1 00:00:35,380 --> 00:00:40,050 'When a child is born, the world is altered in a instant. 2 00:00:40,100 --> 00:00:44,060 'A new voice is heard. New love comes into being. 3 00:00:45,140 --> 00:00:47,530 MATURE JENNY: 'Years later we pause and say, 4 00:00:47,580 --> 00:00:52,370 ' "Yes, that's when it all began. On that day, in that room. 5 00:00:52,420 --> 00:00:54,760 ' "When I saw that face." ' 6 00:00:56,860 --> 00:01:00,050 ' Birth is the smallest of magnificent things. 7 00:01:00,100 --> 00:01:05,050 'And the greatest of little ones. For the midwives of Nonnatus House, 8 00:01:05,100 --> 00:01:09,250 'each one was as ordinary and magical as the sunrise - 9 00:01:09,300 --> 00:01:13,850 'as familiar and different as a breaking day.' 10 00:01:13,900 --> 00:01:16,740 ~ PHONE RINGS ~ Phone's ringing! 11 00:01:25,020 --> 00:01:28,220 She's in Beauregarde Street! Do you want a lift? 12 00:01:31,980 --> 00:01:34,980 Very well. If it's going to be quicker. 13 00:01:47,660 --> 00:01:52,740 MOANING 14 00:01:53,740 --> 00:01:56,330 ~ Oh, Lord! ~ She's in the back! We're on our way to the hospital! 15 00:01:56,380 --> 00:01:58,610 ~ What name is it? ~ We thought Nicholas, if it's a boy. 16 00:01:58,660 --> 00:02:00,810 I meant your wife. 17 00:02:00,860 --> 00:02:02,770 Oh, it's you, Sarah! CAR RADIO PLAYS LOUDLY 18 00:02:02,820 --> 00:02:05,010 I told you at clinic you wouldn't be waiting long. 19 00:02:05,060 --> 00:02:07,610 How did you get here? 20 00:02:07,660 --> 00:02:10,970 Magic Carpet Midwifery Services at your disposal! 21 00:02:11,020 --> 00:02:14,970 Mind out. I've been sick on the seat. 22 00:02:15,020 --> 00:02:18,090 Nothing a bit of Flash won't cure. 23 00:02:18,140 --> 00:02:21,650 Now, let's see what baby's getting up to, shall we? 24 00:02:21,700 --> 00:02:24,300 Bottoms up, sweetie. 25 00:02:26,900 --> 00:02:30,570 That's superb, Sarah! Keep it coming! 26 00:02:30,620 --> 00:02:32,290 SARAH MOANS 27 00:02:32,340 --> 00:02:33,650 Baby's well on his way! 28 00:02:33,700 --> 00:02:35,450 Police, love. Can we do anything for you? 29 00:02:35,500 --> 00:02:40,730 Yes! You can give us some privacy! And turn that radio down! 30 00:02:40,780 --> 00:02:44,740 We don't want to be reminded of this every time you hear Elvis Presley. 31 00:02:46,220 --> 00:02:49,170 Little pushes now, Sarah... 32 00:02:49,220 --> 00:02:50,570 and one last push, Sarah. 33 00:02:50,620 --> 00:02:53,700 SHE WAILS 34 00:02:55,780 --> 00:02:58,690 Just little, little pushes now, Sarah, just little ones. 35 00:02:58,740 --> 00:03:02,770 That's it, that's it! 36 00:03:02,820 --> 00:03:04,560 There's a girl! 37 00:03:08,140 --> 00:03:12,050 There's a girl, there's a girl! 38 00:03:12,100 --> 00:03:14,900 There we are! There we are! 39 00:03:16,700 --> 00:03:20,530 BABY CRIES 40 00:03:20,580 --> 00:03:22,690 Nicholas for a boy, was it? 41 00:03:22,740 --> 00:03:26,010 I think Nicola might be closer to the mark! 42 00:03:26,060 --> 00:03:29,490 It's a girl? I had a girl? 43 00:03:29,540 --> 00:03:31,980 You certainly did! 44 00:03:51,780 --> 00:03:54,580 I reckon she's going to be a blondie. 45 00:03:55,780 --> 00:03:57,530 Like you. 46 00:03:57,580 --> 00:04:00,780 And blondes have more fun! They do. 47 00:04:01,940 --> 00:04:04,140 Ain't that right, nurse? 48 00:04:06,420 --> 00:04:07,960 Absolutely. 49 00:04:09,220 --> 00:04:11,610 What in the name of goodness are you playing at? 50 00:04:11,660 --> 00:04:15,210 All we can hear out there is you crashing and banging. It's like Tin Pan Alley! 51 00:04:15,260 --> 00:04:17,130 We anticipate a newcomer. 52 00:04:17,180 --> 00:04:21,810 And there is neither cake nor sweetmeats with which to welcome her! 53 00:04:21,860 --> 00:04:23,610 Well, that may very well be for a reason. 54 00:04:23,660 --> 00:04:28,090 We've all seen how you stuff the raw recruits with cake. 55 00:04:28,140 --> 00:04:30,850 They're hard to come by. We don't want you scaring 'em off! 56 00:04:30,900 --> 00:04:34,410 I should think that fibrous pottage you call All Bran 57 00:04:34,460 --> 00:04:35,810 would repel them more. 58 00:04:35,860 --> 00:04:38,330 If Nurse Gilbert wants my All Bran when she arrives, 59 00:04:38,380 --> 00:04:41,330 she is more than welcome to it. 60 00:04:41,380 --> 00:04:45,450 It's like trying to digest a coconut mat. 61 00:04:45,500 --> 00:04:49,610 ~ No cake! ~ Well done, Trixie! ~ Bravo, old thing! 62 00:04:49,660 --> 00:04:51,930 We saved you some streaky bacon. 63 00:04:51,980 --> 00:04:53,170 Oh, marvellous! 64 00:04:53,220 --> 00:04:54,850 Born in a car! 65 00:04:54,900 --> 00:04:58,370 I really do believe that was a first for Nonnatus House. 66 00:04:58,420 --> 00:05:00,450 And very possibly a first for Poplar! 67 00:05:00,500 --> 00:05:02,810 I think we were called to one born on a bus once. 68 00:05:02,860 --> 00:05:05,690 And one on a platform down the Underground. 69 00:05:05,740 --> 00:05:09,450 It's all down to mismanagement, poor advice, and hospital deliveries! 70 00:05:09,500 --> 00:05:10,810 We'll see more and more of this, 71 00:05:10,860 --> 00:05:13,610 unless we can persuade women they're better off at home. 72 00:05:13,660 --> 00:05:14,770 Streaky bacon? 73 00:05:14,820 --> 00:05:16,580 Er, no. 74 00:05:20,340 --> 00:05:23,570 Whilst I'm officially acting Matron at the Mother and Baby Home, 75 00:05:23,620 --> 00:05:26,490 I'd like to arrange some domiciliary deliveries for the girls. 76 00:05:26,540 --> 00:05:29,810 ~ It would be so much easier for them. ~ Nurse Noakes, you'll never find me 77 00:05:29,860 --> 00:05:32,450 condemning any girl who's started her life on the wrong foot. 78 00:05:32,500 --> 00:05:34,610 But are you sure you're doing the right thing, 79 00:05:34,660 --> 00:05:36,530 giving over months of your life to them? 80 00:05:36,580 --> 00:05:38,410 There's a flat comes with the job, 81 00:05:38,460 --> 00:05:41,570 and it means Freddie can live in the country for a while. 82 00:05:41,620 --> 00:05:45,850 He really has turned into quite the Mr Chesty over the winter. 83 00:05:45,900 --> 00:05:49,930 It's not for ever! Just until the council find a permanent Matron. 84 00:05:49,980 --> 00:05:52,090 I think you're being compassionate, sensible, 85 00:05:52,140 --> 00:05:53,730 and bold in equal measures. 86 00:05:53,780 --> 00:05:56,530 There can be no better way to start any enterprise. 87 00:05:56,580 --> 00:06:00,650 And it will be nice having Sergeant Noakes to stay with us when he does his weeks of night shift. 88 00:06:00,700 --> 00:06:02,970 I'm looking forward to it. 89 00:06:17,060 --> 00:06:19,970 Camilla. What are you trying to do with the clutch? 90 00:06:20,020 --> 00:06:21,650 I'm trying to get the biting point! 91 00:06:21,700 --> 00:06:25,050 But it's bally elusive when one's reversing out. 92 00:06:25,100 --> 00:06:27,690 ~ Do you need me to drive you there? ~ No, I don't! 93 00:06:27,740 --> 00:06:31,250 Your shift starts in half an hour. I'm not needed at Astor Lodge until lunch time. 94 00:06:31,300 --> 00:06:35,090 Well, just turn the key in the ignition and say to yourself, "Mirror, signal, manoeuvre". 95 00:06:35,140 --> 00:06:38,810 The more you repeat it, the more you do it, the calmer you will be. 96 00:06:38,860 --> 00:06:41,130 Mirror. Signal. Manoeuvre. 97 00:06:55,860 --> 00:06:59,300 Hop over. I'll get you to the far side of the Commercial Road. 98 00:07:05,740 --> 00:07:06,850 A bientot! 99 00:07:06,900 --> 00:07:08,570 Goodbye. 100 00:07:08,620 --> 00:07:11,410 ~ God bless you. ~ Bye, Chummy! 101 00:07:11,460 --> 00:07:13,980 HORN BEEPS 102 00:07:25,900 --> 00:07:29,170 Sister Monica Joan, whatever are you doing? 