1 00:00:01,462 --> 00:00:05,330 (waves crashing) 2 00:00:05,508 --> 00:00:10,924 (jazz music playing) 3 00:00:15,435 --> 00:00:17,972 (music playing on radio) 4 00:00:20,606 --> 00:00:23,519 ♪ Get your hat and get your coat, babe ♪ 5 00:00:23,693 --> 00:00:25,149 (blowing) 6 00:00:25,319 --> 00:00:30,564 ♪ Leave your worries on the doorstep ♪ 7 00:00:30,741 --> 00:00:34,234 ♪ Just direct your feet ♪ 8 00:00:34,412 --> 00:00:36,995 ♪ On the sunny side of the street ♪ 9 00:00:39,917 --> 00:00:43,376 ♪ Don't you hear that pitter-pat ♪ 10 00:00:43,546 --> 00:00:49,212 ♪ And that happy tune at your doorstep? ♪ 11 00:00:49,385 --> 00:00:52,798 ♪ Life can be so sweet ♪ 12 00:00:52,972 --> 00:00:56,135 ♪ On the sunny side of the street... ♪ 13 00:00:56,309 --> 00:00:59,927 (phone ringing) 14 00:01:05,234 --> 00:01:07,601 Hello... Bournemouth 2353. 15 00:01:09,572 --> 00:01:12,234 Yes, Gerald Durrell is my son. 16 00:01:23,044 --> 00:01:24,159 Gerry? 17 00:01:32,970 --> 00:01:33,801 WOMAN: Mrs. Durrell! 18 00:01:33,971 --> 00:01:36,303 You have just caned my son! 19 00:01:36,474 --> 00:01:38,556 In a just society, 20 00:01:38,726 --> 00:01:41,138 you would be tied to a tree and whipped 21 00:01:41,312 --> 00:01:43,804 for beating an innocent child! 22 00:01:43,981 --> 00:01:45,751 He would rather feed the rats behind the cricket pavilion 23 00:01:45,775 --> 00:01:46,875 than attend his classes. 24 00:01:47,026 --> 00:01:49,859 Yes, because he's been bullied 25 00:01:50,029 --> 00:01:52,441 ever since arriving at this pitiful school! 26 00:01:52,615 --> 00:01:54,856 And why do you think that is, dear? 27 00:01:55,034 --> 00:01:56,399 Because... 28 00:01:57,870 --> 00:01:59,326 ...he's a bit different. 29 00:01:59,497 --> 00:02:02,285 That's why children are bullied, you moron. 30 00:02:04,460 --> 00:02:06,701 It's easy to see where his incivility comes from. 31 00:02:06,879 --> 00:02:09,246 Don't use that language! 32 00:02:09,423 --> 00:02:11,084 Don't instruct me. 33 00:02:11,259 --> 00:02:13,671 I am not one of your witless flunkies. 34 00:02:13,844 --> 00:02:15,300 No offense. 35 00:02:15,471 --> 00:02:17,799 I'm sure you would be lovely if you were allowed to be. 36 00:02:17,932 --> 00:02:19,593 The purpose of education 37 00:02:19,767 --> 00:02:21,678 is to draw the best out of children, 38 00:02:21,852 --> 00:02:23,809 not to beat fear into them. 39 00:02:23,980 --> 00:02:25,937 A father would no doubt 40 00:02:26,107 --> 00:02:29,225 have ironed out more of their shortcomings. 41 00:02:29,402 --> 00:02:31,769 I look forward to a letter of apology. 42 00:02:31,946 --> 00:02:33,402 Oh, he won't be returning. 43 00:02:33,573 --> 00:02:35,860 I'd rather he were taught by monkeys. 44 00:02:36,033 --> 00:02:37,273 Mom, I'd love that. 45 00:02:37,451 --> 00:02:38,737 Can we do that? 46 00:02:38,911 --> 00:02:40,026 Don't be daft, Gerry. 47 00:02:46,294 --> 00:02:47,409 (branch breaks) 48 00:02:55,219 --> 00:02:56,334 Ow! 49 00:02:56,512 --> 00:02:59,595 What do you mean I'm a bit different? 50 00:02:59,765 --> 00:03:03,884 ♪♪ 51 00:03:48,648 --> 00:03:49,763 (slurping) 52 00:03:54,236 --> 00:03:55,351 (door closes) 53 00:03:58,115 --> 00:03:59,279 How could you have stood by 54 00:03:59,367 --> 00:04:01,404 and let me become an estate agent? 55 00:04:01,577 --> 00:04:03,409 I am a writer. 56 00:04:03,579 --> 00:04:05,911 You don't actually write, though, do you, darling? 57 00:04:06,082 --> 00:04:07,182 Yes, I'm a fashion model. 58 00:04:07,291 --> 00:04:08,391 Fighter pilot. 59 00:04:08,542 --> 00:04:10,032 (sighs) 60 00:04:10,211 --> 00:04:11,952 Oh, by the way, I've left school. 61 00:04:12,129 --> 00:04:13,229 No, you haven't. 62 00:04:13,381 --> 00:04:14,997 Look, if Gerry can do it, so can I. 63 00:04:15,174 --> 00:04:16,985 Anyway, I've taken my uniform into the garden 64 00:04:17,009 --> 00:04:18,109 and shot it, so... 65 00:04:18,177 --> 00:04:19,298 I might as well leave too. 66 00:04:19,428 --> 00:04:20,808 I'm as thick as two short planks. 67 00:04:20,971 --> 00:04:23,759 As soon as I can find a husband, I'll be off. 68 00:04:23,933 --> 00:04:26,095 What is the matter with all of you? 69 00:04:26,268 --> 00:04:27,804 GERRY: Roger. 70 00:04:27,978 --> 00:04:32,142 LARRY: Here he is, the unteachable leading the untrainable. 71 00:04:32,316 --> 00:04:33,556 (sighs) 72 00:04:35,945 --> 00:04:37,561 We should go to Corfu. 73 00:04:37,738 --> 00:04:39,399 I've been. 74 00:04:39,573 --> 00:04:41,063 Corfu Castle. 75 00:04:41,242 --> 00:04:43,199 I'm not going back till they put a roof on it. 76 00:04:43,369 --> 00:04:45,406 It's Corfe Castle, darling. 77 00:04:45,579 --> 00:04:46,740 Jesus, Margo! 78 00:04:46,914 --> 00:04:48,325 No, Corfu's a Greek island. 79 00:04:48,499 --> 00:04:50,456 I told you I was dim! 80 00:04:50,626 --> 00:04:51,866 (screams) 81 00:04:52,044 --> 00:04:54,706 Darling, you are not dim! 82 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:55,980 You're 16! 83 00:04:56,132 --> 00:04:58,544 What's all this about a husband? 84 00:04:58,718 --> 00:05:00,098 My friend Donald lives in Corfu. 85 00:05:00,219 --> 00:05:01,446 He says it's dirt cheap, so I can write there, 86 00:05:01,470 --> 00:05:03,302 full of disgusting animals for Gerry, 87 00:05:03,472 --> 00:05:04,382 and Leslie, you can shoot them. 88 00:05:04,557 --> 00:05:05,137 Hey, Margo! 89 00:05:05,307 --> 00:05:06,718 I'll pack. 90 00:05:06,892 --> 00:05:08,974 We are not going anywhere! 91 00:05:09,145 --> 00:05:11,762 We can't just run away from our problems. 92 00:05:17,319 --> 00:05:18,434 (gate creaking) 93 00:05:20,823 --> 00:05:22,689 Good afternoon, Mrs. Durrell. 94 00:05:22,867 --> 00:05:23,698 Oh! 95 00:05:23,868 --> 00:05:25,029 Louisa, please. 96 00:05:25,202 --> 00:05:26,363 Indeed. 97 00:05:26,537 --> 00:05:28,574 We widowed folk must stick together. 98 00:05:28,748 --> 00:05:29,848 You should come 99 00:05:29,999 --> 00:05:31,160 and have that sherry. 100 00:05:31,333 --> 00:05:32,164 Yes, I should. 101 00:05:32,334 --> 00:05:33,244 Since I've retired, 102 00:05:33,419 --> 00:05:35,251 I've played a lot of bowls. 103 00:05:35,421 --> 00:05:36,752 Do you play? 104 00:05:36,922 --> 00:05:39,084 If only I had the time. 105 00:05:39,258 --> 00:05:40,358 And the bowls. 106 00:05:40,509 --> 00:05:41,749 Let me speak plainly. 107 00:05:41,927 --> 00:05:47,843 You are an attractive lady and I am an attractive man. 108 00:05:48,017 --> 00:05:51,806 The children need a father figure, 109 00:05:51,979 --> 00:05:55,893 and I'm a big admirer of boarding schools. 