The Durrells in Corfu (2016–2019)
TV-PG | 46 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Stars: Keeley Hawes, Josh O’Connor, Milo Parker, Daisy Waterstone
Based on the real-life events of the Durrell family as they resettle from England to Greece. The Durrells (known in North America as The Durrells in Corfu) is a 26-episode British comedy-drama series inspired by Gerald Durrell‘s three autobiographical books about his family’s four years (1935–1939) on the Greek Island of Corfu,[1] which began airing on 3 April 2016 and ended on 12 May 2019. The series is written by Simon Nye, directed by Steve Barron and Roger Goldby, and produced by Christopher Hall. The executive producers are Lee Morris and Sally Woodward Gentle. Lee Durrell, Gerald Durrell’s widow and director of the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, acted as consultant. The series was partly filmed at Ealing Studios and Twickenham Studios in London. The series begins in 1935, when Louisa Durrell suddenly announces that she and her four children will move from Bournemouth to the Greek island of Corfu. Her husband died some years earlier and the family is experiencing financial problems. A battle ensues as the family adapts to life on the island which, despite a lack of electricity and modern sewage system, proves that Corfu is cheap and an earthly paradise.