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We have a house here. 00:00:56.78,00:00:59.50 - We'll sell up.[br]- Don't be ridiculous, Lawrence. 00:00:59.54,00:01:02.01 - Gerry needs an education.[br]- No, I'll be fine. 00:01:02.06,00:01:04.33 We can't just up and leave.[br]That would be madness. 00:01:19.66,00:01:22.65 This is the story of the time I spent on Corfu. 00:01:22.70,00:01:26.17 It was originally intended to be[br]a mildly nostalgic account 00:01:26.22,00:01:27.94 of the natural history of the island, 00:01:27.98,00:01:32.85 but I made the grave mistake[br]of introducing my family, 00:01:32.90,00:01:34.89 who proceeded to take over. 00:01:34.94,00:01:39.77 It was only with the greatest difficulty[br]and by exercising considerable cunning, 00:01:39.82,00:01:44.21 that I managed to retain a small space[br]exclusively for the animals. 00:01:53.94,00:01:56.25 - What this?[br]- Grubs. 00:01:56.30,00:01:58.29 They're about to turn into beetles. 00:01:58.34,00:02:00.90 You can tell by the way[br]their skin's getting darker. 00:02:03.18,00:02:04.61 - He?[br]- Roger. 00:02:04.66,00:02:07.62 - It's important to have a dog.[br] 00:02:09.26,00:02:10.85 I'm a writer. 00:02:10.90,00:02:14.81 That one's very good.[br]Challenges all sorts of received bourgeois crap. 00:02:27.30,00:02:28.29 Good. 00:02:33.98,00:02:35.89 This, no. 00:02:35.94,00:02:37.29 It's bed linen. 00:02:37.34,00:02:39.01 Merchandise. Tax. 00:02:40.86,00:02:43.21 It's our bed linen! You silly man. 00:02:43.26,00:02:47.17 Come away, Mother. Let's put off[br]annoying people as long as possible. 00:03:04.30,00:03:06.37 Is it a bank holiday? 00:03:22.50,00:03:25.49 Not quite the gracious arrival I'd hoped for. 00:03:27.98,00:03:29.70 Come on. Ow! Ow! 00:03:29.74,00:03:32.13 Why doesn't somebody do something? 00:03:32.18,00:03:33.41 Help! 00:03:34.42,00:03:36.17 Go away! 00:03:36.22,00:03:38.18 Eyes! Eyes! 00:03:38.22,00:03:40.73 - Get them off![br]- Gerald, now. 00:03:59.18,00:04:00.82 Well, they all seem very nice. 00:04:00.86,00:04:04.25 - They wouldn't give me any lavatory paper.[br]- Sh. Not at the table. 00:04:04.30,00:04:07.53 You didn't look properly.[br]You've got a little boxful by the pan. 00:04:07.58,00:04:10.09 - Margo, dear.[br]- What? 00:04:10.14,00:04:13.05 The box is for paper that's been used. 00:04:13.10,00:04:14.90 The plumbing here can't take it. 00:04:16.74,00:04:19.09 Ugh. No. 00:04:19.14,00:04:20.81 I used... 00:04:20.86,00:04:23.01 Yes. It is a bit insanitary. 00:04:23.06,00:04:26.85 Remind me to look up typhoid[br]in the little book in reception. 00:04:31.50,00:04:33.81 - Very emotional age.[br] 00:04:33.86,00:04:37.33 Might want to send some disinfectant[br]up to her room. 00:04:38.18,00:04:39.82 Here they come. 00:04:39.86,00:04:42.01 I'm sure I've got typhoid. 00:04:42.06,00:04:43.86 I feel all... 00:04:43.90,00:04:45.30 - typhoidy.[br]- I'm sorry, 00:04:45.34,00:04:48.81 but you've shown us ten houses[br]and none of them has a bathroom. 00:04:48.86,00:04:52.93 - Oh, not again.[br]- Bathroom? What for you want a bathroom? 00:04:52.98,00:04:54.94 You have the sea. 00:04:56.98,00:05:00.69 But this is the cradle of civilisation.[br]They must have bathrooms. 00:05:01.94,00:05:04.53 We'll find a place for ourselves. 00:05:04.58,00:05:05.85 Er... 00:05:05.90,00:05:07.46 Oh. Erm, er... 00:05:07.50,00:05:08.53 Taxi. 00:05:11.74,00:05:14.13 We don't actually speak Greek. 00:05:14.18,00:05:16.37 We do plan to learn. 00:05:19.14,00:05:21.13 Ooh. Ow. 00:05:21.82,00:05:23.62 Why don't you do something, Larry? 00:05:23.66,00:05:25.85 What? They're just being Greek. 00:05:31.58,00:05:33.54 Oi! 00:05:36.18,00:05:38.85 You need someone who talks your language? 00:05:41.18,00:05:43.17 Thems been worrying youse? 00:05:43.22,00:05:44.73 - No, no.[br]- Hey! 00:05:59.78,00:06:01.74 So, taxi? 00:06:01.78,00:06:03.18 Where you wants to go? 00:06:03.98,00:06:05.38 Eh? 00:06:09.06,00:06:11.73 Know what? English always wants bathrooms. 00:06:11.78,00:06:14.13 I got a bathroom in my house. 00:06:14.18,00:06:16.17 Eight years I was in Chicago. 00:06:16.22,00:06:19.58 Then I say, ''Spiro, you has made[br]enough money.'' So I come back, huh? 00:06:19.62,00:06:21.13 I bring this car with me. 00:06:21.18,00:06:22.98 Best car on the island. 00:06:23.70,00:06:26.17 I tell you no word of a lie. 00:06:26.22,00:06:27.94 Keep your eyes on the road. 00:06:28.82,00:06:31.65 All English tourists ask for me[br]when they come to the island. 00:06:31.70,00:06:33.69 Yeah. You know, erm... 00:06:33.74,00:06:35.49 if I wasn't Greek... 00:06:35.54,00:06:37.77 yeah, I'd likes to be English. 00:06:44.98,00:06:47.62 There. Villa with bathrooms. 00:06:57.90,00:07:01.97 It was as though the villa had been[br]standing there waiting for our arrival. 00:07:02.02,00:07:03.98 We felt we'd come home. 00:07:04.02,00:07:05.53 We'll take it. 00:07:09.82,00:07:11.46 Gerry, could... 00:07:13.94,00:07:15.82 Once Spiro had taken charge, 00:07:15.86,00:07:19.53 he stuck to us like a burr[br]and became part of the family. 00:07:19.58,00:07:21.93 Like a great, brown, ugly angel, 00:07:21.98,00:07:24.45 he watched over us tenderly. 00:07:24.50,00:07:27.01 Ah, Leslie, hi. Big guy. 00:07:28.54,00:07:31.05 Mrs Durrells. You have everything? 00:07:44.54,00:07:47.37 - Where are these people's things?[br]- They are merchandise. 00:07:47.42,00:07:49.41 We've come to take them.[br]Come on, get thems. 00:07:49.46,00:07:53.50 Customs bastards, huh? I know them all.[br]Hey! Why you open it, you son of a bitch? 00:07:53.54,00:07:55.53 - It is my duty.[br]- Duty, yeah? 00:07:55.58,00:07:57.81 Treating decent foreigners like smugglers, uh? 00:07:57.86,00:07:59.85 That's your duty? 00:07:59.90,00:08:01.70 The bastards think they own the place. 00:08:02.86,00:08:04.26 Come on! 00:08:10.58,00:08:14.02 - But you look like him. You look like him. 00:08:15.86,00:08:19.41 Gerry, don't pick your knee.[br]Come on, eat your kounoupidi. 00:08:19.46,00:08:21.85 Will you run up to my bedroom[br]and fetch my cigarettes? 00:08:21.90,00:08:24.73 - Fetch them yourself.[br]- That's the problem with this family. 00:08:24.78,00:08:28.82 - No give or take, no consideration for others.[br]- You don't have much consideration for others. 00:08:28.86,00:08:31.82 Mother, you shouldn't have brought us up[br]to be so selfish. 00:08:31.86,00:08:33.42 I never did anything of the sort. 00:08:33.46,00:08:35.61 We didn't get selfish without some guidance. 00:08:35.66,00:08:38.62 Hey. You ought to be careful what you say. 00:08:38.66,00:08:42.65 - You don't want to hurt your mother.[br]- Why? She's never done anything for us. 00:08:42.70,00:08:46.21 - Don't joke... Don't even joke about it.[br]- He's quite right. 00:08:46.26,00:08:50.62 - She's really not much good as a mother.[br]- Don't say that. Don't say that! 00:08:50.66,00:08:53.17 Honest to Gods, if I had a mother like you, 00:08:53.22,00:08:57.13 I would kiss her feets every morning until I die. 00:09:16.94,00:09:18.66 So we were installed in the villa, 00:09:18.70,00:09:21.98 and we each settled down[br]and adapted ourselves to our surroundings, 00:09:22.98,00:09:24.89 in our respective ways. 00:09:30.34,00:09:32.53 To explain some of our more curious behaviour, 00:09:32.58,00:09:35.46 I feel that I should state[br]that at the time we were in Corfu, 00:09:35.50,00:09:37.49 the family were all quite young. 00:09:37.54,00:09:39.93 Apart from Mother, whose age we never knew, 00:09:39.98,00:09:44.05 for the simple reason that[br]she could never remember her date of birth. 00:10:01.90,00:10:03.41 - Oh. 00:10:22.26,00:10:24.85 Who parked that donkey there? 00:10:24.90,00:10:26.94 Why don't you move it if it disturbs you, dear? 00:10:26.98,00:10:29.62 Future generations[br]should not be deprived of my work 00:10:29.66,00:10:32.65 - because I was outside shooing away donkeys.[br]- Try this. 00:10:32.70,00:10:34.34 Bloody hell. What is it? 00:10:34.38,00:10:37.77 - Melitzana horiatiki.[br]- Haven't the cornflakes arrived? 