" ls that it?" " (Phone rings) lf you'd taken the trouble to read the packet, you wouldn't have had to call me twice in a day, would you?" "What?" "Hello?" "Hello, Doc?" " Hello?" " (Phone cuts off)" " Get out of my life." " (Phone rings)" "Pauline?" " Afternoon." " Hello." " Afternoon." " (Phone rings)" " What?" "!" " lt's me." "You've had a call from a farmer, Phil Pratt." " Hello?" " (Breaking up) Can you hear me?" " You have to speak clearly." " Hello!" "Doc!" "You have to speak up and speak clearly." " No need to shout." " ls there any purpose to this call?" " Pratt!" " What?" "Phil Pratt." "Can you see his wife?" "The farm next to your Auntie Joan's." " Tell him to bring her into the surgery." " She can't get out of bed. lt's her heart." " l said you'd be there before two." " Tell him..." " (Phone cuts off)" " Oh." "We're upstairs." " Pratt?" " That's me." " You must be Mrs Pratt." " Hello, Doctor." " lt's good of you to come." " Yes, it is." " How are you feeling?" " Confused." " Helen." " What are you confused about?" "She's been very weak, and breathless." "And this morning she nearly passed out when she tried to go to the bathroom." " Any palpitations?" " l don't think so." " What are they exactly?" " Heart sensations." " Pounding or racing." " Oh, well, yes, then, a couple of times." " Oh." "Can you get me a glass of water?" " ln a minute." " Now." " l'll make tea when you've finished." "I want to give your wife aspirin." "I need a glass of water." "Oh, right." "For future reference, Mrs Pratt, it's best if you come and see me in my surgery." "If you'd come when you first felt ill, I wouldn't have had to waste my time driving the length and breadth of North Cornwall for the sake of one patient." "Nevertheless, I'll monitor your heart rate." "You're probably suffering from atrial fibrillation, a common enough complaint." "Mrs Pratt?" " Helen." "What's wrong?" " l think she's having a stroke." "Call an ambulance, please." " 'Tis my wife." "She's having a stroke." " Here, give it to me." "It's Dr Ellingham, Portwenn. I've got a patient with a suspected embolism." "I need an ambulance as soon as possible, please, to Manor Hill Farm." "Doctor?" "No." "No!" "Don't just stand there, do something." "(Woman) lt's only me!" "It's leek and potato today." "Martin." "Oh, my God." "Helen?" "Hello?" "Yeah, cancel the ambulance." "No, she's dead." "Yeah." "I can't believe it." "It's a common reaction to sudden death." "I thought she was on the mend." "Her appetite was better." " She didn't eat last night, but..." " Last night?" " Yes." "Where were you?" " Never mind about me." "What did she say?" " What about?" " How old was your wife?" "65." "Why?" "I have to write it on the death certificate." "You could have saved her!" " No, I couldn't." "She was..." " You didn't do a thing." " Wait a minute." " No." " Get out, both of you!" " Come on, Marty." "I haven't finished yet." "Now, you have to take that to the registrar within the next five days." "All right, I'll leave it there." "You would think a home visit, at very short notice, might at least qualify for a thank-you, but oh, no." "Hm?" "Auntie Joan?" "Oh, I'm sorry." "Will you just give me a minute?" "Yeah." "Take your time." "She was such a lovely woman." "So bloody unfair." "So sudden." "Yesterday I thought she was getting better." " Poor old Helen." " Right." "She was a friend?" " Yes, Martin." " Well, it's very sad." "But life goes on." "Not for Mrs Pratt, obviously." "I wonder if you've got a sensitive bone in your body." " What do you mean?" " Well, the way you talked to me, to Phil." "He didn't want a death certificate, he wanted a human being to explain what had happened to his wife." "A clot formed in her heart and shot up an artery into her brain and she died." " Where's your car?" " l walked." " lt's not far, if you cut across the..." " Do you want a lift?" " No, thank you. lt's quicker on foot." " ln that