1 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:09,650 - He's back everyone. - How I've missed this. 2 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:13,010 Larry, wait for me! 3 00:00:13,580 --> 00:00:15,810 Mind your head, or I'll jump on it! 4 00:00:17,350 --> 00:00:19,520 - I'm coming in! - No! 5 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:25,500 - Still gruesomely pea brained. - Still with your bullshit. 6 00:00:27,020 --> 00:00:30,530 Spiros's wife had an affair with Basil?! Silly Baz? 7 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:33,650 Oh don't. I feel so guilty about it. 8 00:00:34,330 --> 00:00:37,510 Leslie was only trying to help Spiros and I be together. 9 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:40,410 He's been cycling around desperately trying to find Spi... 10 00:00:40,510 --> 00:00:42,060 - Hello, darling. - Hello. 11 00:00:42,990 --> 00:00:45,800 Well, my travels were eye-opening, thanks for asking. 12 00:00:45,950 --> 00:00:47,500 Ah Gerry! 13 00:00:47,650 --> 00:00:50,730 I was approached in Athens to work for British Intelligence. 14 00:00:51,550 --> 00:00:53,610 - I said no, of course. - Or did you? 15 00:00:53,740 --> 00:00:55,680 - Yes, I did. - I'd love to be a spy. 16 00:00:55,710 --> 00:00:57,360 Can you put my name forward, please? 17 00:00:57,390 --> 00:00:58,560 - You'd start a war. - No, don't. 18 00:00:58,590 --> 00:01:01,660 I don't need to be a spy, I combat idiocy through my art. 19 00:01:02,170 --> 00:01:04,750 I thought we could put on a play, to celebrate me being back. 20 00:01:04,780 --> 00:01:07,720 - Let's do Porgy andamp; Bess! - No, we're too white. 21 00:01:08,250 --> 00:01:09,280 I've written a play. 22 00:01:09,310 --> 00:01:13,170 It's 'The Odyssey' adapted to tell our story since we came to Corfu. 23 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:15,270 Well, I'm not doing it. The theatre's daft. 24 00:01:16,170 --> 00:01:19,220 That's a shame, I had you down for Odysseus, the hero. 25 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:22,350 I need a distraction, I'll play him. 26 00:01:24,140 --> 00:01:27,170 Well, I did bring you all here on an epic Greek journey, 27 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:28,290 which we are still on. 28 00:01:29,140 --> 00:01:30,300 - Very good. - Thank you. 29 00:01:31,340 --> 00:01:35,080 Oh, just to update you: Europe's on the brink of war. 30 00:01:35,260 --> 00:01:37,340 Another reason to do a rip-roaring theatrical satire 31 00:01:37,380 --> 00:01:39,150 on the folly of battle. 32 00:01:39,180 --> 00:01:41,280 Yes, but this is the safe end of Europe. 33 00:01:42,190 --> 00:01:46,300 - Hardly. Italy's invaded Albania. - That's only two miles over the water. 34 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:48,300 Well we're all ignoring it. 35 00:01:48,330 --> 00:01:51,340 We're all back together and we're not going anywhere. 36 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:59,074 OpenSubtitles recommends using Nord VPN from 3.49 USD/month ----> osdb.link/vpn 37 00:02:35,380 --> 00:02:39,300 THE DURRELLS 38 00:02:43,220 --> 00:02:45,370 Aren't you interested in the world, mother? 39 00:02:46,210 --> 00:02:48,300 There's been too much going on around here. 40 00:02:48,330 --> 00:02:50,360 The world's come a poor second. 41 00:02:55,210 --> 00:02:57,280 You can't live your life in denial. 42 00:02:58,290 --> 00:02:59,890 If you had lived through the Great War, 43 00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:02,170 you'd be less keen to discuss a new one. 44 00:03:02,430 --> 00:03:07,320 And more keen on innocent pleasures, like spoon making. 45 00:03:08,450 --> 00:03:11,300 The returning belle-lettrist! 46 00:03:11,330 --> 00:03:13,360 The dapper bewhiskered polymath! 47 00:03:14,420 --> 00:03:17,370 - The curse of over-education. - Theo, we'll talk later. 48 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:19,390 I must finish my play. 49 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:22,450 You're God by the way. 50 00:03:24,380 --> 00:03:25,390 Praise be. 51 00:03:26,310 --> 00:03:27,330 How are you? 52 00:03:28,370 --> 00:03:31,480 A little wistful, since finding this. 53 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:39,310 Four years, and twice the size. 54 00:03:41,300 --> 00:03:45,260 Do me a favour, Supreme Being, stop the years rushing by... 55 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:54,380 This is a python. I was given her by a retiring pet shop owner. 56 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:59,270 Asian geese. They're another pair that breeds for life. 57 00:03:59,420 --> 00:04:01,270 Unlike a lot of humans. 58 00:04:05,410 --> 00:04:06,420 Galini! 59 00:04:06,450 --> 00:04:09,450 My Greek friend will explain that in her beautiful way. 60 00:04:10,230 --> 00:04:11,250 Yes. 61 00:04:12,260 --> 00:04:17,330 Asian geese they mate and stay together for life. 62 00:04:24,230 --> 00:04:25,270 Sit down please. 63 00:04:28,300 --> 00:04:29,430 I have an announcement. 64 00:04:35,220 --> 00:04:38,220 I've learnt a lot about myself over the last few months. 65 00:04:38,250 --> 00:04:41,260 I'm more mature and less stupid than I suspected. 