1 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:36,030 'Christmas is the celebration of a baby's birth. 2 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:38,670 'It is the story of a mother's love, 3 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:40,590 'her fear, her faith 4 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:43,310 'and her determination. 5 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:46,470 'It tells of promises fulfilled, 6 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:48,110 'a cradle rocked, 7 00:00:48,160 --> 00:00:51,910 'a journey both concluded and begun. 8 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:54,910 'It is the story of all that is cherished, 9 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:57,760 'in a world where too little is known.' 10 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:01,280 .. and of the Holy Ghost. 11 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:03,080 Amen. 12 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:07,870 We seek it here, we seek it there. 13 00:01:09,320 --> 00:01:13,350 Indeed, one is obliged to ask oneself 14 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:17,590 if one is in pursuit of a comestible item, 15 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:21,110 - or the Scarlet Pimpernel. - Sister Monica Joan, never mind that now. 16 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:23,990 Would you just carry on cutting out the grease-proof circles? 17 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:25,910 The mincemeat will be ready for the jar soon. 18 00:01:25,960 --> 00:01:28,710 Are we going to get that tea in the clinical room or aren't we?! 19 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:31,550 Urgh, sorry, I had a problem with the desiccated coconut. 20 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:32,950 If we have to wait much longer, 21 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,700 you'll have a problem with a desiccated corpse -- mine! 22 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:38,510 And lo, the angel Gabriel appeared 23 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:41,350 carrying the first tin of Quality Street of the season. 24 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:42,960 I'll get it. 25 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:47,260 Nonnatus House. Midwife speaking. 26 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:50,870 - It's our twins case. - Oh! 27 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:52,860 Yes. Yes, of course. 28 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:55,880 Yes. 29 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:05,270 See? 30 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:08,630 You all thought me a fool to persist in my endeavours, 31 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:12,350 but behold -- I have located the brandy. 32 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:17,910 Now's the time to souse the Christmas pudding. 33 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:20,110 Just don't go sousing yourself into the bargain. 34 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:23,030 You give us enough gyp when you're stone-cold sober. 35 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:26,310 Tea, now! Then you and I are off on the ulcer rounds. 36 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:29,910 Good afternoon, everyone... 37 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:31,310 .. and, uh, 38 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:35,110 - thank you... - Sh! - .. boys and girls... - Quiet! - .. for being nice and quiet 39 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:38,150 whilst the babies were being christened. 40 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:40,510 The Cradle Roll service is a very special one... 41 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:43,750 - Take one and pass it down. - .. because it's one of the few days of the year 42 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,470 when all the children in the parish get to come together 43 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:50,480 to celebrate being part of our big church family. 44 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:55,070 Nurse Gilbert, our Sunday school teacher, 45 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:57,270 is going to bring the children's choir to the front, 46 00:02:57,320 --> 00:02:59,110 where they'll sing Silent Night 47 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:02,360 to help us start our journey towards Christmas. 48 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,120 Merry Christmas! 49 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:28,750 ♪ Silent night 50 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:31,910 ♪ Holy night 51 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:35,590 ♪ All is calm 52 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:38,830 ♪ All is bright 53 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:42,110 ♪ Round yon virgin 54 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:45,630 - ♪ Mother and child... ♪ - Rosemary McConlough, Doctor. 55 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:48,430 ♪ Holy infant 56 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,910 ♪ So tender and mild... ♪ 57 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:03,680 Oh... 58 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:10,150 Never heard such a racket! 59 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,630 They were flat, they weren't singing together, 60 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:15,950 and one of them was picking his nose! 61 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,750 But they had nobody to follow -- why didn't you sing with them? 62 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,150 Cos I'm practically a baritone since my voice broke. 63 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:22,470 Excuse me, Mrs Turner? 64 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:25,310 Oh, Mrs Willens, wasn't that a lovely service? 65 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:28,270 And the church looked immaculate -- you keep it so spick and span. 66 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:30,790 Oh, it's just elbow grease, anyone could do it. 67 00:04:30,840 --> 00:04:34,110 Begging your pardon, Mrs Turner -- when the nurse came for the doctor, 68 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:37,110 - were they called out to my niece? - I shouldn't say, really. 69 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:39,300 But I believe they were. 70 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:50,030 Hard luck, sweetie. We've fired the starter's pistol a bit too soon. 71 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:52,470 Nothing's on the move just yet. 72 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:54,670 I've had enough -- I want them out now! 73 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:56,390 No cheeking the nurse, young madam. 74 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:58,390 She came into this world shouting the odds 75 00:04:58,440 --> 00:04:59,790 and she's not stopped since. 76 00:04:59,840 --> 00:05:03,190 Come along, Rosemary, let's see if we can get you a bit more comfortable. 77 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:04,990 The main thing is to get some rest 78 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:08,140 and remember that both babies are doing well. 79 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,350 How's she getting on, Eileen? 80 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:13,910 - Stay nice and warm. - Walter sent some satsumas 81 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:17,910 - from his barrow. - No, it was a false alarm. 82 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:19,710 We'll have them anyway. 83 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:22,300 Plenty more where they came from. 84 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:33,470 Oh, it's bitter! 85 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:35,790 A nice cup of tea, I think. 86 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:44,920 Oh, no! 87 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:48,480 Sister! 88 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:52,430 Sister? 89 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:54,350 Can you answer me? 90 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:58,830 What on earth's that noise? 91 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:06,080 Poor Eileen looked worn to a thread. 92 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:09,070 Rosemary's always been a madam. 93 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:12,550 Once she's had those twins, it's going to be all hands on deck. 94 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:15,310 The family will rally round to help 'em. 95 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:18,160 - We always do. - Not sure I'm wanted. 96 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:20,510 Eat your grapes. 97 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:24,480 - Good for your kidney stones. - Kidney stones don't bother me any more. 98 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:27,720 Oh, love. 99 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:33,110 I don't know why you go to that bloomin' Cradle Roll service. 100 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:36,870 - You end up in shreds every year. - How can I stay away? 101 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:39,310 And Lorna's name still on the list of members? 102 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:42,670 They don't rub it out, Walter, just cos she's not with us any more. 103 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:44,720 I know, love, I know. 104 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:48,630 Rosemary's got... 105 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:52,510 two lovely matching cots for these new twins. 106 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:54,950 On the never-never, probably! 107 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,340 But, aw, they do look smart. 108 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:04,340 I'm glad now I never offered her Lorna's cradle. 109 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:08,500 I'd have liked it to have had a new home. 110 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:11,440 A little life inside. 111 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:17,900 Yeah, maybe not. 112 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:23,670 Sister Monica Joan is in bed with a fever and dosed up on aspirin. 113 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:25,790 Doctor's going to call tomorrow. 114 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:29,990 - She sounded quite delirious when I went past her room. - Poor old thing. 115 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:32,790 Would it be frightfully callous to enquire about the pudding? 116 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:34,310 According to Sister Evangelina, 117 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:37,510 we'll be having Swiss roll with custard for dessert on Christmas Day. 118 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:40,230 - Oh... - She's in a perfectly savage mood. Purple cellophane? 119 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:42,750 - I think this one has Nurse Mount's name on it. - Marvellous. 120 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:44,990 The perfect accompaniment to a whisky nightcap. 121 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:46,670 You won't tempt me, I'm afraid. 122 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:48,990 Alcohol's perfectly beastly on the complexion. 123 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:50,350 Are there any coffee creams? 124 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:52,310 I need them to take away the taste of the glue. 125 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:54,910 18 down, 24 to go. 126 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:56,110 If you lick my stamps, 127 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:59,800 I'll give you what appears to be the only coffee cream in the tin. 128 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:06,030 One for Delia -- how is she? 129 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:07,870 Well, I believe. 