103 00:07:29,220 --> 00:07:32,850 You say that in a tone of such surprise. 104 00:07:32,900 --> 00:07:37,130 As though you are not accustomed to seeing me gainfully occupied. 105 00:07:37,180 --> 00:07:40,370 But you don't need to carry out menial tasks. 106 00:07:40,420 --> 00:07:43,850 There are others that will do that. You've earned your rest. 107 00:07:43,900 --> 00:07:49,610 I did not rest when I was young and I was ridden all the stronger by it. 108 00:07:49,660 --> 00:07:53,130 The young will not be tempered as we were. 109 00:07:53,180 --> 00:07:57,330 They have an electric carpet sweeper in the Mother House. 110 00:07:57,380 --> 00:08:01,450 I fear what we will find in the girl who comes to join us. 111 00:08:01,500 --> 00:08:03,010 Sister, 112 00:08:03,060 --> 00:08:08,570 I think perhaps you are confusing the new midwife with Nurse Miller. 113 00:08:08,620 --> 00:08:12,090 She has gone to Chichester as a postulant. 114 00:08:12,140 --> 00:08:13,690 But you said she would come back. 115 00:08:13,740 --> 00:08:15,690 And she will. 116 00:08:15,740 --> 00:08:18,330 Before I took the veil, 117 00:08:18,380 --> 00:08:24,940 my mama and I would on occasion take tea at an hotel in London. 118 00:08:31,980 --> 00:08:36,530 The name escapes me now 119 00:08:36,580 --> 00:08:40,290 but perhaps that does not matter. 120 00:08:40,340 --> 00:08:45,450 It had a door... that revolved. 121 00:08:45,500 --> 00:08:47,730 And it seemed to me 122 00:08:47,780 --> 00:08:51,250 the whole world passed through it, 123 00:08:51,300 --> 00:08:56,580 no face the same, always spinning. 124 00:08:59,020 --> 00:09:02,100 Like figurines in a music box. 125 00:09:06,820 --> 00:09:09,420 The visages became quite blurred. 126 00:09:16,180 --> 00:09:20,970 It can be unsettling, to see friends replaced by strangers. 127 00:09:21,020 --> 00:09:24,050 But everyone is welcome here, and all must be cherished. 128 00:09:24,100 --> 00:09:27,770 Remember what St Benedict said? 129 00:09:27,820 --> 00:09:32,370 Do you think I have room enough in my head for every utterance of his? 130 00:09:32,420 --> 00:09:34,330 No. 131 00:09:34,380 --> 00:09:38,060 But I don't doubt you know his teachings in your heart. 132 00:09:50,860 --> 00:09:52,250 I say! I'm awfully sorry. 133 00:09:52,300 --> 00:09:55,450 Where have you come from, then, Princess? Buckingham Palace? 134 00:09:55,500 --> 00:09:59,730 No. Liverpool. I was looking for somewhere called Nonnatus House. 135 00:09:59,780 --> 00:10:01,610 You visiting the sisters? Here you are. 136 00:10:01,660 --> 00:10:03,170 Give them these from me. 137 00:10:03,220 --> 00:10:08,370 Er, top of this street, turn left, then left again. 138 00:10:08,420 --> 00:10:12,330 You're to be commended for the way you've filed everything alphabetically, 139 00:10:12,380 --> 00:10:16,130 but we have some post-natal mothers who require a double appointment - 140 00:10:16,180 --> 00:10:20,090 one for themselves and one for, er, baby's vaccinations. 141 00:10:20,140 --> 00:10:21,690 A single list isn't enough. 142 00:10:21,740 --> 00:10:24,740 I think we're being invaded, Mrs Turner. 143 00:10:26,140 --> 00:10:28,170 ~ Gangway! ~ Just pop over and see 144 00:10:28,220 --> 00:10:30,930 if Nurse Mount needs any help with the developmental records. 145 00:10:30,980 --> 00:10:33,290 I'm sorry, dear, but we don't allow prams in the hall. 146 00:10:33,340 --> 00:10:36,330 We've had too many coming in with dog dirt on their wheels. 147 00:10:36,380 --> 00:10:39,330 Well, whose is that pram over there? 148 00:10:39,380 --> 00:10:42,170 Mine. And its wheels are clean. 149 00:10:42,220 --> 00:10:45,370 So's these! Anyway, I've got firewood on the bottom. 150 00:10:45,420 --> 00:10:47,450 Somebody might nick it. 151 00:10:47,500 --> 00:10:49,970 Well, just this once. 152 00:10:50,020 --> 00:10:51,210 Where's your mother? 153 00:10:51,260 --> 00:10:54,890 Working. I've come to get the milk tokens and the orange juice 154 00:10:54,940 --> 00:10:56,450 for me baby sister. 155 00:10:56,500 --> 00:10:59,650 Aren't you lucky, having such a kind big brother? 156 00:10:59,700 --> 00:11:00,730 What name, please? 157 00:11:00,780 --> 00:11:02,930 Gary Teeman. 158 00:11:02,980 --> 00:11:04,610 I meant your baby sister. 159 00:11:04,660 --> 00:11:08,530 Coral. C-O-R-A-L. Like what you get in the sea. 160 00:11:08,580 --> 00:11:10,130 That's pretty! 161 00:11:10,180 --> 00:11:12,850 Me other sisters are called Marcy and Jacquetta. 162 00:11:12,900 --> 00:11:15,410 Our mum says a pretty name costs nothing. 163 00:11:15,460 --> 00:11:17,600 Your mum's quite right. 164 00:11:20,100 --> 00:11:25,650 CHILDREN CHATTER 165 00:11:25,700 --> 00:11:28,100 ~ Oh, Sorry! ~ Careful, ladies! 166 00:11:28,780 --> 00:11:29,920 Oh! 167 00:11:34,940 --> 00:11:36,610 Oh, goodness. 168 00:12:00,980 --> 00:12:03,170 Hello. I'm Barbara Gilbert. 169 00:12:03,220 --> 00:12:07,330 ~ There is no-one here to entertain you. They are all abroad. ~ Abroad? 170 00:12:07,380 --> 00:12:11,610 They are like Ariel himself - they divide and burn in many places. 171 00:12:11,660 --> 00:12:13,890 I was told to ask for Sister Julienne. 172 00:12:13,940 --> 00:12:18,170 She is in attendance at the clinic, for our tasks are too many 173 00:12:18,220 --> 00:12:20,930 and our pairs of hands too few. 174 00:12:20,980 --> 00:12:24,570 Do you suppose I'm expected there? I'm the new midwife. 175 00:12:24,620 --> 00:12:28,530 You will not find cake there, if that is what you seek. 176 00:12:28,580 --> 00:12:32,130 I venture to suggest that you return at nightfall. 177 00:12:32,180 --> 00:12:34,770 I am not trusted to entertain strangers. 178 00:12:34,820 --> 00:12:36,410 I trust you. 179 00:12:36,460 --> 00:12:37,970 I'm new. 180 00:12:38,020 --> 00:12:41,490 I spent all day on a train sitting in the guard's van with my bike. 181 00:12:41,540 --> 00:12:45,240 And I arrived at Euston late, and then I got lost. 182 00:12:48,740 --> 00:12:52,050 And now everything I own in the world is lying on the pavement. 183 00:12:52,100 --> 00:12:55,890 I need your help. 184 00:12:55,940 --> 00:12:59,090 And some dogs are coming. 185 00:12:59,140 --> 00:13:04,610 Put down the bananas. They are superfluous to the situation. 186 00:13:04,660 --> 00:13:07,380 DOG BARKS 187 00:13:08,460 --> 00:13:09,600 No! 188 00:13:10,900 --> 00:13:12,250 Stop it! Come back here. 189 00:13:12,300 --> 00:13:15,300 No, bad dog! Very bad dog! 190 00:13:16,300 --> 00:13:18,530 Very bad dog. 191 00:13:18,580 --> 00:13:20,490 Excuse me, excuse me. 192 00:13:20,540 --> 00:13:22,490 Excuse me. 193 00:13:22,540 --> 00:13:24,770 Bring it back. 194 00:13:24,820 --> 00:13:27,160 Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no! 195 00:13:31,060 --> 00:13:33,810 CHILDREN LAUGH 196 00:13:33,860 --> 00:13:35,780 Thank you. 197 00:13:37,740 --> 00:13:39,810 I found the paperwork for baby Coral, 198 00:13:39,860 --> 00:13:41,890 though there's none for the other children. 199 00:13:41,940 --> 00:13:44,210 Her mother hasn't brought her to clinic for months - 200 00:13:44,260 --> 00:13:46,050 I checked the records. 201 00:13:46,100 --> 00:13:48,770 I also think Coral might have a touch of impetigo, 202 00:13:48,820 --> 00:13:51,490 but it's time for me to give my talk on feeding baby. 203 00:13:51,540 --> 00:13:54,280 You pop off. Leave these two to me. 204 00:13:56,620 --> 00:13:58,410 Right then, young man. 205 00:13:58,460 --> 00:14:02,570 Courtesy of the National Health, one week's worth of milk tokens, 206 00:14:02,620 --> 00:14:05,930 and a lovely bottle of rosehip syrup. 207 00:14:05,980 --> 00:14:07,810 Haven't you got any orange juice? 