00:10:37.82,00:10:41.21 Larry, darling,[br]we've come away to try new things. 00:10:41.26,00:10:43.22 I found a crab spider. 00:10:43.26,00:10:45.22 If you move it to a different coloured leaf, 00:10:45.26,00:10:47.73 it changes colour if you wait long enough. 00:10:51.18,00:10:53.61 Why's he wearing those boots[br]in this heat? 00:10:53.66,00:10:55.65 - Snakes.[br] 00:10:55.70,00:10:57.93 - And the jumper?[br]- So we don't lose him. 00:10:57.98,00:10:59.57 Look, it's a large family, 00:10:59.62,00:11:01.66 - it could do with thinning out.[br] 00:11:01.70,00:11:03.69 For Christ's sake! 00:11:07.26,00:11:08.82 - Mm.[br]- Mm. 00:11:08.86,00:11:12.69 - Now, is Leslie going to do that all day? 00:11:12.74,00:11:16.37 It's his hobby, we all need a hobby.[br]He's not very good at anything else. 00:11:16.42,00:11:18.41 Oh, yes, yes, we all need a hobby. 00:11:18.46,00:11:20.45 - Shut up! 00:11:22.54,00:11:25.13 I'm not sure that sunbathing like that[br]is terribly wise. 00:11:25.18,00:11:28.30 That...costume doesn't cover an awful lot. 00:11:28.34,00:11:30.33 Don't be so old-fashioned. 00:11:30.38,00:11:32.37 You only die once. 00:11:33.98,00:11:36.94 You know those black caterpillars[br]I thought were caterpillars? 00:11:36.98,00:11:40.10 They're not. They're ladybirds just hatched. 00:11:40.14,00:11:42.37 - But they look exactly like caterpillars.[br]- Hm? 00:11:42.42,00:11:44.38 Yes! 00:11:44.42,00:11:47.62 And the flies I was telling you about,[br]the lacewing flies... 00:11:47.66,00:11:50.41 - Yes?[br]- They lay their eggs inside flowers, 00:11:50.46,00:11:52.50 so that when... I'll tell you later. 00:11:56.70,00:11:59.01 - Where are you going?[br]- Exploring. 00:11:59.06,00:12:00.57 Have fun. 00:12:00.62,00:12:02.42 Does Mum know? 00:12:02.46,00:12:05.18 I'm going exploring! 00:12:08.14,00:12:12.77 In those early days of exploration,[br]Roger was the perfect companion for adventure, 00:12:12.82,00:12:16.89 affectionate without exuberance,[br]brave without being belligerent, 00:12:16.94,00:12:21.17 intelligent and full of good-humoured tolerance[br]for my eccentricities. 00:12:39.46,00:12:41.05 Excuse me. 00:12:41.10,00:12:42.98 Do you know how to spell beware? 00:12:43.02,00:12:44.98 And quiet? 00:12:48.22,00:12:49.62 I'll have a guess. 00:13:04.78,00:13:06.50 Oh, um... 00:13:29.90,00:13:31.62 Ah. 00:14:07.74,00:14:09.73 - Thank you.[br] 00:14:37.14,00:14:39.13 Not hatched yet, Roger. 00:16:09.06,00:16:11.49 All right, but that's it. 00:16:11.54,00:16:13.02 No more pets. 00:16:14.98,00:16:18.45 - How are my spots, Mother?[br]- Lovely, darling, you're very pretty. 00:16:18.50,00:16:21.06 Mm, pretty vain. Mummy's boy. 00:16:21.10,00:16:22.98 I am not! Am I, Mum? 00:16:23.02,00:16:24.82 It's Achilles' favourite. 00:16:30.86,00:16:31.85 Gerry. 00:16:32.74,00:16:35.09 You can take off your jumper. 00:16:38.58,00:16:40.54 He looks like a badly cooked chicken. 00:16:40.58,00:16:43.54 Oh, and one of Margo's... 00:16:43.58,00:16:46.78 admirers handed this in. 00:16:48.90,00:16:50.49 That was there for a reason. 00:16:50.54,00:16:53.82 Anyway, your spelling is appalling.[br]You need some sort of education. 00:16:53.86,00:16:56.17 - No! No, I don't.[br]- Yes, he must learn to dance. 00:16:56.22,00:16:58.78 Or he'll turn into one of[br]those awful tongue-tied hobbledehoys. 00:16:58.82,00:17:00.78 He needs a good grounding in literature. 00:17:00.82,00:17:03.17 - I recommend Rabelais.[br]- Too old for Gerry, I think. 00:17:03.22,00:17:05.78 It's important he gets sex[br]in the right perspective. 00:17:05.82,00:17:08.33 You have a mania about sex,[br]you drag it into everything. 00:17:08.38,00:17:11.89 A healthy, outdoor life, that's all he needs.[br]Shooting and sailing. 00:17:11.94,00:17:13.45 You talk like a bloody bishop. 00:17:13.50,00:17:16.01 - You are so opinionated![br]- Shut up. 00:17:16.06,00:17:18.94 Children, stop it.[br]Look, we need someone who will teach Gerry, 00:17:18.98,00:17:22.42 - but also encourage his interest in wildlife.[br]- Why? It's just a phase. 00:17:22.46,00:17:25.58 - It's been going on since he was two.[br]- Why do you always talk about me 00:17:25.62,00:17:28.42 - as though I'm not here?[br]- My friend George is still out here. 00:17:28.46,00:17:30.89 - He could try teaching him.[br]- That's a good idea. 00:17:30.94,00:17:31.74 Mm-hm. 00:17:38.06,00:17:39.49 Um... 00:17:45.82,00:17:48.01 Can you repeat the question? Again. 00:17:52.54,00:17:56.77 How long would it take six men to build a wall 00:17:56.82,00:17:59.73 if three of them took a week? 00:18:01.78,00:18:02.97 Er... 00:18:07.98,00:18:09.62 Erm... 00:18:18.94,00:18:20.58 All right. Um... 00:18:20.62,00:18:22.74 If it took two slugs 00:18:22.78,00:18:25.09 a week to eat eight leaves, 00:18:25.14,00:18:29.21 how long would it take four slugs[br]to eat the same number? 00:18:29.26,00:18:30.90 What kind of slug? 00:18:31.62,00:18:33.02 Any kind! 00:18:34.50,00:18:37.01 He just doesn't seem to be keen to learn. 00:18:37.06,00:18:39.89 Well, of course he isn't, George, he's 12. 00:18:39.94,00:18:43.93 And he is living in, what amounts to for him,[br]a large sweet shop. 00:18:43.98,00:18:46.49 Mother, is there any clean underwear? 00:18:47.22,00:18:48.21 Er... 00:18:48.26,00:18:51.77 A little louder, Margo, dear,[br]I'm not sure they got that in Macedonia. 00:18:53.62,00:18:56.66 Maybe you ought to close your mouth[br]before an insect flies in. 00:18:58.78,00:19:02.01 My, that's quite a blush.[br]We could toast a bun on you. 00:19:02.06,00:19:05.05 Ah, b-but... She's, um...terribly striking. 00:19:05.10,00:19:09.81 Yes. I should probably have put her[br]in the stout jumper rather than Gerald. 00:19:09.86,00:19:14.85 Talking of whom, I think the answer[br]is to play to his strengths, don't you? 00:19:14.90,00:19:16.70 Well, I have had a go. 00:19:16.74,00:19:20.81 You know, what are six cockatoos[br]times seven cockatoos kind of thing. 00:19:21.90,00:19:23.25 42 cockatoos. 00:19:24.46,00:19:26.21 Erm...yes. 00:19:28.06,00:19:29.70 Oh. 00:19:29.74,00:19:34.42 Well, anyway, erm...let's, erm,[br]loosen the reins a little more, shall we? 00:19:34.46,00:19:37.93 And bring him outdoors.[br]Not natural to be inside. 00:19:37.98,00:19:39.65 You bastard! 00:19:46.26,00:19:48.01 As you can see. 00:19:52.94,00:19:54.53 That's good. 00:19:54.58,00:19:56.89 And er, let's not forget history. 00:19:56.94,00:19:59.61 Er, name Hannibal's elephants[br]as he crossed the Alps. 00:20:00.66,00:20:02.41 - Bardi.[br]- Good. 00:20:02.46,00:20:04.02 Jespa. 00:20:04.06,00:20:05.21 Amito. 00:20:06.58,00:20:08.33 Surus. 00:20:09.06,00:20:10.81 Domito... 00:20:10.86,00:20:12.50 Sextus. 00:20:13.14,00:20:14.65 Titus. 00:20:14.70,00:20:16.74 The Rose-Beetle Man. 00:20:21.06,00:20:23.62 And lessons are over for today. 00:20:23.66,00:20:25.09 Apparently. 00:20:26.50,00:20:29.06 The Rose-Beetle Man turned up fairly regularly 00:20:29.10,00:20:31.29 with some new addition to my menagerie. 00:20:31.34,00:20:35.05 A frog perhaps,[br]or a white pigeon with a broken leg. 00:20:43.10,00:20:44.37 Rich Tea? 00:21:01.90,00:21:03.09 Ah. 00:21:46.54,00:21:48.53 Mmm. 00:21:52.10,00:21:53.58 This is the exciting part. 00:21:53.62,00:21:55.77 Hampered by a reluctant pupil, 00:21:55.82,00:21:59.57 George strove to make my lessons[br]as entertaining as possible. 00:21:59.62,00:22:04.09 So, the French and British fleets[br]were slowly drawing together, 00:22:04.14,00:22:06.65 for what was to be the decisive sea battle[br]of the war. 00:22:06.70,00:22:08.77 Sea slugs! 00:22:09.94,00:22:11.93 I saw these in a book. 00:22:12.94,00:22:15.50 Right. When the enemy was sighted, Nelson... 00:22:15.54,00:22:16.94 - Ah![br] 00:22:20.14,00:22:23.42 Right. Nelson was on the bridge... 00:22:24.02,00:22:27.53 birdwatching through his telescope... 00:22:31.82,00:22:35.33 ..having been warned of the enemy's approach[br]by a friendly gull. 00:22:35.38,00:22:38.45 No. Don't ask me what kind of gull. 00:22:40.34,00:22:42.25 Theo. 00:22:42.30,00:22:45.81 Come on.