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** Series Eight and Nine: Nurses: Trixie, Phyllis, Valerie, Lucille, Shelagh. Nuns: Julienne, Monica Joan, Hilda, Veronica, Frances.
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** Series Eight and Nine: Nurses: Trixie, Phyllis, Valerie, Lucille, Shelagh. Nuns: Julienne, Monica Joan, Hilda, Veronica, Frances.
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** Series Thirteen: Nurses: Trixie, Phyllis, Nancy, Shelagh, Rosalind, Joyce. Nuns: Julienne, Monica Joan, Veronica.
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** A Series 1 episode followed [[Creator/SharonSmall Nora Harding]]'s increasingly desperate attempts to induce abortion. Her story was played utterly for sympathy -- she already had eight children and could hardly afford to feed and shelter them as it was -- and everyone who finds out are only worried that Nora will inadvertently hurt herself in her attempts to abort. The episode dealt with the issue of the invention of birth control, and how that would have saved her all of the heartbreak and stress she went through. Ultimately, Nora resorts to a back-alley abortion and nearly dies from septicemia. Sister Julienne tells Jenny that this is far from the first time she's dealt with the situation, and knows exactly what to tell the doctor so that the woman can get the necessary care without being arrested for an illegal abortion. The end of the episode discusses how birth control was brought about soon enough that the woman's daughters and granddaughters were spared the same ordeals.
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** A Series 1 2 episode followed [[Creator/SharonSmall Nora Harding]]'s increasingly desperate attempts to induce abortion. Her story was played utterly for sympathy -- she already had eight children and could hardly afford to feed and shelter them as it was -- and everyone who finds out are only worried that Nora will inadvertently hurt herself in her attempts to abort. The episode dealt with the issue of the invention of birth control, and how that would have saved her all of the heartbreak and stress she went through. Ultimately, Nora resorts to a back-alley abortion and nearly dies from septicemia. Sister Julienne tells Jenny that this is far from the first time she's dealt with the situation, and knows exactly what to tell the doctor so that the woman can get the necessary care without being arrested for an illegal abortion. The end of the episode discusses how birth control was brought about soon enough that the woman's daughters and granddaughters were spared the same ordeals.
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** A later episode followed [[Creator/SharonSmall Nora Harding]]'s increasingly desperate attempts to induce abortion. Her story was played utterly for sympathy -- she already had eight children and could hardly afford to feed and shelter them as it was -- and everyone who finds out are only worried that Nora will inadvertently hurt herself in her attempts to abort. The episode dealt with the issue of the invention of birth control, and how that would have saved her all of the heartbreak and stress she went through. Ultimately, Nora resorts to a back-alley abortion and nearly dies from septicemia. Sister Julienne tells Jenny that this is far from the first time she's dealt with the situation, and knows exactly what to tell the doctor so that the woman can get the necessary care without being arrested for an illegal abortion. The end of the episode discusses how birth control was brought about soon enough that the woman's daughters and granddaughters were spared the same ordeals.
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** A later Series 1 episode followed [[Creator/SharonSmall Nora Harding]]'s increasingly desperate attempts to induce abortion. Her story was played utterly for sympathy -- she already had eight children and could hardly afford to feed and shelter them as it was -- and everyone who finds out are only worried that Nora will inadvertently hurt herself in her attempts to abort. The episode dealt with the issue of the invention of birth control, and how that would have saved her all of the heartbreak and stress she went through. Ultimately, Nora resorts to a back-alley abortion and nearly dies from septicemia. Sister Julienne tells Jenny that this is far from the first time she's dealt with the situation, and knows exactly what to tell the doctor so that the woman can get the necessary care without being arrested for an illegal abortion. The end of the episode discusses how birth control was brought about soon enough that the woman's daughters and granddaughters were spared the same ordeals.
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* AbuseMistake: In Season 4 Episode 5, Dr. Turner reports a couple to the RSPCC after their newborn son suffers two bone fractures. The baby is taken away while the parents are investigated. [[spoiler:After the woman fostering the baby brings him in with yet another fracture, Dr. Turner realises the injuries were caused by brittle bone disease, not abuse. He's seriously rattled by his mistake and ends up going into a HeroicBSOD over it.]]
