This England (2022) s01e05 Episode Script

1
(eerie music playing)
(breathes deeply)
(birds chirping in distance)
-(Dominic) Come on. (chuckles)
-(Cedd speaks indistinctly)
(Dominic) Let's go, let's go.
(coughs)
(care worker) Just gonna do
your temperature, John.
(John) Okay.
-(thermometer beeps)
-(sniffles)
(breathes deeply)
-(line rings)
-(phone ringing)
-Hello?
-(Jodie) It's, erm, Jodie.
-Sorry to bother you.
-No, it's okay.
(Jodie) We've just had
the test results back
about John Andrews,
he's tested positive.
-Oh, shit.
-(Jodie) Yeah.
Erm okay, I'll I'll come in.
(Jodie) Okay. Sorry. All right.
-Bye.
-See you in a bit. Bye.
(music fades)
(John) Hello, my pet.
How are you? How have you been?
I've been up and down,
not very well, you know.
How have you been keeping?
Yeah, I've been really good,
thank you.
Missing you a lot, though.
Yeah.
This skin is absolutely perfect.
And I don't know
what cream or what you put on it.
-It's absolutely wonderful.
-(care worker laughs)
(phone ringing)
(Guardian journalist) Hello.
Eh, Guardian.
(jogger) Hi. I'd like to speak
to somebody
about Dominic Cummings, please.
-What about him?
-I've just seen him in Durham.
(Guardian journalist)
So, who are you?
-I don't want to give my name.
-Why is that?
I just don't.
(breathes heavily)
Hiya, Dad.
(sighs) How you doing?
-Your mum, she's not good.
-Well, you don't sound too good.
She's asleep.
(Frank coughs)
Dad, do you think
you might have COVID?
You need to see a doctor.
-(sighs)
-(Nora) Okay.
(Queen Elizabeth) I also want
to thank those of you
who are staying at home,
thereby helping
to protect the vulnerable
and sparing many families
the pain already felt
by those who've lost
loved ones.
I hope in the years to come,
everyone will be able to take pride
in how they responded
to this challenge.
(Boris) Don't look so glimmy,
Gazza.
You make me feel like a dog
going to be put down.
(tense music playing)
(doctor) You should take
some oxygen,
give your lungs a bit of a boost.
-(breathing heavily)
-(sirens wailing)
(indistinct hospital chatter)
(Hart) Okay, Prime Minister,
this will only take a few minutes.
I'm just going to do a scan
to look at your lungs,
check what's going on in there.
(machine whirring)
(Slack) Lee.
I think you need to see this.
What?
(Slack) Guardian says
they've got a report
that Dom was in Durham.
It's none of their fucking business
where he is.
(NHS worker) So we're just going
to remove your oxygen mask, Sir,
-and just place a nasal pathway
-(mumbles)
(Boris grunts)
(grunts)
(doctor) The Wi-Fi isn't secured,
so everything has to go through us.
(Boris) Okay, brilliant.
Can you get me Lee Cain?
(phone ringing)
Prime Minister? You okay?
Scotland's First Minister,
Nicola Sturgeon,
has said her former
chief medical officer
has undermined the government's
message to the public.
-Caino?
-Hey, Dom. (sighs)
Just to let you know,
the PM's gone into hospital.
Oh, shit.
And the Guardian's been asking
where you are.
-Tell them to go fuck themselves.
-(scoffs)
Yeah, that's exactly what I said.
(Hart) Good evening,
Prime Minister.
Would you like to see your scans?
Now, these are your lungs.
These shadow areas are the problem,
where the lungs aren't filling up
with oxygen.
-Right.
-(Hart) So we need to make sure
your oxygen levels
don't fall too low.
You may well be disturbed
this evening
as we do our observations
and through the night.
Right.
(Hart) Then we'll see
how you're doing in the morning.
-Okay?
-Okay.
-(Hart) So I'll see you then.
-Okay.
(Mary) What is there to do
for the sick now except pray?
I left my polystyrene palace
and got to my knees for Boris,
and found, to my surprise,
that my prayers flowed easily,
as if carried along
in a current of others.
(grunts, breathing deeply)
(baby crying)
I remember everything we said,
but you have forgotten.
(baby crying)
My mother suffers now
a second time.
(speaking foreign language)
Here lies the man
who has done me wrong.
(baby crying)
-Have mercy on me.