[br]He's an eccentric nature-lover like you. 00:22:45.86,00:22:48.74 And an expert on practically everything. 00:22:48.78,00:22:51.53 Gerald Durrell. Dr Theodore Stephanides. 00:22:51.58,00:22:53.62 - Oh, very pleased to meet you.[br]- Oh, and you. 00:22:53.66,00:22:54.98 Ooh! I'm sorry. 00:22:55.02,00:22:57.25 Interesting. 00:22:57.30,00:22:59.34 A sea slug. 00:23:00.34,00:23:04.41 # Greensleeves was all my joy 00:23:04.46,00:23:06.45 # Greensleeves... 00:23:06.50,00:23:09.70 That really is the last pet he's getting. 00:23:09.74,00:23:14.69 # Greensleeves was my heart of gold 00:23:14.74,00:23:20.69 # And who but my lady Greensleeves # 00:23:26.70,00:23:29.29 - That was haunting.[br]- Thank you. 00:23:29.34,00:23:31.69 I love it here. 00:23:32.42,00:23:34.46 I want to be buried on Corfu. 00:23:34.50,00:23:37.30 Can't it wait until tomorrow?[br]It's turned a bit chilly out. 00:23:37.34,00:23:39.85 Under the biggest cypress tree in the garden. 00:23:39.90,00:23:42.41 You said up behind Yani, the shepherd's house. 00:23:42.46,00:23:45.18 Yes. I've been thinking[br]that might be a bit inaccessible. 00:23:45.22,00:23:48.42 I don't want the mourners dropping like flies[br]halfway up the hill. 00:23:50.06,00:23:52.18 Hello, Spiro. Spiro. 00:23:52.22,00:23:54.02 You all right? 00:23:54.06,00:23:55.70 No. 00:23:55.74,00:23:57.62 It's Missy Margo. 00:23:59.18,00:24:00.58 What about her? 00:24:00.62,00:24:02.13 She... 00:24:05.58,00:24:08.46 She has a Turkish boyfriend. 00:24:09.42,00:24:12.62 What's wrong with that? Apart from George[br]being about to make his move. 00:24:12.66,00:24:14.46 - Bad luck, Georgie.[br]- What's wrong? 00:24:14.50,00:24:17.49 It's Missy Margo with a bastard,[br]son of a bitch Turk. 00:24:17.54,00:24:19.50 Swimming together. 00:24:19.54,00:24:22.26 - Is she pregnant?[br] 00:24:23.26,00:24:25.57 - Excuse me.[br]- I'm sure she'll be fine. 00:24:25.62,00:24:27.42 We'll invite him to tea. 00:24:28.30,00:24:29.78 Tea? 00:24:29.82,00:24:33.21 Gerald, I have a gift for you from Dr Theo. 00:24:34.22,00:24:37.26 - Who's he, dear?[br]- He's a friend of George's. 00:24:37.30,00:24:39.37 He knows everything. 00:25:04.62,00:25:06.89 The only person I had met until now 00:25:06.94,00:25:10.45 who seemed to share my enthusiasm[br]for zoology was Theo. 00:25:11.62,00:25:15.45 I was extremely flattered[br]that a scientist of considerable repute - 00:25:15.50,00:25:17.77 and I could have told this by his beard - 00:25:17.82,00:25:21.21 talked to me as though[br]I was as knowledgeable as he. 00:25:22.30,00:25:25.37 This is the spider cyclops viridis, 00:25:25.42,00:25:28.78 that, erm...[br]that I caught out near Govino the other day. 00:25:35.10,00:25:36.82 One eye in the middle of its head! 00:25:36.86,00:25:39.74 It's incredible, isn't it? Hence ci-clops. 00:25:39.78,00:25:41.10 Cyclops. 00:25:41.14,00:25:45.93 Wait. I've got a marvellous book[br]about Greek mythologies somewhere. 00:25:47.14,00:25:48.65 Um... 00:25:49.70,00:25:51.42 I bought some insects. 00:25:53.46,00:25:55.81 I wondered if you knew what they are. 00:25:59.22,00:26:01.37 Gerry, I think we are going to get on rather well. 00:26:05.62,00:26:07.58 Oh. Now, that is... Hoo. 00:26:08.82,00:26:11.65 These are really hard to catch. 00:26:17.54,00:26:19.53 So, now... 00:26:21.22,00:26:22.97 Pregnant. 00:26:23.02,00:26:26.01 I've been meaning to have a talk about this[br]because it's... 00:26:26.06,00:26:28.05 an important subject and very... 00:26:29.46,00:26:31.02 beautiful. 00:26:31.06,00:26:32.54 And... 00:26:32.58,00:26:34.38 quite... 00:26:34.42,00:26:36.06 confusing. 00:26:36.10,00:26:38.09 And even... 00:26:39.30,00:26:40.65 shocking. 00:26:40.70,00:26:42.13 What? 00:26:42.18,00:26:46.01 I know all about it. I'm always seeing animals[br]mating and giving birth. 00:26:46.06,00:26:47.57 Well, it did strike me as strange. 00:26:47.62,00:26:50.93 It's like a maternity ward here,[br]I thought you must know what goes on. 00:26:50.98,00:26:52.25 - Yes, I do.[br]- Excellent. 00:26:52.30,00:26:54.29 - Can I go now?[br]- No, because... 00:26:54.34,00:26:57.17 we humans are different from animals. 00:26:58.02,00:26:59.42 We... 00:27:02.26,00:27:05.17 Er, well, perhaps...we think too much. 00:27:05.22,00:27:06.94 And, erm... 00:27:06.98,00:27:09.97 And you'll find that sometimes life, 00:27:10.02,00:27:11.93 and your life too, 00:27:11.98,00:27:14.25 will be painful. 00:27:14.30,00:27:15.94 Especially when it comes... 00:27:19.22,00:27:20.37 to love. 00:27:21.82,00:27:26.05 Well, look at poor George. He's so upset[br]about Margo, he's gone back to England. 00:27:26.10,00:27:28.37 Why didn't he look for someone else here? 00:27:30.18,00:27:32.33 Well, because he feels... 00:27:32.38,00:27:34.21 hopeless and... 00:27:34.26,00:27:37.17 lonely and...he needs his family... 00:27:37.22,00:27:40.53 There's a man looking all smart[br]coming up the path. 00:27:41.86,00:27:43.13 God. 00:27:43.90,00:27:45.70 Already? 00:27:45.74,00:27:47.70 Everyone! He's here. 00:27:50.18,00:27:52.85 Margo's told us so much about you. 00:28:18.62,00:28:20.77 We love Margo. 00:28:20.82,00:28:22.65 Do have a scone. 00:28:34.46,00:28:37.37 - You write, I believe.[br]- Yes, I, er... 00:28:37.42,00:28:39.54 I always feel I could write superbly if I tried. 00:28:39.58,00:28:43.89 Really? Well, it's a gift, isn't it? 00:28:43.94,00:28:47.38 He swims very well. Goes out terribly far. 00:28:47.42,00:28:49.61 Perhaps he'd like to demonstrate. 00:28:52.06,00:28:53.70 I'm a superb swimmer. 00:28:53.74,00:28:55.14 I know no fear. 00:28:56.14,00:29:00.26 When I ride a horse,[br]I have no fear because I ride superbly. 00:29:01.26,00:29:03.30 I can sail a boat in a typhoon. 00:29:03.34,00:29:04.90 Without fear. 00:29:06.66,00:29:07.77 You see, 00:29:07.82,00:29:10.29 I am not a fearful man. 00:29:10.34,00:29:12.49 I wish you wouldn't wear so much perfume. 00:29:18.18,00:29:19.82 It's Achilles. 00:29:19.86,00:29:21.58 He's fallen down a well. 00:29:22.38,00:29:25.50 - I think he's dead.[br]- Oh. 00:29:32.74,00:29:34.70 He's a tortoise. 00:29:36.54,00:29:37.69 Ah. 00:30:31.62,00:30:33.21 What are they? 00:30:33.26,00:30:34.58 Rose-beetles. 00:30:34.62,00:30:35.73 Beautiful. 00:30:35.78,00:30:39.33 Sometimes I can see[br]why you prefer creatures to people. 00:30:41.34,00:30:43.41 Why are you so interested in them? 00:30:43.46,00:30:45.45 They're just like us, aren't they? 00:30:45.50,00:30:46.57 Families. 00:30:46.62,00:30:48.50 I want to know how they all work. 00:30:49.50,00:30:51.30 Imagine if they weren't there. 00:30:51.34,00:30:54.65 - Does he have to put them on strings?[br]- It's better than in a box. 00:30:55.94,00:30:58.45 Let's buy them all. 00:31:01.98,00:31:04.57 For days, the villa was full of rose-beetles, 00:31:04.62,00:31:07.53 falling like emeralds into our laps. 00:31:15.46,00:31:17.73 I've invited one or two people out[br]for a week or so. 00:31:17.78,00:31:19.42 - Oh, that will be nice.[br]- Yeah. 00:31:19.46,00:31:22.69 It will be good to have[br]some intelligent and stimulating company. 00:31:22.74,00:31:27.34 - Oh, I hope they're not too highbrow.[br]- Of course they're not. They are charming. 00:31:27.38,00:31:28.78 Like me. 00:31:45.38,00:31:47.26 Little English lord. 00:31:48.10,00:31:51.69 - Why do they think we are lords and ladies?[br]- Because we act like it. 00:31:51.74,00:31:53.97 Tell the Pension Suisse your friends are coming. 00:31:54.02,00:31:56.09 No, no. I invited them to stay with us. 00:31:56.14,00:31:58.94 - How can they possibly stay with us?[br]- There's plenty of room. 00:31:58.98,00:32:01.17 - If Margo and Les sleep on the balcony.[br]- What? 00:32:01.22,00:32:04.42 - That gives you two rooms.[br]- You have to write and put them off. 00:32:04.46,00:32:05.89 I can't. They're on their way. 00:32:05.94,00:32:10.69 Oh, really, you are so thoughtless.[br]Where are they going to sleep? 00:32:11.70,00:32:13.89 We'll move into a bigger villa. 