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00:00Not every parting is a sorrow, and not every ending is a time for tears.
00:09Who does not recall the joy of the close of summer term?
00:15The running out of school?
00:17The absence of a backward glance?
00:20It was a conclusion, but also a commencement.
00:24The start of empty days, an unaccounted time.
00:29Of something wonderful that beckoned, awaiting our embrace.
00:47Hello?
00:49Mrs. Baldwin?
00:51Hello, sister.
00:55How can I help you?
00:59Oh, Reggie!
01:01Are you home for the summer?
01:03For six weeks, Mum said I have to help you feed Sue's cat.
01:07If he stays in Jamaica any longer, that cat is going to forget who he is.
01:12I've got my truancy hat on, I'm afraid.
01:15I'm told that Tracy and Sylvie missed a lot of school last term, and I've been asked to have a word with you about their attendance.
01:22I'm sorry, but it's the holidays now, isn't it?
01:27We'll turn over a new leaf in September.
01:30We're no important skill to your sister.
01:32I'll make sure to put that in your notes.
01:34But it does seem that I was sent at an opportune time.
01:37I didn't realise you were expecting Mrs Baldwin, and I don't believe you're on our books.
01:42Would you like me to arrange you a midwife visit?
01:44Thank you, sister, but no, that won't be necessary.
01:49Are you sure?
01:50I got a chance at a job in Birmingham, so we'll be gone in a few days.
01:54I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep for thou Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.
02:14It would seem that the ladies of Poplar are not reading their newspapers.
02:19The Peel Report is telling them they should be choosing hospital births over home births.
02:26And yet our maternity roster is busier than ever.
02:29Add summer stuff shortages to the mix, and we've got ourselves a good game of holiday hopscotch.
02:35We call it that because every summer our workload goes up just as our numbers go down.
02:40Right, well, I suggest we hop to it.
02:44Oh, Sister Veronica, Sister Julian, might we have a brief word?
02:51Meanwhile, Sister Veronica has brought a new case to my attention.
02:55Would you like to fill us in on Mrs Eva Baldwin, sister?
02:58The whole family are squatting in a disused warehouse on Queens Wharf.
03:03No electricity, no running water.
03:05Mrs Baldwin looks to be full term, but when offered a midwife visit,
03:09she declined.
03:10We need to visit again.
03:12She may not think she needs care, but she does.
03:15And it's our job to persuade her.
03:18I'd make you a cup of Mrs Turner, but I'm afraid I overslept and now our morning routine has fallen by the wayside.
03:32Not to worry, Mrs Desmond, we have plenty of time.
03:36Good morning, Mr Desmond.
03:38I'd make you that cup of tea if I could.
03:41And I'd also dance you around the room in a Viennese waltz.
03:44Oi, stop your flirting or you won't get your teeth brushed.
03:47Sorry, Sister. I said I don't want no visit.
04:00We can keep things very simple. It won't take very long.
04:03No thanks.
04:04A blood pressure reading and a listen to baby's heartbeat can tell us so much.
04:10And she's telling you she's not interested.
04:13She's got a right to say no to a checkup, hasn't she?
04:16You can't fall through against her will.
04:19No, Mr Baldwin.
04:22Of course we can't.
04:27Very well.
04:29You'll find details of how to send for us when the time comes.
04:34We're always happy to answer questions.
04:36We have done this before.
04:41Oh, Mrs Baldwin, have you hurt yourself?
04:44Oh, I tripped up.
04:49Put my hand out to stop myself.
04:51I get clumsy when I'm in the family way.
05:02You know where to find us.
05:04The telephone is always answered.
05:06Day or night.
05:09Thanks.
05:16I've dressed the bedsores on your heels.
05:19They're only superficial wounds, but we don't want them getting any worse.
05:24I've brought some sheepskin pads to keep under each foot.
05:28And I'll need to keep changing the dressing until they're on the mend.
05:31I have been trying to change his position more often.
05:34She's been very diligent about it.
05:36You're doing an excellent job, Betty.
05:38We may only have one pair of arms and legs between us,
05:41but we've got two brains and two hearts.
05:44We muddle through.
05:45You do a lot better than that.
05:47Two years after our wedding, he caught polio.
05:50I'm not a church-goer, but I made a bargain with God.
05:54I said, if you save my Owen, I will never complain about anything again.
05:58He may be paralysed from the neck down.
06:00He can't even breathe without this contraption, but he's never once complained.
06:05Nor have I.
06:07Don't listen to her. She complains all the time.
06:10That's enough lip from you.
06:16Are you looking at me funny, Mrs Turner?
06:18Have I mucked up my mascara?
06:22I see what you mean.
06:24Next to you, I do look a little bit yellow.