-(screams)
(breathing heavily)
(music concludes)
(birds chirping in distance)
Of course, we all hope that the PM
will be back in charge
as soon as possible.
But in the meantime,
we do have to operate
like grown-ups.
And we have to work together
as a team.
(dog barking in distance)
(groans)
-(Sue) Come on.
-(groans)
(Sue) Oh. Let's get you comfy.
Maybe we can get some tablets
down you. Come on.
(wheezing)
(Sue) I'm gonna put this
in your mouth, it's paracetamol.
-(wheezing)
-(daughter) Come on.
You really need
to take this tablet. Come on.
No. Swallow. Come on.
Why is it still there?
(tense music playing)
(Hart) Good morning,
Prime Minister.
How are you feeling?
Well, I'm struggling a bit,
if I'm honest,
but I'm, you know, soldering on.
(Hart) Good. Well,
your oxygen levels are still low.
Right.
(Hart) What we don't want to do
is put you on a ventilator,
-if avoidable.
-Right, right.
(Hart) So we need to try
and get your oxygen levels up.
Try and breathe in as deeply
as you can for me, please.
I'll pop back in an hour.
(phone ringing)
Right. Hang on.
-Yeah? (sighs)
-(Peck) Lee, it's Tom Peck,
from The Independent.
We need to be told
what is going on.
(sighs) He's just having
some routine tests.
(Peck) What routine tests
is he having?
I don't fucking know.
I'm not a doctor.
Look. (sighs)
The PM is fine, all right?
He's still reading his red boxes,
he's still running the government,
he's he's here in spirit,
if not in body.
(Peck) So that's the line, is it?
Yeah, just like you're here
in spirit
and annoying me on the phone
when you're not actually here
in the fucking room.
(paramedic) Take my hand.
All right.
(paramedic) Take as long
as you need, all right.
-Can you manage up here?
-(James) Aye
bit sore.
(paramedic) It's fine.
Take as long as you need.
Can you manage up a couple of steps
into the ambulance?
(Des) Take care now.
They'll look after you.
You're going to the best place,
Dad.
(reporter) Care England
and the union at Unison
have warned that care homes
and carers
are at breaking point,
due to shortages of PPE
and a lack of testing.
(knocking on door)
-Can you turn my wheelchair?
-(care worker) I will. I
There we are.
(keyboard clacking)
(thermometer beeps)
(care worker) Okay.
All right, Laura, I need you
to call this pull this string
if anything's a problem, all right?
I'm going to be right back.
(groans)
(care worker) Erm, yeah,
I think we need someone to come
and have a look at Laura.
38.8. Yeah, it's pretty high.
Erm, she's not doing too great,
so I think she needs someone here.
(reporter) The number of people
admitted to hospital
with coronavirus symptoms
now stands at 17,911.
And of those
who have contracted the virus,
5,373 sadly have died.
These figures
are a powerful reminder
of why we need everyone
to follow
the government's guidance.
(indistinct chatter)
(music concludes)
As you will know, last night
the Prime Minister was admitted
to hospital for tests,
following advice from his doctor.
I can tell you that the PM
had a comfortable night
in hospital,
and he's in good spirits.
(GP) Debbie, love,
take this for me.
-(Debbie groans)
-(GP) Okay.
Frank, I'm afraid
Debbie's really poorly.
She needs palliative care
and Co4 drugs.
I'm so sorry, Frank.
I'm going to send in
a rapid response team
and get you a COVID test, okay?
(Hart) So, we're not
really getting much movement
on your oxygen level.
We're thinking
we're going to move you
to intensive care, just to be safe,
just so we can keep
the closest possible eye on you.
Right.
(Hart) Do you need to see anyone
before you go into intensive care?
(mumbles) Are we supposed
to be seeing anyone?
(Hart) Yes,
I'm sure you'll be fine.
But, er, in case.
Once you're in ICU,
no one can visit.
Okay, does she know?
Right. Well, erm,
I'll take care of things here.
You just keep me informed, okay?
Yeah, any changes.
Right. Bye. Sorry, excuse me.
They're moving the PM
to intensive care.
(dramatic music playing)
Fuck.
-(Hart) Hello, is that Carrie?
-Hello.
(Hart) It's Dr Hart
from St Thomas'.
I just wanted to tell you
we're planning to move
the Prime Minister
into intensive care this evening.