130 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:09,950 Her mother hasn't written in a while. 131 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,990 Head injury can be a ghastly thing to recover from. 132 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:16,510 And she was in quite a bad way when they took her home to Wales. 133 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:18,300 I guess she was. 134 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:20,790 Now, where's that coffee cream? 135 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:22,510 - Oh. - Mmm! 136 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:25,510 Thank you. 137 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:35,500 I'm so glad you're here. I almost called you again. 138 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:39,110 Not I, nor He who commands us all... 139 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:42,350 Get back into bed before the hot water bottle goes cold! 140 00:08:43,680 --> 00:08:45,550 Come in, any time you like. 141 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:47,830 .. Nelly put a hot brick to my feet. 142 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:49,230 I knew it was winter then, 143 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:53,070 when it leached the smell of starch out of the sheets. 144 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:54,550 Sit down! 145 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:59,230 Temperature of 102, coughing like a drain and dotty as a two-bob watch. 146 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:00,950 I can see that. 147 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:08,630 Oww! 148 00:09:08,680 --> 00:09:11,710 You're going to have to lay off the mince pies, Fred Buckle, 149 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:13,870 or never mind splitting your trousers -- 150 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:16,510 you're not going to fit in this Santa suit at all! 151 00:09:16,560 --> 00:09:18,150 Well, the kiddies leave them out for me. 152 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:20,310 They'd be disappointed if they didn't disappear. 153 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:23,070 Yeah, but you're not the real Father Christmas, remember. 154 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:24,550 You're just one of his helpers. 155 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:27,750 Yeah, but I'd look shocking in an elf suit. 156 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:31,230 I could do with an elf or two to help me in the shop this afternoon. 157 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:34,750 I've got the entire Christmas raffle display to put in my window, 158 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:38,560 or I'll have half the Poplar shopkeepers baying for my blood. 159 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:41,870 I wish I'd never said I'd take the responsibility. 160 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:43,510 Be good for trade, though, won't it? 161 00:09:43,560 --> 00:09:46,990 I've only donated a couple of balls of wool and some nappy pins. 162 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:50,270 The rest of the space is all taken up with other people's stuff. 163 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:52,910 Tins of powdered milk and I don't know what. 164 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:55,550 Well, that's not very season of goodwill. 165 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:56,800 Oww! 166 00:09:58,040 --> 00:09:59,190 Pass me the scissors. 167 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:02,280 I'm not biting this, it's too close to your backside. 168 00:10:03,560 --> 00:10:06,470 A high temperature and a nasty cough. 169 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:09,310 But what we don't want at her age is pneumonia. 170 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:11,430 We've been more worried about her confusion 171 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:13,550 - than her physical health lately. - Exactly. 172 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:15,470 If she goes any further down Doolally Hill, 173 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:16,910 we won't be able to look after her. 174 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:19,710 I've prescribed Distoval as a sedative. 175 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:22,630 It'll calm her down and perhaps make her behaviour less erratic. 176 00:10:22,680 --> 00:10:25,470 Distoval won't bring our Christmas pudding back from the dead. 177 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:27,460 Or from the ceiling! 178 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:48,990 We're about to go into compline. 179 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:51,750 I'll look in again afterwards. 180 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:54,510 Very well, but there's no need for you to linger. 181 00:10:54,560 --> 00:10:57,950 Sister Monica Joan and I have established the rules of play 182 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,740 and thus far, she is abiding by them. 183 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:07,030 My mother's hands were cold, like yours. 184 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:10,430 Mother's been looming rather large this evening, I'm afraid. 185 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:12,790 That's often the way when she's unwell. 186 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:16,070 - These... sometimes help. - Hmm? 187 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:18,070 They're family heirlooms 188 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:20,190 and she cherishes them. 189 00:11:46,680 --> 00:11:48,190 Oh! 190 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:50,240 I can't consume that! 191 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:56,030 The tang of urine assaults me even from the plate! 192 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:59,350 It isn't kidney, Sister Monica Joan, it's liver. 193 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:01,510 And it's terribly good for you. 194 00:12:01,560 --> 00:12:04,470 And if you eat quickly, we can listen to Desert Island Discs 195 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:06,070 while you eat your semolina. 196 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:08,190 I have tired of the wireless. 197 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:11,230 There are too many jumbled voices. 198 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:13,070 I like television better. 199 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:15,790 There isn't a television at Nonnatus House. 200 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:19,040 There's one in the window of the new shop by the tunnel. 201 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:22,400 - Have you seen it? - No. 202 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:25,840 We have one. At home. 203 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:29,070 But I won't be seeing that for quite some time. 204 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:31,990 - Why is that, child? - Don't encourage her. 205 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:34,550 There'll be ample salt in that gravy already. 206 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:37,070 You don't need tears in it as well! 207 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:40,350 I can't go home for Christmas, Sister Monica Joan. 208 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:42,510 We're going to be too busy. 209 00:12:42,560 --> 00:12:45,300 Sister Julienne told me this morning. 210 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:55,750 But... the very purpose of Christmas is to revisit where one's roots lie! 211 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:59,470 Was Christ himself not born in Bethlehem 212 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:02,230 because his father and mother 213 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:05,480 were called to their birthplace for the census? 214 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:10,040 All should head homeward. 215 00:13:10,680 --> 00:13:13,220 If their natal home still stands. 216 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,310 My natal home was razed to the ground 217 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:22,830 when they made "improvements" to the Kirkstall Road in Leeds. 218 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:25,390 I'm rather looking forward to filling the mead cup 219 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:28,950 and draining the barrel in Nonnatus House. 220 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:31,990 Figuratively speaking, of course. 221 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:34,310 We'll have a splendid time! 222 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:42,230 And so, the bishop said that BBC Television 223 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:46,190 want to film a carol service in an ordinary London church 224 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:48,840 and broadcast it on Christmas Day. 225 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:52,680 How nice. 226 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:55,270 Well, I think it will be more than nice. 227 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:56,910 I think it will be wonderful, 228 00:13:56,960 --> 00:13:58,750 for the whole of the parish. 229 00:13:58,800 --> 00:13:59,990 Our parish? 230 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:02,270 I'm sorry, I should have made that clear. 231 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:03,550 Oh. 232 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:05,510 Well, I think it sounds tremendously jolly. 233 00:14:05,560 --> 00:14:07,870 And the children will certainly enjoy it. 234 00:14:07,920 --> 00:14:10,670 But filming, Mr Hereward, 235 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:13,830 - in a church? - My sentiments exactly! 236 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:18,110 - Is nothing sacred?! - To my mind, Sister Evangelina, 237 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,390 Christmas is the most sacred festival of all. 238 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:23,270 And sharing a religious service with millions of people 239 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:25,590 is a really good way to remind them of that. 240 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:27,670 Not to mention frightfully glamorous! 241 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:28,830 I rest my case. 242 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:32,110 People have forgotten what Christmas is all about. 243 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:36,150 Mrs Turner has kindly agreed to take the children's choir in hand 244 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:39,390 and I was thinking we could create a crib scene 245 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:42,480 and place a real newborn baby in the manger. 246 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:50,110 - One of OUR newborn babies? - Yes. 247 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:55,070 I was rather hoping to see Nurse Gilbert. 248 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:58,030 The producer of the television broadcast, Barrington Swann, 249 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:01,750 - is coming to inspect the church tomorrow and... - Mr Hereward. 250 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:04,510 Tomorrow is a very busy day. 251 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:07,360 And Ms Gilbert will be fully occupied. 252 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:23,430 I was led to expect more in the way of ornamental plasterwork. 253 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:26,190 It always photographs so well. 254 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:31,230 Still, I see your Mrs Mop is working wonders with the elbow grease. 255 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:34,400 A shiny bit of brass will always catch the arc lights. 