case, I'll say goodbye." " lan." " Every cloud has a silver lining." "Martha." "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." " Jade." " Many hands make light work." " Very nice." " (Bell rings)" "So, we'll see you tomorrow." "Leaving your books in neat piles on your desks, please." "Hello." " So, how's it going?" " Good. I think." "They're all very sweet." "I thought you'd like them." "Well, they seem to like you." "What happened to your hand?" " Nothing." " Have you been to see a doctor?" "It comes and goes. I'll be fine." "Oh, look at you." "You're a lovely girl." "Thank you very much." " Oh, hi, Al." " All right?" "You coming or what?" " When I've seen the doc, yes." " He's not gonna give you a sick note." "If I haven't worked for four days, which I haven't, I'm entitled to incapacity Benefit." " l'm incapacitated." " You're a lazy old bugger." " Oh, hi there, Ross." " Got some news for you." " About the lifeboat?" " Yeah." "There's only one spare place." " And you came second." " Oh." "Oh, no." "Well..." "lucky for you Neil Clemence broke an arm." "Oh, God!" "(Squeals)" "From the manager of the Portwenn lifeboat." " Well done." " That's great." "First training session tonight." " No way." " Well done, girl." "Go on." "You deserve it, Paul." "...make another appointment and call the receptionist." "If she's not too busy." "Perhaps you'd like to use my room to entertain your friends?" "This is Ross." " Yes, we've met." " He's a helmsman." " Congratulations." " One of the senior guys on the lifeboat." " l'll bear that in mind." " You're not in quite yet, Paul, though." "Doc's gotta do your medical first." "Can't confirm it till we know she's fully fit." "Though she looks pretty fit to me." "I'll make a note of that." "My dad always said I'd be taking his place on the boat someday." " (Phone rings)" " He's gonna be so proud." " Pauline?" " Mum thought I'd never make it." " She said I'd be married by 1 7..." " Pauline!" " ..." "live in Launceston with five brats and..." " (Bert) Portwenn surgery." "Here, Doc." "There's an emergency at the school." "Open." "At least I think it was a fish bone." "What was he eating?" "Salmon sandwich with cucumber." "Brown bread, crusts cut off, and a packet of salted crisps." "Here you are." "(Louisa) Oops." "OK." "Um... I'll just get a cloth." " There you go." " Thank you." "Are you all right?" "You take some water." "OK." "Are you feeling a bit better?" "Oh, while you're here, Martin, could you take a look at Tricia's hands?" "Sorry." "This is Tricia Soames, our new member of staff." "My first recruit." "I poached her from Truro Junior." "Padstow Community wanted her, but I got in first." " Really?" " Hello." "I noticed that Tricia's hands, they're looking very sore, and I thought..." "Let me make a couple of things clear, Miss Glasson." "One: a small fish bone is not an emergency." "Two: if a member of staff wants medical attention, she should come to my surgery." "Unless any more of your pupils wish to vomit all over me, I'll be off." "Miss Soames." " Come on, Henry." " l'm sorry." "He's not normally that ru..." "Actually, he is normally that rude, but he also happens to be a good doctor, so I should make that appointment." "Phil!" "I want nothing of yours in my house." "Least of all you!" "OK, guys, that's it for today." " That's it." " Well done, Paul." " Good session." " Yeah, well done." "Well done, Paul." "Good job." "OK?" " What do you want?" " To know how you are today." "Pretending you care?" "We've had our differences, but can't we put them behind us?" "It's bad enough for me, as a friend, but I can only guess what you're going through." " What's that supposed to mean?" " Sorry?" " Did she tell you?" " Tell me what?" " You know." " Look, I don't understand." "'Tis not my fault." "If anyone's to blame, 'tis Dr Martin." " Anyone else would have saved Helen." " That's not true." " Now I'm a liar as well?" " As well