1 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:22,080 Ripped By mstoll 2 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:33,912 MATURE JENNY: What do we see when we look in the mirror? 3 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:36,077 Our truest selves 4 00:00:36,160 --> 00:00:39,072 or a faint approximation 5 00:00:39,160 --> 00:00:41,674 of someone we'd rather be? 6 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:47,911 The mirror sees it all. Our fears, our little triumphs. 7 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:52,557 And keeps our secrets, holds our disappointments in. 8 00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:01,797 Nuns are supposed to be frugal. 9 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:03,791 Maybe I shouldn't have bought cut flowers. 10 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:05,876 It's only a few dahlias. 11 00:01:05,960 --> 00:01:08,474 They might think that I'm extravagant. 12 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:10,750 Maybe I should have bought a pot plant instead. 13 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:13,400 They've invited us to tea to celebrate our news. 14 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:14,959 You don't have to give them anything. 15 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:16,393 But Fred, it's an honour, 16 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:18,948 people like them inviting people like us. 17 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:20,792 You'd understand if you was a woman. 18 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:22,916 If I was a woman, we wouldn't be engaged. 19 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:25,474 Fred. 20 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:27,953 I'm nervous. 21 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:32,030 Don't be. It's just one big, happy family. 22 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:34,832 (COUGHING) 23 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:37,914 BARBARA: It's not working, Sister Evangelina. 24 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:39,274 - EVANGELINA: Ugh! - Oh. 25 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:42,951 I think the chimney must be blocked. 26 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:47,875 Blocked, no doubt, because of a certain handyman's negligence. 27 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:50,190 Uh, pass me the poker. 28 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:54,189 I think it likely it is trammelled by a bird's nest. 29 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:56,396 According to its species, 30 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:59,830 doom of several aspects might ensue. 31 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:06,157 I should shudder more were it to prove a jackdaw or a magpie. 32 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:10,918 It's probably a stork with a slightly singed backside. 33 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:13,435 - (CLANKS) - Oh! 34 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:16,632 (GROANS) 35 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:24,035 Fred should have had this chimney swept in September, 36 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:25,599 when we didn't need a fire, 37 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:28,194 instead of mooning about like Billy Bunter 38 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:30,840 - struck by Cupid's dart. - (DOORBELL RINGS) 39 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,549 Fred. Mrs Gee. It's so good of you to come 40 00:02:36,640 --> 00:02:38,119 and share your happiness with us. 41 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:39,838 It's good of you to invite us. 42 00:02:39,920 --> 00:02:42,434 Oh, dahlias. How very extravagant! 43 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:49,556 Excuse me. What's that? 44 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:51,438 It's an engagement cake. 45 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:54,877 Decorated with buttercream and crystallised violets. 46 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:57,919 It's a sort of pun on Mrs Gee's first name. 47 00:02:58,160 --> 00:02:59,388 I meant underneath it. 48 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:02,074 It's, um, a silver board. 49 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:05,197 It's the silver board that went under my engagement cake. 50 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:07,111 I thought it had been thrown out. 51 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:11,475 Well, why would we do that? It cost two and eleven. 52 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:13,039 Oh, don't worry, Trixie. 53 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:15,680 I'm sure it won't bring them bad luck or anything. 54 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:24,951 This little piggy went to market, this little piggy stayed at home. 55 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:27,270 This little piggy had roast beef 56 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:29,715 and this little piggy had none. 57 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:34,112 And this little piggy went wee-wee-wee-wee, 58 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:37,749 all the way to Walton-on-the-Naze to see his grandparents. 59 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:40,150 Camilla, can you steer clear of the W-word? 60 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:41,593 What, Walton-on-the-Naze? 61 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:43,278 - No. Wee-wee. - Oh. 62 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:45,590 He's going to get confused and we've two hours drive ahead of us. 63 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:48,033 Sorry. 64 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:49,869 I'm aware there are better times 65 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:52,952 for me to be going off to do a fortnight's course at The London. 66 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:56,836 But we've made great leaps forward with this little lavatory seat. 67 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:00,153 - Simple pleasures, eh? - Have faith. 68 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:03,997 He'll be running for gold at the Potty Olympics in no time. 69 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:06,034 Come here. 70 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:13,195 Camilla. You've forgotten something. 71 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:14,993 Good Lord. 72 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:20,349 I love you. 73 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:21,794 I love you. 74 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,275 Oh. Oh. Peter! 75 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:31,868 Peter! 76 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:34,114 Oh! 77 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:43,149 May you both be happy always. 78 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:44,958 - Thank you. - So, have you established a date 79 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:47,190 for these nuptials, Mrs Gee? 80 00:04:47,280 --> 00:04:49,032 Well, it won't be far off. 81 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:52,032 My son lives in Plymouth and he's due some leave from the Navy 82 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:53,678 so I'd like it to be then. 83 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:55,918 What about your daughters, Fred? 84 00:04:56,280 --> 00:04:57,872 Oh, Dolly and Marlene? 85 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:00,679 Oh, Dolly's moved to Australia now. She'd only have just got the letter. 86 00:05:00,840 --> 00:05:03,035 Oh, I thought she lived in Canada. 87 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:06,870 No, that's Marlene. She's back home now. 88 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:08,678 She's settled in Birmingham. 89 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:11,558 I imagine she's already browsing the catalogue for outfits. 90 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:14,510 We haven't heard anything, have we? 91 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:16,636 I'm sure we will. 92 00:05:23,280 --> 00:05:24,998 Nurse Noakes! 93 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:28,230 You are restored to us. 94 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:32,234 Ah. 95 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:34,993 And you have come supplied. 96 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:39,471 Which is just as well, for we have guests of uncommon appetite today. 97 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:41,473 I'm frightfully vexed at being late, 98 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:43,835 I was rather hoping for a morsel of pork pie. 99 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:46,910 "Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, 100 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:48,911 "there shall be no more cakes and ale?" 101 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,711 Sorry, Sister Monica Joan. It's my mother's ashes. 102 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:03,235 They are of comfort to you, perhaps. 103 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:04,913 Yes and no. 104 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,309 Let's not take it to the party. 