00:32:13.94,00:32:15.93 We can't afford it. Are you simple? 00:32:15.98,00:32:19.18 It's important to live beyond your means,[br]or banks don't respect you. 00:32:19.22,00:32:22.61 - How many people have you really invited?[br]- Eight. 00:32:24.26,00:32:25.77 To...twelve. 00:32:27.26,00:32:29.69 Well, we are not moving to another villa. 00:32:43.14,00:32:46.13 Mother went about settling us in again. 00:32:47.46,00:32:51.37 Our neat little house in Bournemouth[br]seemed several lifetimes away. 00:33:07.02,00:33:08.74 Inside of... 00:33:08.78,00:33:11.13 Ah, Mrs Durrells. This is Lugaretzia. 00:33:11.18,00:33:13.17 She, er, she comes with the house. 00:33:48.42,00:33:50.41 She has a bad stomach. 00:34:02.34,00:34:04.61 - Very odd.[br]- Well, I'll just... 00:34:15.06,00:34:16.73 Oh. 00:34:19.50,00:34:21.22 I'm going to kill her. 00:34:21.26,00:34:22.93 Put her out of her misery. 00:34:22.98,00:34:26.49 Poor woman. She's obviously suffering. What's the matter? 00:34:26.54,00:34:29.93 - Digestion. She gets these nasty...[br]- Don't tell us. 00:34:29.98,00:34:34.58 It's her feet now, apparently. Don't say anything,[br]there's no one else available. 00:34:35.70,00:34:37.69 Yummy, yummy. 00:34:38.58,00:34:40.73 I told you it was a good idea to move. 00:34:43.98,00:34:46.81 The furniture could be[br]a little more sturdy, perhaps. 00:35:11.66,00:35:15.25 Did I ever tell you about the last opera[br]we had in Corfu? 00:35:15.30,00:35:17.02 Er, no. 00:35:17.66,00:35:19.70 Oh. 00:35:20.26,00:35:25.13 Yes, it was one of those[br]travelling opera companies performing Tosca 00:35:25.18,00:35:27.82 with a leading lady who was very, er... 00:35:27.86,00:35:29.26 well developed. 00:35:29.30,00:35:33.42 Now, in the final act, as you probably know,[br]she throws herself to her death 00:35:33.46,00:35:35.45 from the battlements of a castle. 00:35:35.50,00:35:37.06 Well, on the first night, 00:35:37.10,00:35:40.93 it seems the stagehands had forgotten[br]to put anything for her to land on, 00:35:40.98,00:35:43.54 so she fell with a huge crash, 00:35:43.58,00:35:46.57 and then proceeded groaning quite loudly, 00:35:46.62,00:35:51.49 while her lover was singing about[br]how sad he was that she was dead. 00:35:53.22,00:35:55.69 - Oh.[br]- Shall we help him back on? 00:35:55.74,00:35:58.33 - No, I think that might put him off.[br] 00:35:58.38,00:36:01.85 The lady was, er, very, very upset,[br]understandably, 00:36:01.90,00:36:04.78 so the next night, the stagehands made sure 00:36:04.82,00:36:08.78 that they put a huge pile of mattresses[br]for her to land on. 00:36:08.82,00:36:12.86 But her landing was now so soft and springy, 00:36:12.90,00:36:17.18 that when the whole cast was singing away[br]about her tragic death, 00:36:17.22,00:36:20.21 she, the lady in question, reappeared, 00:36:20.26,00:36:22.49 two or three times above the battlements. 00:36:22.54,00:36:24.85 - Do you make these up?[br]- No. 00:36:24.90,00:36:28.10 - Nothing ever goes according to plan in Corfu.[br] 00:36:30.62,00:36:32.21 Larry's friends. 00:36:32.26,00:36:34.82 - I think Mother's a bit worried about them.[br]- Why? 00:36:34.86,00:36:37.98 Not bad, eh? Bleeding enormous. 00:36:52.46,00:36:54.45 A little bit quicker with that. 00:36:59.46,00:37:01.10 When is lunch? 00:37:03.86,00:37:05.85 Yes, it won't be long. 00:37:07.90,00:37:09.30 Oh! 00:37:12.38,00:37:14.50 Look. A tortoise. 00:37:14.54,00:37:17.29 - I watched it hatching.[br]- Oh, another tortoise. Splendid. 00:37:17.34,00:37:20.54 Please go and find Larry.[br]His friends are driving me mad. 00:37:24.54,00:37:25.94 Larry! 00:37:31.86,00:37:36.17 After weeks of searching,[br]I - I found the perfect trees covered... 00:37:37.18,00:37:39.25 in exquisite blossom. 00:37:39.30,00:37:41.29 I started to paint... 00:37:42.90,00:37:44.54 a masterpiece. 00:37:44.58,00:37:46.93 When I returned the next day... 00:37:48.14,00:37:51.81 I found all the blossom had fallen to the ground. 00:37:51.86,00:37:55.49 - That's the wind for you.[br]- I swore I'd never paint again. 00:37:55.54,00:37:57.21 But slowly... 00:37:57.26,00:37:59.73 I am recovering my nerves. 00:37:59.78,00:38:00.97 And... 00:38:01.02,00:38:03.37 And sometime... 00:38:03.42,00:38:05.81 I will start to paint again. 00:38:10.94,00:38:12.01 Larry! 00:38:14.38,00:38:16.42 Out you go, kid. I'm working. 00:38:22.66,00:38:24.65 Hommm. 00:38:25.62,00:38:26.65 Hommm. 00:38:26.70,00:38:30.74 Far from being the ordinary, charming people[br]that Larry had promised, 00:38:30.78,00:38:34.37 his friends turned out to be[br]the most extraordinary eccentrics. 00:38:34.42,00:38:37.73 It was like observing a whole new species. 00:38:40.86,00:38:42.26 Ha, ha. 00:39:10.34,00:39:13.57 Larry's too busy mating with Nancy. 00:39:16.94,00:39:18.82 Of course there's going to be a war. 00:39:18.86,00:39:22.49 That's what dictators do when they're bored[br]with oppressing their own people. 00:39:22.54,00:39:25.66 Is Hitler a dictator? I thought he was a painter. 00:39:25.70,00:39:27.61 So he can't be all bad. 00:39:27.66,00:39:29.85 - Painter and decorator.[br]- Oh. 00:39:29.90,00:39:31.89 Europe is a like a big, fat marrow, 00:39:31.94,00:39:34.29 lying in the sun, panting to explode. 00:39:34.34,00:39:37.81 Do you bloody poets not make sense[br]on purpose? I mean, what was that? 00:39:37.86,00:39:41.17 At least the Italian fascists[br]are spending their money on nice uniforms. 00:39:41.22,00:39:43.34 Germany's become a bomb-making factory. 00:39:43.38,00:39:47.17 No, that's just to give everybody[br]something to do. It's all about business. 00:39:47.22,00:39:49.13 You know nothing. You're Humpty Dumpty. 00:39:49.18,00:39:51.17 Ah. Humpty Dumpty. Now thank you. 00:39:51.22,00:39:56.50 At last, real poetry. Simple, free of clich�s,[br]you could learn from it. 00:39:56.54,00:39:59.05 Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall 00:39:59.10,00:40:01.61 Humpty Dumpty had a great fall 00:40:01.66,00:40:03.93 Now, I mean, that could clearly be about Hitler. 00:40:03.98,00:40:06.49 Humpty as Hitler? I don't think that's right. 00:40:06.54,00:40:11.29 I think the more accurate analogy[br]there might be some... Hickory Dickory Dock. 00:40:11.34,00:40:14.65 - Well, if you're going to do mice...[br]- Come on, Larry. 00:40:14.70,00:40:17.09 It's not like you not to have an opinion. 00:40:17.14,00:40:19.05 No, it's not. 00:40:19.10,00:40:21.29 We're cut off from the world here. 00:40:21.34,00:40:25.57 I suppose we've grown rather fond of[br]our glorious isolation. 00:40:25.62,00:40:28.69 Actually, Larry thinks[br]the world's cut off from him, 00:40:28.74,00:40:32.02 - rather than the other way round.[br]- I do now you mention it. Yes, I do. 00:40:32.06,00:40:36.10 Fine. But you may wake up and find[br]there's no England to go back to. 00:40:36.14,00:40:38.73 Oh, I'm... I'm sure common sense will prevail. 00:40:38.78,00:40:42.17 Why? It never does in this family. 00:40:42.22,00:40:45.21 You'll find that Hickory Dickory Dock 00:40:45.26,00:40:48.46 is the mouse is going up the clock,[br]that's us being... 00:40:48.94,00:40:53.17 - The mouse being England, used to be...[br]- Could you just spit it out? 00:40:53.22,00:40:55.49 ..now reduced to little mouse. 00:40:56.26,00:40:59.89 Tricking its way up the top[br]and that's us being chased. 00:41:02.02,00:41:03.85 Oh, God! It's her asthma. 00:41:04.86,00:41:07.90 - She's allergic to cats.[br]- That's the only animal we haven't got. 00:41:09.18,00:41:11.53 I'll open the windows. 00:41:11.58,00:41:15.02 Please, don't - don't open the window.[br]I'm allergic to fresh air. 00:41:17.62,00:41:20.18 Could it be bats?[br]I think we've got some of those. 00:41:20.22,00:41:22.05 - How could it be bats?[br]- I don't know. 00:41:22.10,00:41:24.33 Just breathe. God. 00:41:24.38,00:41:26.57 Breathe, breathe, breathe. 00:41:26.62,00:41:28.45 Just breathe. 00:41:36.34,00:41:38.85 Gerry, you're starting to look like a wild animal. 00:41:38.90,00:41:40.54 Thanks. 