06:26I could be mistaken, but I do wonder whether you could be jaundiced.
06:31I've had jaundiced before, when I had gallstones.
06:34I'd say it's worth getting checked, just to be safe.
06:37She'll have a word with Dr Turner.
06:38I can't leave Owen on his own, but our neighbour comes on a Tuesday,
06:42so I can get to the library and the shops.
06:44Let me see what I can arrange.
06:48Where did I get their energy from?
06:51They haven't been in a maternity ward since eight in the morning.
06:57Might I remind you both that this is a medical and religious establishment,
07:01not the seafront at Skegness?
07:04If you want to lounge about, I suggest you do it in the privacy of our backyard.
07:09Now that's a good shot.
07:13You think that's supposed to be a javelin?
07:15Yes, and those are hurdles.
07:17The Commonwealth Games haven't even started yet.
07:20They'll start for another few weeks.
07:22Well, that might be so, Nurse Clifford,
07:24but every elite athlete knows the importance of a good warm-up.
07:28Sister?
07:29Please, Harry, remember, we file in front of the letter, never behind.
07:46There's still no sign of my nine o'clock.
07:47We're about to blackmark her.
07:49I see you're learning quickly, Harry.
07:51They don't teach filing at dental school, but I'm hoping I'll get the hang of it.
07:55I have the reputation of a certain Timothy Turner to live up to.
07:58Well, as I recall, Timothy used to get bored with office work
08:01and begged me to take him on house calls.
08:03You'd be very welcome to join me in your lunch break sometimes,
08:06if that's of interest.
08:07I'd very much like to do that.
08:11Hello?
08:16Am I late?
08:17I'm so sorry.
08:18I had to wait for my neighbour to look after my husband.
08:21Doctor is waiting.
08:28If it is solitude you seek, I will not disturb.
08:32I seek only to inform you
08:34that a breakfast plate was set aside for you
08:38some time ago.
08:39Thank you, Sister.
08:41Or perhaps you have no appetite.
08:52I have noticed
08:54you have not been praying of late.
08:57You seem disquieted.
08:59Something is awry.
09:01You hide in your office.
09:04You do not join us for recreation.
09:07You seem depleted in some way.
09:13You're right, Sister.
09:15I am depleted and I'm frustrated by the Peel Report
09:19promoting hospital births over home births.
09:22It seems to disregard our very purpose as community midwives.
09:25But we have weathered crater storms in the Peel Report.
09:30There is more to this malaise.
09:34Did you want me in here for the study session, Sister Julianne?
09:38I'm sorry, I was waiting outside your office.
09:40How long ago did the pain in your tummy start?
09:45A few months ago.
09:47Same as the pain in my back.
09:51I thought it was all the typing I do.
09:53I set my own business up after Owen had polio.
09:57I haven't had to see Owen for a few months now.
10:01Which is always a good sign.
10:03He's doing a correspondence course in poetry at the moment.
10:08Keeps us both busy. I'm enjoying it as much as he is.
10:11We're learning all about Shakespeare's sonnets.
10:13Shared hobby is a wonderful thing.
10:15Nigel! Breakfast time!
10:25Mrs. Buckle!
10:27Oh! Cyril!
10:29I'm so sorry, I should have sent word of murder.
10:31Yes, you should! You nearly gave me a coronary!
10:35Oh, we've missed you. Where have you been?
10:38I had to extend my stay because Lucille's mother passed away.
10:40Oh, my goodness. Oh, poor Lucille. Was it unexpected?
10:46Yes, it was.
10:48She must have been so glad that you were there.
10:51Yes. I suppose she was.
11:00Could your neighbour stay with Owen for a bit longer?
11:03I expect so. Sid's always very good.
11:05In that case, I think we should send you to St Cuthbert's for some blood test and an x-ray.
11:12Straight away.
11:13I think it would be wise.
11:18Hello, who are you?
11:20I'm Sister Catherine.
11:21Who are you?
11:23Virtue. You say his head is heard.
11:26Oh, come on.
11:28Yes.
11:29Move the Queen Daggley forward.
11:39To the left.
11:44She got me.
11:46Well, the cat's away, eh, boys?
11:49Checkmate.
11:51I was starting to worry about you.
11:52I'm sorry I'm late.
11:54I feel I've been poked and podded all afternoon.
11:57We had to do all sorts of tests and x-rays.
11:59What sort of tests and x-rays?
12:02Differ and stomach and all the reasons a person might have for turning yellow, I suppose.
12:07Well, that sounds serious.
12:09I could stay a bit longer if you need to have a lie down.
12:11No.
12:12No, I'll go get the tea on.
12:13You must be starving, love.
12:18Suddenly agrees.