105 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:10,914 She was such a stickler for etiquette, 106 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,309 she'd never go anywhere without an invitation. 107 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:34,950 Long time no see, Maureen. 108 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:38,390 Hello, Carole. How's life since you got rehoused? 109 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:41,877 I swear, that tower block wobbles when it's windy. 110 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:44,356 What are you doing here, dare I ask? 111 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:45,919 I'm in the family way again. 112 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:49,037 They reckon there's going to be a pill soon can stop it happening. 113 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:52,476 - There's a pill for everything nowadays. - Is Ted pleased? 114 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:55,239 Over the moon. He's away now, though, at sea. 115 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:58,118 Oh, of course. I'd forgotten. 116 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:01,511 Baby Cowan, Baby Kelly, 117 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,433 Baby Singh, Baby Pritchard. 118 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:07,433 Doctor's been delayed, so the vaccination appointments 119 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:10,717 have all been put back by half an hour. Sorry, ladies. 120 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:13,231 I may as well feed him here. 121 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:16,756 He's ever so obliging. He never minds if it's cold. 122 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,275 You'd be a fool to feed 'em fresh, really. 123 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:23,393 Listen to what's in this. Macaroni, bacon and tomato. 124 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,034 (RETCHING AND COUGHING) 125 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:28,509 Nurse? Nurse! 126 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:30,951 Hello, my love. You all right? 127 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:34,193 All right, fellas? 128 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:37,794 Hello, darlin'. 129 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:43,270 Morning, Mrs Gandini. 130 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:45,511 Haven't seen you in a while. 131 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,234 Talk about a sight for sore eyes. 132 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:55,234 Marlene! 133 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:58,353 I'm hardly the Avon Lady, Dad. 134 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:01,392 Although, judging by the smell of you, she's been here already. 135 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:04,996 Oh, it's only a bit of Old Spice. I've got to keep the standards up now. 136 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:08,313 Did you get the letter? About my lady friend? 137 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:10,994 Yes, Dad, I did. 138 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:15,836 Well, I'll take this away if the moment has passed. 139 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:18,957 Nothing brings on sickness faster than staring at the empty bowl. 140 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:23,633 A tea leaf in my tea brought it on this morning. 141 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:25,711 I've been like this since I missed my first monthly. 142 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:28,753 If I was a gambling woman, I'd put five bob on a girl. 143 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:31,312 I've rinsed out Mrs Gadsby's handbag 144 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:32,992 and brought her a nice cup of tea. 145 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:34,672 Oh. Thanks. 146 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:36,398 Would you mind just putting it over there? 147 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:38,038 Of course. 148 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:41,789 Would you like a Polo Mint? I've got some in my pocket. 149 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:44,075 - I didn't hear that. - Oh, yes, please. 150 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:51,236 Mind over matter. And Polo mints. That's what'll get you through this. 151 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:00,870 CHUMMY: Knock, knock. TRIXIE: Come in. 152 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:05,200 Poor thing. Have you got a hangover? 153 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:09,068 How could I be hungover? I haven't even been to bed yet. 154 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:11,879 Let alone had anything stronger than a Bournvita. 155 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:13,598 I got rather a shock when I realised 156 00:09:13,680 --> 00:09:16,240 Nonnatus House had moved on from Horlicks. 157 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:22,395 Still, the bathroom smells just the same. 158 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:24,675 Palmolive and Izal. 159 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:26,796 The girls at the Mother and Baby Home use Lux. 160 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:28,108 Hmm. 161 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:36,077 Whatever are you doing? 162 00:09:36,680 --> 00:09:38,113 Applying a protein mask. 163 00:09:39,560 --> 00:09:43,712 My complexion appears to be at the crossroads of youth and old age. 164 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:47,189 This morning I found the beginnings of a pimple 165 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:49,748 and a line beneath each eye. 166 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:52,559 I daren't even look in the mirror with my glasses on. 167 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:54,949 My whole face is sort of sliding downwards, 168 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:56,632 like a rather exhausted blancmange. 169 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:00,592 Do you suppose it would be as effective 170 00:10:00,680 --> 00:10:02,318 to take on the protein in the form of, say, 171 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:04,914 a fried egg sandwich or some custard? 172 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:07,032 No. 173 00:10:13,560 --> 00:10:15,437 Yours is the one without the spoon. 174 00:10:16,680 --> 00:10:18,910 And no sugar, 'cause you're sweet enough. 175 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:21,429 She's keeping your dust down, at any rate. 176 00:10:21,680 --> 00:10:24,831 I don't have Violet coming round here doing my housework, Marlene. 177 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:26,752 She's got a business to run and a home of her own. 178 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:28,478 Well, where does that leave you, Dad? 179 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:31,840 Well, I've handed notice on this place, 180 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:33,911 so when we're married, I'm going to move in with her. 181 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:37,550 I thought she'd come and live here? 182 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:42,397 (SIGHS) Well, she lives over her shop. It'd be a bit handier. 183 00:10:42,560 --> 00:10:44,676 - Well, handy for who? - Marlene... 184 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:46,830 I knew you hadn't thought this through, Dad. 185 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,231 That's why I brought an overnight bag, so I can stay here until you do. 186 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:55,074 Mater would thoroughly approve of this. 187 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:58,200 She always wanted me to slenderise. 188 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:03,190 Then when she was dying, she pushed a plate of scones towards me and said, 189 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:05,630 "Camilla, look after your face. 190 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:08,873 "The other end's for sitting on, nobody'll ever see it." 191 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:15,550 It's her anniversary coming up. 192 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:18,712 I'm going to scatter her ashes in commemoration. 193 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:21,155 Somewhere where she was happy? 194 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:23,158 I can't take them back to India. 195 00:11:23,560 --> 00:11:26,836 And they'd take a rather dim view of it in the food hall at Fortnum & Mason. 196 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:28,997 (LAUGHING) 197 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:31,150 Burnt cinder crunching under foot. 198 00:11:33,680 --> 00:11:35,033 The truth is 199 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:37,350 I haven't the first idea where to put her. 200 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:42,317 She floated through life like a beautiful scarf 201 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:45,237 or a trace of perfume. 