Lawrence “Larry”, the eldest of the Durrell siblings, is portrayed in MASTERPIECE’S The Durrell’s in Corfu, as a struggling writer, his every mood dictated, often hilariously so ...

Durrell was a toddler when the family returned to England after his father’s death. None of his 40-plus books are set in India. But he said that the family moved to the Greek island of Corfu ...

My Family and Other Animals, Gerald Durrell’s funny, colourful memoir about his family moving to Corfu in the 1930s, was one of my favourite books growing up and reading it instilled a longing ...

Born in India, he spent his formative years in Corfu, which inspired his lifelong mission to save species from extinction. He founded Jersey Zoo in 1959 and a charitable trust in 1963. Durrell ...

Feeling the depressing effects of a gloomy English summer, the Durrell family decides to pack up and move to the Greek island of Corfu in 1935. Lead by their widowed mother, 13-year old future ...