A despondent Margo suffers from unrequited love and middling advice from her brothers. The house is in disrepair and the family struggles to eat, so Louisa sends her children out foraging. Little by little, the family settles into their new home. Larry's attempt at matchmaking for his mother ends poorly. Margo discovers the local community's less-than-favourable attitudes toward women. Leslie has a penchant for firearms, but his enthusiasm wanes when he falls for a girl. Gerry befriends Theo, a fellow animal lover, and the duo gather an ever-growing menagerie. The family adapts to the austere living conditions and Louisa fears she has failed as a mother due to her children's selfish and unruly behavior. Upon arrival, welcoming local, Spiros, helps them rent a house and hire a maid, Lugaretzia. Despite a lack of electricity and of modern sewage systems, Corfu proves to be a cheap and earthly paradise.ĭrawn by the island of Corfu's distinct contrast with Britain, Bournemouth widow Louisa Durrell uproots her aimless and dysfunctional family. A struggle ensues as the family adapts to life on the island and a shortage of money. Her husband died some years earlier and the family is experiencing financial problems. 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. The series was partly filmed on location in Corfu, as well as at Ealing Studios and Twickenham Studios in London. Lee Durrell, Gerald Durrell's widow and director of the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, acted as consultant. The series is written by Simon Nye, directed by Steve Barron and Roger Goldby, and produced by Christopher Hall. The Durrells (known in North America as The Durrells in Corfu) is a British comedy-drama television series loosely based on Gerald Durrell's three autobiographical books about his family's four years (1935–1939) on the Greek island of Corfu.
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