as what?" "Oh, stop pretending." "I know she told you everything." "And what have you been spraying?" "That's your land." "This is mine." "We agreed, no pesticides within a mile of my crops." "I'll spray what I want, where l want!" "Al, Ross says I don't run fast enough." "Can you help me train or something?" "I'll buy you a pint." "Every night, for a week." " l'll help you." " Dad." "Sorry." "When do you wanna start?" "I've got an inspection in two weeks." "They'll check everything - soil, crops, animal feed." "If I lose my organic licence, it'll take years to win it back." "I'm not sure what you want me to do." "I know he's unhinged, but Phil Pratt thinks you could've done more to save his wife." " Perhaps if you went to see him?" " Um..." "Well, I'm too busy today, and tomorrow." "Martin, he blames you for Helen's death." "Well, that's completely irrational." "There was abso..." " You killed my wife, you bastard!" " Get out!" " Sorry, Doc." " Martin!" " Thank you, Pauline." " Martin!" " Why didn't you do something?" " Nothing could be done." "There's always something." "Drugs, electric shocks." "Something!" " Not in this case." "Have you been drinking?" " What if I have?" "I'm not gonna waste my time talking to a drunk." "Well, if it weren't you, what did kill her?" "When the post mortem is finished, you'll be given the official diagnosis." "Go home." " No." " Pauline!" "If you don't leave right now, I'll get PC Mylow here and he will arrest you." "Mr Pratt." "Please don't use pesticides." "They might affect my aunt's organic status." " You all right?" "You wanna stop?" " No." "Gotta get fit." "Gotta show Ross I'm good enough." "Oh, God." " l think he fancies me, actually." " (Laughs)" " Yeah?" " Yeah." "Yeah. I'll race you back to the van, eh?" "Give you a head start." "Go on." "(Horn blares)" "(Horn blares)" "(Horn blares)" "What the bloody hell...?" "(Horn blares)" "I knew it. I knew it." "It is pesticides he's brought you, this maniac who nearly killed me." " What?" " You tried to drive me off the road!" " l was just trying to..." " l'll deal with Mrs Norton." "You will not deal with me." "You will tell me what is in that lorry." "I don't think so." " D'you want me to come back later?" " No, you stay where you are." " l told you to keep off my land." " l told you to keep your poisons off mine." "Well, what d'you have to say for yourself?" "I got this to say for myself." "About the funeral." "You're not welcome." " What?" " You're not to come." "Miss Glasson was keen for me to see you." "I have surgery hours which finished some time ago." "Good evening." "It's tricky to get here during the day." "Could you have a quick look now?" "Just to keep Miss Glasson happy." "You can come in to make an appointment." " l'll let you put your shopping away first." " What?" "How are things working out in Portwenn?" "The people are so friendly. lt's lovely." "Look, either come in now or go away." "I just remembered, I have to be somewhere." "Sorry." " (Booming)" " That was the lifeboat." " lt can't be." "My pager would've gone..." " (Pager bleeps)" "Oh, my God. lt's a shout." "Come on." "(She squeals)" " Oh, God, we'll never make it." " We might do." "Steady!" "You all right?" " All right there, Joan?" " Mark." " What happened here?" " Ask Phil Pratt." "Phil?" "No." "Phil's a little crusty round the edges, but he's all right." "This is nasty." "Whisky Victor Charlie Echo Portwenn, receiving." "That's me." " Go ahead." " We've got an RTA, Boscastle Road." " What's happened here?" " He just pulled out." " He was doing about 70." " The van does 50, tops." " Hello, Mr Lewis." " (Pauline) We've missed the boat." " Anyone injured?" " The driver hurt her neck." "OK, I'll take a look." "Thank you, Paul." "Oh." "Julie, hello." "I was taking my test." "Do you think I passed?" "(Bell rings)" "Oh, Tricia." "Did you go to the doctor's?" "I did." "He refused to see me." "What?" "Just so