256 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:39,910 Our cleaning lady is called Mrs Willens, not Mrs Mop. 257 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:44,670 Whatever she's called, we'll have to add to the artistic presentation. 258 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:47,590 Seasonal floral arrangements, of course, 259 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:50,350 and the children's pageant is completely essential. 260 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:54,270 - Do you mean the Nativity play? - Oh, N-Nativity scene, I think. 261 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:57,350 Don't you? We mustn't overface the viewing public. 262 00:15:57,400 --> 00:15:59,670 But children are essential. 263 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:04,190 I was a kiddie performer myself. I know how they add to the sparkle. 264 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:07,030 - And they must sing! - I have all that in hand. 265 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:10,440 - And they must be in costume. - Mrs Turner has that in hand, too. 266 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:14,000 The aesthetics are vital. 267 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:17,640 We can't have anybody looking poor. 268 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:19,750 How dare he?! 269 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:22,150 Poplar may not be the richest parish in the country, 270 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:24,270 but not one mother would turn her children out 271 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:26,190 looking less than the very best she could. 272 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:28,430 I almost gave him his marching orders there and then. 273 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:30,950 Begging your pardon, Mr Hereward, but I'm glad you didn't. 274 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:32,350 Why, Mrs Willens? 275 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:35,190 He was almost as rude about the church as he was about the children. 276 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:36,470 Whom he hasn't even seen. 277 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:38,670 I'm not convinced he has any faith in us at all. 278 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:41,230 It's not about his faith, is it? 279 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:43,150 Have a pink wafer. 280 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:45,390 I got them in for Mr High-And-Mighty, 281 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:47,430 but I decided they were stopping in the packet. 282 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:48,830 You should have one yourself. 283 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:50,590 You'll need to build your strength up 284 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:52,830 - if you're going to be helping us out. - Helping you out? 285 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:57,150 Mrs Willens, this carol service needs all the help it can get. 286 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:00,700 And with the number of children involved, so do I. 287 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:05,310 I want you to ask the headmaster's permission 288 00:17:05,360 --> 00:17:06,990 to put one on the notice board. 289 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:09,310 There are some lovely singers at the grammar school. 290 00:17:09,360 --> 00:17:11,510 Yes, and they're mostly baritones and tenors. 291 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:14,190 I've put treble and boy soprano on the poster. 292 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:16,910 We need quality voices, male and female, 293 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:19,870 if we're not going to embarrass ourselves in front of the BBC. 294 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:21,470 Not to mention the entire nation. 295 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:23,310 Which is why we are going to have auditions 296 00:17:23,360 --> 00:17:25,430 and why we are going to advertise. 297 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:27,910 Good morning, Mrs Willens, Mr Willens. 298 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:30,590 - Morning, Mrs Turner. - We've a busy day ahead. 299 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:32,870 By the way, the parish manger's gone missing 300 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:34,670 and we'll need to find an orange box. 301 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:37,270 Perhaps Mr Willens can oblige. 302 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:39,660 Now, run and catch your bus. 303 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:44,510 Can you go a bit higher, Violet? 304 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:45,990 Yeah, a bit... bit higher. 305 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:47,980 Yeah, perfect. Yeah. 306 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:50,310 Thanks, Violet. 307 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:54,550 ♪ Everybody's waitin' for the man with the bag 308 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:58,510 ♪ Cos Christmas is coming again 309 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:01,790 ♪ He's got a sleighful It's not going to stay full 310 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:05,150 ♪ He's got stuff to drop at every stop of the way 311 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:08,350 ♪ Everybody's waitin' 312 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:12,070 ♪ They're all congregatin' 313 00:18:12,120 --> 00:18:19,480 ♪ Waitin' for the man with the bag. ♪ 314 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:24,110 What do you think you are doing?! 315 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:26,430 Preparing for Christmas. 316 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:28,420 With a joyful heart. 317 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:33,230 I shall need all of this when our tree is purchased. 318 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:38,270 - However tardy its arrival proves. - No tree until the week before Christmas. 319 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:42,040 You know how we do things and it does not involve tinsel. 320 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:45,030 Auntie Iris! 321 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:47,990 Rosemary, what are you doing out of doors? 322 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:50,590 I can't settle, I can't sit. 323 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:52,190 All I can do is clean. 324 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:54,510 I thought I was turning into you. 325 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:57,750 Do you fancy coming with me to the clinic? 326 00:18:57,800 --> 00:18:59,510 Aren't you going with your mum? 327 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:02,070 - She's gone up west to pick out the pram set. - Oh. 328 00:19:02,120 --> 00:19:04,550 - Nothing but the best for these two. - Yeah... 329 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:06,940 Oh, come on, you'll enjoy it. 330 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:13,990 Mrs Turner said the rash has developed since this morning. 331 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:17,030 I only came in to bring the baby for his needles. 332 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:20,630 I never saw the rash. I thought he was just a bit off-colour. 333 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:23,790 I'm afraid it's a bit more serious than that. 334 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:26,110 We can postpone the baby's vaccinations, 335 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:28,760 but I want you to go straight home. 336 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:33,510 Measles. That's the fourth case in a week. 337 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:35,830 I'll notify the medical officer. 338 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:38,510 - Other practices are having the same thing. - I know. 339 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:41,790 And the last thing we need is an epidemic. 340 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:44,070 Look, I just wish there was a vaccine. 341 00:19:44,120 --> 00:19:47,520 I know they're testing one, but it takes so long. 342 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,000 Oh, I can't get on that bed, it's too high. 343 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:53,750 I can't lie down in any case, 344 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:56,030 cos it makes me feel as though I'm suffocating. 345 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:58,150 You don't have to lie down until Doctor comes in, 346 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:00,270 but if we can just get your bottom onto the bed... 347 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:05,120 You'd have more luck with the hoists and winch from down the dockyard! 348 00:20:07,120 --> 00:20:09,590 - Oh, no! - Oh, yes! - Have I wet myself? 349 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:11,750 I hope not -- this is a good pair of nylons. 350 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:13,880 I'll be right back. 351 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:19,670 Whoever cleaned up after that explosion wants horse-whipping. 352 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:23,470 It's insanitary, having Christmas pudding clinging to the walls! 353 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:24,830 I suspect you're right. 354 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:25,990 It may well attract mould 355 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:28,830 and we don't want spores falling into the food. 356 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:32,150 Are you sure you don't want me to get up on the table, Sister? 357 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:33,990 No, no, you save your strength 358 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:35,910 for your trip to see the Christmas lights. 359 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:39,630 I should very much relish the chance to see the lights myself. 360 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:41,870 The Sunday school children would love that. 361 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:43,790 And there'll be plenty of room on the bus. 362 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:47,150 I'm sorry, I'm going to exercise my power of veto. 363 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:50,510 You know my views on dicky chests and cold winds. 364 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:52,230 And we need you at compline, Sister. 365 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:55,190 Sister Mary Cynthia is at the twin birth. 366 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:57,440 She won't be back tonight. 367 00:20:58,120 --> 00:21:02,150 You speak to me and of me as though I am a child. 368 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:07,150 No, we speak to you and of you as though you have been ill. 369 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:12,230 And you can explain this... space-age monstrosity whenever you like! 370 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:13,910 It's a wreath for the front door. 371 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:15,790 Sister Monica Joan designed it herself. 372 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:18,790 - When are you planning to put it up? - Sister, 373 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:22,630 we have all agreed there will be no tree or decorations 374 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:27,150 in Nonnatus House until December 18th, as is our custom. 375 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:30,070 Advent will take precedence in the meanwhile. 376 00:21:30,120 --> 00:21:33,110 But we are out of kilter with the world! 377 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:36,030 Every other window is brilliant with light. 378 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:39,360 Every other home bedecked and splendid! 