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** In Season4 4, Episode 5, Dr. Turner reports a couple to the RSPCC after their newborn son suffers two bone fractures. The baby is taken away while the parents are investigated. [[spoiler:After the woman fostering the baby brings him in with yet another fracture, Dr. Turner realises the injuries were caused by brittle bone disease, not abuse. He's seriously rattled by his mistake and ends up going into a HeroicBSOD over it.]]
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Sister Evangelina, despite sparring with her throughout the series, becomes distraught at the thought of [[spoiler: potentially losing Sister Monica Joan to pneumonia in the Series 1 finale, and nurses her back to health]].
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** Sister Evangelina, despite sparring with her throughout the series, becomes distraught at the thought of [[spoiler: potentially losing Sister Monica Joan to pneumonia in the Series 1 finale, and nurses her back to health]].
** Sister Evangelina, despite sparring with her throughout the series, becomes distraught at the thought of [[spoiler: potentially losing Sister Monica Joan to pneumonia in the Series 1 finale, and nurses her back to health]].
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* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: Happens often. The most notable, though, is probably in Series 2, Episode 6, when [[spoiler:Julia Masterson gives birth across the corridor from her father on his deathbed; he dies with his newborn grandson in his arms.]]
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* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: Happens often. often.
** The mostnotable, though, notable is probably in Series 2, Episode 6, when [[spoiler:Julia Masterson gives birth across the corridor from her father on his deathbed; he dies with his newborn grandson in his arms.]]
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** Another very prominent instance is Series 5 Episode 8, which has a double whammer: first when Barbara and Sister Evangelina come home from a delivery [[spoiler:and Sister Evangelina is found dead the next morning, having passed away during the night]], and second when Noelle gives birth to her firstborn (at her wedding reception, no less), immediately followed by [[spoiler: Sister Evangelina's funeral procession.]]
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** Another very prominent instance is Series 5 Episode 8, which has a double whammer: first when Barbara and Sister Evangelina come home from a delivery [[spoiler:and Sister Evangelina is found dead the next morning, having passed away during the night]], and second when Noelle gives birth to her firstborn (at her wedding reception, no less), immediately followed by [[spoiler: Sister [[spoiler:Sister Evangelina's funeral procession.]]
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* ComfortFood: Well, Comfort Drink. Anything and everything can be solved or celebrated with a mug of Horlicks[[note]]a malted milk beverage similar to Ovaltine - both brands existed as rival products in the UK then and still do today[[/note]].
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* ComfortFood: Well, Comfort Drink. Anything and everything can be solved or celebrated with a mug of Horlicks[[note]]a Horlicks, a malted milk beverage similar to Ovaltine - both brands existed as rival products in the UK then and still do today[[/note]].today.
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* FamilyOfChoice: The nuns and midwives appear to have little family between them, and certainly not nearby. They act as each other's family, the nurses often like sisters to one another.
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** The nuns and midwives appear to have little family between them, and certainly not nearby. They act as each other's family, the nurses often like sisters to one another.
** The nuns and midwives appear to have little family between them, and certainly not nearby. They act as each other's family, the nurses often like sisters to one another.
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* FireForgedFriends: Jack was inveterately mean to Chummy until she helped his mother give birth in the second episode, relying on him for important duties. After that, he became her chief helper, particularly in the Cub Scout pack.
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** Jack was inveterately mean to Chummy until she helped his mother give birth in the second episode, relying on him for important duties. After that, he became her chief helper, particularly in the Cub Scout pack.
** Jack was inveterately mean to Chummy until she helped his mother give birth in the second episode, relying on him for important duties. After that, he became her chief helper, particularly in the Cub Scout pack.
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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion:
** Mary the teenage prostitute leaves the life she was stuck in ''because'' she knew she'd be forced by her pimp to have an abortion. [[spoiler:Sadly, it doesn't turn out well even after she escapes and has her baby.]]
* GrandRomanticGesture: [[spoiler: The carousel at Barbara and Tom's wedding in the series 6 finale.]]
** Mary the teenage prostitute leaves the life she was stuck in ''because'' she knew she'd be forced by her pimp to have an abortion. [[spoiler:Sadly, it doesn't turn out well even after she escapes and has her baby.]]
* GrandRomanticGesture: [[spoiler: The carousel at Barbara and Tom's wedding in the series 6 finale.]]
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**GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Mary the teenage prostitute leaves the life she was stuck in ''because'' she knew she'd be forced by her pimp to have an abortion. [[spoiler:Sadly, it doesn't turn out well even after she escapes and has her baby.]]
