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 ...

Watch a preview for this new MASTERPIECE Special. Learn the definitive true story behind one of the best-loved families in TV drama, The Durrells, and see how Corfu shaped the personalities and ...

The words “much-loved classic” are overused, but they truly apply to Gerald Durrell’s My Family and Other Animals. This charming 1956 memoir of living in Corfu as a boy, developing his ...

The conservationist Gerald Durrell’s first dog, Simon, was a coward. To the honey-coloured cocker spaniel, a garden hose was as deadly as a spitting cobra, and he once went into a nervous ...