00:08:21,872 I did not give you leave to enter. 132 00:08:21,873 --> 00:08:25,264 I decided I could wait till that cough blows the door 133 00:08:25,265 --> 00:08:29,168 off its hinges, or I could breach the ramparts with some linctus. 134 00:08:29,169 --> 00:08:31,216 It is the great silence. 135 00:08:31,217 --> 00:08:33,904 I cannot converse with you. 136 00:08:33,905 --> 00:08:36,912 You don't need to converse with me, Sister. 137 00:08:36,913 --> 00:08:40,428 You just need to swallow a spoonful of this. 138 00:08:42,993 --> 00:08:46,000 Sister, we've lived cheek by jowl long enough for me to know 139 00:08:46,001 --> 00:08:48,432 when you're putting on a show to beat Sarah Bernhardt 140 00:08:48,433 --> 00:08:51,184 and when you're truly unwell. 141 00:08:51,185 --> 00:08:54,192 It'll be Dr Turner for you, if we can't head this off 142 00:08:54,193 --> 00:08:56,240 at the pass. 143 00:08:56,241 --> 00:09:00,191 I receive it only to indulge you. 144 00:09:07,761 --> 00:09:09,424 It's all just fear! 145 00:09:09,425 --> 00:09:13,264 Fear of old age, fear of the abyss. 146 00:09:13,265 --> 00:09:16,464 Fear that every little twinge and tickle will bring the reaper 147 00:09:16,465 --> 00:09:18,064 to the door. 148 00:09:18,065 --> 00:09:21,072 I saw it all with Mother. 149 00:09:21,073 --> 00:09:23,525 Fear is never JUST fear, though, is it, Phyllis? 150 00:09:23,526 --> 00:09:27,088 If it was, I wouldn't be down here with my shoe collection 151 00:09:27,089 --> 00:09:30,288 while Lucille and Valerie have a rum-laced hot chocolate 152 00:09:30,289 --> 00:09:33,125 in the bedroom. 153 00:09:33,126 --> 00:09:35,005 I stand corrected. 154 00:09:43,926 --> 00:09:45,136 Morning, Nurse Anderson! 155 00:09:45,137 --> 00:09:47,056 Morning, Mr Buckle. 156 00:09:47,057 --> 00:09:49,744 I've just been called out to a lady in labour! 157 00:09:49,745 --> 00:09:55,696 Looks like this bag going to see its first birth today! 158 00:09:55,697 --> 00:09:58,325 I'm rather looking forward to seeing the East End again. 159 00:09:58,326 --> 00:10:00,965 I knew it well, during the war. 160 00:10:00,966 --> 00:10:03,824 Of course, I was somewhat differently attired then, 161 00:10:03,825 --> 00:10:06,896 albeit in a similar shade of blue. 162 00:10:06,897 --> 00:10:09,904 Yes. You were in the WAAFS. 163 00:10:09,905 --> 00:10:12,464 Women's Auxiliary Air Force. 164 00:10:12,465 --> 00:10:17,648 I'd like to say I joined up for King and country, but it was actually 165 00:10:17,649 --> 00:10:19,632 the lure of free nylons. 166 00:10:19,633 --> 00:10:21,872 Did you get free nylons in the WAAFS? - No. 167 00:10:21,873 --> 00:10:23,536 It was all fibs. 168 00:10:23,537 --> 00:10:27,568 And by the time the war was over, I'd entered the religious life, 169 00:10:27,569 --> 00:10:31,472 and lisle and woollen stockings were the order of the day. 170 00:10:31,473 --> 00:10:33,845 I see nylons on washing lines sometimes, 171 00:10:33,846 --> 00:10:38,128 and think, "I remember what they felt like!" 172 00:10:43,889 --> 00:10:48,304 Come through. 173 00:10:48,305 --> 00:10:51,725 Midwife's here, Lesley. 174 00:10:51,726 --> 00:10:55,536 Let's get you lying down, precious, so I can have a look at you. 175 00:10:55,537 --> 00:10:58,864 Me and my sister been a right pair all night, Nurse. 176 00:10:58,865 --> 00:11:02,525 Me with the contractions kicking off, and her with a bad belly 177 00:11:02,526 --> 00:11:04,944 from something she ate up West. 178 00:11:04,945 --> 00:11:06,736 You have an upset stomach? 179 00:11:06,737 --> 00:11:09,616 Yeah. 180 00:11:09,617 --> 00:11:14,096 No disrespect, but I want you out of this bedroom and on the settee. 181 00:11:14,097 --> 00:11:16,528 And every time you use the lavatory, swill the seat, 182 00:11:16,529 --> 00:11:18,192 and your hands, with disinfectant. 183 00:11:18,193 --> 00:11:22,864 All right. 184 00:11:22,865 --> 00:11:25,296 This is actually superior to the model I was assigned 185 00:11:25,297 --> 00:11:27,365 for house calls down in Chichester. 186 00:11:27,366 --> 00:11:30,485 I shall think of it as my steed! 187 00:11:30,486 --> 00:11:31,888 Woo! 188 00:11:31,889 --> 00:11:33,808 I can't actually get on mine. 189 00:11:33,809 --> 00:11:36,624 I'm scared that my habit will get caught in the chain. 190 00:11:36,625 --> 00:11:39,504 Have you tried tucking your scapula into your belt? 191 00:11:39,505 --> 00:11:40,925 Thank you, Fred. 192 00:11:40,926 --> 00:11:43,088 But I think I'm the appropriate person to advise 193 00:11:43,089 --> 00:11:44,240 on sartorial matters. 194 00:11:44,241 --> 00:11:46,224 Wheeee! 195 00:11:46,225 --> 00:11:48,656 I've no objection to Sister Hilda. 196 00:11:48,657 --> 00:11:51,088 She seems to be a very cultivated lady, and I can't fault 197 00:11:51,089 --> 00:11:52,496 her qualifications. 198 00:11:52,497 --> 00:11:55,325 But Sister Frances is as green as grass. 199 00:11:55,326 --> 00:11:57,488 Mother Mildred was anxious that she should 200 00:11:57,489 --> 00:11:58,832 gain experience. 201 00:11:58,833 --> 00:12:01,072 And why should that be at our expense? 202 00:12:01,073 --> 00:12:04,464 She can't go out unsupervised until further notice. 203 00:12:04,465 --> 00:12:09,392 She's a dead leg, not an extra pair of hands. 204 00:12:11,697 --> 00:12:14,256 Boss let me off early, Les. 205 00:12:14,257 --> 00:12:17,818 It sounds like it's killing her! 206 00:12:20,593 --> 00:12:22,576 I thought you were meant to be helping! 207 00:12:22,577 --> 00:12:24,304 The midwife won't let me in! 208 00:12:24,305 --> 00:12:27,248 My stomach's off. 209 00:12:27,249 --> 00:12:28,656 Lel! 210 00:12:28,657 --> 00:12:33,776 Lesley... 211 00:12:33,777 --> 00:12:36,272 What do you do for a living, Mr Whyte? 212 00:12:36,273 --> 00:12:37,744 I'm a gas fitter. 213 00:12:37,745 --> 00:12:40,862 In which case, we're halfway there. 214 00:12:51,633 --> 00:12:53,808 You take a little rest now, precious. 215 00:12:53,809 --> 00:12:55,536 Breathe in some nice, cool, air. 216 00:12:55,537 --> 00:12:57,605 Can I watch it being born? 217 00:12:57,606 --> 00:12:58,928 Can I see it coming out? 218 00:12:58,929 --> 00:13:01,565 You're doing just fine with that gas mask, Mr Whyte. 219 00:13:01,566 --> 00:13:03,745 I wouldn't get over ambitious. 