1 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:36,279 'Christmas is the celebration of a baby's birth. 2 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:38,919 'It is the story of a mother's love, 3 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:40,839 'her fear, her faith 4 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:43,559 'and her determination. 5 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:46,719 'It tells of promises fulfilled, 6 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:48,359 'a cradle rocked, 7 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:52,159 'a journey both concluded and begun. 8 00:00:52,160 --> 00:00:55,159 'It is the story of all that is cherished, 9 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:57,800 'in a world where too little is known.' 10 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:00,680 ...and of the Holy Ghost. 11 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:03,280 Amen. 12 00:01:04,960 --> 00:01:08,120 We seek it here, we seek it there. 13 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:13,599 Indeed, one is obliged to ask oneself 14 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:17,839 if one is in pursuit of a comestible item, 15 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:21,359 - or the Scarlet Pimpernel. - Sister Monica Joan, never mind that now. 16 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:24,239 Would you just carry on cutting out the grease-proof circles? 17 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:26,159 The mincemeat will be ready for the jar soon. 18 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:28,959 Are we going to get that tea in the clinical room or aren't we?! 19 00:01:28,960 --> 00:01:31,799 Urgh, sorry, I had a problem with the desiccated coconut. 20 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:33,199 If we have to wait much longer, 21 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:35,760 you'll have a problem with a desiccated corpse - mine! 22 00:01:36,960 --> 00:01:38,759 And lo, the angel Gabriel appeared 23 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:41,599 carrying the first tin of Quality Street of the season. 24 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:43,160 I'll get it. 25 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:47,000 Nonnatus House. Midwife speaking. 26 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:51,119 - It's our twins case. - Oh! 27 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:52,920 Yes. Yes, of course. 28 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:56,080 Yes. 29 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:05,519 See? 30 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:08,879 You all thought me a fool to persist in my endeavours, 31 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:12,600 but behold - I have located the brandy. 32 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:18,159 Now's the time to souse the Christmas pudding. 33 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:20,359 Just don't go sousing yourself into the bargain. 34 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,279 You give us enough gyp when you're stone-cold sober. 35 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:26,560 Tea, now! Then you and I are off on the ulcer rounds. 36 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:30,159 Good afternoon, everyone... 37 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:31,559 ...and, uh, 38 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:34,004 - thank you... - ...boys and girls... 39 00:02:34,029 --> 00:02:35,859 - Quiet! - ...for being nice and quiet 40 00:02:35,860 --> 00:02:38,399 whilst the babies were being christened. 41 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:40,759 The Cradle Roll service is a very special one... 42 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:43,999 - Take one and pass it down. - ...because it's one of the few days of the year 43 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,719 when all the children in the parish get to come together 44 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:50,680 to celebrate being part of our big church family. 45 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,319 Nurse Gilbert, our Sunday school teacher, 46 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:57,519 is going to bring the children's choir to the front, 47 00:02:57,520 --> 00:02:59,359 where they'll sing Silent Night 48 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:02,080 to help us start our journey towards Christmas. 49 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:09,320 Merry Christmas! 50 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:28,999 ♪ Silent night 51 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,159 ♪ Holy night 52 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:35,839 ♪ All is calm 53 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:39,079 ♪ All is bright 54 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:42,359 ♪ Round yon virgin 55 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:45,879 - ♪ Mother and child... ♪ - Rosemary McConlough, Doctor. 56 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:48,679 ♪ Holy infant 57 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:52,160 ♪ So tender and mild... ♪ 58 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:03,880 Oh... 59 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:10,399 Never heard such a racket! 60 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:13,879 They were flat, they weren't singing together, 61 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:16,199 and one of them was picking his nose! 62 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:18,999 But they had nobody to follow - why didn't you sing with them? 63 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,399 Cos I'm practically a baritone since my voice broke. 64 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:22,719 Excuse me, Mrs Turner? 65 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,559 Oh, Mrs Willens, wasn't that a lovely service? 66 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:28,519 And the church looked immaculate - you keep it so spick and span. 67 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:31,039 Oh, it's just elbow grease, anyone could do it. 68 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:34,359 Begging your pardon, Mrs Turner - when the nurse came for the doctor, 69 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:37,359 - were they called out to my niece? - I shouldn't say, really. 70 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:38,760 But I believe they were. 71 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:50,279 Hard luck, sweetie. We've fired the starter's pistol a bit too soon. 72 00:04:50,280 --> 00:04:52,719 Nothing's on the move just yet. 73 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:54,919 I've had enough - I want them out now! 74 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:56,639 No cheeking the nurse, young madam. 75 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:58,639 She came into this world shouting the odds 76 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:00,039 and she's not stopped since. 77 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:03,439 Come along, Rosemary, let's see if we can get you a bit more comfortable. 78 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:05,239 The main thing is to get some rest 79 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:07,760 and remember that both babies are doing well. 80 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:11,599 How's she getting on, Eileen? 81 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:14,159 - Stay nice and warm. - Walter sent some satsumas 82 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:18,159 - from his barrow. - No, it was a false alarm. 83 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:19,959 We'll have them anyway. 84 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:21,960 Plenty more where they came from. 85 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:33,719 Oh, it's bitter! 86 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:35,680 A nice cup of tea, I think. 87 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:45,120 Oh, no! 88 00:05:47,280 --> 00:05:48,680 Sister! 89 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:52,679 Sister? 90 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:54,000 Can you answer me? 91 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:58,360 What on earth's that noise? 92 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:06,280 Poor Eileen looked worn to a thread. 93 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:09,319 Rosemary's always been a madam. 94 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:12,799 Once she's had those twins, it's going to be all hands on deck. 95 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:15,559 The family will rally round to help 'em. 96 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:17,680 - We always do. - Not sure I'm wanted. 97 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:20,759 Eat your grapes. 98 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:24,680 - Good for your kidney stones. - Kidney stones don't bother me any more. 99 00:06:26,280 --> 00:06:27,920 Oh, love. 100 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:33,359 I don't know why you go to that bloomin' Cradle Roll service. 101 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:37,119 - You end up in shreds every year. - How can I stay away? 102 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:39,559 And Lorna's name still on the list of members? 103 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:42,919 They don't rub it out, Walter, just cos she's not with us any more. 104 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:44,080 I know, love, I know. 105 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:48,879 Rosemary's got... 106 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:52,759 two lovely matching cots for these new twins. 107 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:55,199 On the never-never, probably! 108 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:56,800 But, aw, they do look smart. 109 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:04,000 I'm glad now I never offered her Lorna's cradle. 110 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:07,960 I'd have liked it to have had a new home. 111 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:11,240 A little life inside. 112 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:17,720 Yeah, maybe not. 113 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:23,919 Sister Monica Joan is in bed with a fever and dosed up on aspirin. 114 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:26,039 Doctor's going to call tomorrow. 115 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:29,119 She sounded quite delirious when I went past her room. 116 00:07:29,144 --> 00:07:30,239 Poor old thing. 117 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:33,039 Would it be frightfully callous to enquire about the pudding? 118 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:34,559 According to Sister Evangelina, 119 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:37,759 we'll be having Swiss roll with custard for dessert on Christmas Day. 120 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:38,440 Oh... 121 00:07:38,465 --> 00:07:40,479 She's in a perfectly savage mood. Purple cellophane? 122 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:42,999 - I think this one has Nurse Mount's name on it. - Marvellous. 123 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:45,239 The perfect accompaniment to a whisky nightcap. 124 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:46,919 You won't tempt me, I'm afraid. 125 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:49,239 Alcohol's perfectly beastly on the complexion. 126 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:50,599 Are there any coffee creams? 127 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:52,559 I need them to take away the taste of the glue. 128 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:55,159 18 down, 24 to go. 129 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:56,359 If you lick my stamps, 130 00:07:56,360 --> 00:08:00,000 I'll give you what appears to be the only coffee cream in the tin. 131 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:06,279 One for Delia - how is she? 132 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:08,119 Well, I believe. 