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Born and Bred
Born and Bred
Fertility Rites
Airs Thursday, June 28 at 8:00 PM
Following a one-night-stand, Phyllis’s niece, Joanne, is pregnant. She opts to have the baby, however she is compromising her safety by continuing to work at the ironworks for her father, Don. Her mother Edie, is too busy arguing with Phyllis to notice that Joanne’s health is at risk.Tom tries in vain to persuade Joanne to rest and she is at the ironworks when she starts to give birth to the baby prematurely. Tom delivers the child, and keeps it alive by improvising a makeshift incubator out of a fish tank and some hot-waterbottles. Linda would love to be able to have a baby too, however she learns that her chances of doing so are very slim, due to a disease she picked up from an American GI she met during the war. Len is devastated and it takes all of Tom’s skills to help his friends through the crisis. The pair resolve to keep trying, and that a slim chance is better than no chance.
Two crates of rare brandy arrive in Ormston, causing mayhem as all the villagers descend on Deborah, who is keeping it safe. It turns out to be an accidental delivery meant for the Bishop, leaving Brewer in a very tight squeeze. Eventually Deborah believes his story and sends the brandy to its intended destination. The village water supply has been cut off. Edie suggests they get together and bless the local well in an effort to get the water back. Deborah researches the idea and also discovers some fertility ceremonies, which she suggests to Linda might help with her problem. Wilf, out searching for the brandy, is amazed to come across the village women dancing naked. The village assembles for the Well Dressing ceremony, and Michael’s attempts to climb down the well accidentally help to restore the water.
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