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00:00No cars, please. Phone, Amanda.
00:07People just keep parking in our garden and using it as a drive.
00:11I know.
00:12In England, we don't do that.
00:13But this is my lorry.
00:14Oh, is it your lorry? Oh, OK.
00:19I'll let you park it. You can park here. I'll give you a permit.
00:30In the traditional village of Kokini on the Greek island of Corfu,
00:36we're renovating Ionian style.
00:39Oh, my God.
00:41With the help of our expert builders...
00:43It does look like hummus.
00:46We're turning this roadside ruin into a family holiday home.
00:51Oh, no, no, no.
00:51Oh, what are you doing?
00:54Perfect.
00:55So far, we've completed the living room, children's bedroom,
01:00kitchen and the master bedroom.
01:03Now we're transforming the unloved patch of land
01:06at the front of the house into a garden.
01:09So the garden, I think, out of everything so far that we've done,
01:13is going to end up being the best garden ever.
01:16And best of all, I'm thinking chandeliers in the trees.
01:20This is Alan.
01:21And Stamatis has called in horticultural expert Spiros to help us.
01:25This is going to be a massive challenge, I feel.
01:28I hate this garden.
01:30Well, I mean, we've got two good things.
01:33Shall we start with that?
01:33We've got an orange tree.
01:35And an olive tree.
01:37I'd love some wild flowers, because of, like, pollination.
01:40Who are you?
01:41I'm not green-fingered,
01:44but how hard can it be to put a plant in a soil?
01:48The gardens I plant always have Mediterranean plants
01:54for bees and lion flies.
01:58We want no mosquitoes, but lots of bees.
02:01On this olive tree, we were saying we want, like, round seating,
02:06like, all the way round.
02:06A stone round.
02:07Yes.
02:08Yes.
02:08That would be pretty.
02:09A 4,000-year-old olive tree.
02:12I want to show that off.
02:13Not 4,000.
02:13No, the man told me it's 4,000.
02:16How many years is it?
02:18200.
02:19200?
02:19200.
02:20How do you know that?
02:21How do you know?
02:22From the size.
02:23This is my job.
02:24I'm getting a lot of mixed messages about the olive tree,
02:27so until I get it carbon dated,
02:29I'm not going to comment any further.
02:32It's well old and it's wrinkly.
02:34And then I've got this idea to put an outdoor chandelier...
02:38What is this?
02:39..in the tree.
02:40Can you please explain?
02:41Light.
02:41It is a very good idea.
02:42It is a very good idea.
02:43No.
02:44No, no, no, it's not.
02:46You have an old olive tree and you put lights like a Christmas tree.
02:50Yes, I'm telling you,
02:52people always start like this with my ideas
02:54and then by the end they go,
02:56oh, I see your vision.
03:00This glamorous makeover doesn't stop in the garden.
03:04The exterior of the house needs a facelift too.
03:06So while the builders make a start re-rendering the house,
03:12we need to get the lowdown on what plants can survive a coffee at summer.
03:18Drunken is ever going to rain here.
03:20We've come back to Sarah and Kenny's place to meet their gardener, Yanis.
03:25You have an amazing tan, Yanis.
03:27You have a nice colour too.
03:28Thanks.
03:29Yanis transformed an abandoned hillside into a thriving Mediterranean garden.
03:38Just stunning.
03:40Oh, my gosh.
03:41You see, look at this.
03:44I love this garden, Alan, because it looks very wild
03:46and like it's sort of part of the environment already.
03:50Yeah, we try to blend the garden with the horizon.
03:54Ah, fantastic.
03:56It's all about the senses, isn't it?
03:58It's everywhere you go, there's a smell
04:00or there's a gorgeous sight line or something.
04:03Yeah, yeah.
04:04Always is something, yes.
04:07Agapanthus, the blue ones.
04:08Yes.
04:09And the gauras, the white and the pink.
04:12Rosemary's here.
