My Family (TV Series)

Canary Cage (2003)

Robert Lindsay: Ben Harper

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• Ben : So this is where it begins. Holiday Hell.

  Susan : What is the matter with you?

  Ben : I don't know, Susan. Maybe it was the five year-old who kicked the back of my seat all the way from Gatwick. Or perhaps it was the rude, aggressive taxi driver who grossly overcharged us for a series of hair-raising, death-defying experiences. Oh, no. I know. I know what it was. Of course. It was the airline.

  [Angrily] 

  Ben : They've lost my suitcase.

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  Susan : Well, this is it. We're officially on holiday.

  Nick : [jumps on the sofa]  Great to finally have the chance to relax and unwind for a change.

  Ben : For a change? You? You're always on holiday. A holiday for you would be getting a job. I'm surprised the travel agents don't print brochures of you. I'm surprised they don't call you Nick Holiday.

  Nick : All right, father. You've made your point.

• Susan : This is the worst holiday we have *ever* been on.

  Ben : Well, there's one consolation, I was right.

• Susan : Anyway, when I asked, the man at the airline desk assured me your case will be delivered to this address.

  Ben : Susan, the man didn't understand a word you were saying.

  Susan : That's why I spoke to him in Spanish.

  Ben : I meant when you spoke to him in Spanish.

• Ben : In all the saints, Spanish and English, why have you taken a photograph of your bottom?

  Nick : Oh, I've never seen it before. At least not from that angle.

• Nick : Right, right. They've got washing powder here, right, just like we have; only it's called "Fairy"!

  [laughs] 

  Nick : Those crazy guys!

  Susan : Nick, we have Fairy in England.

  Nick : No, we don't.

  Ben : Yes, we do!

  Nick : We don't!

  Susan : Why would we lie to you about something like that?

  Nick : I don't know. For attention?

• Susan : [Nick, Susan and Ben go out to dinner, Nick's "treat"]  What happened to all the money you had?

  Nick : Oh, I bought a hat.

  Ben : What!

  Nick : A big hat.

  Susan : Well, where is it?

  Nick : It blew off.