379 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:42,390 Only we await our tree 380 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:44,630 and we will never know the joy of television. 381 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:48,830 - Television?! - It is the portal to much happiness. 382 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:53,470 I have seen it work its magic on 100 children's faces! 383 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:55,510 There are plenty of children round here 384 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:57,030 who don't need that sort of magic. 385 00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:02,070 They need a square meal and clean clothes and a loving hand! 386 00:22:02,120 --> 00:22:07,710 Not spending money hand over fist on television sets and tinsel. 387 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:10,870 Children incline to happiness. 388 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:15,590 Even I knew delight and transportation as a child. 389 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:18,510 - And my youth was not a happy one! - Not happy?! 390 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:21,990 - You never knew what hardship meant! - Sister, please! - I did! 391 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:23,840 I did know! 392 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:34,590 But perhaps my mind is too misshapen to recall it now. 393 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:38,680 Well, all I can say is, if the cap fits, wear it! 394 00:22:57,040 --> 00:23:01,400 And I don't want to see any more of this until the 18th of the month. 395 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:05,670 All aboard! 396 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:08,350 All aboard the Christmas bus 397 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:10,990 Ho-ho-ho! Come ride with us 398 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:14,110 Lights and shops and fun we'll see 399 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:17,190 Ho-ho-ho, come ride with me. 400 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:19,310 Merry Christmas, merry Christmas. 401 00:23:19,360 --> 00:23:22,230 - Really, Fred, it's worthy of the poet laureate. - Ha-ha! 402 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:25,670 - What have you got in your bucket, reindeer food? - No, sawdust. 403 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:26,870 I have two famous vomiters 404 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:29,310 and one who can't be trusted with the waterworks. 405 00:23:29,360 --> 00:23:31,830 Oh, dear. Come on, then, you stragglers. 406 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:34,550 You're married to the lady in the sewing shop. 407 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:40,040 - Uh, no. Uh, that fella is a cousin of mine. Same-shaped face. - Hmm. 408 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:43,310 Well caught. 409 00:23:43,360 --> 00:23:46,860 Are you coming, Mum and Dad? No? Right, on you get. 410 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:50,000 Ho-ho-ho! Come ride the bus. 411 00:23:54,360 --> 00:23:57,760 I see you're still using the old newspaper trick. 412 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,310 Sister Julienne did that when I had my daughter. 413 00:24:01,360 --> 00:24:04,860 We've saved many a mattress this way, Mrs Willens. 414 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:08,350 Still doing the enemas too? 415 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:11,910 Do I have to? I thought only the old ones did that. 416 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:14,510 We're older than we look, Rosemary. 417 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:17,440 Practically ready for our pensions. 418 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:39,030 ♪ If you're happy and you know it 419 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:40,390 ♪ And you really want to show it 420 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:43,390 ♪ If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands 421 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:46,270 ♪ If you're happy and you know it, stomp your feet 422 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:49,030 ♪ If you're happy and you know it, stomp your feet... ♪ 423 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:51,310 Anyone for a sherbet lolly? 424 00:24:51,360 --> 00:24:55,390 - No takers, I'm afraid. Tina's not feeling very well. - Oh, dear. 425 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:59,630 - Will we be needing the sawdust? - No, she says she just has a headache. 426 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:01,680 She's quite hot, too. 427 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:04,910 Well, you can have one, if you like. 428 00:25:05,120 --> 00:25:06,590 Thank you. 429 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:10,510 Yellow and pink. 430 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:13,910 The thing that fascinates me most about these is that they're so pale, 431 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:16,990 until you lick them, and then their colour changes completely. 432 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:18,910 I love them. 433 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:21,990 Most people look on lollies like they're a childhood thing. 434 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:23,230 I don't. 435 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:26,750 I've no pride and no shame when it comes to confectionery. 436 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:28,670 You should try one. 437 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:37,200 - Yellow and green. - See? You don't know what you've been missing. 438 00:25:39,120 --> 00:25:41,630 Take a deep breath, Rosemary. 439 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:43,550 And another, that's it. 440 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:46,270 Just take in some air. 441 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:48,260 Now, push, Rosemary! 442 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:51,510 Well done! 443 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:53,800 Well done! 444 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:02,750 Oh, what is it? 445 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:04,710 It's a girl. 446 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:07,950 - And she's beautiful. - Oh, a girl. 447 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:09,950 I wanted a girl! 448 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,590 You might have two soon. 449 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:21,040 Perhaps Auntie Iris can look after this one in the meantime. 450 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:25,390 Sweet pea! 451 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:27,110 I'm glad I stayed. 452 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:29,160 The next one's breech. 453 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:36,320 They drive us... every year. 454 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:57,590 What are you staring at, cariad? 455 00:26:57,640 --> 00:26:59,190 That bus. 456 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:00,670 I'm... 457 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:02,150 not used to being back in London. 458 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:04,350 I thought you were having one of your spells. 459 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:06,350 I don't have them any more. 460 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:08,110 Well, you haven't for a while, 461 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:09,900 praise the Lord. 462 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:13,070 We'll have a very happy Christmas. 463 00:27:13,120 --> 00:27:16,120 And then say goodbye to this city for good. 464 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:26,510 ♪ If you're happy and you know it, touch your nose 465 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:29,310 ♪ If you're happy and you know it... ♪ 466 00:27:29,360 --> 00:27:31,230 Urgh, can't the doctor just pull it out?! 467 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:33,550 Oh, you can do this on your own. 468 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:36,670 Doctor's more than happy standing there twiddling his thumbs. 469 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:39,390 Lean back into me if it helps you to concentrate. 470 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:42,310 Keep your bottom on the edge of the bed. 471 00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:45,190 That's it, sweetie, gather your strength. 472 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:46,470 That's it! 473 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:47,550 That's it! 474 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:48,950 That's...! 475 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:50,510 That's it, keep it coming! 476 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:53,470 Keep it coming! We have a leg! 477 00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:55,310 That's it! 478 00:27:55,360 --> 00:27:57,750 And another leg! 479 00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:01,070 Doctor, could you possibly pass me the towel, please? 480 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:04,510 This one's a boy, Rosemary. 481 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:07,950 Nurse Franklin's just wrapping baby in the towel, Rosemary, 482 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:09,670 just to keep him warm and calm. 483 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:11,270 Where's its head? 484 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:13,430 The head will be born soon. 485 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:15,830 Oh, you're doing so well! 486 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:18,470 Rosemary, you're going to gently feel me 487 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:21,230 turning baby a quarter of a circle. 488 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:24,870 That's it, that's it. 489 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:26,520 Just breathe. 490 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:32,790 We're going to let baby's feet hang, just for a moment, 491 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:37,040 so that his own body weight helps him in the right direction. 492 00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:44,350 Oh, God, have I missed it?! 493 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:47,190 That's it! That's it! 494 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:48,990 That's it! 495 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:53,870 You clever girl! 496 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:57,030 Top work! 497 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:59,790 Beautiful boy, Rosemary. 498 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:03,990 - You have one of each! - One of each?! - Little girl came first. 499 00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:07,040 - And she's gorgeous. - Aww, hand her over! 500 00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:12,910 Oh! 501 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:15,230 I'm a grandma! 502 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:17,590 A grandma! How about that? 503 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:21,120 - How about me being a mum? - That as well, obviously! 504 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:25,800 Oh, we're going to be quite the double act, you and me. 505 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:45,310 - I'm sorry, Mrs Lewis. Poor Tina isn't feeling very well. - She's burning up! 506 00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:47,470 If I'd have known, I'd have brought the pushchair. 507 00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:50,820 Don't worry, Nurse Gilbert. I'll take Tina home. 508 00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:55,190 I'd give her an aspirin and do call the doctor if you're worried -- 509 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:57,380 I'm sure he'll come out. 510 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:16,120 Wakey-wakey, campers! 