dry." "All my flowers are dying and my birds, I gotta put extra water..." " lt's hot in the shade." " Yeah, I know. lt's awful..." "Where's Pauline?" " l see." "Can anybody tell me who's next?" " l just need a sick note, Doc." " Answer's the same as yesterday." " We'll talk about that." " Roger's up first on a Wednesday." " He was late this week. I was early." " Maybe you should see Leonard next." " l'll go next." "Two minutes, three at most." " Tempting to get her out the way." " Priority case." " Julie Mitchell." "Road traffic accident." " (Patients all talk at once)" " How am I gonna explain this to Ross?" " You should see Miss Mitchell first." "Pauline!" "I don't care how you work it out, but send the next patient in." "Right." "(All talk at once)" "(Bell rings)" "Martha, if this was a real fire, you should have left all that." "No, don't go back now." "Go and join Miss Soames." "Where is Miss Soames?" "(Bell continues ringing)" "(Ringing stops)" " What are you doing?" " Trying to keep on top of things." " We're having a fire drill." " There's too much to do." "You have to join your class in the playground now." "Now put your left ear on your left shoulder." "Right ear, right shoulder." " Well, there's no sign of whiplash." " You never know, do you?" "It can be years before symptoms show themselves." "Right." "Well, if you develop any dizziness or headache or vertigo..." "Doc, another emergency at school." " Did you lose consciousness?" " l don't think so." "She was groggy but awake." " Any nausea or blurred vision?" " No." "Watch my finger." "I didn't have any lunch." "Maybe that's why I fainted." "That'd be a reasonable explanation." "Unless you've got any more emergencies, I'll be on my way." " You think I called without good reason?" " Oh, no." " Could you look at Tricia's hands, please?" " lf she comes to the surgery." "She went last night." "You refused to see her." "I was only too happy to make her an appointment." "But since you're here..." "Do you wear rubber gloves when you do the washing-up?" "No." "I think you should." "There." " Tricia, I'm so sorry." " lt's fine." "Just see you tomorrow." "Bye." "Dr Ellingham!" "Miss Soames." "If you've got a problem with me, don't take it out on Tricia." " l don't know what you mean." " l can't keep apologising for you." "Then don't. I didn't ask you to." "Why do you have to upset everyone?" "When you're with your patients, why can't you make an effort?" "Just smile." "Try some small talk." "Have a laugh." "Sick people want a doctor who knows what he's doing." " They want a bedside manner." " A bedside manner can't cure you." " lt makes them feel better." " lt can diagnose an illness?" " Write a prescription?" " You know what I mean." "Please." "For once just agree with me." "You do know what I'm trying to say?" "Actually, I find you hard to understand at the best of times." "Very little of what you say or do makes much sense to me." "What are we talking about?" "Are we..." "Are we talking about...what?" "What are we talking about?" "I'm not quite sure." "Don't you think we should sit down, with a drink, and stop having these stupid, bad-tempered mini rows," "and sort out what we really think about each other?" "Yeah." "All right." "Well, not now, 'cause I'm busy tonight." "You've got a prayer meeting at the chapel, have you?" "I'm not seeing that..." "I'm..." "I am just busy, right?" "Tomorrow I'll be at the Crab at eight." "Join me or don't join me. lt's up to you." "All right, I'll be there." " Really?" " Yes." "Oh, don't tell me. I'm not allowed to shoot within a mile of your land?" "You can shoot rabbits wherever you like." "Who said I was shooting rabbits?" "I called the police, you know." "Told them what you did to my jeep." "You wanna get the police involved, that's up to you." "PC Mylow isn't the only one who's got you wrong." " What?" " l know what you did to Helen." " What'd she tell you?" " l know what