10.046 minSeason 4 • Episode 6
LatestWith storm clouds gathering, the islanders realise they can no longer ignore the rumblings of war, just as it looks as though the Durrells - particularly Louisa and Spiros - may have found their happy ending. Larry marks his return by throwing an audacious play for the locals, but there are surprises for every member of the family. Series finale.
In 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.
Acting
Keeley Hawes makes maternal exhaustion look almost aspirational.
Cinematography
Corfu so gorgeous you'll rage-google Greek property prices.
Costume
1930s linen looks that scream 'I have heatstroke but make it fashion.'
Creator
Simon Nye
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Gerald Durrell became a legendary conservationist; his actual Corfu memoir 'My Family and Other Animals' omits that his mother eventually fled back to England because she was broke and miserable.
The series was filmed in Corfu during Greece's economic crisis, employing local crews who joked that the Durrells' 1930s poverty looked aspirational compared to 2016 austerity.
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