208 00:14:07,860 --> 00:14:10,050 Rosehip syrup's lovely. 209 00:14:10,100 --> 00:14:14,050 There are just as many vitamins in this as there are in the orange juice. 210 00:14:14,100 --> 00:14:18,050 ~ They put them all in in the factory. ~ Fair enough. 211 00:14:18,100 --> 00:14:21,570 If I put these outside for the milkman, would he just leave milk? 212 00:14:21,620 --> 00:14:23,250 That's the drill. 213 00:14:23,300 --> 00:14:25,490 We haven't got one of those baskets. 214 00:14:25,540 --> 00:14:27,930 The metal ones they put the milk in. 215 00:14:27,980 --> 00:14:29,850 If you put the tokens on the step, 216 00:14:29,900 --> 00:14:32,730 I'm sure the milkman will get the message. 217 00:14:32,780 --> 00:14:34,610 Is all this free? 218 00:14:34,660 --> 00:14:38,210 Yes. Do take something home for your mother, if you'd like. 219 00:14:38,260 --> 00:14:40,540 Thanks very much. 220 00:14:44,340 --> 00:14:47,450 Gary, would you mind waiting here a little bit longer? 221 00:14:47,500 --> 00:14:49,770 I'd like doctor to have a look at Coral. 222 00:14:49,820 --> 00:14:51,530 Is she sick? 223 00:14:51,580 --> 00:14:52,970 No. 224 00:14:53,020 --> 00:14:55,570 She's just got a little rash next to her nose, 225 00:14:55,620 --> 00:14:59,850 which might be caused by germs getting into the skin. 226 00:14:59,900 --> 00:15:03,300 You wait here until the doctor calls your name. 227 00:15:04,900 --> 00:15:06,620 Okey dokey. 228 00:15:16,460 --> 00:15:20,500 Oh, here. Can you manage? Let me help you. 229 00:15:31,980 --> 00:15:35,410 Nurse Gilbert? Welcome. I'm Sister Julienne. 230 00:15:35,460 --> 00:15:38,650 And obviously you've met Sister Monica Joan. 231 00:15:38,700 --> 00:15:42,170 You will take tea before you start your tasks? 232 00:15:42,220 --> 00:15:43,930 I should like to say, 233 00:15:43,980 --> 00:15:49,490 "Please, assert your preference. Indian or China?" 234 00:15:49,540 --> 00:15:52,050 But there is only Typhoo. 235 00:15:52,100 --> 00:15:54,530 Should I have come in uniform? 236 00:15:54,580 --> 00:16:00,450 I would have changed, but there was a bit of trouble with my luggage. 237 00:16:00,500 --> 00:16:06,170 There's nothing left for you to do today. Everything's in hand. 238 00:16:06,220 --> 00:16:09,250 As many of you may be aware, some months ago 239 00:16:09,300 --> 00:16:12,100 Dr Turner and I adopted a baby girl. 240 00:16:12,820 --> 00:16:15,290 I was a midwife before I married 241 00:16:15,340 --> 00:16:17,850 and I'm here to share some of my own experience 242 00:16:17,900 --> 00:16:23,090 with regard to mixing formula and sterilising bottles and so forth. 243 00:16:23,140 --> 00:16:25,850 We would always encourage you to breast feed, 244 00:16:25,900 --> 00:16:28,530 ~ but in some cases it simply isn't possible. ~ Excuse me. 245 00:16:28,580 --> 00:16:31,290 I've been reading a book that says breast milk should be 246 00:16:31,340 --> 00:16:33,450 a baby's only form of nourishment. 247 00:16:33,500 --> 00:16:34,890 Really? Who wrote that? 248 00:16:34,940 --> 00:16:36,410 An American called Dr Spock. 249 00:16:36,460 --> 00:16:38,690 Americans are foreign. They do it all different! 250 00:16:38,740 --> 00:16:42,010 You probably can't even get Carnation evaporated milk over there. 251 00:16:42,060 --> 00:16:44,690 I was reared on the stuff. My baby's getting the same. 252 00:16:44,740 --> 00:16:47,570 I was actually going to talk about Carnation. 253 00:16:47,620 --> 00:16:49,890 It makes a splendid topping for dessert 254 00:16:49,940 --> 00:16:54,970 but these scientifically developed formulas are much more suitable. 255 00:16:55,020 --> 00:16:56,970 But Dr Spock says it isn't just about the milk. 256 00:16:57,020 --> 00:17:00,770 It... the act of feeding is just as important. 257 00:17:00,820 --> 00:17:03,930 He says putting the baby to the breast helps the mother to bond with it. 258 00:17:03,980 --> 00:17:06,980 ~ Bond? ~ Well... love, I suppose. 259 00:17:09,300 --> 00:17:12,410 I'm sure nobody here feels they'll love their baby any less just 260 00:17:12,460 --> 00:17:13,890 because it's fed by bottle. 261 00:17:13,940 --> 00:17:18,050 I'm just saying what he says. And what Sister Evangelina says. 262 00:17:18,100 --> 00:17:19,770 She always says "Breast is best". 263 00:17:19,820 --> 00:17:24,410 She said it when I was pregnant with my first and my second and my third. 264 00:17:24,460 --> 00:17:26,650 You're obviously very experienced, Mrs... 265 00:17:26,700 --> 00:17:29,010 Wimbish. And I'm not. I... 266 00:17:29,060 --> 00:17:31,770 I lost all three. This one... 267 00:17:31,820 --> 00:17:36,730 This one's my big chance. And it might be my only chance. 268 00:17:36,780 --> 00:17:39,720 And that's why I want to get it right. 269 00:17:43,580 --> 00:17:46,300 BABY CRIES 270 00:17:47,420 --> 00:17:49,530 Where've you been? 271 00:17:49,580 --> 00:17:52,610 Doing this and that. You look nice! 272 00:17:52,660 --> 00:17:54,970 I have to dress smart for work. 273 00:17:55,020 --> 00:17:57,850 You fancy fishcakes when I come home? 274 00:17:57,900 --> 00:17:59,970 Coral don't like fishcakes. 275 00:18:00,020 --> 00:18:02,010 Well, she'll be asleep, won't she? 276 00:18:02,060 --> 00:18:06,770 You've earned a fishcake if you want it, my little soldier. 277 00:18:06,820 --> 00:18:09,980 Our key's on the string. Just reach in through the flap. 278 00:18:19,380 --> 00:18:22,090 I did take Mrs Wimbish to one side after the class 279 00:18:22,140 --> 00:18:26,370 but she was still very anxious, even after we'd had a chat. 280 00:18:26,420 --> 00:18:28,730 Timothy, I wish you'd use the waste-paper basket. 281 00:18:28,780 --> 00:18:31,050 We don't want pencil shavings in our rissoles. 282 00:18:31,100 --> 00:18:34,490 Fretting about feeding is as much an outlet for her other worries 283 00:18:34,540 --> 00:18:35,690 as a genuine concern. 284 00:18:35,740 --> 00:18:37,610 Did she really lose three babies? 285 00:18:37,660 --> 00:18:39,930 Yes, all before six months. 286 00:18:39,980 --> 00:18:42,290 I'm letting her have weekly check-ups 287 00:18:42,340 --> 00:18:44,690 in the hope it'll put her mind at rest. 288 00:18:44,740 --> 00:18:47,610 I'm not sure it isn't causing more anxiety. 289 00:18:47,660 --> 00:18:49,490 She's fretting about everything. 290 00:18:49,540 --> 00:18:54,330 Even feeding - and all that Dr Spock talk upset some other mothers. 291 00:18:54,380 --> 00:18:56,450 Breast-feeding isn't always easy. 292 00:18:56,500 --> 00:18:59,530 I've seen women in such pain with mastitis, 293 00:18:59,580 --> 00:19:02,610 or struggling to keep up a routine when they have other little ones. 294 00:19:02,660 --> 00:19:04,290 What about the risk of infection? 295 00:19:04,340 --> 00:19:06,050 That's why I was giving the class. 296 00:19:06,100 --> 00:19:09,650 Feeding a baby from an improperly sterilised bottle is very risky. 297 00:19:09,700 --> 00:19:13,570 No, I meant what about the antibodies that mothers pass on in their milk? 298 00:19:13,620 --> 00:19:17,250 Breast-fed babies have been found to have significantly fewer 299 00:19:17,300 --> 00:19:20,890 bacterial colonisations of the alimentary tract. 300 00:19:20,940 --> 00:19:22,450 How do you know that? 301 00:19:22,500 --> 00:19:24,700 I read it in The Lancet. 302 00:19:28,900 --> 00:19:32,090 Your room has been aired but it was unoccupied for a while 303 00:19:32,140 --> 00:19:35,010 so it might smell a little damp. 304 00:19:35,060 --> 00:19:36,810 It smells just like home to me. 305 00:19:36,860 --> 00:19:39,450 We've got wet rot and dry rot in our vicarage. 