511 00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:27,990 Hello, Iris! 512 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:29,950 I heard Rosemary had the twins. 513 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:33,390 - What a lovely Christmas you'll all have. - Yeah, won't we? 514 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:36,510 There, nappy pins. One blue set and one pink. 515 00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:38,430 You give those to that clever niece of yours 516 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:39,830 with my congratulations. 517 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:41,990 That's kind of you, Violet. She'll be thrilled. 518 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:43,390 She'll be even more thrilled 519 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:45,990 if she wins that layette I'm displaying in my window. 520 00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:48,350 It's got everything in it that a new mum could ask for 521 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:51,550 and it's all in aid of the maternity home. 522 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:53,470 Yeah, go on, then! 523 00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:56,190 Best have two, seeing as it's twins. 524 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:00,920 84 and 85. 525 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:04,070 Nothing like babies for making people smile. 526 00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:05,990 Some people, maybe. 527 00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:08,950 Oh, Iris. 528 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:11,350 Me and my walloping, thoughtless mouth. I'm sorry. 529 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:13,790 No, I didn't mean to snap, Violet. It's just... 530 00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:16,950 - It's Christmas, it's a tricky time of year. - Oh, it would be. 531 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:19,950 Poor little Lorna and poor you. 532 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:22,670 - You remembered her name. - I couldn't forget it. 533 00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:25,870 Any more than I could forget that smile she had. 534 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:27,750 I look at her photograph sometimes 535 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:31,750 and I think, "Oh, I wish I'd called her something happier." 536 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:33,830 Lorna. 537 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:35,830 It seems a sad name, somehow. 538 00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:38,950 There is nothing sad about your little girl, Iris. 539 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:42,000 - Even at just three months. - Four months. 540 00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:53,310 I'll have a triple-hook... 541 00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:56,760 brassiere expander, if you would, please, Violet. 542 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:02,320 White, buff, or tea rose? 543 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:06,830 Hot water bottle stone-cold and exactly where I left it. 544 00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:08,750 This bed hasn't been slept in. 545 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:10,870 We should have checked. 546 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:16,900 The necklace has gone, and so's the sapphire ring. 547 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:19,310 I must telephone the motherhouse. 548 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:22,560 Sister Julienne, you must telephone the police. 549 00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:26,990 I thought it might be scarlet fever. 550 00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:30,470 - You know, she seems poorly enough. - No, it's measles. 551 00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:33,190 You'll need to dose her with aspirin every four hours. 552 00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:36,230 Start her with these. I'll write you a prescription for the rest. 553 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:39,580 - Can't she have antibiotics? - They won't work. 554 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:48,910 There's no need to look flustered, Iris. 555 00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:52,310 All you have to do is ask each child their name, age and address, 556 00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:55,150 write it down, then tell them to sit on a chair and wait their turn. 557 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:56,830 And what about the juice and biscuits? 558 00:32:56,880 --> 00:32:59,350 They can have them when they've auditioned and not before. 559 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:01,950 Can I have a biscuit now? 560 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:03,390 Don't think I can get through this 561 00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:05,030 without a boost to my kinetic energy. 562 00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:07,870 No, you can't. We don't want crumbs on the keys. 563 00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:10,520 Quick, grab yourself a gypsy cream. 564 00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:15,670 Everybody must go to the lady at the desk 565 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:20,710 and give their name, age and address before they sit down, 566 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:23,350 and wait until they're called! 567 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:25,230 - And no dogs. - It's a singing dog. 568 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:28,780 If it can't sing Silent Night, I'm not interested. 569 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:30,310 Would you say the necklace 570 00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:32,990 and the ring were worth a great deal of money, Sister? 571 00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:35,310 They were family heirlooms. 572 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:38,670 I wish I could say they were of purely sentimental value, 573 00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:42,590 but Sister Monica Joan was not at all sentimental about her relatives 574 00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:44,980 and they were extremely rich. 575 00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:49,350 Sister Julienne, did anything unusual happen yesterday? 576 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:52,560 Anything that might have upset her or caused her to change her routine? 577 00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:58,000 We live in close quarters at Nonnatus House, as you know. 578 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:01,190 Very like a family, in fact. 579 00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:04,640 And like all families, we have our disagreements. 580 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:11,230 Congratulations on being chosen for the choir, everyone, 581 00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:13,790 and well done for getting here on time. 582 00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:16,270 We're just going to rehearse for half an hour 583 00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:18,750 before you all set off for school today. 584 00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:22,870 Mrs Willens will have some hot Ribena ready for you when we finish. 585 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:24,790 Thank you, Timothy. 586 00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:32,030 ♪ In a bleak midwinter 587 00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:36,750 ♪ Frosty wind made moan 588 00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:40,870 ♪ Earth stood hard as iron... ♪ 589 00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:44,910 - Where have you gone? - ♪ Water like a stone... ♪ 590 00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:48,110 It's now been 36 hours since anyone has seen her. 591 00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:51,150 Her habit and her veil make her distinctive in this area, at least. 592 00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:54,070 But if she's gone further afield, she may not be recognised. 593 00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:57,120 She's extremely elderly and she's been ill. 594 00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:00,390 Sister Monica Joan! 595 00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:03,460 Sister! 596 00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:37,990 They're definitely hers. 597 00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:39,910 Is there anywhere else she could have gone? 598 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:43,110 I tried to telephone her nephew, who lives in Richmond, 599 00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:46,470 but his housekeeper said he's skiing in Switzerland and can't be reached. 600 00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:48,390 And she isn't at the motherhouse. 601 00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:50,070 It's as though she's just vanished. 602 00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:52,920 Nobody just vanishes, Sister Julienne. 603 00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:55,110 That's very reassuring, Sergeant. 604 00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:58,660 Sir, I found these in a bin on the Commercial Road. 605 00:36:01,240 --> 00:36:03,190 Anything could have happened to her. 606 00:36:03,240 --> 00:36:04,590 It was dark when she left 607 00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:07,510 and the streets around the docks are deserted after six o'clock. 608 00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:09,790 She probably thought her habit would keep her safe. 609 00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:12,710 I don't think she gave safety or danger a second thought. 610 00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:14,630 I think she was just excited about Christmas 611 00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:16,510 and upset that she wasn't allowed to be. 612 00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:18,750 The situation is troubling enough, Nurse Gilbert, 613 00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:21,870 without speculation, gossip and histrionics thrown into the mix. 614 00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:24,920 I would thank you to get on with your work! 615 00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:38,350 I'll be seeing you later, then! 616 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:41,830 Get your Christmas trees here! All shapes and sizes! 617 00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:44,070 - Come on, then. - I want a Norwegian pine. 618 00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:47,160 No bigger than seven foot tall and no more than 15 bob. 619 00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:18,800 Pat! 620 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:23,150 Where on Earth have you been? 621 00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:25,310 Didn't want to knock on the door. 622 00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:26,950 Didn't want to be asked in, 623 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:30,430 to see you for the first time with everybody watching. 624 00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:31,990 Wait here. 625 00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:34,640 I need to change out of my uniform. 626 00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:59,790 I couldn't write at all to begin with. 627 00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:02,110 Not for the first month. 628 00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:04,390 But after that, I sent three letters. 629 00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:06,440 My mother posted them. 630 00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:09,870 Or maybe she didn't. 631 00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:12,550 I would have answered if I'd got them. 632 00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:15,070 You know I would have answered. 