220 00:13:07,569 --> 00:13:09,744 Push... 221 00:13:09,745 --> 00:13:11,885 - Another one. - Come on, girl! 222 00:13:11,886 --> 00:13:15,489 Come on! You can do it. You can do it, come on! 223 00:13:19,217 --> 00:13:21,072 That's it, precious! Don't hold back! 224 00:13:21,073 --> 00:13:26,645 You push, you push like the courageous girl you are! 225 00:13:38,737 --> 00:13:41,104 A beautiful boy! 226 00:13:41,105 --> 00:13:43,685 Wasn't that worth all the pain? 227 00:13:43,686 --> 00:13:46,685 I'd do it again tomorrow! 228 00:13:46,686 --> 00:13:50,512 Not without the gas, though. 229 00:13:50,513 --> 00:13:53,165 I'm so proud of you. 230 00:13:53,166 --> 00:13:56,777 OK, you, we've still got some work to do. 231 00:14:16,369 --> 00:14:20,144 You... you should not dispose of these. 232 00:14:20,145 --> 00:14:24,245 They are the cornerstones of our trade... 233 00:14:24,246 --> 00:14:28,464 ...and their work is no nearer to completion than our own. 234 00:14:28,465 --> 00:14:29,765 Nurse Crane says otherwise, 235 00:14:29,766 --> 00:14:32,176 and you know what she's like when she digs her heels in. 236 00:14:32,177 --> 00:14:35,645 I hope that, when our own use is concluded, 237 00:14:35,646 --> 00:14:40,007 we are not all faced with cremation in a dustbin! 238 00:14:47,886 --> 00:14:51,312 Morning, Mrs Whyte. 239 00:14:51,313 --> 00:14:55,344 Midwife calling! 240 00:14:55,345 --> 00:14:57,904 I brought Sister Frances with me. She's new. 241 00:14:57,905 --> 00:14:59,765 I've never been in a tower block before. 242 00:14:59,766 --> 00:15:04,048 - It's quite exciting. - Please. 243 00:15:04,049 --> 00:15:06,096 I'll make a pot of tea. 244 00:15:06,097 --> 00:15:08,165 Good morning, precious. How are you? 245 00:15:08,166 --> 00:15:10,368 Morning, Mrs Whyte. 246 00:15:21,777 --> 00:15:24,784 Excuse me! 247 00:15:24,785 --> 00:15:29,840 - Hello. - Excuse me! 248 00:15:29,841 --> 00:15:33,125 Margaret, you've got to come in here! 249 00:15:33,126 --> 00:15:34,768 You should never have left me with them. 250 00:15:34,769 --> 00:15:37,392 I was doing my sample, it's not a spectator sport. 251 00:15:37,393 --> 00:15:38,992 Anyway, they needed to go themselves. 252 00:15:38,993 --> 00:15:40,592 Yeah, well, Kenny never made it in time 253 00:15:40,593 --> 00:15:42,256 and now his trousers are sopping wet. 254 00:15:42,257 --> 00:15:43,984 There's a ruddy great puddle on the floor. 255 00:15:43,985 --> 00:15:46,685 I had to take the roller towel down to clean him up. 256 00:15:46,686 --> 00:15:48,528 I love them. 257 00:15:48,529 --> 00:15:51,472 But I could swing for them! 258 00:15:51,473 --> 00:15:54,608 Do you know what, Clark Lombardi? 259 00:15:54,609 --> 00:15:57,113 I could say the same to you. 260 00:16:00,753 --> 00:16:03,312 The most important thing to remember 261 00:16:03,313 --> 00:16:05,936 is that this is a much less formal space 262 00:16:05,937 --> 00:16:07,216 than the surgery. 263 00:16:07,217 --> 00:16:10,032 But the same rules of confidentiality, 264 00:16:10,033 --> 00:16:13,552 respect and patient dignity apply. 265 00:16:13,553 --> 00:16:15,984 And here comes Mrs Lombardi. 266 00:16:15,985 --> 00:16:18,992 Stately as a galleon as she sails across the floor. 267 00:16:18,993 --> 00:16:20,592 Ha-bloomin'-ha. 268 00:16:20,593 --> 00:16:23,472 We think of you as one of our star patients. 269 00:16:23,473 --> 00:16:27,056 Not many cases of twins are diagnosed in utero. 270 00:16:27,057 --> 00:16:30,576 Dr Turner and the midwives usually miss them. 271 00:16:30,577 --> 00:16:33,264 Why don't you come straight through to the cubicle with me, 272 00:16:33,265 --> 00:16:34,864 Mrs Lombardi? 273 00:16:34,865 --> 00:16:38,645 We can catch up with the weighing-in queue later. 274 00:16:38,646 --> 00:16:40,368 I never wanted any more. 275 00:16:40,369 --> 00:16:42,160 Two was enough, for me and me other half. 276 00:16:42,161 --> 00:16:44,784 And now we're doubling our family in one go. 277 00:16:44,785 --> 00:16:46,832 Is your husband a help with the little ones, 278 00:16:46,833 --> 00:16:47,856 Mrs Lombardi? 279 00:16:47,857 --> 00:16:52,400 He won't wipe their noses, never mind their backsides. 280 00:16:52,401 --> 00:16:55,565 It's like when he realises they're people, not play things, 281 00:16:55,566 --> 00:16:57,136 they frighten him. 282 00:16:57,137 --> 00:16:58,445 What about rest? 283 00:16:58,446 --> 00:17:01,445 Are you managing to get any sleep? 284 00:17:01,446 --> 00:17:05,456 I can't get comfy lying down. 285 00:17:05,457 --> 00:17:08,784 And I can't even sleep sitting up, cos of my bleeding piles! 286 00:17:08,785 --> 00:17:11,344 The ointment the doctor gave me's useless! 287 00:17:11,345 --> 00:17:15,239 Let's do your checks, then we'll get him to look at you. 288 00:17:31,326 --> 00:17:34,925 Have you tried applying an ice pack, Mrs Lombardi? 289 00:17:34,926 --> 00:17:37,648 - We haven't got a fridge. - That settles it. 290 00:17:37,649 --> 00:17:40,848 Let's get you into the maternity home, 291 00:17:40,849 --> 00:17:43,088 for cold compresses and bed rest. 292 00:17:43,089 --> 00:17:45,267 We'll soon have you fighting fit. 293 00:17:49,233 --> 00:17:50,896 Poor Mrs Lombardi. 294 00:17:50,897 --> 00:17:53,264 She went into shock when we confirmed that pregnancy. 295 00:17:53,265 --> 00:17:55,085 I had to make her blow in and out of a paper bag. 296 00:17:55,086 --> 00:17:57,872 And she didn't even know it was twins at that point. 297 00:17:57,873 --> 00:17:59,792 She kept skipping contraceptive pills 298 00:17:59,793 --> 00:18:02,352 because she thought they were giving her pimples. 299 00:18:02,353 --> 00:18:04,976 Apologies! Apologies, Sister Julienne! 300 00:18:04,977 --> 00:18:06,845 And of course, ladies. 301 00:18:06,846 --> 00:18:08,496 Do please sit down. 302 00:18:11,526 --> 00:18:14,384 Did you get lost on your way home from the clinic, Sister Hilda? 303 00:18:14,385 --> 00:18:15,605 Not remotely! 304 00:18:15,606 --> 00:18:18,992 I did decide to take in some of my favourite sights 305 00:18:18,993 --> 00:18:20,912 from my time in the East End during the Blitz. 306 00:18:20,913 --> 00:18:23,472 But quite a lot of the landmarks had vanished. 307 00:18:23,473 --> 00:18:26,096 I think you'll find the Blitz had that effect. 308 00:18:26,097 --> 00:18:27,312 Shall we say grace? 309 00:18:27,313 --> 00:18:29,424 Nurse Anderson, perhaps you'd like to lead us. 310 00:18:29,425 --> 00:18:32,112 Sorry to interrupt. 