110 00:06:00,821 --> 00:06:02,027 (laughs): Come on! 111 00:06:33,604 --> 00:06:35,265 (sighs) 112 00:06:43,239 --> 00:06:44,354 (door closes) 113 00:06:53,999 --> 00:06:55,740 Oh. 114 00:06:55,918 --> 00:06:57,659 Hello. 115 00:07:03,384 --> 00:07:06,217 Why are you SO miserable? 116 00:07:06,387 --> 00:07:09,630 Perhaps it's because I thought I was a good mother, 117 00:07:09,807 --> 00:07:12,299 and yet all I've managed to do is bring up 118 00:07:12,476 --> 00:07:14,968 one unteachable son, one psychopath, 119 00:07:15,145 --> 00:07:18,604 one vacuous daughter, and you. 120 00:07:18,774 --> 00:07:20,105 What's wrong with me? 121 00:07:20,276 --> 00:07:21,376 And worse than that, 122 00:07:21,527 --> 00:07:24,440 none of you seems happy. 123 00:07:24,613 --> 00:07:26,900 There's no laughter in this house anymore. 124 00:07:27,074 --> 00:07:28,860 A writer shouldn't be happy. 125 00:07:29,034 --> 00:07:30,365 It's counter-productive. 126 00:07:30,536 --> 00:07:31,763 You're not a writer, darling. 127 00:07:31,787 --> 00:07:32,887 You sell houses. 128 00:07:33,038 --> 00:07:34,449 It's a flag of convenience. 129 00:07:37,001 --> 00:07:38,101 What about you? 130 00:07:38,252 --> 00:07:40,084 You drink like a fish, 131 00:07:40,254 --> 00:07:41,915 if fish drank gin. 132 00:07:48,387 --> 00:07:51,800 And I know we've got money problems. 133 00:07:51,974 --> 00:07:54,011 There are no secrets in this family. 134 00:07:55,936 --> 00:07:58,268 There are secrets, actually. 135 00:07:58,439 --> 00:08:00,271 Oh god, you're not dying, are you? 136 00:08:00,441 --> 00:08:02,398 No, I'm not dying. 137 00:08:03,027 --> 00:08:04,142 (sighs) 138 00:08:06,238 --> 00:08:07,728 The secret is... 139 00:08:09,783 --> 00:08:12,741 ...that I can't live like this anymore. 140 00:08:14,163 --> 00:08:15,995 When you were all small, 141 00:08:16,165 --> 00:08:18,372 it was like we were on a journey, 142 00:08:18,542 --> 00:08:19,873 always moving forward. 143 00:08:20,044 --> 00:08:23,127 And now we've stopped moving forward, 144 00:08:23,297 --> 00:08:26,164 and we are sinking. 145 00:08:31,263 --> 00:08:34,130 So for once in my life, Larry, I have decided... 146 00:08:35,517 --> 00:08:37,554 ...to take your advice. 147 00:08:40,856 --> 00:08:41,971 Which advice? 148 00:09:11,929 --> 00:09:15,923 ♪♪ 149 00:09:31,532 --> 00:09:33,648 (people speaking Greek) 150 00:09:49,091 --> 00:09:49,922 (bell ringing) 151 00:09:50,092 --> 00:09:51,207 (horse neighing) 152 00:09:52,594 --> 00:09:54,255 You know, a taxi would probably cost 153 00:09:54,430 --> 00:09:56,467 the same as a banana in Bournemouth. 154 00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:59,132 We should start as we mean to go on. 155 00:09:59,309 --> 00:10:00,674 Wanting to Kill each other? 156 00:10:00,853 --> 00:10:03,220 Economizing. 157 00:10:03,397 --> 00:10:05,479 Look, I can see the village up ahead! 158 00:10:05,649 --> 00:10:06,749 Look! 159 00:10:08,777 --> 00:10:10,859 You are not serious. 160 00:10:11,030 --> 00:10:14,364 Now look, the house sale barely covered our debts. 161 00:10:14,533 --> 00:10:16,023 We have no money. 162 00:10:16,201 --> 00:10:18,818 I have a miserly widow's pension. 163 00:10:18,996 --> 00:10:20,096 You are a miserly widow. 164 00:10:20,164 --> 00:10:21,264 Be quiet! 165 00:10:21,373 --> 00:10:23,455 And you all earn precisely nothing. 166 00:10:23,625 --> 00:10:24,725 We are not on holiday. 167 00:10:24,877 --> 00:10:27,164 We are here to live 168 00:10:27,337 --> 00:10:31,126 like local people, in joy and togetherness, 169 00:10:31,300 --> 00:10:33,883 without the trappings of so-called civilization, 170 00:10:34,053 --> 00:10:36,169 which as far as I can tell 171 00:10:36,346 --> 00:10:39,259 basically means cruelty and alienation. 172 00:10:39,433 --> 00:10:41,925 It's going to be wonderful. 173 00:10:42,102 --> 00:10:44,343 (horn honking) 174 00:10:44,521 --> 00:10:46,307 Don't talk to him. 175 00:10:46,482 --> 00:10:48,207 Everybody here only speaks Greek, anyway. 176 00:10:48,358 --> 00:10:49,894 Hi! You peoples want a taxi? 177 00:10:50,069 --> 00:10:50,558 No. 178 00:10:50,736 --> 00:10:52,192 Yes, absolutely. 179 00:10:52,362 --> 00:10:53,523 Where are you going? 180 00:10:53,697 --> 00:10:54,528 We like walking. 181 00:10:54,698 --> 00:10:55,798 Ignore her. 182 00:10:55,824 --> 00:10:57,010 We're going to that guesthouse 183 00:10:57,034 --> 00:10:58,945 in the far, far distance. 184 00:10:59,119 --> 00:11:00,219 That's a nice motor. 185 00:11:00,329 --> 00:11:01,429 It's American. 186 00:11:01,455 --> 00:11:02,695 Nothing like it on Corfu. 187 00:11:02,873 --> 00:11:04,113 Spiros Halikiopoulos. 188 00:11:04,291 --> 00:11:05,122 Leslie. 189 00:11:05,292 --> 00:11:06,123 Margo. 190 00:11:06,293 --> 00:11:07,875 Larry. 191 00:11:08,045 --> 00:11:10,332 I'm... Mrs. Durrell. 192 00:11:10,506 --> 00:11:11,606 The mother. 193 00:11:11,757 --> 00:11:13,418 The most important person. 194 00:11:14,968 --> 00:11:16,629 I'll get your luggage. 195 00:11:16,804 --> 00:11:18,294 Where's Gerry? 196 00:11:18,472 --> 00:11:19,883 LOUISA: Gerry? 197 00:11:20,057 --> 00:11:21,157 There's a lizard! 198 00:11:21,308 --> 00:11:23,515 LARRY: It's a tree with a lizard on it. 199 00:11:23,685 --> 00:11:25,596 How could that possibly be interesting? 200 00:11:25,771 --> 00:11:26,871 LOUISA: Gerry! 201 00:11:31,944 --> 00:11:33,355 You's very pale. 202 00:11:33,529 --> 00:11:35,048 Yes, we plan to do a lot of sunbathing. 203 00:11:35,072 --> 00:11:36,172 No, we don't. 204 00:11:36,323 --> 00:11:37,509 It's the main reason we came here. 205 00:11:37,533 --> 00:11:38,773 No, it isn't. 206 00:11:38,951 --> 00:11:40,316 How long are you staying? 207 00:11:40,494 --> 00:11:42,735 Uh, we don't know, but... 208 00:11:42,913 --> 00:11:46,156 Well, we don't have a house to go back to in England. 209 00:11:46,333 --> 00:11:48,324 Honest to god, if I wasn't Greek, 210 00:11:48,502 --> 00:11:50,084 I'd like to be English. 211 00:11:50,254 --> 00:11:52,962 Oh! Thank you. 212 00:11:59,096 --> 00:12:00,962 Oh, this must be it. 213 00:12:02,891 --> 00:12:04,802 No, you don't stay here. 214 00:12:04,977 --> 00:12:06,077 Too expensive. 215 00:12:06,186 --> 00:12:07,847 Lots of empty houses on the island. 