It's just a precaution.
We just want him to be
in the safest possible environment.
Er, right, how is he?
(Hart) His oxygen levels
are low,
but we're doing everything
we can to get them moving
in the right direction.
There is the possibility
that if we can't get them going up,
that he might have to move
onto a ventilator.
Of course, that would mean
we'd have to put him asleep.
We would induce a sort of coma.
So, if you'd like us
to arrange a FaceTime with the PM,
we can do that.
We do it for all our patients
before they go onto a ventilator.
Erm, yeah, yes, please. Thank you.
(music concludes)
(Carrie sighs)
(Martin) I've spoken
to his doctors,
and if he goes onto a ventilator,
he may be in a coma for weeks
rather than days.
The Foreign Secretary
will be in charge.
We'll need to let the palace know,
and we'll need to prepare
an official announcement.
We're going to film something
here ourselves.
We'll get Isaac
to draft something out.
(Carrie) Did they show you
my email?
Well, we're both missing you.
Er, he's been kicking.
You have to be strong,
because it's going to be me
in the hospital with the baby
in a month's time,
and it's going to be
you visiting me.
(breathlessly) Yeah. Don't worry.
I'll be there.
Okay. All right.
-Okay, bye. Bye.
-Bye.
-Okay.
-Bye.
(breathing deeply)
(tense music playing)
-(indistinct hospital chatter)
-(machines beeping)
(NHS worker) When you're ready.
There we go.
(Price) We're first going
to try you on a CPAP machine.
It's a way of getting more oxygen
into you without intubating you.
It's less invasive.
And if that doesn't work,
we've got the ventilators
that can do all the work
for you, okay?
It's gonna really help your lungs,
which are struggling.
Luis and Lindsay here,
they're going to help you with it.
(Luis) Good evening,
Mr Prime Minister.
Is that what I should call you?
-Boris.
-(Luis) I'm Luis.
Now we have to put this
over your head.
-Excuse me.
-(Boris breathing heavily)
(Luis) When we turn it on,
you'll feel the pressure
of the air,
a bit like sticking your head out
of a moving car.
It might take
a bit of getting used to.
Does that seem nice and tight?
(reporter) The last place
you'd want the Prime Minister
to be at a time of national crisis.
For Boris Johnson, this now
a deeply personal crisis too.
His coronavirus symptoms worsening.
Tonight he was moved
into the intensive care unit
of London's St Thomas' Hospital.
(doctor) Hi.
I'm calling about Mr Nolan.
(Nora) Hiya, yeah.
(doctor) We've got his test results
back.
Okay.
(doctor) I'm afraid
he's tested positive for COVID,
and will have to isolate.
(Nora) Okay. Yeah.
Hey, Dad. (chuckles nervously)
Yeah, that was the doctor.
You've tested positive. (sighs)
You'd best stay away from me, then.
Well, I'm being careful.
We'll all be careful, yeah?
Any news?
We've got lots of news, Gabriel.
What news would you like?
-On Boris?
-(Lee sighs)
All right, well,
he's still in intensive care
and it's currently 5050
whether they have to put him
into a coma.
And if they do put him into a coma,
it's 5050
whether he ever comes out.
Is that enough fucking news
for you?
(jogger) You asked
where Dominic Cummings is
in your politics live blog?
You should know this.
I called The Guardian on Sunday
to tell you
I'd seen him up here in Durham.
What's going on?
(Nora) Here you go, Mum. (sighs)
We're gonna have to definitely eat
something, Mum.
It's gonna make you feel better.
Okay, I'll be back in a minute,
okay?
-(Nora) Hiya.
-(NHS worker) Hi there.
We're here
from the rapid response team.
(Nora) Oh, right, yeah.
Come in, come in.
-Follow me.
-(NHS worker) Okay.
We are full.
We've been full for two weeks now.
What would be really good
would be for us
to be able to send a whole
cohort of patients to you,
to give us some space
and time here.
Each patient
has to be assessed individually.
Right. What are the criteria?
(Nightingale admin) Er, we can
only take intubated patients.
Don't worry.
We have plenty of those.
If you fill in the forms
for each person,
our staff here will be able
to respond to each case.
(Nora) Hey, there's some water.
The doctor said that
you'd be looking after
-my dad as well.
-(NHS worker) Oh, did they?