311 00:18:32,113 --> 00:18:33,776 Has anyone seen Sister Monica Joan? 312 00:18:33,777 --> 00:18:36,272 I just took her a plate of luncheon meat and an Eccles cake, 313 00:18:36,273 --> 00:18:38,320 but she wasn't there, or in the bathroom. 314 00:18:38,321 --> 00:18:42,928 And her bed is cold. 315 00:18:42,929 --> 00:18:45,168 - I hope she's all right. - She can't be too far. 316 00:18:45,169 --> 00:18:47,472 Nurse Franklin, go to the maternity home 317 00:18:47,473 --> 00:18:49,328 and book in Mrs Lombardi. 318 00:18:49,329 --> 00:18:52,085 - Righto! - Nurse Anderson and Nurse Dyer, 319 00:18:52,086 --> 00:18:55,600 agree between yourselves the routes you wish to take. 320 00:18:55,601 --> 00:18:57,200 I should've seen this coming. 321 00:18:57,201 --> 00:18:59,952 She was in one of her fanciful moods this morning, 322 00:18:59,953 --> 00:19:02,320 getting all morbid over those holdalls. 323 00:19:02,321 --> 00:19:04,944 She's seemed so much better lately. 324 00:19:04,945 --> 00:19:06,992 Her mental state has always been vulnerable 325 00:19:06,993 --> 00:19:10,256 to infection and high fever. 326 00:19:10,257 --> 00:19:12,965 I'm going inside, to telephone the authorities. 327 00:19:12,966 --> 00:19:16,528 And then, when I came back after fetching me dinner, 328 00:19:16,529 --> 00:19:18,384 the last holdall was gone. 329 00:19:18,385 --> 00:19:20,624 I should've smelt a rat then. 330 00:19:20,625 --> 00:19:23,120 If Sister Monica Joan took the bag and went off with it, 331 00:19:23,121 --> 00:19:25,685 do you suppose she thought she was on her way to work? 332 00:19:25,686 --> 00:19:27,365 Poor love. 333 00:19:27,366 --> 00:19:29,328 You go and look down near the church 334 00:19:29,329 --> 00:19:30,736 and in the churchyard. 335 00:19:30,737 --> 00:19:33,296 Fred, you fetch your van and go up and down the Commercial Road. 336 00:19:33,297 --> 00:19:38,885 And I'm going to follow my instincts. 337 00:19:38,886 --> 00:19:41,765 When I open a filing cabinet, I don't expect to find it 338 00:19:41,766 --> 00:19:43,984 taken over by Lost Property. 339 00:19:43,985 --> 00:19:49,936 Wallets under W, Odd Glove under O, and a set of Dentures under D? 340 00:19:49,937 --> 00:19:51,472 And what's all this? 341 00:19:51,473 --> 00:19:52,688 Kiddies' toys. 342 00:19:52,689 --> 00:19:54,125 They wouldn't fit under T. 343 00:19:54,126 --> 00:19:55,120 Or K. 344 00:19:58,705 --> 00:20:01,008 Police station. Sergeant Woolf speaking. 345 00:20:01,009 --> 00:20:02,864 I'm calling from Nonnatus House. 346 00:20:02,865 --> 00:20:05,488 It's an urgent and rather sensitive matter. 347 00:20:05,489 --> 00:20:08,112 Sister, where Nonnatus House is concerned, 348 00:20:08,113 --> 00:20:10,803 it's always an honour to be of service. 349 00:20:16,049 --> 00:20:17,072 In a moment, 350 00:20:17,073 --> 00:20:19,504 as you've rather conveniently settled on your side, 351 00:20:19,505 --> 00:20:22,384 I'm going to apply the cold compress to your piles. 352 00:20:22,385 --> 00:20:24,368 Possibly the nicest thing that's ever slipped 353 00:20:24,369 --> 00:20:29,872 under your covers. 354 00:20:29,873 --> 00:20:33,072 And the treats just keep on coming! 355 00:20:33,073 --> 00:20:34,864 I'd give Ladies' Choice a wide berth, 356 00:20:34,865 --> 00:20:36,976 unless you want a blow by blow account 357 00:20:36,977 --> 00:20:42,672 of Her Majesty's interesting condition. 358 00:20:42,673 --> 00:20:44,080 Can I see her? 359 00:20:44,081 --> 00:20:45,125 Who? 360 00:20:45,126 --> 00:20:46,704 Her. She's my wife. 361 00:20:46,705 --> 00:20:47,920 Clark! 362 00:20:47,921 --> 00:20:49,264 Where are the kids? 363 00:20:49,265 --> 00:20:50,765 They're with my mum. 364 00:20:50,766 --> 00:20:52,592 She wanted to send you some veal cutlets, 365 00:20:52,593 --> 00:20:57,072 I said no, but then I felt guilty so I brought you a custard slice. 366 00:20:57,073 --> 00:20:58,736 You can stay for five minutes. 367 00:20:58,737 --> 00:21:00,976 Give your wife one kiss, and then leave. 368 00:21:00,977 --> 00:21:05,477 It's after visiting hours, so I shall have my eye on you. 369 00:21:15,185 --> 00:21:18,448 Sister, it's Valerie. 370 00:21:18,449 --> 00:21:21,328 Valerie Dyer. 371 00:21:21,329 --> 00:21:25,744 You must be tired, having walked all this way with that heavy bag. 372 00:21:25,745 --> 00:21:28,445 Sister Monica Joan? 373 00:21:28,446 --> 00:21:29,921 Sister? 374 00:21:36,113 --> 00:21:38,165 Sister Monica Joan! 375 00:21:38,166 --> 00:21:43,344 If you're anywhere near here, just call out to me! 376 00:21:48,273 --> 00:21:51,024 Did you hear that ship's horn just then? 377 00:21:51,025 --> 00:21:54,365 It reminds me of when Dad used to be on the tug boats 378 00:21:54,366 --> 00:21:59,856 when we were kids. 379 00:21:59,857 --> 00:22:02,864 Be funny if this one worked on the river one day. 380 00:22:04,337 --> 00:22:05,936 Are you still not well? 381 00:22:05,937 --> 00:22:11,405 I thought you said you were better! 382 00:22:11,406 --> 00:22:15,024 Lesley... 383 00:22:15,025 --> 00:22:16,944 ...I'm not going to get better, 384 00:22:16,945 --> 00:22:18,992 or be better until... 385 00:22:18,993 --> 00:22:21,965 Something's happened down below. 386 00:22:21,966 --> 00:22:25,264 What do you mean, "down below"? 387 00:22:25,265 --> 00:22:28,464 I went to see a woman. 388 00:22:28,465 --> 00:22:31,536 I had to! I was in the family way. 389 00:22:31,537 --> 00:22:34,352 And until something comes away, I still am. 390 00:22:34,353 --> 00:22:36,912 I'm scared it hasn't worked. 391 00:22:36,913 --> 00:22:38,832 I'm scared I won't lose it! 392 00:22:38,833 --> 00:22:39,984 Are you bleeding? 393 00:22:39,985 --> 00:22:41,584 A bit, but not enough. 394 00:22:41,585 --> 00:22:45,168 I had it done two days ago. 395 00:22:45,169 --> 00:22:46,768 You need to go to hospital, Cath. 396 00:22:46,769 --> 00:22:48,176 I can't! 397 00:22:48,177 --> 00:22:49,805 They'll send for the police. 398 00:22:49,806 --> 00:22:51,632 It's against the law, Lesley! 399 00:22:51,633 --> 00:22:53,104 Shhh. 400 00:22:53,105 --> 00:22:55,686 It's all right. Sh, sh, sh. 401 00:22:59,377 --> 00:23:01,104 Sister Monica Joan? 402 00:23:01,105 --> 00:23:05,840 Hello? 403 00:23:05,841 --> 00:23:08,080 Where are you, Sister? 404 00:23:08,081 --> 00:23:11,088 You may well ask where the Sister is, 405 00:23:11,089 --> 00:23:13,136 and indeed the Matron! 