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Alan and Amandas Greek Job - Season 1 - Episode 08
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00:01It's a bit of a sun trap, this bus stop.
00:04Is that your tummy gurgling? Yeah, yeah.
00:06Have you had enough to eat?
00:07You know I always have enough to eat, that's the trouble.
00:10Well, yes, I know. How's that button doing?
00:13Oh, no, it's not pinging off any more.
00:15That's good, you've lost a bit of weight.
00:17Oh, no, it's coming up now, the bubble.
00:19Let me see if I can get it.
00:24Was that a fart? It was not a fart.
00:26You squeezed the fart out there.
00:28It literally went...
00:30I didn't fart in a bus stop.
00:32No, you farted in a boiler suit.
00:45On the Ionian Isle of Corfu, Alan and I are nearing the end of our summer.
00:51As well as looking for love...
00:53Here, do you know any gays?
00:55I do.
00:56Come on in.
00:57...and helping out at an animal shelter...
00:59Oh, my gosh.
01:00Here we are.
01:02...we're transforming a ruin into a gorgeous family holiday home.
01:08Oh, my God.
01:08This is better than I ever thought it would be.
01:11We've completed all the rooms.
01:14This looks really cool.
01:15This could be in a magazine.
01:17But there's still one last space to conquer.
01:20Oh, God, what are we going to do?
01:22I feel this is perfect for, like, entertaining and stuff.
01:26It's so near the kitchen.
01:27Did you say light entertaining?
01:28No.
01:29Ladies...
01:29No rest for you.
01:31I know.
01:32Have a day off, Alan.
01:33No, this is nice for entertaining.
01:36Yes.
01:36So, you mean, like, we could have, like, a table?
01:39Yeah, yeah.
01:39Like an outdoor kitchen or something like that.
01:42Yes.
01:42It's exciting because we've got two gardens this time.
01:46We've got a traditional garden, and then at the back is going to be a fun garden where
01:50all the socialising happens.
01:51What about, like, a pergola over a table with lights?
01:55I like that.
01:56And a barbecue.
01:57I love a barbecue as well.
01:59I think it's going to be so lovely.
02:01Can you imagine sitting there with the sunset and you've got a barbecue and a pergola?
02:06Whatever that does.
02:09And we'll just have, like, hard landscaping.
02:12Why is it called hard landscaping?
02:14Is it because it's hard?
02:16Hard flooring.
02:18Oh.
02:18I don't know.
02:19Gravel.
02:20Just gravel everywhere.
02:21It would be amazing to have a swimming pool, but I know we can't have one with the budget.
02:25But we haven't got any space.
02:26What about a plunge pool, though?
02:28A plunge pool, 100%.
02:28A little tub or something just to cool down in.
02:31And then getting naked.
02:33Naked?
02:34No, you could.
02:36A cold plunge pool is an absolute necessity here.
02:40It's good for your blood.
02:41It's good for your fat cells.
02:43Good for your brain.
02:45It's really good.
02:47For privacy, Alan, we'll put a fence up there so we can be in the cold tub.
02:53Nature intended us to be.
02:54Exactly.
02:55Lovely.
02:57Before we get our hands dirty, we're treating ourselves to a special trip.
03:03Fish is a staple of coffee at dishes, and as it's the perfect food to cook up a storm on
03:09our barbecue, we've organised a masterclass in sourcing catch of the day.
03:14Green is your colour.
03:15You look like a pirate.
03:17No.
03:19We've come to meet fisherman Babis.
03:22That's cute.
03:23Nice to meet you.
03:24Bishop Ahoy.
03:25Along with his sister and father, Captain Spiros, who's been fishing on Ionian waters for the past 45 years.
03:33Welcome.
03:34This is amazing.
03:35Yeah, and don't worry.
03:36Just because we're dressed like gangsters, we're not gangsters.
03:40Ah, okay.
03:40We will see at the end of the trip.
03:41I'm not packing.
03:43No.
03:44So, we are ready to start.
03:45Are you ready?
03:46Yes, let's do it.
03:46Brr, brr, brr.
03:47Okay, let's go.
03:50The Ionian Sea is full of marine life, and the most common fish Babis catches daily are the red snappers.
03:57Rich in vitamin A, potassium and omega-3, they can help contribute to a long, healthy life.