306 00:19:39,500 --> 00:19:44,210 Oh, of course. Your father is a... a clergyman, isn't he? 307 00:19:44,260 --> 00:19:49,970 We might occasionally have a male police sergeant lodging with us. 308 00:19:50,020 --> 00:19:52,850 So you might want to make sure that you wear your dressing gown 309 00:19:52,900 --> 00:19:54,490 when you go to the bathroom, 310 00:19:54,540 --> 00:19:56,810 which is just along there. 311 00:20:12,980 --> 00:20:15,050 Are you sure this is allowed? 312 00:20:15,100 --> 00:20:18,890 Well, I'm allowing it. I am Acting Sister every Tuesday. 313 00:20:18,940 --> 00:20:23,090 Besides, we can't possibly leave you on your own on your first night. 314 00:20:23,140 --> 00:20:26,210 Gosh, Cinzano Bianco! 315 00:20:26,260 --> 00:20:27,810 We're branching out. 316 00:20:27,860 --> 00:20:29,970 And it won't be Bianco for very long 317 00:20:30,020 --> 00:20:32,570 because I'm putting some rosehip syrup in it. 318 00:20:32,620 --> 00:20:33,650 Are you sure? 319 00:20:33,700 --> 00:20:37,130 Oh, Patsy! We can't give it away at the clinic. 320 00:20:37,180 --> 00:20:39,930 You'd think people were paying, they're so picky! 321 00:20:39,980 --> 00:20:41,490 Is it alcoholic? 322 00:20:41,540 --> 00:20:42,690 Bianco? 323 00:20:42,740 --> 00:20:47,090 Not really. It's more like a sort of fortified wine. 324 00:20:47,140 --> 00:20:48,890 Oh. That'll be all right. 325 00:20:48,940 --> 00:20:51,210 I've had Sanatogen tonic wine quite a few times. 326 00:20:51,260 --> 00:20:57,170 And this is just as good for you. It's absolutely full of vitamins. 327 00:20:57,220 --> 00:20:58,690 Chin chin! 328 00:20:59,980 --> 00:21:07,500 BABY CRIES 329 00:21:13,460 --> 00:21:16,420 BABY CRIES 330 00:21:23,740 --> 00:21:26,140 Coming. I won't be a minute. 331 00:21:29,420 --> 00:21:32,520 Now then. I think we need some more music. 332 00:21:33,900 --> 00:21:37,290 This one, Barbara, is especially for you. 333 00:21:37,340 --> 00:21:40,650 This is Billy Fury and he's from Liverpool. 334 00:21:40,700 --> 00:21:43,170 My boyfriend can't stand him. 335 00:21:43,220 --> 00:21:45,170 You got a boyfriend, Trixie? 336 00:21:45,220 --> 00:21:47,770 Yes, but he's a curate. 337 00:21:47,820 --> 00:21:52,210 Forever being distracted by parishioners and good works. 338 00:21:52,260 --> 00:21:55,650 It's an occupational hazard. 339 00:21:55,700 --> 00:21:58,450 I'm sorry, Trixie, but I'm with Tom on the topic of Billy Fury. 340 00:21:58,500 --> 00:22:00,890 He sounds as though he's singing at the bottom of a well. 341 00:22:00,940 --> 00:22:03,010 How on earth is one supposed to dance to it? 342 00:22:03,060 --> 00:22:07,380 Well, you do a sort of slow foxtrot. Like this. 343 00:22:13,380 --> 00:22:16,570 Do you know, I haven't seen Tom for five days? 344 00:22:16,620 --> 00:22:17,690 Strictly entre-nous, 345 00:22:17,740 --> 00:22:20,890 if he doesn't start putting a bit more effort into this romance, 346 00:22:20,940 --> 00:22:25,010 it's all just going to fizzle out. And I'll be left on the shelf. 347 00:22:25,060 --> 00:22:28,130 No! No, that won't happen. 348 00:22:28,180 --> 00:22:29,810 You're too nice. 349 00:22:29,860 --> 00:22:31,130 Just you wait and see. 350 00:22:31,180 --> 00:22:34,690 Meanwhile, poor Patsy hasn't got a chap at all. 351 00:22:34,740 --> 00:22:36,450 BARBARA GROANS 352 00:22:36,500 --> 00:22:39,330 We'll be able to start the Ornament Society For Girls On The Shelf, 353 00:22:39,380 --> 00:22:41,210 and be the president and founder members. 354 00:22:41,260 --> 00:22:44,410 Fetch the wastepaper basket! No, don't! It's made of wicker. 355 00:22:44,460 --> 00:22:46,490 Oh, my good giddy aunt! 356 00:22:46,540 --> 00:22:48,610 Bathroom's just there. 357 00:22:49,700 --> 00:22:51,170 Oh, dear. 358 00:22:52,420 --> 00:22:54,170 Oh. Oh, goodness. 359 00:22:54,220 --> 00:22:56,580 BARBARA MOANS 360 00:22:58,980 --> 00:23:00,890 There's only one way this is going to end. 361 00:23:00,940 --> 00:23:03,930 I'd get a bit of shut-eye, if I were you. I'll man the decks. 362 00:23:03,980 --> 00:23:06,940 ~ BARBARA VOMITS ~ And the mop. 363 00:23:18,940 --> 00:23:22,410 Nurse Franklin? What are you up to? 364 00:23:22,460 --> 00:23:24,530 I'm looking for a milk crate. 365 00:23:24,580 --> 00:23:26,730 I could've sworn I'd seen one in here. 366 00:23:26,780 --> 00:23:31,050 Come here. You'll get everything in a right two and eight. 367 00:23:31,100 --> 00:23:32,530 And there's rats in here. 368 00:23:32,580 --> 00:23:37,530 You don't want them nibbling at your nylons. 369 00:23:37,580 --> 00:23:39,620 Here. There you go. 370 00:23:41,140 --> 00:23:44,340 It's got a little dial on it and everything. 371 00:23:45,300 --> 00:23:48,130 What do you mean, she ate one of those green crisps? 372 00:23:48,180 --> 00:23:51,050 She had some potato crisps with her sandwich on the train yesterday 373 00:23:51,100 --> 00:23:53,050 and said some of them were quite discoloured. 374 00:23:53,100 --> 00:23:57,490 I've a good mind to write to the manufacturer. The poor girl was sick as a pup till 3.00am. 375 00:23:57,540 --> 00:24:00,730 I know! I heard. It would put you off crisps for life. 376 00:24:00,780 --> 00:24:02,930 Let her rest for the morning. 377 00:24:02,980 --> 00:24:05,410 And give her some milk of magnesia. 378 00:24:05,460 --> 00:24:07,810 That one's empty. 379 00:24:07,860 --> 00:24:10,100 So it is. 380 00:24:13,060 --> 00:24:16,060 SHE GROANS 381 00:24:17,740 --> 00:24:18,880 Oh! 382 00:24:30,980 --> 00:24:33,090 ~ Morning, darling. ~ Good morning. 383 00:24:33,140 --> 00:24:34,610 We meet again! 384 00:24:34,660 --> 00:24:36,090 Of course. How could I forget? 385 00:24:36,140 --> 00:24:38,290 Any special deliveries today? 386 00:24:38,340 --> 00:24:42,290 I do deliveries most days. And they're always special. 387 00:24:42,340 --> 00:24:45,090 Do you know anything about the family who live here? 388 00:24:45,140 --> 00:24:47,930 That flat's been empty about three months, I reckon. 389 00:24:47,980 --> 00:24:50,130 Looks like an eviction, the way it's boarded up. 390 00:24:50,180 --> 00:24:53,180 But they never ordered milk in any case. 391 00:25:01,180 --> 00:25:03,250 Trixie! 392 00:25:03,300 --> 00:25:05,090 Tom! 393 00:25:05,140 --> 00:25:09,890 I don't want to make you late but can I ask you something? 394 00:25:09,940 --> 00:25:17,370 ♪ They tried to tell us we're too young 395 00:25:17,420 --> 00:25:24,300 ♪ Too young to really be in love 396 00:25:26,020 --> 00:25:30,250 ♪ They say that love's a word 397 00:25:30,300 --> 00:25:34,050 ♪ A word we've only heard 398 00:25:34,100 --> 00:25:37,530 ♪ But can't begin to know 399 00:25:37,580 --> 00:25:42,290 ♪ The meaning of 400 00:25:42,340 --> 00:25:46,210 ♪ This love will last 401 00:25:46,260 --> 00:25:50,490 ♪ Though years may go 402 00:25:50,540 --> 00:25:58,130 ♪ And then some day they may recall 403 00:25:58,180 --> 00:26:03,340 ♪ We were not too young at all. ♪ 404 00:26:05,980 --> 00:26:08,290 Lovely to see you. Bye. 405 00:26:08,340 --> 00:26:12,330 Afternoon. My mum sent me for the milk tokens. 406 00:26:12,380 --> 00:26:14,290 The name's Teeman. 407 00:26:14,340 --> 00:26:18,010 Oh, yes. You're down for two pints a day. 408 00:26:18,060 --> 00:26:21,170 Tell your mother to be sure to put them out each morning. 409 00:26:21,220 --> 00:26:24,130 Thanks, Nurse. 410 00:26:24,180 --> 00:26:27,810 He leaves a bit of an aroma in his wake, poor little tyke. 411 00:26:27,860 --> 00:26:29,810 Lucky that will soon be a thing of the past, 412 00:26:29,860 --> 00:26:32,130 with the new housing and indoor bathrooms. 413 00:26:32,180 --> 00:26:33,690 I didn't notice. 414 00:26:33,740 --> 00:26:37,290 I think the only indoor bathroom in my father's parish was ours. 415 00:26:37,340 --> 00:26:38,650 Oh, well done. 416 00:26:38,700 --> 00:26:41,090 You managed to get rid of quite a lot of rosehip syrup. 