202 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:49,632 I'm not sure anywhere left its mark on her 203 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:51,312 or indeed, vice versa. 204 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:01,992 Hello, midwife calling! 205 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:07,520 I see someone's dashing away with the smoothing iron. 206 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:17,028 Sorry. 207 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:25,679 Yes. I'd absolutely adore one. 208 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:32,634 Bourbons. My favourite. 209 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:44,596 Did you have regular check-ups with your old GP? 210 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:53,874 (SIGHS) 211 00:12:57,600 --> 00:12:58,919 Forgive me. 212 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:01,753 When was the last time you saw your doctor? 213 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:23,314 Dr Cartmel. 214 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:27,598 Manchester. 215 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:31,193 Hello, beautiful. 216 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:35,953 Apologies, nurse. I did promise her I'd be home before you got here 217 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:37,837 but the Chief Clerk wouldn't let me go. 218 00:13:38,560 --> 00:13:39,959 I'm Kevin Dillen. 219 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:41,593 Nurse Franklin. 220 00:13:42,560 --> 00:13:44,516 Do you speak sign language, Mr Dillen? 221 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:46,636 Ah, the minute I clapped eyes on June, 222 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:49,752 I made up my mind to learn sign language. 223 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:51,319 And learn I did. 224 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:58,793 She says I won't win any prizes but I'm okay. 225 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:00,393 TRIXIE: Oh. 226 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:05,555 And did Mrs Dillen's husband translate adequately? 227 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:09,799 We had a certain amount of fun and games with "cervix" and "vagina" 228 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:12,753 but all in all, I think we did quite well. 229 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:15,349 I explained how we'd help her with her home delivery 230 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:16,793 and she seemed frightfully keen. 231 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:20,079 Especially when I said her husband could stay with her. 232 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:22,679 Can you pass the pickles, please, Barbara? 233 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:24,512 EVANGELINA: We've been through this time and time again. 234 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:27,672 There is no need for a man to be in the delivery rooms. 235 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:29,313 We don't even need them to boil water, 236 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:31,356 so many people have got immersion heaters. 237 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:34,114 Nurse Crane, do you have a view? 238 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:38,394 I've seen it done once, in an artistic family in Leeds. 239 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:41,274 Suffice to say, there was a fainting episode. 240 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:44,074 - And it wasn't the mother. - (SCOFFS) 241 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:46,839 Well, June's husband doesn't look like a fainter to me. 242 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:49,673 He seems extremely sensible. 243 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:52,309 And if he's the only person who can communicate with her, 244 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:54,311 she's going to need his help when the baby's born. 245 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:57,472 And so will we. I learned some sign language 246 00:14:57,560 --> 00:15:01,189 when I helped with the Girls' Brigade and I can teach a little to Trixie. 247 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:05,598 But June needs at least one person who truly understands her. 248 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:09,389 And that person happens to be the father of her child. 249 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:15,156 I rather think that Nurse Franklin is right. 250 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:18,158 (CROWD CHATTERING) 251 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:22,156 (SWEETER THAN YOU PLAYING ON JUKEBOX) 252 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:29,838 Do you want to hear my news? 253 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:31,319 You've given it quite the build-up, 254 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:32,992 I'm rather afraid it's going to disappoint. 255 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:34,918 They're knocking down the nurses' home. 256 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:36,759 - Really? - Well, half of it. 257 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:39,110 Those of us who volunteer to move out and find private digs 258 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:42,909 will be given a rent allowance and I put my name down. 259 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:46,197 Oh, Delia, you don't want to end up in some filthy hole 260 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:48,510 living cheek-by-jowl with a lot of students. 261 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:52,229 No, I don't. I want to live in a spotless flat. 262 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:53,909 With you. 263 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:57,392 Oh, say you will, Pats. Think of the fun we'd have. 264 00:15:57,480 --> 00:15:59,914 Think of how we'd wave each other off each morning 265 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,037 and then come home and close the door at night. 266 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:06,392 And how we'd talk and talk and then maybe get a record player. 267 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:08,072 It'd be so easy. 268 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:09,639 Would it? 269 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:11,713 Sure there aren't any rules saying you can't? 270 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:14,030 No, there aren't. I checked. 271 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:15,879 Are there any saying you can't? 272 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:19,911 I don't have to live in Nonnatus, it was offered to me as a sort of perk. 273 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:23,316 Lots of girls share flats. 274 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:26,669 Not even a nun would bat an eyelid. 275 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:35,592 Good morning, madam. 276 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:40,878 I'm your fiancé's daughter. Marlene Dooley, née Buckle. 277 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:42,189 You remember me? 278 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:47,152 Yes. Yes, I do. Oh, what a lovely surprise. 279 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:50,755 Good. 'Cause I ain't come in for two yards knicker elastic. 280 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:53,995 I used to come in here with my mum. 281 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:56,117 Hair ribbons, mostly. 282 00:16:56,720 --> 00:16:58,915 She was hard-pressed to keep me and Dolly looking nice 283 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:02,993 but she made a point about ribbons, even during the war. 284 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:06,114 Blue for your sister and yellow for you. 285 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:08,159 Cigarette? 286 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:10,390 I don't care for smoking in the shop. 287 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:13,313 The smell clings to the wool 288 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:15,834 and I'm not convinced it comes out in the wash. 289 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:18,912 These are mentholated. Quite a pleasant aroma. 290 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:35,110 My dad always said no woman could ever take my mother's place. 291 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:38,716 And he's absolutely right. 292 00:17:39,360 --> 00:17:43,114 And no man could ever replace my husband. 293 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:46,995 You were quite a double act, you and Mr Gee. 294 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:50,470 Him with his tripe shop and you with this. 295 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:55,199 We worked hard. It's what you do when you want to get on. 296 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:58,472 Shame my dad never took a leaf from your book. 297 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:02,998 Still, he knows a steady business when he sees it. 298 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:06,755 "Proper little goldmine." 