133 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:10,199 Her mother hasn't written in a while. 134 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:13,239 Head injury can be a ghastly thing to recover from. 135 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:16,759 And she was in quite a bad way when they took her home to Wales. 136 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:17,880 I guess she was. 137 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:21,039 Now, where's that coffee cream? 138 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:22,760 - Oh. - Mmm! 139 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:25,480 Thank you. 140 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:35,080 I'm so glad you're here. I almost called you again. 141 00:08:36,560 --> 00:08:39,359 Not I, nor He who commands us all... 142 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:42,600 Get back into bed before the hot water bottle goes cold! 143 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:45,799 Come in, any time you like. 144 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:48,079 ...Nelly put a hot brick to my feet. 145 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:49,479 I knew it was winter then, 146 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:53,319 when it leached the smell of starch out of the sheets. 147 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:54,799 Sit down! 148 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:59,479 Temperature of 102, coughing like a drain and dotty as a two-bob watch. 149 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:00,600 I can see that. 150 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:08,879 Oww! 151 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:11,959 You're going to have to lay off the mince pies, Fred Buckle, 152 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:14,119 or never mind splitting your trousers - 153 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:16,759 you're not going to fit in this Santa suit at all! 154 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:18,399 Well, the kiddies leave them out for me. 155 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:20,559 They'd be disappointed if they didn't disappear. 156 00:09:20,560 --> 00:09:23,319 Yeah, but you're not the real Father Christmas, remember. 157 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:24,799 You're just one of his helpers. 158 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:27,999 Yeah, but I'd look shocking in an elf suit. 159 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:31,479 I could do with an elf or two to help me in the shop this afternoon. 160 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:34,999 I've got the entire Christmas raffle display to put in my window, 161 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:38,760 or I'll have half the Poplar shopkeepers baying for my blood. 162 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:42,119 I wish I'd never said I'd take the responsibility. 163 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:43,759 Be good for trade, though, won't it? 164 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:47,239 I've only donated a couple of balls of wool and some nappy pins. 165 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:50,519 The rest of the space is all taken up with other people's stuff. 166 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:53,159 Tins of powdered milk and I don't know what. 167 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:55,799 Well, that's not very season of goodwill. 168 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:57,000 Oww! 169 00:09:58,240 --> 00:09:59,439 Pass me the scissors. 170 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:02,480 I'm not biting this, it's too close to your backside. 171 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:06,719 A high temperature and a nasty cough. 172 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:09,559 But what we don't want at her age is pneumonia. 173 00:10:09,560 --> 00:10:11,679 We've been more worried about her confusion 174 00:10:11,680 --> 00:10:13,799 - than her physical health lately. - Exactly. 175 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:15,719 If she goes any further down Doolally Hill, 176 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:17,159 we won't be able to look after her. 177 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:19,959 I've prescribed Distoval as a sedative. 178 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:22,879 It'll calm her down and perhaps make her behaviour less erratic. 179 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:25,719 Distoval won't bring our Christmas pudding back from the dead. 180 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:26,960 Or from the ceiling! 181 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:48,600 We're about to go into compline. 182 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:51,999 I'll look in again afterwards. 183 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:54,759 Very well, but there's no need for you to linger. 184 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:58,199 Sister Monica Joan and I have established the rules of play 185 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:00,280 and thus far, she is abiding by them. 186 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:07,279 My mother's hands were cold, like yours. 187 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:10,679 Mother's been looming rather large this evening, I'm afraid. 188 00:11:10,680 --> 00:11:13,039 That's often the way when she's unwell. 189 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:16,319 - These... sometimes help. - Hmm? 190 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:18,319 They're family heirlooms 191 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:19,720 and she cherishes them. 192 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:48,439 Oh! 193 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:50,360 I can't consume that! 194 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:56,279 The tang of urine assaults me even from the plate! 195 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:59,599 It isn't kidney, Sister Monica Joan, it's liver. 196 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:01,759 And it's terribly good for you. 197 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:04,719 And if you eat quickly, we can listen to Desert Island Discs 198 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:06,319 while you eat your semolina. 199 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:08,439 I have tired of the wireless. 200 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:11,479 There are too many jumbled voices. 201 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:13,319 I like television better. 202 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:16,039 There isn't a television at Nonnatus House. 203 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:19,240 There's one in the window of the new shop by the tunnel. 204 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:21,880 - Have you seen it? - No. 205 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:26,040 We have one. At home. 206 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:29,319 But I won't be seeing that for quite some time. 207 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:32,239 - Why is that, child? - Don't encourage her. 208 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:34,799 There'll be ample salt in that gravy already. 209 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:37,319 You don't need tears in it as well! 210 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:40,599 I can't go home for Christmas, Sister Monica Joan. 211 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:42,759 We're going to be too busy. 212 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:44,640 Sister Julienne told me this morning. 213 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:55,999 But... the very purpose of Christmas is to revisit where one's roots lie! 214 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:59,719 Was Christ himself not born in Bethlehem 215 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:02,479 because his father and mother 216 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:05,440 were called to their birthplace for the census? 217 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:09,560 All should head homeward. 218 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:13,400 If their natal home still stands. 219 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:18,559 My natal home was razed to the ground 220 00:13:18,560 --> 00:13:23,079 when they made "improvements" to the Kirkstall Road in Leeds. 221 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:25,639 I'm rather looking forward to filling the mead cup 222 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:29,199 and draining the barrel in Nonnatus House. 223 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:32,239 Figuratively speaking, of course. 224 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:34,040 We'll have a splendid time! 225 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:42,479 And so, the bishop said that BBC Television 226 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:46,439 want to film a carol service in an ordinary London church 227 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:48,920 and broadcast it on Christmas Day. 228 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:52,600 How nice. 229 00:13:53,680 --> 00:13:55,519 Well, I think it will be more than nice. 230 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:57,159 I think it will be wonderful, 231 00:13:57,160 --> 00:13:58,999 for the whole of the parish. 232 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:00,239 Our parish? 233 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:02,519 I'm sorry, I should have made that clear. 234 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:03,799 Oh. 235 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:05,759 Well, I think it sounds tremendously jolly. 236 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:08,119 And the children will certainly enjoy it. 237 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:10,919 But filming, Mr Hereward, 238 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:14,079 - in a church? - My sentiments exactly! 239 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:18,359 - Is nothing sacred?! - To my mind, Sister Evangelina, 240 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:20,639 Christmas is the most sacred festival of all. 241 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:23,519 And sharing a religious service with millions of people 242 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:25,839 is a really good way to remind them of that. 243 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:27,919 Not to mention frightfully glamorous! 244 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:29,079 I rest my case. 245 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:31,320 People have forgotten what Christmas is all about. 246 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:36,399 Mrs Turner has kindly agreed to take the children's choir in hand 247 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:39,639 and I was thinking we could create a crib scene 248 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:42,680 and place a real newborn baby in the manger. 249 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:50,120 - One of OUR newborn babies? - Yes. 250 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:55,319 I was rather hoping to see Nurse Gilbert. 251 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:58,279 The producer of the television broadcast, Barrington Swann, 252 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:00,960 - is coming to inspect the church tomorrow and... - Mr Hereward. 253 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,759 Tomorrow is a very busy day. 254 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:07,480 And Ms Gilbert will be fully occupied. 255 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:23,679 I was led to expect more in the way of ornamental plasterwork. 256 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:26,439 It always photographs so well. 257 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:31,479 Still, I see your Mrs Mop is working wonders with the elbow grease. 