216 00:12:08,021 --> 00:12:09,352 I'll find you one. 217 00:12:09,523 --> 00:12:11,059 Yes. Good. 218 00:12:16,989 --> 00:12:24,077 (men speaking Greek) 219 00:12:24,246 --> 00:12:26,658 (shouting) 220 00:12:26,832 --> 00:12:30,325 (Greek continues) 221 00:12:30,502 --> 00:12:31,867 (laughter) 222 00:12:37,050 --> 00:12:39,257 Mrs. Durrells, come! 223 00:12:49,730 --> 00:12:50,830 LARRY: Gerry! 224 00:12:50,981 --> 00:12:53,723 There's a zoo in the lavatory! 225 00:13:00,657 --> 00:13:01,988 (flies buzzing) 226 00:13:02,159 --> 00:13:03,570 Wow! 227 00:13:03,744 --> 00:13:05,576 I'm sleeping in the lavatory! 228 00:13:17,174 --> 00:13:20,792 I can't believe the Customs let you through with those. 229 00:13:20,969 --> 00:13:22,614 I just think they know self-defense is vital 230 00:13:22,638 --> 00:13:23,924 in today's unsure world. 231 00:13:25,724 --> 00:13:27,840 I think you should marry Spiros. 232 00:13:28,018 --> 00:13:30,350 I don't want to marry again. 233 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:32,181 But he was wearing a wedding ring. 234 00:13:32,356 --> 00:13:33,187 Oh. 235 00:13:33,357 --> 00:13:34,472 And he had a photograph 236 00:13:34,650 --> 00:13:36,169 of his wife and children on the dashboard. 237 00:13:36,193 --> 00:13:38,355 I thought that was the Greek royal family. 238 00:13:38,528 --> 00:13:40,565 Why would he have a photo of them? 239 00:13:40,739 --> 00:13:42,321 Where's the...? 240 00:13:42,491 --> 00:13:44,482 Oh, there's no electricity on Corfu. 241 00:13:44,660 --> 00:13:45,760 LESLIE: (chuckling) 242 00:13:49,414 --> 00:13:51,121 (shutters creaking) 243 00:13:55,337 --> 00:13:56,452 (scream) 244 00:13:58,674 --> 00:14:01,587 (shouting in Greek) 245 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:03,922 I get some more discounts, Mrs. Durrells. 246 00:14:25,284 --> 00:14:28,652 Oh, we really need to get some beds. 247 00:14:28,829 --> 00:14:29,929 (barking) 248 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:31,180 LOUISA: Gerry? 249 00:14:31,331 --> 00:14:32,162 Gerry! 250 00:14:32,332 --> 00:14:33,242 Wellingtons. 251 00:14:33,417 --> 00:14:34,517 Why? 252 00:14:34,668 --> 00:14:35,874 For snakes. 253 00:14:36,044 --> 00:14:37,144 Here. 254 00:14:37,254 --> 00:14:38,085 Oh! 255 00:14:38,255 --> 00:14:39,086 And this. 256 00:14:39,256 --> 00:14:39,916 What? 257 00:14:40,090 --> 00:14:41,455 So you can be seen. 258 00:14:41,633 --> 00:14:43,340 Mom, I'm sure it's fine. There we are! 259 00:14:46,555 --> 00:14:48,717 And, uh, don't... 260 00:14:48,890 --> 00:14:50,346 ...do anything. 261 00:14:50,517 --> 00:14:52,508 (annoyed): Bye! 262 00:14:52,686 --> 00:14:53,892 MARGO: Bye, Mother! 263 00:14:54,062 --> 00:14:55,427 See you later. 264 00:14:55,605 --> 00:14:56,936 Oh! Margo! 265 00:14:58,358 --> 00:14:59,458 Show me. 266 00:14:59,609 --> 00:15:00,974 What? 267 00:15:01,153 --> 00:15:03,235 You know what. 268 00:15:06,700 --> 00:15:08,657 Margo, this is not Bournemouth. 269 00:15:08,827 --> 00:15:09,737 I know. 270 00:15:09,911 --> 00:15:11,652 I presume that's why we're here. 271 00:15:11,830 --> 00:15:13,821 The Greeks can be very conservative. 272 00:15:13,999 --> 00:15:15,910 In my day, young ladies avoided the sun. 273 00:15:16,084 --> 00:15:18,416 Well, in my day, which is now, we don't. 274 00:15:18,587 --> 00:15:19,952 Book? 275 00:15:22,591 --> 00:15:23,706 Good girl. 276 00:15:23,884 --> 00:15:25,069 And don't just use it as a pillow. 277 00:15:25,093 --> 00:15:26,379 (sighs) 278 00:15:32,851 --> 00:15:35,183 LARRY: Right! Starting now! 279 00:15:35,354 --> 00:15:36,454 (typewriter clanging) 280 00:15:36,605 --> 00:15:37,720 At last. 281 00:15:41,443 --> 00:15:42,543 Oh, Leslie! 282 00:15:42,611 --> 00:15:44,005 Will you help me, darling, with the... 283 00:15:44,029 --> 00:15:45,269 Afraid not... I'm too busy. 284 00:16:07,469 --> 00:16:10,211 (birds chirping) 285 00:16:17,145 --> 00:16:19,603 GERRY: Um... kalimera. 286 00:16:22,734 --> 00:16:24,224 Kalimera. 287 00:16:24,403 --> 00:16:25,734 That was excellent. 288 00:16:25,904 --> 00:16:27,315 Do you have any more Greek? 289 00:16:27,489 --> 00:16:29,821 No, we've only been here one day. 290 00:16:29,991 --> 00:16:31,902 Oh, welcome. 291 00:16:32,077 --> 00:16:35,160 Have you seen one of those before? 292 00:16:35,330 --> 00:16:36,991 No. 293 00:16:37,165 --> 00:16:38,576 The nest of an Egyptian vulture. 294 00:16:38,750 --> 00:16:40,603 Its party piece is breaking eggs it wants to eat 295 00:16:40,627 --> 00:16:43,289 by throwing pebbles at them. 296 00:16:43,463 --> 00:16:45,670 It's very rare for birds to use tools. 297 00:16:47,092 --> 00:16:48,958 Oh, sorry, you probably knew that. 298 00:16:49,136 --> 00:16:50,547 No. 299 00:17:10,365 --> 00:17:11,465 (shouting in Greek) 300 00:17:11,616 --> 00:17:12,716 (gasps) 301 00:17:12,868 --> 00:17:19,114 (shouting continues) 302 00:17:22,419 --> 00:17:24,205 (shouting continues) 303 00:17:28,592 --> 00:17:30,082 Shoo! Shoo! Shoo! 304 00:17:33,221 --> 00:17:35,588 MAN: Do you have kumquats in Hampshire? 305 00:17:35,765 --> 00:17:37,176 GERRY: I don't think so. 306 00:17:37,350 --> 00:17:39,512 It's mainly apples. 307 00:17:39,686 --> 00:17:42,144 And cabbage. 308 00:17:42,314 --> 00:17:44,430 Apples are not good in Corfu. 309 00:17:44,608 --> 00:17:46,190 We are pretty sure, in the Bible, 310 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:49,226 Eve was tempted by a kumquat. 311 00:17:50,655 --> 00:17:51,755 That's a tiny joke. 312 00:17:51,865 --> 00:17:52,980 Oh! 313 00:17:54,409 --> 00:17:55,695 How are your creatures? 314 00:17:57,704 --> 00:18:00,241 I can't wait to show my family. 315 00:18:00,415 --> 00:18:01,746 Your optimism is impressive. 316 00:18:01,917 --> 00:18:04,705 I find my interest in wildlife 317 00:18:04,878 --> 00:18:07,666 is regarded by my friends as a form of madness. 318 00:18:07,839 --> 00:18:09,170 (barking) 319 00:18:09,341 --> 00:18:11,457 (laughing) 320 00:18:11,635 --> 00:18:13,626 Dogs jumping like kangaroos! 321 00:18:13,803 --> 00:18:15,259 Always funny. 322 00:18:15,430 --> 00:18:16,591 (gunshot) 323 00:18:16,765 --> 00:18:18,426 (car approaching) 324 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:20,386 Good shot, Leslie! 325 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:22,346 Don't hit your mother. 326 00:18:24,231 --> 00:18:26,222 (groaning) 327 00:18:26,399 --> 00:18:28,515 (faint banging) 328 00:18:28,693 --> 00:18:31,276 Larry, come down here and help! 329 00:18:31,446 --> 00:18:33,107 I can't! 330 00:18:33,281 --> 00:18:34,942 I'm working! 