04:14Is it true that this rosemary is good for mosquitoes,
04:18keeping them aware?
04:18Yes, they're keeping our way.
04:20We have a lot of lavender here.
04:22Oh, good.
04:22Yes, it's a very nice, strong plant.
04:24Yanis, I'm going to tell you something.
04:26Tell me.
04:27You know the human eye?
04:29Yes.
04:29It can differentiate more shades of the colour green
04:32than any other colour.
04:33Did you know that fact already?
04:34Yes, I knew.
04:35Oh, okay.
04:36Why are we here then?
04:37Come on, let's get on with the gauras.
04:40As well as low-maintenance plants and herbs.
04:44Here is oregano, and the most easier is this one,
04:46the wild geranium.
04:48Oh, cool.
04:51That'd go nice in the bath.
04:52Oh, yeah.
04:54We'd like to encourage biodiversity.
04:57We used to hate bees, but now we love bees
05:01because they are declining, you know?
05:03Exactly.
05:03And now, you know, do you remember,
05:04they used to go, ah, bee,
05:06and now you're like, please come on in, and, you know.
05:08Welcome bees.
05:09What are the flies called that just have those silly legs
05:11that just do that?
05:12I don't know how to say it in English.
05:14I hate them.
05:14Yes, I understand.
05:15I understand.
05:16They're just like there, they're like,
05:17they can't be bothered.
05:18They just go around, they just annoy you,
05:20it looks scary, we're just dabbing away.
05:21I've just seen a glimpse of the future.
05:23There's rosemary everywhere.
05:36A lot of rosemary and a lot of lavender.
05:38Rosemary and lavender.
05:39It's perfect for our garden.
05:41I think that's all we need, to be honest.
05:43I think, yeah.
05:44And maybe some agapanthers.
06:03It's an early start,
06:04and while the builders are busy plastering the house,
06:07I need my caffeine fix.
06:10Hello.
06:10Hello, good morning.
06:11How are you?
06:12I need a coffee.
06:13Yes.
06:13A very strong coffee.
06:15Very strong.
06:15Because I've got a big day.
06:16Oh, my God.
06:17My first coffee of the day,
06:19I get, like, butterflies in my stomach for.
06:22How sad is that?
06:24Luckily for me, the Greeks like it strong too.
06:27Making it with finely ground beans
06:29and served unfiltered for a big caffeine kick.
06:33Thank you very much.
06:36Enjoy your coffee.
06:40Wow.
06:50It's definitely an acquired, isn't it?
06:52Coffee?
06:53Yes, it's lovely.
06:55Oh, I did that typical British thing.
06:57Yay!
06:57It's definitely not my cup of tea.
07:03Oh, you know what I mean.
07:07Whilst Amanda is riding high on her morning coffee,
07:10I'm all abuzz as I'm finally putting an end to our garden being a lay-by.
07:15I have a very British sensibility.
07:19I've always wanted to know what's my land, what's the road, what's the neighbours.
07:24Get off my land.
07:25So I've roped in Stamatis and Harris to work out the precise coordinates of our boundary line.
07:32So, what are we doing here?
07:34When you buy something here, you buy the coordinates.
07:37Given the numbers, we can write it down.
07:39Yes, I need to write.
07:40It's 44.
07:4144?
07:4308-168.
07:45168.
07:46Is that your phone number?
07:47No.
07:48OK, no.
07:50It's just a bit of building site banter.
07:54So this is the road, this is my land.
07:57Correct.
07:58Can we push it a little bit more, get a bit more back?
08:01Nope.
08:01Why not?
08:02Because we're not allowed.
08:03In the UK, fences are a big deal.
08:05We love a fence.
08:07Now the coordinates have been confirmed, we can mark out the boundary line.
08:12You hold my pad.
08:13Yeah, thank you.
08:13Careful, there's all notes on there.
08:15No, no, no.
08:16Go low, low, low.
08:20Go low, low, low, low, low.
08:23How's your back?
08:24I'm too polite.