299 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:09,910 That was the phrase he used. 300 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:14,109 I believe he's moving in here, after you've done the deed. 301 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:16,873 It was what we discussed, yes. 302 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:20,837 I wish I could say I was surprised. 303 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:24,511 But he's always had an eye for the main chance, my dad. 304 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:25,999 (BELL RINGS) 305 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:28,318 Good morning, Mrs Becker. 306 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:30,516 - Your dress shields have arrived. - Oh, good. 307 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:32,989 I'll leave you to your clientele. 308 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:36,310 And by the way, it was the other way round. 309 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:38,388 What was? 310 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:39,754 Hair ribbons. 311 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:43,238 Dolly's were yellow, mine were blue. 312 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:49,438 My dad used to say, "Sky blue. Like your mother's eyes." 313 00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:59,073 As this is the first in a new series of classes, 314 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:01,515 Sister Mary Cynthia has set up a suggestions box, 315 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:04,194 so you can inform us of our shortcomings. (CHUCKLES) 316 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:07,313 Comments on the refreshments are not encouraged. 317 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:08,389 (LAUGHING) 318 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:11,398 Mr and Mrs Dillen. How nice to see you both. 319 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:13,355 Oh. 320 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:15,149 Hello. 321 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:19,511 You can lie here. 322 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:23,595 You're welcome. 323 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:26,269 Excuse me. What's going on here? 324 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:28,995 June uses sign language to communicate. 325 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:31,719 I don't mean that. I mean, what's her old man doing here? 326 00:19:32,360 --> 00:19:34,669 If I'd known men were invited, I'd have brought mine, too. 327 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:36,159 - Me, too. - And mine. 328 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:39,113 I'm sure we don't want to distract anyone from honest toil. 329 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:41,748 I have got to take a load of bookkeeping home with me tonight, 330 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:42,875 make up for lost time. 331 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:44,439 Shame my Jack can't do the same. 332 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:46,915 But he can hardly unload crates of bananas in the parlour. 333 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:48,353 (LAUGHING) 334 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:51,595 Don't worry. Everyone's lovely. 335 00:19:55,360 --> 00:19:56,998 I'm not stopping. 336 00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:59,953 The chimney at Nonnatus is still giving jip. 337 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:03,476 Only I was passing the baker's and they'd put a tray of meringues out. 338 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:06,358 - And I know you love 'em. - Yes, I do. 339 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:07,714 They come out a little bit squashed 340 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:10,234 so they were selling them two for the price of one. 341 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:14,800 See you tomorrow morning for our little constitutional. 342 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:18,797 Cor, we'll be papering the parlour with that lot. 343 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:31,352 Why do you want to move into a flat? 344 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:32,949 Aren't you happy here? 345 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:35,474 I'm as happy as I've ever been in my life. 346 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:40,316 But there is something I find hard to acknowledge. 347 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,037 I have a dark secret. 348 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:46,313 (SIGHS) I've never lived independently. 349 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:49,438 I've never paid a bill or bought a pint of milk 350 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:51,909 or put up a bookshelf in my life. 351 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:55,593 I have a dark secret, too. Neither have I. 352 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:57,079 (BOTH LAUGHING) 353 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:02,237 Nurse Mount, you will still join us for lunch each day? 354 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:04,469 Of course. 355 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:07,997 A small amount of change is good for a community. Too much isn't. 356 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:10,631 Besides, you'd be missed. 357 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:14,349 I've added a little bit of sugar. 358 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:18,109 - Even a few sips will help. - No, I can't. I'm sorry. 359 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:21,792 Oh, don't be. One of the reasons we make booking-in visits 360 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,553 is to make sure all is well. And clearly, it isn't. 361 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:26,039 (NEIL CRIES) 362 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:33,229 Have you managed to prepare any food for Neil today? 363 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:36,073 (MAUREEN SIGHS) I've given him Farley's rusks. 364 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:39,114 But he don't like them dry and I can't... 365 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:42,350 I can't face boiling m... 366 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:43,994 BARBARA: Milk? 367 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:45,508 (VOMITS) 368 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:49,116 Oh, is there someone close by who can... 369 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:51,509 Who can call in each day and help? 370 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:52,755 Your mother, perhaps? 371 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:56,230 She's over in Bermondsey. We don't speak. 372 00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:58,313 What about your husband? 373 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:01,070 He's in Wormwood Scrubs, love. 374 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:04,675 Doing three years for burglary. 375 00:22:05,360 --> 00:22:07,316 Doctor has a very busy round today. 376 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:09,994 I really don't think he can visit just for morning sickness. 377 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:13,118 Oh, this is more than morning sickness, Mrs Turner. 378 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:15,156 Maureen's been vomiting all day long. 379 00:22:15,360 --> 00:22:17,999 Tell her to pop into clinic next Tuesday. 380 00:22:18,120 --> 00:22:21,351 It's probably all nerves. I'm sure Doctor will be able to reassure her. 381 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:22,793 (DOOR OPENS) 382 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:30,077 I love it when you don't wear a hat or a scarf 383 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:33,675 and the sun gets the chance to shine down on your hair. 384 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:36,838 Shame it don't get a chance to shine down on mine, eh? 385 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:41,755 I had an interesting chat in the shop yesterday about hair. 386 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:44,559 - Well, hair ribbons. - Did you? Who with? 387 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:46,988 Marlene. 388 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:52,151 I'm sorry, Vi. Marlene can be a right madam when she has a mind to be. 389 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:54,475 I wouldn't have said she was being a madam. 390 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:56,994 I would've said she was trying to be honest. 391 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:00,997 Honest? What do you mean, honest? She's talking codswallop. 392 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:02,911 It's not even true codswallop. 393 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:07,152 Fred, have you or have you not made any provision for your old age? 394 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:11,279 I'm looking into setting up a mushroom farm. 395 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:13,715 And I haven't given up on fireworks altogether. 