66 00:04:44,250 --> 00:04:45,300 Did you not notice? 67 00:04:46,250 --> 00:04:49,290 Yes. I'll shout out if I disagree about anything. 68 00:04:49,450 --> 00:04:54,230 But in one way I'm not yet a woman, and I want to correct that. 69 00:04:54,310 --> 00:04:56,270 By giving myself to Nikos. 70 00:05:01,390 --> 00:05:05,270 You're brilliant as a fish, any thoughts as a mother? 71 00:05:05,510 --> 00:05:09,460 Well, do you, do you love Nikos? 72 00:05:09,500 --> 00:05:14,490 I find him enormously attractive, and making love is supposed to be huge fun. 73 00:05:15,550 --> 00:05:16,640 I can't really remember. 74 00:05:17,490 --> 00:05:21,520 I said no to Zoltan even though he was very keen, to put it mildly. 75 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:23,360 There were times I thought he'd explode. 76 00:05:23,390 --> 00:05:24,910 I don't really need to know the ins and outs... 77 00:05:24,940 --> 00:05:27,460 Now I'm wondering, what am I waiting for? 78 00:05:58,510 --> 00:06:00,670 I forgot the corkscrew, sorry. 79 00:06:01,500 --> 00:06:05,470 Another idea that seemed good when you started, Leslie Durrells. 80 00:06:06,550 --> 00:06:08,540 That's really not fair, Spiros. 81 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:11,710 I only did it so that you could be with my mother. 82 00:06:11,740 --> 00:06:14,640 Oh, you might swallow bits of glass and die. 83 00:06:15,630 --> 00:06:16,670 I don't care. 84 00:06:17,610 --> 00:06:19,600 Well, my mother cares about you. 85 00:06:24,770 --> 00:06:26,540 Thanks. 86 00:06:27,750 --> 00:06:30,540 It's easier here, living on the beach. 87 00:06:31,700 --> 00:06:32,720 Just me and the seagulls. 88 00:06:32,750 --> 00:06:36,680 There's nothing stopping you and my mother being together, surely. 89 00:06:36,730 --> 00:06:38,540 Apart from pride. 90 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:41,740 Pride has a poor reputation, but I like it. 91 00:06:43,670 --> 00:06:46,680 Without it, I am just a homeless taxi-driver. 92 00:06:49,660 --> 00:06:50,720 No, that's rubbish. 93 00:06:51,550 --> 00:06:52,590 I know your problem. 94 00:06:53,750 --> 00:06:56,560 You've loved my mother ever since you met her, 95 00:06:56,590 --> 00:07:00,590 and you feel guilty because that's what broke your marriage. 96 00:07:01,650 --> 00:07:05,650 The only cure for that is to stop feeling guilty and feel happy. 97 00:07:06,250 --> 00:07:09,230 By coming back to the house, and being with her. 98 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:11,210 Please. 99 00:07:36,250 --> 00:07:38,240 Look at that poster. 100 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:42,150 They are all useless. 101 00:07:44,150 --> 00:07:48,100 So we open our play on Odysseus, 102 00:07:48,150 --> 00:07:51,150 the foremost fighting hero of Greek Mythology, with your crew... 103 00:07:51,180 --> 00:07:54,040 Your ship lands among the magical Lotus-eaters, 104 00:07:54,070 --> 00:07:57,110 where travellers eat fruits, and lose thoughts of home. 105 00:07:59,090 --> 00:08:00,580 - We get it. - It's like Corfu, yes. 106 00:08:00,610 --> 00:08:04,030 Where's Leslie? He's supposed to be doing the stage management. 107 00:08:04,070 --> 00:08:07,190 - Er, Luga. Where did you get these? - I borrow them. 108 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:10,800 - We have actors in my family. - Well, that's fabulous. 109 00:08:10,830 --> 00:08:11,850 No. 110 00:08:33,730 --> 00:08:35,750 - Nikos must be in the play. - Must? 111 00:08:35,780 --> 00:08:38,900 - Yes, I will do the music. - He's really musical. 112 00:08:48,950 --> 00:08:51,900 Well, we can... we can work on that. 113 00:08:52,750 --> 00:08:55,930 Oh by the way congratulations on your forthcoming union. 114 00:08:56,840 --> 00:09:00,950 Ah, The Durrells Players, back, despite popular demand. 115 00:09:01,770 --> 00:09:02,820 And you're in it, too. 116 00:09:02,850 --> 00:09:04,870 Sven has agreed and your husband. 117 00:09:04,910 --> 00:09:07,790 Oh he'll love that. What parts? 118 00:09:07,990 --> 00:09:10,070 - You, a Siren. - Obviously. 119 00:09:10,140 --> 00:09:14,070 - And the Wind God your husband. - Oh you've heard about him then. 120 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,140 Spiros, we've missed you. 121 00:09:35,030 --> 00:09:38,020 I really wasn't pushing you away from your wife. 122 00:09:39,010 --> 00:09:43,150 Marriage is, well as we know, it's precious. 123 00:09:44,180 --> 00:09:48,980 Well, I'm realising that even precious things end. 124 00:09:50,100 --> 00:09:55,970 We all love a sunset, but only a fool tries to chase it around the world. 125 00:09:57,020 --> 00:09:59,170 Hark at you with your nature metaphors. 126 00:10:00,180 --> 00:10:07,020 Mrs Durrells, you deserve the finest everything, including language. 127 00:10:09,030 --> 00:10:13,970 I'm going to ask you formally and for ever 128 00:10:15,060 --> 00:10:17,040 to call me by my first name. 129 00:10:20,060 --> 00:10:21,080 Louisa. 130 00:10:23,170 --> 00:10:25,010 Louisa... 131 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:28,030 Louisa... 132 00:10:30,130 --> 00:10:35,060 - What does it mean? - I believe it means famous warrior. 133 00:10:36,100 --> 00:10:37,100 Worrier? 