* GrandRomanticGesture:[[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The carousel at Barbara and Tom's wedding in the series 6 finale.]]
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* HorribleHousing: As Poplar is an impoverished neighbourhood, most couples and families are shown in very poor living situations: Entire (large) families sleeping in one or two rooms, multistorey walk-ups, sharing toilet facilities with neighbours, having one single sink which must serve to wash both baby bottles and soiled nappies, and even mice or rat infestations are not unheard of. Obviously, the pervasive unhygienic conditions of many homes often inhibits the abilities of the Nonnatus staff and the families themselves to provide adequate care for mother and baby.
** Arises as a potential issue for the Vickers family, whose infant and toddler are both chronically ill and failing to thrive. The nurses initially suspect that poor hygiene in the home is causing the children's health problems (especially when eyeing a muddy sink full of soiled diapers while discussing preparing the baby's bottles from the same sink), causing a great deal of anxiety and shame for their mother who feels judged and blamed. It eventually transpires that both children suffer from cystic fibrosis.
** Arises as a potential issue for the Vickers family, whose infant and toddler are both chronically ill and failing to thrive. The nurses initially suspect that poor hygiene in the home is causing the children's health problems (especially when eyeing a muddy sink full of soiled diapers while discussing preparing the baby's bottles from the same sink), causing a great deal of anxiety and shame for their mother who feels judged and blamed. It eventually transpires that both children suffer from cystic fibrosis.
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** Billy Vickers needing to wash some of the children's nappies is presented as a rather exceptional situation due to the family having both an infant and toddler experiencing gastrointestinal distress and dirtying such a prodigious number of diapers that Merle simply can't keep up with cleaning them. They joke that his colleagues can never find out.
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** More a case of obstructive ''bureaucracy'' than any single bureaucrat, but the ten members of the Harding family live crammed into a two-room flat in a dilapidated building. Every other family that had lived in the building had been relocated to newer (and larger) council housing. When Nurse Lew asks why they haven't been moved with everyone else, Nora comments that the council insists it would be illegal to house them in anything less than four rooms - except, apparently there are no four-room council flats, so they're stuck in their dilapidated ''two-room'' flat. Fortunately, Bill persists with the council, and by the end of the episode, more suitable housing is found for them.
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** More a case of obstructive ''bureaucracy'' than any single bureaucrat, but the ten members of the Harding family live crammed into a two-room flat in a dilapidated building. Every other family that had lived in the building had been relocated to newer (and larger) council housing. When Nurse Lew Lee asks why they haven't been moved with everyone else, Nora comments that the council insists it would be illegal to house them in anything less than four rooms - except, apparently there are no four-room council flats, so they're stuck in their dilapidated ''two-room'' flat. Fortunately, Bill persists with the council, and by the end of the episode, more suitable housing is found for them.
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** More a case of obstructive ''bureaucracy'' than any single bureaucrat, but the ten members of the Harding family live crammed into a two-room flat. When Trixie asks why they haven't yet been moved into one of the new (larger) council flats, Nora comments that the council insists it would be illegal to house them in anything less than four rooms - except, apparently there are no four-room council flats, so they end up keeping on in their ''two-room'' flat.
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** More a case of obstructive ''bureaucracy'' than any single bureaucrat, but the ten members of the Harding family live crammed into a two-room flat. flat in a dilapidated building. Every other family that had lived in the building had been relocated to newer (and larger) council housing. When Trixie Nurse Lew asks why they haven't yet been moved into one of the new (larger) council flats, with everyone else, Nora comments that the council insists it would be illegal to house them in anything less than four rooms - except, apparently there are no four-room council flats, so they end up keeping on they're stuck in their dilapidated ''two-room'' flat.flat. Fortunately, Bill persists with the council, and by the end of the episode, more suitable housing is found for them.