396 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:16,511 Well, none of them's exactly what you'd call 397 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:18,477 "a little goldmine", though, is it? 398 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:20,515 No. 399 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:24,595 Fred, why did you ask to marry me when we could've just stayed friends? 400 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:25,948 I've got loads of friends. 401 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:27,792 Well, mates and acquaintances. 402 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:30,110 I haven't had a missus for nearly 20 years. 403 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:33,237 And you're getting on a bit. Well, old. 404 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:34,958 Whichever way you want to put it. 405 00:23:35,120 --> 00:23:37,998 Well, yeah, I'm no spring chicken but then again, neither are you. 406 00:23:38,120 --> 00:23:39,838 We can look after each other now, can't we? 407 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:42,832 I don't need anyone to look after me, thank you very much. 408 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:44,751 And if you do, well... 409 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,958 Fred, I'm not sure that you're doing this for the right reasons. 410 00:23:50,120 --> 00:23:53,715 I... I'm doing this because I thought we fitted together. 411 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:56,792 I thought you were missing things and so was I. 412 00:23:57,320 --> 00:23:58,548 Exactly. 413 00:23:59,960 --> 00:24:01,951 Let's put an end to this. 414 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:05,233 We're too old to make mistakes. 415 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:18,959 Morning, Fred. 416 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:33,317 This'll cheer you up. 417 00:24:34,360 --> 00:24:38,239 Mum always used to say the smell of bacon made a house a home. 418 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:43,396 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 419 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:48,632 PHYLLIS: We'll have people and prams coming in single file, please. 420 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:51,428 This isn't the chariot race in Ben Hur. 421 00:24:53,360 --> 00:24:56,318 BARBARA: Oh, thank you. I'll call in, collect the registration form. 422 00:24:58,840 --> 00:24:59,909 Yes. 423 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:03,437 Since when is this hall your personal wastepaper basket? 424 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:04,669 I'm sorry, sister. 425 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:07,553 I was just pleased. I managed to find a council nursery space 426 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:09,113 for Maureen Gadsby's little boy. 427 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:10,553 Oh, you have, have you? 428 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:12,875 I decided that if her problem really was nerves, 429 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:16,748 with more rest and more support, she might find her sickness resolved. 430 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:18,592 Well, it's hardly scientific 431 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:21,319 but it is full of compassion and common sense. 432 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:23,789 And much of the time that's all a midwife needs. 433 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:25,389 You'll do. 434 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:28,436 Now, go and lend a hand at the weighing table 435 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:29,873 and put that in the bin. 436 00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:38,033 (DOOR OPENS) 437 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:48,911 I feared you had not yet succeeded in your task. 438 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:53,991 I looked for a lightness about you, a sense of a burden gone. 439 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:56,192 But I could not perceive it. 440 00:25:57,360 --> 00:25:58,554 No. 441 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:02,993 Sister Julienne's given me permission to keep the ashes here, 442 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:05,230 until I decide what to do. 443 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:09,914 It didn't seem quite right keeping her under my bed, like a pair of slippers. 444 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:13,790 I shall be eternally glad when I am transmogrified. 445 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:17,278 The burden of the flesh is so heavy. 446 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:19,829 It is no marvel that the soul feels trapped. 447 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:23,317 Sister Monica Joan, 448 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:28,351 I rather suspect if anything's trapping poor Mater, 449 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:29,949 it's me. 450 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:32,551 Then you must release her. 451 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:37,958 I know. But where? 452 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:41,594 It's the last thing I'll ever do for her. 453 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:45,909 I have to make sure everything's top-notch and tickety-boo. 454 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:50,838 All done properly or we'll never let go. 455 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:26,671 BARBARA: (KNOCKING) Maureen? 456 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:28,713 It's Nurse Gilbert. 457 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:31,468 Maureen? 458 00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:36,557 (GASPS) Oh, Maureen! 459 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:38,233 (MAUREEN GROANING) 460 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:42,513 - Maureen, you need to see a doctor. - (GROANING) 461 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:45,715 And this time, he's going to come to you. 462 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:53,552 (TELEPHONE RINGING) 463 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:56,877 Nonnatus House, midwife speaking. How may I help you? 464 00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:59,878 KEVIN: Hello, this is Kevin Dillen. 465 00:27:59,960 --> 00:28:02,997 - I think June's labour's just started. - Dillen? 466 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:08,313 Of course. The little deaf and dumb lady. 467 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:11,712 I shall dispatch her personal midwives. 468 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:16,594 And how many times a day do you vomit? 469 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:18,318 Twenty or 30. 470 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:22,676 Let me put a little Vaseline on your lips, Maureen, to soothe them. 471 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:26,390 I'll be running some blood tests and some urine tests 472 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:30,470 but I don't need either to see that you're extremely dehydrated. 473 00:28:31,120 --> 00:28:33,190 People keep saying it's my nerves. 474 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:38,270 It seems to me that you have a condition called hyperemesis gravidarum. 475 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:40,550 It's rare but very debilitating. 476 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:44,074 Will I lose it, doctor? The baby? 477 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:47,798 DR TURNER: Babies are tough little things, Mrs Gadsby. 478 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:51,715 But if we can't sort out some fluids, we're more likely to lose you. 479 00:28:58,080 --> 00:28:59,752 I'm sorry, June. 480 00:28:59,920 --> 00:29:03,276 Can you tell her I don't think things are on the move just yet. 481 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:05,908 Not ready yet. 482 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:09,834 I know. I know, it's disappointing. 483 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:13,510 - False alarm, I'm afraid. - Oh. 484 00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:17,751 Baby will come soon, just not today. 485 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:22,949 Tell me, June. 486 00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:28,873 You can tell me. 487 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:33,117 She says, "I want to meet my baby." 488 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:37,758 She says "I thought I would meet him tonight. 489 00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:42,513 "I feel him kick. I feel him turn inside of me. 490 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:45,517 "Put my hand here, 491 00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:50,231 "here, where I feel his fist or his foot and we are one." 492 00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:53,990 She says, "Will we understand each other when he's born? 493 00:29:55,840 --> 00:30:00,470 "If he's like you, I have no voice for him to hear 494 00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:06,552 "and if he's like me, he'll live in silence." 495 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:10,758 She says, "I need to hold him. 496 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:14,388 "I want to look into his face 497 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:16,232 "because until I do, 498 00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:20,554 "I won't know how to tell him that he's loved." 