633 00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:18,310 Does she suspect? 634 00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:20,670 She thinks you're my friend from training school. 635 00:38:20,720 --> 00:38:22,630 Oh, yes, the lady she helps at Cubs. 636 00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:25,670 I promise you, that's all she thinks. 637 00:38:25,720 --> 00:38:28,470 But she doesn't want me coming back to London to live. 638 00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:31,470 - Or to nurse. - Why not, if you're well enough? 639 00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:34,320 In her mind, I'll never be well enough. 640 00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:39,790 - I've got an appointment at the London to see Mr Hendry. - The neuro chap? 641 00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:43,030 And then another with the rehabilitation people. 642 00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:47,030 They'll tell me then when I can go back to work. If I can. 643 00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:48,680 Maybe months. 644 00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:53,190 You look tired. 645 00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:56,310 I... 646 00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:58,910 lose my train of thought sometimes. 647 00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:01,030 Better than losing you. 648 00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:07,190 We're staying with my aunt in Hornsey, did I tell you? 649 00:39:07,240 --> 00:39:08,640 No. 650 00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:12,830 Till after Christmas. 651 00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:14,910 I think Mum's hoping I'll see the "horror" 652 00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:16,430 of London through fresh eyes, 653 00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:19,910 but the minute they went off to their Welsh-language carol service, 654 00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:22,230 I was on the bus to Poplar. 655 00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:28,350 I'll be on the bus back to Hornsey soon. 656 00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:32,080 I don't know what I'm supposed to say to that. 657 00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:34,520 You're supposed to say... 658 00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:37,350 ".. Don't disappear again." 659 00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:41,070 You're supposed to say, "Meet me again, write to me. 660 00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:43,320 "Don't break the thread." 661 00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:46,710 Let's pick up all the broken pieces. 662 00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:49,820 Let's pick up where we were. 663 00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:55,030 Can't I just say, "Come back"? 664 00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:59,990 ♪ Darling, I love you... ♪ 665 00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:01,320 Yes. 666 00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:08,230 - Keep warm. - I will. 667 00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:12,660 - Telephone me when you've seen the doctor. - Yes. 668 00:40:26,360 --> 00:40:28,230 Hang on, mate. 669 00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:30,350 - What's that? - What? 670 00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:33,430 Oh, my God! 671 00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:35,350 'ere, get the hook. 672 00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:41,270 - 'It's an old lady.' - I see. 673 00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:46,110 'You still there, guv?' 674 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:48,750 Yes. 675 00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:50,990 'You'll need to check your missing persons record.' 676 00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:53,840 I'm aware of the procedure, thank you. 677 00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:01,310 - Patrick! - What's happened? 678 00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:04,600 It's little Tina Lewis. Her mother called -- it's urgent. 679 00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:23,670 I assume motorised transport to the mortuary may not go amiss? 680 00:41:23,720 --> 00:41:26,230 I was going to drive them in the police car, Nurse Crane. 681 00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:29,550 Allow me to spare you the encroachment on your time. 682 00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:32,400 Nobody here has done anything criminal. 683 00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:40,710 She was all right last night! 684 00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:44,150 Sh-she was talking, she said there were little men in the wallpaper! 685 00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:45,830 Tina! 686 00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:47,190 Tina! 687 00:41:47,240 --> 00:41:48,550 She's unconscious. 688 00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:51,590 - I'm sending for an ambulance. - She's not going to die?! 689 00:41:51,640 --> 00:41:53,710 She can't die, it's only measles! 690 00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:56,360 It's never ONLY measles, Mrs Lewis. 691 00:42:21,480 --> 00:42:24,980 Just give the attendant the word when you're ready. 692 00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:39,740 We're ready. 693 00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:56,680 It isn't her. 694 00:42:57,520 --> 00:42:59,060 Poor woman. 695 00:42:59,840 --> 00:43:02,560 Poor, poor woman. 696 00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:08,910 ♪ Enough for Him, whom cherubim 697 00:43:08,960 --> 00:43:12,270 ♪ Worship night and day 698 00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:18,910 ♪ A breastful of milk and a mangerful of hay. ♪ 699 00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:21,830 See, that's where I want the descant to come in. 700 00:43:21,880 --> 00:43:24,070 It always seems to peter out there. 701 00:43:24,120 --> 00:43:25,830 Well, that's because of the words. 702 00:43:25,880 --> 00:43:27,670 What's wrong with the words? 703 00:43:27,720 --> 00:43:30,230 Well, there's just a word that no-one likes singing. 704 00:43:30,280 --> 00:43:32,150 It's in that line. 705 00:43:33,360 --> 00:43:35,560 And it begins with a "B". 706 00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:37,230 What, "breast"? 707 00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:39,230 - Da-da! - Dad! 708 00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:40,950 I'll get that. 709 00:43:43,200 --> 00:43:45,310 - Dad, I've gone bright red! - Hello? 710 00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:47,830 - In the privacy of my own home. - I'll fetch him now. 711 00:43:47,880 --> 00:43:49,550 Hold the line. 712 00:43:51,440 --> 00:43:53,910 It sounds like another measles case. 713 00:43:53,960 --> 00:43:56,070 Joey Minton. 714 00:43:56,120 --> 00:43:58,120 And he's in my choir. 715 00:44:01,240 --> 00:44:04,710 Tonight at compline, we will once again say special intercessions 716 00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:07,750 for the safe return of Sister Monica Joan. 717 00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:09,790 And we will also pray for the lost soul 718 00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:13,120 - recovered from the Thames this morning. - Yes, Sister. 719 00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:18,110 And that's all I can manage to say at the moment. 720 00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:20,160 Sister Mary Cynthia... 721 00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:23,600 .. perhaps you would lead us in grace. 722 00:44:37,840 --> 00:44:40,950 Dost think, because thou art a rat... 723 00:44:42,960 --> 00:44:45,960 .. there shall be no more cakes and ale? 724 00:44:53,920 --> 00:44:56,630 What a caterwauling... 725 00:44:56,680 --> 00:44:59,230 do we keep here! 726 00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:07,270 Oh, good. 727 00:45:07,320 --> 00:45:10,510 Can you go straight through and help Nurse Gilbert in the delivery room? 728 00:45:10,560 --> 00:45:12,510 Doctor's been delayed at the Board of Health 729 00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:15,350 and we've a lady in there with an occipital posterior. 730 00:45:15,400 --> 00:45:17,590 Nothing like manning the gas and air to start the day. 731 00:45:17,640 --> 00:45:21,030 Trixie, is there any news of Sister Monica Joan? 732 00:45:21,080 --> 00:45:23,430 How can a trail go cold like that 733 00:45:23,480 --> 00:45:26,680 when someone has a home and when they're loved? 734 00:45:29,600 --> 00:45:32,870 The Board of Health have approved the quarantine regulations. 735 00:45:32,920 --> 00:45:36,830 Hendy Street and St John's schools are breaking up early for Christmas 736 00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:39,710 and all children's groups are suspended till New Year. 737 00:45:39,760 --> 00:45:41,550 You did the right thing to push for that. 738 00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:46,550 I'm glad you think so, because the suspended groups include your choir. 739 00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:49,590 - No! - I'm sorry, Shelagh. 740 00:45:49,640 --> 00:45:53,160 But I never want to put another unresponsive child into an ambulance. 741 00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:17,910 Mr Swann, I appreciate your disappointment, 742 00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:21,830 but we can't magic up a children's choral performance out of thin air. 743 00:46:21,880 --> 00:46:25,190 And I can't bring the magic of Christmas all the way to Poplar 744 00:46:25,240 --> 00:46:27,510 wrapped in paper and string! 745 00:46:27,560 --> 00:46:30,510 You have to furnish the sparkle, Reverend! 746 00:46:30,560 --> 00:46:32,190 Those were the terms of the deal. 747 00:46:32,240 --> 00:46:34,830 We're in the grip of a measles epidemic. 748 00:46:34,880 --> 00:46:35,990 I had chicken pox 749 00:46:36,040 --> 00:46:39,750 when I was doing Peter Pan with Madame Aida's Champagne Babes. 750 00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:42,990 I still managed to play the Princess Theatre nightly! 751 00:46:43,040 --> 00:46:46,870 Have you never heard the phrase "the show must go on"?! 752 00:46:46,920 --> 00:46:49,910 It's not a show, Mr Swann, it's an act of worship. 753 00:46:49,960 --> 00:46:52,430 Until somebody films it. 754 00:46:52,480 --> 00:46:54,470 And if nobody films it, 755 00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:57,070 you might as well worship in a darkened room 756 00:46:57,120 --> 00:46:58,790 with all the doors locked. 757 00:46:58,840 --> 00:47:00,710 What do you mean, "if nobody films it"? 758 00:47:00,760 --> 00:47:04,150 Mr Swann, I think that what Mr Hereward hasn't made clear 759 00:47:04,200 --> 00:47:06,790 is that the children have been quarantined 760 00:47:06,840 --> 00:47:08,270 for the good of their health. 761 00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:11,430 - And I'm sure you don't wish to see that compromised. - Of course not. 762 00:47:11,480 --> 00:47:14,830 - But... - And I'm sorry you weren't taken better care of as a child. 763 00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:18,310 No-one should have forced you to go on as Peter Pan. 764 00:47:18,360 --> 00:47:20,500 I wasn't even Peter Pan. 765 00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:22,420 I was Smee. 766 00:47:26,040 --> 00:47:29,110 Children matter, Mr Swann. 767 00:47:29,160 --> 00:47:31,790 And they're at the very heart of Christmas. 768 00:47:31,840 --> 00:47:34,510 But if you put them at risk just to prove that point, 769 00:47:34,560 --> 00:47:38,710 - you make a nonsense of it all. - What do you propose we do, Mrs Turner? 770 00:47:38,760 --> 00:47:40,390 Simply bring your... 771 00:47:40,440 --> 00:47:44,590 cameramen and your lighting equipment to the church as planned. 772 00:47:44,640 --> 00:47:49,480 And we will give you a show to be proud of. 773 00:48:09,640 --> 00:48:11,310 Mrs Turner? 774 00:48:11,360 --> 00:48:12,910 Hello, Iris. 775 00:48:12,960 --> 00:48:16,070 I finished the first of the shepherds last night. 776 00:48:16,120 --> 00:48:18,790 I think the tunic's come up lovely. 