331 00:18:35,116 --> 00:18:37,357 (typewriter clanging) 332 00:18:37,536 --> 00:18:38,636 Mrs. Durrells? 333 00:18:38,787 --> 00:18:39,902 Oh. 334 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:41,241 I bring you Lugaretzia. 335 00:18:41,414 --> 00:18:43,405 Oh, hello. 336 00:18:43,583 --> 00:18:45,199 Why? You need help. 337 00:18:45,377 --> 00:18:46,538 Big family. 338 00:18:46,711 --> 00:18:48,668 House pretty, but not so perfect. 339 00:18:48,838 --> 00:18:50,294 Yes, you spotted that. 340 00:18:50,465 --> 00:18:52,026 Well, thank you, Spiros, but we can't afford help. 341 00:18:52,050 --> 00:18:54,087 Of course you can... you're English. 342 00:18:54,261 --> 00:18:56,844 The English come in all kinds, and we are the poor type. 343 00:18:57,013 --> 00:18:58,299 She's cheap. 344 00:18:58,473 --> 00:18:59,383 Part-time, 345 00:18:59,558 --> 00:19:01,219 almost free. Oh, god! 346 00:19:01,393 --> 00:19:03,600 I look like some kind of witch! 347 00:19:03,770 --> 00:19:05,226 No, you don't. 348 00:19:05,397 --> 00:19:06,853 Where's Mr. Durrells? 349 00:19:07,023 --> 00:19:09,435 Oh, he's dead, selfishly. 350 00:19:09,609 --> 00:19:12,101 So it's just me now, shouldering the burden. 351 00:19:12,279 --> 00:19:14,316 Like a braying, sexless donkey! 352 00:19:14,489 --> 00:19:16,230 (groans) 353 00:19:16,408 --> 00:19:18,003 SPIROS: She doesn't understand English, 354 00:19:18,076 --> 00:19:20,534 SO you can shout out bad things about her. 355 00:19:20,704 --> 00:19:21,535 I don't want to shout out bad things about her. 356 00:19:21,705 --> 00:19:23,537 How cheap is she? 357 00:19:23,707 --> 00:19:25,163 Lugaretzia... 358 00:19:25,333 --> 00:19:33,333 (negotiating in Greek) 359 00:19:36,553 --> 00:19:38,294 Sh! 360 00:19:38,471 --> 00:19:40,007 15 drachmas a day. 361 00:19:41,433 --> 00:19:42,548 Welcome. 362 00:19:44,894 --> 00:19:47,977 Um... she's a little bit hypochondriac. 363 00:19:48,148 --> 00:19:48,979 Oh. 364 00:19:49,149 --> 00:19:50,249 (groans) 365 00:19:50,358 --> 00:19:51,473 Goodbye, Mrs. Durrells. 366 00:19:51,651 --> 00:19:53,312 (groans) 367 00:19:55,405 --> 00:19:56,691 (footsteps approaching) 368 00:19:56,865 --> 00:19:58,481 Oh, darling, what's the matter? 369 00:19:58,658 --> 00:20:00,649 A man shouted at me. 370 00:20:00,827 --> 00:20:03,740 Oh, sweetheart. 371 00:20:03,913 --> 00:20:05,013 Oh... 372 00:20:05,165 --> 00:20:06,781 It's all right. 373 00:20:06,958 --> 00:20:10,167 It's just going to be more different than I thought. 374 00:20:10,337 --> 00:20:11,437 Yes. 375 00:20:11,546 --> 00:20:13,537 Yes, me too. 376 00:20:24,517 --> 00:20:26,007 (gunshot) 377 00:20:31,691 --> 00:20:32,180 (gunshot) 378 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:33,459 (screams) 379 00:20:37,030 --> 00:20:38,130 LARRY: Don't be so feeble. 380 00:20:38,239 --> 00:20:39,339 Go back and shout at him! 381 00:20:39,491 --> 00:20:40,785 MARGO: What, so he has an excuse 382 00:20:40,950 --> 00:20:42,486 to throw me into the sea or kill me? 383 00:20:42,661 --> 00:20:44,197 Oh, have some moral courage! 384 00:20:44,371 --> 00:20:45,702 Stop it, you two. 385 00:20:45,872 --> 00:20:47,475 When have you ever shown any moral courage, 386 00:20:47,499 --> 00:20:48,955 whatever that is? 387 00:20:49,125 --> 00:20:52,163 I show moral courage in my writing every day! 388 00:20:52,337 --> 00:20:53,437 What writing? 389 00:20:53,463 --> 00:20:54,563 Get a proper job! 390 00:20:54,714 --> 00:20:56,170 You're an intellectual dwarf. 391 00:20:56,341 --> 00:20:57,672 Larry, that is cruel. 392 00:20:57,842 --> 00:20:59,179 MARGO: At least I'm intellectual. 393 00:20:59,344 --> 00:21:00,755 Your intellect is dwarf-sized! 394 00:21:00,929 --> 00:21:01,839 LOUISA: For god's sake! 395 00:21:02,013 --> 00:21:02,923 (crying) 396 00:21:03,098 --> 00:21:04,680 Yes, it's very nice, isn't it? 397 00:21:04,849 --> 00:21:06,035 It was my mother's, actually. 398 00:21:06,059 --> 00:21:07,675 That looks like a bullet hole. 399 00:21:07,852 --> 00:21:09,263 Leslie must have nearly shot her. 400 00:21:09,437 --> 00:21:13,101 (shouting in Greek) 401 00:21:15,193 --> 00:21:17,047 She's not still going on about that, is she? 402 00:21:17,112 --> 00:21:21,231 (shouting in Greek) 403 00:21:21,408 --> 00:21:22,148 No! 404 00:21:22,325 --> 00:21:23,565 Lugaretzia? 405 00:21:23,743 --> 00:21:26,075 Lugaretzia, come back! 406 00:21:26,246 --> 00:21:27,736 (door slams) 407 00:21:27,914 --> 00:21:30,121 Leslie, you could have killed her! 408 00:21:30,291 --> 00:21:31,452 It's an air gun. 409 00:21:31,626 --> 00:21:33,062 She could get a flesh wound at worst, 410 00:21:33,086 --> 00:21:34,247 or lose an eye! 411 00:21:34,421 --> 00:21:35,773 You're so stupid! "Or lose an eye"?! 412 00:21:35,797 --> 00:21:36,897 Unbelievable! 413 00:21:37,048 --> 00:21:37,958 I have been working 414 00:21:38,133 --> 00:21:39,669 like a slave for you. 415 00:21:39,843 --> 00:21:41,278 Now we've lost my only bit of help... 416 00:21:41,302 --> 00:21:42,133 There's so many species in the wood, 417 00:21:42,303 --> 00:21:43,134 I don't know where to start! 418 00:21:43,304 --> 00:21:44,544 I found this... 419 00:21:44,723 --> 00:21:45,554 Gerry! 420 00:21:45,724 --> 00:21:46,885 (screaming) 421 00:21:47,058 --> 00:21:47,889 GERRY: Stop them! 422 00:21:48,059 --> 00:21:49,675 Get them out, get them out! 423 00:21:49,853 --> 00:21:51,093 Don't stamp on them! 424 00:21:51,271 --> 00:21:52,102 LESLIE: Let me shoot one of them! 425 00:21:52,272 --> 00:21:53,433 Don't shoot them! 426 00:21:53,606 --> 00:21:54,437 Stop it! 427 00:21:54,607 --> 00:21:55,707 (kids shouting) 428 00:21:55,734 --> 00:21:56,849 Stop it! 429 00:22:01,072 --> 00:22:03,154 (crying): Where did I go wrong? 430 00:22:04,868 --> 00:22:08,156 How did you all become so vile? 431 00:22:14,961 --> 00:22:17,328 ♪♪ 432 00:22:37,358 --> 00:22:38,836 LARRY: You know what her problem is? 433 00:22:38,860 --> 00:22:41,352 Don't you think we're the problem? 434 00:22:41,529 --> 00:22:43,145 No. Don't be absurd. 435 00:22:43,323 --> 00:22:44,654 She needs a man. 436 00:22:44,824 --> 00:22:47,191 Don't you dare talk about Mother like that. 437 00:22:47,368 --> 00:22:48,950 I'll look after her. 438 00:22:49,120 --> 00:22:51,908 Let me lend you a paper by Freud called the Oedipus Complex. 439 00:22:52,081 --> 00:22:54,869 I expect that's really clever, but nobody cares. 440 00:22:55,043 --> 00:22:56,329 The body is built for sex. 441 00:22:56,503 --> 00:22:57,772 Gerry knows... he watched animals mating. 