04:04In England, we get told all the time about the Mediterranean diet.
04:09Yes.
04:09Fish and salmon.
04:10Olive oil.
04:10Olive oil.
04:11Olive oil.
04:12Do you eat that every day?
04:13Yes, of course.
04:14He's actually 74 years old.
04:1874, yes.
04:19We try.
04:21We eat fish three, four days every week.
04:24In wintertime, we catch tuna, swordfish, cattlefish, calamari, squid, everything.
04:31Sometimes the sea is very windy, with the big waves.
04:35Because the boat's like...
04:36Yes.
04:37Has the coast guard ever come out to save you?
04:39Yes, yes, yes, sometimes, of course.
04:41But not today, not today.
04:43No, not today.
04:43LAUGHTER
04:47To have a decent chance of catching something, we're using shrimp as bait and dropping the line 45 metres to
04:54the seabed.
04:56When you have bites on your rod, you will see some vibrations.
05:01What?
05:02Touch the line.
05:03Touch it?
05:04Yes.
05:04I don't understand.
05:06LAUGHTER
05:08If you bring the line up to check...
05:10Oh, OK.
05:11Coming up.
05:14Oh, we need more bait.
05:15They got it.
05:16They've had me shrimp.
05:17How do they do that?
05:18That's sneaky.
05:19Feel the bite to watch the rod.
05:22I feel like I've been conned, you know?
05:24Leave it and wait.
05:25I am.
05:26Oh, I've got one.
05:27Bring the line up.
05:28Oh!
05:28What have you got?
05:30It's coming.
05:30No way.
05:31Yes.
05:32Opa!
05:32Oh, my God, that's amazing!
05:36Well done.
05:37He's so sweet.
05:38Can we just put him back?
05:40Back?
05:41Yes.
05:41Amanda, it's our tea, though.
05:42No, not our tea.
05:43Put him back in.
05:44And the lunch on the boat?
05:45I'm going to have salad.
05:46And the pirate here is very hungry.
05:49Goodbye, darling.
05:51OK.
05:51Goodbye.
05:51Oh, my God, Amanda.
05:53Goodbye.
05:54See you next year.
05:55Oh!
05:55How you feel now?
05:56Happy.
05:57A cubby?
05:57Yes, I caught one and he's lived.
06:00Amanda, when you come fishing, you do know what fishing entails.
06:03You know you've got to catch a fish.
06:05Yes, but you can put them back.
06:07Luckily, the other fishermen on the boat aren't so sentimental,
06:11so we've still got a decent catch for lunch.
06:14He thinks we're idiots.
06:16And in true Greek style, simplicity is key.
06:19Lightly frying the fish with flour, salt and oregano.
06:23And your fish?
06:25Oh, wow.
06:26Alan, that looks amazing.
06:28Yamas!
06:29Yamas!
06:29Yamas!
06:30We hope to have a great day with us.
06:33We've had the best time.
06:34Thank you so much.
06:35And sorry about throwing the fish.
06:36Oh, OK.
06:37Sorry.
06:37No problem.
06:40I've just seen that fish wave at us.
06:42Yeah.
06:44I've just seen that fish wave at us.
06:49I've just seen that fish wave at us.
06:49In Kukini, Alan and I have had a busy morning.