00:41:40.58,00:41:42.54 Have you ever stuffed a bat? 00:41:42.58,00:41:44.06 No. 00:41:44.10,00:41:46.09 It's harder than it looks. 00:41:46.90,00:41:48.89 If this works, I'm going to do Larry. 00:41:50.18,00:41:52.49 Isn't it enough just to look at them in the wild? 00:41:52.54,00:41:54.85 I like having them around me, 00:41:54.90,00:41:56.70 making noises, 00:41:56.74,00:41:57.97 smelling. 00:41:58.02,00:42:00.14 You're right. It's just like a family. 00:42:02.50,00:42:06.09 Did you hear the others talking about[br]what's happening in Germany? 00:42:07.82,00:42:09.22 Yes. 00:42:13.50,00:42:15.49 It seems so safe here. 00:42:47.38,00:42:50.66 No, barn owl! Barn owl, no! 00:42:50.70,00:42:52.42 No! 00:42:55.90,00:42:58.33 - Morning.[br]- Morning. 00:43:08.66,00:43:11.62 - What's he doing?[br]- The usual. 00:43:11.66,00:43:14.49 He was doing it at 2am[br]this morning with a torch. 00:43:14.54,00:43:17.58 He says the day shift[br]is totally unlike the night shift. 00:43:17.62,00:43:21.41 Just to warn you, the wild and the woolly[br]are stirring indoors, 00:43:21.46,00:43:23.85 and I don't mean Gerry's animals. 00:43:23.90,00:43:28.02 Larry, you might encourage your friend Mr Miller[br]to experiment with pyjamas. 00:43:28.06,00:43:31.81 Henry sees clothes[br]as the last refuge of the bourgeoisie. 00:43:35.98,00:43:38.86 Watch this. Three, two... 00:43:44.10,00:43:45.53 - Good. 00:43:45.58,00:43:49.25 Perhaps it's just as well your father didn't live[br]to see how you all turned out. 00:43:50.26,00:43:54.09 How extraordinarily insensitive of you.[br]I think you nagged him to death. 00:43:54.14,00:43:56.18 We're actually rather well adjusted. 00:43:57.58,00:43:58.98 Well, I am. 00:43:59.02,00:44:00.66 Oh. 00:44:00.70,00:44:04.58 I think I may have over-celebrated[br]the god of wine last night. 00:44:04.62,00:44:05.94 Erm... 00:44:06.66,00:44:07.73 Larry. 00:44:09.62,00:44:10.89 Don't move. 00:44:14.62,00:44:17.34 - Bloody hell![br] 00:44:19.82,00:44:22.01 What are you doing? 00:44:22.06,00:44:24.81 It's that boy.[br]Every matchbox in this house is a deathtrap. 00:44:24.86,00:44:27.01 Mother, they're coming. Quick, do something! 00:44:27.06,00:44:30.65 - How did those scorpions get on the table?[br]- No, no! 00:44:30.70,00:44:32.82 - Margo, where are they? 00:44:32.86,00:44:35.25 - Put the chair down, Leslie.[br]- Hit them with a book. 00:44:35.30,00:44:37.05 No! No! 00:44:39.34,00:44:41.33 No! 00:44:43.46,00:44:44.94 Hit them with a book! 00:44:44.98,00:44:47.70 Scorpions won't hurt you[br]unless you're clumsy with them. 00:44:47.74,00:44:52.21 They kill people, you idiot. They sting you,[br]it's excruciating, and then you die. 00:44:52.26,00:44:54.09 What on earth is going on? 00:44:54.14,00:44:55.97 Oh, my God, it's scorpions. 00:44:57.42,00:44:59.25 Oh, God. 00:44:59.30,00:45:01.61 - Breathe slowly.[br]- Don't have an attack. 00:45:01.66,00:45:04.38 I got a nosebleed.[br]It feels like I've got a nosebleed. 00:45:04.42,00:45:07.57 - Gerry. - Look, it's fine. 00:45:07.62,00:45:11.61 No! No, he's out of control.[br]He's driven my friends away. 00:45:11.66,00:45:13.93 I know. That's such a shame. 00:45:15.50,00:45:17.09 Well, what should I do? 00:45:17.14,00:45:20.29 Post him back to England in a big package[br]with his head sticking out? 00:45:20.34,00:45:23.14 - Don't be ridiculous.[br]- Don't tell me what to be. 00:45:23.18,00:45:24.82 You're my child, not my husband. 00:45:24.86,00:45:28.82 You are not driving this...[br]slightly ramshackle vehicle. 00:45:28.86,00:45:30.77 You're in the back, being driven. 00:45:31.62,00:45:33.77 Eating chocolates. 00:45:33.82,00:45:35.78 Well, I think it's about to crash. 00:45:35.82,00:45:37.54 Well, we'll see, shall we? 00:45:51.82,00:45:53.54 Gerald. 00:45:53.58,00:45:55.01 This is Peter. 00:45:55.82,00:45:58.38 - Hello, Gerald.[br]- Hello. 00:46:00.26,00:46:04.38 All right, thank you, Mrs Durrell.[br]I'm sure Gerald and I will be just fine. 00:46:20.58,00:46:22.57 Right. 00:46:24.14,00:46:25.94 Good. 00:46:26.98,00:46:28.81 Let me tell you something about me. 00:46:28.86,00:46:31.17 I believe in the building blocks of education. 00:46:31.22,00:46:35.66 There are no short cuts, there is only repetition,[br]rule learning and hard work. 00:46:37.10,00:46:39.98 Let's start with some basic... 00:46:40.02,00:46:41.61 mathematics. 00:46:48.30,00:46:50.69 Page one, number one. 00:47:08.06,00:47:11.34 When you've done that, move on to page 83,[br]work through those. 00:47:19.34,00:47:21.33 Hello, I'm Margo. 00:47:24.62,00:47:27.53 What a pleasant surprise. 00:47:31.06,00:47:35.02 I'd offer to teach you too, only you look like[br]you know everything already. 00:47:37.94,00:47:39.93 - Can I have a biscuit?[br]- No. 00:47:39.98,00:47:43.73 - Do call out if you need anything.[br]- I might just do that. 00:48:02.02,00:48:03.69 I say. 00:48:08.06,00:48:10.45 She loves being in the garden. 00:48:10.50,00:48:13.09 - Does she?[br]- Mm. 00:48:13.14,00:48:14.25 Chatting. 00:48:16.66,00:48:18.65 Shall I write a story? 00:48:20.10,00:48:21.53 A long story? 00:48:27.70,00:48:29.42 Good idea. 00:48:31.18,00:48:33.49 ''Larry wrestled with the jaguar, 00:48:33.54,00:48:35.45 ''the animal's incisors... 00:48:36.50,00:48:41.73 ''inches from the tall, fleshy man's[br]soft, girlish skin. 00:48:42.70,00:48:44.89 ''Larry glanced over to desperately see 00:48:44.94,00:48:50.81 ''his brother Gerald having rather more success[br]tackling the massive boa constrictor 00:48:50.86,00:48:54.33 ''wrapped round his mother's waist[br]like a rope of iron. 00:48:55.10,00:48:58.73 ''He tore at the creature with a knife,[br]careful not to hurt it. 00:48:58.78,00:49:02.98 ''Gerald finally sent the constrictor packing,[br]then turned to his older brother, 00:49:03.02,00:49:06.22 ''who was whimpering with fear,[br]cornered by the jaguar.'' 00:49:06.26,00:49:10.97 Gerry, your stuffed bat smells even worse[br]than everything else, if that were possible. 00:49:11.02,00:49:13.01 Please get rid of it. 00:49:13.06,00:49:15.78 - Where's Peter?[br]- He set me some work. 00:49:15.82,00:49:17.46 I'm working very hard. 00:49:18.46,00:49:20.73 I think he might be somewhere with Margo. 00:49:30.94,00:49:33.98 You can see that this essentially loamy soil 00:49:34.02,00:49:35.58 gives way... 00:49:36.78,00:49:40.37 ..gives way further up the scarp,[br]to a more clay strata 00:49:40.42,00:49:44.46 - with the characteristic alluvium.[br]- Mm-hm. 00:49:49.86,00:49:52.66 There are publications on the subject[br]if you're interested. 00:49:52.70,00:49:56.82 Baldwin's Dictionary Of Soil[br]gives all types from A to Z, 00:49:56.86,00:49:59.77 and all letters in between. 00:50:01.62,00:50:03.53 Oh, Larry. 00:50:03.58,00:50:05.46 Oh! 00:50:05.50,00:50:07.49 I've grabbed it. I've got it. 00:50:12.34,00:50:15.06 They never let me win. 00:50:15.10,00:50:17.17 Forward. Forward with the Light Brigade. 00:50:17.22,00:50:18.33 Hey! 00:50:19.62,00:50:20.94 Oh! 00:50:20.98,00:50:24.37 - Does this remind you of Bournemouth?[br]- Not really, Les, no. 00:50:25.38,00:50:26.86 Was that a porpoise? 00:50:26.90,00:50:29.57 You should buy a costume and come in, Mum. 00:50:29.62,00:50:31.81 Ooh, no. Not at my age. 00:50:31.86,00:50:35.74 We get all the fun we need from sitting down[br]with a ball of knobbly wool. 00:50:35.78,00:50:37.58 Oh, don't be a wimp. 00:50:38.70,00:50:40.69 Whoa. Whoa. 00:50:53.06,00:50:55.21 When's Margo coming back? 00:50:55.26,00:50:57.45 Dunno. Mother took her shopping. 00:50:58.90,00:51:00.89 How do you spell scimitar? 00:51:04.46,00:51:08.05 You don't expect me to read that drivel[br]when you've finished it. 00:51:18.18,00:51:22.49 All right. Stop scribbling. By tomorrow[br]I want you to have written out all your tables. 00:51:22.54,00:51:23.61 Eight times. 00:51:25.70,00:51:28.61 I'll tell Mummy and big bro you won't work. 00:51:28.66,00:51:33.53 They'll have you off to that boarding school in[br]Surrey they've no doubt got lined up for you. 00:51:37.66,00:51:39.93 - Where's your annoying friend?