(Nora) Er, yeah, yeah,
he's got COVID.
(NHS worker) Oh, right, okay.
Your mum's probably got it too,
then.
(Nora) Right.
(Weaver) Hi, this is Matt Weaver.
You left a message on my phone.
You say you saw Dominic Cummings
on Sunday?
(jogger) Yeah, I did.
-Where?
-In a garden in Durham.
(Julie) How's it going? (sighs)
(care worker) John is ill today.
That means eight family members
with symptoms,
and we've got 25 staff off,
and we're down 200 pairs of gloves,
and we're using 100 pairs a day.
(Julie) I've been chasing masks
all morning.
That NHS portal's useless.
How's Fred doing now?
(care worker) He's struggling,
but he's okay.
Hiya, Des. It's me.
Good good news, son.
I'm coming home.
Yeah, yeah.
I I'll I'll let you know.
I'll I'll see you soon.
-Do you believe this woman?
-Hundred percent.
She was close.
She describes him well.
-She has no axe to grind.
-We need two sources.
We can't print without two sources.
-(sirens wailing)
-(tense music playing)
(indistinct hospital chatter)
(baby crying)
I remember everything you said,
but you have forgotten.
(Lara speaking foreign language)
(in English) Do not destroy me
before my time
for it is sweet
to see the daylight.
Do not send me to the Underworld.
(Lara speaking foreign language)
(Luis, in English) Boris?
-(Lara speaking foreign language)
-(Luis, in English) Boris?
(speaking foreign language)
(Luis, in English) People sometimes
have very intense dreams
with this virus, hallucinations.
You just have to try and relax.
You're here in hospital.
Your mouth will be dry.
(Boris groans, chokes)
(Luis) Keep breathing
as deep as you can.
(Julie) It's okay, Janet.
Night-night now.
(sighs)
(Nora) Mum, let's take these pills
and make you feel
much better, okay?
(breathing heavily)
(NHS worker 1) I can't find
a care plan.
(Nora) Why not?
(NHS worker 1) We can't give
Co4 drugs without a care plan.
(Nora) Well,
why hasn't she got one?
(NHS worker 1) I don't know.
I can't find it.
(Nora sighs)
(NHS worker 2) She can take this.
It's hard enough.
It'll help with the pain.
(Nora) Okay.
Well, why are you giving it to me?
(NHS worker 1)
You have to give it to her.
(Nora) Why?
(NHS worker 1) They're the rules.
-(gasps)
-(Nora) It's okay, Mum.
-Just take a little bit.
-Yeah. (coughs)
Okay, Mum,
we're just going to do a bit.
(coughs)
(Nora) Okay, Mum, okay.
All right, all right,
Mum, that's it. (shushes)
I'll get you some help, okay?
I'm going to get us some more help.
Yeah,
I'm calling about Debbie Nolan.
Yeah, you need to come out.
She's getting really ill.
Look, she needs to go
into hospital.
She needs pain relief.
I'm not a nurse. You're the nurses.
(music concludes)
(machines beeping)
-(Lindsay) How are we doing?
-(Boris sighs)
(Lindsay) Would you like
something to eat?
Something to drink?
Good.
It's going to be pretty
dehydrating, the CPAP.
(Price) Now, your temperature
is down to 38.2,
and your oxygen levels are stable.
We just need them to keep going up.
Just remember to keep breathing
as deeply as you can.
(care worker) Thank you.
-(delivery driver) No problem.
-(care worker) Cheers.
(melancholic music playing)
(door knocking)
(care worker) Can I just have
a minute, please?
-(Julie) Yeah.
-(care worker) Can I have a chat?
It's not looking good.
She's gone really downhill
over the past couple of hours.
It's not good at all.
(Julie) Okay.
So should I call the family?
(care worker) I think
that would be a good idea.
(Julie) Okay. All right.
Are you okay?
(care worker) Yeah. Yeah,
I'll be fine.
(NHS worker) Let me help you.
Here's your water.
-(breathes heavily)
-(NHS worker) Okay.
Just gonna check
your oxygen, Frank.
(Frank coughs, pants)
(breathes heavily)
(music fades)
-(NHS worker) Nora?
-(Nora) Yeah.
Has your dad signed the form yet?
(Nora) No, no, look. (sighs)
Look, I've spoken to my sister
and my brother and we don't think,
we don't think it's a good idea
to talk to him about dying.