777 00:48:18,840 --> 00:48:21,670 Just, I wanted you to see it before I got the rest sewn up. 778 00:48:21,720 --> 00:48:24,670 I've got two mums flat out on Mary and Joseph 779 00:48:24,720 --> 00:48:27,550 and two more sneaking the angels into work with them. 780 00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:30,070 They're seamstresses down the curtain factory. 781 00:48:30,120 --> 00:48:33,550 - They're naughty girls. - They're good girls. 782 00:48:33,600 --> 00:48:34,870 It was a good cause. 783 00:48:34,920 --> 00:48:36,390 WAS a good cau...? 784 00:48:36,440 --> 00:48:38,030 - Shall I bring it in now? - Yes. 785 00:48:38,080 --> 00:48:40,430 Make sure you take it off the barrow. 786 00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:42,750 He will dither! 787 00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:44,670 Thing is, Mrs Turner, 788 00:48:44,720 --> 00:48:47,030 you need something better than an orange box 789 00:48:47,080 --> 00:48:49,390 if that manger's going to be on the telly. 790 00:48:49,440 --> 00:48:52,350 - I know, but... - I'm proud of this church. 791 00:48:52,400 --> 00:48:55,030 I put all the love and care I couldn't spend on Lorna 792 00:48:55,080 --> 00:48:57,080 into looking after it. 793 00:48:58,160 --> 00:49:01,470 Made sure its face is clean and its hair's brushed. 794 00:49:01,520 --> 00:49:04,960 Always made sure it was turned out in its proper Sunday best. 795 00:49:06,200 --> 00:49:09,600 Yeah, maybe Lorna wouldn't have liked me fussing. 796 00:49:10,200 --> 00:49:12,630 She might have been one of them little madams who wriggles 797 00:49:12,680 --> 00:49:14,880 and says the brush hurts. 798 00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:21,520 But I think she would have liked you to have this. 799 00:49:46,840 --> 00:49:49,670 I spent 22 Christmases not letting any joy in 800 00:49:49,720 --> 00:49:52,830 because I had no child to share it with. 801 00:49:52,880 --> 00:49:54,630 This year's been different. 802 00:49:54,680 --> 00:49:55,990 Has it? 803 00:49:56,040 --> 00:49:59,200 I stopped holding out against the happiness, didn't I? 804 00:50:00,280 --> 00:50:03,480 And I found out that Christmas was meant for me, too. 805 00:50:08,080 --> 00:50:09,190 I pretended to Mr Swann 806 00:50:09,240 --> 00:50:11,870 that the children weren't the most important thing, 807 00:50:11,920 --> 00:50:15,470 yet I just don't know how I'm going to replace them. 808 00:50:15,520 --> 00:50:17,440 Oh, I don't either. 809 00:50:20,360 --> 00:50:22,560 But you keep that cradle. 810 00:50:23,800 --> 00:50:26,200 Took me too long to let it go. 811 00:50:34,280 --> 00:50:35,910 Can I help you? 812 00:50:35,960 --> 00:50:38,960 You may stand aside and admit me! 813 00:50:41,200 --> 00:50:44,590 My... parents 814 00:50:44,640 --> 00:50:46,980 had a run of woeful butlers. 815 00:50:49,760 --> 00:50:53,830 But none that ever wore their hat indoors. 816 00:50:53,880 --> 00:50:57,280 Mind all this stuff. I wouldn't like you to trip. 817 00:51:00,320 --> 00:51:04,760 There were once a pair of wolfhounds here. 818 00:51:05,880 --> 00:51:08,040 Romulus and Remus. 819 00:51:09,200 --> 00:51:11,750 They sprawled on the floor 820 00:51:11,800 --> 00:51:13,800 in semblance of a rug. 821 00:51:15,040 --> 00:51:20,110 And caused more mishaps than any mess 822 00:51:20,160 --> 00:51:21,830 of cycle parts. 823 00:51:26,120 --> 00:51:29,220 I think that might have been before our time. 824 00:51:31,400 --> 00:51:34,700 Almost all the world is before your time, child. 825 00:51:36,280 --> 00:51:39,790 Though I see from the badges you affect, 826 00:51:39,840 --> 00:51:43,590 you are concerned to see it last a little longer. 827 00:51:43,640 --> 00:51:46,710 We're squatting here while we protest at the Aldermaston base. 828 00:51:46,760 --> 00:51:48,190 This was a school for a bit, 829 00:51:48,240 --> 00:51:49,950 but it shut and they can't sell it 830 00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:54,030 because there are nuclear weapons two miles up the road. 831 00:51:54,080 --> 00:51:57,440 This was always a house of discord and attrition. 832 00:51:58,800 --> 00:52:01,200 I was almost never happy here. 833 00:52:01,760 --> 00:52:03,630 But it was my home. 834 00:52:13,320 --> 00:52:16,120 I shall need a hot brick for my feet. 835 00:52:19,520 --> 00:52:22,470 So you want the midwives of Nonnatus House to sing 836 00:52:22,520 --> 00:52:23,870 instead of the children, 837 00:52:23,920 --> 00:52:26,790 wearing our uniforms and our habits? 838 00:52:26,840 --> 00:52:29,710 I almost didn't like to come and ask you. 839 00:52:29,760 --> 00:52:33,550 It seems frivolous and stupid to be fretting about a carol service 840 00:52:33,600 --> 00:52:35,950 when Sister Monica Joan is missing. 841 00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:38,790 And that's without the television element. 842 00:52:38,840 --> 00:52:41,840 I do know you were always uneasy about that. 843 00:52:43,040 --> 00:52:45,030 I was... 844 00:52:45,080 --> 00:52:46,430 but it sometimes seems to me, 845 00:52:46,480 --> 00:52:49,420 the older I get, the more I have to learn. 846 00:52:52,360 --> 00:52:54,630 We get so much out of love. 847 00:52:55,600 --> 00:52:58,200 We find strength in it and courage. 848 00:52:59,080 --> 00:53:01,750 Love is our foundation and our fuel. 849 00:53:03,360 --> 00:53:05,630 But, if we don't show enough of it... 850 00:53:05,680 --> 00:53:07,430 No. Sister, no. 851 00:53:07,480 --> 00:53:10,750 You are not to blame for Sister Monica Joan running away. 852 00:53:10,800 --> 00:53:13,990 .. then we might as well not feel any love at all, 853 00:53:14,040 --> 00:53:17,630 and that is why I'm here choosing clothes 854 00:53:17,680 --> 00:53:20,510 so a woman who drowned, 855 00:53:20,560 --> 00:53:21,990 who didn't even have a name, 856 00:53:22,040 --> 00:53:26,430 can be buried with some evidence that someone somewhere cared 857 00:53:26,480 --> 00:53:28,590 and that is why 858 00:53:28,640 --> 00:53:30,550 I'm going to say yes 859 00:53:30,600 --> 00:53:32,800 to singing in your choir. 860 00:53:34,720 --> 00:53:38,350 I offered her some of that lentil risotto but she didn't want to know. 861 00:53:38,400 --> 00:53:40,630 I had a bit more luck with the Eccles cakes. 862 00:53:40,680 --> 00:53:43,390 - Should we send for a doctor? - No, we aren't registered with one. 863 00:53:43,440 --> 00:53:47,080 - We could take her to hospital if she... - I shall be taken nowhere. 864 00:53:50,240 --> 00:53:51,550 It was 865 00:53:51,600 --> 00:53:55,110 effort enough to make my way here. 866 00:53:55,160 --> 00:53:58,990 Now that I am home, I am quite content. 867 00:53:59,040 --> 00:54:00,510 But, Antonia... 868 00:54:00,560 --> 00:54:05,520 It seems strange to hear my name again within these walls. 869 00:54:08,280 --> 00:54:10,200 Antonia. 870 00:54:13,720 --> 00:54:16,590 I have come home 871 00:54:16,640 --> 00:54:18,400 to be counted. 872 00:54:22,120 --> 00:54:27,190 Do you suppose it's all right for us to feel excited about the broadcast? 873 00:54:27,240 --> 00:54:28,830 If Sister Monica Joan were here, 874 00:54:28,880 --> 00:54:32,150 she'd be more excited about it than anyone. 875 00:54:32,200 --> 00:54:34,710 We should enter into the spirit of it, 876 00:54:34,760 --> 00:54:37,470 - for her sake. - Exactly. 877 00:54:37,520 --> 00:54:40,270 Barbara, you must let me give you a make-up lesson. 878 00:54:40,320 --> 00:54:42,390 The television lights can be frightfully cruel 879 00:54:42,440 --> 00:54:43,590 to one's complexion. 880 00:54:43,640 --> 00:54:46,430 We won't even be able to see ourselves perform, anyway. 881 00:54:46,480 --> 00:54:48,350 Unless we stand outside the electrical shop 882 00:54:48,400 --> 00:54:49,710 and peer in through the window. 883 00:54:49,760 --> 00:54:51,670 I suppose my family will see me. 884 00:54:51,720 --> 00:54:54,710 They'll be watching the broadcast when it's screened on Christmas Day. 885 00:54:54,760 --> 00:54:55,830 Pan Stik, that's it. 886 00:54:55,880 --> 00:54:58,270 I promise you, just one layer of Pan Stik. 887 00:54:58,320 --> 00:55:01,030 And some rouge and a teensy lick of mascara. 888 00:55:01,080 --> 00:55:03,670 Trixie, Barbara doesn't need mascara. 889 00:55:03,720 --> 00:55:05,710 Some lipstick might be nice. 890 00:55:05,760 --> 00:55:09,480 With a touch of Gay Geranium, you'd look quite like Jean Simmons. 891 00:55:10,520 --> 00:55:12,630 The young Jean Simmons, obviously. 892 00:55:12,680 --> 00:55:14,550 I haven't been to the cinema for years. 893 00:55:14,600 --> 00:55:17,190 Behold, I bring tidings of great joy. 894 00:55:17,240 --> 00:55:19,310 We have a truncated house call list this evening 895 00:55:19,360 --> 00:55:22,790 - so we can finish early to attend choir practice. - Oh! 896 00:55:22,840 --> 00:55:25,310 All right, all right, your enthusiasm is duly noted. 897 00:55:25,360 --> 00:55:28,670 Now let's turn our minds back from our performance to our patients. 898 00:55:28,720 --> 00:55:30,260 Nurse Mount. 899 00:55:41,560 --> 00:55:43,870 You've made me swallow it. 900 00:55:43,920 --> 00:55:47,790 It's meant to be a gargle to lubricate my tubes. 901 00:55:47,840 --> 00:55:51,110 Mrs Turner recommended it after rehearsal. 902 00:55:51,160 --> 00:55:53,510 My singing is rather rusty. 903 00:55:53,560 --> 00:55:56,030 I'd have recommended engine oil. 904 00:55:58,040 --> 00:56:00,390 I'm not going to quarrel with you. Not at Christmas, 905 00:56:00,440 --> 00:56:03,350 not with everything hanging over us like this. 906 00:56:03,400 --> 00:56:05,910 You mean Sister Monica Joan? 907 00:56:05,960 --> 00:56:09,060 Oh, yes. I could kick myself, I really could. 908 00:56:09,640 --> 00:56:10,990 If we get her back safely, 909 00:56:11,040 --> 00:56:15,390 she can put up next year's tree on Easter Sunday if she likes. 910 00:56:15,440 --> 00:56:18,750 I just keep running through everything I said. 911 00:56:18,800 --> 00:56:23,390 I keep running over everything she said when she was ill. 912 00:56:23,440 --> 00:56:25,430 Delirium's always interesting. 913 00:56:25,480 --> 00:56:28,310 Sometimes, the truth comes out. 914 00:56:28,360 --> 00:56:29,990 Was she talking about her mother? 915 00:56:30,040 --> 00:56:31,750 Mostly. 916 00:56:31,800 --> 00:56:34,350 She was talking about her childhood. 917 00:56:34,400 --> 00:56:36,150 About the house she lived in 918 00:56:36,200 --> 00:56:38,590 and what they did when it was cold 919 00:56:38,640 --> 00:56:41,190 and it must have been on her mind because, 920 00:56:41,240 --> 00:56:44,070 the next day, she mentioned it again. 921 00:56:44,120 --> 00:56:48,670 - The house? - She said everyone should go home for Christmas. 922 00:56:48,720 --> 00:56:51,910 That was why Jesus was born in Bethlehem. 923 00:56:51,960 --> 00:56:55,360 Something about that being its true meaning. 924 00:57:41,720 --> 00:57:43,990 I know where she is. 925 00:57:44,040 --> 00:57:45,750 - Morning, Sister. - Sister Monica Joan. 926 00:57:45,800 --> 00:57:47,070 I know where she is. 927 00:57:47,120 --> 00:57:49,590 Here, I've written it all down. 928 00:57:52,880 --> 00:57:57,150 No. I'm sorry, this really doesn't say "manger" to me. 929 00:57:57,200 --> 00:57:59,150 It isn't supposed to. 930 00:57:59,200 --> 00:58:01,350 It's supposed to say "cradle". 931 00:58:01,400 --> 00:58:04,150 Something every mother watching is going to recognise. 932 00:58:04,200 --> 00:58:07,550 Just as they'll recognise the newborn baby that we'll place there. 933 00:58:07,600 --> 00:58:10,070 Will it be a good-looking newborn baby? 934 00:58:10,120 --> 00:58:11,550 We don't know yet. 935 00:58:11,600 --> 00:58:15,100 We haven't been to the maternity home to pick one. 936 00:58:16,800 --> 00:58:19,800 - Yes. - 'I'll make sure the information is passed on.' - Thank you. 937 00:58:21,680 --> 00:58:24,590 An inspector from the Berkshire constabulary's going to call me back 938 00:58:24,640 --> 00:58:27,030 - in due course. - Due course? 939 00:58:27,080 --> 00:58:30,070 She's been missing for days and she's nearly 90! 940 00:58:30,120 --> 00:58:33,310 This address is out of my area, Sister. It has to be referred. 941 00:58:33,360 --> 00:58:36,430 I'm just as worried as you but those are the regulations. 942 00:58:36,480 --> 00:58:38,550 Regulations? 943 00:58:38,600 --> 00:58:39,830 One day, Sergeant Noakes, 944 00:58:39,880 --> 00:58:41,750 when you're a bit less wet behind the ears, 945 00:58:41,800 --> 00:58:43,510 you will realise there are regulations 946 00:58:43,560 --> 00:58:45,760 and there is common sense. 947 00:58:52,800 --> 00:58:54,790 Stop! 948 00:58:54,840 --> 00:58:56,670 Wait! 949 00:58:56,720 --> 00:58:58,990 Morning, Sister. What happened to your bike? 950 00:58:59,040 --> 00:59:03,190 Nothing, but pedal power isn't going to get me all the way to Berkshire. 951 00:59:03,240 --> 00:59:06,480 - Berkshire? I've got a van full of Christmas trees. - Go! 952 00:59:15,760 --> 00:59:19,150 I am reconciled to the lady on the right's habit. 