258 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:34,600 A shiny bit of brass will always catch the arc lights. 259 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:40,159 Our cleaning lady is called Mrs Willens, not Mrs Mop. 260 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:44,919 Whatever she's called, we'll have to add to the artistic presentation. 261 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:47,839 Seasonal floral arrangements, of course, 262 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:50,599 and the children's pageant is completely essential. 263 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:54,519 - Do you mean the Nativity play? - Oh, N-Nativity scene, I think. 264 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:57,599 Don't you? We mustn't overface the viewing public. 265 00:15:57,600 --> 00:15:59,919 But children are essential. 266 00:15:59,920 --> 00:16:04,439 I was a kiddie performer myself. I know how they add to the sparkle. 267 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:07,279 - And they must sing! - I have all that in hand. 268 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:10,640 - And they must be in costume. - Mrs Turner has that in hand, too. 269 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:14,200 The aesthetics are vital. 270 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:17,320 We can't have anybody looking poor. 271 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:19,999 How dare he?! 272 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,399 Poplar may not be the richest parish in the country, 273 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:24,519 but not one mother would turn her children out 274 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:26,439 looking less than the very best she could. 275 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:28,679 I almost gave him his marching orders there and then. 276 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:31,199 Begging your pardon, Mr Hereward, but I'm glad you didn't. 277 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:32,599 Why, Mrs Willens? 278 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:35,439 He was almost as rude about the church as he was about the children. 279 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:36,719 Whom he hasn't even seen. 280 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:38,919 I'm not convinced he has any faith in us at all. 281 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:41,479 It's not about his faith, is it? 282 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:42,720 Have a pink wafer. 283 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:45,639 I got them in for Mr High-And-Mighty, 284 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:47,679 but I decided they were stopping in the packet. 285 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:49,079 You should have one yourself. 286 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:50,839 You'll need to build your strength up 287 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:53,079 - if you're going to be helping us out. - Helping you out? 288 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:57,399 Mrs Willens, this carol service needs all the help it can get. 289 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:00,280 And with the number of children involved, so do I. 290 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:05,559 I want you to ask the headmaster's permission 291 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:07,239 to put one on the notice board. 292 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:09,559 There are some lovely singers at the grammar school. 293 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:11,759 Yes, and they're mostly baritones and tenors. 294 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:14,439 I've put treble and boy soprano on the poster. 295 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:17,159 We need quality voices, male and female, 296 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:20,119 if we're not going to embarrass ourselves in front of the BBC. 297 00:17:20,120 --> 00:17:21,719 Not to mention the entire nation. 298 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:23,559 Which is why we are going to have auditions 299 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:25,679 and why we are going to advertise. 300 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:28,159 Good morning, Mrs Willens, Mr Willens. 301 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:30,839 - Morning, Mrs Turner. - We've a busy day ahead. 302 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:33,119 By the way, the parish manger's gone missing 303 00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:34,919 and we'll need to find an orange box. 304 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:37,519 Perhaps Mr Willens can oblige. 305 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:39,120 Now, run and catch your bus. 306 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:44,759 Can you go a bit higher, Violet? 307 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:46,239 Yeah, a bit... bit higher. 308 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:47,760 Yeah, perfect. Yeah. 309 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:50,400 Thanks, Violet. 310 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:54,799 ♪ Everybody's waitin' for the man with the bag 311 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:58,759 ♪ Cos Christmas is coming again 312 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:02,039 ♪ He's got a sleighful It's not going to stay full 313 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:05,399 ♪ He's got stuff to drop at every stop of the way 314 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:08,599 ♪ Everybody's waitin' 315 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:12,319 ♪ They're all congregatin' 316 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:19,680 ♪ Waitin' for the man with the bag. ♪ 317 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,359 What do you think you are doing?! 318 00:18:24,360 --> 00:18:26,679 Preparing for Christmas. 319 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:28,200 With a joyful heart. 320 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:33,479 I shall need all of this when our tree is purchased. 321 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:38,519 - However tardy its arrival proves. - No tree until the week before Christmas. 322 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:42,240 You know how we do things and it does not involve tinsel. 323 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:45,279 Auntie Iris! 324 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:48,239 Rosemary, what are you doing out of doors? 325 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:50,839 I can't settle, I can't sit. 326 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:52,439 All I can do is clean. 327 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:54,759 I thought I was turning into you. 328 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:57,999 Do you fancy coming with me to the clinic? 329 00:18:58,000 --> 00:18:59,759 Aren't you going with your mum? 330 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:02,319 - She's gone up west to pick out the pram set. - Oh. 331 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:04,799 - Nothing but the best for these two. - Yeah... 332 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:06,440 Oh, come on, you'll enjoy it. 333 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:14,239 Mrs Turner said the rash has developed since this morning. 334 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:17,279 I only came in to bring the baby for his needles. 335 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:20,879 I never saw the rash. I thought he was just a bit off-colour. 336 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:24,039 I'm afraid it's a bit more serious than that. 337 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:26,359 We can postpone the baby's vaccinations, 338 00:19:26,360 --> 00:19:28,320 but I want you to go straight home. 339 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:33,759 Measles. That's the fourth case in a week. 340 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:36,079 I'll notify the medical officer. 341 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:38,759 - Other practices are having the same thing. - I know. 342 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:42,039 And the last thing we need is an epidemic. 343 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:44,319 Look, I just wish there was a vaccine. 344 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:47,120 I know they're testing one, but it takes so long. 345 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:50,680 Oh, I can't get on that bed, it's too high. 346 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:53,999 I can't lie down in any case, 347 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,279 cos it makes me feel as though I'm suffocating. 348 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:58,399 You don't have to lie down until Doctor comes in, 349 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:00,519 but if we can just get your bottom onto the bed... 350 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:03,480 You'd have more luck with the hoists and winch from down the dockyard! 351 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:09,892 - Oh, no! - Oh, yes! 352 00:20:09,893 --> 00:20:10,734 Have I wet myself? 353 00:20:10,735 --> 00:20:11,999 I hope not - this is a good pair of nylons. 354 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,080 I'll be right back. 355 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:19,919 Whoever cleaned up after that explosion wants horse-whipping. 356 00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:23,719 It's insanitary, having Christmas pudding clinging to the walls! 357 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:25,079 I suspect you're right. 358 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:26,239 It may well attract mould 359 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:29,079 and we don't want spores falling into the food. 360 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:32,399 Are you sure you don't want me to get up on the table, Sister? 361 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:34,239 No, no, you save your strength 362 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:36,159 for your trip to see the Christmas lights. 363 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:39,879 I should very much relish the chance to see the lights myself. 364 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:42,119 The Sunday school children would love that. 365 00:20:42,120 --> 00:20:44,039 And there'll be plenty of room on the bus. 366 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:47,399 I'm sorry, I'm going to exercise my power of veto. 367 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:50,759 You know my views on dicky chests and cold winds. 368 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:52,479 And we need you at compline, Sister. 369 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:55,439 Sister Mary Cynthia is at the twin birth. 370 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:56,960 She won't be back tonight. 371 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:02,399 You speak to me and of me as though I am a child. 372 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:07,399 No, we speak to you and of you as though you have been ill. 373 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:12,479 And you can explain this... space-age monstrosity whenever you like! 374 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:14,159 It's a wreath for the front door. 375 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:16,039 Sister Monica Joan designed it herself. 376 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:19,039 - When are you planning to put it up? - Sister, 377 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:22,879 we have all agreed there will be no tree or decorations 378 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:27,399 in Nonnatus House until December 18th, as is our custom. 379 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:30,319 Advent will take precedence in the meanwhile. 380 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:33,359 But we are out of kilter with the world! 