06:53cutting back overgrown plants and clearing the garden space so we can get started on building
07:01our bespoke barbecue using leftover stone from the seating around the olive tree
07:06there's a perfectly good barbecue at that shop as i said to you mr car we don't need a tiny
07:14weeny metal we're making one that's fit for french flintstone look at that with the help
07:19of stomatis and his top stone masons we're having to chip away at the stones until they're square
07:24look it's tricky i'll give over love it's an ancient craft known as ashlar masonry which has
07:34been used by the greeks for over 7 000 years right what do you want me to do love okay
07:39we need to
07:40find the right saw now you want square this similar to this yeah i do jigsaws this is nature's jigsaw
07:47so i'll find us a nice square now that's great look at that yeah this is good that's good yeah
07:57you have a gift finding a square stone yeah is up there with you with a glue gun yeah honestly
08:05i've
08:06got two skills now oh my god look at this it's like finding a pearl in an oyster look at
08:12that
08:12i'm like one of those sniffer dogs at the airport yeah spot a wrong one another beauty one on your
08:18feet there which one did you like love that one yep right coming up you would literally be able to
08:23go
08:23anywhere and find a square stone there you go oh this is good it's got a bug off today do
08:28you want
08:28another one this is good it just fit oh look at that watching that go in so good he's still
08:35not happy with
08:35that he's like me and he will not relax until it's perfect we're nearly there alan this is probably
08:43some of the most grueling work we've done i know but it's literally we are nearly at the end and
08:48it's
08:48typical in it you find a job you enjoy on the last day i can't believe you love being a
08:55rock finder
08:58after a day of hard labor we're off to master one last iconic greek tradition before leaving the
09:05island but a late summer storm might be upending our plans oh you see that
09:35oh my actual god that was like that was terrifying what's the rest of them
09:44we're not letting the rain stop play it's all gone down my back my licker just
09:49well let me get underneath it we've come to imarolia in cassiope hello to learn the famous dance from
09:56zorba the greek with maestro dimitrios have you ever danced in a storm before great times
10:04i've danced on roller skates in front of the king so i have quite good extensive dance skills
10:11i did the splits didn't i by accident by accident today dimitrios is teaching us how to master the art
10:20of sataki ready a dance choreographed for the 1964 film okay the left front right up very good
10:28left up oh my god the dance has slow steps now open the left right close the left and energetic
10:37jumps
10:38and everybody say hoppa hoppa hoppa wow very good and steadily gets more difficult as the tempo increases
10:48one but and left and sorry i didn't mean the concentration it's too much it's not easy oh god
10:57you make it look sewing oh the gods are angry you want to try for the music i think i'm
11:05ready for the
11:05music i'm not but i'll be enough i kept forgetting to breathe did you yeah i just i just didn't
11:11take my
11:12eyes off people's feet and left down from right i couldn't do it if i didn't if i was looking
11:19up i
11:19wouldn't know what i was no no no and one more three yeah to the right on the left foot
11:23now huh
11:24and one the right and over the right i don't know your technique because you've got a little dip in
11:29there i got a dip in there and you're pointing your toes i am do you know i'm pointing them
11:33can you
11:33this music's getting faster i can tell don't then it's not you remember three to the right one
11:43oh come on three i didn't realize how mischievous that song is because it lures you in under a full
11:50sense of security one two three but yeah for me it was a bit like you know when you get
11:56on like a
11:57waltzer or a roller coaster and the muse and you go oh no this is getting faster and faster right
12:02one
12:03one more yeah it was a bit like get off get off and then we were stuck on it we
12:10were stuck i was fine
12:12no and everybody say goodbye oh my god well done wow oh that is a calorie burner that is
12:27i feel shattered i don't know what was going to get me first the fork lightning or a stitch
12:35it's the grief god saying get off this island you've done enough yeah please you've done us a
12:40lovely house but we've had enough of your cackling you're drinking you're dancing
12:44and you're joking go home
13:00it's a new day and the sun is shining
13:05the builders have been forging ahead creating our bespoke pergola so i've arrived at the house to help
13:12out but it's not as i imagined good morning hello how are you doing yes good yeah well just i
13:20don't like
13:21need to talk me through this is it something that you don't like the whole house is so perfect and
13:27it's
13:28looking so nice but this thing is almost the same size as the house oh my god i i can't
13:34i won't be able
13:35to hold back it's a little bit big it's big it's metal it's in front of the window we just
13:40found
13:41it's the only place that's sunny the plunge pool was going to go there this is the sunbathing area
13:46that's the dining room okay if we make it with wood yeah then it's going to last three four years
13:52you