417 00:26:41,140 --> 00:26:46,130 I told them all I drink it myself and really like it. 418 00:26:46,180 --> 00:26:48,050 When did Gary Teeman come in? 419 00:26:48,100 --> 00:26:50,250 A minute or two ago. 420 00:26:50,300 --> 00:26:52,170 I put a note on the list, Barbara! 421 00:26:52,220 --> 00:26:54,850 You were supposed to send for me if he appeared. 422 00:26:54,900 --> 00:26:56,170 Oh... 423 00:27:05,020 --> 00:27:06,360 Trixie! 424 00:27:10,420 --> 00:27:12,730 Afternoon, Reverend! 425 00:27:12,780 --> 00:27:14,740 Afternoon. 426 00:27:18,260 --> 00:27:20,730 Please be advised I had every intention of kissing you 427 00:27:20,780 --> 00:27:21,930 when we first met. 428 00:27:21,980 --> 00:27:24,980 And I had every intention of letting you. 429 00:27:27,100 --> 00:27:28,930 Scotch egg? 430 00:27:28,980 --> 00:27:31,290 You're like a sort of angel sometimes. 431 00:27:31,340 --> 00:27:33,460 SHE GIGGLES 432 00:27:35,740 --> 00:27:38,490 I've looked all over Poplar for your little pram-pushing friend. 433 00:27:38,540 --> 00:27:40,050 Gary? 434 00:27:40,100 --> 00:27:43,530 There are no Teemans on the Cradle Roll, and none at the school. 435 00:27:43,580 --> 00:27:47,170 ~ It's as though they've vanished. ~ And we can't let them. 436 00:27:47,220 --> 00:27:50,050 He was putting on such a brave face, Tom. 437 00:27:50,100 --> 00:27:53,340 I know what that looks like. And I know what it feels like. 438 00:27:55,700 --> 00:27:59,610 I know, because I did it when I was a child myself. 439 00:27:59,660 --> 00:28:03,060 Besides, the baby had impetigo. I'm sure of it. 440 00:28:12,300 --> 00:28:15,660 BABY CRIES 441 00:28:20,340 --> 00:28:24,570 Marcy, don't worry. I'm just getting the key. 442 00:28:24,620 --> 00:28:27,700 BABY CRIES 443 00:28:33,740 --> 00:28:36,540 Don't worry. I'm not going anywhere. 444 00:28:41,620 --> 00:28:44,420 Don't worry. I'll think of something. 445 00:28:55,020 --> 00:28:57,180 KNOCK ON DOOR 446 00:28:58,420 --> 00:29:00,290 Sit down, Sister. 447 00:29:01,660 --> 00:29:03,890 I've decided that erm, 448 00:29:03,940 --> 00:29:08,090 Nurse Gilbert will benefit from a few days at the Maternity Home. 449 00:29:08,140 --> 00:29:12,650 The routine will remind her of hospital, on a more intimate scale. 450 00:29:12,700 --> 00:29:15,490 They're meant to be trained when they come here. 451 00:29:15,540 --> 00:29:20,930 She is trained, and qualified. She just... lacks experience. 452 00:29:20,980 --> 00:29:24,250 Well, the Maternity Home can have her with my compliments, 453 00:29:24,300 --> 00:29:26,530 keep her for as long as they like. 454 00:29:26,580 --> 00:29:30,570 And I've changed the roster so that you can go there too, 455 00:29:30,620 --> 00:29:32,410 keep an eye on her. 456 00:29:32,460 --> 00:29:35,570 As long as our patients don't suffer, I won't argue. 457 00:29:35,620 --> 00:29:39,290 It... it's not really the patients' suffering that concerns me 458 00:29:39,340 --> 00:29:42,010 at the moment, Sister. It's yours. 459 00:29:43,460 --> 00:29:46,650 I'm not suffering. Whatever gave you that impression? 460 00:29:46,700 --> 00:29:49,770 You push your food away from you at mealtimes. 461 00:29:49,820 --> 00:29:52,090 You've been dosing yourself with Milk of Magnesia. 462 00:29:52,140 --> 00:29:55,410 And today you put your hand to your back in chapel 463 00:29:55,460 --> 00:29:58,210 when we stood to pray. 464 00:29:58,260 --> 00:30:01,770 It's a touch of lumbago. Not getting any younger, no more than you are. 465 00:30:01,820 --> 00:30:05,650 There's age and there's illness, Sister. 466 00:30:05,700 --> 00:30:08,930 I would like you to make an appointment with Doctor. 467 00:30:08,980 --> 00:30:11,610 To set all our minds at rest. 468 00:30:11,660 --> 00:30:15,570 Have I ever failed to fulfil my duties? 469 00:30:15,620 --> 00:30:21,170 Have I ever failed a mother in delivery, or my Sisters in Christ? 470 00:30:21,220 --> 00:30:23,890 ~ No, never. ~ In which case 471 00:30:23,940 --> 00:30:27,930 I suggest you find something else to tie yourself in knots about! 472 00:30:27,980 --> 00:30:30,290 Like the state of this building. 473 00:30:30,340 --> 00:30:33,780 It's Nonnatus House that's got dry rot, not me. 474 00:30:42,540 --> 00:30:45,810 Am I supposed to teach you to use hand signals as well? 475 00:30:45,860 --> 00:30:47,450 Sorry, Sister. 476 00:30:47,500 --> 00:30:50,490 I wasn't best pleased with the way your gabardine was flapping. 477 00:30:50,540 --> 00:30:53,540 You are a midwife not a can-can dancer. 478 00:31:08,540 --> 00:31:15,020 BABY CRIES 479 00:31:19,660 --> 00:31:22,410 Morning, buddy. You're up with the lark. 480 00:31:22,460 --> 00:31:25,490 ~ What's a lark? ~ It's a type of bird. 481 00:31:25,540 --> 00:31:26,930 Do you get 'em in London? 482 00:31:26,980 --> 00:31:28,930 Well, maybe in parks. 483 00:31:28,980 --> 00:31:31,140 Larks in the parks, eh? 484 00:31:35,860 --> 00:31:37,690 Jacquetta! 485 00:31:37,740 --> 00:31:40,730 Jacquetta! 486 00:31:40,780 --> 00:31:43,410 Fetch a cup. 487 00:31:43,460 --> 00:31:46,260 Fetch a cup and bring it to the door. 488 00:31:54,740 --> 00:31:57,540 Hold it up, Jackie. Hold it right up. 489 00:31:58,020 --> 00:31:59,960 Hold it up, Jackie. 490 00:32:08,180 --> 00:32:10,120 Hold it up, Jackie. 491 00:32:11,700 --> 00:32:15,010 Mrs Wimbish? There's something wrong. There's definitely something wrong. 492 00:32:15,060 --> 00:32:19,170 ~ She's been awake since four o'clock this morning. We think she's having contractions. ~ Sit down. 493 00:32:19,220 --> 00:32:22,660 ~ I'm only seven months! I can't have it now! ~ I'll fetch Doctor. 494 00:32:23,820 --> 00:32:27,570 This is how the others started, George. 495 00:32:27,620 --> 00:32:29,820 It's how they ended, too. 496 00:32:30,460 --> 00:32:32,400 They came too soon. 497 00:32:34,540 --> 00:32:39,050 Your contractions weren't regular and they seem to have petered out. 498 00:32:39,100 --> 00:32:43,250 I think we should pop you into bed here, keep you under observation, 499 00:32:43,300 --> 00:32:46,010 and then transfer you to the London if things start moving. 500 00:32:46,060 --> 00:32:49,770 Will they start moving? Can't you do anything to stop it? 501 00:32:49,820 --> 00:32:53,220 The most important thing for you both is rest. 502 00:33:12,260 --> 00:33:13,690 ~ And er... ~ Anything else? 503 00:33:13,740 --> 00:33:16,370 ~ A box of the Dairy. ~ Dairy box? ~ Yep. 504 00:33:16,420 --> 00:33:18,010 ~ Is that it? ~ That's it, thank you. 505 00:33:18,060 --> 00:33:20,260 Lovely, thanks very much. 506 00:33:24,090 --> 00:33:25,090 Thank you. Thank you. 507 00:33:25,140 --> 00:33:27,570 Oi! Oi! Come here! Come here, you! 508 00:33:27,620 --> 00:33:30,660 Oi! Come here, you thieving....! Come here! 509 00:33:32,580 --> 00:33:34,050 Come here! 510 00:33:35,780 --> 00:33:37,520 Come here, you. 511 00:33:40,820 --> 00:33:43,570 ~ Come here! Come here! ~ Get off me! 512 00:33:43,620 --> 00:33:46,370 Yes, so you can come back tomorrow and rob me blind again, eh? 513 00:33:46,420 --> 00:33:48,930 Luncheon is served! 514 00:33:48,980 --> 00:33:50,610 Did you make that? 515 00:33:50,660 --> 00:33:55,130 No. But I'm supervising the orderly. She's new. 516 00:33:55,180 --> 00:33:57,050 Aren't you lucky? 517 00:34:00,980 --> 00:34:03,890 ~ I daren't tell you what I do for a living. ~ Oh? 518 00:34:03,940 --> 00:34:07,500 I'm a Domestic Science teacher. 519 00:34:11,060 --> 00:34:13,210 Stay calm, Colette. Stay calm. 520 00:34:13,260 --> 00:34:16,340 Have you been practising your breathing exercises? 