134 00:10:38,010 --> 00:10:39,020 Warrior. 135 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:42,180 I am Spiridon. 136 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:46,980 Meaning a basket for carrying seeds. 137 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:57,020 Mr Hakiaopulos is "needed on stage". 138 00:10:57,050 --> 00:10:58,090 I'm in your play? 139 00:10:59,030 --> 00:11:00,980 All are. There is no escape. 140 00:11:01,130 --> 00:11:02,160 Let's go, let's go! 141 00:11:02,190 --> 00:11:04,180 Whose idea was it to put me now to perform? 142 00:11:04,210 --> 00:11:08,010 Mrs Durrell, while you're alone, might I have a word? 143 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:14,130 Theo, try as you may with your grave face, you cannot dent my sunny mood. 144 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:19,190 My friends in Athens say the political situation in Greece is, is dire. 145 00:11:19,270 --> 00:11:20,850 Pressures in Europe are mounting. 146 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:23,570 Well we're not leaving until we absolutely have to, if ever. 147 00:11:23,670 --> 00:11:26,230 Well, I'm glad, but I had to say it. 148 00:11:27,340 --> 00:11:31,250 I don't want to break Gerry's heart but he should dismantle his zoo. 149 00:11:31,300 --> 00:11:32,300 No... 150 00:11:33,230 --> 00:11:37,290 Otherwise if the worst happens he may have to just abandon his animals. 151 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:42,330 Look at me: I'm sorry, but you must be ready to go if things change. 152 00:11:53,470 --> 00:11:58,520 Signore Mussolini and Herr Hitler have pledged not to invade Greece 153 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:04,420 which remains officially neutral under its Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas. 154 00:12:05,410 --> 00:12:10,390 But the Italian invasion of Albania has cast doubt on these assurances... 155 00:12:16,430 --> 00:12:17,440 Gerry. 156 00:12:17,540 --> 00:12:18,570 Theo. 157 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:22,350 - I don't want to have to say this. - That's just what I said to Larry. 158 00:12:22,380 --> 00:12:25,390 "Woe and thrice woe!"? Nobody says that. 159 00:12:25,550 --> 00:12:29,360 I suggested "Bloody hell, nightmare!" 160 00:12:30,500 --> 00:12:34,590 But I was thinking... you might thin out your zoo a little. 161 00:12:37,380 --> 00:12:39,390 What? Why? 162 00:12:39,580 --> 00:12:41,360 Because... 163 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:47,400 I suddenly thought it was looking rather crowded. 164 00:12:48,380 --> 00:12:50,430 Well that's just because you live alone. 165 00:12:50,460 --> 00:12:52,430 You could move a dozen wildebeests into your place 166 00:12:52,460 --> 00:12:55,520 and you'd hardly notice, apart from the broken furniture. 167 00:12:56,460 --> 00:12:57,510 Well, good one! 168 00:12:58,510 --> 00:13:01,460 Some might need to spread their wings, while they can, 169 00:13:01,490 --> 00:13:03,550 however much we'd like to keep them here. 170 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:11,590 LUNAR AND SEX WORSHIP 171 00:13:15,550 --> 00:13:18,500 - What's your problem? - I have to make a mask for a Cyclops. 172 00:13:18,530 --> 00:13:22,450 He's only got one eye, apparently. Ridiculous. You should be doing this. 173 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:23,530 I'm busy, 174 00:13:23,560 --> 00:13:27,530 I'm researching how girls around the world celebrate becoming a woman. 175 00:13:27,560 --> 00:13:30,580 There's a lot about being watched by the village, which we won't be doing. 176 00:13:31,380 --> 00:13:36,380 I think I'll keep it simple: incense, white robes before, red robes after. 177 00:13:36,430 --> 00:13:38,390 Yeah, do what you feel's best. 178 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:42,630 Good luck you two. 179 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:44,480 Hang onto your hats! 180 00:13:45,560 --> 00:13:48,440 Shall I bring you some prophylactics from the surgery? 181 00:13:48,470 --> 00:13:51,390 No, I borrowed some. 182 00:13:52,500 --> 00:13:53,550 You borrowed some? 183 00:13:58,380 --> 00:13:59,430 Right! 184 00:14:06,410 --> 00:14:08,520 Right Spiros, let's see how this looks. 185 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:13,380 Larry? 186 00:14:14,670 --> 00:14:16,440 How do I look? 187 00:14:19,460 --> 00:14:22,580 I've done the best I can with my limited knowledge and interest! 188 00:14:25,490 --> 00:14:29,520 A visit from the Corfu police, always a pleasure. I hope. 189 00:14:29,570 --> 00:14:30,620 Hello, everyone. 190 00:14:31,470 --> 00:14:32,640 - Leslie. - Lambros. 191 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:36,500 - I see you've been promoted. - Yes. 192 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:39,650 Time to be a serious policeman at these serious times. 193 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:44,600 In the name of the Greek government I order you to surrender your wirelesses. 194 00:14:44,630 --> 00:14:47,540 - Why should we give you our... - We don't have a wireless. 195 00:14:47,570 --> 00:14:49,570 Aren't you a bit tiny to be a copper? 