you're really like, Phil." "What'd she say?" "Might have scared Helen, Phil, but you're not going to scare me." "Hi." "Hi." "I haven't had a proper chance to say thank you for helping with the car and being so nice and everything." "That's all right." "How's the neck?" "Oh, I think it might be seizing up a bit." "Maybe you could come round later and check I'm all right?" "OK." "OK." "Have you locked yourself out?" "No." "You keep doing that, keep looking at your watch." "No, I don't." " l know what's stopping you going inside." " You don't. I'm just...thinking." " Obsessive-compulsive disorder." " What?" "You've never looked up your symptoms on the internet or read about OCD?" "There's nothing wrong with me." " You sure Pratt did this?" " Absolutely." " Well, you must call the police." " l did." "Mark was worse than useless." " But you could help." " How?" "Find out what happened to Helen and tell her deranged husband." "It won't stop until he knows you didn't make a mistake." " l didn't make a mistake." " l know you didn't, but he's unhinged." " What about?" " Well, she thought he was having an affair." "And he hit her once." " You don't think he'd hit you, do you?" " l'm not afraid of Mr Pratt, gun or no gun." " He's got a gun?" " He's a farmer." "Of course." "I'm not happy about this." "You live next to a man who beat his wife, slashed your tyres and owns a gun." " Where are you going?" " To see him." " Don't do anything stupid." " l'm going to talk to him." "Oh, God." "(Dogs bark)" " Mr Pratt." " (Barking)" "Shut up!" " Come to apologise for killing my wife?" " Your wife died of an embolic stroke." "A blood clot in her heart blocked an artery leading to her brain." "Nobody could know that clot was there or stop it from killing her." " Expect me to believe that?" " lt's the truth." " The hospital said that?" " l'm waiting for confirmation." "You're waiting for another doctor to cover up your mistake." "I didn't make a mistake." "You, however, did when you started harassing my aunt." " Harassing?" " l saw her jeep." "I heard all about you and your gun." "You what?" " This gun here?" " Yes, I imagine that's the gun." "For years I've put up with Joan sticking her nose in my business." "I kept finding her with Helen, whispering about me." "Telling Helen she could have done better." "You think I don't know she could have done better?" "Oh, go away." "Similar situation." "If that's your bearing, which direction do you need to take in order to get back home?" " North-east?" " Good girl." "(She giggles)" " Oh, hi, Al." " All right?" "Come and see me when the doc's finished." "Try and stop me." "Jealous?" "No." "Well, maybe you should be." "If you're still waiting for Elaine to come back, you might as well tell me now." "Save us both a lot of time." "Hi, Julie." "Just wondered how your...neck was." "I'm fine, thanks." "Come." "(Barking)" "Drop it!" "Drop it!" "Get out!" "Get out!" "Go on." "Drop it!" "Come on!" "Come on!" "Drop it!" "Get off." "Bugger off." "Go on, now bugger off!" "(Pratt) Help!" "(Pratt groans) Help!" "Oh, my God, Phil!" "What happened?" "I was trying to fix this piece of crap and it came down on top of me." " When?" " Last night." " Oh, God." " Do something." "All right, all right, all right." "Hang on, hang on, hang on." "(Pratt screams) lt's all right. lt's all right. lt's OK. lt's OK." "Oh." "Oh, my God." "Uh..." " Are you currently on any medication?" " No." "Any birthmarks, tattoos, distinguishing marks?" "No." "Yes." "If you count this." " What's that, a frog?" " lt is a Komodo dragon." "Found on the Indonesian islands of Padar, Rintja and Flo, and Komodo, of course." " Looks like a frog to me." " (Phone rings)" "Ellingham." "Auntie Joan." "Calm down." "How much blood?" "Right." "...here on my own. I am going too." "If he's spurting blood, I wanna see it." " No." "Get an ambulance." " lt'd be good practice for the lifeboat." "No, I need you