521 00:34:19,900 --> 00:34:21,770 Sister Evangelina! 522 00:34:23,490 --> 00:34:24,490 Get in there, you. 523 00:34:24,540 --> 00:34:27,890 Got one here, Sergeant - wants teaching a lesson. 524 00:34:27,940 --> 00:34:29,690 And if you don't, I will! 525 00:34:29,740 --> 00:34:32,340 ~ What's he done? ~ Robbed me shop. 526 00:34:36,500 --> 00:34:40,060 Rich Tea? You must have been starving. 527 00:34:42,140 --> 00:34:43,610 Fully dilated. 528 00:34:43,660 --> 00:34:44,930 I called the Flying Squad. 529 00:34:44,980 --> 00:34:47,850 I told them a premature baby at 33 weeks is expected 530 00:34:47,900 --> 00:34:49,090 and they're on their way. 531 00:34:49,140 --> 00:34:51,090 She might deliver before they get here. 532 00:34:51,140 --> 00:34:53,010 And tell me where the extra heaters are. 533 00:34:53,060 --> 00:34:56,460 Cupboard off the landing, on the left. Quickly. 534 00:34:57,020 --> 00:34:58,930 It's all right, Colette. 535 00:34:58,980 --> 00:35:02,730 Baby's coming very fast, which is never a picnic. 536 00:35:02,780 --> 00:35:06,370 But on your next contraction, you're probably going to feel the need to push. 537 00:35:06,420 --> 00:35:11,220 ~ No, no, no, I try to want to keep him where it's safe. ~ That's it. 538 00:35:13,380 --> 00:35:16,050 Watch where you're walking, Nurse! 539 00:35:17,380 --> 00:35:19,320 That's it, Colette! 540 00:35:21,580 --> 00:35:23,450 Yes, come on! 541 00:35:23,500 --> 00:35:25,730 Ah, that's the girl, that's the girl! 542 00:35:25,780 --> 00:35:28,010 SHE GASPS 543 00:35:28,060 --> 00:35:29,210 How much longer? 544 00:35:29,260 --> 00:35:33,060 Well, the next contraction, if you can keep this up. 545 00:35:33,580 --> 00:35:35,410 Come on, now, come on, now. 546 00:35:35,460 --> 00:35:38,330 Ah, this is it! 547 00:35:38,380 --> 00:35:40,320 Yes, yes - come on! 548 00:35:43,100 --> 00:35:44,300 Yes! 549 00:35:52,740 --> 00:35:55,490 SHE LAUGHS 550 00:35:55,540 --> 00:35:57,540 You have a daughter. 551 00:36:01,220 --> 00:36:06,060 SHE GASPS 552 00:36:23,820 --> 00:36:25,330 Mucus extractor. 553 00:36:25,380 --> 00:36:28,890 Is everything all right? 554 00:36:28,940 --> 00:36:30,570 ~ Come on, young lady. ~ What's wrong? 555 00:36:30,620 --> 00:36:33,020 Wakey-wakey! Rise and shine. 556 00:36:51,020 --> 00:36:57,420 BABY CRIES 557 00:36:58,860 --> 00:37:00,530 Can I see her? 558 00:37:16,940 --> 00:37:18,410 Just here. 559 00:37:19,860 --> 00:37:22,010 Oh, my love. 560 00:37:22,060 --> 00:37:25,260 We couldn't wait a moment longer, could we? 561 00:37:28,220 --> 00:37:32,490 Spontaneous vaginal delivery, 33 weeks gestation. 562 00:37:32,540 --> 00:37:35,570 Airways cleared and breathing without help. 563 00:37:35,620 --> 00:37:37,250 Where are they taking her? 564 00:37:37,300 --> 00:37:41,210 You leave them to their job, and we'll get on with ours. 565 00:37:41,260 --> 00:37:45,820 BABY CRIES 566 00:37:48,650 --> 00:37:49,650 Nurse. 567 00:37:49,700 --> 00:37:52,570 Nurse, you're not here to assist them, you're here to assist me! 568 00:37:52,620 --> 00:37:56,740 Come here, stand here. Here! Stand there! Give the mother some privacy! 569 00:37:59,820 --> 00:38:02,490 I thought you might fancy a cuppa. 570 00:38:02,780 --> 00:38:05,410 Seeing as how you brought some biscuits with you. 571 00:38:05,460 --> 00:38:07,250 They weren't for me. 572 00:38:07,300 --> 00:38:08,610 Not even one of them? 573 00:38:08,660 --> 00:38:13,290 I don't get hungry. But my baby sisters, they cry. 574 00:38:13,340 --> 00:38:15,490 They can't wait like I can wait. 575 00:38:15,540 --> 00:38:17,730 Wait for what, Gary? 576 00:38:17,780 --> 00:38:19,410 Mum. 577 00:38:19,460 --> 00:38:22,250 She'll bring us chips and stuff, when she comes back. 578 00:38:22,300 --> 00:38:23,970 Back from where? 579 00:38:24,020 --> 00:38:25,690 She goes out. 580 00:38:26,740 --> 00:38:28,770 That's no good, is it? 581 00:38:28,820 --> 00:38:32,010 When she goes out, how long is she gone for? 582 00:38:32,060 --> 00:38:36,060 Only a night. Or two sometimes. 583 00:38:37,220 --> 00:38:38,370 It's like she says, 584 00:38:38,420 --> 00:38:41,900 everybody has to have something that makes them happy. 585 00:38:43,500 --> 00:38:47,170 ~ Come here. ~ Don't come near me! Don't you bloody come near! 586 00:38:47,220 --> 00:38:52,370 ~ Why not, son? ~ Because I know how bad I smell. And I'm ashamed. 587 00:38:52,420 --> 00:38:55,610 It's all right, son. It's all right. 588 00:38:55,660 --> 00:38:59,260 It isn't. And you wouldn't say that, if you knew. 589 00:38:59,700 --> 00:39:01,500 Knew what, Gary? 590 00:39:04,460 --> 00:39:07,170 Why can't I go with her? 591 00:39:07,220 --> 00:39:09,650 Baby's going to need to be very carefully nursed 592 00:39:09,700 --> 00:39:13,690 and kept warm in an incubator, on the premature baby ward. 593 00:39:13,740 --> 00:39:17,570 I keep hearing that little cry. 594 00:39:17,620 --> 00:39:21,050 Keeps replaying in my head, like the chorus of a song. 595 00:39:21,100 --> 00:39:23,170 Well, that's something, isn't it? 596 00:39:23,220 --> 00:39:25,010 It's all I've got. 597 00:39:25,060 --> 00:39:26,660 Get it open. 598 00:39:35,620 --> 00:39:37,820 ~ What a stink. ~ FLIES BUZZ 599 00:39:42,060 --> 00:39:44,460 Let's get some light in here. 600 00:40:01,460 --> 00:40:04,690 It's all right, everything's fine. It's OK. Shh, shh. 601 00:40:04,740 --> 00:40:08,490 ~ What do we do, Sarge? ~ Get the WPC. And bring their brother in. 602 00:40:08,540 --> 00:40:10,210 Bring the boy. 603 00:40:19,700 --> 00:40:20,850 I'm hungry. 604 00:40:20,900 --> 00:40:22,170 I'm sorry. 605 00:40:22,220 --> 00:40:25,130 I'm hungry, Gary. 606 00:40:25,180 --> 00:40:26,850 Are you cold? 607 00:40:28,780 --> 00:40:30,050 Here. 608 00:40:31,860 --> 00:40:34,200 It'll all be all right now. 609 00:40:39,740 --> 00:40:44,940 BABY CRIES 610 00:40:46,380 --> 00:40:47,530 Hello, Coral. 611 00:40:47,580 --> 00:40:49,850 Take Gary back to the car. 612 00:40:50,260 --> 00:40:51,970 Come with me, luvvie. 613 00:40:52,020 --> 00:40:54,090 Take our baby sister. 614 00:40:58,860 --> 00:41:00,980 Sh, sh, sh, sh, sh. 615 00:41:02,340 --> 00:41:04,140 It's OK. Sh. 616 00:41:07,620 --> 00:41:10,130 When the woman who did this to her children crawls back here, 617 00:41:10,180 --> 00:41:12,780 you're to arrest her for neglect. 618 00:41:29,220 --> 00:41:32,420 Let's get her downstairs. Come on. This way. 619 00:41:34,260 --> 00:41:36,530 Would you let me see what it is, Jacquetta? 620 00:41:36,580 --> 00:41:37,930 I won't take it from you. 621 00:41:37,980 --> 00:41:39,980 BABY CRIES 622 00:41:41,660 --> 00:41:45,210 She's severely dehydrated and running a fever. 623 00:41:45,260 --> 00:41:47,650 There are bruises on Jacquetta's shoulder. 624 00:41:47,700 --> 00:41:49,210 I think somebody has shaken her. 625 00:41:49,260 --> 00:41:53,100 They both have fleas. And there's a cigarette burn on Marcy's foot. 626 00:41:55,340 --> 00:41:57,330 ~ Oh, Jesus. ~ Do you need a clean nappy? 627 00:41:57,380 --> 00:42:00,770 No. We need an ambulance. She'll need intravenous antibiotics 628 00:42:00,820 --> 00:42:03,020 and possibly skin grafts. 629 00:42:06,500 --> 00:42:08,490 Nonnatus House. Midwife speaking? 630 00:42:08,540 --> 00:42:09,690 'Nurse Franklin?' 631 00:42:09,740 --> 00:42:12,690 The doctor asks if you can send two nurses on the district roster 632 00:42:12,740 --> 00:42:17,330 over to the surgery. We've had a neglect and cruelty case brought in. 633 00:42:17,380 --> 00:42:19,930 'We're having to get the cleansing station opened.' 634 00:42:19,980 --> 00:42:23,970 The cleansing station? Is it really that bad? 635 00:42:24,020 --> 00:42:25,410 I shall accompany you. 636 00:42:25,460 --> 00:42:28,570 It's not necessary. 