442 00:22:57,796 --> 00:23:00,208 LESLIE: You're obsessed with sex. 443 00:23:00,381 --> 00:23:02,463 At last, we agree on something. 444 00:23:02,634 --> 00:23:05,217 And since I'm not getting any, at least we can help Mother. 445 00:23:05,386 --> 00:23:07,114 MARGO: All right, where should we start looking? 446 00:23:07,138 --> 00:23:09,220 We can't just drag men in off the street. 447 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:11,431 (knocking) 448 00:23:11,601 --> 00:23:12,466 Good afternoon. 449 00:23:12,644 --> 00:23:13,744 Theo! 450 00:23:13,812 --> 00:23:15,177 My name is Theo Stephanides. 451 00:23:15,355 --> 00:23:17,517 Hello. Good afternoon. 452 00:23:17,690 --> 00:23:19,772 Gerry kindly invited me for tea. 453 00:23:19,943 --> 00:23:21,150 For your future discoveries. 454 00:23:21,319 --> 00:23:22,775 Thank you so much. 455 00:23:22,946 --> 00:23:24,311 Tea, yes. 456 00:23:24,489 --> 00:23:26,071 Shall I come back another day? 457 00:23:26,241 --> 00:23:28,232 BOTH: No, no, no. 458 00:23:28,409 --> 00:23:29,240 Tea. 459 00:23:29,410 --> 00:23:30,741 Theo... 460 00:23:30,912 --> 00:23:32,698 Are you single? 461 00:23:32,872 --> 00:23:34,033 Yes, I am. 462 00:23:42,131 --> 00:23:43,997 (squeaking) 463 00:23:58,314 --> 00:23:59,679 Good luck. 464 00:24:01,818 --> 00:24:04,230 We couldn't work out how to heat the water. 465 00:24:04,404 --> 00:24:05,815 Oh, don't worry. 466 00:24:05,989 --> 00:24:07,479 I can have tea anytime. 467 00:24:07,657 --> 00:24:10,240 Figs with sardines... that's breaking new ground. 468 00:24:12,829 --> 00:24:16,322 So, can I help unlock any mysteries about Corfu? 469 00:24:16,499 --> 00:24:19,082 Can you explain why a monk shouted at me like a lunatic 470 00:24:19,252 --> 00:24:20,993 as I was sunbathing? 471 00:24:21,170 --> 00:24:23,878 Maybe you were just lying in his space. 472 00:24:24,048 --> 00:24:26,164 The Greeks used to spend half their lives naked, 473 00:24:26,342 --> 00:24:27,457 so he has no excuse. 474 00:24:27,635 --> 00:24:29,672 THEO: But that was the Ancient Greeks, 475 00:24:29,846 --> 00:24:31,302 and male nudity. 476 00:24:31,472 --> 00:24:34,089 Female bodies were more often shown partially clothed. 477 00:24:34,267 --> 00:24:35,757 Well, there you go, then. 478 00:24:35,935 --> 00:24:38,393 Become a man or wear a coat over your bikini. 479 00:24:38,563 --> 00:24:39,663 (chuckles) 480 00:24:39,772 --> 00:24:42,514 There's one rule for men 481 00:24:42,692 --> 00:24:45,605 and one for women, isn't there? 482 00:24:45,778 --> 00:24:47,860 Have you only just noticed? 483 00:24:48,031 --> 00:24:50,022 I've been busy growing up. 484 00:24:50,199 --> 00:24:51,579 How long has this been going on? 485 00:24:51,659 --> 00:24:52,759 THEO: Even Aristotle, 486 00:24:52,911 --> 00:24:54,011 who was no slouch, 487 00:24:54,162 --> 00:24:55,542 placed women some way below men, 488 00:24:55,663 --> 00:24:56,763 but above slaves... 489 00:24:56,915 --> 00:24:58,781 hurrah! 490 00:24:58,958 --> 00:25:01,040 Are there any more biscuits, Margo? 491 00:25:01,210 --> 00:25:03,247 Get them yourself! 492 00:25:04,964 --> 00:25:08,673 So, Theo, you are not married yet. 493 00:25:10,845 --> 00:25:12,225 What do you look for in a woman? 494 00:25:12,347 --> 00:25:13,178 Oh! 495 00:25:13,348 --> 00:25:14,448 (chuckles) 496 00:25:14,515 --> 00:25:16,631 Someone I can exchange ideas with, 497 00:25:16,809 --> 00:25:21,178 discuss scientific advances, and just sit quietly with. 498 00:25:21,356 --> 00:25:22,642 Oh. 499 00:25:24,192 --> 00:25:25,398 Yeah, no, that won't work. 500 00:25:25,568 --> 00:25:27,058 No. No. 501 00:25:53,388 --> 00:25:54,878 Theo came for tea. 502 00:25:55,056 --> 00:25:56,546 Well, not tea. 503 00:25:56,724 --> 00:25:59,307 But he gave me this, which 1 filled with dormice. 504 00:25:59,477 --> 00:26:00,592 Oh, Gerry... 505 00:26:03,898 --> 00:26:05,148 We told Leslie he can't shoot 506 00:26:05,316 --> 00:26:08,104 near the house anymore because Larry can't write, 507 00:26:08,277 --> 00:26:10,109 and he might kill us. 508 00:26:10,279 --> 00:26:12,395 So he's going off round the island tomorrow. 509 00:26:12,573 --> 00:26:13,688 Come on. 510 00:26:18,579 --> 00:26:20,365 Ooh! Getting quite big, aren't you? 511 00:26:20,540 --> 00:26:21,245 Yes. 512 00:26:21,416 --> 00:26:22,121 Should I get off? 513 00:26:22,291 --> 00:26:23,406 No. 514 00:26:43,938 --> 00:26:45,178 You can get off now. 515 00:26:45,356 --> 00:26:47,142 I can't feel my legs. 516 00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:49,474 (groans) 517 00:27:12,925 --> 00:27:14,040 (sighs) 518 00:27:36,824 --> 00:27:38,735 Any recommendations? 519 00:27:38,910 --> 00:27:40,742 Mm. 520 00:27:40,912 --> 00:27:42,448 Avoid the food. 521 00:27:42,622 --> 00:27:44,112 Stick to the booze. 522 00:27:44,290 --> 00:27:46,577 (laughs) 523 00:27:46,751 --> 00:27:48,788 A fellow foreigner, huh? 524 00:27:48,961 --> 00:27:54,752 Yes, although I consider myself a citizen of the world. 525 00:27:54,926 --> 00:27:56,963 You look like you've been around. 526 00:27:57,136 --> 00:27:58,797 Mm. 527 00:27:58,971 --> 00:28:00,553 Sailed the seven seas. 528 00:28:00,723 --> 00:28:03,260 Do you have a favorite? 529 00:28:03,434 --> 00:28:05,345 Hated all of them! 530 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:10,606 Treacherous, cold, wet, 531 00:28:10,775 --> 00:28:11,981 generally devoid of women. 532 00:28:12,151 --> 00:28:16,361 (loud laughter) 533 00:28:19,784 --> 00:28:23,118 (shouting in Greek) 534 00:28:26,457 --> 00:28:28,789 (shouting continues) 535 00:28:31,170 --> 00:28:33,161 I am dressed perfectly respectably, 536 00:28:33,339 --> 00:28:36,172 unlike Ancient Greek men, from all accounts, 537 00:28:36,342 --> 00:28:38,754 and I'm entitled to be here. 538 00:28:56,737 --> 00:28:58,763 I think you should take a break from sunbathing. 539 00:28:58,906 --> 00:29:00,134 I'm not going to be put off... 540 00:29:00,158 --> 00:29:02,445 Because your face looks like a tomato. 541 00:29:07,081 --> 00:29:08,242 Oh... 542 00:29:08,416 --> 00:29:09,531 Exciting news. 543 00:29:09,709 --> 00:29:10,936 Why are you speaking quietly? 544 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:12,060 You never speak quietly. 545 00:29:12,211 --> 00:29:14,748 Because I don't want mother to hear. 546 00:29:14,922 --> 00:29:16,333 God, why is everyone so dim? 547 00:29:16,507 --> 00:29:19,295 She's gone to the bank to see if the money's arrived yet. 548 00:29:19,468 --> 00:29:20,924 Fortunately, we won't starve. 