13:52need to keep painted you need to yeah fair enough that's why i want to make it with metal yeah
13:56okay
13:57and now if i have to put the plunge pool over there all the leaves from the trees are just
14:01going
14:01to be in the plunge pool hmm i have an idea we're going to take all these two poles and
14:07we put them
14:08there and move everything on the other side that's genius dematis i love this idea thank you
14:16is that set damn as dematis and his team get to work moving the cemented poles out of the ground
14:24and into their new position oh mama mia me and my dad les who's over on holiday are waiting on
14:32the
14:33sidelines before we can get stuck in how do you say pergola i i don't know do you say pergola
14:40or do you
14:43had a pergola in our back garden made of wood but you made yeah from scratch but i had like
14:49a four
14:49inch rustic pole yeah really nice and then are we later criticizing yes i just laid into him poor man
14:56i thought it was a carport let's go and give him a hand right
15:05still mighty i can't believe how fast this changed what do you think it looks nice greek builders are the
15:11best okay with the poles now securely in position and the pergola reduced in size oh my god this
15:21heavy my dad and i really bloody heavy with the aid of adonis let me just help you you do
15:27it with my
15:27oh my god yeah you can do that can fit the ceiling slats into place you okay there with that
15:34that's
15:36good what do you think well i think actually it looks good metal yeah this is that lovely soft
15:42sage green so it matches the kitchen too much talking sorry oh he's worse than you
15:51once the slats are in position we have to ensure they're evenly spaced out so we need how much is
15:57this gap in my side 56 and a half is there a mass teacher anywhere before they're welded in place
16:05to
16:05stand the test of time can we hold him to a guarantee yeah if it falls down in two years
16:11will you come
16:12back let's get him to sign as amanda and les join judy to cool off with an ice cream oh
16:26my god that
16:26looks amazing do they do chocolate flakes no no i'm on site for my 11 30 appointment with adonis
16:37after the success of amanda's circular bath he's made a plunge pool for us are these the tiles yeah
16:46and to save on waste we're using amanda's bathroom rejects do we have to work quite quickly yeah you
16:53have to be faster i'm fast try your best yeah okay right right as we're working in 30 plus degrees
16:58the heat can cause the tile adhesive to set in minutes you will let me know when i put this
17:05on yeah
17:06no i will show you come inside and we install together for me and adonis to be in such an
17:12intimate space together it's going to um yeah it's going to be interesting
17:21see how it goes that's so easy i love it
17:25that good are we putting these on the floor as well yeah oh god do you reckon it might be
17:30too much
17:31adonis we finish the wall yeah and then we see looks a bit leisure century but maybe yeah in every
17:42town in england you have a leisure center and there would be a swimming pool and there were signs that
17:47said no heavy petting no kissing nothing nothing when i was handing adonis the tiles
17:57i felt a frisson a buzz i'm just getting out the bath okay you're leaving no i'm getting some more
18:04don't worry what would i do by myself alone exactly i don't know what to say about the plunge pool
18:09but
18:09i want to swim in adonis's eyes are you married adonis why are you asking just making conversation
18:19people think amanda's my wife and that's why i'm single you see they think i'm already taken no i'm
18:25single too oh okay it's hard isn't it trying to find the right person yeah maybe you came in the
18:31right
18:31place well you know people do come to corfu and find love don't they yeah and then they leave
18:40yeah i get the hint with the tiles in place adonis applies stucco a wet cement mixture that when dry
18:51will create a smooth finish i've been looking for love on the island yeah amanda put me on a lonely
18:57hearts app you know for single people you know me now here why you need the app don't tease
19:07love may be on the horizon for alan but there's also a new guy in my life he's clean he's
19:15domesticated
19:16yeah he wants to be loved i i just knew i had to take him i think it's lovely that
19:24you found a new
19:25cat in corfu i've broken my promise not to take a stray home over the summer i've taken a shine
19:32to a
19:32cat that i just couldn't leave behind look at this if i go down my top i've had a t
19:39-shirt down
19:39there all day so he can smell his new mummy i thought you'd put on weight and now he's in
19:46the
19:46safe hands of amanda who runs corfu cattery anyone who loves animals is a friend of ours come on in
19:54amanda's currently caring for 22 cats and is helping me prepare all the necessary requirements to take my
20:00adopted feline back home so he is down here oh oh hello my baby
20:08gosh alan look that cat's just bitten mate oh my god he's a gorgeous boy
20:16hello he's purring so lovely you're gonna come and live with me oh he wants to come home with uncle
20:24alan oh no don't go under there oh god don't we get him out he can't get out can he
20:28come here oh
20:30that's how she gets me out of bed in the morning i can't blink and believe this come out he's
20:37hidden
20:38underneath the flooring he doesn't want part of the show of his life come on he doesn't want to be