12:20But you're a very brave chap.
12:23He's lucky he didn't end up in casualty.
12:26Right, Yusuf.
12:27Your mother will be wondering where you are.
12:29I hope welcome home.
12:31I'll come with you.
12:32Perhaps on the way you could deliver a sermon on the perils of throwing plastic plates at high speed across the forecourt.
12:38It wasn't a plastic plate, it was a discus.
12:42Of course it was.
12:52Owen, they found something at the hospital.
12:55On the x-ray.
12:57They called it a mass.
12:59Why didn't you say?
13:01I'm saying now, aren't I?
13:03I don't know what it means.
13:04They want me to come back in a few days.
13:06What else did they say?
13:08Nothing.
13:09That's it.
13:10They don't know any more yet.
13:13Put your hand in mine, Ben.
13:14I love you, Ben.
13:28I love you, Ben.
13:34You're not wearing the same clothes as other nuns.
13:36I'm a postulant.
13:38I'm a postulant.
13:40It means I have to qualify to become a real nun.
13:43How?
13:45Well, there are lots of things you have to do, but mainly you have to demonstrate how much you love Jesus.
13:53How do you do that?
13:55By loving him, I suppose, and letting that love grow every day.
14:00Did you always love Jesus?
14:03No.
14:05I was supposed to just be a nurse.
14:08My sister, Helen, and I spent our childhood playing doctors and nurses.
14:13She always said I was born to be a nurse.
14:16But then, when I was doing my training, I discovered God.
14:21What did Helen say?
14:22She was surprised.
14:25My whole family were.
14:27They were quite upset because, well, we don't really see each other anymore.
14:33The nuns aren't allowed to live with their families.
14:36Do you miss them?
14:37Yes, of course.
14:39I miss them every day.
14:41You must really have loved Jesus.
14:52Who's the secret admirer?
14:54These are for Reggie.
14:56From Yusuf Khan's mum to thank him for taking care of him last night.
15:02Hang on.
15:04We're meant to be going to the cash and carry.
15:06I have matters to attend to.
15:08Last night's little escapade with Reggie and Yusuf has given me an idea.
15:13I've not had a chance to check his dressings. I've been glued to my bloody typewriter all morning.
15:23Her M's have gone funny.
15:25Her M's?
15:27The M key isn't printing properly.
15:29How are you feeling, Mrs Desmond?
15:32Can we go in the other room?
15:40Mrs Buckle!
15:42Cyril!
15:44I wanted to speak to you regarding the Commonwealth Games.
15:48The Commonwealth Games?
15:50The people of Poplar are gripped with a mania for athletics.
15:53Particularly the children.
15:55They're all long jumping and shot-putting all over the place.
15:58Children, do you like to imitate what they see the grown-ups doing?
16:01It's proving rather dangerous.
16:03So I was thinking, if the children are so determined to leap over crates and hurl objects at each other,
16:11perhaps they could do it in a more official and supervised capacity.
16:17You mean as a council play scheme?
16:20Exactly. As an official council play scheme organized by your department.
16:27I knew you'd think it was a good idea.
16:31Oh dear.
16:33A mass means a tumour, doesn't it? And a tumour means cancer and I can't have cancer because of Owen.
16:38Betty, we're going to take this one step at a time.
16:44When are you expecting the results from the blood tests?
16:47They said they'd send a letter and then there'd be an appointment.
16:50But I can't bear the weight and I can't go back there because I can't take my husband with me.
16:53Take a moment or two to compose yourself. Then go and sit with Owen while I make a telephone call.
17:04I don't mean to be rude, sister, but I did say I didn't want any own visits.
17:08But you're entitled to them. And when you mentioned some clumsiness last time, I thought perhaps I ought to call again.
17:21There's nothing the matter with the baby. I can feel it kicking so it's doing fine. I'm doing fine.
17:28I know you're just trying to help me, sister, but I've survived a lot worse than a bruised wrist.
17:34Including Oluway Prison. I see.
17:39It left me with a dislike of people telling me what to do.
17:52We hold a clinic on a Tuesday at St. Oswald's Hall, Poplar.
17:57We provide milk, tokens and orange juice for children.
18:00If you ever have any concerns, you can find me there.
18:07I spoke to the hospital this evening and they agreed that I could talk to you in person.
18:24Thank you, Doctor.
18:27The tests at the hospital did confirm a blockage or a mass in the head of your pancreas.
18:36And the problem has spread to your liver.
18:40It is cancer, I'm afraid, Betty.
18:44I'm sorry, love.
18:45Me too.
18:46Well, I thought you were working tonight.
19:01You said you'd stay out at the pub.
19:04You promised.
19:05You know, you promised you'd behave yourself.