[br]- Gone. 00:51:40.74,00:51:43.54 - You're not still writing that novel?[br]- No. 00:51:43.58,00:51:45.65 - Birthday list.[br]- Thank God. 00:51:45.70,00:51:48.90 Two obsessive writers in the family,[br]that's all we need. 00:51:49.78,00:51:52.34 What do you want, then? 00:51:53.58,00:51:55.62 I've done a list for each person. 00:51:56.94,00:51:58.93 And here's yours. 00:52:01.10,00:52:04.01 - A boat.[br]- I'm not allowed to use the Sea Cow. 00:52:04.06,00:52:07.05 - You could make me one.[br]- Do you know how much time that would take? 00:52:07.10,00:52:09.09 You know so much about boats. 00:52:09.14,00:52:10.54 Oh. 00:52:10.58,00:52:11.98 All right. 00:52:12.02,00:52:14.06 You should have a birthday party, Gerry. 00:52:14.10,00:52:17.69 Small but distinguished gathering,[br]ten people you like best. 00:52:17.74,00:52:21.29 - Thank you, Larry.[br]- Pleasure. I'll get Mother to arrange it. 00:52:33.06,00:52:37.45 Not only I, but each family member[br]invited ten people to the party. 00:52:38.22,00:52:41.13 Unfortunately, we didn't all invite the same ten. 00:52:41.18,00:52:44.49 The result was that Mother,[br]on the eve of the party, 00:52:44.54,00:52:48.25 suddenly discovered[br]we were going to have not ten guests, but 50. 00:52:51.46,00:52:55.98 Larry suggested the puppies be called[br]Widdle and Puke, and the names stuck. 00:53:09.38,00:53:11.61 Hello. 00:53:18.86,00:53:21.45 When we gots married, I asked my wife, 00:53:21.50,00:53:23.97 ''How many childrens you want?''[br]She says two. 00:53:24.02,00:53:26.01 I gives her two, vadoom, vadoom. 00:53:26.06,00:53:28.33 Then I gets her sewed up. 00:53:28.38,00:53:30.18 Uh? 00:53:31.66,00:53:33.65 13 years old, uh? 00:53:33.70,00:53:35.69 Who would believe it? 00:53:42.62,00:53:43.73 Right! 00:55:36.14,00:55:37.70 Can we get this over with? 00:55:46.82,00:55:49.49 - He doesn't like it.[br]- I do, I love it. 00:55:50.58,00:55:53.25 Get it into the water, so we can go back to bed. 00:55:53.30,00:55:57.13 - She needs a name before we can launch her.[br]- Jolly Roger. Can I go now? 00:55:57.18,00:55:59.17 No. Something more interesting. 00:55:59.22,00:56:01.02 Arbuckle? 00:56:02.66,00:56:03.81 Bootle. 00:56:04.78,00:56:07.37 - The Bumtrinket.[br]- Don't be rude, Larry. 00:56:14.54,00:56:17.90 I name this boat the Bootle Bumtrinket. 00:56:31.02,00:56:33.01 Told you the mast was too big. 00:56:35.54,00:56:37.53 He'll have to go, of course. 00:56:37.58,00:56:38.93 Yeah. 00:56:39.98,00:56:41.57 Who? Where? 00:56:41.62,00:56:42.77 Peter. 00:56:42.82,00:56:45.13 He and Margo are obviously... 00:56:45.18,00:56:47.37 becoming too fond of each other. 00:56:48.38,00:56:50.29 Look, I hardly want him as a relative, 00:56:50.34,00:56:52.69 - but you can't blame them for wanting to...[br]- Yes. 00:56:52.74,00:56:55.81 I don't want to hear your current word for it,[br]thank you. 00:56:59.22,00:57:01.21 I think it's too short now. 00:57:28.62,00:57:30.93 - This is so unfair.[br]- It's so unfair. 00:57:30.98,00:57:32.65 I love him. 00:57:32.70,00:57:34.53 You love him. I know. 00:57:34.58,00:57:36.73 Love is lovely. 00:57:36.78,00:57:38.50 But terrible. 00:57:38.54,00:57:41.90 There's no other work[br]for Peter here on the island. 00:57:41.94,00:57:44.37 He'll have to go back to Athens. 00:57:44.42,00:57:46.33 I'll shoot him if he tries to come back. 00:57:46.38,00:57:48.37 A little bit reactionary, perhaps. 00:57:48.42,00:57:50.81 You've got to be firm[br]under these circumstances. 00:57:50.86,00:57:53.21 Family honour is at stake. 00:57:57.06,00:58:01.10 I put the word out. They'll stop him[br]at the docks if he try to get back in. 00:58:01.14,00:58:04.73 I have nothing more to say to you,[br]so if I can show you out... 00:58:09.06,00:58:10.70 I hate you! 00:58:10.74,00:58:12.33 You've destroyed my life. 00:58:12.38,00:58:15.18 Margo, darling.[br]I would love you to find someone, 00:58:15.22,00:58:17.05 but I fear Peter was not the one. 00:58:17.10,00:58:19.98 - What do you know?[br]- I know how to protect my family. 00:58:20.02,00:58:22.53 - You do not![br]- Yes, I do! 00:58:23.30,00:58:26.97 I'm staying in my bedroom.[br]I don't want to see anyone. 00:58:33.98,00:58:36.62 Somebody's been pinching things[br]from the Sea Cow. 00:58:36.66,00:58:39.62 - Not on Corfu. Who?[br]- Fishermen, presumably. 00:58:41.54,00:58:43.81 - I'm worried about Margo.[br]- Mmm. 00:58:43.86,00:58:46.05 She's been in her room for nearly a week. 00:58:46.10,00:58:49.69 - She's never refused food before.[br]- I saw Gerry with a tray. 00:58:49.74,00:58:52.62 Well, yes, she takes it from him. 00:58:54.54,00:58:56.45 Perhaps Peter wouldn't have been so bad. 00:58:56.50,00:58:58.89 - He was appalling.[br]- Yes, he was, wasn't he? 00:58:58.94,00:59:01.77 He's threatened to come back[br]and snatch Margo away. 00:59:01.82,00:59:02.81 Apparently. 00:59:06.82,00:59:07.81 Aw. 00:59:09.66,00:59:11.85 How romantic. 00:59:26.34,00:59:27.82 What's happening? 00:59:27.86,00:59:30.82 Margo's done something silly. Where is she? 00:59:30.86,00:59:32.66 Margo! 00:59:34.06,00:59:37.10 Thank God. I thought[br]you'd done something terrible to yourself. 00:59:37.14,00:59:39.70 - Someone's shot Peter![br]- What's wrong? 00:59:39.74,00:59:41.81 Shut up till we know what's happening. 00:59:41.86,00:59:43.61 I need to check he's all right. 00:59:43.66,00:59:46.94 - Come on. Back in.[br]- Leave him alone, you cowards! 00:59:46.98,00:59:48.54 Burglars. 00:59:48.58,00:59:50.38 Where? Get the bloody dogs in. 00:59:50.42,00:59:53.09 - Everyone, shut up! 00:59:53.14,00:59:56.53 - I need to check if Peter's all right.[br]- What? I wasn't shooting at him! 00:59:57.38,00:59:59.37 It was my burglar warning device. 01:00:20.42,01:00:23.25 Did you expect nobody would hear? 01:00:23.30,01:00:26.45 I'm protecting the family's assets[br]from those fishermen. 01:00:26.50,01:00:28.85 In case they were out there. 01:00:29.66,01:00:32.17 I - I don't even have to get out of bed,[br]you see. 01:00:34.06,01:00:36.25 - Look. Shall I demonstrate?[br]- No! 01:00:36.74,01:00:38.54 No, you madman! 01:00:39.58,01:00:41.73 They're too far away to get badly hurt. 01:00:41.78,01:00:46.09 Animals and explosions all day, bloody great[br]12-gun salutes in the middle of the night. 01:00:46.14,01:00:49.81 There's eccentricity. And then there's stupidity! 01:01:14.50,01:01:16.89 Do you have to kill quite so many? 01:01:16.94,01:01:19.25 You said I was allowed to hunt. 01:01:19.30,01:01:22.53 - Poor innocent creatures.[br]- It's the hunting season. 01:01:22.58,01:01:24.49 They expect to be shot. 01:01:26.14,01:01:27.49 How is she? 01:01:27.54,01:01:29.93 Still sad. Reading poetry. 01:01:29.98,01:01:30.97 Who? 01:01:31.02,01:01:32.85 - Um... Tennyson.[br]- Ugh. 01:01:32.90,01:01:35.49 - How can we jolt her out of this?[br]- Don't expect me to help, 01:01:35.54,01:01:38.13 - I believe in free love.[br]- No, you don't, you silly boy. 01:01:38.18,01:01:42.57 Why doesn't she stop moping around, disguise[br]herself as a peasant and fly into Peter's arms? 01:01:45.98,01:01:49.37 Lugaretzia, that's horrible.[br]I'm so sorry that Roger bit you. 01:01:49.42,01:01:52.30 I'd no idea wild boar was so big. 01:01:52.34,01:01:55.17 - Do be careful.[br]- It's perfectly safe. 01:01:55.22,01:01:58.42 - Unless they charge. - You can always vault over it. 01:01:59.38,01:02:02.93 - Vault over a charging boar?[br]- Why not? 01:02:02.98,01:02:05.94 Well, do come with me today[br]to the marshes and demonstrate. 01:02:05.98,01:02:07.94 I don't profess to be a man of action, Les, 01:02:07.98,01:02:10.17 I supply the ideas,[br]it's your job to carry them out. 01:02:10.22,01:02:11.78 You always think the things 01:02:11.82,01:02:14.29 - other people do are simple.[br]- They are. 01:02:14.34,01:02:17.17 He's right. You never put your suggestions[br]into practice. 01:02:17.22,01:02:19.73 Yes. Are you ever going to actually do anything? 01:02:19.78,01:02:21.58 Fine. 01:02:22.98,01:02:25.41 My honour's at stake. 