953 00:59:19,200 --> 00:59:21,310 It smacks somewhat of the Virgin Mary, 954 00:59:21,360 --> 00:59:23,430 which is nothing if not fortuitous, 955 00:59:23,480 --> 00:59:26,590 but this, the hat, the mackintosh... 956 00:59:26,640 --> 00:59:29,030 Oh, we won't be wearing our macs. 957 00:59:29,080 --> 00:59:32,350 And the cardigans are really very Christmassy. 958 00:59:32,400 --> 00:59:36,430 Glorious technicolour has not come to the BBC yet, dear. 959 00:59:36,480 --> 00:59:38,830 This fabric is terribly limp. 960 00:59:38,880 --> 00:59:40,310 Oh, they're midwives, 961 00:59:40,360 --> 00:59:42,760 the uniforms get washed a lot. 962 00:59:46,080 --> 00:59:49,270 Is there the smallest chance of frilly little caps? 963 00:59:49,320 --> 00:59:51,630 Oh! Quite a big one, actually. 964 00:59:51,680 --> 00:59:53,990 And, if you stump up for more broderie anglaise, 965 00:59:54,040 --> 00:59:56,580 they could be very frilly indeed. 966 00:59:57,680 --> 01:00:01,080 I shall be starting on your ensemble in a moment. 967 01:00:06,280 --> 01:00:08,030 Mrs Turner... 968 01:00:08,080 --> 01:00:10,230 Iris, whatever's the matter? 969 01:00:10,280 --> 01:00:12,750 I woke up feeling proper rotten. 970 01:00:13,960 --> 01:00:17,760 I had a kidney stone last year. I reckon it's come back. 971 01:00:18,800 --> 01:00:21,150 And it would be today, when there's so much to do. 972 01:00:21,200 --> 01:00:22,870 Today's just the rehearsal. 973 01:00:22,920 --> 01:00:25,030 The church looks beautiful! 974 01:00:25,080 --> 01:00:26,590 Oh! 975 01:00:26,640 --> 01:00:28,980 I'm taking you to see Doctor. 976 01:00:36,720 --> 01:00:39,840 'Antonia... Antonia! 977 01:00:41,960 --> 01:00:45,360 'Nanny found the Bible in your room again.' 978 01:00:48,080 --> 01:00:51,710 Antonia... Try to drink something. 979 01:00:51,760 --> 01:00:54,880 There was a piano in here. 980 01:00:56,440 --> 01:01:00,070 But I imagine you used it for firewood. 981 01:01:00,120 --> 01:01:02,510 You must take in some fluids. 982 01:01:02,560 --> 01:01:05,390 Or we'll have to take you to a hospital. 983 01:01:05,440 --> 01:01:07,110 I will not go. 984 01:01:08,720 --> 01:01:10,800 The story is concluded. 985 01:01:12,520 --> 01:01:15,000 I was born in this house. 986 01:01:16,000 --> 01:01:19,160 And I'm content to meet my maker here. 987 01:01:46,360 --> 01:01:48,190 Have you passed any blood recently? 988 01:01:48,240 --> 01:01:51,230 No, I've had the change. I had it early. 989 01:01:51,280 --> 01:01:52,630 I meant in your urine. 990 01:01:52,680 --> 01:01:53,670 No. 991 01:01:53,720 --> 01:01:56,030 I have been going more than usual, though. 992 01:01:56,080 --> 01:01:58,120 Oh, I feel a bit sick. 993 01:01:59,400 --> 01:02:01,800 The pain's in my back, mostly. 994 01:02:07,120 --> 01:02:08,920 Ah, oooh. Oooh. 995 01:02:28,120 --> 01:02:30,910 Iris, dear, when you're ready 996 01:02:30,960 --> 01:02:33,190 I'm going to get you to your feet 997 01:02:33,240 --> 01:02:36,390 and we're going to help you across to the maternity home. 998 01:02:36,440 --> 01:02:37,550 Maternity home? 999 01:02:37,600 --> 01:02:39,940 You're going to have a baby! 1000 01:02:46,040 --> 01:02:47,670 When? 1001 01:02:47,720 --> 01:02:49,440 Very soon. 1002 01:02:50,520 --> 01:02:53,360 I, I don't, I... 1003 01:02:54,400 --> 01:02:57,150 I don't feel safe. 1004 01:02:57,200 --> 01:02:59,830 When I had my Lorna, Sister Julienne said 1005 01:02:59,880 --> 01:03:02,750 the most important thing was to f-feel safe. 1006 01:03:02,800 --> 01:03:07,240 I'll ring Nonnatus House. 1007 01:03:08,760 --> 01:03:12,270 Will you please put your foot down before I put it down for you? 1008 01:03:12,320 --> 01:03:15,310 I'm driving down dangerous country lanes! 1009 01:03:15,360 --> 01:03:18,240 There might be rabbits or sheep! 1010 01:03:19,640 --> 01:03:23,870 Iris, Iris, I know this is hard to get to grips with. 1011 01:03:23,920 --> 01:03:25,260 I know. 1012 01:03:26,200 --> 01:03:28,550 I-I'm, I'm 46. 1013 01:03:28,600 --> 01:03:29,990 How can I not have known? 1014 01:03:30,040 --> 01:03:32,390 You're not the first woman this has happened to. 1015 01:03:32,440 --> 01:03:34,830 It's rare, but you're not alone. 1016 01:03:34,880 --> 01:03:36,550 But will it be all right? 1017 01:03:36,600 --> 01:03:38,870 How is it going to be all right? 1018 01:03:38,920 --> 01:03:42,680 Everything will be all right, Iris. I promise you. 1019 01:03:44,680 --> 01:03:46,640 Sister Julienne. 1020 01:03:48,080 --> 01:03:49,870 You delivered my Lorna. 1021 01:03:49,920 --> 01:03:52,150 Yes, I did. 1022 01:03:52,200 --> 01:03:55,200 And I've often remembered her in my prayers. 1023 01:03:58,280 --> 01:04:00,670 I never thought I'd have another child. 1024 01:04:00,720 --> 01:04:03,270 I just... I kept loving her. 1025 01:04:03,320 --> 01:04:05,320 And you always will. 1026 01:04:06,800 --> 01:04:09,800 Love is not going to be halved, but doubled. 1027 01:04:28,080 --> 01:04:32,950 That's it, that's it, Iris. Another strong, steady push. 1028 01:04:33,000 --> 01:04:35,230 That's it, that's it. 1029 01:04:35,280 --> 01:04:39,070 Yes! Perfect, perfect. 1030 01:04:39,120 --> 01:04:41,790 Baby's head stopped slipping back now, it'll be with us soon. 1031 01:04:41,840 --> 01:04:43,630 Your husband's arrived now, Iris. 1032 01:04:43,680 --> 01:04:46,680 Dr Turner's just bringing him up-to-date... 1033 01:04:50,800 --> 01:04:52,270 That's it. 1034 01:04:58,200 --> 01:05:01,240 That's it. Nice, steady drag. 1035 01:05:09,280 --> 01:05:11,150 This is the place! 1036 01:05:20,600 --> 01:05:24,830 Well done. It's a little girl! 1037 01:05:24,880 --> 01:05:26,820 And she's beautiful. 1038 01:05:30,440 --> 01:05:31,910 Come here. 1039 01:05:34,920 --> 01:05:36,360 Come on. 1040 01:05:38,600 --> 01:05:40,400 Come to your mum. 1041 01:05:51,240 --> 01:05:53,280 Ssh. Ssh. 1042 01:06:08,640 --> 01:06:11,470 I remember the days of old. 1043 01:06:11,520 --> 01:06:14,070 I meditate on all thy works. 1044 01:06:14,120 --> 01:06:17,190 I muse on the works of thy hands. 1045 01:06:17,240 --> 01:06:20,430 I stretch forth my hands unto thee. 1046 01:06:20,480 --> 01:06:26,190 My soul thirsteth after thee, as in a thirsty land. 1047 01:06:26,240 --> 01:06:30,600 Cause me to hear thy loving kindness in the morning. 1048 01:06:32,040 --> 01:06:35,030 For in thee do I trust. 1049 01:06:35,080 --> 01:06:39,800 Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk. 1050 01:06:40,840 --> 01:06:44,320 For I lift up my soul unto thee. 1051 01:06:46,830 --> 01:06:47,830 Amen. 1052 01:06:47,880 --> 01:06:49,280 (Amen.) 1053 01:06:54,000 --> 01:06:55,470 Open wide. 1054 01:06:58,120 --> 01:07:01,560 I think you'll find it's my turn to start shouting the odds. 1055 01:07:05,640 --> 01:07:07,310 The police have arrived. 1056 01:07:07,360 --> 01:07:10,860 They want to know if they should call an ambulance. 1057 01:07:11,600 --> 01:07:13,940 An ambulance is not required. 1058 01:07:14,800 --> 01:07:16,550 I have funds aplenty 1059 01:07:16,600 --> 01:07:19,190 since I pawned my mother's jewels. 1060 01:07:19,240 --> 01:07:23,200 - You pawned them?! - It was an interesting experience. 1061 01:07:24,320 --> 01:07:28,510 En route, I spent one highly displeasing night 1062 01:07:28,560 --> 01:07:31,360 in a Gerrards Cross guesthouse. 1063 01:07:32,720 --> 01:07:34,920 Much capital remains. 1064 01:07:37,240 --> 01:07:40,240 I suggest we telephone a taxi. 1065 01:07:41,720 --> 01:07:44,560 Your chauffeur already awaits. 1066 01:07:55,240 --> 01:07:59,670 I reckon, uh... about six pound, 4oz? 1067 01:07:59,720 --> 01:08:00,830 You're spot on! 1068 01:08:00,880 --> 01:08:03,150 Costermonger's never wrong! 1069 01:08:04,240 --> 01:08:05,710 What we going to call her, then? 1070 01:08:05,760 --> 01:08:07,830 No sad names this time. 1071 01:08:09,760 --> 01:08:11,470 I'm going to call her Joy. 1072 01:08:11,520 --> 01:08:14,030 Oh, that's a lovely name to give a child. 1073 01:08:14,080 --> 01:08:16,550 It's all we've got to give her! 1074 01:08:16,600 --> 01:08:19,680 I haven't got a vest or a mitten for the poor little scrap! 1075 01:08:28,440 --> 01:08:30,270 Nonnatus House, midwife speaking. 1076 01:08:30,320 --> 01:08:34,070 'I'm calling from a box on the corner of Whittle Street.' 1077 01:08:34,120 --> 01:08:37,120 There's someone there in need of attention. 1078 01:08:43,800 --> 01:08:47,190 - What are you up to? - We're drawing the raffle tomorrow. 1079 01:08:47,240 --> 01:08:48,350 Tomorrow? 1080 01:08:48,400 --> 01:08:51,350 I could murder a bit of cheese on toast. 1081 01:08:51,400 --> 01:08:53,270 I've been driving through countryside. 1082 01:08:53,320 --> 01:08:54,830 Well, you can have cheese on toast 1083 01:08:54,880 --> 01:08:57,750 when you've helped me out with this lot. 1084 01:08:58,120 --> 01:09:02,320 I want you to take out all the 84s and all the 85s. 1085 01:09:16,600 --> 01:09:18,550 I reckon this is immoral. 1086 01:09:18,600 --> 01:09:20,710 Well, keep at it, and then you've got 1087 01:09:20,760 --> 01:09:24,470 the choice of Wensleydale, cheddar or Red Leicester. 1088 01:09:24,520 --> 01:09:26,230 They say the headaches will fade away. 1089 01:09:26,280 --> 01:09:29,150 I just need to rest for a little longer. 1090 01:09:29,320 --> 01:09:31,270 Not that my mother will let me do much else. 1091 01:09:31,320 --> 01:09:33,030 Will she let you come back to work? 1092 01:09:33,080 --> 01:09:35,230 I have to come back to work! 1093 01:09:35,280 --> 01:09:37,000 Back to London. 1094 01:09:38,040 --> 01:09:40,240 This is where my life is. 1095 01:09:40,800 --> 01:09:43,350 - And where you are. - Deils, I'm not going anywhere. 1096 01:09:43,400 --> 01:09:46,070 You can't come back if they don't give you a clean bill of health. 1097 01:09:46,120 --> 01:09:47,590 They will. 1098 01:09:48,240 --> 01:09:49,910 I'll make them. 1099 01:09:52,200 --> 01:09:54,540 People out here are waiting! 1100 01:09:56,560 --> 01:09:58,830 People in here are waiting. 1101 01:10:01,720 --> 01:10:03,350 Sheila, it's here, I found it. 1102 01:10:03,400 --> 01:10:04,960 Wait there. 1103 01:10:16,840 --> 01:10:18,710 I didn't know you could arrange flowers. 1104 01:10:18,760 --> 01:10:21,760 There's a lot about me that you don't know. 1105 01:10:22,200 --> 01:10:24,940 Beatrix Franklin, midwife of mystery. 1106 01:10:33,120 --> 01:10:37,240 In your own time, Mr Swann. Any ticket you like. 1107 01:10:41,800 --> 01:10:43,430 Number 85! 1108 01:10:43,480 --> 01:10:45,150 Oh! Fancy that! 1109 01:10:45,200 --> 01:10:46,230 Oh! 1110 01:10:46,280 --> 01:10:50,990 'Sometimes, the route to joy is indirect. 1111 01:10:51,040 --> 01:10:54,230 'Our journey home not quite as we expected. 1112 01:10:54,280 --> 01:10:57,430 'There's no magic star to guide our steps, 1113 01:10:57,480 --> 01:11:00,600 'no ancient prophecies to predict our way. 1114 01:11:16,640 --> 01:11:20,830 'The greatest gift is to know that we travel not alone, 1115 01:11:20,880 --> 01:11:22,550 'but in the company of others. 1116 01:11:22,600 --> 01:11:26,070 'That there are hands that we can reach for 1117 01:11:26,120 --> 01:11:29,080 'and hearts to keep us warm.' 1118 01:11:39,840 --> 01:11:43,190 ♪ Silent night 1119 01:11:43,240 --> 01:11:46,350 ♪ Holy night 1120 01:11:46,400 --> 01:11:50,230 ♪ All is calm 1121 01:11:50,280 --> 01:11:54,350 ♪ All is bright 1122 01:11:54,400 --> 01:12:01,590 ♪ Round yon virgin, mother and child 1123 01:12:01,640 --> 01:12:08,990 ♪ Holy infant so tender and mild 1124 01:12:09,040 --> 01:12:16,310 ♪ Sleep in heavenly peace 1125 01:12:16,360 --> 01:12:23,280 ♪ Sleep in heavenly peace 1126 01:12:24,680 --> 01:12:28,350 ♪ Silent night 1127 01:12:28,400 --> 01:12:31,990 ♪ Holy night 1128 01:12:32,040 --> 01:12:39,990 ♪ Shepherds quake at the sight 1129 01:12:40,040 --> 01:12:48,270 ♪ Glories stream from heaven afar 1130 01:12:48,320 --> 01:12:55,630 ♪ Heavenly hosts sing Hallelujah 1131 01:12:55,680 --> 01:13:04,110 ♪ Christ the Saviour is born 1132 01:13:04,160 --> 01:13:10,590 ♪ Christ the Saviour is born. ♪ 1133 01:13:10,640 --> 01:13:12,830 'Sister Monica Joan never did 1134 01:13:12,880 --> 01:13:16,310 'redeem her mother's jewels from the pawn shop. 1135 01:13:16,360 --> 01:13:19,670 'Instead, she purchased two things. 1136 01:13:19,720 --> 01:13:22,310 'A replacement for the Christmas pudding 1137 01:13:22,360 --> 01:13:24,270 'and a television set. 1138 01:13:24,320 --> 01:13:29,230 'She deemed both essential for contentment at Nonnatus House. 1139 01:13:29,280 --> 01:13:33,590 'If others disagreed, they gave no voice to their objections, 1140 01:13:33,640 --> 01:13:36,070 'and the family gathered round, 1141 01:13:36,120 --> 01:13:40,030 'watching their faces flicker black and white, 1142 01:13:40,080 --> 01:13:43,550 'their very presence in the room an act of love, 1143 01:13:43,600 --> 01:13:45,840 'a welcome home.'