20:43at the ivy or on in hello magazine or a red carpet if the worst comes to the worst it's
20:49only palettes
20:49i can just take them out i think i might have to call him houdini because he's literally just
20:55disappeared on me come on in i'm not saying body odor but it might be the smell of the t
21:01-shirt that's
21:02making the cat run off i can see you in there i'll just take the floor up if you don't
21:09mind me getting
21:10my husband in a screwdriver to get him out no but i wouldn't take it personally oh i'm not taking
21:18it
21:18personally i just wanted to give him a big cuddle he's back in his cage oh
21:27there we just need you to come home now don't we
21:38back at the house it's been a massive team effort
21:44the pool is plastered
21:48the gravel's been leveled and now we're getting the outdoor kitchen party ready oh i love the
21:55smell of these oh they look gorgeous yeah they're like mini olives as we're preparing to say a big
22:00thank you to all our local friends these are the chairs from the kids room and you know i'm obsessed
22:05with a stripe yes you love a stripe perfect
22:23look at it it's beautiful it is a thing of beauty
22:29oh gosh and isn't it lovely that this garden yeah gets sun all day we've got the burglar there
22:38we painted it like a very soft green so it's got the continuity from the kitchen nice isn't it
22:44and then we've got a barbecue we've got one for life and a plunge pool all your friends come round
22:51open a bottle of wine then finish the night off by having a little dip in the plunge pool i
22:56think you
22:56should take the plunge with adonis i'm gonna dive straight in
23:01can you believe that we have actually done it i'm proud of you i'm proud of you too we've done
23:08it
23:16over the course of our corporate summer i literally feel like i'm in my own movie
23:22we've fallen in love with the island's animals hello wogan oh darling you are a soft beast the
23:30wonderful friends we've made oh yes i'm excited to see you here so lovely to meet you
23:35come on oh my god no no i'm not a jaeger
23:41and wholeheartedly embraced greek culture and after a lot of elbow grease
23:52oh watch it
23:57we've turned our greek ruin into a gorgeous family holiday home
24:08even though it's probably one of the smallest properties we've done and i think the most
24:13most difficult we have ever done i honestly think it's my favorite and i think our renovation does
24:19sort of symbolize corfu really unpretentious it's natural it's real and it's homely there is so many
24:26places where you can sit grab a book go on the floating bed or by the window in one of
24:31the bedrooms
24:31places where you can just go and escape from your own family escape if you need to that's what family
24:37holidays are about exactly going away with your family then trying to get away from you that's true
24:46before we bid our farewell our fabulous friends we've made over the summer are arriving at the
24:51house to see it in all its glory would you like a crisp i spoil you here tonight oh that's
24:58lovely oh my
25:07i love this it's our living space it's gorgeous it is come up to my intellectual reading room so relaxing
25:15that's what i wanted can i show you my bump it's perfection we could all get in there
25:23look at this beds in the ceiling yeah can i claim the top bunk come and have a look at
25:30the master bedroom
25:31coming on this oh i'm tired oh you're naughty yeah see you bye oh we're alone yeah we need to
25:44get
25:45these guys a beer because if it wasn't for you none of this would have happened
25:53this whole experience i think i feel like we are family yes it's felt like you know we've got to
26:00know
26:00everybody and it's it's killing me that we're going on this one i feel really choked up about
26:07leaving i know i love it here i'm gonna be honest i haven't had the shirley valentine experience love
26:13hasn't really been knocking at me door but i have felt very loved up it's like what daryl said it
26:19was
26:19the magnetic aisle yeah i mean we've always been a bit sentimental when we've finished a renovation but
26:24this time it feels personal it does feel really really personal
26:29so mattie thank you thank you god of building thank you so much everyone is loving it people
26:37are going into different rooms they're they're loving different things they love how you feel about
26:42this i feel um are you okay it's because it's over it's because it's over now like we always think
26:53that we leave a piece of us in every property that we do but i think more than ever because
26:59i love it
27:00here so much i am definitely leaving a piece of me here we appreciate every single person here
27:16that's gone above and beyond to make this an amazing experience it's been unbelievable we have
27:22had the best oh my gosh the best summer ever we're so grateful so thank you thank you thank you
27:29from
27:29the bottom of our hearts thank you
27:33and i think there's only one way that we can get this party started really true greek style
27:40who's up come on everyone will you dance with us come on come on kick step kick step can you
27:58remember it alan no i can't come on get involved come on none of us know what we're doing oh
28:05no it's
28:05about now
28:15we're gonna kick you
28:17join join join come on
28:21i'm still going
28:41you
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