406 00:23:13,137 --> 00:23:14,928 Sister. 407 00:23:14,929 --> 00:23:16,976 I've been ringing on the night bell 408 00:23:16,977 --> 00:23:19,280 ever since I was summoned, 409 00:23:19,281 --> 00:23:24,656 and I have yet to secure admission. 410 00:23:24,657 --> 00:23:27,024 I expect the bell's broken. 411 00:23:27,025 --> 00:23:32,656 The baby, the one we all await, is on its way. 412 00:23:32,657 --> 00:23:34,704 I have been summoned. 413 00:23:34,705 --> 00:23:38,544 And... And the mother will need me! 414 00:23:38,545 --> 00:23:40,805 For, despite her royal blood, 415 00:23:40,806 --> 00:23:42,965 she's not young. 416 00:23:42,966 --> 00:23:47,312 A crown will be of no comfort whilst she labours. 417 00:23:47,313 --> 00:23:49,744 But a midwife might. 418 00:23:49,745 --> 00:23:54,619 My mum spoke very highly of you when you delivered me. 419 00:23:56,046 --> 00:23:59,285 I have brought so many babies from the womb 420 00:23:59,286 --> 00:24:01,136 to their first breath. 421 00:24:01,137 --> 00:24:06,384 Sometimes their faces come back to me... 422 00:24:06,385 --> 00:24:10,445 ...quite differently shaped. 423 00:24:10,446 --> 00:24:12,272 Sister Monica Joan. 424 00:24:12,273 --> 00:24:15,536 You're cold, and your bad cough's made you poorly. 425 00:24:15,537 --> 00:24:18,160 You don't want to pass that on to the Queen, do you? 426 00:24:18,161 --> 00:24:22,256 It would be the height of irresponsibility. 427 00:24:22,257 --> 00:24:25,904 There's a phone box round the corner. 428 00:24:25,905 --> 00:24:28,848 Let's take a constitutional as far as there, 429 00:24:28,849 --> 00:24:34,416 and then I'll arrange for a chauffeur service? 430 00:24:34,417 --> 00:24:36,564 There we are. 431 00:24:40,433 --> 00:24:43,376 There we are. 432 00:24:43,377 --> 00:24:44,592 This way. 433 00:24:44,593 --> 00:24:47,088 Ned's got the baby with him in bedroom. 434 00:24:47,089 --> 00:24:48,845 - Get your coat. We're going. - No! 435 00:24:48,846 --> 00:24:50,416 No, I'm not going anywhere! 436 00:24:50,417 --> 00:24:51,965 I have to make it come loose. 437 00:24:51,966 --> 00:24:54,448 Maybe I could run up and down the stairs, or something. 438 00:24:54,449 --> 00:24:56,176 You're shaking with fever, Cath. 439 00:24:56,177 --> 00:24:58,032 It'll only be a tiny little thing, won't it? 440 00:24:58,033 --> 00:25:00,016 How many weeks on do you think you are? 441 00:25:00,017 --> 00:25:01,872 Not weeks, Lesley. Months. 442 00:25:01,873 --> 00:25:05,059 It's not going to be tiny at all. 443 00:25:13,521 --> 00:25:15,184 No! Whatever's amiss? 444 00:25:16,273 --> 00:25:17,885 Spot of light bank robbery. 445 00:25:17,886 --> 00:25:20,765 Nothing to write home about. 446 00:25:20,766 --> 00:25:21,968 Right. 447 00:25:21,969 --> 00:25:23,376 My bag! 448 00:25:23,377 --> 00:25:28,445 I can be of neither succour nor assistance if I am deprived of it! 449 00:25:28,446 --> 00:25:32,072 I'll take care of that, Sister. I know it's very important. 450 00:25:37,806 --> 00:25:40,272 Nurse Crane, perhaps you'd like to offer 451 00:25:40,273 --> 00:25:42,473 Sergeant Woolf a cup of tea? 452 00:25:50,001 --> 00:25:51,984 Nurse Crane got you clearing her bag out? 453 00:25:51,985 --> 00:25:56,208 I have to be able to fill and empty the autoclave with my eyes shut, 454 00:25:56,209 --> 00:26:01,776 and practice makes perfect. 455 00:26:01,777 --> 00:26:04,805 Apparently. 456 00:26:04,806 --> 00:26:07,472 Poor Sister Monica Joan looked so frail. 457 00:26:07,473 --> 00:26:11,525 She needs rest, most of all. 458 00:26:11,526 --> 00:26:13,744 Meanwhile, Lucille's back safe and sound, 459 00:26:13,745 --> 00:26:17,456 and we got word to Fred, so all that remains to be done 460 00:26:17,457 --> 00:26:20,822 is to raid the chocolate supply. 461 00:26:25,926 --> 00:26:31,728 Is that a Milky Bar? 462 00:26:35,889 --> 00:26:37,744 She's having a miscarriage. 463 00:26:37,745 --> 00:26:40,542 And it hasn't come on naturally. 464 00:26:50,673 --> 00:26:55,728 Er... Generally it's the cakes one hears about whenever Nonnatus House 465 00:26:55,729 --> 00:27:00,208 is discussed among the members of the Constabulary. 466 00:27:00,209 --> 00:27:02,704 There is a buttercream sandwich in the tin 467 00:27:02,705 --> 00:27:05,072 but, under the circumstances, I consider it reserved 468 00:27:05,073 --> 00:27:08,016 for Sister Monica Joan. 469 00:27:08,017 --> 00:27:10,704 Such a kindly and well-bred lady. 470 00:27:10,705 --> 00:27:14,544 Her concern for the Her Majesty the Queen was quite touching, 471 00:27:14,545 --> 00:27:18,147 despite it being so sadly misplaced. 472 00:27:22,993 --> 00:27:26,064 Right now, I don't care how this has come about. 473 00:27:26,065 --> 00:27:29,968 I'm going to help you, do you hear me? 474 00:27:29,969 --> 00:27:34,000 What should I do? 475 00:27:34,001 --> 00:27:36,816 Clinical bowl, pair of gloves, and Savlon 476 00:27:36,817 --> 00:27:38,864 to the upstairs bathroom. Quick as you can. 477 00:27:38,865 --> 00:27:41,296 And then I'm locking the door. 478 00:27:41,297 --> 00:27:44,765 I should not be cossetted in this manner. 479 00:27:44,766 --> 00:27:49,565 I am in dereliction of my duty. 480 00:27:49,566 --> 00:27:53,647 Your only duty is to rest and get well. 481 00:27:55,825 --> 00:28:00,432 Shh, sh, sh, sh, sh. 482 00:28:00,433 --> 00:28:02,456 It's just in here. 483 00:28:18,865 --> 00:28:20,377 It's me. 484 00:28:51,633 --> 00:28:55,277 Come on, chick, we need you on the lav. 485 00:29:04,625 --> 00:29:07,049 Is the Sergeant still here? 486 00:29:36,846 --> 00:29:41,616 This will be over soon. I promise you. 487 00:29:41,617 --> 00:29:43,805 Is it coming away? 488 00:29:43,806 --> 00:29:45,989 Yeah. 489 00:30:05,046 --> 00:30:07,020 Good girl. 490 00:30:32,241 --> 00:30:34,784 Nurse Dyer says can you come? 491 00:30:51,633 --> 00:30:54,384 It looks like the foetus has been dead for a couple of days. 492 00:30:54,385 --> 00:30:57,200 I think some products have been retained, 493 00:30:57,201 --> 00:30:59,993 and she's showing signs of a nasty infection. 494 00:31:14,353 --> 00:31:17,229 I'm going to telephone for an ambulance. 495 00:31:43,566 --> 00:31:46,864 Did we do the right thing, bringing her in? 496 00:31:46,865 --> 00:31:51,536 The word "midwife" means "with woman". 