08:25Is it serious?
08:26Yeah.
08:27Between you and me, I stole a bit of the road.
08:30So I feel like I have, like, got a bit extra for me money.
08:37Whilst I'm still caffeine-fuelled...
08:42..I've joined Alan at the house
08:44to build a stone seat around our ancient olive tree.
08:48Grab all that wheelbarrow.
08:50Wheelbarrow.
08:50Right, come on then.
08:52It'll be made using a traditional technique
08:54that we've seen all around the island.
08:56So we've got the whole team in, including expert stonemasons.
09:00One of the most difficult things is to do this.
09:05I mean, build bricks is not so difficult.
09:06No.
09:07Especially when you...
09:07Because they're square and they're a regular shape.
09:09Yeah, and when you cover them with plaster, you know,
09:11then you don't mind if they're not perfect straight.
09:14So this has to be sort of perfectly imperfect.
09:17Yes.
09:18That's amazing.
09:18That is the title of your next book.
09:20That is amazing.
09:21I love that.
09:22Perfectly imperfect.
09:22Can I have a sit down?
09:23Because that's...
09:24Imperfect.
09:24That was deep.
09:26So follow this line around.
09:29To ensure the seating is a perfect circle,
09:32we've marked a ring around the tree where the wall will go.
09:35I'm taking one side and Alan will take the other.
09:38It's a special way, shown that way.
09:40The trick is to get the stones to slot together just right.
09:44Is this good, Stamatis?
09:45Yeah, yeah, yeah.
09:46Put a little bit more.
09:47This is like nature's jigsaw.
09:50Good.
09:50Do you see?
09:53Oh!
09:57Now, where's the stone?
10:01How neat mine is.
10:04It's actually quite satisfying.
10:09I'm trying to find the perfect stone.
10:13Amanda's definitely winning this race, you know.
10:15Well, it's clear, isn't it?
10:17There's one woman here, and there's four men over there.
10:21I think that says everything.
10:23See, that's nice, but would you say that's too big?
10:26That's the thing with Alan.
10:27I know he does need the support,
10:30especially with big things like this.
10:34He's contributing.
10:35He thinks he's doing a lot.
10:37So you just say, well done, Alan.
10:39Well done.
10:40Alan?
10:41What, love?
10:42Do you want a little tea break?
10:43No.
10:45Wow.
10:46I will not relax until this is complete.
10:50That's a good one.
10:52Okay.
10:53I now pronounce this olive tree seating open.
10:59After an exhausting day,
11:11we're unwinding in Kalami Bay on the northeast of the island,
11:15and I've got a little surprise for Alan.
11:17How much do you like to engage in water sports, Alan?
11:22Hmm.
11:23I thought we should try a sofa.
11:27A sofa?
11:27A sofa.
11:28Has it got a bag that I can put my back on?
11:30It's got, like, a plasma screen.
11:32Everything's on it, and you just go for a long time.
11:33Has it got one of those things, ladyboys?
11:35Yeah.
11:35Not ladyboy.
11:37Pfft.
11:37Ha ha ha ha ha!
11:39Ladyboy!
11:48Things are looking up.
11:50Okay, let's go.
11:52Oh!
11:53Oh, thank you.
11:55Hopefully.
11:57Go on.
12:03Okay, are you ready?
12:04Yes.
12:04Yes.
12:05Yes, okay.
12:05Okay, let's go.
12:13Okay, I leave you in good hands, okay?
12:15Okay.
12:17Hold on tight.
12:18Let's go.
12:31Go faster!
12:35Why did you play that?
12:43Oh, my God!
12:44Oh, my God!
12:45Oh, my God!
12:46You ruined me!
12:56Oh!
13:01I think I'm dead.
13:03Oh, my God.
13:06Oh, my God.
13:14Very elegant.
13:16I think more boats should be sofa-shaped because you just relax more.
13:20Just more relaxed.
13:21If I could give them some feedback, a little...
13:24A little, um...