19:08Which means no whining and no backshat.
19:13You're tired.
19:15Why don't you go and lie down?
19:18Because I'm in my own home.
19:21And I'm not scared of you.
19:24Please, Vin, don't.
19:27You're scared of the girls.
19:28You're scared of the girls.
19:36You'll scare them.
19:45You don't expect a shot like this twice in one lifetime.
19:49I remember the first time they told me Owen had polio.
19:57I was sitting in that waiting room and I thought I'd never see him again.
20:07Dr. Turner, what's the treatment?
20:10This can't be treated with any real hope of a cure.
20:16So there won't be anything aggressive.
20:19Anything to give you side effects that make you feel worse.
20:24We might even be able to make Betty feel more comfortable.
20:29For a while.
20:31Did we find out too late?
20:34We so often do with this type of cancer.
20:37Please don't make me go to hospital.
20:39I can't leave Owen.
20:42Betty, we will find a way through this.
20:45You and me.
20:47And Dr. Turner and Owen.
20:53It's our turn to need me now.
21:08Thank you, sweetheart.
21:18This is what happens when you run about and you don't watch where you go eating.
21:25It's why I'm always telling you both to be careful.
21:38Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments.
21:56Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds.
22:00Or bends with the remover to remove.
22:06Oh no, it is an ever-fixed mark that looks on tempests and is never shaken.
22:14I know this sounds awful but I never thought I'd go first.
22:27I thought I'd end up in this house on my own.
22:30I'd be an old lady with hobbies.
22:33Maybe I'd have a cat.
22:34You'd replace me with a cat.
22:37A handsome cat.
22:39Not too handsome.
22:44How am I supposed to live without you, babe?
22:47You're the reason I keep going.
22:52The reason I take breath.
22:56After breath, after breath.
22:59I could say exactly the same.
23:04Morning imbibements served on the dot of 11.
23:09I get the impression you're living from coffee to coffee at the moment.
23:12Or possibly from daily office to daily office.
23:16You noticed my haste to get into Complin last night.
23:19I did.
23:21We've all noticed you seem under strain.
23:28I'm tired.
23:35Worse than tired.
23:36I am...
23:39Sometimes only prayer makes sense because I feel I have mislaid any other purpose.
23:47What good do we do?
23:49What difference do we make?
23:52To people like Eva Baldwin.
23:54Needing everything we have to give and refusing to take it.
23:57I have known so many Eva Baldwins.
23:59I have helped so many Eva Baldwins.
24:01And yet, still, the Eva Baldwins keep on coming.
24:06And I am powerless.
24:08They keep on coming.
24:10And we keep on going.
24:12That is the pact we make.
24:14And it's not easy.
24:16No.
24:17Now.
24:18No.
24:19No.
24:22Many empty hats too far.
24:24But it's all in the game.
24:26All in the wonderful game.
24:30And in the game, all in the wonderful game, that we know, that we deserve, that he'll kiss your lips, and caress your waiting fingertips,
24:56And your heart, your heart's got to fly, fly away.
25:04Come on, say it now!
25:07Did it! Did it! Oh, yeah!
25:17Did it! Did it! Did it!
25:23The co-op cards go in here. Keep them separate.
25:30Is this the clinic?
25:32Oh, I'm too late.
25:35On the contrary, you've arrived in what is known as just in the nick of time.
25:40Harry?
25:42May I take your name?
25:44Eva Baldwin.
25:45Mrs. Baldwin?
25:49Sister, we have another patient. Would you take her children?
25:53Um, please, come with me.
25:55Come with me.
26:02I had a show this morning, but there was blood in it. I don't remember seeing that with the other two.
26:10Are you worried that the baby has been hurt? I can see someone has hurt you.
26:18I can stand all sorts of things. But the baby can't.
26:24Everything seems to be as it ought to be. But your cervix is dilating and the baby is on its way. I want to take you straight to the maternity home.
26:35I can't have it there. I have to get home. Vin doesn't even know I'm here. He'll kill me.
26:40He'll kill me.
26:45She was as sick as a dog again. The same as yesterday.
26:50I haven't got Owen anything to eat yet.
26:52You leave him to me. Nobody starves on my watch.
26:56It's all right, Betty. Let's just concentrate on you.
27:02Eva, Eva, stop. The maternity home is not far.
27:05I told you. If Vincent finds out I've been with you, he'll think I told you everything. He'll kill me.
27:11Eva, you're in labour. You can't walk all the way home. I won't let you.
27:17I told you I don't like being told what to do.
27:20And I don't like mothers willfully putting themselves and their babies in danger.
27:25Childbirth brings inherent risks. If you refuse my help, I can't answer for the outcome.