637 00:42:28,620 --> 00:42:32,850 Once the cleansing stations never closed. 638 00:42:32,900 --> 00:42:34,690 We were there so often, 639 00:42:34,740 --> 00:42:38,730 ridding the most wretched of whatever filth encrusted them. 640 00:42:38,780 --> 00:42:45,530 It was never pleasant work, but that it was necessary was not in doubt. 641 00:42:45,580 --> 00:42:48,210 It will not shock me. 642 00:42:48,260 --> 00:42:50,780 And it is work that I can do. 643 00:43:05,900 --> 00:43:09,700 This young fellow needs to be kissed and held also. 644 00:43:10,700 --> 00:43:12,930 But I do not think you can help him, 645 00:43:12,980 --> 00:43:18,130 unless you give me that package you're taking such good care of. 646 00:43:18,180 --> 00:43:20,450 I've spoken to Social Services. 647 00:43:20,500 --> 00:43:23,010 They said there are no emergency foster parents 648 00:43:23,060 --> 00:43:25,610 who can take all three tonight. 649 00:43:25,660 --> 00:43:28,860 I have retrieved the item she has cherished. 650 00:43:29,300 --> 00:43:33,220 ~ It appears to be some species of condiment. ~ Bisto. 651 00:43:42,020 --> 00:43:45,580 Sweetie. Have you been eating the stuff in that packet? 652 00:43:46,580 --> 00:43:48,250 I was hungry. 653 00:43:52,580 --> 00:43:54,250 Well! 654 00:43:54,300 --> 00:43:58,140 It's not quite Vidal Sassoon, but I'm sure we can make the best of it. 655 00:43:59,540 --> 00:44:01,770 What's Vidal Sassoon? 656 00:44:01,820 --> 00:44:05,060 It's an absolutely splendid salon, all the way up west! 657 00:44:06,500 --> 00:44:11,130 There are mirrors from floor to ceiling and golden chandeliers, 658 00:44:11,180 --> 00:44:17,180 and the minute you walk in, all you can smell is shampoo and red roses. 659 00:44:19,540 --> 00:44:22,930 However, we're also rather famous for our shampoo and sets 660 00:44:22,980 --> 00:44:24,850 at Maison Trixie. 661 00:44:25,820 --> 00:44:29,220 We run quite a good service for young men too. 662 00:44:32,380 --> 00:44:35,460 ~ Hello, Gary! ~ Is the water nice? 663 00:44:39,660 --> 00:44:42,850 We've got rid of the fleas, but the nits are tenacious. 664 00:44:42,900 --> 00:44:45,300 Their scalps are best shaved. 665 00:44:46,020 --> 00:44:48,690 ~ I am preparing the razor. ~ No! No! 666 00:44:49,660 --> 00:44:53,170 ~ But if it's for the best... ~ People will think we're poor! 667 00:44:53,220 --> 00:44:56,970 ~ People will feel sorry for us! ~ Gary's quite right. 668 00:44:57,020 --> 00:44:59,850 There's nothing the matter with these children's heads 669 00:44:59,900 --> 00:45:02,890 that a bit of time and attention to detail can't cure. 670 00:45:02,940 --> 00:45:05,480 We have plenty of the former... 671 00:45:07,060 --> 00:45:09,660 .. and the latter costs nothing. 672 00:45:12,900 --> 00:45:15,810 ~ Don't turn the light off. ~ Don't worry. 673 00:45:15,860 --> 00:45:18,860 No-one needs to sleep in the dark here. 674 00:45:20,780 --> 00:45:22,920 Sweet dreams, sweeties. 675 00:45:54,500 --> 00:45:57,250 ~ There's no need for that. ~ You do it for me 676 00:45:57,300 --> 00:45:59,690 every time I get called out at night. 677 00:45:59,740 --> 00:46:04,020 ~ There's so much love in this house, isn't there? ~ So much. 678 00:46:05,020 --> 00:46:08,320 And sometimes so little in the world outside. 679 00:46:13,020 --> 00:46:15,690 Can I tell you something, Patrick? 680 00:46:16,020 --> 00:46:17,370 You can tell me anything, 681 00:46:17,420 --> 00:46:20,850 and I hope you always will. 682 00:46:20,900 --> 00:46:23,700 I miss nursing and I miss midwifery. 683 00:46:24,900 --> 00:46:28,100 I think nursing and midwifery miss you, too. 684 00:46:29,300 --> 00:46:31,970 Don't think I'm saying I want to go back to work. 685 00:46:32,020 --> 00:46:34,890 I can't sign up for shifts, 686 00:46:34,940 --> 00:46:38,220 I can't go out in the middle of the night to deliver babies. 687 00:46:40,660 --> 00:46:42,730 But I do yearn for... 688 00:46:44,340 --> 00:46:47,500 .. that sense of making things better... 689 00:46:49,460 --> 00:46:51,650 .. of putting things to rights. 690 00:46:51,700 --> 00:46:53,100 So do I. 691 00:46:56,740 --> 00:46:59,080 You do a hard job, Patrick. 692 00:46:59,660 --> 00:47:01,530 A lonely one too. 693 00:47:02,980 --> 00:47:05,250 But it doesn't have to be. 694 00:47:09,300 --> 00:47:11,290 What are you doing now? 695 00:47:11,340 --> 00:47:13,970 There are rules about you and the gas. 696 00:47:14,020 --> 00:47:17,170 You think me likely to cause a conflagration? 697 00:47:17,220 --> 00:47:19,980 Yes. Or blow us all sky-high! 698 00:47:21,540 --> 00:47:23,610 You are in pain again. 699 00:47:24,540 --> 00:47:29,050 And water will not cure it, be it cold or hot 700 00:47:29,100 --> 00:47:32,170 or sealed within a rubber bottle. 701 00:47:32,220 --> 00:47:35,730 Soon you will be disqualified from work, 702 00:47:35,780 --> 00:47:38,570 just as I am by the fractures of my mind. 703 00:47:38,620 --> 00:47:40,810 You seem sharp enough tonight, 704 00:47:40,860 --> 00:47:44,560 dishing out advice and toasting your own crumpets. 705 00:47:51,260 --> 00:47:52,460 See? 706 00:47:53,580 --> 00:47:56,980 You are more necessary than you might imagine. 707 00:47:59,020 --> 00:48:03,740 If you do not consult a doctor, who is to say where it will end? 708 00:48:09,980 --> 00:48:13,890 Blood pressure and a check of your stitches, Colette. 709 00:48:13,940 --> 00:48:17,010 If I can give another good report to Sister Evangelina, 710 00:48:17,060 --> 00:48:21,760 you might be allowed to sit in a chair for a bit this afternoon. 711 00:48:23,340 --> 00:48:26,010 My milk's come in! 712 00:48:26,060 --> 00:48:28,090 If it's not my waters breaking, I'm crying. 713 00:48:28,140 --> 00:48:30,490 If I'm not crying, I'm leaking milk! 714 00:48:30,540 --> 00:48:33,540 If I lose any more liquid this bed will start floating. 715 00:48:35,660 --> 00:48:38,410 We can give you Epsom salts to stop you lactating. 716 00:48:38,460 --> 00:48:41,290 I don't want to dry it up, this is my baby's milk. 717 00:48:41,340 --> 00:48:44,770 I don't even know what they're feeding her on. 718 00:48:44,820 --> 00:48:46,410 Please let me try it, Sister. 719 00:48:46,460 --> 00:48:49,170 Colette can express her milk manually every three hours 720 00:48:49,220 --> 00:48:52,090 and we can take it to the hospital to be kept in the refrigerator 721 00:48:52,140 --> 00:48:53,410 and given to her baby. 722 00:48:53,460 --> 00:48:56,290 And how much time is that going to take out of everybody's day? 723 00:48:56,340 --> 00:48:57,290 My day! 724 00:48:57,340 --> 00:49:00,330 I can get there and back, by bike, in not more than half an hour. 725 00:49:00,380 --> 00:49:03,490 And I can take the milk in batches, morning and evening. 726 00:49:03,540 --> 00:49:08,260 ~ You always say breast milk is best. ~ Where do you get your energy from? 727 00:49:13,820 --> 00:49:15,820 Oh, what sad faces. 728 00:49:16,940 --> 00:49:19,410 I don't like to see sad faces. 729 00:49:22,380 --> 00:49:24,660 Oh, look! What's this? 730 00:49:26,140 --> 00:49:28,850 ~ Shall I press it? ~ HORN HONKS 731 00:49:28,900 --> 00:49:30,690 THEY LAUGH 732 00:49:30,740 --> 00:49:32,940 That's better, isn't it? 733 00:49:35,020 --> 00:49:36,490 You have a go, that's it. 734 00:49:36,540 --> 00:49:41,010 Well done! That's a good noise! 735 00:49:41,060 --> 00:49:43,600 Oh! And you! Oh, I like that... 736 00:49:51,260 --> 00:49:55,010 We've found them an excellent short-term foster home. 737 00:49:55,060 --> 00:49:58,490 The children will be kept together, can even share a bedroom. 