499 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:28,912 Oh, goodness me, Sister Monica Joan. 500 00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:31,235 You look like Mrs Hiawatha, all wrapped up like that. 501 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:33,197 I would respond in verse 502 00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:37,068 but my brain is too gelid to recall the scantest couplet. 503 00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:40,554 And I doubt Minnehaha would be obliged 504 00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:43,996 to secrete a bottle of hot water underneath her scapula. 505 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:47,476 It is frightfully nippy. I might venture a vest after luncheon. 506 00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:51,311 The boiler has died from inattention. 507 00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:54,789 I may yet suffer the same fate. 508 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:56,759 Has Fred stopped coming altogether? 509 00:30:57,440 --> 00:31:00,830 He has not been seen since his liaison with the haberdasher 510 00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:02,319 withered on the vine. 511 00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:04,398 He must be distraught. 512 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:07,035 (SCOFFS) He would be more so 513 00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:09,998 if he could see the tinge of blue upon my hands. 514 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:19,194 I've come to take your blood pressure, Maureen. 515 00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:20,548 What's happening to Neil? 516 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:22,797 Did Nurse Gilbert take him to the nursery? 517 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:24,479 She did. 518 00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:27,797 And they agreed he could stay till 5:00, 519 00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:31,750 to give us the time to make arrangements with Social Services. 520 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:34,071 Social Services? Oh... 521 00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:38,877 Maureen, Neil needs to be looked after while we take care of you. 522 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:41,795 The foster mother we've found for him is lovely. 523 00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:44,474 Foster mother? I'm his mother. 524 00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:50,315 He cries for his dad already. I don't need him crying for me, too. 525 00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:54,398 He can't do without me for weeks and weeks. He can't. 526 00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:58,076 I promise you, children are more resilient than you think. 527 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:00,672 What does "resilient" mean? 528 00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:03,994 It means strong. 529 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:07,153 I wish I was resilient. 530 00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:10,749 Because if I was, Neil wouldn't have to be. 531 00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:33,958 CHUMMY: What ho, Fred? 532 00:32:57,040 --> 00:32:58,075 (SIGHING) 533 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:09,753 (BOTH LAUGHING) 534 00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:22,829 (LAUGHING) 535 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:25,910 Delia, what if I go past one of the Cubs? 536 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:27,592 It makes an utter nonsense of everything I've ever 537 00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:28,999 told them during cycling proficiency. 538 00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:31,310 Well what's the alternative? Me with the mop across my shoulders 539 00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:32,992 and the buckets hanging from each end of it, 540 00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:34,877 - as if I was a milkmaid? - Well, why not? 541 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:37,269 It'd be much safer and you'd look quite fetching. 542 00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:40,314 Not as fetching as you. Go on, 543 00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:43,552 I'll take the bike. You can see to the brushes and buckets. 544 00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:45,358 It's my work bike. And there's a knack to it. 545 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:47,590 Oh, go on. I need the practice anyway. 546 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:50,069 I'll be needing a bike of my own once we're in the flat. 547 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:52,270 (RINGING BELL) Oh! Gangway. 548 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:55,272 MAN: Yeah. Ooh, ooh. DELIA: (GIGGLING) Oh! 549 00:33:58,000 --> 00:33:59,956 - (TRIXIE EXCLAIMS) - (DELIA LAUGHING) 550 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:01,719 PATSY: Sorry. 551 00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:10,912 Ding dong, Avon calling. 552 00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:15,070 Don't you flaming well start. 553 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:18,790 Sorry. I have an uncanny knack for misplaced jollity. 554 00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:21,189 Feel free to shy a plimsoll at me. 555 00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:23,032 I called in at the corner shop, 556 00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:26,351 they said you hadn't picked up the Sporting Life since Monday. 557 00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:31,433 (SIGHS) I shouldn't be entertaining you in my vest. 558 00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:33,670 We've all got our vests on in Nonnatus. 559 00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:35,716 Some of us are wearing two. 560 00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:37,957 - The boiler broken? - Yes. 561 00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:40,276 Because no one's come to see to it for days. 562 00:34:40,720 --> 00:34:42,631 And the chimney's choked with soot. 563 00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:47,430 You know the fella before me warned me about that boiler. 564 00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:53,238 He said, "You'll have to sweet-talk it every day. 565 00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:56,149 "It's like a bad-tempered woman." 566 00:34:56,920 --> 00:35:01,436 Those contraptions have been giving me the runaround for 15 years 567 00:35:03,720 --> 00:35:06,553 but I never knew what he meant about bad-tempered women 568 00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:07,959 until this week. 569 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:11,789 Do you mean Violet or your daughter? 570 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:13,715 Both. 571 00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:16,950 I thought Marlene was staying with you? 572 00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:19,634 No, she's gone to stay with her friend Norah. 573 00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:22,838 Says she's fed up with looking at my long face. 574 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:23,989 Does she, indeed? 575 00:35:25,720 --> 00:35:27,073 Doesn't stop her coming round every day 576 00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:29,958 to check to see if the flat's still standing. 577 00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:32,918 (SIGHS) It's like she's fixated with the place. 578 00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:43,749 Patrick, is there nothing at all that we can do for Maureen Gadsby? 579 00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:47,033 I've seen hyperemesis before but never like this. 580 00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:50,869 Is it cooked through when the mince is bubbling through the potato? 581 00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:52,552 It looks slightly like volcanic lava. 582 00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:55,872 I'm sure it will taste perfectly delicious. 583 00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:02,957 But really, Patrick, with all the drug salesmen knocking on our door, 584 00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:06,828 hasn't there been one who's offered some sort of anti-emetic? 585 00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:11,310 Yes, I think there was someone, a month or two ago. 586 00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:15,234 I think we were busy with diphtheria. 587 00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:18,230 I will look it up in the log. 588 00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:20,629 (GASPS) 589 00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:24,348 Oh, I forgot to say, it's really hot. 590 00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:28,475 Oh... 591 00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:34,955 I want yellow walls in here. 592 00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:38,430 And china with a modern pattern. I don't want roses or violets on it, 593 00:36:38,720 --> 00:36:41,075 I want geometric designs. 