27:30I'm not asking you to. I'm not asking you for anything.
27:35Go!
27:38Go!
27:42This blood sample should give us a few clues about what's going on with your liver.
27:48And then you are to rest.
27:50Owen's under orders to snitch to me if you don't.
27:53I shall be filing a full report.
27:55You are to lie on this bed where he can see you.
27:58This isn't a fair fight. It's two against one.
28:01Three against one, if you don't mind.
28:03I am going to give you something for the pain before I go.
28:08Where have you been? What's she in?
28:11Mr. Baldwin, your wife is in labour.
28:14I bumped into her on the street and I brought her home.
28:16We will need newspapers, clean towels and a due course hot water.
28:21What have you been telling her?
28:22Oh, I told her nothing. I couldn't shake her off.
28:25She's my wife. This is my home. I'll decide what goes on in it.
28:28Your wife is my patient and I will decide what is best for her and her infant.
28:34And I suppose you think it's best for her if I clear off out of her, do you?
28:38On balance. Yes, I do.
28:41I'm going in the pub.
28:45I'm going in the pub.
28:54There is a breathing device called a cuirass.
28:58It's a hard shell that locks around the torso to expand the lungs and move air in and out.
29:04Like the iron lung?
29:06Well, yes. It's the same idea, but it's portable.
29:10We hadn't considered it for Owen before.
29:14Because there were risks involved and, well, he was as stable as he was.
29:20Do you know how this works?
29:22I think I can work it out.
29:25The experts are all at St. Thomas' Hospital.
29:29Can you find out who the senior consultant is and arrange for me to speak to him?
29:33Of course.
29:35But, erm...
29:41But, erm, if Mr Desmond is paralysed from the neck down, then what difference would the cuirass really make?
29:48Medically none.
29:50But it would mean that he could be in a wheelchair and hold his wife's hand while she lies in bed.
29:56And dies.
29:58Yes.
30:00I held my father's hand in his last days.
30:01It could not cure him.
30:04But it felt like medicine for both of us.
30:07Baby's head is coming closer with every push.
30:11The girls, are they all right?
30:13The girls are playing in the corner.
30:15You're bringing them a new baby brother or sister, Eva.
30:19You're doing so well.
30:20You know where?
30:21You know where?
30:22Save your energy.
30:23Keep it low down.
30:24Breathe.
30:25And push.
30:26Keep it coming.
30:27You have another beautiful daughter.
30:28You have another beautiful daughter.
30:29You have another beautiful daughter.
30:30You have another beautiful daughter.
30:31You have another beautiful daughter.
30:32You have another beautiful daughter.
30:37You have another beautiful daughter.
30:38You have another beautiful daughter.
30:39You have another beautiful daughter.
30:44You have another beautiful daughter.
30:45You have another beautiful daughter.
30:46You have another beautiful daughter.
30:51You have another beautiful daughter.
31:06But that's your carding.
31:07It will wash them.
31:11Thank you for staying with me.
31:14I'm sorry.
31:16Don't apologize.
31:18All is well.
31:24I reckon it's the afterburn.
31:37I bet he got deals.
31:39Thank you, Auntie.
31:43I've been waiting for ages.
31:46The afterbirth just comes out with a big squelch, usually.
31:50Eva, I want you to lie on your back for me.
31:55Keep very still.
31:58And hold her close to keep her warm.
32:07It seems baby has brought a brother or sister along with her for the ride.
32:29You're having twins, Eva.
32:31Twins?
32:33No.
32:34No.
32:35No.
32:35Oh!
32:37How can it be twins?
32:47Now we're going to look after him.
32:49Vince will go mad.
33:00Baby seems to be lying across your womb rather than head down.
33:04Is that bad?
33:05Not at all.
33:06But I want you to move further down and open your knees so I can do an internal examination.
33:14I'm so sorry.
33:26I'll do this as quickly as I can.
33:28It seems baby's hand and foot are going to be coming first.
33:40It should be the head, shouldn't it?
33:42It should be the head, shouldn't it?
33:44We're going to work together.
33:46You, me and the baby.
33:48But I'm going to write a note for the girls to go and fetch help.
33:53The girls?
33:54We need help.
33:55We need help.
33:56We have no choice.
34:04You must stick together.
34:07But hurry.
34:09It's very important.
34:10Go.
34:11Please hurry.
34:12Cyril.
34:24Oh, you look like you're going somewhere special.
34:26I'm meeting some friends from church.
34:28I've been meaning to come and find you.
34:30But I've been rushed off my feet ever since I got back.
34:33And now Mrs. Buckle has me organising the Poplar Commonwealth Games.
34:37Ah, yes, I heard about that.
34:40Sounds like great fun.