here." "Al, would you come with me?" "I might need some help." "That is not fair!" "Phil, don't go to sleep." "Come on." "Now, talk to me." "Tell me why you let your dogs loose, huh?" "Tell me..." "Oh, tell me why you slashed my tyres." " Tell me anything." " Oh, give it a rest, Joan." "Open your eyes, Phil." "Come on." "Come on, stay with me." "Phil?" "Martin!" "Come on, hurry up." " How's he doing?" " Not so well." "Right, let's have it." " Al, can you get those spikes off?" " Yeah." "Fine." "All right. I'll try and stop the bleeding." "Aunt Joan, can you do that?" "Can you hold that while I set up a drip?" " Al, you telephone Pauline." " Right." "Check that ambulance is coming." "And I need you to hold this." "I can't if you want me to check on the ambulance." " lf l hold that, you can hold this, Martin." " No, I don't wanna touch the...blood." "Gotta check his blood pressure." "What if I press on the wound and Joan phones?" " Why don't I check on the ambulance?" " You're still alive, then, Mr Pratt?" "Not for long if you've turned up." "Pauline." "Yeah, it's me." "The doc wants me..." "All right, brilliant." "Bye." "Five minutes." " Keep your eyes open, Mr Pratt." " l intend to." "I want to see what you're doing." "Aunt Joan, lift that up in a minute." "This is gonna hurt." "(Pratt screams)" "(Martin) The hospital concurred with my diagnosis." "Your wife died from a clot to the brain." "Was it..." "Could it..." "have been caused by a shock?" " What, an electric shock?" " No." "A surprise." "I told her something." "She wasn't expecting it." " Did I kill Helen?" " No, of course not." "If you told her you were having an affair, she knew that ages ago." "Phil?" "Phil!" " What happened?" " lt's all right. I'll be fine." " But you're bleeding." " He's lost a lot of blood." " Will he be OK?" " Yeah, I think so." "Oh, thank God." "If I lost you now, I'd..." "This is Tony." " (Al) All right?" " Hello." " Remove all wet clothes." " Sounds good to me." "Would you be serious?" "Um..." "Shelter the casualty from the wind." "Give warm drinks and keep warm, but no caffeine or alcohol." " No alcohol?" " Ross." "Relax." "You passed the test five minutes ago." "Really?" "(Squeals)" "So, how d'you want to celebrate?" "Not the way you're thinking." "Stop it, you." " You've been giving me signals all week." " l was trying to make Al jealous." "Sorry." "I was only trying to use you like you try and use every girl in the village." "Don't worry about it." "You're on the crew." "Great. I promise to give it 100% , as long as you keep your hands off me." "Tosser." "Oh, hello. I just heard about Phil." " Yes, yeah." "Nasty accident." " Yeah, but..." " Will he be OK?" " Yes, I think he will." "Yeah, sure." "Good." " So, I'll...see you in the pub later." " Eight o'clock." " Yeah." " Good." "(Al) I'll kill the bastard." "Now you're jealous." "I've been jealous for ages." "Have you?" "Well, why didn't you say?" "Don't know." "When Elaine left, it...wasn't good." "I didn't fancy that again." "So, with you I tried to look like I didn't care, but..." "I do care." "Yeah?" "Yeah." " (Booming) - (Pager bleeps)" "OK. lf you think you can help, I'm ready to listen." "Well, this isn't a good time." "I have to be somewhere." " You can't leave me." " Well, I can." "I can't go out there again till half past." "I can't go in or out of a building unless it's on the hour or the half-hour." " l know I sound mad." " Yes, you do." "Which is to be expected with OCD, which you definitely have." "Show me your hands." "And this is just from scrubbing them?" "Sometimes only at home." "When it gets really bad, they notice at work." "That's why I keep changing schools." "So, how can you help me?" "Um just an hour or so in the morning." "Then I couldn't actually get out of the bathroom." "If I touched the handle, I'd have to wash my hands again." "Hi, there." "Ah." "Waiting for someone?" "No." "Not any more." "English HOH"