Not now.
(NHS worker)
I'm really sorry, but you have to.
Erm I spoke to the hospital
yesterday and the policy's changed.
which basically means
if your dad was to get worse,
we'd care for him at home.
We put a care package in place,
get his medications,
painkillers, oxygen.
But unfortunately,
he needs a signed DNR to do that.
I'm really sorry.
-(tense music playing)
-(reporter) In Spain,
saving lives means
another extension to the country's
shutdown until the end of April.
The country's on a war footing
in the fight against coronavirus.
It means makeshift hospitals,
like this one in Madrid,
have been built
on an industrial scale.
(Tricia) So, we got
the Nightingale requests back.
-(Amir) And?
-They will only take one patient.
-One?
-(Tom) One.
-Why?
-(scoffs)
Because they're saying
they will only take a patient
if they've got respiratory problems
solely.
If they've got kidney, heart,
any other organ issues,
-they won't take them.
-Oh, for crying out loud.
Most of the patients on ventilator
have other issues.
(Tricia) Yeah, of course.
(Amir) You've rejected
most of our patients.
There must be some mistake.
Patients who are intubated
usually have complex issues.
So why won't you take them?
I'm sorry. That's our policy.
(music fades)
(Nora) I've got this form
they want you to sign, Dad.
Erm It's, erm
It's just about what happens
if you if you get worse.
It's just in case.
Erm, it's just about
if you'd want to be put on
life support and everything.
(breathes deeply)
It just means that they'll, er
It just means that they'll help you
in other ways.
(dramatic music playing)
(Frank breathing deeply)
(NHS worker) We're here,
Laura. You're very safe.
(doctor) What's going on currently?
(Julie) The nurse
is administering oxygen.
(NHS worker) Nice, deep breaths.
(doctor) Okay. And how long
has she been like this for?
(Julie) Why do you always ask
the same questions?
She's For a few hours.
And are you giving her
the painkillers?
(Julie) We can't keep doing this.
We can't go on like this.
We're not the doctors.
You're the doctor.
(music fades)
(upbeat music playing)
(reporter) Lockdown
in Wuhan, China is now over
and life is beginning
to return to normal.
(crowd)
(Price) It's looking good
and you're over the worst.
Your oxygen levels are stable,
your temperature is down to 37.5.
We're going to take you off
the CPAP
and drop you down
to the nasal high-flow.
(reporter)
Today's daily figures show
that 19,438 people
have been admitted to hospital.
And sadly, of those in hospital,
7,097 have now died.
An increase of 938 fatalities
since yesterday.
(music concludes)
(Luis) This is a great hospital.
You were lucky you were here.
I am. I know. Luis, tell me,
how come you're here?
(Luis) I trained as a nurse
in Portugal,
but I always wanted to work here.
-Really?
-(Luis) Always.
Since I was told
about Florence Nightingale
and her work in this hospital.
-Well, I'm glad you were here.
-(phone chimes)
Thank you.
(care worker) It's okay, Laura.
It's okay.
It's okay.
(sombre music playing)
(care worker crying)
-(music concludes)
-(sirens blare)
-(Luis) Bye, Boris.
-(Lindsay) Bye, Boris.
(Boris) Thank you.
Thank you, Jenny.
-(Jenny chuckles) You're welcome.
-(Luis) Bye.
(doctor) His oxygen levels
are stable.
and we're taking him off CPAC
and moving him out of ICU.
Yeah.
(doctor) We'll let you know
if anything changes.
Okay. Thanks.
-Boris is out of danger.
-(Isaac) Yes!
Alison,
tell the vultures they can go home.
(Lara) Hi, can I speak to my dad?
Is he awake?
(aide) Sorry, sir. It's personal.
It's Lara.
-Hey. Hey, Lara.
-Hi, Dad. How are you?
Oh, yeah, not not too bad.
Feeling feeling a bit better.
I'm glad. I was so worried.
It's good to hear your voice.
I was worried
that I might not hear it again.
What's it like? The virus?
It was like a bad dream.
A little bit like when I was
a child and I had the mumps.
Or it's like a really bad trip.
I mean, actually, no,
not that I've ever had
mind-altering drugs, obviously.
Strike that one
from the from the record.
(heart rate monitor beeping)
(Roshan) Morning, James.
How are you this morning?