13:25Cup holders on the side.
13:41Today I'm going solo and I'm on a little research mission.
13:46Bees fascinate me.
13:47It's like they've had some good PR.
13:49They used to ruin a picnic, didn't they?
13:52I've come to the Vassilakis estate and I'm getting ready for a close encounter with these master pollinators.
13:58I'm worried about being stung by a bee and I've even put these on.
14:03Matina's family have been making honey here for 20 years and George is the beekeeper at the helm.
14:13Where have you been stung?
14:15Here, here, here, here, here, here.
14:18Is he lying?
14:19No!
14:21Not every day.
14:23Another day here, another day here.
14:25Here, another day here.
14:26You've been stung everywhere.
14:27Yes, no problem.
14:30They're ahead of us, you can say that.
14:33Bees play a vital role in our ecosystems, pollinating plants so they reproduce.
14:38The nectar they gather while they do it gets turned into honey
14:42and every hive can make around 11 kilograms every summer.
14:46You see, the beehives, they're home!
14:49Oh, lovely!
14:50Lovely!
14:52So this is where I'm going to die?
14:53No!
14:54I want positivity.
14:57This fetching get-up should help make sure I don't get stung.
15:01I want some gloves.
15:03Oh, stupid thing.
15:05Oh, it's OK.
15:06Thank you, George.
15:07OK, we're ready?
15:08We're ready.
15:09I don't know how a goldfish feels when it's been caught.
15:12Oh my goodness, this is so funny, this is so funny.
15:17Now I'm all covered up, George lights the smoker,
15:20which should help keep the bees nice and calm.
15:24Try not to be scared.
15:27It's OK, I'm here.
15:28Look how slowly he opened it.
15:30Look at them!
15:31They're cute and small!
15:32All of them ladies.
15:33And is there honey in there?
15:35We are putting it out.
15:36Oh my God!
15:37It has honey, you see this?
15:39Yes.
15:40This is honey basically.
15:41Look at those beauties.
15:42Yes.
15:43It's not ready yet.
15:44Yes.
15:45It's not ready yet.
15:46Look, they like you.
15:47They like you.
15:48They really like you.
15:49I'm not very relaxed.
15:51The eggs and gones are made by the bees.
15:54This is like for me like a horror film.
15:56To me it's like the most beautiful thing ever.
15:59Look at that!
16:00Oh!
16:01Look at how much honey they have.
16:02That's so much honey.
16:03Oh, get away from me!
16:05I nearly went up my marigolds.
16:07Don't move!
16:08Don't move!
16:09Don't move!
16:10Oh, that's good, thank you.
16:11Look at how many bees!
16:16At the house, the wall for the olive tree seating is coming along nicely.
16:22And we're getting some deliveries.
16:24What?
16:25That is not a good place to put this gravel.
16:28Stop!
16:29Stop!
16:30It's too close to the wall.
16:32Up, up, up!
16:33At the minute, it looks like a building site.
16:36There's so many things unfinished.
16:38It's hard to see it as a garden.
16:41It just looks like a car park.
16:43We need to do stone, stone to make a path.
16:46To try and make it resemble any form of garden,
16:49we need to mark out where the flower beds and pathways go.
16:53The idea I've got in my head is some sort of triangular flower bed
16:56and I'm sort of winding footpath to the house.
16:59And I've roped in Stamatis, Yanis and Nikos to help.
17:03So, I think we'll make the first stone here.
17:06Good.
17:07OK, let's see.
17:10So, should we just put a bit of gravel down here so we can see?
17:13Yeah, yeah, I think that's, yeah.
17:14I mean, this is super cheap, easy way of making a path.
17:24It's going to look dead posh.
17:25Right.
17:36Oh, my God.
17:38Nothing.
17:39Oh, get away from there!
17:41Ow!
17:42You're pinching me!
17:43This is the queen with the green.
17:45Why has she got the green on her?
17:47This is hell.
17:48We are putting her a collar so we can find her easily.