34:41Yeah.
34:43Poplar must look a bit grey after Jamaica.
34:46It rains there too.
34:47I suppose you're too busy to join us back at the homeless shelter.
34:51I've been looking out for you.
34:53I'm sorry.
34:54There's just too much on my fleet.
34:58I hope you have a lovely evening with your friends.
35:07I'm afraid baby won't be moved.
35:18I'm going to have to give a helping hand.
35:19Are you going to try and pull it out?
35:21I wouldn't describe it quite like that.
35:23But I need to work internally to try and line baby up.
35:30If it doesn't work, will the baby die?
35:34Will I die?
35:40You don't have to worry about any of that.
35:44Because this is going to work.
35:50Just tell me what to do.
35:53And I'll do it.
35:54Just breathe when I tell you.
35:56And push when I tell you.
35:58No!
36:07No!
36:09No!
36:19No!
36:20No!
36:22Oh, that was the water's breaking.
36:25Well done.
36:26Baby's moving.
36:26Baby's feet first.
36:30Now I want you to push with the next contraction.
36:32When you're ready.
36:33Mm-hmm.
36:46Well done.
36:49Your baby's coming.
36:52We need to move you over.
36:54I've said that your bottom is on the edge of the sofa.
36:55I need you to push now with everything you've got.
37:10Well done.
37:12Well done.
37:14Baby's body is out.
37:15We're almost there, Eva.
37:17We just need the head to come down using gravity and a few small pushes.
37:23Small push now.
37:24Small push now.
37:25No.
37:26No.
37:27No.
37:28That's it.
37:29No.
37:30No.
37:31No.
37:32No.
37:33No.
37:34One more.
37:35No.
37:36No.
37:37No.
37:38No.
37:39No.
37:40No.
37:41No.
37:42No.
37:43No.
37:44No.
37:45No.
37:46No.
37:47No.
37:48No.
37:49No.
37:50No.
37:51No.
37:52No.
37:53No.
37:54No.
37:55No.
37:56No.
37:57No.
37:58No.
37:59No.
38:00No.
38:01No.
38:02No.
38:03No.
38:04No.
38:05No.
38:06No.
38:07No.
38:08No.
38:09No.
38:10No.
38:11No.
38:12No.
38:13Keep her warm.
38:27Why is she so small?
38:30Is it because of Vincent?
38:32Is it my fault?
38:34It's not uncommon for one of them to be smaller than the other.
38:38Sometimes one of the babies takes more of the goodness, leaving the other with very little.
38:42Well, this little one will have to go in an incubator.
38:53I must want to keep both your babies warm.
38:57I'll go and see that help is on its way once we've delivered the afterbirth.
39:06I have just had a rather extraordinary conversation with Dr. Padfield from St. Thomas'.
39:11What did he say?
39:13Do not keep us in suspense.
39:14He has a cuirass.
39:16That could be a good fit for Mr. Desmond.
39:18And, given the urgency of the situation, he has even agreed to come up to popular tomorrow.
39:23Nothing like a peppermint water when you're feeling queasy.
39:33Such a nice, fresh taste.
39:35I haven't been outside this long, all this room, all this house, for 17 years.
39:43That's a long time.
39:47With the device.
39:49Has she seen me sitting up?
39:52I could be by her side.
39:57Yes.
39:57Look, I didn't want to help her.
40:00Yes.
40:02I want to try it.
40:08Oh, wait!
40:11Stop!
40:13Stop!
40:13I found them wandering around on Blackwell Street.
40:20We phoned for the ambulance.
40:22I was just bringing them home to you now.
40:23There we are.
40:34Tucked up together like bunnies in a burrow.
40:42Oh.
40:49I've just come from St. Cuthbets.
40:50Twin number two is stable and in an incubator.
40:54She's being tube fed.
40:55Meanwhile, twin number one has been breastfeeding like a champ.
41:00Mother is recovering by the minute.
41:05Reminded me of delivering babies in the Blitz.
41:08Squalor and deprivation everywhere.
41:10And nothing.
41:11But training and faith to get us through.
41:15She did get through.
41:17Now go home and rest.
41:18For the first time in a long time.
41:22I'm not tired at all.
41:29Is he all right?
41:32Owen?
41:33You're doing your right work there, Mr Desmond.
41:35Are you sure he's all right, Doctor?
41:37Yes, he is breathing well.
41:39It's the same as the lung, Mr Desmond.
41:42Yes, I...
41:44Is it working?
41:45Yes, Bette.
41:48I've come off my trusty iron horse and I'm still here.
41:53Were you going to come over here and see me or what?
41:56Are you going to say thank you to Sister Julianne?
42:11She saved my life.