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** While no one makes the accusation outright, the Nonnatus staff are clearly concerned about the Lunt family in 7x03, and the situation initially ''appears'' abusive: Gordon Lunt angrily refuses to allow anyone to examine his pregnant wife, Doreen appears fidgety and anxious, the home is a mess, the kids are filthy and neglected, and daughter Wendy is covered in bruises. When Trixie eventually all but forces her way into the home, Gordon finally confesses that he knows something is wrong with Doreen, but her father "died in a nuthouse" and he's terrified that his family will be broken up. He finally cooperates with the Nonnatus staff, but tragically, Doreen and Wendy are both diagnosed with a degenerative condition. Gordon actually appears very loving and supportive of his wife after this, and makes heroic efforts to maintain their home and family on top of his job, but ultimately, his worst fears come to pass as Wendy's condition necessitates residential care, and their infant must go into foster care when it's apparent that Doreen cannot care for her while Gordon is at work.
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** More a case of obstructive ''bureaucracy'' than any single bureaucrat, but the ten members of the Harding family live crammed into a two-room flat. When Trixie asks why they haven't yet been moved into one of the new (larger) council flats, Nora comments that the council insists it would be illegal to house them in anything less than four rooms - except, apparently there are no four-room council flats, so they end up keeping on in their ''two-room'' flat.
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* AdoptionInducedPregnancy: Dr. Turner and Shelagh adopt a child after the latter was believed to be infertile from Tuberculosis, but then a season or two later she ends up pregnant anyway. She had complications, but gave birth to a healthy baby in the end.
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* UsefulNotes/KnightFever: Matthew Aylward is the son of Sir Brigham Aylward, Bt. i.e. a baronet. When Sir Brigham dies in Series 12, Matthew inherits the baronetcy and becomes Sir Matthew. Trixie then becomes Lady Aylward on her marriage.
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* OrphanageOfFear: In 1950's and 1960's London, orphanages of any kind are quickly falling out of fashion in favor of private foster homes, so the ones that are left are viewed as outdated, old-fashioned in their views on childrearing, and often understaffed:
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* OrphanageOfFear: In 1950's 1950s and 1960's 1960s London, orphanages of any kind are quickly falling out of fashion in favor of private foster homes, so the ones that are left are viewed as outdated, old-fashioned in their views on childrearing, and often understaffed:
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** The nearest is the above-ground Bromley by Bow, about a mile and a half away.
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** The nearest is the above-ground Bromley by Bow, Bromley-by-Bow, about a mile and a half away.away.
** The train crash supposedly occurs on the Great Eastern Main Line, which in reality passes considerably to the north of Poplar.
** The train crash supposedly occurs on the Great Eastern Main Line, which in reality passes considerably to the north of Poplar.
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** The feeling is clearly mutual. When Sister Evangelina suffers a HeroicBSOD after [[spoiler:accidentally mixing up two babies]], Sister Monica Joan finds her in in the kitchen having a meltdown over a broken cup. Sister Monica Joan remarks that she never liked that china anyway, but Sister Evangelina is irreplaceable.
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* WhamLine: "This... has ''my'' name on it." That's Sister Bernadette, looking at [[spoiler:an x-ray that's positive for tuberculosis]].
** And in Series 4:
--> '''Dr Turner''': "The tablets are known as Distaval. The magic ingredient is called [[spoiler:thalidomide]].'
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--> '''Dr Turner''': "The tablets are known as Distaval. The magic ingredient is called [[spoiler:thalidomide]].'
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** "This... has ''my'' name on it." That's young, seemingly-healthy Sister Bernadette, looking at [[spoiler:an x-ray that's positive for tuberculosis]].
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4, an expectant mother with severe morning sickness is curious about the anti-nausea pills she was given. Dr. Turner’s explanation of how they work is innocuous to him and the other characters, but a ''massive'' punch in the gut to the viewer:
-->'''Dr '''Dr. Turner''': "The The tablets are known as Distaval. The magic ingredient is called [[spoiler:thalidomide]].'
** "This... has ''my'' name on it." That's young, seemingly-healthy Sister Bernadette, looking at [[spoiler:an x-ray that's positive for tuberculosis]].
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** The Golly dolls that Sister Monica Joan knits are now almost universally recognised in Britain as [[{{Blackface}} an extremely regressive and stereotypical image of black people]]. Trixie refers to them as "Gollies" rather than "Golliwogs" since this was probably at the point when "wog" on its own started being used as a slur against Black people.
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** The Golly dolls that Sister Monica Joan knits are now almost universally recognised recognized in Britain as [[{{Blackface}} an extremely regressive and stereotypical image of black people]]. Trixie refers to them as "Gollies" rather than "Golliwogs" since this was probably at the point when "wog" on its own started being used as a slur against Black people.