196 00:14:50,610 --> 00:14:51,630 I know you do. 197 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:55,490 And I will come back tomorrow for it. 198 00:14:56,470 --> 00:14:57,520 Or you risk prison. 199 00:15:03,470 --> 00:15:06,540 Yes, do they not have a minimum height requirement in the Corfu Police? 200 00:15:06,580 --> 00:15:08,600 No, nor maximum stupidity. 201 00:15:08,630 --> 00:15:10,460 Oh, alright. 202 00:15:10,500 --> 00:15:11,620 He's just doing his job. 203 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:15,680 I will take this. It is also for propaganda. 204 00:15:20,450 --> 00:15:23,570 Oh Larry, how will you survive without your typewriter? 205 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:26,500 Some things are more important even than writing. 206 00:15:26,530 --> 00:15:28,490 But, this is all worse than I thought. 207 00:15:28,540 --> 00:15:30,470 The Greek regime has maintained 208 00:15:30,500 --> 00:15:34,410 a vigorous anti-Communist stance in recent years, 209 00:15:34,460 --> 00:15:37,600 but accusations of fascist sympathies have been denied. 210 00:15:39,470 --> 00:15:43,400 In Germany, members of the Hitler youth have been instructed 211 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:45,550 they may not eat ice creams in public. 212 00:15:52,540 --> 00:15:54,520 Ah Nikos. 213 00:15:55,500 --> 00:16:00,410 I think tomorrow might be our night, don't you think, after the play? 214 00:16:00,620 --> 00:16:03,610 A breathtaking encore. Cast of two. 215 00:16:04,610 --> 00:16:07,590 You told everyone you are giving me your maidenhead. 216 00:16:08,550 --> 00:16:10,540 No, maidenhood. 217 00:16:11,410 --> 00:16:13,480 Maidenhead is in Berkshire, I think. 218 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:16,420 I only told my mother. 219 00:16:17,550 --> 00:16:18,640 And Leslie. 220 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:20,580 And Florence. 221 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:23,650 And the egg-woman at the market. 222 00:16:25,490 --> 00:16:27,570 You're right I did tell a lot of people. 223 00:16:28,580 --> 00:16:30,520 - Break a leg! - Theo, don't. 224 00:16:32,490 --> 00:16:34,680 I'm regretting going public about the whole virginity thing. 225 00:16:34,710 --> 00:16:37,560 It is quite rare that it's publicised in advance. 226 00:16:37,590 --> 00:16:38,600 Is it? 227 00:16:40,690 --> 00:16:45,630 Margo, I've hidden the wireless. So if the police arrive at the house, 228 00:16:45,660 --> 00:16:48,540 stick to the idea that we've never had one. 229 00:16:48,620 --> 00:16:51,710 - We've never had a house? - Never had a wireless. 230 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:53,690 I thought you said you'd become more mature. 231 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:55,710 Yes, I'm wondering about that now. 232 00:16:56,490 --> 00:16:58,610 More theatre things. From my family. 233 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:04,710 Woeful timing but I have to go, so I'm leaving you in charge of the play. 234 00:17:05,580 --> 00:17:06,580 Me? 235 00:17:06,610 --> 00:17:10,560 Yes, don't do the I'm just a dim bloke routine. 236 00:17:10,620 --> 00:17:13,630 You're as bright as anyone here. I'll be back soon. 237 00:17:15,710 --> 00:17:18,660 This is silly but he's normally such a bastard. 238 00:17:32,360 --> 00:17:33,410 It's a lovely day. 239 00:17:34,350 --> 00:17:36,340 That is not relevant. 240 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:42,200 What are my orders? 241 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:47,250 You want me to do this because it's looking bad out there, isn't it? 242 00:17:49,330 --> 00:17:50,330 Yes. 243 00:17:54,250 --> 00:17:56,360 You've been so good to me, Theo. 244 00:17:59,330 --> 00:18:02,320 But who knows, I'm a member of the Optimists Club. 245 00:18:02,370 --> 00:18:03,400 They're all in it. 246 00:18:06,270 --> 00:18:09,200 I'm trying to see it as setting them all free, 247 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:11,430 but it feels more like losing a lot of friends. 248 00:18:12,220 --> 00:18:13,230 I know. 249 00:18:14,220 --> 00:18:16,300 Galini will be so upset when she finds out. 250 00:18:17,260 --> 00:18:18,340 And all our visitors. 251 00:18:19,420 --> 00:18:23,270 You've passed your enthusiasm on to so many people. 252 00:18:23,390 --> 00:18:27,220 It's been a huge celebration of animal life. 253 00:18:32,340 --> 00:18:35,380 So, some are ready to go back into the wild. 254 00:18:35,410 --> 00:18:38,240 And others need human homes. 255 00:18:40,220 --> 00:18:43,250 Don't worry, Roger. You're family. 256 00:19:39,270 --> 00:19:40,360 Plays are brilliant. 257 00:19:41,380 --> 00:19:43,300 Oh we should get a good audience, 258 00:19:43,330 --> 00:19:46,240 I asked Argos the Gobby Postman to tell everyone. 259 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:47,440 They know the play's in English? 260 00:19:48,220 --> 00:19:51,330 Yes, I said we'd do big self-explanatory gestures. 261 00:19:55,290 --> 00:20:00,360 You go back to England or not? 262 00:20:02,310 --> 00:20:04,200 Not, Lugaretzia. 263 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:14,250 Nikos. 