17:51You put a collar on a bee?
17:53Yeah, don't worry.
17:54Ow!
17:55Oh, it's your hand.
17:56Don't move!
17:57Sorry.
17:58Look at how many.
18:00Oh, wow, there's so many bees.
18:02Oh!
18:03Do you want to hold it?
18:05No!
18:06No, no, no, no, no, no.
18:08Stop telling...
18:09Can you tell George to stop that?
18:10It's terrifying.
18:11Oh, and that goes back on there.
18:14They like when it's dark inside, OK?
18:17Oh, yeah.
18:18Oh, put the top on.
18:19You know.
18:20You survived!
18:21You know, I haven't been stung.
18:23They liked you a lot.
18:24I've realised, with bees, there's nothing really that much to be scared about.
18:29So, I'm going to go and plant some bee-friendly plants in my garden with my friend Amanda.
18:34That's wonderful.
18:40It's going to stop people parking here.
18:42Yeah.
18:43And, actually, this is a Wongus flower bed.
18:46I didn't expect it to be this big.
18:49Once planted, this bed will be a real haven for bees and other insects, just like Alan wants.
18:55Shall we go and have a bird's-eye view up there?
18:58Come up here, Stamatti.
19:02Oh, yeah. See, look.
19:03What do you think Alan's going to say?
19:05Alan is going to love it, mainly because he wasn't involved in it and didn't have to do any of the hard work.
19:09OK.
19:11Now we've just got to go and buy loads of blinking plants.
19:23As Amanda's worked so hard, I have a little treat for her.
19:28I know she loves animals, so we are heading to the beach for a swimming lesson with some local rescue horses.
19:34You know, we're going to the beach and not Goodwood.
19:36Hello.
19:37This is amazing.
19:38Hello, baby.
19:39I want to look sexy on the horse.
19:40OK, I'll give you the blue one, then.
19:41Oh, OK.
19:42Do they like to swim at the end of the day because it's so hot, or they...?
19:43Yes, yes, they love it.
19:44Especially him.
19:45He can take you to Albania.
19:46Alan, you want...
19:47He needs to find a lover.
19:48Do you have a passport with you?
19:49Yes, yes, we're going to Albania.
19:50Alan, just take that off.
19:51Oh!
19:52Oh, no!
19:53Oh, my God!
19:54That's a nice stretch.
19:55One-two-three...
19:56That was nice, like a pro.
19:57Lovely.
19:58Which way is Albania?
19:59That way.
20:00See in a bit.
20:01That way.
20:02We'll see you in a bit.
20:03That way.
20:04So, come on down.
20:05If you have a passport with him, he can take you to Albania.
20:08Alan, you want...
20:09He needs to find a lover.
20:10Do you have a passport with you?
20:11Yeah, yes.
20:12Can I go to Albania?
20:13Oh, all the way.
20:14Alan, just take that off.
20:15Oh!
20:16Oh, no!