-(James) Erm (groans)
-(Roshan) Not good.
You're struggling, aren't you?
Listen, just hang on in there,
all right?
You're doing great, okay?
Throwing everything that we can
at it.
-Hang on in there.
-Yeah.
(NHS worker) Let me just
adjust these for you.
Yeah, okay, push that up there.
(NHS worker)
I'll leave you to it now.
(Carrie) Okay. Thank you.
It's good to see you.
(Boris) And you.
(Carrie) How was it?
-It was tropical.
-(Carrie) Oh.
It was long, long, hot,
sweaty nights.
(Carrie) Sounds like Mustique.
(Boris) That seems like
it was a long
I've been to the banks of the Styx
and back.
(Carrie) The baby's been kicking.
-Wants to see you.
-Yeah, I want to see him.
I'm determined to be a good father.
Oh, look, come on,
don't be all sentimental.
You know, my great grandfather,
you know, his mother was a slave,
and he was a journalist.
He protested the Armenian massacre
and then one day in Istanbul,
he was kidnapped.
He was handed over to a mob
and they stoned him
and they lynched him.
-Fifty-three years old!
-Uh
(Boris) That was the life.
-Churchill said
-(Carrie) Boris?
when they asked him,
are you scared of being under fire?
So he says
(imitates Churchill) "The gods
The gods could not conceive
-Boris.
-so prosaic an end
for so potent a being".
(Carrie) We need
to get you out of here.
(Boris mumbles) Yeah.
(Carrie) I think we'll go
to Chequers.
Whatcha, yeah.
(Carrie) We're not going
to Downing Street,
we're going to go to Chequers
and we're going to get you
-some rest.
-(Boris) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
-(Carrie) And some fresh air.
-Fresh air, yeah.
(gentle music playing)
(indistinct chatter)
(NHS worker) Sorry, Ben,
there's just a phone call for you.
(Ben) Okay, okay, thank you.
Thank you.
Hello?
Very easy to say, I'm afraid.
It's not good news.
He's he's just not been
responding to treatment
and I'm afraid it's looking like
Yeah, it's very much
He's got probably a few hours left,
I'm afraid.
(minister) The whole country
has been practising
a stringent form
of social distancing
for three weeks now,
and for that I want to say
a massive thank you.
Thank you to all of those
who are looking after us
in our time of need,
the NHS workers on the front line
who have treated the sick,
saved lives,
and tended to those
who sadly could not be saved.
For the doctors and nurses
who have died of coronavirus,
whilst caring for others,
we will never forget
their sacrifice.
We will never forget their devotion
to helping others.
(doctor) Is he experiencing
high temperature?
-(care worker) Yeah.
-(doctor) Shortness of breath?
(care worker) Yeah,
so he's struggling to breathe.
His temperature is 38.2.
He's been complaining about aching,
an aching body.
Erm, yeah, they're the main ones.
(Simon) Elderly care home residents
who get COVID-19
should not ordinarily
be conveyed to hospital
unless authorised
by a senior colleague.
(care worker sniffles) He's gone.
(sobbing)
I'm so sorry.
(coroner) It's a bit tight
on that corner. Here you are.
Okay. We're fine.
(Des) Hi, Dad.
We're here.
Dad, can you hear me?
Are you all right?
(Sue) Are they looking after you?
(Des) Dad?
-Just keep strong, Dad.
-Keep fighting.
Are they looking after you?
(Des) Ben, mate. Are you there?
Can you hear me, Dad?
Dad?
(Sue) Come on, fight.
We want you home.
-(care worker 1) Hi, Phyllis.
-(Phyllis) Hey, love.
(care worker 1) Are you okay?
Everything okay with you?
(Phyllis) Yes, I'm okay, thanks.
(care worker 1) Would you like me
to pull them curtains now?
-It's dark.
-(Phyllis) Yes, please.
(care worker 1) Okay.
(care worker 2) Well done, Doreen.
-That's it.
-(music fades)
(pensive music playing)
(coroner) You're gonna hit the bin.
Just a bit.
(Priti) I'm immensely grateful
to everyone
who is heeding the instruction
to stay at home.
This remains crucial
over the bank holiday weekend.
There is just one simple thing
we ask you all to do.
That is to stay at home.