549 00:29:21,095 --> 00:29:22,961 I've shot this beauty. 550 00:29:23,139 --> 00:29:24,992 She won't need her own money if this works out. 551 00:29:25,016 --> 00:29:26,256 I've found her a man. 552 00:29:26,434 --> 00:29:27,970 No! Who? 553 00:29:28,144 --> 00:29:29,555 His name's Captain Creech. 554 00:29:29,729 --> 00:29:32,221 Cracking sense of humor, stories to tell, 555 00:29:32,398 --> 00:29:33,809 doesn't beat about the bush, 556 00:29:33,983 --> 00:29:36,725 and, well, he must have a few quid. 557 00:29:36,903 --> 00:29:38,519 This will go horribly wrong, you know. 558 00:29:38,696 --> 00:29:40,232 How will you get them together? 559 00:29:40,406 --> 00:29:41,656 I might leave it a few weeks. 560 00:29:41,824 --> 00:29:44,191 Her monthly's coming up and she'll be more volatile. 561 00:29:44,368 --> 00:29:45,468 Stop saying these things! 562 00:29:45,620 --> 00:29:46,720 The money's arrived 563 00:29:46,871 --> 00:29:48,208 from the sale of our furniture. 564 00:29:48,247 --> 00:29:49,737 It's not much, 565 00:29:49,916 --> 00:29:51,810 but it might make us feel a bit more like we belong. 566 00:29:51,834 --> 00:29:53,996 Mm. 567 00:29:58,549 --> 00:30:05,012 (speaking Greek) 568 00:30:08,559 --> 00:30:10,971 MAN: For Easter. 569 00:30:11,145 --> 00:30:12,245 Parakalo. 570 00:30:12,271 --> 00:30:13,371 Efharisto. 571 00:30:18,194 --> 00:30:21,061 (speaking Greek) 572 00:30:34,001 --> 00:30:36,333 (speaking Greek) 573 00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:47,466 (speaking Greek) 574 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:51,383 (birds calling) 575 00:30:57,233 --> 00:31:00,442 (imitating bird calls) 576 00:31:07,994 --> 00:31:09,610 How are you feeling, mother? 577 00:31:09,787 --> 00:31:12,449 Well... happier. 578 00:31:12,623 --> 00:31:15,991 Still livid that you drove Lugaretzia away. 579 00:31:16,168 --> 00:31:18,626 And hormonally? 580 00:31:18,796 --> 00:31:20,958 Don't be ridiculous! 581 00:31:21,132 --> 00:31:23,544 I'm bringing a pal over for supper tonight. 582 00:31:23,718 --> 00:31:25,425 Your age, as it happens. 583 00:31:25,594 --> 00:31:26,694 Oh. 584 00:31:26,721 --> 00:31:28,337 Well, our first guest. 585 00:31:28,514 --> 00:31:29,675 What shall I cook? 586 00:31:29,849 --> 00:31:31,099 It'll have to be mainly figs. 587 00:31:31,225 --> 00:31:34,138 Right, I'm off for the day. 588 00:31:39,900 --> 00:31:43,518 Did anyone notice anything different about Leslie? 589 00:31:43,696 --> 00:31:45,107 I try not to look at him. 590 00:31:45,281 --> 00:31:47,067 He's becoming very handsome. 591 00:31:47,241 --> 00:31:48,356 He really isn't. 592 00:31:48,534 --> 00:31:50,400 He left without a gun. 593 00:31:51,787 --> 00:31:54,404 I've never seen him without a gun. 594 00:32:05,968 --> 00:32:13,968 (shouting in Greek) 595 00:32:17,021 --> 00:32:19,558 (shouting stops) 596 00:32:32,286 --> 00:32:33,401 (sniffing) 597 00:32:39,627 --> 00:32:42,995 God bless you. 598 00:32:47,426 --> 00:32:48,820 I didn't take a firearm this morning 599 00:32:48,844 --> 00:32:50,676 because I'm over all that now. 600 00:32:50,846 --> 00:32:52,086 Oh! 601 00:32:52,264 --> 00:32:55,256 Oh, I'm so glad, Leslie. 602 00:32:55,434 --> 00:32:56,703 I just like exploring the island, you know, 603 00:32:56,727 --> 00:32:57,558 with a dictionary. 604 00:32:57,728 --> 00:32:58,638 Talking to the locals. 605 00:32:58,813 --> 00:33:00,053 What's really going on? 606 00:33:00,231 --> 00:33:01,375 Have you shot someone dead? 607 00:33:01,399 --> 00:33:03,640 Don't be silly, Margo. 608 00:33:03,818 --> 00:33:06,150 He's just growing up. 609 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:07,700 Besides, it's the 1930s, darling. 610 00:33:07,780 --> 00:33:09,646 People don't need guns anymore. 611 00:33:09,824 --> 00:33:10,924 LARRY: Mother! 612 00:33:11,075 --> 00:33:12,907 This is Captain Creech. 613 00:33:13,077 --> 00:33:14,802 He's been looking forward to meeting you. 614 00:33:14,954 --> 00:33:15,785 CREECH: Well! 615 00:33:15,955 --> 00:33:16,786 (chuckling) 616 00:33:16,956 --> 00:33:18,321 Mrs. Durrell. 617 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:21,331 With a face like that, 618 00:33:21,502 --> 00:33:23,288 you should be on the front of a ship. 619 00:33:23,462 --> 00:33:25,203 Oh, thank you. 620 00:33:25,381 --> 00:33:27,588 A present for the house: 621 00:33:27,758 --> 00:33:30,750 a bottle of the finest rum from Jamaica. 622 00:33:32,638 --> 00:33:35,175 Have you ever been to Jamaica? 623 00:33:35,349 --> 00:33:37,181 No, no, I haven't. 624 00:33:37,351 --> 00:33:39,092 The first place I ever caught gonorrhea. 625 00:33:39,270 --> 00:33:42,763 (laughs loudly) 626 00:33:44,608 --> 00:33:49,444 So there we were, a dozen Uruguayan strumpets 627 00:33:49,613 --> 00:33:51,445 below deck 628 00:33:51,615 --> 00:33:53,231 and a ripping wind, 629 00:33:53,409 --> 00:33:54,970 straight out of the arsehole of the earth. 630 00:33:54,994 --> 00:33:58,237 (laughing) 631 00:33:58,414 --> 00:34:01,998 My, this is good tucker. 632 00:34:02,168 --> 00:34:04,250 I like a girl who's, uh... 633 00:34:05,921 --> 00:34:07,537 ...handy in the galley, 634 00:34:07,715 --> 00:34:10,332 as well as in bed. 635 00:34:10,509 --> 00:34:11,340 (chuckles) 636 00:34:11,510 --> 00:34:12,716 Where was 1? 637 00:34:12,887 --> 00:34:14,093 Arsehole of the earth. 638 00:34:14,263 --> 00:34:15,003 Ah! 639 00:34:15,181 --> 00:34:16,281 Yes, that's quite enough 640 00:34:16,348 --> 00:34:17,179 of that story. 641 00:34:17,349 --> 00:34:18,449 Gerry, sing us a song. 642 00:34:18,476 --> 00:34:19,307 Anything you like. 643 00:34:19,477 --> 00:34:20,308 CREECH: Where's your head? 644 00:34:20,478 --> 00:34:22,765 At the moment, it's pounding. 645 00:34:22,938 --> 00:34:24,849 It's nautical for... 646 00:34:25,024 --> 00:34:25,855 Your crapper. 647 00:34:26,025 --> 00:34:27,140 Dunny. 648 00:34:27,318 --> 00:34:28,649 Thunder box. 649 00:34:28,819 --> 00:34:30,401 I think he means the lavatory. 650 00:34:30,571 --> 00:34:33,279 Yes. Yes, I know that now. 651 00:34:33,449 --> 00:34:35,486 It's round the back. 652 00:34:35,659 --> 00:34:36,759 Excuse me. 653 00:34:36,827 --> 00:34:38,443 (laughing) 654 00:34:38,621 --> 00:34:39,721 (passes gas) 655 00:34:39,872 --> 00:34:41,408 (laughing) 656 00:34:43,375 --> 00:34:45,912 What the hell did you think you were doing, 657 00:34:46,086 --> 00:34:48,064 bringing that filthy old lecher into our house? 