264 00:20:19,270 --> 00:20:20,270 I'm sorry. 265 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:23,200 I made you look like a performing monkey 266 00:20:23,230 --> 00:20:28,310 and turned a private moment into, well, a minor local event. 267 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:35,270 You're right, making love for the first time should be natural and spontaneous. 268 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:38,280 Thank you. 269 00:20:39,300 --> 00:20:41,240 So let's not go ahead with it. 270 00:20:53,270 --> 00:20:56,340 First off, I wanna get this attached to that wall. 271 00:20:57,260 --> 00:20:59,320 Come on, I could do with some help. 272 00:21:00,290 --> 00:21:01,310 Mother... 273 00:21:01,340 --> 00:21:05,270 I've decided to call off the, you know, shenanigans, with Nikos. 274 00:21:05,300 --> 00:21:08,280 You were right, maybe we should be really in love. 275 00:21:08,310 --> 00:21:09,370 Like you and Spiros. 276 00:21:09,430 --> 00:21:11,350 Oh, is it that obvious? 277 00:21:12,230 --> 00:21:13,250 Yes, it is. 278 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:17,330 Well good, so you'll save yourself for your wedding night. 279 00:21:17,390 --> 00:21:18,440 I will if you will... 280 00:21:21,340 --> 00:21:24,380 Can i have all actors for rehearsal, please! 281 00:21:25,410 --> 00:21:28,210 Now God is missing so we'll be starting with scene six, 282 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:29,430 in which the sorceress Circe... 283 00:21:30,210 --> 00:21:31,290 I prefer Wise Woman. 284 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:35,260 Er, not interested, when she turns Odysseus's crew into pigs. 285 00:21:36,260 --> 00:21:37,390 Oh, Galini, perfect timing. 286 00:21:37,420 --> 00:21:40,330 You could be Gerry, get ready to be turned into a pig. 287 00:21:40,360 --> 00:21:42,320 Now the meaning of this scene 288 00:21:42,370 --> 00:21:47,250 is that health provision on Corfu is decidedly patchy 289 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:51,330 but Florence at the surgery has been a godsend in that she... 290 00:21:51,360 --> 00:21:53,340 No time for meaning. From the top. 291 00:21:58,200 --> 00:21:59,220 Good morning. 292 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:01,380 I have come to confiscate your wireless. 293 00:22:01,410 --> 00:22:03,380 We told you, we haven't got one. 294 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:07,440 But we could all sing you a song if you're after a little light music. 295 00:22:08,290 --> 00:22:11,300 The time for joking is over. 296 00:22:20,230 --> 00:22:24,290 Perhaps I should stop your play, as it is also propaganda. 297 00:22:24,430 --> 00:22:29,220 You stop this right now. I know your family, they are good people. 298 00:22:29,250 --> 00:22:31,330 Do you want everyone to know about your medical records? 299 00:22:31,360 --> 00:22:34,440 Do you want me to arrest you for threatening a police officer? 300 00:22:35,390 --> 00:22:38,320 You'd be superb if you fancied a part. 301 00:22:39,350 --> 00:22:42,330 No, my part is: police officer. 302 00:22:43,350 --> 00:22:47,410 Well I'm sure you are due an afternoon off. 303 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:55,220 - Oh, divine. - That's it! That is spot on! 304 00:22:55,270 --> 00:22:56,340 That's special. 305 00:22:57,250 --> 00:22:59,260 - Thank you. - What a handsome man! 306 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:03,230 - Maybe just a little higher there! - Yes, do you want me to take it up? 307 00:23:03,260 --> 00:23:04,260 Would you do that? 308 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:10,300 Louisa. 309 00:23:13,430 --> 00:23:15,240 Let's go for a drive. 310 00:23:15,420 --> 00:23:18,360 And when I say drive, I don't mean drive. 311 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:22,270 We can't, I'm in a play. And so are you. 312 00:23:22,370 --> 00:23:23,410 Oh yes. 313 00:23:27,290 --> 00:23:28,290 But afterwards. 314 00:23:29,340 --> 00:23:30,440 Where do you want to go? 315 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:33,400 To heaven. 316 00:23:34,420 --> 00:23:35,420 I know the way. 317 00:23:38,420 --> 00:23:41,250 - Good afternoon. - The same to you. 318 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:44,210 A telegram. 319 00:23:53,330 --> 00:23:54,370 What has happened? 320 00:23:56,250 --> 00:23:57,260 What's wrong? 321 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:01,440 Go, go inside darling, I'll be in in a moment. 322 00:24:02,350 --> 00:24:03,410 Go on! 323 00:24:11,340 --> 00:24:15,210 Basil's been killed, in Albania. 324 00:24:17,310 --> 00:24:19,260 Just for being English. 325 00:24:20,550 --> 00:24:21,590 Oh goodness. 326 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:24,500 "Always take the scenic route," he said. 327 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:26,620 "What's the hurry?" 328 00:24:28,590 --> 00:24:30,490 Now I think there is a hurry. 329 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:33,640 You must take your family back to England. 330 00:24:52,820 --> 00:24:54,840 Basil didn't understand the risks. 