01:02:25.46,01:02:27.10 Prepare me a gun. 01:02:28.14,01:02:31.02 I'm going down to the beach. Don't follow me. 01:02:44.34,01:02:46.98 I didn't think it was going to be this...dank. 01:02:47.02,01:02:49.90 So, trickiest of all is[br]what's called the right and left, 01:02:49.94,01:02:54.93 where you make two kills in quick succession[br]first with the right, then the left barrel. 01:02:54.98,01:02:57.25 Sounds easy enough. 01:03:00.98,01:03:03.25 You might want to load it. 01:03:03.30,01:03:05.29 I know. 01:03:21.06,01:03:22.29 Agh! 01:03:26.02,01:03:28.61 Hold the gun above your head[br]and don't stand up, 01:03:28.66,01:03:30.65 or you'll sink. Stay how you are. 01:03:32.22,01:03:34.94 No. Now you've choked the bloody barrels! 01:03:34.98,01:03:37.25 - Would you rather I was sucked under?[br]- Yes! 01:03:37.30,01:03:39.49 Ooh. Ah. 01:03:40.86,01:03:42.85 - Get me out of here.[br]- Hold the gun out to me. 01:03:42.90,01:03:44.81 Forget the gun, save me! 01:03:44.86,01:03:47.33 I can't reach you unless you give me[br]the end of the gun. 01:03:52.06,01:03:54.62 Working, working, working, working. 01:03:58.62,01:04:00.53 - Oh.[br]- Oh! 01:04:00.58,01:04:02.22 I'm going down. I'm going under. 01:04:02.26,01:04:05.97 I'm going under.[br]It's Shelley, it's Shelley all over again. 01:04:06.02,01:04:07.82 Ooh. Ooh. 01:04:07.86,01:04:09.53 Take it. 01:04:09.58,01:04:10.90 Oh, God! 01:04:12.50,01:04:14.46 Come on. 01:04:20.10,01:04:22.17 - Ow![br]- Oh. 01:04:27.58,01:04:28.81 All right? 01:04:28.86,01:04:30.61 Oh, yes. 01:04:30.66,01:04:32.93 - Having a wonderful time.[br]- Good. 01:04:32.98,01:04:34.81 And on with the hunting. 01:05:04.22,01:05:07.21 I don't know what I'll do, Lugaretzia,[br]if Germany... 01:05:13.58,01:05:15.65 You want to gather all your children. 01:05:18.78,01:05:21.85 Gather them up and shout at everyone else[br]to keep away. 01:05:25.94,01:05:27.93 Makes you very selfish. 01:05:39.78,01:05:41.18 How did that go? 01:05:41.22,01:05:42.37 Oh. 01:05:42.42,01:05:44.41 I should ask Larry. 01:05:53.86,01:05:55.85 Don't say a word. 01:06:00.34,01:06:02.33 Was that fun? 01:06:02.38,01:06:04.42 You seem to be missing a shoe. 01:06:04.46,01:06:06.77 Did you fall in a bog? 01:06:12.26,01:06:14.73 It's rather windy out there. 01:06:31.22,01:06:34.66 Margo, dear, I sometimes wonder[br]if you're quite right. 01:06:34.70,01:06:36.69 Oh, leave me alone. 01:06:38.74,01:06:40.73 Are you back with us now? 01:06:44.50,01:06:45.93 Do I look... 01:06:45.98,01:06:47.89 windswept and interesting at all? 01:06:47.94,01:06:49.93 No, dear. 01:06:54.34,01:06:56.33 Larry's really hitting the brandy. 01:06:56.38,01:06:59.45 - Well, he's in shock, the poor boy.[br]- Mm. 01:06:59.50,01:07:03.49 # Greensleeves was all my joy... # 01:07:05.18,01:07:08.69 - No, not the singing.[br]- # ..my delight # 01:07:16.50,01:07:18.49 Larry. 01:07:21.78,01:07:25.57 Now, come on. Stop being a fool[br]and drink this down at once. 01:07:25.62,01:07:27.74 You're a horrible old woman. 01:07:27.78,01:07:30.50 I'm sure I've seen you somewhere before. 01:07:30.54,01:07:32.29 - Yes, well.[br] 01:07:32.34,01:07:34.33 I'll put that down to the drink. 01:07:40.10,01:07:43.30 Not that you're so different when you're sober. 01:07:50.74,01:07:52.73 - Morning.[br]- Mm. 01:08:05.22,01:08:06.78 Fire. 01:08:06.82,01:08:08.94 - Fire![br]- Fire! 01:08:08.98,01:08:12.94 - Fire! Fire![br]- Wake up. The house is on fire! 01:08:17.86,01:08:19.85 What's going on? 01:08:19.90,01:08:22.49 - It's not me this time.[br]- Larry's on fire! 01:08:26.50,01:08:27.49 Larry. 01:08:28.42,01:08:30.93 Larry! For heaven's sake, wake up! 01:08:31.70,01:08:33.58 Wake up! 01:08:33.62,01:08:35.21 The room's on fire! 01:08:35.26,01:08:37.69 You all put it out. I've got a bit of a headache. 01:08:38.90,01:08:40.49 Pour something on it. 01:08:41.74,01:08:43.78 - No, no, no! Not brandy, you...[br] 01:08:44.86,01:08:46.85 Please use it. I've had enough. 01:08:47.74,01:08:50.65 Why did he do that? Are you trying[br]to freeze me to death? 01:08:50.70,01:08:51.42 Oh, shut up! 01:08:56.10,01:08:59.54 Oh, this is nice. Look.[br]Organdie with puffed sleeves. 01:09:01.98,01:09:03.97 Henry's written a filthy book! 01:09:04.02,01:09:05.17 Excellent. 01:09:05.22,01:09:07.53 Oh, now that is... 01:09:07.58,01:09:10.38 Look at that. Telescopic sight. 01:09:10.42,01:09:14.21 - Bolt-action.[br]- Great Aunt Hermione wonders how you are. 01:09:14.94,01:09:17.25 Mother, I'm buying a chimpanzee. 01:09:17.30,01:09:19.02 - No, you're not.[br] 01:09:19.06,01:09:21.62 She claims doctors don't hold out[br]much hope for her. 01:09:21.66,01:09:24.46 - Have they ever?[br]- She was doubtful about us rushing to Corfu, 01:09:24.50,01:09:26.89 but after their winter,[br]she thinks it wasn't stupid. 01:09:26.94,01:09:28.93 - A chipmunk, then?[br]-No. 01:09:30.10,01:09:32.01 - Oh, Lord.[br]- What? 01:09:32.06,01:09:33.17 Oh, no. 01:09:34.54,01:09:37.45 The doctors have advised a warm climate. 01:09:37.50,01:09:39.65 - She's coming to stay.[br]- No! 01:09:39.70,01:09:42.90 It's grim enough being shown[br]Lugaretzia's latest suppurating wound, 01:09:42.94,01:09:45.45 without having a great aunt[br]dying all over the place. 01:09:45.50,01:09:47.97 - Write and tell her there's no room.[br]- I can't. 01:09:48.02,01:09:50.74 - I told her what a big villa we have.[br]- I've got it. 01:09:50.78,01:09:53.74 I've got it. I'll write to her[br]and tell her that you've died. 01:09:53.78,01:09:55.77 - Larry![br]- Larry! 01:09:56.66,01:09:58.97 Fine. We'll move to a smaller villa, 01:09:59.02,01:10:02.41 which will also force jungle boy[br]to get rid of some of his bloody animals. 01:10:02.46,01:10:05.53 - They're less trouble than your silly friends.[br]- Oh, yes? 01:10:05.58,01:10:08.14 You're an animal too. Let's get rid of you first. 01:10:08.18,01:10:10.77 It is too big, this house. 01:10:10.82,01:10:12.57 The stairs are really tiring. 01:10:12.62,01:10:15.58 Children. We are not moving again. 01:10:40.74,01:10:43.94 We moved in and the bats[br]that were living there moved out. 01:10:43.98,01:10:46.29 As Margot said, typically, 01:10:46.34,01:10:49.06 ''A change is as good as a feast. '' 01:11:50.94,01:11:54.49 I'm sorry we didn't believe you[br]when you said you got seasick, Spiro, dear. 01:11:54.54,01:11:56.53 Will you survive? 01:11:59.70,01:12:02.01 - Excuse me. 01:12:02.62,01:12:04.34 Hello. Stop. 01:12:04.38,01:12:05.37 I - I think... 01:12:14.66,01:12:16.85 How you doing, Spiro? 01:12:16.90,01:12:18.54 Feeling better? 01:12:19.82,01:12:20.93 Yeah. 01:12:25.42,01:12:27.41 Perhaps we should have come by car. 01:12:44.30,01:12:46.53 I adore this place. 01:12:47.54,01:12:48.97 Look away, Margo, dear. 01:12:50.10,01:12:51.09 - Theo.[br]- Hm? 01:12:51.78,01:12:53.97 - Are you all right?[br]- No, I'm fine. 01:12:54.02,01:12:56.01 Yes. No, I'm very good. 01:12:56.06,01:12:58.25 Look at those gulls flying over. 01:12:58.30,01:12:59.94 Yes. Yes. 01:12:59.98,01:13:02.25 All the nice gulls love a sailor. 01:13:04.02,01:13:06.82 Do you know, I should like to be buried here. 01:13:07.94,01:13:09.93 Oh, make up your mind. 01:13:13.38,01:13:17.45 I'm afraid I heard on the wireless yesterday[br]that Germany... 01:13:17.50,01:13:19.49 Shhh. Stop. 01:13:20.54,01:13:22.29 Let's not spoil it. 01:13:23.50,01:13:24.69 Oi! 01:13:24.74,01:13:26.73 Son of a bitch fish. 01:13:38.18,01:13:42.86 The magic of the island had settled over us[br]as gently and clingingly as pollen. 01:13:44.02,01:13:47.57 Each day had a tranquillity[br]and timelessness about it. 01:13:47.62,01:13:50.09 We wished that it would never end. 01:14:55.34,01:14:57.93 - Where have you been?[br]- How do you mean? 01:14:57.98,01:15:00.17 You've been gone for two days. 01:15:00.22,01:15:02.69 - You knew where I was.[br]- No. Where? 01:15:02.74,01:15:04.01 Out and about. 01:15:04.06,01:15:05.86 Please. 01:15:06.78,01:15:08.58 No more long trips. 01:15:10.18,01:15:12.77 How will you ever put on shoes again? 