658 00:34:48,088 --> 00:34:50,295 He's a breath of fresh air. 659 00:34:50,466 --> 00:34:51,297 Oh! 660 00:34:51,467 --> 00:34:52,798 This is what happens 661 00:34:52,968 --> 00:34:55,505 when women let men rule the roost. 662 00:35:01,602 --> 00:35:04,390 (footsteps) 663 00:35:06,398 --> 00:35:07,513 (snoring) 664 00:35:08,901 --> 00:35:10,016 Get up! 665 00:35:17,535 --> 00:35:18,635 Bye. 666 00:35:18,702 --> 00:35:19,533 Oh, Leslie! 667 00:35:19,703 --> 00:35:21,990 What are you doing today? 668 00:35:22,164 --> 00:35:24,405 Just walk around, chat with locals. 669 00:35:24,583 --> 00:35:26,394 Ask for work, so I can help out with the money. 670 00:35:26,418 --> 00:35:27,533 Oh... 671 00:35:31,549 --> 00:35:32,649 He's lying. 672 00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:34,211 I know. 673 00:35:34,385 --> 00:35:36,342 I just thought I'd treat him like an adult. 674 00:35:36,512 --> 00:35:37,656 What were you treating him like 675 00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:38,823 when you let him have half a dozen guns? 676 00:35:38,847 --> 00:35:41,430 I'm a mother, not a policeman. 677 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:43,967 I thought it might lead to some discipline, 678 00:35:44,144 --> 00:35:46,414 you know, make a man of him, with daddy not being there. 679 00:35:46,438 --> 00:35:48,805 You'll discover, if you ever have children... 680 00:35:48,983 --> 00:35:51,190 I am listening... I'm just going into the garden. 681 00:36:02,997 --> 00:36:05,534 Stupid boy, where are you? 682 00:36:08,961 --> 00:36:14,206 MAN: (speaking Greek) 683 00:36:14,383 --> 00:36:15,483 (laughing) 684 00:36:15,634 --> 00:36:18,843 (speaking Greek) 685 00:36:28,814 --> 00:36:29,929 (groans) 686 00:36:41,785 --> 00:36:42,900 (groans) 687 00:36:45,581 --> 00:36:47,163 (grunts) 688 00:37:01,263 --> 00:37:02,363 (frustrated shout) 689 00:37:02,473 --> 00:37:03,573 Sodding bloody... 690 00:37:03,724 --> 00:37:05,510 Larry, please! 691 00:37:05,684 --> 00:37:08,642 I'm sure Virginia Woolf doesn't swear like a trooper. 692 00:37:08,812 --> 00:37:10,149 Well, her brother didn't remove 693 00:37:10,314 --> 00:37:11,804 the letter X from her typewriter. 694 00:37:11,982 --> 00:37:13,723 Why would Leslie do that? 695 00:37:13,901 --> 00:37:16,233 So I don't write the word "sex" 696 00:37:16,403 --> 00:37:18,314 so much, apparently. 697 00:37:18,489 --> 00:37:19,589 It's all right. 698 00:37:19,740 --> 00:37:21,606 I'll get him back. 699 00:37:26,789 --> 00:37:29,156 Did I mention that your arse... 700 00:37:30,918 --> 00:37:32,500 ...should be on the front of a ship? 701 00:37:32,670 --> 00:37:34,160 Don't start that again. 702 00:37:34,338 --> 00:37:35,749 We had quite enough last night. 703 00:37:35,923 --> 00:37:37,914 It's your fault for letting me drink. 704 00:37:38,092 --> 00:37:40,675 Look below the surface, 705 00:37:40,844 --> 00:37:44,337 it's usually the ladies that cause the problems. 706 00:37:44,515 --> 00:37:48,679 You know, I am astonished that nobody has murdered you yet. 707 00:37:48,852 --> 00:37:49,762 Now, please leave! 708 00:37:49,937 --> 00:37:53,601 After you've made me a spot of lunch. 709 00:37:55,609 --> 00:37:57,191 (typewriter clanging) 710 00:37:57,361 --> 00:37:59,102 Shut up! 711 00:37:59,279 --> 00:38:01,520 Use a bloody pencil! 712 00:38:10,416 --> 00:38:11,531 (silverware clattering) 713 00:38:15,295 --> 00:38:17,707 Oh, Lugaretzia! 714 00:38:17,881 --> 00:38:20,794 Welcome back. 715 00:38:20,968 --> 00:38:23,175 It's been hell without you. 716 00:38:29,893 --> 00:38:32,009 Son of a bitch. 717 00:38:32,187 --> 00:38:35,054 I see Spiros has been teaching you. 718 00:38:35,232 --> 00:38:38,065 In England, we say "bastard." 719 00:38:40,362 --> 00:38:41,462 Barsto? 720 00:38:41,572 --> 00:38:42,858 Bastard. 721 00:38:43,031 --> 00:38:44,613 Barsto. 722 00:38:45,743 --> 00:38:46,574 Yeah. 723 00:38:46,744 --> 00:38:47,859 Barsto. 724 00:38:52,374 --> 00:38:53,474 I love him, Mom. 725 00:38:53,584 --> 00:38:56,246 Oh, Gerry, take it outside. 726 00:39:00,382 --> 00:39:01,747 Gerry, take him outside now! 727 00:39:01,925 --> 00:39:03,025 He'll escape. 728 00:39:03,093 --> 00:39:04,299 Not for a while, he won't. 729 00:39:05,721 --> 00:39:06,552 Gerry?! 730 00:39:06,722 --> 00:39:07,837 There's so much to see! 731 00:39:29,369 --> 00:39:31,610 Eat, then leave. 732 00:39:33,123 --> 00:39:36,616 I'm sorry if I've disappointed you. 733 00:39:36,794 --> 00:39:40,753 I've spent too much time in the company of uncouth men. 734 00:39:42,049 --> 00:39:42,880 Oh. 735 00:39:43,050 --> 00:39:45,337 Well, thank you. 736 00:39:45,511 --> 00:39:46,672 I'm sorry, I... 737 00:39:46,845 --> 00:39:47,945 (surprised shout) 738 00:39:51,433 --> 00:39:52,548 Get out! 739 00:39:54,353 --> 00:39:55,935 Fine. 740 00:39:56,104 --> 00:39:57,890 I'll just finish my lunch. 741 00:40:03,529 --> 00:40:04,860 (door slams) 742 00:40:07,324 --> 00:40:11,443 Now, you leave or I'll shoot you. 743 00:40:11,620 --> 00:40:13,236 No, you won't. 744 00:40:13,413 --> 00:40:14,513 (gunshot) 745 00:40:20,295 --> 00:40:23,959 You are in great need of a slap! 746 00:40:28,887 --> 00:40:30,127 Oh, so it's okay for you 747 00:40:30,305 --> 00:40:31,616 to shoot and nearly kill someone? 748 00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:32,471 Yes. 749 00:40:32,641 --> 00:40:33,741 Yes, it is. 750 00:40:33,809 --> 00:40:35,328 Leslie, we told you, no more shooting! 751 00:40:35,352 --> 00:40:37,389 It wasn't me! 752 00:40:37,563 --> 00:40:39,975 That is the last time you try to find me a husband. 753 00:40:40,148 --> 00:40:40,979 Is that clear? 754 00:40:41,149 --> 00:40:42,355 Are you sure? 755 00:40:42,526 --> 00:40:44,212 I met a fascinating Turk in a bar in town. 756 00:40:44,236 --> 00:40:45,659 And how did you think I would fall 757 00:40:45,779 --> 00:40:48,362 for Popeye the bloody Sailor Man?! 758 00:40:48,532 --> 00:40:50,239 And he's not my age! 759 00:40:50,409 --> 00:40:52,491 We think the sex will calm you down. 760 00:40:52,661 --> 00:40:54,823 God! 761 00:40:54,997 --> 00:40:56,579 Your father was the love of my life, 762 00:40:56,748 --> 00:40:58,159 and I don't want or need 763 00:40:58,333 --> 00:40:59,744 a pale imitation of him. 764 00:40:59,918 --> 00:41:02,501 Well, I find that rather sad. 765 00:41:02,671 --> 00:41:07,165 You may have given up, but we haven't. 766 00:41:21,607 --> 00:41:22,813 (bird squawking) 767 00:41:31,783 --> 00:41:32,898 (squawks) 768 00:41:52,679 --> 00:41:54,420 Ooh! 769 00:41:57,476 --> 00:41:58,576 Oh, where have you been? 770 00:41:58,727 --> 00:42:01,344 I was following Leslie and I got lost. 771 00:42:01,521 --> 00:42:02,761 I tried to ask the way home, 772 00:42:02,940 --> 00:42:04,578 but nobody's bothered to learn English. 