331 00:24:54,930 --> 00:24:56,690 So now we do. 332 00:24:57,830 --> 00:24:59,840 I'm afraid we have to leave Corfu. 333 00:25:00,870 --> 00:25:04,840 I've been told there's a special chartered ship that leaves tomorrow. 334 00:25:06,850 --> 00:25:07,880 The safe way back. 335 00:25:09,910 --> 00:25:12,880 I don't think the play's really the thing now, do you? 336 00:25:13,780 --> 00:25:15,800 We've got lots of decisions to make quickly, 337 00:25:15,830 --> 00:25:18,880 and well a lot of goodbyes to get through. 338 00:25:22,780 --> 00:25:25,550 No, we should do the play. 339 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:31,290 It was always a celebration of our time here, now it means even more. 340 00:25:46,870 --> 00:25:47,890 Come with us. 341 00:25:48,710 --> 00:25:50,830 You loved America, you'll love England. 342 00:25:51,740 --> 00:25:52,880 We still have a future. 343 00:25:53,890 --> 00:25:55,730 You don't have much time. 344 00:25:55,930 --> 00:26:00,780 Go in, make everyone happy, the way you made me happy. 345 00:26:25,660 --> 00:26:28,650 Ok, so this is the 'Land Of The Dead' scene in which... 346 00:26:28,690 --> 00:26:33,760 Odysseus is visited by his deceased loved ones and heroes from the past. 347 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:49,870 Come on dear, self-immersion is never attractive. 348 00:26:50,770 --> 00:26:52,800 You have a family to whip into shape. 349 00:26:53,710 --> 00:26:59,720 I know it's sad to be leaving but we all roll on, don't we, alive or dead. 350 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:02,880 Who am I playing? 351 00:27:04,690 --> 00:27:07,880 I do a very good wild boar impression, if that can be squeezed in. 352 00:27:11,750 --> 00:27:12,770 Mother? 353 00:27:24,780 --> 00:27:26,750 Leslie, you should be the hero. 354 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:30,120 It was always your part. 355 00:27:32,290 --> 00:27:34,140 You'll be fabulous. 356 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:49,170 It looks like it could be the last evening in Corfu for some of us here, 357 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:50,220 so... 358 00:27:52,140 --> 00:27:53,320 Well, let's enjoy it, shall we? 359 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:29,200 Why does the play make you so nervous? 360 00:28:30,120 --> 00:28:31,280 You're all so artistic. 361 00:28:31,310 --> 00:28:33,190 I see a... 362 00:28:33,300 --> 00:28:35,320 tree and you lot see... 363 00:28:36,110 --> 00:28:37,120 Broccoli. 364 00:28:37,150 --> 00:28:38,150 What? 365 00:28:38,180 --> 00:28:40,270 Trees look like upside-down broccoli. 366 00:28:44,210 --> 00:28:47,100 Think of all you've done since we came here. 367 00:28:47,140 --> 00:28:49,210 You can do anything you set your mind to. 368 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:50,270 I can't. 369 00:28:51,140 --> 00:28:54,170 I can't even have Daphne, I still miss her. 370 00:28:57,090 --> 00:28:58,170 I'm quite nostalgic. 371 00:28:59,090 --> 00:29:01,150 Even for Aunt Hermione. And your Zoltan. 372 00:29:02,170 --> 00:29:03,220 Me too actually. 373 00:29:05,110 --> 00:29:08,260 I wrote to him saying I have a boyfriend and it's becoming serious, 374 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:13,220 and hoping he had a nice girlfriend but not meaning it. 375 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:20,220 Mother and Spiros seemed very upset. 376 00:29:21,140 --> 00:29:22,150 Yeah. 377 00:29:23,110 --> 00:29:25,310 Adults can be very ploddy at getting what they want. 378 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:27,100 I know. 379 00:29:27,260 --> 00:29:30,280 I told mother to go and find Spiros on the beach. 380 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:33,350 What's that noise? 381 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:37,240 The house... breathing. 382 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:40,340 We know it so well. 383 00:29:42,350 --> 00:29:44,360 It feels like a living thing. 384 00:30:26,270 --> 00:30:28,250 I, I am Odysseus... 385 00:30:28,590 --> 00:30:31,640 - This is a dream come true for me. - He loves the amateur theatre. 386 00:30:31,670 --> 00:30:36,540 At medical school my Hippolytus made the audience weep openly. 387 00:30:36,590 --> 00:30:39,590 - Anyone surprised by that? - Where have you been, Larry? 388 00:30:39,670 --> 00:30:41,590 Shall we do warm-up vocals? 389 00:30:41,690 --> 00:30:43,720 Extremely white stone. Come on darling, join in. 390 00:30:43,750 --> 00:30:45,620 Extremely white stone. 391 00:30:45,650 --> 00:30:47,740 Extremely white stone. 392 00:30:49,630 --> 00:30:50,690 How are you feeling? 393 00:30:50,730 --> 00:30:52,550 I don't want to leave. 394 00:30:52,650 --> 00:30:54,590 I keep thinking about Zoltan. 395 00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:57,710 Where does Turkey stand in the war? 396 00:30:58,590 --> 00:31:00,710 I... I don't know anything about the war. 397 00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:50,570 What is it? 398 00:31:53,570 --> 00:31:54,590 I am Odysseus... 399 00:31:54,650 --> 00:31:57,540 I am Odysseus. 