381 00:21:33,360 --> 00:21:36,279 Every other window is brilliant with light. 382 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:39,560 Every other home bedecked and splendid! 383 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:42,639 Only we await our tree 384 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:44,879 and we will never know the joy of television. 385 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:49,079 - Television?! - It is the portal to much happiness. 386 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:53,719 I have seen it work its magic on 100 children's faces! 387 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:55,759 There are plenty of children round here 388 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:57,279 who don't need that sort of magic. 389 00:21:57,280 --> 00:22:02,319 They need a square meal and clean clothes and a loving hand! 390 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:07,959 Not spending money hand over fist on television sets and tinsel. 391 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:11,119 Children incline to happiness. 392 00:22:11,120 --> 00:22:15,839 Even I knew delight and transportation as a child. 393 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:18,759 - And my youth was not a happy one! - Not happy?! 394 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:21,369 You never knew what hardship meant! 395 00:22:21,394 --> 00:22:22,239 - Sister, please! - I did! 396 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:24,640 I did know! 397 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:34,839 But perhaps my mind is too misshapen to recall it now. 398 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:38,880 Well, all I can say is, if the cap fits, wear it! 399 00:22:57,240 --> 00:23:01,600 And I don't want to see any more of this until the 18th of the month. 400 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:05,919 All aboard! 401 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:08,599 All aboard the Christmas bus 402 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:11,239 Ho-ho-ho! Come ride with us 403 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:14,359 Lights and shops and fun we'll see 404 00:23:14,360 --> 00:23:17,439 Ho-ho-ho, come ride with me. 405 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:19,559 Merry Christmas, merry Christmas. 406 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:22,479 - Really, Fred, it's worthy of the poet laureate. - Ha-ha! 407 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:25,919 - What have you got in your bucket, reindeer food? - No, sawdust. 408 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:27,119 I have two famous vomiters 409 00:23:27,120 --> 00:23:29,559 and one who can't be trusted with the waterworks. 410 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:32,079 Oh, dear. Come on, then, you stragglers. 411 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:34,799 You're married to the lady in the sewing shop. 412 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:40,000 Uh, no. Uh, that fella is a cousin of mine. Same-shaped face. 413 00:23:40,201 --> 00:23:41,560 Hmm. 414 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:43,559 Well caught. 415 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:45,880 Are you coming, Mum and Dad? No? Right, on you get. 416 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:50,200 Ho-ho-ho! Come ride the bus. 417 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:57,360 I see you're still using the old newspaper trick. 418 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:01,559 Sister Julienne did that when I had my daughter. 419 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:04,440 We've saved many a mattress this way, Mrs Willens. 420 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:08,599 Still doing the enemas too? 421 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:12,159 Do I have to? I thought only the old ones did that. 422 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:14,759 We're older than we look, Rosemary. 423 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:17,640 Practically ready for our pensions. 424 00:24:37,360 --> 00:24:39,279 ♪ If you're happy and you know it 425 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:40,639 ♪ And you really want to show it 426 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:43,639 ♪ If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands 427 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:46,519 ♪ If you're happy and you know it, stomp your feet 428 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:49,279 ♪ If you're happy and you know it, stomp your feet... ♪ 429 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:51,559 Anyone for a sherbet lolly? 430 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:54,619 No takers, I'm afraid. Tina's not feeling very well. 431 00:24:54,644 --> 00:24:55,639 Oh, dear. 432 00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:59,879 - Will we be needing the sawdust? - No, she says she just has a headache. 433 00:24:59,880 --> 00:25:01,320 She's quite hot, too. 434 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:04,080 Well, you can have one, if you like. 435 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:06,600 Thank you. 436 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:10,759 Yellow and pink. 437 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:14,159 The thing that fascinates me most about these is that they're so pale, 438 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:17,239 until you lick them, and then their colour changes completely. 439 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:19,159 I love them. 440 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:22,239 Most people look on lollies like they're a childhood thing. 441 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:23,479 I don't. 442 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:26,999 I've no pride and no shame when it comes to confectionery. 443 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:28,320 You should try one. 444 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:37,400 - Yellow and green. - See? You don't know what you've been missing. 445 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:41,879 Take a deep breath, Rosemary. 446 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:43,799 And another, that's it. 447 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:46,519 Just take in some air. 448 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:47,760 Now, push, Rosemary! 449 00:25:50,120 --> 00:25:51,759 Well done! 450 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:54,000 Well done! 451 00:26:01,120 --> 00:26:02,999 Oh, what is it? 452 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:04,959 It's a girl. 453 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:08,199 - And she's beautiful. - Oh, a girl. 454 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:10,199 I wanted a girl! 455 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:12,840 You might have two soon. 456 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:21,240 Perhaps Auntie Iris can look after this one in the meantime. 457 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:25,639 Sweet pea! 458 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:27,359 I'm glad I stayed. 459 00:26:27,360 --> 00:26:28,960 The next one's breech. 460 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:36,520 They drive us... every year. 461 00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:57,839 What are you staring at, cariad? 462 00:26:57,840 --> 00:26:59,439 That bus. 463 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:00,919 I'm... 464 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:02,399 not used to being back in London. 465 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:04,599 I thought you were having one of your spells. 466 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:06,599 I don't have them any more. 467 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:08,359 Well, you haven't for a while, 468 00:27:08,360 --> 00:27:09,400 praise the Lord. 469 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:13,319 We'll have a very happy Christmas. 470 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:15,720 And then say goodbye to this city for good. 471 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:26,759 ♪ If you're happy and you know it, touch your nose 472 00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:29,559 ♪ If you're happy and you know it... ♪ 473 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:31,479 Urgh, can't the doctor just pull it out?! 474 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:33,799 Oh, you can do this on your own. 475 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:36,919 Doctor's more than happy standing there twiddling his thumbs. 476 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:39,639 Lean back into me if it helps you to concentrate. 477 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,559 Keep your bottom on the edge of the bed. 478 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:45,439 That's it, sweetie, gather your strength. 479 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:46,719 That's it! 480 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:47,799 That's it! 481 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:49,199 That's...! 482 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:50,759 That's it, keep it coming! 483 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:53,719 Keep it coming! We have a leg! 484 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:55,559 That's it! 485 00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:57,999 And another leg! 486 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:01,320 Doctor, could you possibly pass me the towel, please? 487 00:28:03,360 --> 00:28:04,759 This one's a boy, Rosemary. 488 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:08,199 Nurse Franklin's just wrapping baby in the towel, Rosemary, 489 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:09,919 just to keep him warm and calm. 490 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:11,519 Where's its head? 491 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:13,679 The head will be born soon. 492 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:16,079 Oh, you're doing so well! 493 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:18,719 Rosemary, you're going to gently feel me 494 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:21,480 turning baby a quarter of a circle. 495 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:25,119 That's it, that's it. 496 00:28:25,120 --> 00:28:26,560 Just breathe. 497 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:33,039 We're going to let baby's feet hang, just for a moment, 498 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:35,640 so that his own body weight helps him in the right direction. 499 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:44,599 Oh, God, have I missed it?! 500 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:47,439 That's it! That's it! 501 00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:49,240 That's it! 502 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:54,119 You clever girl! 503 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:57,279 Top work! 504 00:28:57,280 --> 00:29:00,039 Beautiful boy, Rosemary. 505 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:02,458 - You have one of each! - One of each?! 506 00:29:02,483 --> 00:29:04,239 Little girl came first. 507 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:07,160 - And she's gorgeous. - Aww, hand her over! 508 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:13,159 Oh! 509 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:15,479 I'm a grandma! 510 00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:17,839 A grandma! How about that? 511 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:21,320 - How about me being a mum? - That as well, obviously! 512 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:26,000 Oh, we're going to be quite the double act, you and me. 513 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:44,501 I'm sorry, Mrs Lewis. Poor Tina isn't feeling very well. 514 00:29:44,526 --> 00:29:45,559 She's burning up! 515 00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:47,719 If I'd have known, I'd have brought the pushchair. 