594 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:44,553 I want the only flowers to be real flowers, 595 00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:46,232 over there, on that windowsill. 596 00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:50,151 Where they'll catch the light each morning when the sun comes up. 597 00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:53,680 We'll have to find something better than that ghastly jug. 598 00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:58,356 Oh, I like it. It's as though somebody left it for us, like a little gift. 599 00:36:59,880 --> 00:37:02,997 And I want to smell coffee when I wake up 600 00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:06,710 and bleach, because that'll mean you're here. 601 00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:08,518 Or that you've just gone out. 602 00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:13,276 And when you come back in, I can say, "Welcome home." 603 00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:19,791 (LAUGHING) 604 00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:26,033 Ah. This is it. 605 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:30,111 It has to be worth a try. 606 00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:36,838 Shall I take the keys and get a set cut for you? 607 00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:40,833 Yes. I'd come with you but I'll be late on duty if I don't fly. 608 00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:43,639 - Gosh, yes. It's twenty to. - Twenty to? 609 00:37:43,720 --> 00:37:45,790 I thought it was about quarter past. (GASPS) 610 00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:47,438 Oh, I must have got water in my watch. 611 00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:50,637 - (SIGHS) Take my bike. - Are you sure? 612 00:37:50,720 --> 00:37:52,312 Park it outside the nurses' home. 613 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:55,392 I'll fetch it before my shift tonight. No one will ever know. 614 00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:59,996 And here, take this as well. Don't want you catching cold. 615 00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:02,640 You really are a sort of angel. 616 00:38:02,720 --> 00:38:05,473 The tragedy is no one will ever know that, either. 617 00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:27,033 (DELIA SCREAMS) 618 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:31,312 Right. Let's go. 619 00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:09,029 Oh. 620 00:39:09,720 --> 00:39:12,280 WOMAN: The London Hospital, Accident Department. 621 00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:16,148 Good afternoon. I'm inquiring about a Miss Delia Busby. 622 00:39:16,240 --> 00:39:18,708 We believe she may have been brought to you following a cycling accident. 623 00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:20,791 Of course. Please hold. 624 00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:24,680 Such a nice young woman, too. 625 00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:26,955 Her mother and father will be beside themselves. 626 00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:30,388 And they live miles away, in Wales. 627 00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:32,589 Hello? 628 00:39:32,720 --> 00:39:34,676 MAN: Are you a relative? 629 00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:36,189 No, I'm a friend. 630 00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:39,875 Information can only be given to a patient's next of kin. 631 00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:44,478 Of course. Thank you. 632 00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:51,999 - Any news? - No. 633 00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:55,354 Would you like me to run you to The London in my car? 634 00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:59,233 They're only letting her see her nearest and dearest. 635 00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:01,709 You know what the rules are like. 636 00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:12,635 Sugar? 637 00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:17,397 No, thank you. Like my Pa always says, I'm sweet enough. 638 00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:20,756 And I don't know why you've come round interfering. 639 00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:24,430 Because I know what it's like to find oneself in a jam. 640 00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:30,913 How hard it is to say the things one should, or wishes to. 641 00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:35,680 This is our family home, Dad. 642 00:40:36,080 --> 00:40:37,479 This is where we grew up. 643 00:40:38,320 --> 00:40:43,872 Marlene. We didn't move in here until I was demobbed in 1946. 644 00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:45,996 Your mother never even lived here. 645 00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:48,514 It was just you, me, Dolly and that terrier we had. 646 00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:52,594 I know. Well, this is where we came together again. 647 00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:55,271 Where we put the Blitz behind us. 648 00:40:55,360 --> 00:40:59,273 And for that very reason, Mum was everywhere. 649 00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:02,035 How could she be, Marlene? 650 00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:04,999 We lost everything when that bomb dropped. 651 00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:12,718 I went back to the bomb site with my Auntie Peg after the funeral. 652 00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:15,478 I made her take me. 653 00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:21,029 I thought there'd be stuff lying round in the rubble, 654 00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:23,198 like souvenirs. 655 00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:25,955 It had already been bulldozed. 656 00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:33,712 Every time I come home, there's another gap where something used to be. 657 00:41:36,240 --> 00:41:38,037 Ain't that the truth. 658 00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:42,192 Sometimes I think it's only the river that stays the same. 659 00:41:57,160 --> 00:41:58,479 (INAUDIBLE) 660 00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:08,228 Can I help you, dear? 661 00:42:09,240 --> 00:42:10,434 Are you Delia's mother? 662 00:42:11,120 --> 00:42:12,439 Yes, I am. 663 00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:16,394 I was hoping to see her. I'm Patsy. 664 00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:20,033 Patsy? Oh, of course. 665 00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:23,194 You're the lady she helps at Cubs. 666 00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:26,750 I had to ring for the nurse. 667 00:42:26,840 --> 00:42:29,638 She has these... spells. 668 00:42:29,720 --> 00:42:31,517 Seizures, the doctors call them. 669 00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:34,357 On account of the knock to her head. 670 00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:43,433 (BELL JINGLING) 671 00:42:45,560 --> 00:42:48,233 Oh. Hello, Marlene. 672 00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:51,073 I'm not going to ask you to be nice to me, Violet. 673 00:42:51,240 --> 00:42:53,800 I was selfish and I was in the wrong. 674 00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:56,033 You could fill a whole page of your ledger 675 00:42:56,120 --> 00:42:58,111 adding up the wrongs I've done. 676 00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:00,156 I don't think we've got anything to discuss. 677 00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:04,158 I'd like you to talk to my Dad. 678 00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:07,235 Because my mum would tan my hide 679 00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:10,312 if she knew I tried to stop him being happy. 680 00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:28,069 I believe in the films they say, "Your place or mine?" 681 00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:32,394 I'd live in a ditch if it was with you. 682 00:43:32,480 --> 00:43:33,549 Correct answer. 683 00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:43,589 There's still some dirt from the road around your fingernails. 684 00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:46,516 Just by that little graze. 685 00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:49,158 When they next give you a bed bath, 686 00:43:49,240 --> 00:43:51,196 just get them to rub it away with the corner of the flannel. 687 00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:55,951 And a spot of antiseptic wouldn't go amiss. 688 00:43:56,040 --> 00:43:58,190 You sound a bit like a nurse. 689 00:44:00,120 --> 00:44:01,235 Do I? 690 00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:05,600 - Are you a friend of mine? - Yes. 691 00:44:07,480 --> 00:44:09,516 Have we been friends long? 692 00:44:11,040 --> 00:44:12,553 A little while. 693 00:44:13,520 --> 00:44:14,919 That's nice. 694 00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:20,675 Have you got lots of friends? 695 00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:24,875 No. 696 00:44:29,560 --> 00:44:31,278 Are you a nurse? 697 00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:33,239 No, cariad. 