497 00:31:51,537 --> 00:31:54,928 A woman in that situation needs somebody by her side, 498 00:31:54,929 --> 00:31:58,064 whatever mistakes or choices brought her to our door. 499 00:31:58,065 --> 00:31:59,984 I will go to the hospital with her 500 00:31:59,985 --> 00:32:01,925 and stay as long as I'm permitted. 501 00:32:01,926 --> 00:32:04,784 Go upstairs and do what is necessary. 502 00:32:04,785 --> 00:32:07,925 Sister Frances will clean the floor. 503 00:32:20,657 --> 00:32:22,000 I'm sorry. 504 00:32:22,001 --> 00:32:23,856 I should've shielded you. 505 00:32:23,857 --> 00:32:26,800 Why? 506 00:32:26,801 --> 00:32:28,528 I came here to do God's work. 507 00:32:28,529 --> 00:32:30,384 I knew it might be hard. 508 00:32:30,385 --> 00:32:34,812 If this is God's work, I'm surprised you want anything to do with Him. 509 00:32:49,806 --> 00:32:52,400 The doctor said they had to operate because I might have... 510 00:32:52,401 --> 00:32:54,384 ..."lass" something. 511 00:32:54,385 --> 00:32:56,176 Lacerations. 512 00:32:56,177 --> 00:32:58,416 He thinks you may have an injury to the womb, 513 00:32:58,417 --> 00:33:00,400 because of the instruments that were used. 514 00:33:00,401 --> 00:33:03,664 But he also needs to make sure that nothing relating to the baby 515 00:33:03,665 --> 00:33:08,144 has been left behind. 516 00:33:08,145 --> 00:33:09,965 Thank you. 517 00:33:09,966 --> 00:33:12,823 For not saying I deserve this. 518 00:33:17,297 --> 00:33:20,112 My sister is not the one at fault, nurse. 519 00:33:20,113 --> 00:33:22,416 She's not the one that committed the crime. 520 00:33:22,417 --> 00:33:27,245 And she shouldn't be the one that's terrified of the police. 521 00:33:27,246 --> 00:33:29,776 You calm yourself now, Lesley. 522 00:33:29,777 --> 00:33:32,144 What's done is done. 523 00:33:32,145 --> 00:33:34,960 You have a new baby that needs your love, 524 00:33:34,961 --> 00:33:37,136 your care, and your full attention. 525 00:33:37,137 --> 00:33:41,424 You put everything else out of your mind. 526 00:33:41,425 --> 00:33:46,151 What I saw in that bathroom will stay in my mind forever. 527 00:33:54,486 --> 00:33:58,325 Now, there are a few crackles but they're quite faint. 528 00:33:58,326 --> 00:34:01,392 You would doubtless prefer it replaced 529 00:34:01,393 --> 00:34:04,208 by the rustle of burgeoning mushrooms, 530 00:34:04,209 --> 00:34:07,792 while your mould pills leech their spores 531 00:34:07,793 --> 00:34:10,480 throughout my lymphatic system. 532 00:34:10,481 --> 00:34:14,576 And the notion of penicillin has been roundly rejected. 533 00:34:14,577 --> 00:34:18,466 Overall, our patient appears to be improving. 534 00:34:21,489 --> 00:34:23,088 Morning, Mrs Lombardi. 535 00:34:23,089 --> 00:34:24,624 What are you doing on your feet? 536 00:34:24,625 --> 00:34:26,992 You've been booked in for bed rest. 537 00:34:26,993 --> 00:34:29,232 It's like the babies roll backwards and onto my lungs 538 00:34:29,233 --> 00:34:30,384 when I'm lying down. 539 00:34:30,385 --> 00:34:32,112 Well, there's no reason why we can't 540 00:34:32,113 --> 00:34:34,685 go through these Family Allowance forms with you standing up, 541 00:34:34,686 --> 00:34:36,272 if you put your slippers on. 542 00:34:36,273 --> 00:34:38,896 They're under the bed. They might as well be in Selsey Bill, 543 00:34:38,897 --> 00:34:44,592 for all I can reach them! 544 00:34:44,593 --> 00:34:47,285 Perhaps we'd better put the Family Allowance forms 545 00:34:47,286 --> 00:34:50,924 to one side until we've had a look at you. 546 00:34:58,225 --> 00:35:00,656 Well done. 547 00:35:00,657 --> 00:35:04,268 I'm stepping outside for a moment. 548 00:35:07,377 --> 00:35:09,005 Mrs Turner called from the surgery. 549 00:35:09,006 --> 00:35:11,664 It looks as though Mrs Lombardi's twins are on the way. 550 00:35:11,665 --> 00:35:14,672 That's my work cut out for the morning. 551 00:35:14,673 --> 00:35:17,232 What can we do, Doctor, 552 00:35:17,233 --> 00:35:19,152 for Sister Monica Joan? 553 00:35:19,153 --> 00:35:21,136 Listen attentively. 554 00:35:21,137 --> 00:35:22,928 Reassure gently. 555 00:35:22,929 --> 00:35:24,656 Love generously. 556 00:35:24,657 --> 00:35:29,072 And treat every infection as soon as it's out of the starting blocks. 557 00:35:29,073 --> 00:35:32,980 She'll be giving us the run around for quite a few years yet. 558 00:35:35,601 --> 00:35:37,840 Goodbye. 559 00:35:37,841 --> 00:35:39,632 Doctor has just telephoned. 560 00:35:39,633 --> 00:35:42,128 He's been detained by Mr Jones' prostate, 561 00:35:42,129 --> 00:35:44,240 Flat 25, Napoleon Towers. 562 00:35:44,241 --> 00:35:47,405 He'll be on standby for Mrs Lombardi thereafter. 563 00:35:47,406 --> 00:35:48,784 Morning! 564 00:35:48,785 --> 00:35:49,936 Thank you. 565 00:35:49,937 --> 00:35:51,664 Nurse Crane's just parking her car. 566 00:35:51,665 --> 00:35:55,205 Would you come through and examine our twins lady straight away? 567 00:35:55,206 --> 00:35:58,384 I think I might be able to feel three heads, 568 00:35:58,385 --> 00:36:02,096 or bottoms, I'm not sure which. 569 00:36:02,097 --> 00:36:07,856 And I'm not sure, full stop. 570 00:36:07,857 --> 00:36:11,440 They took my womb out. 571 00:36:11,441 --> 00:36:15,024 Because of the infection. 572 00:36:15,025 --> 00:36:16,624 They told me when I woke up. 573 00:36:16,625 --> 00:36:21,616 They didn't even ask you? 574 00:36:21,617 --> 00:36:24,688 I did want to have a baby one day! 575 00:36:24,689 --> 00:36:29,296 I even wanted that one for a minute. 576 00:36:29,297 --> 00:36:32,112 Until I thought of all the reasons why I couldn't. 577 00:36:32,113 --> 00:36:38,064 I remember thinking, "One day. One day I'll get this news again. 578 00:36:38,065 --> 00:36:40,205 "And I'll be happy. 579 00:36:40,206 --> 00:36:43,451 "It'll be good news another time." 580 00:36:49,329 --> 00:36:51,184 Are they going to report you? 581 00:36:51,185 --> 00:36:53,808 Nobody's said. 582 00:36:53,809 --> 00:36:55,664 I'm terrified to ask. 583 00:36:55,665 --> 00:36:58,096 Are you going to report her? 584 00:36:58,097 --> 00:36:59,888 How can I go to the police? 585 00:36:59,889 --> 00:37:02,128 I asked her to do it. 586 00:37:02,129 --> 00:37:07,632 I paid her to do it! 587 00:37:07,633 --> 00:37:09,751 Who's going to listen to me? 588 00:37:20,049 --> 00:37:21,725 One head here... 589 00:37:21,726 --> 00:37:25,325 ...and one head here! 590 00:37:25,326 --> 00:37:26,960 Or perhaps a bottom. 