516 00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:50,520 Don't worry, Nurse Gilbert. I'll take Tina home. 517 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:55,439 I'd give her an aspirin and do call the doctor if you're worried - 518 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:56,840 I'm sure he'll come out. 519 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:16,320 Wakey-wakey, campers! 520 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:28,239 Hello, Iris! 521 00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:30,199 I heard Rosemary had the twins. 522 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:33,639 - What a lovely Christmas you'll all have. - Yeah, won't we? 523 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:36,759 There, nappy pins. One blue set and one pink. 524 00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:38,679 You give those to that clever niece of yours 525 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:40,079 with my congratulations. 526 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:42,239 That's kind of you, Violet. She'll be thrilled. 527 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:43,639 She'll be even more thrilled 528 00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:46,239 if she wins that layette I'm displaying in my window. 529 00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:48,599 It's got everything in it that a new mum could ask for 530 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:51,799 and it's all in aid of the maternity home. 531 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:53,719 Yeah, go on, then! 532 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:55,800 Best have two, seeing as it's twins. 533 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:01,120 84 and 85. 534 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:04,319 Nothing like babies for making people smile. 535 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:05,800 Some people, maybe. 536 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:09,199 Oh, Iris. 537 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:11,599 Me and my walloping, thoughtless mouth. I'm sorry. 538 00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:14,039 No, I didn't mean to snap, Violet. It's just... 539 00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:17,199 - It's Christmas, it's a tricky time of year. - Oh, it would be. 540 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:20,199 Poor little Lorna and poor you. 541 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:22,919 - You remembered her name. - I couldn't forget it. 542 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:26,119 Any more than I could forget that smile she had. 543 00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:27,999 I look at her photograph sometimes 544 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:31,999 and I think, "Oh, I wish I'd called her something happier." 545 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:34,079 Lorna. 546 00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:36,079 It seems a sad name, somehow. 547 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:39,199 There is nothing sad about your little girl, Iris. 548 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:41,480 - Even at just three months. - Four months. 549 00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:53,559 I'll have a triple-hook... 550 00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:56,520 brassiere expander, if you would, please, Violet. 551 00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:02,520 White, buff, or tea rose? 552 00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:07,079 Hot water bottle stone-cold and exactly where I left it. 553 00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:08,999 This bed hasn't been slept in. 554 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:10,480 We should have checked. 555 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:16,480 The necklace has gone, and so's the sapphire ring. 556 00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:19,559 I must telephone the motherhouse. 557 00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:22,360 Sister Julienne, you must telephone the police. 558 00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:27,239 I thought it might be scarlet fever. 559 00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:30,719 - You know, she seems poorly enough. - No, it's measles. 560 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:33,439 You'll need to dose her with aspirin every four hours. 561 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:36,479 Start her with these. I'll write you a prescription for the rest. 562 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:39,240 - Can't she have antibiotics? - They won't work. 563 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:49,159 There's no need to look flustered, Iris. 564 00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:52,559 All you have to do is ask each child their name, age and address, 565 00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:55,399 write it down, then tell them to sit on a chair and wait their turn. 566 00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:57,079 And what about the juice and biscuits? 567 00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:59,599 They can have them when they've auditioned and not before. 568 00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:02,199 Can I have a biscuit now? 569 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:03,639 Don't think I can get through this 570 00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:05,279 without a boost to my kinetic energy. 571 00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:08,119 No, you can't. We don't want crumbs on the keys. 572 00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:10,200 Quick, grab yourself a gypsy cream. 573 00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:15,919 Everybody must go to the lady at the desk 574 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:20,959 and give their name, age and address before they sit down, 575 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:23,599 and wait until they're called! 576 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:25,479 - And no dogs. - It's a singing dog. 577 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:28,360 If it can't sing Silent Night, I'm not interested. 578 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:30,559 Would you say the necklace 579 00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:33,239 and the ring were worth a great deal of money, Sister? 580 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:34,680 They were family heirlooms. 581 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:38,919 I wish I could say they were of purely sentimental value, 582 00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:42,839 but Sister Monica Joan was not at all sentimental about her relatives 583 00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:44,560 and they were extremely rich. 584 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:49,599 Sister Julienne, did anything unusual happen yesterday? 585 00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:52,760 Anything that might have upset her or caused her to change her routine? 586 00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:58,200 We live in close quarters at Nonnatus House, as you know. 587 00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:01,439 Very like a family, in fact. 588 00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:04,320 And like all families, we have our disagreements. 589 00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:11,479 Congratulations on being chosen for the choir, everyone, 590 00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:14,039 and well done for getting here on time. 591 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:16,519 We're just going to rehearse for half an hour 592 00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:18,999 before you all set off for school today. 593 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:23,119 Mrs Willens will have some hot Ribena ready for you when we finish. 594 00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:24,440 Thank you, Timothy. 595 00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:32,279 ♪ In a bleak midwinter 596 00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:36,999 ♪ Frosty wind made moan 597 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:41,119 ♪ Earth stood hard as iron... ♪ 598 00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:45,159 - Where have you gone? - ♪ Water like a stone... ♪ 599 00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:48,359 It's now been 36 hours since anyone has seen her. 600 00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:51,399 Her habit and her veil make her distinctive in this area, at least. 601 00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:54,319 But if she's gone further afield, she may not be recognised. 602 00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:56,880 She's extremely elderly and she's been ill. 603 00:34:58,720 --> 00:35:00,280 Sister Monica Joan! 604 00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:03,600 Sister! 605 00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:38,239 They're definitely hers. 606 00:35:38,240 --> 00:35:40,159 Is there anywhere else she could have gone? 607 00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:43,359 I tried to telephone her nephew, who lives in Richmond, 608 00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:46,719 but his housekeeper said he's skiing in Switzerland and can't be reached. 609 00:35:46,720 --> 00:35:48,639 And she isn't at the motherhouse. 610 00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:50,319 It's as though she's just vanished. 611 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:52,280 Nobody just vanishes, Sister Julienne. 612 00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:55,359 That's very reassuring, Sergeant. 613 00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:58,280 Sir, I found these in a bin on the Commercial Road. 614 00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:03,439 Anything could have happened to her. 615 00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:04,839 It was dark when she left 616 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:07,759 and the streets around the docks are deserted after six o'clock. 617 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:10,039 She probably thought her habit would keep her safe. 618 00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:12,959 I don't think she gave safety or danger a second thought. 619 00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:14,879 I think she was just excited about Christmas 620 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:16,759 and upset that she wasn't allowed to be. 621 00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:18,999 The situation is troubling enough, Nurse Gilbert, 622 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:22,119 without speculation, gossip and histrionics thrown into the mix. 623 00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:24,440 I would thank you to get on with your work! 624 00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:38,599 I'll be seeing you later, then! 625 00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:42,079 Get your Christmas trees here! All shapes and sizes! 626 00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:44,319 - Come on, then. - I want a Norwegian pine. 627 00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:47,360 No bigger than seven foot tall and no more than 15 bob. 628 00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:19,000 Pat! 629 00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:23,399 Where on Earth have you been? 630 00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:25,559 Didn't want to knock on the door. 631 00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:27,199 Didn't want to be asked in, 632 00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:30,679 to see you for the first time with everybody watching. 633 00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:32,239 Wait here. 634 00:37:32,240 --> 00:37:34,000 I need to change out of my uniform. 635 00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:00,039 I couldn't write at all to begin with. 636 00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:02,359 Not for the first month. 637 00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:04,639 But after that, I sent three letters. 