(sighs)
I mean, I don't want to impugn
blame on people who have used more
PPE than the guidelines suggest,
but what I will say,
because I understand
the difficulties,
but what I will say
is that it is important
to use the right PPE
and not to overuse it.
(doctor) I am really sorry, erm.
(sighs)
We've tried everything
and thrown everything
that we possibly could. Erm.
He's on sedation.
He is comfortable.
I'm really sorry.
-(sighs) Can we come visit?
-(doctor) Erm
one person can. (sighs)
It's, er, palliative care now.
-Okay. Thank you.
-(doctor) Thanks, Sue. Bye.
(dog barking in distance)
(Nora) Yeah, yeah,
I'm calling about Frank Nolan.
(Frank groans, gasps)
(Nora) Yeah,
his oxygen's down to 44.
(Priti) I can report, sadly,
that as of 9:00 a.m. today,
9,875 people have now died,
an increase of 917 on yesterday.
(relative) They're going
to sedate you for a while.
Erm, they're going to put you
to sleep for a short time.
That should make you feel better
afterwards. Erm,
you know, you will,
inshallah, get better.
We are thinking of you,
praying for you.
(NHS worker)
You need to spend some time,
some quality time with your dad.
(Nora) Yeah.
-He needs to know he's dying.
-(Nora) No.
(NHS worker) I know,
but his oxygen levels
are just so low that there's
no coming back from this.
(Nora) No, I can't.
I can't talk to him about that.
(NHS worker) Hello, Frank.
Your oxygen levels are very low.
Too low.
And I have some pills
that will help,
but your body
isn't going to recover from this.
(breathing shakily)
(NHS worker) I've given him
some medication to settle him.
He knows he's going now.
(Frank breathing heavily)
I'm dying.
-I'm dying.
-(Nora) You're all right.
You're all right.
I'm here. I'm here.
-(Frank breathes heavily)
-(Nora) Come on. Dad, it's okay.
(Nora shushes)
(Frank gasping)
I love you, Dad. We all love you.
Dad. Dad, we're together.
Dad, we're together.
I'm here for you, Dad.
I'm here. I'm here.
-(Frank gasping)
-(sobs)
(crying)
I'm so sorry, Dad. I'm so sorry.
(sobs) I'm so sorry.
(music concludes)
(sombre music playing)
-(Mary) Hey! Good morning!
-(Cedd) Happy birthday.
-I think he said, happy birthday.
-(Mary) Aw! Thank you.
(overlapping chatter)
(Carrie) Hello.
And this one's gonna be
a big, big, big, big castle
(Dominic) Yeah, castle.
And in the castle
there's going to be a nice dragon.
(Cedd) And you and Mum!
-(Boris) It's nice to see you.
-You too.
(sighs)
We have no FFP3 masks,
we've got no gowns, no visors.
We've been trying
to buy stuff from China.
Erm, we've had test results
where the results haven't come back
for more than a week,
and sometimes the results
just don't come back at all.
I've lost nine residents
in the past two weeks.
You know, if the government
was an employee of mine,
I'd sack them for gross negligence.
I've got 16 residents
who are symptomatic
and only one of them
has been transferred to hospital.
I mean, it's just soul-destroying.
(crowd applauding)
(sighs)
Good afternoon.
I have today left hospital
after a week
in which the NHS
has saved my life, no question.
It's hard to find words
to express my debt.
Erm, but before I come to that,
I want to thank everyone
in the entire UK
for the effort and the sacrifice
you have made
er, when the sun is out
and the kids are at home,
when the whole natural world
seems at its loveliest
and the outdoors is so inviting.
I can only imagine
how tough it has been
to follow the rules
on social distancing.
(Dominic) just like you, Cedd.
I thank you
because so many millions
and millions of people
across this country
have been doing the right thing.
I spy with my little eye,
something beginning with
"Sh".
(sombre music playing)
-(Dominic) Is it sheep?
-Yeah.
(Dominic) Yes.
(Cedd) No, I don't see any people
who are just walking here.
-(Dominic) No, there's no people.
-(Mary) No.
(sheep bleating)
(Boris) And I want you to know
that this Easter Sunday,
I do believe,
that your efforts are worth it
and are daily proving their worth.
That is why
we will defeat this coronavirus
and defeat it together.
We will win.
Stay at home, protect our NHS
and save lives.
-(birds chirping in distance)
-(Cedd) Swing me.
(music fades)