20:17my god that was nice lovely which way is albania that way see in a bit
20:28katerina started looking after rescue horses in 2014 and funds their care by offering amazing
20:35riding experiences oh wow come on they feel so safe don't they alan yeah i literally feel like i'm in
20:49my own movie here do you want to ride with the dog yes because he's playing with the water
21:03why is my horse river dancing do you want to go a little bit oh yes
21:14go away mozzie we're getting bitten
21:21oh oh my god the more thank you thank you i'm getting bitten we need to go
21:27let's say thank you thank you so much that was absolutely magical we're going to run because
21:32of the mozzie oh my god i've never seen it traumatic they are literally everywhere
21:38you're buzzing around me like is that a car who's car
21:43i don't care let's just get in it
21:48oh my god kill them kill them
22:01today is the day when we get to plant our garden with all of our bee friendly plants
22:10and our gardener spiros is here to help
22:13first planting the big ones the big ones please oh look there's a bee already come to see us
22:19do you know a bee has its sex organs on the end of its foot did you know that no way
22:26to attract our pollinators we're planting agapanthus around our olive tree what happened
22:31where's the hole gone it's here said the actress to the bishop oh please and to give this bed some
22:38structure larger eleagnes e benji are planted with herbs all around that we can use in the kitchen
22:44do you ever talk to the plants miros yes do you sing to it yes what do you say
22:51do you see they do understand you i love them
22:55you say i love them yes yes oh that's so sweet i
23:01i cultivate plants i love you for 35 years 40 years now yeah oh
23:05i love you i hope you enjoy going in the hole
23:14could we get a job with you spirals what do you think
23:16yes i feel like you've said yes but you your heart's not in it that's it i love you too i love you
23:33it looks completely different now did you say good job good job yes oh thank you
23:46one of the best things about this house is how close we are to the sea so we're heading five
23:56minutes down the road to san stefanos for a cuppa on the beach oh that's really nice of you thank you
24:05superstar do you know it feels more exotic when it's in a clear glass
24:11yes isn't it no milk oh you don't really have much dairy i don't like dairy so do you think
24:17you're more like your mum or your dad i feel like i'm getting like me does i'm getting older
24:20my dad was a bit of an enigma growing up on a friday night our house used to be like a monastery
24:27can you believe that because my dad was grumpy shut up don't slam that door we'd sit there and have
24:34them have the telly turned down but of course i realized now because he had a big match on the
24:39saturday on the saturday and you know i'm like that before a big show yeah you know my friends
24:47say you're coming out it's a friday night and i'm like no no no because if i do go out i'm thinking
24:52and i'm irritable and i'm trying to think and i thought oh i get it now dad because when they were
24:57doing great my dad would get massive cheers but if they if they lost everyone's booing your dad being a
25:04manager of a football club and being a stand-up comedian you are on your own and also what's the
25:09difference between going up the football tunnel and walking onto a stage everyone's judging you
25:15everyone wants to be entertained if you don't deliver it you get booze it's exactly the same
25:20it's exactly the same but i get it now and i said that i mean i don't totally get me dad but i get that
25:25side of it is there a trait in your mum that you feel like oh i've got that from her or i call my
25:34children the wrong names oh yeah every day oh my mum does i call lexi holly holly lexi but it's
25:39just started happening now that has ever gone to pets i've been called i've been called big puss i've
25:43been called big puss by my mum big puss big puss i mean i get it a man's name but big puss a cat
25:50that has been dead for over 25 years i know
25:59back at the house it's the final push to get the front garden finished the fence has gone up and more
26:06shrubs have been planted to give some privacy now it's down to us to add some final details you grab
26:12the cushions love please use the stepping stones but this is a cute idea yeah always tell a top
26:22quality chandelier by its weight where do you put but there's no electricity so how are they going
26:29to shine look inside there they are solar paneled state of the art see how far you can get it up what
26:37about this bit there yes alan that's that nice
26:57oh i actually can't quite believe that this car park is now a mediterranean garden and it's so
27:06mediterranean with all the plants and the herbs but also it's got the social side you can sit
27:11almost anywhere anywhere for gin and tonic gin and tonic cup of tea whatever and i've seen loads
27:16of little butterflies and bees they've already oh that's good to know that's good to know yeah
27:22and we've got a little bit of england in the garden haven't we what the boundary oh we have
27:29i like a picket fence this is mine it feels like a film set to me i know
27:36and the centerpiece being that gorgeous tree the tree with the chandeliers yeah which look nicer than
27:43you thought do you know what i will give you that okay they look nicer than i thought though yes
27:48it's so lovely it's just unbelievable
27:52next time i'm having a round bath that is not ai i embrace new technology to design my bathroom
28:03can't wait to see it it's got a lovely bottom we try to tackle ancient mythology let's hope the gods are
28:11smiling down on some of your design choices and alan has another shot at the corfu dating game good job
28:19we're not playing strip pool any look look look look look look look look look look look
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