698 00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:37,839 I'm your mam. 699 00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:39,715 Oh. 700 00:44:41,960 --> 00:44:44,872 (STAMMERING) Can you help this girl? 701 00:44:45,480 --> 00:44:47,471 She's Patsy, cariad. 702 00:44:49,080 --> 00:44:51,036 What's the matter? 703 00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:53,076 She says she's my friend. 704 00:44:54,800 --> 00:44:56,472 And it's making her cry. 705 00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:04,872 The adverts make all sorts of claims for these paper handkerchiefs 706 00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:07,349 but I don't think they'll ever catch on. 707 00:45:07,800 --> 00:45:10,473 (SOBBING) Tears just seem to melt them. 708 00:45:13,360 --> 00:45:14,793 (TELEPHONE RINGING) 709 00:45:16,840 --> 00:45:19,229 Nonnatus House, midwife speaking. 710 00:45:22,200 --> 00:45:24,236 Will her memory come back? 711 00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:30,149 No one will make us any promises. 712 00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:33,239 So we're having to settle for hope. 713 00:45:36,600 --> 00:45:38,989 She's dozing at the moment. 714 00:45:39,080 --> 00:45:40,638 Her father's sitting with her for a bit. 715 00:45:41,120 --> 00:45:43,918 He used to do that when she was a baby, 716 00:45:44,640 --> 00:45:47,108 sit there looking at her while she slept. 717 00:45:48,040 --> 00:45:51,669 There'll be a lot of that when we get her home to Wales. 718 00:45:54,760 --> 00:45:56,512 Will the hospital let you do that? 719 00:45:57,480 --> 00:45:58,913 The specialist suggested it. 720 00:46:01,040 --> 00:46:03,838 She'll need looking after all the hours God sends. 721 00:46:04,120 --> 00:46:06,475 For a while, at least. 722 00:46:06,560 --> 00:46:08,949 And we still don't know if the seizures will be permanent. 723 00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:12,116 Well, may I come visit? 724 00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:17,390 Delia always says Pembrokeshire's lovely when it's not raining. 725 00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:19,916 Let's see how she does. 726 00:46:21,880 --> 00:46:24,394 May I call from time to time? 727 00:46:25,040 --> 00:46:28,157 We aren't on the telephone. But I daresay you can write. 728 00:46:36,920 --> 00:46:39,036 I know where these can go. 729 00:46:48,640 --> 00:46:50,073 That's right. 730 00:46:50,160 --> 00:46:51,991 That's right, sweetie, just rest. 731 00:46:53,280 --> 00:46:55,236 I keep forgetting that talking to her won't help. 732 00:46:55,920 --> 00:46:57,399 It helps me. 733 00:47:49,360 --> 00:47:52,909 Little pushes now, June, little pushes. 734 00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:54,399 Little pushes. Little pushes. 735 00:47:54,640 --> 00:47:56,073 That's it, that's it. 736 00:47:56,640 --> 00:47:59,518 - That's it. - I love you. I love you, June Dillen. 737 00:48:00,160 --> 00:48:03,311 Success! Baby's head's born. 738 00:48:03,400 --> 00:48:04,992 The head's born. 739 00:48:12,160 --> 00:48:13,229 Baby's just turning. 740 00:48:13,840 --> 00:48:16,229 One last big push for me, June. 741 00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:18,994 - That's it. That's it. Well done! - (STRAINING) 742 00:48:19,840 --> 00:48:21,990 (BABY CRYING) 743 00:48:23,680 --> 00:48:25,636 It's a boy, June. 744 00:48:25,720 --> 00:48:27,278 - It's a boy. - (BABY CRYING) 745 00:48:31,240 --> 00:48:33,117 Hush, little one. 746 00:48:36,480 --> 00:48:37,799 She wants him held up. 747 00:48:56,640 --> 00:48:58,756 KEVIN: She says, "I love you. 748 00:49:00,080 --> 00:49:01,718 "And your father loves you. 749 00:49:03,280 --> 00:49:05,635 "And if you never hear his voice 750 00:49:06,520 --> 00:49:08,351 "or if I never hear yours, 751 00:49:11,400 --> 00:49:13,516 "just know that we love you 752 00:49:14,600 --> 00:49:16,830 "from the bottom of our hearts." 753 00:49:41,560 --> 00:49:42,549 Evening, Trixie. 754 00:49:42,800 --> 00:49:44,995 Or should I say good morning? 755 00:49:45,760 --> 00:49:47,955 Sometimes I can hardly tell. 756 00:49:49,080 --> 00:49:50,832 You look tired. 757 00:49:51,880 --> 00:49:53,108 I've just delivered a baby. 758 00:49:54,920 --> 00:49:56,831 And I'm off to sit with a dying man. 759 00:49:57,360 --> 00:49:58,395 Mmm. 760 00:49:59,160 --> 00:50:01,515 That's life, really, isn't it? 761 00:50:04,280 --> 00:50:05,998 Must hurry. 762 00:50:13,280 --> 00:50:14,429 (SIGHS) 763 00:51:17,360 --> 00:51:19,271 Is that the Samaritans? 764 00:51:23,640 --> 00:51:26,712 Is it all right to call if I don't want to die? 765 00:51:27,560 --> 00:51:30,916 Because all I really want is just to stop drinking. 766 00:51:34,480 --> 00:51:36,948 Thank you, but there's someone with her now. 767 00:51:37,040 --> 00:51:39,315 And she's in a place of safety. 768 00:51:42,680 --> 00:51:44,910 You are not alone, Trixie. 769 00:51:46,320 --> 00:51:49,596 I promise you, you are not alone. 770 00:51:49,880 --> 00:51:51,916 If you say you'll start praying, 771 00:51:52,080 --> 00:51:54,913 I guarantee you now, that will not stop me crying. 772 00:51:55,640 --> 00:51:57,437 The world is full of healing, Trixie, 773 00:51:57,520 --> 00:52:01,718 and people who care and who will help you to find it. 774 00:52:19,000 --> 00:52:20,149 (SIGHS) 775 00:52:53,160 --> 00:52:56,709 Now, I don't want to go overboard on folles drôles. 776 00:52:56,800 --> 00:53:00,475 I've got a blind spot for trimmings, being a haberdasher. 777 00:53:00,560 --> 00:53:03,154 You were frightfully disciplined about the ric rac braid. 778 00:53:03,240 --> 00:53:06,073 And I'm bally certain no one would begrudge a bride a rose. 779 00:53:06,160 --> 00:53:08,469 Coco Chanel used to say that in order to be elegant, 780 00:53:08,560 --> 00:53:12,269 before you leave the house you should take off the last thing you put on. 781 00:53:12,360 --> 00:53:14,271 What if the last thing was one's skirt? 782 00:53:14,360 --> 00:53:16,874 (ALL LAUGHING) 783 00:53:18,280 --> 00:53:21,590 Oh, you're right, though, Violet, this is too plain. 784 00:53:28,960 --> 00:53:33,033 I thought sky blue, like your mother's eyes. 785 00:53:42,360 --> 00:53:44,555 Maureen. Look who it is! 786 00:53:45,040 --> 00:53:47,474 - My little man. - Go to your mummy. 787 00:53:51,800 --> 00:53:52,835 NEIL: Mummy! 788 00:53:52,920 --> 00:53:53,909 Hey. 789 00:53:56,120 --> 00:53:58,953 One as necessary. Just as you've been taking them. 790 00:53:59,520 --> 00:54:00,509 I'll tell you what. 791 00:54:00,880 --> 00:54:02,029 Every woman in the family way 792 00:54:02,120 --> 00:54:03,951 is going to be banging your doors down for these. 793 00:54:04,040 --> 00:54:05,519 What's that magic stuff in them again? 794 00:54:05,720 --> 00:54:08,188 The tablets are known as Distaval. 795 00:54:08,280 --> 00:54:11,397 And the magic ingredient is called Thalidomide. 796 00:54:11,480 --> 00:54:13,675 You'd better get some more in. I'm going to spread the word. 797 00:54:13,880 --> 00:54:15,916 - (CHUCKLES) - Shall we? 798 00:54:24,640 --> 00:54:25,629 Thank you. 799 00:54:31,080 --> 00:54:33,594 I am the daughter of a man who drank. 800 00:54:35,400 --> 00:54:38,437 I am the daughter of a man who fought in a war. 801 00:54:39,960 --> 00:54:42,190 I heard him yelling at night 802 00:54:44,080 --> 00:54:46,116 and I saw him crying. 803 00:54:51,720 --> 00:54:53,790 But I knew how to make him smile, 804 00:54:55,640 --> 00:54:57,551 I knew how to make him better. 805 00:55:01,840 --> 00:55:04,559 And there were only two things that could do that. 806 00:55:04,640 --> 00:55:05,709 Me 807 00:55:08,080 --> 00:55:10,036 and a bottle of Scotch. 808 00:55:11,720 --> 00:55:15,110 I became a nurse. And a midwife. 809 00:55:17,440 --> 00:55:18,919 I was needed. 810 00:55:23,640 --> 00:55:25,358 And I needed them. 811 00:55:26,200 --> 00:55:28,839 Because every time I delivered a baby, 812 00:55:30,440 --> 00:55:34,672 I was right in the heart of a happy family for one or two hours. 813 00:55:37,040 --> 00:55:40,271 No matter that I always have to go home on my own. 814 00:55:46,800 --> 00:55:50,839 No matter that the one thing that makes me feel better 815 00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:53,831 is a glass of Scotch. 816 00:55:55,240 --> 00:55:57,037 Or something like it. 817 00:55:57,120 --> 00:56:00,476 (LAUGHS NERVOUSLY) There are so many things like it. 818 00:56:02,440 --> 00:56:06,831 Looking back, it seems to me my father was quite unadventurous. 819 00:56:06,920 --> 00:56:08,273 (CHUCKLES) 820 00:56:14,080 --> 00:56:16,036 Do I have to say it now? 821 00:56:23,480 --> 00:56:27,393 My name is Beatrix but people call me Trixie. 822 00:56:32,240 --> 00:56:34,196 And I am an alcoholic. 823 00:56:39,040 --> 00:56:43,750 MATURE JENNY: Sometimes it's hard to distinguish between ends and beginnings. 824 00:56:45,240 --> 00:56:48,198 Conclusions do not always hurt 825 00:56:48,280 --> 00:56:51,909 and starting afresh may not feel entirely happy. 826 00:56:52,800 --> 00:56:55,758 Letting go brings peace 827 00:56:55,840 --> 00:56:58,877 and turns the tide towards the future. 828 00:57:19,640 --> 00:57:22,552 After the quiet ceremony Violet wanted, 829 00:57:22,640 --> 00:57:26,553 the wedding party went not to her home or to Fred's 830 00:57:26,640 --> 00:57:29,632 but to a place where everyone was cherished 831 00:57:29,720 --> 00:57:31,870 and all doors and hearts were open. 832 00:57:45,720 --> 00:57:47,119 (INAUDIBLE) 833 00:57:52,800 --> 00:57:54,358 (INAUDIBLE) 834 00:57:59,600 --> 00:58:02,273 Like the face of a devoted parent, 835 00:58:02,360 --> 00:58:06,353 Nonnatus House was etched with a little more time each year. 836 00:58:06,880 --> 00:58:08,711 With each small shadow, 837 00:58:08,800 --> 00:58:12,839 every fading grace, it grew more beautiful 838 00:58:12,920 --> 00:58:16,117 and was loved more than words can say. 839 00:58:20,720 --> 00:58:30,720 Ripped By mstoll