738 00:49:58,540 --> 00:50:01,930 I managed to find quite a few spare pairs of knickers for Marcy. 739 00:50:01,980 --> 00:50:05,370 You'll have to tell whoever's looking after her that she's 740 00:50:05,420 --> 00:50:07,970 not entirely reliable on the toilet training front. 741 00:50:08,020 --> 00:50:10,820 Please come and say goodbye to them. 742 00:50:14,860 --> 00:50:16,450 No. 743 00:50:16,500 --> 00:50:18,240 I'd rather not. 744 00:50:19,300 --> 00:50:23,330 Trixie. We all meet with cases that touch us more than others... 745 00:50:23,380 --> 00:50:25,730 Gary and his sisters aren't a case, Tom! 746 00:50:25,780 --> 00:50:27,650 They're children! 747 00:50:28,940 --> 00:50:30,970 And Gary was playing the cheeky chappy, 748 00:50:31,020 --> 00:50:33,130 just like I used to play little Shirley Temple 749 00:50:33,180 --> 00:50:36,170 when I was a child 750 00:50:36,220 --> 00:50:38,820 and my father had his breakdowns. 751 00:50:46,740 --> 00:50:50,020 You don't forget what it's like to be putting on a show... 752 00:50:51,940 --> 00:50:55,690 .. wishing all the time that somebody, anybody who can help, will say, 753 00:50:55,740 --> 00:50:58,010 "Is something the matter?" 754 00:50:59,900 --> 00:51:02,130 And hoping all the time that nobody does, 755 00:51:02,180 --> 00:51:04,780 because you have so much to hide. 756 00:51:07,180 --> 00:51:10,480 If I could rub all that out for you, I would. 757 00:51:12,020 --> 00:51:14,690 If I could take every scrap of unhappiness 758 00:51:14,740 --> 00:51:17,900 you've ever had away, I would. 759 00:51:19,860 --> 00:51:21,530 And you can't. 760 00:51:22,780 --> 00:51:25,650 But just standing here, with you, 761 00:51:25,700 --> 00:51:29,620 hearing you say that, reminds me that I've survived it. 762 00:51:31,980 --> 00:51:35,180 And that others might not if we don't help. 763 00:51:36,100 --> 00:51:39,740 Now. Don't forget to tell the foster mother about the knickers. 764 00:52:11,900 --> 00:52:13,170 Good night. 765 00:52:13,220 --> 00:52:14,760 Good night. 766 00:52:43,180 --> 00:52:45,610 You can tell me where my kids are any time you like. 767 00:52:45,660 --> 00:52:49,170 I think you'll find your kids are no concern of yours any more. 768 00:52:49,220 --> 00:52:52,170 I'll have you know I was out working to support them. 769 00:52:52,220 --> 00:52:55,850 Family allowance doesn't go nowhere when a father legs it. 770 00:52:55,900 --> 00:52:58,170 Where exactly do you work, Mrs Teeman? 771 00:52:58,220 --> 00:53:00,620 In a licensed establishment. 772 00:53:01,620 --> 00:53:04,720 It's in Notting Hill so I have to commute. 773 00:53:07,020 --> 00:53:09,250 The hours are good if you've got children. 774 00:53:09,300 --> 00:53:11,730 When I'm at home, I'm at home all day. 775 00:53:11,780 --> 00:53:14,690 I'll take a statement from you at the station. 776 00:53:14,740 --> 00:53:17,050 I shall be stating that my water was cut off, 777 00:53:17,100 --> 00:53:19,290 which is why this place stinks the way it does. 778 00:53:19,340 --> 00:53:22,930 I'm on a list to be rehoused but the council have done nothing. 779 00:53:22,980 --> 00:53:25,330 Just like the doctor did nothing when I went to him 780 00:53:25,380 --> 00:53:28,130 ~ and asked to have my tubes tied. ~ You're under arrest, Mrs Teeman. 781 00:53:28,180 --> 00:53:30,650 You'll be allowed to speak to a solicitor in due course. 782 00:53:30,700 --> 00:53:33,130 ~ I didn't ask for any of this. ~ And neither did your children. 783 00:53:33,180 --> 00:53:34,980 We did our best. 784 00:53:36,300 --> 00:53:38,300 We all did our best. 785 00:53:38,940 --> 00:53:41,010 Is the baby all right? 786 00:53:43,100 --> 00:53:45,100 Take her to the car. 787 00:53:52,380 --> 00:53:54,450 ~ What's this? ~ Open it. 788 00:54:04,460 --> 00:54:05,810 A meringue? 789 00:54:05,860 --> 00:54:07,810 With a cherry on, 790 00:54:07,860 --> 00:54:09,610 and some angelica, 791 00:54:09,660 --> 00:54:12,660 because I know those are your favourite. 792 00:54:13,980 --> 00:54:17,180 ~ Do you want me to eat it now? ~ Not just yet. 793 00:54:22,700 --> 00:54:27,260 Because what I really want to give you is this. 794 00:54:29,420 --> 00:54:33,930 ~ It was my grandmother's. ~ What a... surprise. 795 00:54:33,980 --> 00:54:35,810 Don't say that, Trixie, 796 00:54:35,860 --> 00:54:38,370 because if it really is, it probably means you don't want 797 00:54:38,420 --> 00:54:41,490 to be my wife quite as much as I want to be your husband. 798 00:54:41,540 --> 00:54:43,140 Oh, Tom... 799 00:54:48,700 --> 00:54:51,810 Every day I talk about love - 800 00:54:51,860 --> 00:54:53,930 the love of God, 801 00:54:53,980 --> 00:54:55,410 love divine, 802 00:54:55,460 --> 00:54:57,530 love thy neighbour... 803 00:54:58,180 --> 00:55:00,450 .. all love's excelling... 804 00:55:03,500 --> 00:55:07,600 .. but I don't think I ever really knew what it meant... 805 00:55:09,300 --> 00:55:12,300 .. until I realised how much you meant. 806 00:55:13,620 --> 00:55:15,090 And mean. 807 00:55:24,220 --> 00:55:26,060 Say yes. 808 00:55:29,620 --> 00:55:31,380 Please say yes. 809 00:55:37,060 --> 00:55:38,660 Yes. 810 00:55:58,020 --> 00:56:00,690 You're looking very spruce, Mrs Turner. 811 00:56:00,740 --> 00:56:05,450 I'm officially taking on the role of medical secretary. 812 00:56:05,500 --> 00:56:07,130 Dr Turner is busier than ever 813 00:56:07,180 --> 00:56:10,180 and the practice needs proper management. 814 00:56:11,300 --> 00:56:15,220 Seems like a reasonable arrangement. There's certainly work to do. 815 00:56:16,940 --> 00:56:19,570 I want you to make an appointment with a doctor. 816 00:56:19,620 --> 00:56:23,980 But I don't mean Doctor Turner, I need to see a female one. 817 00:56:29,580 --> 00:56:32,050 Do you have... women's problems, Sister? 818 00:56:32,100 --> 00:56:34,140 Yes. Very much so. 819 00:56:49,380 --> 00:56:52,250 MATURE JENNY: 'It sometimes happens that new beginnings 820 00:56:52,300 --> 00:56:55,250 'come not at once, but at last. 821 00:56:55,300 --> 00:57:00,170 'The wait is rewarded and the fresh start can commence. 822 00:57:00,220 --> 00:57:04,010 'But we can never know how the story will conclude, 823 00:57:04,060 --> 00:57:07,490 'and perhaps that's for the better. 824 00:57:07,540 --> 00:57:09,890 'Baby Coral was adopted 825 00:57:09,940 --> 00:57:13,370 'and her three elder siblings were sent to Australia 826 00:57:13,420 --> 00:57:16,410 'under the child migrant programme. 827 00:57:16,460 --> 00:57:19,530 'They were promised a life of sunshine, blue skies, 828 00:57:19,580 --> 00:57:21,450 'and endless opportunity. 829 00:57:21,500 --> 00:57:24,410 'The truth was otherwise. 830 00:57:24,460 --> 00:57:28,970 'And the only consolation is that hope made them happy, 831 00:57:29,020 --> 00:57:31,060 'for a while.' 832 00:57:49,380 --> 00:57:54,650 'Joy is not felt less exquisitely because the moment flies. 833 00:57:54,700 --> 00:57:59,700 'And if we can taste it, we know that we are blessed. 834 00:58:04,860 --> 00:58:08,050 Phyllis Crane, SRN SCM. I am expected. 835 00:58:08,100 --> 00:58:11,010 If Nurse Crane doesn't approve of the way we run this ship, 836 00:58:11,060 --> 00:58:12,170 we will end up sinking! 837 00:58:12,220 --> 00:58:15,210 ~ How many years has it been? ~ Not quite 30. 838 00:58:15,260 --> 00:58:18,330 Still the pale, sweet girl with the wave in her fringe. 839 00:58:18,380 --> 00:58:20,770 You came to a decision, Louise. 840 00:58:20,820 --> 00:58:22,490 I need to see a doctor! 841 00:58:22,540 --> 00:58:24,410 Please don't cry. 842 00:58:25,540 --> 00:58:27,090 You are perturbed. 843 00:58:27,140 --> 00:58:29,700 You strive to hide it, but you do not succeed.