My Family and Other Animals
by Gerald Durrellliterary work· published 1956
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My Family and Other Animals is an autobiographical work by naturalist Gerald Durrell, telling of the part of his childhood he spent on the Greek island of Corfu between 1935 and 1939.
Adaptations (2)
My Family and Other Animals has been adapted into 2 television series, from 1987 to 2016. The most recent is The Durrells (2016).
My Family and Other Animals1987 · television series · 30 min · IMDb ↗IMDb7.9Young Gerald explored his passion for the animal kingdom with his inspirational tutor, Dr Theodore Stephanides. The backdrop was sunshine, happiness and the love and laughter of a doting, slightly eccentric family
The Durrells2016 · television series · 1 min · IMDb ↗IMDb8.2In 1935, financially strapped widow Louisa Durrell, whose life has fallen apart, decides to move from England, with her four children (three sons, one daughter), to the island of Corfu, Greece. Once there, the family moves into a dilapidated old house that has no electricity and that is crumbling apart. But life on Corfu is cheap, it's an earthly paradise, and the Durrells proceed to forge their new existence, with all its challenges, adventures, and forming relationships.