591 00:37:26,961 --> 00:37:29,874 A very nicely presented little duo. 592 00:37:34,641 --> 00:37:37,085 This is a serious allegation, madam. 593 00:37:37,086 --> 00:37:40,144 Are you saying nearly killing someone isn't a serious crime? 594 00:37:40,145 --> 00:37:41,552 The reverse. 595 00:37:41,553 --> 00:37:44,304 But, unless your sister is prepared to make a statement, 596 00:37:44,305 --> 00:37:46,445 then it's unlikely any progress could be made. 597 00:37:46,446 --> 00:37:48,144 But why does she have to make a statement? 598 00:37:48,145 --> 00:37:49,616 Why can't I? 599 00:37:49,617 --> 00:37:52,816 Why can't the nurse who saw what that woman had done to her? 600 00:37:52,817 --> 00:37:55,824 We can arrange to interview anybody, madam. 601 00:37:55,825 --> 00:37:59,408 But unless someone gives us the name and the address of the practitioner, 602 00:37:59,409 --> 00:38:01,072 we won't get further on. 603 00:38:01,073 --> 00:38:02,885 But you have to try! 604 00:38:02,886 --> 00:38:05,296 I now declare the Lombardi Suite 605 00:38:05,297 --> 00:38:08,560 open for multiple occupancies, with every luxury in place! 606 00:38:08,561 --> 00:38:11,184 We don't run to champagne on ice, I'm afraid. 607 00:38:11,185 --> 00:38:14,832 But I have left a bottle of Lucozade in a convenient draft! 608 00:38:14,833 --> 00:38:16,112 Knock-knock. 609 00:38:16,113 --> 00:38:17,776 What the heck are you doing here? 610 00:38:17,777 --> 00:38:20,016 The old lady at the desk said I could come through. 611 00:38:20,017 --> 00:38:21,744 Is that another custard slice? 612 00:38:21,745 --> 00:38:24,432 They didn't have none in today, I bought her a cream horn. 613 00:38:24,433 --> 00:38:26,416 He didn't bother that much with the other two! 614 00:38:26,417 --> 00:38:27,824 Do you need a hand? 615 00:38:27,825 --> 00:38:29,488 Everything's under control, thank you. 616 00:38:29,489 --> 00:38:32,752 So much so, we've already written out the name bracelets! 617 00:38:32,753 --> 00:38:35,726 Baby Lombardi one and two, and the date. 618 00:38:41,905 --> 00:38:43,760 I'm sorry, Mr Lombardi. 619 00:38:43,761 --> 00:38:46,192 But did you mean to take the cream horn with you? 620 00:38:46,193 --> 00:38:47,536 Sorry. 621 00:38:47,537 --> 00:38:50,032 We weren't going to let you see anything dreadful. 622 00:38:50,033 --> 00:38:52,272 Nurse Crane was ready to shoo you away. 623 00:38:52,273 --> 00:38:57,328 I'm a porter down Smithfield Market. I'm not scared of blood or anything. 624 00:38:57,329 --> 00:38:59,440 Will you make sure she gets it? 625 00:38:59,441 --> 00:39:01,936 I don't want her running out of strength. 626 00:39:01,937 --> 00:39:03,600 Of course. 627 00:39:15,633 --> 00:39:17,488 That's what we want, lass. 628 00:39:17,489 --> 00:39:22,544 The head coming slowly and steadily. 629 00:39:22,545 --> 00:39:25,168 - A head! - There we are! 630 00:39:25,169 --> 00:39:28,205 I'd forgotten what that bit felt like... 631 00:39:28,206 --> 00:39:29,840 The body remembers. 632 00:39:29,841 --> 00:39:33,808 And the body knows just what to do. 633 00:39:33,809 --> 00:39:39,184 There's a lovely, warm towel waiting for baby now. 634 00:39:46,686 --> 00:39:50,687 And you have a daughter, you clever girl! 635 00:40:15,606 --> 00:40:20,592 Small but perfectly formed. 636 00:40:20,593 --> 00:40:24,304 Now... 637 00:40:24,305 --> 00:40:26,165 Now, you play nicely together 638 00:40:26,166 --> 00:40:29,244 while I go and see to the letters in Daddy's surgery. 639 00:40:43,953 --> 00:40:45,616 Bravo, Margaret. 640 00:40:45,617 --> 00:40:47,885 Just rest for a moment. 641 00:40:47,886 --> 00:40:50,224 Nurse Franklin, can you just pop along the corridor 642 00:40:50,225 --> 00:40:52,464 and let Doctor know that Baby number two is breech? 643 00:40:52,465 --> 00:40:56,560 I'll be back before you know it. 644 00:40:56,561 --> 00:40:58,864 Does that mean baby's coming arse first? 645 00:40:58,865 --> 00:41:00,656 Twins do it all the time. 646 00:41:00,657 --> 00:41:06,544 But you might be more comfy on the birthing chair. 647 00:41:06,545 --> 00:41:10,768 Just take a seat. 648 00:41:12,433 --> 00:41:14,369 Dr Turner's surgery. 649 00:41:18,513 --> 00:41:20,525 Mother doesn't need our help. 650 00:41:20,526 --> 00:41:25,616 She's doing magnificent work here, all on her own. 651 00:41:25,617 --> 00:41:29,264 And here comes baby's bottom! 652 00:41:29,265 --> 00:41:32,656 I'm going to wrap baby up nice and warm, 653 00:41:32,657 --> 00:41:35,344 because we're going to have to concentrate 654 00:41:35,345 --> 00:41:37,228 and take our time. 655 00:41:47,697 --> 00:41:51,728 Gently push and then pant! 656 00:41:51,729 --> 00:41:53,712 Short breaths. 657 00:41:53,713 --> 00:41:56,519 That's the ticket. 658 00:42:06,513 --> 00:42:11,888 Perfect work, Margaret. 659 00:42:11,889 --> 00:42:13,565 Come along, young miss! 660 00:42:13,566 --> 00:42:17,552 You've a sister waiting to wish you happy birthday! 661 00:42:38,577 --> 00:42:40,368 Here you go! 662 00:42:40,369 --> 00:42:43,149 Two beautiful girls. 663 00:42:46,513 --> 00:42:48,880 Two! 664 00:42:48,881 --> 00:42:50,096 Are they identical? 665 00:42:50,097 --> 00:42:54,064 The afterbirth can give us a clue, but only time will tell sometimes. 666 00:42:54,065 --> 00:42:58,672 They're both absolutely gorgeous all the same. 667 00:43:12,049 --> 00:43:13,893 Shelagh! 668 00:43:27,486 --> 00:43:29,136 Doctor Turner? 669 00:43:29,137 --> 00:43:31,824 May I ask for your opinion? 670 00:43:31,825 --> 00:43:36,432 I believe I can hear another heartbeat. 671 00:43:36,433 --> 00:43:40,528 Third baby? 672 00:43:40,529 --> 00:43:42,965 Yes. We need to get her on the bed. 673 00:43:45,137 --> 00:43:49,872 It's all right, it's all right. 674 00:43:49,873 --> 00:43:53,456 Never, ever, go through those doors into the rooms 675 00:43:53,457 --> 00:43:57,125 where the poorly mummies and the babies are, do you hear me? 676 00:43:57,126 --> 00:43:59,984 I'm very disappointed in both of you, 677 00:43:59,985 --> 00:44:01,205 but especially Angela, 678 00:44:01,206 --> 00:44:04,831 because you're a big girl and you should know better. 679 00:44:08,305 --> 00:44:12,272 Shelagh said there were three poles. When I checked, there were only two. 680 00:44:12,273 --> 00:44:15,605 It must have shifted, to lie behind the others. 