01:15:12.82,01:15:14.41 And be normal? 01:15:15.42,01:15:19.89 - Oh, do talk to me. You are not a wild animal.[br]- I've given up shoes. 01:15:19.94,01:15:22.98 Oh, you're back. What have you brought[br]this time, a woolly mammoth? 01:15:23.02,01:15:24.58 - Did you feed everyone?[br]- Yes. 01:15:24.62,01:15:26.45 More or less. 01:15:27.18,01:15:29.93 Oh, aren't they sweet? 01:15:29.98,01:15:32.41 Gerry, why do you bring all these animals back? 01:15:32.46,01:15:34.37 How revolting. 01:15:34.42,01:15:36.85 - Golly. What's them?[br]- Magpies. 01:15:36.90,01:15:41.26 Oh, maggenpies, huh?[br]What's you going to do with them bastards? 01:15:41.30,01:15:43.69 Magpies, Spiro, magpies. 01:15:43.74,01:15:45.22 Maggenpies. 01:15:45.26,01:15:47.65 These are maggenpies. 01:15:47.70,01:15:49.02 No. 01:15:49.06,01:15:50.70 Mag-pies. 01:15:50.74,01:15:52.49 Yeah. Maggenpies. 01:15:52.54,01:15:54.61 Maaag... 01:15:54.66,01:15:56.65 pies. 01:15:56.70,01:15:59.29 Maaaggenpies. 01:16:01.70,01:16:03.82 - What's he brought now?[br]- Maggenpies. 01:16:03.86,01:16:06.61 Awful thieves, maggenpies,[br]put them back where you found them. 01:16:06.66,01:16:10.33 I can't. Their mother won't take them.[br]I'll train them. 01:16:10.38,01:16:13.93 - It will be all right.[br]- I could easily shoot them if you'd like. 01:16:13.98,01:16:16.29 - No.[br]- No, thank you. 01:16:27.94,01:16:30.41 Come on, Mum. You know you want to. 01:16:30.46,01:16:32.69 No. I've changed my mind. 01:16:32.74,01:16:34.25 Too old. 01:16:34.30,01:16:37.53 - Haven't got a figure for swimming.[br]- Don't be ridiculous, woman. 01:16:38.82,01:16:41.70 Oh, come on. If not now, when? 01:16:42.82,01:16:44.81 I won't be here forever. 01:16:54.94,01:16:57.50 - Whoa. I'm gonna drown, I'm gonna drown.[br] 01:16:57.54,01:16:59.26 - All right?[br]- You can't wear that. 01:16:59.30,01:17:03.09 - It looks like it was made in 1920.[br]- It was all they had. Sorry. 01:17:03.14,01:17:04.97 I should have popped over to Paris. 01:17:05.02,01:17:07.61 - Mrs Durrell, you look splendid.[br]- Thank you. 01:17:07.66,01:17:10.81 Don't forget to shake the fish out[br]when you come out of the water. 01:17:10.86,01:17:13.77 Shut up! This is my moment[br]and I don't want you spoiling it. 01:17:13.82,01:17:16.81 - Going in, the creature is going in.[br] 01:17:16.86,01:17:17.93 All right. 01:17:18.82,01:17:20.81 - Ooh. 01:17:23.10,01:17:25.90 Ow! Look, get the dog off. 01:17:25.94,01:17:27.05 Oh! 01:17:27.10,01:17:29.49 Eat up, Roger. 01:17:29.54,01:17:31.77 Here. Mrs Durrell, give me your hand. 01:17:31.82,01:17:34.86 You're all right. You're all right. 01:17:34.90,01:17:36.97 Oh. Ooh. The bum monster. 01:17:37.02,01:17:38.77 That hasn't seen the sun for a long time. 01:17:38.82,01:17:40.81 Oh, my God. 01:17:41.54,01:17:44.05 Don't be embarrassed, I am a doctor. 01:17:44.10,01:17:46.69 Although I am off duty at the moment. 01:17:53.18,01:17:54.41 Gerry. 01:17:57.38,01:18:00.13 Stay back. Stay back. 01:18:00.18,01:18:02.22 OK. I... 01:18:03.50,01:18:08.02 - I'm the king of the ship.[br]- You should be proud of yourself. 01:18:08.06,01:18:09.73 Not so sure. 01:18:12.18,01:18:17.30 Who was it who said, ''If you can control your[br]family, you've gone terribly wrong somewhere''? 01:18:19.02,01:18:20.37 Aristotle? 01:18:20.42,01:18:22.01 No. 01:18:23.90,01:18:25.70 Was it me? 01:18:25.74,01:18:26.85 Yes. 01:18:32.74,01:18:36.10 My mother steered her vessel[br]full of strange progeny 01:18:36.14,01:18:39.50 through the stormy seas of life with great skill. 01:18:39.54,01:18:44.25 As Larry rightly pointed out, ''We can be[br]proud of the way we brought her up. '' 01:19:17.54,01:19:19.53 Oh, that sodding boy! 01:19:21.70,01:19:23.69 And that was that. 01:19:26.22,01:19:27.65 No. 01:19:27.70,01:19:30.34 I think you're old enough to sort yourselves out. 01:19:30.38,01:19:33.21 They've made an awful mess of your papers. 01:19:36.94,01:19:39.37 Those bloody birds! 01:19:40.78,01:19:43.82 No more wildlife! 01:19:43.86,01:19:44.89 Gerald! 01:19:44.94,01:19:46.34 Gerald! 01:20:04.30,01:20:05.37 Ah. 01:20:05.42,01:20:07.22 Here. 01:20:08.50,01:20:10.77 - Oh. 01:20:10.82,01:20:13.65 - Theo. What a pleasure.[br]- Theo. 01:20:17.38,01:20:19.85 I'm afraid I have some bad news, Mrs Durrell. 01:20:21.58,01:20:23.06 What's Gerry done? 01:20:23.10,01:20:25.09 No, nothing. 01:20:25.14,01:20:27.97 I think you should return to England[br]with your family. 01:20:28.02,01:20:30.01 Has Larry been annoying people again? 01:20:30.06,01:20:33.69 Britain and Greece[br]will shortly be engulfed by war. 01:20:33.74,01:20:38.42 If you leave it too late,[br]you'll have grave difficulties getting back. 01:20:40.38,01:20:42.34 Can't bear to tell Gerry. 01:20:57.98,01:21:00.02 Has Leslie finally shot someone? 01:21:00.06,01:21:02.05 We have to leave the island. 01:21:08.98,01:21:10.05 Right. 01:21:11.10,01:21:13.41 Bad luck, Theo. 01:21:13.46,01:21:15.85 You get Gerry's animals to look after. 01:21:15.90,01:21:17.38 Yes. 01:21:17.42,01:21:18.85 No, I will do it. 01:21:19.82,01:21:20.89 Theo. 01:21:25.54,01:21:27.53 So sorry, Gerry. 01:21:30.02,01:21:31.82 We have to go home. 01:22:05.14,01:22:07.13 - Agh! 01:22:08.82,01:22:10.01 Oh. 01:22:10.06,01:22:12.89 Oh, it feels like I say goodbye[br]to my own peoples. 01:22:14.18,01:22:15.98 I feels you belong to me. 01:22:16.02,01:22:18.01 I'm coming back, Spiro. 01:22:18.06,01:22:19.70 Honestly. 01:22:19.74,01:22:21.86 You come back, honest? 01:22:21.90,01:22:23.73 Goodbye. 01:22:23.78,01:22:25.05 Bye. 01:22:25.10,01:22:26.69 - Bye.[br]- Bye-bye, Margo. 01:22:26.74,01:22:28.49 I'll miss you. 01:22:30.66,01:22:32.14 Hey, hey, hey. 01:22:33.18,01:22:36.30 No more shootings for you now, huh?[br]There's a war on. 01:22:38.70,01:22:39.77 Oh. 01:22:49.90,01:22:52.62 I'm, er...actually staying, Spiro. 01:22:53.62,01:22:54.73 Sorry. 01:22:59.98,01:23:01.01 Boys. 01:23:02.22,01:23:04.29 - Goodbye, Lugaretzia. 01:23:05.06,01:23:07.37 And, er, good luck with all... 01:23:07.42,01:23:09.73 your illnesses. 01:23:28.38,01:23:31.85 Right. I've, er...scribbled down[br]some essential reading. 01:23:31.90,01:23:34.29 Nothing, you know, too arduous. 01:23:36.58,01:23:38.93 But I think... 01:23:40.78,01:23:43.93 the most important thing is, um... 01:23:46.54,01:23:47.53 Well... 01:24:10.86,01:24:12.93 I'm sorry. I don't mean to cry. 01:24:32.98,01:24:34.01 Theo! 01:24:34.06,01:24:37.18 Don't forget to feed Quasimodo. 01:24:37.22,01:24:41.01 And Spiro, you know Aleka likes fresh sardines. 01:24:41.06,01:24:44.05 - Don't worry.[br]- Everything's under control. 01:24:44.10,01:24:47.41 - What is Aleka?[br]- The huge, angry seagull. 01:24:47.46,01:24:49.77 You'll need some thick gloves. Good luck. 01:25:06.46,01:25:08.45 So when are we coming back? 01:25:10.26,01:25:12.25 Soon, Gerry, soon. 01:25:12.30,01:25:14.42 After you've had a bit of an education. 01:25:14.46,01:25:16.53 So what have I just had? 01:25:17.54,01:25:18.73 Erm... 01:25:18.78,01:25:20.58 Not sure. 01:25:26.38,01:25:28.37 So is it downhill from now on? 01:25:30.26,01:25:33.62 - Yes, I rather think it is.[br]- Shall I fire off a ceremonial ten-gun salute? 01:25:33.66,01:25:36.09 - No.[br]- Absolutely not. 01:25:37.50,01:25:40.78 You know what, Gerry?[br]They're all right, your stories. 01:25:40.82,01:25:42.81 Not terribly flattering... 01:25:43.86,01:25:45.90 but pretty good. 01:25:49.78,01:25:52.09 It was nice to be all together. 01:25:52.14,01:25:53.89 Yes, it was. 01:25:56.50,01:25:57.90 What a rude man. 01:25:57.94,01:25:59.90 What? 01:26:02.42,01:26:06.49 ''Description of passengers:[br]one travelling circus and staff.'' 01:26:07.82,01:26:09.81 An odd thing to write. 01:26:11.86,01:26:14.13 Some people really are peculiar. 01:26:42.34,01:26:45.49 Back in England,[br]Mother insisted I went to school, 01:26:45.54,01:26:49.09 despite my protestation[br]that I liked being half-educated. 01:26:50.46,01:26:54.34 You were so much more surprised at everything[br]when you were ignorant.68971