638 00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:05,960 My mother posted them. 639 00:38:08,720 --> 00:38:10,119 Or maybe she didn't. 640 00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:12,799 I would have answered if I'd got them. 641 00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:14,600 You know I would have answered. 642 00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:18,559 Does she suspect? 643 00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:20,919 She thinks you're my friend from training school. 644 00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:22,879 Oh, yes, the lady she helps at Cubs. 645 00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:25,919 I promise you, that's all she thinks. 646 00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:28,719 But she doesn't want me coming back to London to live. 647 00:38:28,720 --> 00:38:31,719 - Or to nurse. - Why not, if you're well enough? 648 00:38:31,720 --> 00:38:33,920 In her mind, I'll never be well enough. 649 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:38,923 I've got an appointment at the London to see Mr Hendry. 650 00:38:38,948 --> 00:38:40,039 The neuro chap? 651 00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:43,279 And then another with the rehabilitation people. 652 00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:47,279 They'll tell me then when I can go back to work. If I can. 653 00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:48,520 Maybe months. 654 00:38:51,720 --> 00:38:53,080 You look tired. 655 00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:56,559 I... 656 00:38:56,560 --> 00:38:59,159 lose my train of thought sometimes. 657 00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:00,560 Better than losing you. 658 00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:07,439 We're staying with my aunt in Hornsey, did I tell you? 659 00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:08,840 No. 660 00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:13,079 Till after Christmas. 661 00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:15,159 I think Mum's hoping I'll see the "horror" 662 00:39:15,160 --> 00:39:16,679 of London through fresh eyes, 663 00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:20,159 but the minute they went off to their Welsh-language carol service, 664 00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:21,480 I was on the bus to Poplar. 665 00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:27,880 I'll be on the bus back to Hornsey soon. 666 00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:31,280 I don't know what I'm supposed to say to that. 667 00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:34,040 You're supposed to say... 668 00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:36,800 "...Don't disappear again." 669 00:39:38,240 --> 00:39:41,319 You're supposed to say, "Meet me again, write to me. 670 00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:42,840 "Don't break the thread." 671 00:39:44,240 --> 00:39:46,600 Let's pick up all the broken pieces. 672 00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:49,280 Let's pick up where we were. 673 00:39:53,240 --> 00:39:55,279 Can't I just say, "Come back"? 674 00:39:55,280 --> 00:40:00,239 ♪ Darling, I love you... ♪ 675 00:40:00,240 --> 00:40:01,520 Yes. 676 00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:07,800 - Keep warm. - I will. 677 00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:12,040 - Telephone me when you've seen the doctor. - Yes. 678 00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:28,479 Hang on, mate. 679 00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:30,120 - What's that? - What? 680 00:40:32,040 --> 00:40:33,679 Oh, my God! 681 00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:35,320 'Ere, get the hook. 682 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:41,120 - 'It's an old lady.' - I see. 683 00:40:44,240 --> 00:40:46,120 'You still there, guv?' 684 00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:48,999 Yes. 685 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:51,239 'You'll need to check your missing persons record.' 686 00:40:51,240 --> 00:40:53,440 I'm aware of the procedure, thank you. 687 00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:01,559 - Patrick! - What's happened? 688 00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:04,800 It's little Tina Lewis. Her mother called - it's urgent. 689 00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:23,919 I assume motorised transport to the mortuary may not go amiss? 690 00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:26,479 I was going to drive them in the police car, Nurse Crane. 691 00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:29,799 Allow me to spare you the encroachment on your time. 692 00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:32,120 Nobody here has done anything criminal. 693 00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:40,959 She was all right last night! 694 00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:44,399 Sh-she was talking, she said there were little men in the wallpaper! 695 00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:46,079 Tina! 696 00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:47,439 Tina! 697 00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:48,799 She's unconscious. 698 00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:51,839 - I'm sending for an ambulance. - She's not going to die?! 699 00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:53,959 She can't die, it's only measles! 700 00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:56,080 It's never ONLY measles, Mrs Lewis. 701 00:42:21,680 --> 00:42:24,040 Just give the attendant the word when you're ready. 702 00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:39,800 We're ready. 703 00:42:55,280 --> 00:42:56,480 It isn't her. 704 00:42:57,720 --> 00:42:59,040 Poor woman. 705 00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:02,760 Poor, poor woman. 706 00:43:04,720 --> 00:43:09,159 ♪ Enough for Him, whom cherubim 707 00:43:09,160 --> 00:43:12,519 ♪ Worship night and day 708 00:43:12,520 --> 00:43:19,159 ♪ A breastful of milk and a mangerful of hay. ♪ 709 00:43:19,160 --> 00:43:22,079 See, that's where I want the descant to come in. 710 00:43:22,080 --> 00:43:24,319 It always seems to peter out there. 711 00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:26,079 Well, that's because of the words. 712 00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:27,919 What's wrong with the words? 713 00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:30,479 Well, there's just a word that no-one likes singing. 714 00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:32,320 It's in that line. 715 00:43:33,560 --> 00:43:34,800 And it begins with a "B". 716 00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:37,479 What, "breast"? 717 00:43:37,480 --> 00:43:39,479 - Da-da! - Dad! 718 00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:41,000 I'll get that. 719 00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:45,559 - Dad, I've gone bright red! - Hello? 720 00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:48,079 - In the privacy of my own home. - I'll fetch him now. 721 00:43:48,080 --> 00:43:49,280 Hold the line. 722 00:43:51,640 --> 00:43:54,159 It sounds like another measles case. 723 00:43:54,160 --> 00:43:56,319 Joey Minton. 724 00:43:56,320 --> 00:43:57,480 And he's in my choir. 725 00:44:01,440 --> 00:44:04,959 Tonight at compline, we will once again say special intercessions 726 00:44:04,960 --> 00:44:07,999 for the safe return of Sister Monica Joan. 727 00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:10,039 And we will also pray for the lost soul 728 00:44:10,040 --> 00:44:13,320 - recovered from the Thames this morning. - Yes, Sister. 729 00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:18,359 And that's all I can manage to say at the moment. 730 00:44:18,360 --> 00:44:19,760 Sister Mary Cynthia... 731 00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:23,000 ...perhaps you would lead us in grace. 732 00:44:38,040 --> 00:44:41,200 Dost think, because thou art a rat... 733 00:44:43,160 --> 00:44:46,160 ...there shall be no more cakes and ale? 734 00:44:54,120 --> 00:44:56,879 What a caterwauling... 735 00:44:56,880 --> 00:44:59,480 do we keep here! 736 00:45:05,960 --> 00:45:07,519 Oh, good. 737 00:45:07,520 --> 00:45:10,759 Can you go straight through and help Nurse Gilbert in the delivery room? 738 00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:12,759 Doctor's been delayed at the Board of Health 739 00:45:12,760 --> 00:45:15,599 and we've a lady in there with an occipital posterior. 740 00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:17,839 Nothing like manning the gas and air to start the day. 741 00:45:17,840 --> 00:45:21,279 Trixie, is there any news of Sister Monica Joan? 742 00:45:21,280 --> 00:45:23,679 How can a trail go cold like that 743 00:45:23,680 --> 00:45:26,080 when someone has a home and when they're loved? 744 00:45:29,800 --> 00:45:33,119 The Board of Health have approved the quarantine regulations. 745 00:45:33,120 --> 00:45:37,079 Hendy Street and St John's schools are breaking up early for Christmas 746 00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:39,959 and all children's groups are suspended till New Year. 747 00:45:39,960 --> 00:45:41,799 You did the right thing to push for that. 748 00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:46,799 I'm glad you think so, because the suspended groups include your choir. 749 00:45:46,800 --> 00:45:49,839 - No! - I'm sorry, Shelagh. 750 00:45:49,840 --> 00:45:53,360 But I never want to put another unresponsive child into an ambulance. 751 00:46:14,840 --> 00:46:18,159 Mr Swann, I appreciate your disappointment, 752 00:46:18,160 --> 00:46:22,079 but we can't magic up a children's choral performance out of thin air. 753 00:46:22,080 --> 00:46:25,439 And I can't bring the magic of Christmas all the way to Poplar 754 00:46:25,440 --> 00:46:27,759 wrapped in paper and string! 755 00:46:27,760 --> 00:46:30,759 You have to furnish the sparkle, Reverend! 756 00:46:30,760 --> 00:46:32,439 Those were the terms of the deal. 757 00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:35,079 We're in the grip of a measles epidemic. 758 00:46:35,080 --> 00:46:36,239 I had chicken pox 759 00:46:36,240 --> 00:46:39,999 when I was doing Peter Pan with Madame Aida's Champagne Babes. 760 00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:43,239 I still managed to play the Princess Theatre nightly! 761 00:46:43,240 --> 00:46:47,119 Have you never heard the phrase "the show must go on"?! 762 00:46:47,120 --> 00:46:50,159 It's not a show, Mr Swann, it's an act of worship. 763 00:46:50,160 --> 00:46:52,679 Until somebody films it. 764 00:46:52,680 --> 00:46:54,719 And if nobody films it, 765 00:46:54,720 --> 00:46:57,319 you might as well worship in a darkened room 766 00:46:57,320 --> 00:46:59,039 with all the doors locked. 767 00:46:59,040 --> 00:47:00,959 What do you mean, "if nobody films it"? 768 00:47:00,960 --> 00:47:04,399 Mr Swann, I think that what Mr Hereward hasn't made clear 769 00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:07,039 is that the children have been quarantined 770 00:47:07,040 --> 00:47:08,519 for the good of their health. 771 00:47:08,520 --> 00:47:10,845 And I'm sure you don't wish to see that compromised. 772 00:47:10,870 --> 00:47:11,679 Of course not. 773 00:47:11,680 --> 00:47:12,530 But... 774 00:47:12,555 --> 00:47:15,079 And I'm sorry you weren't taken better care of as a child. 775 00:47:15,080 --> 00:47:18,559 No-one should have forced you to go on as Peter Pan. 776 00:47:18,560 --> 00:47:19,960 I wasn't even Peter Pan. 777 00:47:21,080 --> 00:47:22,360 I was Smee. 778 00:47:26,240 --> 00:47:29,359 Children matter, Mr Swann. 779 00:47:29,360 --> 00:47:32,039 And they're at the very heart of Christmas. 780 00:47:32,040 --> 00:47:34,759 But if you put them at risk just to prove that point, 781 00:47:34,760 --> 00:47:38,959 - you make a nonsense of it all. - What do you propose we do, Mrs Turner? 782 00:47:38,960 --> 00:47:40,639 Simply bring your... 783 00:47:40,640 --> 00:47:44,839 cameramen and your lighting equipment to the church as planned. 784 00:47:44,840 --> 00:47:49,680 And we will give you a show to be proud of. 785 00:48:09,840 --> 00:48:11,559 Mrs Turner? 786 00:48:11,560 --> 00:48:13,159 Hello, Iris. 787 00:48:13,160 --> 00:48:16,319 I finished the first of the shepherds last night. 788 00:48:16,320 --> 00:48:19,039 I think the tunic's come up lovely. 