681 00:44:15,606 --> 00:44:19,376 Now it's shifted again, because it's got the room to move. 682 00:44:19,377 --> 00:44:21,744 And it's transverse. 683 00:44:21,745 --> 00:44:24,304 I can't do it again. 684 00:44:24,305 --> 00:44:27,888 You are going to get all the help that we can give you. 685 00:44:27,889 --> 00:44:31,411 Starting by turning this baby around. 686 00:44:45,966 --> 00:44:47,920 This baby needs to be delivered. 687 00:44:47,921 --> 00:44:50,204 The heart rate is very, very rapid. 688 00:44:54,193 --> 00:44:56,496 We need the obstetric flying squad urgently. 689 00:44:56,497 --> 00:44:58,352 You were right. Triplets. 690 00:44:58,353 --> 00:45:00,827 Sit there and don't move. 691 00:45:06,417 --> 00:45:09,872 I've located the head and the back, but I can't get it to turn. 692 00:45:09,873 --> 00:45:11,216 Shall I try? 693 00:45:11,217 --> 00:45:15,504 Yes. I'll prep for forceps. 694 00:45:15,505 --> 00:45:18,192 You've done so much hard work. 695 00:45:18,193 --> 00:45:20,351 You leave this to us now. 696 00:45:34,641 --> 00:45:37,264 I think it's engaging. 697 00:45:37,265 --> 00:45:41,936 Waters have broken, and there's meconium. 698 00:45:41,937 --> 00:45:43,472 What does that mean? 699 00:45:43,473 --> 00:45:46,608 Just that in a minute, we'll be telling you to push again. 700 00:45:46,609 --> 00:45:49,040 Everything's in hand, lass. 701 00:45:49,041 --> 00:45:51,424 Don't worry. 702 00:46:05,745 --> 00:46:08,226 Pudendal block given. 703 00:46:16,689 --> 00:46:21,744 First blade. 704 00:46:21,745 --> 00:46:22,960 Second blade. 705 00:46:22,961 --> 00:46:25,008 Push. You push now. 706 00:46:25,009 --> 00:46:28,688 We'll soon have everything to rights. 707 00:46:40,305 --> 00:46:43,184 Baby's out. 708 00:46:43,185 --> 00:46:44,848 Well done. 709 00:46:44,849 --> 00:46:47,344 Another girl. 710 00:46:47,345 --> 00:46:51,632 Well done, lass. 711 00:46:51,633 --> 00:46:54,203 You did so well. 712 00:47:00,017 --> 00:47:01,808 Can I see her? 713 00:47:01,809 --> 00:47:04,761 Two ticks, I promise. 714 00:47:07,889 --> 00:47:10,160 Is she all right? 715 00:47:23,697 --> 00:47:27,168 Little lady just needs a bit of a rub down. 716 00:47:56,657 --> 00:47:59,545 - Flying squad! - Hold on a moment. 717 00:48:23,089 --> 00:48:26,885 Can I hold her? 718 00:48:26,886 --> 00:48:30,005 Baby's still very weak. 719 00:48:30,006 --> 00:48:34,805 Not just yet. 720 00:48:34,806 --> 00:48:37,040 And did the lady give you any information 721 00:48:37,041 --> 00:48:39,792 about the procedure she'd undergone? 722 00:48:39,793 --> 00:48:43,312 Any indication, at all, of the name of the practitioner? 723 00:48:43,313 --> 00:48:46,192 At that point, it didn't matter. 724 00:48:46,193 --> 00:48:48,432 I just knew something very distressing 725 00:48:48,433 --> 00:48:49,840 was going to happen to her, 726 00:48:49,841 --> 00:48:52,400 and that there might be a haemorrhage afterwards. 727 00:48:52,401 --> 00:48:54,128 She wasn't a criminal, Sergeant. 728 00:48:54,129 --> 00:48:58,565 She was my patient. 729 00:48:58,566 --> 00:49:00,784 I want to try feeding them myself. 730 00:49:00,785 --> 00:49:03,856 I'm afraid baby number three will have artificial milk 731 00:49:03,857 --> 00:49:08,285 while she's at St Cuthbert's. 732 00:49:08,286 --> 00:49:11,536 I need someone to tell my husband. 733 00:49:11,537 --> 00:49:13,805 They might have to take the gas and air. 734 00:49:13,806 --> 00:49:15,845 I'm off duty soon. 735 00:49:15,846 --> 00:49:18,704 I don't mind passing on the glad tidings. 736 00:49:18,705 --> 00:49:21,328 Thanks, nurse. 737 00:49:21,329 --> 00:49:26,576 He'll be down the Black Sail. 738 00:49:26,577 --> 00:49:29,264 The woman won't see anyone in her own home. 739 00:49:29,265 --> 00:49:32,272 You have to meet her friend, and the friend takes the money, 740 00:49:32,273 --> 00:49:34,512 and gives you the address. 741 00:49:34,513 --> 00:49:37,024 But you don't know what it is? 742 00:49:40,657 --> 00:49:43,280 I don't want this to happen to anybody else. 743 00:49:43,281 --> 00:49:46,352 But those women, they'll be out there now, 744 00:49:46,353 --> 00:49:48,144 looking for more customers. 745 00:49:48,145 --> 00:49:51,871 And there will always be customers. 746 00:50:12,785 --> 00:50:14,448 Drink, dear? 747 00:50:14,449 --> 00:50:18,992 I can't have a Nonnatun coming in here and standing empty handed. 748 00:50:18,993 --> 00:50:21,245 I'd like an orange juice, please. 749 00:50:21,246 --> 00:50:22,512 Nothing but the best. 750 00:50:22,513 --> 00:50:25,541 - I shall open a fresh tin. - Ooh! 751 00:50:34,865 --> 00:50:37,872 ♪ Daisy, daisy 752 00:50:37,873 --> 00:50:41,165 ♪ Give me your answer do... ♪ 753 00:50:41,166 --> 00:50:42,992 I've got five kids. 754 00:50:42,993 --> 00:50:44,592 Five. 755 00:50:44,593 --> 00:50:47,165 It was hard enough getting my head around twins, 756 00:50:47,166 --> 00:50:48,624 but triplets?! 757 00:50:48,625 --> 00:50:50,096 I've never even seen triplets! 758 00:50:50,097 --> 00:50:52,283 I don't think there's any triplets in Poplar. 759 00:50:52,284 --> 00:50:54,768 - You clever boy! - It's not unheard of. 760 00:50:54,769 --> 00:50:57,904 But often, in the past, they wouldn't have survived. 761 00:50:57,905 --> 00:51:00,592 But yours will all thrive, even the poorly one, 762 00:51:00,593 --> 00:51:02,285 once she's out of her incubator. 763 00:51:02,286 --> 00:51:03,728 Poorly? How poorly is she? 764 00:51:03,729 --> 00:51:05,328 She's the smallest of the three. 765 00:51:05,329 --> 00:51:07,696 She inhaled some unpleasant substances 766 00:51:07,697 --> 00:51:09,424 while she was in the womb, 767 00:51:09,425 --> 00:51:11,664 and she needs a little help breathing. 768 00:51:11,665 --> 00:51:14,224 - What made that happen? - Her birth was traumatic enough 769 00:51:14,225 --> 00:51:16,464 that she went into a state known as foetal distress. 770 00:51:16,465 --> 00:51:19,088 Distress? Was she scared? 771 00:51:19,089 --> 00:51:20,560 Panicked, perhaps. 772 00:51:20,561 --> 00:51:22,032 Alarmed. 773 00:51:22,033 --> 00:51:25,040 But she wouldn't have been able to name what she was feeling. 774 00:51:25,041 --> 00:51:29,285 Sometimes even grown adults can't name the things 775 00:51:29,286 --> 00:51:30,800 that scare them the most. 776 00:51:30,801 --> 00:51:34,448 - Is anyone with her now? - Margaret's too unwell to go to her. 777 00:51:36,881 --> 00:51:39,129 She needs to be with family. 