400 00:31:59,590 --> 00:32:01,750 Come from across the sea. 401 00:32:02,630 --> 00:32:05,550 - Fearing nobody... - And ready for all... 402 00:32:05,580 --> 00:32:06,690 And ready... 403 00:32:07,690 --> 00:32:08,710 ...for all. 404 00:32:09,570 --> 00:32:10,630 And we the crew. 405 00:32:11,660 --> 00:32:13,720 Willing and devoted. 406 00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:17,600 This island is lush and fine. 407 00:32:17,630 --> 00:32:18,640 Better. 408 00:32:19,610 --> 00:32:22,560 Luga, mask down. Here. 409 00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:28,740 - No, no, no, no, Luga... - Here is a native... 410 00:32:29,430 --> 00:32:30,450 Go on! 411 00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:33,570 How strange and exotic she is, to us. 412 00:32:34,550 --> 00:32:41,500 Welcome to the land of the Lotus-eaters. 413 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:44,570 - What the heck is she saying? - I don't know. 414 00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:47,620 We must learn this beautiful language. 415 00:32:53,490 --> 00:32:56,610 Be circumspect in this new land. 416 00:34:22,430 --> 00:34:23,430 I love you. 417 00:34:24,420 --> 00:34:25,440 I love you. 418 00:34:29,430 --> 00:34:32,620 I wish it could just be us together on this desert island. 419 00:34:33,590 --> 00:34:35,490 I'll need a log cabin. 420 00:34:36,460 --> 00:34:41,450 And a bed, for us, not too big, so that we're always touching. 421 00:34:45,540 --> 00:34:47,450 I can't go with you to England. 422 00:34:48,450 --> 00:34:50,490 No, you must. You can. 423 00:34:50,590 --> 00:34:54,400 I cannot abandon my children and my country, now of all times. 424 00:34:54,590 --> 00:34:55,600 No. 425 00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:08,470 What will I do without you? 426 00:35:10,590 --> 00:35:12,440 What you did before. 427 00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:17,450 You'll be beautiful and complicated. 428 00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:23,640 And a mother to your wonderful peculiar children. 429 00:35:28,580 --> 00:35:30,540 What will I do without you? 430 00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:38,090 You'll go on spreading your magic, and I won't be here. 431 00:35:40,980 --> 00:35:42,080 You will be here. 432 00:35:54,110 --> 00:35:56,090 Has it all been for nothing, 433 00:35:56,180 --> 00:36:00,070 the waiting, the crying and the longing? 434 00:36:04,190 --> 00:36:07,150 Would you change it for us never having met? 435 00:36:48,610 --> 00:36:50,750 - Sven! - Sven? 436 00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:02,250 Are you having a good time? 437 00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:05,350 Not as good as me! 438 00:37:11,310 --> 00:37:13,440 It's a comic interlude by a priapic satyr! 439 00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:16,420 Representing sexy Corfu. 440 00:37:18,380 --> 00:37:20,450 It's allowed, it's in Sophocles! 441 00:37:21,430 --> 00:37:22,470 Margo! 442 00:37:24,390 --> 00:37:25,430 Margo! 443 00:37:27,290 --> 00:37:28,320 Margo! 444 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:30,390 Wait for me! 445 00:37:31,310 --> 00:37:33,410 Oh my God, it's Zoltan. 446 00:37:34,940 --> 00:37:35,970 Behold! 447 00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:37,120 Zoltan! 448 00:37:37,150 --> 00:37:38,920 Poseidon! 449 00:37:39,070 --> 00:37:40,150 Margo! 450 00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:41,990 Zoltan! 451 00:37:42,020 --> 00:37:44,080 Come timely from the sea... 452 00:37:44,110 --> 00:37:46,080 - Good work. - Thank you. 453 00:37:47,130 --> 00:37:49,100 You stopped the boat too soon. 454 00:37:49,130 --> 00:37:52,140 I am not a fish. I want to make a dignified entrance. 455 00:37:53,070 --> 00:37:55,110 Sorry! Problem with the engine. 456 00:37:57,050 --> 00:38:00,920 Margo, I hope I'm not too late. 457 00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:05,020 Come on, in God's name. 458 00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:14,020 Zoltan! 459 00:38:30,090 --> 00:38:32,160 Don't give yourself to another man. 460 00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:34,020 I am here now. 461 00:38:56,560 --> 00:38:58,440 And that's the interval. 462 00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:02,440 Slowly introduce them into the wild. 463 00:39:03,330 --> 00:39:04,400 Please take him home with you. 464 00:39:04,430 --> 00:39:06,560 They love strawberries more than life itself. 465 00:39:07,420 --> 00:39:10,430 Please don't eat them, use their eggs, or just take them for walks? 466 00:39:10,460 --> 00:39:12,450 Gerry, find a nice home for Martha. 467 00:39:13,420 --> 00:39:14,440 That's for you, sir. 468 00:39:19,430 --> 00:39:20,530 Years passed. 469 00:39:21,420 --> 00:39:23,430 Youths became men. 470 00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:25,430 - Sorry. - In your own time. 471 00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:30,320 And men became warriors. 472 00:39:36,460 --> 00:39:37,540 Have you two been...? 473 00:39:38,550 --> 00:39:41,490 - That was quick. - I'm saying nothing. 474 00:39:42,410 --> 00:39:43,510 I'll never be the same. 475 00:39:48,350 --> 00:39:50,340 Adventures blossomed. 