789 00:48:19,040 --> 00:48:21,919 Just, I wanted you to see it before I got the rest sewn up. 790 00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:24,919 I've got two mums flat out on Mary and Joseph 791 00:48:24,920 --> 00:48:27,799 and two more sneaking the angels into work with them. 792 00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:30,319 They're seamstresses down the curtain factory. 793 00:48:30,320 --> 00:48:33,799 - They're naughty girls. - They're good girls. 794 00:48:33,800 --> 00:48:35,119 It was a good cause. 795 00:48:35,120 --> 00:48:36,639 WAS a good cau...? 796 00:48:36,640 --> 00:48:38,279 - Shall I bring it in now? - Yes. 797 00:48:38,280 --> 00:48:40,679 Make sure you take it off the barrow. 798 00:48:40,680 --> 00:48:42,999 He will dither! 799 00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:44,919 Thing is, Mrs Turner, 800 00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:47,279 you need something better than an orange box 801 00:48:47,280 --> 00:48:49,639 if that manger's going to be on the telly. 802 00:48:49,640 --> 00:48:52,599 - I know, but... - I'm proud of this church. 803 00:48:52,600 --> 00:48:55,279 I put all the love and care I couldn't spend on Lorna 804 00:48:55,280 --> 00:48:56,520 into looking after it. 805 00:48:58,360 --> 00:49:01,719 Made sure its face is clean and its hair's brushed. 806 00:49:01,720 --> 00:49:05,160 Always made sure it was turned out in its proper Sunday best. 807 00:49:06,400 --> 00:49:09,280 Yeah, maybe Lorna wouldn't have liked me fussing. 808 00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:12,879 She might have been one of them little madams who wriggles 809 00:49:12,880 --> 00:49:14,320 and says the brush hurts. 810 00:49:18,200 --> 00:49:21,720 But I think she would have liked you to have this. 811 00:49:47,040 --> 00:49:49,919 I spent 22 Christmases not letting any joy in 812 00:49:49,920 --> 00:49:53,079 because I had no child to share it with. 813 00:49:53,080 --> 00:49:54,879 This year's been different. 814 00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:56,239 Has it? 815 00:49:56,240 --> 00:49:59,400 I stopped holding out against the happiness, didn't I? 816 00:50:00,480 --> 00:50:03,680 And I found out that Christmas was meant for me, too. 817 00:50:08,280 --> 00:50:09,439 I pretended to Mr Swann 818 00:50:09,440 --> 00:50:12,119 that the children weren't the most important thing, 819 00:50:12,120 --> 00:50:14,720 yet I just don't know how I'm going to replace them. 820 00:50:15,720 --> 00:50:17,640 Oh, I don't either. 821 00:50:20,560 --> 00:50:22,120 But you keep that cradle. 822 00:50:24,000 --> 00:50:25,600 Took me too long to let it go. 823 00:50:34,480 --> 00:50:36,159 Can I help you? 824 00:50:36,160 --> 00:50:39,160 You may stand aside and admit me! 825 00:50:41,400 --> 00:50:44,839 My... parents 826 00:50:44,840 --> 00:50:46,880 had a run of woeful butlers. 827 00:50:49,960 --> 00:50:54,079 But none that ever wore their hat indoors. 828 00:50:54,080 --> 00:50:56,840 Mind all this stuff. I wouldn't like you to trip. 829 00:51:00,520 --> 00:51:04,960 There were once a pair of wolfhounds here. 830 00:51:06,080 --> 00:51:08,240 Romulus and Remus. 831 00:51:09,400 --> 00:51:11,999 They sprawled on the floor 832 00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:13,760 in semblance of a rug. 833 00:51:15,240 --> 00:51:20,359 And caused more mishaps than any mess 834 00:51:20,360 --> 00:51:21,920 of cycle parts. 835 00:51:26,320 --> 00:51:28,880 I think that might have been before our time. 836 00:51:31,600 --> 00:51:34,560 Almost all the world is before your time, child. 837 00:51:36,480 --> 00:51:40,039 Though I see from the badges you affect, 838 00:51:40,040 --> 00:51:43,839 you are concerned to see it last a little longer. 839 00:51:43,840 --> 00:51:46,959 We're squatting here while we protest at the Aldermaston base. 840 00:51:46,960 --> 00:51:48,439 This was a school for a bit, 841 00:51:48,440 --> 00:51:50,199 but it shut and they can't sell it 842 00:51:50,200 --> 00:51:54,279 because there are nuclear weapons two miles up the road. 843 00:51:54,280 --> 00:51:57,640 This was always a house of discord and attrition. 844 00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:00,760 I was almost never happy here. 845 00:52:01,960 --> 00:52:03,520 But it was my home. 846 00:52:13,520 --> 00:52:16,320 I shall need a hot brick for my feet. 847 00:52:19,720 --> 00:52:22,719 So you want the midwives of Nonnatus House to sing 848 00:52:22,720 --> 00:52:24,119 instead of the children, 849 00:52:24,120 --> 00:52:27,039 wearing our uniforms and our habits? 850 00:52:27,040 --> 00:52:29,959 I almost didn't like to come and ask you. 851 00:52:29,960 --> 00:52:33,799 It seems frivolous and stupid to be fretting about a carol service 852 00:52:33,800 --> 00:52:36,199 when Sister Monica Joan is missing. 853 00:52:36,200 --> 00:52:39,039 And that's without the television element. 854 00:52:39,040 --> 00:52:41,520 I do know you were always uneasy about that. 855 00:52:43,240 --> 00:52:45,279 I was... 856 00:52:45,280 --> 00:52:46,679 but it sometimes seems to me, 857 00:52:46,680 --> 00:52:48,960 the older I get, the more I have to learn. 858 00:52:52,560 --> 00:52:54,440 We get so much out of love. 859 00:52:55,800 --> 00:52:57,960 We find strength in it and courage. 860 00:52:59,280 --> 00:53:01,520 Love is our foundation and our fuel. 861 00:53:03,560 --> 00:53:05,879 But, if we don't show enough of it... 862 00:53:05,880 --> 00:53:07,679 No. Sister, no. 863 00:53:07,680 --> 00:53:10,999 You are not to blame for Sister Monica Joan running away. 864 00:53:11,000 --> 00:53:14,239 ...then we might as well not feel any love at all, 865 00:53:14,240 --> 00:53:17,879 and that is why I'm here choosing clothes 866 00:53:17,880 --> 00:53:20,759 so a woman who drowned, 867 00:53:20,760 --> 00:53:22,239 who didn't even have a name, 868 00:53:22,240 --> 00:53:26,679 can be buried with some evidence that someone somewhere cared 869 00:53:26,680 --> 00:53:28,839 and that is why 870 00:53:28,840 --> 00:53:30,799 I'm going to say yes 871 00:53:30,800 --> 00:53:32,520 to singing in your choir. 872 00:53:34,920 --> 00:53:38,599 I offered her some of that lentil risotto but she didn't want to know. 873 00:53:38,600 --> 00:53:40,879 I had a bit more luck with the Eccles cakes. 874 00:53:40,880 --> 00:53:43,639 - Should we send for a doctor? - No, we aren't registered with one. 875 00:53:43,640 --> 00:53:47,280 - We could take her to hospital if she... - I shall be taken nowhere. 876 00:53:50,440 --> 00:53:51,799 It was 877 00:53:51,800 --> 00:53:55,359 effort enough to make my way here. 878 00:53:55,360 --> 00:53:59,239 Now that I am home, I am quite content. 879 00:53:59,240 --> 00:54:00,759 But, Antonia... 880 00:54:00,760 --> 00:54:05,720 It seems strange to hear my name again within these walls. 881 00:54:08,480 --> 00:54:10,400 Antonia. 882 00:54:13,920 --> 00:54:16,839 I have come home 883 00:54:16,840 --> 00:54:18,600 to be counted. 884 00:54:22,320 --> 00:54:27,439 Do you suppose it's all right for us to feel excited about the broadcast? 885 00:54:27,440 --> 00:54:29,079 If Sister Monica Joan were here, 886 00:54:29,080 --> 00:54:32,399 she'd be more excited about it than anyone. 887 00:54:32,400 --> 00:54:34,959 We should enter into the spirit of it, 888 00:54:34,960 --> 00:54:37,719 - for her sake. - Exactly. 889 00:54:37,720 --> 00:54:40,519 Barbara, you must let me give you a make-up lesson. 890 00:54:40,520 --> 00:54:42,639 The television lights can be frightfully cruel 891 00:54:42,640 --> 00:54:43,839 to one's complexion. 892 00:54:43,840 --> 00:54:46,679 We won't even be able to see ourselves perform, anyway. 893 00:54:46,680 --> 00:54:48,599 Unless we stand outside the electrical shop 894 00:54:48,600 --> 00:54:49,959 and peer in through the window. 895 00:54:49,960 --> 00:54:51,919 I suppose my family will see me. 896 00:54:51,920 --> 00:54:54,959 They'll be watching the broadcast when it's screened on Christmas Day. 897 00:54:54,960 --> 00:54:56,079 Pan Stik, that's it. 898 00:54:56,080 --> 00:54:58,519 I promise you, just one layer of Pan Stik. 899 00:54:58,520 --> 00:55:01,279 And some rouge and a teensy lick of mascara. 900 00:55:01,280 --> 00:55:03,919 Trixie, Barbara doesn't need mascara. 901 00:55:03,920 --> 00:55:05,959 Some lipstick might be nice. 902 00:55:05,960 --> 00:55:09,680 With a touch of Gay Geranium, you'd look quite like Jean Simmons. 903 00:55:10,720 --> 00:55:12,879 The young Jean Simmons, obviously. 904 00:55:12,880 --> 00:55:14,799 I haven't been to the cinema for years. 905 00:55:14,800 --> 00:55:17,439 Behold, I bring tidings of great joy. 906 00:55:17,440 --> 00:55:19,559 We have a truncated house call list this evening 907 00:55:19,560 --> 00:55:23,039 - so we can finish early to attend choir practice. - Oh! 908 00:55:23,040 --> 00:55:25,559 All right, all right, your enthusiasm is duly noted. 909 00:55:25,560 --> 00:55:28,919 Now let's turn our minds back from our performance to our patients. 910 00:55:28,920 --> 00:55:30,400 Nurse Mount. 911 00:55:41,760 --> 00:55:44,119 You've made me swallow it. 912 00:55:44,120 --> 00:55:48,039 It's meant to be a gargle to lubricate my tubes. 913 00:55:48,040 --> 00:55:51,359 Mrs Turner recommended it after rehearsal. 914 00:55:51,360 --> 00:55:53,759 My singing is rather rusty. 915 00:55:53,760 --> 00:55:55,680 I'd have recommended engine oil. 916 00:55:58,240 --> 00:56:00,639 I'm not going to quarrel with you. Not at Christmas, 917 00:56:00,640 --> 00:56:03,599 not with everything hanging over us like this. 918 00:56:03,600 --> 00:56:06,159 You mean Sister Monica Joan? 919 00:56:06,160 --> 00:56:08,800 Oh, yes. I could kick myself, I really could. 920 00:56:09,840 --> 00:56:11,239 If we get her back safely, 921 00:56:11,240 --> 00:56:15,639 she can put up next year's tree on Easter Sunday if she likes. 922 00:56:15,640 --> 00:56:18,999 I just keep running through everything I said. 923 00:56:19,000 --> 00:56:23,639 I keep running over everything she said when she was ill. 924 00:56:23,640 --> 00:56:25,679 Delirium's always interesting. 925 00:56:25,680 --> 00:56:28,559 Sometimes, the truth comes out. 926 00:56:28,560 --> 00:56:30,239 Was she talking about her mother? 927 00:56:30,240 --> 00:56:31,999 Mostly. 928 00:56:32,000 --> 00:56:34,599 She was talking about her childhood. 929 00:56:34,600 --> 00:56:36,399 About the house she lived in 930 00:56:36,400 --> 00:56:38,839 and what they did when it was cold 931 00:56:38,840 --> 00:56:41,439 and it must have been on her mind because, 932 00:56:41,440 --> 00:56:44,319 the next day, she mentioned it again. 933 00:56:44,320 --> 00:56:48,919 - The house? - She said everyone should go home for Christmas. 934 00:56:48,920 --> 00:56:52,159 That was why Jesus was born in Bethlehem. 935 00:56:52,160 --> 00:56:55,560 Something about that being its true meaning. 936 00:57:41,920 --> 00:57:44,239 I know where she is. 937 00:57:44,240 --> 00:57:45,999 - Morning, Sister. - Sister Monica Joan. 938 00:57:46,000 --> 00:57:47,319 I know where she is. 939 00:57:47,320 --> 00:57:49,280 Here, I've written it all down. 940 00:57:53,080 --> 00:57:57,399 No. I'm sorry, this really doesn't say "manger" to me. 941 00:57:57,400 --> 00:57:59,399 It isn't supposed to. 942 00:57:59,400 --> 00:58:01,599 It's supposed to say "cradle". 943 00:58:01,600 --> 00:58:04,399 Something every mother watching is going to recognise. 944 00:58:04,400 --> 00:58:07,799 Just as they'll recognise the newborn baby that we'll place there. 945 00:58:07,800 --> 00:58:10,319 Will it be a good-looking newborn baby? 946 00:58:10,320 --> 00:58:11,799 We don't know yet. 947 00:58:11,800 --> 00:58:14,200 We haven't been to the maternity home to pick one. 948 00:58:17,700 --> 00:58:18,263 Yes. 949 00:58:18,264 --> 00:58:19,927 'I'll make sure the information is passed on.' 950 00:58:19,927 --> 00:58:20,676 Thank you. 951 00:58:21,880 --> 00:58:24,839 An inspector from the Berkshire constabulary's going to call me back 952 00:58:24,840 --> 00:58:27,279 - in due course. - Due course? 953 00:58:27,280 --> 00:58:30,319 She's been missing for days and she's nearly 90! 954 00:58:30,320 --> 00:58:33,559 This address is out of my area, Sister. It has to be referred. 955 00:58:33,560 --> 00:58:36,679 I'm just as worried as you but those are the regulations. 956 00:58:36,680 --> 00:58:38,799 Regulations? 957 00:58:38,800 --> 00:58:40,079 One day, Sergeant Noakes, 958 00:58:40,080 --> 00:58:41,999 when you're a bit less wet behind the ears, 959 00:58:42,000 --> 00:58:43,759 you will realise there are regulations 960 00:58:43,760 --> 00:58:45,400 and there is common sense. 961 00:58:53,000 --> 00:58:55,039 Stop! 962 00:58:55,040 --> 00:58:56,919 Wait! 963 00:58:56,920 --> 00:58:59,239 Morning, Sister. What happened to your bike? 964 00:58:59,240 --> 00:59:03,439 Nothing, but pedal power isn't going to get me all the way to Berkshire. 965 00:59:03,440 --> 00:59:06,870 Berkshire? I've got a van full of Christmas trees. 