778 00:52:17,265 --> 00:52:22,704 Hello, bambino. 779 00:52:22,705 --> 00:52:25,264 I'm your dad. 780 00:52:25,265 --> 00:52:29,435 You've got brothers and sisters. 781 00:52:33,457 --> 00:52:37,168 You've got a really brave mum. 782 00:52:37,169 --> 00:52:41,200 Almost as brave as you are. 783 00:52:41,201 --> 00:52:43,539 Can you make do with me for now? 784 00:52:53,886 --> 00:52:56,176 They said they don't want you leaving yet! 785 00:52:56,177 --> 00:52:58,480 They can't stop me discharging myself. 786 00:52:58,481 --> 00:53:01,488 When I'm better, I'm moving up west. 787 00:53:01,489 --> 00:53:03,856 I'm rearranging that appointment with the agency. 788 00:53:03,857 --> 00:53:05,584 I'm going to start again. 789 00:53:05,585 --> 00:53:08,144 Will you talk to the police before you go? 790 00:53:08,145 --> 00:53:11,024 Don't you understand? I want it to be over, Lesley! 791 00:53:11,025 --> 00:53:14,544 I want it to be in the past! 792 00:53:14,545 --> 00:53:19,280 The past begins when I walk away. 793 00:53:19,281 --> 00:53:20,688 The shame... 794 00:53:20,689 --> 00:53:24,006 ...I'll carry with me everywhere I go. 795 00:53:27,473 --> 00:53:29,584 This needs new batteries. 796 00:53:29,585 --> 00:53:31,696 It's just not loud enough! 797 00:53:31,697 --> 00:53:34,512 There'll be a news-flash when Her Majesty's baby's born 798 00:53:34,513 --> 00:53:36,125 and I can't afford to miss it. 799 00:53:36,126 --> 00:53:39,312 There'll be a 41-gun salute all down the Thames 800 00:53:39,313 --> 00:53:43,139 when she drops that sprog. You won't need batteries to hear that! 801 00:53:46,225 --> 00:53:48,781 I crave your indulgence. 802 00:53:53,073 --> 00:53:58,832 News has come to me that this object fuelled my delusions, 803 00:53:58,833 --> 00:54:01,584 when I was afflicted with pyrexia. 804 00:54:01,585 --> 00:54:06,256 It is best that you destroy it. 805 00:54:06,257 --> 00:54:07,984 She's had it! 806 00:54:07,985 --> 00:54:09,648 The Queen's had the baby! 807 00:54:09,649 --> 00:54:12,208 Just leave that with me. 808 00:54:12,209 --> 00:54:14,576 It's a prince. 809 00:54:14,577 --> 00:54:16,304 It's a prince! 810 00:54:16,305 --> 00:54:19,325 The Queen's had a boy! 811 00:54:19,326 --> 00:54:24,816 The Queen's had a boy!! 812 00:54:24,817 --> 00:54:27,005 ♪ I like it 813 00:54:27,006 --> 00:54:28,656 ♪ I like it 814 00:54:28,657 --> 00:54:30,704 ♪ I like the way you run 815 00:54:30,705 --> 00:54:33,725 ♪ Your fingers through my hair 816 00:54:33,726 --> 00:54:35,645 ♪ And I like the way 817 00:54:35,646 --> 00:54:37,616 ♪ You tickle my chin 818 00:54:37,617 --> 00:54:38,832 ♪ And I like the way 819 00:54:38,833 --> 00:54:40,445 ♪ You let me come in 820 00:54:40,446 --> 00:54:44,720 ♪ When your mama ain't there 821 00:54:44,721 --> 00:54:48,176 ♪ I like it, I like it 822 00:54:48,177 --> 00:54:50,032 ♪ I like the words you say 823 00:54:50,033 --> 00:54:54,256 ♪ And all the things you do 824 00:54:54,257 --> 00:54:57,008 ♪ And I like the way you straighten my tie 825 00:54:57,009 --> 00:55:00,016 ♪ And I like the way you're winkin' your eye 826 00:55:00,017 --> 00:55:02,704 ♪ And I know I like you 827 00:55:02,705 --> 00:55:07,824 ♪ You know I like you 828 00:55:07,825 --> 00:55:10,925 ♪ Do that again 829 00:55:10,926 --> 00:55:13,968 ♪ You're driving me insane 830 00:55:13,969 --> 00:55:16,805 ♪ Kiss me once more 831 00:55:16,806 --> 00:55:21,261 ♪ That's another thing I like you for 832 00:55:23,633 --> 00:55:29,584 ♪ Are you liking it too? ♪ 833 00:55:29,585 --> 00:55:31,632 Scum on the water. 834 00:55:31,633 --> 00:55:34,768 One forgets, living on the South Coast for so long. 835 00:55:34,769 --> 00:55:37,305 I can't remember when I last noticed. 836 00:55:41,105 --> 00:55:44,816 I've spoken with Sister Frances about the abortion case. 837 00:55:44,817 --> 00:55:47,824 I'm sorry her first week here's been marred by this. 838 00:55:47,825 --> 00:55:49,552 Lives are marred by this. 839 00:55:49,553 --> 00:55:52,176 And they're marred everywhere. 840 00:55:52,177 --> 00:55:53,776 I was once first on the scene 841 00:55:53,777 --> 00:55:56,528 after a woman took a screwdriver to herself. 842 00:55:56,529 --> 00:55:59,536 Afterwards, every time I cycled past her house, 843 00:55:59,537 --> 00:56:03,632 I used to think, "But there were roses round the door." 844 00:56:03,633 --> 00:56:06,576 There are women all over this district who "help" 845 00:56:06,577 --> 00:56:08,624 other women all the time. 846 00:56:08,625 --> 00:56:10,224 They think of themselves as we do. 847 00:56:10,225 --> 00:56:12,016 No-one will name them because, 848 00:56:12,017 --> 00:56:15,472 for every woman who finds herself maimed, or dead, 849 00:56:15,473 --> 00:56:20,784 there are a dozen others who quietly get the desired result. 850 00:56:20,785 --> 00:56:23,344 But if no-one speaks out, where will it end? 851 00:56:23,345 --> 00:56:25,264 It will end where it always ends. 852 00:56:25,265 --> 00:56:26,914 In silence. 853 00:56:33,137 --> 00:56:36,912 There are too many things of which we do not speak. 854 00:56:36,913 --> 00:56:39,664 Too many secrets. 855 00:56:39,665 --> 00:56:42,736 Too much shame. 856 00:56:42,737 --> 00:56:46,512 But perhaps we are cleaner, brighter, 857 00:56:46,513 --> 00:56:49,456 more polished versions of ourselves 858 00:56:49,457 --> 00:56:52,782 more often than we think. 859 00:56:57,265 --> 00:57:00,208 When we gaze outward and not inward, 860 00:57:00,209 --> 00:57:06,096 when we are open, not closed. 861 00:57:06,097 --> 00:57:10,576 Not everything is possible, but there is hope. 862 00:57:10,577 --> 00:57:14,032 When the light shines in... 863 00:57:14,033 --> 00:57:16,656 ...hope is another chapter. 864 00:57:16,657 --> 00:57:19,465 Hope is what comes next. 865 00:57:22,737 --> 00:57:24,144 Flora! 866 00:57:24,145 --> 00:57:26,064 Flora, keep your eyes open! 867 00:57:26,065 --> 00:57:27,856 Could I have given this to my children? 868 00:57:27,857 --> 00:57:28,816 What will become of me? 869 00:57:28,817 --> 00:57:30,245 I know nowhere else. 870 00:57:30,246 --> 00:57:33,125 This isn't your home any more, Clarice, it is a prison. 871 00:57:33,126 --> 00:57:34,640 Vote Violet Buckle! 872 00:57:34,641 --> 00:57:37,136 I don't put my cross in the box for any old rubbish! 873 00:57:37,137 --> 00:57:40,079 Well, it seems like an awful lot of bother to go to