42:13And the twins' lives.
42:15How long are you going to keep her in for?
42:16We recommend another ten days.
42:19Ten days?
42:20No, I need to work.
42:22No, you don't.
42:24You need to drink.
42:27What, Shiva?
42:28Or what?
42:29You're going to eat me again.
42:32Throttle me.
42:33I look after you.
42:35Do you?
42:37I nearly died last night.
42:39And now you need to take care of your daughters.
42:44If you can't do that,
42:47then just go.
42:50We don't need you.
42:51And we don't want you.
42:54If I go, I won't come back.
42:56I think that's for the best.
42:57I suppose I hadn't realised how much a medicine is about understanding people
43:11and the way that they connect with one another.
43:13That is exactly right, Harry.
43:15In family practice, you must always, always think
43:18what's best not just for the family, but for this family.
43:22In dentistry, we are always told that the mouth is only part of the whole patient.
43:26But in general medicine, even the whole patient is part of something greater.
43:32That's right.
43:34And that's what makes this job worthwhile.
43:42I gave her that crystal butterfly when we first met.
43:46I didn't know she still had it.
43:50I thought I knew every inch of her face.
43:54But even Betty looks new from here.
43:56All these things, I didn't know.
44:04But so many things you do know, Mr. Desmond.
44:07You know when she's thirsty, when she's cold.
44:10You accurately predicted just now that she needed to sleep.
44:13We are here to be your arms and legs,
44:15but it is you who is in charge of her care.
44:18She has a pair of bed socks.
44:20She always wears them.
44:21Even in the summer, I used to make fun of her.
44:26The dark blue.
44:26I shall go and look in her chest of drawers.
44:29Look who's back from hospital.
44:35She was born of so little, but she's four and four.
44:53She's a fighter.
44:54That's what they said at the hospital, Mrs. Baldwin.
44:56They said she's a fighter.
44:57I never had a family growing up.
45:02My mum died young and had no brothers or sisters.
45:08No one to tell me where I was going wrong.
45:09But you girls, you have each other.
45:16No matter what.
45:22I'm never going to hear her voice again, am I?
45:26Wish we'd known someone with a tape recorder.
45:31And she would reach out the most beautiful reading voice
45:33you've ever heard.
45:35Now you must keep reading, Owen.
45:37She can still hear you.
45:45Let me not to the marriage of true minds
45:48and make the impediments.
46:03445, come to our residence.
46:04Hello?
46:09Is anybody there?
46:12Can I speak to Helen?
46:14Sandra?
46:15Dad, please don't hang up.
46:18I just want to speak to Helen just for a minute.
46:20Yes.
46:31I don't know.
46:32Can I speak to Helen just for her?
46:35There's no right.
46:37She's at peace now, Owen.
46:59Now I have to keep on breathing.
47:01You've started already.
47:04She is right there in your heart.
47:07It makes me so happy to see you again.
47:19But why are you still here?
47:22It's late.
47:23I have not yet finished writing tomorrow's sermon.
47:30Something's troubling you.
47:31Oh, ever since you returned, it seemed like you're worrying about something.
47:39What is it?
47:41I'm not sure if I can serve as a pastor here for much longer.
47:45Why?
47:47When I was in Jamaica, Lucille asked me for a divorce.
47:52Oh, Cyril.
47:53I'm sorry to hear this.
47:56She does not wish to return to London, and I do not wish to live in Jamaica.
48:00Many couples are faced with this predicament these days.
48:03Is there not a compromise you can reach?
48:09I'm afraid not.
48:14How would a congregation view me if I am a divorced man?
48:19They will view you as they've always viewed you.
48:22As their pastor.
48:23Well, don't worry about what other people will judge to be right or wrong.
48:28You can only do as you judge.
48:31In your heart.
48:34Flags of many nations.
48:36All present and correct.
48:37Morning, ladies.
48:38Good morning.
48:39Oh, those medals look just like the real thing.
48:49Edinburgh, eat your heart out.
48:51I think we all deserve a gold medal just for handicrafts.
48:55Speak for yourself.
48:56I've never really been one for cutting and sticking.
48:58Or doing things with chalk so you can stop looking hopefully in my direction.
49:03My running track got washed away by the rain.
49:05I need to mark it out all over again.
49:07I'll help.
49:11I remember doing this on sports days.
49:28Fit.
49:31Harry, I'm impressed with your commitment to your studies.
49:34Yes.
49:35But there's something I want to let you know.
49:39What is it?
49:40I've been thinking.
49:42I want to change my course from dentistry to medicine.
49:45I want to become a doctor.
49:47A family doctor.
49:48Oh, Harry.
49:50In my view, that is quite wonderful news.