966 00:59:06,895 --> 00:59:07,704 Go! 967 00:59:15,960 --> 00:59:19,399 I am reconciled to the lady on the right's habit. 968 00:59:19,400 --> 00:59:21,559 It smacks somewhat of the Virgin Mary, 969 00:59:21,560 --> 00:59:23,679 which is nothing if not fortuitous, 970 00:59:23,680 --> 00:59:26,839 but this, the hat, the mackintosh... 971 00:59:26,840 --> 00:59:29,279 Oh, we won't be wearing our macs. 972 00:59:29,280 --> 00:59:32,599 And the cardigans are really very Christmassy. 973 00:59:32,600 --> 00:59:36,679 Glorious technicolour has not come to the BBC yet, dear. 974 00:59:36,680 --> 00:59:39,079 This fabric is terribly limp. 975 00:59:39,080 --> 00:59:40,559 Oh, they're midwives, 976 00:59:40,560 --> 00:59:42,680 the uniforms get washed a lot. 977 00:59:46,280 --> 00:59:49,519 Is there the smallest chance of frilly little caps? 978 00:59:49,520 --> 00:59:51,879 Oh! Quite a big one, actually. 979 00:59:51,880 --> 00:59:54,239 And, if you stump up for more broderie anglaise, 980 00:59:54,240 --> 00:59:55,760 they could be very frilly indeed. 981 00:59:57,880 --> 01:00:00,640 I shall be starting on your ensemble in a moment. 982 01:00:06,480 --> 01:00:08,279 Mrs Turner... 983 01:00:08,280 --> 01:00:10,479 Iris, whatever's the matter? 984 01:00:10,480 --> 01:00:12,600 I woke up feeling proper rotten. 985 01:00:14,160 --> 01:00:17,960 I had a kidney stone last year. I reckon it's come back. 986 01:00:19,000 --> 01:00:21,399 And it would be today, when there's so much to do. 987 01:00:21,400 --> 01:00:23,119 Today's just the rehearsal. 988 01:00:23,120 --> 01:00:25,279 The church looks beautiful! 989 01:00:25,280 --> 01:00:26,839 Oh! 990 01:00:26,840 --> 01:00:28,920 I'm taking you to see Doctor. 991 01:00:36,920 --> 01:00:40,040 'Antonia... Antonia! 992 01:00:42,160 --> 01:00:45,560 'Nanny found the Bible in your room again.' 993 01:00:48,280 --> 01:00:51,959 Antonia... Try to drink something. 994 01:00:51,960 --> 01:00:55,080 There was a piano in here. 995 01:00:56,640 --> 01:01:00,319 But I imagine you used it for firewood. 996 01:01:00,320 --> 01:01:02,759 You must take in some fluids. 997 01:01:02,760 --> 01:01:05,639 Or we'll have to take you to a hospital. 998 01:01:05,640 --> 01:01:07,240 I will not go. 999 01:01:08,920 --> 01:01:11,000 The story is concluded. 1000 01:01:12,720 --> 01:01:15,200 I was born in this house. 1001 01:01:16,200 --> 01:01:19,360 And I'm content to meet my maker here. 1002 01:01:46,560 --> 01:01:48,439 Have you passed any blood recently? 1003 01:01:48,440 --> 01:01:51,479 No, I've had the change. I had it early. 1004 01:01:51,480 --> 01:01:52,879 I meant in your urine. 1005 01:01:52,880 --> 01:01:53,919 No. 1006 01:01:53,920 --> 01:01:56,279 I have been going more than usual, though. 1007 01:01:56,280 --> 01:01:58,320 Oh, I feel a bit sick. 1008 01:01:59,600 --> 01:02:01,960 The pain's in my back, mostly. 1009 01:02:07,320 --> 01:02:09,120 Ah, oooh. Oooh. 1010 01:02:28,320 --> 01:02:31,159 Iris, dear, when you're ready 1011 01:02:31,160 --> 01:02:33,439 I'm going to get you to your feet 1012 01:02:33,440 --> 01:02:36,639 and we're going to help you across to the maternity home. 1013 01:02:36,640 --> 01:02:37,799 Maternity home? 1014 01:02:37,800 --> 01:02:40,080 You're going to have a baby! 1015 01:02:46,240 --> 01:02:47,919 When? 1016 01:02:47,920 --> 01:02:49,640 Very soon. 1017 01:02:50,720 --> 01:02:53,560 I, I don't, I... 1018 01:02:54,600 --> 01:02:57,399 I don't feel safe. 1019 01:02:57,400 --> 01:03:00,079 When I had my Lorna, Sister Julienne said 1020 01:03:00,080 --> 01:03:02,999 the most important thing was to f-feel safe. 1021 01:03:03,000 --> 01:03:07,440 I'll ring Nonnatus House. 1022 01:03:08,960 --> 01:03:12,519 Will you please put your foot down before I put it down for you? 1023 01:03:12,520 --> 01:03:15,559 I'm driving down dangerous country lanes! 1024 01:03:15,560 --> 01:03:18,440 There might be rabbits or sheep! 1025 01:03:19,840 --> 01:03:24,119 Iris, Iris, I know this is hard to get to grips with. 1026 01:03:24,120 --> 01:03:25,240 I know. 1027 01:03:26,400 --> 01:03:28,799 I-I'm, I'm 46. 1028 01:03:28,800 --> 01:03:30,239 How can I not have known? 1029 01:03:30,240 --> 01:03:32,639 You're not the first woman this has happened to. 1030 01:03:32,640 --> 01:03:35,079 It's rare, but you're not alone. 1031 01:03:35,080 --> 01:03:36,799 But will it be all right? 1032 01:03:36,800 --> 01:03:39,119 How is it going to be all right? 1033 01:03:39,120 --> 01:03:42,880 Everything will be all right, Iris. I promise you. 1034 01:03:44,880 --> 01:03:46,840 Sister Julienne. 1035 01:03:48,280 --> 01:03:50,119 You delivered my Lorna. 1036 01:03:50,120 --> 01:03:52,399 Yes, I did. 1037 01:03:52,400 --> 01:03:54,680 And I've often remembered her in my prayers. 1038 01:03:58,480 --> 01:04:00,919 I never thought I'd have another child. 1039 01:04:00,920 --> 01:04:03,519 I just... I kept loving her. 1040 01:04:03,520 --> 01:04:05,520 And you always will. 1041 01:04:07,000 --> 01:04:09,960 Love is not going to be halved, but doubled. 1042 01:04:28,280 --> 01:04:33,199 That's it, that's it, Iris. Another strong, steady push. 1043 01:04:33,200 --> 01:04:35,479 That's it, that's it. 1044 01:04:35,480 --> 01:04:39,319 Yes! Perfect, perfect. 1045 01:04:39,320 --> 01:04:42,039 Baby's head stopped slipping back now, it'll be with us soon. 1046 01:04:42,040 --> 01:04:43,879 Your husband's arrived now, Iris. 1047 01:04:43,880 --> 01:04:46,200 Dr Turner's just bringing him up-to-date... 1048 01:04:51,000 --> 01:04:52,360 That's it. 1049 01:04:58,400 --> 01:05:01,440 That's it. Nice, steady drag. 1050 01:05:09,480 --> 01:05:10,840 This is the place! 1051 01:05:20,800 --> 01:05:25,079 Well done. It's a little girl! 1052 01:05:25,080 --> 01:05:26,840 And she's beautiful. 1053 01:05:30,640 --> 01:05:31,880 Come here. 1054 01:05:35,120 --> 01:05:36,560 Come on. 1055 01:05:38,800 --> 01:05:40,240 Come to your mum. 1056 01:05:51,440 --> 01:05:53,480 Ssh. Ssh. 1057 01:06:08,840 --> 01:06:11,719 I remember the days of old. 1058 01:06:11,720 --> 01:06:14,319 I meditate on all thy works. 1059 01:06:14,320 --> 01:06:17,439 I muse on the works of thy hands. 1060 01:06:17,440 --> 01:06:20,679 I stretch forth my hands unto thee. 1061 01:06:20,680 --> 01:06:26,439 My soul thirsteth after thee, as in a thirsty land. 1062 01:06:26,440 --> 01:06:30,800 Cause me to hear thy loving kindness in the morning. 1063 01:06:32,240 --> 01:06:35,279 For in thee do I trust. 1064 01:06:35,280 --> 01:06:40,000 Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk. 1065 01:06:41,040 --> 01:06:44,520 For I lift up my soul unto thee. 1066 01:06:47,040 --> 01:06:48,080 Amen. 1067 01:06:54,200 --> 01:06:55,400 Open wide. 1068 01:06:58,320 --> 01:07:01,760 I think you'll find it's my turn to start shouting the odds. 1069 01:07:05,840 --> 01:07:07,559 The police have arrived. 1070 01:07:07,560 --> 01:07:10,160 They want to know if they should call an ambulance. 1071 01:07:11,800 --> 01:07:14,040 An ambulance is not required. 1072 01:07:15,000 --> 01:07:16,799 I have funds aplenty 1073 01:07:16,800 --> 01:07:19,439 since I pawned my mother's jewels. 1074 01:07:19,440 --> 01:07:23,400 - You pawned them?! - It was an interesting experience. 1075 01:07:24,520 --> 01:07:28,759 En route, I spent one highly displeasing night 1076 01:07:28,760 --> 01:07:31,560 in a Gerrards Cross guesthouse. 1077 01:07:32,920 --> 01:07:35,120 Much capital remains. 1078 01:07:37,440 --> 01:07:40,440 I suggest we telephone a taxi. 1079 01:07:41,920 --> 01:07:44,760 Your chauffeur already awaits. 1080 01:07:55,440 --> 01:07:59,919 I reckon, uh... about six pound, 4oz? 1081 01:07:59,920 --> 01:08:01,079 You're spot on! 1082 01:08:01,080 --> 01:08:03,280 Costermonger's never wrong! 1083 01:08:04,440 --> 01:08:05,959 What we going to call her, then? 1084 01:08:05,960 --> 01:08:07,400 No sad names this time. 1085 01:08:09,960 --> 01:08:11,719 I'm going to call her Joy. 1086 01:08:11,720 --> 01:08:14,279 Oh, that's a lovely name to give a child. 1087 01:08:14,280 --> 01:08:16,799 It's all we've got to give her! 1088 01:08:16,800 --> 01:08:19,880 I haven't got a vest or a mitten for the poor little scrap! 1089 01:08:28,640 --> 01:08:30,519 Nonnatus House, midwife speaking. 1090 01:08:30,520 --> 01:08:33,360 'I'm calling from a box on the corner of Whittle Street.' 1091 01:08:34,320 --> 01:08:36,840 There's someone there in need of attention. 1092 01:08:44,000 --> 01:08:47,439 - What are you up to? - We're drawing the raffle tomorrow. 1093 01:08:47,440 --> 01:08:48,599 Tomorrow? 1094 01:08:48,600 --> 01:08:51,599 I could murder a bit of cheese on toast. 1095 01:08:51,600 --> 01:08:53,519 I've been driving through countryside. 1096 01:08:53,520 --> 01:08:55,079 Well, you can have cheese on toast 1097 01:08:55,080 --> 01:08:56,960 when you've helped me out with this lot. 1098 01:08:58,320 --> 01:09:02,520 I want you to take out all the 84s and all the 85s. 1099 01:09:16,800 --> 01:09:18,799 I reckon this is immoral. 1100 01:09:18,800 --> 01:09:20,959 Well, keep at it, and then you've got 1101 01:09:20,960 --> 01:09:24,719 the choice of Wensleydale, cheddar or Red Leicester. 1102 01:09:24,720 --> 01:09:26,479 They say the headaches will fade away. 1103 01:09:26,480 --> 01:09:28,560 I just need to rest for a little longer. 1104 01:09:29,520 --> 01:09:31,519 Not that my mother will let me do much else. 1105 01:09:31,520 --> 01:09:33,279 Will she let you come back to work? 1106 01:09:33,280 --> 01:09:35,479 I have to come back to work! 1107 01:09:35,480 --> 01:09:37,200 Back to London. 1108 01:09:38,240 --> 01:09:39,560 This is where my life is. 1109 01:09:41,000 --> 01:09:43,599 - And where you are. - Deils, I'm not going anywhere. 1110 01:09:43,600 --> 01:09:46,319 You can't come back if they don't give you a clean bill of health. 1111 01:09:46,320 --> 01:09:47,360 They will. 1112 01:09:48,440 --> 01:09:49,560 I'll make them. 1113 01:09:52,400 --> 01:09:53,920 People out here are waiting! 1114 01:09:56,760 --> 01:09:58,920 People in here are waiting. 1115 01:10:01,920 --> 01:10:03,599 Sheila, it's here, I found it. 1116 01:10:03,600 --> 01:10:05,160 Wait there. 1117 01:10:17,040 --> 01:10:18,959 I didn't know you could arrange flowers. 1118 01:10:18,960 --> 01:10:21,440 There's a lot about me that you don't know. 1119 01:10:22,400 --> 01:10:24,640 Beatrix Franklin, midwife of mystery. 1120 01:10:33,320 --> 01:10:37,440 In your own time, Mr Swann. Any ticket you like. 1121 01:10:42,000 --> 01:10:43,679 Number 85! 1122 01:10:43,680 --> 01:10:45,399 Oh! Fancy that! 1123 01:10:45,400 --> 01:10:46,479 Oh! 1124 01:10:46,480 --> 01:10:51,239 'Sometimes, the route to joy is indirect. 1125 01:10:51,240 --> 01:10:54,479 'Our journey home not quite as we expected. 1126 01:10:54,480 --> 01:10:57,679 'There's no magic star to guide our steps, 1127 01:10:57,680 --> 01:11:00,800 'no ancient prophecies to predict our way. 1128 01:11:16,840 --> 01:11:21,079 'The greatest gift is to know that we travel not alone, 1129 01:11:21,080 --> 01:11:22,799 'but in the company of others. 1130 01:11:22,800 --> 01:11:26,319 'That there are hands that we can reach for 1131 01:11:26,320 --> 01:11:29,280 'and hearts to keep us warm.' 1132 01:11:40,040 --> 01:11:43,439 ♪ Silent night 1133 01:11:43,440 --> 01:11:46,599 ♪ Holy night 1134 01:11:46,600 --> 01:11:50,479 ♪ All is calm 1135 01:11:50,480 --> 01:11:54,599 ♪ All is bright 1136 01:11:54,600 --> 01:12:01,839 ♪ Round yon virgin, mother and child 1137 01:12:01,840 --> 01:12:09,239 ♪ Holy infant so tender and mild 1138 01:12:09,240 --> 01:12:16,559 ♪ Sleep in heavenly peace 1139 01:12:16,560 --> 01:12:23,480 ♪ Sleep in heavenly peace 1140 01:12:24,880 --> 01:12:28,599 ♪ Silent night 1141 01:12:28,600 --> 01:12:32,239 ♪ Holy night 1142 01:12:32,240 --> 01:12:40,239 ♪ Shepherds quake at the sight 1143 01:12:40,240 --> 01:12:48,519 ♪ Glories stream from heaven afar 1144 01:12:48,520 --> 01:12:55,879 ♪ Heavenly hosts sing Hallelujah 1145 01:12:55,880 --> 01:13:04,359 ♪ Christ the Saviour is born 1146 01:13:04,360 --> 01:13:10,839 ♪ Christ the Saviour is born. ♪ 1147 01:13:10,840 --> 01:13:13,079 'Sister Monica Joan never did 1148 01:13:13,080 --> 01:13:16,559 'redeem her mother's jewels from the pawn shop. 1149 01:13:16,560 --> 01:13:19,919 'Instead, she purchased two things. 1150 01:13:19,920 --> 01:13:22,559 'A replacement for the Christmas pudding 1151 01:13:22,560 --> 01:13:24,519 'and a television set. 1152 01:13:24,520 --> 01:13:29,479 'She deemed both essential for contentment at Nonnatus House. 1153 01:13:29,480 --> 01:13:33,839 'If others disagreed, they gave no voice to their objections, 1154 01:13:33,840 --> 01:13:36,319 'and the family gathered round, 1155 01:13:36,320 --> 01:13:40,279 'watching their faces flicker black and white, 1156 01:13:40,280 --> 01:13:43,799 'their very presence in the room an act of love, 1157 01:13:43,800 --> 01:13:46,040 'a welcome home.'