476 00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:54,540 Wild creatures were tamed. 477 00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:05,350 And lost affections were borne bravely... 478 00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:09,490 How many great loves are we allowed in this lifetime? 479 00:40:11,340 --> 00:40:12,370 Three? 480 00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:13,540 Five? 481 00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:16,490 Or just one? 482 00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:25,410 Or maybe it's more like a dozen. 483 00:40:28,520 --> 00:40:29,550 Bloody actors. 484 00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:34,410 Mum! 485 00:40:36,910 --> 00:40:38,680 Come on. 486 00:40:39,730 --> 00:40:40,740 Mum! 487 00:40:48,710 --> 00:40:49,790 As you're all here... 488 00:40:51,850 --> 00:40:55,730 Tomorrow we leave this enchanted isle. 489 00:40:57,480 --> 00:40:59,870 You know it's been good when the idea of leaving 490 00:40:59,920 --> 00:41:01,860 makes your heart seem to stop. 491 00:41:02,710 --> 00:41:03,710 Hear-hear. 492 00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:11,990 You have put up with us Durrells like a mother with an awkward baby. 493 00:41:12,930 --> 00:41:16,780 You've lost your temper with us at times, and we with you, 494 00:41:16,890 --> 00:41:18,910 and now we're ready to leave home. 495 00:41:20,910 --> 00:41:24,940 We British are reluctant to Europeans. 496 00:41:26,830 --> 00:41:28,780 But if there has to be a war, 497 00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:31,800 my one wish is, 498 00:41:32,900 --> 00:41:35,780 is that we realise, when it's all over, 499 00:41:36,700 --> 00:41:40,690 that we need to love each other just a little bit more. 500 00:41:42,810 --> 00:41:46,850 I'm afraid I haven't been following the play, owing to a personal matter. 501 00:41:47,700 --> 00:41:49,880 But I hear it's very good, so thank you, Larry. 502 00:41:50,750 --> 00:41:51,880 Oh, and do read my novels. 503 00:41:59,710 --> 00:42:05,680 And it's a perfect reminder that for us this has been quite a journey. 504 00:42:06,720 --> 00:42:08,820 Bit like the Odyssey. But nicer people. 505 00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:12,910 Speaking of the Odyssey. Come on... 506 00:42:19,730 --> 00:42:25,730 And so the crew set sail, but soon heard eerie and seductive singing... 507 00:42:38,690 --> 00:42:40,820 I can't believe it's our last day here. 508 00:42:40,850 --> 00:42:43,810 Can we now, of all times, enjoy the present? 509 00:42:46,940 --> 00:42:49,830 Well that's killed the conversation. 510 00:42:49,860 --> 00:42:53,760 - How is Nikos bearing up? - Zoltan's taken him out for a drink. 511 00:42:53,910 --> 00:42:55,880 I think I handled it quite badly. 512 00:42:56,960 --> 00:42:59,860 There's been a lot of messy love since we got here. 513 00:43:08,810 --> 00:43:09,830 Noisy. 514 00:43:10,840 --> 00:43:13,860 Thank you for being so grown-up about your animals, Gerry. 515 00:43:13,890 --> 00:43:17,760 He tell me he will get them back in the morning and put on boat. 516 00:43:17,790 --> 00:43:18,940 - Gerry. - Not all of them. 517 00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:21,770 Alright, conquering hero? 518 00:43:22,730 --> 00:43:25,760 Could be worse, as we're about to swap Paradise for Bournemouth. 519 00:43:25,790 --> 00:43:26,840 Oh shush. 520 00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:29,870 Leslie, you were magnificent. 521 00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:32,740 - Very well done. - You were brilliant, Les. 522 00:43:32,780 --> 00:43:33,790 Thank you. 523 00:43:35,910 --> 00:43:40,760 I can't find a good way of saying this, but... 524 00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:44,930 I'm not coming with you. I'm staying here on Corfu. 525 00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:46,850 Well why? 526 00:43:47,750 --> 00:43:53,860 I spent some time today with an associate who has a business... 527 00:43:54,870 --> 00:43:57,930 Oh sod it, with a spy, my intelligence contact. 528 00:43:59,810 --> 00:44:01,860 Is that why we're sitting in the sea, so nobody else can hear? 529 00:44:01,890 --> 00:44:05,720 No, because it's too bloody hot. It's always too hot in Greece. 530 00:44:05,750 --> 00:44:07,830 I'm looking forward to frost and a big coat. 531 00:44:07,860 --> 00:44:09,850 Please come home with us, Larry. 532 00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:11,860 I can't. 533 00:44:12,900 --> 00:44:15,740 When they start trying to take away your freedom of speech, 534 00:44:15,770 --> 00:44:20,940 we have to stop talking, you know what I mean, and help. 535 00:44:22,790 --> 00:44:23,860 Let's raise a glass. 536 00:44:25,740 --> 00:44:26,890 Not that Gerry, water, 537 00:44:30,020 --> 00:44:34,100 To us all, and these sacred years. 538 00:44:39,320 --> 00:44:40,350 And the future. 539 00:44:42,310 --> 00:44:44,650 - To the future! - To the sacred years! 540 00:44:44,680 --> 00:44:47,290 Cheers! 541 00:44:48,305 --> 00:45:48,326 OpenSubtitles recommends using Nord VPN from 3.49 USD/month ----> osdb.link/vpn