773 00:42:04,733 --> 00:42:08,852 Anyway, Leslie's lost his interest in guns 774 00:42:09,029 --> 00:42:10,256 because he's got a girlfriend. 775 00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:12,271 A what? 776 00:42:12,449 --> 00:42:15,532 I found him with a local girl, kissing and worse. 777 00:42:15,702 --> 00:42:17,534 Oh! 778 00:42:17,704 --> 00:42:21,914 Well, maybe it was a good idea to come out here after all. 779 00:42:22,084 --> 00:42:24,075 I mention wanting a boyfriend, 780 00:42:24,252 --> 00:42:26,289 and you call me empty-headed and sex-mad, 781 00:42:26,463 --> 00:42:28,921 but Leslie finds someone and he's a hero? 782 00:42:29,091 --> 00:42:30,502 Firstly, Margo, 783 00:42:30,676 --> 00:42:32,917 I am thrilled that you are thinking for yourself 784 00:42:33,095 --> 00:42:34,489 and highlighting double standards. 785 00:42:34,513 --> 00:42:35,878 Thank you. And secondly, 786 00:42:36,056 --> 00:42:39,765 don't you dare be so bloody rude to your mother. 787 00:42:39,935 --> 00:42:41,972 Good, I'll find myself a man, then. 788 00:42:46,525 --> 00:42:47,139 (gasps) 789 00:42:47,317 --> 00:42:48,148 Hello, Luga. 790 00:42:48,318 --> 00:42:49,149 Glad you're back. 791 00:42:49,319 --> 00:42:50,935 This short story is genius. 792 00:42:51,113 --> 00:42:52,228 Oh? Who wrote it? 793 00:42:52,406 --> 00:42:53,506 Me! 794 00:43:03,542 --> 00:43:05,283 (horn honking) 795 00:43:05,460 --> 00:43:06,996 Look who I find walking home! 796 00:43:07,170 --> 00:43:08,911 Mom! 797 00:43:09,089 --> 00:43:10,921 Gerry, you have a spider, 798 00:43:11,091 --> 00:43:13,253 two dormice, a tortoise, and a family. 799 00:43:13,427 --> 00:43:15,509 You do not need a pelican. 800 00:43:15,679 --> 00:43:16,779 Let it go. 801 00:43:16,847 --> 00:43:18,884 I will after I've studied it. 802 00:43:19,057 --> 00:43:20,547 (laughs) 803 00:43:20,726 --> 00:43:23,184 It's not funny, Spiros. 804 00:43:23,353 --> 00:43:25,685 No, of course not. 805 00:43:25,856 --> 00:43:28,518 Come on, Gerry, we'll make a zoo cage! 806 00:43:30,235 --> 00:43:31,350 (knocking at door) 807 00:43:33,739 --> 00:43:36,322 Larry, we need to talk about your writing. 808 00:43:36,491 --> 00:43:38,653 We'll deal with you being a peeping Tom later. 809 00:43:38,827 --> 00:43:40,763 I'm sorry you don't like it, but I refuse to let... 810 00:43:40,787 --> 00:43:42,073 No, it's brilliant. 811 00:43:43,915 --> 00:43:45,997 But why is the mother so horrible? 812 00:43:46,168 --> 00:43:48,535 Everything isn't about you. 813 00:43:48,712 --> 00:43:51,249 Oh, nothing is about me. 814 00:43:51,423 --> 00:43:56,418 My life is devoured by my children. 815 00:43:56,595 --> 00:43:58,506 In 21 years, I haven't thought about myself 816 00:43:58,680 --> 00:44:01,172 for five consecutive minutes. 817 00:44:02,601 --> 00:44:04,308 But it's good, isn't it? 818 00:44:04,478 --> 00:44:05,889 Did you like the ending? 819 00:44:06,063 --> 00:44:09,306 Yes, Larry, it's very good. 820 00:44:09,483 --> 00:44:11,815 You're going to make us very proud. 821 00:44:11,985 --> 00:44:13,085 In this family? 822 00:44:14,988 --> 00:44:18,071 You're going to make us mildly pleased 823 00:44:18,241 --> 00:44:20,152 in a complicated way. 824 00:44:22,704 --> 00:44:23,990 Come and look at this. 825 00:44:29,169 --> 00:44:31,376 The rocks, just by the chapel. 826 00:44:31,546 --> 00:44:32,661 Oh! 827 00:44:35,133 --> 00:44:36,498 LOUISA: That's my girl. 828 00:44:38,261 --> 00:44:39,376 THEO: Hello! 829 00:44:41,431 --> 00:44:42,262 Mrs. Durrell? 830 00:44:42,432 --> 00:44:44,514 Theodore Stephanides. 831 00:44:44,684 --> 00:44:46,140 Delighted to finally meet you. 832 00:44:55,403 --> 00:44:57,360 (speaking Greek) 833 00:44:57,531 --> 00:45:00,774 I suspect you need a cross-piece there. 834 00:45:00,951 --> 00:45:02,533 Here. 835 00:45:04,579 --> 00:45:06,946 I believe it's called a purlin. 836 00:45:07,124 --> 00:45:11,118 Leslie, what's your new girlfriend's name? 837 00:45:11,294 --> 00:45:13,331 How do you know about her? 838 00:45:13,505 --> 00:45:14,669 I know everything, darling. 839 00:45:14,714 --> 00:45:15,814 I'm your mother. 840 00:45:17,384 --> 00:45:18,484 She's called Alexia. 841 00:45:18,635 --> 00:45:19,545 Mm? 842 00:45:19,719 --> 00:45:20,959 It's the loveliest name. 843 00:45:21,138 --> 00:45:22,503 Mm! 844 00:45:22,681 --> 00:45:24,061 And if you ever want to type it, 845 00:45:24,182 --> 00:45:25,798 you'll have to give Larry his X back. 846 00:45:28,895 --> 00:45:32,604 To koritsi mou, y Alexia einai... 847 00:45:32,774 --> 00:45:34,515 (struggling) 848 00:45:34,693 --> 00:45:37,526 (laughs): Leslie! 849 00:45:41,199 --> 00:45:43,156 Why are you so good to us, Spiros? 850 00:45:43,326 --> 00:45:45,488 We have no money, we argue all the time. 851 00:45:45,662 --> 00:45:48,324 We have a word: filoxenia. 852 00:45:48,498 --> 00:45:50,785 It means "love to strangers". 853 00:45:50,959 --> 00:45:52,916 That is so sweet. 854 00:45:53,086 --> 00:45:54,997 And it's clear you need help. 855 00:45:55,172 --> 00:45:56,754 LARRY: (shouting) 856 00:45:56,923 --> 00:45:58,209 Sodding bloody...! 857 00:46:01,761 --> 00:46:04,219 LESLIE: Lugaretzia, how do you say this in Greek? 858 00:46:04,389 --> 00:46:06,175 (speaking Greek) 859 00:46:07,559 --> 00:46:10,017 (repeating Greek words) 860 00:46:15,317 --> 00:46:17,058 (speaking Greek) 861 00:46:20,363 --> 00:46:22,525 (guns clanging) 862 00:46:25,327 --> 00:46:27,694 That is my revenge on you, Leslie. 863 00:46:27,871 --> 00:46:29,828 An X for an X. 864 00:46:33,210 --> 00:46:34,996 I just made them look less violent! 865 00:46:35,170 --> 00:46:36,331 MAN: Does anyone live here? 866 00:46:37,589 --> 00:46:38,689 Oh! 867 00:46:42,135 --> 00:46:43,341 Somebody died? 868 00:46:48,183 --> 00:46:50,015 My friends Donald and Max. 869 00:46:52,020 --> 00:46:53,385 I invited them over. 870 00:46:53,563 --> 00:46:54,769 Oh. 871 00:46:54,940 --> 00:46:56,556 Gosh, who's this? 872 00:47:06,910 --> 00:47:12,576 ♪♪