49:53But what will your mother think?
49:55And what will the university say?
49:58I'll book a telephone call to my mother.
50:00But at the university, the first year of medicine and the first year of dentistry are almost the same.
50:05I've heard of other people changing.
50:07Well, you have my absolute approval.
50:11And it may not be my place to say it, but I know you'd have your father's blessing too.
50:15It is your place, Grandma.
50:18You know me now.
50:19Better even than you knew him.
50:22We are family.
50:23There are hostels for families in your situation.
50:30And we can register you for financial support.
50:34Sister Veronica will discuss this with you.
50:36I know it's going to take time to sort out our lives.
50:40Get girls out of foster care.
50:41But I'll do it.
50:45And I'm so grateful for everything you've done.
50:50A nurse from the Leonard Cheshire care home will be travelling with you in the ambulance.
50:55The iron lung will be moved and ready when you get there.
51:00Mrs Turner.
51:01I wanted to give you this parting gift.
51:05I'm afraid I took the liberty of borrowing Betty's typewriter.
51:11Her poem in her voice with the M's missing.
51:23Sister Julianne, may I ask you something?
51:25You may ask me anything you wish.
51:28That is the very reason for these lessons.
51:30This isn't a theological question.
51:32It's a personal one.
51:34At least, I think it is.
51:36I'm worried I keep mixing up the theological and the personal.
51:41And that I can't tell which is which.
51:43When one is about to embark on a religious life, it would seem strange if things were otherwise.
51:49What did you want to ask me?
51:52I want to ask...
51:54Is it alright to mind about the things I've given up?
51:58What do you mind about giving up the most?
52:02My family.
52:02I've been missing them terribly.
52:09I know it's against the rules.
52:12But last night, I telephoned home.
52:14My father answered.
52:19And when he realised it was me, he put the phone down.
52:27He can't forgive me for choosing this life.
52:32He said, before I left, that I was stabbing him through the heart.
52:36Why would God ask me to cause my family so much pain?
52:42God loves your family as much as he loves you.
52:46He knows their pain and yours.
52:47And he will help you all to bear it.
52:49He said so certain.
52:52Do you always feel certain?
52:54No.
52:55I don't.
52:57Sometimes I feel lost.
53:00Sometimes I feel exhausted.
53:01Sometimes I feel I don't know where I'm going to find the strength to fight another day.
53:11And?
53:13It sounds as though there ought to be an and.
53:16And then I am reminded why I am here.
53:20How much I can do and who sustains me.
53:25It will happen to you too.
53:28Again and again.
53:29I promise you.
53:31And the next event is the children's long jump followed by the running races.
54:01First, I couldn't help noticing how you are spending a great deal of time together.
54:18Then, I couldn't help noticing how you are so down in the dumps while he was away.
54:23And now, I can't help noticing that you are so distracted that you are unable to chop a melon.
54:31Rosalind.
54:32Is there something going on with you and Cyril Robinson?
54:37What?
54:37No.
54:38Why would you say that?
54:42Because I am your closest friend and we share a bedroom.
54:47No.
54:48There is nothing going on between Cyril and me.
54:50He's married for one thing.
54:53And a pastor.
54:54So, if he were not married and he were not a pastor.
55:03But he is.
55:04He's both of those things.
55:06So, you do feel something for him.
55:17I was hoping that if we spent less time together, my feelings would die down.
55:23Particularly if he went to the other side of the world.
55:28But, unfortunately...
55:30It doesn't work like that.
55:32No.
55:34Him going to the other side of the world seems only to have made matters worse.
55:39Oh, honey.
55:40I'm so sorry.
55:43I don't know what to say.
55:45I don't know what to do.
55:54Let's begin with you giving me the knife and letting me chop the melon.
56:01Sometimes, a heart is shattered and yet must go on beating.
56:07Brutal though the end may be, it is not silent nor is the parting absolute.
56:12The new beginning has arrived and the rhythm will get stronger.
56:21Listen for it.
56:22Savor it.
56:23Wait for what it brings.
56:28We can never know what life will demand of us.
56:31How far we must travel or leap.
56:35What feats of strength or survival or skill will be required.
56:40Our time on this earth is not one race, but many.
56:47We compete, we endure, we finish, and then, too often, we must start again.
56:55These are the rules all humankind must play by.
57:03But faith in ourselves is our lasting reward.
57:10It is a serious risk to public health.
57:23Everyone wants this resolved as soon as possible.
57:26Come on, Nigel.
57:27Room service away.
57:28But I don't think it's very well.
57:31Why don't you walk maybe to the nursery and settle her to sleep in there?
57:33No, it'll disturb her.
57:35She's a bad influence on you.
57:37Give me my baby and get out.